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SHORT STUDIES ON GREAT SUBJECTS.
that was that they abeuld he present with peaceful trading junk mailed the sesa in neither do they aford convincing proof of pily fool. Naturally the San Francisco pa exhausting puzzles which distresses human res-Chafer's speech to the marine lot holders at the Colony was conceded what they asked for, and comparative security. Most of the remain-the justice of a caus. Mr. VARLEY tells no pors are wroth or affect to is so out of defertures, how to ginke something out of nothing, no time the whole mater was seferred to very
lettar of 6th instant to our fliegeoipers of anench Governant department and not as bad- lug pirates, finding their strongholds be new tale; it is well known throughout the ance to the hollum section of their supporters. It annet really be dona. but the flasin hos fally. The Honourable the oil cretory, a quite independent repart from the herd of
in all ages impard itsolf es a reality, an mea ́s The Harbour Master's report for 1891 trayed their wouscle destr wyed, their loaders East; the saty difference is in the colouring. But on ca mer reflection they will no doubt minds and sometimes it verges ear it that of theprivalo wharfe hare out the stacks that brom previously the details, reports the
that the Ost ITOD Exclu is longer and in some respecta fuller dead or missing, conduded that, under the And that makes all the differeece.
the shadow is taken for the anbatange hemen anohedcle of the various items on which a co-trafts of which had been proviana'y submitted There is no way of putation of 3180.000 lxved does exist, to the Governor and rerios by im to suit The passenger, trade, or orolie trattis, too Bill of Mr. Guan, which would have not by any means fuck than in previous yeats, The prins of other circumstances, Lonesty was the best policy, questions bae precluded our dealing with it and surplovin nt being plentiful in Hang the Straits Settlements bus existed for ball en a deliberato and wholly unjustifiable explaining the operation of creating plus qut of The letter, srlust phen, deas follows zer polloy he might thex have been grey- At an earlier stage, but we now prepar to keng and the newly opene Treaty Ports, a century. The Mainy is too indolent to violation of salmo Tranty engagements as an effective as sa objet lesson, and if you regard to your request to be farnished with a lng nut. The principis is one which I should review it briefly. Commander. HASTINGS, they grudnally became abembel in the compete in the labour market, and the would not have redounded to the national will bend to my directines and keep ailene prof-the-sobsluin of the various itangou baasry to sea departed from in the time. J wanda e non folum tenens ranks of industrious toilers who flocked to vigorous Celestial hiss rushed in and obtained andit. The Chr side, which is strongly, if yer shall and for yourself hare the thing in date. whi h the computation of the sum of $130000. a very pleased to heat that tau Crvenog ve With that there appeared bathra me as if by was used. I an. to state at no onfulsot share in all the visum, or agree with all the at the Harbour Office for the year in enter the service of the foreigners or take a frutired of thousands of Chinese finding of the endeavour to show the Ubirèse iconzzo of was dress dead weukt rex en tha arhitustars or ather authority that will
in all the settlements which he led not violently, anti.Chinese and never tiros magio a large coom in whiteb were a great con pione would be served by fustaning you with a Tieven expressed in the reports which Commander ttunt question, tells us
and but the sobariule will not be binding Eastings hon, wada.. the shipping re
The motion was therefore withdrawn. tures show a further advance the part in the business foreign enterprise bea
a home and Fortune there. Teas of thou groats in the worst possible light takes the variety of fashion. To describe them wṭuki ren
TEE MERCHANT BUITING' VEDINANCE- trade of the Colony, thw tal tonnage
But the predatory imputas, implanted sauds here returned, and thousands return defeat philosophically enough. It says:quies an sey all to stat They are all zest be appointed ander the sending Oulizes to
The ATTORNEy-General-I beg fo more the amontating to fourteen raillions of
the by centuries of buccaneering, was not annually from the southern sess to China California may as well accept the situation d Fannd a For large table creed with grebanke the desired apportionmaut.") think thats bighout figure you reached. This fe patie-likely to dis uut all at once. The ten carrying with them substantial savings, the and make up her mind that the East aloth, sob Ead s pils of popes in front of him, most useful press would be served by the thi. d reading of the Bill satitled an Ordinance orvither cannot or will act snderstand the and in the entra won a susil heap of nine prodnation of the solodule. It will guide awend the Merchant Shipping Consolida I would like to add factory as showing that, though trade is who for the nopee sailed on harmless look-fruit of honest to either on Chinese question in the sight light, and i pazesssing the outward appsorane of alarm. and aid in the proper and rightful upportion- tian Ordinanco, 1891. admittedly bad the warld over, there is no in mines, or acquired by paddling or
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may be one wordt to the motion. 3 Is this. A co- dumintition in the shipping frequenting this ang traders that carried big canon for Large sums of money are also gearly rumitted that there is no hope of securing an effes. Their fees per and their Anger busy bent of the $18000. Throw the flant fem, was not part of dar zuendaent offseted by pors and dapôt of East Asian trade. The often only pirates in disguise, ready to ply by these smigrants to relations in China, by tive Exclusion Bill at the present session constant seremont to and fro, passing lucet estimate, samas dainor me mesadun of this Fill is taken up by a question of surveying local junk trade also shows an increase of their ancient avocation if opportunity of means of which they are rescued from a depth of Congress. The Senate has declined in sautip from hand to ksud. A vast henyi would how the $1,000 was oneputed en bom kunobe, or what are to burs is en 131,064 tons, but in the foreign junk traile fered. Others who had turned fishermen of poverty such as the peripatetic evangelist"
"the most positive manner to udopt the bacollated in front of ons, when prensaily it duved. The information should the forthcoming very much objected to by the Chamber of Com thens is a falling of of 308,011 tana. This still-cast longing back cant stances on the bus probably no conception of and he tie the Dalph Bill, which provides only for an of others of the compta, mantil-west-rat-Biure-Compensation. Bill l-prodal with. Jars bad not that are not fot for line. Lat
| lire, but those perhaps to be accounted for in days when successful raid had sometimes tainly not witnessed in his own
When the pile a frene therefore more suis resolution. population of extension of the lus for a period to larga dimensing
Hon. C. P. CHATER secondoi
the Blerobeat Shipping_Bill it was put in that The COLONIA SECRETARY-Application has all must be surveyed. This has new bean 120- but there is reuson to believe that (taken" service on foreign vessels practically the Chinese Empire are one by one being?" of ten geary." Pheribly the whole thing of a sitter was cabaretel a fest supply of paper, was provided, and he would proceed the action of the Chinese luy perdu waiting the first chance to mur-closed against them by Restriction or Exela was an electionering move, and buyer to write. The ink I obinrved was upper dry. baen rande by onnors of whereas an iars dified so that only the biler must be logled at, revenue ortisers, who still in spite of the der the captain and pirate the ship. All sion Acts, and unius the Chinese Gorura risusly intended. However that way be, it Does and again ons of the party would grow on secerat ocasions for the tailed schedule and I alould like to pointage that the rain why Convention of 1888 harry these vessels, as things come to those who wait, and in course ment will do something to aseist emigration is aatiafautory to soo that the Chinese in the wasry arai leave the roots, but first he would take moved for by the hon. membar and i has boon that gas originally put in the Bill was breasin was shown only the other say in the seizure of time the opportunities sought by these from the over populated proviness to those United States will still be caubled to come bis acontouistion of papers and go to the central refused on the ground that inasmuch as it was the bas sarmbur for the Chamber of Comm rou of expile of coins and take from it as many as were binding netther on the Government nor ou birse practically proposed that that should las of the two junky bound from this port to ruffians, cause, and were promptly scized. lows dansely peopled there will presently be and go without incurring the
the wears its production would serve na na-de-thatall stoum puses should he surreyed. Tamsai. It is impossible to speak with day. Fordign, ships were octationally captured acute distrace in some of the maritime clusion, and the Peking Government will supposed to be represented by the pieces of accuracy, but it is
is highly probable that, were and red of all their cargoes after the provinces. At such a time it would be abac. be spared the troublesome necessity of mark paper in bis sand. Great joy was depistad az fat parpiss and might lead to manserary hole fu my hand the rust of the question this blockade evergstically maintained by Borupeans-bad best murdered or dis- Inte orasity to say to the Chiamme, you shalling their aeque of the unfrierully character the crit leganoes of those who no departed with complications 1 bis objection woull equally asked by the hon. tem ber and the answer I HAVE their pile, but they were few in naber. The apply to the reqmust now mate that it be pathetine while acting an Colonis Inetary, The the Customs, Haikwan's, Viceroy's, and abled, and later on steamers were seized not have access to the waste lands of Mataya, of the legislation in some pronounced and centrul heap I saw would have besa quietly lished in this Gonment acts of laid up question was as the attention of the Gaverse Bali Commissioner's gunboats and eteans by adventures buds who shipped, as pas- Borneo, and Sumatra, all of which countries possibly unpleasant manner. Of course the exhausted, in it nob ben replenished froin time this tablo. But there is shother objectian the out been directed to the real of the enquiry launches-raniorad, we should see a develop engers, the most tragic and most daring are very thinly popainted, and capable of great Chinese been quietly, disposed of, and dar Ts were pilots and so captains, admitted, war that is that the schedal toes not men belonging to the steam auch Fhich was than a decline in the junk case being of the same time the most recont; absorbing millions of workers. Yet this is for the pop question remains, but it has to time by men who nubized the snow by ovőther ! suffici-ncy of which will, I think, he generally intothe congrethe death of the enginesamire Fuent rather
amely the seizure of the Name and mur- what tho self-advertising
to their replies by the jury to the effect that all e-rgymen, a fur widows with their mile. bad starch made for it in my cities and it A The Chinese passenger trade, though rather der of her commander. Meantime junke would effect were his appknthropist will not come op. again presumably during engineers, Custolismea, Consulato men, doctors, oxist Wishing to enfor 10 in the other day I blow up the 7th May, and to the rider uddel
Issful. The the present Congresa.
and many others, who brought their small transpired that no such schedale hal ever been launches plying in Hongkong Harbour, windber larger
last year than lo 1890, has decreased still afforded opportunities more numerous emigration from northern Krangtung and
collections of eafy and placed then on the reosived. Mrben. friand the Director of Pablie for passenger traffic or otherwic, shen e ko very sensibly since 1888. when the number of mid less risky than were offered by foreige Tukion to the Straits Settlements is as free
central heap, receiving in zohange sach quantity Works was kind enough to have seare's indepelled to undergo audio) ut vez. etaigrants reached 96,195 as compared with
of the pajercurrent in the room as satisfied thar for it in his offis alan, lint writher there was qud if will the Government state whether 45,162 in 1891, or less than one half. This vessels, and even in quite recent years many and voluntary as that to the United States This of these junks have been overhauled by what from the Continents of Europe for all prac
that they were using their talents to the last any traps of it to be found. Who Praya it is intended to lozishte rendering wom advantage. It appeared that the incoming Reclamation soles under consideration tutory periodient suru-s of lanches in decline of course is émorable to the Restric-appeared innocent fishing eraft, and nume-tical purposes. It is trus that the passage
THE TREOUT OF WEALTH. tion Acts passed by the United States Legis-Les Le unfortunate crew have been monoy is often advanced by coolie brokers or
and the outgolog mer uearly equalise the Surveyor-General of the day reported that Hongkong atores which the Acting Colu lature and
The world has been soared by many things: the and the centrai pile was the maintained in an sam of 818,000 would b› required or the Juil Soret try of the timerepli dan foliews
The attention of the Government has breɛ xo d similar measures adopted by the battened under hatches and sunk with their planters, and has to be refunded by instal- Australian Colonies, and also to the estab-vessel after who had been cleared of overy mente, and possibly with high intervet in threatened exhaustion of coal, the rotsen of the position of equilibrian. do zach sosened clear corapensation, that it was propewell to tack lishment of direct emigration to Sumatra valuable and all removable carge. The some cases, but there is no slavery in either glaoint period, and total combustion, e nt lossé fo my entspraheusins. But the proceedings of in reap-et of the wless und fers iles: would direord. The story, depositions and the earth unrecognizable. In connection with the papors round from head to hand with esok insyred in the Reclamelon Ordinanco. Bate time the uitantion of the Attorney General conducted, we formerly, though it being recities that distinguished Chinese piragy the British Settlements or native States of men scorching: as: would make the face of the the crowd sieting at the table and pasing their be infected by the work, an 1 saat sun was ride atin shut to this verlies duty reared as in former times, however, were not so fre- the Malay peninsula, and there is a special latter continganes the partisalar agency that engernes as if they were engaged in sous prions for arriving at this conginalen he rust, who ateu communicated with the Harur 7. During the past year, the report states, quent; cruel murders and brutal tortures department maintained by the Straits Go-was the most feared about a generation age was work passlal me more than over, and I pupily innbtless, hueso oslonissed Fe existing non ha nhiet, wilt view to incorporate in the sumbers of emigrants to Honolulu wore seldom inflicted out of the mere wanton veminent for the protection of Chinese from collision with a comet. Astronomo had so appealed in my companion to beg for an explass of Deol of thin several wharves and pits, but thenew arebunt Shipping Bil prin meragu fare early ireblel, and those the thirst for blood which changterised the sun. imposition or any attempt to limit personal worked out their calmulations of ka orbits of tion, bas he had ellently disappeared. I then there is no record of his dala: lations. The imperisfied survey of all stouto lanches in Straits Bottlercents, Mauritiue, and Vaurimary pirates of half a century back; when freedom. Evan Mr. VARLEY does not are to these mysteriores bodies that when they told us the remembered the condition of allends les imposed hot member has made sia cont-ion is an Hongkong." I should only like (s pointcut that, conver have increased, but there has been auch crises were couimitted they were usually say chic Chinese are actually kept as slaves Earth's intarsooted them it rounded daugerous; on ma nad riched rayself for my raneas, port of his motion, as, for iuxtaxes, that bu pre Une was a desire to dosrything rexstions. der a decrease of 25 per cent, to California, done from a belief in their necessity or ons in Singapore, Pessog, or Milices. But he but when they pracoded to demonstrate that the bat to an effet. and emigration from here to Doli has total-
of tevange, unt fremm
from purpossless cruelty. asserts that outside those settlements the bodies would notually reach the point of intersection at the same time, the most ceased. It is to be feared that there will
The latest exploit of the pinates in three coolies are to all intent and purposes claves. apaalable ontarity was vaguely appre ea falling off in the numbers going to waters was happily unattended with blood. This is not true of British North Borneo, berded. The datiger payed, and face our Canada soon if the anti-Chinese legislation shed. The pirates obtained what they neither is it true of the Malay States, where soientiste ikadly explained that that never
law, which will not tolerate any form was any danger, becanes the matter which com now being agitatod for is acceded to by the wanted without resistance. They cerk of slavery, ensures them more freedom than pused these comets was so thio that you could the Eartlı ewald survive the passago through the should be accepted, I do not feal it beccesare at rechified and the whole controversy will cease, Dominion Parliament, and there is a distinct tied up the ninater of the Maz Ma junk to tendency in the Hawaiian Islands to limit intimidate him and coempel him to disclose they have ever been used to in their own go through it or five in the middle of it without the influx of Chipcse, while if the Exclusion the place where he kept his money cheat,
knowing it onceforth these terrors of the With regard to the Netherlands Indies havens lost their power to torrily theyNGKONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. Bill recently passed by the House of Re- but they do not seem to have contemplated! we have had varying reporin, but of Intight rows and go at their own set will. presentatives at Washington gets through murder,
er though probably they would have
not
Aa. experience in some respects seanmbling. the Senate and escapes vet by the Pre- hesitated at its commission hari that seemed years the planters of Deli and other places this seems to be passing wer the interesting sidant, it is pretty certain that there will necessary for their Ритрова. This pircey are a fully satisfied the Chinese Luthe world of finance as it exists is the Far East be an end of Caine caigration to the of the three junks Mucus on the 17 cities as to the flow and just treatment Had soyb dy twenty vents age, dared to predict Great Republic. Possibly the Chinese instant was certainly a daring feat and quite of the emigrants that the emigration hes for the things that have now happened he would of find new fields for their industry new departure in pimatical raoties. Thes ory the past two years been nearly all conducted cours have been in the first instance set down and enterprise in Maxion and other countries given in yesterday's issue of the manner is direct from China instead of as formerly a hopeless luaatio. But it by persistenco. and by showing reasons and irrefragable - of Central and South America, but for which the piracy was planned if not trur is through: Penang. No doubt there bave calations, he had convinced a fox that what hee time at any rate the loss of this trade will jozidostly ben trovato.
Twe
Chinamen.
bean abases in the who
past he folt severely in the Colony, and in TCD were obviously agents of a pirate, are said to
21 there would happen, these belier in the pro, het would have been so appalled at the pro now only top visible in numerous empty have gone on board a Customs steam-inch clways will be wrongs inflicted ignorant spect that they would have promptly girt up houses and shops.
the other day and represented themselves as straigers in all countries by the haman their line and escaped from the City of Des. We remarked at the commencement that informers who were pressed to discover to sharks who fatten on the unwary stranger truotice, whether to feel their fincks on the this report was longer than previous reports them certain jank which, they knew to be Bat the piatare drawn by Mr. VARLAZ is natsion of agdad-if there be any ch of the same department. It is, and it is freighted with a contraband cargo. The ser grossly exaggerated, and he describes the of Essex, where they would have listened with matter for regret that the portion under the vidah of the pseudo-informers we promptly evil not as it actually is, but as it may bare trepidation for the distant echo of the explosion head of "Revenue was over written. Bill accepted, and the launch despatched to in- existed in his disorder imagination. The which was to blow the whale fabric of sanity to more is it to be regrated that i should have
the reported amuggler. at a pcirt Governor of the Straits Settlements will shivers here in the very Far East. tercept t been printed at
at all in
a Government de-rat far from Macao a junk was indicated have no difficulty in disposing of these rash What is it, then, that has happened? Whr, then, we this. If we may trust the unerring Bgar of
oan of the coolest of our cabista given tæ in the launch bore down upon her to effect her may trust, be closed, unless it is prints Jast year,
monger in Parlia ever, to statements made by the Chamber Ladly bit. As the launch got alongside the want and nada the subject of intermg the colony of Hongkong and its dependencies mends the expendituro oi 81,981 for repairs to to lay the apes the table. The Aming Haris who we should put in, as it extinct be sail of Commerce. Concerning these reniarks, crew of the junk, numerous and well armed, tiou in the House. But however eummarily not inchiding the islands of Great Britain and the Health Offer's steam-lanach, and 32.000 oor Mester hus rritently write a under an of course that Mr. Mackintosh is resident o mova entire misapprehension, and with a view to the Colony. I have written Mr. Ford, the which occupy twelve paragraphe, it may sprang up and speedily overpowered the the allegations are disposed of, it is mutter Ireland) has had pablie loses atopouting to 25 drawback and fand to cou
correct any mistaken impression which may sectary of the Committer, and have an in- broadly be said that nourly all of them are crew of the launch, whose uniforms, and for regret that Englishmen should be found willion dollars in the sheet, period of feariren that the reparti ha ndupted by the Courci
havo boen ooneryed to the puldio i world saggottimation from him on behalf of the Church childish and illogical, and some of them ar arms they appropriated and then gaily so ready and even anxious to foul their next months. Notwithstanding the depreciated value
that your Exellency may exuse in be madoody that they would be pleased if Mr. Fielding foolish nad impertineat.
poblio the despateles trivived from Me. J Charke would act. I have spoken to Mr. Field- asia the steamed off under the shelter of the by magnifying into chormities what are of the metal these figures represent a very tidy first paragraph, Mr. HaSTINOS says that the dragon flag and the Chinese official uniform fortunate incidents, in some cases, of what sum for a handfat of people; and the fast that
The COLONIAL SECRETARY-I big to lay Molass Brown, the Commissioner of Cestomsing Clarkon the matter, and be willing to act. liecace issued by emigration brokers is
perpotrate the piracies they su easily as has proved on the whole a most beneficent sro sble to pass through such an experience trade licenes as much as a pawnbroker's complished under these conditions. Of scheme of emigration. Dis well for the cobbler with scarce a wrinkle our brow givor na apon the table the Bins Book of the Colony for for Kowloon, datert 10 wad 14th March last. I would suggest that we formally recmimit the
lancy's purinission to withdraw the onestion" license and might as easily be paid inlo course there is another explanation of te stal to his lust, and Mr. VALLEY world sex opinion of our importano as a 1201, and a report servos, and tas report of the Under the sirenostenes laked your Fol. Bill to make this alteration.
commanity than all our Chambers of Commerce, Director of the Observatory for 1891.
The Acting Harbour Master'a ernal report of Treasury as other taxes, that therefore there the piracy, but one that we should be slow to have done mack better to concentrate his Lowridative Councils. Opiam Farms, and Steam-
The Clerk of Councils round a patition praying let. Jarmary, paras, 10 and 11, ngain refer to is no reason why it should be regarded as a beliers though we have small faith in the attention on his own particular business lanehan put together, Wo ara as proud. tax on shipping, he trier our patience. virton or respectability of
ofame of the mermi than to play the part of a wandering Prox a nation of Dogberries she had had losses, at the second reading of the Fiers and the junk rads and sedim nation then. It When, however, referring to the registry dous of the Hoppe or the Salt Coutaissionor. ENIFF on the scent for huaginary iniquities, look yan. Few people pr bably bid an idea Wharees Compensation Oralinaues mich beis courcely noounts to say that the fook trade fee, be remarks
that thesa Less have This is that the steam-launch was really one But Mr. Vaxxer like that other apostle Mr. were so rich. That comes of our modesty and postponed and that Mr. J. J. Francis, Chex diminished. I think eneh a sillerat is to be paid somewhere, and there is no of the dent of small crals by which these ALFRED DYER lusted afler
The erroneosa impression overted in regard
be,
British
country,
qupidity of Chinese coolia broke to Elint
er to fish for touch in the sluggish streams
The COLONIAL SKORETALT Recouded tha thir:' reading, which was passed.
THOUSAN SCHOOL' AND ORPHANAGE, -- Hon. C. P. CHATER-1 beg to mose, that the Bill entitled au Ordinance for the corpers- tie of the Chairman of the Committee of the Dincesta School and Orphange be read a third time.
füction of the schedule if it existed weald serve thự du neerument gate effet, in legislating When I came to myself I began to wonder the very useful purpose of gui ing tas authority they dal, to the rider of the jury, and at vider q bother these men when I had seen rou! the by whom the app is at til have to beat, rought bofors the Cenal forcibly y groen table were the real ocentors of the trenty. As I have shes that it is physical posumber for the Chamber of Commerce bunnell.. fire millions, ca if they wore it became empresibility for the Government to comply with the and the chief objection made to this hill sinen However, the mafter has now? Sver hausible how a community might surtive motion, and as the gestion before the Concil has been made by the Uber of Com shrinkago of that description of wealth are as 15 limited to the point whether or not mation sof
present to answer there contentions, but if the hone han, member shonli ara åt to cambody the to "lun! attonnated fall of a comet.
abstretive motion, en soms între occasion I shall be glad to lines them. Moraschile it may soffice for me to say that they not admit A menting of the Legistative Council was held led by the Government.
THE JUNK TRARE on the 23rd inst. There were prent:—
His Excely the Bogernor, bir WILLIAM Hon. T. B. WHATTHEAN-CU CU April Font I asked the following quastion- With reference KODINSON, K.UM.G.
Boa. G. T, M. O'BRILS, C.M.G., Colonial to the Fennush's the Aefit 31a bour Mester's pars on the junk trecio of Hongkong for 1891, dated 115 of January last, and more poticulay- Hon. W. M. GOODMAN, Attorney-General. HOT J. E. STEWART LOCK, Hegister-15 to Pregraph 17 there, which ends as fol General.
Hou. F:H. May, Acting Colonfal Treasurer, Hot. F. A. COOPER. Director of Publie Weris. Hon. K. M. KOMBET, R.N., Harbour Mester. Hon. C. P. CHATER. Hon. Bo Kal
Braratar
The COLONIAL SKCKRTART seconded. Bill passo-1.
82 JOHN'S CATHEDRAL CHURCH The ATTORNEY-GREKLAZ-T bag to move the lows: The enly controllable cases of the de. ¦ third reading of the Bill entitled “A Ordinance pression of the jack trets are the suppression to provide for the les performance of divis wer- of the system of epicure schlied by the ship and other services is accordions with the Chinese Quatema in Honglegs and the preseries of the Church of England at St. John's vation of the route lity of British waters." win Cathedral Chorob at Victoria in this Colony the Government lay upon the table copies of Chef and elsewhore, to incorporate a Charl Body suel Body former respour nos referred to in said to vest the sand Cathedral in Hoa. T. H. WHITEHEAD. Hon. B.B. BELILIOS.
repart and mus burlier correspondence or in-and for eller purposes in hunection there- Mr. A. M. Tosox, Acting Clock of Conseils. formation in is presession on be soljset of will." There is only one mattor I need
MINCLES.
the system of espionage established by the mention, that is that Mr. Mackintosh, the bend The minutes of the lust meeting were read Imperial Chinese Customs in Bengkong. c. fe Chamber of Commerne, Ins soul a leder to. and I then said, I ma grently whlice to your say be wanld be obliged to resign from the and coxarmed.
Excelluey for having caused mne sa ho furnished Charoh Galy. He has left Hongkong and The COLONIAL SECRETARY hava lan hon-with copies of the arts and conn'spondents will not be able to serve on the h Body
-PINA NOLAL EFFORT.
treat to be as the craft they were in quest of and the charges, and the incident will take wooks ago, and build thin the nosequent our to lay upon the takla rupart No. of the 13 have preused and carefnily considerat the It will be observed that the lay members are dir
Whenjo
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to
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The ATTORNEY-GENERAL Scorded. Carried.
PAPEES.
PETIT: OS.
thing to prevent owners running their monopolists worry the native trade of determined to obtain it atoriety, and traditional'habit of veiling our greatness. It might bs permitted to represent the views of caloniated to pasojndicu the eclit of the prin "ahipe under other flags if they think this port, and that those in charge, is something tonching and There has at last be thrust upon us by our very mis the petitioners before 11⁄2 Connoll
Colony
Bud
to
any
EXCLUSION BILL BY THE
BENATE.
iato
WONG WEI-CHORO RECE ATION GROUND.
TIN PRAYA RECLAMATION.
This we agreed to.
The ATGINTY GENERAL then moved the think reading of the BiH.
The COLONIAL SECRETARY Heranded. Hou.. 11. WHITEHEAD --I rise to move that
Hon. P. CHATERI, bare mach pleasru the Bill real this lay six months. in weanding.
The vole resulted CA Fox (9).
Hon. T. R. Whitehead Her. Cher
Hun. Ho Exi
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AUAINET (7).
The Colonial Secretary
The Attorrey-Gen The Registrar-General The dot. Colonia Treasurer The Director of Public Worke The Tarbour Master
Hon. E. R. telling
THE WEAR AND HERS. The ATORNEY (RNCRAL moved iba second
vious question begged the patiodien of tempt to facilitats those who are entitleil an x MaeLeary inwn's letters of the 10th and master of grace to get something because is perasal of the papers be was of the opinion that legal rights-from the $180,0 voted & com-
ihe remarks of Cap, Hastings, which led tu ponsation to borf and pisz owners. Ianomagot. thuss lettore being written, hal Leo made be it is impossible to give any ene star hin under a saimprobumaton. In that expression where without anserlaining the shares of the of opinion your Excellency incitly need, ather wharf waare, it is only right to mak
to the inch trades, and the injustice done fortune, which are thas seen to be blessings in dis Petitina laid upon the table.
the Imperial Maritims Customs, shewld be pathetic in the guise, which though they would have overwhelmed
Hoa. C. P. CHATER-Referring to Govern-corrected by the publication of Mr. McLeur "it would be cheaper" and in the follow-having nothing better to do in the story of Don Quixote uiting at the windmill, any other community on flus face of the earth, ing paragraph, that if the burdens are ex- terim, decided on a little piratical ve- but the enterprises of such persona ad aderant, tuan, must have been our ricbral No douté reading. Unless permission from the Govern the Chinese Foreign Luelos serviz seri
as Mr. soarcely sadden the smil en nerfectares. How mont Notifostion No. 204 of the 4th May, 1892, Brown's desgrohes and the Bgures supplied "cessive and the benefits not no adequate ture on their own account. The Impe-VABLET are tinged with quite protber "equivalent, there is no reason why the ris! Maritime Customs Service is too and bear no affinity to the whimsical ac.thors are Silver Kings and other scions of royalty mest has been first obtained riding beer that. I way safely day. not excelled in any other part of “trade shoukl be confined to this centre.”
sharply looked after for such a thing to betion of CRRVANTER immoorial here. And in America who could buy arap and swallow a part of the Wong-net-chong Recreation Ground the globe. therofors move the tailoring roso he rouses our induation. Is not Mr. HASTINGS WARD that it is the duty of the possible in its cruisers, and they are practice trust the public will distinguish between all at a gulis, er to spuk. but the great sea which is anclosed within the Racecourse and the latious" With refere needs the sting Marler
the ally beyond rack pin, Bults the gallant efforts of mistaken zeal and stare de pot infestar coasts; and taking training track is prohibited until further notice Master's Report for 1841. dated 21st Jam
as on our swe grond-without invidious com-will the Governmonk state whether this antifast, and laid before the Legislation Council 1 Government to promote, be the utmost mocessary that of their ability, the cryde of the port, and end as to the true origin of this pinigai totoriety at waggeratins at a pragmatin parlaom-It mantha wurm of valv sabising. calwn in in eens geence of their infuntion to command of your Exe Tenes the fith instarts resting of an Ordance to provide transfor
piracy, hunter,
tion to every end to blog to society which complete forth with the preparation for purposes I beg to move that time Gaviicient lay on the staining the unmute to be paid by way was able to tatt down 25 milhons of its assets in of recreation of the ground mentioned, or it net į table a copy of the despertenes in eciin.otiin | compensation in respect of the wherves acr mi far as hes in their power to keep the load Government have the right la insist that trade under the British ang? Is this that the matter shall be sifted to the bottom.
one year with little man than a shrug of the what is proposed to be done in the matter of with the junk trade. de received by the Ge- piorsatrag the line of the Prays Reclamation, verament from Mr. J. Malasy Brosa tao to fix the periods for the payment thereof the way do it? Is this the correct Unless and until this be done they should THE REJECTION OF THE CHINESE shoulders to indicula that such a process was pacting this ground in order?
The COLONIAL SECRETARY-Sir. in newer Commissioner of the Chines Luperial Maritin and for other purposes in connection, therewith. fitude for the Harbour Master of the British decline to accord these so-called preventive
going on. Were ao cosily so rich as all that comes to?
te the question whether the abfification is in Customs for loop, date 0th and 11th Eles said-Inderstand there is likely to be us
saggustion made for postponement for o of Hongkong to adopt ? To tell vassals not under the Foreign Unstoms
To pry into the partionlar incidence of this consequence of the intention of the Governmert lurch, 1892
Hon. Hu KAI Hecorded.
reason, but I may add something to what. British shipownors in effect that if they the stutas of men-of-ver, and forbid
The COLONIAL EXCELTART--Sir. ajast stud- I have already id, regarding this Hill, The Bill to provide for the Exclusion of great loss, is no part of the business of a philo. to complete, for purposes of recreation, the the harbour. 4. it ebesper to run their ships tinder theme Ricion and must be treate Chinese of all ranks or occupations from of the departed wealth is not only relevant but the question if rok, whai is proposed to ba doro ed by the hon. merker, in withdriwing a pre- £t is as the ontcome of an honest al-
t present they ar
sophies! essayist, but an enquiry into the nature ground mentioned, the answer is No Asto other flage to do so; and to say that if the lead fees ebarged in con
conasetior with Brigra.clearly
accordingly. The Hongkong
Government the United States wiriel was introduced pressing cannot in fact be well. A fresh in the matter of putting the ground is erior, sap into and triumphantly passed through the study of Adam Bath, Bierdo. De Quincey, the answer is that the course that will be follow Mon are found burlen some the trade can are naturally anxions to see piracy saHouse of Representatives nt Washington Mill, and Jerone failed to abed the light on the jed by the Government will depend on whather 14th of Mareb, and he then stated that after a was settled from the beginning that bey had no go elsewhere! There is a Hippant disrepressed, but they wield khenier be glad gard of the interests of the trade by which have the assuranes that in granting bospits by Me. Geany has been reircted by thembjest tant was wantai, for thongh these or not a loan is raised to meet the expenditure the Colony exists throughout this mass uality to these revenue cruisers they are 106 Senate, and a messure rendering somewhat learned remombate differ from wash other in on public works extraordinary. fortunate
HOR. T. H. WEITERAD Moved-"That the atcing of observations, or the assisting organised efforts to pray on peace-trieter the existing Restriction laws has any things they agree in connecting wealth in one way or anotace with prodesis. But been passed. The Bill in question was sub-pendaction was just the element conspicuously Government publish in the torment Ganetts revenue that is grievously ous of place in as tradere. And, in this connection, it may stituted for the Ghery Bill by Senator wanting in one unge, for without for a moment or lay on the table a list of the wharves, public but you did not adopt the suggestion b 1 es schume by which that can be done, and official document and excites within us an ever porhaps be matter for speculation to growing wonder how the Gerornment, same which is the greater evil: the open and Dor, who steered it safely through the disparaging the Sugar, Reps, and ather local and private, in respect of which a sum of $180.000 publicstion the letters question boxe provision made. The he was that the to pass it. Farther comment on it is uns unscrupulous pirate, or the seerst but equal- Senate, by whom it was read a third time industries they seemed to supply no adequate was added by the Government to the cost of the cause that would bare necessitated the publics Director of Public Works stond do the best he necessary; it would be mere waste of time to Ly unscrupulous blackmailer in uriform.
and passed on the 25th April. The mesura seures for the crestine of the vast role of Praga Reclaration, as appears from the Coleris tion of other letters from Chytrin Hostings, and cold to apportion this money xmongst tha follow the Acling Harbour Master through
bas since bee sanctioned by the President.wealth which had been dissipated. Wealth cas. Snoretary's letter of the Wth Feb uary, 1889, to you considered if most undesirable to keep wharf owners. It was considered that some The new Hill, which is entitled "A Bill to of course, ha segnired by other mouns besides the Hon. C. P. Chuter. and state the ameast alive and prolong a consoravay which had might not be satisfied with the portion alloted hia further reflections, nearly all of which
direst production, by taxation for example, and of couponation assumed in respect of sach" originated in a misapprehension, and which to them, and if there should be an appeal is seem to us entirely tallad for as well as in MF. VARLEY AND THE SINGAPORE prohibit the coming of Chinese person to depredation; the former including the various The wharf owners are, I think, fully entitled to it was far better to allow to spice. This should be heard by the Sagres Court, by which it would be I do as what PASSENGER TRADE.
the Taited States,** continues most cases altogether beside the mark.
ja all
all the commercial process of carrying, iLauring, stor know how the sum of $180,000 for partial comvi will, I trust, common its on con existing laws prohibiting and regulating the ing, packing, and the latter coding no detailed pensation was arrived at. What was the amount sidarition to the good nee of the ban mom hardship that could impose upon anybody. There are times when Her Majesty's faith-entry into the republic of Chinese for te definition. Bupplemented oven by those rendes saeed by Gowenasti in respect of ash bar, and I flick to may reasonar feel that should have supposed that there would have PIRACY IN A NEW PHASE, ful Commons get somewhat unhinged by years. Any Chinese person or person of of incrasse, it did not appear that the productive wharf, public and private, in the early part of althong's the Government case wompt, his been no opposition. I was informed on the inst The piratical instinct has always been temporary excitement on grent party ques- Chinese desceat, when convicted under allespacity of the Colony and its dependencies 1883 P I rasy read preographs 4 and 5 of motion bis para vil have ben safideat socasion that 1 should bave been told of ang is bruary, 1889, to Mr. Chater on the subj-el he has aloited. The question of editing red there was any the Bill might have been medi strong in the breasts of the maritime tous, and there are occasions perhaps when lewa, shall be removed from the United donld account for the rallions which had one the Colonial Sacratary's letter of 18th Fly met by the tenour of the user which tended opposition and it was und ratond that
and gone.
Tarpented by this problem I spent two nights There is, hemover, another couudaration pirts red from oficial detona fet in the durantime, In order that it might be, population of South China. Pirsey - oven the soleum House of Peers is unduly States to China onless it shall be made to rished without check for several hundred moved by sentiment, but neither Jords or appear that the and person is a subject or insultery conftant at the Peaks without find sognata to those with sve induced the view There is no doubt amething to bid in favor da spennt and third time today. It was years, and the ropes of the Bess grew ever Coms are likely to be reduced to that citizen of some other country, in whisls care ing myself in the morning a stop nearer ton of the Secretary of state on this point, vin, of it, but on other hand I buy know of mere only on Saturday afterangs that I was informed mere audacious until in the middle of state of imbecility ascessary to ensure a he shall be removed to suet, 'country, ua solution. When the wustering av turow the with referees to the whares and piors belong-than ons complaint being na de Culaies that there are some sort of opposition. I do not the airteenth century they actually e-serious consideration of Mr. VARLEY's reless such country demands a tax, in which long shadows coross the Keppedy Road it was my ing to the pubic which will requins to her by the public and by unofficial webers of know the exact details of the opposition to it Ped opinions of the officials reporting, and b samiftee any nober has any specifla alterations tablished a blockade of the port of Canton, markable appeal. On the strength of a case the person shall be went to China daily habit to frequent that ddielous promundo, moved in consequence of the proposed reshima Council that what they wanted was the actual and I don't know whether if we go to Com- and the Viceroy was compelled to seek the sixteen days' stay in Singapore that gentle- Any Chinese person or person of Chinese yat no inspiration care, and the pedestrians who tion. The menstractions in question res aid of the Portuguese, who had recently man takes upon himself to annoimes the descent arrested under the provisions of this anght me as they cams round the promontories, der's Wharf, Murray Pret, and Pottinger edition revised by the Gevorant of those to suggest, which is the ariinary coarse I will,
band, observed to each other that the gentleman Harbone Master's Pier; and it seems to the Go- the Government publiches in fleis report i The CotoNIAL SECRETARY condo). established a settlement at Macho. The discovery of an organised system of slavery Act shall be adjudged unlawfully within the winging my walking stiek zerowany sand my Street Pier, Nam Pak Hong Pier, on the opinious. It und not in supposed that iventa inrere, simply wave the second reading.
Hon. C. P. Hirst la view of this petition Portuguese manned and armed a few vessels on a large scale," which he is careful, how United States unless such person shall as appeared to have something on his mind. One varner that in respect of these the case for com.therefore agress with all the optimus expressed and succeeded not only in raising the block-over, to put into the month of a Sita tablish by affirmative proof bis lawful right day, fatigued by the salty me, the walk, and in pensation (which brinadvertenties saenor subuilt-in it, and I may inke this opportunity of stating before the Council and to enable the wharf ade of Canton but also in temporarily clear. Goverment official. Mr. VARLEY no doubt to remain thereto. Any person once por part by sontal strain. I no fain to rest on the sad to the Secretary of Site) is even stronger that without any desire taer on Captain owners, if possible. In arrive at a satisfactory ing the coast of the pirates, In recognition thinks he baa unearthed a direful wrong victed and once removed, and who shall seat commanding perhaps the broadest view than that in respect of a privately owned piers.astings, who is a very opa't hard pork furrangement. I would beg to move that the sea of this service the Kwangtung dorerament done to a sutive rose that would make subsequently be convicted of a like offente, of our noble harbour studded all over Including for this reason all the wurves and ing effeil, the forest does not shall reading abeuld be postponed to a date to be fixed Hon. T H. WHITEHEAD--I have much plea. allowed the occupation of the Macao penins huge sensation in England, rivalling shall be imprisoned at hard labour not ex-whi craft of every rank. The coons began piare both mabile and private, ile Closernor un- the views which Lays found xion in fis by your Fanellone
Hos. T. B. WHITEAD-Your Exellency, ne in a wonding that. zula
by their deliverers; a cheap payment for the anti-opium crusade, and bringing the ceeding six months and thereafter removed to grow din i Honn w halved out of dorstands that the maximum eam required as published reports.
my conscientes. My verses seemed to melt compensation for them is $180,000, 15 being” in-
f. F. K. BEBILIOSI beg to support the signal service. But pincy was only scotch great name of VARLEY into enviable pro- from the United States as heretofore pro- into the moonbeams whiob spread a dreamy impossible to obtain more approximat: rares for I have listened with great attention and manel ed not killed, and I
it woke into great activity ininence. Truly a great and providential vided. It will be seen that the provisions over trees and ships, sad the huge black bonld some weeks Taking, however, the shove urus-up reciation to the rimarkia which live falen mondant. I do not a thore wil bo any again early in
the presentcatury. The Chi find! So the worthy man set himself to of the new Bill are quite stringent enough, ersacemed to grow buoyant and float like balloons. in, and adding to it the $40,000 for the in-from the hon. Colonial Secretary sul seace bar if consideration of the Bill is post pound. again DRSS Were delivered from this formid drew up an appeal to Queen and Parliament but Mr. DOLPE has saved his country from Whether it was what is oiled a reverie or other orased width of Pre: the total of $30,000 is beg to withdraw the resolution. paras able peet by the vessels of the British Navy, which should do him justice and immortalise the perpetration of a greater wrong, ou abermal stats of asrebration I know not, but jobtained, ar amount which represents 193 which I had in view in bringing it forward as Inid to my obargo, ang hasty legislation. which on the termination of the first war with his name. He threw in strong language which a great and generons country like the Bzure appeared to be sitting besids me of a cents per foct of the private portion of the re- boen quite sure. Referring to the prioche It was my intention to adjuara today for Chias were employed in policing the conate with a liberal hand, and was particularly United States could not, consistently will grave but kindly aspect and looking enquiringly clauation, or four per cent. of the profit which, which the hon. anmber has just mention dscne monthe, but as it goes the desirt on sate my face. Something impelled me to discording to the lowest estimate, will be derived nacely, in regard to the reports from the hands the part of any influential people outside that and rivers for several years. For some time emphatic in his characterisation of the her traditions, subscribe to in cold blood. bardan myself to this stranger. I told bits from the project by the frontage lot-owner of various Government departments, I any the excuranding of the Bill should t the pirater dared not show their beade, labour contracts; which he first calls "iu- The common, sense of the country on this folly of ay perplexity and Egged that he would It is quite clear therefore that an estimate or say that that principle we fight for is poed I will slee peatposs the odio eat of their hair and retreats having been merei famous," then iniquitous," and finally "in- occasion was expressed in the Senate, and enlighten my ignorazos. "You have, indeed" sohedule of the value attaching to the verim this colony in the file of Sic Richard G. the Council unt the 6th of June, but I just *ters warmest bop, that bedo that wate leesly hunted out and backen up, and the ferual" Bat hurd words breek no bones; their soberer judgment is, for the time, hap-aid as compation, "hit upon one of the most piers was they made wat, and in the Hon. Mr. MacDonnell, and I am glad to say that the
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EN EXUELLESQY—I have no wish to haro