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A. S. WATSON & CO., LTD.
WATSON
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TATSON'S PRICKLY HEAT LOTION,
AND POWDER.
Are a specific for Prickly Heat, and all skin eruption caused by the hot whether."
DIRECTIONS.
Apply with a soft sponge and when nearly dry dust over with "The Dusting Powder." Irritation will entirely cease in a few moments' and be succeeded by a most agreeably cool and refreshing sense of comfort and ease.
A light dose of WATSON'S SALINE APERIENT in the morning is also recommended as a deterrent.
A. S. WATSON & Co., Ltd. THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY, Hongkong 8th August, 1898.
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The Hengkong Gelegraph.
HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1888,
TELEGRAMS.
-- (Reuter,)
PARLIAMENTARY INTELLIGENCE.
Losos, August 13th.
Local Government and Parnell Commission
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1868.
THE Foochow Echo publishes the following Tea Export since its last issue as per consignees'
returns →→
For London -
S.S. Sarpedon, For Continent:-
S.S. Sarpedon, For Hongkong-
S.S. Sarpedon, For New Zealand :--- S.S. Whampea, For South Africa :-
Bq. Norden,
264,254 lbs.
41,563 i
15,017
· 956,032_»*
185.576 195,186
Bq. Dagmar, An alarming disturbance, says the London and China Express, took place at Manchester on the 8th ulto,' he members of several
prominent Orange lodges in the city gathered sear the Rayal Infimasy for the purpose of proceeding to St. Mark's Church in Holland. street, where a special service was announced to be field. As they passed along. Canal-street, a narrow thoroughfare populated chiefly by Irish
Roman Catholics, they met with extraordinary opposition. A band of men and women rushed from a yard, armed with hatchets, knives, pokers, and bottles, and, made à desperate onslaught on the processionists. Taken by surprise, and overwhelmed by superior numbers, the Orange- men made a feeble resistance, and as they ran alorg the street they were, knocked down with hatchels and pokers and battles, thrown by infuriated women.
THE General Managers (Messrs. Jardine, Mathe. non & Co) inform us that the Indo-China Steam Navigation Co.'s steamer Wingsang, from Calcutta, left Singapore yesterday for this part.
SIMULTANEOUSLY with the stroke of twelve, last night, when policemen yawn and hotels give up their d, the clang of the tocsin was heard,
Tur P. & O. Company's steamer, Lombardy, from Bombay; left Singapore for this port on the 13th inst., at a pim.
The oldest resident at Foachow Informs the Echo that the heat experienced during the past month, expecially during the beginning of this week, beats all past records. Although the temperature did not reach any higher than 103
and half-a-hundred brave' men hurried to their | it makes one feel some thing like 110, posts at the fire-engines. - The Volunteers, over ready to assistlovely woman showed phenomenal promptness; it was their bell that first awakened the echoes. A fire had occurred in the cook house of a ladies' school, No. 2 Cochrane Street, and was put out by a couple of buckets of water.
THE Fan-tan garbling monopoly will be put
dividend due to them for the sixth year of working, nately $7 per share.-The report is is already in priat
General Wang Hino-h of Pakhai arrived at Shanghai per steamship Kwangles, on his way to an audience of the Emperor at Peking. He distinguished himself by his bravery in action against the French in the Annam campaign especially at the battle of Chen-nan Kwan, and no doubt will be looked at by everybody Peking with great Interest.
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Yesterday, 7th August, was lik-ds'iu "begin. up to auction, for the third time, at the Macaoning of autumn," which follows after "grent Treasury on Saturday, the 25th inst. As there heat." The heat of Shanghai was indeed tersiti, is evidently a lack of local'enterpise among the this summer, but the strong wind now blowing. Macao Fan-tan 'jobbers, we would recommend though no doubt it has caused much damage,
a pleasant relief. The water of the Hwangnou the Kowloon and Sam-sui-po fraternities to VIENNA papers give the following particulars of
has been driven in and flooded the City to some cross over and make their tenders on Saturday, slight extent, and outside the West Gate a great the expenses incurred at Milan by the Emperor
tree was torn up by the roots. of Brazil during his recent illness. His Majesty's LAST evening some more blasting was done at
Of old the great musician Ts'al Chung-lang. total bill amounted to 1,000ft. per day, but in the Canton wharf, to remove the remains of the consequence of his illness other hotel visitors had submerged rock. Sonic of it was done by hearing the musical crackling of the wood of the to leave, so that he should not be disturbed. This, cicctricity, the rest otherwise; Mr. Madic, the rice-pot, besought the owner to let him have the Wu-Lung tree (eltococca sinensis) under the together with certain items, doubled the hotel energetic engineer at the new Docks, super-melodious wood for a late. The tone of the lute he made therefrom, enme quite up to his ex- charges, and made them amount to about 2000fvised it all. Thirteen lbs. of dynamite wers a day. The total sum was 65,000l. for 35 days.used this time. Just before it was ready to fire pectations; but it was known as the late will the charred tail. The light and durable wor 1 The Brazilian Emperor further presented his Mr. Mudie slipped off a wet plank in the tem-
of this very common Chinese tree has been ever host with a gold snuff-box and a decoration. porary scaffolding, and fell in, and the blasting since used for musical instruments, The ice ordered for the Imperial patient cost began, However he rose at once and clambered roof. a day. Telegraphing to Rio de Janeire, quite safely out, and the explosion took place sometimes to the extent of 3000 or 4000í, a day,
with complete success.
came to 50,000f. The Emperor's French physician received for two trips to Milan 4,000t a day. Dom Pedro had to give a large number of fees and to contribute to numerous charities It is estimated at Milan that his stay there must have cost him 400,000f
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ANOTHER affray amongst seamen came before
The London and China. Express observes that General Boulanger, who spares himself no fatigue in struggling against the oblivion into which he is falling, has been to Rennes, the district to which he belongs,, to be present at a banquet organised by a Boulangist committee. It is a nation towards him, Banquets carefully organised little too late to remove the apathy of the French
the aspirations of the General or to explain the reach of everybody, and will not suffice to justify favour that he has enjoyed. In his speech he
Bonapartism, or warlike designs, his devotion to
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The Captain-Superintendent of the Shanghai Police has dismissed a mounted Sikh Constäble" who endeavoured to snatch a 'gold ring from à Buddhist priest whom he mist on his nightly patrol- The priest, who was skilled in medicine, quickly brought it up again by means of an emetic. swallowed the ring, ond afterwards, having went and complained at the station. The Sikh's defence was that he was only joking with the priest, who was a friend of his.
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As this girl had no one who cinimed her, this woman monster will go unpunished, unless per chance the unsatisfied manes of the ithidered victim should revisit her mistress and take vengeance upon her,
the latter part of last ninth Prince Tun lost from A correspondent writes from Peking that during his stables a most valuable pony and two excellent. mules. These animals were presents from a high
oficial In Chinese Turkestan, and were conse quently most highly valued. When their loss became known the officers of the entirety were directed to seek for theirrecovery, and instructions were given to the Generalissimo of the Infantry forces; and the various officers of Shun Tien-fu, to search for the stolen animals. While every one was on the gui vive for the recovery of the missing property, a subalter officer named Yang camo upon the identical-pony and nules at a place beyond Shan, Hai-kuan, together with a thief leading the These were all captured and sent back to Peking, and then handed over to the Metropolitan Generalissima.
The latier highly commended Yang's energy and niettagss, and rewarded him, with a present of Tis. zco, beshies a button and peacock feather presented back to Prince Tun, he was so highly. of the fifth rank. When the lost animals were
elated that he at once rewarded' Yang with an additional hundred tacks, supplemented by expressions of profound gratitude.
Fortunate indeed is Yang, who, being a petty officer, simultaneously received, wealth and honour, and obtained besides the grateful recog-. nition of the Prince.
There is a class of people in Tientsin and throughout, the province of Chill generally, known by the popular designation of known instigate street oils, and levy black-run on Sing T" or blacklegs, whose vocation is gambling establishments, brothels, and all pees of doubtful repute. When confronted by the locals or their representatives they exhibit a bold and even insolent attitude, caring neither for Inw nor for the penalties that attend its violation. evince a spirit of absolute indifference and fear- lessness. A few days since two of these blacklegs were arrested in a public broil, and being duly. tried and sentenced by the Magistrate, were enclosed in a "standing cage," and exposed to One of them died after several days of exposure,
The House of Lords has finally passed the Tokyo, who appeared for the defendants (Dr. Mr. Sercombe-Smith' this morning in which and speeches leisurely prepared are within the upch, Mr. Li, has issued a proclamation to the Even while under the executioner's sword they
Hills.
THE CANAULAN PACIFIC CONTRACT:
The Canada Hongkong Mail contract has been settled.
IRELAND,
Thus the Japan Daily Mail of the 31st ulto,:- "One of the actions for libel to which we referred yesterday morning will definitely come up in the U. S. Consular-General Court, the defendants having filed their answer. Yesterday Mr. Storrs.
McMurtrie, U.S. N., and Mrs. McMustrie), ap- plied to have the trial at an early date. Tuesday or Wednesday. Mr. Lowder, who appeared for the plaintiffs (Lieut. Buli, U S.N., and Mrs. Bully opposed the motion, first on the ground that he had only received the answer at 11.45am. yes.
on Tuesday or Wednesday, and third that Mrs
M. May, a Hollander, F. Brown, a German
and P. Christiansen, a Dane, were charged with stabbing and wounding one Albert Bennett, cook and steward of the British Barque Lucia.
The Prefect of Wu-ch'ang Fa, Province of
of passengers allowed to be carried across the proprietors of ferry-heals, of which there are over a thousand plying, restricting the number river as follows:-Largest class of bonts, capable of carrying 2co piculs, 16 passengers, fate 8 cash
and 60-picùl boats, 8 passengers; 40-picul boats.
on the 14th inst. while the vessel was at anchor declared that, though accused of Casarism, each: 80-picul boals may carry 12 passengers. the public gaze.
in the harbour. David Wood, the first witness, the Republic was above suspicion, and he should 6 passengers; smallest class, 4 passengers, all aided by starvation and thirst, while the other, terday, second that he was not prepared for trial said he was master of the Lucia at present lying a fulfil the duty which in five months half-a-million the above same fare,'s cash per passenger. Tuc who had the misfortune to survive, was made to
anchor near Wanchai, and the defendants were
James O'Kelly has been sentenced to four fall was sick in bed. The Consul-General soidable seamen on the articles of his ship. On the months' imprisoninent:
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
Tur Mike Mine has been sold to a Mr. H. Sasaki of Tokio at the price of 4,055,000 yen..
THE Superintendent of the P. & O. S. N. Co. courtenusht informs us that the steamship Cathay, with the next English mail, left Singa- pare for this port yesterday at 5 pm.
MESSRS. Butterfield & 5wire inform us that the Ocean Steamship Co.'s steamer Deucalion, from Liverpool, left Singarord for this part, yesterday afternoon, and may be expected on the 20th inst:
THE Shanghai Mercury reports that the Japanese anilors who committed themselves, a short time
he was not disposed 10. delay, and would set the
4th at 6.p.m. being down below, he heard
a
case for Thursday at 10 an. Mr. Lowder urged
disturbance on deck, and on ascending the further delay, but the date was not altered. The other defendants' (Paymaster Redfield, U. Nruaning down bis back and running away from ladder he saw the complainant with blood and Mr. Redfield) filed their answer at noon
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of the insuits which he met with in the Chamber, electors had imposed on him. He complained and charged its members with exclusive regard
to party or selfish interests. Every party tried to get control of the public purse, and that control had now been obtained by the Oppor. and Democratic Constitutions, whose ascendary had produced, mourning and ruin.
crowding of the ferry-boats, which will now reason of the proclamation is the great loss of life which has been caused by the reckless over. firmly prohibited.
be
yesterday, but no date has been fixed for the 3rd defendant who was following and had a tunists, the avowed enemies of social reforms from Koug-nun, a great storm arose, and the
trial of this case."
The N.-C. Daily News reports a sad accident which occurred in the river, on the morning of the 7th inst., resulting in the death of a young sailor named H. Brown, belonging to H.M.S. Rambler. A little before 8 a.m. a lighter went alongside the Rambler with cople, and Brown was on the ship's rall holding on to the painter, when he unfortunately lost his footing and fell into the water and disappeared. It was slack water at the time, and the man is
ago, in raising an opposition to the Ilongkew supposed to have gone under the cargo boat. Thomas Holmes, the next witness, said he was a first defendant was acting as manager and the
police, have been severely punished by their own proper authority.
DR. J. J. da Silva, Chief Justice of Macao, left to-day for that city in the liver steamer Kinbiang. The worthy functionary will land in Macao just in time to witness and enjoy the highly farcical proceedings which are going on in
the higher regions of the neighbouring colony. WIT: the exception of those paddy fields along the river Min, the late drought has, says the Foochow Echo, almost completely destroyed ali the second crop of paddy in the fields. In some places the farmers are now busy replanting their fields with a late kind of coarse paddy, which is
able to stand a severe parching,"
Kuhlow says-At the instance and under the guidance of the president of the Reichsbank, Herr von Dechend, the negotiations for the establishment of a German-Chinese Bank are
again to be opened, and it may be anticipated with some degree of certainty that they will lead to the establishment of the projected institute befaré long.
Steps were immediately taken to recover the body, and native boats with drags were soon at work, but it was not till half-past nine o'clock that the body was recovered, seme two hundred yaids astern of the ship. The deceased was a powerful swimmer, but as there was a wound on the forehead he must have struck something in his fall and become insensible. He was only 22 years of age. He had saved à man from drowning, a few days before. The deceased was busied at Pootung at 6 p.m. with naval honours..
SAYS the A. & C. Express:-A more. extraor dinary sammer than the one we are now passing through it would be difficult to discover. We
seaman in the same ship; the row was caused rat defendant kicking a chicken which was going into the forecastle; on the cook iceing it, he told defendant to mind what he was doing, or he would serve him in the same way, or words to that effect. This was before ten o'clock, but after that time, while defendant was on deck cleaning out a spittoon, the cook went and seized him by the back of the singlet, called him a bad name, and struck him over the face. Defendant said, "don't strike an old man like me," hove the spittoon at him, and then ran away. The case was remanded at this stage.
FURTHER details and developments of the serio-comic performance, which the Governor
suffer the full penalty of the law, and was beheaded on the afternoon of the 21st wito, At. the Hsl Tano execution ground. He was a young man of about twenty years of age, of a dauntless, stoical spirit, and met his death with perfect composure.
A Mr. Tsung, of Macao, a cultivated musician, was in a junk sailing from Macao to Kogu on 27th July, and in the evening when ably to waves ran mountains high. Seddenly a mighty flash of lightning, like a golden dragon 100? the mast, without, strange to say, severing the chang in length, struck the junk, and shiver halyards, and she sailed on and into a plice of begged the lowdah for the piece of wood which safety. Tsung, remembering the above story, had been splintered off, and made it the frame of a kin (lute). The lute has turned out fine
excursion on the mountains from which the stommitted-Chinese Times. an instrument as that of Shang Liang, who wrote the melody of "Thunderstorm" in memory of his had turned him back,
(NOTE-The "standing cage,";
"as some readers may know, is an arrangement invented by the officials here some years ago, when they found n sufficient deterrent for this class of criminals. that the usual method of decapitation was not
In this cage, the prisoner is made to stand with resting on a board through a hole in the centre, his toes barely touching the floor, and his head similar to the manner of a cangue. In this day, until he finally succumbs to fatigue, pain, posture, the luckless. victim is exposed day by burger, and thirst. It was found to be a most effectual deterrent for this class of law-breakers, and for many years after its introduction law- lessness and open burglary were rarely com-
BRITISH NORTH BORNEO
· COMPANY.
company was held on the 28th June, 1888, at the The 11th half-yearly general meeting of this City Terminus Hotel, London, under the pre- sidency of Sir Rutherford Alcock, K.C.B.
have had very wel seasons before, but the present of Macao has undertaken to give to the they were only playing dominoes. As for slip commanding the "punishment," and the. ever, included an item of 719 as extraordinary
one goes beyond mere ralo. Nearly, a quarter of a century ago there was great astonishment at snow falling so late in the year as Derby day, a circumstance well remembered by sportsmen. The summer of 1888, however, has produced still more remarkable weather, snow being recorded in Cornwall and Devon as late as the middle of June. Now we are in the middle of July, and again come reports of snow from Scotland, the Cumberland hills, and even as far south as Nottingham and Derby. On the 6th there were general gales and thunderstorm throughout the country. On the roth an atmos- pheric disturbance began, to develop in the far north, and, moving quickly to the southward, was on the ith passing, to the Continent. We were on its western side, and consequently under the influence of a keen northerly wind, which sent the thermometer down to a very unusual point for this time of the year, the temperature in several places falling below forty degrees.
defaulters alleged they were doing anything and everything but gambling; one was fast asleep and the other had just looked in to hear the news about universal suffrage, General Boulanger, or something else, when they were sprung upon by the police. His Worship fined the two first defendants $50 each, but they voted for six weeks free board and lodging. The rest got off by paying fifty cents each.
belaying pin in his hand, Complainant then stopped and threw an empty bucket at his pursuer, who in turn threw the belaying pin at him Witness then examined complainant and found This morning Acting Inspector Baker ran in one wound on his back and two on the breast eleven shop coolies and rice pounders for being which seemed to have been done with a knife. found amusing themselves at the illegal pastime From what complainant said he summoned the of public gambling on the 14th inst. Complain: man May and put him in irons. On being cross-ant said that yesterday at 8.15 p.m. by virlue of examined by May witness said, he handcuffed him, defendant, because he thought he was the premises of No. 6, Yung Luk Lane, and there a warrant he entered with a party of police the
cause of the row, although Rennet, the cook, had
ran all the defaulters sitting at a table, gambling, said he did not know who had stabbed him with the usual dice and other appurtenances. The
The affray with salt smugglers at Poolung will by second as his assistant. Chan Yeung said he be fresh in the memories of our readers, Ling was an informer who on the evening of the totho-la, one of the smugglers, was captured instant had played a game of Pai Kau with the Shanghai Magistrate's prison. As he had been in a badly wounded condition, and died in the two defendants and another on Saturday a smuggler and desperado of the deepest dye, last; he saw both men on both occasions the Shanghai Magistrate received orders from of his visait, at which he staked zv. cents. the superior authorities that the head was to be Another informer said he had also played at the Nothing was done during the festivities for severed from the corpse on the execution-ground. house and had seen the first and second defen the Emperor's birthday; but on Monday, 6th dents there; on one occasion as he was going August, at 8 am, the Shanghai Magistrate, Mr. by, a man at the door asked him to step in, Gattison to represent the military branch, pro saying the game of Pai Kau was going on ceeded to the execution-ground outside the West Pei, accompanied by Captain Li of the City
inside. The first defendant explained to the Gate of Shanghai City, where a kung-ngan," Court that he lived on the premises, but did or judicial table, and two chairs, were ready, on not gamble; the house was frequented by smuggier was then deposited on a piece of which they took their seats. The coffin of the workmen who had finished their day's toil, empty ground by the runners, and after a short principally that of rice pounding. Yesterday pause the Magistrate threw down the bamboo Inhabitants of that unfortunate colony and himself, he was a rice pounder, but did executioners took out the body and solemnly to the world at large, ure communicated not work every day; in this. hot weather he wooden cage, was sent to Poolung to be exposed decapitated it. The head, enclosed in a small to us by our correspondent under to-day's look a day's spell, but worked regularly in at the scene of the crime, and the civil and date. It is said the model ruler caused winter. The second defendant declared he was military mandarins each returned by separate official notes to be sent to the heads of depart playing dominoes that time for recreation of streets to his respective Yamen, horne aloft in ments and to several private gentlemen, among the mind only, after the severe mental strain
his sedan-chair.-N. C. Dolly News. whom were Mr Senna Femandes and Mr.Brought by rice pounding. The other nine Eusebio da Silva, requesting their presence at Government House for some special purpose, A STRIKE has taken place amongst the match
and that when all bad assembled there girls. dt Messrs. Bryant and Stay's works, Fair field, Bow, in East London. About 1,300, all
the Govenor did not appear in person, but his locum tenens undertook to fulfil the illegal of them, employed in the making of wodden. matches, struck work. The strike, which is
mission of informing the meeting that they were generally deprecated, is dus to certain fines and
to refrain from voting at the coming municipal elections. Mr. Senna Fernandes very properly restrictions imposed by the firm, who state,
withdrew from that horrible Sanhedrim protesting however, that without such penalties they could
against the injunction, Mr. Eusebio da Silva Bet maintain order in so large an establishment.
wanted to speak out his mind but the SAYS the Foochow Echo-"Mr. J. W. Tilley, a
Colonial Secretary but him up declaring' the meeting closed for all purposes. The herd much esteemed member of this community, left
of driven cattle who had submitted to the for home by the steamship Namen on Saturday "SINCE the Revolution of 1868," says the shameful orders, then went away fully deter last, after a stay with us of to years. None in Nichi Nichi Shimbun, "every three or four mined to carry them out. this community, whether his friends or acquaint-years some great political event has oc distinguish himself in the line of blind obe ances, will contradict us in saying that such a curred. The first of these was the abolition dience was Mr. Pacheco, the Administrador perfect gentleman it is indeed very hard for the of the fiefs and the establishment of pre- do Concelho; a sort of Sheriff, or 'Sheriff's officer, communky to lose. We wish him a hearty fectures in their stend. Simultaneous with who assembled his subordinates and intimated good-bye, and also every prosperity in his new
this event was the assumption of Government to them the Governor's wish that they should field of labour."
by the men who had been instrumental in the abstain from voting. The next day, Mr. Pacheco abolition of feudalism-by such men as the was cailed to Government House and there and elder Saigo, Kido, Okubo, Itagaki, and Goto, then told that His Excellency bad never asked him inge of the band of the Northamptonshire Regi- For four years nothing special happened. to interfere with his subordinates' votes. How su ment are getting almost as popular as the Sunday In the seventh year of Meiji the nation was premely foolish would the Sherift have looked performances. The various selections are always again disturbed about the Korean affair and when thus checked in his career of impetuous .well,rendered, and the coract solos are worthy,,
Cabinet, broke up the elder Salgo, zeal ! And now let us have a peep at the of a North-American angel. Anyone who does tagaki, Socjima, Goto, and Ito, resigning. Portuguese laws in force in Macao, concerning -not exactly know how to pass the time after Four years later occurred the civil war in electoral rights. Art. 200 of the Code of Civil dinner on Tuesday evenings cannot do better the South-west. The next event of importance Procedure has the following, which we hope than take a ricksha to within catshot of the was a general agitation for a more popular form Senhor da Coats and his ill-starred advisers of government, the presenting of petitions and have read."If any citizen be prevented, by music, to have a comfortable hour's pleasure.
remonstrances, which took place in the thirteenth a tumult, by threats, or by any act of violence, THE Jiji Shimpo finds but little ground for year of Meiji, and which was followed by the from exercising his political rights, the criminal surprise in Count Inouye's return to the Cabinet Imperial edict bearing on the creation of aer criminals shall be punished with a term of as Minlater of State. for Agriculture and Com- House of Parliament. During the three succeed. Imprisonment, from three months to two years, merce. As an active and energetic politician ing years there was no small amount of agitation and with suspension of his or their political rights belonging to the class which was chiefly instru- about political parties. This subsided in the for the period of five years. If the act of mental in the world of the Restoration, it is not eighteenth year of Meiji. The only other event violencs deserve a heavier penalty, this aball bengineer and Apprentices. By john Shared Brewer, Kelly
• Eumentary Engineering, a Manual for Young Marias at all wonderful that he should be invited to of importance that, we need notice is the student imposed."——Art 204: “He who during an and Walsh, Limited, again take part in the business of government disturbances of last year, followed by a change election buys or sella a vote át any price, shall Now, however, that he has resumed office, the in the Cabinet and the creation of a new form be deprived of all his political rights for the Jiff expresses the hope that he will be content of Government. The next great epoch will period of ten years, and shall pay a fine of to work more for the permanent benefit of the commerice with the opening of Parliament. double the amount employed in such purchase State than for the mere pleasure of knowing that What turn events will take after that it is hard or sale. So much for the law. Is there a ho has achieved momentary fame.
Crown Attorney in Macko?
JUDGING by the numbers who assembled last
night near the Officers' Mess, the musical even.
thé
to foresee,!!
The first to
ELEMENTARY ENGINEERING."?
The Chairman reminded them, that at the
the year had amounted to £25,570, comprising The report of the directors to the 31st of December last stated that the total receipts for 22.591 from revenue proper, £2,200 from sales of land in Borneo, and 68: from interest and revenue proper amounted in 1886 to $127,731. and in 1887 to $143,687, giving an increase of other sources in London. The receipts from
$14.956, or over 11 per cent, which had been distributed over almost all the various items of decrease in 1887; as compared with 1886, of revenue. The expenditure in Bomeo showed a 36 649. The home expenses had amounted to 2.985, against 3,826 in 1886. The latter, how.. expenditure in connexion with the Colonial and debited with 2,455 for expenditure on additional Indian Exhibition. Capital account had been property and improvements in Bomeo, and credited with £1.296 for sales of land and other properly. In addition to this a sum of £3.149 had been written off for depreciation of asseta throughout the territory, and charged to revenue tal works which are at present being constructed
Among the numerous buildings and ornamen account. The result of the year's operations/
was a decrease of £3,991 on the capital account." at the north and south lakes in Peking, for the The advances outstanding (aundry debtors, use of Their Majesties the Empress and Emperor, Borneo) at the close of the year had increased there is in process of erection a two-storied by 1,110, and now stood at £24406. The building is about 45 feet in height, is meeting in December they had no accounts to building, designed after modern architectural art. surrounded by verandahs on two sides, and submit, but the estimates were on the whole, provided with modern windows. The entire satisfactory, assuring them of a steady increase house presents a most beat and attractive In the revenue and trade of the company. Since appearance, altogether a unique and novel sight then they had received from North Borneo, and amidst the dwarfed and ugly buildings of the from Crocker, their manager, who had just capital.
returned from the colony, information which plainly proved that the estimated surplus would In the streets in Tientsin there are offered for be much larger than could have been safely. anticipated in December. There had been a large This is a handy, concise, accurate, and sale by a class of foreign goods dealers some influx of capitalists-chiefly tobacco planters, extremely useful little book which our citizen very obscene and immoral pictures, generally of by whom the amount of land applied for has been Mr. Brewer has just produced. Its model preface Japanese women in a nude state, either singly almost surprising: Some 150,000 acres of land fully explains its object-it is especially or in association. These pictures are sold in had been sold for tobacco cultivation alone instruction in their profession, ***The idea exerted a most demoralising influence on the received in the last four months for 140,000 acres intended to give apprentice engineers elementary great numbers and at a low price, and have during last year, and applications had been with which the first chapters were writica was Chinese public. With the view to the prohibition more. Mr. Crocker's report contained much to encourage a spirit of emulation amongst of their sale, the Japanese Consul has ad valuable and interesting information, and among employed in the Hohglong and Whampoa requesting him, both for the honour of the cultivation to such a colony as North Borneo, the two hundred English-speaking apprentices dressed the Customs Tactal on the subject, other things showed the importance of tobacco Co.'s Dock works, by distributing copics Japanese nation and the morality of his own They had now some five companies at work for their perusal and having an annual people, to adopt such measure as will effectually there, and he would not be surprised to see three voluntary competitive examination as to the exclude these pictures from the market. In times that number before the end of the year. general knowledge of the candidates writen with communicated with the Ticntein Magistrate, not again be a deficit. It was now just six years derived from compliance with this request the Taotal has That gave the best prospect that there would all the usual dry technical formula; it is a short directing him to take stringent prohibitory mes since the company came into existence, in which and lucid description, in the style of Feyce's sures against the sale of the objectionable article period they had made vast progress and over- Scientific Dialogues, of the methods of smelting
come considerable difficulties. If lime permitted he principal metals, the compositions of alloys,
be could show them, compared with the progress Le various tests of the strength of materials, the In Soochow there is a prostitute named and the history of nearly all our British colonies, rinciple and construction of the steam-engine; Chin Chai Ngo, who is highly reputed for her that there had been ample justification for details of an inverted marine engine; the various charms and is much sought after by the votaries all that had been done in reference to the kinds of land and marine bollers; the proper of pleasure. Puffed up by her beauty, she interests of the company. Their revenue was management of engines and hellers, and lastly, became intolerably haughty, and perpetrated increasing satisfactorily, while in the expenditure a hinta" and useful measurements. Such a book young and innocent girl of ten years for a slave the imports had increased from $428,000 10 compressed into three pages, some "Practical acts of the greatest cruelty. She bought a perceptible decrease was going on. Slace 1883. may be read with profit by many older men in and wishing to train her up to lead the same life over $1,000,000, and in the same period the the profession than the rising Two Hundred for as her own, she proceeded to teach her to sing exports had grown from $159,000 to $600,000, whom in the first instance it was compiled; it is to the guitar. Not proving to be as bright and In fact, in every possible way there had been intended for private circulation, at $1.50, but it gave way to her temper, and administered to pany seeking to found a colony were to lay-such an elementary text book. At present it is only musically gifted as she wished, she frequently progress. The two great difficulties for a com deserves a wider field.
her pupil the most merciless floggings. The foundations of government, as would inspire neighbours, who heard the heart-rending cries confidence, and at the same time win the sub- all night long, often wished to interfere, and have been the indux which he had mentioned of the poor girl, who was wont to wail piteously mission of the native triber There would not report the matter to the authorities, but ho dne of foreign capitalists, merchants, and planters heartless monster became so bold and enraged as to its stability and capacity for governing the
any active steps. Finally, one night the unless the credit of the company had been good”. pair of red-hot tongs, and with them burned out been able to get land from the company at with her charg that the actually procured a colony. Hitherto the tobacco planten had the tongue of the helpless girl. From the pains 81; an acte but the land was worth more than of this horrible infliction the girl died and her double what it was six months ago and they body was stealthily interred the next morning had sect out instructions to their governor that
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NOTES FROM CHINESE PAPERS
The Chinese Telegraph Company has been so well administered, that we are happy to say that to-day on our front page appears a notice to the shareholders to make application for the
in' future.
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