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INTIMATIONS
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THE
CHRONICLE AND
FOR 1890,
provided we were guaranteed against any financial calls being made upon the colony for outside purposes beyond the military contribution of seventeen and a half per cent ORY of the general revonne. Taxation in Indis DIRECTORY
With which is incorporated THE CHINA DIRECTORY.
This is the
THIRTY-FOURTH ANNUAL ISSUE,
of information.
Vladivostook, in which European reside,
ESTABLISHED A.D. 1841.
ALL these are selected by our Landon
wood and bottled by ourselves, thus saving all intermediate profits, and enabling us to supply. the best growths 3: MODERATE PROES..
PRICE LISTS, with Fall Details, to be had un Application.
decanted at the Dispensary before being
sent oil.
SHERRY-Excellent
Dinner
Aftoi
THE HONGKONG DADS, PRESS, FRIDAY, APRIL 175, 1890.
Mr. Jerome Dy or has left Slaza on his retera to Australia, It is ad that negotiations for the sals of the two gunboats he tried to dipose of to the Siamese Gorernment are not going on with Chira
SIR CLAUDE MAUDONALD AND THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
خدمات
to encourage, not to reres, municipal Rope near the waluting battery, the prized swing T. Jackson, N. A Siete, T. H. Whitsbesd, definito infonnation regarding the three points spalis a convenisat battle-ground, rather Hon and Prof. Bamsay's are respectively.
The total for the year is now 565.
The C. P. steamer Entoreas of India urzived' Dinner Wines of rory superior Vintages. at Nagasaki at 6 a.m. yesterday and left at
5pm. for Hongkong vis Shanghai.. All are true Xares Wines.
H.M.S. Alacrity, with Aduan Butter on board, arrived at Amoy on the 9th April and left again on the 11th for Foochow
Wax Bred be turzedsbord and stared.
it as
Electrin aranes, operated from the diromits Sandycroft foundry in Bigland. A novel supplying power and light, are used st the feature is, the addition, of alcotromagucts to
balf.
So great a labour-
gun until he knows for strọ that it is not un foreign sommarcs generally, as wall as to Hong Foreign Affairs, wtusa persoas knowledge of preface that the new mattor embodied in the was packed with selol tablets, which the patient
REUTER'S TELEGRAMS. (SUPPLIED TO THE “DANY TRESS."
Los 14th Apríl. THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE, The Emperor William of Gora way lus had a cordial meeting with the Emp cror Francis Joseph of Austria at Vionas. It is generally understood that this, and the motting with
IRELAND. newal of tha Triplo Alliance.
be of geseau interest to membara. I may miss that can he called first-hand knowledge of per cant, or 1.7 tons The express passenger steamers show more clearly the penalty of mad. tion that e telegram was recolved here about the Chizm middle of last month, through Henter's Agency This passage Mr. Curzon quotes in his pre. On these the earning weight propelled for sch to the effect that an Edist had been signed in fece and thinks that so fair minded a aritão ca pound of coal por haar was painood from 0.16 The Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce Feking sanctioning the opening of the West the Spectator will not grudges writer who haeton in 1881 to 0.09 tan in 1895; while the forwards for publication copy of the Chairman's Rifor, but at the actual opening thereof dare to prophesy the ard satisfaction of true increase of speel from 10 to 214 koota was The Singapore Free Press says:-The glacis space at the interview apocrded to the Com awaits the onclusion of an agreement with recess. The santral theme of hus, pages when obtained only by raising the daily coal consump
we have received no further news on the subject, Chinero administration, and the certainty of is on a somewhat higher scale then in this in font of fort Car ning saw a most amusing mitties of the Chamber, by the British Minister to the Yunsan Frontier: Since that date firet mblished was the atter rotteness of tion from 300 to 800 Lone CHINA, JAPAN, STRATTS, &, &o,olony, and in the ovent of any such amal sight when the sling bags between the or the 4th inst, and a rommé of His Excel His EXCELENNOY replied an follow dieatles military disaster in the case of conflict with It is calculated that a modaru gun, throwing
on cruiser Buri and the Hart At the
you and to discuss questions which aes of so swelling power of Young Japan; the corrupt of 3,970 foot per nound, develops 24,000,000 ganation as has beau suggested taking placest sound of the 1 guns ferim the roads the lancy's runarks just received from him, the men, it gives as the grastent pleasure to meet well-equipped foo; the confident ambitions and a 2,200-pound projectile with an initial velocity Important and mamantons a obarater for the though ploturesque, imbecility of Korea." All horse-power. This, however, is for Jass than would be necessary to look to the protec Chinese bed swarment up all over the slopes of meeting having been unreported:
At a special meeting of the Committee of fatura well-being of the Chinesa community in this has been suply proved since the first edition 1/100th second at each discharge, and as begun tion of our financial interest With ade the Ell, thinking they emid get a good {quale guaranices on this point, inoerporation view from there of the advent of their the Hongkong General Chamber of Commero, gynoral and Hengkang, in particular. It also appeared, but at the same times Mr. Chirson is ruined by 100. shots the total period of
Grand Old Man from Pa king. Some of held at 11 am on the 4th April, in the Cham-
aoquinance and to hear your personal Japan, that the conquest of a effebo ampiretion to one second 1 moh better iht forward at an informal mesting fighting power if confronted by European Thee to Lord Hayleigh, by the inst simple baracter of argon is proven" and will be found, as usual, to su an advance with the Indian Empire, 80 fur from being them ever got up magnifperly. in fine bar of Commerce, Boom. He Broellency Sir Foremalo ves great plaquarel to make your noogalaa, in respect of the military process of acting wark of this bells engine of destrue-
portical facing a sort of relected glory pointed British Ministar to Paking, baring on preceding yours both in fulness and occuracy, objected to, might perhaps even be wellinen, it not in purple: Ope Chinaman in Cande MacDonald, K.C.M.G the newly sp-*jowe on that subjects, which views are so like Chinn affords little criterion of her real
of this description than by lengthened our artby, respondense. You ask me whether, if without Of Kowes Mr. Carson says Unfor results of the many experiments that have hoen The DIRECTORY covers the whole of the comed. As our correspondent" Progress on his raco in general and bingolf.in particular courteously consented to meet them, there were
whose letter appoared yesterday, says,
Motars, Bell-Irving, N. J. Eda, R. M. Gray divulging any stipte sesta, I can give you any tunatoly for her the conflict for which she made to determine its density. His determina it is the policy of the Infins Government Hang-chan, swaggarti ti and fro along the
to which your Chairman has referred. I shall than a legitimate provocalips, was forced upon 10.940 and 19.941, and, as the argon was pre of bis long-sleeved arms and his generally high and B..C, Wilcox (Secretary) aspirations, and we might therefore roaron and mighty mira me kangest. As each gun The embore having been introduced to the ho very pleased to give you such information as her by the tempars of here Asiatic nedghoars, pared by two very different methods, is lies in my post rósponting those points, but to highly charged to postpone any longer hardly possible that an identical mixture of two. or more gases could have been produced in the ably expect to be necarded shure in the every oye, which was am best. As each gun Minister,
The CHAIRMAN said Your Excellency, I you will kindly remember that 1-left England the inevitable explosion. My own conviction, committen of the Chamber of Commerce now on my travels, and have had no business com- hope of continued national existance for Kores argon is an allotropio form of nitrogen, a in A. S. WATSON & CO., LIMITED management of our own local affairs, which is though it were a purely personal compliment to
that one the weight would be 21. While argon at present danied to us by the withoritles of his own itapertanoe Prosently the salute cosed dosire to express the pleasure with which the on the 28th February, since when. I have been expressed in my first edition, that the only two casna, This also disposes of the idea that
make your personal sequaintance. W6. amunications thor with London or Peking, and lay in the maintenance of her connection with Downing Streat and their representatives in and the Chinaman strelc an effective attitude, fanning himself haughtily the while, ahost in the colony, Hongkong has certainly little front of and close below gun that had hitherto more than filly in the fiture to hava Decusion therefore may information will be limited, but if Clips has not, in my opinion, been falsified formis a considerable part of the atmosphere, not boon found in appreciable amount in the to thank the Colonial Office, for and been silent, Thai, bowo ver, was the mail gun, to address yàn from time to tłum on commercial it will interest you to hear how matters stood by the issue of the, ampaign, since the and argon and teljum hava baari found together severance of the connection would afford which it in dual to double sharge. The mail | matters, and the present interview which you wbon T left London I shall hovory glad to dependenen," which was the nominal pretaxt of in the gas from certain aprings, halium has gun was daw. whilst the prorious salates were bare so kindly annarled to us, and for which infart you. In the first place considerable the later, and is now claimed as its result,
thank you, will, I trust establish mutua delay, had arisen with regard to nogonations a phantom which not even the interested, and cannot exist, Lord Rayleigh, believes, ne ground for sentimental regret. It was being exchanged, but they sus and, and understanding. There are three main questions respoffing the matters you have mentionen auspices of Japan havero fat persuaded to in a proportion of iven one part in 10,000.
minate's panse
to the future prosperity of this colony to which Bredloney Kung Tajen, Chinese Minister in soures of further trouble in the fature, WINES AND SPIRITS hoped when the present Secretary of State ba interranted,
for the Colenies came into office that the wint the mail gan'with a tremendous bang of the greatest, if not indeed vital, importance and others, iwing to the evore illus of His materialise, and which will pasuredly be the
But the rest of al caused by the blast. of
I desire briefly to direct your special attention London, who had been laid up for some Your The following pasango cho calls for quota. reasonable cums of the colony would have the gun extinguished His High-mud-Might and to solicit the aid of your grast influence months and quite unable to attend to business, tion How the ne jsme, thus m
towards their attainment. Thoms are The Some few weeks before I loft His Broellenoy likely to let the fortunes of Keras primarily o tinkling all that we soon was his heaks in House, bought direct sé fira hand. imported in officials seem to have been too strong even and all-was blown cleta ofthis fogs, and in opening of the West River to foreign trade recovered his health and two meetings kad ben and of the Far East in general, the time has auoir cranes, for readily lifting pieces of iron
received some attention, but the permanent entirely. He himself-straw hat, fan,
tho a sto incutineatly vanished down and steamer navigation; the removal of offulal bold at the Forvign Office's at the latter. I was not yet come to discuss, Japan has ousted sad steel, one magrot, excited by 54 amperes st the sing into the most, same eighteen fout obstruction to the working of trade with the present and details respecting the opening of 1 China, and is now retiring, for fear of being 130 volta, being capable of supporting any for MA CHAMBERLAIN. ·
below, an idist the roars, and joers of several or under tranent pass; and the extension the West River were under discussion and asem ousted Herself. Meanwhile, Korea is the chief wight hos oss. Thero were nine case of plague yesterday. scores of Chinese onlookers, not to speak of of the boundaries of the colony.. I havo nato tend to afavourable: issun, which the intima.Bufferer at the hands of her many friends. 9hever is this magnetic erano, it is stated, that group of Eu'opazm zvye-witnesses, due or two of / Boubt you are well aware that the question of tion conveyed in Rotors telegram would supplies the international football that is kicked three mon now do in fiftaan minutos work that whom actually, drops od to the ground in the opening up the Si Kiang or Wost tiver, one appear to confirm. In a private letter which about between the rival geal-posts of Vladivos to steamers of all antions, and the olties of Wa- meetings, which had hoon ably presided over by victim i Lost of the nations and most miser- No further information was received yester-side-splitting intensy of their mirth. That of the great waterways of the Kwang provinces. I received at Frilled I was informed that the took and Nagasaki, Poor, forlorn, and pathetic formerly kont eix men busy for an hour and A recent English experience teacher en im Chingmon pleked in solf, out of the mad s day by Mr. Marty respecting the Act!u.
tight bruised, woimi ly smaged, but wiser chowfu, Tsun Chow, and Non-ning-fe to foreign Mr. Bertie, Head of the Eastern Department able of peoples! With the achievement of
An operation for intestinal abestriction having The 1. & C. tommer Bones, from Chim, and doubtless much has blor Juan. He will no bade, has for many years engaged the attention of the Furuga Oce, were now, owing to this indeparken her tragic vicissitudes have only
Mr. Carzon is careful to make it clear in his become necessary, it was found that the intestino doties too near the name de of a Fort Canning are from the opening of this great river to direct superintendanch of Mr. Garge Curzon, before we hear of her again.
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for PORT after removal should be rested arrived at Laadon on the afternoon of the 15tsger seek his please, all in his Bandus of the Chambre he advantages that would gentlemen'e severe indispositina, under the entered upon a new passo. It will not be long portant lesson in the 1s of medicinal tablete. kong in particular, would certainly be very
tablets were quite unaltered. The trouble is month before use. When required for inst
great. This colony, situated as it is at the China and Que Far East a voll known to pon. prosent alition was written before the Istend been taking under modical advice. The month of the Canton rivat, would not only Daring the negotiations, ut assistance had charge of Government in England and has attributed to compression of the solol in the frinking at unce it should be ordered to be
The Russian cruisers Rurik and Demis day Frido guath befona tall never had
become a larger distributing centre than at been rendered and valuable information obtained toon composed in entire independence of Donato were to leave Bingapore on Sunday Dealer application.
present, bat it would benifit greatly by the in- from the Cramittes of the Chies Assocation official information or aathority. Neverthe tablet form, instead of administering it as last for Nagasaki direct.
soluble remedies in a finely divided state creased passenger traffle that would necessarily in London. You will see, therefore, that Her less special interest attaches to what he should be done with all insoluble or difficultly follow upon increased facilities of transport. Majesty's Gommentare fully alive to the great sage in view of the fact that he is now
A large electrical company of Berlin has set The opening ap of the West River would les importance of the questions under discussion the Under Secretary of State for Foreign provo great advantage to the Chiness and are giving them every possible consideration Asire and therefore in a position which population in the district. It would suture to and attention. To treat with the pouts your lands weight to his views. This is what an example in the use of waste coal that Eng- the Chinese Government an increased revenue Chairisan as brought to my notice in detail: le has to say of British and Enesis rivalriesland and the United States resy follow with through the Customs stations in several The opening of the West River be trudo would The pomary interest of Great Britain in profit. Near Bitterfeld, in the Elbe district, ports.opened; it would give an impalse to pro appear to be to all intents aut purpose definitely Kores is as a market for an already.consider are immanso surface deposits of bilaminous duction in the interior by bringing prodiou decided up, and I hope that this may include able trade. Of far greater, moment, however, coal, which is too poor in quality to pay for
A year ago an electro... within reach of a market; and it would augment the opening up of its affluents and entrances, is the secondary and contingent interest arising transportation, yet on the spot is the oheapest are chlorine and The chief manufacturos towne along the course of the river. In short, definitely. There appears to be a general opinion provided with barbours which could both supply chemical factory was established at this place. and surich the population of the villages and hit on this point I cannot of coarse speak out of the political future contry so well fuel in Germany. furviga or autivo, oficial or marcantila, 1o will be of little uss unless the provisions of with many potential sources of width, might calolum carbido, soffure, and other produsis of object xought is a most desirable on. The Arcio XXVII of the Tientsin Treaty are involvarious race to British core the olectric furnace, and the cheap fuel haz
and interests throughout the China Sess, und in second point to which I have to refer is the carried out in the some manner as they ars
question of the trade under Transit Pass. By in the Cratral and Northern Frovinces, and even in the Pacific Ocean, if held by a hostile proven to advantage that the plant is being
to 3,000. Article XXVIII, of the Tientsin Treaty, as this brings ma to the second point to walch your Stato. A Russian port and Boot, for instance, salarged from a capacity of 2,060 horas-power you are aware, the privilege is granted to foreign Chairman has referred, namely, the question in the Gulf of Pechili world, in time of war, merchants to send goods to the interior from of trade under Transit Passer. Entil.y. ar- constitute, as formidable a danger to British any Treaty port on payment of the nsmal import rival yesterday in Hongkong I was not aware shipping in the Yellow Son as they woukl to By the apparatus of a French chemist, E. daty and a lekin charge of 24 per cent, ad that a test ease and been obtained, and as the the metropolitan provines and the capital of Hardy, it is made eary to dotorming whether natorem, for which a trazait poses is inned, which case of Mr. Andrew is, so to speak, sub juice, I Clin Fermanent Raissian sattadrons at Port the acetylene in the air of a room or the fire- an acoustical one, giving to the ear a very accurate pass, to quets the tatyball exempt the cannot of coarse give an opinion; but with re. Leared and Frisan would convert her into the damp in a mine is approaching a dangerous erer." In the contral and northern provinces which question is of the utmost and most vital balanes of power in the Far Eat would be
quantitative analysis of mixtures of two gases goods from all further inland charges whatso gard to the entire question of Transit Pasdas Frantest naval Power in the Pacific. The proportion. The apparates of China n large trade has en den under importance to the trail of Hongkong and the worlously jeopardised, if not abschiately avar transit puses, mors particularly at the Yang opening of the Western waterways, I may tell turned by sneh development; and England having different densities. A microphone is tsze porta; but in the southern provinces, and you that I hold overal lang eonversationsin Lon. Is prohibitel alike by her imperial cbinets and attached to each of two sonorous tubes, sion, passing then to a telephone receiver at u specifly in the Fro Kwang, the offish have dou on the subject with Sir Nicholas O Conor, hur commercint mends from lending her sanction which an electria current traverses in succes- This receiver repasts Cradle a dotermined stand against this privilege who impressed its great importance' upon mo.
little distance away. your are, ontloinen, with Cuf ft. Curzon arrings at the following distinctly either the pure sound or the beats being exercised, and have cuntrived to prae- Conversat tically wonder it à dead lottove. Your Excel Ecse oflesider, I need not remind you that clusions as regards Diura
"China haring coped owing to the in- produced by the sonstous pipes. With air con- loncy's predecessor took great interest in this millions of this official oines will be affected hy question, and urged the importance of securing any change in the present method of collecting terested intervention of foreign Powers, with laining 1-1,000th of coal-us, from 2 to 3 beats proof of the obstruction of the officials, but for a subsequently disposing of the lekin and worse ponaity than the encrenter of an island wern obtained in 20 seconds, with 1-1,000the, 5 long time this seemed impracticable owing other dues. That they would eventually be so which sho had never been able either to congnor about 6 best; and with 20-1,000ths of gas, 60 to the timidity of the Chinese merchants. Asfected for their cu material benefit I, for one or to adminster, and the payment of an indom- beats in the same time. Perhaps sure genius I resently occurred, however, which convineel, but I am afraid that it will not pity for the hau of which she was willing to will now apply the principle to an alarm for folly supplies the dashed evidenco, and it has be in our time that they will be so contineed. mortgage a security whose vaina she owed to promptly notifying "the hotel-clerk thay thứ the foreigner, not to herself-hed a rare of occupand of a certain room has blown out the been laid before the noble lord the Becretary for However, you may rest aesarul that this ques
tion will receive my most constant and carnest portunity, as soon as pozice was concluded, mi tras Foreign Affairs. Brely the facts are as follow. Some three months ago Mr. Andrew, attention and hope that some solution may be she had satisfied the natural clatma of her British merchant, laff Cantan in a native bust arrived at before long by which the present saviours, of putting her own house in order and of fortifying her still prodigious resources trade may at any rate be laden with piece good, for wirish, after paying hindrances to the usual import duty, he had duly taken a considerably ameliorated. The third point against another day. No such reflection, how-
Singapore, 10th April. transit pass, first paying the ickiu charges, and that your Chairman has touched rpon, the orer, asems to have presented itself to the Chinem
Yesterday the Legislative Council declined exbansion of the boundaries of the colony, mind. She appears to have learned nothing and This was an application for a rooviving order proceeded up the West River to Wrohow-fa.
On arrival there he exhibited his pass to the is certainly of the most vital importance what is worse, to have unlearned nothing from to appoints Solent ambition--as requested by to the fature well being of your gomunity, the war. She is content to remain the old the Colonial Secretary to inquire into the ac- Mr. Reece appeared for the petioning co- diter, and Mr. Grist appeared fur Ho Li San, local authorities, and then opened business,
The Some tentative taps in the direction of trade returns. Mr. Huttenbeck's argument; us The next day, however, these buyers toned, but also on sanitary grounds. Correspondents must forward theirngmandaddress
the managing partner of the debtor firm, and quickly disposing of part of his goods to usive principally for the reasons you have men China untanght and anteachable,
enracy of Mr. Huttenbach's criticisms of the
with communicatione address to the Editor, at
opposed the petition on-the-ground that he traders. disputed the potitioning vroditor's dobt and teaformot Mr. Andree that they dare not take typhoon of 1874, as you are aware, caused very colled Reform she may take, rather with the everybody knows, is that the trade returns ars They had ovidently great lows, of life amongst the Chinese populu view of appaising others than of benefiting her neither as accurate nor is complete as they for publication, dus as evidence of good faith.
tion, and I a informed that the burial of self. A railroad hero, an arseusl there, su might be. But the question arises ce to whather AZ fetters for publication sâmiļā ba savillea on one The Merenger for April saya-Mr. von
been iptiruilatel, and said they could not, com- ide of the pepar only.
Brandt has been appointed adviser to the Chinese oral acts of bankraptey alleged in the delivery of the goods
petition.
His Lardship delivered the following judg-plete their purchases unless a proclamation several thousand corpses in a part of the islanderer in one country for ships, no appeal to it is advisable to have as full trato retires as we No anonymously set communications that have Government on foreign affairs. He will be
provided with a restituee in Poking. The meat-The petition, was filed on the 5th of were issued by the authorities authorising them which at one time was used as a Santorini by nether for officers those may be daly entici- have at present: What happens is this The Itepensentations to the British the European residents caused the ratity to patel. But to the idea of any radion change returns are examined closely by consuls and become very unhealthy and unfit for babitation. in the system, or of any voluntary effort at foreigners, and the information contained in ready appoured in other papers will be inserted, “
Emperor has said to the Ministers that they March and came on for hearing, in the first to do so.
traders Another point is that first clasa houSÓS ought to recommend for employment peruingiance, before this Conet, of the 26th March Consal at Cantou followed, who in tara
If she deliberately refrains from doing bo. here feel in honour bound to give truly all the of ability who are acquainted with feng It was thon proved by Tan Shing that ho lent promptly laid the case before the Viceroy. The recent plagas ns. ruwn attention to the national recuperation the answer will prove to them is really need to the injury of British. affairs Failing to obtain Chinese answering the defendant firm $1,000 on the 19th November That officinf flatly denied the intimidation. but great necessity of extension for sanitary be the eternal and contemptons No:
last, and received a duly chopped promissory went do nothing whatever to assist the British purposes of the colony's boundaries. The r to this description the Ministers haro reco unvaded M. on Brautt, who was for twelve nota for that amount. His statement was fully merchant. The case was then carried to my euld appear to lie in the direction of the tutelags which she will not voluntarily information that the forms require white sors corroborated by Tam Chin, whose rent collector Peking, where the efforts of Mr. Bonucer obtaining a sustently attractive quid pro q engage for horself will some day be, forcibly other house do not give it traly. They deliber yers Minister for Germany
In Shing was. On the other band He Li were successful in sering some action, for on to inclues the Central Government to grant the applied to her by others; her industrial exploita ately disguise fire values and quantities, and the the 17th February the Prefect of Wushow concessions set forth in your Choirman's retien, orice taken sorionely in hand, will pour Arms that fill up the returns honestly are thus The Bangkok Times -The surse San declared the chop to be a forgery and
Our suggestion is that, if the trade retazos At Shanghai, on the 6th April, 1898, 27 HEM' which we stated in our had sue had gained denied having given the note, but as the poti iesuet a proclamation nominally permitting the works. (In reply to a member, Sir Claude was wealth into other coffers, not into her own; in placed at a diandrastage, Hongkong keeps
the donment was se worded that not one of. ritory by ono Stale from another have ocentrod discover that she hms invited forsign master Consulate by Sir Kichoked. Hannen, Consul-Geral cutroney, as to a Chinaman having been killed tioner's statement was farther corroborated by native dealers to trade with Mr. Andrew, but untersted to say that cases of purchase of far he refusal to employ foreign servants sho will absolutely no trade returns of any kind. and afurwards at 8. J'eph's Cathedral by the Boy, the Prome Grond by a blow over the Tam Chouk Wan, who described himself na
that after the goods had bottoned will ressive my lose attention and that partition is the inevitable result." Father Frin, GERTRUDE APELE, eldest surviving heart from a golf ball, turns out to be unfounded. partner in defendent's firm and who noted as the native tradors would venture to take from me to time). In conclusion you may and where procrastination has been the sole daughter of the late HESKY S DIDWELL, It also appass from a letter which as hoon naristant accountant and who swore he say He single package, it being stated in the pro- rest assured tint this matters, you have maple she may find, when it is too late, that Simagbai, 16 Arne DENNY, forth son of the lats received from the Foreign Minister that the Lin Sain afix the okay, I must beliore the clanstion
lekin taxes and Customs dues onld be thum to the notice of the Central Government. JOEN HOBERT LOWE, of Newstead House, hear filling in of the holes on the links was done testimony of the tares witness and by a great transferred to the Chinese merchants then I shall take an early opportunity of bringing Stanford, England.
without any official sanctions Golf on the stretch of obarily assume that Ho Lin Sum. hus mand Ground, will, therefore, once more ea vory defectivo memory, I hold, therefore, charged. Parthor presentations from the At Garches, rear Paris, on the 27th February,regumed, bat, tuntil the end of the kite flying that the petitioning credite has provad bis Coneul only evoked from the Visercy the saeson, will be restricted to morning play. debt. In the next place it is clear that an act rejoinder that this was done in accord- ance with the instructions of the Tenagli f bankruptcy was committed, as tho evenution
pass goods have reached the destination w The Emperor, says the Hexenger, has pin the Suramary Suit No. 347 of 1993 was levied Yanen, and he contended that, onco transit tioned in the pass and had been sold to the proved a memorial of the Board of Revenue on by seizure and sale of the debtor's goods. currency. Gold, silver, and copper coins are to howater, in this colony fonn
Chinese, foreigners cannot interfere, no matter
CLARET-Our Clures, including the lowest priced, ro guaranteed to be the genuino product of the juice of the grape and are raisins, and not wrtificially made from currents, as is generally the case with Cheap Winor. BRANDY-All our Brandy is guaranted to he pure Coguse, the differcase in priso being merely a question of age und vintagu.
The Tontein correspondent of the Mercy Canion or Hongkong says:-Thore is a
radients in Paking trying to secare permission for the Kowloon and Canton Eno, whicb, I King Humbert of Italy, will result in a ro regarded from every point of view, whethior that the opening of these important waterways and shelter great fotilles, and so richly andowed constio potash, attention being, also given to learn, is likely to be bullt before the Hunk
izo.
The contin for the Royal Hongkong At Club's race on Sunday (the last of the seau) will bo from the Police Pier, Kowloon, roun Stonecutters Kowloon Racks, and Channel Rose, leaving all to starboard and finishing at the starting ; 13 mică.
WHISKY-All our Whisky is of excellent quality and of greater ngs than most brands in the market. The Secrer WHISKY Marko "E" is universally The Rav. K. F. Cobbold, the Chaplain of St. populos, and is pronounced by the boston's Cathedral, left on Wednesday by the local connoisseurs to be superior to any M. M. stoor Salezin, on six montus Leave Turing M. Cabbold's absenos the Right Rew other brand in the Hongkong market.
Bishop Bardon will be responsible for the sorrises at the Cathedral.
We only guarantee our Wiss and Spirits to be genuine when bought direct from us in the Colony or from our authoring Agents at the Coast Porte:
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DEATH.
LOUIS ADOLPHE CAPSAT, in his 57th your
The Daily Press.
The cost of insuring municipal property at Singapore is said to have rissa from 81300 8716, consequent upon the recent increase La fire rates. The extraordinary difference in tho figures is suggestive of a midpoint; bot, the Straits Times gives the amounts as they land eboro in two places, one in the ropert of meeting at the Municipal Commissionere, and once is a separate paragraph.
The following telegram has been received by the Singaporo Secretary from Kaub, dated 7th April Rough cleaning up of battery yielded 1,750 ounces of analgan, estimated ynanthy of tone crashed being 1477 tens. Prospects ro mais unchanged." The quantity of amalgam is equivalent to about BB0 ounces of gold. The previous crushing finished en 4th March; the result for about two months operations being
that 2,200 tons of stone realised 1,118 ounces of smelled gold.
An Irish Land Bill has been introduced the House of Commons.
GREAT BRITAIN AND THE NILE NXPEDITION.
Mr. Carzon, replying to Mr. Labouchere in the House of Commons, said that if it becare necessary to employ British. troupe beyond Way Half the cost would be a mattor for discussion between England and Egypt.
SOUTH AFRICA
Two hundred men of the Leicester Regiment will leave Aldershot for the Cape at the end of May
SUPREME COURT.
April 16th.
IN BANKRUPIÓT.
BEFORE HON. W. Govoxas (ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE).
RE THE TAT SHING LUNG FIRE, 15 PARTE
TAM SHING, ACREDITOR.
It is
experience
be mainted in Peking. The recessary apparatus that reviving ordersare often applied for, for the
course millify the for a mint will be obtained from Blungbai. murpose, f obtaining protection of the person what dues are levied upon them. This conten The English sovereign is to be a sucdel for gold of the debtor without any al desire to tion, if allowed, would
REVIEW.
Problems of the Far East. By the Right Hop GEORGE N. CekzoN, H.P. Now and Ro vised Edition. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co. 1890.
to any shoh issue,"
THE GYMKHANA.
TRADE RETURNS.
and going to be recast, they should be 25 cast in such a form that rerehants, while giving all
the information necessary for statistical purposes," noed tot give such information as would be use- Enl to their trusle rivals. For instance, the whole. of the imparts might be divided into twenty The following is the programme of the first classes. One olan should include the values end quantities of all the articles under a general season, to be hakl
dongsation, ne, say, hardware, or under soft on Saturday, 9th May, HALF MILE KAUE; 3 prize prosented; and quantities in bulk for solt class of goods 810. weight for inchas with 7 Ibu, added; might be quite sultrient for statistical purposes, juners of this sunsen to carry 7 lbs. in all without ruing into the details of each class. tion; "subscription griffins and band "fido There would be them no temptation to under. palo ponise allowed 7 lbs; entrance 38 state pr overstate the value. The honest mar
Gymkhana menting of theming al 4 pgoods, as the case might be. To get the valen
$20 added to the winner; 2nd, S20; 3rd saves men should be able, practically, to analyse the stakes; entranco S1, but if left in after trade done by others while concealing their own p. 4th May $3 extra."
in a cloud cf falso returns Straits Times.
edition of Mr. Curzon's excellent work shúild HONGKONG, APsi 17th, 1896,
so poon lave been called for. The first edition coins. The provinces will have osch is own carry out the true intent of the Bankruptay provisions of Article XXVIII., and cold at IT is not surprising that a now and revised six URLONGS HANDIJAP; entrance fees with chants paturally feel sggrieved that loss honest. Tm suggestion that Secretary of State for taint, hat Governors are at Blerts to have quins Ordinance, amely, an equal distribution of be admitted. This. Clumber telegraphed to
of the war between Chins and Japan. The msde for them at the Washaug and Castou assets among to roditors 1t is clear this dis- Lord Salisbury, and scantine the British Asia should be appointed has much to Fo
mints if they prefer it. Vicary Liu at Nan tabution can only be ado where there are Charg d'Affaires har boon in active common--the present one is the fourth--appeared in
made-
Teenmead it. The fitnetions now discharged king has already sent to Shanghai for the rosefs to distribute after payment of the costs nation with the Tangli Yomen, with, we kepa, August 1804, wilhin a few weeks of the opening The FAREWEIL CUP; presautel ́by W. A. by the Secretary of State for fodia, the quired manhisery to supply the needs of his incidental to the big kruptcy. It is, therefora, accenfal results. The case, however, strikingly author thes states the alterations that he has for all bona fide polo ponies; ontch weights | TERRIBLE TRAGEDY AT PENANG,
Fisaroyalty.
•
Yial assets
In this now edition, which has been caro
Court to surtain whether substan were forth soming. He has taken considerable military, and naval authorities hora. When the between Japan and China, are printed as appea woukl be obviated. The advantages of briderroom a handyarne wedding-present. This trouble in the matter and hus sent liis can ector inland was first acquired it, was only sought an lees; and is a fresh, obupter I buvo endeavoured
have shirt may be interesting, however, to consider what the probable effect would
be on this colony in partienhar. It has beco
scompanied by He Lin Sam and Tam C."
and.
T
Cruickshank, Bag; a polo seurry, quarter mile,
orer 1st. 71bs.: ontrance $2. À STEEPLECHAS; Jet prize, a Cap presented
Singapore, 10th April: by A. S. Manur Rag with $20 added:
It is with very desp regret that we announce 2nd, the entrance free; weight for inches with A terrible tragedy which becurred today at 10 lbs. added; subscription griding of this Pering. Our correspondent telegraphed to the Season and polo ponies allowed 7 lbs. 5. C. Straite Times that this morning et alf- Coras atrauce.
past seven Mrs. Peroy Stephone had died and
FOR..
the event. It is fair to assume therefore that
provided by section 7 subastion 3, of the Bank. wetrates the obstructive taction of the pro Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and the
ruptcy Ordinance, 18. that, if the Court in vincial offeiala. The third subject to which I Secretary of State for the Colonics, would
The Bungkuk Times of the 8th April says:satisfied that there are and will be no sab would invite your attention is one of very grost then, so far as Asia is concerned, be united The reset marringe of Captain darkson, of the stantial assets for division & ung the creditons local importance. Trofar to the question of fully revised throughont, I have corrected a in one department, and inuch of the confusion Loosok, was yesterday the occasion of an in or that, for other suficient case, no order the extension of the boundaries of its cultny few mistakes that bad erypt into the fe
petition. In the case an inte im receiving of the Imperial Government at the present supplied or suggested by the ereals of the past moment, their notia haring been specially year. The Revision Treaty between Great Year of the drawn to it by representations from the civil, Britain and Japan, and the Frosty of Peace The LADIES' NOMINATION; round course: Ase that within ten minutes of her decease: Bir. And waste of labour occasioned by the neces-teresting gathering on board that Tsel. A ought to be made, the Court dismiss the This matter is, I believe, engaging the attention have introduced a good deal of additional matter,
large party having been entertained at tin,
miuntes allowed; be why passes the winning Perey Stopbens plant a revolver in his mouth post nearest to the timo limit to win: no and blow his brains out. The occurrence, is sity of referring questions from one depari- Tr: lags on behalf of the guests and a large unor was made to enable the ot
to sum up the main fexues of the recent conflies ment to another under the present system number of friends who were able to attend
watch to be carried by competitor; entrance inerpremibly sad, for just one month ago the presented; iu felicitous torms, to the hide and
guk
a ple where British ships could careen and
young couple were married at St. Andrew's Fituation. I should add that the greater purt Tho GraEHANA GOP; value $100 presented Cathedral amid the congratulations of a very interference. When later its unprotected com
from the Gymkhana fund, 800 added; 2 wide circle of friends. Mrs. Slophou wan the proposal from general point of view consister, of a silver tus-service dut in a
to the rm, and, in several instances, it ap dition was noted and fortifications were con- of this chapter was written befuto ho late
$23, weight for inches, winners at the Margaret, oldest daughter of Mr. D. D. Mac- have been set out by the Hon. G. N. Curzes mell gold lady's watch, with clain and locked. Wan, id all those who are alleged to be non era and British trade bevonducted from from and to forecast its bearing upon the Ashlie
Captain Jacksa suitably acknowledged the pre
pared that these two mien Ho Lin Sam azd
trusted provision was only made for guns change of Government in England, and that it
meeting to carry, once 7 lbs, twive 10 Bero, Singapore, and possessed qualities that had and other authorities and it is unnecessary sentation, and thanked his and his wife's friends an Chouk Wan had actually collected the ging a far shorter distance than at present,hus been compound is natire independence of
previous non-starters to carry 7lbs. extra;
won for her the affection and entrom of a large Mr. Curzon has resou to enagmulate him-
one mile; outrancsTM 85,
part of the poisonally hers. Mr. Perey Dongins that we should-repeat at length what they for their congratulations and good wishes. Ou
the same esasion Messrs, Wimsur & Co. also alleged-to-be-dio, shortly before the retic the political situation was wholly differant, official information or authority."
tion was lite. My experiancu is that there is a *ow necessary, we are eured by exports,
Stephens was a planter of Glugor Estate, gave the newly carried couple a menople of wonderful difference in Chiness bankruptcies It is to provide for the adequate protection self on the accuracy of his forecast, and has the their union.
Ponang, and enjoyed a popularity which his SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY, bokween the assets at Brst alleged to exist audit, to securs, a suzsiderable extension satisfaction of confronting his critics with the of the poor on the other side of the harbour, eridenes of events. In reviewing the first edi
amiability, athletic attainments, and starling those that are afterwards realizod, asid from Mr. A very singular as was heard be. Colman Sthe report I hold Care is very little chance of the ter
pound of coal at different epochs of slip in possession of further details regarding this auggested by the China Mail that Hongkongder W. C. H Hastings at the Police Court of realizing (including what is now in his Balting back the brindary in fact to Mirs tion the Specular, which Mr. Curzon charac
South Not only is this newspapers," wrote as follows:-
Though Mr. Curzon is a diligent collector ovalution are supplied by an address of Mr. A terrible occurrence, and, pathetic to relate, the ander a Secretary of State for Asia would yesterday. A woman was charged with drag-hands) as much as the total sum of $250. That and Castle Pet Bays, and to nóquire several of toriscs as "the mest thanghtful. of English These estimates of the work obtained from ocemarits fully entitled him to. We are not yet the islands to any necessary for strategio
President of the Liverpool news was received by the family here through become a met appannge to India. We see ging and robbing har husband and a man was would not be more tas salicunt to extension of the certly desirable for others of tach, and deserves every aredit for his J. Metrinis
harger with assaulting the busband. On the the solititor's costs if the bankruptor were no reason to suppose that that would neceset November, 1894, the complainant was preceded with: In my opiniou there would he reasons, but it is e, and industrial usture, praiseworthy attempte to understand the pro-Engineering Society. In 1840 this consump. the Straits Times, our message, privately oọm-; i sarily be the case. The colony is too distant being
not show any very strong grasp oither of the displacement weight of 0.578 ton 8 knots, or su
Kre. Stephens must hevo died, vory swidenly,. from India to be effectively governed us an by a frioad was taken to the Police Sution in certainly no substantial nuts. In these cir- The Chinese city of Kor Alsatia for crim
inale, and is a constant resor. *ave several timos the relative mirror and capacity of the twe presenting 40 per cent and the machinery and that under the sudden shook of the beresTO. integral portion of that Empire and it must an inecasible coétion. He was sent to the cumstance 1 e no advantage that, the pots, our waters, afftands a regat of gamblers from great fuss at stake in the Far East, or se to actual oaring weight of 6.057 ten, the hall re-
Gorgament Qisil Hospital, but he was in such tioning creditor would derive from continuing this side. The faatan shops'i
from the Heng nations which are new confronting each other, and fuel 50 per cent. of the displacement In ment Mr. Stephans impulsively took his own'> therefore be allowed to retain its local auto a serious condition that its seven days - these proceedings, and although I have not for
beait olosed after rom.cnfranciably re-open As Mr. Curzon's conclusions are necessarily 1850, with iron vesels. and the same pro life. The deopost sympathy will be left for aomy The Governor right perhaps before his obtained his discharge. He had told gotten the matters argou by Mr. Reeco, I think long Government, but they invaiably prophetic in their untiuo, it in-net, of course, poller, a displacement weight of 0.5 ton was the family in their great for it
Ponang, 11th April. the police that a man hud drugged him and on is my duty lo, dismiss this petition, but with selected from the Indian Civil Service instead going home after losing the hospital be found ont costs. I allow 360 custs to Mr. Roogo, us
existence possibls as yet to prove him mistaken; but it propelled 9 knots, but the earning weight wis and geador nugatory the offorts of th Police to put down gambling. a cluding cannot be said that he shows that fastinctive increased to 27 per cent, or 0.16 ton. In 1860, Mr. Foroy, BStephone caught of from the ordinary Colmiat Service, but that alothing, jewellery, and a medisine box, he succeeded on the issue of the validity of the
of facilities on the other shers fo and all appreciation of international affairs which is with higher boiler pressure and the surface while out riding and acute infiammation of while he held the Government he would be altogether of the value of $215, bad been stolen politioning creditor's Coby, and I make an order instion is alas an incontiys to rabbazy ex-requisite for those who undertake to disguess condenser, a displacement weight of 0.82 ton was the bowe's set in. Although receiving, unre
from his house. Worse still, his wife had bolted against Hu Lin Bar porsonally to pay that su kinals of crime. Then we need room
onde conditions of three such kingdoms as Japan, propelled 10 lote, and the earning weight was 33mitting care, & collapes occurred at midnight responsible to the proposed Secretary of with be an who had rubbed and dragged | as I do not fool justified in taking out of the pansion, both in the matter of recreation for Korea, and Chine. In spite of Mr. per cent, or 0,27 tan. In 1870 the compound en- on Thursday nad death supervoard yesterday State for Asia, not to the Viceroy of Indis. him. The police made inquiries but could not stnall Bura in Court the proceeds of the cro
for industrial parpoos, 70s wall as lurzor, wo holes that the weight of opioim gire so reduced the fuel carried that a displace (Friday) morning at half jast seven. Imme. raising vegetables sud daftile. The Chin
is on the side of those who hold, as was do, that men weight of 18 tons was propelled 10 knots, distely afterwards Mr. Saphone asked Dr. What is more probable, however, is thnt discover the whereabouts of Either the man or Woman It was not until Wednesday that as
population, too, and more depecially the mar
Chiren could, it hard put to it, organise a most the earning weight being 50 per cent, or 99 tou. Haviland, who was in attendance at the the Government would be entrusted to the arrest was made and this was ander rather
eliant class, would like to obtain cheap sites on General Officer Commanding the Troops, curious direcmstances. The complainant must
The London Tice does not often have in which they could erect lines and bring their midable Oghting foras. Dons My Carson In 1880, when passinger and cargo stormas the time of death, to leste the u
ember what Lord Wolseley has said an the had separated, the rebord of the purely cargo as he wished to be along with his wife Dr. his long lost wife in Fuk Teung Hung and be and it might be considered advisable that he once went up to her and questioned bar, sorrect Its statements, but in a recont isus, in faailies to reside ander the British flag imatood at He has expressed his opinion that steamer was 4.1 displacement tous propelled Haviland did as requested, and, ave minutes for military purposes the colony should be Just then a man came up and asked the casu reference to an announcement it made, it pub of being, as at present in some measure, at the Fuje danger of the Anglo-Saxon roce nga 10 knots, the not caring weight being 50 per later, Mr. Stephens took a revolver from his pinion, for Lord Wolseley helped to and triple expansion engines and become an his brains out. On hearing the shot Dr. attached to the Indian command, but for plainant what he meant by talking to the fished the following curious paragraphe zeroy of the mandarins, who can reach than the on civil purposes the supreme authority would om The complainant said the woman was are requested to state that the announcement through their relatives: The colony hans promoting the Chinese in war, and this is a cent or 1.05 tous In 1840, when sted? hulls dressing table and placing it in his mouth blew bis wife. The weaiau stoutly denied the allega unde in the Times of Forney 19th, of an grossed steadily so for naita trade is scacsinal; abstrahineso under the walls of Paking versal, the work on the cargo boat was 3.39 Hasiland at once rushed into the room, but
but the population is still for the most part of a beat the
The occurrence. has caused the meat pro still be the Secretary of State. But evention and her friend theroupon struck the com- intended marriage between Mr. B. J. Bentinck, if it were considered possible that the plainant on the head. Fortunately the police th Lancom, Hyderabad Contingent, and Miss very transitory desssiption. The enlargeront "They poserecy military virtas," said Lord disploerent tons, propelled 10 knots, and the Mr. Stephens died within fifteen Ronds.
the ocean trap" was young couple were very popular. Mr:Stephen colosy should be made altogether put in an appearacco and the man and woman Florence Thornton, of High Cross, Framfeld, of its boundaries world, we confidently belove, Welsefey of the Chinese, Mr. Cureen infers orning weight had risen to 58 per cont, or 1.93
were taken to the station, the former being Bussox, is absolutely without foundation: tend to the building up of more permanent in that the Chine are very zawarlike people tone. In 1895 there were two obsses of cargo found excitement throughout Pensor, as the appanage of India and a decision to that charged with assault and the latter with drug. There is not, and never hus boon, any rustion forests, the establintuent of more industrice, and The world will yo think, prefer the verdict of boats. The work
the general increase of trade and population. a soldier who has mat the Chinese in batile, to 3.4 displacement tons, propelled & knots, with had been fourteen years manager of the The funeral takes place this afternoon at effect was given we do not knowging and robbing her husband. The case of such a marriage. The annouosment was
the avi odours of king, and, as he would the huge cargo vessels of the North Atlantic. that the change would be one to be galost the woman was not concluded yesterday made, as is the contradiction on Mr. If your Excelletey could, without divulging that of a civilian who has done little but sniff on earning weight of 50 por cont. cr 3 tone; en Glugor Estate, Penang.
Bud was remanded until to-day. The man was Bentinok's authority. The contradiction is atate secrets, give us pay definito infor.sa
Lion on the subjects I have referred to, it would doubtles be the first to admit, has nothing 14 tone propelled 12 knots, earning weight 55 half-past Eve-Straits Times. zpadu also by the lady." gruntly regretted by the community, fixed 25 for the assault.
vulion.
seven phill