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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1618, 1911.
HONGKONG SANITARY BOARD), MR. GERSHOM STEWART ON THE ⚫speriments. On the 9th May the Secretary for
A meeting of the Banitary Board was held yesterday at the Board Room, Mr. E. D. C. Wolfe presided, and there were present: Hor. Mr. W.Chatham, M.G. (Vico-President) Hon. Mr., A.W.Brewin M.G.(Registrar General),Colono Bedford, P.30, Dr. G. H. L. Fitzwilligans. Mr. Lau Chu Pak, Dr. F. Clark (Medical Officer of Health), Dr. J. W. Hartley (Assistant Modical Officer of Health), and Mr. W. Bowen Hoylands (Secretary),
KOWLOON: STANLES. Correspondent was submitted relative to the plans for proposed stables adjoining the Row loon Disinfectent Station.
Hon Mr. Heere minuted--What effect will this bary on the dogs' home?
COLONEL BEDFORD-How is it proposed to carry the drainage?
The PRESIDENT said the sewer from the mortuary would be carried up to the now building
COLONIAL ESTIMATES.
THE COLONIAL OFFICE-AND-~~~- HONGKONG'S OPIUM REVENUE.
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The Colonies gave some details as to the military contributions of the Crown Colonies, and should like to know upon what principle these contributions are arranged. Ceylon, with a revenue of £2,500,000, pays £101,000, or about one twenty-fifth of its income; Hongkong, with a revenue of £611,000, pays £120,000 edad, or In Committee of the House of Commons ou July 20th, when the Colonial Fetimates were one-fifth of its incomo.- Ceylon is prosperqué under consideration, Mr. GenSHOK STEWART whereas at this moment the trade of Hongkong moved a reduction. He said --The object of myal is being strangled by the hostile tariffa of its amendment is to draw attention to the inade. neighbours, and although the garrison of long quato compensation accorded to the Colony of kong is bigger than that of Coylon it must be Hongkong on account of the suppression of the remembered that Hongkong is a rendezvous Opium Revenue--I do pot propose to go into for troops and ships whigh go there for the opium question. I only desire to call the Imperial and not for local purposes. Yet it is attention of the House to hardships inflicted the only place on the China coast which pays owing, to decisions of this House. Revenue a farthing towards Imperial defence, The PERFIDENT said he was afraid it would from opium has been a source of income should like next to draw attention to
the moral side have & somewhat disastrous afféèt, As a matter | aver since the place was taken, and
of this complex opium of fact, portion of the stables, salaid out at prosent just as proper a source of income as question. When you stop the trade with out into the dogs' home, so it would be necessary drink, in fact, both drink and opium are things India you will not entirely stop the consumption to rebuild portion of the venuols. The Publis calling for Government control, and if a good of opium. By violent political action you can Works Department plans practically embodied stiff tox is laid on them the consumption tends not change human nature, and at this moment "the roommendations of the Colonial Veterinary to diminish. I wish to point out that, in the substitutes are taking the place of opino. Drink Surgeon and the speaker, and members would position wo are now considering, this House in being indulged in more freely; the consump nee that they provided & back suitable for 28 makes the laws and the Colony pays the bill. tion of morphia and things of that sort is on the head of cattle, instead of 26 as at prosent, and I am sure the House does not wish to lay itself increase; cocaine for the first fine appeared on fuft room for farther.extousion
open-to-the-charge-of-interfering injuriously the list of imparts for last year, and with an unrepressatest place. The revenue from when unofficial members of the Hongkong opium a few years ago amounted to $2,000,000, Legislative Council asked the Government ur £200,000; now it is about $1,000,000, to nusist in
stopping these evil ing or £100,000, and as the opinni trado is doomed, at the source, they were met with, a it will shortly amount to outhing at all. If you refusal. The answer made amounted to this: take a period of twenty years, and ruskou "If we do not do the trade, someone else will,' the recenas as amounting to $1,000,000, I think it is a great pity we should protect the or £100,000, you produce a capital value manufactors of these ovil drugs. They are of £2,000,000. And this House admits mostly made in Edinburgh, and shipped from that it has some responsibility in regard to the Loudoq, yet this Government will not take any suppression of this great revenue. You offervi steps to exercies supervision at the source. It COLZINEL ELDEORD proposed that the plans £9,000 in 1910, £12,000 in 1911, and £12,000 in there were voters in the Colony to beconciliated, be approved subject to the provision of conte1912. Therefore you are giving them a total and seats in this House to be wen; there would tion, independent of windows and doors, in the sum of £33,000 for the loss of a revone which be much better treatment accorded to it than ooolie quarters,
bas been in existence for 70 years, and which at the present moment. The highest ideal of Dr. FITZWILLIAMS seconded, and the motion has ofvillated between £100,000 and £200,000. Colonial administration should be was agreed to.
From the method of taxation levied on the impart in the breasts of those at a distanco Colony the grant you nominally give is nulli. the feeling that their interests are fed by the way you collect your wilitary equally safeguarded as though they were alese contribution. You charge for military contribu- by, and I would suggest that the request of the tion 20 per cent. of the gross revenue of unofficial members of the Council of Hongkong the Colony, It is quite right and should be acceded to and the Government should proper that people wheenjoy our protection accept an annual contribution of a million should pay something. But you take 20 per cent dollars. The present form of contribution bas off the credit side of the Government nocount this very wrong effect. If there is an outburst without looking at the depit side. There is one of plague and extra charges are incurred, if itom I happened to come across in the Clovern there is a typhoon aud the Colagy, has to put its The list of legat provendings taken by tomont Blue Book which I think must cousines hand in its pooket for repairs, les present Department against persons for breaches of the Public Health and Buildings Ordinances, foray man that a change is called for in the system of military contribution has this very present system. It is that of the Post Office, evil effect, that the greater the Colony's the month of July, Tus laid on the table.] -
for which the Colony received 400,000 dollare;' troubles the more profit you make from it, and The PRESIDENT pointed out that the large bat you will find the Colony has to expead you ate molly asking a profit on mattors in increase in the sumber of ones was due to skhu 450,000 dollars to ran the Post Offies, there which you ought to treat it with every consider. aned milk prosecutious under the new Ordinance.fore there is a loss of 50,000 dollars.
You are making a profit out of their and then won numerona prosecution for the sam the Honso will robognise that it 14 most misfortunes. The Colony at present is at murection of illegal cubiolos. –
unfair nud unbusinesslike to charge crisis of its development.. It requirės. 80,000 delkąs, or £8,000, an department consideration, or you may hare it on your The PRESIDENT said it would be ascoseary, which is worked at a great loss already hands as permanent invalid.
Dr. FITZWILLIAY s---Thore is room to extend the dogs' hoino?
The PRESIDENT-Yos. As a matter of fact, it is at present on part of what will be a maiu road. The lense is purely temporary, and the buildings are of a temporary nature,
THE UNIVERSITY.
Corresponderes was submitted rol five to this erection of conveniences at the University in
Bonham Road and Pokfulam Road,
Hpn. Mr. Hawker, in a winuto, asked what was the final answer of the Governmzout.
The PRESIDENT said the answer was, Approve a by the Executive Council.
- The paper was faid on the table.
LEGAL PROCEEDINOS,
SELECT COMMITERER,
I aration.
I would
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SUPREME COURT.
Tuesday, August 15th.
IN ORIGINAL JUB 18DICTION [BEFORE TUM FULL COURT:] INTERESTING CLAIM UNDER LIQUONS ORDINANCE.
be said if you suddenly appointed a naval lien- texaul of eight years' standing to be Lieutenant- Governor of an Indian province? The Indian Civil Service would make its resentment se felt that I do not think you could hold to it (and this House would be so staggered it would cor tainly ask questions about the matter). The thing that has happened in this particular Colonial appointment la analogous to that. I Judgment was given by their Hongurs Sir should like to appeal to the Colonial Office. Francis Piggott (Chief Justics) and Mr. Justice know the right hon. gentleman has only hoon Gomperte (Piece Judge) in the action by H. thorea short time, and he is tremendously segu. Price & Co. sainst the Attorney-General pled with the great questions which have been The Hon. Mr. H. E. Pollock, K.C., instraat. before him. But when gentlemon have spented by Mr. R., F. C. Master (of Mesure Johnson, their lives in the junior ranks of a Service, it Stokes & Maator), appeared for the plaintifs, soms only fair that they should get some of the and the Attorney-General (Hon. Mr. CG higher poste as they get on in life." It is only Alabaster) appeared in person, boing instructed by giving them some ensouragement of that by Mr. F. B. L. Bowley, Crown Salinitor sort that you exu kops for an eficient and con- tented Serviço,
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SHIPPING NOTES.
as to the retroactive offeet of legislation in
owing to the resignation of H: Hooper, to I am glad to see the Under-Secretary plead for more consideration for Hone. him how much, we thought we were justified in his connection. The effect of the resolution, i
make provision for filling his place on the select committees of which be was a member. Mr. taken
Hooper was on three committors, amely, the cometeries committee, the common olging house committee, and the committen dealing with rinderpest and foat and mouth discaso. He moved that the select committees, as they
for War present, for I know that he has hoog in regard to the opium question, because I interest in this astler. He am quite sure this House is able and willing to closed the oplum divans. I admit that they pay something towards any moral experiment it were somewhat unsightly places, but at any may choose to undertake. rate they were under the closs supervision of police. Whoa the right hon. gentlemer locked up the divans, he no doubt felt that he had
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The Food Question
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SILVER CUP3,
WEBB,
PRESENTATION PLATE,
stood, be reappointed with the substitution of done a good streks of business, but it did the appointment of Major Chancellor to the line to Europe, the Compania Trasatlantica. so far as it might clear up any doubt as to the
The Chief Justico said-The foot of the case raised before us are of the simplest. In 1909. Mr. T Taylor (Lancashire, S.E., Bad: by Ordinanco No, 27 the Government introduced cliffo, Min.) contended that the opian duties on intoxicating liquora, tho tariff of duties to me of raising revenge being contained in section 3. The section in go out of the drug were wrong, while ho would not be sorry to sen morphis and far as it referred to importation of liquors com→→ cocaine placed under the same supervision, and menced us follows: There shall be paid on restraint an opinn how was. He expressed regret intoxicating liquors hereafter imported into the that the Government allowed the traffic to go on in Hongkong, expecially as there were other Colony the duties fellowing.". It doalt also with methods of raising revenue available. It was liquors "distilled, gtle or prepared in tho enrtainly inconsistant to raise a considerablo Colony."--The section also contained the follow part of revenue from the sale of opium to sing provision Is shall be lawful for the portion of population under our costrol, while heroid and costly efforts were being made Legislativo Council at may time by resolution Times, which in such matters was not a foregoing duties." in China to put down the evil. The to alter or amend all or any of the On the 16th March,. bigeted journal.
eaking
recently of the duls of Orest Britain, snidistas imperative 1911, the Legislative Council ` passed" a that British Colonies should not continue | resolution, in virtue of the powers with which it to countenance a vice which China was making had invested itself, altering the tariff, The grout sacrifices to suppress. The auti-opiam resolution couched in the following people did not dok for anything unreasonable, but they did insist that Hongkong should not torms-Resolved that there shall be paid up to the standaril set by China. The seapon intoxicating liquore imported into the reforma was wanlod in all our Eastern Colonies. Colony the duties following"" Then followed The Straits Settiòments in 1909 bad on over- towing exacquer, and get they clung to this the now tariffs The plaintiffs, Messrs. Price monopoly, because more than half their revento & Co., Ltd., kad at that time a cortain quan- ens froze opium. The process of reform was tity of liquors in boad, and who they took" not going on quickly enough..."
them out after the resolution of March-16th Government olaimed a surcharged customs duty, which they paid under protest, and this The Manila papers announce that the N. D. L. amount they now seek to recover. Some orgy, steamers of the European line are to make ment arose as to the omission of the word monthly calls at Manila on the homeroadhereafter" in the body of the resolution which bound voyage. The first vessel is to be the Prince appears in the section, but we ago of the opinion Eitel Friedrich, which will arrivo from Hong: that the question does not really ocino. For kang. February 2, to be followed by the If anything did in fact turn on it. I mean, if Princesein Alter March 7, the feit April 4, there were involved in it any substantivo and the Buelow May 2.It is also stated that provision, we should be compelled to hold that there is every reason to hope that the vessels the terms of the resolution were pro tanto ultra of the Nippon Yusen Kaisha's European line will virea, busause the Cancil cannot logislate by re- follow in the wake of the Gormat boats, and solution. The mors accurate form of the recale- also call at Manila regularly.
tjon should have been, "Resolved that the tariff of duties la section 3 (2) be altered as follows.”. Col. McCoy, the Collector of Customs, in the The Council had no power to do anything more Philippines, in an interview on the subject said: than alter the duties. If, therefore, any virtue "For over a year I have been trying to conld be ascribed to the omission of the word sunate this arrangement, and have had bigh Heisikin, managing director of the company, and fore it is unnecessary to consider the law MAPPIN &
"ter" in the resolution, or the actual ver slice the visit here of Mr. Phillip word ook in die resolution, itin iravant and who came to Manila last year, when we went over the ground thoroughly with him, showing
therefore, was-to-impose 'a new scale of asking for a through service. In addition, Enent import duties as from the date of the Mr. Diebl, the special commissioner of the
adoption of the resolution. We have, Philippines stoms service, to Bremsa early therefore, merely to construe section 3 (1) as it this year with full dafa as to our, shipping pos. sibilities, and he laboured in the good cause with operated after that date. It is necessary, how- over, to consider the meaning of "hereafter" aardony worthy of much praise."
in section 3. All legislation legislates in the I should like to say a word on another point
future, the word is really superficus, except in not stop opium smoking. He took up the post of Governor of Mauritius. 1. approach
meaning of "parted" which-being a past- position rather of the sanitary engineer who this in a spirit of enquiry. I have no personal proceeded to close up old cusspools before feeling in the matter at all. I have not the
participle might possibly bo construed to man that the duties were to be levied on yaois making new drains, What happened was that lightest doubt that the farthaste officer who
already imported, although this would obviously the deleterious matter which used to be collected has been pitchforked into the Governorship
be impracticable. The section means no mom PRINCES PLATE, than any other piece of legislation. "Thera in these places. Tenkod all over the town and is very able man, But at the same time
shall honceforth be paid the following duties contaminated the whole locality. The pium kuow a great many most deserving
ou Liquors. bancofoith imported," but The PRESIDENT stated that in connection smokers provided themselves with cabs, or Colonial officials, and I know exactly how
the legislative force is on the word," paid." ostablished the doable with the recommendations for inclusion in the they debauched themedves at home. At any they feel in a matter of this sort. It must be
The Ordinance publio worka sxtraordinary voto next year rate, the police, who were very much overworked remembered that owing to the consolidation of
system of bond in King's warehouse and licensed warehouse under Crown lots, aud there more tro matters which would have already, had to devote themselves to the suppres. South Africa, four Garantorships have been
section 3 (2) and B. the obligation of payment to be dealt with separately, as they were sion of illicit opin sucking, amb the criminal lost to the Colonial-ersion, and how to this is
of the duties is further explained. Bab-sution DRESSING CASES with -(2) deals with liquors imported hy sea, sub. rather late in being brought forward, One population, of which there are many, became very added a fifth post. Those who know anything
section 3 with liquors distilled, made or prepared was the question of nallahs, which was to active; and assaults on the person and burglaries about Mauritius must know that the post of
SILVER FITTINGS, in the Colony, This was necessary, for the to gone into and investigated by a select increased to a most Surprising and deplorable Governor is one which requires very test
Ordinance imposes a tax on all liquors whether mede in the Colony or importal. In other committee. The other was the question of extent. There is a difference between Hongkong experience and most tactial management. The
words. it combined customs duties and excise farther sanitary convenioness to be provided and India in this matter of opinto. India has been financial position in bad and the place is full of during the year 1911. He had written a rather compensated by the suorious accession in the racial trouble. It seans to me that à positibu
Tho bullion taken out from the vessel was sent duties. Now, with regard to imported liquors, the duty is to be paid before the removal of lengthy minute on the subject which gave all price of the raw article. Hongkong does not of that sort requires a man with a certain forward to HongKong by the N.Y.K. absomer them from the ship in which they are, unless
bord aro.pluesd in dela's einen 1969 of the work which had been deal in the article at all. It merely exercises, a amannt of Parliamentary experience, just the fo-naru, u which steamer the storage pas- they renoval from bond if they are placed in
or tranabipped, or befor done, and mentioned other proposals which had benevolent capervision over the consumption of sort of experiance that a Colonial Secretary songers were also sent to Hongkong. The bond ou arrival. The words in bond" omnuuted from various sources. He proposed the noxious drug. The legislation of the acquires in leis connection with the Legislative Chinese passengers have expressed themselves express concisely the fuller expression need the day payable when they come
of bond is the duty payable by the law in force that provision be mads in the estimates for House has forced upon Hongkong the creation Council of his particular Colony, and Colonial as extremely pleased with the treatment accorded in the sub-section. From this revis at the time they were imported, that is, at the
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of e proventive servico-in addition to the now Secretaries are naturally, assustoried to them by the Company during their stay in the Ordino bonid in the most inevitable time they arrived in the raters of the Colony. that stress should be the argument on the The login of the argument seems inexorable, but Membera agred.
taxation. It has happened at a most inoppor-deal with inen of all races and all Yokohama.
use of the word "imported," more especially as It is contrary to the manifest intention of the ture time in the financial position of the beliefs. You have men in the Colonial service
there is a definition of both "import" and legislature, and it is contrary to what, as I say, is Colony. Those who take an interest in Chinese who have entered by competitive examination, HONGKONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. the defrition on one side for the moment, what if it is sound it is forced on the Court, first, by export" in the interpretation clanse. Petting a commonly accepted meaning of the words; but railways knew that in order to secure that the men who have come out on top, and have chosen
is the meaning of "import"?. It is to bring in the sofortunate definition of imported," which terminus of what will be the greatest trunk line. Colonial appointments. To all these men it. The Hon. Mr. H. E. Pollook, K.C., has given goods for use in the Colony. In a free port the is not only incomplete, but being incomplete in all China, the line between Hongkong and must be
word has no special meaning, but directly goa a very great disappointment to notice of his intention to ask the following have customs anties imposed importing as its superfluose, because it only gives the word Peking, should be in British hands, the Colony think that their services do not qualify questions at the meeting of Logislative Connoil
its colloquist meaning as applied to a free port, to bring in for use in the Colony after paying and nobody wants such a definition; secondly, by Then, to-morrow :--- pledged its credit for £1,000,000 to buy cut the them for positions of this sort.
dnty. Goods are not fully imported until ibay Belgians and provide that terminus. The Colony wanted a military Governor, as you did in printed paper containing a progress diagram, long established for the benefit of the mor
the equally unfortunate reference to "imported" from the military point of view, if you
have paid dus, the King's or bonded warehouse in aab-sections 2 sud.4 equally unnecessary, Will the Government lay upon the table a is a sort of no man's land, a transition stage because the words have no legislative border, but owing to the want of through traffic 1686, why did you not appoint a General? showing the work done on the Typhoon Refuge chant, and, it should be added, not witlont but are decriptive and used only to keep the present has to face a largs deficit of evanne. Having sppointed a junior officer you are up to the 30th June, 1911, and will the Governs very direct benefit to the Government. pustom and excise duties apart. Batinexorable logic would go further if by any lucky chance. Apart from interesting trade statistica, the Council had resolved to abolish onatom The rat return for the week ending August Colony, because its prosperity is distinctly on the Position, where he has, to walute a man very paper showing the progress made during each except in regard to customs duties, and I
duties, then the old duties would still be lovinble 5th showed that a total of 1,825 rats were caught, 17 of which were plague infected. The total down grade owing to the prohibitive tariffs which much junior to himself! It must be borne in successive period of six months?
have no difficulty in holding that apart from caught in Hongkong was 1,497, and in Kowloon the French, American and Japanese Governments mind that if this country were at war, and two
2 Will the Government explain why the the definition "goods imported" means duty legal machinery for its collection. There is have lately put on their trade with Hongkong. I steamers loaded with sement were dropped work on the Tsim Sha Tani Market is proceed. Fail gords: In-regard to the use of the word flaw in the logic somewhere, and where it is is In fact, so much does it suffer from the shipping in the Soz Canal the position of Mauritius ing so slowly? When will the Market be said must be torbe in mice, it is in contrs. Connel in Canada Sugar Co. v. Regina (1998 importad" in sub section 2, what I have already de plain by the decision of the Privy LARGE CLOTH SALES FOR CHINA- subsidies, and the navigation laws, of some ofgical point. In peace the appointment pl-arendy for use?
A.C. 7.35), distinction to the manufactured, liquors dealt dinary resemblance in the facts to the with in sub-section 3. If the excise duty had The Manchester correspondent of The Globe its neighbours, that it isa sad fact that a skip junior military officer is a slight upon the 3 What information can the Government been dealt with ins separate Ordinance the word present one, but as it turned on the interpreter
tion of the Canadian Act we must obviously she telegraphed on the 20th ult...
ping company, which from its inception was a Colonial Service, and you will inflict a slight give to the Conpeil with referance to the pros-imported" would not have been used insub section Yesterday an enormous trade was completed British enterprise, has recently had to tennefer upon the commanding officer if the new Gor poots of the erection of & Wireless Telegraph 3 Bat to "import" is defined as meaning to which are in applying it to this case, which turns on the construction of a Hongkong in cotton piece for China, the delivery to extend
bring or cause to be brought into the Colony Ordinance. A new tariff for sugar came into for six months or more One leading flem of testeamers to the American flag," It is a fair ernor is soat there for warlike purposes. It is Station on an Island of the Pratas Group?
and the waters thereof either by laud or by sea," -manufactures in Preston sold, it is said, 400,000 thing to entapare the attitude which the double-barrelled appointment which ipfiets 4 What information can the Government give A curious discrepancy must be noticed here. In force in Canada, on 3rd May, 1895, and the ques tion, put broadly, was whether certain sugar be piocos. The slump in uw Americap cotton this Foreign Ofice adopts in its treatment of China injuries on two Services Ther if you are going to the Council with reference to the prospects of the case of liquor imported into the Colony by longing to the appellants was Imported before week led to cloth producers accepting rather with the attitude which the Colonial Office outside the Colonial Service, how is it the Army a Wireless Telegraph Station being established land sub-section 2 would not apply, for it that day. One of the points in the case has 20 low rates. Most of the leading makers of good
Tha Foreign gets all those appointments and the Navy none? In this Colony? Has the Government of this specially desia with importing by sen, which bearing on the present: The vessel's port of shirtings are now under controot for a long time, edopts in respect of Hoarking.
would also exolude importing by serial transit. call in Canada was North Sydney, its port of There is not much geing on at the moment Office is most considerate to the Chinese in The officers of the Nary are second to none in Colony or have the Home Authorities on behalf. The argument of the plaintiff now takes this destination was Montreal, and not Nerth Byd for India, bat & fair inquiry is upon the market every possible way, whereas when the Chinese this country. Our whole existence depends of the Government of this Colony entered into form In view of the definition, importing is nay. But in order to arrive at the constien in fiue fabrics. The outlook in our dependeney come under the British tag and realds in our upon them. Here you have appointed a gentle any and what engagements with any and what completa directly the vessel with the liquore on certain sections had to bo analysed whi raips. The smaller outlets of the Continent are with, and we make them way for our moralnant of eight years' standing. What would reference to the erection of such station? is-butter than a few weeks ago, owing to copious Colony their old-time enjoyments are interfered man with the equivalent rank of a naval lient- authority, corporation, company or firm with 1 board arrives in the waters of the Colony a remarkable affinity to those in issue in
The duties attech at once, but they are in case, and of course the actual gaestion in issifə
while they are in bond, and
(Continued on page 5.)
Dr. Fitzwilliams' name for that of Mr. Flcopot. The REGISTRA GENZUAL Socorded, and the
motion was carried. ~
SANITARY CONVENIENCES. A minute was submitted by the President relative to sanitary conveniences in the City of
Victoria and at Kowloon,
AQUS. WATER SUPPLIES.
The Government Factoriologist and Analyst reported that they had ommined samples of water taken from the Pokfulam, Trtam and Kopioon services, and found the filtered water
in each case fit for potabla púrposes.
MORTALITY STATISTICS:
The mortality return for the week ending July 29th showed that the death rate of the whole Colony, was 36.3 as against 25.5 for the corrispouting week of last year.
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has created its own railway as far as the British
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Up to the present Manila has only one direct while ho relections are cast in that concern. says the Calicnewa, naturally the advent of another company will be welcomed.......
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The latest mail news from Japan regarding the wrecked steamer Empress of China is that salvago operations were proceeding, but had been interrupted by bad weather. There was no change in the general position of the ship, but there is rome hope of the vessel being floated provided the weather admits of the salvage work being rapidly carrie on. All the Eutropoma members of the crew of the Express of Ching twenty-one in number, left, Yokohama August 1st by the Empress of Japan for Vancouver,
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CUTLERY,
FISH -KNIVES and FORKS.
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Further, it is a most inopportune moment for the putting the General in a somewhat invidious ment thereafter liy upon the table a similar import" has in reality no direct sigui on all liquors in bond, but there would be no
would become all-important
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suspense
The caso has a extraor