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AERA TE D WATERS THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY, ESTADLISHED A.D. 1841.
THE SHANGHAI PHARMACY, 24, NANKIN ROAD, SHANGHAI.
INGLES Apt. ' 14, ESCOLTA, MANILA.
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1883.
of this apparent inequality of treatment of different nationalities. I have therefore the honor to request you to be good enough to give me information on the following points:
Is the fee in question--ie. the payment of one dollar for every writer shipped by a ship of other than British Flag and consequently not shipped at the Harbor Master's office but at the respective consulates-a legal fee and sauctioned by H.B.M.'s Government and on which section of such ordinance is the levying of the fee based? 2.Is my information correct that American vessels have ceased to pay this fee for some 3-If so, for what reasons has this exemption been granted to American vessels and not extended to all foreign ships?
time past?
I have, &c.,
(Signed) 0. F. VON MOLLENDORFF,
Acting Consul for Germany, The Hon. W. H. MARSH, C.M.G.,
Colonial Secretary," -
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S OFFICE,
Hongkong, August 15th, 1883, Six-Your letter of the 11th instant, on the subject of the fee of $t a head which is levied. by the Harbour Master on each seaman shipped in this part, has been laid before the Governor, and I have been directed by His Excellency to forward for your information copy of a report from the Harbour Master explaining the circum- stances under which this fee has been levied for
the past thirty one years, and to state that His
THE CANTON DISPENSARY, CANTON.
THE DISPENSARY, FOOCHOW. [3 Excellency is advised that this has been done in strict accordance with the law under which the fee in question is properly payable in respect nationality of the vessel on board of which he of every seaman shipped, whatever may be the
BIRTH.
stead, the witch July, JAY BAIN, of Hong On 11th at 11, Well-road, Hamp kong, of a son.
DEATH.
At Chefoo, on the 18th inst., J. C. THOMSON,
of Mesars, Cornabé & Co.
The Hongkong
engages to serve,
Influenced by the official utterances of those who are responsible for what is clearly a gross infringement of the existing law. The Colonial, Secretary although not asked the question by Dr. VON MOLLENDORFF, goes out of his way to state that the permit fees exacted by the Harbour Department have been accounted for to the Treasury. If this be the case--and we see no reason why the word of the Colonial Secretary should be questioned-it is somewhat surprising that these fees have been so conspicuously ab- sent from the Harbour Master's financial returns. The attempt by the Harbour Master to give the clauses in the Merchant Shipping Ordinance a meaning which no possible method of word-twisting can up- hold, is only slightly less ridiculous than his assertion that the system of charging a one dollar fee for shipping seamen at a foreign consulate is a very useful measure, as it tends in a great measure to check desertion and has not been made the subject of much complaint.
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Mr. MARSH informs the German Consul (1) that it has been the custom for thirty-one years to collect at the Harbour Master's office a fee of one dollar for each
TELEGRAMS.
WITTEVREDEN, 29th August, 11,16 a.m. VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS IN SUNDA
STRAITS
carbonmaker Strong volcanic eruptions in Surida Straits. Charts not to be trusted, all lights are destroyed. LOCAL AND GENERAL. ARCHER'S Surprise. Party arrived from Japan by the P. & O. S. N. Co.'s steamer Kashgar yester day afternoon. We understand they had a very successful season in the "Land of the Rising Sun,"
My dear fellow," remarks the Judge to the plaintiff, who had lost his action before him that afternoon, "you had a mighty, good case, but what made you employ such an ass of a lawyer?" "Because I had been told that he had the ear
of the Court."
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WHEN Sarah Bernhardt passed through Ham. burg recently on her way to Copenhagen and Stockholm she had forty-six trunks full of bag gage, and waxed furious when the customs offi- cess insisted upon examining the contents of every one to the very bottom. THE furniture and family portraits at Scrivelsby Court, in Lincolnshire, for generations the seat of the King's Champions, are advertised to be sold by order of the executors of Mrs. Dymoke. the days of Richard 11 more than five hundred years. WE are sorry to hear from Cheloo that H.M.S. Flying Fish was put in quarantine at that poit
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THE French gunboat Lufin left the Cosmo THE Victoria Recreation Club aquatic sports i politan Dock yesterday. The Carisbrookz went will.be commenced to-morrow at 4 pm, at the over to the Kowloon Dock this morning, and the bath house. Eight events are down on the pro-,- German steamer Iphigenia will leave the Cosmogramme, including a duck hunt and three handi- raps.and.onenigyabin couple of hours may be apolitan_tomorrow-menorsmom zametenja THERE are in Switzerland nineteen associations anticipated should the weather prove favomble." promoted for the purpose of collecting the dis WILLIAM STOCKFIELD, an unemployed Danish carded ends of cigars, selling them, and applying seaman, appeared before Captain Thomsett this the proceeds to charitable purposes. An official morning on a charge of being a rogue and våga- report recently published shows that for twelve bond, sleeping in the public streets and having months' operation there associations can show a
no fixed place of abode., “Defendant, who merely net profit of 31,250 frances, with which 1,716 stated that the Russian Consul in Singapore had poor children were provided with clothing, sept him on to this port by the steamer Afenelaus, THE international shooting match at Wimbledon,
was sent in for a week's hard labor, between teams representing the United States CHIU LUE, a chair coolie, remanded from the 10th and Great Britain respectively resulted, as we
instant on a charge of cutting and wounding a predicted would be the case, in the complete fellow tradesusan named Kwok Tai Kum with a victory of the British, their scores being 1,951 chopper, was again brought before Mr. Wode- against 1,906 for the Americans. The United house this morning. Dr. A. J. Wharry's evidence States marksmen fairly held their own at the short ranges and at the end of the firing at 800 yards led by over 30; but they fell off greatly at goo and 1000 yards and were ultimately defeated, as the above totals show, by 45 points.
Eastern Siberia, has addressed a memorandum GENERAL ANTTSCHIN, Governor-General of
to the Russian Minister of the Interior, calling his Excellency's attention to the urgent neces-when they set on him to make him p sity of establishing a better guard on the Russ half dollar, one of the two going for a chopper Chinese frontier than exists there at present. to use against him. Ele seized the chopper and The general requests that eight regiments, be used it on his assailants. Prisoner had no wit that 30 men now under his command are with six months hard labor badly armed, whereas the Chinese troops on the other side of the frontier are provided with ex- KING WAN, a shroff, remanded from Monday cellent weapons, and have been partly organised on a charge of embezzling and stealing, the
was to the effect that Kwok was admitted to Hospital on the 10th suffering from an incised wound on the left shoulder. The wound was about six inches long and a quarter of an inch deep. There was, another wound on the left upper arm but neither of them was dangerous. the complainant and another man and lost two Prisoner stated that he was playing fan-tan with
dollars and a half. He paid them two dollars pay the
The object of the Ordinance under which this seaman shipped on all foreign vessels at The Dymokes have been at Scrivelsby ever since sent thither from Western Siberia. He complainsness to.corroborate his yarn, and was served out
Ordinance 8 of 1879.
been an unusually unhealthy one, sickness having prevailed to a very great extent both amongst foreigners and Chinese.
fee was originally imposed was the prevention the various Consulates-in-the colony, the of desertion and the belter regulation of mer steamers of the Messageries Maritimes chant seamen in this Colony, and wish the Co. alone excepted; (2) that, since the same object in view, when Ordinance 6
1852 was repealed, the section refer- United States Consul on July 6th com -was-re-enacted by Chapter V Section XVI of Americanships have evaded the payment of--crew.from cholera. The summer in Chefoo has of hostilities the Chinese would easily, capture Cressy Ewens, was, again before the court the
The Harbour Master informs His Excellency this fee; (but the honourable gentleman HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1883,
that the system complained of by you has been forgets to enlighten as to the mode found to be very useful, as tending in a great A ̈rew weeks ago we directed public-at-measure to check desertion from vessels in this by which the. Yankees have evaded it); tention to the system which prevailed at. The fees received by the Harbour Master and (3) that the United States Consul:SOME excitement has been caused at Cairo,
are paid by him into the Colonial Treasury.
has refused to pay the fee: We beg the Harbour Master's Office of Issuing In reply to the second question contained in
leave to join issue with the Colonial Secretary on some of these points. The Pacific Mail Company's steamers, for some unexplained reason, have not been made to pay this fee; the American shipmasters have not, nor could they possibly have
your letter, I am directed to inform you that if any American vessels have shipped seamen without payment of fees it has been done with out the cognizance of the Harbour Master, and the law has in such case been evaded. Quite recently the American Consul has refused pay ment of these fees and the question will be re- ferred for the consideration of the Imperial Gov.
Wladivostock andother points, the Russian troops not being able to offer a serious resistance, THE Whitehall Review says:--It must be rather galling to the Japanese to find that Sle-Harry Egypt, by, the conversion by American mis-Parkes has been appointed British Minister to pionaries of a young Mohammedan, aged twenty- China. The advisers of the Mikado bave never two, who has been subjected to so much per quite understood the straight lines on which Sir E. Malet has been, compelled to interfere in his worthless friends- few English and a great secution by the fanatical, Arab pricats that Sir Hay always worked, while they had many
behalf and send him to Cypress. J
many American—who never lost, the chance of OSCAR WILDE is described as hardly to be re- British Legation. Now, when the time for appre- poisoning their minds against the policy of the cognized since he had his hair cut short. As cinting his services at their real value has gone esteemed Sir Harry Parkes more than they did. The bitterest enemy of Japan is China, and, in any future complications between these two countries, the Minister at Peking is certain to play a leading part; so that upon the attitude to be assumed by Sir Harry Parkes much of the future welfare of Japan may depend.
permits to masters of vessels of other than British nationality, authorising such masters to ship their crews at their respective con- sulates, and made special reference to a fee of one dollar per man which it has been the practice of the department named to levy on ship-masters for this so-called
The only vessels that are exempted by law evaded the law, but as a matter of fact he has never worn in England the knee breeches by, the Japanese will begin to regret not having did not pay in the $50 and repeatedly said the privilege. Taking our stand on the lauses-from payment of these fees are men-of-war and they have all when clearing their vessels in which he masqueraded in the United States, the-vessels-of-the-Messageries-Maritimes-which-been asked the number of men they shipped-ho-is-not-eccentric-in-appearance, but simply
ernment.
of "The Merchant Shipping Consolidation by local Ordinance have the status of men-of-at the Consulate and no shipping fee Ordinance of 1879, we contended and war. endeavored to prove-successfully we think that the exaction of this one dollar fee- could not be legally justified, that, in fact, it was a bare-faced extortion, apparently due
I have the honour to be
Sir, ~Your must Obedient-Servant,-
W. H. MARSH, Colonial Secretary,
to "a series of incomprehensible misunder. Dr. O. F. ON MOLLENDORFF,
standings, glaring misinterpretations, or gross blunders" in carrying out the pro-
Acting Consul for Germany, &c. &C &c.
REPORT BY THE HARBOUR MASTER.
has been demanded from them; the United States Consul never did pay the fee nor was he ever asked to pay if the fee was always collected from the Master of the vessel at the Harbour Master's. Either the statements made in the Colonial Secre- tary's official communication to the Ger- man Consul, or our positive assertions
ugly, His brother, Willic, aspires to pose in his stead as an esthete, but is regarded as a failure. El Comercio states that on the 24th instant the "British ship Polynesian arrived at Manila from
Hongkong with her flag flying half mast and the quarantine flag at the fore. This was in con. sequence of the death of the Captain, John Peel, who died at sea on the 19th. The vessel was Put in quarantine, and the body of the Captain, Manila for immediate interment. Captain Peel's truth. We are prepared to produce con-wife and two children are on board the Payne clusive evidence in support of our side of】 sian."
visions of the ordinance, Ordinance 8 of The fee complained of by the United Stater on the same subjects are wide" "of the .placed in a coffin made on board, taken on to from the German Navy, seems to have ended ant the 850 and $18 as the receipt showed.
1879, (sec. 5 chap. 5) which deals with the shipping and discharge of seamen says--
"No seaman shall, except with the Harbour Master's sanction, be shipped to do duty on board any merchant abip whatever elan where then at the nace of the Harbour Mamer, who shall chars for every seama shipped, a fer ef care cialis, such fee to be palth. In the first instance, by the master of the ship shipping mich a the seaman shipped; and the Harbour Master shall require such mds, and such master shall, de her; the asne fem the wages of
sexmen to lodge with hies bis certificate of discharge from the las skip, and falling the produciton of such cenißicate, such seamm shall be bound to give misfactory arpination to the Harbour Master of the cause of the non-production thereof. The above mentioned fee shall be accounted for by the Harbour Blaster to the Treasury."
Consul was originally introduced by Se for the of Ordinance of "An Ordinance prevention of desertion, &c."
This Ordinance was repealed by the Merchant the question. And we would now ask In another place will be found a telegram, re- Shipping Consolidation Ordinance, 8 of 1879, But the section complained of was re-enacted His Excellency the Governor and theceived in the Colony this afternoon by Mr. R. ance, perhaps not in the same words but bear Mossy, the United States Consul in Hong- of a most serious character, to which in the by sub-section 5. Section 16 of the later Ordin energetic Colonial Secretary If Colonel Buschmann, acting consul for the Netherlands, ing the same meaning.
Sub-section 5, Section 16 of Ordinance 8 of kong, has the power in this Colony to public interest all possible publicity should be 1879, is as follows:-"No seaman shall, ex- cept with the Harbour master's sanction, de prevent the action of English law, backed given. It would seem that powerful volcanic mastichand up as it is by all the pride, pomp and cir- cruptions have taken place in the Sunda Straits, skipped to do duty ship whatever, elsewhere than at the office cumstance of a British Colonial Govern-destroying all the lights, and thereby rendering of the Harbour Master, who shall chargement, two regiments of infantry and artilharts-of-the-locality useless-and-navigation for every staman shipped a fee of one dollar, such fee to be paid in the first instance lery, an ironclad fleet-and those gallant extremely dangerous. We shall await further by the master of the ship shipping such warriors the Hongkong Volunteers? If seaman, and such master shall deduct the same from the wages of the seaman ship- not, what does the official letter of the ped.
The above mentioned fee Colonial Secretary actually mean?
shall be accounted for by the Harbour Master to the Treasury." If any interpretation is required to the words underlined, a reference to the re- pealed Ordinance will make them clear. In Sec- tion 5 of Ordinance 6 of 1852 the words used, a to shipping seamen, are: "and no seaman shall be shipped either for an English or Foreign ship Master who shall charge for every seaman shipped a fee of one dollar, &c." tention of the Ordinance,
This wording leaves little doubt as to the in-
We understand that the Committee of the Hongkong Chamber of Commerce has decided to support Mr. A. R. CoLqUROUN's proposed journey of exploration from
particulars of this calamity with interest. Sour information concerning the Mastodon Minstrels reached us from Sourabaya yesterday. They have been performing in the various towns and cities-in- Java with considerable success, but the heavy expenses of the country and the exorbitant charges for travelling from place to place have prevented their campaign from proving financially remunerative. The Mas- todons proceed to Calcutta where, we under-
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his shroff and had been in his employment since morning. Mr. Ewens stated that defendant was September last He charged him with the em bezzlement of so which he had collected in rents and had not paid in. The 850 was for the rent of premises in the Hollywood Road from May 7th till June 4th. He also charged him with the embezzlement of a further sum of $18, rates
quarter ofthis year Mr. Ewen's accountant and taxes for the same premises, for the second
stated that he gave the receipt for $50; now in
and instructed him to collect the money. court, to the defendant on the 9th of June last, Defendant paid in monies from time to time, but
man had not paid the account. About the end- of July the defendant hauded in a lot of receipts, and, as the one for $50 was not amongst them be informed Mr. Ewens of the omission and made enquiries by his instructions. The tenant of the house showed him the receipt for the $50 which also had on it a receipt in Chinese for $18. for · rates on the premises. Defendant had never The Berlin correspondent of The Times writes: paid in the money as he should have done. The trial of the guns of the Chinese corvette Wong Taoi,, the tenant of the premises in the Ting Yuen, at Swineminde, with a scratch crew Hollywood Road, stated that he paid the defend... somewhat strangely, The vessel has two turrets, Defendant, stated that he would undertake to each armed with a couple of Krupp guns of 305 pay the money by the end of this month. He centim. calibre, which had already successfully did not mean to permanently retain it and told the Essen; but it was also necessary to test the rent and had not paid it in. Mr. Ewens was 'stood the test of, an extra charge of powder staccountant do when he found out he had received the effect of the concussion of these mon recalled and stated that he had discharged his ster cannon on the corvette itself. According shroff for his Irregularities. The accountant was to an account published in the North German also recalled and said that defendant. should Garette, a large quantity of skylight and window have paid in the money as soon as it was col- glass was smashed, a thick iron rail on the bridge lected Mr. Wodehouse remanded the case till was wrenched off, a funnel was snapped in two, September the 5th, ball being allowed in two the deck was strewn with coals jerked up from suretics of $250 each the coal-bunker, some wooden furniture was shattered into splinters, which the gentlemen SAVE a San Francisco contemporar could put in their pockets and cany away with statement that France and China had come to a them as mementoes of the occasion, while one peaceful understanding maling-Tonquin is of the visitors was knocked down. The denied by the Chinese authorities at Shanghai. aceful agree same fate would certainly have befallen others Stil it is not impossible thing a peac had they not held with steadfast determina- ment will be arrived at. Both countries are un tion to ralls and tackle. The greatest effect desirous of war-China because she knows that was naturally produced when the four big guns it would result in inevitable defeat, and, France were fired together. The cannon being loaded, because she fears it would lead to serious the turrets, for safety's sake, were cleared of the trouble with other European Powers. It is sald men, and then, on a given signal, one solitary that the Chinese want arbitration and would grant from the funds of the institution. Carson will "run" them at the Corinthian. cords which had been attached to a bar. The mediary except for, our hostile attitude toward our Information is correct and we see
shock was tremendous, and the damage in smash her emigrating citizens. It is an offer no reason to doubt it-we heartily WE are glad to hear from Shanghai that the ed glass, wrenching off of iron rails, and distur. country would not, covet and it is not It is not desired to deprive consuls of the right commend the action of the Committee Loftus Troupe are having a most successful aca-bed coal-bunkers, &c., was immense. How the that her service will be needed, there being a
son at that port, their performances so far having Chinese are to face the French or any other foe willing mediator much nearer and to discharge one of their principal functions in thus recognising the importance of an shipping crews for the merchant ships of their
been given to crowded houses. It is the inten-with such disastrous guns is a question well experienced in the dark ways of countries and in order not to interfere with that undertaking which can scarcely fall to
tion of the company to remain in Shanghal until worthy of their consideration. ・・・ privilege the following practice obtains: The beneficially affect the commercial relations October 1st, after which they will return to
a ja kada | dealing', master of a foreign ship desirous of shipping of this colony with these little known Hongkong, as already announced, and perform WE would direct special attention to the per appeared out crew enters the names of the men on a 'Permits this, with the seamen's discharges or permission provinces which it Is Mr. COLQUHOUN's for one month. The troupe is such a good one formance to be given in the Theatre Royal, City century and Office, the papers are examined and if found to ship is presented at the Colonial Shipping misalon to open out to the world. An all round and their répertoirs of such an attrac Hall, to-morrow night by Messrs. Kellar and with all the correct, (sub-section 5) the sanction of the Har- enterprise which has for one of its tive character, that they are certain to receive Cunard, the famous Illusionists. In addition to steppes
extensive patronage from our music-loving and the ordinary attractive programme of high class know about bour Master is given for the men to be shipped main objects the extension of our com
illusions, a special feature of the entertain. diplomacy play-going community. at the proper Consulate, the fee of one dollar per merce is surely entitled to some sort man is paid, and the master can then ship his
ment will be the promised 'complete, expest | her thất trisubjesi men. It will thus be seen that while the law of of recognition, and as the results of the Oun Manila contemporary Ed Coinerdo states of the world renowned Cabinet trick, ant every diffecity.
is On an affair of such importance to foreign the colony is observed, the Consul's duties are dangerous journey proposed to be taken that the Committee appointed to investigate and made famous by the Davenport Brothers al ne mercantile interests it was to be expected The officer in charge of the shipping office by Mr. Colquhoun and his colleagues must report on the large amount of Mexican dollars of 34. Kellar promises to completely expose the Zer some, hundr that the Foreign Consuls would take some keeps a record of all men legally discharged in of necessity possess a substantial interest later date than 1877 in circulation in the absurd hypothesis of spirit intervention by the soube bank,
Philippines waited on His Excellency the showing plainly that the marvells and ap the Colony, and the permit system onabice him action to have matters placed on some to keep a record as to when they ship and where for the mercantile community of Hong Intendente General de Hacienda Puplica onparently incomprehens the effects exhiblied in the Batisfactory basis. The lead appears to they go.
kong, the Chamber of Commerce is only the gth, Instant. The committee proposed to connection with this mystery are produced by strea have been taken by Coldnel Moser, Consul The system complained of by the United States
true to its traditions in supporting this new remint the so-called foreign dollars into small Consul has been in force in this Colony for a for the United States, Dr. O. F. von Mot-period of thirty one years and is found to be a enterprise. We do not possess sufficient change of pesetas and medias pesetas, it is natural agency in fact, are mere Musions-mouth
As this cabinet ifanca has caused d LENDORFF, the acting consul for the Ger- very useful measure. It tends in a great racaaure information of the proposed exploration to calculated that the amount of illegal coinage number of conjectures and excited more con- man Empire quickly following suit. We to check desertion and has not been made the give a lengthy detailed account of the in circulation reaches the respectable sam of every throughout the world than all other so
subject of much complaint. I enclose a copy of understand that a somewhat animated letter written on the same subject on the 18th route Intended to be followed by Mr. Co-$1.076.003. The Circulo Mercantil, recently called spirit! mysteries combined, lucid ex- controversy has been going on between June 1879.
QUHOUN, but we may state that the journey formed, has also reported on the monetary diffiplanation of how the oracle le worked should (Signed).H.G. THOMSERT, Colonel Mosey and the local Government
prove sufficiently attractive to the will probably extend over a period of two culty which is now absorbing the minds of the Harbour Master.
Spanish authorities.
public to crowd the City Hall in every on the matters in dispute for some time. July 11th, 1883.
years, and will include as thorough an ex- past, but with what results we are not The only satisfactory thing in the Colo amination as circumstances will permit of We hear that Mr. H. E. Wodehouse, police past. This special performance it may be note
magistrate, coroner, and superintendent of the is under the distinguished patrongs of Gen a position to say. However, the follow-nial Secretary's letter to the German Con- Northern Slam and the Shan country: Government Fire Brigade will shortly proceed Sargent, CB, Colonel Painell, C.B., and the Ing correspondence between Dr. vos MoL sul is the assurance that the question re- a vast region of which comparatively home on leave of absence. This will of course Officers of "The Buits," so that a stro LENDORFF, and the Colonial Secretary lating to the exaction of these permit fees little is yet known, Judging from the necessitate the usual re-distribution of offices and fashionable military element will clearly shows the positions taken up both has been referred by the decision of the thoroughly efficient and practical manner another flood of acting appointments. It is, how be present to see spirituallam by the Government and the Foreign Con- Imperial Government. If the matter has in which Mr. Colquhoux managed his ever, satisfactory to learn that Mr. Wodehouse ever, apart altogether form the suls:-
been fairly represented to the Secretary of recent journey from Canton to Burmah intends during his stay in London to undergo Mr. Kellar's clever illusions Hongkong, August rith, 1883.
State-which in the face of the foolishly through a hostile and dangerous country, a course of particular instruction in the working hand, trick form an eve SIR-Up to the present time masters of Ger-
"Across of a fire brigade, in that best of all schools, rarely to be met man vessels have been in the habit of paying to reckless assertions contained both in Mr. as graphically described. In the Harbor Master a fee of one dollar for every MARSH's letter and Captain THOMSETT'S Chryst," we have every confidence that, the London Fire Brigade. Local firemen tell us of the wonderful sailor stripped by them in this port, although the report is open to doubt there is from the still more important mission of that. Mr. Wodehouse baa lately been working seen to be properly Bailors were never shipped at the Harbor Mas-- ter's office but invariably through this Consulate, some prospect of its being settled on its exploration he has now undertaken, sub-ery hard, and with a considerable amount of ciated. As this will be Mes which being a Consular fee is prescribed by Ger bare merits; but if a one-sided and garbled stantial advantages will accrue to the in- incompetency which was laid against him when is well worthy of public support, our readers
success, to remove the well founded charge of Cunard's final appearance, and as
man law. Several masters have now repre- version of actual incts, has been sent home, terests both of geographical science and Sir George Howen so incomprehensibly appola do well not to miss the opportunity of witness sented to me that for some time past American
ted him to the Superintendent-ship. vessels have ceased to pay the fee, and complain it is not impossible that Lord DERDY will be general commerce.
We stated that" at the first glance this section of the act would appear by a side windh (ie. the Harbour Master's sanction) to justify the perimit system above alluded to; but a closer investigation of that and following sections conclusively negatives the assumption; in fact, it is plainly set down that the ordinance applies only to British and Colonial-ships. The re- maining sections of this chapter clearly show that the powers possessed by the Harbour Master with regard to British and Colonial vessels, are vested in the various Consuls or Vice-Consuls when foreign vessels are concerned." We further remarked that from a search. Ing investigation of the Harbour Mas ter's annual reports and other official statistics it was. our impression the permit fees alluded to had not been re- gularly accounted for to the Treasury, 'as prescribed by ordinance. After calling attention to the strange anomaly that the Pacific Mail Company had never paid any such fees, we left the question open for investigation by the Hongkong Govern-
ment.
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