December 2, 1901.]
The assumption of charge of the French Consulate by M. G. E. Liébert on the 19th inst. is notified in the Gazette.
Lists of persons attending the Levee and the dinner at Government House on the King's Birthday are published in the Gazette.
The return of visitors to the City Hall Libary and Museum last week shows that 391 non-Chinese and 364 Chinese visited the former, 141 non-Chinese and 1,705 Chinese the latter institution.
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If sufficient candidates come forward, H.E. the Governor notifies in the Gazette that he is prepared to increase the strength of "E" Engineer Co., H.K.V.C., to the following strength :- 1 captain, 3 lieutenants, 1 com- pany sergeant-major, 3 sergeants, 52 rank and file. Of the rank and file 35 should be suitable for training as electricians and 17 as engine-drivers.
H.E. Taotsi Low Yuk Lin ras left Hongkong on 27th ult. by the Bayern, en route to Brussels, where he has been appointed chargé d'affaires. H.E. Lew was up to a short time ago secretary of the Chinese Legation in London, and is an ex- ceedingly well-informed official with a promising future before him. He was educated in America and has just left Nanking where he was work ing by request of the Viceroy on a scheme for the consolidation of the various colleges and universities in China, the object being the advancement of Western learning amongst the Chinese officials. He hopes at some future date to return to this work for which he is well fitted. We wish H.E. all success in his new office.
The answers to the paper of questions issued to Hongkong residents by the Private Chair and Jinricksha Coolies Commission are tabu- luted in Appendix D of the report. To question 1, Have you any difficulty in pro- curing private chair and/or ricksha coolies?" the answers were :--- -chair coolies, Yes 89, No 29; ricksha coolies, Yes 78, No 22. To question 2, "Have you had any difficulty in retaining private chair and/or ricksha coolies ?":-chair coolies, Yes 95, No 21; ricksha coolies, Yes 78, No 19. To question 6, "Are you in favour of making persons who engage unlicensed or anregistered private chair and ricksba coolies liable to a fine in the Police Court, if any system of licensing or registration is intro- duced ?":-Yes 78, No 24, Yes conditionally 26. With regard to the questions about past and present wages, it appears that the rate per month five years ago ranged from $6 to $8.50, while the present rate ranges from $8 to $12.
H.M. gunboat Plover and the Italian cruiser Elba arrived on the 22nd ult. from Shanghai, the British transport Haiching departed for that port.
The British transport Haiching left on the 22th ult. for the North with the 22nd: Rajputs on board.
CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Japanese Foreign Minister lodged a protest with the United States Government on the 7th ult. relating to the recent amendments effected in the Customs Tariff at Manila.
Owing to a street brawl in Hongkow some time ago in which a Chinaman was stabbed by a German soldier, the liberty of the whole Ger- man garrison in Shanghai has been stopped.
L'Echo de Chine attempts to reassure the French Missions in China in the matter of the recent telegram as to their share of the French portion of the indemnity. The treaties, it says, will protect the missions, whatever budget com- mittees may say or do.
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The Times urges the necessity of a worthy representation of British manufactures at the Osaka exhibition of 1903, as trade with Japan is now as important as that with China.
H.M. cruser Amphitrite was ordered on the 22nd ult. to leave Sheerness for Chatham and disembark naval ratings from the Mediter- ranean. She was then to refit and leave with new crews for H.M.S. Snipe and Alacrity, which are to be recommissioned here.
Count ron Waldersee will, it is stated, pro- bably go to London early in December. The visit which he will then pay was arranged soon after his return to Germany from China. It is believed that the Field-Marshal is going on the personal invitation of the King.
Four steam canal-boats and fifteen consorts which have been plying between New York and Cleveland, via the Erie Canal and Lake Erie. were permanently withdrawn from the trade there in October. They were to be cut up and shipped to Hongkong where they will be put together and proceed to Manila, to do a general lighterage and inter-island business. These boats have been purchased by the Philip- Transportation and Construction Com- pany, a corporation just organised under the Jaws of New Jersey.
What an inquisitive lot the Klang police are, says the Malay Mail. One day they met a Chinaman in the Klang railway station carry- ing a box of "Osborne" biscuits. They asked to see the biscuits. The tin was soldered up, but a knife soon opened it. Inside were thirty- one sticks of dynamite, fifty detonators and about two yards of fuse. The gentleman said re was on his way to China. The magistrate fined him $50, or one month's rigorous, for carrying dangerous goods on the railway.
A Catbalogan despatch of the 15th ult. says:—Word" has been received to the effect that the peace commissioners originated by Major Glenn are progressing favourably. A letter was received at the town of Villareal on the 14th inst from Captain Arellano, one of Lukban's most important officers, promising that he would surrender with all his guns and his entire command by Monday at the latest.
We have received a small and attractive hand-pine book of Portland and tributary country, issued by Messrs. Lewis and Clark in connection with Oregon's centennial exposition to be held in 1905. The book is most charmingly illustrated, and under the heading of "Heavy Flour Trade," we note the following reference to the Portland Flouring Mills Company, of which Mr. A. H. Rennie is the agent in Hongkong: "The capacity of the Portland Mills Com- pany's mill at Portland is 2,750 barrels a day, with provision already made for easy increase to 4,000 barrels daily capacity. This is the largest mill in the Pacific North- west. The Tacoma mill of the same company is of 1,800 daily capacity. The two mills of the Portland Flouring Mills Company at Spokane grind 1,100 barrels a day, the two mills at Oregon City 1,000 barrels at day, and the other five mills of the company, located in different parts of Oregon and Washington, increase their daily capacity to 8,300 barrels. During 1900 these mills ground on average 200,000 barrels of four a month. It takes nearly 40,000 bushels of wheat to produce 8,30) barrels of flour. The daily supply of wheat to keep these mills running costs nearly $20,000. Within the next 15 years over one-half the wheat pro- duced in the Pacific Northwest will be sent This across the Pacific in the shape of flour. single instance can be taken as conclusive evidence of the mangnitude which the industry has already of grinding wheat into flour attained in Oregon and Washington."
A. most successful concert was given on on the 22nd ult. in Canton by Madame Freed, assisted by Messrs F. H. Bėll, R. Schween, E. Hedinger and E. Danenberg. The entertainment was given in the Club audience. Madame Freed was recalled twice for several of her numbers, and Mr. E. Danen- berg's pianoforte solos were brilliantly played. Mr. Schween and Mr. Bell were both in excellent voice and their songs were well rendered: Madame Freed expects to give a
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A Naval Officer from China" writes to the Times-Is it not time that England took some steps to square herself with Holland? English people have forgotten that for the last 30 years the Dutch have been trying to deprive the Achinese of Sumatra of their independence, and simply owes her present position there to England having stopped the exportation of arms and ammunition from the Straits Settle- ments. Now, if we follow the lead of Holland, bring home the Sultan of Acheen in an Eng- lish man-of-war, assist them to carry on their war of independence from London, and supply them with arms and our sympathy, in less than six months the Dutch will require every man they have, as well as their allies the Boers, to Mr. Kruger and Mr. Leyds hold the island. having been so successful, should assist them in their plan of campaign.
The Tutler for the 17th October contains a picture of the two children, aged 5 and 2 years respectively, of Capt. Sir George Warrender, H.M.S. Barfleur, and Lady Maude Warrender. A paragraph on the same page says:-Lady Mand Warrender, a photograph of whose present Earl of Shaftesbury. She married in 1894 Captain George John Scott Warrender, R.N., the eldest son of Sir George Warrender. The Warrender family, which is of French extraction and was formerly De Warende, settled in Scotland in the time of James V.
This will enable the Hongkong | Theatre, which was filled by a most appreciative children appears on this page, is a sister of the
Regiment to return to Kowloon.
The German gunboat Iltis arrived from Canton on the 23rd nlt., while the cruiser Kaiserin Augusta and the gunboat Tiger left for Amoy. H.M. surveying-ship Waterwitch returned from a cruise on the 24th ult., and the
Italiau cruiser Maro Polo arrived from Singa | concert in Macao on Wednesday night, and is The first baronet was Lord Provost of Edin-
pore.
H.M.SS. Albion, Ocean, and Argonaut left on the 25th ult. for Mirs Bay, where they will probably remain at anchor for some time. H.M.S. Cressy has joined them there.
The German gunboat Tiger arrived on the 26th ult. from Amoy,
The Italian cruiser Vesuvio arrived here from Shanghai on the 27th ult.
The British battleship Glory arrived on the 29th ult. from Yokohama, and the Italian cruiser Vettor Pisani from Shanghai.
The British sloop Daphne arrived, from Shanghai on Friday, and the Portuguese gun. bost Zaire from Macao.
King's Remembrancer and M.P. for Hadding- tonshire. Lady Mand Warrender is one of the most accomplished amateur pianists of the day.
arranging to give a concert at the Peak Hotel burgh in the reign of Anne and the two first on Tuesday evening, the 2nd prox. The follow-Georges. The third Baron, Sir Patrick, was ing was the programme of the entertainment at Canton:- Piano Solo
Song
PART FIRST.
"Tanhauser " Wagner-Liszt Mr. E. DANENBERG.
"Wanderlied
Schumann Mr. R. SCHWEEN.
Cantabile from "Samson et Dalila "... Saint Süens Madame AGNES FREED.
Beloved, it is Morn"
Mr. F. H. BELL.
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SILK. EXPORT OF SILK FROM CHINA 'AND . JAPAN TO EUROPE.
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Song...
Aylward
Song
of
(a) "Still Wie Die Nacht". (b) Holy City"
Bohm. Adams Shanghai
Yokohama
Weber
Madame AGNES FREED.
PART SECOND.
Piano Solo...... "Sonata in A flat'
L'Estasia Valse... "Brilliante Luigi Arditi. EXPORT OF SILK FROM CHINA AND JAPAN
TO AMERICA.
On the 27th ult. the new Italian cruiser for this station, the Lombardia, arrived from Europe. She is a third class cruiser of 2,380 tons, built at Castellamare and launched in 1890. Her displacement is 2380 tons and her indicated horse-power 6,843. The Lombardia | Aria bas a 4 in. armour protection, gun position, and 2 in. deck armour. Her armament consists Song.. of four 5.9 in. quickfiring guns, six 4.7 in., one
2.9 in., eight 22. in., eight 1.4. in., two maxims
Mr. E. DANɣnberg,
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Madame AGNES FREED.
"Where'er you walk
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Bach-Gounod Shanghai
Mr. F. H. Bell.
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Madame AGNES Freed.
Violin Obligato-Mr. E. Hedinger.
and two torpedo tubes. Her speed is 17 knots. Piano Solo... "Caprice Espagnole "... Moszkowski
Yokohama
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