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it is a pity the Chief Engineer's Reports have not more clearly stated the facts.
His Excellency further emphasised again his previous statement that Mr. Bavor's
estimate cannot in any sense be regarded as an estimate of the railway," and went on to say that it "purposely omitted a large number of items; such as station buildings and machinery, workshops, roads, boundaries, ballast and items under plant, including rolling stock and salaries." With regardto this we can only point out that in what purports to be Mr. BRUCE's Estimate (twice laid before the Council in the Reports of the Chief Resident Engineer), he is repre- seated as furnishing an estimate of $315,000 for station buildings and machinery, and while it is not explicitly shown that he took into account all the other items enumerated by His Excellency, he added to his estimate 10 per cent for contingencies
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, JUNE 11TH, 1909.
A negro appeared before Mr. J. H. Kemp at TELEGRAMS.
the Magistrocy yesterday charged with being drunk and incapable. When asked if he had Anything to say he wished to know whe arrested him, at the same time admitting that he knew nothing about the matter. He was fined $1.
Owing to numerous complaints about hawkers in the Central District, P.C. Shepherd was yesterday despatched from the Central Folios Station to investigate. His investigations led to the arrest of fourteen hawkers who appeared before Mr. F. A Hazeland on charges of
obstruation or hawking without a licence. each instance a fine of 810 was imposed.
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PRINCE NASHIMOTO.
LONDON, June 10th. Prince Nashimoto witnessed some
superb military operations in the Long Valley at Aldershot;
1
THE FOURTIÍ DREADNOUGHT.
LONDON, June 10th.
The heavy fine of $15 was imposed on ricula coolie by Mr. F. A. Hazoland at the Magistracy yesterday for refusing to take a fare, A soldier hailed the defendant at the Hongkong
The fourth Dreadnought has been Hotel corner and wished to be taken to Wellington Barracks. The coolie said he had a commissioned at Portsmouth and will fare in the Hongkong Hotel bar, but as this was found not to be the case, he was arrested and join the Home Fleet at Spithead. charged.
If Carl Mason is in Shanghai at present it may interest him- to know that the note he corked up in a brandy bottle and dropped over. board from the s.8, Easter, sixty miles from Hongkong, is in the possession of the Hong- cong Police. The note, which was discovered near the Shukiwa Police station, was headed
ENGLAND AND CHINESE CUSTOMS DUTIES.
LONDON, June 10th. A Washington dispatch states that confirmation has been received in "All's well. Beneath was a sketch of what was probably meant to represent a lamb, and diplomatic circles that Great Britain lower down on the slip of paper was the inhas finally refused to participate in an formation Dropped sixty miles from How International Conference with a view kong from the ship Eastern. April 5th, 1909. Going to Shanghai. Carl Mason."*
A thirsty coolie hull up a Chinese gentleman
SUPREME COURT.
Thursday, 10th June.
IN BANKRUPTCY JURISDICTION,
BEFORE THE CHIEF JUSTICE (8mm F. PIOGETT).'
FORFEITURE OF SECURITY.
Be Kwong Hang Tai, the Official Receiver said this was an application for the forfeiture of a security of $3,300 given by Sip Hing Tung
REPORT OF THE REGISTRAR OF
THE SUPREME COURT.
The report of the Registrar of the Supreme Court for the year 1900, which was laid before the Legislative Council yesterday, shows that the total sums collected during the year by way of fees and commissions amounted to $46,592,80 as against $76,156,78 in previous year.
ORIGINAL JURISDICTION.N The number of actions instituted in the
and La Hip Clin. The debtors were arrested Court during the year was 206, and there were underthe Bankruptoy Ordinance, and afterwards280 pending at the commencement of that year as against 261 and 162 respectively in 1907. an order was made that they should give security168 were disposed of during the year, 58 being for their appearance in the sum of 23,300. A settled or withdrawn before trial: 1 transferred previous application was made in June last year, to Summary Jurisdiction and 1 transferred to when debtors appeared in Court. Since then he Admiralty leaving a balance of 316 audisposed bad obtained further information na vagaris 1 ruinst 143, 39 and 280 respectively in The total amount involved was pepperty in Canton, and he wished to have the $2,466,274.90, as against $5,276,203.22 in 1907. debtors examined. Debtors had been served with The debts and damages recovered amounted to $902,864.20, as against #804,049.36-in-1907, The total fens collected amounted to $15,341, notice to appear.
as against 316,201 ̈ía 1907.
His Lordship-How have you foresees that they will not appear.
The Oficial Receiver-If they appear I don't apply.
Debtors' names were called but they did not
answer.
The Official Roceiver asked that the order be made, so that the money could be applied to the estate for the benefit of the creditors.
His Lordship-I don't see what claim the eroditors have.
The Official Receiver--Well, my Lord, they are the people who lose the money;; - The application was granted.
to allowing China to increase her ad valorem duties, in return for the aboli-of
APPLICATION FOR DISCHARGE. Mr. F. X. d'Almada applied for the discharge
Yuen On Company, and stated that Mr. Gold Ng Kam Sang, ons of the partners of the ring, who appeared for the petitioning creditor, did not object.
His Lordship naked what dividend had been puid.
which we presume would more than cover the cost of all these items, excepting, perhaps, rolling stock, the cost of which is partly borne by the Chinese section, and sould not have been estimated at the time. To indicate how "rough" was the estimate, His Excellency mentioned that Mr. Becce
in Wellington Street on Wednesday afternoon ties of the likin duties. measured the tanual for distance "only to explain how dry he was. The generous with a pair of dividers on a map." Yet we gentleman took the coolie to u street stall and "stood him" a sarsaparills, at the same time see from the published records that Mr. BRUCE did not base his calculations of cost calling for another drink for himself. While on an underestimate of the distance. Ila drinking he felt a tug at his pocket, and on reckoned the distance at 7,380 feet, whereas turning saw the coolie running away with a the actual distance provel to be 7,312. We purse in his hand. On realising that his own that the Tsar will visit King Emman-paid, but not 50 per cent. Therefore your Lord- point out these things simply in justification was missing he gave chase, overtook the tool in Italy at the conclusion of the of our previous comments on the subject.Hazeland beard the charge at the Magistracy meetings with the Kaiser, King Gustaf, On the general question of the value of the yesterday, found the defendant guilty, and President Fallieres and King Edward, sentenced him to six weeks' imprisonment and
but the date of the visit to Italy has not yet been fixed.
BULL DOG BRAND preliminary estimate we have only to remark
GUINNESS - STOUT IN PINTS AND SPLITS.
that three years ago the Government evidently had greater respect for itthan it has now, for Mr. Bence made preliminary sur. voys and prepared estimates of two routes, and the present route was selected not nerely because it was deemed "as best
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and handed him over to the police. Mr. P.
six houra" stocks.
THE LATE DR. HUNTER.
TRIBUTE FROM THE BONGKONG COLLE? K OF MEDICINE.
The
were sent. The burial service was conducted
Probyn, R. A. M. C, Hon. Dr. Ho Kai, Dr. Bell, Koch, Thomson, Pearce, Clark, Gibson, Black, Messrs. J. H. Kemp, P.N.H. Jones, E. J. Hughes, R. A. Harding, G. & Woodcock, F. B. L. Bowley, R. H. A. Craig, A. 5. Texford, A. R. Sutherland; the whole staff of the Lecturers of the Hongkong College of Medicine, in which the was Lecturer on Pathology and deceased Bacteriology, together with the students of the College.
remains of the late Dr. Hauter, trunk line through China," but because, in Government Bacteriologist, were interred in the the words of Sir MATTHEW NATHAN, it was Colonial Cemetery at Happy Valley yesterday "the most economical, both as regards afternoon, the funeral cortege including construction and working exponses." What large uwaber of friends. Numerous wreaths we have gathered from all the discussion by the Rev. F. T. Johnson. The largeattendance that has recently taken place is, briefly, that included Captain Mitolar-Taylor. A D.C. His important deviations from the scheme are Excellency the Governor, Hou. Mr. F. J. Bade- responsible for the doubling of the Estimate.ley, Captain Superintendent of Police, Major It doubtless is very misleading, as the Hon. Mr. MURRAY STEWART remarked, to simply divide the total cost by the number of miles, betweer Kowloon and Samchun, and say "there is the cost of the railway per mile." It is, however, a very common Orders for extra copics of DAILY PRESS method of comparing the cost of railways, should be sent before 11 am on day of We notice that the Japan Mail has recently publication. After that hour the supply done this. It tells us that the coat
At a full mesting of the Senate, at which this -Limited. Only supply for Cash.
per mile,
on the basis of the forias representation of the Medical College preliminary estimate, is approxiinately was resolved upon, the following resolation of three times as moch the outlay condolence with Mrs. Hunter was placed on the required in Japan," and, referring to the records latest revised estimate, our Yokohama con. temporary remarks that "a railway costing over half a million dollars smile is some- thing novel in the Far East, or anywhere, indeed, for the matter of that." We can will believe that the Colony will have a railway which will be regarded in the Far East, not only as novel from the point of view of its cost, but as a model of railway
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HONGKONG, JUNE 11TH 1909.
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We draw attention with pleasure to the remarks which His Excellency the Governor made yesterday at the meeting of the Legislative Council on railway matters. er ineering.
From the taxpayer's point of view the His Excellency confested that when making his last statement he had been misled by important aspect of the heavy cost of the figures in the Chief Resident Engineer's railway is the method of financing it. A report as to the coat of work on the Beacon railway twenty-two miles in length, so Hill Tunnel in 1907 and 1908, which showed heavily capitalised, has small prospect of
"The members of the Senate of the Hongkong College of Medicine desire to convey to the widow of Dr. William Hanter their moat sincere sympathy with her in herbereavement
Dr. Hunter has since his first arrival in
this colony in 1901 been a most koon and sympathetic supporter of the College, and has given much good work to the furtherance of its
THE TSAR'S TOUR.
LONDON, June 10th. It is announced at St. Petersburg.
AN IMPORTANT POLICE CAPTURE.
LONDON, June 10th. The Police have unearthed at Mari- on, Ohio, the headquarters of a notorious blackhand Italian secret society which has been responsible for countless murders, blackmailings and terrorism in America and Italy.
The Official Receiver-No dividend yet. His Lordship-Any chance?
The Oficial Receiver-A dividend will be
ship is bound to suspend the discharge.
His Lordship-I might make It six months. The Offcial Receiver-Your Lordship gener- ally makes it a year.
of, as
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SUMMARY JURISDICTION. The number of actions instituted was 1,735 during the year and 225 wore brought forward from 1907, as against 1,894 and 243 respostively in 1907. 1,838 were disposed of, 724 being settled or withdrawn before trial, 184 being struck out, dismissed, and inpard Writs, 135 strank out of the Cano-Book as having been standing over generally for more than a year, leaving balance of 122, against 1,912, 792, 231 and respectively in 1907. The total amant invol ved was $346,051.29, and the debts and damages recovered amounted to $111,283.15, as agai
against $474,500.43 and $193,952.21 respectively in 1907. The total fees collected amou
amounted to 39.261.75, as against $8,705,10 in 1907. The number of Distress Warrants for rent issued was 512, representing aggregate unpaid Rents am of $17,579.95 was recovered, against. 469, $65,614.26 and 322,122.50 respectively in 1907. mounting to $60,687.87, of which the uggregate
270 Wacrants were withdrawn on settlement between the parties, as against 229 in 1907.
The total feen collected amounted to $2,729.50 as against $2,770 in 1907.
CRIMINAL JURISDICTION,
Thors were 36 cases and 59 persons committed for trial at the Criminal Sessions, us against 24 and 70 respectively in 1907. The number of por sons actually indioted was 53, of whom 26 ware convicted and 27 were acquitted. Against 6 persons no Indictaments were led. In 1907 the figures were respectively 56, 48 and B.
APPELLATE JURISDICTION. There were five Appeals instituted during the
His Lordship-Thore is nothing alleged year, against 13 in 1907: against the man is there ?
The Official Receiver-Not against this particular man, but I have something against the other partners.
Vr. d'Almada explained that this man was arrested at the instance of the other partners, who afterwards disappeared.',
ADMIRALTY JURISDICTION.
There were four Actions instituted during the year, and 3 were pending in 1907; 4 were disposed of, anil 1 was settled bofors trial, leav ing 2 panding. The number of vessels arrested war 1. The total foos collected announted to
$352 as against $314.50 in 7907.
BANKRUPTCY JURISDICTION. There were 34 petitions filed 23 being creditors" petitions, and 11 being petitions by the debtors themselves. The figures for 1907 were respectivo-
Hia Lordship-As far as he is concerned, he has dons everything to assist you?
The Official Receiver-Yes, my Lord, because 51, 34 and 17. The number of receiving
His Lordship-So are they all. he is under a bond to do so
Mr. d'Almada-I don't ask your Lordship to discharge the firm, but to discharge him.
orders made was 30, being 21 on creditors' poti- tions, and 9 on debtors' petitions. The figures in 1907 were respective 46, 31 and 15, and 1 Administration Order,
The number of Public Examinations held was 22, sa against 34 in 1907. of The Offcial Rossiver-The reason he is apply There were 14 Adjudications: 1 Scheme ing for his discharge is in order to get back the Arrangement was approved by the Court. The figures in 1907 were 39 Adjudications Com $1,000 furnished as security.
positions and 1 Soheme of Arrangement approv His Lordship-But the security won't be ed by the Court. There were 2 discharges, as against 3 in 1907. The aggregate amount of released until he is finally discharged.
of declared ussels was 8776,144,03. and declared Liabilities 21.261,136,27, as against $860,308.99 The und $2,393,714.06 respectively in 1907. Fees amounted to $6,176.02, including the Official Receiver's commission as Trustee where no i rastoo had been appointed by the Creditors, as against $6,255.25 in 1907.
An order was made suspending the discharge for six months, and the application for the release of security was adjourned until the ex- piration of that period.
A CONTRACTOR'S AFFAIRS
BANDMANN OPERA COMPANY, There can be no two opinions about the present combination. It is one of the best that Mr. Bandmenn has sent eastwards. All the good things that have been said about it are thoroughly deserved as the large audience which filled the Theatre last night cau testify. The season opened with The Gay Gordons," a Be Tenug King, the well-known contractor, light picturesque piece which has attained great against whom a receiving order had been made popularity at home. The little maids formed on the petition of the Green Island Cement a pleasing feature of the production, but the Company, Mr. Helborrow applied for a reciss- honours went to Mr. Coyne as Angus Graeme, cion of the receiving order, to Mr. Frank Danby as Neroy Nat, and Miss Gregory as Peggy Quinton The Highland dancing and solo singing were enjoyable features while the topical allusions particularly apt. A slumbering trio was described as the Legislative Council and the
The Official Receiver objected that sufficient publicity had not been given to the matter, and pointed out that other creditors might come
were forward.
same three in a more or less ridiculous attitude were presented as the Sanitary Department, who did not know whether the fluid was jeyes or they were.
His Lordship thought the matter should be advertiend
The Official Receiver said debtor was a man
with largo contracts and it was quite possible other creditors, especially Chinese, might not
know.
His Lordship said that, if no further creditors
objects. Through his death the College has ENGLISH AND SCOTTISH SHOOTING. appeared in fifteen days, the order would be made. lost one of its most able, enthusiastic and
successful teschers."
THE WORLD BETTER THAN IT WAS. Professor Goldwin Smith, writing from the altitude of serene old age, discusses in the Canadian Magazine Labour and Socialism.
SPORT THE SALVATION OF RURAL DISTRICTS,
PROBATE AND ADMINISTRATION.
There were 234 Grants made by the Court Probates 101 Letters of administration, 133.
The figures in 1907 were respectively 82 and 92.
The aggregate value of the Estates was $3.405.400, as against $12,575,740 in 1907.
Probate Duties amounted to $81,136.00. Ad-
ditional Probate Duty paid in 1908 - $120.60 Court Foes amounted to $8,236,40 and Official Administrator's Commission to $1.812.13. The ligares in 1907 were respectively $368,930.00, $11,820.90 and $1,168.13, No additional Probate Duty was received during that year. There were 69-Estates vested in, or administered by the Official Administrator during the of $14,978.17. The figures for 1907 were res- your, representing 80 aggregate valne
pectively 42 and 824,560.78. 28 Estates wero wound up during the year. representing an 1557gate value of 242,47969, as against 22 In 1907 representing 820,977.40...'.
OFFICIAL TRUSTS.
The total number of Trust Estates in the
A BUILDER'S FAILURE. Wong Yes, a building contractor, appeared Mr. Isaac N. Ford, writing an English and to undergo his fit public examination. In hands of the Official Trastae at the end of 1908 Scottish Shootings" in the April number of reply to the Official Receiver, he stated that he was 25 and the aggregate amount of Trust the Outing Magazine gives some interesting commenced the Taikou Dock in 1901. He funds $15,052.42 as against 27 Estates aggre particulars as to the cost of popular sport. He started with a capital of about $1,000. He had gating $116,215.47 in 1907, and certain house property. The amount of commission collected American millionairos have been known, too-partners. Out of Taikoo contracts he made was $234.99, as against. $728.47-in-1907.- sys
REGISTRATION OF COMPANIES, a réduction of 108 per cent per foot in Proving remunerative for very many years He bears this old man's witness to the progress invest as much as £20,000 in a season's shooting a profit of from $20,000 to $30,000, which he
with incidental entertaining and card-playing, put in the businees. During the last two years The total number of Companies registered of partridges upward commands a
In the coase writer's life there has, in the countries in which
of
A MERCHANT'S FAILURE. Re D. R. Captain, debtor stated in reply to the maintenance of gamo preserves, shooting a and tho Official Reocirer that he was unable to
WEATHER REPORT
the following report:
The Hongkong Observatory yesterday issued
On the 10th at 12.10 p.m.→→→The apression lying over Korea Straits yesterday morning has moved quickly towards E.N.E. and is now passing to the Pacific to the South of Hokkaido. The other contre is moving slowly towards N.E. to the North of Wladiwostook.
The barometer has risen moderately over W. Japan
and the E. coast of China.
favour of the latter year, notwithstanding is that the line will be able to compete with
to come, when we consider bow anlikely it of the race of the eighty-six years of the An.estate which will yield from sizhundred brace he lost over $10,000. He lost $1,500 on u alipway from the commencement of the "Companies that the Report admitted that greater the river traffic either in passengers or he has lived, been, if not the increase to be its sporting value, but the tenant rental for and lost $3,500 on a contract for cutting away o Ordinance, 1865," was 561 with an aggregate
will pay twice as difficulties had been encountered in 1903 freight-from Canton, but will have to rely desired, certainly a marked increase of the sense much for the birds in front of the guns as he hill. He had several hundred workmen, and capital of $256,761,334.00.
as they could not work owing to the rain, be had thau in 1907. The Chief Engineer has mainly on through traffic from the interior of social responsibility and of active be can hope to get for them in the market. A
neficence. The monuments of it, in fact,
shooting is roughly expected Ito fetch about £30 to support them. He had borrowed money since. explained to His Excellency this of China which will probably take many in the shape of charitable foundations, for every stag, certainly one pound. For a brace since and he proposed to his creditors that, if.
associations, and benefactions grouse, possibly half as much for partridges apparent contradiction by a reference to his years to develop. Hence the Colony is likely charitable
-of- all kinds, are overywhere to be seen and much loss for pheasants and ground game. allowed to work, he would pay 10 per cent. per former report in which it is stated that to be permanently saddled with a loan of a
There is still unhappily a great steal of selfsk
An outing of a few days costa os much as £100 annum. The creditorg wore agreeable. to £150, with the railway fare, outfit for
Examination closed. the en-onlind cost per lineal foot in 1907 million pounds sterling, or heavily taxed to and wasteful luxury, such as provokes class-
and largess for sorvants. included the expenditure upon the metric provide for its repayment.. The loan which bar and is dangers to society. This work Sport is helping to keep rural England and
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deal out of joint, though gauge construction lines laid at both facings the Chinose authorities are repaying at the not quite so much so as it was oighty to go. Boodland alive. Millions are expended yearly in of the tunnel, the erection of machinery, rate of £110,000 a year, including intorcat; We may hope that happines is more, qnally hunting packs. The rentals of shootings. furnish the statements of accounts askerl, as he divided than wealth. Thackeray's “Marquis the accumulation of timber at the site and will be required to defray the cost of our of Steyne rolls in wealth, and riots in debon. Including country house and lodges, amount an- many other similar items." His Excellency own line, so that at the end of ten years the chory. But happy he is not; a day labourer nually to £700,000. A large multiple must be had not kopt proper books.
The examination was closed, the Official the " 02 "Stayne estates, with a kind
used for estimating the aggregate investment in wife, had overlooked this explanation in the Colony will still have on its books a railway
loan of over a million pounds sterling, cottage, and regalar pay, is happy perte, en toe come the upkeep, home and fold Receiver remarking that the other matters 1907 report, and we did the same in com-
In one respect there may have been service, entertainment of guests and across menting on these figures, being misled What prospect is there of the Colony being change for the worse. The secial severance canntry travel is added, and allowance is made could be dealt with when debtor applied for hie
of employer from employed has probably for estates occupied by orders. There are also discharge.
two hundred packs of bounds in the Kingdom, and when the habitations of the two classes were less with by the Chief Resident Engineer in annual instalments?
spart, and there was more intercourse between the employment of kennel and stablemen, and the continuous hospitality of country houses, his Report for 1908, that the cost
For stealing a piece of chain from the s.a. them. They now live entirely apurt; the work is worth not loss than £60,000 a year to laft Singapore on the 9th inst. afternoon, and very much Glenesk, Mr. J. H. Kemp yesterday sentenced a
ing area in their cottages near the works; ths eac of the tunnel-driving was
employer in his villa in the outskirts. In a the people of the district. An elastic
The PM. str. Ching arrived at San Francisco reduced during 1908, due to better organis-native to air, weeks' imprisonment.
great number of cases too the employer is a with a clean siste hardly knows when to stop in xay be expected here on or about the 15th inst.
and
on the 8th inst. ation made possible by coolies getting more
Inspector Robertson placed seventeen natives Lean to improve the socișl relation.
hunting in a country of declining trained to the work." That is the only ex before Mr. J. H. Kemp at the Magistracy
resources. Sport has become an organised in- dustry, with thousands of gamekeepers, gillies, planation given by Mr. Eves in his 1908 yesterday on a charge of gambling. The first
beaters and outdoor mon in the service of the Report of the great difference in cost per defondant, who was the keeper of the game, was fact. If it is only just to the engineers fined $25, and each of the other players was second prize going to London, and the third the salvation of our rural districts.
Mr. Ford thinks, on the whole, that sport is who began the tunuel work in 1907 under flued $3.
China Sea and the Pacifle towards the Bonins. Pressure is highest over the N. part of the A second maximum lies over the Yangtze Valley with relatively low pressure lying over S. China.
La the matter by the statement madeable to repay that long-in-ten, or twenty increased. Old men may remember the time th the breeding and keeping of hunting horses, LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS 8 wanda over the N. part of the China Bos
calcalation
Company. Employers should do what they ciphering out the money value Ogricultural {
The Calcutta Turf Cinh sweep on the Dorbay pleasure-loving rich. was won by a soldier stationed at Sialkot, the
to Bombay.
The Indo-China str. Japan from Calcutta
FODXTEEN ENGAGEMENT RINGS.-When a young girl entered a pawnbroker's shop in Leipzig with fourteen rings she was suspected and detained, fnquiries proved that she was the rightful owner, and, that the rings were souvenirs of fourteen fiancés.,
Moderate variable winds may be expooted in the Formosa Channel and moderate S.W. and
Hongkong rainfall for the 24 hours ending at 10 am. to-day, 0.00 inches.
The forecast for the 24 hours ending at noon. Hongkong & Neighbourhood(*) |-- to-day is as follows:
Formosa Channel...
South coast of China between Hongkong and Lamacka South coast of China between
Variable winds, mvdenste. Same sa No. 1
Same as No. 1. Hongkong and-Hainan...
S.W. and S. winds, fresh or moderate; aqually, showery later...