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them and defrays oertain expenditure on their account; a large portion of the Post Office revente (so called) is collected on account of the Imperial Government or of the Postal Union, and brlogs I profit to
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portion of the revenue of this colony and ought to be thrown out of account, it is sub- mitted, in the calculation of the gross revenner CN steamer Theyman, from Australian taxable for the military expenses, The ports, laff Port Darwin on Thursday and may gross revenue from the Pet Office te con be expected about Sunday, the 19th Instant WINES AND SPIRITS.derable, but the act revenua is signif.
ALL these are selected by our London Houss, bought direct at first hand, imported in wood and bottled by ourselves, thus saving all * intermediate profite, and enabling us to apply
the best growths at MODERATE PRICES.
PRICE LISTS, with Full Detalls, to be
had on Application. FORT after removal should be rested a month before use. When required for drinking at once it should he ordered to be decanted at the Dispensary before balag
-sent out.
The N. D. L esmer Preussen, with the German mail, which left Hengkeng on the Sist Aarch, arrived in Colombo yesterday morning, The F. M. steamer, City of Rio de Janeiro, with mails, de, from Yokohams, which part who left on the 2nd ultimo, arrived at Ean Francieog on the 9th instant.
The Hyogo News says: Just a year ago the nahin mers took passengers to Formons at 20 yon each and cargo at 17 you per tou. Now there are eleven steamers on this service and
spectively. the rates have fallen to 12 yen and 8 you re-
Last year the postal revenue amounted to $244,449 and the expenditure to $194,240 The 171 per cent, for military contribution ought clearly to be reckoned only on the net revenue of $50,000, not on the grose revenue, a large portion of which is not colonial revenge at all, being col- lected outside the colony and spent outside the colony.
The next point mado is that several of the departments are charged, for the convenient keeping of the water account, with annual sume for the water they con- sure and that these ought not to be reckoned as revenue. The ground to be taken in reference to that is that the water rate as a whole is municipal revenue and Daght to ho entirely exempt from the military contribution, but if this is not conceded the Goverument should, arrange its bookkeeping on such a system RS not to sell the revenue by fictitious receipts introduced only for departmental convenience. It would be quite hepaleos. to expect the home Government to make a rebate from the military contribution in
To-morrow morning, hetween 9 and 10.30 respect of a hundred dollars' worth of water'deck, the steam laauch Dayspring carrying consumed by this or that department. It the Bethel fag, will call alongside any vessel hoisting the answering pentiant, lo convey men is next urged that "there are other items. nshore to 11 am, arvioent 81 Foter 3(Beaman's) "to the amount of about 248,000 classed Jest Church, returning about 12.30. "year and in former years na 'appropriations in aid,' and which were deducted from the quality and of greater age than most gross expenditure in drder to arrive at the brands in the market. The Scoronamount of revenue to be raised, but which WHISKY marked "B" is waiversally popular, and is pronounced by the best local connoisseurs to be superior to any other brand in the Hongkong market.
CHERRY-Excellent Dinner and After Dinner Wines of very superior Vintagea All are true Xeres Winss CLABET-Our Clarets, including the lowest priced, are guaranteed to be the genuine prvinot of the juice of the grape and are artificially mads from raisins and currents, as is grascally the case with Cheap Wines.
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We only guarantee our Wines and Spirite to be gennine when bought, direct from na ini the Colony or from atr authorised Agents at
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THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY, Hengkong, 9th Jeminary, 186.
• NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS.
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It may it be generally knows, writes a Calcutta papar, that a certain ten garden in the Doosre is managed by Mr. Chaplair, who bas three assistante, appropriately named Farrons, Prient, sud Church The combination le quite an acidental on
ats så England possesed inspectors, who dealt only with mbject Improving the quatry. He had looked with increasing and continued gratification upon the progrbis, which tune association bad made They wanted somebody to go into the dark phoes of the world te ses where 'ay the cause of disease, and they might feel are as they ch that as they ears bester to getting a land in which there should be no disesse stal Disease via quite an noodant. Therd should be "BO. organic why any person atanli lle of diverse in civilised land came from acidental cases, and was removable by the efforts they were making to remove by taking care of the King and also by taking car of the dead, The ears of the dead be looked upon sin: one of great points in the evolution of exultary educa
high exista
the seeds to the extent
per cent.
The seeds las Contain of a red bil. the Formalition which, form an admimble
demonatents the use of thme I taken the person in quasde And pointed cat | test cikpan vir, Boonitine Arsenio, the pot in which she had bolled the deng. The states chathe agad a survey of the eling, madden disappearance of the family certainly uponin
cond by half century adde balữ two dons not support, the allegation For the more substansed to this short but deadly let, Troseal the case can only be regarded as a very about 40
its prasale wold and shitmany,
Tysterious one? A On tins site of the globe so for us, laboratory would invite the attention of any police for live of in many operations, in which tas. and uriminal records enable us to form an officers who may be presout to the okaracters Jafar is employed. elite, the list of poisons used in graver of the root discovered by Inspector Witchell in The following are the particulars of the cams cffenden is correspondingly small and inchades this case. The production of such an exhibit is called upon to investigato in 1886. 0 of immense valun to the analyst in that 10 the night of the 18th September of that ym the following:
a.)-Aconite
furnishes & cine that may enable Jum from the memo ten, were observed to put some oz's very outset to concentrate his attention on thỏ tai ping into poison that war otsally the dime of death city mar In snow instances cito police may possibly
(ii) Armonio ii) Datgr
the
(y.) Gelsomium
ARSENICAL POISONING, The Chinese sro sognainted with the terioride or ananious sold paisan-aliek ;- real red or hisulphide hung-wong opito yellow or for sulphide tax wong mineral, known as hang sun which
*Live fah tank in one of the The fah ters killed almost liately The water was removed and way and a froeh expply put into be able to follow on the cchus and trace tarown
The only material available for the roures of pply of the dragi bat in the the tank absence of restrictions cartile sale if poison snalysis was the dead fish The Polios Magis used for criminal purpose the kaloj mor- trate, Modehouse, referred two questions phire alone excepted a not very sanguine to me for consideration and reporti cars -to- as be their chance of moosa ta this direction Can the active principle of oh's taxi be mixture of alle brides and stiglitter Beach randly follows he administration of this Spoolment of these compounds apparently pulon There is no instance of a recovery en How Thess romarks sro of tone local interest natural minerals, will be found on the teblurecard. The victims in the 1884 osse were deed
THE ITALIANS AT KASSALA The loss of the Italians in the recent engage ment at Kail amounted to ten officere and these hundred mong
The notave principle of the root of delsensum elegans has mot sa yet been fully lavendigated It is, however, sau alkaloid possessing Buck marked chemfoal and physiologi bharnoters that it can be detected with certainty in casos of poisoning
Are fieli so destroyed it for human con mumption
plug" be detected in the dead fish f
In this angsir I had the benent of the sm tance of Mr. Fard, the Superintendent of the Botanical Department, and alss of Mr. Look hart, the Registrar Ganoral, who was good anough to obtain the opinion of the Chiness fish merchants as to the suitability or otherwise as an article of diet of fish killed by this poison. botanical tour in the neighbouring province, AF Ford, who had recently returned from where he had seen the whole process of ex- toting the tes oil and the preparation of the cake, gave mi the following internation, In my engary I had specially alluded to the possibility of more than one substance entering into the composition of the cake."
In view of the presence of the plague amongeta ales obla to lay, before you poizens of when they were brought to this Civil Hospital The Emperor of Japen hisa signified his la- us. So far, Hongkong, will all its sanitary orgiment and realgas from TE HAN Source tention to present to each member of the Privy proosstions, appear to be lits if any better. The rear 1887-during the suministration of Council set of gold caps, in recognition of off as regards that disease than Canton, where Sir John Bowring a memorable one in the services rendered to the nation during the war by contre history of this calpay on account of the whole however, is too restricted tu found general sale poisoning by argento, that was erected The O. &0. steamer Belgic, with mails, doorclusion anon and we are well content to The Press of that period unfortunately contain
disons ie preventilako.
main facts of the case, so far is I have been The solanscoons pant furnishing the drug from San Franciscs to the 21st ultimo accept Bir B. W. Richardson's diotani that all but meagre todorants of this gross outings. The DATUEL POISONING vis Honolulu, arrived at okohama, and
able to glean them from printed records known by the Chinese in Hongkong and South cares for this port via Nagasaki this morning
sad from the statements of Europeans who China, a young fa is the thora apple, REUTER'S TELEGRAMS werd in of Dest, the colony at that time the Datura alba of New The dried flower, in at daylight.
are that early in the morning of the 16th of bundles of various enza, is the only part of the Fannery a large number of residenta were taken plant mid by the native draggiate The fresh SUPPLIED TO THE DAILY PAKRA"],
woon after eating brand supplied by the Chl entire herb may frequently be seen on the her LONDON, 8th April
ose baker & Luo, that the symptoms displayed balist's stall. The dried flowers weigh on an "Camellia oleifera, Abol, extensively grown FIGHTING IN MATABELELAND. were those of arsenical poisoning, and that average four grains each. The plant le common in South Chins for the production of seeds Gifford's horze engaged the. Mabele insur- not single ense terminated fatally. I have in waste places near villages both here and which yind a valuable oil náwn as ten oil, gents, who made three fieros onslaughts, but hard double expressed as to whether, this was the mainland and see on the neighbouring ch'à sa ping! is the refuse matter left after really some of poisoning by arsenic. At this islande I am able ta sahibit specimens of the the oil has been extracted. The propstation is mill where were finally repulsed with the loss of oue han distant date direct confirmatory, proof in the dried flowers and abo a coloured plate showing very simple. The seeds are caleated in October
skupe of a chemical analysis of the bread is, it. the characters of the plant in flower and er Norember dried and taken THE SOUDAN TROUBLE. is to be feared, out of the question. It may be fruit. The spys differs from the Deterd they are crushed in a circular mortar or trough drad killed. Mors fighting is expected.
The Dervishes have appeared at Tamanieb as well to state that instances of wholesale or tramos of hatops in having larger white by a pestle driven through it by water power. mass peisoning by arsenic are not unknown flowers, brown seeds, and a loss thorny speals The soode far belog crushed aro steamed (ose Baskim) em p
in the WTaylor quotes a cass in which 840 splitting irregularly. The seeds of the latter and then this mess is placed in a powerful press. which express the off. The ratuse, after the ex- children of an industrial school near London as blank were eq pocored in 1857 The quantity of For many years previous to the appointment totion of the oil is the article known BE arsenic lakan by eash child was estimated to be of no manlyat to the Colonial Goverment in nhà tout plog. It is produced in cakes weigh. about une grain. The whole of the children re 1679, the last aan young to hid being, when dry about a om. and 33 [bs, reapsa covered.
HAARAS known to Fobice Magistrates in Hongkong as rely. The quality of the two kinds of cake is Old residents with whom I lave discussed the fernishing, material in use by robbers to drag the same. I am not awayo tast anything. THE STRANDING OF THE "EXE" A. La caso declare that there was Deve ny their victims; bat, although frequently brought besides the ends of Camellia oleifera entera
doubt at the time as to aczanie bolig the poison Lte notice in the lay courts, there no evidence into the compositum of those cakes. The Admiralty are sanctioned on improved morning to the steamer Fee, which stranded on
The bug Fosgain went eat yesterday used, and that the opinion was gonerally hold to warrant the sumpting that prior to 1882 Cha taping a used by the Chinese as s that A Lar in his anxiety to rid the colony of had been identited with the Datura alba hair-wash and as soap for cleansing both the scale of salaries to the engineering and cone of the Sazana group on Thursday, and the foreign element, used tan much senso In the schl midleal recontin of Hongkong person sud lothes. It is also used for the
the London establishment and.
which, acting promptly as an emetic, accrunted the first mention of dature is made by Mr. eradication of earthworms from the soil struotive staff.
Dragon followed in order to render assistance, for the ston-fatal termination of any of the MeCalitin in the analytical section of the in whink plants in pots are grown. **: In at the dockyards, to come into force from the about five o'clock in the afternoon the P. and let April. At Hongkong the chief ecsetructor's
while II.M.S. Surfft also proocoded to the apofcases. Now arsenio is a very heavy and only Colonial Surgeoz'e Monzal report for 1832. these garden we also use it for eradicating are used this year to awell the gross realary is inercased from £600 to £760 and the rise in the de Bo far us is known the Bas slightly soluble salt. It had either beat mixet Somo years ago Mr. McCallum, formerly earth worms from grand law boiled. "venge. These are not in any true sense chief engineer's from £500 to £650,
has stained no serious damage and it is a powdered form with the four or dissolved Government anal yet, gave me a few notes of porpore the cake is crushed and boiled. revenue at all." The remedy for that is
A Tokyo press despatah of the 1st April Dested that when the boat has been lightened in the water used to prepare the dough. The the investigations made by him which led up to The deportion is then diluted and poured ou she will bo got off without much diffoalty, probabilitats are that the latter course was the the discovery thst a nolausosus plant and the grass when the portus come to the to revert to the system of bookkeeping which sary: The rolemu ceremony of communicating Yesterday morning the Petrarch arrived from one adepted. Had the poison in the form of possibly Dature, als was a common stupefying surteco of the ground. As a rald the small prevailed last year in respect to these itens to the ancestors of the Emperor information Baigan and reparted having and savoured to get powder been received into the stomach it is in agent amongst the Chinese in Hongkong. He worms die, but the larger en after a time conceivable that all who partook of the breed states that during the years 1880-1882 sans of recover After being picked up from the granG The Secretary of State in his despatch of respecting the late war and the nation's
would have escaped with their lives alleged dragging were frequently before the the woring are often given to fowls and dunks, My predecessor, Mr. Hugh McCallum, quntescorts and nearly ways, connected with which devour thunt readily and apparoolly the temple near the Palace for ancestral wor the 27th June, 1895, said: "It is under victory took place to-day at the Kaabilrodokorn, the Ees off, but the tow rope broku. "stood that the revenue on which the pership His Imperial Majesty was not present in
case in which a nativa doctor was charged robbery, the victims being in most oude ro thrive on them, experiencing ne inconvenienes with administering a noxious drag" Tho turned emigrants. An impression sets to bare from the effects of the ch'a tai ping with centage will be taken shall include the person, but was represented.
ligaid forwarded by the police was found to perraded the minds of the Magistrates and which the warms were killed "gross receipts from all sources which are
contain in sointion the equivalent of 90 grains the police that the complainants were either drunk from alcohol, or that the cases had "now brought into nocount as revenue, with
of arsenións sold, s
simply been tramped up by sons evil-dispsod "one exception, viz, the proceeds of land "sales." Iteme which were not brought
person for the sake of revenge. In June or In ponds af great dimensions these drugs July, 1882, a Chidase female ohrid was brought (more then me is mentioned) are often used for
into secount as revenue last year ought not,
late on evenings to the Civil Hospital by the killing Beh and shrimps and are so powerfal
therefore, to be so brought into account now
polico in a narcotised condition. Tapi had this not single fish can escape. The fish so been stolen, and was found by the police in a ↑ caught are offered for sule, and the writer bas junk about to leave the Imrbone When roniel never end of a single instance in which any and vught not to be charged with the per centage for the military contribution. It is
the child was moet sicians, and the temper on has suffered from eating fish cbtained in displayed by hor pointed to madness. The this way Ch'n fu 18 1ựetimes used for urged in the next paragraph of the memo
papile of both eres wore widely dilated. Left killing earth worms.}
Mention should be made of the fact that the line the child soon fell asleep, and next morn
The Hyogo NoweBay-Work was commenced last November by the Formosan Lighthouse Board upon several new stations. Capes Faki and Bite in Formone itself will be lit, three lights are to be fred on the Okinawa-ken coats, and four on the Kugoshima-ken The Tyvjims lighthouse (one of the Okinaws station) will be the largest in Japan, being 100 feet high.
Admiral M'Ciore, the Commander of the Chinese naval force during the war between China and Japan, in an address delivered on 6th
A PRISON WARDER AS AMATEUR
MILK ANALYST
In 1894's bowl of ourried fowl was analyzed at the request of the principal Army Hecil Officer and found to contain 8438 mine of orpiment. The curry had been prepared for ene of the Lascar Artillerymen. Again last year s similar casa was investigated; this time from the Hongkong Regiment. A small quantity of food, less that one ounce, was found to have bean mixer with 33 grains of the same compound. bere were no Palice Court procedings in cthor of these cases. Whether the incorporation of the
The fin archants, furnished Mr. Lockhart. with a memorandum, from which the following: extreat a faken
ONLI Citations reuling to the news columna ravdum that "There is another nuteworthy March in Glasgow said that the longitudinal to him, the nutcome of the experiments being arpiment in the food was dus to sccident oc de-iting, borend displaying great stupidity, we action of saponin oa man has been bat little
should be addranted tɔ Tan Evros.
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bottom. The Lai-yues capaited in ten minutes through this cause, after being torpedoed, and he had grave fears that the same one brought about the disaster to the Victoria. Thor might be as many transverse bulkheads se desired, but everything should be avoided which would contribute to healing effect.-Times.
It appears that the mess of the anticipatel disturbance at Canton in connection with the naw abandoned koheme for the regulation of
Interest
ACORITE POISONING.
OELSEMIUM ELEGANS
a
of the Chiness as to their
Personally I am inclined to the belief that the action of this substance would not render fiab injurious as an article of diet.
MOBPHINE IMECZING
The recent milk adulteration one has had an amusing sequel. For gore time 4 Chiness milkman in Cocktape Street has been supplying an Indian warder at the gaol with a mut of milk every morning the wander has a very positive palate and intely he persuaded himself that his matutina) milk was adulterated with considerable quantity of water and he there fore decided to distinguish limsal as an amateur analyst. By some means he man apel to get possession of the prison los ribal bydrometer sad with this he made many experiments with the milk supplied "item which ought to be deducted from
of opinion Mr. McCallum then proceeded to examines that it is an undoubted poison and capable of gross total. The Colonis! Becretary esti
palate warn without doubt, to his mind at any able in the fact of the Indian soldiers having
The dead fish sent to the Laboratory the nulmates that during the year 1896 the Treu-
rate, confirmed. He determined to take decisive this posinous compound in their posses bundle of flowers reputed by the Chinare as endangering the life of oratory by aury will have to refund to the payers some
action. Yestering morning the Chinaman took men, as they are in the habit of using it as a stupefying drug, an extract of which noted as the usual quantity of milk to the gail and depilatory. Cheverrin bis Medical Jariapri-powerful mydriato, both when administered pokies did not afford evidence of the glucoside. * 816,000 out of ravenue received, .., that
was politely asked to remain fera for minutes dence for India quotes several cases of death internally and when applied locally to the eye. With regard to the questions as to the are Some of the extract was given to a small cun as human feat of fish destroyed by these means, the revenue to be received will be some
in the water's quarters." "Barkis was willin'" from the administration of erpiment. The warder then went away and tested the
key, and the effects produced by it were similar I could do zu more than prasent for the com- $15,000 less in the than he estimates is at..
milk in the hydrometer, ratarning abortly In September, 1894, a case of poisoning by to those observed in the little girl. The fewer sideration of the Magistrate the following
wers submitted to the Director of the Botanic pointa There $16,000 should clearly he deducted."
The Bassian ironclad oruiser Rurik and the afterwards in triumph to the unsuspecting soonits was the subject of an investigation in the As to the equity of that there can be no rigor Unsieri Denskot, coming from the milkms, who was informed that the milk Police Court: The vehicle for the administra Gardons and identified as those of Dutura alba (a) The absence of say record of such dob
Shortly after this, and while the datum in acting injuriously, doubt, but in face of the Secretary of State's Ficus, on their way to the Far East, Baid. was largely adoitaratal; the hydrometer tion of the poison was a decoction of coffee carved
(b.) The opinion at Ceylon on the 24th March from Port Said, raid so. This was apparently strange news to in the nonal way at a tiffin party of some members vestigation was still being conducted in the declaration that the percentage is to be where the two vessels coaled and victualled be the milkman, but protests were of avail and be of the foreign community. The casu fell to the Government laboratory, s second instance of harmless na buro.
(c) The fact that birds are not affected by levict on the grass revenue there is little for proceding to their destination Admiral was masobed off to the rolice station by the ground through lack of eridange. In the small mydristie poisoning was brought tothe notion of prospect of getting it levied only ou the net Kalogares who was on board the former victorious warder and charged with malling quantity of the beverage submitted for analysis, the Civil Medical authorities. Mr. McCallum worms similarly destroyed y
ahip, died at Athens on the 22nd February. The adulterated milk. Later on the eulprit was soonitine, the native principle of monka-hood, note of this cage rune as follows:-" A Chinese revenue. Something, however, might pos- Rurik i the largest and fastest armiser taken bilgre Compaider W. O. H. Hastings was detected in considerable quantity and the barber In good health, but old and anemic sibly be done to avoid swelling the gross afloat of the Bussica navy, being of 10,200 at the Magistreer, but of scores the charge soaps from death of those to why it had bene soon after the beginning of his evening meal, tens and 13,200 hora power and carries was dismissed, the Magistrata informing the secred can only be attributed to the past felt himself getting giddy, and shortly after revenue by the collection of money which gan The Dmitri Donskoi, which has warder lust the proper course to partum was to prandial habit of ripping the liquid instead of wards became unconscious. He was found by This brief survey of the poisons in unlawful HomekoNG, APHIL 11th, 1806.
has subsequently to be refunded. Rates, for already passed through the Suez Canal mors take the milk sealed to an analyst, as there could swallowing a large quantity at a single gulp, the police next morning still stupid and talking ass by the Chinese would not be completa with It appears that the tingling sanation on the lof of nonsense. When brought to the Ho ont reference to the pernicions labit of inject- instance, are collected quarterly in, advance than once, is of 5,800 tons and 7,000 hores power, be no canviction on nscientibo eridance.
with an armament of 32 gone. The first is nu
tongue, characteristic of aconite, as noted pital at 11 am liia gaitze unsteady; he ing morphs hypodermically which developed Tap recently published memorandum on and if a bouse is empty for any period of the antirely modern remed, but the second is of an
Immediately after the coffee had been tested trembled and looked very foolish. The pupil a few years ago, and which it is to be feared will CRIMINAL POISONING IN and suspicions having been aroused the roof bot's eyes were widely dilated, and, he cou carry, videspread rain throughont China unisse the military contribution submitted by the quarter are refunded; if the collection were older type and was launched at St. Petersburg
HONGKONG.
mainder of the beverage was rejected. It is to plained of a pain in his throat. Next day hy strong massares for its suppression are adopted unofficial members of the Legislative Council | made menthly the refunds would be largely as far back as 1983. ⠀ *
be regretted that the criminal was not, tracked recovered; tan pupils were, however, still dilate and screndously faintains A more lament- for the consideration of the Secretary of reduced
Yesterday afternion M. WE Crow down in this case Prisoning by aconite and he complained of feeling giddy. In his able equal to the opium stacking habit -State: appears to be someishat weakened in The final paragraph of the memorandum
Government Analyst, delivered a lecture at the is quite another thing to dragging by olisin repert. Mr. MoCallig remarks that can scaronly be conceived. Since the passing unfortunately it was impossible to prove what of the Morphine Ordinance, No. 18 of 1893, the force of its argument by too great rearge that the monies raised annually for
Hongkong. Odd Volumns Society's rooms on daturs, and death has frequently resulted the boat trafic circulated far and wide through "Crimins Poisoning in Hongkong! There therefrom. This is, I believe, the first case tarjoular plant was used in either of these the police have been very successful in their casar, but a doubt it was a Dature, and most raids on the divans wherein this practice bes finement. The boma Government will not the payment of interest on, loans and for the surrounding country, with the result that was a large attendance, amongst thore present of aconite poisoning in the criminal aznale trouble itself to split fractions with the the purpose of maintaining sinking foods all the bad charusters for miles around were being His Excellency the Governor, Sir Wil of Henghang and the use of this powerful drug probably the variety known as D. albo been carried on. It would, however, ba a colony in order to secure nicity of just for repayment of these loans ought not to asking to the city to revel in riot and plunder. liam Robinson. The Chairman vs Hon. E. E by the Chinese for an unlawful parise is of Since 1853 thore have hoon numerous cases of Utopian idea to suppose for a moment that toxicologist in that it adds mydriatia poisoning. The particulars of the vigorous heal sation will in any way be re- The shopkeepers, hotel keepers, tes houss pro- Pollock ment in connection with the levy of 175 per be made liable to the military tax. Such pristors, etc., who were instigating the proposed
Mr. Chows saidAmong the more serions hothor to the many points of similarity between following sae, are interesting as it was confected on the neighbouring Empire Dismal cent on our revenue. This levy, it has loans were mised, on the security of the disturbance, then awoke to the conicusness that oriminal sets there is perhaps no offenes which the agents used in criminal poisoning in India olusively proyed that the flowers of Datura aibe though the outlook may be, there is still one Batkaautory consideration, vi, that China, been decided, is to be made on the gross colcuy's capital in Land unsold, in its they would be the victims of their own folly, for exuites greater interest in the minds of the and in South Chins. It will be rentatored had been employed
the rowdies realiand that an attack on Shamoon public and to which the resources of science are that the motive principle of aconite was the At about diam. on the 8th May, 1888, two through her. foreign Customs, can effectually réveune of the colony, leas premia on landwaterworks, markets, &c., and are part was only likely to bring them hard knocks and more strenuously applied by the authorities, in substance employed by Dr. Emaon, the Wimbler adult females (China) and an adult wala (Chi- stop the importation of morphine-if she willa
nese) were bright by the police to the Civil | G sales. The point to be contended for is that of its capital. The revenues now raiset little coin and that the occasion could better bo order to bring the offendor to justice, than that don poismer
The specimens of anonite root on the table Hospital suffering from a mydristis poison. An interesting disenssian eurned, the Chair- utilised for incendiary fires and a general looting of criminal poisoning municipal revenue should be excepted and from the water rates, central market, &c., of zich native stores and hangs where little
The subject of poisoning generally naturally were purolased st native drug shops in this As the police version of the fair was so con man, Colonel Faithfull, ad Mr. Denys asking city. Locally the rostis known as "st" I. frong it was decided to deter making enquiries questions. In reply, Mr. Crow said that he to that the whole force of the attack should a charged specifically with the re romistanes could be met. Hence the sudden divides itself into two heads be directed. As to small amounts entered payment of debts incurred in respect of manual of all incitement to attack foreigners. 1. The self administration of prison sites am unable to state with any degree of certainty until the patients had so far recovered as to te cold only quote obe case of an importance in from which at this eight species of doondum able to remember the asty details of the op- Great Britain in which, aconite was used by a 2--The administration of poison to any other recognized by the new authorities indigenous enrrence On the morning of their discharge murderer, although it was a plant growing in as revenue which do not represent bond fide the waterworks, market, de, and with the The agitatore kad, however, apprcashed rather by misadventure or for the purpose of suicide.
near the brink and only drew back in time. It
Obius, they hava ben derived
from the Hispibil, the elder of the women may gardens. He then mantioned various receipts, that is a question of bookkeeping interest on the loan The amounts su is said that the changes proposed in consection person with intent (a) to injuro, aggrieve, orto
stated, that about, ten o'clock ou, the night of tests which al been applied to small, This interesting plant fumishes a drag which the 7th ehe saw the third patient put a small animals with a view of discovering the notion which should be sean to by the local Gov-collected are upt-ordinary but extraordin-with the batter control of the harbour sould say such person minor); (b) to an
ta inflict upon auch person any grievous bodily has or several opensions been used with deadly badls into the tontil which contained the of the poison, and, in reference to a point raised ernment. If the approval of Downing "ary rescue, and will cease and determine now bu anaily carried out if effected judiciously. danger the life of a person or so as thereby
The writer of "Stray Notes in the Kobe baru (fokus); (e) to enable himself or any other effect by the Chinese criminal. The root, which evening When she enquired why he by the Chairman, mid it was quite true that the did this, be replied that it was good medigine. puncture of an injection reedle in the case of a Street is necessary for any change to be when the apacific purposes for which they
The maximam penalties provided by Ordu alkaloid bolonging to the shyshine or tetanus Lifay on the saw him remove the bundle open was equal to the thrust of a spear in the made in the system of keeping the accountsworo imposed have been accomplished Chronicle mys-For ways that are dark and poros to commit any indictable offence (felony) is the only part of the plant used, contains an
for tricks that are vain, the heathen" composi in order to arrive at truer results it would The Government is bound by a distinct tor is peculiar. A Shanghai pape received by auce 4 of 1965 for these crimes are pennt serri- group. It is one of the most powerful poisons and observed that he threw it into a case of a man, but it was always preferable to tro for three years in the case of (a), for ton derived from the vegetable kingdom. In the corner of the kitchen The woman, who gave experiment with small animals as the the no doubt be readily granted if applied for, "agreement in respect of the light dues, a recent mail has a good specimen of his atroci. but to pick out this or that item as being which interfere with the complete freedom tits. La coupe of a lowanie over some comment years in the case of tb), and life in the use of (e native drug shops the dried root is found under her vidence in very straightforward antion of a very small quantity of poison could the aridance showed that somebody had appended propose in this lectura, 1o. confine my re the namo seun keung. In Senth China the. and intelligent minner, was requested to probe ascertained. Another test which was come properly, exempt from computation in con-of the Port. If there is any profit to the Lis signature, and had then willen under his rks for the most part to the poisonuna agenta plant in commonly termed tun chong ta'," osed at once to her home, make a careful resich times applied was that of fasting aconite. I nection with the military contribution, colony after payment of interest and after signature the words on behalf of the name to the use of which for dial purposes in It is a woodbiner, growing vors paringly for the supposed drag, and bring it at one to regard to the administration of datura bit. risaning of course to make it clear that this colony enthentic records are in existence, on this stuff, but more abuddently on the the Civil Hospital. In half an hour the Crow mentioned that the flowers wars kommer except on the one ground that it is part of provision of sinking funds, that is revenue he was not eating for himself alone. By an and to make only incidental reference, for the neighbouring mainland of Chiur. The botanical turned hearing in her hand a bundle of dower, times thrown into a pot of boiling rice or into the municipal revenue, or, as in the, caso and clearly liable, bat otherwise not ingenious and ingenuous misprint the learned wake of analogy, to substances the ns of characters of the whole plant are well set forth which though somewhat mangled, were masily
Judge was represented as tying, It must not which has been brought out in evidence in the in the coloured plate the work of Chinese recognized so those of Datura alba of the postal revenue, that it is not This reasoning is sound, but, as already gusten has there is a world below for the more important trials for murder by poisoning artist on the table. Three well authentiented Dr. Chasers statos that persons who have in one of the Chinese vinge, and from a cases of death from the administration of this been denggod by datars should have more priminal point of view this was the best way to all colonial, seems calculated to divert remarked, the military fax is laviable on owner" instead of werd. It reminds ine is Great Britain
gree of poisouruss, agroke, into a person's; foon had attention from the main point al issue. the gross revenue, not on the net revenue of a difficulty the British North Bornes poble First, with regard to accidental and poison have occurred in Hongkong during the than a week alowed them to recover their administer it. He did not think that the puffing In another cada rob of star weised by the Auch an effect as was generally thought. The The unofficial members, in addition to only. Had the colour presed a Muus had about a national anthem they used God tidal poisoning. So far as the Chinese te last twenty-five years Dr. C Wharry memories.
Save the Queen at first, but this was not quite concerned there is only one agent used by records come early in 1874 in which a batica claiming exemption for the municipal cipal Council the loans would have been proper, on the territory is not British in a atelat suicides, is, opium, in the form of the docter was charged with manslaughter for police contained a large number of sections of a effect was not immediate and incidents, such as revenue, claim that the 174 per cent municipal loans and the revence raised to acceptation of the term, hat is administered by aqueous extrust in almost general uns by the having, with fatal effect administered adunation tower which were infeting mahale frous daturs seving a rirar on dowing water, were imagined should be calculated on the general ropay interest upon them would he municipal Chartered Company under British, protection, Chi rest free page that esses prouit, but of the ract to shopimus aged about thirty flowers. The chemical analysis, confirmed the some time after the poison was taken apart yeure. It appeared from the ordence that the results of the provione physical examination of A vote of thanks to Mr. Crow concluded the su instead of "God save the Queen" they now fow fastares of inforest to ither this publis ar
proceedings. The Chairman performed the venue of the colony less the amount re revenue and therefore exempt from the sing God help the Shareholders, We don't the medical er abemical jurist. In the majority decased ate hearty breakfast at 10 am took the food
delicate duly" of announcing that next Friday The symptoms, as displayed by the Chinese, cently raised to defray the military contri-milltary tax, The want of a Municipal quite see the connection between the two of tatatoes toh a large dose of the drug is the Eccection at about 3.30 pm became giddy stories, but we let our contributor have his way. taken that it inrers indeed for a life to be with dimness of sight, loss of power in limber
administration of the drug the victim wuffers of the prison, it is seldom that supicion is in January, 1884, a' case of alleged murders dimness of aight and staggers a he not only
on its ordinary revenue but improved administration that might be
CANTON NOTES The American papers no entuziastioin their armosed before, the abject is beyond all medical the victims being s Chinese engineer and his attompte to all ho chattons away in en addition on the amount of extrą, reVENUE
daughter--was the subject of a prolonged invee nintelligible manner, and laghingly graspe Deaths or injury from polsoning by mis tigation by the coroner. 4 verilet of wilful at inginer objects. This bitec is perhaps (** (FROM THE "CHUNG SOOL CAR PO specially raised to defray the military conected if the ratepayers had the manage
ment of their own affairs, but it also entails Pase of the efforts of nil on board the Strath
zeti to get their steamer into part Captain, tribution itsell. We do not think there is severo pecuniary lose. The colony, how George Fope, senior surveyor to Lloyd's Regis adventure have happily been very infrequent murder was returned by the jury, wish to re-to the ordinal observe the most striking A-censor has recently memorialised the thes day probability of this claim being admitted. ever, is entitled, irrespective of its claim to tor, reports:As for the Stratante car and have los pornod to members of the cult hat the engineer's wife was charged with feature in dotais polsoning. The patient all to timefest that the trader in ten and silk have the crime at the Magistracy, and subsequently up in bel and, picks at the had clothes as though gradually fallen off during the past few years only say that I do not know of similar case foreign community. Carbolic acid-imbibed in There is no species tax raised to provide have a Municipal Counell, to the exemption on reser. The heroic suffering sadared by the mistake for part wine; eblon an overdose of committed for trial at the Supreme Court. The to catch some paing object, and will use and that beps should be taken to prevent them, a skeping dranght, mid strepine, the salive cases, however, fell to the ground through lack himalt by attempting to draw out imaginary falling into the hands of foreign countries fande for the payment of the railitary ofits municipal revenue from the military master and his very able ofcours; bold of the principle of balladsans and allied plants, are of aridongo. It was in the course of my ines threads from the ends of his fingers. If the Whis memorial met with a rasm reception by the contribution: What the claim amourts let but the exemption should be vesical and engineering shaft, in mathing to talk Sha chief agents which have been defeated in tigation in this esse thin the active principle of case is a mild one the patients will, if left alone. Throne ent ou Imperial decide has consequently
about in after years. The labour performod to, therefore, is that from the total revenue claimed simply on the ground that the after the vessel lost hor propeller, the ingenuity the Government Laboratory in commotion with tan cheang to 6 first isolated and homi- tall paleen, and after several hour most be prie been want to all the Viceroys and Grover acts 174 per cent, should in the first place items of revenum in question to municipal displayed in maining temporary expedients investigation conducted by Her Majesty' ally and physiologically studied. The second tically well. In savere oasis the patientsote mors throughout the Ensure ordering them, to can case witkin my experiente occurred on the Sith like a mate. He recoils with a shriek from any gult will the loca), Bouvan and take immediate be deducted and that 173 per cent and not general, not because the revenue is hip, cargo, and passingers the dogged Coming pair to the crimes falling under the November laut, the riotin being Chinose one who foties near him, and effort, the most steps to have the products of each province
for getting inter pork, and in saving the correc should then be levied on the reminder for required to pay interest on loans raised for grit displayed in rigging jury mile, by cut-sco hoading some others femals. 18 years of age, rending with her parents, violent resistance to medical treatment. In all improved to that they cannot be excelled by the military contribution. It is much-the specific purposes. The latter contention libg up swaing wines, and every available inely interesting, em oficer of the at 32, Temple Birot, Yamatd. This case hissess the pupils are dilatad, and mydriasis will those of foreign countries. Four primcial same if it were claimed that in comp opens the door to endless argument and so Piece of canvas, even to the very weather and chemical expert, but also to oficers of the not been dealt with in any of the Courts et pre remain for some tires after the other symptous markets are to be arranged, namely, Sam kiaugi eletus on the bridge, indicato, a determination detective service and to the general public. It rent, the efforts of Inspector Witchell to sit havo subsided. The offerta of datura are usually for the provinces of Aawli, Kilango, and Klang ing the amount of income tax or probete weakens the ease for the colony, whereas to do their duty well and to leave nothing a singular fact, and in the oves of the public the fact having unfortunately been frustrated produced in about Aftoon suihaton after the Halwang, for thorlace of Hanse ad duty payable in any particular case in when exemption of municipal revenue is undene, that at once show an ability, in eam status, muud muliralist and sensed by the momabost of the girl's Isipily removing linisistration of the poison, but the activity and Hupoi Min-wang, for the provinces of zasad in the master and a perfect displine in the criminal mind in civilis semi-civilised into Chines territory inmediately after un
to aof so rapidly as this
Beyond Seba amount equivalent to the amount of the tax chowed as much the colony is au sure the crew. I have examined the treek the Straff countries, as regards the numitor da available of investigation had been instituted. The girl of the harb would have to be in a liquid form) Chekiang, Bukiều, kwangtung, and. Kwang- - mitable prisonsas agents, is a very limited cas, was found dead by the insportor at P. There is no soped at the Hongkong Sled Owing to the robberies reported day by day should first be exempted and the tax be ground and must, we think, siccsel in the news made after losing her propeller, and The statistics of crime compiled in Grost Britain. It was alleged that she had had a quarrel with Hospital of a tagle case of dature dragging the Magistrate of Nambel hins sstablished an levied only on the sui remaining. That is
pears to me the most extraordinary track I have long ran
ever seen, with perhaps, one exception, and that afford a very good illustration of this. The 10 parents, the previous evening, and again at quite a novel view in finance and although.
was the track of FL Challenger on her desp. three most important trials in our dwa time, 10 o cloak the following morning At 4 pernimabag fatally
offca fit feng sing Street for the convenience
there may be much to be said in its favour
to infer tast the enly motive for administration report case. When one goes to this offos to 80s dredging voyage Had the steaner not Soon ris, them of Dr. Lammn (the Wimbledon the father returned and found his daughter.This experients of last twelve year leads me of the people, so that they may go there to Teken in bow by the towera believe Captan poisoner), Mrs. Maybrick, and De. Neale the suffering from the effects of poison. Accordis of datars is to produce stupetiation for the report scale he is only required to pay ten cents, as a matter of theory there is no prospect of
but 11 he goes to the proper yamen, owing to Pattie would have ultimately worked his way the blood is disaged the body is divered.--
of kidnapping and robbery generally: to his statement the girl confessed that she 20 TIBI POISONING.:
the aqueesse of the yaman people, he has to pay its being accepted in practice In dealing
eittor into Ban Francisco or Into the tropics, EU Remember that the blood, whether pare or imparo, OTENT ADGAN with the postal revenue the uncrcial mein The Japanese Consulate of Amoy was opened believe, furthermore, that he would then hare riculates through the organs of the human body-- For the past quarsor, of a century them has been
Two fustances of malicious Enh poisoning are at least Affan teelde bere are on timer ground. It is pointed out on the 29th March,
steamed to gems, port with the jury propeller gs, Heart, Stomach, Kileys Brain, If it is pe comuns Bow of letters bearing testimony at ou reperil; the fost comarred in 1882, the mool constucted by Mr. Rosu, the old engineer of aden with poisonous master It sprend disease on it the truly wonderful cures closed by Clarke's worlds that the Post Office is an Imperial establish
by Mr. McCaldi. The substance used by the heal out in Canton and that the revolutionists The Ben Linn stessior Bentaters, from the Strathmeri. These men art ontitled to the course. In cucs of Scrofalt, Sarrys, Fergus, Bed famed Blood Misture, the first Blood Publier cost 1887 The former case was fully reasigated ment in fact, if not in name, and is also an Antwerp and London, left. Blagapore on the 8th highest kind of praise The Committee of Tegs, Skin and Blood Diseases, Famples, and forms of scene and medical skill have brought to light, Chinese for the purpose consists of the sands of will come in warshipa Elis Excellency is greatly Lloyd's have presented their medal for meriters all and the sheet of Clarke Blood Mixture we Sullirem from Sereals, Scurry, esame Bad Loge, Jandia perera, minus the WL It occurs in frightened and neocecar preparatione davo faternational institution in so far as it works inst. for this port
ous service to Captain James Paide and chiefvallen los sands of anderful euros have been Skin und Blood Diseases, Pimples and Sores of any it has in connection with the Postal Union;
The N. P. beamer Victoria arrived at Yoko engineer Rose The Alarine Compasles sine faced by It Class Blood Miture is sold erary kind, re-saliated to give it a trial totes lu value commerse in the form of circular fet discs 7 been made in hsste. It is further said that
20 It's ɔra by the Chines an "cha bus the later report seems untrue. branches outside of the colony is various have on the 9th it and was to sail for this and Idoyd's wil present a testimonial, and ranre where of: 26 d. per botte Bewus of verile Sold over her at Sd, per botte Beware of Inches falumet and weighing on an average torpedoes will soon be placed at the Tiger Pass,
than £500, to the esplain and officers.
Jositation mad substicker. port in Chin; it deriyes a roveliue from port vis porte of call yesterday.
put of vegetable stew Other cases had been recorded where the poison had been prepared
bation itself, otherwise the colony is paying Council not only deprives the colony of the The density is probably ours EF. Keved. Moreover, owing to the soporific affect irregular breathing, and died in about two boar pear to vary, but Little. Soon after the he would fortære on the jeungor Fitt.
There were five assss of bubonic plaguo yoster
day
worthles indlaligns and anhedDOLLAR
It is recurod in Conten that foeroy Tan record news, that a rebellion will soon