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THE
Hongkong. Weekly Press
VOL. LXV.]
Epitome......
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China Oberland Trade Report.
CONTENTS.
Leading Articles:-
Japanese in Formosa
The Imperial Conference...... Imagination
Woman's Suffrage
Japanese Comments on England
Hongkong Legislative Council Hongkong Sanitary Board
Supreme Court
Canton
Kulangsu (Amoy) Municipal Council Outrage in Yunnan
Commercial
Shipping
BIRTHS.
HONGKONG, SATURDAY, 15TH JUNE, 1907.
PAOK
H.E, the Officer Administering the Govern- ment has been pleased to appoint Mr. F. O. Figg to act as Director of the hservatory during the absence on leave of Dr. W. Doberek; Mr. 33 D. W. Traiman to be a member of the New Territories Land Court; and Mr. R. G. McEwen, .394 first class Sanitary inspector to b. a plague 394 inspector in succession to Mr. W. II. Woolley, .395 promoted.
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On May 30th, at Hankow, the wife of F. A. AGLEN, Commissioner of Customs, of a son.
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The trouble in the neighbourhood of Swatow is at an end and the soldiers who were sent to the district from Cauton are expected to return home almost immediately. It has been remarked it Swatow that these troops appear to be under a stricler discipline than is usually associated with Chinese troops. On the 4th instant, a soldier was behended at Swatow for "disgracing his uniform, by committing an indecent assault on a married women. When the last mail left Swatow, the Japanese oruiser Naniwa, was in the harbour, and it seemed likely that she would be compelled to remain there
some days waiting for a sufficiently high tide to enable her to get ont over the bar.
nly a few days before two Chinese who had 39; been enticed on board the Ajax bound for 396 | Singapore leaped overboard in the Sulphur Channel and were nearly drowned before they were picked up by the Harbour Master's launch. Cariously enough a similar incident took place on June 8th at almost the same place. It is not known from which vessel he threw himself, but The Victoria Recreation Club has its snnual he was found by the Y.M.C.A. bathing party in meeting on the 19th inst. Messrs, R. W. P-ar- an exhausted state, not far from the stranded son, F. Lammert, and L. A. Musso, as Boat- Choising. Though he could swim he must house sub-Committee, report that boats to the have been in t'e water a considerable time, as value of $3,200 were lost in the September be was com lately exhausted when rescued. He typhoon. They recommend that only pair-oars stated that when he found himself being be built for the present. Messrs. N. H. Alves taken to Singapore against his will he jumped | J. W. Bains, and R. W. Pearson, as Bath- overboard. As is well known the recrui ing|for ¦ house sub-Committee, dwelt on the success of emigrants is attended with grave abuses here.
His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government has given his assent, in the name and on behalf of His Majesty the King, to the following Ordinances passed by the Legislative Council:- Ordinance No. 3 of 1967. —An Ordinance to suthorize the Appro. | priation of a Supplementary Sum of four hundred and seventy-seran then nd eight hundred and forty nine dollars and fifty-three rents, to defray the charge of the Year 19 6, Ordinance No. 4 of 1997. - Au Ordinance to remove doubts as to the validity of the Returns of the average amount of bank notes proceedings of the Supreme Court of this in circulation and of specie in reserve in Colony during the time that Alfred Gascoyne, Hongkong, during the month ended 31st May Wise, E quire held the office of Paisue Judge 907, as certified by the managers of the respec- of such Court from the 25th day of Juue down Stive banks, are as uuder ;~
On June 1st, at Sta ghar, the wife of C. M. DE SENNA, of a son.
On June 5th, at Shanghai, the wife of G. F. C. DOBSON, of a son.
DEATHS.
On June 2nd, at Shanghai, CHARLER ANDERSON, late Master at Arms, U. S. Navy, aged 69 years,
On June 3rd, on her way home. SUZANNE (née Brunat), the beloved wife of Paul Albert Schlumber er, of Shanghai. Buried at Sea.
On June 6th, at his residence in Manila, J. F. C. DA ROZA, formerly of ongkong, aged 75 years No cards.
Hongkong Weekly
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Dress. to the present time. Ordinance No. 5 of
HONGKONG OFFICE: 10A, DE8 Vœux ROAD C1, LONDON OFFICE: 131, FLEET STRENT, E.C.
ARRIVAL OF MAILS.
The English Mail of 17th May arrived, per the ss. Delta, on Wednesday, the 2th instant.
FAR EASTERN NEWS.
The Gazette notifies the appointment of Mr. F. J. V. Jorge as vice consul in charge of the Consulate General of the Republic of Panama during the absence on leave of Mr. A. M. Percy, The carriage of the Italian Minister at Pek- ing drove over a policeman (who subsequently died, on the 30th May; and the Waiwapu is now negotiating on the matter with the minister.
According to an extract of meteorologiol observations made at the Hongkong Observatory the average maximam temperature for the month of May was 80,6, and the minimum 73,0 deg. The total rainfall for the month was 11.280 inches.
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1907-An Ordinance "to amend the Married | Women's Property Ordinance, 1906.
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the night fèle, and suggested the possibility of an interport swimming fixture. Messrs. W. Logan. J A. S Alves, and H. M. Harrop, as gymnasium sub-Committee, said that the jijitan clse had to b abandoned owing to langu ge difficulties. Messrs. E. M Hazeland, M. A. A Souza, and M. Molver as Har sub. Committee report that stook worth $133.78 was lost in the typhoon. Nevertheles: the balance of pr fi on the season was good, $325.38 rhe accounts were andited by Mr H Murray Bio, *s presented by Mr. S. A. Sath, hon, treasurer
Banks.
Average Specie in Amount. Reserve. Chartered Bank of Tudia,
$ Australia and China.............. 3,197,791 2,30,000 Hongkong and Shanghai
Banking Corporatina 13,857,281 9,500,00 National Bank of Chips, Ld. 213 973 100,000
Total
.17,269,045 11,90,000
The result of the working of all the Japanese ; cotton spinning companies for the present ha f., year, which is about to close, is given as bing nanrecedentedly satisfactory. According to the Asahi the cotton spinners, who have had a most prosperous season this year, are quite pre- pared for the inevitable reaction sooner or later, The spinners, who have gone through many THE N PPON YUSEN K ISHA years of bitter experience, have made ample The 34th report of this Company said :-The provision during the prosperous tim- which Directors -ubmit to you the annex-d, Statement began the year before last by placing aside of the Liabilities and Assets of the Company, ample reserves. During the recent business ¦ and the profit and lots account for the half-year, boom, however, agitations were stated among the shareholders of spinning companies for an increase in the rates of dividend, and it was
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ended March 31st, 19:17. The gross proâts of the Company for the past half-year amount to yen 2,960,730, out of which there has been paid:
Depreciation of the Comp.ny's fleet
and property Insurance fund
Ships' Structural Repair Fund
Yea 828.321 956.1 9 495,751
feared at one time that the foundations of the various concerns might be threatened. A the present time, as the r-sult of the collapse of the share market, the attitude of the shareholders bea undergone a change and they are adopting a practical line of policy. Not a
Yen 1 880,222 few companies are in the position of being able leaving a balance of Yen 2,054,728, including to pay a dividend for the present half-yone You 774,212 brought forward from the last at the rate of 00 per cent. par accant. The Directors now propose that Yen annam, but the Board of Directors of such ¦ 61, 25 be added to the Reserve Fund, raising it companies have decided to place' as large an to Yen 2,447,049; and that Yan 71,358 be amount as practicable to reserve, The Hoards allowed a Directors' and Auditors' fa-s. From of Directors of the Amagasaki and Settu the remainder the Directors recommend s spinning companies bare decided to limit their Dividend at the rite-of tan par cant., tog+ther dividends to 50 per cent., the Golo, Fukushim with two per cent. as Special Div dend, thus add Kishiwad spinning companies each to 30 making twelve per cent., per sa am, which will per cent., and the Kanegarachi and Osaka absorb Yen 1,320,0 0. The balance, Yən 5 9,312, Spinning companies to 20 per cent. each.
will be carried forward to the next account.
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