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CANTON, INSURANCE OFFICE.
An extraordinary, general meeting of the Canton Insurance Office, Lim,, was held at noon to-day (21at lust.) for the purpose of considering the following resolution :--
That Clause No. 127 be struck out and Expunged from the Articles of Association of this Company, and do cease to form portion of the Articles of this Company from the 5th day of
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1891.
TRE "TAI-ON" CASE.
CASE DISMISSED.
Chau U Fal and Ho Ying Ming, of the Ping Ki shop, Praya Central, were summoned before Mr. Wise, at the Police Court on the 20th inst. with having unlawfully and willally made a false declaration as to the ownership of the Canton river steamer Tar-on, contrary to 18 and 19 Via sec. or, on the 6th April last, Mr. Stokes, Acting Crown Solicitor, prosecuted, and Mr. Ewens, of and Mr. Caldwell, of Messrs. Caldwell and Wilkinson, the second defendant.
residence of Mr. Tawin Iwaanro, No. 5. Klomatre, Otsu, in a jinricksha, 'When His Highness was about to enter the premises a policeinan named Touda Sanxo, standing at the northern side of the street entrance, on duty, suddenly approached His Highness, with sword drawn, struck at his head, cutting off a portion of the rim of his hat and inflicting an ugly wound on the side of the bend above the exe. The Czarewitch immediately jumped out of the jinricksba from the left side, and took refuge in an adjoining house. At the same time Prince of Greece struck the policeman with a
did next to nothing to take steps for the protec. tion of the endangered people. On Sunday night two Christian women were taken us in a most brutal manner and dragged before the Palice Macistrate, and were kept all night at the Cheb ilea's vamên. They were accused of having deprived two little children of the power of speech by the exercise of witchcraft, but the could not be proved. wemen had to be liberated, because the charge
June, 1891, and that the folinwing Clause be Messis. Ewans, and Reece, defended the first Geo cane. The policeman when attempting shown to be quite a trumped-up, one; never-
substituted instead thereof and do form portion of the Articles of Association of the Company from the fast mentioned day and be numbered
121.
131. After payment of the interest men- tioned in the immediately preceding Article, the General Agents may with the sanction of the Consulting 'Committes, „from time to time out of the annual profits of the Cam- pany add to the Reserve Fund (which now amounts to $500,000) such a sum as they shall think fit, and may, with such sanction as afore- sald, from time to time pay the whole or any part of the annual Interest of the Reserve Fund to such persons as shail, on a date to be annually determined on by the General Agents, with such sanction as aforesaid, be Shareholders, such persons to be entitled to participate in such fast mentioned interest rateably and in proper- tion to the number of shares held by them respectively. If, after payment of the interest mentioned lo the immediately preceding Article and of the additions (if any) to the Reserve Fund by this Article authorised to be made, there shall remain any undisposed of Annual profts, then and in that event the General Agents may, with such sauction as aforesaid. from time to time pay the same by way of bonus to Contributories (whether Shareholder or not) of premio, and in such proportions as the General Agents with such sanction as aforesaid shall determine, and if after all och payments as aforesaid, there shall still remain any endisposed of annual profite, then and is that event the General Agents may from time to time pay or apply the same In such manner as they with such canction as aforeasid shall think best in the Interests of the Company.
The Hon. J. J. Keswick presided, and there were present the Hon. P. Ryrie, Meim. D. Gilles, Di R. Sassoon, W. H. Ray, H. W. Dick, C. S, Sharp, J. Barton, Bell-Irving, Saunders, Lewis, Dickson, Byramjee, Ross, Gresson, Nicol Burder, and others, representing over 3,000
abares,
The Chairman said-Gentlemen, you have heard the notice calling this meeting read, and I may say that the advertisement explains in a great measure the object we have before us in assembling to-day, so that it I not necessary that I should say much WAY of supplement to the resolution, of which due notice has been given. I need hardly way that I expect shareholders will be ready to concur is the views of the Cosulting Committee as to its being desirable that the once should acquire a larger. Reserve Fand than the provisions of the Articles of Association permit. We are at present restricted to $500,000 maxi mum which we have already reached and it is therefore proposed that we should eliminate whics you will find in a parallel column in the pavers in your hands, and which we are of opinion meets the case fully. Instead of being restricted as we are by the present article, the proposed substitute will give us liberty to deal with the profits of each year as may seem best for the interests of the office, and you may rest assured that our chief care in the future, as in the past, will be not only to safeguard the inter- esta of shareholders, but also of those friends of the office whose contributions have added so materially to its prosperity. Before patting the resolution I will be pleased to reply to any questions that may be asked..
There was no discussion, and the resolution was seconded by Mr. Ryrie passed unanimously. This concluded the business of the meeting,
Article No. 121 and substitute for it the one
LIFE IN VICTORIJA GAOZ.
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Mr. Stokes said he proposed to take the cases separately, and would take the case against Chau U Fal first. He then read the charge. **
Mr. Ewers submitted that the Court had no jurisdiction to try who the owner of the ship was, and that it ought to be a civil case.
M.Stokes said the defendant was charged with having made a false declaration; the question was not whether the defendant was the owner or not.
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Comd. W. C. Hastings, R.N., Acting Harbour Master, said that by virtue of his appoint ment he was the registrar of shipping. The declaration produced was made before him on the 6th April by the defendant, consequence of certain facts he had heard, be had an interview with the defendant on the 3rd April. He then made a statement to the effect that he was one of the owners of the Talon. There were seven partners, five or six of whom lived in Hongkong the others lived in Canton The ship was worth $80,000. He owned 33/64 of the ship, and at that time there had been no division of profits, and should abg liablilty be incurred all the shareholders would bear a like proportion. The statement was signed by Mr. J. H. Stewart-Lockhart, and dated April 23, 1891. The Interview took place in the Registrar-General's office Mr. Steward-Lockhart acted as interpreter. The defendant declared to the statement,
Cross-examined--The delendant went to the Attorney-General's office. He was asked to go there by witness, as he thought there was some- thing wrong about his naturalization papers. Witness asked him to tell him all he knew about that matter. He was not cautioned in any way about lacriminating himself. The defendant spoke in Chinese, and afterwards signed the statement. All the conversation that took place was in Chinese and he took the answers, to his questions down in English. They were read over to him in Chinese, which was trans- lated by Mr. Stewart-Lockhart,
Mr. J. Hi Stewart-Lockbart, Registrar-General said that he was present on April 23rd, when the defendant made a statement afterwards read over to him and signed. Interpreted in the interview. The statement was
Witness
Cross-examined-The defendant was present at the instance of the Harbour-mguter. Witness did not pat any questions to him on his own account; be merely acted as interpreter.
Chan Wan Chi said that he was one of the
bamboo down by the jinticksba man who had been to escape was clutched by the legs and thrown drawing the Czarewitch. The Hinricksba man then got hold of the award worn by the policemen back of the head and another in the back, and inflicted two, severe wounds, one on the
the effects of these wounds, Inspector Kimoura, and when the policeman was falling from one of those who had been leading the procession, jumped and arrested the attemped assassin
The next day a woman came and wanted her son from the orphanage, pretending they had robbed her of her child; but the charge was
threatening appearance, kept hanging round the theless quite a big crowd, of desperate and place all day. It is remarkable that a few days previous to this outbreak an abortive attempt orphanage at Yangchow, and requests through had been made against the Roman Catholic
the Consul had to be made repeatedly to the Tantal before protection was afforded.
In Wuhu it was at the very last moment that the three foreign resident fathers succeeded in saving themselves; when the Incensed and missionaries made their escape and embarked excited mob invaded the premises the
in a native junk and proceeded to Chinklang.
THE BANKOW TEA MARKET
'The correspondent of the N. C. Daily News writes:-
May 9the Since opening for same number of days-
1891. Arrival. Settlements. Steck.
J-cheats. i-chests. -chests. Hankow tea... 71,914- 39.140 32,769 Kiukiang,,..... 43,752. 17,785
24,967
57.73%
and handcuffed him. The occurrence lasted but a moment and all those in attendance on His Imperial Highness were taken by surprise. A bed was prepared for the Crarewitch fo the house of Nagal Choruke, No. 15, of the same street. The Czurewitch however told them there was no need to prepare a bed, he seated bitself at the front of the shop and the wound was then inspected and bandaged. During the time that the wound was being attended to the Crarewitch, maintained bis ordinary appearance and continued smoking his cigar. On the completion of the dressing Hir Imperial Highness was taken in Jinricksha accompanied by Prince George of Greece and others on foot to the Shiga Kencho, ariving there about a 'clock, escorted by a portion of the Ninth Regiment. All necesary preparations for the comfort of the Imperial guest were made made to the Japanese Imperial Household and communication by telegraph immediately
Department at Tokio, and also to other
S quarters. The chlels of the three hospitals, Osaka, Kioto and Kobe were
summoned, and at half-past three it was decided that the Czarewitch should be removed to the Hotel at Kloto, and he therefore left the Shiga Kenche going to the Railway Station in a Haricksha, escorted as before, while the streets on represent both sides were lined by the Ninth Regiment. The policeman, Isuda Sanzo, aged 37, has a wife and 3 children. It is said that some years ago be was insane. The wound inflicted on his head by the jinricksha man is 4 fuches long and a inches deep; and that in the back à Incher long and seven tenths of an, inch deep. He
is now in prison, and an enquiry into the. matter cannot be held until he is able to speak The wound on the head of the Caarewitch Is three inches long and two tenths of an inch deep; It is not considered a dangerous wound.
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THE WUHU RIOTS,
masters of the Kwong Hip Loong shop. No. 44. Praye East. The shop was a boat-building and machine shop. He had an entry in his book headed the Wing Tai shop. The entry com- the rgth day, 8th moon, 15th year Kwang menced from the year before last. It began on su. (September 13th, 1889) $30,000 as earnest were for that boat for work done. The page money for the boat Tat-ön. All the entries was headed the Wing Tai Hong. He had no share in the Tat-on steamer; he formerly had. The interest he had was a $2,000 or more share. He never had a $10,000 interest in the steamer, Through him persons had obtained that amount of shares. Altogether all shares at througe din anunted to $30,000. The they found out that they had not got sufficient amount swelled from $10,000 to $30,000, because capital The increase took place during about twelve months. There was scrip issued for the shares. He obtained' shares for Kwok Wong Feng, the members belonged to Canton; Waships arriving at the port since the outbreak, Us Fong, Hing Fong and Wing Ip Fong, all of Canton, He did not deal direct With the honge, but through friends. Formerly thess friends were shareholders, Pra Chi King was oan of those friends, also Cheung Wing Ip, who lived at Canton. U Fong Shang also had a share. All the shares had since been sold to the defendat either on the 4th or oth April. Witness sold his own shares on the 3rd or 4th April for $2,000 or more. He sold them. at a ten per cent. discount. All the rest of the shares were sold at the same price. It was an out and out sale. He then ceased to have any laterest in the ship, but as she was engined by his firm | he must still inspect her from time to time. He was sure of the date of the selling of his shares, He remembered because he had to sign a paper. He built the base and received money from atending subscribers. He did tell Mr. Osmund that he had an interest amounting to $10,000 in the steamer Tal-on on the 3rd April. He also
that he could fly the British flag, but not with reference to the Tal-on steamer. He did say that if the vessel should become his property it would be a good thing to be i naturalized.
Cross-examined-He got subscriptions for about
The defendant was now owner of them
Total 114,666
56,964
AGAINST.
-chests, chests,
50,664 54.953
105.517
1800. Hankow tea.....110,960 Kluklang....115.539
Total 126,899
60,246 61,086
121,383
QUANTITY. Same number of bead chops arrived
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reat forse throughout that day and Mandey, Government, at whose Instigation all this dis casing, with the same abruptness with which turbance has arisen, seem now to have for it had started, shortly after sunset on Monday, gotten the existence of the part which it made While the gale lasted, the sen in the hathong so much fuss about opening-N-C. Daily presented a very wild and turbulent aspect. The
Newis. flying spray was swept high in air over the huge wäven, which broke over each other in soothing masarg of white foami, 'their whiteness being fas tensified by the strange lurid colour of the sky above, which seemed to frown a menace, upon the warring elements beneath.
Thick clouds of dust swept nil through the settlement, Inding those unfortunate pedest rians whom necessity compelled to face the doors and windows, and making everything howling storm, and penetrating tightly closed generally grimy with a thick coating of pulverised filth.
CHINAN FU,
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
April 27th. In the last few weeks there have been several calamities befilling this city. Nearly two weeks ken a fire recurred at the residence of a pro-
the dead, and the paper that was burned set fire minent, official, à relative" of the Governor." Some priests were performing rites in honour of
to the mat-tent, and xn to the house, Three, persons were lost in the flames........
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in the west suburb which, however, was speedily thirty buildings on one of the business streets just as this fire was mnging another fire occurred
Weihalwel while returning from the latter aluth of the Treasurer's yamfs, burning some
The small tug that plies between here and
A week ago a large fire orentred in the city early this morning sighted an overturned boar be a small fishing craft that had been capsized which, upon being approached, was discovered
the previous night, drowning three of the occupants, who upon the boat being righted, were found under the hatch af the mill cabin.
to
The only survivor-an old man-who bad manared to crawl on the bottom of the over turned boat, was taken en board the tug in a other casualites bare occurred very wank and exhausted condition. No doubt among the small native craft, many of which must have been caught in the gale on Monday.
Two of the Nestorian priests, to whom you referred a few days ago, have lately paid Chefen a visit, and from a glance that, by the donation of a dollar, I was enabled to obtain of their subscription-book I should conclude that they have reaped a goodly harvest as nothing daunted they importuned anybody and everybody, being rarely met by a refusal. They were ant loqu clous: their limited stock of English prevented that they simply bowed and smiled- good old primitive Christian smile, though, by the chests, wav, strongly redolent of ancient Houndsdlich
and presented their rather grimy book and a slip of paper setting forth the object of their pilgrimage and signed by one of our resident doctors, who stated his inability to vouch for their "orthodoxy," though, methinks, the broad palot of thefe honesty was of more importance to the charitably disposed than the narrower question of their religious credo. It would 1890. Interesting to leam the amount of money collected chops
chests, chests. by these representatives of a one time important 71.914 103,061 sect whose enterprise had led them to journey all T4B 42,752 52,712 this distance from their nitive mountains of
Kurdistan. Total
305 114,666 156,673 Prices are inclined to fall at the close, late arrivals from many districts show taint of tar, and parcels with that character are entirely neglected. A small parcel of choicest Ningchow is sald to have been settled by à Rusilan firm at Tis, 100 per picul, this however is not confirmed Tet. Pore Oopacks and Oonams continue to be settled at Tix 39 to Tis, 60 for the Russian market, and these are the dearest intrinsic value Tis, 19 to Tis. 24, and Ane Keemuns at Tis. 41 purchased yet. Shantame, which are good at to Tis. 48, show the best value, but rates all round are too high to last. The steamer Moyune has not yet circulated, scarcely anything baving yet been done for the English market.
1891. Hankew tea...... 157 Klukiang
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1791.
May 11th. 1890,
Hankow Teas $5,086 3-chests. 219,703 -chests. Arrivals:
Kiukiang
177,673
397,376
" 109,401 31
185.487
I hear that Mr. Frank Smith, of the Customs service, leaves us next month for England, on a well earned vacation of two years.-N. C. Dally News.
CHUNGKING.
-overcome.
Last week as the Governor was returning from his tour of inspection, a sad calamity befelt his with the rushing tide when a heavy, wind struck retinue. They came down the Yellow River one of the boats, which as it turned neatly over struck another boat, which capsized. Some fatty
persons are reported as lost, some of them officials, soldiers, etc.
Owing to these occurences the Governor has been in a state of deep distress. The fire-god and river-god are both objects of enmity at present, while the calamities are regarded as the wrath of heaven
Rumours have been afloat of a war with
Russia, The people bear of the Russian King or some one of rank coming to China with millions of snidfers, and the cause is supposed to be war. The Governor was reported to have received as order.to.at once hasten to Tientsin and go with Li Hong-chang to Chefoo, where something was about to occur. As yet the Governor is here, and probably, if he goes to Chefno, it will be to try and see the Czarewitch of Russin, the one coun
that China fears.
try
Owing to the absence of any member of the English Baptist Mission, the book-store started by that Mission has been pinced in charge of. Mr. Reid, of the American Presbyterian Mission.
Several days ago the shop was formally opened friends and neighbours sent their congratulations and decorations, and a feast was prepared in
retura.
The Rev. W. E. Lane and with havo left for the Ualted States. Mr. Lane was one of the heroes in the late Chiningchow riot, but partly been seriously affected, and he is therefore. | as a result of that excitement his health has
compelled to leave for a more favourabla atmos- phere and certainly more favourable people.
The weather has been very changeable of late, ene day hot as summer, and the next coming with a cold winter blast. Owing to this there is an increase of sickness among the people. N. C. Daily News..
(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
April 14th
parlance, marking time. The foreign Custom We are still here in statu quo or, in military
House was opened on the 1st March with a great flourish of trumpets, grand official reception, dramatic displays of gorgeous robes, processions of sedan chairs and firing of guns; a specialjank barbour was marked out on the opposite bank of the mighty river for the anchorage ofjunks sailing | most of the ponds, that usually have some water under the new rules, and a convenient temple in them the rear round, are completely dried up, near by rented as a residence for the foreign The water in the Grand Canal is to low that a
examining staff: the post courteous of Commis sioners, Mr. H. E. Hobson, who has heen karfa work since last autumn settling the preliminaries, assisted by an exceptionally competent indoor Settlements :--
staff, sits daily at "the recript of custom" whi.& Hankow Teas 55,655 -cheste, 147,435 3-chests. cometh not, charm the Thotal never so wisely. Kiukiang
33,060
9715
113.530
150,955,
By the latest intelligence from Wahu, says the Shanghai Mercury of May 16th, the few rounds of blank cartridge, fired on the rioters by the Governor of Anwhel appear to have had the the W. Cores de Vries, which arrived at effect of entirely quelling the disturbance. When Shanghai this afternoon, left Wuhu at 10 a.m. and the Chinese war-vessels, which had been of yesterday everything was then perfectly
quiet,
Cheng expressing himself satisfied that no further 10 much assistance, had left the port, Shen Ping outbreak was to be feared. Six hundred Chinese soldiers are quartered in the town from different places, the Cores de Vries having brought up one hundred from Nanking; yesterday morning Mr. Woodruff, the Commissioner of Custom, Custom House unattended, without meeting the walked down from his residence to the slightest incivility on the way, and, the officers of the Cores de Vries, which like the other
walk freely about the Settlement and see for
TYPES OF FELICITY. went alongside the refuge bulk, were able to themselves the damage done withoist the Who is the happy Skipper? What is he Chinese attempting to he in any way unfriendly, Who every Second Mate should wish to be ? though the streets are rep ried to be still Whatthough his whiskers curl abouthis ears? thronged with excited people. The Mission He's not the surly tyrant he appears. premises are a heap of ruins, and so are the His benisons are not all oaths; oh no i houses and property of the priests, where the Nor his caress invariably a blow. Customs officials principally resided. Much Contrariwise, his blow's Nke a caress, indignation is expressed at the conduct of His curses seem a lame attempt to bless. the officials in charge of the Telegraphs, When seas are shipped, he dries his shipping tars who refused to wire down intelligence to With belaying pins and capstan bars- Shanghai until they had privately telegraphed to the head of the department here for per- Especially the critiques and reviews;
But extracts from the ( 1 London) “Dally New","|| mission. When the Cores de Vries left, the And cheers their spirits when by storm imperilled Customs officials had resumed their ordinary With little-tattle from the (New York) "Herald," work, though in the Custom House, the rifles Hilanguage, tempered so to speak, annealed were still stacked ready for use at a moment's After the model of Lord Chesterfield, notice, and the pickets of Chinese soldiers Is, from some points of view, "too bright and patroling the streets, blowing their horns and
good," Gring an occasional blank shot to frighten the May be, "for human nature's daily food," inhabitants, still gave evidence that the fire was To all his crew he the Cores de Vries passed the Inconstant, which
"Now, William, if you is still anxiously looked for at Wuhu, about 18 "Thomas, I beg," or, "Robert, may I ask?"
please" miles beyond Nanking.. She saw no sign of the So kind his manner when he sets a task, Linnet.
Descended from the famous Captain Reece, The Governor of Anwhel had just left Nanking He makes his ship a modern Mantelpieca j with the three Chinese men-of-war, when in We hold half the steamer. He held the scrip,structions arrived from the Tsung-ll Yamen for And seldom have bim up before the Beak.
Of him his crew with loving reverence speak. J. Quinn, head-turnkey, Victoria Gaoi, upenhich was transferred to bim, on the 3rd or 4th those very vessels to proceed at once to the dis remand, came up for sentence for introducing
Such is the happy Sidpper; such is he April. spirituous liquors into the Gaol to be used by
turbed port. Though there were no signs of an Who every Second Mate should wish to be prisoners, on the 35th December, 1890-Mr.
when the Cores de Vries left, no one can tell immediate fresh outbreak of the riots at Wuhu -Mercury. Stakes prosecuted.
what may happen, and it is a crying shame that war vessel there for the protection of the residents up to yesterday there was no sign of a foreign and it will be a long time before the disgraceful neglect of the startling incidents of Tuesday and Wednesday is forgotten.
At the Magistracy on the zoth fast, before Mr. A. G. Wise, the adjourned summons against J. I... Wood, turnkey, for having introduced liquor fato the Gaol, and having given a cigar to a prisoner; named John Gray, was called. Mr. Stokes, Crown Solicitor, prosecuted, on behalf of Mr. A M. Thomson, Acting Superintendent of Victoria Gaol, and Mr. Caldwell, of Mosses. Caldwell and Wilkinson, defended.
Upon the defendant's name being called he did not appear,
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T SINGKIANGP U.
(FROM A CORRESPONDENT,)
2nd May, 1891. Everything is very dry in these parts now, and
dan hat been thrown across the old bed of the Yellow river to keep all the water possible in the canal.. At this place the canal divides and unites again half a mile lower down, and one furk has been dammed up to hold all the water In the main stream. The occasion of all this. It is consoling to a Britisher to know that the husbanding of the water supply is to enable the awe-inspiring representative of his own most Emperor's rice beats to pass. They have been influential and non-gullible Government held here several days and all have not yet passed, himself rigidly sloof from all these perlle There are several hundred of them and they amusements,foreseeing doubtless (I mean, the travel in regular order, divided up into eighteen Minister behind him) that nothing real was little fleets, cach numbering forty boats. Each Intended, Having vanquished the threatened host has the number of the flect and its own Invasion of the Ruling, it is a small matter now number in that fleet. Every fet has its little to postpone the promised opening of the part to official in command and the whole is generally junks foreign-owned, until the Greek Ratenda. commanded by a Tacial At present however Not that absolutely nothing has been done or they have nonë, since the one who was in charge Is doing. The Chinese merchants, who are the has been deposed by the Viceroy, as he was people chiefly interested and who, with their found to be a defaulter to the tune of 200,000 usual common sense, ceased to take any interestfaels and his successor has not yet arrived, bat la In the so-called opening, once ther learnt that expected shortly. the hoped for coming of steamers was a vain The time made by the rice boats is characteristic delusion, now find that instead of their business, of the Chinese, as they only travel from ten to being facilitated by the change, It is virtually forty a day unless the wind is very strong in brought to a standstill. This unexpected state their favour; from this place onward their "rate of things has been brought about by a notice of speed will probably be lessened on account of from the Total that no goods are to pass through the low water. the new office for which likin or Transit Besides the Emperor's rice, these bosts are certificates cannot be produced.. Unfortu-loaded down with every conceivable kind, of nately our Goverments have agreed to merchandise, and the sides of the boats, and on this clause being generally Inserted in the top, are in many cases loaded with loga; some foreign Customs regulations at all the ports, even have smaller boats tied on behind, loaded notwithstanding that it is manifestly at down with lumber and bambon, all of which variance with treatles which stipulate for an pass the two big customs and the many little However, there it is, and I suppose the Shanghal baul for the boatmen especially if they observe export duty of five per cent, or any other figure.queeso stations" without a challenge—a big
Total would be in his tight if he were to charge the old custom (which they ilkey will-such twenty-five per cent. A on silk from Huchow sticklers are they for custom) of abstracting some and so quintuple the stipulated tariff duty, as far of the rice and of making the remainder swell as not impeded by transit passes. Be this as it up to the original balk by a little canal water. mayeur merchants here say that no tax was ever levied before, on produce leaving the city for down-river, and further that any Whin that was levied before was collected at the barriers before entering the city. It is after passing these barders that the goods are sold to our local merchants and brokers who export 16th May, 1891.
them to Hankow. Now the Tastal wants Pekoe up country is $140 per picul.
We understand that the price of Flowery another is on the raw produce before It passes the new Customs, where it has now to The heavy rain on Saturday last has demo-pay full export duty and a half-diny: and this lished another fire wall over the Bridge, and we respective of what the goods have already paid, regret to learn that seven lamates of a house the goods enter the city they are sorted, classified This, the merchants say, is impossible. Once
Mr. Stokes asked if sentence could not be said his object in becoming naturalized was so smouldering, On her way down to Shanghai | "John, be so good with polished case:
His Worship said he could not go on with the Case, as the defendant had not put in an appearance. Dld Mr. Stokes ask for a warrant? passed.
His Worship said he could give Wood six months' hard labour, but how was he going to undergo the tentence if he had left the Colony? Mr. Stokes then applied for a warrant for Wood's arrest.
His Worship asked Mr. Stokes if he had any more evidence to produce, and was answered in the negative.
The defendant said bo had no further state
ment to make in his defence.
He
consider the time Quinn had been in the Govern- | Mr, Camuna that he had sh to become officials were already notified of trouble brewing
Tal-ok. He formerly possessed $2,000 worth of
U Fang Shang said that he knew the steamer shares, but the shares got through him amounted to $34.000. He, and the last witness were recognised as the originators of the venture, and each held a hall, He got money from Canton and Fatshan When he sold the shares to He Ving Hung, he gave him scrip; Witness was His Worship, addressing the defendant, sald formerly managing partner of the Wing Fai he thought that the amount of ball be fixed on Hong; now he was only employed there. He the last occasion was sufficient to show that he ceased to be master of the Wing Tal on the and considered the charge amply proved. He would or 3rd April On the 7th April he never told interest in ment service and the fact of his having risen to the steamer
neither did he be a bead-turnkey. Under the Ordinance he was naturalized so as to By the British flag. flable to a fine of £20 or six months' imprison= Cross-examined-He knew Chao U Fal. He ment, or both. However he would take into con had not bought any shares from witness. He alderation the length of the defendant's service, had bought his shares through Chan Wan Chi C. Osmund said he was clerk in the Registrar and would imposă a fine of Cro.
General's office. He remembered the last witness coming to him. The willing shown him was the ambatance of what he had said. The writing shown him wassiso the substance of what Chan Wan Chi said,
THE CENSUS.
The taking of the census was commenced to day (Mayz1st). It is tan yours since it was last taken in 1881, when the returns showed the follow-
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There was no further evidence. His Worship said he would not call upon Mr. Ewest because he considered the charge had entirely broken down.
FOOCHOW.
were buried under it.
and sold all over the different markets in the
Many are the questions asked about the Czarewitch. The Chinese cannot believe he has conte on a pleasure trip; they want to know why be has so many gunboats with him, and in splic of what is told them they persist in think tag he has sinister designs on the Empire, this idea being strengthened by the fact that so many of the little guard-boats on the Grand Canal have been ordered South.
The weather has been quite cool for ten odd days past, and it tells on the corn just coming up, which has a chilled and bleached appear standing the dry weather, and the poppy grown ance. The wheat looks fairly well, notwith-
space.-N. C. Dolly News.
TIENTSIN
The following notes on the trouble bave been supplied to us by one the French fathers: It is quite certain that the Wabu trouble has been premeditated. It was a regular attack against all foreigners. Da Sunday night the Customs
During the latter part of the week the price of rice has gone up some thirty cents a picul, and place. So they positively refuse to pay this new Impost and threaten to shut up shop until their the cause of the rise is the usual old story100 governors and masters revert to a more reas #gainst all foreigners, a number of whom went
float on board the hulks in the river. Os much rain!" And yet Junks loaded with rice are Monday there were general rumours of a arriving freely from both North and South into able frame of mind. This strike" plan is not
(FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) - societies against foreigners without exception, who we observe, have never failed to put up the heavy loss in the riot that would certainly casue, Kle-tehong the Viceroy will leave here in the hateful nature belag propagated from the secret this port. The rise is undoubtedly, as we have to Chungking but it will not be lightly
Tientsin, May 11th. stated before, a agus by the retall dealers, be for the authorities, the merchants too risk adopted as, serious though it would undoubtedly and their covetousness of the riches of the
On account of the suggestion of Mr. Ma- natives of China (fang-yang-trat). On Mon- price as soon as the weather has been rainy for should the officiale prove stiff-necked and not Hasan on the 33rd instant, instead of leaving day again we learned from a sure source of or three days. Such proceedings deserve give way to mob demonstrations at the first in the Hain-y. The reason for the change information that the hatred of the savage.
the gravert attention of the authorities, - an It is rabble was largely directed not alone against a most barefaced robbery of the poorer classes Symptom of violence, which to tell the truth, they teamers I need not mention, as it will not
almost invariably do, in these missionaries, but also against the foreign
interest your readers, Hmen hard Customs, the straightforwardness and honesty of
No city of its size that I know has so large a It has not been officially notified, but we bear whose officers goes against the grain of the that the Stewards of the Foocho Race Club their daily earnings for their subsistence. Up proportion of its inhabitants dependent upon majority of the low, vulgar rabble. Tuesday propose to hold Scarry Race-Meeting on the showed distinctly that the movement was well
afternoon of the apth instant. A few energetic to steep rocky alles that give access to the planned, and cleverly prepared, size it would riders attend at the Racecourse every moral including the daily supply of water and fach,
of this fortress-like town, everything, have been impossible to direct such a large mob endeavouring to get their. mokes somewhat it carried some hundreds of feet by vast gangs of in unison, as really was the case. Therefore gallep, but we lear it is waste of labour, tolling coelies: each boat and those engaged
there is not the slightest doubt that the vote
The Race-course is thoroughly saturated with affair has been premeditated.
water, and is quite rotten, and unsafe to gallop in the trade number thousands has its crew of hungry trackers. These are not people to be upon. With every prospect of this wet weather trifled with if their hand-to-mouth livelihood is All the Missionaries worldly belongings were destroyed, burned, or stolen. There were quark thing, and after sensoda ble det to a chiwe suddenly cut off, and as the brokers say when ters for about thirty fathers, a fine library, and think the odds are Lombard Street to a Chisa
the merchants close, the coolics will soon settle furniture, besides, of course, large suppiles of rangs that the meeting will not take place. stares and provisions not only for the local any case, should the rain cease, the course will the Total and his new in. As Sir Lucias
quarrel O'Tigger says, "It's a mighty pretty Mission, bat for the stations farther inland a not be fit for racing for fat least two weeks.---
It now stands, and there's lots of quiet sleeping well. There were also 'a school for boys, a THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION buildings and outhouses. What the fire could
ground in the abbor yonder," and indeed it would Servants' chapel,
quarters and other necessary
be amusing enough for us all and give us a little excitement in this dull corner, to look on white the quarrel is being fought out, but for the fact that the unfortunate foreigner is liable to come
Mr. Stokes submitted that there was a case, as facts riven in evidence were quite contradictory to the statements he wished to put in,
lug population-Europeans and Americans 3,040, mixed blood, 968; temporary residents 188 Chinese in European employ 5.539; Chinese residing in Victoria 96,856; ditto in villages 16,606, boat population In Victoria harbour 16,68%, prisoners
His Worship said that as far as the evidence total 152,858, as compared with 132,504 in 1976 went, is went to show that the defendants 118,670 in 18731 and 119,407 in 1870-71. This declaration on April 6th was right and there was sime it is estimated that the figures will reach nothing to show that the declaration made at the 207,000, about one-fourth more papers being Harbour Office was false. The case would be distributed. Constables left them at
dismissed... 1. Котореад addresses those intended for the Chinese were Mr. Stokes then withdrew the charge against given out by the district watchmen and a few the second defendant, as he said he had only the men specially
same evidence to produce. engaged for the occasion by the Registrar-General's department. The collecting to-day, and will probably be finished began about next week-end. The returns wern out in swo months, ten year ago, and probable about the same period will slapse before their publication this time, as no extra clerks have been The following account of the attack upon the engaged by the Government, and the Registrar- Cearewitch is given in the Fokal Shimpo, General's people have to do it' and their own | published in Shanghali-At halfepast one o'clock merly as well-witlidus antra pay:
on the 11th instant, the Csarewitch visited the'
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not destroy, "the vandals certainly otherwise. managed to do away with. The hospital attached to the Mission, for the benefit of the natives, has been destroyed too.
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CHEFOO.
(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) :-
6th May, 1891.):
The Haing-shing had a collision at Koo-koo fatter. She was laden with plece goods, &c., with a Taka Tug Co.'s lighter, and sunk the cargo from the Hat-an. The lighter lies in siz fathoms of water. I have not board who is to blame to the matter.
The Newchwang also had a collision with a shit junk, cutting it in two, and the junk senk immediately
On Saturday, at 5 pm, our gas works caught fire, but the flames were soon extinguished. The damage done is very small.
Yesterday the Match Factory took fire and was reduced to ashes the plant and everytblag 21 is destroyed, only the outhouses and dwalling houses belog saved. The fire broke out in the drying room, caused by a coolie, who dropped frame containing dry matches, walch Instantly and set the whole of the matches in the
wing room on fire,
There are rumours about the big Railway loan
In as the scapegoat. And the pity of it is that being settled, niso shout the loan for the Shang, A violest gale from the S. W., which sprang nothing is wanted but a little ferviness and plain- bái-kwan" line for Tle. -4,000,000 being settled, It is to be regretted that the local Magistrate, up with remarkable saddenness, commenced to speaking on the part of our Representatives to but it is doubtful if there to any truth in either.” oven after being pressed by the Billet Conavy I blow on Sunday morning and continued why I got a stop to all this fooling. Dat the Halak | Mercury,