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security, the rivers being infosted by pirates, while organised gangs of robbors commit their depredations on shore with but little
The craiser Kosaki, now being built in America for the Japanes navy, was expected to be launched on or about the 20th January.
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are perhaps worse in this respect in the Kwongtung province "than alsowbore, but they are bad pverywhere. In what other direction shall we look for reform? Not in the financial department of the administra- tion. The negotiations that have taken plase with reference to the loan, the coun- bry stands in nend of have disclosed the iuvinoible hostility of the rulers to any raform of the corrupt fiscal system under which the valuable resources of the country either, rongiti undovoloped or run to waste. Reform bound to come sooner or later, but it will have to be from without, for it is bapelas to expact it from within,
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Mr. A. G. Ward will give an organ recital st Mr. H. Lowie fatning, R.W., will nesist with a vocalitor. We believe this recital has been ranged at this appoial, request of H.E. the Governor.
The despatul vowal Algevity arrived from the board. It is probablo that the diacrity will North yesterday. Admiral Boller was not on take Admiral Seymour to the North on his
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Rather a serious salding affray took place in Bridgs Street on Wednesday night. A ** Is it just,” arks In "to oppress us while native of Manila stabbed as follow countryman "we are struggling to emerge from the in the back with a clasp knife sunt inflicted such injuries that the wounded man now lide in a * restraints of cur ungient civilisation, while soatwhat dangerous condition in the Cigarn: "improvement and progress steadily confort Civil Hospital. His nesailant salopes
tinke The auswer to the question it and has not been heard of sines. obvious. There is no struggle to emerge
The local brehab of the Navy League bare sout a charl to the bead offea of what they con- from the restraints mentioned, improvement sider should be the extended hormdariaf And progrees do not confinus, and the Hongkong. The map was made by the Public called oppression is just, because it my view in the Hongkong Public Library, lauk Works Departmend a copy of it is now on spcourage Chim to anterul her ways and in Buildings. The public clisuld certainly to it. at improverent and progress rod for The present boundaries are marked in dark red the fool's lock, says holy writ, and in the and the suggested axtousious tre in light red, The acquisitions required by the Navy Lagus cuas of Chian there is every reason to include the of the numerone îslots nesit hofieve chastegnent will prove benefciulongkong the strip of mainlond out off Our desire," La says in viclusion, is to be awn.from the river month north of Sterling Inkot to Tyshon Bay. Accompanying
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e our territory intact and steadily the chart was a letter strongly oxpressing the improve it as a field open to all countries hope that the recommendations would be arged "equally for the revolopment of commerce." upon the Government. We hope the Hong- kong Branch of the Navy League will most with China desire to preserve ber territory every access in its efforts. intact, no doubt, but as to desiring to improve it as a field open to all countries For the development of commerce, nothing would please the media better than to bu able to kick every foreigner out of the country to-morrow, or perhaps we should say to confine thom to restricted areas at one or two ports, where they might be graciously permitted to colues their trade under the control of the local authorities, for though the foreigner is personally distasteful to the Chinese neither the Go vernment nor the people have ever been altogether insensible to the value of foreign trade.
Bishop and Mrs. Burden arrived from home yesterday by the P. & O. steamer Bornco.
The Esad of the Hongkong Ragment will": till Sanday, tits 27th February. not play again on the was frant, Kowloon
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The P. & O. steamer Barane, which arrived yesterday, brought out delafls for the Kayal Artillery and Royal Engineers totalling. Lat.
man,
Reuter has already informed us of the des According to a report record af Tokyo four patra of an Italian man-of-war to the Far East vonols in all are to be sent to form an Italian Oriontal squadron
REUTER'S TELEGRAMS. (SUPPLIED TO THE "DAILY PRESB.")
LONDON, 25th January, 1808. PROGRESS OF THE GERMAN SQUADRON.
H. M. S. Leping hus sood the steamer Beluchistan of Musast whilst attempting to laud arms and munitions. The Consul has confiscated the cargo.
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HONGKONG ODD VOLUMES SOCIETY.
TRESENTATION OF AN ADDRESS TO
HE THE GOVERNOR.
INTER DATING LECTURE BY MK W. MACWELL.
Yesterday afternoon advantage was taken of a tooting of the Honghong Odd Valames Society, held in the City Hall for the purpose of heating a lecture by Mr. W. Machiell, to William Robinson, G.C.MG, with an address Press His Excellency the Governor, Sir rom the members of the Society. The pre Bentation was made by His Exosileney Major General Bisek, and there was a very large attendance of members,
The real origin of the my took effect, when on Tuesday, 27th Aust, 1839, the British from Mauan woke in this anchorage to find a heat portions commanded by shora
History, ovon authentic tradition, now for on board merchant ships, in some of the besuti.. centuries pays little of what is now the Crown] ful harbours in the neighbourhood of Liza | oslong of Hongkong.” Thin, dot on the ocean or · Hongkong. Later, covineal by the sate and its peninsular, topondoney were too insigtely idiotio attitude of the Chinese thor mifiecur to esķi for nolier, Huts for the fact that ties that no propor untorstanding could the navigation router of the south-west coasts be entabiluhod wilbout first resorting to. of Chins iny of necessity from 60show, Amoy, hostilities, he suggests the destruction of ens and Suntow, through Byamoy and this harbour or two forts and Lan occupation of one or by way of Kopebnicon to Canten, we should two of the islands to be poighbourhood. probably know nothing more till the British Who shall say that he was not prophet: 20 occupation.. Steady tradition overs that. Hong.proplet could have anticipated more truly to korig was a grout haue to this coust trade. It origin of this colony. the Canton Register, and if but independent of Emporial control is to be put down on any part of the Bouth sid was a pirate bount, dreaded by parful tradors, 1836. a correspontent says" If the lion's pow Shrakiwa and Aberdson were the chief settle of Chios, let it be Hongkong And again-- moats of these glanderers, ustensibly fiskuormer, Houghing, deep water, and a free port for whose race is by mesas extinct got. From ever." The public mind at home was hardly about 1640 to about 1650 these gentry. were prepared however to accept the icon of a British Major General Black-Your Excellency, it content to levy a small toll on trading craft, a colony in Cbins, when the force of events would be odd indeed if the Odi Voluss moderation which we may fed assured, their made the cassion of Hongkong an novom piisked Hongkong allowed you, their honoured Pre- defendants copied and practised. The Ming fact in 1841. In 1880 when Elliot was shock- eidant and one of the Society's zaost industrique dynasty fell before the present and at first very mating tho wily and infamous Lix, all Britisk members, to depart withent a word of farowell, overgotis ntul capable Manchas in 1644, when ships in Chinese waters were ordered to nesomblo (Applause). We have therefore set down our the enlightened Emperor Kanghi encouraged at Hongkong. That struggle ended in a victory appreciation of you as a brother Odd Volame in foreigners to eems to bis court and spetomat for Lin, but it led to the founding of this colony the plain and invaraised tajo which I now nek: ionlly favoured foreign treate With the and deprived Cantor for over of its then in nur hon. Secretary to read and you, Sir, to decay of Manchu vigour their pirationtrapacity mouse commercial importance. Lin's idea was to destroy the opium trude and then resume the act as a memento of many crouings pased re-appened. coder the auspices of this oddly named but During this period—the Ming and enrly Taraguiar tendo. This be bad pledged himself to well sorted Society-evenings, Sir, to which Thing (or Monokn) Dynasties the actual his Emperor he would do. Hence his anxiety you have sided much pleasure and instruction settlement of the island took place. Kowions to fores British trade back in Whampoa and by your presidency and your afforis.
peninsula frst, then later Hongkong, were Canton, He intrig with the Governor of Mr Pollock, bun. Secretary, then road the peoplet by peaceful rustics from the adjoining Maese to drive out the British, and senght to zobowing address =
ake Hongkong untable by eroting batteries Tungkenn distriot, Kowinon City, as we n Lin. Pollock than mad tho address as follows: call it, was peopled by Cantomasa settlers. These on Taic-ta-shui (t' Water Police Station -tock-up £ll-flus Brailabló-árable land, mid-as-their-hill). Here in July 1989, a Chisaman named Hongkong, Jamiary 1908)
nubces grow, the partoj
Tungkoon Li Wa-hi was killed in a dranken fray with" To Bm WILLIAM HOBINSON, 2.0.H,G.
wax constitutes a separate diacot, called Sun foreign sailors. Lin's demands for redress ware Hebron the near approach of departure from On, the capital of white was, and is Sun On, or preposterone, and his mad acts ond, orders ren- this deny, we the sedelged, maintains af migong Namaut duplicate of Kowloon City us to dored oxulain to Canton and Whampoa by ton of the klu aristones which you are invariably ac Odd Varner deary to tealy to you vul warm suprveis
walls, &.....) on the Couton river. (This little British teadars Impossible. ordet er to promotion at the object of this Society. walled town was taison by unsault by us in 1858, on Rase but our Prident dies ever since Four The supplies of food bad ecrants had been relval is this oclway, bal you have not rusted content stoppiou by the mainland wandering, and a bear with cupping & purely cominal and honorary position front no of Her Majesty's ships had boon fund
On the untrary, you have notirely injistovi both an a on. when lolivering a proclamation, under baltoried on Tsim-tra-shui.. Thence "onward furtherance of the aim of our Society, while your e contributor to Itus Jock Plate and no lures, le the flag of trace, to the mandarin of Sun On, all local Chinose history is in relation to
Nomiau." The result of the spiritof notion, the foreign community, Norer for a woman attendance of our meetings has bon a constant wave of
couragement to us
agreed upon by Gonoral Straubense, and Comhave the Chinese as a tass been allowed by the Za conclusion we beg imaye to senare you that, in what-modore Stavari, was an immediate and satis. mainland officials to earumo that Hongkong ever sphere of public asafolaces you may berestier be factory change of attitude in the mandarins was anght but park and parest of the Chinese employed, you will alwaye maury will you the hearty
The second bambardmout was in 1859). The Empire, You End, howater, that no hopest Hood wisher of the Hongkong dad Velames for your pro Domesday Book, or land register, was however Chinese ronidout Beliers them. Nowhere Farity and oppoWo nee; it, yctas Faithfully,
are follow the eigosturas.)
still kept at Inngkoon, which games took up could there be more opportunity for talsa Mr. Pollock the banded the address to His the taxes, whilst the harbours and bays wore of terror than in this ost of piracy and policed by the seast guard from Taipang,walled their number is legion, but they are not Excallousy.
hut, ainen the British occupation, from Kowloon relate. There is in the Chiver records d towhon Kirs Bay, soron milesfrom Hongkong historieni and too numerous and harrowing tu City This first settlement of the land by account of an unauccessful attack by the honest, industrious folk was barely an established English on Tai-tse-shai fort, in Nurember, fact, when the Hakkan appeared, These came 1830. The ionnt saya wa foared a night from the bills of K.B. Kwangtang (the Canton attasl and found the walls poisoned, so retired Province) and spoke a different dialect to that to our ships The ficts are, that when news of of the Cantonese or Punti kettlers.. They were the battle of Chuempi reached the Tain-tea- charcoal burnors, grass cuttere, quarrymen, shed asp, the hattorien opened fire on the er blackanith us opportunity offered, merchant ships and continued the ouanonade thrived on the bill side patates and swamps acting on Captain Elliot's demands, more t hardy, god ustored, vast me who lived and during sovorul days. Then the merchant ships, neglected by the Prutis: This race deserves Tangke and the harbour was deserted. Result our special notice. From our first appearance great Chinese victory, duly recorded in in Chian till today they have been our staunch their sanals. In January, 1810, Lin built a engporters, our mainstay in fact, wherever third fort at Teini-isa-sbui. Of these festa hard work and great risks were needed. The and the great camp near them, Chinese Chinese coolie corps of 750-Hakka organised traditious speak ill, and the lawlesszuss in 1857, did splendid servios to our troops in the of the Tsim-tra-shui Chinese was one of the war. As the Pants have ever been our onemise organsals for the session of Howloos.In. so have the Hakkas ever been our friends. August 1862, Kowloon was the scene of daring zace-the Baklos-dreaded to this day of the inlying villages, and the Hakkas of Tem- Later than the Hakkus came a fierce and sanguinary contests, between the Punti settlers for their exceptional daring and ferocity. They tea shul. The military camp of troops for use pirates and the terror of the Chinese coast guards which, on their departare, bacamo debalexble, were silors to a man, natural smugglers and in the north had, in 1860, and 1881, held grouud, Shaakiwan, Telawan, Hanghem, and Yauusti and cho fight lasted several days wore thoir barly settlements, places that havre
the traditions that fall only a a sotas what sinister reputo even yet. Thase point of settlements still show well marked indications caly so far as they affect us. They are sultan of the racial characteristics of their early might be expected in the Alsatia of South Chino founders. In six large vilages the antivë,
Chui Apon for some years previone 1847 ouring, and smart Pusti atill predominates commanded a pizate flest of 23 Junks, QHTY in eighteen bill and quarry hamlets, the sturdying from 12 to 18 guns ereb, and manued by Hakka; Jagfour fishing centron, the truculent | 1,800 men. Hokko.
His Excelleney the Governor was received Iwith applause on rislag to respond. He said... Your Bacallency deserat Black, Mr. Falock, inembers of the Hongkong Odd Veluzes, The Gefion, accompanying Prince Henry, thank you most sincerely for the address which has returned to Purim for coul.
you have just presented to me. It has afforded te the utmost pleasure during the last five or SEIZURE OF ARMS IN THE GULF six years to promule in any way the excellent el
OF QMAN.
jects rad uias vi this meat activo Soalety. From the list of lectures to be given this season it in evident that the popularity of the Odd Volumes and its sphere of usefulness are increasing. I heartily reciprocate your good wielies and trust that a prosperous and benedent future is in store for your adairable Society. (Applause) THE KIFLE BRIGADE TO STOP AT HALTA
Major-General Black Your Excellency, ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Macholl was good. The Rille Brigade from Singapore las boon anongh to sexd ma a copy of his lecture, with orderɔd to land at Malta.
view, I suppose, that I should use it. I did not rend it for three reasons. First, because I have caus I would rather learn what his lecture is every confidence in Mr. Machell; secondly, be
from bis own lips; and, thirdly, because I us quite sure that that is your opinion also. Laughter). I de act consider it any part of the duty of a Chairman to dull the edge of suricity in a lectarez, any more than it for an indiscreet and leqessions friend to tell you the story of a novel, the roading of which you are looking forward to spending a pleasant evening,
ROYAL HONGKONG YACHT CLUB,
ME, MITCHELL'S FRIZES.
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Accuring to the conditions laid turen, the Acricket match will be played to-day, commone owner of each cost has made out s'han dress for ing at 11 am, hetween a Club XI and a Nayal | very bout oxoept his own, and the quean of al XI. The following will play for the lab the bodicaps has been taken, which works ont Woodcock, H. Twyford, J. F. Noble, F. the general estimation of the merits of the Dr. Atkinson (captain), F. Tammert, G. A.
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525, 2.0, held last night, the following dicers At the meeting of the Victoria Chapter, No.
On the 28th inst, 18t. Jolm's Cathedral, by the Rev. R. F. Cottold, ALFRED NORTON ICE ore shooted, Ex Coup: 1) Mac- Kax, danghter of the Rev. ALEXANDER FRASES, Oln, Scotland.
DEATH.
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At Kole, on the 18th Junnary, RICHARD M. SCHOFIELD (a zatire of Manchester, England), aged
74 years
The Daily Press.
HONGKONG, JANUARY 29th, 1898.
donald E. Bx Comp. R. Mitchell; J. Comp. Q. J. B. Sayer: SoL., Comp. G. Jercy, Jr.; So. Comp., C. Hayward, S. Coop. J. Lockond, Treasurer, Coip. . M. H. Nomazge Janitor, Comp. J. Maxwell.
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Mr. Machell then delivered his address on the traditions and historical associations of the Hongkong Chinese. He said :--
In Bord to be history, are of interest
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In September-October, 189, this fast was entirely destroyed to a series of hard To these bat contries later, came the fought angagaments In Falicuary of tush Tanks, or host people, the parlahs of South your Chui Apon-murdered Captain Da Costa,
This is not an attempt to make a history of Chiness Hongkong, and much of that 1 eball say is not originel, All I have hoped to do le so to bring together a few pointe of historical China, always the trusty allies cf foraigners, H.E., and Liont. Droger, af the Ceylon Bifos. interest that the ramblers among our local hills and a Jack-of-all-trades race. It would be hard on the beach at. Wong-ma-bok, near Stanley. and const vilinges may know horo to last for to conjure up a more utterly banned raus than This ferocious rover fell into cxx. bands in the cor bitaroiling lus of our 11201 outphere Thủy may i-cher set,ir on shore,- nor-1-1851, was consisted of slaughter, nud hat. Seral ways of dealing with the subject compete at examinations or intermetry with committed suicide in isil. Another great pocured to zas and I have chosen that of crder the rest of the people. In the days of the Can-leader, Shap Ng sai, had €4 junku, with 1224 of time as at one, the most interesting and best to factories the Ct pese authorities warned guns nad 3,180 men. He was attacked and 58 be maderstood. In speaking of history as foreigners by annual famation against the of his fleet destroyed, in the same, mouth that sxisting leonlly I am greatly encouraged by demoralising it flusso The Tonka To this saw the annihilation of Chia Apon's first fisse. « the fact that the for points I shall refer to an already more then suficient brand of iniquity Fer in March 1850 this list and leader bud history in the accepted sense of trustworthy they zuded by acting as pilots and provision raised his eecond frot of 18 fucks, which set records of actual occurrences.
exterem to enr war-vessels and merchantmen, was destroyed in Mirs Bay. In 1861 a hard China has periods of fabio, of legend, of They are still pilots, the crews of ships, fish and some pratical janks took place in Abercon when douth was their ineritable fate if captured. battle between eight Chinese gunboats and early accounts of every antion must necessarily settle ashore and become absorbed in the mate Hongkong its headquarters, had lawless Eu elantic record. What nation has not? The cattle destors, and have a great tendency to waters. This great piratical conferderasy de
be obscure and doubtful National vanity and
lereat,
a love of the marvellous indica them all. I of the Chinese population. That the village ropeans in its ranks, and zativa marine store start with rosords uninfluenced by aught commities of slits greatly ditoring settlers dealers for its agents. Its memory is dar to this, in times when history, "the art preserva- were huge and feurishing we buvo fortunately the rough sind restlos spirits of the safer {tive of all, arte," was a trustworźby record of a record in the period of British occupation, ing village communities, and assured freedom 1. ading events and clangus that have local in when the census of 1847 gives the land populu from pirasy is not yet. Rumours that au
tion
8,650. Of these 2,550 were villagers and immense piratical
dost will attack and Where I ass tradition I would ask you to Wangreichung leading as to numbers. Ant Perhaps the best remembered of historical fishermen in some 20 localities-Shaukiwan and plunder certain villages are not uncommon. bear in mind that memorials such as the Fyr this last village there is a anrious tradition, or Rociations is that commencing with 1854 mide are not found in all laude, and that the Great Wall is the only great rolic of human perstition, that Happy Valley was during the Taiping Rebellion, Fatshon had labour or art in Chius. Tradition is not meant to be the business, centro of Hongkong, fallen in July, Canton was paalo struck, the les authentic in that it is ea
but the Chinese raders strencecaly contended Kowloon City was, in September, taken what difficult of proof remark I bave unacceptable. Fur back in the Ming dynasty Imperialists, and crowds of refugees Booked to that its fongshui was malignant and, wholly end retaken repeatedly by the rebols and felt forced to make, when a bypercritical bore (1466-1023) Cutis forined the settlemens of Hongkong. Even in Victoria armed bands of who had been taken cor old camp sites and Wongueiolaug May we not me that Taipings
fimes paded the streets, tall in told of the terrible mortality in them when their nordinate greed re price of land December, 1854, ecru andreds of the ware cred prior to 1862 said, Bob where are the
graved If I go farther and use conjecture, originaled the bad fangshui story. You look arreated when embarking to attack Kowloon AN interview with Ir Huso-CHANG on the
I do it but to interest you, and surely a mild vain for tony of these villages now-asir City, subject of Germany's nu.ion at Kinochan
conjectars is not inndraiseiblo, when built on Looking at the temporary ural elements of a payal battle in the harbour here. Nine sites ATER VAIa obliterated: In-rlost cases, In January, 1855. hens was every likelihood has been published by the New York
dats quite as ample as those which lod. De of latter day walled village this vanishing is Imperial war janky, with 2.000 Imperialist The Pasille Mail Steamship Company's
Gegge to the very reonable injecture that Herald, in which the veteran statoman stomer China arrived at San Francisco PRACTICAL ECONOMY AND LIGHT. the present Chinees are descendants of settlers, not a matter for weader. This much legi soldiers, mame in. A large lot of Taiping indulges in a good deal of sophistical hoz, spps-tao Call. She was foar days ahead TO THE EDITOR OF THE "DAILY PRESS " 23rd December, unexpectedly, at an early
who ces through Central Asia, along the trains would not greatly alter the war junke was lying in harbour. Both forece Taria Valloy, and across the Desert into the content of our island slopes or benches. Uld were ordered off and went pe fully away. In humburg. That Germany's seizure of of time, and Chief-Engineer Ferguson says he
lines of British military cantonments, or of Beptember, 1856, the Trin.. -returned and Sir-Would it net be possible for the do-Province of Kanauh, about B. C. 2200!" Kinochau was a big-handed proceedings beaton all provins records between Yoke Ternment to combine the suggestions of your Authentic history begins locally about 1278 South of Mount Bremmer in the direction Poklo, thair base of operatioze against Kwang- pirate hoida, are, on the contrary, uney to truce, sought have to charter trans, set for troops to caungt be denied, but in dealing with a forty-fir minstes. Her time from Hongkong "Light" under ens schanso, maising use of the overthrown the Bang Dynasty, and his forces very similar to that ones forming Chang. Pao'a times the Chiness took upon the years 1851 to han and Honolula by twenty-five hours and correspondente Practical Economy and AD. Kablai Khan the Mongol had thon of Wongnaichong Gap is a large aro tang. It was declined Despite these troublona country like China high-banded procedure was 26 days 15 hours 14 miniatas, from Yoko Water that might flow inte or out of the pro were hounding down its last Emperor, Ti Ping, hold at the Paak. This area most have once 1860 as the period when a battar class of peopl
hama 14 Toys 12 hours 18 minates, and from od Peak reservoir to drive a turbias and to sometimes be not only justifiable but Honolain to San Francisco 5 days 7 hours 41 furnish power for the proposed search light at Foochow till his fleet autored the waters of
a mere boy. This boy had coasted along from been the site of an important settlement, the began to settle in Hongkong, and security of Curros TARIFES
necessary, "Outlaws," says Lt, "exia in minutes, beating her own record from that the flag staff.
raips of which were very distinct 13 years ago. life end property to pencefal and industricos Hongkong Here for a few months the May act this have been the twin-hold of Ching citizons became assured. I spoke of our pepela TRAPE REGULATIONS
China, as in oil countries. Neither point to San Francis by ave hour, Datingwerkebla, could not the Military Authorities Leandary of British Kowloon is a long double two worthies for so they are rated in local tioned the paus inspired in Conton by the If the above enggation is considered un- Imperial Court rested. Just within the present yth, the daring coadjator of Chang Pan, those tion as greatly increased in 1859.60) and men the entire trip the China areraged 410 LEGAL DOCUMENTS
"treaties, Jawa, mer religion can entirely knots per day, a little over erronlon establish treadmills at the Mount Austin Bar- topped hill, the base of one of its sammits teritinha so terrorised Rwangtong, and Taiping movement, Orders in Council for Government of H. B. W. "suppress crime anywhere in the world; koots per hour. On the 11th she made her racks, which, whilst providing, gentle exercise worked by the eas, the Ims of the other summitenessfully defiert an allied force of Portuguese When that vormement failed, humanity failed Subjecta in China, Japan, and Corea, 186"though they wonderan and punish crimin best run of 23 knots in twenty-four hours for the troops stationed there, would furnish among the grampy gromad betweon Matauchung and Chiose in 1910 Evan Shap Ng-tai and in the breasts of these who, prior to 1855, had 1877, 1876, 1881, 1884, 1884, 1888, 1880 als there are places in every country heavy weather was ran into, but in spite of
The first four days out from Yokohams very power for the maroh light when required, Rules of HB.M. Suprante and uther Cocria
(Br) and Kowloon Cite (Ch) Across the dip Chai Apon of 1849-51 may hare found this so dreaded the Taiping hordes. AGGIORÝ The search light would probably be of little bowoon the two commits rans the path road it ralley admirably adapted for convalescent and in China, Jepun, &c.; Table of Court Fees where lawlessness abounds, and to such this fact this visel's speel was never ltes than ane during a great portion of the year on co- would be galled in Chian from Hunghom(Kew recruiting purposes.
takon at the city gate of Canton revealed the Table of Consular Fees: Charter of the "places in Shantung the German mission 400 knots per day. Ideutenant Schwon, count of the clouds and mist at the Foak, mufets toen Dook) to Kowloon City. South of the Actual history somes in again about the close the field of blood near the river, and were there fact that, in one yor-1855 1,000 passed to Colony-of-Moukang lola of Civil Darics determined to go, knowing that she was a passenger by the steamer, and the chief the district for disparing the loads and marked by ombankments and trenches and period of veraparative posso al progress na fed-for the line between innocence and guilt general manager of the Pacific Mail Company, the Government were to establish station in path in the Bonward summit of the hill, still of the Punti, Hakka Hoklo Settlement. That behindad 700 to 200 in single day. Thousands Dedare, Hongkerg; New Table of Hong Long Court Four Alairalty Bules, "inhabitants themselves were often gistima ozgineer decided to show him just how good a desiccating the atmosphere. If this were owned by immewo blocks of zoek, the largest followed by one gruaż narest. Foreign Juridicion Act; Hegulations for" of these bandits.
was not too nicely drawn--and local tradition Between Yoknbows, and vomplished, the popularity of the Feak district of which tears an inscription consisting of the Consular Courts of United States;
Should China Honelata, backing into a heavy on nnd a head us a residential centre wont be greatly en
In 1629 the Ming Dyausty Lad Hadonth blow, { la elck in tales of tuizbrealti oscopos, buð of 'threa". Chinose" obaracters. Kalen of Court of Commls at Shang."be distressed by having her shores in-wind, she averaged 18.85 knots an licar, which banced by the absenos of clouds, and the Wong Tong (hall of a King of the Sungtuna tide, mad fall of this appo, chose the naval forces and the Portugeese hunted downs These road Sing Ita scattored army rot hoped for a torn in for bow, even here they dwelt in fear, for our lini; Chiness. Fassongor Act. Hongkong "vaded and her territory occupied because le performanou that has never been equaled pablam of a liberal water supply solved by The Chinese regard this as a genuine inscrip ieland of Hongkong as their readervous about these so called pirates Eo dwelling they were Lieucus, Trade Marke, and Letters Patent" of occurrences which western countries
on this coast.
sforing in the reservoir the water extracted tion, some 600 years old, and in 1807 tha el 1650. Koag hi (1382 1720), at once the grestest exceptionally pesonabla vitisens, and when Feca, Port Regulations, &c., So··
from the minta when other sources fail.-Tours actra were renswet, by order of the Viceroy and most enlightened cf Manchu rale dealt dually saved Une how was the haven where The CERONICLE and DIRECTORY, al."would deal with by law and not wir ?r. Three men were obarged at tha Polios Cont&e. though printed in smaller type than formerly But it is because law. is powerless in China trick. It is alleged that the prisoners bare
of Canton The date of this renewal is given promptly and effectively with the menace to they would be, grabinde kept them is the same Jesterday with defranding women by tresna of
DESICCATOR. and colensed in every poesiblo toanner, con-
in a second fascription, by the side of the an- nona sway. An Emporial ed et called upon good path for thers is a high wase of grati to prevent such lamentable occurrences, or heartless, swindled twelve women during the
Hongkong, 28th January, 1898. tuins every year mare pages.
clant record. Exacations and quarrying were all legalists to withdraw from Hongkong and tode for fasting benefits in a Chinaman. prohibited under the saverest penalties, and cut all applies whereupon the Panti and Royal Chataya-Coreplete with Maps and Plans to adequntoly panish the perpetrators of at two oths and it is probable their mot THE DE BOUZA CÁSE: AT MACAO.
the Chinos Gavurosent audially stipulated. Hakka aettlers loft the island, nail the rebala is no exaggeration to cert that many of our Than this Alsatin has its bright side, and it pp. 1,302, #7 Directory only, pr: 928, 88.50.
gaju amounted to several hundred dollars. It was years ago unversally pronounced to be outrages, that oxcoptional measures are in One victim felt her loss and the shame of ber
yin eding the locality, to ue, that the rook, had been slayed on, ee dalodged The settlers host Chinese citizens come to the colony as a TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY. PEŁ89," Inscription, and entire hill should remain unten rataral, and tradition and history are havon of rest and gourity, and above all, the cheapest work of the kind anywhere published, or cure necessary. When China uçte as extraordinary simplicity so cutely that she DEAR SIR,I have refrained from writing touched The genius and philosophy of the silent as to the elsad till the opening of this place where they flad justice thing very and withough very much enlarged and improved civilised Power she may claim to be the prisoners in a meaner sig gests the green correspondent to corroot a misstatement to his the groast dynasties of the Middle Kingdom for piracy 600 piratical junks nudor Ching cwn country
went out of her mind. The trick adopted by you till now in order to allow your Maceo scholars of the Sung Dynasty male it one of century, when it is again referred to sa noted dear to them, yet practically obsolete in their. treated as such, but until then she must be goods tande which was up to quit recently so communication with regard to the ease of V.
and in the eyes of Chinese officials and literati Tik and Chang Poo ware; from 1808 to 1910, How natural the change is we may gather rife in the city of New York. The method was. subject to coercion, however much she may for the prisoners te make up & bandlo of "notes," intent he stated therein that the, accused; ud. Ia melancholy close is exceptionally snored. Itthay that the Governor of Conton, went to life. The tradition of the 1841 preclamation, de Souza. I am at a loss to conceive with this record of its saddest hear, and tomorial of the score of Kwangtug. So powerful were from a very brief study of town life or village chafe under it. Without pressure from that is, e bandle containing a lot of waste papermitted the charge of having embezzled the sum and can be had from, end Advertisements sent outside, no "attempt would be made to covered with perbags a couple of $3 banic notes,at. Tis. 10,000 the money of his emplovers boy Emperor and bin forses, an spd around the for their appresonght Fertagnesə aid rovived by an Ordinance of 1658, is still doar ta'
was an unfortunato wait that enjoara of the Medes to realdo,
A ton Buys attack the Chinesu mird, vis, that the Clues in protect the lives and property of foreigners and outside were the Agures $640, which was Mesars. Beiss & Co., Shanghai, when he before bill by Alatanching. They waited for nowe of un the pirates by the allied Portuguese Hangkong should be governed by eldses of LONDON Mesas. Berset & Co. 30, Corant in the country: ar to punish theso wie alkung ta be their valus. The prisoners chosen vary large azaembly of people in the court the Minigol monuments, and for, help frors Chinese forsen was fimitless. Later Ching Vis villages. This, rits of tipoce was declared likely dupe and, producing the bundle, ex- who no doubt can give the le, distinctly denied Conton. Nawe came that that afty had gone and Chang Pao quarrelled and fought, with the subject to control, and in not now ollaially Messrs. G. Puol de Label & attack then. Germany has administered a plained that they had picked it up in the street it, but confood to having issued to one of the over to the Mongole, and tho Bung sailed atreenit that the benton loader made his ponoc eristent. It is notwithstanding. In effective
Cic.. 59, Rue Lafayetta GERMANY Mosers, Mahlan & Waltieschmid, much needed and wholesome lesson, one It would not be altogether good poling for goods valued at Tle. 10,000 more in all, which of Cantou had, however, enabled the Mongols to riyal was afterwards bought over by the Viceroy of that city, justice, and poncs found in and that it contained notes, to the vulna 3840. Chinese Hong, Tafong some delivery orders for once to the south. The treacherous sarrendar with the Imperial Government; als viatorions and highly benefimi action yet, mainly becaus Frankfurt 8/31.
which we believe will do more for the them to carry such a valuable packet host the shroff in his deposition before the Causal in equip aut enganise a float, which cut off of X.wag lang, whine sorios he entered. This Hongkong. NEW YORK...Mr. Hoary Sell, 21, Park Row
improvement of foreign intercourse with with then; wush the woman be good enough Shanghai admitted basing cashed and deposited and harmed in the fugitives on the West successful froobpotez held the Victoria Peak as Here, prasthusly, the history of Hongkong EAN FRANCO, Bir. L.P.Fisher, Morcha, Exobs Chim and the advancement of Chira her again. Certainly, the orodutoss wish world ranse, and which 186 shroff alloged haring boy Emperor and his Prime Minister threw those trpabled times and the daring of Chang 1865, but gradually foxsonk the formation to take care of it until such time as they called with the Chinese Banks in his (the shroff iver SW of Macao. All being toat, the his fortiled head quarters, and the story of liner ends. Firway was rank up to 1860. Cara Town.....Measrr. Gordon & Gotch SYDNEY...Mcesre. Gordon & Gotch self than anything that bus occurred since willingly keep the notes safely lodged in her handed over to the accused for his rosidense un
thasselves overboard and perished, saling life, Pao and his lieutenants, is still popular locally of feeta sad neglected the poor prises of MELDOCENE..klostre, Gordon & Gotók
the British occupation of Hengkung. We of the handle. The bal having succeeded eo
box and she would then be allowed possekaton witnessed
dignity, and dynasty together. To add, if posTwo Englisames Messrs. Taruor and Glass, junk raiding for the richer guins of CALOPITA (2; Moèere."W. Newman & Co.
The aconsed also confessed to having written sible to the halo of romance wore by the literati pocle-wheat different ses fall into Chang foreign vessels, which were attacked and -DOMBAY¬m/Times of India”-Offco... unly regret that Great Britain did not for the mon suggested that they had no pot of letter to his employers asuming the respon round this tragic loss of what tu tham was the Fae's hands, and were obliged to accompany him plundered with great success. These ships COLOMBO... Mosers. A. M. & ́J. Ferguson
take cimilar action after the Kucheng therefore be necesary for hor to land over one pletely the three in order to save bis (the of Le Mongols 80 years istar, and the establish organisation and tactics of his band of free here is strong presumption that the attacks. the honest intendons of the womnk, and it wond sibility of the defalcation, thas absolving coa dynasty, they are able to point to the ergalsion marauding expeditions, have left records of the were doubtless informed où by local aples, and BATAVIA ....Moss. H. M. Van Dorp & Co. PENANG.Messa. It Grahaina & Co., Ld.
of her jewellery ass garantos of gued inita, shroff) from commiving enteiden argument of a native Ming, or the Bright holders, SINGAPORE Messrs. Kelly & Walah, Ld. T
The poor simple-minded women In many cases.
were organised locally. Their story belongs to The Chief Justice Dr. Alpeim in his Druty, as indicating that Haaren resentad BANGKUL
Messrs. A. Borli & Co.
Strictly keeping to Hongkong, yo yot muat à modern pariad well within the memory of old parted with the whole of their valuables and soutouos, however, fond the send guilty of the surgation of the Mongols and punished faolude the first reorded hints of the neod residents. I have merely sought to show you SAIO Messrs. Klase di Co
not yet recovered from the effects of the late when it was too late they found how shamotally having falcided the delivery orders and for their unworthiness. This areng of carbest as for mach a place. Lord Naptor In 1834 that somewhat of interest to the Chines a TONKIN Mr. H. Degenfeld, Hanoi war and the country requires a period of they had been, swindled. A complaint made to having concealed the fact from his employers, thentic local history in odsy of asces A good urged tao" posacasion of the island of Hong Chinese bow opouered between these two long, MANILA 9581. A. 3. Watson & Lo, Ld penco to carry out the work of reform lately ve inginer being made by the polico Reis & Co. it should have been Tls duty to have quast village and past ropical quarry out River Sir George Best Robinson, who was harbour
Chief Taepootor Hanson was the cause of bevance ho, beingsareant of the deur of bioara, path leads from Bangkom, though a series of song in the eastern untrance of the Cantonakery, blue orenta that lo on vither side cur BRACKS TOUTONNIE-AT-As do Cruz-g SWATOW' MM. Yuon Choong Books Store.
begun. What roform There is certaily and the three prisoners was arrested, aut reported the matter to them and sentenced him el Part of the way it along a stone road Cie Superintendent of Liutin from the ANDYMAIS AS Water & Co., 12 no reform visible in the administration of lentilled by two woman, who gave evidence therefors to two years imprisonment, taking charectaristic of China, and the creste at the January 1985, to the 14th December, Machell for his most interactive paper, which, Major-General Blok returned thanks to ale. Foоoиow... Mr. H. W. Churohill.
jastice or the arrangonents for the preser gainst her at the Police Court yesterday into consideration his previous good condnet foot if the hill is crossed by an interating old 1836, was constantly on the lookout for a heroid, was exceedingly well road and would SHANGHAI Mente. Kelly & Walsh, Ld.
Another woman who had been swindled was and character.EPARERE TESTEN.
SMS bridge The whole route in practicablo for place whery British trade might be fres tend to make walks in and near the colony more Moners. H. Hlow & Co.
vation of order. On the contrary, out only called, but the declined to admit hor simpBeity Thanking you in anticipation for the public chaice and its surroundings very satisfactory from the extortionate greed of the mandarine interesting Thanks to Ilis. Erilency the “NAGASAKI" " Nagreski Press "Mes
and stated that one of the prisoner blew in her ostion of the above in your next issue an on- from a sanitary point of law In the pool and himself free from choir vulgar contumely Governor they possessed the means of walking KOER-ONAKA "Hioga Nawa" Company, Ld.
Izos au mode ter silly and then robbed har of closing my card, Foresta Mesa Helly & Wash, Lit
her jewellery. The Magistrate committed theolog
seanos, palably in December and Jenary, then a position to assert his dignity as his king's about Good roads, were being driven in the WY. Z trip is delightful and easily managed between prezentative. Ho art recommended to bis falspd where none were existing before, and * Hongbong Daily Frei Ofica, Jaunery, 1808
in every way, the prize in silver is now greatly below the equivalent of 25 shillings, at which it was originally paldishe It is published at the
Ofice of the Hunglang Daily Press.
through
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Cornhil
massacre, ma
L Bays also that unfortunately Chinn has
do anti-foreign outrages continue to occur
with painful frequency, but the natives thomediyes live in a state of courtant In-
prisonery for trial at the Chimthat Bersion Mano, 27th January, 1974