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HONGKONG, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1890,
TELEGRAMS
THE RUSSIAN HEIR APPARENT.
LONDON, October 14th.
His Imperial Highness the Czarewitch has abandoned his intention to visit Stamboul and Palestine, in consequence it is supposed, of the cholera epidemic. It is also rumoured that the proposed journey to the East will not take place swing to the Cratins dreading the prolonged parting.
THE IRISH M. P
Great preparations are being made in New York to welcome Meura. O'Brien and Dillon on their arrival in that city.
THE BRAZILIAN REPUBLIC.
October stat. England has saluted the flag of the Brasillaz Republic,
OBITUARY.
Richard Burton..
Meth To gives the following accomo
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1890.
The Band of the A. & S. Highlanders will play the following programme at the Cricket match, on Saturday next, commencing at 4 pm ----
March" and wilt thon gang wî me"......Wakelen. Selection
Iolanthe
The Pilgrims... Seng of Hopa" wat Galop Polltechnickeri sommin
Sultan, Batista „Kohner.
AT the Police Court this morning, before Mr. Wise, Wu Ton Yu and Liang At Ching were gain charged with kidnapping and burglary in Chinese territory. They had been committed for trial at the last Sessions, but were returned to the Police Court to be dealt with maglaterially. After rehearing the old evidence, his Worship eat them to gaal for fifteen days before being banded over to the Chinese authorities. Tax following team will represent the Hongkong Cricket Club in the match with the Garrison on Friday and Saturday -A. J. Leach (Capt.), Dr. Atklason, G. S. Coxon, S. L. Darby, R. Drury, J. S. Ezekiel, E. W. Maitland, F. Maltland, W. Newton, C.Platt, and T.S.Smith. Play will com. mence at a p.m. to-morrow. By kind permission of Colonel Chater and Officert the band of the A. & S. Highlanders will play on Saturday afternoon.
THE act of dying, it is now ascertained, is ab- solutely free from saitering, is really unconscious, insensibility always preceding it. Any anguish that may attend mortal Illness cesses before the close, as thousands who have recovered after hope had been surrendered have borne: witness. Sudden and violent death, shocking to the senses, may not be, probably is not, pain- fist to the victim. Drowning, banging, freesing, falling from a height, polsosing of many kinds, beget stupor of numbness of the nerves, which have met with such accidents, and survived them, testify to that.
WE are informed by the agents (Messm. Russell & Co) that the "Union" Line steamer Guy Mannaring Iron, Antwerp, left Singapore for this port today, and may be expected to arrive on the 29th inst THE Band of the A. & S. Highlanders will play the following programme in the Public Gardens, on Monday next, from B.30 to 10 p.m.
March .** bfiliales **_ used. V-1?,
Chasson Hannoverbitaly. Bálection
Chassaigo Falka"ETATI Aria & Var...The Harmonious Blacksmith"... Handel.
Selection. Realiiscouses of Mandelssohn"...Gedźny, THERE is a fine volcano three or four days' sail from Hongkong at Albay, in the Philippines News was received at Manila on the gib inst, that Mount Mayon had been in violent er ption since the 30th uita, cinders being thrown to an immense altitude, accompanied by huge streams of lava and terrible rumblings. It nopped when the last typhoon started.
AT the Hongkong Legislative Council meeting. next Monday, the Orders of the Day will be s
Financial Minutes.
Repon of the Finance Committee. Second reading of The Supplementary Appropriation Bill, 1889."
Second reading of "The Appropriation BUL, 1891."
Third reading of the Bill entitled "An Ordi- pance to amend Ordinance No. 8 of 1871, entitled The Dangerous Goods Ordinance, 1873." Third reading of the Bill entitled "An Ordinance to amend the Police Force Consoli dation Ordinance: 1887."
Committee on the Bill entitled "An Ordinance to provide for and regulate a Pension Fund for widows and children of Public Officers of the
Mr. Francis repeated that the Council bad no power to pass such a Bill..
Mr. Justice Clarke-Put it the other way-the Legislative Council have power to legislate over Crown lands?
atigued.
Mr. Francis-Ycs, if they have not been Mr. Justice Clarke-How can the Queen limit that power by granting a lease? The Council could legislate respecting this land before that lenso was granted
Mr. Francia-She has taken away that power by legislation; complete power is reserved to her by the Letters Patent. My argument goes to the extent of saying that the Council cannot take away rights once granted. They have given such powers in this Ordinance, but I have always held that they did so witre virer. This question, I may say, is entirely one of law, and if you grant the interim injunction the suit can be disposed of entirely by argument, an there is practically no dispute as to the facts,
Sir James Russell said that as the matter was one of such importance they would take time to consider it.
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THE V. R. C. REGATTA.
The rowing members of the Victoria Recreation Club held a meeting in the Gymnasium last evening, to arrange the details of the approaching Regatta. Mr. T. Jackson, President, occupied the chair.
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of general depression, should such be stimulated by the assurance of success at Penjom itself or in the neighbouring mines, it will be seen that these great fields for mining enterprise possess an intrinsic value which-
may not at present be It is proposed by your Directors not to initiate any fresh mining operations of an extensive scale bat to continue the work of prospecting in the strict sense of this term as suggested by Mr. Becher in his report. With this view our staff at the mines has been reduced to a minimum, some having transferred their services to the Penjam Pahang Gold Company, and fron estimates which have been prepared we tin ace our way to carry out the proposed programine at an expen iture of about $2,000 at Fenjom and $1,500 at Sunghie Dua per month, which we shall be able to meet for nine months without calling apon you for further capital even in default of repayment of disbursements by the new Company,
In the statement of accounts the expenses of our own operations and of the establishment at Pesjom Jalis) Mines have been so divided as to show no outlay for account of the latter of. $17,B01.37. To this has to be added, though not yet entered in accounts, a sum of about $18,000-the value of machinery and plant to bo taken over, and in reimbursement of these amounts it was agreed by the London Company that we should receive £6,000. We regret to say that this claim has not yet been paid by reason of financial depression in the Pahang market, on which our offshoot is dependent for resources in London, but we are promised an early settlement and your Directors will continge to be every effort to obtain it.
The preponderating interests of this Company will shortly be represented or the Board in Lon- Brodie, (Chairman) to assist Mr. Ewart, their other representative, and that Board will be further strengthened by the simultaneous return to England of Mr. J. Ashton Bell, a most able Director, who has been spending some months in Pabang.
position be explored various parts of Syria, is incompatible with sensation. Persons who Committee on the Bill entitled "The would also be a regulation introduced this don by the arrival there in December of Mr..W.G.
the enemy: Captain Burton and Captain Speke were both desperately wounded. In the Crimes be was chief of the staff to General Beatron, and he was the principal organiser of the irregular cavalry. Lord Palmerston was going to send Capizio Burlon to raise a large body of Kurdish barge, when peace was proclaimed. In 1856 he set out for his great explota tions of the lake regions of Central Africa, and discovered Tanganyika The expedi tion was absent three years. In 1560 Barten went to the United States, visited California and Salt Lake Cily, and travelled during that expedition 25,000 miles. In 1861, when the Indian Army changed hands, his military career terminated. The same year Earl Russell seat him to Fernando Po, on the West Coast of Africa. The Dight of Biafra, 6 miles in extent, was his Jurisdiction, and be spent three years in exploring. Then he was aention a dangerous mission-a three months' m'silon to the King of Dahomey, with presents, to induce King Gelele to abolish his "customs" Captain Burton was then transferred to Sae Paulo (Brazil), where he was active and useful for four years, both on the coast and in the Interlor. He thoroughly explored his own province, which is larger than France, the gold and diamond mines of Minas Geraes, canged down the great river San Francisco; 7,500 miles, visited the Argentine Republic, the River La Plata and Paraguay, for the purpose of reporting to the Foreign Office the atate of the Paraguayan War. He crossed the Pampas and the Andes to Chili and Peru, and visited all the Pacific Coast, Returning by the Straits of Magellan, Buenos Ayres, and Rio Janeiro to London, he found himself appointed to Damaicus. While holding that In 1871 the consulate of Damascus wat reduced to a vice-consulate, and Captain Burton was recalled. In 1872 he set out for Iceland, and thoroughly studied and explored it, returning the same year to find himself posted at Trieste. In 1876 Captain Burton visited Midian, and wrote an account of his travels in that country At the close of the year 1377 he started again for Midian, purposing to organise mines which he discovered there. The second expedition left Suez, on Dec. 0, 1877, and returned there on April 10, 1878, bringing home a large collection of geological specimens, &c., besides maps and plans. In 1882 Captain Burton and Commander V. L. Cameros under took a journey of exploration in the country lying at the back of the Gold Coast Colony, Captain Burton has written some thirty volumes, which describe his travels. Ausory them are: "The Lake Regions of Central Afica!Abeokuta; or, an Exploration of the Cameroon Mountains," 1863; "A Natrative of a Mission to the King of Dahomey," 1864; "Vikram and the Vam- pire, or tales of Hindu Devllry," 1869: Zanzibar, City, Island, and Coast," 2 vols, 1872; "Two Trips to Gorilla Land and Cataracts of the Congo," a vol, 1875; Ultima Thule, or a Summer la Icelanda vols., 1875 "Etruscan Bologna Study, 1876" Sind Refisited; with Notices of the Anglo-Indian Army Railroads, Past, Present and Future, &c.," a vole, 1877; "The Gold Mines of Midian and the Ruined Midianite Cities. A Fonsight's Tour in North Westem Arabia," 1878; a translation of "Camoens Lusiads," 180 "Camoens: his Life and his Lusinds Commentary;" a vols., 1881; To the Gold Coast for Gold: a Personal Narrative" (conjointly with Commander Verney Lovett Cameron), 1883. His latest work is a rendering of the Arabian Nights. Captain Barton has received the gold medals of the French and English Georgraphical Societies.'J
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Squatters' Ordinance, 1890"
Committee on the Bill entitled "An Ordinance to give further Powers to Companies with respect to the Alteration of their Memoranda Association."
Mr. A. G Stephen, acting hon, secretary, vald that it was proposed to take as a basis the programme of last year. It was proposed to leave out the Youths' race, putting in place of it a sculling race in tubs. The rece which did not take for senior sculls, place last year, would be revived. There year that each cox must weigh not less than 9 stone. It was also proposed to hold the sailing races on a different day. The international race would this year be rawed for a Challenge Cup presented by Mr. John Lapraik. (Applause), A very handsome cap had been presented which would remain the property of the Club, the names of the winning crew cach year being inscribed each year by the same donor to the winning crew: There would be a meeting on Tuesday next when the crews would be picked. The Singapore Chab bad sent a challenge to Hongkong, and any members who could get away at the same time as the cricket team would be good enough, to send in their pames at once,
exploration and partial exploitation of the money to pay his passage' from the Land of in Siam contributes an article on the subject | upon it. A small cup would airo be presentedments on the Jalis Block, where the work is now
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THIS morning, after the Kiukiang had turned the point at the western extremity of Mucuo on which stands the thing known as the Barra fort, and got opposite the Praya Grande, a Chinese passenger, tired and wearied of the troubles of this wicked world and having no Promise to Hongkong-threw blinseif over board. There was great commotion on board the old bone-shaker-you bet. The person suicidally inclined could swim, and as the water was evidently not too warm and the great unknown didn't prove quite so attractive as he imagined, he tried the game for all it was worth, And he was supported in every way possible by the Kiukiang. Capt. Clarke lost no time in bringing the ship to, throwing life buoys over board, and lowering a boat. All was of no avail, however, as hefore the boat could reach the struggling lunatic his strength bad given way, and he sank to rise no more. THE Sith ordinary annual meeting of the Punjom Mining Mockery, on Monday next, will be a very extra-ordinary one if the indications on the Rialto are anything to go by. A fortnight ago the directors informally gave out that the accounts were ready, and they were "only waiting for Mr. Becher." That gentleman whose literary attainments are so dear to this Colony-was complaisant enough to turn up here nine days ago, after having, we may reasonably believe, a very glit-edged time in London at the shareholders expense. And after nine days labor the directors have to-day been delivered of the interesting report which, with the anesense of humor that has always characterised them, they find "pleasure "in laying before their victims. The man who can find pleasure in this report, with the shares at $4 and no takers, could Joke with his executioner. Weshall deal to detail with the fascinating document, and Mr. Becher's own lite booklet, later, when wo will endeavor to show how certain reports are made by burst gas-bags.
ELECTRIC cabs have been successfully Introduced fanatics, Wolseley says:-The Chinese are the in Germany.
THE Superlatendent of the P. & O. S. N. Co, courteously informs us that the steamship Clyde, with the next English mati, left Singapore for this part at 5 pm, yesterday, H.M.S.Malina, the vanguard of the Fleet, arrived in Hongkong this morning from the North, though only to make a short stay, as she is to leave for England to be paid off. ' AN. adjourned "Convocation of St. Andrew's Chapter, No, 218, S.C., will be held in Freemasons' Hall, Zelland Street, this evening, at B fox 5.30 o'clock precisely. Visiting com- panions are cordially invited.
Oun article or the latest Chinese Customs outrage will appear to-morrow. We have had great deal more trouble in obtaining informe- tlon on this matter than would readily be believed-but we shall get there all the same.
On
ONE of the officers of the A. and S. Highlanders, who recently returned from a shooting expedition to the Regimental News, from which we extract the following-After a very long and weary march through deep mud and heavy rain we reached Prabat late at night and found quarters with the priests of a temple there. To our great disappointment we found that all game had moved further inland, but good accounts. were given of whatwe might expet further In the temple we discovered to our surprise that one of the most valued possessions wAN KO old American clock. How it got there is rather a puzzle, but they prized it highly because they did not underst nd it. We wound it up, much to the delight of the priests, who thought we had performed a miracle, and we also quietly set the alarum for midnight, so doubtless the story le spreading over Slam that Ruddha one night answered the prayers of bis faithful, servants One day the in an unknown tongue.,.. crowd were rather too inquisitive and we desired to make them more; so producing a bottle of smelling salts we told the head priest to sniff hard; this he did, and left suddenly. A similar speedy retreat was made by all those who tried it.
The Adjutant and myself were on one occasion lost in the jungle and proved the theory that one proceeds, in circles when in a fog, or wherever one has lost one's bearings. It would have been quite ridiculous if it had not been fairly serious to us. We seemed to purposely contradict each other incessantly, and went very near to losing patience with each other. Several times we returned to our original starting place, and had quite given up all hope of reaching camp that day, when we were discovered by search parties sent out to look for us,
SUPREME COURT,
IN APPELLATE JURISDICTION. (Before the Full Court)
THE MARINE LOT QUESTION. The adjourned application made by Mr. Francia, Q.C. (instructed by Mr. Mossop) on behalf of the Hon. P. Ryrie, for an interima injunction to restrain the Government from proceeding with the scheme authorised by the Praya Reclamation Ordinance of 1889, was
resumed.
You only General" thinks that the mantle of prophetle Gordes has fallen on him. In the Review of Reviews, written by fanatics for coming nation. The Chinese will, I think overrge the world, The battle of Armageddon will take place between the Chiness and the English- speaking races. There will be, I assume and war between France and Germay, and it will be about the bloodiest war or series of wars which we have seen in Europe. But some day a great general, or lawgiver, will arise in China, and the Chinese, who hare bees motionless for three centuries, will begin to progress,
Mr. Francis read further affidavits in support They will take to the professsion of aims, and of his argument. The first was by the petitioner, then they will hurt themselves upon the Russian
Mr. Ryrie, who deposed that he was a merchant, Empire. Before the Chinese armies as they postess every military virtue, are stolidly and had resided in Hongkong for thirty-five indifferent to death, and capable of foexhaustible Team, during which he had been largely endurance-the Russians will go down. Then interested in land, both as owner and agent. Land this Colony was leased from the the Chinese armies will match westward, They Crown, as a rule for 999 years, and was will overrun India, sweeping us into the divided into inland and marine lots, Marine Asia will belong to them, and then, at last, lots were those bordering on the sea-front, with English, Americans, Australians, will have to rally for a last desperate conflict. So certain done buildings in front of them, and always fetched regard this that think que fixed point of our higher prices that the inland loin on account of policy should be to strain every nerve and make the privileges understood to belong to them. He was trustee of Marine Lot 82 and the buildings
Chinx is the coming Power,
number of shareholders. The funds of the Company were raised in 1864 by the issue of $100 shares, 500 of which were preferential, and the only restriction in the lease was that the building was to be maintained as a City Hall,- Mr. R. K. Leigh's affidavit set forth that, as an architect, and having had two years' experience as Assistant Engineer in the Surveyor-General's Department, he always understood that a marine
THE English mail steamer Clyde left Singapore Stary sacrifice to keep on good terms with Chip thereon, known as the City Hall, for a large
yesterday at 5 p.m. She will probably leave for Shanghai late on Tuesday afternoon. We gather that quite a number of local "sports Intend going North by her to assist at the Shangha! Autumn Race Meeting.
EXTENSIVE grass fires are reported from various parts of the island, ignited by Chinese worship ping at the graves on the bills. They are
Ar the Police Court this morning, before Mr. Wodehouse, Young Yu Saw,the keeper of a bakery-shop at Macao, charged a mandarin named Wong Ling Hing, supposed to be one of a gang of sharport who lounge about first class Chinese boarding houses in search of gigtime, with having stolen a gold watch and chain valued at $60, as the night of the 19th
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Meanwhile it is satisfactory to know that funds have been sent to the mines for current require being carried on at the expense of the new Com- pany, and there is every reason to hops that such will now be continued with renewed energy, Necessary additions to the pumpa, to deal with the recent fucrease of water, have been ordered by Mr. Becher, and before long the lower levels will be again accessible from which it is expected that the richer veins of ore lately discovered will soon produce material for some returns of gold. Our operations at Sunghie Dua beyond those, of exploration not having shown profitable resulta in the shape of out-put of tin-are from the deposits so far opened up, the current outlay has been reduced in that direction, and it is proposed for the future to confine the work here, as at Penjom, to prospecting only, at the estimated cost of not more than $1,000 per month,
Mr. J. Sampson suggested an alteration in the system of training. There were a num er of new members who were anxious to row in this year's Regatta, but they had been unable to practice during the summer owing to there being no B class boats. To enable them to take part in the forthcoming Regatta it was necessary that they should have at least tour week's training for the Chairman's Cup under a good coach. The new men could only
Mr. H. M. Becher returned from London to row in Club races, and it was necessary that they should have thorough training. He there- Singapore in the middle of July, and has since fore begged to propose that during the first four been to the mines, of which he has made a foll Inspection, He remained several weeks at weeks of the training season the hours between 5 and 7 pm, each day be given up exclusively Penjom, making the necessary arrangements in for training for the Chairman's Cup. He was alteration of the staff and programme of opera sorry to see, he might add, that this race, which tions contingent on the transfer of the Jalis used to be the chief race of the Regatta, was now Block, after which he visited Sunghie Dua and
lospected all the workings at that Concessions. H stuck down at the end of the programme..
Mr. Fredericks seconded.
He has now come to Hongkong and presented hardly fair to members wishing to row in the Becher is now managing the
Mr. G. Stewart opposed this was Becher is now parafine the Perlom Fabangs open races. The interest taken in the Regatta and this Company's properties jointly--an was not now centred in one race, and he thought arrangement by which they will have the con It was better that it should be so. He proposed tinued benefit of his services with an advants. as an amendment that three nights a week begeous division of his remuneration. devoted to training for the Chairman's Cup and the other three nights to the open races the Ladies' Purse, the Garrison Cup, and the Inter national Race.
Mr. A. Denison seconded.
Capt. Davidson thought, as there were five races on the programme open to new members; that was a very fair proportion. With regard to what Mr. Sampson had said about training, there were other hours open besides those he had mentioned. Every civilian who liked to get out of bed early in the morning could practice between 6 and 8.30 a., while there were some members of the Club whe, even if they did get out of bed early, bad other duties to perform which prevented them from training.
The Chairman then put Mr. Stewart's amend- ment to the meetlog, and it was carried by a large majority.
Mr. Stephen announced that the Regatia would be held on the 18th and 19th December.
The Chairman hoped that no friction of any kind would occur with regard to this question of training. He thought that if a. sportsmanlike feeling were shown everything would be settled satisfactorily. (Applause).
There belog no farther business the proceed- 'lugs terminated.
PUNJOM AND SUNGHIE. DUA. SAMANTAN MINING COM-
PANY, LIMITEDANAŠ
The report for presentation to the shareholders
at the roots of the Chamber of Commerce, City: at the fifth ordinary yearly meeting to be held Hall, Hongkong, on Monday next, at noon, is as follows:-
The Directors have now the pleasure to lay before you the accounts for the half year ending 1st March, 1890, from which it will be seen that expenditure on working account w $25,815.80 at Punjom, and 88,348.45 at Sunghie
and a large force of coolies has been sent out Shan boarding house during & tamporary sea-front, and that the work of reclamation nowhere Aguzes represent the cost of exploratory
to assist in extinguishing them.
Ar the Police Court this morning, before Mr. Wodehouse, one of the sailors employed on the steamship Haiphong was charged with having stolen three brass pistons out of the pumpe belonging to the steamer. The unfortunie, after vainly attempting to fix the theft on a fellow sailor, was sentenced to one month in gaol with baud labour.
THE Band of the A. & S. Highlanders will play the following programme at the Barrack Square, to-morrow evening, commenting at 7.300'clock
March... ‚"Light of Foot
**The Old Guard" Lancer Velas
Se-Sew"... Take Quadrila Gayi
me dance
Fue of the Fair" Moralette "
misami Crooke
Wams. Kalmar,
visit to Hongkong. The watch, together with going on was likely to injure that right.-AD other valuables and clothing, was locked affidavit by Mr, T. Howard, merchant, who up in a small box, which, for safety, had had resided here for thirty years, and had been placed in the proprietor's private room. much experience in landed property was to While in this room grosscuter was introduced the same effect-Mr. Francis submitted that by the proprietor of the house to the shore affidavits removed the double felt by priseney, who made himself particularly agree their lordships to the interpretation of the able, and that evening all three went to the term "marine lot," and pointed on that Mr. Victoria Hotel for dinner. Next morning, Byric was only protecting the interests of the on opening his box to get his watch shareholders in the City Hall. This was not and chain, Yeung ascertained that they had suit for damages, but a defence of an absolute been removed. There were $400 in notes in the right--not that he admitted there would be no box as well, but as these were hidden amongst damage sustained, because undoubtedly the City the clothing they had not been taken. The Hall would be less agreeable for its present prison who happened to be standing by at the publie purposes if the fore-ahere were filed in. ime spenp the box, on learning of the and high buildings erected on to limit robbery remauriced that a boarder who had left the supply of light and air, the house that morning for Caston must have been the thief, and suggested that the preisen, for should lend him $20 and he would gd at once to Canton and secure the watch and chin pouse advised the prosecutor to have nothing to do with the prisoner, as he was rather a shady character. "Being able to get any trace si bis which and chain Yeung returned to Macao, where, shortly afterwards he received
■ letter from the prisoner stating that be kney where the watch and chain was, and offering, if the complainant would send him $300, to get back for him. The complainant not baring that amount of money on hand unable to send it, and
him. The and other
Sir James Russell There is a public Oidla ance authorising the work-do you still argue that it is ultra vires?
Mr. Francis did; the lease, be submitted, as a grant from the Queen, and neither sho bor ber delegates here could take away the privileges no granted-it was contrary to Magna Charta
As interesting discussion on the qucation of ingislative power, here, as compared with Queensland, India, Natal, Grenada, cic, followed, after whick.
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James Russell pointed out that if the Legislative Council had to power to pass the Praya Reclamation Ordinance they had not power to pass even a Tramway Bill,
Mr. Francis feared that he was misunderstood
TO-NIGHT will probably be the star performance that Miss Plaisted's Company will give here: La Sannambula" is to be produced with my of the eminent traveller's carver Captain the pomp and droumstance that the Company can command, and a number of our leading Sir Richard Francis Burton was the son of Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph Netterville Burton, vocalists are to assist in the choruses, Mr. C. H. of Tuim, Galway, and he was born in 1831. He Grace being Count Rudolph for this night only, began life at Orford, and was destined for the Nearly all the seats had been booked by noon. Church, but he yearned so much after military service that his father procured him a com- EARLY in April last Mr. Grace, dently, than in mission in the Indian Army, and sent bios Slogapore, being about to leave the Colony, sant out to Indian in 1842, at the end of the Afghan his servant to the Hongkong and Shanghai War. He was nineteen years in the Bombay Bank with a zole requesting that his account, Army, eight years in active service, chiefly on considerably exceeding $2,000, be sure note the day following the defendant came le Magathe Council simply could not take away
another branch. By some mistake the whole the staff of Sir Charles Napier. While in
the to see him, but as he was gasble to raise the rights granted to a subject by the Queen, Andis he became a distinguished linguist, of the money was handed over to and passed examinations in eight Oriental messenger, who at once disappeared, leaving necessary amount of money ke lett again and languages." He made an expedition to Mecca Mr. Grace unter the Impresion that the account although they were negotiating by letter for some and Medina in 1253 Henext explored Harar, had been properly tranferred, while the Bank Hose, nothing was done until yesterday, when In Moslems Abrisinia, and want to Somaly on the other hand imagined that the money had Yeung again came over from: Macao and was in Land, in East Africa. He commanded the been duly handed over to the owner, Thas it the act of paying over the $300 to the defendant expedition, taking with him the gallant Speke, was nearly two months before the truth was when Detective aspectos Quincey came in and and Lieutenants Heme and Beroyan The known, The numbers on the notes having been saising the watch, chain, and money, arrested explosers were gitacked in the night by the taken, they were at once stoppen, few only the prisoner, The case was remanded until muldres All fought thots way benroly Satpugh · haring so far got into piroplatiei
Sirises Russell thought the question was raiker that of the Council's appropriative powers; they had sed a certain method of desling with the resumption of land, appointing special tribunal for the purpose. He admitted that there were certain sections which seemed extremely strong, eating aside rights as they did and appointing only the Governor to decide to what -azioni there rights kad been invadede
and mining work done during that period, chiefly on the Bo square miles remaining to us at Prolom, a comprehensive review of which is given in our Manager's report handed to you herewith
It will be understood that a double motive was in view in carrying out this most important work, faevitably involving considerable expense firstly, to extend over the greater area of our Concessions the knowledge of their mineral resources, which had hitherto been almost entirely confined to the mines included In the 70-mile block lately disposed of and secondly, to retajo our claims over, the entire areas. by placing ourselves in a proper position to demand from the Pahang Government the longest possible extension of the prospecting period of our least, which was about to lapsa, and on the premature expiry of which we should bare and to relinquish all unselected ground.
In both directions the object has been success, and whilst we now have a
good
Mr. W. G. Brodie having resigned his seat at the Board in consequence of his departure from the Colony, it becomes necessary to elect some one in his stead.
Under Articles 15 of the Articles of Associa Lon, Mr. Wm. Wation and Mr. David Gilles retire from the Board, but offer themselves for re-election,
The annexed accounts have been audited by. Messrs. F. Henderson and R. Lyall, whoʻar eligible for re-election.
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WM. G. BRODIE
Chairman.
·Hongkong, 21st October, 1890,
1ST OCTOBER, 1889 TO 31ST MARCH, 1o9a Assets.
To Cost of Estate ................................................$150,000.00
· Machinery and Plant, Construc. tion, Buildings at Punjom and
Steam-launch Maude..
Water Wheel.................................*****
„, Instruments and Tools at Punjom
and Samantan -represe
N
34,968.59
1,000.00
M
H
Florrie Sin Yum
A
2,500.00
9,690,00
#1
1,793.07
S Mill Plant.........................
17%76
2,195.93
2,68197
States **** Forniture at Office
8,556.93
ne
580 88
at Mines & Sunghie Dua "Hongkong and Shanghai Hank,
Fixed Deposi................................. Cash at Pekan Agency
3,049.60
93,000,00
1,186 co
110.06
3,544-34
1,169.10
1,969.27
Cath at Minch............... 1,143.86 Petty Cashprastą skrupuruya** James Morrison & Co., London... 200.04 Opigm at Matsummoning Plank cutting******************** Parjom Pahang Gold Company,
(Limited)**********
345.5
106,77
too.ga
200.17,
17,801.17
21.88 16.95
Mainy Pahang Concession Com
pany S
Sundry Debtors "Suspense......
Accounts Receivable.
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„Gold on hand produced by
Tribute-Miners.......
By
!
Bullion Block Account...................
Live Stock.......................
Balance minumumira 267,241 61
maras Liabilities!
Capital..........
$627,734.60
*****- $599,730.00
Syma & Co...................... 1.752:39 Malay Península Prospecting Co, 353.40 Hongkong & Shangani Bank,
Account No. 7.
Accounts Payable........
WORKING ACCOUNT. Ꭰ, .
Mining Exploration $8,055"
Prospecting *** 5:20659
fully accompige of various parts of both Cone To Balance from last Account. cassions, which were lately blanks on our maps, the Directors have the great snijsiacilón of having obtained for you the assurance that your exclusive titles thereto will remain undisputed for another period of 5 years on the payment of a modelate yearly tag. -
f of results
"Although such prospecting work in gnremuserative in itself, reasonable expenditure in this direction must always be regarded "'*** money well spent in the improvement of such properties as theses and though we bare so far ben unfortunate in the intrinsic valus. obtained, there is reason m hope that we may strike richer ground any day on the many, During the Bre years in view TAY discoveries in course of further enatallation reasonably be expected that Pahang will receive the further attendon which the exploitation of its mineral wealth deserves, and, on the revival; Pof the interent which has fagged during a period
A
Salaries? and?" Wages"
~Europeant, and Native
Roads and Bridges Assaying Expenses vina, Stamp Mill Working...
-* Dam and Water Supply Transport, Machinery &
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Saw Mill Working non Punjom Ofice Expense Police/FISSI Hotel and Hoppit
Allow Lock General Exped Advance W Pomal Servi
63.35
25.748.81
150.00
$627,734.60