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October 26, 1901.]
A draft of a new mining code for the Philippines is being prepared by the chief of the bureau at Manila.
The request of the Spanish residents for permission to erect a monument on th Plagal Intendencia was refused by the Muicipalitye of Manila.
The warships at Amoy on the 19th inst. were H.M.S. Albion, the U.S. monitor Monterey (on her way to Shanghai), and the Japanese cruisers Suma and Tatsuta, which have now left.
Admiral Pottier, commanding the French Squadron in the Far East, has a letter in the Echo de Chine, regretting that the state of his health renders it impossible for him to pay his projected visit to Shanghai.
CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT.
Sir Alexander Swettenham, who has been staying at Government House, Singapore, a week or so, left by the M.M. Natal for Europe on the 14th inst. After a short stay in En- gland, he will proceed to take over his new appointment of Governor of British Guian).
News has been received in Shanghai from the General Convention of the American Episcopal Church in session in San Francisco, that Bishop Graves's jurisdiction has been divided into the dioceses of Shanghai and Hankow. Bishop Graves remains Bishop of hanghai, and the Rev. J. A. Ingle, M.A., has been elected Bishop of Hankow.
The Echo de Chine says that M. de Lanessan has written to the electors of Tonkin and On the 22nd inst. the Shanghai A.D.C. | Annam, thanking them for having spontaneous- gave at the Lyceum Theatre their 125th perly charged him with their representation in formance, presenting Mark Melford's farcial the Superior Colonial Council. His numerous comedy Kleptomania. Another representation will be given to day,
Colonel Count Stuerghk, Austro-Hungarian Military Attaché at Berlin, last month handed to Count von Waldersee, on behalf of the Emperor Francis Joseph, the Grand Cross of the Order of St. Stephen set in brilliants.
A Burma company is considering the pos- ibility of establishing a line of steam launches n the Upper Salween, above the "Grand Rapid." Important timber stations in Siam re easily accessible from the Upper Salween; and so are many important places on the British side of the river.
At a meeting of French landowners in Shanghai on the 17th inst., to discuss the question of taxation for the river conservancy scheme, it was decided to call a public meeting of the ratepayers to formulate a scheme for the organisation of a league similar to the China
Association.
The northern native press reports that a Tanchu, named Wen Ti, holding the prefect- hip of Honanfu, is chagrined because the Court id not listen to his advice not to return to Peking, and will probably commit suicide. Ho has converted his yamen into an Imperial Lodge, and himself taken up quarters in an ancestral temple outside the city. His family have gone into a rented house, and the people are watching him with a sort of awe, wondering If he is going to carry out his expressed inten tions to die.
A Nanking despatch to Shanghai states, in eference to the officers selected by Viceroy Lia Kung-yi to go to Japan to witness the rmy manoeuvres there, in response to an in- itation from the Japanese Government, that Viceroy Liu has appointed the Taotais Tao nd Tu, General Yang and Colonel Lung, and hat these four fficials left Nanking for Bhanghai on the 11th inst., to catch the apanese mail for that country. Governor fieh of Soochow has also selected two officials, Taotai and a General, to go to Japan for the me purpose.
occupations prevent him, however, from accept- ing the renewal of his mandate. M. de Lanes- san has stated that he will give every assistance in his power to his successor.
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The interport cricket match at Kobe ended on the 16th inst. in a victory for the home team by 137 runs. The scores were:-Kobo 116 and 291, Yokohama 80 and 190.
The Penang municipal estimates for 1902 are: Revenue $459,485 and outlay $457,253. The Malacca municipal revenue for 1902 is set at $30,240, the outlay being $29,698.
Dr. Robert Coltman has been appointed by Prince Su, Imperial Chief Commissioner of Octroi, as his foreign agent in collecting the octroi to be levied on the railway. He has for some time been private tutor in English to the Prince.
The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty-Sub-Lieutenants-R. C. S. Hunt, to the Endymion to date Oct. 1; A. L. Strange, to the Glory, to date Sept. 24. En- gineer-W. Toop, to the Glory, additional, to date September 19. Paymaster-F. R. Luke, to the Argonaut, to date September 19.
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TEA.
EXPORT OF TEA FROM CHINA TO ODESSA. 1900-01 1899-00
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At 6.17 a.m. on the 16th inst., on the high seas, in lat. 36.20 N., long, 122.41 E, a passen. ger by the name of Mr. R. J. Denny, who joined the s.s. Hsinchi at Chefoo, jumped overboard and was drowned. The steamer sailed around the place where the sad occurrence hap- pened for over an hour, but no trace of the body or of a soft white felt hat which the passenger Shanghai and Hankow... 24,492,015 33,433,942 wore could be seen. The weather at the time was fine and clear, with a comparatively smooth sea. The ship was then put to her course and pro- ceeded towards Shanghai,
A despatch received in Shanghai from Peking states that the proposed Government lottery, Wrongly alleged to have been fathered by Sir Robert Hart and intended to be engineered by Viceroy Li Hung-chang, although eagerly ad. vocated by a certain section of officials in the metropolitan and provincial administrations, has not received the support at first anticipated from the powers that be. On the contrary, such a scheme is considered derogatory to the dignity and latent resources of the Empire, and the upshot has been that this lottery scheme has been rejected and postponed sine die
The P. & T. Times of the 5th October con-
tains a report of the trial on the 30th September before Chief Justice Wilkinson of H. F. Piper, who was indicted for robbery and violence and for larceny in a dwelling-house with menaces and threats. The trial broke down; the Crown Prosecutor, Mr. Morgan Phillips, was unable to produce any Chinese witnesses in support of the charges against the prisoner, though every effort had been made to secure them. The Crown Prosecutor had therefore no evidence to offer, and in consequence the Chief Justice directed the jury to find a verdict of not guilty, which was recorded, and the prisoner thereupon discharged.
The new educational edicts, according to native journals in Shanghai, are having a the book-trade in tremendous influence on China. The demand for new books is immense. Even outside Shanghai the same reports come in of extraordinary sales of books in the new subjects. Thus there are three shops in Yang- chow which sell lithographed books, Since the abolition of the essay, the students have been jostling each other before their counters in their eagerness to secure the latest books. Now that the yearly examination is about to take place, the sales are even greater, the prices have gone up, and the shops are making ten-fold more profit than formerly.
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CANTON, 12th October:-Taatlees.-There is no business to report. Re-reels. Have weakened to $585 for No. 1, at which price a parcel of 30 bales has been placed. Filatures.--Holders in general have held their ground steadily through- out the fortnight. During the past week rumours of shortage in the 6th crop, the yield of which is estimated at 5,000 to 6,000 bales, have induced some buyers to re-enter the market, and a brisk business has been done at hardening rates. Settlements for Europe amount to about 1,000 bales, and the market closes strong, especially for desirable lots. Short-reels.-Have also attracted a share of attention, especially in the higher grades. Kwong Shun Cheong 14/16 has sold at $815, and King Shing Gold Lion 14/16 at $795. In medium grades, Chin Ho 14/16 has been done at $760, Man Po Lun 14/16 at $750 and Kwong King Loong, Man Po Cheong 14/16 at $745. Waste. Has ruled very quiet owing to the exaggerated ideas of holders. These have now begun to lower their pretentions and the easier rates appear to attract some little business at the close on the basis of $101 to $102 for Steam
Extra Selected opened and $87 to $88 for Extra- Extra opened.
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HONGKONG, 25th October.---No arrivals.
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HONGKONG. 25th October-The prices are advancing, holders being firm. Shekloong, No. 1, White. $8.65 to $8.70 pel.
2, White.. Shekloong, No. 1, Brown
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2, Brown Swatow, No. 1, White...
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2, Brown Foochow Sugar Candy Shekloong
6.85 to 6.90 6.10 to 6.15 5.90 to 5.95 8.60 to 8.65 pel. 7.75 to 7.80 6.00 to 6.05 23 5.85 to 5.90 .12.65 to 12.70 .10.75 to 10.80
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RICE. HONGKONG, 25th October.-The tone of the market slightly improves, and the prices are on the advance. Quotations are:-- Saigon, Ordinary....
Round, Good quality Long
.$2.75 to 2.80
3.8 to 3.85
3.95 to 4.00
2,85 to 2.90
No. 1
3.30 to 3,35
At the Shanghai Regatta. on the 18th inst., se International Eights ended in a victory for e German crew, the Irish being second, and English third and last. The N-C. Daily ews says:--That this race would be a very ose one between the English and Germans as the prediction made during the last three onths. The result, however, came as a general urprise to most of the spectators, for the Ger- han eight were decisively victorions, and in heir work showed marked superiority over reir opponents. . . The last time an Interna- onal Eights Race was won by a German crew asin 1886, with Huchting as stroke. Four ear ago the Irish won the race, next year the The N.-C. Daily News says:-A previous cotch, the year after that the English, and paragraph in these columns reported the death owthe Germans have secured the victory. of the Grand Secretary Yung Lu's son on the
I Acheen, Sumatra, all is reported quiet, road, a day or two after the Court had left | Siam, Field mill cleaned, No. 2 vein the distant coast states; cultivation of Hsian, and that Yung Ln had been granted e soil is progressing slowly but surely. four days' leave to attend to his son's funeral, bacco-planting has been started. Gutta- etc. A telegram received yesterday by the local wing has been taken in hand but the mandarins from Tungkuan now reports the hinese have no fancy for this line of enter-arrival thers of Yung Lu to rejoin the Court,
The construction of railways is actively ceeding. Among other signs of progress, a olub has been started at Kota Rajah, the fital of Acheen. Griffins have been ordered m Australia at an average of $360 each. success of the club is doubtful. The keep orses there is very costly, and the continual nges among officers is another hindrance. Titular Sultan of Acheen is steadily being owed up by pursuing parties.
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having had his leave curtailed by a special tele- gram from the Empress Dowager, who required his "immediate presence at Court." It may be here stated that it is conjectured amongst the local mandarins that the Empress Dowager was constrained to send such a peremptory order to Yung Lu, owing to a sudden report that, dis- gasted with Court life, he was going to have his head shaved and become a Buddhist bonze on the road.
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Fine Cargo
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MISCELLANEOUS EXPORTS.
Per steamer Susquehanna, sailed on the 27th September. For New York:-23,986 rolls matting, 2,014 boxes cassia, 1,938 pkgs. fire- crackers, 1.300 boxes palmleaffans, 1,077 cases fans, 941 boxes tes, 842 bales rattancore, 600 cases heather brushes, 600 cases ginger, 405 bales strawbraids, 103 cases Chinaware, 84 bales canes, 70 cases gallants, 32 cases teasticks, 30 bales rushhats, 30 cases staraniseed oil, 516 pkgs. merchandise.