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richer of the crust itself; and over huge districts these are already beginning to show signs of exhaustion, and it ha become a matter of ecleulation how much longer they can be called upon effectively. There
the Radical candidates at the election, wel have already gone near the corresponding demand of the Roman proletariat for absolutely free bread.
But to return to the subject of national A. S. WATSON & CO., is unfortunately the distinction between economy which has been left out of sight by the two, that whereas the products of soil, our modern professed "freetradors," be if we handle them with judgment, will in they Unionist or Liberal, it is true that a the course of nature, and by natural means, statesman's main concern is with the pre- continually renew themselves, the subter-sent, but history has never condened the ranian wealth of a land once removed can man who failed to look is the face the never be restored. Practically the civilisa- problems of the near future. Already the WINE & SPIRITsion of the nineteenth century has been built careful observer sees unmistakeable signs on entirely on coal, and the possession or not the horizon that the question of wheat MERCHANTS. of coal has been the actuating factor supply is in the increasing population of the in national greatness. Such facts might Mississippi States, and the approaching bave naturally been expected to produce exhaustion of the nitrate beds, of which wo
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Dr. Mashle, the missionary who escaped from TELEGRAMS. the Lianchow asssere in such a dramatic way, has taken up duties for the Presbyterian Mission Beard at Iloilo, Philippines
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CANTON.
FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.]
DEABER NICH.
Karch 24th.
The price of rice is increasing hors. During
the Brat moon, rise could be bought at one dollar for. 20 catties (1st class), or for 27 catties (2nd
His Majesty has not been adviŝéi to exérciss THE VOTE OF CENSURE ON LORD
power of disillowance with respect to su
MILNER, Ordinance further to amend the Merchant Ship- pg Ordinager, 1899, and for other purposes.
LONDON, March 22nd, The motion for a vote of censure on Lord class). Now, with the same amount the people Commons without a division, and the amend-adclass). The increase is due to the report that Milner has been rejected in the House of can only get 18 catties (lat class) or 25 antties
in Shanghai, Mo-a and Chan Kiang a discussion mont moved by Mr. Winston Churchill han is on to forbid the exportation of rice.
It is also due to the fest that Kwangsi merehauta are been adopted.
baying rice from the rice shops in Sha-Koo Tai Kai, and are offering good prices.
Mr. Jas, Neiab, of the as. Emprim of China, The final tio for the gold medal prosented by
was played on Friday afternoon on Kowloon Bowling Geoon between Mauers, d. C. Gow and Jus. Ramsay, and a keen gama ended in a win for the former by 21 shots to 20.
With rofonce to Government Notification No. 56 of the 29th January, 1902, His Excel. Mr. John Ingram Andrew to be a surveyor of lency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
THE JAPANESE FAMINE FUNDS.
LONDON, March 22nd.
expenses of the transmission of gifts for New Zealand has decided to defray the
boilers of unlicensed steamships vader 60 tons the relief of the famine in Japan.
burden in succession to Mr. W. G. Winterburn,
resignad.
The Committee, and any subscribers who care to attend, are requested to go to the City Hall at 12. p.m. today (Monday), to receive the Japanese and British blusjackots, who dine there at one o'clock. After thn mas are eated, it will be necessary for only a few of the subscribers to remain to see that the men are well looked after.
THE CHINESE INDEMNITY.
LONDON, March 22nd.
stated that after discharging the claims Mr. Asquith, replying to Mr. McRae,
against the Chinese indemnity, the Treasury will possess £350,000.
BULL DOG BRAND economy; that they have not has been due to another but collateral series of events, The creator, as he may fairly be called, of the age was of course Jamná WATT: Finding that certain inventivo minds had been seeking to use the expansive force of steem to assist human labour, he took up the fascinating problem, little thinking that the task that he had undertaken was about to revolutionise the world; socially and justifiable complaceace on the situation, STOUT politically as well as industrially. Under The exhaustion of our ngal trevsures' his hands the steam engine hitherto but according to our then consumption was a plaything became a perfect machiuc, which matter of many centuries, and none but a littleexperience showed could beemployed statesman of the calibre of Dow QUIXOTE in every department where human labour would have felt himself called to legislate ALE had previously been the motive agent. But for his descendents in the sixtieth genera
the new power needed food as well as the tia; but the situation to-day is far
THE TRANSVAAL LABOUR different, and already the comparative more old-fashioned labour of human hande;
QUESTION. that food was, however, to be found under searcity of the fuel is beginning to react on
According to returns made by the nathorities, our industries.
We have been extrava at the end of 1904 there were 35,687 physicians
LONDON, March 22nd. gromul, and was known to be extensively
Of this The mining houses are seriously consider developed in England-20 extensively that gant, in fact, to unpardonable extrenies practising in the Japanese empire.
and pot coutent to the statesman of the day it appeared
with wilfully wag number 700 were dentiste.
The number of ing the rivisability of the importation of doctora practising general medisine included-Indian labour into the Transvaal, but it is most important ting at home this
1,583 graduates from the Imperial University
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absolutely inexbaustible. JAMES WATT jateam engine would in any case bave had | far-reaching consequences, though without collateral circumstances it would hardly for generations to come, at least, hare trans QUARTS: PINTS AND SPLITS. | formed a world. Just thirteen years before JAMES WATT, in a quali Scotch provincial town, another remarkable man. Апам BMITH, was born. ADAM SMITH was not n
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THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.
Tha programma of music to be performed by
LONDON, March 22ad. the Band of the 2nd Royal West Kent Regi The Committee of the reform procedure meat on the Now Parade Ground to-day (Monof the House of Commons recommends that day), from 5 to 6.30 pm.. is as follows:-March,
El Capitan Souss, Overture to Mirolla" the House shall meet at 3 p.m. instead of Good; Selection from "Maritaan" Wallace, at 2 p.m., abolish the dinner hour and rise Valse,"Abschied von Munchen Gung;nt 11.30 p.in. Patrol, "The Crack Regiment Tohani, Selor- tion from "The Orchid" Caryl.
IMPUDENT SMUGGLERS,
the special purpose of preventing smuggling. The Customs have a revendo boat cruising in the vicinity of Nam Shik Toa. It is thers for
Recently this boat revoired a threatening letter, from some rasends who demanded a considerable sam and 40 per cent, of the yearly revenus of the boat. The letter says that if the request is not complied with the bost will be burnt.
MILL'S TOO MUCH CIVILIZATION. The Viceroy has issued an order to the affect that all offlvials shall commence to wear summ
hats from the 25th Inst.
BAILWAY MATTERS.
Ou the 21st inst. the Chamber of CommSPEÐ received another dispatch from the Viceroy arging the merebante to take over the Cautṣn. Haakow Railway and requesting them lo report without delay stating how they will pay the railway loss. The Viceroy says that the first instalment of interest on the railway loan will fall day on the 6th April. After deducting the income of the Fat-shan Railway, there still romains a sum of £4,178 short which must be raised. Hs (he Viceroy) having heard that the merchants have enllacted more than $1,600,000 and believing that they will find no difficalty in. raising the $20.000,000 necessary, and Laring confidence in the undertaking, asks the mer- hauts to appoint several wealthy members of the gontry to take charge of affairs and to
we have been sending it 9.243 graduates from the Medical College, 2,880 feared that the climate may result in & submit their names to him so that be may
abroad in continually increasing quantities to the very great advantage of our compati- tors, and this has not been done ignorantly, but in the face of the warnings of officially appointed commissions. industrial side of the question; the political So much for the
attouts a hardly more agreeable prospect.
Consciously or unconsciously under the
graduates from Profectural Mediest Schools, heavy mortality and so render the scheme memorialize the Throne and transfer the control of the line to them, as His Excellency is vory. anxious to see this done as quickly as possible.
and 94 holders of foreign Diplomas of Medicine.
at Amoy, if there is another people on earth as It is doubtful, says the United States Contal
average possession of worldly goods is so small good judges of value as the Chinese. Their that what they do have they know all about. The margin between their expanses is so small,
impracticable.
GERMANY AND RUSSIA.
Loxos, March 23rd,
The Berlio press is angry at Count Lams- dorff's telegram to the Russian delegatos at
THE FRENCH FLEET
The French Fleet, though not greeted with the cordiality of their reception from the au ostentations display, fool very gratifled with
Besides a number of private invitations, to the officers and men, Admiral Richards on Satur→
mechanical inventor, bat taking up the false pretence of free-trade we have been where there is any at all, that every expenditure Algeciras, and accuses Russia of duplicity representatives of the British navy here.
A. S. WATSON & CO.. philosophy of human production le invented, backing up abroad the most unblushing Laoroughly clothed people, even in the southern THE UNITED STATES IMMIGRATION day dined with the Naval Commander-in-Chief.
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we may say, an absolutely new sciuce, that of political economy: the one man's thoughts were t be necessary complement to the other's practical genius. Under WATT's
system of protection that the world has yet seen, and under its influence we have been permitting our home industries one by one to be dried up to the roots, or transplanted
in wutched with the utmost caro. They are a and ingratitude.
provinces, and clothing is even more of social necessity with them than it is with other nations professing to be further advanced in civilisation. It goes without saying, that anything affects them directly and at once. Practically the
LAWS.
LONDON, March 23rd, President Roosevelt, replying to u labour
HONGKONG VOLUNTEER CORP.
The first six cords returned in connection
invention it soon became manifest th. tady to our competitors' country, with the basis of all their clothing ia cotton, cr, in the deputation demanding more stringent im- with the monthly shoot of the Right. Half No. 2
any way
articles of daily need could be produced of result that our own unemployed tabour is be-sas of the well-to-do, a mansure of silk. better quality and lower price thau auder coming a growing cause of national concern. the old conditions. There was, however, & Complacently too, without in
The Hongkong Branch of the Royal Sanitary limit to the available markets for their recompeusing the country for this loss of
Institute is at present making a very great effort to accomplish good work in the Colony consumption, and ADAM SMITH showed that its most important asset, we have been by the promotion of sanitary knowledge. Wo this limit was largely dite to restrictions. on actually supplying abroad under the mand the natural course of commerce, partly of free-trade the sinews of war. If the political and partly financial. The ultimate dires, ef ect of free-trade hus been the effect of Warr'a inventions supplemented building up of the North and West with by SMITH's teachings was the supersession great cities such ## Manchester aud
understand that the local branch has arranged to hold three distinct examinations, and a fourth will be arranged for later. The arrangements "p to the present are:-Examination in Practical Sanitary Science, April 18th and 19th Examination for Sunitary Inspectors,
for School Touchers, in October next; Examina- sten for Inspectors of Meat and other Foods will be arranged later. We have no doubt that the Acting Secretary, Mr. Alfred Carter forward particulars of those examinations to Sanitary Board Offices, will be pleased to
anyone interested in this movement.
by Free Trade of the old policy of re- Birminghaus, the inevitable result of our April 18th and 19th Examination in Hygieve striction, with the result that British present policy will be, in probably a still LONDON OFFICE: 131, FLEET STREET, E C. industries for more than half a century shorter period, to ramler these lives
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but as that is not likely to imppen for
rule the world.
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At the
The 73rd plague caso was recorded on Satur- day.
Kumerous cases of plague are reported in Japān
migration laws, defended the measures for relaxing the regulations for the entry of Chinese to the United States.
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THE CHINESE COMMISSION.
LONDON, March 23rd. Mr. Taxi-tea, of the Imperial Chinese mission, has arrived in London.
AGYFT, TURKEY AND GREAT BRITAIN.
LONDON, March 23rd. The Porte insists that Tabah is an in- tegral part of the Turkish Empire belonging to the district of Akabah, and the Turkish military authorities are erecting posis to demarcate the boundary of the Sinai penin- sula. Great Britain is unable to accept the At four a. on March 9th, a fice ocurred Turkish view, and hopes that the Porte will Oriental Hotel Anaeze, Mesars. Caristensen's reconsider its position. In the weanwhile in the Fordiga Settlement, Kobe, by whick the
stevedoring offices and other offers were com-the craiser Diana remains in the vicinity. pletely destroyed. The annexe to the Oriental RAGGING IN THE BRITISH ARMY. Hotel was a commodious building arseted some
Adam, estimated the amount of damage at
the Chronicle obtained the following estimatu
of the loss from the polica Oriental Hotel, Y120,000, covered by insurance; Messrs. Christensen, office furniture only, Y1,500, ao insurance; Shanghai Toilet Club, Y2,000, no insurance; Dr. Perl, whose dental office is in a
The English Mail of the 24th February was room of the hotel, Y2,500, xo insurance; Messra. delivered in London on the 23rd just.
Potit & Co. Y3,500. There are of course other losses, such as those sustained by the guests, and in two cases this amounts to a considerable som member of the Authorised Architects' Com-in respect of clothing, etc. mitter vice Mr. J. Orange, resigned.
Mr. Arthur Turner has been appointeď
LONDON, March 23rd. Mr. Haidane has ordered an enquiry into
Kennedy, of the Guards, at Aldershot, who has had to flee to London with his nerves
Company of the Volunteers at Ta Hng range yesterday Lore the following scoTOA :~~
Handicap. Total. Ganner A. F. Warrack 90 +12= 102
219)
Captain Armstrong... 77 Gauner H. C. Gray
15=- 92
Gann H. T. Jackman
78
- 87
Hunner A. J. Pagk
71
15 = 86
Gauner F. C. Hall
67 ., 18 = 85
INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERS AND SHIPBUILDERS.
The entertainment given in the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders on Saturday night was the best of the series given there during the season. The efforts of those responsible for the arrangements of the concert were ominently successful. Pleasure and surpriss were evinced by those familiar with the handsome billiard room, in which the concert was held, at the
appearance.
transformation that had been affected in its The walls were draped with a great variety of flags, leat by Mr. Wilke, and a profusion of plans, artistically ar ranged on the stage and other parts, added to the pleasing scene. Credit raust be given to who, with the co-operation of Mr. Leanos, Mr. W. A. Crake, chairman of committee, secretary, succeeded in organizing sach audience that sembled. Grent praise is due to musical treat for the large and enthusiastic
the gentlemon who faced the footlights for their efforts to entertain, se oach in his parti cular site acquitted himself admirably. That their services were Appreciated was very the Institution, presided over the gathering. the performances of the orchestra of stringed Undoubtedly the feature of the evening was
instruments composed of Messrs. J. Inokay, A H. Silva, R. Guitierez (mandolinos) L. Remedies, C. Remedios (guittarras) and F. Silva and L. 4. ds Graca (Spanish guitars), who opened the concert with the march The Engineers" (specially composed for the occasion The Merchant Service Guild have cctumani the audience to such enthusiasm that it was
by Messrs. Inokay and Gersos). They ronie cated with the Admiralty asking for confirma-only by giving an encore that the concert was tion of the report in the press that the ..allowed to proceed. A song "Thy Sentinel am Speedwett, chartered by the Admiralty to carry 1," by Mr. Chapple was the next item, which
A banjo
K dnot coal to Cbutham, was delayed at Pomarth owing was also encored.
Bonnie to the fact that amongst the crew were eight Sectland" by Mesers. Ko Po Shan and Graca was no plessing that an encoro bed to be given, aliens who, it is stated, were required by the Mr. Burnett charmed the audience with his Admiralty to be supplanted by British bros encored. Mr. Graes followed with a viola rendering of "Mary of Argyle and was loudly
shattered.
ALIENS IN BRITISH MERCHANT SERVICE.
of industry little better than heaps of But a change so wide reaching could not rains as desolate as the long departed cities be accomplished without, in the happy of ancient Chaldea. These are the lesscas HONGKONG, MARCH 26TH, 1906.
phrase of DARWIN, raising up a host of which the result of the recent election has correlate variations. WHAT We said on Saturday as to the ditions of labour led to an entire inversion moment the country, in the first stages of
The altered con- brought vividly to the front. calculated shortage of wheat in the nai
of the old relations between Inbour and political intoxication, has lost the power of distant future is a not altogether enlivening
capital. Legislation for the hereft seig things as they really are, but the Certain French prospect for humanity.
politically and socially of the working inorable awakening must come, and its philosophers have recently been prophesying classes, and for their sanitation and coming saunot be ong delayed. Let us that humanity in the fature ages, of the education, began to occupy a prominest place hope that it may cone soon enough to avert years ago. The manager of the hotel, Mr. world will have to be conte a vegetable eater. in the councils of the land; and in the the break up of the evaù to-day powerful | 71:25 0:0 approximately, and in the evening, the "ragging" of Lieutenant Clarke Apparent. Mr. H. T. Richardson, president of
det of these distractions ordinary British nation. many hundreds of years hence, the present economy was thrown to the winds, and the dwellers on the face of the earth need hardly political economy of the early freetraders trouble themselves over the prediction.roduced to the weakling fetish of the Cob- The probable shortage of wheat which is den club. Weakly pandering to the mere likely to oceur within the next generationery of numbers as contrasted with intelli- is one to which the statesman cannot afford gence, the old constituency of the country to shut his eyes, and as the first rumblings was watered, and, before the newly entran of the storm are already upon us it is well chised had assimilated their privileges, was for those to whom will be outrusted the weakened again. Politically the situation steerage of state to ponder on the new con-
bears considerable likeness to that of Rome ditions which must prevail before the cen-
under the Antoninos. In some respects the tury has attained its majority. The niue-substitution of slave labour for the hand teenth century, it is hardly necessary to work of the free Roman labourer paralleled repeat, has been unique in the history of the substitution of the machine in midlern
who alone would be allowed inside the Govern– the world. It is only within the last few times. One result, in the beginning at all
ment Works at Chatham; for with definite, and as usual held his listeners in rapture. The inevitable ancore was demanded with great information the Guild informed the Admiralty persistence and the artist obliged by another years that we are beginning to ronline howevents, in both cases was the raising of the
that delay of the kind with vessels to performance. advanced was the old civilisation of Fgypt status of free Inbour, but collateral influences
cherterol could be avoided in the fulare. The second part of the programme was and the Mesopotamian plains: partly that were at work which tended to hwer to
In the ouse where J. Cros charged P. C. Also, in reference to the proposed naval Reponeo Amorense,"
by the orchestra rendering the valse Taylor with assault, his Worship gave his manoeuvres in June port, the Guild are having made such a good impression were not These gentlemenz civilisation wore itself out; partly it was this status to that of a proletariai.
recorved decision. He said :-In this case with drawing attention to the notice issued by the allowed to escape without a repetition of their destroyed under the encroachments of century later in Rome the cry before
reference to the condition of the complainant Based off Trade relating to an examination clever performancy. They complied with peoples in a lower stage of culture. In any which Emperor and Senate had to crouch
on the night in question I have no doubt that sorries in time of war which will come into two-step. Mr. Jordan, by special request, gave
the
Come under y Hong
Umbrelis. case it comprised but a lanted portion helplessly was the ominous shout from the
he was very intoxicated. With reference to
force ut such ports in the United Kingdom and Ilume favoared with the song of the earth's surface, In many respects once independent working classes of Parem
the evidense generally it was of a mest con-
His Majesty's possessions abroad as are defended (oncoro), and Mr. Inokay played a balalaita solo, flicting and also most unsatisfactory nature- it differed markedly from that of modern et Cirences. Now it is an unplemant fact,
by means of mines and batteries; masters to while Mr. Terrill, who was in good voice, sang The onus is placed on the prosecutor of satisfy receive confidential notices of the ports at which con
"Herte are Trumpa" must effectively. The times: not only was it confined within nar- not to be concealed by any process of logical Institute at Taipingshan has now been ing me beyond all doubt this the defendant this examination service has been established, with much acceptance, while the piano selections comic element was supplied by Mr. Barnett row limits superficially, but it depended apologetic sophistry, that in the recent ery of opened and that all communications intended was the man who assaulted him. This fact his The Guild emphasise the fact of aliens not only by Mr. Inskay ininced the audience to take up practically entirely on the products of the the "Big Loaf," under which the last future be seat to his office at the Institute.
for the Governineul Bacteriologist should in not bean prosed to my satisfactive and my figuring in the forecastles of British merchant the strains of the popular airs, and the singing surface; and in a great measure died out General Elections were decided, we have
ships, but elually in command of such vessels, naturally when the productiveness of the heard the first mutterings of a similar eryti Liett. J. A. P. Plummer. H.V.C., leave of H. E. the Governor has bean pleased to great
and point out that alien captains of British land began to diminish. One of the great Indeed we may even go further and suggest absence for two months, and to Lieut. W.
The master of the Ying Kee shop, 1, Rutter ships receiving information in this way might ase it in a way most damaging to the interests msinsprings of the wandern civilisation has that in the open favouring of the recent ery Murray Scott, H.V.C. leave of absence for Street, was fined $500 for selling samsha with and safety of our country. They think that the been that in an even greater proportion it of the right of the working man to stato iwelve mouths, commencing from the 20thout a license; of this amount $50 was to go to present is a very opportune moment for once has been dependent on the subterranian employment, favoured as it was by many of March and 18th April, respectively.
more drawing attention to this serious matter.
According to official returns the population of Yokohama at the end of December last was 331,627, the number of houses being 61,024,
The March number of the V.R.C. Magazine
is to hand, and though a reading leaves a good impression, the contente do not lend themselves to quotation. "Argaty's" accrunt of a four- some is merry reading.
Gentlemen attending the dinner at the Club, to officers of the Japanese Flent, are requested to be at the Club at 7,45 at latent to receive H.E the Governor, who has kindly consented to be present, and the Japanese guests.
It is notified in the Gazette that the Bacterio
POLICE COURT.
Saturday, March 24th.
BEFORE ME. F. A. HAZELAND (FIRST POLICE MAGISTRATË).
THE ALLEGED ASSAULT HY A CONSTABLE.
finding is therefore for the defendant and I order the summons to be dismissed.
the informer.
▲ COSTLY OMISSION.
of the national
Mr.
Carnival,
£
anthem about midnight brought a most successful concert to a close.
LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENT.
The C.P.R. str. Empress of India left Van- couver B. C., for Hongkong, vis usual ports of call, at p.m. on Tuesday, the 20th March.