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313 prisoners convicted from the the lease expired a demand for a considerable | attacking strong!
during the year, of whom 16 increase in the i rent was made by the landlord, | could not - 2 years' imprisonment and and nf this would have made a very heavy | was_very
drain up on the very slender funds available | brief space
and Rutherford. ution is given to the instruction for general purposes, to which the "Star"
prisoners (first offenders) of Coffee House is already, considerably. in | by Pierce, who are employed at industrial debt, it was thought better to sloes the House besten, rushël Boot and shoemaking, tailoring, and to give time and energy rather to the en-kick before Hallët£, carpentry, tinsmithing, net-mak-deavour to provide a Seamen's Institute (on a hayal goal looked dangerous -making, rattan work, knitting, permanent basis) which should be the property | however, was sonad. › Immediately nd book binding--the knowledge of of the Mision. The Lord Bishop of the whistle signalled half-time, neither side useful and educational, rendering Diocese is very kindly seeking to interest friends scored. of them much better adapted to earn in England in this matter and has already re- onest livelihood after their discharge from ceived support. Mention should here be made
of the munificent donation of $500.00 by Mr. | Price who has recently departed from the Colony. By means of this an old debt for altera- tion to the "Star" premises at the corner of Pottinger Street was wiped out, otherwise a much heavier deficit would have been entailed.
The committee wish to place upon record their thanks to the subscribers who by their generous contributions have enabled them to meet the financial needs of the Mission and to close the year with a balance in hand.
The Committee appeal for literature for the Institute and for distribution among the ping. Magazines are especially useful.
The accounts show a balance in band $313.57.
total number of forms printed at the during the year 1902 was 3,050,828 and 11,949 books were bound. The value of work done by the printing and book-binding depart- | ment was 829,039.13. Deducting the cost of paper, leather, etc, used du ing the year, from the net earnings, the total profits on all industrial labour amounted to $29,439.91 for the year 1902.
All minor repairs to the Gaol have been carried out by prison labour,
The conduct of the European. officers has as a rule been excellent, and their duties have been satisfactorily performed. The conduct of the Indian staff has been on the whole good.
There have been no escapes or attempts to esospe
The new quarters for married and single officers were completed and occupied in March. The officers' old quarters within the prison have been converted, by prison labour, into a hospital for prisoners.
The new hospital is a separate building, capable of accommodating 30 příjmērs.
There have been no suicides or attempts to commit suicide during the year.
SEAMEN'S CHURCH AND MISSION.
The report for 1902 has been issued to the friends and subscribers to the Mission. The com- mittee in the course of the report st.te that the mission steam-launch Dayspring is increasingly important agent in the work of the chaplains. The committes feel therefore that in the forefront of their report, thy must place upon reo rd their grateful thanks to the Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Co. for their kindness in keeping the launch in a seaworthy condition, and also to those who by generous donations of opal and water have made it possible to keep the launch running. Coal was given by
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Messrs Jardine, Matheson & Co., 2 tons per month Messrs. Shewan, Tomes & Co., 1 Messrs Gibb, Livingston & Co, Bir C. P. Chater, C.M.G. T Canadian Pacific Railway Co., 1 ton persteamer But in this year of drought and scarcity of water they feel that special note should be made of the fact that through the great kindness of the Hongkong Steam Water-boat Co. the needs of the Mission lunch were always fully met and supplied.
More than two thousand nine hundred visits have been paid to ships during the year. In connection with this, the committee mention that there has been a considerable increase in the number of men who have used the Dayspring to get from and to their ships on Sundays. There has been also an increase in the number of men, who have made use of the launch on weekdays to attend the concerts and temperance meetings. During the year more than five thousand seamen have been carried to and from the shore. In the number of seamen who hare availed themselves of the opportunity to join in the Holy Communion there has been also a siderable increase, more than sixty per cent.
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e attendance at the temperance meetings somewhat less than in the last year, and number of temperance seamen enrolled was Concerts however and other entertain- have. brought together a larger number hen ever before, and many very pleasant
have been spent at the Institute. Committee greatly regret that about the year it was found necessary to Star Coffee House. The premises suitable, the locality away from the
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AMOY NOTES.
[FROM A CORrespondent.]
From the kick off the Navy gained possession and Cook was almost the medium of the soors being opened. After this narrow: esos pe și Club came away with a rush. Lemarokā received the ball in an offside position, kut not called upon by the referee," Rushing” the ontside right-centred, and Henderson fro under the bar had no difficulty in netting. This was distinctly hard lines, but it made the Navy put more sting into their play, and it looked odds on their equalising. Rutherford was feeding his partner splendidly, but the naral backs were 'cute and lay well up, so that when Lemarchand rushed away he was invariably ship-offside, though the referee was very indulgent to such backslidings. Dorman dallying instead of of clearing immediately, Cooper nearly took the ball from him. At last the Navy scored, but offside robbed them of the point. Cook sprinted up the wing, and passed to the centre, who was offside. A goal would have been a well-deserved reward for the pressure the Club's goal was now subjected to; the Navy, however, could do anything but score. Bonnar wildly rushing all over the field, the sailors were time and again pulled up for offside when their forwards came away on run. The long-looked-for came at last, Kew, who had been playing a first-olans game, unluckily handled-so we were afterwards in- formed within the penalty area, and the referee, much to the astonishment of the players and the mystification of the specta- tors, awarded a penalty. Whitworth" took the kick, and placed in the net. Some of the players, however, having crossed the Line previous to the ball being played, the referee ordered the kick to by retaken. This time Hickling got his hands on the ball and stepped its progress, but failing to clear effectively the ball was secured by a Naval forward and into the het it went. The complexion of the game had not altered when the whistle sounded.
Amoy, 19th March, 1903.
A NEW INTERNATION L SETTLEMENT, At last the island of Kulangsu has become an International Settlement. A meeting of rate- payers was called for the 17th instant, for the election of a Municipal Council. Owing to some difficulties in regard to the qualifications for voting, the Consular Body decided to appoint the first Council, and the following were appointed:-Messrs. Akabs, Marshall, Orr, Hempel, Wallace, Danne.
Copies of Land Regulations and Bye-Laws have been circulated, and we understand th-y come in force on May 1st.
There is some hard work before the Council but we think the gentlemen appointed will be We should be better off equal to the occasion. from a sanitary point of view, but the new taxes and licenses will be rather heavy. These together with the Customs duties make the future business outlook anything but bright.
DROUGHT BELIEVED.
We have bad a lot of rain during the last few days. It was wanted baoly, as a good many wells were dried up.
FOOTBALL.
H.F F.C. v, -OFFICERS of tas flaET, A good game was anticipated between the above, but there was only a moderate attendance at the Happy Valley on the 21stiast, when the teams lined up as follows:—
Officers of the Fleet:-Dorman, goal; Hall and Bardell, backs; Demant. Crossman, and Stokes, halves; Preston, Chambers, Whitworth, Hallet, and Cook, forwards.
H.K.F.C.-C.C. Hickling, goal; T. E. Pierce and J. W. C. Bonnar, backs; H. A. Brent, C. T. Kew, and W. T. Caulfield, halves; W. B. Lemarchand, N. H. Rutherford, C. B. 8. Cooper, R. Henderson, and F.J. Davies, forwards.
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Officers of the Fleet, 1 goal; H.K.F.C, goal.
1 he sidɩs were evenly matched, but the play generally was of a poor order.
The Shield final is being pleasurably antici- pated by all who witnessed the Glory-Ocean fight, and a battle royal should be witnessed to day.
H K.F 0. V. THE NAVY,
This match, the fourth between the above trams this season and not the fifth as stated in › contemporary, «as played on the 20th inst, and resulted in a draw of one trý (3 points) all, after
keen struggle. The following was the Club
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P. H. Campbell, back; W. R. Robertson, R. D. Harvey, T. E. Pearce, and O, J. Barnes, three-quarters; E. M. Knox and J. P. Jordan, half-backs; W. W. Clark (capt.). E. R Hallifax, P. W. Goldring, E. D. U. Wolfe, Y. Cooper, A. Boyd; P. 8. Jameson and H. L. Bingay, forwards,
Lewin scored a clever · fry for the Navy,5 although pluckily tackled by Kuox. The Club were unfortunate two or three times in being unable to score, especially after an excellenterán by Barnes. Jordan dribbed over the Hae but Corsar kicked the ball dead. Half-time arrived with the score a try in favour of the Navy.
The officers, losing the spin of the coin, kicked off. Cooper got possession and passed to Hender- son; the ball, however, wentout. From the throw the Nary rushed down; Davies intercepted a pass and had a good run, but was dispossessed before he could get in a shot. Neither side was making much progr.ss and play was very even, each goal being visited in turn. The first dangerous raid was by the Navy, who had hard lines in not opening the score. They managed to secure a throw well down in the corner, and after several attempts had been made to net the ball, Cooper punted hard down. Whitworth let Preston away, but Bonnar 'cutely put him offside. A dribble by Whitworth was blocked | run half the leng by Kew, who gave to Lemarchand. The Club ontball between the side right left Stokes a long way behind, but the deservedly app attack came to nothing. Preston having beaten || self, but, to t Bonnar, was given offside a doubtful decision. Nothing i Davies cleverly left Hall standing, and secured
of tramo and the rent high. When a corner, which Dorman cleared. The Club |
On resuming the Club's thres quarters, got going, bat nothing "resulted. always prominent out of touch fine game. Following intercepted ap
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