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and not in others close by. That is a question which we must leave with the experts. The discovery of the plague bacillus in food is not new. Dr. HUNTER, the Government bacteriologist, soon after be came to the Colony set about an inquiry as
CO., to the possibility of the infection in plague
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SEDITION IN INDIA
EXEMPLARY SENTENCES.
LONDON, July 23rd. Gungadbar Tijnk, a notorious of the seditious movements in India, has been sentenced at Bombay to six years transportation, and to pay a fine of 1,000 rupees.
being communicated to man by way of the Bal food. He examined thirty two samples leader and reported that rice was the only food which he found infooted. Further in vestigation would probably have led to other positive results, but the extension of the inquiry was impossible at the time." The medical theory then was that the plague WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS bacillus entered the body by way of the alimentary tract, Dr. OLARK, the Medical Officer of Health, showed himself in one of his reports to be sceptical on the subject. He pointed out that the rice eaten by the Chinese was always woll cooked and that in
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PERRORISING. THE XICE MEROFANTS,
Chan Chean in a large town situated near Canton and is the largest grain market in the Krangtang Province. The wholessis rios merchants there, taking advantage of the 54- lamity caused by the recent disastrous Boed, formed a ring and bought up all the loo that was available in the differunt markets. This sent the price of the commodity from 3 tela I mace per picul to 6 tale 1 maco in the beginning of the current month. The avarious merchants not being satisfied with the enormous profite they were making bare lately actually refused to sell rice to the poor country people. of the distressed distriots, knowing that these people would ask for a reduction of prics. Whenever they came to make a purchase they were told that there was no ries in stook. The country people were very angry over the meftar but could do nothing bo ventilate their wrath, This affair was heard of by the notorious Pirște
chief, Luk La Hing, who on the 10th instant about dusk innded. at Chan Chean with over 15
HONGKONG LEGISLATIVE
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A meeting of the Hongkong Legislative Council was held yesterday, in the Counell Chamber,
PRESENT
HIS EXCELLEROY THE GOVERNOR, SIE FEEDERICE JOHN DEALTRY LUGARD,. KCMG., C.B., D:8.0.
Hon. Mr. F. H. MAY, CMG, (Colonial Secretary);
Hon. Mr. L. A. M. JOHNSTON (Colonial ME. A. IRVING (Registrar
General).
Hon. Commander BASILE. H. TAYLOR, RN., (Harbour Master).
Hoo. Sir-HENEY B. BERKELEY, K.C. Hon. Dr. Ho KAT, M.B., CM, O.M.G. Hoa. Ms. H. E. POLLOCK, K.C. Hon. Mr. WHI YUK, C.K.G.. Hon.. Mr. HuRELY STEWART. ATT.-C. CLEMENTI (Clerk of Councils),"
MINUTES The minutes of the previous meeting were read, and annúrmed,
FINANCIAL MINUTES,
The COLONIAL SECRETARY, by command of His Excellency the Governos, laid on the table Financial Miuntes (Nos. 33 to 40 and moved
Government taken steps to ascertain the Indiviänki wishes of santributor to "the Widows' and Orphans' Fand, with regard to the Governmente proposal to take over that Fund and, if so, will the Government Inform the members of this Connell how many sub- scribers are for, and how many against, that proposal?
THE EVIDENCE- ORDINANOR, The COLONIAL, SECETARY, in the absomos of -- the Attorney-General, moved the first reading of a Bill" entitled an Ordinancé to amend the Evidence (Colonial Statuten) Ordinance, 1908.
The COLONIAL Treasuxda seconded, and, the Bill was road a first time.
WIDOWS, AND Orphans' PENSION TUND.. The COLONIAL, SHORETARY Moved the second reading of the Bill entitled An Ordinamos to provide for the Transfer to the Government of Hongkong of the Widows and Orphans' Pen- sion Fand and of the Management and Control of the Pensions of Widows and Orphans and to consolidate the laws in relation thereto. In doing so he paid The correspondence that has been told on the table shows the reasons for the pro possis of Government embodied in this Ordin.: ange, which is in effect that in return for the contributions of contributors to the Widows and Orphans Fund, consisting fa a 4 per omit deduction from their salaries, the Government should take over the Fond and guarantee the payment of the ponsions thereunder which are
fact their use of chop-sticks, instead of and the new Explosives Act, and he was charged dragon bosts filed with pirates and personally that they be referred to the Finance Committoe.calelulated on the basis of 6 per o
knives and forks, made it necessary for all their food to be completely cooked. We do not know whether this remark would apply to the rice flour pastry. It is against this kind of food that the chemist in India in- veighs, but rive-flour cakes aro not auch a
WHISKY prominent item in the diet of the Chines Blend of the Finest Pure Malt Whikices of the people in some parts of India. To what extent rise is infected has ap parently not been investigated on any large scale the discovery that plague, like malaria, is spread by an insect has ren- dered such an investigation of no pressing importance. It adds to the public know. ledge on the subject to know that the rice. worm infects the rice, but it retins for some patient investigator to establish how and by what means the rice-worm gets the infection (in some cities and not in others),. and then we shall need to know how to. get rid of the rice-worm Meanwhile the extermination of the rats that eat the rica that the worm infeote will continue to
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The COLONIAL TREASURER seconded. interest upon the monies in the Fund. Tho visited several of the leading riós merchants,
Hon. Mr. FOLLOOK-Your Excellency, with or which the widows and Orphans' whom he presented with visiting cards regard to the motion which has just been made, Fension Fund was instituted in bearing the formidable characters "Lak I would draw your Excelleney's attention to the to oblige officers of this Government to make Lad Hing" Having asked thale surnames fact that notice we sent out to us a few days provision for their widows and orphans, since the pensions which officers earn under the rales he left a letter with each of them and told ago. referring to Financial minutes 33 to 35
only. Now, Bir, en coming up to this Council of the Colonial Berglos are payable to officers them to ao in atriot assordanda with the
this afternoon we ind Finsacial Minute No. 36 only and not to their widows and children. LONDON, July 23rd. contents of the letter, Every one of the struck out, and Financial Miauto No. 40 The Bosssity for such a fund was demonstrated The Indian surplus amounts to halfante ware in a state of great terror when substitated; and we find many extra Financial in this Colony in the years prior to 1991, when Luk pat in his apparates in their shops as minutes, one minute laveiving a very large applications to Government, and, indeed, to the they did not know the object of his visit Mongkoktaui break water. I don't think, Sirf very frequent occurrence. Officers who amount indeed, namely $186,500 for the Public of this Colony for charitable relief of a million pounds sterling.
the widows and orphans of deceased offers were Shortly after the departure of the robber chief, th
that a vota 'of
that magnituda should
the Council and bad the option of joining it. Offlcers joined the Barvice prior to the institution of the PLOT AGAINST THE SULTAN. and when their apprehensions ware arer they be suddenly sprung a
at the lost moment, `a veta which is not opened the letters, the gist of which was as
who joined after 1891 were obliged to join as included in any way in the notions which were follows:---
sent out. It is not included in the Financial condition precedent to their appointment minutes circulated to members with notices of Now it will be asked why does the Government The answer is the meeting, and I don't think, Sir, we ought to wish to take over the fund? The be asked to pass a vote on that minuts this that the object of the Government le pri
marlly benevolent. It is very desirable that afternoon.
Now, under the existing Ordinance, Government the solvency of the fund should be assured
is bound to pay 6 per cent, compound interest As long as there is a surplus of asseta over liabilities such on the monies belonging to the fand. contribution by Govarationt in sullofant. Hut If, as might happen at some future time, there were a debit instead of a credit balance, tha defielt would incresse sluse the Governmest
FIVE HIGH OFFICIALS MURDERED.
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LONDON, July 23rd.
Officers identified with the "Young Turkey Party participated in a plot to dethrone the Sultan, and murdered five high officials.
A DIPLOMATIC RUPTURE.
LONDON, July 23rd. President Castro (of Venezuela) has be the most practical measure for the expelled the Netherlands Minister, prevention of plague,
There was another blank plague sheet yeater-
day.
The chief feature of the loosi abare market. this week his been in rise in Bank shares which have gone up $15 since Monday.
The Chinese butchers of San Francisco have organised themselves and have demanded admission into the Butchers Union of that city,
Mr. Thomas C.Kinney, senior partner in the Brm of Messen. Kinney and Lawrence, Mania, died on the 18th last from heart failure, following peritonitis.
OBITUARY."
LONDON, July 23rd. The death is announced of Bishop Potter of New York
Sir William Randal Cramer, for many years Member of Parliament for the Haggerston Division of Shoreditch, is also dead.
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-OLD AGE PENSIONS.
LONDON, July 22nd. The Old Age Pensione Bill has passed the
“I beg respectfally to laform you that on socount of the reesat disastrous food the officials sud people of all trades and professions have rendered assistance in every possible way so alleviate the sufferings of those in distress while you are boarding up grain to sell at high prices. You not only gave a deaf ear to the appeal of the hangry bat-you-have-open relied to sell rice to the people of the distressed district
You are devoid of virtue and your conduct is abominable hereby give you noties that within one month from to-day yon are required to disposs of all your zine at cost price and only on this condition pescɔ will remain between us, and if you do not repint and raferm your doings I will summen and command my brothers to rob all your grein, convey it by real to the distressed distriste for distribution amongst the
sufferers, and exact a ine of $200,000, in
the Government. in fact, be less than
that
member sooms to be suder & misapprehension. The COLONIAL SERCAETAET Sir, the hon: It was not intended to ask the Connell, Sir, to vote the aum under that Flusncial Miunte this afternoon. It was only proposed be refer to the Finance Committee, where 1 shall have such pleasure in giving the hos. member and other hope to every information on the subject. It is to be regretted, Sir, that the minnts was not contribution of Interest would be pilgulated on object is having it pat forward, Bie, was that fatars liabilities of the fand. The forwarded with the orders of the day. The sam smaller than that needed to
.contribution would, the Council might have the earliest possible com information of the liability the Government needed to maintain the equilibrium between se occurred, and that s note for the funds assess and liabilities. In the contingency of a might be taken as soon as possible.
desit one of three things would have to 19 BICALLY-The hon. member will I, happen. Either the fand would become dare say, be satisfed with the explanation which bankrupt, which would be a calamity for the many way hon, friend, the Colonial Secretary, has dependent ou it or contributions would hara made. This is always a pro forms vote, and wo to be increased, or pensions would have wore especially anxious to get this cronisted to be reduced. Both these latter remedies in time, in order to give the committee the would involve much dissatisfaction and are to fullest possible opportunity of considering this be avoided if possible. Secondly, the Govorn
the fund avoide vota, more expecially as the number of sittings the actual payment of interest on balanses,
ment by taking over
this session. Therefore we had is laid on the
naiformity with
The merchants after reading the letter held a of the Council is rapidly drawing to a closed such exist. Third Civil Service of
table to-day in order to give the Council she systems obtaining in the
and in the Civil Sarries of the affiliated
Mr. Frederic S. Isham, an American novelist, author of "The Strollers" Black Friday"
Lady of the Mount, etc, arrived here second reading in the use of Lords by 123pical and now to a teals 7 mace 6 candareena;
his wife from Manila 10 16. yesterday with
on the "Prina Sigismund," They are going to Japan on the "Hongkong Mara" to-day.
Rain fell almost continuously from Wedace- day afternoon till last night, and caused several landslips, notably ous at Baitary Path whore several tons of earth were dislodged, and another large slip corurred in the Park Rad just balow Mr. Henry Humphrey' residence. Several shops in the Eastern part of the olty were i undated. The Tytam reservoir, which at the
THE NEW YORK-PARIS MOTOR
RACE,
LONDOS, July 22nd. The German car which is leading in the New York to Paris motor race has arrived at St. Petersburg,
BARON KOMURA.
LONDON, July 21st. Baron Komara starts on bis "rotura
to the fand
longer opportunity_al considering it. Any objections, or any requests for information colony of the Strails Settlementa is attained. The advantages to the out the solswner of the which any hoa, member will demo pre that they are secured of the
The motion was agreed to,
made in committo.
THE FLOOD DONATION.
of periodical valuations by
stonement of your crimes and faults. If you do not have this sum in readinom I will indict the everest punishment do. &o." meeting with the intention of reporting the matter to the authorities, but, upon further reflection, decided to drop the matter as they feared that the officials would panish them for hoarding up the grain and raising its price:
fand, of the permanency of their rate of con tribution; and of the payment of panalons on the other hand they dare not keep up the price for fear-of-Link noting up to his word It HIS EXCELLENCE-Gentlemen, a few days under the more favourabla tables attached to this Bill-tables which the Secretary of State In reported that last week the price of rice in sign this Council voted a sum of 330,000 for the considers the Government guarantee of the fond relief of distress in South Chins. That sum
relieved of the Chan Chen had dropped to 3 tauls 2 mass per was duly forwarded through the Consul General justify. In addition, the fund is
to the Governor-General of the Two Kwong very highly paid astuaries, such valuations bB- In the latter price the merchants are losing 3 Province, and I have just received his acknow very highly mies per ploul. This factastion has caused ledgment, that is to say, the acknowledgment of ing ebviously necessary while the fond is not the price of the article to fall in Fat Shan the Consul General, to the despatol which was guaranteed. The following direct advantages are Bent. I will read what he saye With reference contained in this Bill and with the new pen and other rios markets,
to my deepstal No. 104 of the 15th instant i sion table Donatitate its prizoipal dillerence Perhaps very few people know how Lak Lan have how the honour to enclose copy of a des from the Ordinance which it supersedes~(a) Bachelore, who are dismissed the Servios, or Hing became a pirats. He is well educated and patch which I have received from the Viceroy who die, hava 50 per cent of their contributions in which His Excellency requesta me to convey. very intelligent and was formerly school master
to Your Excellency his deep sense of gratitude returned to them or to their legal represent
rbe. (b) Widowers, in the of a public school in a village in the Shau Tak
for the manificent donation voted by the Hong- aliyes the case may
event of the death of their wives, without children, district. His school and lodginge occupied song Legislative Council at Tour Excellency's or leaving obildeen bayond the pensionable age, smail portion of a large ancestral temple instates, from the revenue of the Colony as a
contribution towards. the
relief of the salterers are permitted to cease their contributions on the Service and obtain s refund of 50 situated on the outskirts of the village. The
from tho recent diesstrous floods in gtung per cent of their contributions from the date of
leaving and Kwangel. The cheque has.
their wives' deaths or of their children exosed- adds, been handed to the Prefect of Canton for pirates and robbers as a rendeavoué and sleo a
transmission to the charitable Guild to when ing pangionable age. (e) Compound interest at Of Iste years place for dividing their booty.
tions of bachelors, This is a valuable privilege owing to numerous robberies up country, many the distribution of organised reliat has been $ per cent, is allowed in calculating tho sonteira entrasted. I bave the honour to be your obedient the wealthy people have removed their servaot, HARRY H. Fox, Acting. Conani especially in the case of those officers who have served for a considerable period before marry» valuables to policed elties and towns for General."
ing. (d) The new tables attached to this Bill are more favourable by from 15 per cent, to safety and the changes of the bandits to make a big heal are rare. Now they have changed thair tactics by kidnapping the wealthy class and their children and also black mailing This requires soms education as they have to communicato in writing to the rictím a relations, bat hardly a roul amongst the
HONGKONG OFFICE: 10A, Dra Voor ROAD G beginning of the mouth was 26ft. Stin. balɔwinaruoy to Japan on the 27th instant. He temple his frequently been, made use of by
LONDON OFFICH: 131. FLEET STREET. E. overflow, was reported yesterday to be over travels via Siberia.
The Daily Press.
Lowing.
To-day is the birthday of the Emperor of China, His Majesty, socording to the European calendar, is 54 years of age. The Chinese-papers of Hongkong, excepting those. who are in opposition to the reigning dynasty, suspend publication for one day in honour of the occasion. Really the 28th day of the sixth moon (July 26th) ie the Emperor's birthday, but
NEW ZEALAND AND THE
AMERICAN FLEET.
LONDON, Jaly 21st Speaking at Wellington, New Zealand, Premier, the Rt. Hon. Sir J. G. Ward, K.C.M.G., said that the coming of the American fleet to Australia was not that of a foreign colatry, but of a nation, kith and kin with the Anglo-Saxon race. It may be
HONGKONG, JUzy 24th, 1908.: Our recent observations on the plague epidemics have prompted a correspondent in a neighbouring port to send an extract from the well-known paper Das Echo with the remark that he has never seen the that date having been pronounced unlucky that some day there would be a fight tɔ
theory advanced in the extract discussed in connection with the epidemica in Hongkong. and the neighbouring country. The extract which 1 bas been reproduced by our German contemporary from the Lancet, the leading organ of the British medical faculty, meations that an Indian chemist, Mr. BOUCHER, bas found out that the so-called rice vora is the cause of plague. It pfects rice, which is eaten by rats, and from the fleas of the rate the disease is communi- cated to in. But, the extract states the most important fact to be that rice Bour, uted generally in India for cheap Indian pastry, is the direct cause of infection in men Pastries of this kind analysed by the chemist have been found to contain an enormous quantity of bacilli, and plague is
ound preyalant auppy people
because of his predecesare on the Throne died on that day, the birthday, by Imperial Decres, kas always been celebrated on the 25th of the sixth moor,
Referring to the promotion of Commotors Stoked to Rear Admiral "The Navel and Military Bacord says that on promotion, Capt. Stokes will relinquish the appointment watch he he held at. Hongkong since March, 1907, and good service pension is also placed at the disposal of the First Lord of the Admiralty. The now rear-admiral who goid his flag if his 52nd year, having batu barn on August 5th, 1855; served ju the Egyptian war as lieutenant of the "Euphrates," and roselrod the approval of the Admiralty for his mission to Mansgus, the expila! of Nicaragua, in April, 1895, with despatobes for the Government of that Republis
"
Mrs. Wa Ting Fang, wife of the Chinese Ambasador at Washington; her son, WuChanahu and the latter's wife and daughter vor) Taskba
to eat pustry wad of this infected rice flour gers on the steamer" Mongolia, Witish arrived at
San Franciosoo on June 20th from the Orient.
decide whether the Whites or Orientais should govern Australia and the Pacifo islands, and the America fleet would then fight shoulder to shoulder with the old World.
MACEDONIA..
abboris conld read or write. They fouad Ink very useful; be efter wrote letters for them and explained the replies. Of course, he was paid for his work. But it did not last very long before Lake handwriting was identified- by somebody who brought the matter to the. notice of the authorities. The result was a
LONDON, July 2let. reward of anveral thousand teels was advertised by Murderous assaults on Turkish officers, the officials some two years ago for bus capture supposedly by adherents of the Young of Lat, dead or alive and in fact one day Turkey" party among subalterns, continue
soldiers were on their way to aspture him in a Lieutenant-Colonel has} ia Macedonia. been murdered at Seres, another at Dibre, his village. When the robbers got wind of it and a Lieutenant-Colonel wounded at they want ahead of the soldiers and carried Lak away by force. He was afterwards Salonika.
compelled by the pirates to become their chief. Although the reward for Luk's cap tere his new risen to 60,000 taels, he frequently visits his family in the village, passing right under the nose of the braves, and he has never been captured of molested. He is a great power now and his comrades are posted everywhere, Wherever he goes.
SUPREME COURT.
Thursday, 23rd July.
IN CRIMINAL JURISDICTION,
BEFORE THE CHIEF JUSTICE
(Sr2 F, PIGGOT)...
The trial was rasamed of Tong. Nam and Ng Chun for uttering a forged bank note
His
This enclosure is in Chinese and I am not competent to read it, nor do I think the majority of merabers would be interested, if I was. Members will seo that among the papers relating to the West River foods. laid as to the Wet By correspondence
FINANCIAL.
The COLONIAL SECRETARY, by command of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table the report of the Finance Committes (No. 12), and moved its adoption,
The COLONIAL TREASURER seconded, and the motion was agreed ic,
· PAPERS, The COLONIAL SECRETARY, by command of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table the following papers: Correspondence rela ting to the West River bloods; Report of the Inspector of Schools for the year 1907; Report on the health and sanitary condition of the Colony of Hongkong for the year 1007.
who has joined the Hongkong Service, and the per cent, in the case of the average officer fund, at the beginning of his career. On the other hand, the offlour what her Outlas
over the age of forty will probably not get so good a pension for bie widow and children. ander the por tables as under the old ones. But it is provided that officers alroody in tho Service shall not get less. The object is to prevent the fand being unduly burdened by large pensions to the widows of highly-paid officers who
in this service late in life," Lst me now tura Loe^ a moment to the objections that have been raised by the minority to the taking over of the fand by Government. First of all, there are the bachelors who object to be maloted for the benefit of their married colleagues. They are of two alanges. The young and gay, whom 1 will designate the Butterfly Brigade" Of thom it may be safely predicted that they will ́ail marry, sa soon as they can make WIDOWS" AND ORPHANS PENSION FIND. Hon Mr. POLLOCK, parenant to notice, up their minds which particular tower among. the many they devote their attention. Le is asked: With referans to the statement in paragraph 5 of the Despatch of the Officer likely to taste the sweetest over a period of Administering the Government to the Boore years. The other is the smaller company of tary of Stats; dated the 24th June, 1907, to the would-be misogynists, Any woman will tell effect that great majority of the contributors, you that these are easier to capture than the and all the directors, excont the Chairman; were fickle order of butterfly, I venture to predict opposed to the transfer of the Fund"; will the that they will go down like common nine- Government state whether any, and, if so, how pins, if and when they meet the right girls, and many, of the contributore, who were then the latter are favoured with opportunity. Then One opposed to the transfer of the fand, have you have a small sect who disbelieve in disease given notice to the Government of any alters and death. Those hope for immortality. tion of their views on the subject.P
oan only envy their belief. But till some of The COLONIAL SECRETARY replied:-There them refuse to die we cannot well make ex- have, a squad anatoman and the Skanghat Post Chico in whichdrocatos provision item instead-al-q elleara in some outstations, and those on leave
So wubmersbassette liste rii Alligan win recent in their invonta Lok
The
got the plague, but suggests that the canse of whore he will complete his studies, began, a few from the office of Mr. R. A. Harding and slao merchants and residenta of San-Francisco-bave either expressed their tozɛter, provod à failura Experience shows that none -
Years ago
Sit before.
It is
and it has been observed that
If this theory is correct, our correspondents. Wn goes to join her husband of the
The Chinese Six Companies and other Chinese have been asked to express their views. Returne pension. Now to this class I would speak a.word ars in most cases complete. Four hundred and of warning The thing has been tried at home remarks that it not only explains how rais capital, while her son will proceed to England Mr. Blado: (instructed by Mr. P.S.. Dizson
or in the Workmen's Compensation Act and h at W&qhington, N. J. Wu Chaoshu's Mr. D. V. Stevenson of Messrs. Deacon, Looker preparing to establish and maintain a sobool stated they had no objection to tho The decline in plague in the latter half of wite and daughter, says the San Francisco and Deacon) cross-examined Shai Hing, who for the instruction of pupils in the Chinese Thirty-seven have objected. It is impossible are so extravagant as widows left with a lump Wil remain at Washington with his was said to bage received the altered hank note language and literature. Llang Ching Kwai, to say how many of thoss now, iu le tour pored what they delight to waste their resources on is the year in Hongkong is due to thenew rive Chronicle,"
an from the prisoners. He said that when he father and mother, where they will have ab opportunity of viewing American life and cus returned to the Shai Cheng money changers the Chinese Commissioner of Education, who toms. The sum of the Ambassador, who is 21 shop in the afternoon he had received a false has been in California for some weeks to years old, will read lay at Inns of Court, note from them and wished to have it changed. interested in the establishment of the school, Londor, and thereafter will probably enter His master, who was present, went for the Oxford. The father-in-law of the young man prosocator, and during his abeonon the polins & similar school was in existence before the fire, and it is intended to duplicate it as nearly is Dr. Ho Kai of Hongkong, a member of the arrested him. Legislative Council and connected with large.
The case for the defence was opened end the possible in the present one. hearing adjourned. affairs in the Orient,
being brought into the ranrket. Presumably the grain worm, which is the larva of the grain moth, is in the rice as it comes from the field, but its power for mischieline cases with age. It still remains to be explained why the grain worm should courey, the
more
that all have altered probable their views. Thus it will be soon that 167 have the acquistion of a new, and, as they think, given no opinion. If they were all opposed there eligible husband. Now I am quite sure that no would sull be majority of 212 in favour of married contributor of the Hongkong Widows and Orphana Pension Fund would contemplats Hon, Mr. aY STEWART-TheKoswer to with equanimity the prospect of his widow the Government's proposals. that questi seems to also answer mine. falling into the arms of another man. Then the you bome to the individual wao considers that Mr. Stewart's question was-Hove