HONGKONG JOTTINGS. June is always a wet mouth in Hougkong, hat we seem to have had more than our usual
amount of run so far. Over 15 inches of rain has fallen since the 1st. For the whole month of June last year the rainfall was 19,64) inches. In 1903 it exeeded 25 inches in June.
SHOULD SHANGHAI HAVE SOLD
them.
ITS ELECTRIC LIGHT?
(A CAUSERIE FROM THE CDAILY NEWS.") Brown-You must acknowledg, may des Smit, that there are some things which are better done by the Municipality or the State than by private enterprise. For example, you never yet heard of any country boasting a goon I don't know whether many people study the system of roads and strests made without the combined effort of the State. 1 dombt if there water returns as they are published in the pipe ever existed a thoroughly good national system every-mqatli, but it is very satisfactory to learn of education which was established by private from the return, published in the Daily Press & effort, and there certainly was never a sucessful few days ago, that on the 1st of the present State which left the defence of its coasts and moath them wore 175,709,0: 0 gallons of water in frontiers to the private individuals living near Smith. All this," as they say in the the Colony's storage reservoirs (excluding Kaw- (less) more thau on the 1st of June last year Baptismal Service, I steadfastly believe," and child training, wer-waging. This, notwithstanding that we have had a full But there is a rust difference between rood Borvice of water this May, while lust year we making, had only an intermittent supply. It is to susinipal trading. It is not against the
protest rautarked in this connection also that we havesary but against the unnecessary that I Robinson.I should bo glad to know on less rain during last mouth than in May lust year, so that the water return pablished last what principle your protest is based. Do you object to all municipal trading, or only to certain kinds? week is an eminently satisfactory one.
Smith-I object to the authorities doing anything that can be done equally well by private individuals. In the case of electricity, in particular, it can be shown that the tendency to much to hinder development. monopoly on the part of municipalities has done
If the letter of "Interested" which appeared in the Dudy Press on Saturday accurately represents the views of the active "rosintars" of the sale of the High Level Tramways Company, then, clearly, their opposition is on s scry inseente basis, indeort. There are more facts to be admitted" iban are set down by
"Interested."
now
follow
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, JUNE 12г¤, 1905 JAPANESE COAL SCARCER AND¦ WHERE TO OBTAIN GOOD AMAHS.
DEA REU.
The following excerpt from the Japan Chronicle tends to explain why, at Hongkong, coal has gone up two dollars a ton.
Mr. T. Tanaka, of the Nippon Yusen Kaisha, whe recently returned to Tokyo from Kyushu where he had gone to inspect the various collieries, in quoted by the Jiji Shimpe in oon- He says that since the outbreak of section with the present condition of the coal trade. hostilities the number of vessels plying in the neighbourhood of the Japanese cost hus greatly increased, the aval and military resists five
this has meant a sudden increase of the demand become active, and work in the cotton-spinuing and other factories has grown more brisk. All for coal and a consequent tiso of price. During the last four or five years, the demand for of bad trade and inactivity in industries, cosi has been on the declins, as the result
to reduce the amount of labour employed and to limit the amount of the sulpat. Moreover, and most of the Kyasin collieries were obliged many of the miners have been called out for military service since the war began, while others have obtained more retounerative em ployment elsewhere, owing to the general scar city of labourers at present. This has resulted in a lack of labour in the mining districts and an inability to turn out a suficient quantity are now competing in the engagement of of coal to ment the requirements of the market, The Mitani, Mitsu Bishi, and other miss-owners
Jalsarer..
The average monthly output of the Kyushin At present the roughly 5,000,000 tons a year. collieries is computed at 450.000 tons, or something like 7 million tons, showing an increase of 2 million tons over the normal out efforts to increase production, but at present the increase does not amount to more thast put. All the collieries are making stronuous
A correspondent in the Singapore Free Prens makes a well-meat suggestion, which might be with the present caroless and "sauey" crop of and useful at Hongkong by thosa dissatisfiel amate, The writer sys
I will not go into detail as to the amount of silones-that mariod ladies endure at the hands worry and suffering--not always or in begin the recital. The necessary servants of the above class Life is too shift even to havo ached a pitch of laziness, incompetencer insolenes and rapacity that sorcam cat for some relief,
PHOTO SUPPLIES.
LONG. HING & CO..
No. 17, QUEEN'S ROAD.
Hongkong, 5th Jute.]1905. BELLIGERENTS AT SHANGHAI.
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Now here is the idea. In the country of var thousands of poor willows of the good men who brave allies, the Japanese, there so may have fait down their lives for their country.
The N.-C. Daity News reports:-Somewhat who, possibly ran hardly ears one third or on them, if u fow came down hors, to undoriake
later the uriginally oxpected Admiral Urlu's four of what would be theerfuly paid for
The flagship the Mikado's soldiers and sailors are sure to beedient, industriona, trustworthy, faithfuldron arrived outaide Ontzlaff about five the above duties. The wires of such mien ar
Now, I would cleerfally join any association. Takica came to an anchorage about four miles from the island, while the raises Nonia and and kind. Their cleanliness is a proverb, clock Sunday afternoon. the members of which should put down any reasonable snim, say, $100) each, to get a party Takuchilm at once went en patrol between the
other cruisers are in the near neighbonehod. of such girls down, on trial. If the conditions Bell broy and Elliott Island. A little inter the were possibly somewhat as follows, the ides, destroyers Mame and Susanum put in an further worked out by more compotent minis appearaner, and it is understood that several might come to something.
A Committee of married ladies, braded by the wife of the Japanese Consul, should arrange and run the business :--
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MARK.
LIGHT WINES.
HOCKS AND MOSELLES.
Ti quadros comes from the Corean Strait south in pursuit of the Seeing Russians after by way of Formosa, the tensels having gone the battle. They have not had much rost. during the week, therefore, but for all that. boar astonishingly few marks of hard work, or great engagemont in which they took quarter about four feet above the waterline. NIERSTEINFE The Tokie is one largo hole on the starboard where a six-inch shell struck, but did not HOCHHEIMER
| LIEBFRAUMILCH
the
LAUBENHEIMER... part GRAACHER
Their accounts of the
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Bottles.
$13.00
$15.00
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(1) The girls should be allotted to families, (2) Both girls and mistresses to be bound by the ulos laid down by such Committee, enly.
(3) Any disagreement to be laid before, and (4; The girls, at the end of one year, to re- (5) Any meraber of the Committes to be free There are other slight daugos on this ant the CALIFORIA RIESLING
other ernisers, hut they are settled by the Commit ea. coivo a passage back to Japan, or its equivalent. plade till it had passed clear througis her. 5
fere, style of living,
(5) Rate of pay, &c., to be sullled before. exuberant spisite. to visit the girls at any time, to see their quar- the men are in the wonderfully clean,
(7) The Committee to see that the girls had girl direct, as decided by the former.
or sick.
As a guide to the rate of pay I might mention suitablo giri, a small family like our comfortable places to live in, when warmployed
that, to own would be glad to pay down the $100 A above, and a monthly pay of, say $16 to $18. If we allow that the rats would repay, in two years, the amount of the bonus, then the girl shoull get 2 more por mouth, if she signed on for further term.
Brawn-That may be. But which is worse, a monopoly bell by the ratepayers themselves for their own benefit, or ene held by private It has, for instance, to be people for their benefit At the moment you domand for Kyushu ceat has increased to
may pay your money and have your choice. By aimited not only that the prosent Team and, if you get into the hands of a business Company's earnings are $45,000 annually, but like set of directors, nalettered by competition, it is highly important that Interested" and you will pay your money, but you will have no Robinson. I was talking to Finch about the his friends should bear in mind that the choice.
nament to satisfy the immediate prussing The price of coal exponges are 346,000 zanually. With the latter matter this morning, and he thinks we ought per out, and it is feared that it will be to sell because it is not rasunable to expect or itema well in mind lat
dinary gentlemen, as our Councillors are, to needs of the market. "Interested's" method of calculation. Sup know anything about electricity. But I told him shows an advance of 12 par ton on an hand. and paid to the Committee, or to the battle of Tsushima auufirm the reports posing the new line wore to be constructed by it would be just as foolish to expect them to average and, with regard to coal for export, an independent Company. "Interested "shows know anything about road-making, savor con.the figure is 11.60 per ton higher than year in which Jamuese coal reached the make a tolerable success of all these things. It us how the shareholders in the present Construction, or concrete pipo making. Yet they the price which prevailed in 1--the
ia pany, by being satisfied with a division ci only
not such a very difficult matter in these days highest figure on record. The extraordinary rise in price, ospecially in soal for export, must reliablu to get
Apecialists. $15,000 instead of $45,000 during the next
Smith And deliver yourselves, bound, body not be lightly regarded when the fact is three years, would be able to meet the com
and soul, to that bugbear of all freemen-a considered that one-third of the total output is Look at Russia, exported abroad. Formerly the ports of Singa- Frow-beating bureaucracy. petition when it came with a fighting find of
just now. It is not the autocrat against pore, Hongkong, and Shanghai, which form the principal markets for Japanese coal, made $90,000!
whom curses and bombs are being burled. It
large importations of Australian coat; but, be allowed, my dear owing to the comparatively low price of the Brown. That may
coal from the market. fellow; but it does not affect the present position former, it has now practically driven out at all. We are not living (thank Heaven) in Australian
difference of price between the two is about Rusais, but in Shangbai, where, in place of an autocracy with its attendant irresponsible 3 yen in favour of Japaness and, therefore, if bureau, wo have a pure democracy. Whoever the price of the latter should rise above heard of a bureauerney giving trouble when that figure it is more that probable that the aware that a speaker at one of our municipal that Australian coal will come to reoccupy its controlled by a popularly elected body? I am ground won by Japanese coal will be lost and meetings profused to pretend that we might, cld position, under certain circumstances, enffer in the same way here, but I gave him credit for knowing better all the while.
Thon baging the That looks formidable.
"We cut our fares down to war of rates. ono-third" anys "Interested," and loaded jubilantly we still pay $15,000 to shareholders but lay nothing aside." I should like to knoFT exactly how this is done. If the income is
reduced two-thirds, lilo amount will be 230,933, The expenses will still remain the same, namely $46,000. Thus there would roughly be a loss of $16,000 annually, and if the shareholders were still paid $15,000, as Interested" expects, that would inoan that over $30,000 a year world have to be taken from this special fighting fand, which would thas bo exhausted in less than three years.
is the burennorat,
Robinson-And you must allow that whether our electric light has been a very paying concara or not, it has certainly succeeded in lighting our stroots and houses in a way that would never have been done bad we retained nader the
Such a scheme would bonetit many people
Japnu. The
here and, perhaps, help many poor families in
The Free Press comments:-Many house holders will read with pleasure and approval the letter of "Fatorfamilias," in which he makes a
a considerable extent as humane and helpful to many on whom the present war has pressed very suggestion that, at this moment, will appeal to all as being not only sound and practical, int to Most of the large Kyushu collieries make rerely. The proposal is. in place of the objec tomers as to the quantity and price. Couso employed here, to sugage from Japan women forward contracts of one year with their cus. tionable and untrustworthy class of amnahs now quently they cannot claim a higher scale of and irls who would be willing to enter domestic who have lost their breadwinners in the war. payment, though the cost of production has employment. There must be many thousand rison, and they are obliged to fall the cuyoung widows and bereavad sisters and daughters tracts at a considerable loss. Smuller mine.
The Japanese women are tidy, clean, cheery, owners are better situated in this respect, as
Japan is a children's paradise. Every child is the difficulty thumb of the Gas Monopoly. But I forget yon they seldom enter into contracts of this kind, and entirely to be trusted with children. are comparatively a new comer, and have had no but all the collieries are in common of happy there, and the reverence for children is universal. It seems to us that everybody would gain by such an immigration of Japa- Brown obtaining a sufficient supply of labour.
For the parents it would dividend-squeezing set of monopolists.
nove servante. experience of what it is to be at the mercy of a encing trouble owing to
be a relief, to be sure, that their children and I know, and knowing, are too ente to wish It dues as good, as men interested
were kindly treated in their absence; for to go back. in the pablic welfare, to see a certain number of
the children it would be a daily benent to thousands of taels' profit on the electric light going into the public exchequer, since it is
heath and temper; and to the immigrants it
be won asure livelihood, with su ability to evident that by that much the rato-payer has
remt to less fortagate members of their families The only exciting iccident on June 4th,
through & Ladies' Com- had his task lightened, and at the same time has
writes" W.G." in the N.-C. Daily News,
the scheme had a better light at equally low or lower rates.
Smith. I hope you are not amongst that the arrival at Woosung carly in the afternoon large body of simple-minded people who can be of a Rasvien destroyer in tow of the C.N.S. obair up to St John's Place, if they wore ab taken in by the argument of a clever nocantant. 1.Kueilin. I went out to see her and found her direct and indirefuld do to all cou
There is another point in "Interested's
a misleading letter which abo strikes me as factor in his calculation. The writer of the lotter assumes apparently that the opening of a new line, with a station in the Queen's Road, would not in the slightest degree affect the volume of the traffic which the present line enjoys. I am inclined to think that the opening of the now lins would immediately reduce the volume of traffic on the present live by at least 50 per cent. How many Pat residents I wonder, would walk from their offees or take a
to get into a car in the Queen's Roal which would carry them to precisely the same spot on the Penk? And how many would come down from the Peak to St. Joba's Place, when they could be taken on the other line down to Queen's Road? Though at first inclined to sympathis with the objectors, I am, on a fuller considera- tion of the whole question, convinced that the policy of the Directors is a sound ono. The present line could not successfully compete with tho ono projected. It will be gonerally con. coded, I think, that it would not have the ghost of a chance eg just it so long as the
to the community. now going
Robinson-You saw Mr. Darwent's letter the other morning, I suppose. What did you
think of it?
THE "BODEY" AT SHANGHAI
The arrival of the Russian destroyer Bodry at Shanghai was telegraphed to the Daily Press.
in Japan. While the
could not pressib mitte, ander
Perhaps wome
this matter. They will be welcomed. cerned would be very great. married ladies would like to give their views on
GERMANY IN NEW GUINEA.
Do
SAUTERNE
that it was a most one-sided affair. Only the Dmitri Donskoi, they say, ad- anything of Japaness made overy effort to capture her bat when further resistance became hopeless she GRAVES Bank herself. a fight and she, indeed. fought gallantly. The
The Sasanarai is the destroyer which dis- vausky and his staff. It is likely that with the covered and took prisoner Admiral Rozhdest marrow, leaving of course again within the time required by rules of neutrality. The Admiral furuzame, she may come up to Woosung to- himself is not expected to visit. Wonsang or Shanghai. Mr. Matsuoka, the Japanese Vice- Consul, went out to meet him at Gutzla.
The arrival of the squadron is partly in connation with the interning of the Russian
no canse remains for complaint. It is also desired to munka seonre the ordinary steamer The refugees here, but the business has been so well
route between Shanghai and Japan. whole of the Baltic Fleet, including the uino managed by Admiral Sah and the Tastai, that
destroyers which accompanied it, is now believed to be accounted for, but it is not the intention
It may be meationed that the Tokiwa has on of the victers of Trushima to neglent asy board a gramophone taken from the Admiral precaution. Seniavin, and its Russian airs have been source of much entariaiament on board,
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The derelict destroyer Bedry submitted to
pany with the Askold and the other interned the inevitable yesterday and was towed up river to Tangkadoo, there to take her place in com
she passed vessels. Her forlorn and dirty appearance or cited much sympathetic comment un the crowded Gardens and Band. A Chinese The Volunteer ateamer Jaroslav had already torpedo-boat fellowed immediately behind. passed up river to Tangkadon and the Vladimir HIGHEST CLASS. and Voronej are expected to follow to day. They were moored inside the inner Woosing bur yesterday.
The Chinese naval squadron at Woosung has been strengthened by the arrival yesterday and on Sunday of the eruiuers Haitien and Haiché, both of which had been out for a cruise, and also by a torpedo-boat.
A STARTLING DISCOVERY.
Among other cases of merchandise landed at Jesselton & few weeks ago, says the British North Thoss were deposited in the Customs. The Borate Herail, were two entinary gin cases. cases were addressed to Sandakan, and had evi-
tain similar remains. The consignes has not yot heon found, but it is presumed that tho bones are those of some defubot Chinese towkay and his lady, or their way to be laid to rest in the tomb of their ancestors.
OF THE
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AT
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OUR CLIENTS HAVE THE ADVANTAGE OF OUR
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TO THE PIANO TRADE.
It is a well-known fact that the book-keeping to be the Bodry. She looked very dirty and passed by public auditors is frequently not of weather-worn. Her turtle deak forward looked the sort which enlighters. It was Talleyrand, as if it had been badly buffetted atcat by the I think, who said that Language was given us 8, and long streamers of green seaweed wers to enaces our thoughts. Apply that to trailing from the waterline. So far as I could municipal book-keeping, and you will, perhaps, see she had received no injuries from shell fire. She had no holes above the waterline, and the
At least one German resident in Hongkong battered appearance of her upper works was if you are clever, discover what anrplases from municipal trading mean.
were na private conferention yesterday, arising Brown-You seed not fear anything of that more likely to have been due to heavy seas does not considor New Guinen a desirable colour, Bort here. During the last few years our
than the enemy's shells. Her decks crowded with sailors, all of whom were very over an article in the Pall Mall Garette, he
gave his opinion that it has no ecmmercial dontly ban pat ashore by mistake. Noticing
EXPERTS municipal accounts have been models of clear-
From Admiral Sah I learnt that the Bodry futuro, ness. Besides, you must know that both here dirty, and locked tired and despondent.
P.M.G. writer says:-It has been said that one of them was insecurely fastened, the policeman oo duty raised the lid, and on inspec- and at home, the audit tunst be such as will satisfy the law. This reckless criticism of was picked up about seventy miles from Sha official figuras only shows how weak is the posi-weishan, by the Kucin. Her coal supply was that most of Germany's colonies and dependenting the conten's found them to be a lansa
is oo exception to this rale, amely. Kuis r tien of the company promoters and others who exbansted, and her provisions nearly so, and she
When she was Wilcolm's Laud is New Guinea. Lying to the and packed in company with a number of joes means of temporary saila wish to put into their own pockets the profits was doing her best to make a little headway by pies were ever coreted by nations, let the skull and two bones, wrapped in white cloth, DEVOTED
boarded by the Admiral's representative it was north of Australia, and covering an area of papers, etc. The second case was found to con- EXCLUSIVELY found that she had come from the Straits of 300,000 aquar+ miles. New Quinca was for years Cores and her Captain, Ivanoff, stated that he an object of desire to the colonising Powers was bound, for Saigon. Ho announced his Only the eastern portion was available, however, intention of proceeding thither after coaling and the British Government was constantly Commission, or semi-Protectorate: Ministerial WUN instituted, but owing to from the transports, bat was politely informed urged to annex it, but hesitated to do so. that he would not be at liberty to take coal 1876 a
In 1883 was quite inefective. from the Russian ships. The Bedry had on
voluntarily Government board 141 men, 71 of whom formed her own neglect.
Queensland Thess showed crew, while the remainder wore picked up from the that there is danger of an inordinate growth a sinking destroyer. Admiral Sab sont a took possession; Lord Derby, the Colonial of Municipal debt, there is a four that notification on board to the effect that if she Minister, refused to ratify this move and permanent footing on the north of the south- petition of the new line with a terminus at eta trading legitimately undertaken will he did not leave within twenty-four hours she Germany stepped in, and in 1884, obtained following totals of the Budget Estimates of the
detrimentally affected by any further extension would have to submit to internment. Baitory Path? I have understood that for a of public competition backed by the rates; that captains of the transports, he informs me, have eastern section of the great island. It was only to the consequences of its dilatorinoss, and there there is never the same careful supervision of all signed undertakings to submit to the then that the British Government became alive dispate with the authorities at B sharp
Besides this expenditure, a sum of Tcs. long time past the Company has been run expenditure in public enterprises as there is in restrictions enforced by the Chinese: ning as many cars as it is possible to run, private, and that gross waste is the consegnenos; and the vessels will be interned at Shanghai ond
Yoosung, it being laposi'slo to find amitable Berlin. Eventually, however, the boundaries ware setled, the German portion being rather accommodation for them at Kiangyin. and my extension of the line will pre-ibat jobbery becomes rampant under such a w
During the afternoon the tag Rocket wat smaller than the British-70,000 squaro tiles,5,800,000 is provided for railway construction, sambly mean a less frequent service-unless system, and finally that it is not the business of the whole of the line were doubled. That, an elected body to trade lnt to govern.
Robinzon-You are admirably primed, my alongside the destroyer and fetched away about against 10,000, whilst the population (11,000 out of the loan recently raised in Europe in dear Smith. Are you going to speak at the twenty wounded men, some of whom have reis only equal to about ong third of that under comparison with the estimated roven us of the very bad injuries. The Bodry was flying our rule. Throughout thProtectorate, and year 128 (1904-05), that for the current year it is scarcely necessary to say, would be an exceedingly costly undertaking, but it is one meeting?
mith-I don't know. Why do you ask?
the Russian flag when she came in, bat the the neighbouring Bismarck Archipelago, there shows an increase of 43 milline ticals, after al-
breezes seemed to conspire to rob it of its Robinson. Because thero is an effective which, had there been no opposition line is night, would have had to be couridered before
answar to each of your objections and one other pride and it hung limply and bedraggled from re only about 130 Germans, and the trading lowing for a reduction of over Toa. 80,00 ià lung. All things considered I think the Directorsand Ceneral Managers have been wise in their day and generation.
terminus is where it is. Some works ago I mentioned the ramour that the Directors were considering schemes for the extension of the line to Queen's Road. The only possible schemo was for the lines to be carried straigh: down, and for the elation to be at the junction of Garden Road with Queen's Road-opposite the Cricket Ground. I understand (unofficially) that this would boa eestly piece of work, and, when done, would it put the Company in a mach better position to hold its own against the com
The Hongkong correspondent of the London Daily Mail, I observe, wired home last month the alarming intelligence that the local naval Dathorities had held a secret eonference! If they aver held public conferences in Hongkong the local newspapers, if you will allow me to say so, Mr. Editor, Lara boon very remiss in reporting them.
BANYAN.
Smith-I thought it far from convincing. It was very weak to argue that because other communition had done (as I consider them) foolish things, therefore we must do them toe; and it will take a great deal more hun Mr. Darwent's ipse dixit to upset the arguments of the Times.
besides, stronger and more convincing for the Shanghai men than either.
Smith. What is that f
Robinson. The fact that so large a sua is Smith. Iebould have thought that an in- being offered for the works as they stand. centive to sell.
Robinson. With some it may be. But tho sensible man will remember the old classic saw, ask, if the works are worth so much to Times Danaos, et doua ferentes. Why, he will anybody else, are they not worth the same lo the comamily? It will be the community that will have to pay dividends on that sum of money. Would it not be just as well if the profits went year by year into their own pookets
Brown-I shouldn't like to bet that the The Hongkong Observatory yesterday issued community will not again be boodwinked as
they were over the last electrical discussion. the following report:-
Robinson.--If so, they deserve their fate. The barometer On the 11th at 12,25 p.m.
Smith. They do. (zit smiling knowingly) has fullen in N. China, and rison slightly in S. China.
WEATHER REPORT.
Tressure remains low over both Southern and Northern China.
Gradients are slight to moderate, and moderate S. to 8.W. winds may be expected in the Formoss Channel and the N. part of the Chian Ses.
Forecast:-Moderate & winds; showery.
One of the many hopeful signe of the times is the apparent decay of the breed of so-called great men those mighty personalities that in former times stood out like a solitary tree in a | vast prairie-Saturday Evening Post.
ceived
authorities
had only one day's water supply left, and that the stern flagpost. I understand that the crow the stock of provisions had run very low. so they will doubtless to thankful to buvo reached Shanghai, eren if it means internment.
HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF.
Probably, says a
London
newspaper.
SIAMESE FINANCE.
In view of the popularity of the recent Biam- ese loan, the following should have interest:-
The Sioni Observer is enabled to publish the year 324 (1905-06):--
Revenue Expenditure
Tioal 53,000,000
WE ARE BY FAR THE
LARGEST
IMPORTERS
AND
Tes. 2873,099 MANUFACTURERS Surplus Tr 16,917 IN CHINA, AND STOCK THE
of the German New Guinea Company consequence of the abolition of a large num operations bare not, as yet, been much extended. Still, ber of gamiding houses. stations have been laid down and plantations opened, and the country, which is rich in tropical products, ha a future of some pro-perity
before it.
THE FIRST BANK IN KOREA.
THE PRICE OF MEAT.
Like en keng. Shanghai and Japanese-1 ports, Tientsin is now beginning to app ecinta the rise in the price of meat. The Tientsin Meat Supply Company has issued the fllowing notice to its customers:
ing to the scarcity of Lire Stock coming Owing to Tientsin, and continual demand at high prices for ballocks for the front from the interior, we are compelled to raise our price of boof from this day as follows-Prime parts 18 cente per It, other parts 10 conta por 5. The Where is this remarks, somewhat hopelessly
Tientsia may congratulate itself, China Review, commenting upon the circular, instead of grumbling at 18 cents for prime
The First Japanese Back (Dai-itchi Ginko) has decided to open new branches at Shimonn. Do fad has cost more in the way of money and live than that of the orchid.seki, at Kairyeng and Songjlu in Koros, and Collectors must be rich men, but once bitten at Antung in Manchuria.
In consequence of the decision regarding with the manis, they care not what sums they
Korea the following articles have been addal give for a rare orchid possessed by no one else. Lives are lost in the election of orchids in the to the articles of association of the bank in world's out-of-the-way places; for the orchid, accordance with the requirements of a recently
1.-The Bauk will isane notes in Korea, to end" in all its strange beauty, loves the poisonous issued Imperial Ordinance plaons of the sarth. Men have penetrated the
parts. twilight jungles of territory never befota negotiable for Japanese currency, at the bran-
the Bank in that Empire. tonebed by the foot of white men in search of obes
2.The Bank shall keep in reserve silver the valuable blooms. The first white ore id exbibited in London attracted enormous atten- coin, or silver or gold bullien, is an unent tion: yet in some primitive parts of the globe the flowers are so plentiful they are sold by the squs to the value of the mutes isened, or shail street-sellers as are violets in London.
Hongkong historians will be reminded of the inlip fad in 1578, when the same extravagance was noticeshle. One single tulip, called the Viceroy, sold for 4,203 guildors!
keep
of
Bank of Japan wotes against the amount notes issued by the First Bank.
The Bank is also authorised to issue notes not eroceding yen. 10,000,000 on the security of Japanese Goreromant bonds or securities, or other trustworthy documents
Not lack of money is the cause of poverty ev spend money-Saturday Post.
much as lack of the educated sense of how is
In all probability the uoft half century will
head. Smith's Weekly. show a Republican Europe, with Britain as the sole remaining great Fewer with a King as
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