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THE DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, APRIL SITH, 1869,
1st prize, $25; 2nd-rico, 820.
Si.
for the winning towary (Chinoso and Indians), Prízu, $1. Choice of ground to be decided by toss, sad the first pull over of teu fost to be final,
ho was going on board the Trly and took
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DOING.
TEACHING SARITHMETIC TO THE CHIN 130EN Thoco Government Schools and Aided School which hitherto gave a Chiness admontion, purs and simple, exclusively in the Chinese language
and a chaos tutional methods rated with the year 1987 upon a new phase of thair existence, through the intro-lustion of Arithmafio toschlag, which is not only a striking Chinese tradition
dar instruction in selects of all classes amounted
popalation. Under the orcaptional circumstances
10 years simple Addition whilst the rost seen to
be taught bath Addition and Multiplication. of children actually attending school forms ge
whatever, method ho might prefer, to use the nerally about 10 per cent (mero or lass) of the But I loft in fens to soli Master to choose Chingo abacus, to have za ns done in writing, or palling attandsun at school, it will be area is plowed. The real bisiand at the art of
arable to expect an equally high peronntage their children to drops for reasons of health de hers. Europin families still sentians to and the year might be oalle! satisfactory, had they hot bsen gained, in almost all cases, at the temples their education, and Risere families,acpense of Gearen hy teaching, which wi
to encourage them to eattle hore and Lo brine/one of the seas which were at intervale breaking was sentenced to six months' imprisonment with them away to their ancestral bams: na laa neigh, the use of Cisoas abans. This is very signi-
be seal biore 11 am on the day of publication. minimise the evils inseparable from a large N, and tour. 7 deg. 29 min. W. The Glenfinias Chan Kwai, cargo boat owner with intent to pre expected disturbingos. We bare no scourate Master boldly took up the European system of
After hat bour the supply i lizitai.
DELSTEONE'No. 12..
The Daily Press.
The Megories Marimes steamer Donnah, sharged with the larceny of a box of clothing fattening chools under the supervision and day making thðir, efaims felt. But thero xx manieipal authorities have, broadly speaking, the right of exorcising a veto on the style of with the French oil of the 21th ult, was to value 330, the property of August Browe, were examination of the Government, there were danger of over-hardening youthful brains and
4.196 boya and 1,779 girl in the year 1887. euching malta instead of the batter i leage Singapore at p.m. yesterday for Bairon again brought before his Worelin.
Complainant re-called, mid that on the 16th This constitutus uslight orange as compared School-hogs have already roached the limit of architecture to be adopted in their jurisdiction and this port
inst. he went to an old clothes' shop, accompanied with the statistics of the prooeding yoar. But what is safe to health. Home-lossons, indispens as a whole or any part of it. This, we think,
-An inquast was held yesterday at the Magia by a Polion Constable, where he found an oliskin the gradual progmous raads in this directionable as they are, ara.airendy dangerously en- should be the principle on which the Hong tracy on the body of Li Amal, who was found belonging to him. The master of the shop de bocamos mora striking it wa compare the ptoareaching upon the time needed for exercise. The portion of girls to boys during the Inst twenty mody appears to mo to lie in forming a higher .. WATSON & Co., LIMITED; kong Government should proceed. The Bill dead on the 10th inst. at Wanchat. From the scribed the man, who had sold it to him. A.
evidence of several witnesses, it appeared that
Pan Choi, old clothes dealer, No. 15, Lower years. In 1907, among 700 children than divisjon over and above that which now includes should provide for the exclusion from the in the course of a quarral daccused was kicked Lascar Row, said that about 2 p.m., on the 14th attending school marlor Government, the girls the first class of the Government Central School. reserved district of houses of the descrip down sal died soon aftorwarda. Motionl geld-inst., second defendant brought the oilskin pro counted only 6.80 por cant. In 1877. in the oase If scholars cau be ladnod to stay in school a tions objected to, that is to say, coolience was gives to the effect that the body laced to his shop end sold it to him for 61. He of 3,144 children attending such schools, the year or two lugor, all the higher subjects like bory no outward.marks of violence, and that was certain second defendant was the man. percentage of girls lind rior to 19.84 por cat. Chemistry, Book-keeping, Latin, and Malhe hoasos and houson divided up into a great death was the result of hemorrhage, caused by
Alexander Moir, Superintendent at the Sailors' and in the year 1897 we had, among 5.974 matioal Drawing, and so forth, might o number of apartments designed for occupa-rupture, which might have been obasioned by Homs, mid that the secul defendant left the children in sohool, girls to the number of 20.77 relegated to this senior division which eventually a klok or blow near the rogion of the liver. The Lome on Monday morning last. Witnesswert on per cont. It to evident that female education in might do affliatsl with oomo English. University." tion by separate tenants. Such heuses jury returned s vordiet of found dead.” board the Lily, the same day, bat did not we do this Colony, although in a backward condition uight be described without the use of the
The Tags-of-War in connection with the Police fondant there. Ua Tuesday afternoon he sent and requiring to be fostered in ovary legitimate
ohit" to the chief offer of the Great Admiral way, has in it the elements of healthy progress. word Chinnge" at all. For, look at it bow!
Athletic Sports will be pulled off on the Pando we will, there is something invidious, in aprenad by perkatesion, in Meniny nart, the 23rd using him to look for a stowaway. Doors EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM AND WHAT IT
fondant was scat off. pagrance if not in fact, in drawing a line and fast, at 4. p.m. peenisely. The following ac
The first defendant said that on Monday Another interesting passage in Dr. Eibet's the events calling the land on one side of it the Buro-
"Apart from tag 94 Sahools under Govern pean district and that on the ethor the Chi-TO-WAR-Upen to all Chinese in Government his clothes with him. Some one arms down port is the following
sedlo. Tea fost to ba No sitting dawn zor spikes allowed. Frize, to the wharf and claimed a chost. He points vision and consider her departure from the groove nese or mixed district. It is undoubtedly EUROPEAN TUG-OF WAR Opan to Navy. Military, od out his own baggage, and told the rua desirable that a district should be reserved
Volunteers, and Rollee. Tean side. Ten fout to be could search the haggage. He went on board 5,974 soboles, there were, in the year 1687, about at will prove the thin end of the wedge for the 110 Private Sebeols (including night soolatrolaction of class teaching, time table, montal be pulled over. No sitting down nor spikes allowed. and pulled all the boxes in the boat on board. at works in the colony, attended by about 2,300 training, and in short an approach to the methods and organization of a European School For on which coolis bouzes and bousca iutended
The wond defendant claimed 'coo as his, and to be let off in small rooms liko horas boxes Tu-OF WAR-For Siklant Gas Tanoara, Ten they went forward to change their clothes. Wit. children, no that the total number of scholars the present, the stau takon in this direction is sida. Teu foss to be pulled over. No sitting downess told seond defendant En had better put to 8,372: ebolars, distributed, or 30 schoolingly insignillant and with one solitary 124 should het be allowód, but it is no loss de. nor spikes alevel, Prize, $15.
ortoption the washers of all the Schools, including I girable that this 'should be done without un-/ABATIC CONQUEROR's Tear-WAR.-- A forcalontzy his new alathes into his (witness's) chest, bat As the population of the oniony, apres frain the ¿wn the Aidod Schools in the Villages, brok this
he refused. Witness took up the articles in Army and Navy, amounted, in the year 1887. to Court and threw them on top of bis chost: Com. ncócsarily wounding the susceptibilities of
I supplied as Master with simple Addition and He pointed to his own bag and turns out the south per ount of the whole resistent p Maltiplication Tables (in Chinese charatera) hour Chinese follow citizens. If it is true
plainant then came on board with a stable about 181,300 souls, it appears therefore that step cheerfully. At the beginning of the year' Tha clothes which he had throwa on lation were dader instruction in solosls, pablio or and bief direttom to tach all children ander things,
private, within the colony. In Europain con- that the prosperity of the colony has been built up by the energy and enterprise of a melancholy occurrence took place on board the top of the cheat wors still there. Complain-Brios, whore education is compulsory, the number Europeans, it is no less true that it could the Glen Line steamer trionfindas, which arrived ant claimed them as bis.
hare yesterday, during har voyage ont. Ti Cornelius Lee, samin on hard the Lily, not have been built up, nor ean it be further Glantas left London on the 5th March, and on rave oyidance as to second defendant bringing promoted, without the cordial co-operationtering heavy weather, rolling heavily, and taking thing out of the bar and put them on his bank;
the 9th, when in the Bay of Biscay, was encoût-box of clothing on board. He turned tho sleof this colany and in the absanes of any law com to tack simply mental Arithmetic, in any way and assistance of the Chinese. Therefore sens on both fore and aft. About a quarter be
needless restrictions or indignities, even fore one o'clock the chief officer, Mt. Forzu whore hoy were found and claimed by the com wind aft to openli Captain Quartly, but cokl Second defendsal denied taking the clothing in name, should be placed on the Chineses not find him. The ship was at once searched, but admitted selling the oilskin, which he said he on the contrary, the policy of the Govern- but without sacsoss, and there seems to bo no
The frat defendant was disch-rged, the second although they have now to soms ertont taken to generally angleated in repertion as Arithrustie ment should be by every reasonable means drabt that the captain was swept overboard by
bringing up their children in the colony, sen taching was callivated. Not one Master taught orsr the deck. No one had heard any ery or hard labour..
beuring mainland at the slightest provocation, font and points in the direction of introducing their wives and families with them, so as to alarm of any kind. This very sad event took INTIMIDATING A CARGO BOAT OWNER.
place while the ship was in lat. 46 deg 3 min.
Four mon were charged with intimidating as the outbreak of epilonic disease or the European method of Arithmetic, if the las
the spread of
vague rumours canerning tors can be led into it without driving. One disparity in the proportion of the sexes. To was brought on to Hongkong by Mr. J. Fergaven her energing on her lawful business, and lata to ascertain the number of children
notation suil langht, bowie Meals Arithmetio, nish Addition Subtrion, and Maltiplication exclude Chinese from what it was intended son, the chief offer. The Singapore Free Prean, further with jaking away, by force, her cargo Incal school-age (G-16 years residing in the co- to call the European district is tanamQuartly had been for about sixteen years in the
referring to the insident, says-Capt. Bowdon boat.
kony in the year 1867 When the last consue with the as of the blus't board and little woolen to probibiting the settlement of the better service of the "Glen" Company, having joined the owuors of cargo boat No. 367. About 3 p.zzas an age approximate 9.26 por capt. of deen work ons vary sun 5 with Baior ra-
The complainant sald she and herhusband wer was taken (in 1881), the number of children of tablots (in the plane of, kintas), making his chil to the European meihed. Another re. Class of Chinese in the colony. The Chicese originally as fourth officer. He belonged to on the 18th inat, she took a lead of cargo from a
solved to us no foreign method whstiver, dut themselves are quite willing to fall in with aastaple in Devonshire, and was 4 years of inak to a steamer ifing alongside Jardine's the population. Applying this propertion
the population of the year 1897, it would appear determined to tonoh Arithmetic strictly accord- aga at the time of his death. He was unmarrical, Wharf. Defendants wors on the wharf with
that the number of children of real school aging te aisut Chiness models. So he took a the idon that hotkes within the distries should and his parouts are still alive to mourn his less about ten others, and told her that after she had
amounted in 1887 to 16,817. Deducting there at China book, pablished our four centurion from the number of obildron natually in school ba of such description as to afford a certain I was ranch repected and trusted by the owneralischarged hor load she mast not take any more and he was greatly liked by all who knew him. cargo, but must take her boat over to Bar-shni.
are maler the Ming dynasty, and actually taught aunuut of air space to each occupant, but The last ease of an officer of the Glen Hae being po. They they got a steam launch, and hiring ad children in the colony, in 1887. amrunted to
8274), it appears tlust the womber of this begs the four enlus, and, in the ess of the silent elas, ho tanght even the extraction of they would like to be allowed to erect build-lost overboard accurred is the last work of 1866, made her heal fast to it began to tow her. They 3,560. In other words little under que half ings in their own style of architecture. A when the second officer of the Glenroy, with other did not use any threats to her, but as she had of the children of font ahol a lo que query rent and cube root, with Chineso Egares tre men, was washed off the desk of that stommer als two mou on board the boat, she was afraid under instruction in Hongkong Racing the year
indeed but with the butast adherence to the Eurooran mehed. In doing so, the Master amber of Chinese are now occupying hotees while endeavouring to soenre the stearing gear. to resist. When they had towed hor some dis 1837. Thora is using almortual in this dis to effect the purpose its title indicates. In of a European type and seem fairly well which had parted in heavy weather almost at the tances Palies baat came alongside and the launch
following ax dusively Chinese principles, for be date show that in England and Wales somewhat matter, and she told them. They ordered there one half, and in Ireland less than a half,
was blissfully unaware that his old Chiness hook the district designated European, Chinese content with them. Whether it would be a place whers Captain Quartly was drowned, stopped. The Puline asked her what was the crepancy. Educational statistion of quite recent rid all the time in the notion that lie was ung dwell as freely as other nationalities, gond policy to allow buildings of a torally
was the work of a Chiange pupil of Matthew launch to tow her back to the wharf and took of those children (6-13 years of age) why ought Rice. The noxt step that may be taken will be LATEST, TELEGRAMS. the defendants, who won in har hast, in charge. La attend school, actually come under instruction supply ench teacher with a simple manual for houses may be built in the Chinese stylo of different style of architecture within the dis
She was certain the first three defondante were Thoro are in this colony barels ang intostries haralaia tashing the four roles accord- architecture, and native institutions such as trick is a question that could more còn.
on board, hat could not swear to the fourth (FROM SINGAPORE PAPRES.]
which employ great numbers of children, Que a Chinese Chamber of Commerce may be veniently be decided with referenca to indi-
DEEJAY, 10th April. Pony Chan, captain of the stown launch Ying. Sugar Ratinory employs susti gang of childrose to the Furopen system of Arithmetic, smil
tai, said that about, 2.30 pm on the pravions in packing vabe sugar in tius, and public road-
to do the same for the teaching of Chireso established therein.The Bill now stands vidual cases than on broad principles. As,
Geography." THE CZAR AND THE GERMAN day, the first defendant engaged the lamel to making is here and there parts an op postponed to give the Government an oppor- however, His Excelloney has declared that it
THE CAMEnrdes LOCAL EXAMINATIONS. BETROTHAL..
tow junk. He went to Jardine'a wharf and portunity to employ their children in baking
On this importar! subject Dr. Eita! saya tunity of considering whether the wards is not his intention to exclude either Chinese
The Czar has expressed himself quite indiffertook waplainant's junk in tow. When he had amall stones (to be mixed with cement, bas got about a bundead yards from the wharf, he there is very little interference at present with
I rofacred in tha prepian voe's Report to this Chiuore und Buropene" cannot be oli-residents or Chinese styles of architec
out about the betrothal of the Princess Victoria was hailed by the Polio boat, and ordered to bool attendance arising frota thus contes stimulus which belly-o given to the elarational minated from the measure altogether. The ture, it is clear that the title of no intention of the Government, it seems, in Ordinance for the reservation of a European of Germany io Princs lexander of Battenberg, take the launch back to the wharf. The first The employment of childron by their parents movement in this Colony by the introduction (at defendant was with him on the launch, the other carrying loads of out or risks to or from the instamos of Mr. C. J. Bateman. Heulaster throo ware in the cargo boat.
building sites has very much decreased during of the Hongtong Pallio Sano) of the system Hoary Ehlers, P.C.39, said that about 2.30 the last 10 years The principal causes that inf non-gremini exautost pe conducted by the. p.m.on the 18th he was to the Police laurelt near to fore with seapol attesince is the colony are Syndice of the University of Cambridge. I Jardins's shart. He saw the Police boat palling domesticemployment within the family, hond any expected this mans to exorcise, in time, a after the last witness's launck, which had a fade iu the case of purchased servant girls, and great and healthful infance towards raising carge boat in tow. He overhauled them, sad thing in the use of a fer villares. The Go- the standard of Earlish odation is too Caleny. plainant on board, aureudly very umele excited. rnment Schools (outside the Contral School apprehended also corain drabioka, terapla He ikad her what was the matter, and she said and the Chinese eat-in-Aid Schools offer: iz lages, an ordinary Chinese dacation absolutely against her will. He went on board the launch, free of charge. In the Aided Village School she was being towed away by the stam laurch very part of the Colony both in town and vil and asked the captain where he was taking the (also giving an ordinary Chinese education in cargo bost to. The captain said he had been the vernacular) a small charge is made by the and the extent of the healthful impales which engaged by, the first defendant to take it to village communities amounting on an inations rave, in the year 1857, to the the introduction of the Cambridge Lant Sam shut-po. He saw the first these defendants to 50 oasla and 3caltion of rins (total value aband on the launch, and the fourth on the cargo-boat19 coats a month for each child in notnal atten-study of the higher branches of au English He asked the first defendant why he had e-
dance. There are moreover 5 Government education, has surpusset all my expectations. gaged the launch, but was unable to understand Schools in different parts of the Colony which There was bithosto nuly one xahool, the Diocesan his reply. He took all four defendants in custody.
rivo un elementary English adnostion (my to Home and Orphanage, which, daring the Isatā The first defendant said the oummplainant had Standard IV.) absolutely free of charge. It is years, animally took us turn of the special riven bin four cents to get the steam launch to only in the middle-class setcols of the Colony subjects of tus Grant-in-Aid Scheme, viz.. tow her bont. The other three defendants said which give an English aduction with or with Araha, solid, and Physical Geography.. But they were on the boat as passengers.
ont Chinese in ditipu) and in private schools in 1897, suddenly 8 other schools, St Joseph's His Worship santand the first defendant to that fees are charged such as are beyond the Cullere, the two Victoria English Schools three months furd labour, the second and third to
mosas of the poor. Thanks to the Grant-in-il (including even a Girl's School, St. Paul's six weeks, and discharged the fourth defendant.heme, the lowest classes of the Chinese popn- College (Anglo Chinese School) and the Hong- lation have the most liberal provision made for kong Publin Sobnal, (recantly placed under the thom by Government to furaish their children Grant-in-Aid Scheme) took up those suo special with na ordinary Chinese education. The mass subjects. The Victoria English Schools came of the Chiness lower alasses do not yet suficient out strongest in this spot, gaining the pro- opinioney appreciate an English education, because their portionately largest number of passes, in Book- aecessities decatand Chinese rather than English kooplus (Taraer's Commercial Cnide and Hun- knowledge. But the voll-to de classes of the Chi-ter's Civil Service Examination Questions?, Tho jary consisted of Messrs. John Bond, W.
nese community aro aor from year to year be- Algebra, Euclid and Physical Geography St. Boffer, J. Barros, R. 6. Judah, M. J. Leon,
coming more alive to the advantages of an English Joseph's College also distinguished twolf both by estucation (bused on 3 or 4 years previous study of the ammber of higèer subjects taken up (adding Lan Among, and B. P. Dippla.
The Attorney-Gezeral, in opening the case, said
It acess pablo to establish a steam the Chiesse classics) and the existing educational Findlater's Astronomy to the other subjects), the occurrenes which formed the subject of laundry in this colony, and still it is apparaat machinery is quite onpubie of any maililieation and by thoroughness in which these subjects composite style-semi-European Wo hour that the Tug-of-War, which was to these obarges took place on the 24th March last to every one that the manner in which things that any be required in order to keep pace with were taught. The ioerenss in the expenditure, somi-Chinese. We suggested. That there have taken place at the Hongkong Schools The following were brielly the facts. The and alothes are washed is most unsatisfactory. the gradually moresang demand for a higher thus raus made it necessary to subject al. the was nothing to prevent the covering sports, St. Joseph's College v. the Other Schools, Sirapt on the day in question when she things in the hillsion stroma and side channels great characteristic of our efnational system is of the grants montinally can this reduction sisa complainant was walking in. Wollington. The poor people may be soon daily washing thelt and broader standard of school teaching One various Classes of Schools to a uniform reduction in the course of time of the whole of theilt he pulled off on the Parade Ground this way-nocosted by the prisoner, who told her of the roads, wherever they cau and a little that, being the outcome of n slow but saturat | izjastice in including under this reduction also European district with housea of this
HONGKONG, APRIL 20TH, 1888. Twa Bill for the Reservation of a "European The LIST OF RESIDENTS now contains District in the city of Victoria, we are now told in explicit terms, is zot at all intended
the names bi FOURTEEN THOURAND AND FIVE HUNDRED FOREIGNERS
bolag alphabetical.
arranged under ane Alphabet in the strictest order, the initials as well as the sursamos The MAPS and PLANS have been mostly ro-engraved in a superior style and trought ap to date They now consist of
FLAG OF MERCANTILE HOUSES INCLINA. COUR OF SIGHALS IN USE AT VICTORIA PRAX, MAP OF THE FAR EAST,
MAP OF THE ISLAND OF HONGKONG. PLAN OF THE CITY OF VICTORIA.
PLAN OF MOUNTAIN DISTRICT, VICTORIA. PLAN OF FOREIGN CONCESSIONS, SHANGHAI. PLAN OF YOKOHAMA,
PLAN OF MANILA. PLAN OF SAIGON.
PLAN OF TOWN AND ENVIRONS OF SIK PLAN OF GEORGE TOWE, PENANG.
Among the otter contante of the book- An Anglo-Chinesa Calendar, Moan of Haramo
for and Thermometer, Rainfall, &o.
A fall Chronology of remarkable rents since
LONDON, 11th April.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT FOR IRELAND. In the House of Commons the Right Hon. H. Smith stated that it was not intended to introduce a Local Government Bill for Ireland was prepared to submit such a Bill whom the Irish people could be dead ready to receive the concession with ipyalty to the Crown and Constitution.
simply to exclude coolie houses from the dis-district" is a misnomer for the measure. If 02, trict designated the European reservation. As the intention is murely to exclusle tenement regarda other classes of Chinese houses the houses the proper course would be to draft restrictions are to be at all events no greater acother ensure plainly and unmistakably then they have been hitherto. As the pro- carrying out that intention and avoiding undaring this session, but that the Governmeal was on board the cargo tal. bability of coolie houses being built up the necessary ate of the words "European "and the advent of foreigners to China and Japan.bill is extremely remote, we must confess "Chinese" to designate vither particutari that we do not so the practical utility of districts or partianlar descriptions of houses, with days on which they fall.
tia measure. Few Bills introduced withio The one of the present Bill, though fascina Comparative Tables of Money, Weight, &c. Scale of Hongkong Stamp Duties.
recent years bave been received with such ting on a first view, is not so valuable that The Hongkong Postal Guide for 1888.
acclamation as was this, and the disap-we should wish to retain it if there is no pointinont of the community on finding that substance behind it.
A description of Chinage Fastivals, Fash, &c,
Scales of Coremissions and Charges adapted by Chambers of Commerce of Hongkong, Shanghai. Amoy and Newokwang. Hongkong Chair, Jurioksha, and Bent Hirs
The APPENDIX consists of
FOUR HUNDRED PAGES
of closely printed matter, to which referens is tantly required by residents and those haring commercial or political relatiuza with the Ceantrios embraced within the exope of the CHRONICLE and DIRECTORY.
The Contents oftho Appendix sie too muner ous to recapitulate in an Advertisement, but
nolnde-
TERATARE WITH, CHINĄ➡
Great Britain, Nanking, 1842 Tientsin, 1858
Chefoo, with Addition Arielo Oplun Convention, 1856 and all others not abrogated,
Francs, Tientsin, 1858
Convention, 1860
Tientsin. 1885
Trouty of Commerce, 1836.
Coavention, 1887.
United States, Tientsin, 1858
Additional, 1869
"
Feking, 188)
.German, Tientsin, 1861
Peking, 1837
Russia, Japan, Spain, Brazil, and Peru.
TREATIES WITH JAPAN
Great Britain
United States TREATIES WITH COREA
TREATIES WITH SIAM
Netherlands
Cares
TREATIES WITH ANNAM TERATIES WITH CAMBODIA
CESTOMS TARIFFS
Cuinesse
Japanese
--LEGAL
Siames
Corean
Orders in Council for Government of 1.3.
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The Superintendent informs us that the P. & 0. Extra steamer Tanjore, from Bombay, loft Singapore at 2 pm, on the 18th instant, for this port.
it turns out to be something so very different from what is appeared will be proportionate.
We are asked to intimate to jurors called før ly great. Notwitharauding the GovERNOR's the Criminal Soxions that they will not be re- previous explanation that Chinese would be quired to attend to-day. allowed to reside within the reserved die trict, and the express provision in the Bill to that effect, there was still a general impres sion that if they did so they would have to live in European houses, and that boueca of the Chivern style of architecture would not be allowed. According to the Acting Chief Justice, it would seem. that this was not an incorrect reading of the provisions of the
The postage from Holland to the Strata Set- Bill It was the way in which we read it flamante, which was formerly 25 esats, has, a ourselves, and it was in view of that reading Dutch contemporary says, been reduced since that we raised the question as to houses the 1st instant, to half that amount.
of 'n
The Agents (Messrs, Butterfeld & Swire) in- form us that the U. 3. §. Ca's steamer Achilles, from Liverpool, left Singapore yesterday after
eo for this port.
afternoon at five o'clock.
Tip Austrian corvotte
SUPREME COURT:
19th April.
IN CRIMINAL Sesstore. BEFORE IION. J. BUABAL ACTING CHEF JUSTICE.
ESCAPE FRON THE CHAIN JANG. Wong Apat, Mak Aliu, and Li Ahing were barged with sscaping from a convict gung in Hongkong. The thres prisoners pleaded guilty,
and cantorice was reserved
LARCENT.
Wong Alam was charged with Jarmony of money from Lan Mas Is, in Wellington Sémet, on the 34th March last
The Attorney-General prosecuted. The prWe soner was undefended.
He saw com
CORRESPONDENCE.
do not hold carsales responsible for the
expread by or Correspondents
PUBLIC LAUNDRIES:
TO THE MUITOR OF THE "DAILY PRESS."
T
tions aud dangers to attach themaclves to this ag Surveying now the educational work of the year 1837, I certainly se, even af present, some of to every other strong stimulative measure. the drawbacks I referred to, but the enddanne
to go and pawn toa lumps of metal which ho water. It apposes to me that both these evils process of volation, it is not only in vital sym the snools in Class I and III, brass both said were gold nuggets. The prosecutor con can be rectised, if pertestion cannot be gained pathy with all the constituent elements of oar to Classes of Schools, bat especially the description. The process bas been going on Wohlgemnoh. arrived at Penang on the 6th bout her, as security. On going to the pawnshop, with great benefit to the European populationing the various factors of diferantintion, but it inexpensive schools, bad at along an madne Fasana, Captain sented, and gave the prisoner all the money she had provement can be made at very little cost and heterogeneous community, suitably represo Chinese Schools in Class I, being comparatively rapidly of lalo years, and bids fair to go on inst. from Maulmain, and left again the next day asweror, she discovered that the metal was only and the poorer class al Chinees. Why cannot represents also a mighty fores of unification. Ia advantage annnally warning from three fourths still wore rapidly in fature, for there is no for Singapore and Batavia, from when she copper gilded over, and when she went back to the Government erect public free washing tanks ancial life and avon in commercial life we have ju
to nine tenths of their actual expenditure, whilst butter paying class of house in the Colony, will come on to Hongkong.
look for the prisoner he had disappeared.
in eonvenient spots over the colony, sande for the this Colony suntry unbridged chasone, widely schools in Glass IV. generally corn a ranit Whatever the intention of the Govern According tothe Sourabaya Courant, uneof the taken.
The evidence for the prosecution was the use of the poor, others for the use of the washer-saparating the different strata of the community, covering, at the best, one fourth or one third of
wea Beck tanks could be made either of gra- and this ablusivism seeks alma lo scuro soparate their expanse.”
THE GOVERNMENT SCHOLARSHIP. ment may have been, this was precisely richest Chinmen in Senrabaya has been arrest.
His Lordship, in summing up, repeated the nite or brick and fortiand cement, or partly of schools for separate classes of rooloty, but the the class of house that the Europeaned for keeping a gambling boss, which was ridence, matting before the jury the principa bath, and water conld be led in to them or main current of the education movenant in
"Arrangements have been made, during the froquented by wealthy Chiness. For a time the community desired to see excluded from authorities were approbansive of a riot, but after ots of the case.
guided from the existing streams. Perhaps the the Colony runs so strongly in the direction of year 1887, to award the Hougkong Govorament. This jury, without retiring, found the prisoner Sanitary Board will consider the suggestier, quity that the ashools of the Colony are either Scholarship houseforth on the basis of written the reserved district. The fear of the the man had been senterued to work on the genity of larosay on the first and second connte, sal hova no deabt but that His Excellency forced to shandon their exclusivism or to use patuxaminations sondated by the Syndicate of the
Sentence reserved.
will give every assistance to gain this desirabla a scanty existence by constant appesis to the cha University of Cambridge, the Inspector of intrusion of coolie houser is not great, for roads for two months things quisted down.
rity of a small motion of the community. Tao sehools acting as Local Presiding Examiner. endYours faithfully, The Mahratta recruits for the Police ForcD
Government Central Sohort, the largest and Opportunity, was also taken of this monstro, ONE OF THE PUBLIC.
most flourishing educational institution in the which is virtually another effect of the introdno- Hongkong, 19th April, 1885.
Colony, was originally established for Chinese tion in the Colony of the above-mentioned only, but was soon compelled by the shear foren Cambridge Tonal Examinations, to vamodel the of circumstances to admit all other nationalities, conditions of the Hongkong Government Scho- and here we sɛo, now all tha strata of Colonial larship in other respects." society brought together in a harmonious so
THEFT
the danger has not come close enough to
Wong Atack was charged with larceny and make itself appreciably felt; but with the of Maceo arrived bore on Wednesday by the Nobtaining goods by false protonoen from wo semi-Boropean semi-Chinese style of house. Italiana steamer Hormide and laft for Macao man, named Wong Aho, on the 20th elt.
yesterday by the river steamer Kiukiang. They The facts of the ease were that the prisoner
in orobange for some pieces of metal, which ha
- BURGLARY AND RECEIVING.
EDUCATION IN HONGKONG.
CAMPHOR DISTRICTS OF NORTH FORMOSA,
CONTINUED
it is different, for many Europeans have had consist of 1 officer and 150 men. Thero nalan aradosted the prossenter in a street in Hongkong to clear out of habitations they had occupied rived with the six women and four children on the 20th January last, and persuaded her to for years in order to make room for dwell. The recruits are a body of slender sind small part with a pair of gold bangles and $13 in cash,
Dr. Bitol's Educational Report for 1887 was uperation which has (to a ceratia extent) a Regulations for the Consular Courte of Unitedings designed for a different cines of the men, of the type of natives of Gen.
The inquest on the bodies of the four men, persuaded her werd gold nuggeta The evidence laid on the table of the Legislative Conucil on unifying ellens on society itel St. Joseph's EXTRACTS FROM OLD NOTES ON THE community, and the inconvenienco and hard-
who were killed by the landslip at Hung-ham, was was heard at soms length, and at its conclusion Wednesday. The total number of schools sul College, originally established exclusively ship have been brought house to them in a concluded yesterday at the Magistracy. Mr. II tba prispher entered inte a rambling defenes.ject to supervision and oxamination by the Go for Portuguese boys soon found itself com- vernment amounted to 94, and the number of pelled to admit also Chinese boys, who wore The jury, after having bean charged. with a | striking and painful manner. We regarded as F. Hayllar, Government Inspector of Bniklogs, TEADU REGULATIONS
Chín
one of the weak points of the measure the Exct gave evidences, in the course of which be said he summary of the facts, returned & verdiot of sobalara to 5,974. Of this number as muy as at firat taught in ontire separation from the Per- 4160 wore placed by their parents in Missionary tugnone, but this partition wall hutaisto ba had made a survey of the spot where the disaster Builty. that it would not prohibit houses of the occurred, and was of opinion that no blame attach-
Sentence reserved.
Grant-in-Aid Boboole where they roseived a lowered after some years, and now we go in thes Customs Seizure, China
If Campher or timber pre required from this Japan
Christian education, whilst 1,814 children at upper classes of St. Joseph's College Portuguese Customs and Harbour Regulations forthe dif-
ferat ports of China, Philippines, Sam, &c.description we have just referred to. Ited to anyone, as it was impossible to foresee each
now appears that even in prohibiting purely verdict-of-eccidental death.
am occurrence. The jmy, therefore, returned a Li Achlug Lan & Ny were charged retended the fovernment Schools. Of the latter and Chinese harmoniously intorsised. Even the district as of yore, new forests further inland · Plotage Regulations
spectively with the barglary and receiving of number 601 scholars attended the Governant Hongkong Public School, established on a strict must be tapped, and then it is found that there Chinese houses the Bill goos hoyard the
jewellery, the property of Ho Liv
Central Solool, 968 scholar attended schools ly exalasivist principle, being intended for Furore no roads over the hills lately cleared, and an intention of the Governor, whose object is Deportation in the case of Chinese secret The evidence was very short, and at its close the established by the Government in town and vil pean Protestants only, found itali sompelled to that seconat ohioy the trade in both articles, simply to prevent overcrowding and net te societies is (says the Fenang Gassita) strictly jury without hesitation, found the first prisoner lages, and 345 scholars were under instruction open its doors also to Portuguese, Jews, and is often stopped indefinitely. Until roads are
in the smit village schools kept by the natives Mahomedans. The writer of the weticle on Hong enforced in, Deli. A Chinese headman banished guilty of barglary and the savand guilty of re place any restriction on styles of architec on that soconut in 1883, tad the assurance to caving, recommending the latter to mercy.
and aided by the Government (by a red monthly kang, in the back pallabet nader the title Her mado into, the Sanat. bordor nutry, leading grant of 85 each). The expenses incurred by the Majesty's Colonies, concindas's fair skote of up to the forest clad mountains, there will ture. If this be so, the title and warding of retorn thither without leave last month. He had
Government-on-account of education in general the educational system of Hongkong (reprinted always be a dificilty about the transport the Bill are aliko unfortunate. When the od his abode in Feng, where he professed
amounted (including the expenses connected in a rosent work entitled The Schools - Grea
Hh the Government Scholarship) to a total of bar Reitain), by saying that this system is very of heavy timber to the Chinees rackets of the Other strategema of even a worse kind than 213,070.01, or $7.21 por scholar. These expenses well adapted to the views of the Chinese Inhati northern and western plains, Cantral School, with 601 sholars, cost the Gorale and inducing respectable Chiness to settle firing the forests are resorted to, and in making. were distributed as follows: The Government tarts, as a grant element in popularising British Ternment $31,872 70,"r $10.75 per hoad tbo in the Colony." What our, odmontional "avaleri expenses of the other Government Sobusla (in- has thas done for the Chinese, it is in doing refermes to one more of them I do so simply elading the Government Aided Schools in the for all the other nationalities represented in the to show to what longthe cartsin Chiness bor villages), attended by 1814 gobolars, mounted Colony, by striving to remove all unnatural disderers of the worst class go to attain their ends. to $9,445.43 or 35:20 per head; on the Grant-in-tinctions of race und ersed and to bridge over At one or two places on the east coast, sad on Aid Solvols, with 4,160 scholars, the Gover-every obasm and gulf that divides one class of the treatern borders als to my knowlodge, oc- meat eport thosum of $18,676.72, or 34 per head.sobisty from the other, in order to unite all in onerendes auch as I am about to relate have been mutqni ambaorvience to the interests of the com
Port Regulations
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Orders may be sent to Daily Fre: Offes, where
it is pablished, or to the following Agenta: MACAO..........Mr. F. A. da Cruz
SWATOW
AMOY
Messrs. Quelab & Co. Messra. d. Gerard & Ce Кормова Dasars, C. Gerard & Co. Foocrow...Messrs. Hodge & Co. NINGro Messrs. Kelly & Walsh, 'ghai. SHANGHAI......Hall & Holts Co-operative Co. SHANGHAI....Messrs. Kelly & Walsh.
measure was introduced we spoke of it as being very ably drawn we referred to the work of the draughtsman, who, as it turns out, no other than His Fanellency bim. self. Whether becauso His Excellency's viewa have undergone modification while the
Christianity... Oshtrength of this change
Sentapos reservedz sveta
MECHARGE OF PRISONERS. The three men concerned in the late kidnap of belief, he once more made his appearance in ping ass at Konzhou, were set at aborty by Deli. Soon the mistake he bad made in soproclamation, the Beron having first caution dog was brought home to him. He was ined them of the onsequences of a repetition of mediately arrested and taken into custody... their condust
The mail service from Hongkong to Europe
The sentences ia the above mentioned cases during the summer months will be found very are to be delivered on Monday morning at 10.30 inconvenient. The next English pail will be NOSTEEN& Hall & Holts Co-operativo Co. Bill has been in progress, as seems to be the made up on Tuesday evening and the following EIVER-Force and Kelly & Walsh, Shanghai.
POLICE COURT. NAGASAKI Mere. The C. & J. Trading Co. case, or far some olhar reason, it is certain French sil on Thursday morning, an interval of a day and-a-half. Afterwards the English
19th April.
Brrone M 3. SERCONDE-SMITH.
CHARGE OF ASRÅDET.
KODE-OSAKA...Mesar. F. Walal & Co. TOKOHAMA .....Mosare. Kelly Walsh. MANILA.Mosers. Diar Puertas & Co. SAIGON Mears Schroeder Free and
Gardea HANOI .........Mr. F.. Mainfrey. HAIPHONG... Mr. G. Garelle.
BANGKOK
Mazars. Ramsay & Col SINGAPORE...Mesars. Kelly & Wolsk,
PENANG... Musste. Maynard & Co.
COLOMBO.......Messra. A. M. & J. Ferguson CALCUTTA..... Massra. Newnan & Co. BIDNET....... Mosers. Gordon & Guid MELHOUNE... Messrs Norton, Hargrave & Co.
FEMALE "EDUCATION."
SÜÇGEBITON.
that the drafting of the Bill and its intention mail will be made up on Saturdays and the
knowA- take plass, though they are by no do not now tally. If it is not the intention Peanah isil on Thursdays, so that after the
On this subject the Inspector says Everon weal.”
THE GOVERNMENT GENTEAL SCHOOL HA
means common. The Chinese and aborigines eineo achools were gatablished in this Colony, a
have disputes, the former are making it bot for to rezerve European district it is absurd English mail there will be an interval of five days and after the French mail an interval of
disproportionate amount of attention line been
The Government Central School, Dr. Eitel the latter, and the latter in consequence are to call the messure." An Ordinance for the mino. After having been soenstomed for so many
given to the education of boys as compared with reservation of a European district; if it is yours to a regular weekly service the new sr- Joseph Ramssy was charged with sssalting girls. In the early fire of the Colony there says, not only maintains its high standard optimally harassing the magos. To get rid intended 10 reserve such a district that in rangement will certainly not be looked upon as Antonetta Rais and Thomasin Ramsey, his was good reason for that, for the Chinese successfully, but continues making solid progress of the most chixion of the aborigines, the wily
an improvement.
wife, was charged with using abusive language community consisted during the first two decadee year by year. The addition of Tatin to the tention is necesrily defeated if Chinee
towards Jalis Reis and Julia and Antonetta of the Colony's existenco almost exclusively of list offigher bjesh taught in the Goverment Hakar feign feros friendship, invite their fac kouses are silawed to be built in i
The cargo boat coalies still hold out on strike, Reis wero oharged with assaulting Thomazia mea. It is only muce the last 20 or 23 years Central School is a noticeable innovation, to meet them at a bordor Chin-ket, whers barter that the Chinese began on a gradually increasing characteristio of the year 1887, which has added transactions are often conducted and palavers It seama to us, therefore, that the best A number of coolies paid s vjait to the Registrar Ramsay,
General on Tuesday, but as they refused to com. Mr. Webber appeared for Mr. and Mrs. Bam scale to settle down here together with their new subjects to the programme-of sumber of
Buckets of pearl white boiled rice, a sucking plan would be to drop the present Bill and ply with the demands of the Government, and say, and Mr. Harbinge (of Blasers. Wotton and familien, and it is very, probable that the census other schools in the Colony. In the early years are held
of 1991 will show that the Chinese population of of the Govoramout Central School, anything start afresh on different lines. And in the the Government are determined to adhere to Deacon's) for Mrs. and Mins Bels BrisHAKE...... Mesara. Gordon & Gotch
the new regulations, nothing came of the inter-{ The oase was heard on the 17th iust, when the Colony will in the near future attain to an beyond e partial mastery of the English language pig or two, copked to a tara, are produced, LONDON. Mr. F. Algar, Clement's Lane.
first place, the Government wast clearly view. So far the strike has with ons, ex his Worship wijourned it till the 19th to lock approximately normal propertion of males and was viewed by the Chiness bags of the school beth mush esteemed by the hungry sarages, LONDON.......Mess. Staat & Co. Call make up its mind whether it wishes to exception been kept with legal bounds. The over the evidsisce balore giving his decision. Zomato. I allowed in my Report for last years an ixksame burden and as a waste of time, but who at certain seasons of the your have to go on LONDON........Mestry. Bater, Houdy & Co.
His Worship now fined Antonetta Beis $10 and that, thanks to the suconssful working of the after a while, little by little, they came to LONDON........Mr. WM.Wills, 161, Cannon St. elude Chinese residents from the reserved on exception was a case which was heard yes.
terday at the Police Court, where several mon ordered her to find security in the sum of $50 Grant-in-Aid Boheme, there has been, ever since appreciate Mathematics also and Chemistry, and short commors, and profor a domesticated porker PARLAM.L.B.Richy 85 EzeLafayette, district, or whether it wishes to crolude ged with intimidating & women, the owner for being of good behaviour for the next air the year 1878, a steady increase from pear to at one time (1870) evan the Theory of Masio to all the wild hogs' flesh and venison they are BERLIN.......G. Hildebrardt.111, Alexandrißen: Chinese styles of architecture, or whether it of a cargo bout, who had not joined the atrikers, months; Julia Rais was fined $1, and Thomasia year, both in this wiwber of sohenis estäblishod and Drawing were included among the subjects. necustomed to live upon. The mau sit in a circle SAN FEAN'.. Mr. L. P. Fisher, Al, Murchante wishes to ozeludo neither until it knows, and attempted to forcibly seize her boat. Doubt Ramsay $1 The case against Joseph Rainsy in the Colony for the special purpose of promo- taught in the school Chemistry, which for on their haunches, the rice and pigs being placed
Is the sentence passed by the Magistrate on the was dismissed.
ting fezralo education, and in the proportion of or years dropped out of the programma, and its own mind real progrés is impossible. affenders aid act as a deterrent to those coolies!
girls to boys ander instruction in the various Book-keeping, which has begs taken up is verend in the centre, Atig jar of samaha is emptied into Now, it is admitted all the world over that who are disposed to favour this live of action. Joseph MooGragor and William Bhannon,chools of the Colony. Among 5,074 children of the Grant-in-Aid Schools, are at the present a bucket, and water edded, and from it the men
Street.
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