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Owing to the claims upon our space we are obliged to hold over the report of the monthly mosting of the Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce on the 12th inst.
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THE CRISIS IN CHINA.
TONDON, 14th August, 7.45 p.ni.
ing the song of the disaster, they cake questions, but pulled on thile conta and heroically until daylight dawned.
Up till 8:30 am. yesterday thirteen dead had been recovered—a women, one lad, and eleven
men.
MEETING OF THE TYPHOON BELIEF FUND COMMITTEE.
ang.
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twelve-inch outside walls were not of the solid character which their superficial appearance suggested; the inner walls were still worse. Signs of decay have shown themselves for some time ou the outer will of houses not only in Cochrane Street but in other streets in the same neighbourhood. The members of the general public have no training guide them in detecting when a building becomes actually dangerous; but it may be asked, Does not the Government include experts in this line of civic work? The layman, no doubt, will incur the charge WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS of being wire after the event only. It must be remembered, however, that he cannot be expected to anticipate dingers as the special- ist should be able to do, that the specialist has this duty laid on him in place of the layman's individual business duties. When other important places, contrary to the prov) the clause about the appointment of an to direct the opemtions of clearing sway done by the Sub-Committee, and whion showed internationat commission relative to the the debris and recovering the buried victims. endure in order to carry out the listribution
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On the 14th August, az 1, Macdonnell Road, Kowloon, the wito of K. J. Krz, of a son. 12062 On the 8th August, at "Langlands," 112, Hiver
A Paris telegram of the 6th inst, states that General André is preparing the report con. carning the decorations for the French expedi tion to North China. President Loubet will distributo the decorations himself.
The surgeon of the German steamer Aragonia. which arrived at Nagasaki on the 5th inst., is boing prosecuted by the police on a charge of having photographed the Suwa shrine and four
a great frequency of building collapsessions of the Fortified Zone Protection Law,
is observable the nonspecialist has every
THE PROTOCOL-SIR E. SATOW'S
POINT GAINED. Dr. Morrison telegraphs to the Times that the Protocol is practically ready for signature. The Ministers have agreed to Sir Ernest Satow's suggestion to exclude
right to ask why it is that, the lives effect that henceforth all appointments of conversion of duties to specific purposes.
The latest from Penang is's ramour to the
offleors to the Federated Malay States police are to be giren to cadets, and it is also possible that certain impending vacancies in the Straits police service may in like manner be filled by cadets of the Straits Civil Service.
of his fomersilent possibly even of himsel endangered when there is a (department pact of whose duties it is to prevent such danger. The Cochrane Street tragedy has involved, as far as our present knowledge gies, the lives of 22 people,
A New York telegram of the 16th inst. stated the serious injury of 10, and the minor hurt of 13 others, "Such an event calls that the city was occupying the crest of the top wave that day. Pedestrians discarded all un- for the most serious consideration of thecossary clothing, and standing-room in the
authorities.
open clectric cars was at a premium. Walking on the sun-baked privements' was avoided on much as possible. Wall Street brokers and clerks like went about costless. In the upper part of the city swarms of, mosquitoes, and droves of flose joined with the heat in tortar-
A Japanese fleet consisting of the Asahi, Shikishima, Tatume, drama Tokia, Kasogi, Saiye Kairon and two torpedo-boats, the Yugiri and Saxenami, put into Chemnipo on the last day of July. The Coreans swarmed the hill-tops, and had all kinds of reports going, one of which was that a rebellion had broken ont in Fusan and that the ships had been there and had killed numbers of Corsans. The
Japanese ships, hawever, only intended to make
a five days stay and then to proceed to Chinnampo.
We have alluded to what appears to the untrained observer --though we must state tha professional architects appealed to on the question endorse the deductions from this observation the insufficient construc. tion of the füllen houses. "Flimsy" sensing humanity. none too strong an epithet to apply to the structure as laid are by Wednesday's collapse. But worse still remains to follow. There are at the present moment being erected in this Colony houses which in their method of building are almost exactly identical with those in Cochrane Street, Some indeed are worse. The wills are in many cases more shams, the poorest descrip- tion of ruble with casings of bricks. One' or two buildings have been pointed out to us by competent judges as examples of the very worst type of "jerry-buildings "to-be- Been anywhere in the world. As a corres pondent, whose letter appears elsewhere wo-day, says, the buildings in this Colony of Victoria are a sorry monument to the memory of her whose name it bears and whose reign saw its establishment and development to its present pitch of progress. The local Government cannot let such a state of affairs continue. It is true that it is saddled largely with the sins and follies of its predecessore. But how can it escape the reproach of sin and folly itself, when it is permitting a repetition of exactly the same kind of offences against the lives and persons of its subjects and is
The US Census Bureau has published the following statistics of the pupalstion of Hawaii: Males, 106,969; females, 47,632: native born, 63,221; foreign barn, 90,780; total white, 66,890: native white, 54,141; foreign parents, 16,203; foreign white, 12,749; total coloured, 87111. The foreign-born element constitutes very nearly three-fifths of the population of Awali, and comprised mainly Chinese and Japanese. The coloured element is 56.6 per cent of the whole population. The foreign white persons and the native white persons of forsign parentage represent in Hawaii 18 to 20 per cent of the entire population.
The NY.K. liber Tamba Hora, Captain Wale, which arrived in Kobe harbour on the 7th inst. from London and Antwerp, sia ports,
EXEMPTED ARTICLES The free list comprises gold and silver coin and bullion, foreign cereals, rice, and
four.
M. DE WITTE'S TOUR. It is announced that instead of M. de Witte, his assistant, M. Romanoff, will tour the Far East.
GENERAL NEWS.
LONDON, 14th August, 7:45 pm.
THE MARKETS.
Shortly after ten o'clock the Fire Brigade men, composed of polios constables and sergeants, renewed their labour in clearing away the debris, and recovered more of the victime The labour was necessarily slow. However, their offorts were attended by the die
one body so burned as to covery of unrecognisable as to sex, and one young girl, her sex only discernible by her bau daged feet, and her age by har stature. sidan those two the corpses of two children. were unearthed, burned and crashed beyond
About 10 .. recognition.
A meeting of the Typhoon Relief Fund Committon was held yesterday at hoon in the Council Chamber, His Excellency, the Go Faror presiding. The members of the Com mitte present were the Hon. J E Stowert Lockhart, U.M.G (Hon. Recretary), Six Thomas Jackson (Hona Tremaurer), Mr. Fa We Canen, Mr. Ho Fook Afr. Loo Kuan Ting
Sub-Committee), and Air, R. (Private Secretary to H. Eta Gore
After reading the mhutes of the previous meeting of the Committed on 17th December last, the COLONIAL SECRETART Bald he thought the best way would be to lose the Frod. First of all, however, he wished to place batora His Excellency a letter dated Leah Jay, 1901, which he had received from Mr. Fung Wa the members of the Sub-Committee entrusted the Hon. F. H. May with the distribution of the subscriptions Chaen, Mr. Ho Fook, and A Loo Know Tie
Captain Superintendent of Police, arrived raised, which explained very fally what was clearly the immense amount of labour they had. of the Fund. Under these roumstances the Bab-Committee deserved to be congratulated on the very efficient and effective manner in which they had discharged their onerous duties.
The letter referred to which abodes the
Hongkong, 12th July. Bir As members of the inb-Committee report of the Sub-Committee, is an follows appointed at a meiting of the Committee held on the 17th December last, we have the honour to report that we have altogether received 515 applications for relief, and that we have alter we could. In comme cases the sufferers reosived vedigation dealt with them in the best way as much as 30 per cent of their Roses, whilst in others the nabants paid varied from 15 por oant to 30 per cent Out of the sum of $28,129.00 samofibel by the Europeans and Chinese, we have paid away: 25
Our best thanks are dive to balance of $924.60 to be dealt Tem Trizs, Li-Ban Hin, Pus Tea Chin: Tam Tes Kong, An In 1 Shao, Cheung Sun Sban, Treung Sza Kri, Hó Ki, Chau Pik Tin, Li Yar
Tong isting us in Mi Sang, The Toto T4, Ho Yam Nâm, Ming Hon, and others, for a
About 10.45 am H.E. the Govenor, accom panied by the Hon. W. Chatham, Acting Director of Fublic Works, came to view the scene, and remained the best part of an hour in spite of the heavy rain that came down at intervals. Mr. H. P. Teoker, Acting Assist
ant Director of Public Works, was also on
the spot directing the remoral of the ruins Inspectors Komp, Baker and MoNab were to be seen anergetically helping in the work of roseno, which was carried on by relays of Europian, Indian and Chinese fremen and police.
As late os 10 mm, yesterday morning people buried beneath the ruins could be plainly board calling for help, but the great mass of fallen material made it impossible either to locate the cries-immidiately or to release the sufferers when incated.
a
Chan Sin
Ona twelve-year-old led had a miraculous escape. He was buried under the before-men. Copper dropped 10s. yesterday, but is tioned arch formed by the woodwork, and when rescued on Wednesday night at about 12 o'clock steadier today.
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he was found to be without a sarutob, but, a collecting subscriptions from the Chine
REUTER'S SERVICE.
LONDON, 18th August. KING EDWARD AND COUNT VON WALDENSEE.
might be expected, uearly paralysed with fright,munity and also in investigating
of
The sight of some of the wounded was One old man had his most pitiable. forehead stove in, his face a mass of blood; others seemed to be simply crushed, without apparent wounds, but unable to move a limb. King Edward received Count von Walderces One corpse romored had both legs burnt off, at Homburg, and conferred upon him the Grandthe right arm burnt to a cinder, the face all burnt, and a big hole in the back of his head, Cross of the Bath.
All of the bodies removed yesterday forenoon were more or less burnt.
THE LATE EMPRESS FREDERICK.
The coffin. of the late Empress Frederick was romoved from Cronborg church to the station. by toreblight yesterday evening. The remains were followed by a princely cortige
LONDON, 13th Angust.
THE LATE EMPRESS'S FUNERAL The funeral of the late Empress Frederick was, in accordance with the wish of the deceased,
of the simplest character. Only the members of the family, and the principal civil and military authorition attended,
GREAT BRITAIN AND GAMBIA.. Reater's correspondent learns that an is portant agisement has been concluded between the British Gambia Cleverznient and a powerful chief, whereby both banks of the River Gambia
This is the second accident of this kind in the years ago, when a partially-erected building at same street. The first happened some seventeen the corner, almust adjacent to the scene of the present diaster, collapsed. On that occasion, however, the building was unoccupied and the casualties were but trifling.
The numerous boxes containing clothing and personal belongings of the tenants of the col lapsed houses, taken from the debris, win to
bear out the statement as to the great number
At 3-45 p.m. the searchers found a little girl underneath the debris quite warmed. This made a total of forty-one desi, injured and whe forced their way from beneath the rains
Aunsad will be found a detailed statement disbursement.
Hon,
We have the honour to be, sir,
Your trusted obedient surgants,
EUKGAWA CHUEN
V Ho FoƉKAMERA
H Stewart Lockhart, c.d., Hou. Secretary, Typhoon Relief Fend Sik CHORAS JACKSON road the following statementi
IPHOGE FUND,
Chinese subscriptions Foreign Interest allowed by Bank
Chequee drawn ---
Per Fung Wa Chuon
3136310
7,071:55 15-66
$28,45021
2,78400 $16,000 00 -6,000-00-24,784.00
Balance arailable 4th Mareb, 1901, 83,666-21 Drawn 13th April 1901, by Fang
375-40
Valley Road, Singapore, the wife of ExNET overlooking daily the rising, into existence encountered a. typhoon off Turnabout on the ta the Anglo-French frontier berome British unharmed recovered so far, beside the two men 18 EXCELLENCr recalled to their minds the
ALFEED HUCKES, of & BOD.
The Daily Press.
HONGKONG OFVICE: 14, DES VECX ROAD Cl LONDON OFFICE: 191, FLEET STREET, E.C
HONGKONG, 16th August, 1901
Tak terrible collapse of houses in Cochrane Street late on Wednesday night, one of the most heart-reading occurrences in the cant history of Hongkong, cannot be passed over in silence. The Government has before it the duty of making the strictest possible enquiry into the circumstances of the car strophe, and, if any negligence can be proved, of bringing home to the responsible partios the guilt thereof. It will be remembered that on the 29th July the Hon. T. H. WHITEHEAD AS A meeting of the Legislative
with us
That was o
way up from Hongkong. The storm commented off Turnabout and grew worse as the ship approached Tang Ying Island. the Sud inst. The storm lasted twenty-four hours. It grew in strength at 4 p.m. on the day mentioned, and raged with unabated forco until 10 p.m. on the 3rd, when the wind went round to the 8. E. blowing a heavy gale with bigh seas. This weather continued until the Gotos were sighted. Captain Walo said his ship behaved splendidly. He experienced a very strong set to the north-west, autoanting to 30
miles in twenty-four hours
territory.
THE DISASTROUS COLLAPSE OF HOUSES.
On Wednesday night at about 10.45, as we have already reported, the residents in the vicinity of Cochrane Street were startled by a deafening crush. The cease of this proved to be the collapse of houses No. 32 and 34. Cochrane No. 59. The two houses which collapsed fell for Street, and the falling in of the front of ward, and in their fall damaged the buildings epposite, smashing the verandahs, etc..
unaided.
The following is a detailed list of victims Killed: 12 males, & females, 2 children and one charred corpes (sex unrecognisable), a total of
17.
Injured: 9 cales and 1 female seriously, insics and 2 formlos slightly, total 23: Escaped without hurt 3 males and one female, total 4.
of people who were in tho buildings at the times we been re of the disaster.
Balance 101 Anguit, 1901, including
internet vasi maag verkama 38:327;67 Adding the members of the Committes, terrible typhoon of 9th November last year, and went on to say that from a launch ke viewed, the sons of desolation on the following of what must ultimately prove to be death
morning, and tam gained an idea of its traps to those unfortunate people who have
terrible severity. An all know, hazáreds of no alternative but to crowd into the latest
wore sunk, and hatreds of Ure lost. On. junks and ampang, and men steam launches. returning to shore, His Excellency sent to the jerry-buildings thrown open for human hubitation It is too late to save the lives
directors of the Tang Wa Hospital to posrtain if they could do something to meet the im of those who, but for private cupidity and
mediate distres, asking them to west him Government negligence, sight still be living
in ocellation. He found, however, he had been forestalled that they had already sant But it is not too late to insist on
It being too dangerous to continue clearing out two launches, with every requisite for the owners,contractors, and above all inspectors, doing their duty. It is not too late for the
the walls of the two adjoining houses giving the collection of the deal for baris! It was present Government to earn for itself a
away the remains of the houses for fear of sistance of the safering, and with orders for should be known and spremated as it ought to away, coolies were engaged all yesterday after only fair, His Excellency said that this nation honourable name by casting aside the vicions
noon in putting up braces between the two 1 Continuing, he hid that at a pabia mot- From a private lafter, the Japanese papers
wing held very soon afterwards-a mong which and inhuman practices of its predecessors
Immediately a crowd gathered and the scone buildings.
Last night we learnt that Mr. H. P. Tooker, | was attended by all classes and every nationality in office, which hitherto with fatal blinduess extrast un account of a somewhat thrilling
following until the arrival of the police was
Treasurer hot shower & sain of 825,45021 That it has allowed to continue until the scandal incident which happened on Asama-yain ou has grown too great even for an usually the 1st inst. It seems that with a party of indescribable. Besides the usual mob of the who remained at the scene of the disaster in the colony-there was collectat, as the ton foreigners making the recent all had gone well, merely curious, there were numerous relatives throughout the entire day assisting in the money had been weaved practically between the apathetic community.
until on assembing at breakfast Miss Ratti of the residents or boarders--one of the houses directing of the resous operatione, mat with a Brd and the 22nd of December, and the fact Yesterday the British transports Itria and governess in the family of Mr Dinsdale of having been an eating-bone—who were suprather nasty mishap between five and siz o'clock served to show the readinges with which the Yokohama, was discovered to be mixing. After posed to be buried beneath the rains, The in the afternoon, & falling brick striking bin community of the Colony were always prepared searching and shouting for two hours, they left abrieks and groans of the unfortunate people on the head and inflicting a severe sealp wound to come forward and help when satisfied thint Multra left for Taku.
the wails Bnt for the fact that Mr. Tooker was wearing food and blankets with Japanese to continue the beneath the debra mingled with noon the Japanese come down reporting a'want shouts of the onlookers. Immediately after have had moro serious consequences, The R
the collapse, flames burst from the ruined wound was dressed and Mr. Tooker taknu to Committee
The police and Fire Brigade were soon an beup, adding to the terror and confusion. the spot, and the first efforts were devoted to putting out the conflagration. The fire was and. woodwork in falling wore upheld ou soon got under control. Some the hem ve side by a large stone support that had slightly separated itself from the adjoining house, forming an
No fresh plague cases or deaths were reported Council gave notice of this question, anong | during the 24 hours ending at noon yesterday, search while they descended for ussistauer. At of the relatives standing outside and the saun.but at the moment, the accident might Be
others :--" Will the Honourable the Direc
We lauro, to our great regret, that Sir "tor of Public Works lay upon the Council "table a statement showing the number of John W. Carrington has sent in his resignation as Chief Justice of this colony. On his arrival "buildings in the Colony which have fallen in Japan his medical adviser told him that he "down from 1st January, 1900, to 30th was suffering seriously from overwork and be June, 1901, the names of the owners of was in consequence obliged to tender bis "said buildings, and the number of deaths resignation. We are sure that the whole of "caused by the tumbling down of said pre- the colony, will join as in regretting the retire mises, and will the bonourable memberment of so able and so popular an administrator " state the causes, so far as known, which of the law.
bave contributed to each accident, and, if
of success, and a large party was at once organised with two days provisions and power fal field-glasses. Some time during the ter noon their glasses revealed something meing on Koyama, a small peak to the left of Asma, and going in that direction the missing lad was found completely exhausted, having lain dwn, as she thought, to die.
arch. This saved at least twenty-three lives besides two men
the Government Civil Hospital.
tering
the care expen
Everyone Europeans, Beart and Bonk Bin distronaut he distribution bandeder to u Sub-
Wa Chaon
immense
how great
the whole fami
10 PM The search for bodies buried underneath the debris was started sgain at 8 o'clock ander the directions of Inspector Kemp and would be Lendered to the members excavated, making a total of nineteen dead so ask and the amount granted ranged frams $20 up to $250 for every sum disbursed, too, a Sergeants Kerr and Smith. Two bodies were Committee They had gone carefully into 537 far. At the time of going to press three more values wires. Thanks were also due to the A Tokyo despatch to the dealt alates hat
bodies were located and were being dng out, How Trourer, Sir Thomas Jackson, for Great difficulty is experienced by the police consenting to take charge of the Fund, sad Field-Marshal Marquis Oyama, Chief of the A Chinese junk was attacked by pirates in Japanese General Staff, will shortly regn.
arch while every one was engaged in subluing victime of the collapse, one and all refuring, for
some reason or other, to engage in the ghastly, 407 The three gentlemen whose. KAMEN "they have resulted from defectiva construe- British waters on Wednesday night, and after A curious and painful story is supposed the who unuiled forced their way through this in obtaining coolies to help in excavating the all he had thine in the matter. At the
It was noted that the the fire. tion, what precautions, if any, have been killing two men and wounding one the assailants ponnected with this,
The grosus, and alricks emanating from the work. Only a tew Chinese fireman were at taken to prevent the erection of such departed, taking with thera $30 worth of cloth Marquis, who has always been foremos in
work last night buildings in the future?" Hongkong ing. The polico, arriving on the scene to late entertaining foreign visitors of note, as not ruins wore heart-randing, and among them one bas won for itself an unenviable notoriety to prevent the pirates' escape, found, we under present at the reception given by him toLint-ould distinguish the pitiful waif of a child, recently from the frequency of its bailing stand (though the palice will give no details General Bir Alfred Gazelee, Lieut. deporal which later on was taken out, deal. It was collapses. In the default of such statistics as to this) no loss than $1,400 on board, which Tezanchi, Vice-General Staff Offieur, ading ind that there were seventy-five pouple cecapy. / LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS. the matter of the bulation of £3,327.67 that: as the Hon. T. H. WHITEHEAD asked for had been overlooked. Thus two dead men were his stend an host. The Marquis was ataie villaing the two ill-starred houses at the time of the
conveyed to the mortuary,
in Namadzu, whither he proceeded on the 27th
present moment there was a balance remaiding of
already been mentioned and curred with them in their statement that the report, and His Excellency thoroughly cou best thanks were due to the large number of Chinese gentlemen who bad fout their assistance in the distribution of the Fand Reverting to resined, His Excellency aid every claim, so The C.P.R. steamor Empress of India arrived far as could be ascertained, had been fast, and again at midnight same day for Shanghai via with the money. When the propomi wan we think we are right in saying that the
His Honeur T. Sercombe Smith, Acting uit. It was rumoured that some familytrouble collapse. Many passers-by were also buried at Koke at 5 pm. on the 13th inst, and hit the quesden now was what was to be done.
necessitated the Marquis's absence Now under the debris as the building fell outward.
of closing the Fund, it occurred to him large majority of accidents of this kind have
The fire once under control, the men of the Nagasaki, where she is due to arrive at 1 am brought before the meeting as to the advisability ress night another report is to hand (continues te Osaks occurred with newly-built or partially Puisa Jadgo, yesterday delivered judgment at
The C.P.R. steamer Empress of China arrived that there were two cases where distress. constructed dwellings, etc: The Cochrane the Supreme Court in the eas of Captain joursal) stating that Marchiones Oyma died Fire Brigade worked their hardest to succour the on the 17th lust,
Trofusis v. Kwok Kong, in which the former Street houses are not in this category ned for $325 daunges on the ground of the suddenly on the 20th alt; but he bath has victims, and anoceeded in rescuing during the at Kobe at 8.30 p.m. on the 13th inst., and left posibl be rellered out of the Fond. One was been kept secret. It was also repotel that the night twenty-three persons, among whom were again at 1 pm, on the 14th inst. for Yokohama, the case of the fire which occurred on the 20th umber of people were injured and esteral killed, and the other was the are on board the Avethua They are old houses and have stood for many negligence of the defendant in carrying a pouy-Marchioness proceeded to Hakonebn the 21st several women and children, alive. Ten of the where she is due to arrive at p.m. on the 15220 last month at Victoria Street, when a large lay in the Docks, when ten men perished. years. Yet their construction, as disclosed by junk from the transport Nitrane to the Com-ml be ses & French offloor whokhe met in number were seriously hurt and conveved
the police showed that by Wednesday night's fall, is of a kind missariat Pier, whereby the pony was so severe- France, and who is now staying at the Naraya to the hospital, whilst thirteen receiving, palygile, &c. left San Francisco for this port fo
was responsible for one which should never be tolerated in Hong-ly injured that it died, The judgment is a Hotel, Miyanoshita. The Marquierent to his slight Injuries, and boing in fact mora frighten Honolula, Yokohama, Inland Sea, Kobe, Negar
so reported We may make lengthy one, and we are compelled to lick over
The .Y.K steamer Kasuga Maru (Agsten- kong or anywhere else. every allowance for the soddening effect of its publication until to-morrow's issue, Judg. villa in Numadan on the 27th Marchio od than hurt, wers taken to the Central Police saki and Shanghai, on the 10th fast. our climate on building-material and the ment is for the defendant, with coste. My mess mot the Marquis at Kodzu stati, and died Station and kept there till yesterday forenoon.
Pontifex, who appeared for the plaintiff, applied suddenly, according to the repo between Special mention must be made of the volfian Lins) left Kobe via Moji for this port on for compensation for his client for loss sustained Matsuda and Yamakita Sitations. remains untary assistance rendered by Frirates Welker the 18th inst, and is expected to arrive hard on through the arresting of his cargo-bost, and of the Marchioness were secretly Oveyed to and Grant, of the 38th Co. S.D., RA, who the houses were not of a sufficiently strong also naked for an order for the zeloase of the the villa at Numaden. It is adde that the indeed did more than youmon service in build to have satisfied the requirements of boat. His Lordship fixed a day for the hearing Marquis was carrying a revolver the day resoning the suffering and were responsible for the ring of immber of lives. On reach mostioned, ne nggal. keen-eyed inspector of buildings. The of the application.
ordinary wear and tear of age. Neverthe
less it is evident that in the first instance
The T.K.K. steamer Amerian Mars, with
the 20th inst
The NTK elever Hawachi Mary (Euro pean Line) leit Kobe via Moji for this port on the 15th init, and expected to arrive here on the 31st Inst
the Dock
thought wit wealthy
would leave
man who had
soution of their duty, stud