February 4, 1907.!
speaking, the Trustees of the Belilios Fund, have, on the advice of the Inspector of Schools. kindly offered 825 in prizes to be competed for
ext Eummer, as locution prizes. A sum of | $25 has this year beau granted by the Govern- I ment to help the Prize Fund, which up to now has born dependent on the kind subscriptions of various gentlemen interested in education. At the examination in December, this school sent; up six candidates in the advanced section, and a team of five in the junior division. The results are not yet to hand.
Mrs. Irving theu presented the prizes won during the year, after which
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CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REFORT.
contractor on several occasions in order to enable him to complete the reclamation, but up to the present time the work has not been finished. Recently Viceroy Chou Fu and Shen Tantai went personally and inspected the reclamation works. They discovered that only a portion of the work had been completed and that it was very badly done. His Excellency was very much annoyed about the way the contractor had conducted the work. His Excellency gave or. ders to the Nam Hoi Magistrate to seize all Chan Lun Tai's property. It is now reported that the assistant magistrate has seized the following properties belonging to Chau Lun Tai viz. —Engineering shop at Shap Pat. Po, head office at Nam Kwan, six houses at back of head office, engineering s op at Honam and eight steam launches. Vi eroy Chou En has also sent a despatch to iceroy Chang Chih-tung requesting the latter official to order Magistrate Yeong Yum Ting who was chief deputy of the reclamation works (who is at present ou leave to his native country at Hupeh; to be imme. diately sent back to Canton for the investigation of his accounts regarding the reclamation a fairs.
25 PIRATES EXECUTED.
Admiral Li Tenn went to the Kong Po military station on the 24th instant to witness the execution of 25 pirates who had already been tried and condemued to capital punishment.
A CHINESE DEPTOR.
Mrs. TUTCHER said :— Mrs. Irving. Ladies aud Geot emen—The report just read makes it unnecessary for me to say anything further regarding the routine work of the school, and it is now my pleasant duty to thank you all for your presence here to day, and specially Mrs, Irving, who, in the nuavoidable alisence of His Excellency the Governor, so kindly consented to come and present the prizes. As you have just seen,
His Excellency has again honoured us with the gift of a very handsome prize, this time a w rk basket, which has becu awarded to the pupil who most distinguished herself in needle.work. Both she and her fellow-pupils. are deeply touched by this further proof of; His Excellency's kind reembrance of the :chool, and we all additionally regret that. His
Excellency could not be here to present his gift, in person. We also desire to teûder our hearty Un representation being made by the thanks to the various gentlemen who so kindly ‹ British Authorities on behalf of the creditors, furnished the funds for the remaining prizes,, Viceroy Chou Fu caused Leong Fo Sheung's and whose names are too unmerous to mention house in Shap Ng Po to be seiz d. It is here. Scholarships, which take the form of one ; reported that Leong's debts in Hongkong year's free education, have this year been ¦ amount to the huge sum of about $110,000, awarded to Lily Fok, Lo Lai Wak. Fung Fun Lin, Kwan Yiu Yau, aud Chau So. clusion I have only to thank the members of the staff, who have so harmoniously Viceroy Chou Pu. Profect Chung is a doctor by and conscientiously co operated with me during : profession. Recently the Viceroy was suffering the past eight months. Holidays for Chinese ↑ from a sore foot and Chung was summoned to New Year will be from now till Monday, the yamen to attend to him. It is reported that 4th March.
Chung has cured His Excellency and he intends to appoint the prefect as principal medical officer of the Provincial Army and the military colleges.
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Mrs. Irving wes then made this recipiout of a handsome basket of ferus, and in return iug thanks for same remarked that it had afforded her great pleasure to presout the prizes. She was sure all present had enjoyed the programme of music provided, and as for the action soug by the little Chinese girls, *the washerwoman and the chicke.s." it was
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STEPS TO PROMOTION.
Expectant Prefect Chung • an Pong was¦ ous of the officials who came to Canton with
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meeting. It is said that Lau Chi-leong, wh acted as vice-chairman at that meeting, has been arrested and is Dow detained in the magistracy.
. PROPOSED BRIDGE,
Taotai Lan Cheung-hing petitioned Viceroy Chon Fa requesting His Excellency to grant him anthority to raise capital in Canton to float a company to build a bridge soross ¡ Honam. He also submitted a prospectus of the proposed concern to His Excellency, in which was stated that a royalty of 5 per cent would be paid to the Government out of the neft profits earned by the company annually. The Viceroy is said to have sanctioned the re- guest and added that the company need not pay the royalty of 5 per cent to the Govern- ment but to create a reserve fund with that money for the construction of other bridges.
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Vieroy Chou Fu has received a copy of the ¦ | new Press Laws from Peking. His Excellency scut a copy of it to the Nam Hoi Magistrate. Yesterday the magistrate invited the editors of simply fascinating, and un doubt all would ¦ the local press, who called at the magistracy ! have liked to hear it several times The report ; and were requested to affix their signatures to disclosed a most satisfactory state of affairs, the document in acknowledgmoct that the and the speaker congratulated the girl who flaws are enforced. The interview lasted over had won His Excellency's special prizes or an hour, during which the magistrate suggested hygiene.
to the members of the press that they should Proceedings concluded with i vote of, establish a public hall where meetings could be thanks to Mrs Irving and clpers for fin held to investigate press affairs. They should beadmistress and the visitors.
also communica'e regularly with the commercial and labour societies abroad so as to ascertain the treatment of the Chines by foreigners.
THE PRIZE FUND
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CHEESE SHIPPING SCHEME.
The teachers and pupils wish to thank the nudermentioned gentlemen most heartily for. their liberality in contributing to the Prize, Fund: Hou. Sir Paul Chater, C.M,C., Hou. Dr. i Ho Kai. C.M.G., Messrs. Butterfield and Swire, Taofi Lai Kwai pui his returned to Gibb, Livingston and Co.. Tinghes and Hough, Canton. He called on Viceroy Chon Fu yes. Jardine, Matheson and Co.; Johuson, Stokes ; terday and had a long interview. It is reported and Master; Lane. Crawford aud Col; Linstead that the President and Vice-President of the and Davies; Sam Wang Co., David Sassoou Bureau of Posts and Communications bare and Co. G. Murrary Bain, Chau Sui-ki; A. appointed Lai Taolai as deputy to inspet Forbes, Fung Wa-chun, A. Haupe : Ho Fook; the railway and steamship varigation affairs Ho Tung; W. G. Humphreys, U-Humphreys; ¦ of South China. He intend to raise capital H. E. R. Huuter. Dr. Kow; Lau Chu-pak Lock Hing Lung Foo-Thomas; A. E. Mihara H. N. Mody; See Woo: Murray Stewart; Tak Cheong, W. Wilson and H. P. White
CANTON.
[FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT,.
Cauten January 26th.
A CHINESE CONTRACT.
The local engineer Chan Lun Tai entered into a contract with the chinese Governmout some two years ago for the reclamation of the Ho Pak new buud and is said to have received from the Sin Hau Kuk from time to time cou siderable sums of money amounting to Du qanu faels on account of work done and materials supplied. The time limited in the contract for the completion of the work had expired long ago and extension of time was granted to the
in South China and the Straits Settlement to float a large steamship company, which will run regular lines of steamers between the various ports in South China and foreigu countries.
EIGHT PASSENGERS D¡OWNED.
At about 23 p.m. yesterday while one the Hongkong river steamers was approach- ing her wlact, the wares caused by the motion of her propeller capsized ons of the new stern wheeler ferry boats in which there were eleven passengers, only three of whom were saved.
CANTON-HANKOW BAILWAY.
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CHINESE EXPOSITION.
Viceroy Chou Fa received a cablegram from His Excellency Chao Erb-bsan stating that the great warehouse for the exhibition of all China products and articles manufactured in the various provinces has been completed at Muk. den and requesting His Fxcellency Chou Fu to forward all Kwargtung products and articles manufactured in that province as soon as possible.
ALLEGED CHINESE
REVOLUTIONARIES.
THE SHANGHAI DISPUTE.
A Daily Prest telegram dated Shanghai, January 28th, said :-Despite the protests of the prisoners' counsel in the Mixed Court, the British Assessor has decided to turn over to the Chinese authorities the alleged revolutionaries, Chang Pan-ching and Huang Yik.
The Court has accepted 88 prima facie evidence the letter from Tuan Fang containing specific charges based on statements of the other prisoners already convicted at Nanking.
The municipality is not opposed to the surrender on the ground of the prisoners brief residence at Shanghai, and that their previous record does not entitle them to special protection.
AMERICA AND JA PAN.
A Daily Press telegram dated Tokyo, January 29th, said :---
Baron Hayashi. replying to the Opposition criticism of the alleged weakness of the forsigu policy detailed the negotiations over the San Francisco question, said that in the event of the test case being decided against Japan the anti-Japanese movement might then be con- sidered to be the opinion of the whole of Ameries which at present it was not, and until then, the affrir conld not be considered to have reached the status of a diplomatic issue.
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Continuing, he referred to the Dalny Castom ‹ proposals, and said they might safely entrust the Manchuria Railway and its administration to foreign criticism Japan had no intention of monopolizing Manchuria, and the accusation was du to ignoranca of the circumstances at- tending their intervention there. Some hundreds of thousands of troops on the spot naturally created conditions favourable to Japan; it was unavoidable that the first comers should find themselves in a better position than later arrivals. The Government's difficulties were now becoming better understood in Europ‹, where the Powers strongly affirmed and ap- proved Japin's unaggressive policy.
CHINA AND JAPAN.
A Didy Press telegra a datel Tokyo, January 29th, said:
Serious friction at Antung has led to a diplomatic crisis between the representative of China and Japan. The local taotai bas enlisted In a previous letter I give an account of
a body of native plice, completely ignoring the resolutions passed and adopted in a private Japanese su hority and Japanese treaty rights. meeting held at the Kwong Chai Hospital by It is alleged that bis men have arrested and the gentry
of the pins charitable institutions. punished six inoffensive Japanese who were It is reported that the Nam, Hoi magistrate has | ultimately released from durance by the received instructions from the Viceroy to Japanese military police. There also
find out the l suggestion that the taotai's sotion investigate the matter aud to names of all the persons who attended the instigated by his superior emoer at Mukden.