HONGKONG HOUSING QUESTION. | ATTEMPTED GAOL-BREAKING AT
THE VOX POPULI.
Not the least important point of view from which to regard the housing question in Hongkong is undoubtedly that of the Chinese themselves, and we have been fortunate enough to learn something of that lay opinion in our third interview, which was will one whom general intelligence and education raises him above the average and at the same times euables him to speak with an intimate knowledge of how the people of the lower class live in the
Colony.
What kind of people are to be found in flats accommodating eight persons?
Mostly coolies.
And if their share of the rent to only two and a half dollars per month each they are not
SHANGHAI.
ORGANIBED LIBING OF PRISONERS,
WARDERS SERIOUSLY INJURED,
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, MAY 14TH, 1906. THE HEALTII OF THE COLONY. [registered births a corrasted number of births is obtained and from this in caloziated a corrected We make a few extracte from the general birth-rate.
The number of such children in 1905 was 282 report of the Principal Civil Medical Offo-r and the Melisal Officer of Health. At the outset males and 458 fanden, total 740, which being it is explained that the Sanitary Board's added to the registered births equila 1,728. jariedic ion extends to the Island of Hergkong,The arrested birth-rate is therefore 4.7 whito which has a ares of 20 square miles, and to amongst the Chinese community atoms the rate that portion of territory of the mainland becomes 4.70 lastend of 2.7. between the shore and the first range of the The following am extracts from the Kowloon Hills extouding from the village of Daily News account of the occurrenes reported Tseung Kwan O in Junk Bay, on the Eas, to
the village
Lan Pa Hang on the West-with in our special telegrams at the time:---
A most dutermined attempt to escape from a ses frontage of about thirteen miles and an prison was made by the Chinees convicts at the area of about sixteen aguare miles.
The dementia buildings of the City of Victoria Ward Road gael en May 4th and as a result two Chinese were shot dead, onn other died number 9,537 exalusive of barracks and polies subsequently from his wounds, and several per-stations, of which some 966 are son-Chinese sour were more or less suriously injured. Two dwellings, while there are also some 154 European dwellings in the Hill District. The more have died.)
number of new houses completed during the year was as follows-City of Victoria 182, Kowloon 4 Outlying districts 33, and Peak 1, making a total of 260,
In addition to the above there were oructed miscellaneous buildings anch as offices, godowns,
to the umber of 30. Ια
Between two and three o'clock an organised attempt to escape was made by a gang of the prisoners. By some means they obtained the sword of an Indian ward and ben tried to break out. The alarm was given immediately and a zerore tussle ensued, in which a rotorious another prisoner wou shot dead and several were injured. The hond gaoler, Mr. W. D. were cleared away 37 old buildings, and 3 other Blonaerbassett, Tessived a sword out over the houses in different parts of the City were right side of his lead, and another sword vasated with a visa to boing olcared away out on his left leg between the thigh and shortly. kree and had to be removed to the Vinteria
The preponderance of male or femile registered births in very marked amongst thir Chinese, there being 216 males to 10 temales. Even with 740 above-tuontioned unregistered births the proportion is 124 maler to 100 famales. This suggests that aren the corrected birth-rate may not be altogether trustworthy.
In the Non-Chinese community the proper- tion of als births to female births for 1905 le 109 to 100 as compared with 83 males to 106 females in 1805 and 111 males to 100 forales in 1903 and 1902.
DEATHS.
The deaths registered during the year num- ered 6,594 The death-rare was 17:45 as Those deaths compared will 1694 in 19.4. include 287 from plague.
so badly off, that is, if their earnings average criminal, an associate of Vab Ka-der, and the Kau U Fong aran of Visloria there. Obinene community was 2,292, which gives a
or $10 per month?
That jk ko.
Well, how do those who are ranked a little bigher in the social scals fart-the clerks, managers of Chinese shops, salesmen, beyers, Chinese writers, and so on,?
They may earn on sa average about $24 month.
These people ought to be fairly comfortable
then ?
Not married people.
Oh. I see. What happens in their case? Suppore a max iyo wife and two or three children. There being four or five persons they cannot live in a cubicle. The man have to take com in one fat, aud at the most there cau be only three mome in one flat. of the fat boing $20, he has to pay as his proportion $6 to 88 per mouth.
Just sc.
He may have to pay $3 to $4 a mouth as
About $4 to $5 a-head.
GENERAL SANITARY CONDITION, The effect of the present law in providing increased window as fur houses is very marked as far as the appearence of housey Unfortuntels from the stroots is concerned
The total number of deaths amongst the death-rate of 17-46 per 1,000 as compared with 17.18 in 190k
The deaths ragisterod amongst the Loo Chinese community numbered 355, of which 251 were from the Civil population, 30 from the army and is from the navy,
This gives a death rate for the non-Chinese community of 17 08.
The nationalities of the deceased ware in existing buildings there is the old difficulty follows:-British 89, Ladian 77, Portugues 515, of not being able to divide the flore intoarmana 16, Japanses 16, American 11, Malay separately lighted apartments Under the 6, French & Plulippico 4. It line 3, Swedish 3, wore Swiss, Jewish and Austrian 2 Roh; Iriab, (anterior to 1894) thera former law built any houses with rery small window Datch, Austrian, Now-Zealander, Norwegian, ares. Daring 1905 2312 Lonses had their windows Porsian, Arabian, Danish, Tusish, Eurasiau enlarged to comply with the preseal Ordinance. 1 each, and of po known rationality 2. Open spaces in the rear bave been provided to
147 houses.
The reumption of property by the Govern moat to the extent of 19,002 square foot during the seay under review, has greatly improved the Kan U Fong area.
A considerable improvement is always taking place in the matter of heavenging lanes, but the fall effect of the Ordinanon in this respect will not be noticeable for a considerable number of Fears. Nevertheless the total length of Les obtained for scavenging purposes during the year has been 18,977, fect,
As the re-building of a house ncesssitates the sacrilice of ground to be dovoted to open space, owners will of courseslways prefer to patol he 48 old houses have been pulled down and ru built during the year,
During the year three wells the water of which was unsatisfactory wore okwed by order of the Sanitury Board.
"INDENTURED LABOUR CLOSE
TO SLAVERY."
Under the heading of Emigration (Chinese Emigration Ordinanca No. of 1889), the Government Gazette contains the following
notes:-
cont.
LIGHT
FURE
KODAKS AT HOME PRICES.
PALATABLE
No. 3 FOLDING POCKET KODAK (£3-12-01) $38.00
4 CARTRIDGE
(£5-15-0A) $50.00
LONG. HING & CO..
No. 17, QUEEN'S ROAD.
DETERSCH-RIERBROUWERIJ
"DE AMSTEL"
AMSTERDAM
PASTEURIZED
EXPORT
BOLE AGENTS:
PILSEN ER
135
ABSOLUTELY
FREE
BEER.
FROM
Par Cam 4 Doz. Quarts...
... $16.50
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TELEPHONS No. 135.
LOCAL ADMINISTRATION.
GOVERNMENT COMMISSION APPOISTED. As we announced a few days ago, the Govern ment have appointed a commission to inquiro Into the administration of the sanitary and Building Regulations. Oficial notification is made in the Gouette, the preamble wading Whereas it is expedient that a Commission he appointed to enquire into and report on the following matters, viz. (1.) Whoher th admisie ration of the Suvitury and Bailding Regulations onseted by the Public Health and Baldings Ordinance, 1903, as now carried ont is satisfactory, and if not, what improvements
But I thought a Chinamna could live for been struck with the sword two or under existing houses rather thais re-laid. Bowever, sport showing the occapalions of femala Oan be made. (2) Whether any irregularity or
Nursing Home, while we Indian warders wore badly injured and had to be sent to hospital The attempt to escape was, fortunately, pre 1 by the brave stand of the geolors and vented warders, who suppressed the outbreak with conimonda blo promptitude, although
they suffered in so doing. There can be no doubt that the outbreak was premediatel one. Sous twelve to fifteen convicts were at work making boots in a tailor's shop and included in the gang was Val Mac-mao, the associate and brother of the materious outing Vah Kah-der. These men were working under the surveilance of a Indian warder, who was armed as usual with a The reatsword. Some time between 2 and 3 p.m. Vali Mao-mao, who was undergoing a weals years sentence, saddenly sprang up, and with a shoemaker's knife in his hands leapt at the warder and cut him across the throat, inflicting a dangerous woiad." There upon the other convints rose up and seizing wages for a manbervaut or ab, while he tools, attached the varder. One of them drow the latter's sword and struck him with it. The also has to provide food for the family!
Indiau turned and fled down the stops to the How much would that cost?
lower shop, and in his Bight (julgin by the wounds on the book of his husd) must have three times. He got through the door te the shop He could at one time, but cost of living hos neath and it was immediately closed behind Vah Man, the by another warler. Lel
charged the door and with hammers increased very rauch.
exoited
you removed the obstacle They again at acked the warders and is this time several uthor Indinne joined in the melee. The whistles of the warders gave the alarm, and the whole of the gaol sta made for the scene, the European armed with revolvers. The head gaoler. Mr. W. D. Bennerbsnet, went round to the sido of the matting shop and there he was in- mediately attacked by a gang of men whe had presumably been engage in making coir mats.Old By this time the convicts, howling and yelling, were mashing about the comproad with all kinds of working tools in their hands, and pieces of woud, including the bamboo poles used for bating the matting. The head gaolor was su ludien wardor being prosced hard when rushed to his assistance and in warding off a low from a hammer, which was directed at the head of Mr. Binnerhasset, had his sword ff six inches from the bilt. It was Vah Map which is by no means a plaything) broken mao who delivered this blow, but it seems to have been bis last crime, fer la the general fight he was shot dead about this time.
about a month?
In these cironmstances a married man ourning $20 and having to support a family should be insolvent ?
Rents are, however, Yes, many are in debt. cheaper out at Wanchai and many people go there.
Then I suppose cosi of the warried wen fud it cheaper to send their wives and families to the country, whis they themselves rent a cubicle or ruthor s-called enbielo P
Mary men do so expecially thusa employer in shops, as the musters find them lodgings, food, and even pay for the shaving of their bond.. You can judge for yourself what is the cost of living. A schoolboy coming from the country to Hongkong to be educated is boarded in a house, and the charge is usually from $7310 a month. If the large is inly $7 the show must be very poor.
Then on your showing a man saru ́ag 30 a month counot support a formily?.
No, except those who live in Kowloon or the extreme east and west of Hongkong. He carnet do so in the centre of the city.
Can you explain why it is that the e-sire of the nity is overcrowded and yet houses are standing empty in the outskirts?
Chiasso people do not like to go far away from their work. They like to be near it so as to go home and get tilin made by wife..
But if rants are cheaper in the outskirts and Chinese can travel cheaply in workmen's trems why don't they have the overorowded places?
Werkmen's treme only run at certain hours, Chinese workpeople, in shops, don't know when their musters will let them go.
Then the trams nie uct run at suitable hours? No, they should run longer.
is thut the reason why the workinen's trans have not been the success they were anticipated
Dal many people do not like to bo
to be?
Partly, elastic dan workmen.
I seo, and these men would not patrouts workmen's cars?
No.
Well, we can't have much sympathy for them, Rents have become dearer all over Yes, but wagea hare also increased. Not sufficiently to cover the increased cost of living. Eran in the country, in fact all over Chinn, living is dearer. Formerly a woman cork? live in the country for about $2 a mouth. She would now have to pay $5.
Lin
On
The assistant gaoler, Mr. Weatherhead, seeing how zorious mastors were becoming immediately opened the arms and ammunition store, and was for some time engaged serving oat marbles and ammuuition to the warders From all appearances, those in charge of the guel must have thought that the whole of the convicts who were the premises were participating in the attempt to rid themselves of their keepers. Mr. Blennerhaeset by this em had received a staggering blow on the of tho bead, which laid it right side bare to the cor, and also a 'ylash with sharp instrument just below the some left thigh. Owing to the biarry of the Indian staff, he was enabled to retreat to one of the offices in a fainting condition. He recovered quickly and returned to the compound. While and Mr. Weatherhead, a separate gang attacked one lot of convicts were attacking the guler the warder in charge of the ironworks.
|
The following is the estimated population to the middle of 1905-
Nor-Chinese Civil Community... Chinese City of Victoria including the Peak Lad 3tonecutter's 1sland... 194,550
1, 7,473 Villages of Hongkong...
Kowloon New Kowloon (approximate)... 21,00 Floating population
Total Chinesa population Army, (average strength) Navy, (averago strength)
51,154
10,452
355,83
4,274
377.8 Total population of the Colony The avera e strength of troups in Garrism British N. C.O's, and men
with Indian during 1905 was 127 British Officers au 1,629 Officers and 1.995 Indian N. CO's and men, and 9 men of the Chinose Royal Engineere, There were also 34 Britleli women children, and 74 Indian women and child, moking a total of 416.
The prerage strength of the British fleet was as follows: Purepeans permanently in the Colony 285, Europeans temporarily in th
clony 2,73, Chinese pormoutly in the Colony 153, Chinese temporarily in Colony 83 -making a total of 3,251..
the
The Chinese bost population (prolusive of the New Territory) is estimated for 1995 as 54,154 and the number of registered boats belonging to the Port for the year is as follows:—
6,771 Fishing and Trading Jouks
Cargo Boats, Lighters ad campaus 5,171 The registered ishing boats belonging to the New Territory were distributed as follows:- 1,897 Registered at Cheung Chao
9 1.949
"few others,
Tai Tai Po.. Deep Bay
Så Kung
Long Kit
689 959
Total...
7.372
The civil population is essentially a malo tion of moles was 72.5 per cent of the total adult ore. At the last census (1901) the popula. civil population.
corruption exists or has existed among the ofheinls charged with the administration of the aforesaid Regalations"
135
THE ROBINSON
PIANO CO., LD.
NEW PIANOS. $70 Cash
and 18 payments of $20 each or $385 Cash.
Great
strength and Superior to anything in the Colony.
The Governor, în virtuo of the powera vested in him by the Odinence of 1886, appoints
The Honourab's Mr. Henry Edward Pollock, KC., The Honourable Mr. Edbert Ansger Hewetr. Faug Wachuo, Eg, Lai Chi-pak. Esq., Henry Humpireys, Esq., and Augustus Shelton Hooper, E., to be a commissi sa for the purpose of instituting, making, and co-STEINWAY, dusting such enquiry, and appoints
. E. Polleok to be Chairman and Mr. C. F.. W. Bowen-Rowlands to be Secretary of such Commission. For all or any of the purposes of the Commission four memers inclusive of the chairman to constitate a quorum.
The commission by His Exoollener proceeds: I de further hereby order and dirt | "And that the said Commission shall, for las purgiss of taking the said snquiry, have all auch powers Es are vested in the Supreme Court of this Colony or in any Jadga tharsof on the occasion of any suit or action in respect of the following matters, viz.:
BECHSTEIN,
KRAUSS, HAAKE,
HOPKINSON,
WINKELMAN,
UN
CORRESPONDING TERMS,
Out of 11,231 persona examined by the gistrar General before omberkation, 78 or 0.62 per cent. were detained for enquiclos, as against 135 or 1.2 per cent, in 1904, Uf thos, 27 or 14 par cont. were ultimately allowed to leave with in 14. A retaru is inestled in this at any order being made, as against 55 por
emigrants Servant or seamstress is the usual ocenpation given by single women. Only two described themselves as miners, but I understand any more go in gongs to gut work in the tia m Bus. Over 97 per cent, of the emigrants proceed to the Straits Settlemente. The present state of the law relating to third olas aduit malo Chinese passenger is kell by masy parties concerned to he susplitles of amenintat. Considering the volume of the emigration and the benefits that coour to the Straits Settlements and to the Canton Province one realis how it
ali has been sad that, "It is the nature of Crates not to be exact; and great trade will alway be attended with considerabl abuses. The contraband will always keep pace in soms measure with the fair trade. It should start s a fundamental mazim, that no vulgar precauti- ought to be employed in the sad of evils wluch are closely connected with the cause four pros perity". On the other hand the importaues of ruining Hong soug is gool report ames the Chinese t not be under-rated. Chinsst
uld approsesin
exlmost any precan pablic opinion uld
tion taken to prev. at katuapping, and I am co regulations Whatever the labourers themselves stantly being urged to recommend mere stringent may tak about it there is so donbl that audible pablic opinion in China regarde indes tared labour as very close to slavery, and was not forgotten the harroms of the coolie trade to Pera. The time spent in exam nation of relating to Emigration House were revol migrants was about 103 boar. The by-lawa
Noti during the peur (see Gornament
4:1 of 1905). fications Nos 341 and Dacing the year 3 hotel-icences and 24 lieues for eaigration houses for inslos vere isaus. At the end of the year there were 49 hotels aud 18 raigration House, licensed, as against 48 hotels and 14 emigration houses at
of 1904. The 49 hotels may galyn the opinion of the Commissioners makes 34, Queen's Road Central (Second Floor), accommodate 3,385 persons and they employ 779 Bercants. The 18 emigration houses may legally accommodate 52 persons, but as they employ 74 servants the number of emigrants whic cas bancommodated at one time is only 250. But this is an improvement on 1904 when there was accommodation for not more than 175 emigrants. HONG KONG REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE.
the
1
Thufollowing eumonry is from the Registrar- Genemi's report for 1905-
eatties of rice for a dollar; now onu can buy at some of the fenders warning about each district. Those tau districts are groupe. the co-termongers' barrows and stalls in many
gat 2) calties a dollar.
Have low routs increased in Cantin
(8.) The euforing the attendance of wit- Dansex and examining then on oath, affirmation or otherwise, as the Com. missioners or any of them may think iit.
(b) The compelling the production of
documents.
(a) The pauishing persons guilty of cons
tetapt. (d) The ordering an inspection of any
property.
BABY
ALS
GRANDS
AND
PIANOLAS.
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Hongkong, 5th April, 1996.
TYPEWRITERS CLEANED, REPAIRED, OVERHAULED And also the power, for the purposes of this. Commission, to enter and view any premisesYTAKEN. Charges muderate.
WORK UNDER
YPEWRITING
F. A. V. RIBEIRO (late of the Hongkong Typewriting Bareau)
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And I do hereby further dirent that every examination of witnesses shall be bold in private, aud I do further direct that any person examin ed as a viluees in the onquiry aforesaid who
Hongkong, 25th October, 1905. alt true disclosure touching a full and
examined the matters in respect of which be is shall recsive a certificate under the hand
PURE. FRESH WATER. of the Chairman or presiding Member of the Commission, countersigned by the Secretary.THE HONGKONG STEAM WATER stating that the witness has upon his examins BOAT CO., LD., is prepared to supply FRESH tion made a full and true dialogars as aforesaid, ANY QUANTITY of FORE an provided by Section 4 of the befare mentioned WATER to the Shipping, both for Dock and Ordinance; and I do further require you to report to the the evidence and your opinion thereon, and I hereby charge all persons in the Public Service to assist you herein.”
Boilers.
Call Flag W.
J. W. KEW, Manager, Hotel Mansion, 3rd Floor, 621 Hongkong, 8th August, 1905.
HE
DR. M. H. CHAUN,
SYSTEM of DENTISTRY.
37, DES VUI ROAD CENTRAL.
latest Method of the AMERICAN
the University of Pennsylvania, U.8.4,
1563 Flongkong, 4th September, 1905
I EN TING.
SURGEON DENT1ST,
No. 10, GÜLLAR STREET TERMS VERY MODERATE.
Comallation free. Boggong, 21st September, 1995,
JUST PUBLISHED.
688
The general encounter seous to have take? place in the compound, as when the alarm was given Mr. Weatherhead rusted out to the nat ting shop door, where he was gut by a prisoner with the sword of the warder who had been first
The population of the Colony is primarily attacked, and others with stone masons' bammers divided into Chinese and non-Chinese. The The Indians were defolding the gate when Lue-Chiueso comprise a whits population of
The revenne collect-d during the year PLACING BODIES IN THE STREET. Europeans ran there to make sure that 200 16,839, of whom 6,742 are civiliane, while 5,113 could seeupe. The police at Wayside Station
The Registrar General, in his report for the races (aon Chinese) number 6,837 and include $5,864 over the amount collected in 1904. The must have heard the reports of firearms before belong to the Navy and Army. The coloured sucunted to $172,047.89, being an increase of they were communicated wit, and the mall
East Lnd ans, Asiatic Porfigu-se, Japan, principal iver-ases are again under the heads
Hawkes, Markets and Market Licences. Theyer 1905, comments on the practice of placing. bodies in the streets, particularly those of in- stall of this station were smartly upon the scene
anabor of Hawkers' Licenes increased of the affray. The general fracas lasted nearls Philippines, Malays, Alricans, Porsions sad u
that Mr. Fung Wa-chua and Mr. Lau Chu half-an-har and one man, besides Vah Mugao,
1914, from 12,768 in 1904 to 13.782 iu 1905. Fanta, which had become such a public scandal junk had consulted him as to what steps should was shot dead on the spot and several others
era Districts of the town I find that vegeubles be taken to stop it. The growth of the praction. From woanded, thares so badly that it is repeted that
From enquiries made in the Coutral and East are sold by hawkers cheaper than they are in
death having- remited from plages, and it was owputation of libs may be sacossary.
With the stance of the police, the foreign
Of the Chinese population 22.9 per cent were the Government Markets, and the barkers be adds, in duota dread of the consequences of gaolers were able to get the various gangs of
fear. Application was made for permission for convicts back into their cells. The main ight males, and over half the cal population (502 are obviously of great service to the poorer decided to try what canld be done to lessen Buis
as costermongers in London, and the felles- the non-Chiness) were between the ages of 20.
ing extract from an atfigle in the Times the Tug Wal Hospital to open offices in ing undoubtedly took place round the mutting per cont, of the Chinese and 56.4 per cont. of classes They do the same class of business skop in the couponad, hat the difficulty of the
years.
on the report of the Loudon Traffic Com various parts of the town and to have in at- tendance a liceniate of the Chinese College of situation can be understood when we state that and 45
The City
of Viatorin is divided into t health
missiea may be of interest:-The standing et
Medicine and an interpreter: sick persons would then have their complaint diagnosed by it was impossible for the delendors to encen- Has the price of food gene up so high?
a competent doctor, and in case of infections Yes. In former times on could get 40 or 50 trata their afferts, as all the convicts seemed to districts with a Banitary Inspector ju charge of
be trying to escape, and were so
into five larger districts of two each and a imporxut thoroughfares is also pointed to as a
disesse where the removal of the patient cut, off in their
Senior Inspector has general supervision and serious obstruction; bat this class of business
and the disinfection of the premises were sndeavours to present this. There is que
should not. lightly or hastily be suppressed. redeeming festure about the whole affair and control of the Sanitary work in each of such is of such service to the per er classes that it No, only the cost of food. Most of the Chin- that is, that it was proved beyoad all question groups,
A Kowloon herone Senior Inspector with two The Advisory Board think that other sites necessary; the relatives, would have thi
could be selected, very much as is done in thesistance of an interpreter to tell them exnetly
OF FAR CATHAY es in the villages possess their own houses, but that the ladians worn beive and loyal.
s BOUAL AND POLITICAL NOTEL net in the cities.
preat risk to themtelves, they not only fought district Inspectors under his supervision.
The general birth-rate was 3:41 per 100 tile coarket-places of many English country what was to be done and interpret their wiches.
Two offio-s arej In Hongkong Llave noticed houses and shops to prevent escapes, but did so shoulder to
ARBOBBING INTEREST, 3 per 1,000 in 190+ auf 39 towns and usually on the Continent, and the Permission was obtained also for the romoval CHILDREN De compared with 3-31
dollar is offered in cask caso. is Des Veear Road eply.
shoulder
with the Kurapeaus, and in more than
By C8A8. J. HALCOMBE streets." The increase of 8911 in the revene Yer. Basices is very dull in Hongkong. Many
one case dushed in to rescue, when it might have per 100 in 1903. The birth rate amongst the barrows and sale banished from the main of dead infants to the offices and a reward of
Service, Author of The Mystic bated fairly evenly between the markets in the other at No. 205, Queen's Road East. (Formerly of the Imperial Chinese Custome as compared with 139 per 1,000 in 1904 and from the lease of Market premises is ag in distri- or open, the one at No. 42, First Street and shops in the central district are mucupied.beep reasonably expected that they had suficient Non-Chinese community was 17.03 per 1, 00
Flowery Land," saj. Froticusly a man would have to pay $100 to do to keep themselves from being seriously if $100, or perhaps $1,000 8 2 cumshow to get not morta ly infared. The Europeans, too, bore 152 per 1,000 in 1903,
The nationalities of the Neu-Chinese parents Victoria, with the exception of the De Vosur Ambulances are provided and coolies, for the Road Marker, and is a naturel and unavoidable removal of sick persons to hospital. The
wildest ramours travel quickly enough DHE VOLUME which consists of 461 e as follows: British 120, Indian 46, Ger bones or shop in that district, but now there are themselves excellently; beside the head gaoler wany noticni "Shop to hit Tiwo or three years the only offer one badly injured war Meri un 13, French 3. Americm 4. Portuguess 77, inosta, lan dungbo Bisek-t 19 evidence of the Chinese, but although everyoning out as Pages, and includes a Bactol Plan of
generally made large profits, Anderson, who had his left slashed
Philippine 10 Malay 8, Japanese 5, Jewish 5 rentals in the Hungbem Mark-t is about with a knife. So far as we can ascertain in the way of comshaws, by letting outfits.
Dutch 2 Arabian 2. Spanish, Roumanian, the growth of population in the neighbour made to give publicity to the opening of these
hood. The rents of the eher markets show offles, I have had frequent proof that much historical interest showing the disposition of mare requires to be done. I do not suticip to the Forces at the betile of Krollia, is dedicated Although there are many houses standing besides these mentioned the other Europeat ou
Italia, Brazilian and Eurasian 1 each. empty the landlords will not accept the offer of duty was Mr. Sima.
The number of Chinese births registered does no material ohange. Licenes for the sale of lewer ronts, Why:
not give an accurate record of the number of food outside the market me issued by the that the objects and benefits of the scheme will, to Sir BoBDET HART, G.U.M.G., and Dr. A
which have occurred Owing to the Sanitary Board and account for an increase of become faily known for another twa or thro RENNIE by the same Dopartment predice an increased satisfactory, al.. revenue of
of $420. In March the rents were unless the child has survived for a month and often in the case of female children not at
A Peking telegram to the Naufangpaostites, it is probable that the majority if not all of the male from $10 a house to SI. Thera is. infants which are sickly at birta or die before further decrease of 1825 ander the lead of that the Waivage has be a informed by th Certificates to Chinese Mila and the British Minister that the Dai Lama has gone they have lived one month have not had their
to Mongolia from Usiningfa in Kansa with births
regisinred. It is customary, therefore,
the object of inciting the Miaotze rebels to to assume that all children of 1 month old and under who die in the various convents (being
combina with the Tibetan savages oud starts revolt. The Minotze are becoming reatles and the Waiwups is requested to ask the Throne brought there sick by poor people) and all
to proclaim by decree the guilt of the Dali Jama and to appoint another Lams in his children found dead in the streets harbour, he Colony but not registered. By adding the
place. hillsides, etc., by the police, he been born in aker of such children to the number of the
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I don't know. That is their custom. Stany
At the time of the outbreak there were over ninety consists out at work on the roads in
births to break out was well-chosen.
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people prefer to move to the villages rather than charge of warders, and the time of the attempt custom of the Chinese in not registering birtha | $520 The laundries at Wanchai which are fet years, and foal that the progres en far made is
stay here and to troubled with the stringent sanitary regulations.
What about clerks earning $40 a month Oh, they object to live in a so-called cubicle and generelly send their wires to the country. Evan cooliesend their vives to the country and lodge in so-called cubicles.
A large mob gathered outside the gaol during the trouble, but the strong force of palios kept them back.
Mr. Howard Thurston has contioned his [Considering the language dißculty, which was a bar to the free expression of ideas on both engagement at the City Hall for to-night, to- sider, this must be regarded as a very interest-morrow and Wednesday, during which period ing interview. The reason that landlords pre-the price of admission will be reduced. His for empty houses here and there to a general advertisement was received too late last night lowering of roata rece plain enough.-E.] for insertion,
U.S.A. The issue of cutes has been
suspended for some time. The reserve from Marriages-an uocertain item-has again The total expenditure during the year was $91,761.32 compared with 831.339.71 in faller.
estimate by 81417.68, of which $3,800 comes 194. The actual expenditum fell short of the under the head of Exchange Compensation.
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