July 5, 1002.]
Commerce of Indo-China and by the Commis- saire-General of the Exposition. They will comprise the grand prize, gold medals, silver medals, bronze medals, honourable mention, and
■.commemorative medal will be given to all exhibitors. Special facilities of transport have been given to exhibitors, and printed rules and re- gulations are being circulated free by the French Consulates throughout the Far East giving all information concerning the exhibition.
Everything possible has been done in advance by the colonists, the consuls in the East and the officials, to make the Exposition the great success it promises to be, and Monsieur Thomé, the Commissaire-General, bas fulfilled his many functions with conspicuuns ability. The money for the Exposition was provided for by the decree of the Government of Indo-China, dated Hano, 7th December, 1899, in which the funds were to be drawn from the contributions furnished by the budget-general and budgets local of Indo-China and the receipts realised by the Exposition.
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The Exposition is being warmly supported throughout the Far East, in France and in the French colonies. At the time of my visit the Commissaire-General had received advice from the French Minister in Tokyo of 500 applica- tions from Japanese for exhibits. From the Philippines 150 applications had been made, and in Madagascar a credit of 100,000 francs had been opened by General Galliéne, to permit of exbibits being sent, and a body of natives, under the direction of an architect who will be a commissioner-delegate, will arrive in Hanoi to take part. The Straits Settlements, Borneo and Sarawak, Siam and the Netherlands Indies have promised many important and interesting
! objects.
In France the scheme has been enthusias tically supported, and the Lyons Chamber of Commerce was the first to organis a special committee to promote it. Another committee was formed in Paris with similar objects, and numbers among its members such public men
as M. le Myer de Villers, Aymonier, Bompard, Bourde, Brière, Gauthiot, Collin, Delavand, Cousin, Hector, Jouannin, Charles Lemire, Pavie, Piquet, Roume, and Vial. Among the merchants an manufacturers on the Committee are MM. Ancelot, the president of the French Committee to Foreign Exposi- tions; Arlin, the important silk manufacturer of Lyons, and councillor of Commerce of the Interior of France; Bellan, maker of embroideries; Chabrières, president of the Com- miteee for Silk at the Paris Exposition; David. Mennet, president of the General Association of Commerce and Industry; MM. Emile Dupont, Engel, Delaunay-Bellevill, Estien Fauré Lepage, the well-known armourers, president of the Jury of the Section of Arms of the Paris Exposition, Hautin Fontaine. Henon, Maguin, Lyon, Pleyel Wolf, Pinard, Sandoz, Rodel de Bordeaux, Vaury president of the Tribunal of Commerce of the Seine.
CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT.
The Compagnie des Messageries Maritimes and others have arranged to support the Exposition by conveying the exhibits at special- ly rednod rates, and have also decided to grant special passenger fares.
From Singapore visitors will travel by the excellent mail steamers of the Compagnie des Messageries Maritimes to Saigon and then re-embark for Haiphong.
From Hongkong visitors may travel by the steamers of the Compagnie de Navagation Tonkin ise (A. B. Marty), calling at Kwang. chauwan, Heiboi and Pakhoi. to Haiphong, if the 8.s. Hud be taken, which is the best steamer of the fleet, the voyage occupying about four days. The other steamers are the Hanoi. Hongkong and Hating, which have passenger accommodation and do the journey in less time, as they do not call at so many ports as the Hus Messrs. Jebsen & Co, also run a regular service of half a dozen steamers between Hongkong and Haiphong.
The passenger rates between Hongkong and Haiphong are $45 single fare; $70 return fare available for two months, but these rates will no doubt be reduced.
On arrival at Haiphong, passage is taken in one of the fleet of river steamers of the Corres- pondene Fluviales au Tonkin (Messrs. Marty and d'Abbadie). These steamers leave Hai- plong on Monday, Wednesday and Friday at
p.m. and arrive at Hanoi the next morning."" Cabins must be booked in advance otherwis the passenger may have to sleep on deck or in the salcon. The fare is $8, which includes a couch in the saloon at night (or $1 for a berth in the cabin) also two meals on board.
It is better for the passenger to break his journey at Dapcan, which is reached at be- tween 5 and 9 a.m, and there is a daily service of steamers between Haiphong and Dapcau. The passage costs $7 including a couch in the saloon. On disembarking at Dapcau, the railway station adjoins the jetty, the passenger can take the train at 7am.. and arrive in Hanoi in two hours, the fare being $1.96 first-class.
By the time the Exposition is opened, how ever, the new railway between Haiphong and Hanoi should be working, and the visitor will be able to reach the capital from Haiphong in five hours, thus saving the discomfort of a night
on the small steamer.
On arrival at Hanoi numerous hotels will be found, the most important being the Hotel Métropole, Hanoi Hotel, Hotel du Lac, Hotel de la Paix, Hotel Danes, Hotel Birot, and as several of these are equal if not superior in cuisine and domestic arrangements to many others in the Far East, the visitor may depend on being com- fortable. The charges are moderate, and are much less than in Hongkong.
From Hanoi the visitor may take the train to Langson and Dong-dang ou the Chinese frontier. the fare being $10.50, and the meals
SWATOW.
[FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.]
Swatow, let July. CORONATION FESTIVITIES CARRIED THROUGH, It was with deep regret that intelligency of King Edward's indisposition was received here on Friday last. There not being any official intimation of the sad occurrence, the programme for the Coronation festivities, with the exception. of the service in Church, was gone through on Thursday, the day His Majesty should have been crowned. A fairly large attendance assembled at the Kockchioh Club and drank the King's health. In the afternoon a regatta was held, which, however, came to no result owing to the first three winning boats not completing the race in three hours. At the dinner given in the Kookchioh Club nearly all the community was present. The British Consul, Mr. Twyman, presided and proposed the health of the King, the Royal Family and the Rulers of the Foreign Nations. The toasts were cordially pledged and "God Save the King" was sung by the whole audience. Mr. Richards then proposed the health of the guests and coupled with it the name of Mr. Haesloop, who made a suitable response The remainder of the evening was spent io viewing the fireworks, which lasted till midnight.
PAKHOI.
[FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.)
Pakhoi, 27th Jane.
CORONATION CELEBRATIONS.
Coronation of Their Majesties King Edward Yesterday, being the day appointed for the VII and Queen Alexandra, Divine service was held in the afternoon in the Church
Missionary Society's chapel, the Rev. C. J. Blanche't conducting the Service. By_invita tion of H. B. M. Consul, Mr. Ernest Bennett, the whole of the foreign residents attended. The special form of service recommended for use on this occasion in the churches of the Church of England throughout the British Empire was adopted. At the close of the service, "God Save the King" was sung by the choir and the congregation, and before disper. sing, Consul Bennett turned towards the con- gregation and called thrice: "God Save our King Edward VII.", to which the congre- gation heartily responded. The little chapel was specially decorated with Union Jacks and plants in pots.
THE HEALTH OF THE PORT.
The plague is almost unheard of just now. Several days have passed without a single case being reported. There were some cases of dysentery recently amongst the natives, a few resulting fatally.
I hear that cholera broke ont on board a
The work of grouping and classing the on the train costing $1.50 each. Special trips steamer, recently arrived from Hongkong, in
exhibi's from France has been done in the Colonial office, under the able direction of M. Ancelot,
Among the numerous French firms who are sending exhibits appear such well known in- stitutions as Le Creusot, Fives-Lille, Châtillon- Commentry, les Forges d'Alais, Lazare Weiller, de Havre, la Compagnie des constructions démontables, Maquard et Cie de Fourchambault, les Forges de Mohon, les ciments de Boulogne- sur-Mer, la Chambre syndicale de l'acétylène, la Société industrielle de Chandernagor, la Société des Usines du Rhône, la Société de Saint-Gobain, Domange Scellons Courroies, Comptoir du Congo occidental, Institut colonial de Marseille (Doc'eur Heckel), Br. sserie Boiteur fréres (Besançon), Société carbonique lyonnaise, Doré et Cie à Troyes, Societe pour la defense du commerca de Marseille, Outremer- Guiment (Lyon), Société d'agriculture et d'acclimatation du Var, Consul de la Republi. que argentine à Dunkerque, Sylveltre (matériel d'incendie), Vilmorin-Andrieux, Ch. Delagrave, éditeur, Comité républicain du commerce et de l'industrie, etc.
Whilst the Commissaire-General and the local and metropolitan committees have been leaving nothing undone to guarantee the success of the Exposition in the matter of equipment and organisation, the facilities for foreign visitors have not been forgotten..
are being arranged at moderate rates to interior Haiphong. The vessel was immediately placed places of interest and also to the beautiful bayn quarantine. of Along, which in picturesqueness and beauty is claimed to surpass even the inland sea of Japan.
FOOCHOW.
Foochow, 28th June.
It appears from the home papers that the
Until yesterday the weather had been abomin- late Mr David Gillies arrived in London on the 9th May and left London on the 21st,able for ten days, and it in no way tended to As he had some business to transact in Glasgow lighten the general depression of spirits to be it was normal weather for the end of he went to the Station Hotel on arrival, where told he remained till his death on Tuesday morning, June." It was normal inasmuch that there the 27th May. After arrival in Glasgow he were heavy rains both locally and up country, appeared to his friends to be in very good with the result that there was a freshet on the health, the only thing he complained of being river, the streets were under water and the a cough which troubled him somewhat. On plains were flooded; but added to this this yar the morning he died he rang the bell about there was a typhoon in the Yangtexe alley 4.45, and on the night porter going up found while another was pissing up the Formosa him sitting on the side of the bed. He told channel and we all know how depressing the the night porter to ring up a doctor, which atmosphere is anywhere within measurable was done without loss of time. After doing distance of a passing typhoon.
In the midst of all this, namely on the 25th so the attendant went up to the room and asked if he could do anything for Mr. Gillies, instant, we received by telegram from London and was told no. The doctor arrived about the news that "the Coronation had been poste 5.15, and found Mr. Gillies lying down in bed, poned indefinitely owing to the King's indis but unconscious, and he breathed his last shortly position." No wonder a gloom was cast over
The doctor tried the place. But our discontent about the. after from heart failure. various means to bring him round, but they were weather and the inundations was at once unsuccessful. He was buried on the 30th May forgotten. The profoundest sympathy was felt in Rothe ay Cemetery, and his remains were on all sides for His Majesty on learning from a followed by a number of his old Hongkong later telegram that he was suffering from. [an friends at present in Scotland.
internal malady which obliged him to undergo
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