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the pilot, a member of the crew, who had heen.f on the run the ship for nineteen yeaan, as to ther the land on the starboard nide a Mawan Island, in his opinion.
pilot, unfortunately, was not at, his station Cat a window of the wheel house over the master's head-but, in the temporary absence of the helmaaman had taken the wheel, from
which position he was unable to see the land on the starboard s'de, and thinking the master referred to the land on the port bow, which he could see, and which he thought resembled Mawan, promptly replied in the affimativo, at the ama time pulting the helm bard apert, the mistar immediately afterwards giving ordess to that effect. The pilot's evidenes here is not very satisfactory, as he was not able to give any resson for his confident recognition
PARIS.
(FROM OUL COBBESPONDENT.)
May 22nd.
EXASONS FOR CONTENT. There are times when the French envy Britishers and Americans and wish they were as well off as they are. Dr. Jacques Bertilion has just been reading a little sermon to ble countrymen on the duty of being ledled with their lot, and cease envying others. What a the country is ours!" he says, "How fertile 18 its soll! How laborious its inhabitants ! How its wealth is divided among them! They do not know their good fortunel" These are certainly very comforting words in a day when
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, JUNE 29TH, 1908.
——KUBBZRQUE-PASHIONS...
The French millineryworld is delighted at Lord Avebury'e Bill prohibiting the imports tion of plumage and kits into Great-Britain, for it will increase this kind of trade omsider ably in the French apital, in the other words, London's loss will be Paris Igain. The loop. hole of escape for women who insist on wearing feathers in the glass in the proposed Bill to the affect that if a woman in setually wearing pro bibited plumage when she arrive in Great Britain the is committing no offence. The trade will merely be transferred to Paris from London, while women too will come over here to buy their osprey feathers and birds of paradise, and fast them in the foes at the Customs offloors on the landing stage. True, it will sost
HONGKONG IN 1907,
The Governor's deepatohy, dated 24th inst, to the Secretary of State reviewing the Blue Book lative Oennoil on June 25th. Sir Frederick for 1907, was laid on the table of the Legis wrote
FINANCES.
The revenue for the year exclusive of land sales, mounted to $6,449,620 or $179,540 loss than the previous year, Lead eales amounted 50 #159,750 or $55,18: lose then in 1906. The 38,602,280 or $492,781. less than in the previous year. All the main sources of revenue show an ront of Government property, interest-and-land excess over 1500 with the exception of licences,
Fotal revenue from all sources was therefore
of the land. The master was still under the pessimism is so rampant, and Dr. Bertillon's more, but some women will have what they was estimated. The receipts under the ru
want at all costs-nowhere is the better Femmes of women's Paradise. All attempts understood than in Faris. Le Paradis des to prohibit the wearing of such plumage in France have failed up to the present, Lord Avebury's well-meant masura bae not done so much good after all, as he expected, The loophole in the Bill is almost equivalent to the original freedom. Ladies from the Continent will still ocatique to import them on their bala
PORTRAITS.
Bagatelle-a very favourite and select moet ing place in Paris with society has just reopened with another of these, interesting exhillions of portsite of the past which have become a feature of the Paris sonson. Last year it was women's portraits of the last century artistio flavour, in spile of there being a few
Light dues, losos, fees of Court, Post brought in Logother $300,504 more than Office receipts, and of Government property
maining heads of revenue were altogether estimates were drawn up,
The expenditure for the year was 85,025,553 $148,349 less than were anticipated when the exclusive of Public Works Extraordinary: inclusive of that item it was 85,757,203 or $157,407 less than the total expenditure of 1908,
Dedacting from the actual receipta for 1907
the total expenditure, there was a surplus of 6845,076 on the astial working of the year.
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Hongkong, 27th June, 1908.
WINE, SPIRIT & CIGAR MERCHANTS;-
12 LEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL,
For Oona vessak under the British flag, an increase of 59 ships of 26,808 tons
In British River eteamers an increase, el 364 ships with a decreased tonnage of 212,137 tons, which is mainly due to the withdrawal of the large sized steamer Hankow" and the addition of the two small Madro steamers Bui Tol and "Sui An."
For Foreign Ocean vessels an increase of 334 ships of 627,39 tons is shown, which it wholly ASSETS AND LIABILITIES., .
due to the Japanese Arms Increasing their At the end of the year 1907, the assets of ths Colony amounted to 3,050,755.99, or barrying trade. Under this flag, an increase of
165 shipe of 978,450 tons la found, with including arrests of revenue $2.739,712,32 The total liabilities were $1,205,995 13 doeneral failing off under other flags, amounted to $1,533717:19. that the airplas of resets over liabilities
For Foreign River desmers an Inoroste-of- 238 ships of 76, 7& ions is shown, which can he accounted for, by vessels under the German, Chinese and Portuguess flags making more For Juske in foreign trade, an ingrosso of trips in 1907 than in 19.6. 1,411 vessels of 32,648 toas
impression that the land he bad seen on conclusion is arrived at by a comparison the sterboard bow was Mawan Jaland, and, of the wealth of France with that of after turning to starboard two or three Italy poor ocuntry, it is true, but points, righted his help, and stood up, as he then such a comparison with rich conn imagined, in mid channel, to go through ties like Great Britain, the United States Capman. Almost at the same instant the and Germany was not possible. The most ship took the ground, and the engines wore eloquent part of the figures show the used to half speed. The ship appeared to pass number of estates left by deconased persons of over the rook, and to be afloat, so the engines forty years or above. Of ten thousand such the were put to full speed ahead again, with a view number of estates of over five million franes was in France, 1; ir Italy, 17; of between half a to getting her out of the vicinity of danger, while the wells were being sounded. Thore is million and one million, in France, 167; in wone light condict of evidence as to the actual Italy, 38; of belween 100,000 francs.and 500,009, signals given to and received by the engineers, in France, 187, and in Italy -56; of between but this is accounted for by the fact that the 50,000 fans and 160,000, in France, 145, and telegraph was obviously damaged by the shock in Italy 49; of tetween 10.000 and 50,000, în of impact, and unreliable: When it was France, 900, and in Italy, 206; of between 10,000 found that the ship was making water and 50,000, in France, 900, and in Italy, 206, of
£1,143 933, 18, 42, beach the shly, for which purpose the in Italy, 900; of between 500 and 2,000, in helm was put, hard a starboard-and the France, 2,097, and in Italy, 1,453, and finally pictures of the family of King Louis Philippe, to Florist (Loup of £1,100,000 at 45 per cent ship headed for the nearest beach. She, bo amonats of 500 francs and undor, France has and other Royalties, lebt by the Duc d'Ortenor (Ameust repaid by Viceroy placed to ofedit of - 2,869 and Italy 1,463, Happy Fazos, it will be, and the Duc de Castres. Among the most Special Account £120,000, which has been advanced therefrom for Bailway Construction.) wever, sank before reaching it. that all possible steps were taken after seen, is the wealthier all along the line, and the interesting exhibits are portraits of Lord Byron Sinking fand commences in 1921. The mount.499 Foreign: grounding to save the ship, and passengers, difference is the more siribing in the matter by Isabor George Band, by Courbet; Alexandre paid into the Joint Sinking Fund with acrued. We are of the opioion that the marter was of smaller income. At the close of the Franco Damas and Paganini, by Delièroix; Alphos | interest reached £81,813, 4, 4d, on the 31st of They entered 4:182 times and gave a collective
Viceroy in the loan of £1,100,000,- guilty of a grave error in judgmont in koop Penssist war, the late Prince Bismarck exclaim. Dandet, by Caribres: Rossini, by Ingres; t... December; 197. This includes the sam of ing the engines at fall speed when he was laed (speaking of the conquered nation) "1 Carpeaux's busts of Gounod, Gérôme, Dumas, j 1,32 85. Id curlus of interest paid by the any way uncertain of his position in think thonght too much of their country and too little and Charles Garnier, the architect of the ParisTRADE AND SHIPPING, IN DUBTKIES, FISHERJEE, tourage increased by 306,183 tong
the fine ensemble of Carpean's works at the of their money?a fact which he ever regretted. Grand Opera, which mero soon, by the way, at
Grand Palais-last-batums
- PUBLIO DEÉT. Inscribed alook at 3 per cont interest. €341,790. 15, 1d. Incurred for Prav
werage Works, &c, to be paid off on olamation: Central Merkel: Water, Drain
interest Loan
kath
A decrease in local Junk trade,-10,044 vessels
in considerable quanlilies, it was decided to flatrewn 2,000 and 10,000, in Franco, 2,208, and This year the portraits have a more literary and April 1943. Inscribed Stook at 3.perof 263,768 tons which may be ascribed to the
ANGLO-GERMAN AMITY:
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weather. He also appears to have placed too
NEW POSBY" ANECDOTER. mwel gelisnod upon the expresion of opinion
Thanks to the welcome appearence of by the Malay pilot, who was not, as it turned Tropon translation of the interesting “ Memoirs cut, in a position of any value. Seeing that of General Desire Chlapowskl, Baron of the so much importance as attached to the pilot, First Empire, which has just been published in it would seem a most Improper proceeding to this city, fresh and curious light upon that inke the heimsman from the wheel, necessitat inszkanstible subject, the Great Emperor, has ing the absence from his post of the pilot, bean thrown. The wore we know about but this was done by the second mate with Napoleon I the more we want to know. Au for out the knowledge of the master. We thors- Chiapowski, let it be said that he entered the fors direct, that the master be severely reprisarvice of Prussia as a cadet, became offer of manded and the second mate reprimanded..
ordnance to Napoleon I, went through the cam paigas of 1867-8,9,12, and 13. et His Majesty'e side, played an important role in Lithuania during the insurrection of Poland, and died as Ints an 1879, The following two anecdotes of the Emperor which are well worth extracting from the volume are it will be seen, essentially pharacteristio as well as suing On my return to Bayouze," says the author," I told the Emperor all I had noticed in Spain. The Emperor was in the habit of putting sheet, clear questions, and required the answers to follow at bade, with equal clear ness After I had given my opinion on some general insurrection, he ques foned me sharply all over again, as if he doubted what I had told him; and i confirmed my previus observations, During this conversation with the Emperor, I confidently appeal to you to convey to the Empress was near, seated on a divao. That your countrymen on your return hatue the asaranes that the people of this country hear vaging, when I attended the Empress's repep lly reciprocate the messages if friendship and tion, the called me to her, and with great kind geod wil of which you are, been the basrots,ness advised me to be a little more prudent In and are firmly determined to co-operate in the expressing my opinions when I spoke to the moble task of the maintenance of cordial Emperor, brosuse he did not like anyons to be lations and good-fellowship between Germany and Great Britain.
A demonstration In favour of Arglo-German amity was held at the Albert El in eon: nection with the visit of the German pastors to England,The Prime Minister in-the-tell- owing letter which was rend at the meeting expressed the Government's welcome to the Visitors and its sympathy with the object of the meeting -
10, Downing-street. "I gladly, avail myself of this opportunity to hid a hasrty welcome on behalf of his Majesty's Government and in the name of the British people, and to assure you of our sincero desf to Co-operate with you in the promotion of peace and good will among nations onse which has been apecially committed to the ore of the Charonen specially constries and creeds,
PETTING CRIMINALS. Conciliatory treatment for habitual criminala was one of the subjects of a mast interesting Bill briety introduced by the Home Secretary, Mr. Herbert Gladstone, He explained that f
wasa-Bill for the prevention rather than for the punishment of crime.
of a different opinion from himself. Her Majesty added that I must have noted the dinastisfaction of the Emperor when I spoke of the insurrection in Spain." This observation of Josephine's shows her to have been at lenst good-hearted, if not intentely sharp-w.tiad: :
Here is the other anecdote. When the Cortes arrived at Bayonne, thinking to find Prince Ferdinand there, they found Joseph Bona The Home Secretary explained that habitas?parte instead, whom, by the Emperor's order, professional criminals after intest orime would they were to recognise as King and swear be sent to preventive detention." They would be kept in an institution specially built about feally to him. For the purposes of this care- lulf a mile from Parkhurst Prison, in the mony, one of the Salons of the Hotel de Villo Isle of Wight. Here they would stay until was fitted up as a throne room, and here the the authorities were assured that they would Coffes mat. King Joseph preceded the henceforth lead honest: lives, or until by age or Emperor, who was to arrive later, and took his infirmily they became inespable of resuming place on the throne. Napoleon waitd in the a life of crime,
There would be softer, tenderer treatment for ante-chamber, or rather in a page loading the brime sosked veteran. His hours of labour. to the improvised throne room, and listened
MUSHROOMS,
The ciou or principal attraction of the approaching Horticultural Exhibition at the Municipal hothonsa in the Coura-de-la-Relas, just behind the Avenue des Champs-Elysées, will be a mcdel munbrom bed, installed in the basements of the buildings which formed part of the exhibition of 1900. It is indeed with great surprise that Parisiane baro learned of the existence in the heart of the city of this vast mushroom-bed, which is no accidental disposery of an unsuspected champignonniere in an old quarry.
The conception of the latest sensations! mushroom colony is due to the enterpries of M. Caachoir, à director of the Syndicat des Cultivateurs de champignons de France, and one of the bost known authorities oo mushroom saltare in France. The work of completing the exhibition, which is very shortly to be on view, has been somewhat delayed by the recent serious foods on the Seine, for the water from the river penetrated into the subsoil of the Lone, and M.-Cauchois had to wait until it retreated and the soll had dried. Then he proceeded to close up with planks all the avenues leading to the basement, so that it resembles en enormous calar, and secures o of the first essentials to successful mushroom production-equality of temperature. The ex- Libition will take place in two great clare, and visitors will be able to witness the various stages of mushroom altars which is prad- tically as eary sit ininteresting and mumers. tire. Paris is thus endowed with a new industry which is destined to turn out a first class success.
NAPOLEONIC MUSEUM,
AGRICULTURE-AND LAND,"
The actual number of individual Ocean. censations of the Naral extension work and to the falling off in Conservancy boats, going ships of European construction entering during the year was 800, being 362 British and These 200 ships aggregated 1,860,245 tong
sztered, 170 more times and gave a collectivo. tonnage of 7,467,511 tone. Thus compars with 1908, 70 1-as ships of 73.616
The 200 vessels were divided as follows be- The tote of the shipping eutering and clear-ween the several nationalities:
Times Tone ing at Foris in the Colony during the year 1907 shows in inoréase of 77,608 vessels of
1,867 3,586,510 20. 106.523. 3,281,042 tons when compared with the cor.
12 2.903 responding figures for 1406, in which year.
214 267,739 thore was a decrease of 1,437,823 tons due to
14 21,298 2141,122 loss of local vessels in the typhoon. The Atramships not exceeding 60 tons plying greater part of this is dus to internal traffic within the waters of the Coleby. If local trade be eliminated, it is found that the re maining figures show the respectable fores of 3,110 veesels of 579,814 to s
to
This increase in distributed as follows:- British Ocean-going vessels 59 ships of 26,698 Foreign Ocean-going vessels 534 ships of 627,380 tons.
British River stanmors 314 sulpa with a de oresis in tongs of 212,137 tras
Foreign River steamers 239 ships of 76,075 tons.
of 20,789 tons.
Junks in forsign Trade, 1411 rasols of Steamships not exceeding Gitons 703 ships
32,057 tons.
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FOREIGN TRADE.
865 British str, entered"
9 Austrian 1 Belgian 20 Chinese 2.Coreen. 9. Danish -18 Dutch
33. French 137 German
9:lialian
11. Japanese
59 Norwegian 2.Portuguese
-10 Russian
9 Swedish.
20 United States
British Sailing Ships 1.United States
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202 294,36 790 -1,246,033 123764 534 1,126,517 290 285,78 59 19,128
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13. 30,912 12,970 251,590
The demand for yarn during 1907 was even 19,431 more unsatisfactory than during the previous 72 year, which was undoubtedly due to the failure
of almost army Yarn Shop in the Colony The failures brew a quantity of Tarn on the 4.183 7,437,511 90 Vals entered
market which had to be disposed of at a reduce The figures relating to the import and export, tion of 320/25 per bale on the contrast price, trade of the port, given in previous year. Owing to the large at sks on hand it was found hare, as pointed out sauvally, been based upon necessary to ded see the output of the loon! information which can only be characterised Cotton Mill by reducing the number of spindles and misleading. As it is obvions that suching, and during the last three months of tans rirns have no ralce, they are discontinued in the year aber time" was also, resorted to.
Bath exchange and the price of raw material of 3605 941 the form they have bitberto tiken, but thờ ng-
3,610,228 gregates of the report received are shown, for have been in favour of the rope factory, enabling purposes of comparison, is round numbers there to reduce their selling pries to their These included imports of sugar and imports oustomers to a lower limit thau For remo years. *3,861,570
greater demand and the factory's turnover. 8,50,505 and exports of opium, of which sccurate returne On the other hand the lower price indused
are rendered. 2,916,899 Tira #ygregales show an increars of about 0crdingly showed a fair increase, 2,313,475 300,000 tons ia impoets, of about 191,000 tons. osporis and of about $18, 00 tons in transit 371,993 oargo, s 671,996
The actual figures of arrivals and departures
Of British
1,889 departares- Ocean-guing.. 1,876 arrivals
Of Foreign
Ocean-going 2,3 arrivals.
315 departures 3,412 arrivals Of British River stra....
3,416 departures, i
655 arrivals
Of Foreign
655-departures
River stra....
Of Steamships" not exceeding
791 arrivals 190 departures 60 tons. Of Junke in
Foreign trade 14,782 arrivals
14,782 departures,
Total Foreign
Trade
23,822 arrivals. and 23888 departures
LOCAL TRADE, of steamabipa not exceeding 60 tons 2 9,601 arrivala
200,601 departures 20,820 arrivals 19,952 departures.
local trade
The domestic side of Napoleon I hus still to be revealed in its completeness, and the restitution of their original appearance to the apartments of the Chateau de Malmaison which historical place the late M. Osiris made a gift to the Slate-would to some extent full this of junka in
Unfortunately the Minister of Fine abject. Arts is not in s position to carry out his pet scheme of transforming Mehasison into a Nape Total local trade 230,421 arrivals leonic Museum, as much of the material that would buvo proved most, Bujtabio-is lacking It has been dispersed at various times, and when the Germans invadid France, in 1871, what remained in the apartments. of Josephine
at
No farther additions have been made to the
plant of the Usmont Company, which with a good. demand for cement has basu kept oon-
The Flour Mills at Junk Bay were kept linuously employed throughout the year.
aglading ng continiously night and day many Sunday's
Four Hundred and twenty-two ($22) vessels of 1,01 001, tons and 112 launches, lighteri, &o. were docked and repaired, compared with 40 voel of 1,063,454 tons and 70 launcher. lighters, &o, in 1946. Dus hundred and eleven
The total reported Import and Transit trad, of the Port for 1947-amonate to. 25,819 vissels-|- 3,015 of 11,512,253 tona ostrying about 8,237,000 ton 3,006 of orgs of which about 464 000 tons were
di charged at Hongkong
Similarly, the Export trade of the Port was 1,320.894 1333678 repressuled by 28,811 veres's of 11,52,668 to
carrying about 3.49,000 tons of cargo, shipping about 729,000 tons of Bücker on,
"of 6301 were built Daring the year 1931, 15,515 vesels of Baro.111) steam-sunches and other vessels with 11,512,303 11,520,588 pean and American construction of 20,311,400 Jan-aggregata tonnarra
fons, (not register), reported having sucried during the year, about 10,842, 00 tons of Cargo, as follows:--
4,336,000 tons, 2,355,000
Stons,
of 5,608,266 Import Cargo Export Cargo 5,608,266 Transit Cargo
21
89.,818 -586,469
Bunker Coal shipped
3,396,000 725,000
10,842,00 tons,
A small new Industry has recently been stablished in this Colony, ., that pursued by bbe-Wai San King Co., L., but the company is still in its infancy.
Asother recently established industry is carried on by the Imperial Brewing Co., Ld. Large quantities of their producte are being exported to the various parts in China. The capecity of the plant, is 2,750,000 gallons per annum.
FISHERIED.
One hundred and five thousand nine hundred 6,501,084 229,553 deper.ures, 6,404,333 and sixty-seven (05.967) emigrants left Hong. kong for various places, during the gear, of These 78,576 were earried in British ships and
A considerable proportion of the bostpopal Grand totalIcon]
18,013,98727,391 in Foreign ships. The year 1907-bas and foreiga... 254,249 arrivals
fishing in which pursuit a large number and 263,391 depertures", 18,014,928 proved to be the record your in the history of ation of Hongkong supports itself by deep-sea the Colony for the numbers of emigrants junks are engaged, The villages of Aberdeen, per cent shipped. Thas in foreign trade
314 British Ocean-going vessels represented British River stoamers represented.. Foreign River steamers represented Steametipy not exceeding 60 tons repre-
Bentel Junks represented
would be fewer, He would have more liberty through the half-opened "door to the speech falmaison Way Binated,pillaged, or barnal Foreign Ocean-going vessels represented 275-1 Óne hundred and forly fice thoninud eight - Stenlay, Shaukisan.
While in :ocal trade;--- Steamships not exceeding 60 tons repre
sented Junks represented
and many
others
for their 20.1. hundred and treaty-two 145,842) immigrants in the New Territories are largely 32 were reported as having been brought to Hong pendent upon this industry
keng from the several places to which they prosperity. Fresh water fish is imporpted from 0,3 bad emigrated, either from this Colony or from Canton and the West River. There are oyster
This includes 995 return from beds of considerable value in Doop Bag, 11,5 Coast Ports.
South Afrios Of the total number 1IZZE
FORESTET, BOTANICAL SCIENCE AND
AGRICULTURE, arrived in British ships and 33,030 la Foreiġu ships.
100,0
13.7
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in talking. He would reasive batter food. He would have a chance of recreative occupation.addressed to King Joseph by the Duke. The idea of creating a Napoleonie Museum has He would be able to earn wages for bis work de l'Infantado. The Duke snake in French; been approved by M. Clemences, and other memjers of to Government, and he and the The present system," said Mr. Gladstone, but the waiting Emperor heard no allusion to. is a sufficient deterrent to 50 or 60 per cent. any cath of fastty. All the speech qatalned Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Uador of the prisoners, but there are two classes for was compliments on the character and qualities Secretary of State for Fine Arts have whom it is not a deterrent. There are those who ste grimina's hessure of a mental or of King Joseph, and core uded thashe promised to hand over the historio pieces of furniture a prenout in their Ministriosa with a physical deficiency rather than bocate of auy when the Spanish nation-aball convinced solted intention to purane a life of crime." of the qualites of Your Majesty, these qualities view of susisting to carry out the sohame. M
The second sles was more formidabla
Josa Adalbet, the oys adian of the Palace of They are the persons physically it who take will draw upon you the unanimous feeling of the to crime by preference. They decline work people and we shall decide, Sire, to give your Malmaison, he already received a valuable when it is offered them. They refuse the our path."
con ribution from the Empress Eugénie, who The Emperor, in great feritation, oponed the bonade prevent to the Sintenf the furniture helping hand Trey laugh at present system of imprisonment,”
The motements of the "Star" Co.'s ferry door suddenly, and entered with a stride betweðn The Home Secretary treated the smiling
a very unpolite exclamation. Then he red which she found in her Chateau of Arenberg. launches, of private stem-launches and of House to s look at the decorous and blameless he Throne and the resembled Cortes, "uttering which she inherited from Queen Hortense, and life of the professional criminals in prison.
figures, They are orthodox attendants at chapel "
to the Duke de Ffafantado, and asked, "Why Among these artisti tracures, all of which fishing junke do not appear in the above Eight thousand two hundred and thirty-sins said Mr. Gladstone, and in many case they have you come here then You should have originally belonged to Josephine, are a chest of are regular attendants at communion.
The silent nightly contest between police an 1 thought it ovar, or not come bere at all. But drawers and a writing (able in mahbgany with (3,259) steamers, 10 stiling ships and 781 stesin-
by the Home crime was touched on graphically Secretary. Every night eight thousand you have come here to accept my brother chiselled bronsy-and-gill ornaments. Ty are chige not exo-ading 60 tons, in foreign trade, as King, it is your duty to take the oath to the work of the great artist Mansion. Other entered during the year, giving an average daily
going ships, as compared with 22.5 in 1906. policeman in the metropolis wasret from the
him!" On the entrands of the Emperor, and gifts received from the Empress are a ward. entry of 247 European soustruoted foreign- The average tonnage of Gooan going vergels Mikilona. to their brate he said Why this
before he had spoken, his brother loftrobe and a bed, once the property of Queen
1,786 tons, while that of Kirsezteamers has as if he had fallea from it, and the Hortense hen he is the Writing desk entered has pinbrosand slightly from 1-Tek to great number? Because there large teleorama pergat Afteen hundred potential housebreakers whose the avowed and known abjast is crime. In some grandges raised their hats, which they had been which accompanied. Napoleon on his campaigns, desliped from 734- to 661 tous. The Brith outside distrla's there are perhaps, fifty police-privileged to retain in the presence of their and the Emperor's two candelabra with large Oosan average has decreased from 1,945 10 The Foreign Ocean average has en watching for one burglar.
and not fear is the best antidote King. The formals of the oath was then readsheet-iron shades painted green and sumereni 1,921 tons.
other very valuable refer. When the Napole decreased from 1965 to 1,931-tons
to 1,570 tons. The British River steamer that some of the great collectors of Napoleon.esverage has declined. from 7.49 to 678 tone and brio-brac will make evor pictures and other the Foreign River steamer averags bas declined A. comparison between the years 1906 and open such a Museum works of art Au attempt is to be manda to from 609, 10 567 tone
In Hongkong fifty-four thousand two hundred The total Bovenue cellented by the Harbour Department during the year was $341,300 and ninety-five pils were deg and sown with pipe 56.3 (including $24,098 previously collected by the ads by the departmental staff. Thirty Registrar General's Department for Boat thousand pity were cowp, by contract with no Licences, the issuing of which was transferred result in the majority of cases. In the New 24,557 were to this Department from the 1st January, 1907), Territorie 111,156 pits were dug by contract
sad I sown by the department; while ng gniunt 8298, 06 collected in, the previous planted by the dopariment and 8,000 by $80,359,00 contract. One hundred and fifty-two shade your, showing an increase of 840,193 —
151,746,30 45-in streets in Hongkong; while 265 trees Fees of Cort and Ofice
were planted along the powy formed banks. $2,40 1.Light Dues
of May Head and Conduit Road, Bir hundred Licenced Internal Raveuns 116-122.40 freen wore planted in streets on Kowloon, and 4 Miroullaneous Receipts.
Total $348,300.10 and ninety-six bamboos were plauted along
roads at the Peak and elsewhere, while INDUSTRIRA.
Hydrangeas and 102 Azaleas were planted out Daring 1907 the price of refined sugar in on brown land in various parts of the Peak, the East still further declined, principally as B result of the lower cost of raw sugar, but also LAND GRANTS AND GENREAL VALUR OF robberies acking to capince the loon refinars The wont received from antes of Crown owing to the determine mpetition of Japanese LAND
Chiu-se connections The Loud was £161,459, bang $1567 to than old established. quantity of engar refined in Hongkong was, the receipts for the previous year. bis felling however, larger than for years past, and was off may be attributed to the etinded depression The disposed of a China and other markets, although of business throngheat the year and lo
margins of profit in others. B the end of 1907 items worn for sites for a Cigar Factory in the strenuous competition from Japanese Kowloon and for a Brewery at Lal Chi Kok in in confidently expected by these best able to land for extension of the Standard Oil Com quarters bad, however, exhausted itself and it the Now Territories, lot at North Point and form an option that foral industries will be able pany's new promless at Lai Chi Kok
(To be Continued.) to maintain and improve their position,
to criminal tendencies. In this place of detention by the Dake, and all the members of the Corte opis-Museum is definitely installed it is expect. Foreign Ocean average bas inpressed from 1,65 loss in some instances, and on very small tgbtness of the money market. The general
men win not be allowed to lose hope. This ropested it, with hands aprsiad, Chlapowski's system will grable a man to effect his own book, or at least the French version of it is release. My object is to prove to skilled and extremely interesting from beginning to end, competent men thik a life of orime cannot pay."
The Bill was brought in and reads first time containing as it does numerous auec lotes mid cheers,
hitherto unpublished.
1907 akowa: