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how five ports having railway communlestion markets for Tientsin exports. The depre
op at Newchwang to be worked off during the
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THURSDAY, JUNE 18TH, 1968.
Empire-day was signalised in many churche
the singing of a beautiful hymn, written by TELEGRAMS. Indy who has adopted the pen name of "Greteken." The opening verse of the hymn, which has been set to masio by Mr. W. W. Starmer, F.R.A.M., rant :---
[BRUTEE'S SERVICE.]
SUPREME COURT.
Wednesday, 17th June.
IN BANKRUPTOR JERISDICTION.
Beroze the Chief Justice (SIE
F. PIGGOTT).
SAVED THEIR MONEY, Es the Kwong Hong Tai, the Official Be-
a fortnight ago for the forfeiture of security.
goods, both foreign and native, can be sent by not seem to have made much progress. The the hymn should be sung on Empire-day the proceedings were carefully arranged to Goldring representa the debtors who were then
bost, cart, or railway without further payment net value of Tientsin's trade is put at Tls, of daty. The railways have worked great 96,778,986, and that of Chiowangtao nt changent without them new ports would
with the interior. Imports are no longer piled ciation of the copper coinage less ned the winter, nor ars exports socamulated here for demand for foreign goods, and though Mr. spring shipment. No doubt thearing of storage,MERRILL does not like to say so outright, Insurance, and interest then easted will benefit the consumer, but the change makes a great dif it is clear that he recognises the suicidal |
trade. ference in the character of Newchwang
This Unfurl the Empire standard, and sing aloud THE GERMAN NAVY LEAGUE,
to-day Oart traffic for long distance transport has methods of the provincial mints.
over-issue of copper currency for immediate One great gille song of triumph that echose far
LONDON, June 15th. WATSON & CO., been superseded largely by railway carriage
and the latter by competition will become, profits punishes the poorer classes severely.
At the annual meeting of the German it t is not non, shosper. There are 17 places
Navy League, hold at Dantzig, it was ourselves to be in the interior, Lachnically oalled inland trade There is an interesting reference to the "For God, for King, for Country," we plodge
Moukden, Sixmainfo, Tichling. introduction of the thin end of the wedge Trac servants of our Empire, in strength and resolved to oppose the participation in party oeiver said this was an application adjourned marts,
Fakramen
Fonghwangong of popular representation at Tienteil, butunity Kanohengine Kiria, Harbin
Many bishops have expressed the desire that politics of the elected new executive; but Notice was served on the guarantor. Mr. Hunoban, Baasing, Tallshar, Manso far the new municipal government does shouli, Heilar, and Aigns, to which duty-paid
throughout their dioceses.
heal the split following on the late execu- | in court.
The Chief Justice-What is the amount of The Board of Trade Journal quoting from tive's opposition to the centre candidates
the security the report of the British Embassy at Tokyo elections."
The Oficial Receiver-$3,300 security for the mys that over 5 million sterling have been
The Governor of the province conveyed | appearance of the debtors. spent on the Imperial iron foundry at Wake
Mr. Goldring-I represent the guarantors maten which is unable to compete with foreign tho wish of the Government that the league imports of steel and iron owing to the higher should not be dissolved, but consolidated and I also incidentally represent the debtors,
The Chief Justino-What are tho facts?' The Official Ressiver-I have filed my cost of production. The Director of the four-on nou-party lines. His Imperial Majesty
reports. dry states that he is waiting till the lapse of the Kaiser in a telegram said that the the conventional tariff in 1911, when it will be league in serving the Fatherland, was Mr. Goldring The guarantors have only possible to levy suitable duties. The fron to a large extant comes from Chins from the large seeking to secure to the navy that which received the notios. They are willing to cons Tayeh iron mines 70 miles below Hankow on would ensure peace. Prince Henry tele. forward. the Yangtas. These are worked by Japanese graphed later renewing his patronship, and under a 80 years agreement, and are extremely thanking the league for a brilliant and rich in ore which overages 65 par sant, of iron. about half thas to some Chinese iron works, 150,000 tons of it go onnually to Japan and Patriotic day's work.
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have have bance; and the changes are not Tls. 5,293,870.
yet pofupute for the reliwaya will before 150g Chofoo, according to Mr. Commission er provide better facilities than they do now The widening of the gauge of the South ManUNWIN has become a secondary port serv. chartan Railway will assist its traffle, and of inga restricted hinterland, Here again we Bourse the present inferior tralu rvice will be improved. The company plans to bring its find references to over trading, due to too lines a mile or two nearer Newchwang that sanguine expectations following the war the present terminus at Miochistan, and has made its freight rates the same from New Unstable currency and a glatted market ohwang as from Dairen. The Imperial Ent bad sad results. The ret value of the trade way of North China has shown itself a strong competitor, and while keeping rates down has fell from thirty-nine million taels ie 1905 get made profit. The Chinese Eastern Railway and thirty-four millions in 1906 to Tls.
turning Its attention to developing traffic, and Chinese marcbants at Harbin are negatist. 28,646,513.
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for a scals of rates from Shanghai to Vladivostock, which will enstile them to cargo by that route reasonably. Incidentally it may be of interest to say that the distance to Harbin from Vladivostock is 455 miles; from Nowohwang, 473 miles; and from Dairan, 015 miles to Kwangobongist from Vladivostook 635 miles; from Newchwang, $1 miles; and from Dairen, 615 miles. What is the conclusion to be drawn? All this will assist grostly the deve lopment of the country, and it also means that not one but several plason will havas share in the result of that development. There must also be change in the method of conduling business in foreign goods. Agents on the spot have become nodeRSSTY, This is not an sodomis official statement of the kind which irritates mer chants sa opming
from someone who would teach them their basince it is the neory consesses, another fifteen having been added. quense of competition in Manchuria instead of at Shanghai. The is no need to enlarge upen this. Three, at least, large corporations bato proved its valus. If a branch of trade u Taluable, somebody will fad it worth his while to displace an article which note ly looks after. Japanese ontton clot in short lengths and narrow widths like native cloth would not bare been Imported to the extent it has been, to the injury of the native cloth trade, if it had not been pushed into the notios of bayers.
Mr. Commissioner GALNER of Kiashow also refers to the depreciation of copper coins as causing a as-back to the import trada, another factor being the absence in this district of subsidiary currency under the face value of tenonsh. In two years the export trade of Tungtau has increased nearly 75 per cent, until now about half the value of its imports. The net value is put at Tls. 28,687,889.
At noon yesterday the plague total was 759
The steamer "Hoi Bag" has been purchased by the Hongkong, Canton and Macao Blombost Company for the Maono
A match between the Police and the Civil Service Bowling Clubs will take place on the ground of the former on Saturday afternoon.
A verdiet of death from natural canes was returned at an inqast at the Magistracy yesterday on the body el a Chinaman, who died in Victoria Gaol whilst undergoing a santauce of ton wooks' imprisonment.
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A.S. WATSON & CO., failure of the large Cantonsse firm. Tang Shoeg facturer of Paisley, who was a Director of
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At Nowohwang the business of the year has been disappointing, figures appended show great decline in trade, especially in the import of native goods, from the previous year. For fully half the year business was very dull; by August it had begun to revive, and. September and October increased the hope of good steady trade; but early in November occurred the Ho, and four connected firms, with of some 4 million tools. The bankrupt had been ougaged in all the kinds of business which the port offers; he was a manufacturer of bean ell and beancake; an exporter of grains, beans il and cake; an owner and charierer of ships; n importer of pisos goods, yare, engar, and Hour; z banker; speculator in faut ate The best authority states that his books had not been
made up for sins gears, length of time which includes the Borer Fear and the Busso-Japanese war. He old on so long for spread out in not have so many directions but for the facilities which the "trasfer" system of basking offers. In the opinion of many this failure gave a striking demonstration of the unsoundness of the system and afforded a good opportunity to supress it. Some efforts have been made to prese this view on the Chinese officials; bat It is fair to add that opinion is not unavimona on the abolition
The late Mr. Stewart Clark, thread manu-
Mesara, J. & P. Coats, LL, and also of Hessrs. Clack & Co., and of the Scottish Widows' Fund Life Amurance Boniety, has left £2,000,000 sterling.
The total number of spindles at work throughout the world hava boan estimated at 116,000,000, of which number about 51,000,000 are in Great Britain, 9,500,000 in Germany, 27,000,000 in the United States, 6.500.000 l Russia, and 7.000,00 in France. The sumber of spindles in course of erection and proposed is about 4 million. The expected increase in Germany is ‡ of a millioo, and in Austria 500 000.
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Yesterday two Chine were brought up at the Magistraey on a charge of having caused
the supply is limited. Only supplied for Cath of transfer, money, and there are those who hold i the death of a compatriót the previous evezing
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time it is not denied that a system. which lends itself so readily to sbuss in dangerous. For a while the failure brought ba-iness to a HONGKONG OFFICE: 10, DEB Vaux Bon Ctandstill. The local authorities issued & notins HONGKONG OFFICE LA PLAST SCREET. B.O
The Daily Press.
HONGKONG, JUN 18TH, 1908. YESTERDAY We quoted some interesting comments on the Manchurian market for foreign goods from the pen of Mr. Commissioner KUROSAVA of Dairen. In the same book, less than a dozen pagos. further on, Mr. Commissiouer CLARKE at Newchwang offers opinions almost directly contrary, as to the consuming capacity of Manchuria.
quote the whole of his opening paragraph, - long as it is:-
by pushing him over the verandah of a house in
Des Your Road West, The unfortunate man
fractured his skull and broke his legs. He died soon after his admission to the Govament Civil Hospital. The mea apparently had a dispute over money, the deceased having that day collected $159. The defendants were remanded.
ging merchants not to part with their money, and though this was explained later on to mean a warning against creating a Boarojty of ready money by shipping it to other place, it was nademtood to mean that nobody was to make payments or advance money. For Home days no business of any kind was done. Ships lay idičia the river, charterers could not pay the charter money; shippers could not pay for produce already bought, nor could they find ready money to pay duty on purchases already paid for. An arrangement was soon made by which he guilds guaranteed dating, and that dificulty was removed. Presently madhey began to arrive from other places, and the wheels of business revolved ones more. A prouse Available assets aided in restoring, confidence, or poterametsanistones toe bonarote to Jeffalabad to stop the sale of guns and Naturally the affair crested great distrust and cartridges to the tribes. was a serious blow to the port's prospects; but there is no reason to suppon that boxinesa,
All China is entering from the inevitable
According to trustworthy reports from. Kabal, the Amir has issued stringent orders against the preaching of a Jahad (holy war), the penalty for which is to be the tearing eat of the offender's longus. Any of the Amir's subjects losing Kabul to join the fighting are to loss their feet Certain men have already been out into prison. Urgent orders have also been sout
The Mishima Moru," which was launched.
In the presence of the Emperor and Empren on May 15th a statue of William the Bilent Prince of Orange, wie unveiled in front of the Castle at Wiesbaden. In a stiring speech the Kaiser referred to the great intellectual qualities, noble character, and heroic sentiments with which that Prince entered upon thị struggle of his life for his faith, true to his motto "Je maintiendrai." The Emperor als spoke of the prince's services in freeing the Netherlands from oppression of the Duke of Alve and in laying the foundation of Date independence, "To him whose ship of life concluded his Majesty was onos in distant lands rooked by wild waves, this statue shall be dediosted here at the gentle founts of hip homeland as a lasting memorial, and may bla compartriols of Nassau ever preserve it in faithful keeping.".
MOROCCO.
LONDON, June 15th.: Mulai Hafid's adherents have captured the Algerian army instructors at Alcazar and sent them to Fee where they have been placed in irens,
THE AMUR RAILWAY.
LONDON, June 15th. The Amur Railway Bill as adopted by the Duma has been passed by the Eussian Upper House by a large majority.
THE INDIA MONSOON.
LONDON, June 16th, The Indian Monsoon he burst.
OLD AGE PENSIONS.
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The Chief Justice--And the debtors! Mr. Goldring--I only represent them insi- dentally.
The Chief Justice-You cannot appear incidentally,
"Mr. "Goldring-The debtors are héco nád willing to go into the box:
I
The Official Receiver-This is the Best thas
have seen this
The Chief Justion-Probably the notion has had a beneficial effect.
The Official Receiver-I don't wish to go "on with the examination zow. Perhaps your Lordship will warn these people to attend at my office when required.".
The Chief Justice—Yes; (to debtsma)--Whore bave you been all this time?-ll the time in Hongkong.
What address?We are ott of employmsat: One day here and another in a different plas
One place you have not been is the Official Rocsiver's office-Yes, I will give my address and he can find me any time. ⠀⠀
Why have you not gone there before ?—I w the ex-Official Receiver.
The Official Receiver-That is so, my Lord, he saw Mr. Kemp. I wrate. this man on the 6th April and my letter was returned, I have
colony all the time. had information that the men were out of the
Debtors then gave au address in Wing Lok Street where they said they could be found.
CORRESPONDENCE.
VOLUNTEERS WANTED IN
More than forty submarines have been built
LONDON, June 16th. to the order of the British Admiralty
During the debate on the second reading by Visker, Son, and Maxim at Barrow, they holding the patent rights in this country fer of the Old Age Pensions Bill, Mr. Lloyd the production of the vessel of the chand George indicated a number of important type, the only type that has found favour with | modifications, add said that though the cost the Admiralty, Up to now oralt with one of the scheme at the outset would possibly The Chief Justice-Where are the guaran torpedo tube and one propeller have satisfied. not exceed six millions, it would probably tora? (When cas stepped forward he said)—If Last month a now Fessely while construction oventually reach 74 millions. The scheme they don't appear next time they are called important step in the design and construction of these vessels, was launched at Barrow. Ste was already more liberal than that of the upon the guarantee will be forfeited at aacs, is larger and more powerful in every way, and Belgian, German, Danish, and French is entirely different in design. She is said to
governments, have four torpeda tubes and twin soraws. Apst from being longer than her predecessor she will have more room, for fitted on each side are two torpedo-shaped structures extending half the length, looking like small submarines, and These it is expected are to be used for trimming tanks. If this class is successful there will be no other vessel of the submergible class to compare with her. Her building has been most carefully protected from curious eyes, and all men engaged in her constraction have been swara to groreof. She now is alongdo the fiting-out wharf, and is protected by high boarding from those employed on other work in the yard, while on the dock sida there is a high pontoon. As soon as she is completed she will have her compass adjusted and will be put through some severe tenta as regards diving, trimming, speed, and torpedo Bring.
CRINOLINE STROLL.
ACT. 188 WINS A £ 00 WAGER. In the pelting rain, a diversion was oca sioned ja Oxford-sirena one afternoon last month. The skies were weeping their bitterest when an early Victorian carrings, half-fouled and drawn by two pre-Vanderbilt ponies, drow up outside Peter Robinson's and out stepped a prim and nearly-coiffured little lady of the Cranford Jane Eyre Emms parind,
She was vastly erizolined, and over her hops which she managed with suficient deftney to display a white stocking above her. low-haded shoes, was stretched a violet gowa of poplin.
It turned out that this daring deme was really
clover ator of
an
wines bet
to
ornement of the rarity ago-Miss Bily gamin"; and that the was parading the West in the clothes of her great-grandman 11
that Milly gontleman had wagered £100. would not dare to do what she did. Later on in the afternoon she did even more she paraded the rain-swept, puddly, deserted Row, much to of those birds who happened to be out. Althe the detriment of her while bo o sad the serprise sight of the birdcage bustle they fed incon- tinently
NEW FINANCE NAPOLEON. YOUNG MAN WHO SPECULATES IN MILLIONS.
HONGKONG.
APPEAL BY. LIBUÉ-COLONEL CHAPMAN.
The name Livermore was on the lips of every ana in the New York Cotton Market recently. When Jaly outton, which had been steadily (TO THE EDITOR OF THE "DAILY FE888."7 soaring, shot ap 10s. a hala, and Mr. Livermore, continued to accumulate contracts for delivery
812,-* The first duty of every able-bodied in July, the question every one aaked was, "Who is Livermore and who are his backers Poitisan le nes so be ready to defend his country. tooking younger than the thirty years which be duty in time of pasos.
The new Napoleon is boyish in appearance, in time of war but to prepare himself for that Englishmen slona says he will reach next birthday. His youthful appearance is sacentuated by bis flaxen hair. morgat sll the Nations of the World shirk this Ism not creating a corner in the July cotton duty I trust the splendid sxample of our market," he said. The market simply cornered Australian Colonies, in making every able. itself. The enormous advance has been the
bodied Australian serve in the National Goard, result of buying by persons who sold cotton they did not own
Wall-street began to talk about the rew Napoleou last year, when he was credited with having madu £400,000 in fall in stocks and another £100,000 in a fall in cotton. He then bought a steam yacht sud made a trip to the West Indies. He retarned about a month ago,
THE TRADE AND RESOURCES OF
TIBET.
Lord Wenlock presided at a morting of the East India Association in the Westminster Palace Hotel, when a paper on "The Trade and Resourous of Tibet" and illustrated by lantern
of the
read by C. E. Drummond
сотраня We cannot do better, this taken as a whole, is not on a sound footing at the Kawasaki Dook on the 17th April, is remotion, after a Raffed of prosperity. That, in one of the Nippon Yasen Kaisha's saw Best all probability, is a greater use of difficulty of six vessels each of 8,500 tons and 16 knots. than focal conditions though of these Naw-A uister ship, the "Hirano Maen," #6 also he can lead to outed with launched on the 2ĩut from the Mitsu Bishi But the conditions produced by wer have atout passed away, and 1908 should frogs & fairer test yard at Nagasaki, These pir ships will be than the yearjeet passed. The opuntry is placed on the Nipponusen Kaisha's Faropean proporous, except for trip running east line, the vaasabr no on that service being
roughly, Tinkling for its confry transferred to the Pocido.
* In the market reports and newspaper pan- graphs which hare appeared during the past year, and in the jaquiries about trade-in San churia which have reached the Commissioner of Customs, there has commonly been note of 'impatienos with Manoharis and with New
chwang
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that the expectal ans of trade have not and west with ist Feason have been good
the crope of the
will bring home to us a sense of our shame."
The above is an extract from a letter (with regard to military mattern at home), „written ́ by Lieut. Coluel Hon, L. P. Dawnay. Ithink bis remarks may well be applied to this " Colony. The position of Hongkong renders it psouliarly liable to sudden attack in time of war, and if there is any plage in the Empire where every "able-bodied citizen" should be ready and prepared to bear his part in its defence it is Hugkong. The fact that H. M. Navy and Army are so splendidly repressated. here in no way relieves the civilian from bis individual responsibility. The present establish- vibe was formerly in charge of the geographical mont of the Hongkong Voluntos Cove is branch of the Record Department of the India 432, yet despite the numerous available British. Office. He pointed oat in detail that the principsi roules by which Tibet could be reached population of what I may call Volunteering There must be a very large a mber of young bat that while the longest and radiated towards the ospital from the four points age, the strength of the Corps ie ander 300. DROST difficult route was that connecting with the men who have zerred sa Voluntoors at home, Roselan possessions beyond Chinese Turkestan, the shortest and easiest was that from Bengal but (it may be in the absence of an Infantry shown that we possessed several alternative fresh branch of the Service, and have not yet through Sikkim or Bhutan to Lhaak It was Company here) have felt disinclined to take my
drawn that we had nothing to fear and every- routes into the country, and the conclusion was joined the Corps. The formation of sa In- Passes and approaches along the whole line by His Exosllanoy the Governor, who has thing to gain by throwing open to trade all the fantry Company has been recently sanctioned from Ladakh to Eastern Assim. The Indian appointed captain to the command of the Com- Government ought not to grudge a reasonable baon Fulfilled. It is true that everybody and At present, it is fine, no new lines of trade are
pany. expenditure on mountain roads to exploit a new
Rhornits are wanted in all the diffèrantanits estimated the result of war, both the immediate
and valuable market, and to do so would be to effect and the after sflect the destruction of poning up which will boucft the port, but the Testerday at the omes of the Hongkong, opinions of rosa. best qualified to judge is that Canton and Macao. Steamboat Company the property the interruption of werk and business, the old channel will provide-moderata, pro- mcretary, Mr. W. E. Clarke, on behalf of the Herr Dernburg,, the German Secretary of carry out a policy adaza bratel by one of the of the corps, particularly in the Infantry Com- greatest of our Empire-makers, Warren pany, all young man willing to join the corps the increased cost of the occupation of the country by arguingad sperity in spits of the competition of after company, presented a compradore's order to the State for the Colonies, who was in England on Hastings, whose extant instructions to Gorge are invited to call personally at Headquarters, or
yours forgot that the time of business prosperity o
coxswain and crew of the launch " Kan Shun" his way to South Africa, was received in Bogle on his mission to Lions 134 not just after war has ponied. Manchuria jas. We peel of commented these opposing for their series in life saving at the wreck of audience by his Majesty the King at Bucking-ago revesiad a clear recognition of the to write to the Staff Offer stating which branch not recovered even so fast as the least sanguine views further than to suggest that both the Powan." The cxswain received $300 and
bam Palaon,
advantages of opening up friendly soutmercial they wish to jɔîn, Herr Dernburg, who, ascompanied by Dr. intercourse. The existance of the treaty of To all non volunteers I earnestly commend, exposted, and has not been able to absorb Familly the large quantities of
goods
imported commisionere my be right jo-their-several $175 was distributed among the crew. A sxm Rathenan and Count Henckel von Donnors 1904 provided an excellent opportunity for for very careful ossideration, the remarks
marck, sailed from Southampton on board the following out the hopes and plans of Warren anticipation of great demand. Allahis may be ways. Me KROSAWA, gives figures in pan droir iso received 35 sin, recognition of Kenilworth Castle, availed himself of his stay Hastings and for that purpose it was necessary quoted at the commencement of kong Volunteer admitted. Yet if it were possible to get statis-
in London to see various Cabinet Ministers and to take stock of such datashed information as appeal to them to join the Hongkong Volunteer tios of all the goods imported through Daten support at his opinion, and Mr. CLARKE their service on theme session-
the landing of loials of the Colonial oce. existed regarding trade prospects. A survey Corps. in the eight months between the closing of
He also came in touch with gentlemen of such information led to the coolation that Newchwang in 1906 and the opening of the Koes some way with him. Probably
and experienced in Dairen Customs in 1907, and combine them Manchuria will before long be buying more
interested
Colonial trade possibilities were very possiderable, given with the Newch wang statistics and the statisles foreign goods than Mr. Kusosawa suggests,
affairs, and obtained valuable and interest subsantial improvements in transport and com- ing information for Kie impending visit to manication, sud particularly it appeared that the of Dairen since July, it is probable that it wild
Afrios, is chiefly undertaken by be found that Manchus haat purchased more while it is in every way likely that it will
experience of
had shown they people think." "But frags has not followed were beghe Tiddlera Ground for trade that
hit for informatory purposes. Her Dernburg, who is known to consider Colonies as a commer- there was not much hostility to strangers on the altogether the same roule as hitherto a top- sidorable, part of the cotton goods, yern, baby people have expected it to be. The
cial proposition, wishes to derive profit from part of the monastic leation as was formerly ths experiences gained in the British South the case. Lord. Wealock said he was very and engar, not to mention miscellanens net value of Newchwang's trade is given
African Colonies. He will therefore proced pleased to hear of this change of fealing, for goods, have come from or through” Japan
from Cape Colony to Natil, the Orange when he was in Tibet 25 years ago the Tamas instead of through Shanghai. It wald- The: $2,294,068.
Colony, and the Transvaal and Rhodesia, to did not disguise their hatrex of English visitors study med if intention and organise to the country. Among others who took part tion of these Colonies and to persozially inspect in the discussion were Mr. Roos, M.P., for their advancement, for which purpose all F.R.S., Sir A.T. Arundel, Colonel C. E. Tate, the institutions sud establishments founded tenant-Colonel H. A. Iggulden, Mr. Elvis, facilities will be given to him by the boal anthorities.
kesem
wholly unneoemry to repeat that At Tientsin, Mr. Commissioner MREZIE Newöhwang is not the only port of entry into Manchuria gud that its trade is not nor is not so much concerned with Manchuris fair-lader of the trade of the country, yet the as one would expect. Hapports an unpro Commissioner often receives inquiries based on
W.
An insurances pdhand hand degetes con- siderable space in ite colimus to the annual meeling of the Commigeal aion Insurance Company, Limited- which Mr. Trenchard Davis is the Hongkong agent and stao is a leader point to the greaterpinsion of this company is apts of those astast rophos which emphasis, the bavard and the necessity of insurance.The fire department shows an increase in premiums during the last year amounting to £521,810, the life department the marine department showlog arise £45553 in premium of £16,640, sat in the nosident
the idea that there Bas been so change. The litable year, due to excissive speculation department there was a balanos to the good. old order of things has disappeared. There are and long credits, with oventocking, and bad of £69,874.
GERMANY'S COLONIES.
HERE DERNBURG IN LONDON..
opatry possessed grest, mineral wealth. The
and Mr. Frank Giles,
Lion
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I have the honour to boj
Sir,
Your mast obedient Servant,
ARTHUR CHAPMAN.
Lient, Colonel. Commandant, H. K. Volunteer Corps flongkong. 17th June, 1908.
Volunteer Headquarters.
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