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situated as we are, at any moment almost. we may have serious outbreaks of bubonic plague, small-pox, cholera and possibly in the future yellow fever. Therefore, the station should be kept in such a state all the year as to be available, at very short. notice, should it be required. This, how- ever, has not been done, and, as you are. aware, for some time past the place ban been rented to the Military for a barrack for a portion of our Garrison. The result has been that again recently we have had another, ouse where a coolie vessel arrived with cholera on board, and the suspects and sick alike wore housed in junks, under the same unsatisfactory conditions as before. Nothing can justify such a state of affairs in so large a shipping port situated in the tropics, and liable at almost any time of the year to an outbreak of a serious epidemic. small pecuniary gain to the Colony derived by renting the quarantine station is fan out-weighed by the disadvantage of this depriving ourselves of our station, and the present state of affairs should therefore be terminated, at the earliest possible moment. In order to strengthen my point, perhaps it would be as well to go somewhat into detail. A vessel arrived here on the 22nd March with 413 Chinese- returned emigrants on board; among. whom cholera had broken out. As there was no suitable place on shore where these people could be housed, they were placed in 15 junks, and detained under observa- tion 10 days. During this period there were 13 deaths. The objections to such a system are obvious. Suspected and pos sibly infected persons чого crowded together without means for proper care, or even inspection. During the greater part of the day and night they were something more might be done that had entirely without medical supervision, been done in the past. He thought he whorras had they been on shore a resident was right in saying that the question had doctor could have been in charge. The been before them for many years, and it men had, of course, no place for exercise, seemed that these piratical attacks were while being exposed to sun, rain, or any organised in different districts. These inclement weather which might occur. districts should, he submitted, be Should & serious storin lave arisen, great thoroughly searched, and when the
Proposed New Quarantine Regulations at difficulty would have boen experienced in persons responsible for the piracies had submitted for the consideration of the Cham
Singapore-Cho Government courteously supplying them with food and drinking been hunted to their lair they should all ber, Draft Quarantine Rules proposed to be water, while possibly loss of life might be wiped out. To this end he expressed instituted at Singapore. Your Comtoittee in have been caused through wreckage of the opinion that an efficient detective a lengthy criticism of the Draft mades several ons or other of the junks. The junks service should be organised in Hongkongnggostions for the improvement thereof and being anchored close to Stoneentters' That should meet with the cordial support counselled caution in the exercise of the Island, a favourite bathing place for the of all the Chinese officials, and it really Garrison, and a portion of the civil should not be a very difficult matter. The population, it is conceivable that infoe- Childar case had been dealt with by the tion might, thus be conveyed through poi Hongkong Government and the Chinese soned excretion coming in contact with Government very successfully, but what bathers before it had been cleansed by had been done in the Childar case ought, mixture with sea water. The possibility be thought, to be more generally done of infection being carried by the junks It was a very serious question and needed used is also a serious matter, as it cannot no mealy-mouthed policy when dealing bo maintained that junks can be properly with fumigated as can an iron or steel vessel.
the people concerned. If he had spoken strongly, be trusted those As this is the second time we have had to
present would support him. (Appinuse.) complain of such a state of affairs, I think it desirable to go somewhat freely into the matter and trust reference will not have be again made in this Chamber to the need of a permanent quarantine station. I do not wish it understood that I reflect in any way on the Medical Staff in the Colony. I believe they did all possible under the circumstances. It is
FURNISHING DEPT.
THE LATE ME. FRIESLAND.
The CHAIRMAN also referred to the denise of Mr. G. Friesland, who had, he said, been a very valuable member of that body. Nothing he could say would be more eloquent than what they saw nf Happy Valley when the last sad rites were performed,
Mr. WL PATTENDEN seconded the
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New Clause Adopted by the Cotton Goeds. Manufacturers in England-Messrs. Garrels, orner & Co. inquired what was being done in the interest of importers with regard to this clause, and your Committee was able to inform thom that it was understood the clange had been withdrawn.
powers of the Quarantino Authorities, other wise the trade of the Port might possibly be seriously affected.
New regulations providing certain changes in the method of entering goods through the Siamese Customs-Information was received from the Government of a notice issued by the Director General promulgating new Customs Regulations with regard to the entering of goods through the Stumesr Chrstoms.
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the system or rather want of system, adoption of the report and accounts, ing matter in connection with the Royal eventually, decided to delete the proposed Committee,
against which I am animadverting.eulogised the Chairman and Secretary for the able manner in which they had ourried. out their duties.
The report and accounts were then unanimously passed.
COMMITTEE
Mr. J. W. Bottes proposed, Mr. F. GRAHAM seconded, and it was unanimously carried, that the following should form the Commities for the ensuing year: Hon, Mr. E. A. Hewett, C.M.G., Mr. J. W. C. Bonnur, Mr. 8. H. Dodwell, Mr. G. T, M. Edkins, Mr. P. H Holyank, Hon. Mr. D. Landale, Mr. N. J. Stabb, Hon. Mr. E. Shellim, Mr. H. A. Sighs, and Mr. 0. Widmanu, The election of the new members mentioned in the report, was algo confirmed.
This was all the business.
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Royal Apicultural Shoid The Chombor gave assistance to the Municipality of tur, and your Committee raised an objection by the Government for the Chamber's com
to the suggestion the Government, however, sideration, and received the approval of your Bristol in the way of distributing advertis
Subsequently the Governinest. held at Bristol during July Agricultural Society of England's exhibition addition.
reconsidered the question and decided that Bristol International Exhibition. The sufficient ground did not exist for compe!- THE NEW BUBMARINE CABLE.
Private Buoys' and Moorings—A letter was
Government courteously referred a letterling junks, cargo boats and similar vessels Them are a few other matters to which I
received from the General Managers, Philip from the management of this Exhibition to to carry such anchors and cables, must refer, which do not appear in our
pines Steamship Co., covering correspondence your Committee, who suggested that the Lighting of the Pratas and Paracels report. One is the completion of a direct
with the Government with regard to the Chinese merchants might be approached on Beefs.-A letter Pras receives from the oceancable service from Aden viá Colombo
necessity for removal of buoys at present the matter by the Registrar General. Government covering a despatch from the to Hongkong, thus doing away with the
in the way of the ferris botireon Victorin
Unlicensed Taunches Plying for Hire in the Secretary of State for the Colonies pointing service across India. I am sure we all
and Kowloon. Your Commitice were called Harbour. The Government, being of opinion out the difficulties in the way of placing thoroughly appreciate this improvement
pen to mediate and were successful in that these launches censionally interfere lights on the Pratas and Paracels Reefs, al in our telegraph servics, for as most of
bringing about an amicable settlement of the with the legitimate business of licensed a minute by the Coast Inspector, Chines us have only too good reason to know the
question between the Companies concerned. vessels, asked the Chamber to state if it Maritime Customs, showing that the est rid India service was by no means perfect,
Colonial Exhibition at Sunanung-Publi had any objection to their being required ablishment of lights would he more “of and is Chamber has, on more than one
city was given to the arrangements made by to procure licences, and your Coramilton danger that a good guidance, and that in occasion in recent times, had to complain
the executive of the Colonial Exhibition in pointed out that to compel such launches to consequence it had been decided to let the to the Indian Government of mutilations
be held at Samarang during 1914.
carry licenses would most likely interfere matter drop. of messages which were clearly proved to
International Rubber. Erhibition and Cop-still more with tra, use that Clause 37 Aloyd's Register of British and Parsigu have taken place while the telegrams were
gress at Batavia--The attention of the (1) of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance Shipping The thanks of the Chamber is in transit over their
Chamber was drawn to the Programme for gave the Harbour Authorities their remedy, due to the Society for its 1912-1913 Report. land lines,
the International Rubber Exhibition ind (Appatuse.)
Permanent Sine-Belgian Exhibition at Congress at Batavia so he held during 1914, Chamber of Commerce-Arvice of the open-Consul for Belgium notice of the inaugura Formation of the Bangkok International: Lucken. Through the kindness of Th A general meting of the meubers Tans and Organization of Amicipal Life ut of Commerce, was received, and your Com-ion of this Exhibition was received and
International Congress re Construction of Amplifying his remarks in relation to followed, at whisk the following altura-und-Through the courtesy of the Governmittee, when wishing it every success, agreed and Dealers of Hongkong.
ing of the Bangkok International Chamber
transmitted to the Association of Exporters piracy, the Chairman said that they tions in the bye-laws of the Chamber were Hab a letter inviting the participation of to forward copies of all publications: ixuel had now had yet another serious case of unanimously approved :--
the Colony in the Congress held at Gave in piracy, that of the Tai On. It was said
In Substitution of V11---If the dispute July last was submitted for the rousideration by this Chamber. he of such
New Regulations Governing the Adonit that the loss of life was very considerable of the General Committee, require the that unless some responsible official while on Residency of Dornen-The Cone General nature as to, in the opinion of the Chamber. Your Committee considereri tance of Eastern Aliens into the Western Yei over and above all this the most service of the Arbitration Committee, each home leave was able to attend, the expense for the Netherlands kindly dres important point was the serious, dangermenter thereof shall be entitled to a les of sending a special delegate was **tion of the Chamber to the Or
amount of such fees to be regulated by the in addition to a fee for the Chumber. The franted.
Arbitration Committee, according to the importance of the case cad the tinte occupied therein, subject to an appeal to the Geceral Committee, whose decision Ou the amount shall be final.
THE TAL ON PIRACY.
of
GENERAL MEETING,
güce regu
into the
Sete Customs Tariff for Brazil. The new
sub
draft Customs Tariff for Brazil was mitted by the Government for your Cou-
and Boxing Day Falling on Thursday and mittee's perusal.
Bank Holiday, 27th December. Christmas Friday, and both sing gazotted as public Holidays the Exchange Bauks were ol opinion that Saturday the 27th should also be declared a holiday, and at their request the Chamber successfully approached the Government,
which they realised was menacing the
King's Birthday Felidan-The Chamber lating admittance of Eastern A
Western Residency-of-Bornce whole of their shipping; ertainly the
supported the request of the Exchange Danks
International Arbitration-Copies of ray whole of the river traffic leaving the port.
that Monday, the 2nd June. be substituted for Tuesday. the 3rd June, for the observa-solutions on International Arbitration adopt In the past, the question had be dealt
tion of the King's Birthday. In deferenced by the Fifth International Congress of with very effectively by their Government,
to His Majesty's expressed wish that his Chanibors of Commerce, and also by the
Fortnightly Price Current and Market and by Parliament, and also the Chinese In Subititution of The Arbitration birthday should be celebrated on the actual Council of the London Chamber of Commerce, Keport. During the year the fortnightly Government, and they had no reason to Committee should appoint its own Chairman, dato of the anniversary, the matter was not were received and considered by your Com circular was completely revised and among
mittee, who are in entire sympathy with the the improvements and additions will be note suppose that liability would be disclaimed and confiue its functions to cases where its pressed.
intervention or advice is required, and on Restrictions Imposed on Longkong as a principle involved.
Chinese Produce Export Current Prices for in this particular cus However, he an occasion shail it proceed with any case Plague Infected Part by the Netherlands Tin Trade between the Straits and Chinese the supply of which your Committee me thought, in view ई thu constant ankese all the partis subscribe a bond Indian Government The Consul General for Ports.-Your Committee was in a position to much indebted to members of the Committed "Oh! I say!attacks, it was necessary to go even
very serious piratical making the award a Bule of the Supreme tho Netherlands kindly forwarded for the supply the Penang Chamber of Commerce ie of the Association of 'Exporters and Dealers
prepared, shall be kept for the information articles temporarily prohibited from entry to the disposition of Straits Tin after its Shipping Companies, running lines Court. Printed forms of such banda, legally information of the Chamber details of the response to their inquiry with a report ds of Hongkong. Thanks and Dealers further. They must Dot.
overlook of members and other members of the public into Netherlands India by reason of the port entry into this port
Wireless Station for Bongkang-This Chast for so kindly supplying returns of between flongkong and Pacific the possibility of serious risk, and who may have occasion to resort to the being declared plaque infected.
Metric System of Weights, Measures and question was again raised by the Chamber cargo shipped to Canada and the U.S.A. vis the serious responsibility which rested on Chamber for arbitration. The parties to an Currency. --Enquiry from the Far Eastern who approached the Government thereon and Pacific, hy ieans of which statistics have their Government and also the Chiness arbitration or survey need cat necessarily Soution of the London Chamber of Commerce your Committee has to report that no satis been compiled for the year, and thus the bo members of the Chamber, but it ca with reference to a paragraph concerning factory reason for the deplorable delay in statistics of sargo exported to Great Britain, Government. It was a very serious where neither party is a member of the China's attitude in regard to the Metric equipping Hongkong.
the Continent of Europe, and the U.S.A responsibility, and one which he knew Chamber, the Gnderal Committee
may 572tem, appearing in the Report of the was fully realised by his Excellency decline to arbitrate or hold a survey.
Decimal Association for 1912, was restived, and passed on to Shanghe Chamber for the Governor. But noro Berious
reply. The proposals of the Dacial Associa- responsibility, he felt, rusted with the
have the continued sympathy and up Chinese Government.
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THE REPORT.
steamers
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Claims for Short-Landed Cargo from United Kingdom, Continent, and United Canada (Via Sue) and (Via Pacific) ure complete. Freight rates to these parts States of America -Delay in settlement of
of the world also form a valuable addition, claims for short-landed cargo received the while the Current Import Prices and Trade attention of your Committes at the request Report has been much improved. The repurt stated that among the ques He had referred
of a member of the Chamber, and after
Membership-During the yea under to the question on previous occasions, and tions of interest dealt with during the port of your Commitee
Proposed Revision of Begulations to careful consideration it was decided that the
review the name of Mr. Fung Wa Chuco was it had been under consideration for a past year wore the following:
Irregular Arrivals of Siberian Mails. The Govern the Terms of Sale of Care Cor- question could not be taken up unless, prid-ramoved from the list of individual members great many years., He thought that some irregular and over-lapping manner in which respondonce between the Canton Chamber of face could be produced that a
general while Mr. J. R. Michael became registered arrangement should be arrived at between the Siberian Mails have been received nincs Commerce and the Canton Cassia Guild was fechos of dissatisfaction existed among in the list of firms as Messrs. J. B. Stichel, the two Government whereby persons this cervico was instituted has been the cases submitted to the Chamber for their few merchants.
and Co. Mears. Barrotto and Co. upon should be more thoroughly searched before of much inconvenience to the Commercial rad passed on to The Association of Ex- Universal Exhibition 1914 at Notting- going into Liquidation ceased to bo The Hongkong davera- Community, and early in the year the Champeries and Dealers for review and reply, ham After reforsica to the Association uf siembers and the name of Messrs. Garmur ent, he knew, would be prepared to her was approached with a request to takn Lut whilst the Association's Sub-Committee Exporters and Dealers of Hongkong it was Quelch and Co. became Messrs. Dounty and consider the poins and give it all possible the matter up with the Government, which were considering the matter, news reached the considered that the Exhibition could not be White. The following Members were clested and their election requires the usual con- to note that Colony that an amicable settlement betwean of any practical value serious one to shipping between Hong- there has, bera a
Piezo kong, Cantou and Macae, and ho was during the later half of the
nt, and copies of the Amendme the however offered to the Management to A From: Mossin, Rebarson, Wilson & year. perfectly sure, if additional expenditure
Co.; Messa. Haskell & Co. The Members Formation of the Far Eastern Section of regulations were subsequently received and advertise the Exhibition
Proposed Scale of Weights of Anchors and fle was necessary, no resident in Hongkong the London Chamber of Commerce Advion aro on
now consists of 138 frms and 16 individual would demar when shipping was guarded | camo to hand of the constitution of the For
Companies Amendment Ordinance, 1914 Lengths of Cables to be Carried by Native
Members. in this way. With regard to the Chinese, Eastern Section of the London Chamber of The opinion of the Chamber was soughs on Craft and Lighters in the Waters of the
Committee. – During the year, the Hon. with Mr. Henry M.P
a proposed addition to section 3 of section Colony-A minute by the Harbour Master Mr. CH: Ross and Mr. H. Armstrong Chairman. This section will doubtless be of 113 of the Companies Ordinages, 1911, pro- urging the necessity for native craft and resigned on leaving the Colony And their great assistance in dealing with matters of riding that an auditor shall not be a Snare lighters being equipped with rables, and places were taken by the Hon. Mr. common interest between East and West. holder of the Company of which he is andi anchors, of an approved type was submitted Landale and air. P. H: Holyoak
to Exporters of
assistance. The matter was becoming a was done, it is stil improvemont the buyef and the seller had been arrived) Chinese Produce. Every assistance was firmation at the Annual Meeting.
they know very well that it was a posible necessary to give them every consideration, and it seemed to him that