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INTIMATION
A. S. WATSON &
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESE, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5TH. 1908,
grounds the Government can already be TELEGRAMS. HONGKONG SANITARY BOARD,
["DAILY PRES
EXCLUSIVE SERTION,
charged with a worse state of affaire than they were able to allege against the Govern ment which sanctioned the introduction of Chinese labour in the Rand mines. No one PRINCE OF WALES RETURN.
question can be less of a partisan on such a CO.,than Lord RonENT CECIL, who has evidently been closely studying the question. In a brief but very pointed letter to the Times bis lordship supplies a suficient explana tion of the silence of the supporters of the WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS. Government's policy in this master. In the first placa ho points out that it takes .75,000 natives to do the work of 50,000 Chinese:
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and in the second he shows that whilst the Chinese death rate in the mines is only 10 per 1,000 per annum, the average death rate of the natives is not less than 25. This mears, as Lord CECIL points out, that
Ameeting of the Banitary Bowed was held yesterday at the Board Room, Mr. C. MoL
present Hon. Mr. W. Chatham,(Vio-President), Messer (president), presided, and there were nico Hou. Mr. E. A. Irving, Hours, A., Shelton LONDON, August 4th.
Hooper, H. A. W. Slade, Fang Wa Chun, H.M.S. "Indomitable," with H.R.H. Dr. Pearse, (Medical Offloor of Healthy, and the the Prince of Wales on board, following offteisis Dr. Macfarlane, (Assistant arrived at Cowes on Monday. She cor of Health), and A. Gibson left Quebec on Wednesday last, aud established aNavy record across the Atlantic, averaging 26 miles an hour. DISASTROUS BUSH FIRE.
LONDON, August 4th.
A bushfire which has extended over
(Secretary),
| THE. TYFROON,
The PassIDENT mentioned that in districte
SUPREME COURT. Tuesday, 4th August,
IN ORIGINAL JURISDICTION,
Baron-CATE JUSTICE, (Ste F. FraGOTT.)
A QUESTION OF SALE-
THE PROPOSED TYPHOON SHELTER.
GOVERNMENT'S REPLY TO THE
SHIPPING FIRMS.
The correspondence regarding the Typhoon Shelter at Mongkoktanl and the proposed tem- porary increase in light dues has been printed The Hip On Insurance, Ezchange and Loan and will be laid on Thursday before the Legis- Company, Limited, and the Hongkong and lative Council by command of H. this Company Limited, aned Li Po Yang and Li
We note that the correspondence includes the Manila Yuen Sheng Exchange and Trading Governor by comma Fo Kam for 849,052 62 as money lent. The Government's reply to the letter of the hip- Hon. Mr. R. Pollock, K.C, who had with ping Firms addressed to the Chamber of Com
'meros on the 29d Juno'and forwarded by that. body to the Government on the ard July with a covering letter in which it was stated that the Committee of the Chamber wished to associato themselves with the views of the Shipping Companies, Following is the reply returned by the Goverment
Nos. 1 to 5, where most of the damage was done him Mr. McNeill from Sanguns, and who was by the typhoon, 829 loads of refuse were re-instrastel by Me, Bowley, of Messrs. Bowley moved, and as the average in ordinary clroom and Dannys, appeared for the plaintiffs, stances would have been 163, that showed that and Mr. M. Blade, instructed by Mr. about six times as much work as usual had to G..K. Hall Bratton, represented the defendants, be done in the few days after the typhoon, while Sir Henry Berkeley, KC, instructed by On the day of the typhoon the contractors were Mr. Atkinson of Messrs. Desadu, Looker and enable to supply juuks, but on the day follow Denson, appeared for Li Po Kam on a courtes
"per case, per caso, when with Chinese the number of deaths one hundred square miles, broke outing the full number was at work. La districts claim,
1 dos.qta 2doz. pta
would have been 500, with Africans it will
at Kootenay, near Vancouver.
It No. 6 to 9, 13 extra junk loads of refuse bad been removed. In no dust bin during a period
remain.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 25th July, 1908, S-I am directed to acknowledge roogipt of your letter of Sed insthat with its enclosures,
Shelter and the means of raising funds for the work.
... 80 9.00 not be less than 1,875, or, in other has devastated savoral villages. Five of 24 hours was the same rubbish allowed to parties xiamed Yu Yuk Chi and Li Po Kwel, relative to the construction of a Typhoon ·
CHATEAU HAUT BRION
i 10,00
13.00
LARRIVET
...
19.00
CHATEAU MOUTON
D'ARMAILHACQ' ... CHATEAU PONTET
CANET
****28.00
28.00
CHATEAU
LA TOUR
CARNET...
CHATEAU RAUZAN
30.00 42.00
60.00
CHATEAU LAFITE
LABETS,
INCLUDING
14.00
11.00 words, the Government policy will result in the loss of 1,875 additional human lives every year," What, we wonder, bare 20.00 those who raved from one end of the Kingdom to the other about the ouslavement 24.00 of Chiness to ang to this? Diligent search fails to discover in the Radical press any referenesa now to the "smoking hecatomb's of slaughtered babes" or to the excessive death rats among the native African miners, or even to the "conditions of slavery under which some 20,000 Chinese are still working in the mines, No, the "Chinese alavery" cry-ridiculons as it appeared to THE all who know the Chinese and were informed
Ou B
LOWEST PRICED, ARE OF EXCEPTIONAL VALUE, AND GUARANTEED TO THE GENUINE PRODUCT OF THE JUICE OF
THE GRAPE,
"
hundred lives have been lost, and the damage is estimated at ten million dollars. The fire is still burning.
TURKEY AND PERSIA,
LONDON, August 4th. Affairs in Turkey and Persia are generally quiet.
REUTER'S SERVICE]
TURKEY.
Mr. HOOPER—That is very satisfactory." PLAQUE PATIENTS AT CANTON,
2. Ecar Committee urge that a now Shelter
The statement of o`sim set out that defen- dania as mortgagors in consideration of certain
us morigagses, maisting Li Tsang Pak brother of Li Po Yang, in the settlement of his affairs and in payment of his debts agreed that, they woulton January 20th, 1905, feper to the is unnecessary and that Causeway Bay is sufl. mortgages all sums of money not exceeding clent for all purposen. The Government is $150,000 as should then have hoon expended by somewhat at a loss to understand this obange Li Po Kam assigned of opinion on the part of the Committee of the the mortgagom, security certain lands. Plaintiffs paid $150,079. Chamber in view of their letter of the 16th of in reapest of the debts of Li Tunog Pak, and July, 1004, in which the provision of an addi- by consent the mortgagess transferred to the tional Shelter either at Mong Kok Teni or plaintiffs all their rights under the indentures. Cheung Sha Wan was strongly advɔented. A The sum of $150,010, had not been repaid at copy of the letter in question is appended for there had been paid $1,312.50 ae interest convenienes of reference together with copy of thereon. In October, 1908, they, sold the a letter from the Typhoon Relief Committee property for 2180 000 but had to pay the dated the 25th of March, 1907, in which that Hongkong and Shanghai Bank 60,662,32 for Committes endorsed the proposal for a Shelter prinsip and interest and $50,000 for cost at Mong Kok Tsui. 1 append a list of the on their mortgage.
names of the Committes in question on which Li Po Kam denied that the transfer to the the Chamber of Commerce was strongly repro-
In sealed.
It is to be notiosd that Mr. W..J.. plaintiffs was made with his consent.
an action Grosson and Mr. D. R. Law, representing two November, 1905, he commenced
of the largest Shipping Firms which now dis- against the plaintiffs which way withdrawn
respect of the mortgage.
To make the record complete I am also to append the raports of the Public Works Committee- who considered and reported on this question in 1906 and 1907.
Correspondance relative to the trestment of plague patients at the Fong Pin Hoapital, Can ton, was submitted. Articles have appeared in the local press on the subject of the remarkably high percentage of recoveries of plague patients at this hospital, and the Board, having had its attention drawn to the subject, requested that inquiries be made through the Government na to the correctness of the statements, Accordingly the Hongkong Gorerament approached the Acting British Consul at Canton, who now forwarded letters from two medical gentlemen in Canton whom he had asked to report. Dr. Swan, the medical superintendent of the American Hospital, reported that he had made risits to the hospital in question, and expressed the opinion that there was little of fresh interest to report. Dr. Davenport, medical officer to the Consulate General, sald that in his opinion percentage of ours in Hongkong and Canton hospitals was to be found in the fact that a nam-
LiPo Yang degiarel that the mortgage and ber of cases treated at the Canton Hospital were the transfer were in no case valid for more than incorrectly diagnosed, and that the patients the sums already paid. He avarred that the were not suffering from plague at all. Daring sale was not a resi'one but a pretended trans- the pravilanes of the epidemic in Hongkong station at a gruen undervalue, whereby the plain: Members of Consell in September last, and by Chinaman contenoting malaria or other ferers lifts had acquired the propsty at a prise softer expressions of pablic opinion it would which are accompanied by high temperature than two-thirds of the rout value. He counter seex that the view now pub forward by the and swelling of the glands, jumpa to the nonclaimed that the sale best aside and that the Chamber is not shared by the commnally out. alusion that he has got the plague. He at once plaintiffs pay him $190,000 resolved under th
mortgage. takes ship for Canton, where he is met on Trial by the agents of the Fong Pin Heapital by whom he is conveyed to that insusion After a few days it is probably found that the man is not suffering from babonic plague and he is dismissed, the case, doubtlear, being entered in the hospital register as a care,
PLAQUE PREVENTION,
LONDON, August 1st. Driving to
the Selamlik yesterday of the exaditions under which they worked (Friday) the Sultan stood in bis carriage Bon the Raud-served a useful purpose in tuc the whole way, acknowledging the cheers of election campaiga, but the Governmost and the people and troops. His Majesty after its supporters regnise that a revival of wards received the whole diplomatic body interest in the conditions at the South in audience, at which he said he hoped for the explanation of the discrepancy between the upon their agreeing not to hold him lable in sent from the proposal, were on the Committee, CELEBRATED African raines can do them no good now, ARB but would, in all probability, do them CONNOISSEURS great harm. And so they are discreetly tion WELL KNOWN TO
AND COMMENT,
WE CAN silent on the matter. TO MEEN
THEM CONTIENTLY BECOMMEND MATURE AND IS FINE CONDITION.
CLARETS FROM
CHATRAUX ABOVE
700
THE
A. S. WATSON & CO.. LIMITED,
WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS. ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS. Hongkong, 28th July, 1908,
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the Sultan.
Messages have been sent to Constantinople declaring that the army will not tolerate any trifling with the Constitution, “
his illness.
We have received from Mr. Atac Chapman Supplement No. 3 of his valuable street inder of Hongkong and Kowloon,
At to-morrow's meeting of the Legislative Council the resolution to increase the Dues on Shipping will be. moved.
The z... Glenfallsch" which arrived in port yesterday, brought 32 deportes from Singapore They will be shipped to Chins in due oath at
spain Wale, who was for many years in the service of the Nippon Yusen Kaishs.
The Directors of the Shanghai and Hongkow Whart Co, L., have declared an interim dividend of Tis, & pas shara (payable to share helders on the register on the 8th inšt);
The return of cases of communicable diseases in the Colony for the week ended the 3rd instant showa 6 cases of plague; 4 of Cholera and 1 of
cases of plague have been notified..
MARRIAGE OF MISS C. D. LLOYD.
J
A London suburban paper fast to hand cou tains a long report of the marriage of Mim
Correspondence in phpitted relative to the Catherine Dorothy Lloyd (daughter lot liable to plagae infection C. V. Lloyd of Houg Bretersed Fark, S. W.), to the Rer. Basudon Edward
Showell, vlear of St. Baviour's Church
Mr. Humraters wrote that this was ■ costly scheme and asked if this was the time to enforce new taxation on the Colony,
Mr. LAY CHU-PAK exposed the oplaton removal of the sailings. In many cases they that Chinese shopkeepers would object to the
were put up by the tenants and not by the
Plaintiffs in reply maintained that the sale was a good one.
Wr. MoNeill opened the case for the plain. tiffs at oarable length and was followed by Mr. Pollook.
K
The hearing was 20ju-nad. REFUSING TO PAY A TEAM FA
Before Mr. J. R. Wood at the Magistracy
refusing to pay a tramlars yesterday Gunner Jobs Daffy was charged with Defendant pleaded not guilty, Ho said he on two seconds when the conductor asked him boarded the ear at Praye East and had not been
his coat, bat could not find it in time and when for money. He had 25 cents in one posket of
near No. 2 Police Station sa Indian constabls.
3. Judging by the speeches of un-offioisi
eldo the shipping interests. His Excellency on the occasion referred to endorsed the pledge given by his predecessor that Government would undertake the provision of an additional Shelter without delay, and the regrettable delay which has already casarred is dus to circum- stences, as will be explained, over which the Government has had little or no control.
4. Asmming therefore that the Iarga-
Mengkong consider that the provision of an additional Typhoon Shelter is an urgent and paramount necessity, the first mintter to be settled was ite location and cost. Prolonged investigation into groter part of the delay which has taken place the two questions has been responsible for the
and finality was at last reached on the report of the Pablis Worke Committee of the Legislative Connoil (No. I of 1938). It was then decided
at Mong Kok Tsui, and that the schems
of 14 million dollars should be undertaken.
Battersea Park Hond, London, SW, than whom, mays tha rep›r', fów clergyman sre more repasted sad beloved. The obrok, it is stated, nover bald a larger or more ploturesque congregation, and a great crowd of the viost's parishioners gathered in the street tower. He pointed out that it was desirable said to him, "Come on, Johnny, to the station on the reports of expects that the best nite was- to aroid friction and hardship, and suggested At the Police Station he thought he would have witness the arrival of the wedding party, that before the Board made any recommen- time to explain matters, but he hadn't. He wis proposed by Mr. Boulton at an estimated cost Lloyd, who was escorted by her cousin, Birdation to the Government a committee should shoved into a cell, Edward Baban, gave the bride away and be appointed to go into the whole question the bridesmaids were Misses Ethel and Margery
thoroughly. Eloyd (sisters" of the bride), Eileen Lloyd
groom, Beatrics Latyous and les Spankie The Lav. Martin Showell, brother of the bridegroom, was best man. Three clergy men assisted in the servios. which was fully choral and included short address. The honeymoon was spent in Brilzerland, More than a column of the newspaper from which we have extracted these particulars occupied by the list of presents received.
According to the evidence of the conductor, The PRESIDENT remarked that most of the Yard and refused to psy, though asked for the defendant boarded the car poor the Naval
mittee
His Excellency does not propose to re-open this discussion, which would merely remit in further delay.
5. Adverting now to your remarks regard.
On July 80th at Shanghai, the wife of O, Lentorio fever. In the past three days only three cousin), Dora Shevell (sister of the bridy embere desired the appointment of a copayment several times, the result being the ing the deepening of Causeway Bay, I am to
MARRIAGE.
ILDERT, of a Bon.
On. July 21st, at Tokohama, JIZZJE (MAY),
-Guy, son of HARRY STEVENSON, of
tor of Mr. JAMILY STATINO, of Brighton England.
DEATH.
On July 25th, in the CL.M. Sanatorium, Chefoo, Jous Enidue, infant son of the Kav. GEO. H. an Mrs. SEVILLE, of Wenchów, Chekiang HORT KONG OFFICE: 10A, DES VEUX ROAD C. LONDON OFFICH: 131, FLEET STREET, B.C
The Daily Press.
The steamshipërvine between Tairen
Manchuria Railway, will be opened on Angost (Dalny) and Shanghai, organized by the South 10. The chartered Beamer" Kobe Maru" wil leave Shanghai every Friday.
Arrangements have been concluded for the transportation of reliefs and time-expired man of the German garrisons in North China, vis the South Manchuria Railway and Siberis, instead of via Suez as heretofore.
The latest typhoon warning reosived at the American Consulate was received from the “Manila Oluarvatory at 11:20 am yesterday sad Fed as follows: 10 am. Cyclone or typboon over N, China Sea recurring north eastward.”
A native who camb ashore from the 8.8. "But
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WATER FOLO.
A committee consisting of the President, the Registrar-Ganoral, Me. Humphreys and Mr. Lau Chu-pak wore appointed.
"A" VALUABLE BOOK,
charge against him st No. 2 Station. The defeudeat atmad a blow at witness but he dodged inform you that a tender has already boan it by jumping off the car.
accepted for deepening the Southern portion of This evidence was corroborated by a tramway below low water of ordinary Spring Tides and the Causeway Bay Shelter to a depth of 1 foot
A copy of " Etiology and Epidemiology of spector, and his Worship fined the defendant work will.com nenos on this at 0x89,
inngue," which is a summary of the work of the plagus commission in Lodia, was aroulated. Mr. SHELTON HOoras minated-This book will be very useful.
This afternoon, at the V.B.C. unclosure, the Corinthian Yacht Club meet the home team in s shield match. The teams are, V.R.C. :-L. E. Lammert, A. EL Carroll P. M, Remedion, A.-E, Alves, A V. Barros and J. M. Bois Pereiza. C.X.C.-B. C. Witchell, C. J. Cooks, C. Humphreys, Humphreya, G. Witchell, O. R. Changet and J. Forbes.
LEAGUE TABLE,
The following is the Lazgas table to date;
VR. C.
CIT. C.
R. H. K. Y. C. Royal Engineers, "Tamar
Played
Total
Mr. LAU CHU-FAE-I anggest that such a useful work should be translated into Chinees and given to the leqturers of the Tang Wa Brauch Hospitals for their guidance in lecturing.
The PRESIDENT stated that he had bought 50 of those books for distribution, and he thought translation would be rather large work. He thought it might be as well to see what the Government were prepared to do.
Mr. Hoorns thought a prévis of the book would do for the Chinese,
His duggestion was agreed to.
HARKET AT ABERGEEN,.
$5 or seven days' imprisonment.
AN APPEAL.
6. The next question at lasus is the-means- by which the fends required for the new Typhoon Sholte ara to be raised. In this
Among the sufferers of the last Typhoon iganestion I am to point out that the gustation Hongkong the Home for the Blind in Kowloon given in your letter anderraply from a Deapstob deserved especially to be brought before the received from Mr. Chamberlain when Secretary public, as the inmates of this institution have of State for the Colonies does not eonroy an been made homeless by the fary of the hurricane. Bocurate ides of the views expressed by him. children under their care it must have-been-a to be wrote:
For the two Sisters and the seventy blind In the last paragraph of the Despatch referred terrible night, when the storm took off their roof, and they had to Had protection from the merciless elements in the downstairs rooms of the house, every moment expecting to be buried by the débris,
At daybreak might have been seen a long procession beaded by the two Sisters marching to the Victoris Orphanage, where they were
"I desire to ad3, that if at any time hereafter argent nécessity should scire for inoressing the general revenue, I should be prepared to consider any proposal for again raising the. shipping dues, as I have no reason to think that the prosent charge has borns very hardly on the shipping interests."!
the advice of the Executive Council desided 7. In all the cleonmatanoss the Governor with
that the proposed temporary incrasse in Light
Correspondence relative to the construction kindly allowed to stay till some temporary lodg- Dues was a reasmable one for the purpose pro-
of a market at Aberdeen was submitted.
Mr. HooFEE thought a market should be constructed......
Mr. LAU CHU-FAI agreed, ---
HONGKONG, Avauer 5TH, 1908,
THE British Government,in fulfilmentofits election pledges, is slowly proceeding with the repatriation of the Chinese who a few years ago were encouraged to proceed to the An" on Sunday was arrested by Sergeant Wilson on a charge of bring in nulawful Transvaal to work in the mines. One passession of a quantity of jewellery. Ito would almost think that not a single Chinese admitted stealing this from Masse, and wast now remains in the Rand if we note the extended by Mr. J. H Kemp at the absolute silence of the Radical press on the Magistresy yostorday to four months' im. subject. There are still, however, more prisonment with hard liboar. than 20,000 Chinese in the Transvaal out of
Three astives, who were arrested by Sergeant the 68,000 who were recruited in China, and Appleton at Chinwan, were charged with being though they are working under the same in anlawful possession of six mutties of cable conditions-conditions which the men would clialo, a load which it took ten men to carry be very glad indeed to get in China-the to the Central Station: Mr. J. E. Wood, second magistrate, held that the offence was Radical conscience remains undisturbed
net proved, likening it unto the picking up and the subject has apparently. passed of a discarded newspaper in a railway carriage, out of the mind of the Radical orator. He discharged the defendants. The last word on the subject, however,
The CP.B. str. Empress of India arrived has not yet been jonken, As the work of
and left again et2 p.m. same day for Hongkong and the death rate for the whole Shanghai at 3 a., on Monday, the 3rd inst, wharrie rün tü ATİVEZLÜ amy dorrow. repatriation proceeds and the demand for
The IGM Scharnhorst left. Kobe i was 341 per 1,000, as compared with 240 for natiye African labour ingresses we cannot.
Nagasaki and Shanghai' on the 3rd inst.p.in, the corresponding week of last year. and may be expected here on or about the 11th see that, from the humanitarian point of view, the repatriation of the Chinese las out of the water, Haring's shot gun on the 30th alt, at 5 a.ch, arrived at Singapore
inst p.m.
The 1.0.M, str. Prinz Ludwig which left here been a very satisfying policy to the, supboard ons of the yachtsmen loaded and fred en the 3rd inst. at noon. porters of the Government. « We make no when the enako, was rising out of the water
While out sailing on Monday Messrs, Morrell and Maclicsith observed a very, largo saake swimming in. the sea between Stone: outters and Chinwoo.. Every fifty yards or so, the reptile rose nearly half its length
87th Coy, R. G. A. 83rd Coy, R. G. A. 98th Coy, R. G. A. 4
0
(2 points for a win, 1 point for Draw.)
LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS,
It was agreed that the Govorament should be requested to put the constraction of the building in band,
MORTALITY STATISTICE.
uga for the homeless children could be fonud, * A house has now been rented on the Hung kong side and the children are expected to move Into their new house this week,
would not injuriously affect the Port. His posed, and that past experiones showed that it
Excellency has, however, read with interest the facts you addues to show that the conditions The Sisters are at a loss to know what to do of the pressut day are not identical with those with their old home. It is situated at a cool of the past and that in your view the experlenos breezy point, but seems to be too much exposed of the past may prove to some extent fallacions to the typhoons, and the foundation does not when applied to the conditions of today. He sem to be very safe. They intend to consult au expert about the house and will decide in ao.
deloze weer as
cordance with his advice. But whatever the decision may be this last typhoon has rushed the
The death rate in the British and Foreign semmanity for the week ending 18th July was
198.por thousand of the population as compared with 240 in the corresponding week of last
The C.P.B. att. Empress of China left Yoko bama at 3'p.m. on Monday, the Sed inst. for as follows
reference to the results of the repatria. about 200 yards sway,The aim was correct Victoria and Vancouver
tion of the superior labour of the and the dead enalte was pulled aboard and found Chinese on the output of the mines. to mussare over seven feet in length. Its head That would not appeal to the objectors to useless for the purposes of the Museum, and was so badly shattered that the reptile was Chinese labour. But on humanitarian the yachtsman got rid of it.
THE TYPHOON,
| repaire will involve several thousands of dolurg and the temporary shelter they have costs the $150 a month.
We are asked to bring these facts before the
Governor from the Secretary of State. It is whose splendid service needs only to be man A telegram has been received by H. E. the public trusting that they will appest to the hearts of sympathisers with this institution,
tioned to deserve the public charity.
Vorily I say unto you, inasmuch as you done it unto one of the feast of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me,
Donations for the Blindhome sens
The Silk er C.P.R. str. press of Japan Tour telegram of 80th July, news of which left Hongkong on the 4th ult. and Typhoon, received with great regret by I. M. Tokohama on the 18th alt, arrived in New York Government, who desired me to ganger to Com- on the 2nd inat, thus making a transit of 29 days from Hongkong and 20 days from Toko-munity of Hongkong sinoore sympathy at this
second disaster within two years.”
ham
have
Rev. L. Genahr, 22 Hadham Rood, will be to
acknowledged.
Pruppes therefore to limit the temporary in-
ditional dues are to be devoted crease to 2 cents instead of 2 conte per ton, to exclude the cost of deepening Causeway Bazfrom the special fund towards thish the..
loan for this work in view of the fact that 8 Hie Ervellency is not prepared to raise a
inclusive of the Loss of 1992 the Colony has
reach 10 per contam of the Colonial Revenue stready raised a sum of £1435,733 for Esilway Construction and other purposes. The interests and sinking fands on, these Loans will probably
and in these circumstances no additional Loan is feasible, nor would it most with the concurrence of the Secretary of ritats. The proposal of your Committee to borrow from a local Bank at 6 per Contum ne an overdraft whitover-fands are