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CANTON.
(TEOM OUR CORRESPONDENT,)
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THE EMPEROR'S BIRTHDAY. A banquet will be given by H. E. Viceroy Chang on Sunday at the Manchu Hall in honour of the Emperor of China's birthday. All the Foreign Consuls and foreigners in the ploy of the Chinese Government have been invited. As the birthday falls on the 24h instant the Custom house will be closed for transaction of business.
IMC. CUSTOMS TRAINING INSTITUTION.
I'p to yesterday afternoon over 280 candidates had registered themselves at the I. M. Customs for the prelimiary examination for admission into the above institution.
THE FLOOD,
The Throne has granted 100,000 taels from the Imperial Funds for the relief of the sufferers by the recent flood,
Valuable gifts and donations are daily pouring in from every direction, and the com: mittee of the Flood Fund Bazaar have addressed their thanks to the donors through the local
press.
A NOTIFICATION BY THE MINT. In my correspondence of the 21st instant I mentioned that an Imperial Edict was issued ordering the Provincial Mint here to cease striking copper cents for three months owing to the market being inundated with them &o.. &e. It is reported that yesterday the Provincial Mint issued a notification saying that on account of the difficulties in circulating copper cash, the production of same by the mint has been accumulating to au enormous amount. In order to enforce its ciroulation a regulation has been made that from the seventh moon all salaries of employees in the Govern- ment Bureaux will in future include 20 per cent of those coius at market rafe.
THE RECENT BIG FIRE,
THE HONGKONG WEEKLY PRE88 AND
The Superintendent of Police has issued ai notification calling the attention of the landlords and tenants whose premises were destroved by fire on the 18th instant that in rebuilding the houses they must act in accordance with the new regulation which requires that all houses destroyed by fire are to be rebuilt further back so as to widen the streets. The distance to be given up is 2 feet on e ch side of the strest
WATER WORKS AND ELECTRIC LIGHT
CONCESSIONS.
His Excellency Viceroy Chang has granted the above concessions in Fat Shan to Pooo Yuen Ko and other gentry of that town. Fat Shan has a population of 600 000 people.
CAPITAL OF KWANGSI TO BE REMOVED.
Viceroy Shum daring his regime sugg ested to the Central Government the removal of the Capital of Kwangsi to Nanning on sconant of the city of Kweilin being badly situated for the effective control of the Province. But the natives of that Province who were holding official positions in Peking protested against, the change, and represented that Nanning is a large transit station and only suitable for Commercial purposes. It was, they urged. difficult to defend. The subject was eventually dropped. Recently, owing to the prevalence of brigandare in the region theCentral Government have decided to remove the capital to Nanning. Instructions were telegraphed to Viceroy Chang and the Governor of Kwangsi from Peking to raise the necessary funds to effect the removal. Governor Chang, who is now in Nanning, has been ordered not to return to Kweilin as it would be easier to communicate with the Viceroy from Nanning.
THE FLOOD FUND BAZAAR,
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Mr. Tsang Chue Sun, Honorary Secretary of the Bazaar. requesting their kind patronage. The enthusiastio co-operation amongst all classes of Chinese in connection with this charitable affair is unprecedented and they really deserve praise.
ALLEGED ENCROACHMENT AT SWATÓW. His Excellency Viceroy Chang received a cablegram from Sub-Prefect Ma Tsao, I.M. Castoms deputy at Swatow, stating that Mr. Harris, Acting Commissioner of Customs there, has without consulting him (Ma Tean) erected certain buildings and decreased thereby the width of the road in front of the Customs House. Pabllo feeling has been aroused in consequence. The Sub Prefect added that he had persuaded the Commissioner to order the work to ba stopped and at the same time he was preparing a detailed report for His Excellency. Viceroy Chang wired back as follows:-" Commissioner Harris is in the wrong in enoroaobing on the width of the road through erecting cerlain buildings without previously consulting the I. M. Customs deputy. I note that you have already persuaded the Commissioner to order the work to be stopped. I instruo you to in vestigate ag in and stop the work, if necessary Sead full report on the matter"
BUREAU FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF OPIUM
BMOKING.
Viceroy Chaug has instructed the KwOD) Chau Prefect, Chan Mong Tsang, to establish Bure su exclusively for the suppression of opium smoking; to draw ap regulations for same, and to engage the necessary staff to run the offo. His Excellency has also given instructions to the Provincial Judge, the Bureau of Local Affairs and the Superintendent of Police to on- operate with the new establishment and to see that all regulations are really enforced. The Prefect has already fouud suitable offices and has drawu a sum of 1,001 taels from the Bureau of Leoal Affairs for preliminary expanzos.
[August 3, 1908.
i.e. posting a notice of the transfer on the premises one month before the transaction takes place and advertising same in two newspapers ?
Are the title deeds valid and clear ?
You did not mention all the above important particulars in your petition, and I request you to thoroughly investigate and report same to me as soon as possible so that I may decide. Mean- while you are requested to inform the military officials to give adequate protection to the missionaries and to prevent the people from creating any trouble."
THE POPULATION OF CANTON.
30th July, 1908. The Superintendent of Police has made a report of the Census of the population of Cantoa taken by his staff which gives the following figures:
"There are 3,858 streets in Canton ile Both Walled Cities, its suburbs, and Ho Nam.
Shops registered and numbered Family houses registered and
numbered
26,182
64,701
Total number of shop and houses ...
Male population Female population
90,883
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812.636 174.700
487,336
Total population
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There must be a mistake somewhere as the figures regarding population are simply ridicu- lous. The total of the census gives an average of 4 to 5 persons per house. Anybody who has geen a Chinese house will see at once the absurdity of it. The smallest Chinese house contains at least a dozen persons. Moreover the femals pop 1 ion certainly exceeds the male; there are more servant girls in every family house than there are male member of the family itself.
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tar a poll is auder consideration and it may have in- Henceforth the camphor industry and trade fuenced not a little the figures above quoted of the two Kwang Provinces will become a Baides there are hundreds of small houses and Government monopoly. !p Taotoi has beeb huts both in the City and its suburbs which are appointed superintendent of the monopoly. Anot registered or numbered. Kook Kong is one of the districts where campbor is produc d'in abundano, operations will be first started there and the other districts will be developed afterwards, All the necessary camphor for government use will be taken first and the surplus will be placed on the market.
GOVERNMENT MONOPOLY OF CAMPHOR.
LIKIN DUTY.
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In the Viceroy's semi-annual report to the Throne, regarding all likin duties collected in the Kwang Tang Province, he states that the total amount of likia collected during that period on goods imported and exported was 795,714, taele, besides a sum of 38,769 (aels duty collected on salt. The previous report showed a balance of 259,349 tiels in hand; this amount together with the two items mentioued above gives a total of 1,093,832 taels. various sums of money amounting to 661,204 taels, which were remitted to Peking from time to time, there remains a balance of 432,598 taşls in hand.
After deducting
MISSIONARIES AND OFFICIALS. The Magistrate at Kim Chuk has reported that to Viceroy Chang
certain American missionaries are building a church in Kam Chuk Hai with a view to propagate the This bas Christian religion in that towa. roused considerable feeling and the public are vigorously protesting against the building of the Church, His Excellency replied as follows:-
"I have noted the contents of your petition. According to Treaties all foreign missionaries have a right to build Churches and propagate the Christian Religion in the interior of China The date previously fixed by the committee In this case, if everything is being carried on in for the opening of the Canton Grand Charity a proper and legal way by the missionaries, Bazaar has been altered. The inauguration I cannot object to or prohibit them from ereot will
now take place on the 5th proximo.ing the Church just because the people of the
town object to it. The buildings in which the Bazaar is to be held are situated at the extreme end of the To Po Street, Western Suburb, The Bazaar is to be open for seven days and nights, Sunday excepted. There are to be two admissions daily viz :—12 (noon) to 4 pm. and 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. charge of $1.00 is to be made for admis. sion on the first day and 50 cents for each succeeding days.
A circular (in English) has been sent round to all the foreign residents on the Shameen by'
I instruct you to make the following inquiries:—
Who was the landlord of the Cheong Wo hardware shop previous to the house being sold to the missionaries ?
Are the missionaries now renting the house or have they actually purchased it?
If they have purchased the house, was the transfer of the property done in compliance with the new regulations which are now enforced
There is A rumour
The Census must have been taken in the characteristic Chinese style.
HONGKONG.
More damage has to be reported to Govern- mant property as the result of the typhoon. There is a hole in the dial of the town clock, the dial facing the waterfront!
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Is he your uncle or your father's friend ? was 8 witness at the a question addressed to Supreme Court yesterday. Well," said the witness, "he was the sworn brother of my father, and so I called him angle."
The Indian watchman who was acensed of shooting at a Chinese ticket collector on the 8.8." Lintan" with intent to murder bim, was discharged on July 29, there being no evidence to support a conviction.
Another wreck is reported to have occurred off Capsuimun on Thursday, when a large jank struck the rook which was responsible for the foundering of the 8.8. Powan." The damage done is estimated, at $4,000, but no lives were lost.
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The week's return of communicable disease in the Colony shows 17 plague cases (18 being Chinese, 1 Portuguese), 14 proving fatal; 4 Chinese cases of cholers (1 imported); 1 Japanese case of enteric fever, and 2 Chinese cases of puerperal fever. During the 24 h úrs ended noou yesterday only one case of plague was reported, and that one came from a boat in the harbour.
The Flood Relief Fund committee beg to
the acknowledge, with thanks,
following donations.
St. Peter's Seamen's Church per Mr.
$50 H. Sykes... Dr. G. M. Harston
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