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The number of marriages solemn sed in the 362 Colony during 1902 was 129 as compared with 36214) in 1901, mys thẻ Acting Registrar-General's 362 | report...
The Navy League di
Empire Day
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The Gage Street Murder
China Ter Trade.............
Fpecial Supplement:-
Chamber of Como erge Annual Report.
Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce...
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Siberian Railway Projects.
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The Straits Currency
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Supreme Court
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Hongkong Sanitary Board
Famine in Kwangsi
The Situation at Newchwang..
On the List
B. P. Moffitt in the Colony...
A Day at the Magistracy ..
Police Inspector Develops Plagne
Canton Notes
A. S. Watson & Co, Ld.
The China Light and Power Co, Ld
Correspondence it. But
Births and Deaths the fo ony
Shanghai and the Navy League Golf Championship
Miscellaneous
Commerciak..
Shipping
BIRTHS.
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Certificates of identity to Chinese ent- ring the United States, etc., contributed $2 275 to the revenue of the Colody during the year 1992, against $1,750 in 1901,
The total number of vaccinations in the 373 Colony throughout, 1902 was 6.475, as aguiust 37 5,937 in 1991. There were 9 prosacutions under the Vaccination Ordinauce during the year.
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The number of street hawkers is graduall, incre sing. During the year 1902. 13,861 376 licnoes were issued, and fm 1st October 377 until 31st Decśmber 7,773 different hawkers
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Mr. Haumer has been appointed Assistant 372 | Scoretary of the Sanitary Board. Mr. Hanmer was admitted as a solicitor in 1893, and practised for himself for about two years in: Southampton.
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On the 10th May, at Kobe, the wife of C. W. DAVIDGE, of a daughter.
On the 11th May, at B North Szechuen Road, Shanghai, the wife of FRANK DRAK, of a son.
MARRIAGE.
On the 9th May, at Singapore, WALTER MART, Ordnance Department,ingapore, to B.C. WEBBE, fecond daughter of J. WEBBE, Singapore.
DEATH... ř
On the 10th May, at the General Hospital, Shanghai, ERNST ALFRED, younger son of (ap tain H. A. McINNES, IM. Customs, aged 22 years.
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ARRIVAL OF MAILS.
The German mail of the 4th Apr 1 arrived, per N.D.L. steamer Stuttgart, on the 19th May (35 days); tle American mail of the 22nd April arrived, por K.K steamer Hongkong Muru, on the 20th May (2 days); and the English mail of the 24th April arrived, pr P. & 0. steamer Chusan, on the 22nd May (28 day:).
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A Chiness fireman was killed at Quarry Bay. shipyard on the 17th inst, by falling from a travelling crane and being crushed between the cow-catoher” and the rails. The unfortunate man was terribly mutilated.
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During the year 1992, Chinese mals and female emigrants under 16 years of age to the number of 1 319, s against 9,312 ia 1:01, were examined at the Harbour Office and the Registrar-General's Office.
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Found guilty of being in unlawful possessiou of an iron clamp valued at $10 and the property of the Peak Tramway Company, a Chinaman at the Police Court on Saturday was sentenced to one month's hard labour.
Complaints are frequent that the gas lamps are unlit or turned down early, and the streets left in darkness, The Gas Company may be trying to make up for its losses on dear goal; but it was never known to give the streets extra lighting when coal was cheap.
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Uniforms for the use of Chinese deck hands on the Star F. rry launches are being inte duced, and were word yesterday for the first time. The innovation is a good one, and the men have now a smart, businese- iko appearance that was formerly Jacki g.-.~
in aino Road are still in a reversed position, or The caps on the manholes of the No. 2 tauk wereon the 19th inst,and proving hirhly efficaci ons as receptacles for stagnant water. erhaps, when he showers have passed the responsible
authorities will venture out and see thein fixed properly.
Private advices from Canton state that the American company which has undertaken the TheTM number of plague c.ses in the Colony city of Canton his ben approached by the work of laying an electric tramway round the from January 1st to date is returned at 765,
g-ntry of Namhoi with a view to the installa- The Registrar-General during 1992 licensed Lion of a telephone service. As a result, a 44 Chinese postal hangs employing 162 letter-syndicate with a capital of $21,000 has been carriers. A lie nsing fee of $5 is charged in
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formed a d the intro!uction of the telephone is expected to take p'ace within a few months,
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Messrs. W. S. Bailey & Co. recently launched from their yard a now lonk water-bost 105
feet long, constructed to the order of the Hong- kong Steam Water-boat Co., Ld., this being a repeat order to Messrs. Bailey from the Com- pany. The vessel is fitted with non-condensing engines giving a speed of 74 knots ani the boiler and powerful dupler pump are fitted on deck. The storage cipholty is two hundred -tons. On completion of the official trial, which was run on Friday, thy boat was immediately put into servico.
The Hon. Treasurer of the Alice Memorial and Nethersole Hospitals begs to acknowledge with thanks the following donations to the funds of the Hospitals:-
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Hormusj e Nusserwanjee Cooper $500 500 Dorabjee Nowrojes
The following conditious are attached to these donatiobs :-
(1) The funds shall be named the Hormusjee Nu serwanjee Cooper and Dorabjee Nowrojes Funds respectively and kept intact.
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(2) The funds shall be placed on fixed deposit in the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation and the annual inter at therefrom shall be applied to the funds of the Alice Mem rial and Nethersole Hospitals in the namesof the donors."
The report of the Acting Registrar-General. Mr. C. McI. Messer, for the year 1902, shows that the revenue collected during the period under review amounted to $136,888.13, as against $127.566.16 år. 1901—an increase of $9,321.97. The report states that very nearly all items of revenue show substantial increases. by $2,656.48; fron hawkers, by $1.476.50; * Thus, the revenue from markets has increased from boat licences, by $399.90; and from fees in connection with the Marriage Ordinances, by $776. The expenditure during the year was $24,230,33 compared with $16429.62 in 1991. The increase was caused by the per- manent appointment of Mr. C. Clementi as Assistant Registrar, the appointment of translator, the cost of training student inter- preters, and the appointment of an emigration clerk.
The complimentary concert given in the Theatre Royal on Saturday night for the benefit of Miss Florence Adelaide proved to be a great success, the ontertainment being. a first-rate one and the audience so 1rge that downstairs not a seat could be found for those arriving after the curtain had gone up; the dress circle was also well filled. Carefully arranged, the programme was enhanced by the absence of any wearisome intervals be- twoon the numbers, and the fact was made
and encores were frequent, the audience bring the subject of much favourable comment, The various turns wero all creditably takon, liberal with its applause. Especially good were the Highland fling by Mr. W. Cleveland (assist ed by Piper J. E. Sinclair), a song and dance by the beneficiary, Miss FAdolaide, and Mr. F. Harvie, who introduced a "cake-walk," the juggling performance by “Cento," and the musical sketch by the Francis Brothers. Mr. made great impressions, and cordial too were Burnett and Mr. Eurgess, eo entric comedians,
the receptions given to Me, F. G. Whittiok, Mr. W. J. Dockree, Mrs. B. Stephenson, Mr. W. Hoger, Mr. H. Palmer,, Mr. F. Williams, and Mr. J. R. Martio, the other contributors to the programme, just