THE OVERCROWDING QUESTION.
At the fortnightly meeting of the Sanitary Board on the 31st alto. a few nuisances were squared up, after which, in reference to the report of the Overcrowding Committee,
Mr. Francis said:-1 find, on looking at the Ordinance and communicating with one of the members of Committee, that the Board have.not it in their power at the present moment to take any step in connection with this report. The section of the Ordinance referring to overcrowd ing cannot be put into force by the Board until In some shape.or another His Excellency the Governor in Council has authorised the rules relating to overcrowding to be applied to some section of the city, so that the only thing we can do is to forward the rope to the Government with certain recommendations. With the permission of the Board, therefore, I will withdraw the motion of which I gave notice at the last meeting, and will move instead-"That the Board adopt the Committee's report on overcrowding, and forward it to the Colonial Secretary with the recommendation that the Government commence taking steps as soon as possible for the abate- ment of overcrowding. Further, that the Board will be glad to know as early as practicable which, if any, of the methods suggested in the report the Government are prepared to adopt."
The Colonial Surgeon seconded, and the motion was carried.
Mr. Francis-In connection with this matter, although there are so few members present, I should like to move a vote of thanks to the gentlemen who composed the Committee for The very great labour they have expended and the valuable report, they have presented to us.
The Colonial Surgeon seconded. The President If the Colonial Surgeon bad not seconded the resolution I should have bad very great pleasure in doing so myself, I have read the report with great interest. I thlak, perhaps, that the most valuable part in the addends, and only those who have an idea of the ground it covers can realise the vast amount of labour which has been taken in the preparation of the report. The subject is a very important out, and personally I trust that steps will be promptly taken for remedying the evils complained of. It appears to me that this is a very favourable time for taking action in the matter. As is well known, there are a great many vacant houses towards the extremities of the town, while the central districts are very much overcrowded; and if, by judicious action, pressure could be brought to bear gradually to induce some of those who have insufficient accommodation in the crowded portion of the city to move to the eastern and western extremi ties, I think great good would result. Although perhaps, the houses now vacant will not be sufficient to house the surplus population, I have
very little doubt in my own mind that if this action were taken, the demand for more houses would soon be supplied, and that a great reform might be worked out without inflicting particular hardship on anyone.
The resolution was then put and carried un- animously,
Mt. Ede-On behalf of my colleagues and myself, I may say that we are much obliged for the complimentary remarks that have been made bat we must not take all the credit to ourselves, for our Secretary has done a great deal of work. As the President has rightly called it, the hardest work-namely, the tabulation and calculation of statistics which enabled us to prepare our report -was done by him, and therefore considerable credit is due to him.
CRICKET.
H.K.C. C. V. THE NAVY.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1890.
wate, and passed away at a late hour inst night. The funeral took place at the Protestant Cemetery this afternoon, a large number of his colleagues and other friends following the remains to their last resting place. On receipt of the intimation of the death of Mr. Sidford, Mr. T. Arnold, the Secretary of the Hongkong, Canton and Macao S. B. Company, at once, with his usual courtesy, postponed the departure of the Fatthan so as to afford the numerous Canton friends of the late indefatigable Com missioner an opportunity of returning to Shameen to-night.
TERRIBLE EXPLOSION ON A JUNK.
Afatal explosion occurred on board a junk about 11 p.m. on Saturday night, near Cap-sui-mun Pass It is said that the junk was one of a large fleet of native craft employed by the Chinese Commissioners and was making her Salt way up river to Canton. Upon approaching Cap-sol-mun Fass a steam craiser, the Kwang Ting, over-hauled her, and giving orders to
By
Less roper cent.writ
ten off (in addition to sum written off last year....
,, Advances to mines "Less written off as
doubtful
Value of 2,627.47 piculs of Ore in go. downs at $17.38 per
,, Cash in hands of
Singapore Agents ...
TP
11
Cash in Manager's bands andin transitu Balance, at New Ori- ental Bank Corp. Lid. on fixed Deposit ...... Balance at Chartered Mercantile Bank on fixed Deposit ......... Sundry Debtors
78,16
$35,825.80
7,241.75 18,584.05
5.771.38
rafters twelve feet in length, and was horns and dragged along by ropes by four hundred coolles. At the front and rear of it stood officials, clad in 703.45 hempen mourning garments, ringing bells. It was preceded by red parasols and followed by an Immense portable white screen, behind which rode seme thirty women, their faces protected from public gaze. by apparatus resembling lamp shader. A fablet chair in the form of a pavillon, beil-ringera and men bearing large red planks for use at the grave, with several hundred coolies all escorted by mandarins and police, more.poetry 45,671.30 hearers, guards, and hundreds of reserve coolies destined to relieve the other bearers from time 139 75
to time. Standards of the guilds and the great bier containing the coffia with Her Majesty's remains, similar in construction, and appearance to the smaller one, only much larger, carried and dragged along by means of a system of cables, 50,687.50 by a force of eight hundred man. Its massive timber frame fifty by eighteen feet required this number. Front and rear stoodofficial mourners 20,200.00 tinging bells, and it was followed by 'many 907.38 officials in mourning clothes, preceded by two
white parasols; it was also surrounded by $229,004 or portable screen borne by slaves. Mandarins and police from the Palace, and executioners armed with paddles and staves came next; then a company of bannermen; then His Excellency General Min, cousin of the present Queen and Minister of War, with a numerous staff and a battalion of infantry of the Royal Guard; finally came the three Grand Councillors of State with their attendants and a few soldiers.
PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT. To to per cent, written off Plant a/c.
(houses, tools, Materiais)
"heave to," promptly sent a number of Chinese searchert on board, under a Euro- pean named James Moore. Whilst prose- cuting their search for oplugs, and ransacking": the private quarters of the junk-men, a terrific explosion occurred, which resulted in the European, four native Customs officers, and a dozen of the junk's crew being seriously injured. Although the cause of the explosion is not definitely known, it is stated that it was due to a spark, from one of the searchers' torches falling into
banci of gunpowder that was on deck. Moore's injuries are described as fearful-the top of his head being blown off, the flesh stripped from his hands, and his body shockingly burnt, even his coat losing all semblance of a garment, He and the rest of the wounded were promptly aken on board the cruiser, a guard placed on the junk, and all haste made to get Into Hongkong for medical aid. Upon arrival Dr. Cowie was sent for and the injured men were taken to hospital under; his supervision; the European and one Chinese to the Civil hospital, and the others to the Tong Wah. Last night (and inst.) Moore died, and was buried this afternoon and four of the Chinese have also accumbed to the shock and injuries sustained. We regret to hear that Moore, who was quite a young man with a bright future before him, leaves
widow and three young children, and that six of the junkmen, now in hospital, will probably dle, all hopes of their recovery having been abandoned by their medical attendants.
1
JELEBU MINING AND TRADING
COMPANY LIMITED.
TO THE SHAREHOLDERS OF THE JELEBU MINING
AND TRADING COMPANY, LIMITED. **..
Gentlemen,Your Directors submit a late ment of the Company's accounts for the period from 20th January to 17th July 1890, being the first six months of the Chinese Year.
When the books ware closed the Company had 33 mines in working order with a labour force of 751 coolies. The mines have thus been increased by & and coolies by 118 during the ix months.
The amount of tin ore produced and delivered during the six months was 2,477 picuis, is against 2,716 piculs 'during the previous ten months. The greater part of that ore has been sold, and the valuation in the balance sheet Is based on the prices obtained.
The amount of outstanding advances to miners on 17th July was $18,584, exclusive of the sum of $7,241 written off during the half-year as bad debts. The sun written off during the previous jen months was $2,424 only, and it was scarcely sufficient.
The match between the H.K. C. C. and the Navy, commenced yesterday (31st ulto.), was a "frost "
After paying all charges, making an allowance As far as that branch of the Service is concerned. for depreciation on houses and plant, and writing The Club motoplised the wicket yesterday after-off the losses on miners' advance account, thera noon, and punished the bowling terribly, eight remains at the credit of profit account a balance of the batsmen reaching double figures, whilst of $316, which your Directors propose to carry Capt. Dunn, the Club's now "colt," raised almost forward. half the score off his invincible bat with the splendid record of 120. The first trio of the Naval eleven-Heugh. Lashmore, and Herbert-pro- mised well, totalling 93, but the rest were all abroad, the score at the conclusion, shortly after
19
$ 1.266.57 10 per cent, written off Furniture
78.16 account
5,266.13
General Charges at Jelebu, Sala-
ries, stationery, etc. ......................... General Charges at Singapore— Agents' commission.......$1,500, 435. Directors' Fees Stationery, printing, adver
tising and sundries..... 419.57 Amount written off from advances
as doubtful....an
Cost of prospecting during a year..... ,,Balance ...
17
7.247.75 445 326.30
$16,97837
The pageant swept on out towards the East Gate, bearing with it 'all that was left of the sovereign who during her eighty-one years of life had seen so many changes of solemn import to her country.
Taking it all in all the affair was not well 2,354.57 managed, less so even than the third rehearsal. There was too much space between the different parts of it. It was very disorderly, the coolies and followers smoking, laughing, and taiking, and the troops doing likewise, jostling each other in the ranks, leaving them and falling to keep their alignments. There was a lack of seriousness, and it might just well have been a carnival precession as a funeral. There may have been sometwenty thousand men in line, for the passage took an hour and a half Had the King come out there would of course have been many more. I should say there were over two hundred thousand spectators.
By Balance carried forward from last
................$1,091.56 year Interest on Deposit with Banks'... 1,962.59 20 per cent. return on provisions
supplied to mines.....
5,165.33 ,,to per cent. royalty on Ore dell-
vered......... unitens 3.505.16 ,,Profit on Ore account...
5,254....
$16,978.57
I have examined the Singapore books and vouchers and have checked their amalgamation Manager at Jelebu and am of opinion that this Balance Sheet is full and fair and contains the particulars required by the regulation of the Company's Ordinance of 1889 and is protect drawn up so as to exhibit a true and correct view of the state of the Company's affairs. The stock of Ore and advance to mines, being at Jelebu, I am unable to verify.
with the Blance Sheet as received from the
tion is breed on the proceeds,
ALEX. J. GUNN,
Auditor...
A TALE OF THE SEA.
TIENTSIN AND TAKU.
(FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.)
October 22nd, 1899)
TIIK | PLURALity of appoiNTMENTS DOOMED.
His Excellency-I think it is only right to inform you, inasmuch as the Estimates am - under consideration, that the Secretary of State : has made some changes in regard to the Appointments of Postmaster General and Colonial Treasurer. The late Postmaster General, an you are aware, also performed the duties of Colonial. Treasurer and Collector of Stainps, for which he eceived a salary of $5,760 a year. Under the roposed scheme for the re-adjustment of salaries. his would amount to $7,776 a yent, but the' Secretary of State has made some new appoint- nents, and these amounts will most likely be present increased,,'. He has appointed the Assistant Postmaster-General to be Postmaster.
On the afternoon of the 12th instant, the steamship Friching, while hound out over Taku Bay, got on shore on the South Bank, nearly halfway between the Inner Buoy and the Black Buoy. The wind was strong from the N.E. and the tide that day was 11 feet 6 in. Up to the present time, she has not been got off, although every effort has been made to do so. Her carge has been discharged, coal taken nut, cable chains run out, and two tow-boats towing, but all no use. On the night of the 20th and morning of the 21st the Company's steamship General, at a salary of $3,620, besides which Fema and tug Kai-fai were towing at her, but he is 10 have free quarters, and Mr. Mitchell. no use, as the water on the Bar was only to feet.es has been appointed Colonial Treasurer She is not likely to get off until the spring tides, and Collector of Stamps, at a salary of $3,800. The steamship Frima: will take on her carco been $7.776, but for the distinct appointments they As I mentioned, the combined salaries would have and passengers to-day.
Mr. W. Grant, superintendent of the Imperial will amount to $8,400. I may say that I entirely gree in the expediency of separating the Naval Dock at. Taku, has been sent to Portoffices; I think that in a Colony which has Arthur for the purpose of docking one of the arrived at the state that Hongkong has there is men-of-war at the New Docks at that port.
quite sufficient work for two afficers; to ensure This will be the first vessel to be decked inhe proper performance of the functions attachell that place-Mercury,
CHUNGKING.
(FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.)
15th August, 1890. The latest and apparently most reliable account of the trouble at Ta Chu Hsien is that it arose, out of a celebration held at a village called Loong Tuy Tain, distant some twenty // from T's Chu, on the sixteenth of the sixth moon, in honour of the Lin Kuan joss, who is appar- ently the patron deity of the Ko Lao Huy, which is a well-known interdicted secret society. After the ceremonies, which lasted several days, were over, and the seniors were duly elected, it was proposed to enquire of the oracle connected with this joss if it would be safe to plunder the Christians; the answer was in the affirmative. So on the nineteenth, that is the nineteenth of the sixth moon, the brotherhood, which is composed of the bad characters from several of the neighbouring districts, made a raid on a number of well-to-do Christian families and plundered them, carrying off everything that they could lay hands on.
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This attack appears to have been entirely unprovoked and unlooked for. The Christians A Naval Court of Inquiry was held at H.B.M. were taken so unawares that they had but little Consulate, Nagasaki, on the 22nd att. into the opportunity to secrete anything. The crowd loss of the British ship Lizzie C. Troop, Captain remained in the village feasting on their plunder B. G. Fownes, off Yerabu, one of the Loochoo until the twenty-eighth, during which time the group, on the morning of the 22nd September. The oracle was again consulted the answer being first mate, J. R. Rawlins, said that the vessel was again favourable; so on that date they made wooden, with a capacity of 1791 tons. She left fresh nttack on the Christians and butchered, in Nagasaki on the 15th September, with 600 tons cold blood, over twenty persons; nineteen were of ballast, for Fuget Sound. On the 16th she counted in the streets, and several are known to met bad weather, increasing to a typhoon, which
have been cut in pieces and thrown into the river, blew away most of her sails. "On the 22nd,"
The mission buildings and many others were he continued, "we sighted the land close under burned, and the corpses thrown into the flames, our lee, although we had previously supposed The day following they went to another village, we must be quite 16 miles to the castward of
or market-town, also about twenty // away, called the land. On sighting the land we cut the Mar-bao-chang, and there they went through a foreazil adrift, put the helm up and tried to"wear" similar performance. The Christians fled and *The greater part of the Ors has since been sold and the valua The ship, however, was too close; she fell off a they only captured one who seems to have been
little and then struck, and in five minutes was ju
cripple, and whom they imm lately dispatched. pieces. We had struck on the island of Yerabu, Some of the head men of the village tried to one of the Loochoos. Captain Fownes had restrain the rioters but were themselves assaulted been on deck since Sunday noon. We had had and had to run for their lives. There seems to everyone "standing by" since that time; no one have been quite a number of well-to-do Christians went below. A look-out had been kept all the in this village, many of whose houses were time, but we could not see a quarter of the length destroyed, while everything moveable of any of the ship through rain and sea. We had lost value was carried off. This affair is about on a Queen-nothing but our sails. The vessel was gone in par with the Indian raids in the Far Western
a minute from the striking, and it was each man
territories of America. Two years ago at about for himself. When we struck the captain said, the same time and place, and at the festival "We are all gone," and his wife, who had come in honour of the same joss there was a similar up with the baby in her arms, said, "Well, am
occurrence, many Christians were plundered Ito die alone?" and the captain said, "No, I will come with you," and he joined her in the and had their houses pulled down. For this affair no one was punished, and it is a notorious toman deck before, but had had to other fact that in none of these anti-Christian riots been on deck before, but had had to go below have the leaders or instigators beca punished. as she could not held on against the wind.
The officials simply pay the dainages and the was every man for himself, but the second others that it is no crime to plunder Christians, mate sung out, I believe, Jump and swim." He and some others went over the stern and although it is well known to be a capital offence agalast non-Christians. In the present instance, were drowned. I was knocked down and get the magistrate of Ta Chu had come out after
A ROYAL KÓREAN FUNERAL.
The Korean correspondent of the Chinese Times sends a long description of the ceremonial attending the interment of the late Dowager of Korea on the 12th October, In the course of the account he says:---
First came cleven chairs, each borne on the shoulders of eight coolies clothed in red; these, known as title chairs, were supposed to contain the honorific titles bestowed upon the defunct during her lifetime, and were draped in red and green silk. Then five chairs of wood with flower Painted cardboard panels, said to contain deceased to be deposited in the tomb about the coffin. A large litter said to contain food for the departed. Thirteen more title chairs similar to the preceding ones.
to the posts for some years' pást, and I'do 'not think the Council will hesitate to approve of the scheme, leaving as it does sufficient leisure for these officials to attend more efficiently to their duties than bas been possible in the past. When i the Estimates come up any member can make r such remarks, on the matter that he thinkmi desirable, but I think it right to say that ther changes, although they have been sanctioned by the Secretary of State, will not come intor effect until January.
DISCONTENTED OFFICIALS, ***
His Excellency pointed out, when "Financial Minutes were reached, that they were laid the table, but they contained a motion made to the Committee by an unofficial member, Mr. Keswick, "that the Government lay on the table a list of the officers who have not received an increare, and, if they are not satisfied, the grounds on which they make complaint."
Mr. Chater-In the absence of the hon. mem- ber I beg to propose that.
Mr. Whitehead seconded,
The Acting Colonial Secretary pointed out that the list of officers who have not: received an increase was shewn in the Estimates, although a list of offices, not officers, should have been asked for the Secretary of State bad specially referred to the necessity for disregarding personal considerations, and simply looking at the office. With respect to the second part of the motion he was instructed by his Excel lency to lay on the table a list of the officers who had asked for the re-consideration of their salaries,
and the reasons given for declining to do so. (The list Included, the Harbor-master, Ašsistant Harbor-master, Magistrate acting as Coroner, Deputy Land Officer, Registrar, and about a
dozen clerks).
His Excellency, in the course of a lengthy speech, said that he was desirous of affording the Council every information that he legitimately could in connection with the Estimates, bat he must admit that he felt surprised when the roceedings in last weeks' Finance Committee were reported to him. Apparently the Com- mittee desired him to sanction the reference by him to the Council of a matter which he did not consider it was his duty to so refer, for they must bear in mind the difference between legislative and executive powers. It has been held, over and over again, that if Civil servants had any grievances they must not address them- selves to the Legislative Council, but to the Government-if in a Colony, to the Governor, He examined the grievance, and if he expressed an adverse opinion they could appeal to the Secretary of State. But it had always been held as insubor dination on the part of a Government servant to appeal to any outside body. A very similar case had sisen in Ceylon, except that the Government, servants there went further than they had here--not, indeed, that, it bad been stated to him that they had they had been his impression, from the report of the Finance Committee's proceedings by getting a petition for an increase of pay presented in Council. Sir Arthur Gordon, the
The Directors regard the result of the ball. I various objects which had belonged to the No orders were given when we struck; perpetrators get off free, proving an example to addressed the unofficial members, although.
year's working as unsatisfactory; but they think it proper to point out that the Company's difficulties have been much increased by the riss is lyer and the consequent fall in the
Three large trestles
tiffin, only reaching 125. The follow-on lanings dollar price of tin during the first half of the painted red-the royal colour-lor use en voit jaramed in the deck, with the carpenter in the the row on the nineteenth with a strong pro- Governor of Ceylon, pointed out that the and at the grave, reminding one by their colour same position three feet from me. When I got clamation denouncing the riaters and threatening | Council had nothing to do with the matter, and loose i jumped on a pile of wreckage, thence into vengeance on all law-breakers, there is not a that Civil servants could not appeal to that
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the surf, and, so nshore. The ship was only doubt but that rioting would have ceased. He about 15 feet from the shore, against a ledge of simply did nothing but let matters take their rock against which she had come broadside on. course. He reported the matter to his superiors, The third time she struck she was beaten into but they were far away and could de nothing, pieces, and the masts came down in a heap. During the nine days fa which he took no action next saw Mrs. Fownes on some wreckage and the crowd gained courage for further depre- the captain on a deckhouse, Mrs. Fownes's dations. He did not even polson himself as was
body so long as they remained in Government employ, any more than he (Sir A. Gordon) could complain to them of the treatment of himself by the Secretary of State, or Her Majesty. Af Singapore, too, last January, the same question arose, a petition for Increase, of official salaries, backed up by the unofficial members,
only pained out 79, leaving the Clab victors by year. This means not only that the profit on
Lose account has been reduced, but It also of the sinister bois de justice occasionally a car an innings and 77 ruby.
on public places in France." The personal chair follows:-
accounts in part for the losses on advances to miners; as Kongsies that might otherwise have of the late sovereign, with a special escort of the paid their way, have become discouraged, have Palace police, all in which airlines as worked badly, and have involved the Company white felt hats. Every chair was. Bur in loss. The manager in these circumstances rounded by escorts of mandarins in full court has been unable prudently to increase the costums or in mourning. The Palace musicians Inbour force, although that is at present too in crimson and yellow, but. allent. Some two dress had previously been caught and she was rumoured. The priest in charge of the mission being sent to the Secretary of State, when, small to bear the costs of European manage hundred provincial militia, armed with many ment and yield, a satisfactory profit on the battle figs. A large red parasol and a amai tearing it away. I and another man bauled her took refuge in the 'Yamên. The Prefect has after an address. by Sir. Frederick Dickson,
off some wreckage on to a ledge of rock about 6 returned to Chungking, but nothing le known as black one with escort of high military mandarins, feet out of the water. I don't know who got the to how the matter has ended, presumably the those who grumbled at the rearrangement could an unofficial member, Mr. Shelford, agreed that Company's capital...
and a number of gilt wooden embleras of gifts captain ashore. The carpenter, who was a very crowd has dispersed, and now it is only a matter only do so in silence. His Excellency continued the Chinese "tributo" system on "which the supposed to be conferred upon arrival in Heaven, old man, lived five days and then died. The of money damages, as it is doubifal if the officials that he had only referred to those cases because
carried by Palace servants in full uniform, A band of spearmen and one company of infantry
will depart from their old policy of letting the he did not think either the Council or the offenders go free. Placards have been posted in Finance Committee had power to go into the. of the royal guard.
Chungking appointing the twentieth of the merits of Individual cases, and discuss whether seventh moon to exterminate all the Foreigners any servant was or was not entitled to higher in the city, but I do not apprehend any trouble remuneration because he had been so long in as the Magistrate is on the look-out and has not the service, ex because his services had been only issued a warning but has ordered his runners particularly meritorious; such reasons might and the sins of the ward in which the placard be very good for addressing the Secretary of
State, but scarcely came within the classifica
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By the death last night (soth ulto.) of Mr. H. Æ.
J.
The chair supposed to contain the soul of the dead Queen, a richly ornamented structure entirely closed by a drapery of green silk and adorned with squares of black silk spangled with gold, was borne by some forty coolies Just
captain was insensible when brought ashore and never "came to." The carpenter, I think, must have died from the shock, as he died between dinner and supper time, In his sleep I never saw the child or knew what became off. 1 hare been at sea 23 years, and in my opinion nothing could possibly have been done to save more life, Life-buoys were no good; I had one, but I threw
been for them the salaries would not been increased. It was quite competent in them to oppose any increases in, the Estimates, but they... could not do more than express their opinion in respect to offices which they might think were underpaid-for Instance the Harbor-Master's,
Mr. Chater thought the Information supplied
met the wants of Mr. Keswick. Má to zale Mr. Byrle. I am inclined to vote against the increases, but why should we consider this list
Bidford, Commissioner of Customs of Swatow, Sir P. Joaquim and Mr. Joseph Helm, both of whois ́porations doing business in and around cSeoul | 4th instant another typhoon came and broke. And now October 23rd if we are powerless, I think the best plan will
Robert Hart has lost one of his oldest, most oder themselves for re-election.
The Directors have formed the opinion that Company was formed to work is unsuitable fo & European Company and that in practice it causes the Company to take all the risk without giving it the full profits, or allowing proper control of ........e employed. While therefore it may the Labourer emplontinue the tribute system in bersuletrics and under close watch the tractors believe that the future of the Company requires that they should open larger mines under preceding this chair were four men seated on it away. It was still blowing a typhoon when was posted to find the writers. They declared
que of their European staff, sometimes hand-drawn carts, wearing enormous black masks we struck, and in a case like that it was each that they were unable to find them, whereupon tions mentioned in the Secretary of State's employing Chinese contractors to remove over, with grinning teeth and moveable gold eyes, man for himself. The people on shore. must be declared that he would kisist them, and dispatch. He was glad that, so much interest burdor and lift: karang, at so much per cabic which lecred at the crowd with every motion of have seen us before we sighted the land, or administered two hundred slaps on the face of had been taken in the matter by the unofficial yard and sometimes using steam or hydraulic the carts. They are believed to be useful for struck, as there were quite a hundred of them on each of them and sent them off to find the members-Indeed hoʻthough, that if it had not the purpose of scaring evil spirits-mortals the beach when we got ashore. One of them party that posted the placard. As yet I have power with Asiatic labour at daily wages.
These matters have been for some time under not of royal blood are only allowed two heads carried me up to a house and another carried not heard of his being found, but they discovered with two eyes. The chair for the soul was Mrs. Fownes. The stones were like knives, we some one else. In an oplum shop a fellow was your Direstors' consideration, and they are surrounded by a portable screen' of blue gaure could not walk on them. We stopped at this telling what was to be done to the Christians and Anxiously: considering them and are making in accordance with Korean custom, which place until the Captain died, and then went to a Foreigners on certain day, when ons of the experiments on a small scale,
that dames of high degree should, together with Village about three or four miles off, where the amén runners, who was also having a smoke, Mr. Charles McKie, on leaving the Colony, the female slaves who accompany them on foot, Governor lived. We were wind-bound on the laid his pipe down and got hold of the fellow's- DEATH OF MR. 8. SIDFORD.-igned his sent at the Board and the vacancy be concealed from public scrutiny. At intervals Island 17 days, during which time the best tall and marched him off to the yamen; where a
has not been filled yet...
along the line of the procession marched the the people had was given" to us. It cons The Directors to retire by rotation are Mr. standards of the guilds or manufacturing cor dinued blowing hard for 15 days, and, on the course of bamboo was energetically applied as
a warning to him not to know too much These standards, of the old Roman shape, were or disabled every junk in barbour with the excep- o
The above letter was unavoidably delayed in bs for us to vote in a body against the increases/ very handsome, and were borne on bamboo tion of the one we crossed in and that took us staves seventeen feet long, richly decorated with two days to get ready for sea. We then crossed transmission. Nothing new has transpired since I have been spoken to by several members who red, green, and gold embroidery, the whole sur to Nabu, rog miles away, and were 30 hours it was wrliten, except that a rumpur has reached
are very discontented, but they won't make any mounted by talts of peacock feathers: adorned doing it. Counting the native crew, there were me that the Taotal of Chungking has been official complaint, with bells and lanterns of red and blue silk, the 18 of us on board the junk. We waited there removed on account of his muddling the lakin banners themselves being of silk and cloth of for two days and then got a steamer up here and other public business, and a nephew of Li many colours, many yards in length, and each via Kagoshima All the time and everywhere Hung-chang is said to have been appointed in bearing the name of the guild sending It After we were treated to the best. Beyond a few slops bis place.Mercury, quite a lengthy interval, preceded by a small the only thing we saved was the articles which escort: of: mandarins, came the Tai Wen we found ten days afterwards on the beach, $225,000... Kun, or ex-Regent, in small white silk All through the bad weather the crew behaved MEETING OF THE LEGISLATIVE unless they complain. The Finance Committee
1,912.50 chair open in front and before him well and obeyed all orders and I have no fault to was carried a white silk parasal. Then two find with them. They all did their best down gigantic models of white horses drawn on carts to the very last. The second mate, the cook 1,643.93 followed speedily by the models of four saddled (Japanese)," and "seven foreign women were 326.30 horses sumptuously caparisoned. Two were drowned, and the Captain and carpenter died on plebald and two white. Next following came shore. We only found one body, and that was $239,004.01 sixty men, bearing black staves, to each of five or six days afterwards. We never found
which a scroll of poetry, written in honour of the the baby.
Glibert Gilbertsen, a sallor, said it was in. various big officials, was attached. At this point $75,000,
the cotége was flanked on each side by columns possible to move along the decks. He saw Mrs. of gingel men sod gendarmış bearing the silk Townes on the poop tearing of her dress. He * lanterns already described, and dance said to two of the men, Charles Biggins, and A detachment of the Palace police and the Head Johannsen, Let's say the Missis small bler, empty however, were sent ahead to other two did so, at considerable danger to them deceive demons Tein was a large arrangement selyes from the wreckage and the mountainous In the shape of a palanquin constructed of red sea.He Himself was thrown back on the shore gao silk with orniäinents of green) black and gold, The Court found that the wreck was unayeld
and sculptured phoenixes at each corner. Ifable, and highly complimented wwwal feet long by four and a half broad, and Johannsen for thele courag was mounted upon a scaffolding of massive red everyone who har tezd beams, eighteen feet long, boiled to transverse, endorse,
trsisted, and ablest servants--a gentlemanéqually popular with his colleagues, his subordinates the general public, and the Chinese. He Joined the imperial Customs Service la September 1851, and, rising through the various grades of the Service quicker than most men have done, found himanifa Commissioner: fa the June 1887. Mr. Bidford has occupied various positions la the Service all over the cost of China, Canton, Shanghai and Swatow, being the stations where he was best known, and where many true friends will moura his loss. Swatow was the scene of his last labours, in the service of China, which he left a month ago suffering from abscess of the liver; so with the intention of taking a trip to to Japan he touched at this port en renfe Yokohama,pon arrival here he was visited on board ship by Dr. Cantle, who
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HUTTENBACH, BROS. & Co.,
*General Agente, Singapore 15th October, 1899...
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pronounced his condition too critical to permit By cost of land and concession
n cost of manager's "houso, godownS, COD- Hes' house, tools, carta, zonds, etcvmp3. Less to parti centa Nwritten off (In addition to sum written off last
of further travel at that time. He was therefore brought on shore and stayed for a few days with Mr. MacLeavy Brown, Commissioner of Customs for the Kowloon District, resident in Hongkong, but the malady gaining further hold on its victim the decossed was transferred to Dr. Canille's Sanatarium at the Peak. The change, however and careful supervision of the medical staff ok that most valuable institution, wse-mmavalling pwingtothe mastery this fall disesse had obtained on the once conspicuously robust constitution of the pallent, who gradually such into a dematoso
Cost of furniture at
665.77
1466.57
Manager's house and godowar qumanga 781.61
.
132.18
COUNCIL,
His Excllency, said that he would readily: consider any complaints, if there was any reason. able doubt about the matter he would refer it to the Secretary of State-" he could do no`mpre, Mr. Ryrie-A good many are dissatisfied; His Excellency Ws don't know how many,''
wanted to know who had complained, and tha list is here.
Mr. Ryrie did not think the list satisfactory=" A meeting of the Legislative Council was why could not the whole thing have been settled held on the 3rd Int. There were present by a Commission here?" The unofficial member His Excellency the Officer Administering the had been under the impression that everybody Goverment (Hr. F. Fleming); Mr. W. M. Deane was to get an increase.
His Excellency could not undertake to say (Acting Colonial Secretary), Mr. S. Brown, what conclusions actuated the Secretary of (Surveyor-General); Mr. E. J. Ackroyd (Acting State in deciding as he did the despatch Attorney General); Mr. H. E. Wodehouse (Acting had been made public, and most of the Civil Colonial Treasurer); Mr. N. G. Michell-Innes, servants had agreed to its terms. Acting Registrar-General); Mesa, C. P. Chater, stand over for another week, until Mr. Keswick Mr. Chater suggested that the matter should P. Rytle, T. H. Whitehead, Ho Kai, (unofficial returned to members), and Mr. F. A Haseland, Acting Clerk of Councils,ios marveller but seen Means yet for in an plavten
MINUTES.
The minutes of the last meeting were read and söhärmed,
His Excellency wald he would have gladly done so, but as the Estimates hadto be at home. by the end of the year in order to be approved and returned by: Marchior April, It would be inexpedient to delay them further, of Coma plications might arise;
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