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FOR 1900.
and approved of locally with some slight sl| REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S REPORT terations. The for the piled foundations for the work was lat in July, and good progress were prepared Ically, a satisfactory contract has since been made.
Governor's Pouk Residenca. The plans for this building, which promises to be the largest and handsomest building at the Peak, were prepared by Messrs. Falmer and Turner. The
The Report of the Hon. J. H. Sto wart Lock hart, Registrar General, for the yoar 1900 le published in the Gazette. We make the follow. ing, extracts
The
Watkins Limited.—It seems incomprehensible that the stack of n concern, which Lnt lately paid
twelve por A dividend of cont. should be so utterly aud entirely meglected;
∙is further and when it considered how extremely fortunate this com pany is in porassing so energetic a manager,
ÉEVENUE AND EXPENDITURE. who, in the furtherance of its interests, is quick site and approach roads had been formanded to $132,729,63 as against $135,248.65 collected revenue collected during the year uniount- to take advantage when the opportunity pre under special votes at a cost of $5.575.46. A in 1999. The decrease of $4,4063,2 is again chief. seats itself, as witziom his several trips to Tien for 897.715.69 and fair progress was made heading of Certificates of Llentity issued to contract for the building was let to Mr. Sangly due to the falling off of receipts under the toia, doubtless at great porsonal inconvenience, with the work during the year. The kitchens Chinese proceeding to the United States of to be first in the market as soon as the trouble and servants' quarters were nearing completion America, &c," reasons for this decrease brcko out up North, it appears further and for when the typhoon of 10th November occurred, ars dealt with elsewhere. Arms Licences aro ther boyoud mo's comprehension, Truly, in and, as the masonry of the walls was upset and now issued by the Police unilor Ordinanes 9 of vestors all over the world are hard to please. was done. The stone foundations of the main ander this head. There have been increases in the roof only partly fraased, considerable damage 1000, which accounts for the decrease of revonne The rute is weak at par.
building were wall advanced before the clure respect of most of the other items of revenue, of the year, and the woodwork of the doors and the Markets necounting for the largest, viz., windows was in course of preparation.
82454.9 The expenditure daing the year was 812,219.09 as compared with $13,090.15 in 18
Mining-Exopt a rise in Paujoms, which Izve gone up from 8 to 85, there is no change Lo'be noted in shares under this head."
EGA.
THE PUBLIC WORKS REPORT FOR 1900.
.:
From the long and exhaustive report of tho Dinvetor of Public Works for 1000, is published in the Guzelte, we take the following extracts -- WORK UNDER THE BUILDING ORDINANCE.
Privato buildings have beon going up very rapidly both in Hongkong and in British How loon, there was probably never such activity in the building trade before, and this in spite of grostly enhanced prices of all interials and of woges. Many now and handsous-housses de- signed for European occupation have been completed on MacDonnell Road and elsewhere,
as the wealthier Chinese now purchase and occupy such houses, and are willing to pay snortnons prices for them, the scarcity of houses for Europeans increases and rents still go ap
Large Blocks of land, Iave been sold with the express condition that only European houses should be erectel hoteon, and a rory great namber of such Wildings were completed and came into use in 1900, while others in the Happy Valley are nouring completion. But there is no law by which such buildings can be reserved for European occupation, so tão relief i reais is not felt
THE WATER SUPPLY OF THE COLONY.
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Gaol Extension new wing containing 78 separate cells was completed during the year, but could not be used owing to the non-arrival from England of the special gael locks, dored. They have since been received The upper yard was surfaced with conerate and cavered in The total expenditure under this heating in the your was N18,959.06.
The
RUSSIA AND MANCHURIA.
The Globe in its leading article of the 2nd uit. writes:-
Tho
boreolf, and that liar hitherto triumphant diplo
It looks as if Russia had' at last over-reached. nacy had met with a decided check. Times correspondent aptly compared the post- Treaty of an Stefano. In each case a com tion at Poking to-day with that created by the bination among the Powers whose interests are over which for the moment hor grasp had closed, threatened has compelled her to abandon a pray It is perhaps proniature to agree with the cor- respondent's contention that the factors with less formidable than those which cosfronted which Russia has now to reckon are scaresly.
tormany, as declared in the Reichstag and her ou the Bosphorna in 1878. The policy of elsewhere, shows an almost feverish anxiety to dieclair hostility towards Russia, or any with, to
to thwart her aims in Munchuris. But we shall be greatly murprised if German pres. sure has not been silently exerted on the side of the protesting Poor with regard to the The revenus derived from interest and sub-abortivo Convention. Matters are not yet scriptions amounted to 86.515.10, while the sufficiently developed to attempt a forecast of exponditate was 81.74. The various guilds, the Immediate future, let it seems probable which so goneronsly came forward to the assis that Bussin will be compelled to submit her tance of the Society in 1890 continued their demands to the Concert of the Powers, retain amounted to $5,465.10 as compared with temporary military occupation without formal sapport daring the year, and the subscriptions her hold on Maluria as a mere matter of 84,006.30 in 1999 and $1,835,95 in 1599, show- Chinese sauction, or retire altogether. The ing an increase in two years of $8.08.05. latter coatingningy is to a high degree unlikely and Girls Amendment Ordinates the manther and her prestige lus received a blow similar to to the operation of the now." Women but in ate avent her position has been weakened of women and girls detainel by the Registrar.thors she les more than one of recent years General increased considerably, and the decom. inflicted upon Great Britain.
OxiDre
PO LEUNG KUK.
dred and ninety-eight women and girls wero Hongkong. Two hun- detained under Part II of Ordinance of 1807 as compared with 248
3800.
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BAILWAYS IN BURMA.
respondent of the Times, it was decided by tho Several years ago. writes the Reagoon cor Secretary of State for India that the best rate for a railway to China through British territory. constructed in Burmo, was from near Mandalay haring regard to this lines that had already been
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Ferry, on the Salween river, close to the Chines
a north-easterly direction to the Kunlong
Tha completion of the Sektsik Viaduct. frontier and about 200 miles from Mandaluy miles from Myahang. the junction, close to and before long the line will be open to Thi Mandalay, has male rapid oxtousion possible, baw, the principal towar in the northern Shan Btutos, 12 miles from Mandalay, if not to As far as Inshu there will probably be an Lasho, a cantra of some little 'Stuportance east. roally increasing frathe; but it is doubtful if proved a very expensive no-the 39 miles even this part of the oxtension, which has from Myohanng to 3layage costing over forty generation enough to pay its working expenses, lakhs of rupees-will osen within the From Laste to Kuntong Perry there is little passengers or in goods; so there upperss no bops of any appreciable rafie, either
taking like the should extend the line further than Thibaw or to be no reason why a commercial under
Lasho, nulers, indeed, it can be shown that the Barca Railways Company
trule of that portion of Yunnau which would be tapped" by a line from Kunlong to Shun ving and Talita is sufficient to hold out a fair
recent reports of our Consular officers, and iR YOU veci.
from the very able report on the trade possibili So far as cau be judged from the
ties of Southern China written by Mr. F. 8. Homene for the Blackbaru Chamber of Com merce, railway inth Yunnan from the Shaa Third it is that the Burma Railways Company States would not pay for many years to come has of lute directed its energies into other chun R
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loading through the heart of the New Territory, Taipe Road-This important trunk road, and eventually to be carried on to Sancheu on the 41 of the Annual Report for 1830. Early in Northern boundary, is described in paragraph the road was completed to the ninth mile from from Kowloon Forry Flor, a poiat a little beyond Taiwai village. Here the first stream of any importance, vno draining the southernmodation of the Institution was strained to the and sustora slopes of the Tai-mo-shon rouge, utmost. Fifty-ston giris of whom 17 were has to be crossed. After an omminution of the eventually found again, were report to the river and food marks, and consulting the Society is missing
ohlost in habitants" of Taiwai, the decision to leave 90 feet of waterway mid to make the platform of the bridge feet above the bol of the stream was arrived at. One spar of 00 foot would have been provided, for
SMIGRATION Nine thousand wine hundred and forty-three but for the difficulties of transport of heavy fouls passuagora and boys worn exesibel at iron work, and, as good stone was fairly the Emigration Office in 1950, as comparsa plentiful in the vicinity, it was decided to build with 6,307 in 1899. Of this number, 66 women two piers in the river bed, and have were detained for enquiries, 67 of whom wers three spans of 90 feet clear, bridged by roll-found to have bon persuaded to go abrowl al steei joists and a concrete platform. foundations for both abutments and piers have been made to restore them to their The under fake proteners. The usual arrangements were formed of sement concrete in mass, relatives and friends. Emigration to the resting on hard The incessity for further storage in Hong-river-bed. The masonry was completed in
gravel
six fost below the Straits Settlements was suspended for two of kong again became apparent by the necessity 1900, and the iron work shipped from London plagno in this Colony With regard to the the summer months during the presalater of which arust on the fat May of putting this sarly in December. The contractor win had paragraph in tay last year's report respecting city on an intermittent supply, which, how constructed the roul to the ninth raile, vaas s ever, owing to the timely commencement of exorbitant in his demands for the next section boys who come from the King Shan district the large number of kidnapped women and the rains, only had to be continued for 13 days that no teras could be made with him, and after of Kwangtung, I regret to say that it has Wongusicheong reservoir, hobling: 33,00,000 trallons, wax completed in 1890, and the full the progress during the year foll far short of emigrants to be examined by the Custous much delay a new contractor was found, but
not been found possible to arrange for intending envilt of it was obtained for the last dry that made in 1999, and of what was hoped for.authorities at the port of Hoilos. eason. The rainfall of 1809 had only reached The tenth and eleventh miles are perfectly level, 2.71 inches, or 1629 inches below the average, and for the most part run on embankments
CHINESE LABOUR IN BRITISH NORTH BOENKO, and 1900 was again short, only cenching 73.71 olose along the seashore, the slope on the sea he paid to Chinese coolies proceeding to En- The question of the amount of the advance to inches. It has been decided to proceed with side being pitched with stone isid in mortar glish North Burues to work on the tea and the construction of three more reservoirs in the and jointed in cement. Two more bridges tobacco plantation has boon raised during the Tytam Valley, and one will be commenced in acenr in this section, one of 30 feet span and on year. Coolies had frequently complained that 1901. The transfer of Mr. Crook to Gibraltar of 10 fest spaul. In both cases covent concrets they received only So out of a nominal advance and the delay in Bling up the vacancy caused in mass was used for foundations, sand extend of St, the balance being dednated by the con Home delay in starting these works. These
ing to a great depth below the surface. After tractor to cover the expense of bringing the reservoirs are estimated to contain 70,000,000, reaching the large village of Fo-tan. it was labourers to their destination. Negotiations are 4000,000 and 20,000,000 gallons respectively, decided to curry the road on a caasoway direct proceeding with the British North Borneo Go. prospect of a return on the enormous outlay and no doubt in a wet year all will Bill and thus across thy buy a distance of 1,749 foot, rather verument, with a view to rorising the present 330,000,000 gallon will be held up in Tytum than hug the coastline and so make a long de forms of contract, and placing the whole system Valley alone, Two of them fill at the expeuse tour. This proved a somewhat difficult work, on a more satisfactory footing. The rest of Tytan, that is, they are in the same water- As the tides topped the ombankment daily, and the trouble appears to be the impossibility of and above it. It is also intended to raise a good deal of material deposited got wasted obtaining respectable inen as recruiters, owing Pokfulam two fest, which will add 4,000,000 away. The canway was so far advanced in to the fact that emigration from China is still gullons to the supply.
December that the flow of sea water was stopp-not recognized by Government and that all The
extension of building on the higher ed except through the opening of 100 foot levels of the city rendered it noussury to con- felt at the Western sind." This opening will be pergols connected with emigration are held in struct a new service reservoir, to replace that bridged by a timber bridge of five spaus on piles CERTIFICATES OF IDENTITY TO CHINESE EN
very low esteem, to the south of Bolilios Terrace. This new The eleventh mile ends near the centre of this reservoir was completed at the end of the year, causeway. at a cost of $5,44003, and now supplies all the now houses on the Pokfulam Conduit Road, besides affording greater pressure for Belilios Terrace and the Robinson Road houses. It is led by the Arbuthnot Road motor, and a new main of larger dimensions has been laid con. meeting them. Another now service reservoir, to be filled from the Bowen Road Aitor bad and
reservoir, is required above the site of the Military Hospital and was commenced before the end of the year. A hydraulic moter is being fixed at Bowen Road, to pump up water to this reservoir, as well us to a third uw reservoir to be built on the summit of Mount Gought
Owing to the large and permanent increase in the population at the Peck, the supply in the summer months was maintained with noch difficulty, and not without more than one break- down. The engins house at Bonham Road was enlarged daring the year, and a new nat much larger boiler fitted up. Stops have been taken and the necessary materials obtained from England to dupliate the rising main from Bonham Road to Victoria Puak, but the Peak supply will be in a somewhat precarious and unsatisfactory stals, until the Mount Gough reservoir is completed, and filled from Bowen Itoad motor.
In Kowloon, during the summer, there was much complaint regarding the water supply and not without reason, owing to irregularity and occasional total stoppage in some localitis This was not due to want of water, but to various other causes the chief being the quanti ties of sand which were carried down from the valleys ly the rain storm of June to the pump ing engines causing great wear sad damage to the machinery. The pumps were also in need of a complete overhaul, work which has been nudertaken with satisfactory results:
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It is, however, now certain that in a few years Kowloen will have plentiful supply of good water without any jumping, from a reservoir to the north of the bills bounding the barlon. 5 miles from Trim Shs Tani below tu ney road leading to Taipo Here un excellent site has Lems found for a large reservoir, intercept ing several perennial streams, and having draining aren of 517 acre A masonry dam is being designed which will eventually be 100 fest high, or equal is the main dan at lytam. It will impound 319,000,000 gallons of water with a tep level of 450 feet above ordnença datum, thus allowing ample head after station and to command the highest part of British Kowloon as well as Kowloon City, Sam Shaipo und ether places in New Kowloon still depend-
ent on wells. I he completion of the work will be
a great boon to Kowloon in many ways, and
Taipo has buen completed, and a footpath opened The trace for the extension of the road on to along the same, which seems to be a good deal used, as it only risos 300 feet above sea-level, while the old path by which the telephone line rune crosses a gap 1,000 feet abuse the sea level.
Pier in Deep Water, Taipo.-This is rather
completed and the Shan Hills line is being nels; the Gokteik Viadact, it is true, has been onstructed for half its originally proposed
of the Atbara bridge had been entrusted to When it became known that the construction American contractors, British bridge-builders more formidable and more castly task than the complained The Gokteik. Viaduct was a munch Atbara bridge, there being more steel in the
board when the contract was given to the Fhil central tower alone of the former than in the whole of the latter, yet by few protests were cdelphia Steel Company. The plain fact is that the British pontractors were not in it. The American firm tendered at 2) best English tender was nearly twice as me. The American firm engaged to complete the work ton; flee
in half the time asked in the most favourable
British tender. Of course the Americans secured the contract, just at about the saus time another American firm secured the com treets for 80 locomotives for Indian
allways.
TERING THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Ke. The rereque derived under this head was ing a decrease of 98,675. Considerable incon-railways joining the ports of Bassein and Moul $11.100 as compared with $17,175 in 1800, it; but frontier and trans-frontier railway venience had been experienced in examining mein with Rangoon are under way, the former projects appear to have been dropped, while applicants for certificates owing to there being being within weasurable distance of completion no satisfactory definition of the ternismer and the latter ander survey; both these lines chant" and student. The whole question will certainly prove remunerative to the com year, and in July last an opinion of the Soliciter was thoroughly gone into in the spring of last pony and advantageons to the public. a misleading title for this work, which consists to the Treasury was obtained from the United in connecting an island up to which deep States Government, whicle contained an x- water extends and on which a small pior exhaustiva diluition of the two words. The re- isted, by a caumway, across a shallow tidal flat, sult of this communication has been that appli- with the hills on which the police station and cations from members of the so-called Bor the official quarters, e., stand. A contruct April, and provided for cause four foctordingly. Further precautions instituted amounting to 84.887.70 was let for this words chant" else have practically ceased and the revenus derived from this source has suffered wide on the top, the sea-face pitched will stone. by this Department, to preclude attempts at The work who well advanced was twice par fcand, have also undoubtedly hail the effect of tially destroyed storms and consequently reducing the number of applicar for carti progress has be very slow. It was also ficates. 20 cortificates were issued to Chinose found necessary to pitch the inside slope of proceeding to Manila and Honolul. Of this embankment as the action of the tides number, were for Marils, and the reminder and rain constantly destroyed the banks. for Houofuln. This is now being done. It will be alisable the causeway can be widened al considerally to carry the Taipo Road along this a hon strengthened. The pier from the Island was totally destroyed by gates during 19.4), and a feet of water will have to be constructed later permanent iron or stone pier raunir into nine
Survey of the Now Torsitory.-Mr. Tate, the officer in charge of this work, reports that galato and that the stations established in the an area of 1,000 square miles has been trina New Territory for this purpose are being marked in order to preserve thou.
Fraya Reclamation,Owing to scarcity of labour, and the starting of the Naval Yard extension works, and the reclamation and the Praga reclamation during the year has not Dock works at Quarry Bay, the progress on been very satisfactory. However, good and useful work has been done, sections 4 and 5 from Wing We Street, to the oud of Wing ok Street where the Nam Pak Houg Pier stood, are anamelacod. Building opentions on the have come into full use, although the roadways reclaimed land are in active progress and the draining and newering of the land has been completed, as well as the laying of gas maius. erection of street lamps, &c, te,
on,
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Enlargements.
FIFTY-TWO SHORT COMPLETE STORIES
FOR 1901.
THERE are now appearing weekly in the THERE
SHORT STORIES written by the loading
Novelists..
Each story is copyrighted and is hom. plete in two teekly Instalments. The following is the list of the Story Writers:-
A ON & CO., of which 20 are most work in Burma, prin- PHOTOGRAPHERS AND PORTRAIT HONGKONG DAILY PRESS a Serios of The Viper has been taken over by the Adipally on the extremely heavy gradients (one and a third boat on the turbine principle is ore giving every satisfaction to officials who 39A, TOP FLOOR, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL... miralty: the Court is ready to be taken over; in on the Maymyo line; and I believe they All kinds of Oil Paintings and Photographic
PAINTERS. heing built by Mesara, Hawthorn, Lolie, and would such prefer to be able to place their cou- constructed by the Parsons Turbine Com-rails, too, are being imported into fangoon Ce, to receive engines that have already been trarts with British manufacturers. built to order there is very little doubt that she and steel manufacturers have received from: the pany; hat although this vessel is uot bolag and it is not too much to will be acquired by the Admiralty. For the railways of this province alone in lass than two that Americau iren
of experiments with the Viper in order to ascer present it is proposed to carry out a long series
years a sum of £125,000, of which over £80,000 Inin what aro her maximum capabilities, and
is on account of the Gokteik Vindnet. not until then will a tal decision he come to proposed to attach a turbine boat to each of the with regard to the third boat. Ultimately it is three instructional flotillas, and we why then hope to acquire still further knowledge as to their adaptability to test work. In the mean- time if the tarbine principle is ever to become ing the coal consumption and incressing the general, as will have to be found for retine tactical mobility of the vessels.
THE TRADE OF BANGKOK. The statistics of the itaport and export trade of Bangkok show the following totals for the past six years:-
1895
ន
1896
$
1307 X
The Matrichi prblishes a telegram front Tokyo stating that the main office of the Yun- Imports.....10.394,513 21.044,328 24,858,671 man Byndicate is in London sud a mujerity of Exports 25,280,398 30,362,012 32,032,30 the absivholders are British. It is called the
will no doubt enhase the value of property Yunnan Syndicate, Ltd. The parties concern. greatly. At the same time the valleys Lowreed in the loan affair declare that it has
served for the presst water supply will be available for sale, and good building sites Both for Europeans and Chinese will be opened an by the construction of croes roads between Hunghem and Yannaty, and similar reads tre Versing
peninsula from east to west It is not unreasonable to suppose that before many years British Kowhen will rival Victoria in population and trade! With this an view brand
the
political significance whatever. Mr. Hasushi, Japanese Minister to Beon is said to admit leis
Total
1899
1908
3
$
$
There is nothing reburkable in the design of
in which the railway line is laid right on top. the bridge spanning the Gokteik gorge. It is what is known as a deck viadut-that is, one
120ft, each, seven spaus of 60ft. rash, and 10 Total length is 2.250ft,, made up of ten ways of
gorge greatly assisted the work, for the central pans of 40ft. A natural bridge across the
bridge, which is 500ft. above the water. From Lower, 320ft. high, springs from the natural the raile there is. therefore, su almost por-
Opposite to Chan J. Gaopp & Co. Hongkong, 20th March, 1901.
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pendicular drop of 820 feet. The work on the RURAL BUILDING LOT 103, Banzra bridge was started on 1st February last. when the first shipment of steel from America arrived, and it was completed on 6th December, that is, in a few days over ten months. Thirty American mechanics were engaged and, as there is practically no local labour available, Caleuxta, and Rangoon, half of this number 950 natives of India were recruited in Bombay. boing skilled labourers and the other half coolies. A traveller," with an overhang of 160,
that is, ..44,065,111 $1,407,240 56,890,4614 ft. greater than the longest span, was erected on the approuch, the first span was lifted into 1898
was then erected, and so on to the 33rd and last its place and compl tod; the traveller" moved ita base to the first tower, and the second spa pan. From the day the work was started thers was no serious hitch, everything worked sanooth- ly, and the gigantic task is now completed, re- and their representative on the spot, Mr. J. Turk. Those who believe in the commercial fecting the greatest cralit on the contractors
necesity of constructing a railway into Yun- ano, and fear that the single motre gauge will now being laid beyond the Gokteik gorge Western China, will like to hear that the be guits
inadequate for the traffic to and from
expansion, for while the girders have been riadnet has been built with a regard to future made for single line only, the towers, that is, the really heavy work of the bridge, have been constructed to carry a double line.
inability to find any ground for & protest. Imports.....27,801,913 26,316,801 26,402,398 Another Tokyo telegram says-Various - Exports 36,430,051 33,559,888 54,786,395 ports are current regarding the Corean loan affair but it is clear that Russia and France are mixed up with it. It is reported that the
Total ......63,792,364 59,976,189 59,223,701 amount contracted for by the Yunnar Syndi From these figures it will be seen that though este is ten million yen, the amount mentioned the big advance of 1893 las not been maintain
and straight roads are being, and theold confire million yen--being the irst contrait only od the trade of the port cannot be regarded us
and recreation grounds reserved.
& out, and open spaces for parks The Corian Government will straighten out in any way declining. These figures include
its financial affairs with this loan, and the the coasting trade. Bocond lot will be delivered in September next. other industrise. when it will be spent in developing mining and
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The Corean Government has replied officially to Mr. Hayashi, Japanese Minister to Seoul, refusing to grant the application regarding wireless telegraph stations and cables.
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