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HONGKONG OBSERVATORY. ITEMS FROM THE ANNUAL REPORT.
The following extracts are made from the Report of the Director of the Royal Observatory. (Mr. T. F. Claxton) for "the year 1992-
Exton Weather Telegrams.-The following stations send extra weather telegrams at half rate during typhoons, on receipt of certain ewlo words from Hongkong:-Amoy, Chaton, Macao, Phulien, Sharp Feak, Taihoku. The Dietor of the Philippines Weather Bureau also sends extra telegrams, at his discretion, from Aparri de sumy otiter station nearer the typhoon centre. The extra 9 pin. telegram from Swatow, kindly unctioned by the Chinese Telegraph Ad- ministration during the typhoon senson. was sellout receive
It will be seen (front table games shewind the number of weather telegrams recieved from ships by radio) that the number of messages receivel has increased, averaging 18 ships per day in 1922. This represents only 197, of the average number of ships within call of Cape d'Aguilar, however, It is to be hoped that the time is not for distant wherevery ship within call will send obser vations by radio, telegraphy as a matter of routine, in accordance with the Notice to Mariners on the subject.
„Storm Warnings-At the request of the Chamber of Commerce the Hongkong
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The following Ports are warned by a telegraphic adaptation of the code-harp Peak, Swatow, Amoy, Saatune, Macau, Canton, Wachow, Phulen, Taihoku, Manila, Labuan, and Singapore. 124storm warnings were sent in 1925 and 141, were received from Manila 20 were received from Phalien, vis | Quang Chau Wan Radio Station.
The storm warning service to Pakhoi and Hoihow has been discontinued, as the warnings never arrive in time to be of any
Logs received. In addition to meteoro logical registers kept at about 40 stations in China, meteorological logs were re ceived from 172 ships operating in the Far Fast. These logs, representing 3763 days' observations, have been utilised for verify-
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KOWLOON-CANTON `RAILWAY."
THE ANNUAL REPORT.
The following items are taken from the annual report of the British section of the Kowloon-Canton Railway, fur 1992, which is | signed by Mr. Robert Baker as manager;~
From the 13th January to the 8th March there was a strike of seamen which, as it develope, involved the majority of trades.
abriously and
affected the business of the Colony: All strikers left the Colony for Canton and this coupled
fact with the tlust river
steamboat traffe entirely dise]. record Passenger and Goods by Except that the drivers and firemen wewe persuailed to join the strikers a day before the settlement, the Railway staff remained loyal and handled unprece dented traffic in
in a commendable manner. The e express trains had to be run in duplicate or were double-banked. In the latter caso they consisted of as many as 3 coaches. It
found
generally prefemble to ran in to 12 conches. As muy as 2000 prer 200 dupliente, each portion consisting of from 10
on one portim, over
traffic
Way
were
in a day.
The increased earnings of this period were somewhat reduced by à period of partial
stagnation after the strike, by the launchy men's strike in May, and by the frequent train suspensions owing to political unrest in Canton anel neighbourhood. Much incon- venience aurt loss was caused by resultant nilitary operations between Sun Yat-sen
Chan Kwing-ming. On five occasions procent movements of troops. During this dges on the Chinese Section of the line were damaged by explosives in attempts to political unrest robber bands wore as usual. active along the part of the line in the Chinese Territory
On two occasions the lunch which plies between Taipo in British Territory and Sha U Chung in Chinese Territory was pirated.
The actual expenditure during the year amounted to $56141.35 against an estimate of $331,421 which shows an $30,721.31.
excess of
The Local Traffic Earnings have improved. The receipts amounted to $200,547.11 against $187,840.01 or $12,707.10 more than the provious year the principal incrense being under prasenger receipts.
or
Through and Joint Sectional Traffic Receipts amounted to $300,914.50 504063.10 more than 1921. The Seamen's Strike mentioned in previous paragraph in this report is largely responsible for this increase as, during the period of the Strike, the traffic on the Railway was
benvy.
ing tpyhoon tracks. The 5,662 except onling Branch Line Receipts have
figures for the year 1921 were 168
Typhoons, The tracks of 20 typhoons all of the principal depressions which occurred in the Far East in 1992 are given in two plates in the Monthly Meteoro | Ingical Bulletin for December, 1992,"
Expenditure. The annual expenditure on the Observatory for the past ten years is as follows-
Total Year. Екреп- diture.
Increase. Decrentes
$ 1013......24,200.40 1,680.41 1014......26,398.31 1,142,82
$
1018.233.19
2,103.19
1910.31077.78
1,950.31
1917.26,800.50 4,10272
1018.2009,21...
6,862.26
101923,460.57 3,422.33- 19205,145.60 2,515.00.
1921......32,700.51 6,794.85 1022......38,350.10 - 5,649,69
CHINA AND SOCIALISM.
WANG AN-SHIH'S NINE LAWS.
Regarding Sir Alfred Mond's reference to "the greatest experiment in Socialism ever tried Dr. Lionel Giles, in the Obərarır, kaya the allusion must have been to the sweeping reforms introduced into China hy Wang An hih, who ell office as State Councillor from A.D. 1000 to 10-4. The experiment, however, far from Insting as long as a hundred
And Bity years, did not sarvive its author's fall from power. At this period, owing to the
stewig encroachment the Khitans
and other troublesom neighbours, the Eani was on the verge of bankruptcy, and it was with a view to relieving the situation that the famous series of nine laws, known At the New Legislation, was put into force. They
rony bo
follows
soil was divider into equal areas and
as
The
improved under both heads.
"The Gross Receipts for the year were $710,295.75 as against 10,390,77 for 1921, an increase of $105,314.38. The balance after paying working expenses. stands
148,151.40.
at
The results of the past five years are as follows:-
Gross Working Net Year. Receipts. Experses. Receipts.
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1018.....133,274.43 356,921.07 77,053.36 1019......420,002,77 417,032.14. 73,060.63 1920......520,176.10 487,144.04 31,032,06 1921......603,080.77 527,001.06 75,028,71 1922......710,205,73° 662,144,35 148,151,40 The Through and Joint Sectional Passens gers carried wero as follows--
1920.
1031.
1922
Passenger's booked
by Stations in
British Territory
to Stations in
Passengers booked
China 205,000 431,973 526.111
hy Stations in
China to Stations British in
Territory....... 374,776-462,370 022,900 The Local Passengers carried were as follows:-
Branchi
1920 102). 1924.
Main Line 302,200 12,133 - 639,700 Fanling
47,787 43,733 52,431
Line
DISASTROUS ECONOMIC RESULTS.
Mr. Willinan Mollen. Tilbrook, Hants, suggests Sir' Alfred Mend mùy have been alluding not to the early experiment in the Fourth Century BC, but to the Socialist re- volation (end its counter revolution) in the Eleventh Century A., ander Wang gauche, He presuniel the Sunz Enteror. Chen- toms, to entrust
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sere fal
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(1) A new and survey, by which the curry to prevent the
(3) The nationalisation of entamere, data management of feces, inilustry transportation of surplus undingricatum in its now bunds, with succouring the . working classes
the
by the Government, and tas
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