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HONMONG
July 1h
THE INDIA-KUSHME, TRADE.
The growing importance of the indiaubber trade in Hamburg has given rise to the wih to render it more independent of the Ladon market, which has so far taken the feel, by establishing a "futures exchange" in this ifty, As this, however, would require the walioz of the imperial government, which, as illuanted by the famous Borsagesetz of 1896, dace modified, is on principle opposed to anybing that in its ayos tanda to encourage gamblig, it has been deemed advisable to follow the sample off the metal firms, who began by introduing
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, AUGUST 8TH, 1911.
THE EMPRESS OF CHINA”
DETAILS OF THE ACCIDENT.
The Japan papers by yesterday's mail give the following details respecting the socjdent to the Empress of Chita ta
The spot where the Emprcas ran ashore, says the Japan Chronicle, is known as Meraki, near the Noshims Light, entails Tokyo Bay, and is not far from the spot where the ill-fated Dakota met ber doom. On news of the stranding being received in Yokohama, the NY.K. steamer Matsuyama-inu,with Lloyd's surveyor, Captain Tipple, on board, left for Merasaki to take tha mails off the Empress. Mr. Payne, the Yoko hama agent of the CP.R, who was a passenger on the stranded liner, applled to the Navy a system of "deferred deliveries," and havoguite Department, through the British Embassy, for lately obtained permission to open a regulara warship to be sent to render assistance, and in fulares market, the silvantages to be derived response to this request the craiser deo was sont from such by logitimate dealers having been to the soone of the accident. onco more proved beyond doubt.
The Mainichi pablishes an arconat of a visit The rules drawn up by the commites to the wreck by a representative of the journal, appointed for the purposs by the rubor who proceeded to the scene of the accident on merchant provide that "na hard raboard the NYK. Matsuyama-maru, which Para" shall form the basis of contracts bat Yossel was aut from Yokohama to render that "first Enter Heren Plantation rubersistance. The correspondent thus describes. shall also be tendorable at an inorease in ice his experience:- of 50 Pf. per kilo. Dockets must be secompní.
We arrived off Shirahama st 8 p.m. on the ed by a cortificato signed by two exports stuing the wrecked steamor on secount of the high 27th inst. (Thursday), but were unable toapproach that the parco is in quality equal to either the seas running. At daylight next morning wa above descriptions, or else the difference in plus could see the Empress on the rocks, with o as determined by them; likewise, that it itno slight list to starboard, and a little amoke in their opinion likely to become resinou or steamer was about a mile and
was coming from one of her funnels. The half south-east to otherwise deteriorate materially in of the Noshima Light, and about a quarter of a the course of H year. Such certiinte mile off Shirahama The vessel's head was.
hold good for a term not
turned straight exood
in the direction of Shiraham. ing six months. Prices are understood perkilo A boat was lowered and we boarded the steamer, and made G carofal inspection of the damage. nett weight less 2 per cent, for discount, deft, A large hole has been made in the bottom of the &c., ex warehouse of the Freihafen Lagerhaus atemor below the ougino-room, which is full of Gesellschaft here, the soller, however, to have water, and there seems to be no hope of refloat; the option of tondering parcels stored in nu
ing approved warehouse in Leadon or Livspool
to
the vessel. It is impossible for steamers to get close to the Empress, owing to the hoary sena, and in the event of a severe storm coming lo,on, the vessel will become a total wrock, The
corge, ras cotton and general, is to be dischar it is for Kobe," ged shortly, and I learn that more than half of
embject to na allowance of 33 Pf. par Tenders to be for about 1,000 kilos in one lit,
So far, December detivorios have been olly dealt in, and to judgo from the manner in which the moremont has been supported by the fu interested in the article the sahane bids fait to HBCcted
THE STATE OF TRADE;
Business is duil in almost every departmeta, the only exception being sugar, which has experienced a sharp advance owing to the provailing high temperature and want of win
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FURTHER DETAILS.
The Japan Gazette says that as far as can be gathered from arrivals from the scene of the wreck, the rousel was steaming very slowly at the time of the accident, and the impact was not severaly fell by the passengers. The morning was felt the waves being about twenty severe gale, of Tuesday night and Wednesday foot high, but the Empresa weathered it in a very seaworthy manner, and on Wednesday ture, which together with the presence oftheean shone through, all on board were congratu
afternoon, when the weather cleared and the green fly to unasur? numbers in the besthot fields are adrorsely affecting the growing cap. It appears that the market was heavily overld nod that bears got scared, whilet refiners thought it advisable under the circumstanses to incriso their applica of the raw article.
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lating the ship's officers on navigating the vessel safely through the atorm, and all were Thursday morning. At abant half-past five the looking forward to reaching Yokohama on
dod alow," and somewhere about six o'clock it passengers notied the vessel was steaming mn aground. Aurong the cabin passengers Cotton has, on the other hand, suffered a there was no excitement, but among the steer- age passengers there was some alarm for a few serious decline during the past fortaight be minutes. The Captain and officere did their best brilliant prospects of the now crop in the to allay all fear, and to assure all on board that United States having brought out eager selors there was no danger. On arriving on deck the both of new and old cotton. Priesset the later gers found a dense fog enveloping the neighbourhood, but within balf-an-hour this bare in fact given way most, as folders to anddenly lifted, and then it was seen that the anxions to secure the premium that wan bing vornel was ashore on a ledge about four hund paid for it, entirely forgetting the smallness of red yards from the beach, the bow pointing the stocks everywhere and the probability of position of the real was seen from the shore of ahorewards. As soon as the for lifted, and the great scarcity towards the end of the seam. Shirahams, the fishermen put off in Spinners, live to the fact. bave until within pans, and in these boats, the passengera the last few days contined their purchases toba wore taken ashore. The cabin passengers anost needful, for fear of forcing up, prs.and then to a Japanese tmple in the village,
were conveyed fret to a primary scho hoping for an early and plentiful supply of uw where everything was done by the ship's officors cotton at lower rates. That consumption is for their comfort, while the steerage passengers going on an an unprecedentedly, large scalinere accommodated at various Japanese inns. Lancashiro at least, is proved by the export figures lately published by the British Govnu- ment and the failuis of the plan proposed to shut down all the mills using American cotteron Saturdays for the next three months, the recovery majority of 80 per cent of the spindlen not having been obtained. As the trade is ins starving itself, and an extensive stort intermis gradually bring created, it is quite on the cada. that the demand, when the new cotton comein, may be so great as to produce not a decline in prices, an hoped for, but an advance, particular- ly if in the meantime there should be a change in the weather in the cotton bolt and the ortuk become less promising than. at present. July and August are well known to be the mist critical period for the development of the plat
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The woolen industrins appear more faver- ably situated, the supply of the raw matorḥl. although not in excess of the requirements, being on the whole better assured. The mills seem well engaged, and prices are steady they are on a fairly high level, but not subjed to the samo actuations and manipulations by speculators as those of cotton. The print sales in London are well attended by bars from all parts of Europe: rates abow To change from those of the last action.
TRE STRIKES.
That the general and protracted strike of the
The Empress of China lett Vancouver on the 14th alt, carrying the following cargo:
Nagasaki cargo Yokohama
Kobe
13
Shanghai Hongkorg"
325 tons.
400
125. 1,150
H
Messrs. Holms, Ringer & Co., the Nagasaki goots for the Empress boats, raceived the following telegram:-
Present indications are that the Chine will
not sink, although her, situation is most pre
carious,"
POSTAGE STAMPS.
COMPANY REPORT de
THE HONGKONG HOTEL COMPANY
LIMITED.
The following is the report of the board of directors to be promoted at the ordinary meeting of shareholders, to be held at the Company's Hotel, at 12.30 p.m, on Saturday, the 12th. Angust, 1911.
Add cost of South Block
Installation
$278.69
Hotel Blean launch, as per
Inet nepoat
4,500.00
1.000.00
Lens writion vit, as per
inst Report
Shares in Pubile Companies, an
per last nocount.....? Steak of Linez, Crockory, ka, aa
per inventories
Gentlemen,-The Directors beg to submit their Report for the half-year ended 30th Jane, 1911.
To this Shareholders of the Hongkong Hotel Stock of Wines, Provisions, Company, Limited.
Household Sundries and Station loences attaching to 1911 B. aries, as per inventories Firs. Insurance Account (nnex-
pired promis) Suntry Debtors Cash in hand
ACCOUNTA-The Profit on Working Ac. out amounted to 8105,058.39, as compared. with $38,069.10 for the corresponding period of 1910, being an increase of B16,999.29.
The Profit and Loss Account, including the sum of $129.83 brought forward from last half- year, shows a credit balance of $91,20111, which the Directors recommend should be apportioned as follows:
To pay a dividend of—
$3.00 THY shara Da
12,000 Old Bharos $36,000 $150 per share on 8,000
Now Shares Sold«
12,000
-848,003,00
10,000.00
11 461.60 To carry forward to New Account 21,740.21
$91,201.81
To transfer to Repaire nud Ka-
newals Account
To write off Furatare and
Fixtures
been granted leave of absence. Dr. J. W Noble retires by rotation, but offers himself for
DIRECTORS. - The Hon. Mr. E. Osborna has
re-election.
ATDITIn the absence of Mr. H. U. Jeffries the accounts here boon audited by Messre, A. I. Lowe, Q.A., and A. O'D. Gourdin, Messrs, if U. Jeffries and A. R. Lowe offer themselves for re-election.
J. W. NOBLA,
Chairmazi.
Hongkong. 31st July, 1911..
PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT.
insurance
To directors' and auditors' fees To repairs and renewals...
J. W. NOBLE, W. HUTTON Porrs,)
C. MOONEY.
NOTES
AND
NEWS.
LATEST CURE FOR GOUT. Radium-laden breezes are the very latest thing in the treatment of goat. One of the papers road at the German Medical Congress at Wies- 3,500.00
baden was on the application of radium in the 4,371.31 serisi stato. Eadiam emanatorin hare beau established in Berlin and at Bad Homburg, and 21,787,90 now Ems is to have one. A special apparatus in which radium is placed in s current of air is 19,757.34 fixed in a room, and all the patients have to do 1,766.66 is to sit in the room and talk or read newspapere. or play draughts; the radium in the air does the 3,823.25 34,017.03 rest and affects the blood through the lungs. 256.01 This treatment is especially recommended for
all gouty ailments. $2,418,714.68
Directora
DWARF DIES AT THE AGE OF 108. A little old woman last montà died in a oara ran at Clichy. For siamo was Maria Laureat. She was 103 years old, and exactly, three feat Secretary.
in height. This extraordinary little dwarf was born at Corri, in Spain, She had a hago hond We have compared the above Statements above her tiny little body, and she was hideously with the books, vouchers and securities of the ugly, but she was sweet-tempered, with a do- Company, and have found the same to be incided sense of humour, and a great gift for accordance therewith.
A. B. LOWE, Auditors, A. O'D. GOURDIN, Hongkong. 31st July, 1911.
MR. ASQUITH'S 500.
A correspondent writes to The Globes
followe
anecdote. Although she had been in a show all her life, Maria Laurent had a great objection to appearing in any sort of theatre. Sho had received offers of all kinds from ali parts of the world, but would never accept them, pre- ferring to remain with the caravan, in which she died. The first time sho orcased the Pyrenees was fifteen years ago. Os that occasion she of Cerpirasu, wrapped in her birth certificate, went to the Spanish Consulate, under the name
which covered her from her shoulders to her feet She loft a comfortable little fortune to great nephew and his wife, M. and Mme. Anbets, with whom she travelled in the caravan. M. Aubels is six foot three inches in height, broad in proportion, and earns his living as a litter of heavy weights, s
The gentlemen may be reargited, but I think from the following they will never to enrolled on the strongth of the ones of Lords: In 1718 the Duke of Somerest brought in a Bill to settle the Peerage. The discussion was re- newed in 1719, when in the course of debate
Lord Harcourt, having represento
tod that the
ANGLO-GERMAN INSTITUTE. Lords, being sole judges of what relates to the The managing committed of the German Peerage, they could not allow their Rights al section of the B Ernest Cassel endowment was Privileges to be questioned and canvass by formel, according to the Emperor's wishes. in Lawyers, and having to that Purpose cited the Upper House at Berlin last month. Tha For the six months ending 30th June. 191',
Precedent, viz., the case of the Inte Duke of Minister of State, Dr. Count Posadowsky, was To bal and doubtful debts
$ 2,424.61 Hamilton, when he claimed a seat in that House plected chairman, and Dr. Balliu, director of the To Crown rent...
507.93 as Duke of Brandon, the said Petition was ro
Hauburg-American Line, vico-chairman. The 3.395.50 jooted without dividing."-House of Lords De chairman of the Executive Committee is Privy To rates To fire
3,8:325 bates, anno 5 Geo, II., 1719.
Councillor von Lobell, Government Secretary, To interests
23.967.83 This Poerage Bill-to limit the number of Dr. Lowald in vice-chairman, and the Hamburg 320100 Pears was passed by the House of Lords on Bank director, Horr Warbang, ja treasurer. 13,036.98 30th November, 1719, but was rejected later by Minister of State Ductor Baron yob
Thiolsmann, the House of Commons. Now, if it is constita. Geheimrat Arnhold, and Court Chamberlain tional proceduro for the Lords to submit. their von Kneseback were present at the meeting. Bill to limit their numbers to the House of Com. The principal rules for the application of the mens to vote theroon, it is evident that it is endormont fund were discussed. The primary constitutional procedure for the Government to abject is the assistance of indigon't Brilons in submit their wishes to so excessively increase Germany, but scholarships for pour students the number of Peer-to the judgment of the will also be obtainable. The committee, in- Houses of Parliament. For, be it noted, these formed the Emperor by telegram of the pro- rentlemen are not being, submitted to His ceedings, and sent a telegram of Majesty for cay meritorious service to their thanks to Sir Ernest Cassel. The
greeting and Emperor ro country worthy of such promotion (in which case plied expressing great pleasure that the committee His Majesty's just privileges would not be gain of the King Edward Anglo-German endowment said), but are the aggressive tools of a political had been constitu'ed, and confidently trusted. majority.
the results wanld be in accordance with the generous donor's sentiments. The managenient will begin notice work on August 1 at the British Consulate. The secret ry is Mr Steffen. "MAN 18 3086."
To balanco to be apportioned us follows:-
To pay
a diridond of348,000,00 To write off furuj
fure and fixtures 11,461.60
To transfer to re-
pairs and renewals Berant
To carry forward to
ner Baconnt
10:000.00
By Balance from
31st Des., 1910, .. Less dividend$43,000.00 Loss written off furniture and fixtures account Lees written off installa tion' of elec- tric Light accomut Lees written off steam Tannehi 30- conut
5,000.00
1,000,00
10,000.00
21,740.21
·864,129.93
64,000.00
By rents of shops and "Hotel
Muchions"
91,201,81 $141,537.91
By dividends on shares in public.
companies
By sorip fees
By bad debts recovered
By profit on Hotel working account for the six months ending 30th June, 1911
MEXICAN HOME LIFE.
Morican families are proverbially large, mye the Los Angeles Times. Almost all of the netual care of children is turned over to cervania, who are expected to humour every whim of their charges. The existence of sharp caste distinctions and the preponderance of clavelike doment make a great difference bo twoon the atmosphere of American and of Mexi› can homes. In the lattor the children are little tyrants over those who serve them.. Middle and 129.83 upper class parents do not educate their off- spring, to respect and engage in wholesome 35,790.00 labour. There in a notable absence of discipline
BALANCE SHEET, 30th Juan, 1911.
Liabilities.
Capital:-
12,000 old abares at 850
osch (fully paid-up)8600,000.00. 8,000 now shares at
225 oach paid-up 200,000.00
1,500, mortgage de
bentures (6 per cent.}_ at $500 each Lens 536 held by the
Company..
Roserve fund
750,000.00
268,000,00
$800,000.00
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Morried couples everywhere should be in- terasted, sara à Boston correspondent, in the rules laid down by Judge Long at Springfold, Massachinsetta, for the guidance of wires.”“”. In a separation case brought by Mrs, Edith Marsh against Mr. Henry D. March, assistant treasurer of the Five Cents Saving Bink, the judga laid down the following precepts ia most decided manner -
The husband must be absolute lord and master of the exobequer.
He is entitle to his meals at any hour bo wants them. He may aaloot such food as ha chooses, and if he wants one food and the wife another, the husband's decision “gos."
A servant to whom the husband objects must be discharged; and finally, man, who pays the bills, and not woman, is boss,
Judge Long, after giving this valuable advice, dismissed the case and enggosted that the coaple should settle their differences out of court. Boston suffragettes are highly incensed user the judge's precepta, and are trying to get them officially condemned.
WIRELESS MES AGES TO SHIPS.
INTIMATIONS
HEAD ONE MASS OF
RUNNING ECZEMA
Took Every Hair Off A Pitiful Sight. Kept Someone Night and Day to Prevent His Scratching. After Second Application of Cuti- cura Ointment, Itching Stopped.
Now Has Lovely Skin and Hair
Thanks to Cuticura Remedies.
"I have much pleasure in enclosing A photograph of baby by which you will ses
that there is ne trace bi zemas left. When he was three months.
his little heat and face became one mass of rang eezema which took every late oft, his heart and his little eres Werenimast lesed up, 110 terzis pighe, and it kept one gland day to prevent him from scratching himself and making it bleed. The doctor attended him for about three- months neve its obituents ariel mecheios which di tim no good. Then we turned to pasent aliments. Si no result. We felt faunted uns we red of a este by the Cutieers Remedies. 11on we carefully applied Cuticura Ointment. After the scent Application the Helting stopped, e brace no further attempts to write, and in a work he was on the hit mad to rece
continued with Cutler Soap and Chit- ment, and in ghout five weeks there trace of erzina, He has lovely skin prur A beautiful head of hair, thanks to Cerem Soap and Bica Oatment. Mrs. fi. A. Morenne, 40, Pull St., Lerroreg (Ster ). So, Wales March 20, 1010.
Cold throughout the world.
fon, 21, Chaiterhin Sin. Leanan, Le Town, etc.: K. Paul. trutta; in a Folie Dog & Chr.Com Sole Props,
Chas. J. Gaupp
Hare
& Co.
Just Receiver a New
Selection of Goods from
MAPPIN & WEBB,
LONDON,
Comprising
SILVER CUPS,
PRESENTATION PLATE,
TEA SERVICES.
&o...
PRINCES PLATE,
Lo.
TABLE WARE,
CUTLERY:
FISHI KNIVES and
DRESSING CASES with
SILVER FITTINGS,
FORKS,
LEATHER HAND-BAGS,
and WALLETS,
RAZORS,
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MARTYADOM OF A FAMILY,
in the training of children. A Mexican family, 467.00 Insides wife and children, includes more often 25.00 than sot dependent relatives. A mun is bound, 57.69 if called upon, as though under the old Hebrew
law to care for his
his wife's parents, parents, the maiden sisters on either side, as well 105,068 39 as orphan nieces and nephews. But the same custom which provides that s woman's male $141,537.91 relatives shell care for ber also places her under their control. To Americans it seems that the only hope of freedom for one sister of the Southern Republic to income a widow. As agirishe is under the surveillance of her parents. The British Postmaster-General has notified | Till she marries, if she be of the upper middle that radio-telegrams can be handed in at any or upper class, she does not to this day go upon telegraph office in the United Kingdom for the street unattended. The extent to which transmission to ships equipped with wireless protection of women is carried may be seen from telegraph apparatus. Installations have been the fact that in the higher castas they never established on nearly all Isrgo passenger attend burials, the experience, being considered steamships, as well as on many engaged on the too public and wzorcisting for them. The Continental, and Irish; and Lele of Man Mexican girl never sees her sweetheart
alone services. The charge for radio-tele- excepting from the balcony. She knows grams
to ships making long voyages i+ nothing of athletics, of the independent generally 101d a word, without a minimum. 482,000.00 and busy life enjoyed by the English Lower rates varying from 2d, with a mini- 648,975.78 or Americas girl. As to intelotnal culture, mum of 28. 18., and 5d., with a minimum of 28.
30.27152 some of the wealthiest senoritas are 6d, are charged for radio-telegrams sent to A wonderful story of family devotion and
2,719.40 educated in Europe and mony at home in music, ships making shert voyages. Fadio-telegram self-sacrifice is recalled, says a London paper, by smattering of painting, and in the languages are accepted at post offies for translesion the restoration to complete health after years 363,546.17 but they do not attempt science, history, or through the Marconi Company's long of suffering through a barning nooldent, of mathematics. The majority of the women of distance station at Poldhu to certain ships Mrs. Hawkey, a farmer's wife living at Henu- 91.20181 the co-try know little beyond reading and shown in Post Office Guide) when, on their champ Roathing, Essox. The accident occurred writing. The Mexican girl, who is more tree voyages оп the Atlantic, they have through some patrol with which Mrs. Hawkey $2,418,714,68 from household cares than the women of most passed out of range of the post offos atations. was cleaning clothes becoming ignited. Sho other countries, would seem to have much more The charge is 38. & word, without a minimu was very badly injured about the arms and back. opportunity for social life. But this phase with Radio-telegrams are also accepted for trazamia Skin to replace that which had been barnt was them is extremely quite. They drive in their car.sion to ships through wireless telegraph stations grafted on to the victim from the bodies of no riages and visit close friends or relatives. They abroad. Information about charges and regulas fewer than twenty relatives and friends, at their entertain old friends on the occasion of family tions esa be obtained at the counter of post offices, own request. birthdays and saints' days. But there is lacking Full particulars appear in the Post Office Mre. Hankey related o Daily Mall
repre the busy system of calls, clubs, receptiors, Galds under the heading of "Radio-telegrams. sentative the story of their voluntary martyr. and
constant theatre going which oblain
INSURING AG INST DIVORCE.
dom For months after the accident," she among American women. Tilk few
The Munich News has discovered an insurance last the doctors wo attended me agreed that I said, "I lay in a very serious condition, and at years ago even the shopping was done largely
home, the atores obligingly sending married couples against divores. This is how to where it would come from was solved imme
company whose business deals with insuring readed a fresh supply of skin. The question as quantities of silks, laces, or other goods for the it is done. The company has agents in all im diately. Relatives and friends, réga dlass of inspection 361,030,91 of a message borne by a servant. The customportant towns in the United Statos-the cradle the pain involved, vied with each other in betu
of an intending purchasor on receipt
Mr. Fred J. Melville, who contributes a Sundry creditors philatelis column every weak to the Daily Unclaimed dividends Telegraph, writes:-
Hongkong and Bhonghai Banking. Corporation (Current Account) balance Prost and loss account,
as por statement
Last December is these colorens I pointed
out the likelihood that his Highness the Sultan of Kedah would soon follow the example of his Trouggum neighbour, and bene. his own post- age stumps. It is now clear that the issue will be made at no very distant date, the Secretary
of
ASSETU,
wamen and dook labourers in Great Briti Kodak Baving spproved of the proposal that Value of Marine Lot No. 5, and
France, Belgium and Holland, the trouble the railway men in and the labour distr
more and more frequent all over
Remaining Portion of Marine Lot No. 3, and Remaining Portion of Marino Lot No. 7 and Buildings thereon, as per Inet account... Marino Lot No. 288 (Praya Ro- clamation) and Building (""Hotel Mansions) thereon, sa per last Rebuilding South Block, paid on
^account..
of should have its own distinctive pratage stamps. Thus, the three chief States transferred to the protection of Great Britain under the Trosty of Bengkak, of March 10, 1910, namely, bancos in othies which are becoming Kedah, Kelantan, and Trengganu, are all to be of true presented in the philatelint's albumus. The conducive to the fruitful development of tre
be clear to and the question are stamps of Kelantan and Trenggang are to band, whether the social legislation for the beast of the designs for the Kedah issue have already the working classes of the past twenty purs received the considerations of the State Council. and the steady extension of it is not in pa to also in use in Perlis, which State was included. ef Kedah will, I understand, be blame for the growing discontent prevailing in the transfor, as the posts and telegraphs for smongst the workers and their over increoung both States are managed by the Kedah Govern- Three Chinese Houses on Sections demands. At any rate, the burden laid moment. Prior to the transfer, the stamps of employers and capitalists in galting healer Biam were used, and collectors who like to trace every year and must necessarily in themd check the spirit of enterprise amongst them. It the postal history of the country will find no dif.
merb than
10
their
the
may
The
stamps
distinguishing Siamese stamps post-
acement to date
B., C. sud D. of Inland Lot No. 80, as per last account Kowloon Farm Lot No. 3, Section
A. as per last account
fiate obliteration in English characters. Later from Furniture and Fi
July 16, 1909, the stamps of the Federated Malay States were read, and those will in due courro give way to the special stamps.
will be generally admitted to be just that the ked in Kedah, that asme figuring on the well-to-do should contribute proportionally marked in revenue of the lask fortunats fellow siti zens, bet oven this te carriel too far. An instructive instance may be found in the report of a well-known firm in Sydney on the pro local postal union of the Straits Settlements, The postage rate conform to those of the tion of wool in those parts. It says that an in- grease in the clips such as has been witness of which, instituted in 1907, now comprises the Ists years can no longer be expected, and thatone Straits Settlements, the Federated Malay States, of the reasons is the heavy taxation of slep Brandi, and British North Borneo. The unit Johore, Kedah, Kelantan, Trengganu, Sarawak walke, the rate of which rises in rapid progesetter rate within the union is 3 cents (a fraction Enstallation of. Electriq
Large ownersare
sion according to their sizes.
in consequeres beginning to break up their under 1d.), and within the Imperial ponny holdings, and in many cases, where the mare postage sphers 4 cents (slightly over 10). This
of the soil is suitable, are converting Fat of them into arable land, the rational cultivation of which promises to yield better results than dirty Ferraing under present conditions,
represents a redation from 9 canta, the former
rate to the Straits and the Malay States. Under the Siamese, the postage of a letter to any part of Biam was 8 ceule.
tures, as per last Beconat. ......$166,099.98 Less written off as per last Report 10,000.00
155,099.98 17,657.83
Since added
Light, 8 per lust aceonat Less written off, as per
Last Report
10
10,000.00
5,000,00
5,000,00
$1,094,548.201
621,892.68
at
averago
3
nover. Boon
was modifed by the buyers driving to the stores of the company-who watch the marriage an
nouncements in the papers. On the return. There were so many who underwent this first to undergo the skin grafting operation." and having goods brought out to their carriages from the honeymoon a gentleman sgent calls on martyrdom that Mrs. Hawkey is forgotten 33,000.00 Now Mexican women shop se Americans do the husband and congratulates him. Theb
In the capital of the nation and in the State when the opportunity permita he gets to bus number, but there were at least twenty, includ
the names of some and cannot recollect the exact 30,926,90 capitals there is more or less holding of oflein!
gatherings. Young people enter with romantics. He calls attention to the number of un-
4: brothers, ing Father, mother, husband,.. $2,145,398.69 zest into their occasiorat lalls and lato gardes then produces some
fortunate marriages that have taken place, ant
sisters, 4 uncles, sister-in-law, nctuarial alatiatios. Aotu- or parks of parties held in the "alamedas "*'
Arial suburban towns and smaller cities. Thure the Marriage Insurance Company referred to, tore were astonished by so wonderful a
statistics according to the
fortitude in and friends, "All displayed the atmortal cousins of their sufferings," she continued, "
"and the doc agent are the peculiar Christmas festiviti v. lmting
the
La demon- duration of
a tape for a fortnight. But on account of the alors show that
stration of family loyalty and affection. They chaperonage it all seems tame and oppressively marriage is about eighteen months. said they had
like IL anything young busband, to say the least, has a formal to foreigners. Mexicau homes are pretty quarter of a century before him, Divorce Perhaps the greatest plack, considering his age, well closed to foreigners. But when
little ten-year-old brother, stranger is admitted to the family circle he is it costly, but the company for a weekly payment the youngest of the martyrs, who bad a deep 173,757,81 accorded not only warm hospitality but, what is of about two shillings will take all risks, pey incision made in his arm. He refused to tale
the costs and damages, if ted, a tolerant and more to be appreciated, s
"What young an anesthetic, and bore his sufferinge like a man, our Munich contemporary asks, diesome respect.
Sliva
may. Altogether some 200 pieces of skin ont Catholics and
which ist each an offor"? Hinsures. Next comes under a social régime belongs to fendal and chivalric times rather wife: The same story is told, and the lady in husband and cus of my sisters, had incisions the wife's turn. A Indy agent calls upon the relatives and friends were grafted on me. Some of the volauteere, including my than to modern days. Yet they leave a stranger her turn surrenders, and before night husband made on two separate occasions. The skin in their midst to worship or fail to worship as
after his own rent.
and have greatly assisted in my recovery."
exicans are med
any.
be may choose, to come and go and live socially and wife hare each a policy of insurance, with- grafting operations lasted over a long period ·
out farther cause for snxiety.