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No fresh plague oɔson or deaths were reported dering the 24 hours ending at noon yesterday.
On Monday night H.M.8. Daphne want out for practice and H.M.S. Firebrand left for
Canton.
Mr. A. Hokie, H, M. Consul at Newchwung, bft Shaughai for his post by the Canton on the morning of the 11th just.
H.M. a'oop Mutine, which is be out to the Chiua Station, has recantly boon complete by Messers, Laird, Sho is of 93 tons displacement and 1,400 hp. Slo carries six 4-in. Q.F. and four 3-pr. gnas, has a speed of 13.25 krots, and bor complement is 130 ms.
To provide means of bringing home a large portion of its Expeditionary Corps in China, the French Govormuont Inst month chartered tho Adorn, Sinué, Gundṣlyažų“, Alezadro 111. Saint Pierre. Mamilin, Gell, Chalaz, and another vessel, belonging to variom Trench
The new Commander-in-chief of the British forces in Shanghai having expressed a desire to inspect the Volunteers, that sirpa musters navigation' companios, on the Race-conreu, Sianghai, to-day.
the currying forward of about 51,475,003.
Countess von Walder400 last month received telugram From her bushand, which concluded with tho words:-đu yaoir, and of July,"
tako the waters at Homburg, in the Taunus Finance Minister, to Manchurio, Muntains, immediately after his reburu Germany.
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THE CRISIS IN CHINA.
SHANGHAI, 16th Julg, 5.15 p.m.
PRINCE CHUN IN SHANGHAI-
GREAT NATIVE RECEPTION.
Prince Chin landed in Shanghai to«lay and procceded in a chain, escorted by
soldiers, through two miles of the British Settlement to the Tacki's foreign house in Bubbling Woll Road. The Prince is very sinall, and slight, pale and intelligent in face, with perfect manners, The streets
POLICE COURT.
Tuesday,
10th July.
متعب
BEFORE MR. HAZELAND,
INFRINGING THE ARMS, ORDINANCE.
ALLEGED DEERGO OF QUARANTINE
REG, LATIONS.
C. W. Rason, master of the British steamer Lantband, was charged with breach of quarantine regulations, in that he entered, tha furhonr of the colony with a plagus case aboard, without bolating the quarantine Bag, and failed to anchor at the quantizo station.
Mr. Bowley, Crown Solleitor, prossented, und Mr. Master, of Messrs. Johnson, Stokes and Mastor, dofended.
Mogsrs. Siamese & Co. were charged on three separate summonses with infringing Arms Ordinano No. 15 of 190) by furnishing case was adjourns till further notice.. the taptain Baperintendent of Police with an incorrect return of arms in their possession for the year ending April 30, 1961.
Several witnesses were oxamined and the
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Mr. Badeley, Doputy Superintendout of Police, prosecuted, and Mr. Hastings, of Mesars. Deacon and Hastings, appeared for the defonce, Mr. Pakkam, godown superintendent, of the
Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown | Co, Ltd., was the first witness called.
Mr. Badeley-Do you know anything about arms being stored in your godowns from the
Witness-There wore 125 cases stored,
Mr Badeley-You know they contained arma?
wineas--I did not know. The manifest was in German, nunccompanied by a translation.
only took note of marks.
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A court of inquiry opened last mouth at We learn that, subject to andit, the Direc-Portsmonth into the breakdown of the steering tors of this Hongkong and Shanghai Banking gear of the Creasy. It was feared that the ship The Corporation will recommend at the forthcom-would be detained some six weeks. ing menting a dividend of £1 Dk. per share: accident is exceptionally unfortunate, as the Dinner Wine, Green Seal Capsule $10,80 Í the addition of $750,000 to Reserve Fund; and Admiralty were suxions to send this new type mounted Municipal Sikh Police and Chines/stener Freiburg.on 1st Junis. 1000?
af cruiser to the China Station. It is said that someone trumpered with the steering gear, but whether maliciously or otherwise is pot stated. | Preparations were last month being made The Field Marshal has intimated that he will for the journey of M. Witte, the Russian #. Witte, to was to begin his travels in July, prodling the political atmosphere ky ps clear and no difficul ties arise in the realms of finance. Plek journey In order to study Chinese customs and those has several objects. Among them are the of Eastern Asia, Dr. Barthold. I for, who ioxamination of the Siberian railway, and the erected with the Museum of Natural History settlement of questions of an industrial and al Now. York, will leave soon for Peking, commercial nature where he will enter a Baddhist temple and live for year. He is a good linguist and speaks and writes Chinese easily, but whether le will succeed in his desires remains to be seen.
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We guarantee our Wines and Spirits to be genuine only when bought direct from us in the Colony or from our authorised Agents at the Cast Ports,
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from Dr. The following statisties Albrecht Wirth's Die Entwicklung diens von Zen Allerten Zeiten bis zur Gegenwart (The Evolution of Asia from the Earliest Times to At the Commencoinont. Day ceremonies of the Present Day)--Asia comprises altogether Columbia Uúversity on the 12th alt, Mr.44 million square kilometros. Of this, Russia Seth Low, the president, announced that a swas 17 million square kilometres with 23 monymous benefactor had made a donation of million soule: China, exclusive of Manchuria, 120,000 to the University for the foundation of 10.2 million square kilometres with 30 to 400 adair for the study of the Chinese language, million souls; Great Britain 5.3 million square teraturo, and customs. Mr. Low, in nanoune kilometres with 297 million souls; Fanchuria ing that the chair would be established forth-912,000 square kilometres with G to 15 million with, pointed out, the growing importanch of Rols,
the intercourse hetween China and the United Slates.
In reply to a question from Mr. Patrick O'Brian on the 7th alt. as to why the Royal At the recent annual general meeting of the auction had been refused to an Act passed by German Colmial Asociation, held at Lübeck, the Queensland Legislature prohibiting the under the presidency of Duke Johann of. Mock-employment of Asiatics and other coloured lenburg-Schwerin, a resolution was passed to labourers in sugar-mille raccising financial help leg the Imperial Chancellor to consider the from the Government. Mr. Chamberlain said adrianbility of increasing the number of German His Majesty's Government have repronted to Consulates in the Yangtze Valley, and in the Queensland Government that the Bill in particular of establishing a Consulate at question is open to objection on grounds both Changking. During the discussion the value of principle and of policy; first, because it A. S. WATSON & CO, of the work done by Herr Knappe, the German embodies a disqualification based solely on place Consul General at Shanghai, was warmly of origin, and would therefore exclude British recognised.
subjects in India and elsewhere, not account. of any moral, educational, or physical deficiency, According to the report of the Army Medical but solely ou difference of race and colour; Department for 1899, which is mor than secondly, that it is offensive to Japan, a friendly wually belated, the ratios of sickness in China Power, inasmuch as it not only ozoludis natives were higher than in 1898, chiefly due to the of that country from employment, but also 1156 | tservass of admissions for mularial fevers, places there in the same category as Asiatics This is stated to be attributable to some extent generally, without any consideration king paid to the arrival of a regiment which suffered to their stats of civilisation.
verely while in Crete during the previous] mmmer. Plague was again epidemic among the civil population, but the troops anjoyed comparativo immunity, only two admissions sad ons death carurring.
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THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA.
LONDON, 15th July, 10 p.m.
GEN, BROADWOOD'S SUCCESS...-
STEYN'S NARROW ESCAPE.
It is officially stated that General Broad. wood'surprised Commandant Reitz, capturing Steyn's "Government" and his papers. Steyn himself escaped without his coat.
THE PRISONERS.
The Daily News correspondent says that twenty-nine prisoners were captured, includ ing two generals, a commandant, and Steyn's brother,
GENERAL NEWS.
LONDON, 15th July, 10 p.m.
PRESIDENT LOUBET'S SPEECH ON
14TH JULY.
At the celebration of the French national fete yesterday. President Loubet, congratu. lating the Army after a brilliant review at Longchamps, said that owing to their moral energy, their prudence, and their patriotism, the French troops in the Far East had earned the unanimous respect of foreigners.
REUTER'S SERVICE.
LONDON 13th July.
Mr. Badeley-They were stored in your godown? as ship's cargo, we had no instructions to store. Witness-Not stored. They were received Mr. Hastings-I beg your Worship will take hoto of this; it is vory esential. It was put into the gelen, but not stored.
Mr. Badeley-The cases came from the steaner Freiburg? WitnesYes.
Mr. Badeley By whose orders were they Witness-They were not stored-only held under order from Messrs. Siessen & Co., who were the agents of the ship. We could only eliver the class on order from Mossts. Siomasen & Co. The cargo was entirely under their control, and we could only act upon orders from Cofendant.
Cross-examined by Mr. Hastings, witness said that the stammer Freiburg belonged to the Norddeutscher Lloyd Co., of which Messrs. Sienasen & Co. are the agents. She came here disabled, having her propeller shaft broken Her wheel cargo had to be discharged. She had cargo for Shanghai, Tientsin and other northern pots; 125 cases were consigned to Tintain. Witness could not say whether the steamer not broken down. cases would have been landed at all had the
In reply to further questions by Mr Harting, witness admitted it was during the time of the troubles up north, and that they wine frightfully busy and everything in con fusion. He did not know where all the cargo was storeì.
Mr. Hastings-Do you know anything of over one thousand cases missing?
Witness-I know there were some missing,
Mr. Hastings-Did you know that the COMB were to have gone to Tientsin?
With e-Tes. We had instructions to that flect.
Mr, fastings hore read instructions to send all cargo for Shanghai, Tioutsin and northern posts by ss. Lyeemoon.
By the Court-Witness did not know when returns were made to Messrs. Siomasen and Co. He could not remember about what time he heard about the 125 cases not having been transhipped.
Mr. Badeley-Why was it, if the Kowloon Godown Ca, had no instructions to store the cases, that they were stored ?
Witares stated in answer that the cases should never have gone to the godown at all, but sheard the s.a. Iyeemoon. Putting them in the godown was a mistake.
Hie Worship said that evidently the storing of the cases was done it error; they were only intendo for transhipment. He asked Mr.
Padaloy if he wished to pross the charge,
Mr. Budeley said he had no desire to do so, understanding that the whole charge creat on a mistake. His Worship dismissed the first
SUINMODE,
The second summons being in relation to the first was also withdrawn.
The third summons was for storing thirty three cases of rides in the godown.
SUPREME COURT.
Tuesday, 16th July.
IN ORIGINAL JURISDICTION.
BEFORE HIS HONOUR A G. Wise (ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE).
COLLINS V. GIBSON.
The hearing of oridace was resumed. Mr. Francis continued his cross-examination of Mr. Gibson, the defendant The Acetylene Lump Company on one occasion did deal in bicycles-in April, 1899, bufors the defendant went home. The order for the goods was given by Mr A. F. Rausey, but was not contained in the firm's letter-book, the page being missing" for the goods, but defendant world not remem from the book. Mr. Ramsay paid by instalment her whether by cheque or otherwise, nor whether Mr. Ramsey received a receipt for the money. That money did not go into the defendant'a pocket, but was credited to the Acetylene Com- pany. The order for the bicycles was given, defendant thought, either in May or June, 1999
A shipping order was produced showing that: the goods were shipped from America on 10th April, 1899,
Mr. Francis-On 15th April Then why are you looking in the books for May and June for an order shipped on 19th April7
Defendunt--I was not sure when the order was given, but I thought it was in the spring of 1809.
Mr. Francia-Because you told alio-that is the reason.
Defendnat--I told no lle. I looked through the books because you tell me.
Continuing, the defendant mid he knew a was named Livingstone, & former schoolmaster, but had never had any communfention with him on behalf of Ramsey & Company. Living- stone was in partnership in a bicycle busines with one McKirdy down in Wanchas, and defendant on one occasion took his bicycle to him to be repaired.
Mr. Francis-Was that the only transaction you had with Livingstone
Defendant-Tea
Mr. Francis-You never wrote him a letter? Defendant No.
Mr. Francis Just look at that photo of this writing, and tell us if it is y ure.
Defendant (after examining the writing)- Yes, that's mine.
Mr. Francis-Than why did you say you never wrote to him? I suppor you thought we didn't have that photo?
Defendant-I did not think anything about it, Mr. Francis-Just listen whilst i read the letter" Dear Livingstone--I find we have no one-inch tubing, only one-and-alf, and of two sizes, namely, Winches and 21 inches, so try and do the best you can with that. I will try and call round on Monday and ass how you are getting along.-Yeurs truly, E. F. GIBSON." Is that solely connected with the repairs to your own bicycle?
Defendant. Yes.
Mr. Francis And who are the peopla→ 1 find we have, no one-inch tubing *T
whom does "we" refer ?
Defendant- I was in partnership then with young Mr. Lysaught
is
Mr. Francis-And the "we" referred to there yourself and young Mr. Lysaught? Defendant-Fes.
Coming to the matter of the assistance he had given Mrs. Ramsey in looking after the eyele basiness during her busband's absence from the colony, defendant sold it consisted only of advics, and he had never anything to do with the actual conduct of the business. De fondant knew a Gardner Williams in Swatow, Mr. Pakkam, questioned by Mr. Badoloy, but he had never offered to sell him his sharer stated, that on 16th July, he received thirty in Ramsey & Company. Neither had one three cases, thirty-two marked "8" with a Mallory, in Hongkong, offered to buy thom diamond, the other one "A. K. & Co." There shares. Defendent did not put 82,016 in the were altogether 113 ques of various marks business of Ramsey & Company, and Ra They were stored as merchandise for Tiontein sey had not offered to buy him cut. Further in No. 37 Gedown. He did not know that the thirty-three cases contained arms. by the police?
Kr. Baddey Were any of the cases soixed Witness-Yo, 32 of the before-mentioned
A MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR.
More than a month ago Messrs. Jehsen & Co., of this colony, despatches, under command of Captain Koch, the steamianach Kautschau The äxtures in connection with the Hongkong to Tsingtao. The launch had been purchased a period of Water Polo Challonge Shield have just been by Messra. Jebsen & Co. for the Kisochan twenty-four hours without a single case of published, and are as follows:-First round Lighter Co., and was to be used for towing plague or a death therefrom will be hailed with 25th July: R.W.F. (Right) r. V.R.C. "B" purposes. She had 3,000 tons of coal aboard, general feeling of relief by every resideat in to; others drew byos. Second round-26th 800 tons of water, and a crew of eight Chinese. Hongkong. It would be premature, perhaps, 8th August: R.W.F. (Loft) v. B.A. 25th Co. arrive at Kisochan, nor could any tidings of July V.R.C. "A" team v HMS. Janus ;! A month passed, and the launch failed to to say that this year's attack is ended, but R.D.; 9th August: V.R.C. "C" tean v. Rita whereabouts be gleaned. On the ith inst at any rate the disease in its epidemic form 5th Co., S.D.: 10th August: R.A. 38th Co. the .s. Daigi Maru brought two Chiasse, one has died completely away. Last year two SD, winners of the first round. All matches an engineer, the other a seaman, to Hongkong. must be played at the V.R.C., Kowloon, and They were apparently the only survivors of fatal cases occurred at the end of November, will commence on each day at 5.45 p.m., sharp the missing launch, which, according to the while in the previous month there were
A Chinese thief took a particular fancy to rescued men's story, was lost by fire tiree miles thirteen cases and an equal number of ouse No. Ite, Wellington Street, which leff Dod Island Lighthouse, Captain Koch and deaths, and in the July-September quarter undergoing repairs, and for several evenings the other six men being in all probability both caste and disthu were over 300,. We may | paid the inmates visite while they were down-
The survivors' story, while oloaring up a reasonably therefore congratulate ourselves stairs at their meal, walking away with various
articles such as bedding, etc., and even some of certainty as to the fate of the launch envelopa that we seem this year to have passed the bamboes comprising the scaffolding around of them states that, about 9 p.m. on Sunday.
the disaster in yet a deeper mystery. through our troubles much more rapidly the bease. But on Monday night he was the 30th alt, he heard cries of "Fire." He The intensity of the attack has been nearly detected by the owner of the house in the act at once ran on deck and found a ferve fra Airship have been carried out in France. The cases were only stored for transhipment, the
of carrying off some other things. The owner maging in a compartment filled with cool as gave the alarm, and the thief in his haste te engine oil. How the fire broke out he did not escape foil and severely hart his ankle. He had know. It was probable that the lamp lauging to be carried to the hospital, attended by a con-up above the coal exploded and so set fra to coal stable,
and oil.
drowned.
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double this year what it was last. At noon of the 16th July last year the cases for the year had just pureed 900, while the deaths were over 840. This year the record stands at 1,562 cases and 1.489 deaths. During
A Calenita teingram of the 28th ult, saya
The captain at once ordered water to be the week which ended on the 14th July. Under instructions from Government the thrown on the blazing mase, but without avail. 1900, there were 57 cases and 58 denths, Marine authorities in Calcutta bare chartered Finding all efforts to extinguish the conflag Last week there were 26 cases and 21 yet another transport, the Kaifong, to proceed nation useless, he as ours stored at full steam to Hongkong to bring back troops. She will be directly for the coast. Things went a without deaths, As, moreover, the past three fitted up as a trooper for cavalry" Simiany visible change for Efteen minnies, when weeks' record together amounts to 135 despatches give the following dates for the it was found impossible to stear any longer, the and 127 death; it will readily be seen
Indian troops having Hongkong this month: boat being so great that no one could stand at -The Sumatra with a detachment of the 16th the wheel. The captain and four mon were with how much greater fury this year's Bengal Cavalry and Miscellaneous Head-standing at the bow, the rest of the our at the epidemic has raged than in 1900. The total Quartern Staff on the 20th; the Glengyle with stern. The fire being amidships, it was im figures for last year reached 1,092 cases and the 20th Bengal Infantry, the Malerkotla possible for the two parties to unite About Sappers and Staff of the 3rd Brigade on the three miles off Dod Island Lighthouse the 1,034 deaths, the mortality therefore being th, and the Nevus with No. 4 Co. Bengal captain jumped overboard and the mes followed considerably higher than it is this year-afappers and No. 2 Co. Bombay Sappers on the him. As the life-belts wore amidship they were fet which is accounted for by the larger | Ust July,
unable to obtain say.
The two survivors saw nothing more of number of non-Chinese attacked this year.
The almost entire immunity of the Chinese the captain or the rest of the crew, in Cape Colony from plague is astonishing. though they saw the launch go down. They
In 1900 only 28 cases and 15 deaths were
THE STATES AND JAPAN'S INDEMNITY.
Mr. Hay, United States Secretary of State, has instructed Mr. Rockhill, Commissioner at Peking, to support Japan's application for an enlargement of her indemnity from China.
A FRENCH AIRSHIP. Successful experiments with a navigable
vessel, starting from St. Cloud, rounded the
Eiffel Tower and returned to 8t Cloud.
LONDON, 14th July.
RUSSIA AND BULGARIA.
There is no comment on the lengthy visit of the Revesisu squadron to Varna with the
Grand Duke Alexander on board.
CRICKET-ETON V. HABROW. Harrow defestei Eton by ten wickets.
GENTLEMEN V. PLAYERS.
At the Oral, the Players defeated the Gentlemen by ten wickets.
Abel noored 247.
LONDON, 14th July,
"ORANGE RIVER GOVERNMENT " CAPTURED.
than that, the defendant had had no legal transactions with Ramsey & Company through Messrs. Deacon & Hastings, solicitors, during the past twelve months.
Re-examined by Mr. Robinson, defendant marks.
said Gardner Williams was chief clerk to The remainder of the 113 cases was shipped Mesars. Batterfield & Swite in Bwatow. to other ports. Witness did not know if ther With regard to the stall in the Hongkong had an export permit. All cases were held Hotel defendant waz, positiva that the under orders of Messrs, Siamesen & Co.
Acetylene Lamp Company did not deal in issued and no rents or charges paid. As the previous to his departure for
By the Court-Ne godowa warrants were bicycles during the time he was in the colony,
Bagland Before leaving the box, the defendant, addross- прох delivery. charge world be collected
ing bis Lordship on the matter of the bicycle By Mr. Hastings-Charterers of the steamer goods order d for the Aestylene Lamp Com- Ees, which brought the cases, were the Hambargany by Mr. Ramsey, said In justice to American Line, of which Siemssen & Co. were myself and to protect my character, I wish to then the agenta. The steamer belonged to explain that the cheque jayable for those goods Mr. Jebsen at Hamburg. The cases were stored as sigued by the partners in the firm as well prior to transhipment to Tientsin,
As by myself. Sergt. Watt, Arms Ordinance officer, depos The next witness wa Ms. Rammy, whi at to having seiset the thirty-three cases of was afterwards cross-examined by Mr. Francis. rifles, and risted that Messrs. Biemmon & Co. The ran the name of the o«cle business had a license to import and deal in arms, and to owned by her husband was changed from store the same in certain godowns enumerated a F. Eamsey to A. P. Ramsey & Com in the license, but not where the rides had been pany was because the latter designation stored.
sounded better. Wimosa's husband Mr. Hastings, addressing the court, said, that the
company.
The capital of 82,000 was what his Worship had to consider was whether obtained partly in loans and partly by what his chients could, as mere agents of a steamship Mr. Ramsey himself had in the way of savings. company looking after transhipment of goods, The remainder of the capital was made up in be ahaidered in the light of importers or stock. dealere, as the Arms Ordinance provided. In
Mr. H. Haynes, maunger of the Hongkong
| Hotel, gare evidence: relative to the letting of
mo Reuse whatever could they are the stall in the corridor of the hotel to the
declara, etc., for having received for cient, on behalf of the shipping firm which they Acetylene Light Company, represented in this Colony, some cases of rifles/ Mr. Robinson asked Bit Lordship to adjotun Why not call the Hamburg American Line the case to permit of the attendance of Mr. the importers, or the owner of the chartered Ramsey when his ship arrived. Dr. Hartigan, steamor Ben? It was certainly a great stretch Mr. Robinson said, had a boon sulipened. of language to say the owner of a stemmer was The hearing was adjourned sino die. az importer, because his boat carried the goods ordered by some one else. The real Importers
Tientsin whom the
ander
guns
An officer returned from Boath Africa telk.
General Broadwood's brigale surprised the among the non-Chinese. This year there The following is the last report to hand by the were pleked up by a junk, and laur trans. Boars under Commandent Reitz, capturing the were the person the man, and valg point than emusing story of Lord Kitchenst. The
were consiguel. have been 28 cases and deaths ameno il:-Plague report for week ending &th ferred to the Paigi Maru. After turning so-called Orango River Government, including the circumstances brought out during the bed in a farmhouse, two other beds in the to devida was, were the defendants, Commander-in-Chief was sleeping in a rough Jane.-Cacer, Europeans, four; coloured, two; on that vessel to the scene of the disaster Steyn's brother and papers. the Europeana slone, and among the non-Kalay, four; Indian, Chinese, natives, none and searching for some signs of the captain Steyn escaped in his shirt sleeves.
Ex-President
examination of witnesses, to be considered room being occupied by the narrator of the Chinese altogether 79 cases and 28 deaths. total, ten. Corpses found, Europeans, none; and crew, but finding absolutely nothing, they
importers within the meaning of the Ordinance. story and another officer. In the middle The British force reached Zasrust with the His Worship said that, as the point was a very of the night the sound of distant firing was oloured, two; Indian, one; Malay, Chinese, were brought down to this port natives, none-total, three. Deaths, including We are informed that the German Consol loss of one officer killed, three officers and aportant ce to decide, he would hold jodg heard. "What's that " said Lord Kitchener expres found, Europeans, one; coloured, fire; has writton (o Amoy to make minute saquiries men wounded.
The ment in abeyance, and adjourn the care vine die to his neighbour--the offer in chute.
only reply was a loud snore. Then did K. of Malay, one; Indian, ono; Chinese, natives, zone into the disaster and to find some trace of
K..stretch at his leg, and, with a nous too Excise Officer Spooner brought two cases of gentle push. Landled the sleeper on the floor total, eight. Total cases, Europeans, 180; Captain Kock. No reply has been rewiròd nạ
illicit opion before His Worship First wild-oyed. He jumped ap It is curious that the burning of the
used had 13 tools of raw pism without that de Bore sped of thinking at least coloured, 313; Mulay, 53; Indias, 11; Chinese, yet. ope; untives, 142– totul, 700. Total deaths, launch at night should not have attracted.
corittivato, and savagely attanked the constable caught the Commander-in-Chiefs warn eye. Europoor, 58 coloured, 164: Malay, 36; India attention at Awoy, close to which phase is the
who went to arrest him. He received a line of This calmed him as if by wagie. "Captein uno, Chinoge, none; natives, 5total 328. Dod Island Lighthouse, which was, according
$250 or two months for the opinm and thres Blank, you will immediately ascertain the cause Ono case under anval and military control: Area to the story of the survivors, only three miles
weeks' hard labour for the suit.
of the firing. I kare jnet hoard, and report tr. The second case of opium was settled with a me without delay, anid Kitchener. Captai of infection reinsins unchanged.
$100 fine.
Blauk went off like a shot to investigate.
It is too early at this period to draw any conclusion from the Sgures or to make sound comparisons with other years of epidemic.
But it can be stated that the attack from which we seem just to have recovered was of an entirely different nature from that of last year. It has been much BT violent in kind, and we trust it will prove to be much shorter in duration.
from the burning launch.
LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENT
The Imperial German mail steamer Bayers left Kobe via Nagasaki, Shanghai and Fooskow expected here on or about Wednesday, the 24th ou Monday, the 15th inst., p.n, and may be [
inst.
ILLICIT OPIUM.