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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, MAY 13ru, 1907.
812 Chinese in at Mesare, Butterfield and Swire's shipyard. There is an increazo-of
Io 13,
FRANCE AND SIAM.
сде
Bither Power,
in 1901. These gores taken with the larger
THE "TIME" COMMENTS. percentage of adult females to malos, all go to prove that family life is still increasing. This Aberdeen, the present population being 3,651. The number of Chinese is the Stanley
France and Siam concluded an important now district la 1,276, as compared with 805 in 1901, TAYING TIMER FOR HARBOUR ENUMERATOR is also the case with the rest of the American and European population, but not to so great on extent. The Non-Chiness races, other than an increase of over 50 per sent. Thiais principally treaty on March, 23rd and this event, which, siderable sensation in this country a for altracted the Tytam reservoir extension worke. There are
Years ago, bas scarcely Mr. P. P. J. Wodebouse reports as under Europeans and Americans, number 3,595 adus to the number of coolice employed at the we need hardly say, would have caused a con
The
of growth
attention of the British public. That is concerning the conrus of the Colony for 1906: compareal with 2,607 in 1901. Of this number, 711 Chinese in the village of Pokfulam. The 857 are Japanese and 2,068 Indians. The latter
considerable increase
of 615 number in 1901 was 602,
€15,
& remarkable instance of the wholesome A partial senku of the Colony was taken on
Inst Kowloon ie again, as in 1901, the most
by the Anglo-French of the reRKUS. The influence exercised
goal Moder the night of Tsilag, 20th November, 1906, show the Thry The consus was confined to the original Colony whilst the former only numbered 484 at the last Kow
The increase in the number of Indians remarkable feature of Hougkung and to that part of the Now outs,
certain extent due to the employment of Europeans and Americans number 997, and Agreement of 1994, and by the
the Portuguese $70, the increase over 1901 being standing which has flowed from it upon the Territories, called New Kowloon, which lies tor the South of the Kowloon Range of hills The number of coolien ou the Kowicen-Cauton
the jealousy that formerly subsisted between total civil population ountaorated was 319,803. Railway works, and at the time the connus was 455 and 344 respectively which is equivalent to attitude towards each other of the contracting
The Indian civilians is 581, as compared with 211 The portion of the New Territories North of takes there was also a considerable number of aberta perennand 2.73 per cent. Thamber parties. There is no Fartel the world in which in 1961. The Chinese Lare increased from 42,976 England and France was me dragerously sente 10 than in the Siam perinsuls; indemit is an open of adait fomafest Range and not included in the men on the way to and from America.
Indian population consist of Pan-
1 he percentag Thors is still a great to 52,141. copses was found at the census of 1981 to balk of the
malos is higher than in any other part of the seerst that at one moment when Lord Rosebery was at the Foreign Ofee the difference between possem a population of $1,011. The date of the jabis, principally Sikhs.
was originally fixed for the 50th demand for those mes as watchmen.
morcantile class. which forms the minority Colony, except Now Kowloon.
this percentage was not quite 23, while it is now them nearly led to the gravest rosnita Tho The Malays June, but was subsequently obnored,
at consists chity of Pares. account of the prevalence of plague
erenber 147, and the Philippine Islanders 33. There is overy reason to believe that declaration signed by Lord Salisbury and Baren expansion of Old Kurloon will da Conrvel in January, 186, secured by a just the rapil tant time of the year Preliminary returns were published (21 the 5th Dee-wbr, 1905. The 195, as compared with t and at respectively continue. On the Peak and in Victoris, most of and reasonable arrangement the basin of the
in 1901 27 persons returned themselves figures were taken from the aerators' books.
Farasions. As the result of previous experience the ground available for sifon bas already been Man, which constitutes the most important. I made 20 frciul endeavour to ascertain the built over, while in Kowloon there are still and the most valuable part of the Siames
eansiderable Areny There was an error of about 24,896 persons in the
available for building
and limited the spheres of influence of each Chinese boat
boat population, wing to pertain totals
number of Eurasiaus in the 'olony. having been carried forward from om book to Another by the Water Polins, and another of remarked in my report on the 1901 census, the purposes. One of the principal reasons for the monarchy, from theambitions
of is that a number of all houses bare betion of April, 104, which provides that the bailt there, which mest the requirements of inence of Great Britain shall recognized about) in the Chinese land population. The great majority of Eurasians are turned as popularity of Kowloon as a residential quarter of them in the adjoining regions. The declara latter was du to faulty addition on the part of Chinese. The total Chinese land p
Rection the Colony (excluding the New
of the European population which by France in the territories to the west of Jurge
the barin of the Menaw, while that of France is unable to afford the high rents obtaining on some of the Chinese enumerators. The res of the Chinese residing in the City of Visteris North of the Kowloon Hilla and, for the moment. was taken, as on previous occasions, by a staff New Kowloon) is 2443 as compared with
The number of European Americao, these to the cast of the same region, KIZEA Victoria. of specially engaged enteratore, with the 230203 in 194, and 200005 in 1807. The the Peak and the upper levels of the City of shall be recognized by Great Britain in of certain areas which were number of males at the age of 15 years is and Portuguese children below the age of 15 plements and defines this arrangement. Siore
These figures exception
The Chinese eat 158,975 and of females 49,592.
The Chinese children below that age
rivals have teen able to look with equanimity done by the Pollen.
upon the nerul development of the close population of the harbour wes taken by the show a deerence since 1901, of 780 adult males years is 452, as compared with only 161 in this after instenment was signed the former
mler 9,278, the increase over 1901 being
Siam Water Polie, while the Harboar Department and an irons of 1,855 adult females. The 1901,
bourd
the number of Chinese children ander the age
tains with her Siamese neighbours persons Anumerated th
vals of years is 37,733 as compared with 32,771 415, representing about St per ecur Trelations which each of them necessarily misin-
Non-Chinese population of New Kowloon is 47. British and Formiguerchnut
The number et families in the City Chinese muber 7836. The Europeans herself has greatly benefited by the change, The brunt of the work of a usus in this Colony in 1911.
and Americans on board the Foreign Shipping thinks the Times. Fred from the fatal templ. These figures muy falls on the Polier, and all the men employed of Victoria is returned as 25,974 as compar
that in the harbour number 167, and the rent of ation, which almost invariably besate werk did excedingly well. The arrangements made with 25.10 in 1901.
the Non-Chinese races 15. The unbers, in Oriental States in the conditions in which she one European 355 repectively. Of found herself, to play off by the Officer in charge of the various districts be regarded as satisfactory ovidence
901 vere 646, and
Rat Americans 388 are Power sgainst another, she has ben able and on-stations were very good, and they took family life among the Chinese continues to
the EuropenDA
*379 Germans. Aft Amerion to devote herself in safety to the adaptation of her great pains to see that they were properly increase, taking the Colony as a whole. The carried out. The work is specially heavy in the decrease in population in the City of
almost entirely of adult British. number of women and Austrians, and 51 Norwegiane. In the bows and customs to the standarde of modern Alarder and Shaukiwan districts, where a Victoria nonsists
oivilization Under the guidance of able foreiga the Germans only numbered Ia Old Kowloon 11 ouR large dating population has to be dealt with males, while the
two distinguished American jurists. Professor in adition to the land one. The Police in the children bas increased.
where the population shows a very large 108, waile the British narabers were 284. The oficials of many nationalities, and, not least, of Edward Strobel and Mr. Westengard, she male Japanese Dumber 20t, and the Indians, who are 32,200 adult increase, there aro Kowicon Peninsula had perhaps the most dift-
nearly all employed in British reseals, 92.
The number of the Chiness Boat Popula has made much progrera, and we do not doubt cult task of all, owing to the large increase in
10,844 adult females, with 9,278 children under the age of 15 years. The percentage of
tion for the whole Colony is returned as 42,744 that in the nut distant future she will make There have been, however, certain the population there. Offcere, spinled for that purpose by the Commodors in-charge and
This represents an increase of 2444 or the the General Ollicar Commanding the Troops, adult Chess females to adult males
Celosy is approximately as follows.
390) Agures, in spite of the loss of life in the outstanding questions between her and France 31 per cent. took the sensus of the Naval and Militury
typhoon. Of the above total 26.611 ar males which remained a fraitful source of controversy It is these questions which Establishments.
cousas of the British and
City of Victoria The
and 16.1:33 females. I believe that these figures and of irritation. Villages of Aberdeen, Stanley.
have been settled, and we trust fully settled, by Foreign Mercantile Marine was taken by Meura,
Shonkiwan and Pokfulam
en nearly as possible & cenrate, an the trak of
the treaty that he now been rigned. Melver and Mergeps of the Harbour Departs
Ola Kowlcon
esameration was carried unt by the Polise with mool. "These officers were greatly hindered in
great thoroughness their work by the attitude of many of the masters of vesels, who refused to give the arsistance, and seemid to look enumerators any
the congus as a joke. One steamer left hor upon buoy at West Point during the night of the 20th November with the schedules ou board, and anchered at Quarry Hay, where she remain- No notice of the od the whole of the next day. change was given to Mr. Melver who only
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51. per conf. 33.5 per cent.
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30 per cent. 24 por cent.
City of Victoria
Hoogkong villages
Old Kowloon
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The following is the number of boats report ed sunk or wrecked during the typhoon:-
Sunk, Wrecked, Total,
Passenger, Boats Cargo Bonts
71
83
204
491
Trading Janka...
49
181
154 74/5) 230
Harbour Boats... Fishing Bratsand Junks 16.
28
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373
467
1,314 · 1,687
120 183
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and in particular to the rights of sequiring real property, of free residence, and of free circula
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of before they dispersed in the morning. The in Connaught Road hare all been completad total 4.27 ore 3.667 males and 1,143 female, the Franch in iteclf, bat it was very useful as belong to the past. And because the Brit Government has anthorized the Customs to Riz
Two leaders in the agitation against the present in the 8-ttlement, says Bho Shanghai opium fratio promoted by foreigners are at Daily News. One of them, in a speech on Sunday, remarked in regard to China's, willing ass and ability to suppress the use of the princed only Shanghai and drug that "London is convinced and Now York is Tientsin are serptimal." The situation could with closer accuracy, unless to hangini and Tientsin had been added the names of a goodly hardly Buvo been summed up more neatly or
Setting found. bu Bro number of other places in the Empire, wher
that 1be
value of an fuct foreigners
anderstool aside the
is better
#al the +ugt itself than in Barepo Imperial Edict
America. the facts recorded at Friday's meeting by missionaries who would instine- tively unto signs of hopefulness rather than the reverse, were full justincation for any hosilation The history of the relations between the two
to believe that the Chines Geserument is get powerful enough or actively destroas to efect a Powers since the abortive Treaty of 1962 hus been somewhat intricate. That instrument was so badly received in Franco that the Government great moral reformaation emong its people. In of the day did not venture to submit it to the Chibli, Manabaria and Shausi, considerable Chambers, and negotiations were begun afresh, vigour, it would appear, has been pat into the The number of Chinese in New Kowloon is
They resulted in the treaty of February, 1994, and official crusade; but we hate noted, with regral, the protocol of Jane of the same year. By these that within 3 miles of Tientsin, inten amcngat other of eleven Decree is a dead 17,836. In 1901 the result of the house to
agreements France ritis, thuponresion of the provinces of Miluppy lotter. The great central provinces, mud by as 17,243. The latter inoladed however about
Viceroy Chang Chib-tang have hardly asen the hou visitation by the police gave the number 1,100 inhabitants of seven villages, which are
and Bassak on the right bank of the Mekong,
Ediet and nowhere, except under the immediate found the temp again after seme trouble.
adjoining the routier of Cambodia. that of now in the Sai Kung district of the New Another steamer left the Port without mumera-
were therefore not
Danai, adjoining Luang Prabang farther north eye of strong antiopiuto officials has real activity us result of the Ediet, been alwn. Sowe tiog her Chinese crew, and schedules for that
enumerated at the present census. For the
in the great bend of the Mekong on the same puryou had to be out to Canton. Several Territories, and which
the young lady about whom so many tender visits had to be made by the enumerators on the
ventually, just as she purposes of comparison the increase over 190!
of The number of persons reported to the Police bank, and the port and Haulerlend of Krat on evidences of a declining use of the drug among British barques Arrow.
the same time obtained from Siam the meogui newly disciplines troops, bas her gladly obsere thoughts had sprang up was not to be his, and Harbour Departments as missing was 1,947. the coast and to the sonth of Chentaban. She st students and soldiers, especially among the was on the point of sailing, a second set of is about 1,700. In New Kowloon the bulk of
the population is rural, and the percentage schedules had to be filled up by the master,
anex adult females to adult males is about 45.7.
Bane which were lost, with tion of the independence of the ruler of Langed; but these, encouragtag signs as they are to and et his butrothed was far inferior in as the male had sent the original ones
inoro direely due to educative than to coercive; intellect, character, and appearance. The shock In Kennedy Town And Shek tongtani there is It is to be feared that he figure is very much Foo charge of a man A,
& decrease of 1,820 in the Chinese population. below the mark.
all hands, as a very large number were, Prabang itself. But the long frontier batween all who wish China well, may be regarded as
of delimitation which
measures. The Chinese Government, in fact of his fresh discovery was almost too painful to ashore in
better imszind than described. Bui before did not deliver them until the next day.
Au increase over the 191 ignis
are not likely to bare bech reported. Also the territories of the two Powers was not deli-
was taken in band by a Two vessels had to be refused clearances
AL the hardly to be expected as between that year
risen the greatest loss of life was amour the crows mited, and the process mixed ecmmission in decrees, but has no effective machinery at bear, and the young man's feelings to-day can be the 1997
therefore, to cite the erataple of Japan and to until
their schedules were produend.
mpulan the present of the small cruft, which are classified as next census, it would be desirable for the
census was faken, there were Harbour Master to issue a notice to the monsters from 3,581 to 11032.till many larg passenger and harbour beats, yet the total February 1903, led to countless difficulties and present to carry out its decreos. It is nsoles hi stili is the fatal necessity of marrying and
short time we may hope, it may be so. That affection or happiness. of vessels, ordering them give every assistance
time is certainly not ret to the enumerators, and making vessels which blocks of new buildings, unoccupied, designed number of lives reported lost in vessels of this disputes, as asual in countries of which no
principally to accommodate the people who description was only 19. The total loss of accurate surveys ozit. France had her way us say that what has been achieved there will as living with one who is not of his own choosing
The moral responsibility of those engaged in leave port in the early morning on the day.
have been forced to leave. Possession Streat, life in the boat population of the Colony at the regards west of the debated points. The inter easily be achieved in China. In due time, in and with whom there can never be any lasting schedules, distribution of
opina into China is, of course, unaffect- following the
Lower Lesear Row and Wa Lane, owing to the lowest estimate was probably at least 5,0), land of Krut was considerably enlarged, and
the responsible for the safe delivery of the papers Long wf of the disorderly houses in that It is safe to uranine that Dearly all the boats the French commissioners successfully asserted at the Harbour Office. Following so closely o Jocality Most of the larger Chinese restaurants returned as "wrecked" were total losses, and their claims to Danesi, When all this labour had
The annual report for 1996 of the British the disastrous typhoon of the 18th September, great inter at was taken in the census of the in the latter neighbourhood bave also removed to did not appear among the craft anumerated at bean performed, and the documents were at last, bringin fact that the amount brought in from
Bhektongtsui. There is a further increase of the present census. On the other hand a great signed, neither party was satisfied. France was ed by boat population of the barbour, which was in charge of the Water Police. The same sections 4.521 in the population of Salying pan. That of many launches and lighters had bean Taived still eager to obtain the rich Siamese provinces India is, in the words of Mr. Archibald Little, were employed as in 1901. Nine inunches and Tapingabau remains practically stationary again by the 20th November, and figure in the of Battambang Siem-reap and Beaufos, whiolta drop in the bucket," and that, were the traffic
of new beats of every description, but especially Cambadia, and Siam was but less anxious affected at all. Here and there, even to this day, Chamber of Commerce in Paris contains, among eight rowing boats were engaged, nach in charge This is partially acounted for by the changes nas rotura. The latter include & sumber had once belonged to her protégé, the King of to esse to-morrow Chica would be hurdly
There are cargo boats, which were brought in from places to recover Krat and its Hinterland, which solitary advocates can be found for the asp of other interesting matter, details of the con of a Europeansorgeant or constable sccompanied in Possession Street and the neighbourhood, by an interpreter. Owing to losses in thee which I have alluded above. typhus the Wafer Police had only two 2007 fewer Chinese in Sheung Wan that there outside the Colony to make good some of the is izhabited by a purely, Siamese population, opium as a valuable or necessary stimulant tinued activity of the Chamber in contai were in 120). This is due probably to dullness typhoon Insses. The best population found along and Dausa, which was indispensable to give rather than a curse; such advocates are however, with the question of the fraudulene, une of basi ess, un there are a good many empty the southern abere of the barber ambered her direct communication between the valley in a hopeless minority. The traffic may be British wasks and descriptions. It has made of their own launches available, and bad there.
The popuintion of the Chung 12,250, composed of 7,661 males and 4869 of the Upper Monam and the valley of the considered afready condemned as "morally inde- saphat is representations to Centimental house fore no difficulty in anding men for the seven
were 8,592 males and 5,134 females, total 13,636 wedge to the south-west of Luang Prabang equally indefensible morally; war and sectarian English, with satisfactory results, while, 25 Wan District which sawed an increase of femaler. Along the northern shore the numbers Mokong. This patch of territory projects like feasible." There are, however, was other evils which have been detected warking their goods launches hired from Chinese, Work was coni.
are obviously far from the day when either will the rest of the harbour the numbers between the Siamo previnces of Nong-Kai strife suggest themselves immediately, yet we rauit of the Chaubar's action, the French
It was bot, perhaps. of much use
goods bearing marks which may constitute s of 15,047 in 1901, has decreased since the latter
and taradit.
missionary or pait fabe indication of British origin. A particularly menced on the evening of the 19th November,
bis decrease is all the more when a start was made by enumerating the
year by 2,652.
The total Boat Population of the
a means of putting pressure upon the Binaces Government is not pet
"Redditch" on needles of German manufacture craft in Canseway Bay, which at that time was
at there was another conoosion which was of anthropic institution, but has to make sure that agrant case of the illegal use of the word part always full at night.
to the Chamber's notice in the latter There were all disposed marked because the new four storey buildings enumerated
sion of these portions of her old territory, elever pretences at Peking, it must in comron rest of the boats in the Harbour were dealt with and occupied since 1901, while many Chine Harbour (excluding Shaukiwan) is, therefore,
The Boat Population of the Hongkong Fauce, as is well ka wn, bad formerly extended wisdom, wait for more definite proof than China of the year, and has been the subject of cor- the place of European Firms, which have total of $1,106. In 1901 the number was 28,529. even greater moment to iam thas the retraces British interests are not being exploited by daring the day time on the 20th and 21st shops have set up in Queen's Road Central in 19920 males and 10,886 females, making a
very large number of Asiatica has yet given, before it fulfils the obligation to respondence with the Needle Trade Association protection to a The bulk of the work was
which it bas committed itself. November.
r alleged dent
in Siam, moet of whom were, or
now possceses corporate capacity, is considering finished by the evening of the 20th, but a moved into new premises on the Reclamation cortain number of launches and beats was between the Post Office site and the Hongkong Villagos is as follows:
that they wore, Catabodies or Chipsmer, and full that obligating at the curliest feasible of the United Kingdom. The Chambor, which slip claimed for them exemption from the jur-moment we have no doubt, and angrudgingly, the advisability of bringing a test action for the SKBT 5,251
section, To nilor itself to be hoodwinked would not only repression of the moat, fagraut of theeo abuses. employed until the afternoon of the 21st, when Club. It must be remembered, however, that
695 881
isdiction of the Siamese Courts. The assertion no tcuts could be fund that had not been extensive resumptious of insanitary properties
of this isim had 1 to serious abases, and it be poor polier from a British point of view, but The Chamber has established a Canadian saumerated. Two launches guarded the exits have been carried out by the Government
12,638 11,571 afforded a precedent which the Siamese, it is useless to the cause of reform in China. There andis making active representations to obtain the from the Harbour on the night of the 20th during the past three years, and the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance of 1903 in.
said, feared that other. Powers, and particularly is just a danger that those who are active in extension of the Franco-Canadian Commercink November, and took all aurecorded craft which eased the Best area per head from 30 to 50
their denouncing the truffle with the object of forcing Arrangement of February, 1893. The report contains a list of Caundian products which Chins and Japan, might invoke to
would command a sale in France if, on the were in the act of leaving With this exceptina,
The total pumber of boats of all classes at detriment. By the treaty of 94, Franes the pace may do mischief rather than good.
her original con
minum tarift. no work was done after dark, except in Cares square feet. Districts Nes. VII and VIII ipcrease of 2,405. This is
abandoned a part of way Bay. No difficalties were met with by tasa Wan and Wauebai, contain 25,29%
the Naval Yard Exten Shaukiwan is 781, at Aberdeen 965 and at
enjoyed police, and the work of the enumeratore was inhabitants, a
as the Chinese like to live close to Stanley 95. In 1901 the number of boats Bion,
A writer in the Fouche Echo says:-It accomplished with great rapidity, and without probably dos to bitch 1 was very much struck by the roady sir work. In Bowrington and Sokospa enumerated at Abertoer was 947, and at Stanley tration. She agreed to register her protégés, and
sometimes bappens that a girl who finds herself The total 119. The Shaukiwau boats appear to have been she agreed that the privilege which they decrease of 4,332. way in which the Chinese bost people gare
there is a
betrothed to some fellow who is worthless, or anneyance to the Siamese. information required of them, and by the prompt decrease in the tou Legistration Districte le included in the totale for the Harbour, should not extend to their descendants beyond obedi-uce to a signal to come alongside the
3,199, but in 1901 the whols Chinese number of bosts belonging to these three villages the first generation. Even subject to ibese were lost in the typhoon. The patabe restrictions the exercise of the right was a of Vistoria was included, while on
Out of these conditions has come the present worse than worthless, is able to buy herself free. At the end of last your M. Pichon ia. Though this is very difficult to do, it often ass one case where a young lady is teaching school Chinese living in places within the City limits children between the ages of 6 and 15 years
Minister at Bangkok, to endeavour to come to list do not fall within any of the registration (inclusive) is 1,363 and of Chinese 31,553. Of c
maro satisfreincy settlement. The full text of on the most meager eaiary, but pays a little The total number of Police engaged in the
the treaty has not yet been pablished, and until each month to redeem herself and has so far districts. For the purposes of comparison, the latter, total 6,860 are males, and 34,693 structed M. Collin de Planey, the new French her from a life of horrible misery. I know of therefore, the decrease since 1901, is 1,767 for females.
it has been published the effect of certain reduced the amount of debt from one hundred provisions, and notably of those highly import and fifty dollars to the twenty-four dollars, which the whole City. The European and American
as compared with 2,738 in 1941. The 49 Water Police sramen and 9 Chinese
But provisions which concern the jurisdiction of she owes to-day. One reason why betrothala ara population of Victoria (excluding Portuguese) taking of the censue was 95, in addition to
aesisted in the Siamese Corte over Fresch Asiatic subjects o permanent in because they are put in writing charges are Portuguese bumbers romain stationary, while engineers, coxewains and stokers.
"breach of promise Messrs. Rocha and as well as French pretegés, must remain some. and are in the nature ofs contract which is strict-
ovidence there is a small increass of 150 in the number of Harbour Department boatmen
Stanley and Shauki war. Indiana. There is no change worth recording enumerating the bost population of Aberdeen,
would appear from the statements of the Temps rages (including Earsians). These now number Franco
to Frasce the territories of Battambang, perhaps than at home. Betrothed parties, as Portuguese have increased from 1.46 Prices 1,28 persons. The increase in the Furopees and boatmen took part in the taking of the venus
in the fact, do not see each other at all before the 1901 to 2,307 at the present cer
American community in Victoriais 506 since 1901, of the best population of Victoria Harbour, and to be in substance as follows. Eiam cedes easily proved, erd occur, less often bere, umbers have hitherto shown a tendency to
new houses have bean completed Two Chinese enumeraters were engaged by which round off her possessions A
region of the Great Lake. France, on the other marriage ceremony. A rather pathetic case in number of new decrease. The British resident, civil population Between 1897 and 1901 the inorease was 248, vorformed their day to my entire satisfaction. Siem-reap, and Seaufon, three Sue provinces a rule, do not know what enab other is like, in
3,709 as compared with 2,708
on the higher levels of the City, principally in Inspector Cameron for the consns of the Kow
band, restores to Siam Dausai sud Krat, point occured here recently. One of the most of portion Between 1897 and 1901, the increase was 495, There are un special reasons to be assigned for this increase beyond the steady expansion of the continue to be displaced by Chinese and others McDonald for work in that
during the last five yeare. The in the residential quarters in the neighbourhood Kowloon which is included in the Tomatin of Krat Krat-was-formerly described by to a young lady who attended ene of the schools
Robinson Road and Caine Road, and move Police Distriot. A private interpreter, whe
has lost ber general appearanes he sought to discover to of 1961 to
rather to have been commercial, and mercang have increased from 198
the Dutch sither into the higher levels or Kowloon. There was paid $10 for the work, was engaged to serist
Lake her a parasol of a certain pattern by which bo are 571 Europeans and Americans living on the Inspector Mollardy in enumerating the in-portance, but its real value to France sees being desirous of knowing a thing and Russians fra 10 to 22. from 15 to
aniner as of 32 in the umber of Prok, as compared with 413 in 1991, and 376 in habitants of the Peak District, I am glad to be this value to her, now that she becomes andis her identity. To this end, therefor, he seat
t with no opposition or obstruction co the port the traffic of that rich region ean now
that the young lady did not attend church Sunday, and that another What little trouble increase in the Mercantile Mutine. The number upon. The children below the age of 15 of the Chinese population and the work progressed diverted from Arat nwards Saigon by the on her way to church. It happened, however, with 997 in 1901. They show a very large as early all the available aites bare boen bufr
the years How zumber 138, un increase of 31 exceedingly smoothly.
are to be fixed by a latter young lady carried her parasol or one of the same pattern on that particular day. The young!
HOW TO BS BEAUTIFUL-Keep your com Bausa remains the same, while
man watched eagerly to ses his betrothed pass Norwegians, Italians and Spaniards have since the last ouzens. The Chinese number there was, was giver, I regret to say, by the construction of a railway between Battambang
1,648, most of whom are domestic servants. Non-Chinese community. The Police had great and Pnom Penh. The frontiers of the dis on the following
difficnity in inducing some people to fill up the tricte ceded
and was overjoyed to see what a lovely young treaty shall be by
Charmant and Specia! Skin Tonic and Poudre Har of The present
time a long clusion of 4,197 (inclusive of those on board the shipping
Hongkong villages number 224,
the waiting
A few persona refused to state their subjects and protégés registered after cos.
iuter- pattern be had chosen, For in the harbour) 2,683 are returned as English,
did he cherish the precious ruemory of Charmant will enable you to do it.
654 071 Scotch, 389 ás Irish, and 47 us Welsh, incresse of 47 over 1901. A portion
population the
crows of two steamers were included in the ages until pressure was brought to bear, whilebiect to the ordinary Courts of Siam. lady walked beneath the parasol of the plexion, Mrs. Ellen's Crème Charmant, Lait: Aberdeen and Shaukivan totals in the lust others gave frivolous answere to the questions The jurisdiction of the Siamese
the young lady in bie heart, and often was he Specialities for the Skin aro the study of i In the British resident civil percentage of adult females to males is about
ditions to Be boreafter arranged, to all anch Orneus, so the rest inuresse is about 60. The on the schedules. There were no prosecutions 36.5, taking all those over 15 years of age as
Chinese population of the Shaukiwon district under the Peral Clause of the Ordinance. The national Courta is also to be extended, on con
That would seem to be a serious soncession, so fair a bride. But, alas, it transpired that aduite, The percentage in 1901 wse 54, und in the age of 15 years is 949, as compared with 752 A large number of men continue to be employed the honorarium of 500 to the census officer.
the
Shaukiwon Aberdeen Stanley
1996 1901 6,306 5,439
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enumerating launch or bout. They gave their acte pocasion I tave left out 1,432 | European, Americas and other Non-Chinese perpetual cause of anne
ages
without any besitation, often volantearing those of the members of the orew who happened the to be ashors at the time. It was evident that most of them remembered the previous census and knew exactly what was required of them, due to Inspector The greatest credit is Langley who was in charge, and to all racks of the Water Police, who performed what is always an arduous task in a mont efficient manner. The European and American resident civil po ustion (xclusive of Party- guere) oncibers 5,961, as coropared with 3,860 in
Sixteer
That it
CHINESE BETROTHALS.
ill!
WINDFALLS FROM THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE.
Being genuine and antonehed extracts from set to the pupils of a large preparatory showers to a paper on General Informs-
1. The modern name for ganl is vinegar. tion
2. Deable dealing" is when you buy whole- school.
je ta set your 3. Ta dog a mac's footsteps dog after him. sale to sell retail.
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4. Common-sense is sense that you hare to
7901 The increase over 1991 in 1,203. The in the numbers of the rest of the Nou-Chineseo of the Harbour Department with sight what uncertain. Its broad provisions, however, y enforceable law. In the face of such convincing | think about a bit before you see it.
Thero
Census.
1901.
Conduit and MacDonnell Roada. Europeans loon City District, and five by Inspectorather with certain islands in the neighbour. | talented and attractive young men was betrothed
5. Pearest in the property of a peer.
6. Amatory verses are verses composed by an amateur.
7. Income iss yearly tax.
8.
TI
Redmetio ad aliaurdum" means "There is no sense in reduction.
9. Yew is a sho-sheep.. 10. Dedo means
You are the same! 11. Dadu is a bird that is nearly decent now. 12. A knave is a man who shows people their 13. Mr. Baitour is a man who trained a lot places in Church,
(nery, ditto "
to
French, The Germany number 359 as compared 1597. There is little room for farther expansion ( able to report, that, as in 1901, the enumerators | pufed wiatress of the basin of the Great thought he could recognize her as the passed of people and then wrote a book,
of
met
slightly decreased. Of the British population The European and American inhabitants of thedules, and wore often unnecessarily kept Protocol. France agrees that all her Asiatio
14. Making someone understand anything is The last definition, it is easy to believe, the called "Exasperating. examiner cordially endorsed.
1897.48. The number of British children under has risen to 11,391, over 2,000 mere than in 1901. total cost of the cenens was $4,385.20, including | subjects and protégée who are already registered. thrilled with delight at the prospect of winning lifetime, A. §. Watson &Co., Ltd., Bole Agents