gaporo 4th alt., arrival at Simon's Bay, hoinoward bound, on the 10th instant. This vessel will, on arrival, be paid off and put out of commission. The Mo- desle, 14, wooden corvotio, Capt James G. Mead, from Singapore May 26th, arrived at Simon's Bay on the 4th inst., en route to Devonport to "pay off" and is expected to touch at St. Helena about the 25th instant.
The site selected for the statue to bo raised in Westminster Abbey to the memory of the late Earl of Beaconsfield will bo at the south side of Statesmen's Aisle, between the statue of General Sir G. Malcolm, the great Indian ad- ministrator, and the monument of Sir Peter Warren, Vice-Admiral of the Red, and for some time. M.P. for the City of Westminster. The statue will also bo exactly opposite that of the Marquis of Londonderry, better knowu in political history as Lord Castlereagh.
A circular issued by the Government to the overseers of every parish throughout the kingdom, calling upon them to take the necessary steps for including in the forthcoming lists of Parliamentary voters, according to the Act of 1871, all persons occupying any part of a house as a dwelling, has been creating some sensation. The Act gives to every male who resides in a dwelling-house where the landlord does not live, whether he rents a room for which he pays a shilling or even threepence a week, and has resided there a year, the right to be on the
register.
THE HONGKONG. TELEGRAPH-FRIDAY, AUGUST 19TH, 1881.
guilt of those assailed, without any re- sistance on the part of the natives, flourishing villages were burned, crops wore destroyed, fonces word levolla, large numbers of cocanut trees were cut down and houses shelled, although these houses did not, in one instance at toast, oven in the opinion of Captain Maxwoll himself, belong to the culprits against whom the expedition was nom- inally directed; and whether hostili tios have concluded with these islanders, or whether any further attack is in coût- touplation.
LATEST COMMERCIAL
INTELLIGENCE,
Friday, August 19th, 1881.
One o'clock P.M. Business is still very quiet on the Stock Exchange, and, beyond a few small sales of Docks at 48 cash, not a single transaction has come under our notice. There are slight enquir- ies after Banks, but holders decline to sell at 106, and we shall no doubt see a decided movement in this stock in the course of the next few days. Chinose Insurance Shares are rather firmer than they have been, and buyers are willing to deal at $305 per
share. Steamboats are rather weaker,
and could, we think, be purchased at $23 per share premiun. The Hong- kong Hotel Shares hold a very nominal position in the share list, and although we quote 110, this Lord J. Manners having asked on must not be regarded as the actual the 11th inst whether the Government value of the stock in the market, as proposodto accept the system of speilie not a single share has been sold for duties as the basis for negotiating a weeks, and we think they could be Commercial Tronty with France, Mr.procured at par in several quarters. Gladstone replied that the French Exchange quotations remain un- Government had repeatedly stated that they insisted apou the prin ciple of specific duties, which
Vas
a principle that in itself did not moet in liming the approval of tho British Government, and in this case those who represented the Government wore under the impression that if specific duties were broadly insisted upon they would raise most formidable difficulties in the way of settlement which our negotiators did not at present seo their way to surmonat.
Lord Onslow moved ou the 11th instant for the appointment of a Coin- mission to inquire into the state of the ecclesiastical parishes in the City of London, with a view to the suggestion of a union of beneficos, disposal of the sites of the clunrelies, and application of tho fands arising from theni.-The Archbishop of Canterbury pointed out that the main difficult in the matter was the opposition of the vestries to the pulling down of the churches and
the union of beneficcs. Lord Gran- ville doubted whether the appointment of a Commission would facilitate legis lation, but intimated that if the right rev. Bench would devote themselves to the framing of a measure, on the subject they would meet with no dis- couragement from the Government. Tho motion was negatived.
The naval pension of £50 per annum for lieutenants, vacant by the death of Retired Commander Thomas Creser, has been awarded to Retired Com-
mander Crawford A. D. Fasco. Com mander Tasco, mate of the Britomar, assisted in forming the settlement at Port Essington, North Australia, in 1898; and in the Beagle 1839-43, was engaged in survey of the coasts of Australia and Van Dieman's Land; in August, 1845, he was in command of small-arm men of the Festal at the reduction of piratical towns in Borneo ; ho was lieutenant of the Vulture in 1817, during the operations in the Can- ton river, when he commanded a di- vision of boats at the capture of the Forts; and from 1817 to 1852 was as. sistant surveyor in the Boyalist on- gaged in surveying service in China,
Mr. Richard gave notice to ask Sir Charles Dilke on the 13t instant to
explain by what authority Commodore Wilson despatched Captain Maxwell with HMS. Emerald to attuck the in- hubitants of the Solomon Islands; whother For Majesty's Government approvo of the manner in which the attack was carried out, whon, accord- ing to Captain Maxwell's roport, with- out proliminary inquiry into the alleged
altered.
Shares.
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking
Corporation Shares-106 per cont. premium, ex Div. Union Insurance Society of Canton —-
$1,075 per share ox dividend. China Tradors' Insurance Company's
Shares-$1,600 per share, ox. dir. North China Insurance Company-Tis.
1,125 per share.
Yangisze Insuranico Association-Tis.
820 per share. Chinese Insurance Company, -$305
per share, Buyers. On Tai Insurance Company, Limited -
Tls. 149 share. Hongkong Fire Insurance Company
per
Shares- $995 per share. China Fire Insurance Company's Shares
-$285 per share, Sellers. Hongkong & Whampoa Dock Com-
pany's Sharos 48% pronium, Sellers.
Hongkong, Canton & Macao Steam
boat Company's Shares-$23 por share premium, Sellers. China Coast Steam Navigation Com-
pany-Tls. 162 per share. Hongkong Gas Company's Shares-
$82 per share. Hongkong Hotel Company's Shinres--
$110 per share, Nominal. China Sugar Refining Company, Li-
mited-155 por sharo, Ex. Div. China Sugar Refining Company (De-
bentures)-3 per cont premium. Hongkong Ice Company's Shares--
Hongkong & China Bakery Company,
$127 per share, Sellers,
Liuited-$43 per share. Chinese Imperial Government Loan
of 1878-3% prominn. Chinese Imperial Government Loan
of 1881-32% premiun.
Exchange.
On LONDON,~
Bank Bills, T.T., Bank Bills, at 30 days' sight, Bank Bills, at 4 months' sight, 3/8 Credits, at 4 months' sight,. Documentary Bills, at 4
months' sight,
Hongkong Temperature.
(Taken at Messrs. Falconer & Co.'s Register, Queen's-roud).
Ilonakosa, 18th & 19th August, BAROMETER-1 P.M.
.29.802 *Do.
4 P.M.
....29.792 THERMOMETER-1 PM. .....84.
Do.
...82.
Do.
4. P.M....
IP (Wet bulb) 81. Do. 1 P.. Do. 80.
BAROMETER -9 AM.
29.031 THERMOMETER—9 AM.
BL- Do. 9 4.51. (Wot bulb) 79. Do. Maximum
84.
Do. Minimum (over night) 80.
SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
ARRIVALS.
August 19, Orlands, British steamer, 710, Payno, Chinkiang 14th Aug. Rico. Chinese.
Paddicombo, Chinkiang - Angust Tith, Rico.-Adamson, Boll & Co. August 19, See-wo, British steamer, 1,058, II. W. Hogg, from Canton. -Jardine, Matheson & Co.
DEPARTURES.
August 18, Zambesi, British steamor,
for Singapore, Bombay, &c. August 18, Carisbrooke, British steaner,
for Singapore. August 19, Tung-ling, Chinese steamer,
for Pakhoi.
August 19, Oaklands, British steamer,
JAPAN.
In 1873 the Emperor, assombling the members of his Cabinet, discussed and devised a scheme for re-assessing the rate of the Land Tax, which, as | His Majesty then said, differed in overy provinco, the system in force being that specially fixed in the various fiefs before the abolition of feudalism. Thus in one district the land tax was heavy and its method of collection harsh, while in another it was light and leni- ently levied. The main object, thero- fore, of the new scheme was the estab- lishment of uniformity; and the Re- vised Land Tax Laws, then promul- gated, enacted that the existing system of land taxation should be entirely abolished, and that an uniform rate of 3 per cent, (reduced to 23 per cent. in 1877), should in future be levied on the value of all property, which value was further provided that no increase or diminution of this rato should there-
August 19, Welle, German steamer, after be made in consequence of plenti- 393, Mossmann, Hoihow Augustful or deficiont harvests, though in the 18th, General--Moyer & Co. event of the total or partial déstruction August 19, Lido, British steanor, 620,
of fertility, by fire or flood, a re-assoss- ment of the injured district might bo made, so as to permit a corresponding reduction in the amount of the tax. The task of carrying out the provisions of these laws was entrusted to Mr. Okuma, then in charge of Financial affairs (though not Minister of Fi- nance), and subsequently (1875), an independent Bureau, styled the Land Tax Revision Bureau, was organised, the same gentleman being appointed its chief. fixed, within which the revised assess A limit of time was also
ment should be completed, but that limit the end of 1876--was ovidently found insufficient, The Burean has, we understand, been busily engaged over since in carrying out its task, but although the actual work of assess- ment was nearly accomplished within the specified time, a vast deal remained to be done in the shape of granting title-deeds, preparing statistics, &c., and revising assessments in cases where the people expressed discontent at the Per German steamer Welle, from value first fixed. These various daties have, however, been at last finally performed, and an Imperial Notifica- tion, issued on the 30th ult., declares the Land Tax Rovision Burean closed, any triding business that still remains being transferred to the Bureau of In- land Revenue.-Japan Mail.
for Canton.
August 19, Lorne, British steamer, for
Swatow.
August 19, Lulo, British steamor, for
Canton,
August 19, Chinkiang, British steamer,
for Shanghai.
PASSENGERS.
ARRIVED.
Hoihow, 32 Chineso.
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SHIPPING REPORTS. The German steamer Welle, from Hoihow, reports variable winds.
The British steamer Lido, from Chiukiang, reports passed four dis masted sailing ships off Saddle Islands. Hend winds the whole way.
MAILS.
"Appointment' and 'interment' is a rhyme sent in by a poet this morn- ing" writes an American editor. "If ho will kindly make the former," he The following mails will close:→ adda, "we will guarantee that he will To-day, 19th August,-
get the latter.”
For Manila, por Emuy, ai 1,30 pain, instead of as previously notified. For Straits and Bombay, per Adria, at 3.30
For Shanghai, por pan. Larch, at 4.30 p.m. For Nagasaki and Yokohama, per Sunda, at 5 p.m. For Kobe and Yokohama, por Niigata Mark, at 5 pan. For Bangkok, per Consolation, at 5 p.. For Hoihow, Pakhot and Haiphong, por Olympia, at 5 pan. To-morrow, 20th August,-
Mr. Gladstone is a man a of consider-
able wealth. He owns more than 0,000 acres, from which his rental is £19,000. Indeed, it is curious to note that under a Liberal as under a Conservative Gov- erument, England is ruled by rich men. The Duke of Argyll owns 175,114 acres, with a rental of £50,812, and ho is considered a poor duko. Lord Hartington's father derives a rental of £180,999 from 198,065 acres of land, The auited income of the Liberal Cabi- net is officially £59,000; but that is a pere trifle. Iu land, Mr. Gladstone's Cabinet owns between 280,000 and 300,000 acres among them. The late For Manila, per Esmeralda, at 3.30 Cabinet owned 520,000 acres of the
For Swatow, Amoy and Foochoi,
per Thales, at 5 p..
On Tuesday, 23rd August,—
p.m.
A little over a year the Nawab of Bahawalpur, on attaining his major. ity, married his two cousins, and sub- sequently falling in love with a con. vict in the State prison, married her
soil. Lord Sandon was, moreover, heir On Thursday, 25th August,-- to 12,000, and Lord John Manors to For the United Kingdom and Eu. 70,000. There were thus upwards of rope, via Naples; to Saigon,700,000 acres divided among thirteen Straits Settlements, Batavia, Bur.gentlemen at the head of the Admini- nah, Ceylon, India (via Madras), stration, giving them a round £18,000 the Australasian Colonies, Adon, each. The rent roll of these estates Egypt, Malta, and Gibraltar, por is rather over £160,000 a year. An Amazone, for printed matter at 10 equal distribution would have given a.m., and letters at 11 a.in.
each of there gentlemen £35,000 a your (nearly £200 a day). The Duke of Richmond has most acres-280,411 (anual value, £79,683); the Duke of Northamberland the biggest contal- £176,048 (acres 186,397). Mr. W. H. Smith, self-made man as he is, has al ready purchased nearly 7,000 acres of soil, which yield him about £10,500 por Sheridan' allowed his son Tom to
annum, Sir George Grey is in receipt join a dinner-party whon he was quite of a Cabinet pousion of £2,000 a year, young, The father was defining what to be entitled to which ho has to make wit was, whon the boy intorrupted him, a formal declaration that he cannot saying he could give a botter definition. properly keep up his social position Well, what was it, Tom?" said the without it. Now Sir George owns fathor. That which sparkles and 2,913 acres in Northumborland, which cuts," reply the son. "Thon," observ-bring him in £1,089 por annum. What ed Sheridan, "as you have sparkled, a strango social systom is this, whore
And poor Sitting down on a hornot's nost is Tom, you can now-cut.”
one cannot live as a gentleman undor stimulating, but not nourishing. Tom lost the remainder of his dinnor. £6,000 a year!-Bow Bells.
ON PARIS,-
310
Bank Bills, on demand, ......4.63 Credits, at months' sight, ...4.73
OD BOMBAY
Bank, T,T,
On CALCUTTA, Bank, T.T., On SHANGHAI,
Bank, T.T.,
Private, 30 days' sight,
222
222
72
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