WILL BE READY TOMORROW.
efficiency of the Police owing to the rein- forcement of their number and the rs-Kr= THE CHRONICLE AND DIRECTORY-rangement of the night duties, and the better
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THE DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10TH, 182
HONGKONG LEGISLATIVE DOUNCIL
A meeting of the Legislative Council was held yesterday afternoon. There wore present
His EXCELENOY the GOVERNOR. Elen. F. SxowDEN, Asting.Chiat Justion,
Im-i, S. Tonsoons, Acting Calorial See: At all seats for the first time, and had been gutters and rain chinnale. These were shade of of the barbourYout Excellency, when the buyer and the self of the story tisketa-
tary AAA
Hen. F. L. O'MALLEY, Attorney-General.
Hen, W. MDHANE, Aating Colonial Fran
satar.
Ken. No CHOT. Heu, F. B. JOHNSON. Hen. E. R. BELILIOS.
rereton and Wotton, who gave them one reason why the repair of the roads and not be carried out by the Surveyor General. The part which bo wished aspool ally to draw the attan tion of the Council te was that it was stated that when repairs were poaded to some part of the road, the Surroyer-Goneral might be in the
be in the hands of the Surreyor-General.
The Hon F. B. JOHNSON said that if they were to do the work under the control of the Surroyo.-General, they would not be able to move hand or feat without his approval. It was morely a question of who ahould take the initiative.
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and swords when landing or shipping opiom oracmmitted for trial at the Supreme Court. treasure. There are now, happily, no louror the
THEFT OF A BOAT. robberies and pilferings in sampans that word so Ip Sain, sampled, was charged of romand commen in days of yore. Instead of these we with having stolen a small boat, value $5, on the now have the moral support and good will of the fat lost.
Letng I, master of a fishing juu, aid that Chinnie community, which in the long run most. sorts a larger measure of parity for at eix a,co, his sunk was anchored off Yow Mah The Acrxa COLONIAL TREASURER' mid hevur fives, and properties than all the offorts Tee, and he went ashore in his supa. He left might be allowed to observe that the quotation of the appointed guardians of the peace can pcs. the hostin olurge of a man, and the man left the which had been read from the report of the sibly procure for us. In parking of your po boat for a short time, to tell him of some purchase When the man returned the out Select Committen of the Lords and Commenting allude partionlarly to your dealings with to be race.
beate the one he had inst He hailed the mas, who one alongside, and baving get into the heat, he onlled Ice the police, and a policeman came on board, and arrested the defendant.
The defendant said he bought the boat from me who he could not find for 3100
Ho was antloted and svatonood in thron months imprisonment:1
which I apprehend is upon to you: Excellens 11, which had been-paused the previous day, and great work being undertaken, and I think it may When prises are won, which are very rare Foxclusively in this Council: bat I may be allowed which gave the company authority to repair be undertaken a 1563. The smaller Prays to indeed, in olgat ons ont of on the wince young men thing base be. to observe that if this is ut objection made that part of the road on which tas tramways which Ialleded, at the other side of the barbour, have boon rained. by me without provians, ustice, the statement were constructed, and that portion of the road will benadertaken in 1882, and if the other le come spendthrifta ao olated that to occupy la by your Exellency that those clausoa ez with which the company did not deal was a nocemplished, or mulertskon, in 1893, we shall subordinate positions appeared to them a de imos latterly experiented in Kwangtung,
Government clauses ja au intimation made to the very huportant one, bromiss it embraced the bave se reason then to be kained of either side gradation. It the Jay were to ho metified I through which more constant employment
would implore your Excellency to sonke both ̈ Hon. E.. BUTLIG, baw boon afforded to the ring eneses.
informed beforeFan I should ton will have granite, and vero things on which a grost deal Periods of scarcity or famine invariably owall
understood the sature of my obligations to the of money might be expanded by the age of stones wy, honourable friend opposito (Mr. Johnson) in punishable. I am convinced that so soon us tho Government to bave valsed børs for the Aral of a mere expensive or less expensive stars, tradacot, the Tramways Bill, he dwelt on your beanle of the Manila to tery tickets is strictly pro- the ranks of the criminal classes, while in
time the objection I have now god, nad upon It seemed to him that Sestion 14 entirely met nevalent polloy ardon the prospority that resulted hibited in this Colony, the savings of the THE TWENTIETH FEAR OF PUBLICATION, times of general prosperity their numbera
your Exellenoge assurance that this clause the necessities of the as The company from Hoalso dwolton the increase of tho popa-maltitude will commuito teorioh tum. If we Las been determined on by year adviesen, of rousired that part of the road on which the lation conseguent on that prospority and then.found the now law did not restrains the propen. undergo reduction in corresponding ratio.
when I do not appear to be ons, I shall of course tramway we laid, and the Surveyor-Gonor the oily this was on that account to adopt bingity, of the colonists to invest in lottery tickets THE CHRONICLB has been considerably We have neverraiand objoflion to thedogging
THE TRAMWAYE DIT
withdrew the opposition. I have made to the other part. What the company had to do with ineseure. I endorse these remarks, and ruler.it might be well to establish latteries of our own: EXTENDER, and aontains, bong other additious, the now AMERICAN, USSIAN and inflicted with the precincts of the pri: The Couvoil-roauiaed, thu-masádoration in clauses, lih 7 thíïc lý right I should-mako that that five feet of road which lag on either-aide of ring to your opening speech. I bog porinission Profile arising thos from might be devated to pinabi na Four Excellency refers to the tramway, and which was given to the publio, to make a few romarks myself on the abject the improvement of our public institutions. OREMAN TREATIES with Cun, the SPANISH 800 Dorto its locality heing removed from back Committee of the Teamwaya Bill.
Or clanso 129 and following olaus, giving this clause as he decided upon by Government be could not soe. He thought then Sorseyor of your policy. I maintain, sir. that your This is dous by pehrate bodies in India on ne TREATY with ANNA, and the 1891 Onenin to breech; wooly insist that it is the most right of spend from the docision, regarding the and by your Exaallaroy after camultation General could be trusted to deal with tint art kelding the balance ovonly Lotrosn the count of private petitations, and might han It won't of the work. This must be an entirely operi. forsignor and the Chinamon has been the moans lowed to be adopted with advantage nder pr COUNCIL for the SUPREME COURT of Oxis effective of all punishments in deterring the compensation to be given for land-taken by the with your Excellency's advisers.
Campany, of orfitators and unpiew to the Gu. do for me to allow it to pee unnoticed that-those montal matter to one could say whether the of enriching the handled proprietors of this rate auspices here. I remember, i, whoa and JAPAN
lower classss of Chinese from, the commiferuer in. Cuasil, the ATTORNEY-GENDULL advisors did not include is amongst their tramway was going to be a success, and if it was Island. Ir not an advocate for loniener for this community had only two fugal cour found in six months tint it was really denisable the criminals of Hoggrong. Whore the Iseh pasins of their ra. Now we have several "THE DIRECTORY Proper has had the sion of crime. Ner bove the events of the moved their rejection. Ho mid the other elanges nombor
business of His EXCELLENor-The hon. gentleman who there should he only as authority over such an fa requisito thero I think it should be inflisted coal companies transacting relating to land wore taken from the English ports of MALACCA, NANG, CHOXOKING, and past few your induced us to alter this rands fact, but, as be understood, these soetlors han charge of the Bill yesterday twice re important road as Queen grond, there wanld be without the least compunction or commiseration all descriptions, and the inhabitants see prin opinion. The ordinary Chinese criminal constituted a row tribanal and they were, hearted that those we often angested by no difficulty in inducing the Government to This Colony is situated on the borders of a vast sipally shareholders therain. Money that need THE MAPS I PLAYS there be in Cares nothing for a short term of imprison boljered antively original. They purported to the head of the Government. He was right, reconsider the goestion. He was of opinion that Empire. In that Empico criminals rengiva to be drained emt of the colony has, since the oransed by the sdoition of Plays of TOKO-meat--his rice and water being suro--while out on the Governor in Connell duties which because when firat this measure was brought the views of the Sarvester General of the colony barbarous treatment, whereas here, in auch also forauation of those Icoal companies, remained in ware, as he would submit, not altogether as ander our notion, then, publicly, at this ought to be supported and the Tramway Cors proximity, they receive a treatment consistent the island, thereby enriching the inhabitants hatsude in wholesous dread of the lush.intent with the position that the Garertier sud Council table, the necessity of having clauses pany left to nudertake the maintenance of hair only with the viava prevalent in the Christian In prohibiting the sale of Manila loftory tlokets Proofs of this assertion could be famished Council occapied in the system of this colony of this kid setroded a stated by m. part of the road, and the Surveyor General the conatrio of the Wast, which I approberid is not se in pormilling the establishment of fent lot
suited to the present generation of Chinese Lerice, this hard satvinge of a largo sention of abundanes from the records of the Police by ds them a obert of appeal from a court it is unfortain carinly that the Attornos. ramai dar
The Hon. F, B. JOHNSON'said the objection to criminals; perhaps when the solghbouring the community would be retstued here, thoroby of fat instanse which was constituted by other General had forgotten that fact. It is unloa Court. Prisoners not more than twenty oralsuses of the Bill, and brought the decisions of taste also that he did not yesterday pay attan. Mr. Bowdler keeping the gorernment roat in neurries, roform their mode of treating helping to augment the prosperity which your twenty-five years of age against whom several that tribunal into confini, possibly, with those tion to what fall from the promoter of the Bill. repair was bet it would entail the existence of prisoners we might, pari pasu fellow quitpolior has engendered
The motion that the Bill do pass was put and propious convictions have been proved fro of the courts of arbitration consinted by the sat again the Colonial Secretary in his remarks to authorities over the maintenance of the read, We know that crimes are sometimes committel
Ordinance: Ho submitted sa appeal was hardly to-day says and truly anys, these clauses wore care which we thing that would not work. The from montal aberration. For instance, thieving carrier without dissent,
Tho Council was then adjunrnod kina die, quently appear before the Magistrates. Ana peper proceeding in regard to miters of this fully considered by the Government. The Atablio interests required that the roads should by the rich in called kleptomanis and is exoused, other point is that the Goveron's polity has might be affected by the taking of Inds that the only amendinents bothought it ossary
kind He took it that many of those who tornny-Gaveral tollux yesterday or the day before be kept in perfect ropair, which coold whilst petty larmonies emitted by the peor am ho bost cusured by the whole maintenance of visited with incarceration in prison. We also
POLICE COURT. Orders sannld be sent. In to the Publishers teen to crowd the present Gaol with inmates would be paar people, and people in whose to suggest in the the woro vasbal amendments the road being undertaken by the Tramway know, however, thut there arbore criminals Tully' Fresk Ofice, Hongkong, or to the under-until, he says, it no longer suffices for interees if was that the tribunals should be as Thisisnatavarbalamendment. Tho aminaments Company who would received so sucul who see a soonego to shoiety. These hardenoi
94E February the reception of the prisoners. If the complete and effetant as possible in the first in which the two-General submitted to the from Cavorumoos for the repair of that part of men eaunot, in my opinion, appresiste mild hand- stance, and if the tribunal appointed by this Bill, Denialy Sretary for my consideration, and the road lying on either side of the tramways, ng, specially as they areborn and bredina vicious
BRWORN ME. H. E. WODEHOUSE. criminal population had really decround that of elitrators armpires, wasan Balaut, which did not monte this, may is certal The hon. member read a passage from the ari Chinees atmosphere. However humanitarian the
TER CHARGE OF ROBBERY ON BOARD THE materially as His Excellency states, what he would certainly suggest there was no necessity amendments, but certainly a one can say this deace given by Mr. W. Dauby before the Salent policy may have boon, results show that it has
*CATION." need would there be for the erection for an appeal to another tribunal of another she is u vatn amendment. But now. gentiomon, Committee in which thet gentlemen quoted anat beau in inactive one, I remember, sit.
passage from the raport of the Select Com when knock-down robberies, and the praction of The four Chinese who were charged with of a new gaol on Stone Catter's Islandter, If it was act satisfactory be submitted the opp sition has been withdrsen
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL-Will your Ex-te of the Lords and Commons, on the throwing pepper in the eyes of fooles and having stolen upwels of 8800 from a follow some tribunal should be provided able to odl to accommodate. 600 or 700 prisoners will the matter in the first instance, and that volleroy allow me to explain one word with Metropolitan Tramways in support of his view. relieving them of their ornaments wera of al-passenger on board the steamer Ticksalin were
The COLONIAL STAR said with most daily oogurmace. I remember when it was again before the cost this morning. Htigation in the first, instance should be as sum-regard to which I have beer isnador. NORTHERN & Mess. Hal & Hollz and Kolly if it could be shown that the male of mary as possible. Therefore, upon the gowral stood, that is, with regard to verba, smund terenpo to tramways in the Metropolis, where necessary to entry small platols about one's per- It will be remembered that the complainat ETYEK PORTO
Walsh, Shangbai the site of the present prison would real ground flot de sppen wat andesirable and upon ments. There were certain amendments which they had large drains underground in which son when walking or riding on Bonham or Pok and a friend of his alleged that the first defonds NAGASAKI ... The U. and J. Trading Co.
ino aufficient to erect one. elsewhere the the particular geond that the tribunal elected it would have been right and proper for the pipes of cas, water, and telegraph Cam folum-roads. Such things do not present them-ant hored a hole in the complainant's box, and HTOGO, OBAKA. The 0. d. J. Trading
was an inappropriate tribunal for its purpose me to move in Belart Committee had E-boona paties more kept, the case was very different selves to our sight nowadays. In the year 1861 got all his motte out. The complainant's friend question-of-a-new-gol-would-assume abe moved the reggetion of these clauses, member of that Commitine, but apprehend it is to their own flore, be considered this work a Hindeo gentleman want all to one of the opiam was slooping on the box, and the complainant YOKOTAN A...daps Gazelle" Offer:" MANILA Moers. Vilde Eryzaga the other complexion, but as it sebum that a The ACTING COLONIAL SECRETARY Bald that open to me and to every member of like Coanail, ought to be done by the Teamway Company, lowers to land his optam. Ho loaded bis host beside it, and they were swakened by the chick-
Mr. Crottier.
house of detention to accommodate from one one of the points brought forward by the Attorney-span erery other question which suggests which ought also to remove the gas and water with pests of the drag, left the ship, but on his ing of the inat silars as they were being ra General as a reas for the rojection of the aberrations in the Committee of the whole pipes, and those of the telegrapha and telephone way to the whark, in mid-atroam butwoon the ves moved. They anil the first defendant, and he hundred to two hundred prisoners would still was on which he considerad the struorest Concil. to rise, and suggest alterations. Ho to one side of the road. Ho considered farther sofand the landing be was pounced upon by then called upon the other three to give up the be required on this side of the water, that point in favour of retaining it, and that was with is not precluded by the fact of having seen that the work should enrtainly be under the ptratus. Ha and Lis beat-load of opium wore money, and they ens haudut back part of the seems out of the question. The enlarge. tegerd te pouple who, wars, poor, In a great onpy of the Fall as reported by the Skeet Com-supervision of the Surveyor General. It captured, takon away and from that day to sem stolen, but all of it was not cocorteil.
The Deucalion having left the harbour, the many cases the Ordinance wall deal with Chi mitten from usking anol suggestions, and appeared to bim to be absurd that all the other this, no trace of eitbor has ever born die. ment of the present chai by the addition of nese poor Chicose, and he thought it would eren moving such suggestions. If that ware By companies in Hongkong should be under the covered. For many years after this ocorronosz Aljonrad from time to time to wait the Magistraer compound seem to be a be difficult for a poor Chinscan to get any should be apparently the only her gontrol of the Tramway Company with respect -wa-ware obliged, for the sake of safety, to send her return. It was stated yesterday morning. were reasonable proposition, it increased ono to act as arbitrator for him who would Conudil debarred from taking part in the dis to opening of the road. The control enght to our clies and our clerks armed with revolvers that she had not returned, and the prisoner were
be able to cope with any arbitrator the cussion to-day. Accommodation really be needed. That there Corepany appointol, and therefore it would tory The rastion that the clause staud part of the in any necessity to shut up the entire cri- soon found the arbitration confd be given Bill was then put and carrier ada, com
against him. He therefore thought an appeal | The supoceding plans of the Bill Zaving ben minal population of Kwangtong and keep should be given to the only power in the anony passed, cleases 17 to 21, adjourasd from the pro- them at the expense of the Colony has yet that would cust. him nothing to appeal to, that vious sitting, were taken ap. On okuse 15, giving
was, the Governor in Comeil. This pervision in the company the maintenance of the whole rand to be proved...
the Bill with regard to taking properly was
The ACTING COLONIAL. SHountant said be shest now in the colony. At present it waa only believed the diagrament was as to what ezarised by the Government, and they know authority was to look after the raids. The Sur. r that among the Chinese the wordCorern. veyor-Guastal said he did not wish to press the
ment" and an all powerfal signification, aul if point, with regard to that part of the road on referral to a atsite of affairs very diferent the higher class of Chiume. refer to your was pone After a fruitless abarab, the em it was their lives that were at stake thoj mald which the tramway was laid, but with corard from that which existed here. It referred kind compliance with thoir wishes and to your plainant went on beard his junk, which he moral At about nine o'vlova The and distribution of prisms at the Gaurrender to but when they cama u sur-to the other parts of the roads, there we England, where the roads were vesbod in the ecurtsons treatment of them whenever they apto near Hung Hsm. vernment Central School will take place at that render property to a company whose operations many reasons why their repair should be kept parishes. If the hon. member could tell him preached yon. I refer to your action in olorat same evening he saw the defondant paddling 20. institution at eleven o'clock this morning, when wors conducted for quasi-public purposes it in the hands of the Sarteyor. Gabal, aud of any parish in England seven miles hinging as intelligpat member of that community small beat or his junk and be recognised the
-Hi Ezoelloney the Governor-will preside.... walifarapt-tling The teamway was executed-by-the-Govoramento-hold it might apply, but here the Gerorament to the Banoh and also to a soat at this august net necessity st present; they would be able to to drew attention to atter which had horn bad control of the road throughout its whole assembly, with the view of showing that justice The Agouts (Mesars, Goc. R. Storons & Co.)se what people would say in the future. le recivert by the Solent Committee feon Mars. longth, while there it can through materal was admittatured equally between the foreigner, inform a that the steamer Nelann left Sydney thought that in the prosent state of the colony
parishes and at every quarter or third of a mile and the Chinamas, and with the viow, I think, for Cooktown and Honghong en ouday, the this section of the Origine anasted a very wise
there might be a different maingement; spit was of allowing the binos to hire voies is tha 6th inst, and is due here on or about the 1st provision in allowing the cheapest and quick ast
nooossary there should be one aathority, becausa epilation of Hongkong. I coutood that is proximo,
mode of appeal in a case of this sort, and
it would be a question not between the eosapany partiality thus manifested has inspired the raps especially for pour pseple. As he had already said,
end the Governnupt bet between the company with condenge. In the oarly days of the od Telegraphie information has been received by it would be very difficult for a poor Chinaman,
and sureral parishna,
lony Chiuose used to sojourn hiers as they do
BEFORE Ds. F. STEWART. the Apebt, that the Mematerica Maritimes without paying a large amount of money, to get
Hon. B. JOHNSON said that would 'Take | bow sojourn in Australia. Thes they searealy stentner Sindh, with the mort outward Frenchang oue Ent some cas like himself, to act as position of not being able to carry then out of ne dlflégance as to the portion of the road the bad by stake in this inload Now we sue na
FUGNACIOUS SHAMINIZA mail, lalt Saigon for this porti ali three o'cicek | arbitrales en is bobalt. It was not without necegub of not, basing the requisito." funds. | tramvaj was
tire opilul invested permanently here. Con-
Willian Baker and Mickast fanna. Seaton, pu. yesterday.
The quiod that the class stand part of the Blence is the soni of a transistion, either lagi- great mashieration on the part of the Govern. The gentleman gare what they termed a Yesterday the despatch boat Vigilant Lintment that this section was brought to the antite case fu point to bear out this view of this case, Bill was then put and lost, the ayes being thresthate or speculative. It is eridant that 620 were charged with having been drank and fight-
of the recent purshness of property ore de tong in the street on the 8th inst. Commander Lindsay, hazing on hoard Vice-Ad.of promoters, and he was sure they themsrives which was likely to lead to the forming of a false and the anes four. mirat nut-Mrs Willer, left for Chats, where moved it in a very good epirit: they sar the impression, if it went abroad. Messrs Brereton Tho bhron following slauses were then taken speculation, but I baino maluly they are bo Eghting on the Panye West.
file investments. Your polior has proved to be necessity of it and inserted it. It did not inter and Wotton, stated that theserer in Daddell - up." they will probably vomain for a week, and thesfere with any of the courtes would be the Street at one time was in need of repair ***The Acting COLONIAL SECRETARY SĶUuke iu boneficial to foreigners both bore and elsewhere, SHIPS MEDICINE CHESTE LEFIITEC, call at Mueno, turning to Rougkang about the last to speak in its favour if it intsefered with but the Surveyor General bad not the funds to favour of the Company being compelled to take the value of landed property has been
the butie of the Supreme Court, bat it did not; garry cat the work, and therefore the expanse up all the telegraph, gas, and water pipes and hanecd. Men who had retired, loving their posscssions hobind in the cure of others, have NOTICR To Avoid dolny in the ementior of j The Paris Opera Boofle Company, gave the sail that if the parties should be dissatisfied fell upon the owner of the adjoining properly, his relay then at the side of the rusd.
bou..friɔnd (Mr. Bollins) This was really not Hon. F. B. Jounos objected to this one boss able to realize The properties at high
STEKET GAMUZINO. Griors it is tionterly requested that all farewell performance at the Theatre Royal, City wit's the award of any arbitrator on umpire, so here or had to be altered for the count of she grant expense if wall entail prices; they have been able to into their famili
not court, they might appeal, éto,
-Hang-Awo, coolie, was sentensed to reven Hull, on Wednesday night to a fair bonae, when
The AOTING CARE JUSTICE said bo might purpose of allowing certain buildings to ba bou. After discussion & clause suggested by the home and invost them right before their eyes is ya' imprisonment as a rogue and vagaloud, be His Excellency the-flovernor-and-Lay-Hous
tosu et bero, at fan-tan, in Caine-rond, or Wednea- 128 uery and Admiral Duperré were pressut. The realy very important subject. It was one that The Entropor Gopural exorated this work by the coa in the Billas t stood, which male-corta-lincours than thuse they were.
day afternoon. opeta was fairly placed on the stage, and toged his attention vary much when the mat dariro of his boy solleague, upon whom the alterations in details to the carrying vot of sensed Lo coraive from this side in the stape
FIRING OPACKERS. noting was good, but it exited less enthusiasts to wis tefore the Select Committes und sind entire expense foll. This mator raised a-gays the work when repairs to the pipos ware roses af omittenres. Wa ate aware that all over the world, real estate yields the smallest interest I considered it a good deal. He for one wonlation as to the funds in band, and to a contin- eary.
Yung Pak, who described himselt az a' nobos!- in the sadiones, and there was onls une engere prefer to see the arbitration glaures, altogduseganey which the Government had to guard The COLONIAL SECRETARY brought to the on opitul. A fase werd back cloney orld master, was charged by PC. 198 with dring during the evobing.
removed from the ill. He bat some experianco themselves against. Of course boo. numbers notice of the Council certain multers of detail have been invested in fented property bere re
-Defendant adtaitted the charge and was food We have received a copy of "The Nautical of arbitration when he was at the bar in Engkid, knew that every year, various subs had to each as the question of certificates for the ser-turning 2.14, and 16 per sent. per sunum, erkers in the street on the 3th instant.
be voted for the keeping up of the ronda in rants of the company who were so he employed whereas investments at the same time made in 81, with the alternative of two days' imprison Poket Manual for 1982, published by Messrs, and his experience as that it caused great or
-houses and in kade in Canton and in thở Prò- Kelly and Walsh. This handy little pocket pose and delay. He would profer that all pro. Victoria sad other parts of the coltry. The as orgine drivers, sad the fares to be paid.
lonPB. Joutsast suid these mattans would aidonoy towns of India gate only 5 to 6 per book,-nestly-loved in m-roses states the ceslines should take place in the Supreme Court Surveyor-General-was-suppose to keep with
on the Sammury Jerisdiction site. The process those rates, excepting to the case off be deade will in the fetalove are the lion wisse Once more Governor HERNEST has been cafondar for i, a list of the steamers running there was very fuozpensive, there was very little darongo being done to the rowly by an anoscal- The ACTING COLONIAL SECRETARY Baid standard- of money is silvar. Owing to the
FREIGHT AND DEMURRAGE. to and fecus Shanghai, international oude of sig able to show, in bis annual statement, a prsala, various signals in use at Shanghai. Talu, doloy, uzd be thought these questions could boy heavy rainfall, or some other unferaven ec. there was another question with regard to the depreciation of silver compared with gold,
valtio of money in the East for trale par As freight is made payable under the boulition botter denit withTM thor than anywhere currence which would use heavy organditare payment of taxes by the Company. He pro. ̈perous condition of affairs in the Colony and and at Victoria Pask, Shanghai Harbour g
lations, lists of the light-losses, light-ship, In that case the observations of bis upon the reade, and in such cases, the Gevoremontsumed they would not be allowed to run all night. puses since then has declined fra pur out, that the pargo te conveyed to its destination, if to point to evidences of continued progress, buoys and bensous bath in China and Japan, to Lon friend the Acting Colonial Secretary wand was always ready to vota a tariker mm for the They might either let the caches run ander the por canum. At this moment property fa Can the vessel conveying it is lost on the passa
hardly apply, base in those com the art eeping up of the roads. If they allowed the keni. Carriage · rãinanoc and shotgo so much a carton, Caletta and Bombay yields the sandom the Shipowner also forfait auy claim for There is undoubtedly much reason for congother with other information nofel to antical would deal with property under the value of ing up of the roads to boin the hands of the Tram risge, or charge the Capany an ratepayers for tutorest that is yielded years ago, whereas we Demurrage incurred at the loading Par days. gratulation upon the increase of trade, which usu
canunt generally invest monoy in hues hare Retortion of the abip beyond her Lay-days. $1,100, and they could hardly imagine ponr way Camping, they would constantly be baring the amount of land they covered. has been more active during the past year!
Pin, P. B. Jown on said the jr moters would now and obtain more than six per cont. per which he would hava baen entitled to had the Statistics of the rice exports, the principat Chinamas possessed, of greater property -taan bille sant ig and it the read was to be kept
Tharctice of all thoon cities where sil. gonda been delivers!! This may appear, on the hot only in Hongkong, but in the Far East atsple of. Freudh Coobin China, from Saigon, that. If the provision as to arbitration were in law teuxis ground order, the Surreyor prefer to be under the Carriage Ordinance generally. The day has gone by for the rapid anys the Straits Times, show the trade of the relied, considering the position of the way General might and, before the end of the your To ACTING COLONIAL TREASURE said ver is current as woney in tongkang only, and surface, a very simple questions bat it is one Colony to be in noi very Bourishing continuand the few poople with special knowledge of that be was without funds. He did not see, that under the old Carriage Ordinance the during your administration, has there been which bas engaged the attention of the Law accumulation of larga fortunes, nt modorate The total production appears to have been about the subject, he would prefer to retain this plause therefore, that they woull be so well off if charge would only be $1 for onek oozah; thera established an adrance in the value of property Couris in France efvce 1878, and has only gzina still reward perseverance and enterprise., stationary for some years, and từ ngh the ca
and give an appeal to the Governor in Council, such a course was adopted, as they would be fore the matter would have to be dealt with in I mainlaip, sir, that they try of quality iust-recently been finally decided. Wo may explain, If, on the other hand, any change could if the keeping up of theroads were in the heads the amended Ordinance, which had been read a garated here by your Exoolleney Bas teon the in crior to make our reference to this Shipping Greater effaria have of late-years lo been parts to Singapors, and Java her lately the unde be wond prefer to wall those of the Surverer (legend, because that affect but time
Lorigin and the principal cause of this atir oml of dispute joita alear, that it is a coration practice, oreased, those to Hongkong and China perts. made to extend business with, places which show a beavy falling off. Whatever the case
metiors left the Supreme Court, but if the know the amount which had be 'water, 'and' His EXCELLENCE said be thought as far this stapendaus iusprovement in the valus of whos frights are tow, for ships to be chartered word formerly neglected. Hongkong is gra- there does not appear to be invok prospoot of tees regarding arbitration were to round he would hop himself within it. He (ths speakor) as taxation wont they should deal as leniently property. A few months back I had the plea to take oats sargo to some Port free of all charge dually becoming more and murs a distribut. the expansion of this trade, and, poesibly tuzes mast vote for the retention of these sections, further considered it unfair that the Govs pussible with the company, and not sure of mesting & native gentleman, who was to the Shipper. or Consignee un condition that and impets upon the producer, and increasing which certainly as bis bon, and learned friend orament should use to pay the whole expense ranko money out of it. The tramways would be reported not to have been no investor in landed homeward freight for the reasst be provided. ing centre for European, American, Austra- srpert duties, may bare the effect of further said, constituted a row tribunal, but he thought of keeping those parts of the read in repair, on great convenigned to the Colony and he property. I inquired at to the reason why This agreement is coonsionally varied by the
nothing but good ould result from it.
either side of the tramways, for the tramways thought it would be sufficient if they obargadhat requined in the hack ground. He right of a Charterer to forward part of a cargo. lian, and Indian Crade: The growth of steam surtailing the mount reported.
said that having been a resident in another to some Port en route, or by other conditions. Hon. . JOHNSON said he could under would cause the trallio on those parts of the $1 a vahiols. communication hai tunded to expand thei
part of the workt be had been imptéssel Suppose, for exampla, a cargo has been carried Aluper tant dipping one was brought before sturdtheobjection of his hon. friend the Attorney road to be much greater than it was before. Onthoushodales keing taken into consideration. trada of Hongkong hy rondaring it nor ac- the Chief Justice of Singapore-in Chambers Gormal, but as far as he was concerac, in The tradeways acoupit the graster part of the the Attorney tieneral asked what view the with the idea that the Chiosman and the for free of charge to the Charterer, but, under a cessible, and almost every year witness the the 18th us by the Mostar and Agants of Holt's charge of the Bill, when that Bill was dawn read, and his experience led him to beffere Committee had taken a to vertain objections eigne did not atand on the tans platform writtan agreement to the effect that a certain and the Trailf may the Govorace, print to thatcoolies and jiorioness would not which bad ban made by cars of property insurer, he said, "now I know that they are number of days phall be allowed for dipharring establishment of some fresh line? Curses of steamers. Some 33 cases of goodsire is his support, it was ander the condition proceed along the teamway from four of a tram. The ACCINGHIEP JUSTICE said that th alike in the sys of the law wndor the the catward and shipping the hotasword cargo,
were shipped in Hongkong on hoard the alsanier That be Colony is ever likely to become a dobila po the Othult for Singapors, roptereate these clans should bo insorted, and under the car coming apoi them, and therefore they would with regard to the chjection of Mr Ede to the Hongkong Government, and I as sow can-and this time has been exseeded for the two seat of manufactures, as Govertor Hex-by the shipper, Mr. A., M; Essabhog, as 20. ciresistances be felt bound to retain the nianses. make far more ene of the sides blag of the contro terminus pear his house at Victoria Gap, andfidently invest my sarfage permanently in the transactions sould the Shipowner weise all
packages Tea and 18 packages Chins-ware. Qu
Eis EXCELLENCy-Gentlemen, as a matter of the rose. Under other circumstances the to two objections 57 Cuinone property owner island." Thare is a lull dos in the market for claim for Demurrage in the event of his not NEX once seemed to imagine, is unlikely, petin, the batchoy alongside L'onjons Paper of Laot, what the Ce aiul Secretary told you traffic would be extandet over the whole of the to the Lite, fu Qasen's.rond, the Committes and datats. The prevailing spaanlation whic's falling the contract to deliver the goads, 15 por is correct, that this bich is a Corerhad. Hethought uncther objection was that they fout the property of the objectors would not in notas naves was overdone, has been broken and Bill of Lading, in consequence of the loss but it is evident dat some day the sugar; wharf to disolatys eargo, ons of these casps was ment clause, was not insarted, withont most - migktinya such an occurence as soine faultic, the be intorfored with in the actual construction of in the usturs: boerse of things there is 5 re of the ship? In France the point rotted
refining business will be an extensive found to be smoking, the patents proved to be one. It is possible, however, that this matches, On examination of the whole of the careful consideration by the Government, road which, if not immediately reparied, would the lines or stations, and if they sustains any nation and a consequent relapse in Falous has been donmad to be perfectly novel, and we the rule for a short duration, and things parior Court in the United Kingdom to govern industry may be overdue, a considers paskuges, Efteen of them were found to contain ty agree in was he said and what prevert the ranging of the oats. The company injury they had their roadly in the Bapremte The plightly low price will, I presne, baunot find the report of any decision in a Ba-
has fallen from the Chairman of the Covingtoo would at once get gookies to work to dig up the Court. matabes. The representative of the shipper there on the subject sud also from tho, bun. reellean road, sad put the matter right, and the work His EXCELLENCY said he was on the Com-will soon-reanime their wonted position, boouuso a similar oase. It has been decided that a Ship- tion that should not be overloked by the pisimed the goods, under a bill of ladiar, but whe is the promoter of the Bill, There is no would be complete without an appartioity of mittas whieh But on the Metropolitan railway. it will be reasmbered, we have not advanced, owner poses an insurable interest in chartered
finding how matter stood, ho afterwards ro projectors of new work. His Excellency pudiated the gods and racinimal bis bill of doubt whatever that in a aunty like this. parvision being accorded to the Surveyor It Thurs was great objection by gorey partiss, but but merely assimilated to prices ruling around freight, and, therefore, he may profoot that riek the GOVERNOR draws strution to a considerading. The court directed the onfiscation sad when you have such a large number of Chase and to the bon. member that as long as the it was found that on the whole property was ia. 0s. Your policy in this respoot has benefited but how end he know, on chartering in Bagland, Fone anction of the community. I maintain, sir. whether thern will be a farther los saused by able incress_in_the_tonnage of the foreign sale of the cases to pay the cast of the application, inhabitants, and where the Chinese are such Tramway Company were only allowed to deal with creased in value by the proxiarity of a station.
Tho sohcales were then passed
that thote 19 grisenace which, if properly taken the unlus. oliy of his ship at a foreign Port, The balance to be held by the agents pindingargo bellem of property, it-is-very-destrable that part of tho rasd on which the rails were huid,
His EXCELLENCr-fuo. Council has now an in hand and remediod, will render your adminismider which decution he would be suisthed shipping in 1881 as compared with the pro-further order of the Court. The matches were indeed a clanse of this kind whoak exist, and siulia coatingenes would be stoided. There was vious year. It is gratifying to learn that there it appears, a olever Japanese inilation of the the Gaseruent carefully considered it before it another matter to which he wished to call at proved of the Bill in Committee and I have to tration a souzen of blessing and will prove of to empensation-as Dommage-provided the was inserted in the Bill As the only appmont tantion, which was that by their agreement with put the question that the Bill do pass. In doing groat advantage to another section of our fellow vessel made a safe voyuga P Dineroge would is an increment, and although, the Go Daoish and Swedish match usaally sold in the of the vacant in this matter the the Gas Compary, the latter were allowed to so I thins I ought to congratulate the hon.oitizens. Initude to the freedom Mazzila lottery Lammo das for the unreasonable decoction of VEENDE'S influence, has had no effort in these packages to be correofly described as AKO
market, bat prored very combustible. Helieving Attorney-General, and as it is a very apusu: open the find for the parpess of laying or remouber who has led sharge of this Bill wad the tickets enjoy in their male her, and the scope this ship prior to her lining fully Jaton, and.
I have no studied the Treaty now. ministering to this result, be was justified in lees Tex and China- were, they were stowed in the course for su official mogiber to take. I am pairing pipes, after having given notice of their other promoters of the Bill It is one of great they have of impoverishing the inhabitouts of were the Curier notified of the amount, le would be at liberly to insure the same. A failure" hold with Chiniga-mustting and other easily in end to say that the Bill, having come from intention to do so to the Surveyor. General. He importance and I think will do great gend in the this island. drawing attention to it and expressing grati-ommable costier: sud as the defiles, buses the committe, where it was most orefatly saw that there was one afsusa by which the com-colony. I may ang, with reference to that extact between Great Britain and Spain, nor to fulfil an entire asutract World, perlumps. ber offices and arow and Europos paragoger, considered, and where this class was daan pay requited that 24 hours notice should be given which has hear in the minds of the Council bate I stadio the law on lotteries, but it some ba bold es disenting a Shipwoorto Lemerrage was then reforred by them before any alteration should be carried out from tree to time, the grost proof to me that the Ordinance now in fores aifacts at the only Port, and, as a rulo, Charterers. some 800 Chinese passengers on board during sly approved, the voyage From Hongkong, the danger incurred lastrussian to the Attorney Coral for his on the road through which the tram rou. It the traffic in Queen's-road, that I have some ho Wei Sing and other Obinese lotteries, doclise te pay for detention of ship, unless they a observations. Thoja-bservations I seemed to him to be very hard that the colony bope of being able to have a very large work eborene the Mavila lottery, which storbs the derivs a benefit by the transaction, and receive considered and in those observations there was no should be deprived of gas for 24 hours, before undertaken in this colcay which work have the largest portion of the spare ospital and hard their goods Judges in this opaatey might reforense to this. The gestion was again on necessary repairs to pipes could be oorimended, affect of cbviating that pressure. This work I earnings of the inhabitantà, plays Lavoo very possibly differ in their construetion of such. I will not wants the valuable agreements froin mas learned in the law in skord by my advisare, the whole scope of the fle considered that the gas sus of greater atility refer to is sen to which ag attention was drawn freely indeed,
The notion on which our remarks aro Bill us seat to us, and it to only now, without to the colony than the tramway, and he should some time ago by two deputations, one of Baro-time of the Council by going tato details and France. uatice, that an affein! mambo of the Govare therefore strongly oppose that elsuse pear gontlemen na ons of Chiness. Repro partionlara, it will safee when I say that os bathe Marie Anne-aross out of the oharter meat opposes that which is the gewrnment part The Hon. F. B. JOHNSON said apparadeentations were made to me by the Chinese to the soy oight to ten thousand tickets are of a vessel to take oargo from Marssilles, and of the measure. I am glad that every pmber to hire that if the Company had to send to the offant that the lot holders along the sea frontage sold monthly in this oolong, and taking then bring home produse from different Ports on the of Connell present mounts the aimmies and Sorriyor.Genged to execute any repairs that of the existing Praya would be prepared at $6 each, the large capital of $50,000 to West Coast of Airion. The time for discharging supports the government in this glaces Unwig. bu vocacy, and-by any acarient the undertake the expense of making a wide Praya 350,000 is shopu an taken away from the and loading was exceeded by thirty-nine days. doubtedly is would have facilitated the work of Surveyor-General's dapurtioont did not repair out into deep water. The Chinese, whe lild a inhabitanta every month, Palpably, therators, right was to be paid on the homeward cargo the committes, and we might have avoided this the read, there would be interoinable felors inconsiderable amount of property extending from tas Menin Loftery manses the largest drain on only at auriain rato, on its delivery at French dissasion, if, in Ascordance with tha wish I getting the thing done. By the way in which it the sxtreme West up to this part of the tow, the purse of the population. Therefore, at Port, All the merabandies cast out was faliserad. expressed long ago the Attoquey-Geners had was provided in the bill, the initiativa balangal offered to do the work at their own expense, staude, the law strains as it word at a gaat while but the ship was loat on her return voyage. The attended the Calamities like any other mem in the company, and when they executed arThe estimate was $800,000 to $1,000,000. That for swallows samel. Broker bank about Owner of the vessel made no demand for treight.. bey to expraws his views, and, than he sould work it had to be carried out ander the control work they wears prepared to have undertaken at tun town in broad daylight selling liokete and, on the Charteror refusing to pay the De- re templed to murrage, an action was insticated in the Mar have heard from the bon, nembers the views they of the Surveyor-General. The company wore their own cost, but by theerveyor General, with impanity Meu Parliament was opened by Royal Cominlainn are now prese. The question in the; the practically bound to sto ovarything whluk the so that the work should be thoroughly doue.buy. Long credits are given and paymesisille Tribunst of Commerce to recover the sum
olcane stave part of the B30).
Sarvayor General ordered and alt it had to do The other memorial presented by my hou. Jaro received in riblets. Gradually men are stipulated for under the contract. The Tribunal now more secure than ibey were three or yasterday. The Government will employ the
The ATTORNEY GENERAL-Your Excellency, was to recover the money afterwards from the friend Mr. Rgris and other European gentlemen, thus involved in debts, thus beacmo reckless, ruled that Domuringe was not dependent on tho marsly asked me to have the Praya extented out abandon their legitimate pursuits, and launch easing of fraight unless there was a stipulation years ago, but this fact is not attribut-innenge of the Country in Beypt for the main the remarks you hate just made make it right, Government.
tenance of the statu quo. The Speec enume- sad only capcotful to the source from whence The COLONIAL SECRETARY said that was the into deep water in front of their lose, but Iiato apesulation of ovary kind. A few days between parties to the contrary, and the Aix apprehend they would be prepared to come nador before the winning numbers are announced from Court of Appel afraid that judgment. The they come that I should say one or two words of an objection.
PENGER BHIPE BUPPLIED.
19th inst.
The defendants were both drunk, and wors The first defaudent, who is on all offender. was fined $1, or in defans four days, and Hanus was cautioned and disbarged, the polles being ordered to so him on board his ship, the Anjer
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musiness comianzications be addressed to the the opera bonu "L'Œil Crove" was produco. verkops ba silować to aby s few words upin this structed for the advantage of the hon. men:bar. Burveyor-General was inserted in place of the their present places of risiroment, earning having been sught gambling with about four-
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Turning to His Excellency's remarke on crime, we find him indulging in some self leodation and taking credit for the reduction of crime in the Colony, since 1878. The Go. VEENOR sayĄ:-"The impolitic system now abolished by the Queen and the legislature "of this colony, though devised for the sup "pression-of-crime, had actually manufac ***Eared a criontcal population and fercised arime. This abolition Eas been followed
of loss of life and property by tais tales cociera tiet of contents was very great and cannot be too severaly condemned.--Straits Times.
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abla in any way to the abolition of 1981 rates the principal measures for the session. platovation as to the attitude I Baye taken in The Kg. F. B. JOHNSOx uld the company the same condition as the Chinese if the Govern Mastà the habilis. of the:Manila Inttery are case was brought before the Patia Court of Can- ~ -ging. Neither is correct, in pur. opinion, the Bankruptay and Corrupt Practices Bills this matter; and, first of all, that it is, net, as would do the work quite at cheaply as the Go- meat desided the work should be done and for almost 3: trasted,Lcgleeting, their vagation, and that Jupevare Coort-set aside tho that the old system of punishment" manufa holding that the tared a criminal population." We have nicipal Raformin London.
I have alot to these danses, because yea under 40 authority, wuiets was practically to and I have soure hope it will be, it would raliero drawings. Os receipt of the news, the unfor-indamanity due to the Shipowner for delay dur always, unfortunately, had a very large MR. BRADLAUGH AND THE HOUSE.
taly T. called attention to the exceptional Surveyor General. He had heard the objections the pressure on seen rond. How for it tunate gamester is found dejected and discorssing the voyage, or at the plass of loading, is arnater of the provisions of these clanses urged by the Colonial Borulary, but having would be possible, after that is done, to amend late, the disappointment being too great a sorrow only a supplement of the hiring of the ship criminal, population ready to hapd, and The Honge of Commons carried the nation and intimated my objection to them. It act a majority of the committee in forcer of the the Travays Ordinance eq as to shift the to him, Investments in lottery tickets are wore "fired by the contrast, or by the vastum of the these are for the most part there visitors asizat Government, by 285 rotes against 248, for me to follow your Excelleney Into the Bill, aut as he believed the pehotice was in hari tramway to that her road would be a guestbau staking one money on the gambling table" Fort, aux is, therefore, inseparable from the to the place from the adjoining mainland refusing the gath of Bradlangh, who withdrew, count you bare beer onsed to give the Council mony with the practice home, he did not see tied for the company to outsider, and the In the latter cave loss and profit are soon asttled,lot of the freight to which it in attached.
of the prongdings of Government outside the why it should be altered:
Governmount with them, bat in cow putting there is no interval of suspense, no building of The judgment appelad against, in condan- The diminution of crime is ascribable mainly having Brat pratented against the notion of the walls of this Chamber with reference to the rab The COLOSTAL Theague id he thought the question that the Bill poss I think it only castles in the air, consequently eviation of log the Shipper to pay Domarrage; although to two entirely different causes theincrset House
| jest of this Bill That is a range of obsecutions the Hun, F. B. Johnson had overlooked suction proper I should advert to the possibility of that thought from one's trade and osenpation.barated from the freight by the loss of the