THE
Hongkong Weekly Press
VOL. LVII.]
AND
China Overland Trade Report.
CONTENTS.
Epitome of the Week, &c
Leading Articles : —
Chinese Immigration in British Columbia
Russia, Japan and Corea......
China and her Currency
Receipt Stamps for Chihli
England and Germany
Masonic Hall Reading-room
The Brough Company
"AlBority" Cork Club
Forged Banknotes at Shanghai
Eupreme Court .....
Correspondence
Canton
Swntow
Geo! Fenwick & Co., Ld..
Co., Ld.
Hongkong Hotel Co., Ld.
Keview
Cricket
Football
Iadies' Rifle Association
Water Return.......
Royal Hongkong Golf Club
The Crisis in Kwangsi
Chang Chih-tang
HONGKONG, SATURDAY, 14TH MARCH, 1903.
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EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
The number of plague cases reparted in the 188 | Colony since the 1st January now amounts to 67, Another case of bubonic plague has occurred 189 at Manila. 189 .189
Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown
The Empress Dowager's Tea Parties
Hongkong and Manila Trade....
Hongkong
Miscellaneous
Commercial
Shipping
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A new Poking University is to be built from 190 the designs of an European arcbitect, to contain
about 1,400 rooms aɩd cost Tls. 500,000.
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The Tsar has instruct d M. Witte, Minister of Finance, to re-arrange the Customs régime 193 in the Russian dominions in the Far East.
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On the 10th February, at Fuochow, the wife of CAEL ROSEMANN. Superintendent, Gurmania Eaw Kills, of a daughter.
Mr. Wyatt, the delegate of tho Navy League is on his way to Japan via Canada, and after spending a month in that country, will proceed to China, Hongkong, Australia, and New Zealand.
The Freuch cniser Montealm, which recently left Toulon for the Far East, received orders to call at Jibuli in order to be present during the coming festivities in connection with the opening of the railway.
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The Universal Gasetté states that the Peking Grand Council lately wired to Viceroy Chang that their Majesties eagerly await him to come to Poking for audience.
The Singapore Free Press mentions that it is understood the Russian Squadron at present visiting the Persian Gulf will coal at Pulo- woh and then go direct to Hongkong, not. visiting Singapore at all.
A London commercial paper notes that “Our. slly-Japan-has just placed a contract with the American Steel and Wire Company for over 27 miles of wire which is needed to construct the over-hoad system of a trolley road in Tokyo."
The statement that the Russo-Chinese Bank has been commissioned to place a loan of 40,000,000 francs in Paris for the extension of its operation is semi-fficially denied. What, of course, has got confused is the loan for the Cheng ting-Taiyuan railway, the contract for which was signed by the bank at Shanghai, and is for the sum stated.
The Japan Mail referring to a theory The New American Legation at Poking is to propounded in the Debats that Japan is to 197 | be built from plaas prepared by Mr. Nealy, an absorb China, observes that in spite of the 199 architect who has been specially sent out to attractions of such a theory from the purely Peking by the authorities at Washington. Con- speculative point of view, belief in its truth can tracts for bricks and lime have been given out. scarcely survive the absence of any evidences of The peaceful conquest of A projected rising in the vicinity and the consummation.
China certainly does seem to be going on slowly, port of Kiukiang, Kiangsi province, has been discovered, the ramifications of which extend but at present there are no appearances that to quite a number of cities in the province to Japan's share. It is a. campaign in which any large part of the fruits of victory will fall The mandarins have been instructed by the
in ney holds the field. There are occasional Viceroy to prevent the import and export of displays of the mailed fist, but their results are fire-arms and ammnuition wherever possible.
fitful and the condemnation they provoke soon The Mauila Cablenews says that the Mack-obscures their results. Concessions are the ing Company, which has the Government o3. great weapons: mining concessions, railway tract for raising the Spanish bulks, dofting concessions, navigation concessions, and so on, the harbour thereabout, has begun oper tions in in all of which Japan has a very small part, her earw st and for a week past has had a large available capital not being suflolent even för number of natives employed Tbo Maria Chris-the purposes of her home development. tina, the flagship of Admiral Montojo, is the vessel they are at prosent devoting their atten.
On the 26th February, at Ipoh, Perak, the wife of H. A. HABEKOST, of Howarth Erskine, Ld, of a daughter.
On the 27th February, at Tientsin, the wife of Ma F. HEY, I M. Custows, of a daughter.
On the 28th February, at No. 118, Kitano Cho. Kobe, the wife of F. G. SALE, of a son.
On the It A arch, at No. 42, Selogie Road, Singapore, the wife of H. PINTO, of a daughter.
On the 4th March, at 45, Bubbling Well Road, Shanghai, the wife of ROWLAND H. B. WADE, of a daughter.
At "St. Enogat," Conduit Road, the wife of Dr. G. M. HARSTON, of a daughter.
MARRIAGES.
On the 28th February, at the Presbyterian Church, Singapore, ROBERT SCOLAR to THERESA A. R. HADEEUP, daughter of ERNST HADEEUP, of Singapore and openhagen.
On the 2 d March, at Trinity Cathedral, Stanghai, Joux WILFRED BIRD, turgeon, R.N. H.M.S Bramble, to Marjorie BYRNE, of Shanghai
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The Cablenews of Manila says that the settle. unt of the prize-money due the American sailors for their victory in the battle of Manila Bay has just been arrived at by the Navy Department. Computed upon the basis of the vessels captured and destroyed, the amount is very large. The share of Admiral Dewey alone is almost one million dollars.
Judging from information that has rosehad Shanghai, the construction of the Peking Syndi cate Railways in Hunan is going on rapidly. In Trokon, says the Shanghai Times, a store sad buildings for the Europeans engaged on the work have been erected upon English plans. Nearly all of the road bridges and drains in the first and second motions have already been finished. The track has been laid an får as Li Yuan Tou, a village about 5 miles cast of Wei Hui Fa, through which place the Emperor passed in 1 cosmber, 1901, Our Shanghai correspondent telegraphed on en route to Peking from Sianfu. Talograph the 12th inst. (bat The Tantai, under the lines have been built along the entire road; 8) On the 6th March. at the eneral Hospital, orders of the Viceroy, bas issu da proclamation miles. Le superintendent of telegraphs is Shanghai, GE BGE HENRY JONES.
absolutely forbidding the export of rics by C. K. Chow, who was formerly a secretary natives and foreigners alike." The following the Imperial Chinoso Railway Administration, pragraph from northern contempo ary and who has the added advantage of having affords some explanation of the proclamation:~ taken honours in the department of electricity,
'I be recent rapid rise in Shanghai of the price Yale University. He has just finished inst of ice has agaiù been receiving the attention of the telegraph iostruments. The const the provincial authorities at Ɛoochow and Nan of the road, it is confidently ball
ionths. king, and the local mandarins have accordingly will bé finished within 18 been warned that this is due to the unauthorised | the beginning of the construction export from the port of the commodity. railways, the prion `t1`la Several persons high in rank are inspec ́ed of Wel-haifu® han"
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ARRIVALS OF MAILS.
The French nail of the 6th February anive1. per M.M. sfoamer Sydney, on the 12th March (4 days); the 1ngish mail of the 13th February arrived, per P. & O. steamer Chusan, on the 13th March (28 days); and the U. S. mail of the 18th February arrived, per P.. teamer China, on the 13th March (28 days).
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rigging" the market through their agents | Chinese staff of Po who then export the food stuff, thus bringing | mow_of_land_noi buge sums into the pockets of their principals. | Thokon last antum In view of this the local mandarins have been thousand cash per ordered to is ue proclamations prohibiting the | of a Ti-pao name export of rice on pain of confiscat
ran up to 120 taois