According to statute law, any person guilty of killing three persons of one family Who have not committed any capital. offence shall be judged worthy of death by slicing (ling- chih), and in this instance, the case being of an aggravated character, anders were at once given to the Provincial Judge and the General com manding the district to have the sentence carried out and the head of the criminal forwarded to the scene of the murder to be placed on a pole as a warning to evildoers. The criminal was not a married man and leaves no family; he was a farm labourer living in a bird house, and possessed
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, JULY 12, 1888.
omietimmen. 10. 1810, the fifteenth year of Kai
hing, "ix packets" of opium wer seized in Peking, at the Hata-men gale. The better of here packets was sent to the Bad of Punish- -meats as a Loki transgressor of the law against winging in contraband goods. The opium was ordered to be destroyed.
In 181, the twentieth of Kia Ching, orders were issued that strict search should be inade at Macao on board foreign ships when they arrived. with a view to the complete stoppage of the trade. n this article. This was in response to and i crord with the
At the your time in order to get a perfectly indiassa porno as je the condtion of the omers, I live repiestil. Dr. Ara kl, advising -eign physician to the Nagasaki Hospital, and Dr. Tashiro, neting chief surgeon to the Nagasaki Hospital, to mat e independent inspections and reports thereon, which rej Dits areh reto annexed. There are at present engaged at Tabashna 500 wine, the total population of the Island wing upwards of 10,000: the balance of the pulation is made up of native fishermen, Bieges, madunies, and surfter hylures in the
nothing of value to compensate the relations of charge of the cayer in the Viceroy then in emplasavent of the mine, al a floating popula his victims. The Governor-General remarks | Vicerny thought he could strade. This tion of hergers-on to the ininers.
thai Hsia Jón-kuci interfered in the dispute hetween his brother and Chou Sheng-ch'eng solely with a view of bringing about an amicable arrangenicnt of the dispute, and that when he was attacked, instead of defending himself, he made his escape. He must therefore, be held free from all blaine. The attack, however, which Chon Sheng-ch'eng and his wife made upon him rendered them liable to punishment, but as they are already dead there is no occasion to consider the matter farther, neither is there any need to iscuss the case of Tsai Hsing-fa who, it was clearly proved at the trial, was merely an on. looker without any means of rendering assistance. Instructions have been issued to have the bodies interred, and the knife with which the murder wa: commuteed has been returned to the Magistrate to be melted down.-Cake referred to the Board of Punishments by Rescript.
OPIUM.
An address in the Chinese Anti-Opium Society, by J. Edkins, D.D., delivered in Peking, at thie Anual Meeting of the Society, June 25th, 898. In ancient Greek and Latin poetry the poppy is mentioned as having the power of producing step and the earliest Greek authors on medicine. were acquainted with the remarkable narcotic Properties of this plant. While Confucius was liying the power of the 'poppy was known in the West
In the time of the Caliphs, especially after the founding of Bagdad, A.D. 763, the Arabs began to trade extensively with China, and brought to this country bengnin, rose water, ass- fartida, pot'sai, spinach, the poppy, etc., this last was called minang, the "millet bag," from the These, werc appearance of the seed-vessel. added to the jasmine, the moli-hwa, the chi-kia- hwa (heana) and other plants and drugs which the Arabs had brought in their carlier voyages, and introduced at Canton in the third and fourth centuries. It was in the Sung dynasty that the name ring su-hwa came into use, from the resemblance of the seed-vessel to the jar called ying Su-che, elder brottier of Su-tung-po, wrote a poem on the virtues of the poppy head or capsule, which he says is "the decoction of Budda's fo-chewy it makes men joyful and invigorates them." No consequent harm was thought of The day of devotedness to the drug as a passion and a snare, the day of irresistible temptation for myriads of victims,, was not then come. Only the truly wonderful virtues of this medicine were then known to some. extent. Hut carly in the Ming dynasty, began to China drug already prepared with the name sapien writer Wangsi, an officer in the Turkish pro- vinces, describes it as grawing in the country of the Arabs. From his book it appears that the word pa-pien is certainly the Greek word opion, transferred through the Persian ferm adyon, or Arabic ofyun. In the early part of the Ming dynasty began to be imported, and when the trade was opened to foreign ships in 1567, in Lung Ching's time, it would enter with other drugs at Canton. The tariff was fixed under Wan-li, in the third at two taels a hundred-
dyear, weight. It is now eighty. Thus it appears that in the Ming dynasty the lowness of the tariff was very favourable to the increase of the import. Yet the tariff was lowered by one-eighth when there was a general revision of duties in the 43rd year of Wan-li, 1615,
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"Soon after this time tobacco was introduced from America. It came with Spanish trade from the West Indies to Manda. It soon spread the babit of smoking to Java, Malacca, India, Persia, Arabia. The inhabitants of those countries began to smoke both tobacco and opium, mixing these things with hemp, arsenic, and other narcotics to increase the pleasing effect. Dutch rulera at Batavia witnessed the growth of evil habits most deleterious to public morality. But how difficult to repress these habits ! Men will not be controlled.. Kaempfer, the traveller, has described these things in lively and impressive colours. The advantage of society on total abstinence principles is that it 'imparts a new aid which is added to the efforts of the government. The operations of anti-spiums societies nid in reforming the victims of oplum, and in placing the habit under a social stigma and ban. The government and legislation have done this in their way, But it is necessary for native opism societies to afford their help,
The Introduction of tobacco-smoking in the
city
in bringing
he trade to an end if he had authority granted him from Peking, but he failed; and the trade still went on, neither was the law against private vendors of opium carried out.
In 1873 (Tad Kwang, third year) the Board of Civil Office and of War memorialized the Emperor on the rapid extension of the growth of
There are three principal places of residence on the Islami, viz-Mura (inhabited by officers, remen, the better class of mechanics, &c, and er fiskermen); Nakayama (inhabited. y miners and workmen); and Hiyakunasaki (inhabited by miners only). Over Nakayama iyakunstka the Colliery Company have and
any's chief surgeon, before being allowed to
start work.
All men are also vaccinated from time to time. Married and unmarried men live apart from one another. The Nayas for unmarried men are lived into two main divisions, one being the Iving room and dormitory, the other containing. the eating room and office and the apartments of the Naydgashira. The cock house and necessities are all apart from the dwelling house, with special drainage into the main con duits. The area allotted in the living rooms is as nearly as possible one fauto per man, giving an air space of 500 cubic feet per ́inan. The rooms are warmed by large fire places, and venti-
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The martie people live in Nagaya (long houses), which are divided off into separate. apartments of about four tsubo enth, and each couple lives in a separate apartinent. The
Nayas for unmarried men.
|apium in Yilanan. From this time the cultivation but control, but the major púttiept of Mura detail arrangements are the same as in the
of the poppy and the manufacture of waive opium was prohibited, and special mention being aade of Yunnan, punishments-were fulminated ninst officers in charge who should in future permit these evils there or elsewhere.
to the original indubitauts of the Island, und sech sanitary measures as the Campiny deem it expedient to take' can only be under taken th re with the consent of the inhabitants. The miners reside in large barracks (called Nayas) on the Company's ground at 1iyaku- masaki and Nakayama. These Nayas are Ja 1830 (Tao Kwang tenth year) the loss to the Country by exporting silver to pay for opium was capable of holding from 50 to 150 men. They Tre built at regular intervals from and another, referred to in a memorial. From this line it
and with a wide open spied on every side of became a policy with the Chinese to prevent the trade from coutinaing, if they could effect this, each house. The flots of the homes are raised Tom 18 inches to 2 feet above the ground, and aut only on moral grounds as injurious to the people, but an economical grounds as impover
drains which are copiously fushed with water ishing to the state. This view has had much-two or three times per day run past each side of influence since upon the government and on the houses. governors of provinces. They have not been willing to put down the poppy cultivation with a strong hand, because they wished that the paid for opium by smokers should be kept in the country. They might gain a victory in economy if they could not in morality, and a less important victory was better than no victory at all.
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Each house is under the charge of a Nayagashira, who engages and is responsible for the health, work, and, good conduct of the men in his huse. The Niyagashira ahe makes contracts for all work with the Colliery Com- pany, and distributes among his men their pay, which is handed to him by the Company. He Also supplies the men with fond and all neces This shows the pressing need that exista in China for anti-opium socleties. The high officials sarits at a fixed price, the goods being supplied are likely too often to protect the economical to hit by the Company also at fixed prices, The following are the Exert daily rations of the interests of the country and leave moral mischiefs Untouched. This is true, for example, ofners wid the prica' chuiged to them for the gambling No high official attempts to garry am the laws ag inst this immoral practice. This is not that they are defenders of gambling. but they are appalled by the difficulties of carrying out the laws. The native public sentiment on mordity ought to assist the law by instituting and maintaining societies
The talent to the miner for his food being on the principles of the total abstinence
ses (rin) a little under ten cents per day. Reef The law. societies of European countries
15 only served out necasi milly to the miners. of Chinn is right as an utterance of moral
and is given to them for nothing, as we find consciousness, both as regards opium and sim
gra det hy is overcoming the prejudice of wing, But laws are week, and night to b sustained by public sentirpent. If anti-opiony of them against hutcher ineat. For the societies, had been instituted in 12 in the Western provinces to help the government Some good might have been done. To check the progress of aplum-smoking in Eastern, Southera, and Northern China an organizuaris kind was also nich wanted to lessen the import, foreign opium.
fterf
Beef
same yeast the beef tea is given in them at a merely nominal figure. It it made by the Com udy in 3 large Paper's digesters of 200 gallons. cararity each which were designed and erected-
the paper These digesters make the soup fate of to lb, to the square inch, the jamonit of beef used being as the average absrut
3 lcks per day..
Drinking water is supplied to the men without charge is made by a heavy condensing plant id down by the Company some, two or three years tign. It consists of 3 Irge Cornish boilers and condensers, with circulating, and donkey pumps, the value of the condensing plant being over $10,000,
In 1831 the growth of the opium inanufacture in Chekiang and Fukien alarmed the gavern ment, and from this time forward till 1841 the Central Government and the Viceroys from tim to time adopted the most stringent measures and made met most stringent laws against the foreign all persons concerned in the trade. The chief feature of the legislation of that decade was the. There are large bathing establishments erected enactment of anti-opium statutes. The Board by the Company is the three main districts where the people live, for the use of the Com- of Punishments reported very fully and circum stantially as the native cultivation. On the pany's employees. All being built on the same ystem the description of one will do for all. basis of that report new statutes were made.' In 1840 punishments were enacted more rigorous that at Hiyakumasaki, for the use of the mibers, than ever, but they were not carried out: Mild is in two divisions; one part, 34 tsubo in area,
63. ness prevailed in practice, while se erity of the containing 3 baths each, of over one thousand gallons capacity, for miners only, and a smaller intensest kind ruled in the statute book.
room containing 2 baths each of two hundred and fifty gallons 'capacity for women and fore men. The baths are heated by properly con- structed boilers and dues, and there are two stock
Why did not the government appeal at that time to the people themselves to aid in this cru ade? 1 is not known that any opium smoking eunuch, or magistrate, or soldier, or common person has ever been put to death for opium-smoking, although since 1840 it has been the law of China that such person should be strangled after imprisonment. To accomplish what the Emperors and the government desired "the people should themselves come forward,
using moral and religious agencies.
The fact is that it is not necessary to put a man to deal for opium sinaking. Neither the law of nature nor Christianity require this. What is wanted is moral sunsion and kindly influence on the part of friends, and the establishment of opium refuges and anti-opiam societies in every locality. The laws, severe as they are, fad on that very account to attain the object in view; that object can be attained by missionary activity and the persevering efforts of those who have at heart the removal of moral mischief and the regeneration of society.
When war came, resulting in freedom of trade for all countries, the opium trade continued while not mentioned in the treales. From this time it became perfectly evident that the cure of the evil was not to be effected by negotiation or by prohibitory statutes. It is a reat moral
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tanks each of 5.500 gallons capacity for constantly changing the water.
The bare cost of upkeep of the baths is charged to the men, and has dever amounted to mure than 2 rin per day per man,
No miners are allowed to go about without clothes except when at work in the mine, and at at times at least a karakake must be worn to protect the vital parts from cold. Clothes are supplied to the miners by the Company at cost price. Waraji
Waistelee.
...per paitu sj rin
we friect.
Tobacco......per tama (zo Mlamme)...
The sake is a little expensive, but the quality is kept above that of ordinary second class sake for he sake of the miners' health. Also in summer the lime miners are only allowed to drink a limited quantity, z go per man per diem. In winter they can drink as much as they choose within reasonable limit
In case of sickness all men are attended gratis by the Company's medical officers.. There are on the Island two surgical hospitals, two medical hospitals, one hospital for infectious diseases, and
case which is serious enough to entirely incapa- citate the min from his work is at once sent to the
appropriate hospital, where the patients are.
-Manchu Dynasty led to unexpected results. Itstion, and it must be solved by moral means one cholera hospital, in all six hospitals. Every
was: the forerunner of opium-smoking. The Emperors issued edicts against the spread of tobacco smoking, but in vain. People would amoke. They will smoke still, though it is not a habit of any great advantage to the smoker.
it Possibly
will have to disappear with oplum smoking. The Tani-ll sect of Tientsin prohibits bath. Will it not be worth considering whether a crusade against opium-amoking it would or would not be well to commence a crusade against tobacco-smoking at the same time? In the effort to attain moderation and self-control the two modes of self-denial might well be united. The combination of the two objects might possibly be found to work well.
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The drainage of Nakayama and Hiyakum¬saki | TO-NIGHT {" is effected by means of heavy steam pumps of between one and two hundred horse power, which pamp sea water to the higher parts of the leland, from whence it is allowed to gravitate back to the sea, flushing all the drains on its passage downwards.
In addition to this, the Company have made an agreement, with the people by which each house supplies a man three times a month for the scavenging of the whole Island. The whole of the drainage and scavenger work being carried on under the superintendence of the Company's private police, of whom there are about so engaged for the purpose.
The method adopted for supplying drinking water has already been described, as also has been the arrangements of the hospitals. It should be added, however, that after the outbreak of any epidemic the hospitals which have been used for the reception of the epidemic patients are burned down with all their appurtenances, where they stand..
to
Hetween and including the months of July October the Island is put into a state of semi- quarantine against all outside coninunication. This is done partly for the sake of guarding agulast the importation of disease, but mainly to stop the sale of deleterious foods brought over from the mainland.
All such food as sea-weed, unripe fruit, un cooked vegetables, shell-fish and casily decom- posing fishes of the mackerel family, &c., are strictly forbidden, as also is the drinking of sake
in excess.
These precautions, although rather arbitrary in appearance, have been markedly successful in reducing the virulence of epidemic diseases here. The year before last (when they were first instituted) showed a very great reduction of cas:s, and last year there were practically none at all.
The total cost of the sanitary improvements affected bere during the past three years has been considerably over sixty thousand dollars. Nagasaki Express and Rising Sun,
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need of anti-opium societies and local persuasion became plainer than ever when in 1886 the final decision was arrived at to adimit oplura at open ports at eighty taels a picul.
In every age and country the upholder of morstigated, fed, and clothed entirely at the expense THE AMERICAN MUSICAL COMEDY and religious principles ought always to persevere of the company. Slight cases,, which do not in right doing, whatever be the attitude of the wholely incapacitate the men from work, are State,The foreign kingdoms and the native treated (as in other places) at the Dispensary. and the Doctor has the power ol ordering any governments may have difficulties not easily
of his patients to be put on some lighter form of removed, which prevent their yielding when they are appealed to on high moral grounds to adopt work than the ordinary mining. certain course. If they decline to take the course pressed on them by the advocates of justice or benevolence and international duty, it remains for the friends of right to try what persuasion can do among the people.
This opens up a wide field for the spread of philanthropic influence and the united action of good and benevolent men in such associations as the Chinese anti-oplum society. It is to be earnestly hoped that branches will soon be established throughout China;
In 1729, for the first time, penalties were attached by law to keeping opium taverns. The sellers of opium, not the smokers, were to be punished, because they are the seducers of others into evil courses. This is not because the Chinese Government does not consider opium. smoking a a crime: Lalor edicts show that the The three Emperors, Jung Cheng, Chia Ching, looks on opium-smoking as worthy and Too Kwang did what they could with great government even of death. At first, however, only the sellers earnestness of conviction. They falled. In the of oplum were punished. They are labelled in West we do not ask sovereign princes or legis the law as "receiving, and buying contraband fatores to make the use of intoxicating drinks goods as "secretly opening optum laveras," and crime with a severe penalty attached. We as "deserving the same penalty as the leaders establish total abstinence societies, with lectures of depraved sects and deceivers of the people," and a vast amount of individual persuasion: Though it was on account of optum-amoking China should adopt this mode of working and it in Formosa that this law was made, yet it was is far more likely to affect the object than the intended for the whole Empire, and not for anti-opium legislation of half a century ago. Formosa ogly, and this shews that the govern- ment had been made fully aware of the evils of opium-smoking in the years preceding 1819, and the danger of its apreading. In 1730, In regard to Formosa, into which island opium-smoking had spread from Batavia, a law was made to regulate, the condition of the aborigines there. Among the evils they were subject to was their
REPORT ON THE CONDITION OF THE COAL MINERS WORKING IN THE ISLAND OF
TAKASIM
being tempted by Chinese to commit various BY JOHN STODDART, C.E., F.G.S., CONSULT
ING MINING ENGINEER TO THE MITSU
crimes, and opium smoking was the apare into. which they were first entrapped as a preliminary. Some observers of Chincae habits white-warb the oplum-smoker and attenuate the criminality
of the trade, but the Chinese statute-book dogs.
not show the least leniency in this respect.
BISHI SIKA.
NAGASAKI, June 23rd, 1868,
The hours of labour are from eight to ten hours per day, and in summer never more than eight hours; but at all times the hours of labour are to a great extent regulated by the nature of the work and the condition of the place where the work is carried on.
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With the excepilon of two or three stated holidays in the year, the wok goes on at Takasima without ceasing; but the men do not need to work every day unless they like, and I find from the colliery books that the actual average working time is about 27 days in the montb...
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The wages paid to the miners ate at the rate of 25 ses per day for leading hands, and 231 se per day for followers. Up till the biddle of this mouth the rate of wages was higher, the reduc on having only been made, on the 16th inst. out as the cost of living and necessaries was reduced at the same time, there is no practical Conductor
From the mine's daily earnings of 25 or 231 sen there fails to be deducted-
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Intimations.
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Optional Cargo will be forwarded on to Shanghai unless notice to the contrary be given before 2 P3, TO-DAY, the 9th inst.
i All claims against the Steamer must be pre- sented to the Undersigned on or before the 16th. instant or they will not be recognised.
RUSSELL & Co.,
Agonis,
Hongkong, 9th July, 1888.
To be Let.
TO LET.
THE "FOUR CROWNS" RESTAURANT ROOMS in "COLLEGE CHAMBERS."
AND
READING ROOM,-
No. 14, COCHRANE STREET.
EALS at all hours at moderate charges.
Mcoffee, Ten, Cocon, and Aerated Waters,
Musical Entertainment.
ADOLF STERN, Proprietor.
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Hongkong, 19th June, *888.
NOTICE. PEIHO TUG AND LIGHTEŃ TCOMPANY? are now prepared to Lighten Ships and Steamers at the "Taku BAR Five Mex : Centa p r picul will be charged for dead weight, measurement Cargo in proportion
The Undersigned will also contract for the towage of sailing vessels, from Sea to Ticatsin, thence to Sea, and all work will be done under his personal supervisi,n,
JAMES WATTS, Manager, "P. T. & L. Co."⠀
Taku, May 28th, 1888.
THE HONGKONG AND KOWLOON WHARF AND GODOWN COMPANY, LIMITED.
THE Company is prepared to Tranship Cargo THE Kowloon, or Weat
Point to any Steamer in the harbour, and to bring Cargo across from Kowloon to any place on the Pinya at the usual rates,
By Order,
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́ ́ISAAÇ HUGHES, Secretary, Bongkang, 20th April, 1888.,
THE HONGKONG AND 'KOWLOON WHARF AND GODOWN COMPANY, LIMITED.
hereby given that all Vesseli
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GODOWN in Icz HOUSE LANE, lately occupied by Messrs. BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE, from the 1st August,
No. 2, PEDDAR'S HILL.
Apply to
DAVID SASSOON, SOMS & Co. Hongkong, fath July, 1998-
MACAO.
TO BE LET UNFURNISHED OR
* PARTLY TURNISHED,
BUNGALOW, opposite the Public
Gardens, at the western end of the Praya Grande Excellent water supply, and Servantai quarters attached, Kent very moderate.
Apply to
J
A. A. DE MELLO & Co,
*Macao. Macao, 3rd April, 1888.-
1368
HONGKONG STEAM LAUNDRY. 'COM.
·PANY (LIMITED).
THE
TO BE LET.
HE WESTERN PORTION of the above
Company's HOUSE, situated on Bow RINGTON CANAL.
Apply to
A., O'D: GOURDIN; Manager,
Hongkong, 7th July, 1888.
TO BE LET, FURNISHED OR UNFURNISHED.
A FOUR ROOMED HOUSE
NOR.
A SIX ROOMED HOUSE, IN RICHMOND TERRACE,
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DOTH HOUSES have convenient out offices Band good servants' quarters
In view of the present agita jin regarding the scale of dietary given above) living in a style Plan for general booking open on Saturday. N discharging Bombay Cotton and Cotton In 1793, the 58th year of Kien Lung, when bad treatment which it is alleged that the miners far above the average of his class in any other communications to PrMBERTON W. Yam, at the Kowloon Wharves will have free one of the healthiest places of residence in the
An English Ambassader came to Peking, a work receive on the Island of Takasima, and in com- was published describing what the Acabanadas pliance with Instructions received from bir and his sulie saw and board in China. It waswasaki Yanosuke I bave made a thorough noticed that some officials smoked lule a oplum inspection into the fiscal, and sanitary adminis
tradion, there, and the results of that in pection are embodied in the following report.
ve farmuroad to Europe'2694, sfartwarm, your 'absence in
stof Japan.
With regard to the sanitary condition of the ninera, everything has been, dong that modern hygienics can suggest,
Every man engaged by the Nayagashira is médically inspected by Dr. Nakamura, the Com
WILLARD, Hongkong Hotel
Panel Portraits of the Company by the Celebrated Van der, Werde on view at Messrs. KELLY & WALA's, Hongkong Hotel, &c.
1693. Hongkong, 17th July, 18802
storage for 14 days from arrival, after which a RENT of 3 Cents per Bale per Month will be charged...
ISAAC HUGHES,
Hongkong, 7th November, 1887,
The Terrace has for some months past been: Colony,The houses are comfortable and cool
summer...
Apply to
ME JOHN WILLMOTT, Hongkong Dispensary.
Hongkong, 2nd July, 1888,