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formerly Governor of the Straits Settle wents before the Commission of Inquiry into the Crown Agents system. Giving the experience of the Singapore railway
line took the ex-Governor said the more than twice as long to construct as it ought to have done; it cost about twice the CO.original estimate, and the work was bot well doue, for a bridge subsequently tumbled down and an embankment gave way Trinidad has had a somewhat similar ex perience. Now it is Hoogkong's tura. The Colonies may grumble, but they have in the end to pay the bill. No blame reste
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, MAY 15TH, 1909,
Colonel" Bah Love of Harmaton's Circus arrived in the Colony from Maulis yesterday by the us Tean. The Colonel, who is looking well after his recent Ulness, proceeds today to ranghai to join the Cirons,
The neosary official permission is being sought for the formation of a gas light company at Peking. It is proposed to begin with, capital of Tuels 700,000. Taels 4.0,000 has al- ready been taken up and if permission is granted the remaining stook will be placed on the open market,
Owing to the decline in exchange and the consequent burlen resultant therefrom on the Indemnity Paying Department of the Board of
According to Japanose papers, the British TELEGRAMS. Chins Squadron, now in Yokohams harbour, will leave for Hakodata on or about the 15th
instant.
Lieutenant-Commander Jowell, who was on trial at Cavite, PI, by general court martial for having ran the American gunboat Poragua, aground in southern wafers, has been noquitted of all blame, and has been busy receiving the congratulations of his brother officers
WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS / upon the Colonial Governments: in the Finigos, the Pelting Daily News says the startling prepositions: (a) That the Chinese
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words of Sir FRANK SWETTENHAM the Government of the Colony Las ad voice in the matter except to pay the bille." A veil of secrecy was thrown over the earlier stogos of the undertaking. The scheme and the estimates werke not laid before the Legis- lative Council but an unofficial member of Council did maunge to elicit the isfornia. tion that the twenty-two miles of railway from Kowloon to Samchun ware estimated to cost about £550,000 sterling to construct. It was left however to Sir FREDRICK LugatiD a year ago, when the work was well under weigh and the estimate had been nearly doubled, to i förmo" the Colony that the original estimate was merely "a rough one," and did not take into account such things as rolling stock, workshops, &c, Surely the Government must have had some "rough iden" of what rolling stock and workshops would cost to provide? When we recollect that the first information the Colony bad of the estimated cost of the line wne £550,000, there seems room for the Assumption that the difference between this suca and Mr. Bruce's, netual estimate of $5,053,274, formed the "rough estimate"
Viceroys and Governors of all provinces have been instructed to raise additional money in their respective provinces to adjust the differ ence in exchange. The difference in exchange has hitherto been borne by the Board of Finance
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The funeral service of the late Mr. E. T. Bethell took place at the deceased's house on Sunday, the 2nd iuxtant. The Rt. Rev. Bishop Turner officiated, and a large number of friends were present. After the service, reports the Seoul Press, the cortège proceeded to the fareiga cemetery at Yong Wha Chin, being preceded by many Koreans carrying gauge lanterns and sorulls and followed by a large proportion of the foreign community.
Mr. J. H. Kemp presided over a meeting of Justices of the Pence held at the Magistracy yesterday afternoon, and there were also present Messrs, R. H. A. Craig, T. H. King and C. D. Melbourne. The meeting was called to consider an application from Mr. R. F. Daly for the transfer to him from Mr. J. H. Newbold of the adjunct licence to sell, by retail, intoxicating liquors at the Owl Grill Room, 29 and 31, Des Voux Road Contrat. There were no police objections, and the licence was granted.
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A SHANGHAI SHIPPING CASE.
THE DELIMITATION OF THE
MAÇÃO BOUNDARIES...“
This subject has been much discussed by the Chiness papers in Faking. The Feking Daily News of the 5th inst: contains the following ;
An authority on the Maono boundary ques tion interviewed to-day said: The question of the true boundaries of Macse is beyond disputo. It may bo well to draw
tion to the fact that the said boundaries are very definitely known. Investigations have boon made at the instigation of the Viceroy of Kwangtung witch clearly demons- trate the fact that the Portuguess authori- ties have seriously encroached upon Chinese LONDON, May 13th. territory and violated Chinn's sovereign rights. Particulars were useded in order that The Judicial Committee of the the question might be diplomatically disonesed aud the result of an enquiry shows that the Privy Council has allowed the appeal following encroachments laurs been made by the from the decree of the Supreme Court Portuguese Government, at Shanghai confiscating the steamer
During a murder trial at Chefoo the counsel for the defence, suvonosd the theory that the testimony of the five Chinese witnesses should be rejected as wholly and wilfully false. In sup porting this contention, he made the following mind and point of view is such that, in the case of every Chinese witness, the Court is bound to start with a presumption that the witness will Maori King" not tell the truth; and (b) that this is a race characteristic support us the counsel that JAPANESE DECORATION FOR land and subepor characteristic so pronounced and so well-estab-
this Court is bound to take judicial notice of it and to be guided thereby in determining the weight of evidence.
CRICKET,
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A FAMOUS AMERICAN.
LONDON, May 13th. : Mr. Takahira, the Japanese Ambas. sador to the United states has handed to Dr. Eliot of Harvard University, the Order of the Rising Sun, conferred
1. Green Island is situate between Macao and
Wan Chai and on the North of the sea. The island is connected with Chin Shan. During the 15th, and 16th. years of Kwong Hoa, the Portuguese made a new road leading up to the island and subsequently treated the island se
Mong Ha Kok and Leong Tin villages wer'e pinoes outside Macao boundaries. China had here established military guard houses and forts in these places but these were included in the Portuguese territory in the first your of Kwang Han, by whose authority no one knows In the 13th year of Kwong Hsu, Governor Wa was deputed to sattis the Macao Boundary question but, owing to some urgent Govern year of Krung Hea however, the Fortuguese
territorial jurisdiction. claimed these tive places as being within their 3. Kwo Lo Wan is an importante place and forms the door of Mgoro, giving access to the The Ambassador expressed to Dr.sen. To the left of Kwo Lo Wan ie Kan O,
A cricket match will be played this afternon on the Hongkong Cricket Club's ground,, com mencing at 1.30 p.m, against the Military team which is to visit Shanglisi and Japan next week. The Cricket Club team will be composed of the upon him by H.M the Emperor of following:-Messra T.E. Pearce, H. Hancock, | Japan.` H. R. Makin, A. A. Claxton, E W. Day, E. E O. Bird, E. C. .Oliver, R.N., R. E. H. Oliver, H. R. Phelips, Lt. Comd. F. Noble, RN and Mr. A. O. Brawa Reserve Mr. W. C. D.
Turner.
at scrvices he had rendered to Eliot His Majesty's appreciation of
education and referred especially to the great
the many Japanese who had been educated at Harvard.
PAYMENT OF M.P.'s.
ment affairs this was postponed. In the 24th.
itself in several times larger than. Macao, The The Koong Pok Customs formerly had launches and ernisers on patrol this to prevent smugg and to the right in Wang Kama. Kwo Lo Wan
ling In the first year of Kwang Hea the Portuguese Government placed soldiers at Kwo Lo Wan and also in Li Chi Wan and Shek 0, atteriting to annex this territory. Afterwards they are reported to have also seized and controlled the territory of Wan Chai and Ngan Hang. These places have still Chinese forts and guard houses which illustrate the right which China has never abrogated thereover.
It is obvious that Portugal is attempting to
On the 5th instant if noon Admiral Togo gave a dinner at the Mitsui Club, Tokyo, in, Nathan: Road, Kowloon. One of the defend. RESOLUTION ADOPTED IN THE HOUSain territory in China to which she can claim--
of the cost of rolling stock, work-honor of Adminal Sir Hedworth Lambtan shope, and other incidentat expenses, Commander of the British squidrow in the On this estimate the undertaking to China station, and others of the aqusitron, ahot! all. Besides the guests of honour, constract the line was entered upon, thir
RECEIVING STOLEN PROPERTY. Before Mr. J. H. Kemp at the Magistracy resterday, two unemployed natives, with no fixed place of abode, were charged with stealing two gold rings valued at $115 sul $53 in money from Mre Weigal, whereides at ants was previously employed by the com plainant, but at the time of the larceny sho had a new "boy" and a new coolie: On the 12th instant she left her residence ́at about 6- When she returned at 7.15 pm, the "boy" and the coolie were missing, und so were two diamond rings and 553. The defendants, it appears, were friends of the thieves, and received the stolen property from them to pawn. Arrest followedits presentation at a pawn shop, and the men were prosecuted by Detective ergeant Wilden. After hearing the evidence his Wor ship, sonviotad both men of receiving, and sentenced each to three months' imprisonment with hard labour and three hours stooks,
OF COMMONS.
LONDON, May 13th.
no title of right. It is one of the most un- reasonable attempts to annex Chinese territory which has been seen for overal years. Portugal does not seem to realize the fact that the days of
The House of Commons has adopt-encroachment upon Chinese territory are past.
BULLDOG BRAND and the Governor in his speech on there were present Admiral. Saito, Ministor p.m. in charge of the "boy" and the coolie-ed by 242 votes to 92, a resolution in
GUINNESS - STOUT IN PINTS AND SPLITS,
Thursday said the consulting engineers were responsibls that the estimates are adhered. to. Well, the Colony will be interested to learn what results now that the original estimate has been more than doubled, and may be trebled before the work is completed for, be it noted, besides the cost of possible
A. S. WATSON & CO. |land resumptions, mentioned earlier, His
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Excellency has a misgiving that there will be some addition to the estimates in con- sequence of defective bridge work, All the explanations which have been furnishe 1 to account for the enormous excese over the original estimate may be perfectly intellig. ible and satisfactory to the consulting engineers, but the public generally will
the Navy, Admiral Koto, Vice-Minister of the Navy, Admirals Kamimuro, Nikamizo, Misy, and Skimurs, and other officers In the cours of the function Admiral Togo proposed the tonet of the British Navy and the health of Admiral Lambton, who suitably responded. At 2 pm. the gathering proceeded to s reception given by Count Mataars at. His residence..
The hostelries at Po
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are not the only one to experience a boom trade. There is another branch of indust which is at the pressat moment, doing roaring business, namely, the numerous rulette establishments in Telegraph Lane Night after night these gambling dent are crowded with residents and especially touriste The lette owner's are making hay while the following curious statement-During the put shines, the P. & F. Times says, and adds the
ad tresses with communications addressed to the
dors, military and civilian oficials, merchants, Editor, not for publication but as evidence of enced and well qualified railway engineer is respectable Far Eastern residents and their wives, read faith.
All letters for publication should be written on exceeded to auch an enormous extent. If globe trotters, male and female tourists, chop Dr. MORRSON had been told this story of keepers, pedlars, Greek and Jewish grogshop, one side of paper only,
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"THE UROPEAN CENTRE OF GRAVITY."
THE KAISER IN AUSTRIA,
LONDON, May 14th.
11. M. the Kaiser on arriving at Pola (the naval port and arsenal of now Austria) received a great ovation, and
MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE
IN JAPAN,
The Tokyo correspondent of the Standard. remarks that a significant aspect of Japanese society since coming under the influence of
Correspondents must forward their names and continue to think there is something wrong fortnight, Peking has been invaded by agbanga sight articles, referring to the cession of an enthusiastic reception is being pre-estimate of notual conditions. A very consider-
1
somewhere when an estimats by an experi-
Ocidental civilisation in its increasing respost for the marriage bond. In olden times the average Japanese citizen did not appear to regard the relations between husband and wife as in any way specially sacred, or even equally binding. on both sides to the compact. In recent years, however, the number of divorces has diminishođ to a degree that bids fair in time to reverse the former conditions. Though from an Occidental point of view the present percentage of divorce to marriage is alarmingly high, going on ar it does at the rate of 200-a day the year round, it represents only 19 per cent. of tho total number of yearly marriages, compared Reuter's Agency learns that the complete text
with the 34 per cent. that obtained in decade of the Anglo-Biamese Convention which was
ago. Thus far, inference is solely from offieisi. statistics; but from this source alone it is exceedingly difficult to arrive at an accurate resched England. The Treaty itself consists of recently concluded at Bangkok has
Kilantan and the neighbouring Siamese State
able proportion of failures to respect the marriage compact does not come under the to Great Britain, and also to the repared for His Majesty at Vienna,
Articles in the Austrian and Gernative of the authorities. The empire maker Slam of jurisdiction over Hritish subjecta. Treaty there was also signed at Bangkok a Simultaneously with the conclusion of this brief agreement relating to railways, providing of British capital for railway extensions.
With regard to the Convention itself, it is understood that ample provision has been made for safeguarding to the fallest extent the rights of British subjects in the Siamese court. Euro- peana have the right to be tried before European judge, whilst Asiatic British subjects before the Siamese Courts have the safeguard of a European adviser sitting to watch the pro. sedings. The new treaty indicates a great advance in the status of Siam, and places her in another category of nationa.
man press hail the visit as sealing the
have already appeared in other papers will be a railway constructed under Chinggeroalette, and gambling house keepers, and various for the loan to Siamat.4 per cent, of £4,000,036 end of rivalries and marking the res- regarded as mataal agreement. Japanese
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supervision, imagine what a telegram he would have sent about it to The Times !
The French Mail of the 13th April was delivered in Landon on the 13th inst.:
The Hon. Mr. W. J. and Mrs. Cresson re- HONGKONG OFFICE: 10A, DES VEUX ROAD C turned to Hongkong from Shanghai yesterday.
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The Daily Press.
HONGKONG, MAY 15TH 1909. THE statement made by H.E. the Governor in the Legislative Council on Thursday regarding the ever-expanding estimate of
The Hon. Mr. E. Osborne returned to the Colony yesterday by the Empress of India after
year's absence.
Jome Tien Fan, Engineer-in-Chief of the Peking-Knlgan railway, has been appointed Engineer-in-Chief of the Szachuan Hsakow Railway.
vagabonds, nondescripts, and social pariaha,
FILIPINO FARMERS.
toration of the European centre of gravity to the Continent.
An inspired statement published at Berlin says the interview between the Kaiser and ing Emmanuel, showed that the policy, of the Triplice bad been tested and that a change is. unlikely, Italy's confidence being un diminished.
no provision for divorce courts as such, mest of the separations being effected by what is.
sociologists are wont to attribute the principal
divorce to conjugal infelicity, consequoat upon the clash of old and new idens in regard to the equality of the saxes
Danse
of
On the other hand, if, as the authorities admit, divorce is rapidly on the decline, and domestic life generally is moral improvement on conditions obtaining under the old ragime the
main cause of divorce must be ascribed to evils
Occidental ideals. Chief among those ovila must be included the recent tendency to luxury and extravagance of living incidental to the increased material progress of the nation, with a multitude of temptations to pleasure of a questionable slracter.g
other than those reulting from the influx of
CHINE E PREJUDICE,
Quite a sensation has been caused in Shanghai settlement, says the Shanghai Mercury, by the announcement that writ had been issued against Mr. R. 8. F. McBain, as director and general agent of the Maatschappij tot Mijn Boseben en Landbouwerploitatie in Langkat Limited. The plaintiff is a shareholder in the Langkat Company, and while the exact torms of the writ have not been made public it is understood that the claim is made in connection with certain information regarding the further
ASSISTED TO SECURE HOMES."
THEFTS BY AMERICAN SAILORS. discoveries of sil which have been made on
The thrifty Filipino farmer who wishes to
On the morning of the 3rd instant eight blue. time company's property. Messrs. Drummond, White Cooper and Phillips are the attorneys establish a homestead for himself and family is jackets from the American cruiser Chattanooga, for the plaintiff while the defendant will be says & Manila exchange, Firon every possible which was then in port at Kobe, enteral the Government. The Government realizes that
stable crop like hop or Kobe. While some of the men ware making Teesdale. The writ is returnable in H.B.M.'s the establishment of
purchases three others appropriated three coconute and the asking of permanent improve. Revolvers which were on a shelf. After the ments on a farm will not only beat the sailors and left the shop the proprietor missed that much richer and more prosperous. The more farms of this class that are cleared and late customers, overtaking them as they were
*tering an hotel in Kaigandori.
Upon communicating the matter to the police, improved, the greater will be the improvement.
the latter proceeded to the hotel accompanied by of economic conditions in general in the stands. For the betterment of the material welfare of this stable farmer class, the free use privilege of an interpreter. Charged with the theft the public lands has been granted. Any Filipino but sventually admitted having stolen the with the sincere purpose of developing a bit of
weapons and produced them. The revolvers were agricultural land to furnish him with a perma returned to the owner, while the men were sent on board their ship to be dealt with:-Japan The spot selected by a prospective farmer is
Chronicle.- nent means of livelihood may obtain a concession. usually situated in a public forest. The reamer for this is that the soil there is exceedingly rick Land where wild grasses have no chance to grow, and fertile, and enltivation is much easier on
WEATHER REPORT.
Work on the building of an Imperial Univer. represented by Messra Stokes, Plattencouragement and assistance by the Philippine Horio rifle store, Kitanagasa-dori, 7-chome, soms of gold coin to Chins. It was ascertained
Supreme Court on Saturday the 15th ist,
hearing the proceedings are likely to be of a highly interesting nature.
sity in Peking is rapidly-being pushed forward. the cost of constructing the British section It is the earnest desire of Grand Councillor and when the case subsequently comes on for individual farmer but will make the country the threa revolvers, and went in pursuit of his portant role in matters religious in the Flowery
Chang Chih-tung to see the University opened as early as possible, por me
Mr. Van de Sande Bakhuyzen, of the Dutch Consulate at Hongkong, will shortly prossed to Shanghai to take charge of the consulate there, in the absence on lcars of the Dutch Conni General,
of the Kowloon-Canton railway makes sorry rending. Originally the cetimate was a little over five million dollars, but this calculation the Governor ei- plained last year was "a very rough one' and “included no calculation of quantities and many important, items such as rolling stock, workshops & As soon as the
A life-size picture of Governor-General actual work of construction began, the estimate of the cost commenced to sweltmith of the Philippines, painted by Br. Enriquez, will be hung in the office of the prodigiously, and by the end of 1907 it had Govornor-General together with the paintings grown to very nearly twice the original of Governors-General Taft, Wright and Ide," amount; still it did not include provision workshops, though rolling stock and the
'for
Mr. J. S. Doble, the Hongkong agent of the
Referring to the reports in the Japanese pra regarding the boycott in South China, the Japan Mail says:-Considering that barely four years have passed since Japan fought a great war which preserved to Chins three whole provinces covering an immense area and gored as the birthplace of the reigning dynasty, this indictive mood on the part of the Chinese towards their neighbour is certainly one of the carious episodes of modern history. On the one land, we have the Japanese nation blaming its statesmen for showing undae leniency towards
The Hongkong Observatory yesterday issued
men at first denied having taken the revolvers,
LISBON EARTHQUAKE.
HIGH SEA CAUSE: MANY HOUSES TO
COLLAPSE.
A curious illustration of Oriental prejudice way recently afforded in the experience of Lou den banks having occasion to forward large that the Chinese would accept no sovereigns bearing the familiar Saint George and Dragon on the reverse side, as the Dragon plays an Im-.
coins is abhorrent to the Celestial mind. Kingdom, and its represention on the English
select older coins, bearing on the reverse side a Loidon consignees were therefore obliged-to- shield instead of the Dragon. The result of this is (says a New York contemporary) that the older coins are now quite scarce in Great Britain; only about 5,000 remaining in general sirentation.
The
DOMESTIC PROBLEM IN. BRUSSELS,
A Brussels merchant advertised for a servant. One applicant plessed him. The terms and the outings were arranged, when the girl asked: Who washes the dishes?" Taken aback, the morehant asked her to repeat her question. The girl did so without turning a hair. -"Madame A violent shock of earthquake was felt
Can merchant. Lisbon at 5 p.m. on the 23rd ult. Many pers at washes the dishes; and I dry them," replied, the you play the piano?" he uskod. No," was the reply Then I am A telegram from Espinho, in the district of afraid you will not it," said the merchant, Vizen, stated that the sea rose thirty feet above The girl retired with a dignified air. With a the highest previons tide level, causing many politeness which is described as exquisito, she Lurned; according to the Throne and Country to buildings in the centre of the town to collapse.
More or less violent alecke ware felt in many the merchant and said: Tomorrow I shall parts of Portugal, accompanied by subterranean take lessons at the Conservatoire, and as soon as any loss of life had occurred, or that great This story is certified as authentic. rumblings. There was re-reason to believe that I begin to make progress I will call again! material damage had been done. Nevertheless and numbers of houses threatened to collapse. walls cracked, many chimneys were thrown down,
shows the present estimate to It is announced in a Peking paper that all explanation of their attitude towards Japan or Tacific to the 8.E: of Japan and over the
· cost of some deep sex resumptions were Chinese Engineering and Mining Co., Ltd, China, and on the other we haveChina behaving the following report inserted. In the last sixteen months the informs us that the total output of the company's as though her Leighbour were a perpetual thorn On the 14th at 11.55 am. The tarometer rushed terror stricken into the streets.
three mines for the week ending 1st May 1909 in herside. The worst of it is that the Chinese has risen over the Yangtze Valley, and at the estinate has been further increased by amounted to 39,215.96 tons, and the sales do not seem to be guided in any degree by resson. Bouins, and fallen over Japan and Northern another two million dollars, and the state. iluing the period to 25,518,30 tons
They would be pazzled to assign any rational and Southern China.
Pressure is low over E. Manchuria, the ment laid before the Legislative Council on
northern shores of China. It is high over China to the North of the Yangtze, and Fresh to strong NE. winds may be expected over. N.E. Japan. in the Formosa Channel and along the northern shores of the hins Ben
$11,004,128, melding workshops and all items, but “it is still possible that the land resumption may not be fully provided for, as all matters in connection with that subject are not yet finally concluded." In other worde, a still further increase in the vetimate is possible it not probable.
requirements for the equipment of China's army in the way of avelion clothes, &c., will be sup. plied by the factory established for that purpose, and there will be no necessity to look to foreign countries for each supplies.”
at 10a.m. to-day, 8.00 fuchos.
Hongkong rainfall for the 24 hours ending
to lay any definite cecisations at her door. They appear to be simply huffed; and, when men have fallen into that temper, they cease to be capable of calm argument. Certainly, how ever optimistically we may regard the situation, it contains elements of uneasiness, for with the The foreign assistant of police at Kiukiang Chinese in their present mood any attempt on is reported by the Hankou Mail to be under Japan's part to placate them by concessions This forecast for the 24 hours ending at noon arrest for causing the death of a Chinese at would probably be misconstrued. In dealing to-day is na followe There will be familiar ring about this Kiuliang. It appears to have been quite an with her neighbour, Japan has of course to place story should it be read in other colonie accidental affair. In a crush he pushed the her own interests in the first line; but she has which have also had railways constructed for Chipero with a stick and unfortunately burst also to take due scumbt of the interests of them by the Crown Agents. A few months his spleen causing almost instantaneous death, Western Powers, which means that she muxt ago, for instance, we drew attention to the The Chiasso are very indignant over the not endorse any Chinese action which might
become a generally irksoris precedent: svidence given by Sir FRANK SWETTENHAM,
matter.
Hongkong & Neighbourhood
Foriness Chenual
South court of China between Hongkong and Lamecka, South coast of China between
Hongkong and Hainan,
N.E. winds, fresh or strong squally, rainy,
Same as No. 1. Same as No. 1. Same as No. L.
Fone case a woman tang herself from the tow of a swaying house into the street. A few small fires broke out in Lisbon following the earthquake.
operations of the
King Manuel witnessed the opera fromon at one point.
The walls of a large number of churches were arackel
In the House of Peers, Senhor Alpoim was pesking when the earthquake occurred, and there was a general panic among the Members of the House and the scenpants of the crowded public galleries.
CHINA'S NAVY.
DEPENDENT UPON CHINA'S BUDGET, Before making further appropriations for the navy, it has been decided says the Peking Daily Netos to investigate thoroughly the finances of the country. To this end commissioners have hoch appointed whose duty it will be to bring out a budget of the Empire. Viceroys and Governors have been instructed to lose no time in bringing out provincial budgets. Future appropriations for the navy will be figured out on the presentation of the national budget. This arrangement hus met with the approval of
all. ministers.
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