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millions of people may find support. This, then, absorbing question of Chinese emigration to leads to a second question frequently asked.
the Australasiancolonies, Mr.HaxGREATES 2. Why, then, do the Chinese emigrate he is evidently a narrow-minded, partially answer is a long one, and I can at present only Sagrest it, but I do so under three heads educated and generally obtuse 'retaller (a). The outlying disinicis mentioned above are
of stale platitudes, who has, become so sparsely populated, and government is. wenke, As a natural consequence there is considerable puffed up with overweening, self-conceit, disorder; the hills are Infested with brigands, that he imagines he can talk meaningless and the rivers with pirates. Hence the people do not care to go into thean districts. (b) The Kush and nonsense with complete impunity Halects of hina vary so much that a man going to the hard-headed and horny-handed MONTSERRAT LIME FRUIT JUICE, from the south-east, (the thickly populated dis colonists. 'We sincerely trust he may trict) to the north, north-west, or west (the succeed in leaving the Colonies without thinly-papulated districts), would be unable to communicate with the people. (c) At present experiencing that bitter awakening which there are no proper roads in China, and travelling is so frequently the lot of hypocrites and is principally done by boat. When railways open up the country, and knit these outlying humbugs; we should weep copiously to stricts more firmly together, and so strengthen learn that the champion of the Canton the-central Government, we may hope to ace
Methodist Mission had ignobly terminated the Chinese Government fostering schemes for colonising these districts. 3. The third fact to his career asa political lecturer and agitator which I desire to draw attention in that the amidst a shower of brick-bats, doad cats, cimigration of Chinese to these colonies or to California is not encouraged by the Chiness and decayed eggs. But, all the same, we Government. I think it was the late Emperor should be bound to admit that it "served him who, hearing of the mal-treatment of Chinese who had left. China, refused to inquire into the right." It is men like this pseudo-religious matler, because he said the emigrants had mummer who, by ignorance and misrepre- removed themselves from beneath his fostering sentation, breed endless mischief between and beneficent rule. Unprincipled men during the days of the Macao coglie trafilc undertook nations which know, little of each other. to kidnap any number of Chinese, who, after Mr. HARGREAVES so-called "facts being kidnapped, were sold and treated as slaves. A Chinagian who leaves his native land to-day regarding China's position in the rank of toes so of his own free will, and can come or go great powers, her commercial prospects ashur pleases, providing he is out of debt. If he and political importance, and the state of is in debt, his reditors will take care that he does
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Eerer's! TheChinese question in Australia
IT is understood, says our Tientsin contemporary, that the landrenters there have adopted Mi, Foutsen's off gas scheme.“
UNDER the laws of Maine you can borrow a man's herge, keep him for a year and a day, and then settle for 20 cents per day for every day the animal was used.
Our Shanghai morning contemporary under stands that Mr. H. J. Allen, British consul at Newchwang, at present absent on 'leave, has resigned his position.
THE. Superintendent of the P. & C. S. N. Co. courteously informs us that the Company's regular fortnightly steamer Deccan, from Bombay, left Singapore for this poit at 9 am to-day..
NEW YORK can scarcely be called an, American city. Its foreign-born inhabitants number 598,337, its native-born people of furciga parent age 609,664, and its natives of American parent-
age only 299,873.·
THE Queen of Portugal, Dona Maria Pia, according to last mail's news, had proceeded to Operio, with a view to personly inspect and relieve the distress consequent on the burning of
the Baquet Theatre. THE North China Daily News "learns for the first-time from the China Mfail that residents here delight in calling-Shanghai the Empire
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We are informed by the General Managers SEVERAL buliding contractors were run in this (Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co.) that the Indo-morning by the Inspector of nuisances for China Steam Navigation Co's steamer Wing blocking up the pavervent with their stock: in Jang, from Calcutta, left Singapore today for trade. Mr. Wodehouse fined three of them who
shenktacen drpdb before Bro-cach-und-the-stvicame
in smaller sums.
GLASS BLOWING is an ait nearly 4000 years old, and perhaps much older. And yet, singular to | Tuz Avenir du Tonkin tutifies the flight, from relate, there has never been any means discovered Harol of the official who was in charge, of the
of dispensing with the human lungs as the registry of bankruptcies and of the liquidation of
Instruments of the blowing. An English company | estates. Under the assumed name of Monsieur is experimenting with a mould and mechanical | Martin, this gentleman is said to have taken bellows, which does satisfactory work at bottle passage to San Francisco. blowing, but this pretends to attempt only coarse work.
DONA MATILDE DE VASCONCELLOS, a daughter of the late Portuguese Viscount de Nogueiras, having been left, penniless, has embraced the lyric profession to which she had previously shown a marked disposition. She recently made her abut at Come, near Milan, with splendid
THE French Government, besides owning military carrier-pigeon service, will have at its command, in case of war, the 150,000 "homers' owned by the 300 pigeon-flying, societies of the country, Carrick-pigeons are now used in Italy.succesà. to convey dispatches between Rome and the garrisons in Sicily and Sardinia. They ar cheaper than the telegraph and fully as intelli-ing serial contribution from the pen of Dr. gent as the average telègraph operator. SAYS our Shanghai morning contemporary of the rath inst-We hear that there was a serious disturbance on board the British steamer Frisin while on the voyage up from Hongkong, and' that Captain Withycombe, her commander, is
THE Extreme Oriente publishes a very-interest-
Marques, on the history, development, forms, cure and prevention of Small-pox. This is, in our opinion, the only arilele warth an attentive
perusal in our leading contemporary's weekly psalmody.
JUSTICE of the Peace-Have you ever say this
man before? Witness-Yes. "Had he came
Whs at last found an authority who claims not abscondFrom-what-I-have-heard of Sir affairs generally throughout the country, City Another weak invention of the Hongkong The Frisia is a very fine steamer, liéing before they was brung here 7" "Yes; I would nly thorozhly competent, and certainly dry Parkes, I feel assured that he is not the are the veriest rubbish; his boasted, half-price missionary rag
mantu bascany argument upon unsound or false knowledge of the views of the Chinese anmoure to lek nyeletly, willing to satis-
premises, and that in any endeavour to score a
Government regarding emigration from fantarile cila tha mixtters in dispute offint he is too much of a statesman to make use
if any assertion. or opinion that is not in China exists only in his own vivid Brond. This latest planet in the world of accordance with truth, yet I was surprised to read
the other day that Sir H. Parkes "supposed the and not too reliable imagination. His statusraan il none other than Mr GRAINGER
at the working Chinese Government was encouraging emigra- Christian-like sneers be his pardon, the
jen. Now, I know the Chinese Government Ross fije rummey Taucimarres, of the Canton is not, but, on the contrary, would be glad to be classes, working men's candidates, trades Tamlamalı pafilie Warsleman Methodist Mission- free from all the perplexing diplomatic questions unions, etc., are only what might, be
nigration. This question requires dealing with
lying in the General Hospital, to which he was effects of a bite by one of the crew, we believe brought yesterday morning, suffering from the
2,083 tons register, and her crew. almost all Scandinavians, the officers alone being British, The particulars of the affair will no doubt come to light in the Police Court. -TO-DAY Mr. Archibald Baird charged one of his house coolies with refusing to obey lawful an! reasonable orders and also using insulting THE first. English history of Portugal was language in regard to the above infection of
A ROAD coolic employed with others by the Surveyor of Public works was yesterday
stone roller which passed over the unfortunate accidentally run over and killed by a heavy man's head. An inquest is to be held this afternoon.
:
before you had went "No." "le them your you have recognized them if you had seen them eggs what you say was stole ?" "Yes," "Would
have knowed them." "Speak grammatic, young mant It ain't proper to say have. knowed;" you should say 'have knew,"
THE King of Dahomey recently very consider ably embarrassed the invalid King of Portugal by sending him a present of a consignment of half-a-dozen negro girls, with a message that they had been selected from the prettiest and
are Sorite whace literary lahors used at that have ariven, or that will arise, out of Chinese expected from a loafer who never did a published in London at the commencerent of duty on the 15th inst. Complainant said he plumpest damsels in his dominions. On reach the China 1,7, The Rover and HARGREAVES Matesman, not from the narrow one ofa partisan lives in purple and fine linen provided by of Portugal, from the commencement of the fowl's bosse when he replied that it was not hi after the fashion of the Garden of Eden, but they ara time toge nesinantly ran the pages of saheily and calmly from the broad platform of a day's hard work in his life, and who the current year, 'under the title of "The history 'lold the defendant this morning to clean out a Ling Lisbon these nymphs, were attired much
It is la cool glant from his flock for some finnast by lovega of absoñen; his ardunus Jabarest Conten in the interests of the
have since been decorously dressed by order of
or that of a working man's candidate. The latter the ignorance of the masses. But Mr. Monarchy to the Reign of Alfonso III., compiled will never take a statesman in the highest and
test sense. The question is one fraught with HARGREAVES is ill advised to gratuitously from Portuguese histories, by Edward McMurdo." any and profound issues that are far-reaching insult the working classes of Australia "My beloved brethren, announced a preacher Morshamini Vimary Society, lawn-tennis. † that the present policy is one which will prove by such idiotic statements as that a from his pulpit, "on Sabbath morning a collection was adjourned by Mr. Wodehouse till Thursday.ment caused both scandal and inconvenience,
nod But Chin od had such an effect on liis fafoodplaid frame that the poor man's
in their consequences. It is very easy to show
reactionary in its effects.
contribution-box. Let us pray."
business and he would not do it, reinforcing such reply with the language complained of Com agreed to give him $7 per month. The case plainant had had the boy about 45 days and had
17th inst.
FROM the telegram in another colums, stating that Friar's Balsam has been scratched for the Derby and Grand Prix, the sporting nincompoop of the China Mail will see that our opinion, expressed after the result of the Two Thousand, regarding the probability of a screw being loose with the flying son of Hermit and Flower of
military friend acted on the Ayrshire "tip" wc gave him on the night of the Garrison Staff quadrille party, he ought to be standing on velvet. Bar accident, the Duke of Portland
Dáin Luis. They were first sent to the Marine in a carefully-guarded wing, but this arrange- Barracks, where they were kept for a few days
so they were relegated to a house in the
This is partially and working-man's-candidate-will-never-will-bo-taken-up-for-the-blessed-Eiji mission. tely indicated in the following paragraph. make a statesman in the highest and truest | "Amen," rang out fervently through the
4. Much of course may be done by judicious healthy pocuired) a prasitive change of climate legislation to keep Chinese cheap labour out of sense," and that trades unionists are congregation. "And I would add," went on the the Colonies. But soch measures will only prove incapable of intelligently appreciating preacher impressively, "that amena, however and untien pest. Andg'amidstake cracne,
temporary, as will readily be perceived by any matters which concern their own welfare. resolute and sincere, make but little rattle in the dile "bes of assembled: multitudes this
one acquainted with the elementary laws of This is only childish nonsense, büt Hitamey member of the church militant political economy, China is gradually developing
ber own resources. She is opening up the nevertheless it is the sort of thing that ACCORDING to the Shi Pothe Directors of the -çlımm':-thromai-of-fanyin-from-the-solestry by means of river steamers, telegraph, of his squrtinel show thirty-sixes, and in always, the working of her own mines, and in a might lead to the reverend-gentleman, Kaiping Engineering and Mining Company have
unibet af athier ways. Her mountains and hills being roughly handled if he continues to given notice in Tientsin that they intend to pay Dorset, was only too well founded. If our amongst the hills sparsely inhabited by uncivilized a dividend to the shareholders. The amount is dne Sron found himself in the Australasian
contain untold wealth in gold, silver, copper, iron, give his tongue such free license, The Rev. Colonies. And then, as is the common
not stated. The Directors invite the share- &c She grows cotton very largely; and when she HARGREAVES is not a reliable authority on the holders to delegate two or three of their number adopts Western machinery she will be able empster with missionary saints, the Rev.
our sarkets with cheap cations. Once she Chinese Question; to put it mildly, he to go to Tangshan and inspect the accounts, TAY, AP s damtes drawings adopted machinery, she will use her to practically knows nothing about the sub-promising to pay their travelling expenses. looks very much like being returned the winner his "raw" from the Wesleyan Mission, make her own machines, develop new industries,ject; and he will exercise a wise discretion Dividends will be paid at the Company's office of the Blue Riband of 1888.
and may become one of Australia's best thought he might try and earn a few
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Botanical Gardens, where they still remain. A CORRESPONDENT Writing to Nature hom Stttang, in Upper Chindwin on the boarders of Northern Burmah, says "We arrived here after eight daysof hill-marching with very many up and downs--the highest point being over 5,000 feet. We are now completely out of Burmah proper and are Chins and Nagas a small state occupying a plateau in the mountains at a level of nearly by conversion or adoption one hundred years 3,00 feet. The ruler and his people are Hiudus
or less ago the only example I know of Hindu proselytes. The Burmans are tattooed hom as if dressed in short dark tights. They wear the hair long, rolled on the top of the head, and covered with a bright-coloured silk-kerchief put, on, somewhat as one sees in the pictures of negro
shekels of silver by telling the colonists all for wool. Then, again, fruit-preserving and by resuming charge of the Canton in Tientsin, at the China Merchants' Co in WE regret.to learn that telegraphic information waist to knee with a fine pattern in blue, looking
· about Ching -what he actually knew and a good deal that he didn't know. We have always oliverve 1 that "hare-faced humbug is a leading characteristic amongst the
wine growing industries are fuese industries to compete with Anie ica, where Chinese labour is employed? Colonial merchants and manufac ters will, of course, enter the great markets of the world, and they will find, probably in the not very distant future, that the Chinese mer-
in the colonies, how are
There are slight indications in China and Hong- The pressure kong that such will be the case. is now felt within; but in the future the pressure wil be felt from without; and no local legisla tion, nor poll-tax, nor even protection will remove it. Man is essentially selfish, and he has to and will buy in the cheapest, and sell in the deares', market.
Methodist Mission with all its weighty responsibilities at as early a date possible.
PALEGRAMS'
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(Reuter.)
as
BRITISH NORTH BORNEO.
LONDON, May. 14th. The British Government has assumed the protectorate of North Borneo.
IRELAND,
THE DERBY. Friar's Balsam has been scratched for the
missionary Gauris, it has been our misforchants and manufacturers are their competitors. turi to meet in Hongkong, Macao, Canton Amoy find various other parts of the Chinese Empire; and singularly enough the Rev. HARGREAVES always, in our estimation, ranked high amongst his fellows, And he has not belled our judgment. For
Look at the matter briefly from a diplomatic weeks past this, Methodist saviour of Chinese souls has been posing before the standpoint. China is 'fast rising into a powerful ration, and her influence in European politics is Inhabitants of Victoria and New South felt already. She at present possesses the Wales as an authority on China and nucleus of one of the first navies in the world. She is having ironclads, fitted with every modern
·Chinese affairs generally and the vexed pavement, built in England and in, Germany. Derby and the Grand Prix de Paris.
European question of Chinese emigration in part! She is reorganising her army on cular, and giving public lectures on these methods and arming her soldiers with the best- subjects-not from any particular motives modern rifles. Her naval and military endets may be found in France, Germany, America, of philanthropy but for a consideration. and England. She has got several arsenals, and is building her own gunboats for the defence We cannot but admire the impudent nuda-of her rivers and coast. Her soldiers, when well city of a second rate Methodist missionary; whose experience of, China and Chinese affairs (outside the salvation of Celestial souls) can only be of the most meagre and superficial character, taking upon himself thee of a statesman and attempting to dictate to the politicians of the Colonies and
disciplined and well officered, are courageous and laring; witness the army led by Gender and the soldier at Bachninh, who fell dead, with
a
women in the Southern States of America. The
Shans, who were our neighbours in the hille near the Ruby Mines, wear very baggy trowsers
Hongkong, and at Shanghai, the Kaiping Mining Co.'s offices in Mestre, Jardine Matheson has been received from Yokohama of the death at that port this morning of Mr. M. C. Nickels, & Co's hong
an old and well known China resident. Mr. THE latest from Macno is a raid instituted by the Nickels was at one time in the office of Messrs. paternal Government of that model colony on all Russell & Co. in this colony, but for many years citizens who happen to have their names in he has been resident in Shanghai, where he the roll call of the volunteer brigade,, yelept, followed the avocation of a broker. It is, however, 'National Battalion, One of the victims of the in connection with racing that the deceased like the Chinese, of coarse blue cotton stuff," despotic measures lately enforced by the gentleman will be best remembered in China. have uncut hair, and for a head covering authorities is Mr. A. Marques, a son of one of In the old days he trained and rade for the Ewo a hat, either of straw or a coarse kind the most respectable residents of Macao, Senhor stable, and scored numerous successes in the of wicker, of colossal circumference. This hat Lourenço Marques, formerly proprietor of the historic dark blue, silver braided jacket of the is as big as an ordinary silk umbrella, but flat Camões Gardens, and a Justice of the Peace, house of Jardine's; but his racing fame within except in the middle which is conical for the Mr. John Dillon has been sentenced to six Orders were given to have. Mr. A. Marques the past decade has been more closely reception of the top-knot, and as this might
apprehended and lodged in the military prison identified with the colours of the Hon. C. P. months' imprisonment.
sometimes prove an insecure fiold they often wear for refusing to serve in the Volunteer (7) brigade. Chater, for whom he achieved a list of victories fastening under the jaw, They tattoo more exten Mr. Marques crossed over to Hongkong and has without parallel in the history of racing in the sively than the Burmans, and sometimes stow been staying here for three months, and only Far East. As a trainer Mr. Nickels had few away jewels under the skin. I have seen such returned to the Holy City, the other day. It is equals and no superior in this part of the lumps in the neighbourhood of the Ruby Mines now said that he is compelled to stay closely world; as a jockey, in late years he was which may have been so caused from their indoors, as if he ventures out, he will be at once
an indifferent finisher from lack of strength, but appearance but I never had the chance of proving his judgment was unrivalled. No better judge their secretion by enucleation. The Nagas. arrested. Advance Lusitania
of pace than "Mat" Nickels ever appeared on a whom we have used during the last few days Chinese race-course, and be rarely threw away as carriers, do not tattoo, and wear a simple kilt. Their hair is uncut and coiled on the a chance. Mr. Nickels, who would be slightly front of the head, the lump or coil of hair being over 40 years of age, was married only two years secured by a band round the base. A silver ago to his cousin Miss Dearborn, daughter of skewer about to inches long is stuck through the popular commander of the Pacific Mail the hair like the head arrows worn by some belles in the West, but whether only for adorn- Co's steamer City of Peking. For some monthement or used as a fork or harpoon, I know not. he had been' In failing health, and when in All these savages have the cars pierced The Hongkong, a few weeks slace it was apparent to Naga carries his snuff in a bit of bamboo little thicker than a lead pencil, and the Burman who smokes continually 'sticks his cigar in his ear.. lobe. The Nagas here are not tall, but their legs would attract attention even at a Highland gathering. They carry their loads with a neatly made neck and shoulder yokis. From the yoke in front is a brow-band, while behind a rope
HOME POLITICS.
The Premier in a recent speech protested against the continued rumours of a dissolution of Parliament as tending to cause a panic. With regard to the allegations as to the unprepared bess of the Army and Navy, Lord Salisbury asserts that preparations are being continually his finger on the trigger of his Winchester repeat-made, but that to publish details would be ing rifle, when bayonetted by a French soldier.,lásane and treacherous. She is represented at all the principal Courts of Europe. Her commissioners have visited the colonies to study the condition of her, subjects, and this is only the initiatory move of
teries
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
the Australian peéple generally the course that are to follow. The second move has been H.M.S. Alacrity arrived at Shanghal on the gth any present who had such ornaments in their his old friends that his race was nearly run
made already by His Excellency Lew asking inst. Lord Salisbury why there should be special
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Jegislation in the colonies for Chinese subjects. TAK Kiukiang lea market was opened on boxes! The ceremony-which embraced the The third move, I expect, will be the asking for Tucaday ibe 8th Inst.
a revision of treaty, so that a clause may be
Great Britain will be very chary how she offends
had for some years.
they ought to pursue in the imperiding dead. lock. We will allow the Rev. HARGREAVES to speak for himself. In a recent issue of the Sydney Morning Herald, a daily paper inserted providing for the appointment of Chfects The French gunboat Pipers arrives at Shanghai that is run by parsons, our Canton consuls wherever there are Chinese subjects. from the Yangisze ports on the 9th inst. Methodist friend desires to draw attention China, for several reasons, Firat, if we are to ip was expected that the Hankow tea market to a few facts which in his opinion affect keep India, we must remain friends with this would be opened on the evening of the stil inst. Secondly, in consequence of having annexed very materially the question of Chinese mali, it is politic that we should be on good Sour rain bas fullen near Tientsin, and the emigration. Here are the worthy mis-tems with our neighbour. Thirdly, because farmers anticipate better craps than they have China will become one of the greatest nations of sionary's "facts":-
the world,
The question is a momentous one from every A REGULAR meeting of Perseverance Lodge, standpoint. It is quite possible, to my mind No. 1165, will be held in Freemasons' Hall, very probable, that it will severely test the union Zetland Street, this evenlig, at 8.30 for 9 o'clock between the homeland and the colonies. I hope separation will never come but the men who precisely. Visiting brethren are cordially invited. sical with this question in London or in Pekin will not judge it exclusively from the standpoint An opera bouffe company composed of Mesdames of the secretaries of trades unions, nor will the Craysse and Mercier, and Messieurs Has-kman, clamour of the trades halls outweigh an intelli- Perrier, and Roger, are giving performances at gent appreciation of the position. It is necessary Haiphong, whence they latend proceeding to therefore, that the fullest information should be sought, and that sound judgment, caution, wisdom, and foresight characterise sit delibera. THE U.S.S. Juntata, with Colonel-Denby, tions. China is developing into a martial nation American Minister to China, on board, left so rapidly that the strongest European Power Shanghai for Formosa on the 11th inst. His would hesitate before going to war with her,
I have some suggestions for dealing with this Excellency expects to be absent from the North question; but I cannot trespass further at present. for about six weeks, Chaps to give them shortly,
I have lived in China, nearly 10 years, and have travelled through several of its provinces. During the last six weeks 1 have been giving lectures in various parts of Victoria, and in those lectures have emphasised the following points: 1. The ales and population of the Chinese Empire: I subunit only fairly reliable statistica. The Empire of China contains 5.300,000 square miles, and a mean estimate of the population will give
300,000,000. A calculation based upon these figures will give us not quite In Great 75 persons to the square mile. Britate we have 30% persons to the square mile, in France 123, in Gerinan 216, in Holland 317. and in Belgium 507. From the above it will be seen that the population of
hinese Empire will have to increase over five times its present number before it willequal in proportion that of Great Britain. These facts will correct a very widespread but noneous opinion that China is so overcrozded that the people have to live on boats. Af Canton there is a large boat population, bot a reference to the 1941 3 box in this Canton stands at the confluence of three large rivers, and is a great commercial centre vers and distributed over
ale taken up
the
three or four provinces, and the produce, manu. factures, &c., of these provinces come down the ripers to Canton. For this immense at dere e numbers of are required. there Boneting more the standing-routh to the
emple. In Mongolis, Manchuria, and Chinese Turkestan there are large tracts of land which me very rich, though as yet uncultivated, where
a
tionist humbug`in that country? -
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loop passes under the load."
RICHMOND TERRACE ESTATE
AND BUILDING CO., LIMITED, The annual meeting of the shareholders of thin Company was held this afternoon, at the office, 36, Queen's Road. Mr. J. D. Humphreys, general manager, presided, and Messrs. A. H. Mancell, JS. Hagen, and J. Wilmott (secretary)- were present.
We read that the Congress Hall, Clapton, was crowded on the roth April, on the occasion of the marriage of Miss E. M. Booth of the Salvation Army, with Commissioner F. de Latour Tucker, of India. General Booth read the marriage service, and apologised for his being compelled by the practice of the country to use a wedding ring. The Salvationists were prohibited from putting on gold and silver, and he hoped that
possession would put them in the collection When struck down ́at Yokohama, Mr. Nickels, accompanied by his wife, was on his way to the reading of the usual Salvation Army " Articles of United States, of which country he was a native, Marriage," having been completed, Mra., Booth, Tux Lisbon Fernal das Colonias of the 1st the bride's mother, addressed the meeting. 4 April introduces two, lengthy communications banquet followed, and in the evening them was
from Macao with the following remarks" We great Indian durbar, Mr. and Mrs. Tucker publish to-day some correspondence from Macao proceed to India, in order to forward the Salva-Timor, which discloses some most irregular and illegal proceedings connected with the allowances SAYS the Shanghai Courier of the rath inst.: which were granted to the Governor of Macao The C. M. S. N. Co.'s steamer Klangkwan, and, during his absence, to his substitute in the Captain Perkins, had a rather serious mishap Government of that colony. Several measures on her last trip down from Hankow. While have been enacted by the Colonial Office Consti running from Kiukiang to Wuhu, just about tuling the Board of Treasury responsible for Fitzroy Island, she met a large salt junk all allowances granted to public functionaries, bound up river. It was then about half past which have not been provided for by existing eight o'clock in the evening. The steamer laws. But if it is known, for example, that the tried to avoid the junk by steaming inshore Macao Colonial Secretary, while acting for the close to the bank, but the junk closed in upon Governor, has been granted, in contravention of her, and when the steamer was not more than Art. 24 of the decree of December 24th, 1885, fifty yards from the bank, the junk kan, with all the allowances provided for the Governor, while sails set, into her, striking the guard forward of the the latter gentleman during his voyage to China wheel, on the starboard side. The junk at once has been receiving not only his salary but other began to settle down, and it is said her masts important Iteras for his own and his family's broke off. Boats from the steamer and alap from expenses, we are entitled to ask whether any the junk were very quickly in, the water, and other law has boca passed repealing, the former the impression prevailed that all. the people on decree. It is most imperative that our Colonial We have searched la vain throughout WHAT does the China raft weather prophe board the junk had been rescued, but we hear Governors should zur beempowered to requisition- the foregoing ocean of "rot and rant think wou of Dr. Doberck's gradient based that an official report has been madeto the effect the respectlye Boards of Treasury for any sums for the facts which the reverend gentle-forecast? The question is an impossible ant that four persons were drowned. The junk had not sanctioned by their Budgets, and that if theyThe following is the report for presentation to yearly inceting to be held at the Office of the man was of opinion materially affected the Brainless persons possess no faculty of thought no fixed lights, but exhibited a flash light on deck nak for, or authorise such allowances, the Board the shareholders at the second ordinary half-
Are you listening" Brownie ?" .
when the collision was inevitable. There is no should refuse to grant them. The Treasury Company Victoria, Hongkong, on Thursday, question of Chinese emigration. It is jus. The N. G. Daily News learns from Vingio doubt in this case that the junk is to blame for department should be endrely fodependent of the 24th May 1588, at pm. possible that it may be more our own fault
that some robbers were recently beheaded at the collision, and it is to be hoped that the the Governors, being responsible for their acts than HARGREAVES that our researches Chinbas, where live beads are now to be seen junkman on the Yangisze will benefit by the only to the Colonial Office: If they make any lave proved so futile, but the fact upended from a beans. It is reported that experience gained. It is also reported that, one illegal grants of money, the members remains. There is absolutely nothing there are five more heads suspended in another of the Northern steamers has been in collision, the Board should be held responsi in the missionary's long-winded screed place close by. Chinese methods of civilisation with a junk in the Pelho, and that the damage, own private
Hanoi.
that has any direct reference to the all-beat the universe."
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`and loss of cargo amount to Tis. a5,000,
provided for by the law of 1885
The Chairman moved the adoption of the report and balance sheet,
Mr. Hagen seconded, and it was agreed to. The Chairman then proposed that Mr. A. W. Maitland be re-appolated auditor for the ensuing
year,
Mr. Mansell seconded, and this was also carried.
The Chairman, in conclusion, assured them
that the capital of the Company had been fully- and profitably, employed,, and added that the dividend warrants would be issued to-morrow,
THE PUNJOM AND SUNGHIE DUA
INASAMÄNTAN MINING COM-
BANK LIMITEDA
The Directors have now the pleasure to submit to the shareholders a statement of the Company's Air Jor the half year ending September 1887. and while doing so they have to express their regret that owing to a number of untoward occurrences they have been unable to lay these accounts before you at an earlier dato.