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laid down certain regulations with regard. to the import and lekin duties op opium brought into China. The matter is brought up by the rising from this month opward of the import and lakis dues by 100 per cent, 8400 being now obarged when A. S. WATSON & CO., formerly the imposts amounted to $200. Now the fifth of the additional articles to the Chefoo Agreement, above mentioned, rends as follows: The Chinese Govern- ment undertakes that when the packages shall have been opened at the place of "consumption the opium shall not be "subjected to any tax or contribution, direct or indirect, other than or in excess **of such tax or contribution as is or may "hereafter be levied on native opium.
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for the US. Presidency, bit would soonde to the desires of the Democrity.
continue, says the Manila Freedom." By the time one clue of workmen are, colisfod, and Long and Baden Hetriots of French Indo-China
induced to return to their labours, another goes ont. Conditions will continue to be unsettled until setion is taken towards admitting. Chinese labour.
The Admiralty have withdrawn the clause fixing the minimum age of 3. fur promotion of engice-room artificers to warrant rank, and have reduced the qualifying service for promo tion from ten to eight years, thus making engius-room artifloers eligible for promotion to warrent rank at the age of 29.
We take this opportunity to state that our Canton, Swatow and other const places are the treaty ports to which the opium
A Swedish mechanical engineer by the same passes through Hongkong, but they, are not of course the places of consumption of H.. Hermana, who was employed in the Camming's Rice Mill at Apalit, Pampanga of all the opiam sent to them. The pack-Province, P.I., was shot and killed at that place ages of foreign opium are opened at the by the municipal police, acting under orders of shops and opium-divans at the various the municijal souretary whom Hermann had inland towns, etc., where the drug is sold previously wounded. Enquiries into the affair
are being made."
are made solely with the water procured from the Governucut Tytam Reservoir,
and specially filtered in large storage filters
on the best scientific principles.
Oor AERATED WATERS are thus
ABSOLUTELY PURE,
and consumers of them may feel themselves quite secure against contracting Cholera by liquid agency, which it is comparatively easy to do by-drinking-impure water.
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and smoked. The native drug is also sold and consumed at these same shope and therefore by the treaty clause to which we have referred should be equally taxed. To charge an additional tax on the foreign drug at Canton, Swatow, and other porta is contrary to the treaty. But naturally the Chinese Government would find it of enermons difficulty to levy the tax at places of consumption and on the native as well as the foreign drug. Very little money would be likely to resch Peking after dedufting the provincial "squeezes and the extra cost of collection. It is far easier (except in so far as Great Britain is likely to interfere on treaty grounds) to levy a double tax on the foreign drug, while wo
Mr. Algiander Hector, better known to the novel-reading public as Mr. Alexander, died last month at the age of moventy-seven. She was born in Dublin in 1825, and was educated in that city and in France. Most of her popularity wo wun by ancli books
as Which Shall I Bef The Wooing Ot, Her Dearest Fee, and The Freres. A long succession of romances which followed thus carliar efforts preserved for her the favour of the publis; and The Heritage of Langdale, A Golden Autumn. For his Sake, A Woman's Heart, A Choice of Evils, A Missing Heir, The Yellow Fiend, and Brown, F.C., were among her later works.
When Lord Kitchener was returning to
Dacoity is reported to be so bed in the Vinh
that Saigon merchants are advertising that they will give rewards to whoever is instrumental in causing the arrest of any of the culprits.
LELEGRAMS.
ENNERVIC
LONDON, 16th August.
THE TRANSFER OF TIENTSIN:
Tientsin has been formally transferred to the
Chinese by the representatives of the allied Powers.
AN OPPORTUNITY FOR KENSI His Majesty King Edward has presented a golden crucifix to Westminster Abbey.
"An unconfirmed rumour has reached Bang kok that the Shan dacoits have entered Chiengmai. However, no telegraphic com niunication was axisling between North, Siom and the capital, the Shans having out the wires on the 6th instant. It is so circumstantially reported that the Shans have captured Takon ARRIVAL OF BOER GENERALE. Lampang, eansing Mr. Leonowens and a party
The Boor generala Botha, De Vet, and of Europeans to fly for relige to Chiangmai.vaz Siamese troops are advancing on Lakon. The Delaroy have arrived at Sonthampton, where Bangkok Time of the 8th inst says:The they were enthusiastically cheered. worst news of which one can be certain to-day, is that the river, which was rising, has fallen THE NAVAL REVIEW AT SPITHEAD, again, and there is no water north of Paknam poh. That means a delay of probably ten or twelve days in the advance of the troops. One
need not point out how serious that may be.
The Coronation review of the fleet took
place to-day at Spithead in glorims wastde r.
One hundred and eight British warships were sembled, commanded by six admirals. The sight was superb, and intensely impressive. 6-
the
DEFICIENT RAINFALL IN INDIA.
The rainfall is deficient throughout greater part of India, both monsoons being considerably below the average. Prospects are becoming rery gloomy.
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Bir Harry Johnston writes in his now book The Uganda Protectorate: Canalbalism Hngers in the western corners of the Protectorate; while the natives of other parts are imparting tinned apricots, or are printing, and publishing in their own language summaries of their past history. This is the country of the okapi, the whale-headed stork, the chimpanzee, and the five- horned giraffe, the rilgoceroses with the langent horns, and the elephants with the biggest tanke." Sir Harry Johnston is almost sutbu disstic about Uganda, but admits its drawbacks. He says in one place."Hitherto in these
On Saturday, on the application of Mr. E. H. the shop deseriptions I have had difionity in restraining language within the limits of reasonable ontha | Sharp, K.C. the Chief Justice (His Honour slaat when describing the scenery and colour, W. Meigh Goodmau) approved and admitted
ps would be apok
ADMISSION OF A LAWYER.
do not know that the duties on the native England in 1899 ke was very auxione to arrive The reverse of this pleasing aspect of the Mr. Fraucis Paget Hett an attorner and
production have actually been raised. There can be no doubt that a violation of
WATSON & CO. the 1885 Convention has been committed, and now when a new treaty is being ......negotinted it.is_time to take note of the fact and come to a definite agreement in the matter. If China is to differentiate in the way described above against the foreign, that is the British-grown, drug, let us have the terms set out in black and white. A tacit violation of a treaty without protest from the losing party can only have a bad
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MANUFACTURERS
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No anonymously signaci Iconununications that have already appeared in ather papers will be inserted.
Orders for extra' copies of DALLT PRISE should to sent before 11 :m, ou day of publication. After that Telegraphic Address: Paxus. Codes: A.B.C. 5th;Z. Lieber's
effect on the Chinese official mind.
in time to hear the House of Commons dobite on the Sordar. He was on the point of embarking at Alexandris, not at that time in quarantine, when driving to the quay be heard that three cases of disease had broken out in the town. His companions said, “All right, it is not in quarantine." "It will be," rejoined Lord Kitchener; and forthwith ho turnell the cab about, travelled to Port Soil, and took a steamer to Fiume. Even there some difficulties were made, but, finding a menagerie on its way in the same boat, a gift from the Mikado to the Emperor of Austria, Lord Kitchener represant
ed that the suimals would die if kept back, prevailed and went on; he attended the races at Vienna, and arrived in London in excellant
H.M.S. Binaldo went out on a cruise time. yesterday.
The visitors to the City Hall Library and Museum last week were 161 non-Chines and 40 Chinese to the former, and 51 non-Chinese and 1,452 Chinese to the latter institution.
We have received a copy of the "Asunal Review" issued by the Daily Commercial Nece of San Francisco. It is well printed and extensively illustrated, and is a very complete
Francisco during the past year,
Mr. Stead of the Bezier of Renieros is always arancing. Here is a paragraph from his pen upon the Boer War, headed Improving upon Ahab "--When Abab and Jezebel had killed Naboth and taken possession of his vineyard, they did not hold a rolama religious service to thank the Lord of Hosts for having assisted them in their policy of annexation. Clearly they did not know everything down in Judoa"
Uganda Protectorate is the almost constant presence of mosquitoes (thon.h these can be to great extent bonished by clearing away the bush, the danger of severe attacks of malarial fever, and, lastly, the thunderstorms."
A correspondent againg himself “Yellow Flag" writes to the Calcutta Englishman:-- Can anyone inform me what is the use of the so-called Treaty Fort, Tatang? I believe a missionary-lady lives there as does also a Chinese custom official (under Sir Robert Hart), but as is well known it is a farce
prostor of the Supreme Court of Hongkong. Mr. Hett, who is a Solicitor of the So
Court of Judicature in England, was formerly
with Menare Collyer, Bristow and Co. of
Bedford Box, London, as conveyancing clerk, and latterly with Mossrs. Grover, Humphreys and Son, of No. 4, King's Bench Walk, Temple, London, a manager. Mr. Hett has recently come to this Colony to the firm of Messrs. Mousey and Bratton, solicitors.
RELIGIOUS TROUBLES IN
THE PHILIPPINES.
There is insurrection to the Papel authority
among Filipine Catholics, and the Union Obrers Democratica have gone so far as to form Filipino Catholic organisation outside of the authority of the Church of Rome, name a Bishop or rather President for the Philippine islands, and. Bishops for each province, all of whom are renegade Catholic priests. The hon. orary presidenta of the new church are Governor
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hear the supply is limited. Only supplied for Cash record of the trade and development of San proved upon these poor benighted beathen, who, wrote "Since the opening of. Yatung as a Taft, Emillo Aguinaldo and Commissioner Forin)
PO. Box, 33. Telephone No. 12
MARRIAGE.
On the 16th July, at the Church of St. Stephen the Martyr, Avenue Road, Eegent's Park, by the Rev. Frederick Hopkins, of Haddon Hill, Vicar of Hoklenhurst, Hants (Father of the Bridegroom), ssisted by the Boy. James Halliburton Young, Eector of Shipmeadow, Suffolk, FREDERICK GARDNOK Horzine, to GWLADYS CAROLINE, youngest daughter of the late ARTHUR WELLESLEY WALKINSHAW, of Fooehow, China.
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as a trade centre, aince the Tibetans will not trade so close to the confines of this country, but prefer to do all the trade there is to be done at Kalimpong. Why, therefore, le Yatung kept up? The Chiness Customs officiul might hoist the Chinese flag on a bit of land nearer civilisation, Her Majesty the Empress of China might save a lot of money by disbanding the Chinese Regiment at Yatung, and the Joylay, Pase, as before, would be the bundary. At the same time it is a pity the Chambi Valley was not added to Sikkim after the last expedition Now in the fast L.M.C. trade report for 19.0, for that for 1901 or thereabouts. Anno Domini 1902 we have im has not yet appeared-Mr. V. C. Henderson
haring killed and taken possession, were there trade mart the trade has hitherto year by year with content, until the prophet Elijah rudely | shown a consistent and satisfactory inorasse disturbed their complacency by some very on its own small scale." Mr. Henderson goes pertinent remarks. Last month, having at last on to explain that the combination of unsettled succeeded, after doing to death some fifty thou times with local visitations of disease (idetud rand of our fellow-creatures, in taking possessioning foot-and-mouth lisemo among the yakı) of the Boer Republics, we all went to oburchased a set back in 1900, which must in the King and Queer leading the way to thank no way be taken as a criterion of the trading Gud for our victories and to politely, ascribe to possibilities with Tibat. Only eight Europeans the Prince of Peace the glory of our conquests visitad Yatung in 1900. The first priza at the St. Louis Exposition A few faithful Abdials here and there refused airabip contest will be £30,000. The competito blaspheme, and thanked God for Peace with- tion is over a 13 miles "L"-shaped course at out,compromising themselves by any condong more than twenty miles an hour; £10,000 is tin of the wur. Bat the majority swelled the offered ju minor prizes. Each competitor pays | song of load thanksgiving over slaughtered $250 which is refunded when su apparatus man, while one conspicuous Free Church-
'been installed.
by vulgar abuse of our vanquished.for.
Admiral Borresen and Commander Roscaguist, of the Norwegian Nary, bave both been sentenced by a conri-partial to 20 days' imprisonment and a fine of £30 for having showa negligence in recent neval manœuvres, whereby the ironcluð Eideroll went sebore.
THE HEALTH QF HONGKONG.
"The year's plague figures at noon yesterday.
HONGKONG OFFICE: 14. DES VEUX ROAD C. considered, satisfactory by the committee has reacher disgraced bis pulpit and his mughed after the addition of one fatal Chinese case in
LONDON OFFICE: 181, FLEET STREET, E.C
HONGKONG, 19th August, 1902.
Mr. Arthur Manders had a narrow escape
yesterday afternoonatubont 3.30. He was going across to Kowlooù by the launch when he accidentally fell overboard, and in doing so struck his head against the side of the boat The blow stunned Mr. Manners, and Mr. E. R. John, seeing his condition, jumped overboard and eared the drowning man.
The crew of H.M.S. Orlando, on their arrival
Portsmouth to pay off after serving commission on the China Station, were presented with the Medal for the China waṛ, the deprations being distributed by Mrs. Colomb, wife of Admiral Colomb. Their son, Commander Philip H. Colomb, is in command of the vasel, Captain J. H. T. Burke, C.B., having died on the way kums.
Tus question of the morality of the opium- traffic is one which is likely to exercise many good people for a long time to come and in Hongkong we get frequent reminders from home of the efforts being made thore to stop the trade, in the shape of pamphlets from the anti opium party. Since, how. ever, the finding of the last opium commission appointed by the British Government wae such that it could but I tlo please thore who would totally abolish the manufacture and export of the drug from British possessions, and since it is impossible for the sensible man to condemn utterly the production of opium while neglecting a subject which touches England itself more nearly, the importation of far more harmful
The death of the afflicted Eari of Arundel preparations of alcohol into savage or semi- civilieed countries, we may plead justifica- gives a palbetic added interest to the tion for considering the opium trade as a great Roman Catholic Cathedral which the fact and not in the light of a subject for Duke of Norfolk is buiding at Norwich, It was originally designed, in the Duke's own oral consideration. A point has arisen
phrase, as a thank-offering to God after my in connection with the opium-trade in most happy marriage." But when tho nave China which cannot be neglected by those was completed and opened by Bishop Headley interested in British commerce here. It another purpose was associated with it."This must be remembered that the trade in noble church," said the Bishop, was the offer opium is entirely a British trade, and that ing of the piety of one whom we pray God to the Indian Government is very largely bless. When he planned and offered it, it was intorested in it. In 1885 what is known thank-offering for happiness. But since then for short as theOpium Convention" was God had manifested His holy will in visitation signed at London between Britain and and sorrow, sad the founder hopes, in this China, being really additional articles to the offering, for God's blessing upon those who are
Chefco Convention of 1876, which was only finally ratified in 1886. These articles took particular notice of the opiums trade arid
Tavern. The Bishop or President of the Philippines is the former notorious renegade priest, Father Gregorio Aglipay the Executive Fresident, Pasonal Poblete. The Pope is to be rat
deffed if he will not recognise this as the Catholic he Church in the Philippines. The churches are to be taken from the Spanish priests and friars, and a general revolution of religions affaire in to tiks place- Manila Freedom,
CORRESPONDENCE.
We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed by our correspondents...
the past two days, stood at 545 cares (6 Earopsana, 520 Chinras, 10 other Asiatica), 533 | THE FORTHCOMING RACE MEETING deaths (4 Europeans, 514 Chinese, 15 other Asiatics).
Last week's figures for communicable disotees in the Colony were-Plague, 12 casas (Chinese), with 12 deaths; cholera, 21 cases (Chinese), with 18 deaths; enteric fever, 1 European case; puerperal fever, 1. Chineto casy,
R. GA, J. N. C: O'S R. & F. AMUSEMENT CLUB.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY PRESE
Hongkong. 18th Anni
SIB, There hase of late been so expressel of the subject of our
opinions
coming race meeting through the medi
your columns, that I imagined the tople now exhausted. I must, However allowed to add one more, to the already
number of letters, on Bearing that for our next meeting wake baing individuals whose interests in the
There is an interesting article in the North American Review on the personal influence of the Kaiser. Apart altogether from what be is able to do indirectly through the Bundesrath and the Reichstag, he has the Military Cabinet"-a boreau under his exclusive control, whose mission it is to supply him daily, by regular verbal or written reports, with that wealth of personal details about his Army, and. specially about the corps officers, which enables him to known at all times the exact spirit and degree of efficiency noticeable in each regiment,The members of the above Clab-through and which lends to his personal relations with the courtesy of its Hou. Fresident, Lt. Col. R. the Army a spice of intimacy and comprehensive B. Johnson, C.M.G., R.G.Allthe second of knowledge which is of enormous value. It is their series of summer outings on the 14th said that the Kaiser knows personally half of inst. in a most enjoyable launch trip op the not be in harmo y with the rest the 25,004 officers in his Army. The "Naval Canton Biver. Particularly fortunate, after community, especially in such Cabinet," whose scope of duties is similar, is the long spell of heavy rains, in having magn allowing and distribution of rnOCK largely responsible for his intimate knowledge of ficent weather, a delightfully cool breezo tem for the old walers and Chins ponies? the German Navy. But it is the personal in-pering the sun's fierce rays, the change from Auence of the Kaiser which is most potent. "His the confinement in the cose and oppressitetion to those for the griflin
ponies. I do not s
t speak of the old forceful personality simply compels attention. atmosphere of Hongkong, to the scene For years after bis occasion millions of "Where the rugged hills from the gorges sense projudicial to their olait for
races, etc., but I would like to point Germans stood aloof, ignoring his kaleidoscopie. activity, and firmly believing that after he hadAnd the sea lies azard by smiling skles,
sown bis wild cats," and after the novelty of And the wild bird "loft o'er the mountain item, and that is how many there are
Colony who subscribe for an shimi dies,"
After yet have not the slightest alles whether
will be here for the nest. therefore maintain that we race for the presen
the situation into which he had been animored
and there being, as the
so unexpectedly had worn off, he would cause was all the meze appreciated. his pyrotechnic interference in every phase of short stay on shore, during which varibus, public life. But these would-be indifferents kinds of sports were indulged in, and were forced to abandon their attitude." It is an fresco meal partaken of, the refarn telp his sensational side of the Emperor's influence, made to The Island of the Fragrant
#Btres
On the return voyage, a smoking like the present, I think probably more than any other, which has been,
was held at which the following men the matter of races and is still being, full most from
Opla Chinnery, Makin, Ridley, { far
thews BHA avery political campaign in Germany he has near and dear to him. Building is now thrown, firebrands in the shape of motion, pithy proceeding on the chancel and choly; and the and apt wrings, carcastle ullukons, or ircmical Baished Cathedral will be associated with the retorts to his ad memory of the Duke's dead non.
tha nd polite.
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