SUPREME COURT.
IN SUMMARY JURISDICTION.
(Before Mr. E. 7. Ackroyd, Acting Pusline Judge.)"
June 5th.
ÖVER-ASSESSMENT.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 1891.
been drawing large amounts month after mouth, and you can't state what any of the payments were for.
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By Mr. Master-The cheque for $1,000, endorsed by Y. A. Gubbay, was for a loan, I think, I am certala it was not to pay for losses at cards. I don't think I ever lost over $200 or $300 at cards at one time. I can't tell whether I did lose $1,000 at one sitting; it is so long ago, I borrowed from Mr. Gabbay several times; I have borrowed thousands of dollars. I have played #poker" with others besides bir. I don't remember whether I played Gubbay, Mr. Stakes appeared for the Hongkong Land and Investment Company in an appeal against January, April, or any other months. the valuation of certain tenements by the in 1880. I have no recollection- very Assessor of Rates. It was sought to amend the often play cards. It is quite possible; but not list by reducing the valeation of these buildings probable, that I drew this money on cheques to from $1.610 to $1.400. The Goverment made self in order to have it for gambling. no objection, and it was only as a matter of forms that this suit was brought before the Court, to comply with the Rating Appeals Ordinance, 15 of 1888, section 10.
An order was made accordingly,
IN ORIGINAL JURISDICTION.
(Bsfors Sir James Russell, Chief Justice.)
other side."
June 8th.
A MORTGAGE CASE.
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Mr. Francis, QC. (instructed by Mr. Hastings) applied on behalf of the Hongkong, Canton, and Macao Steamboat Company for an order to foreclose on a mortgage entered into between that Company and Leong Hing Shul allar Ng San Mut. There was no appearance on the The petition set out that Leung Hlog Shul was a splaster, living at 108 Queen's Road West, and. was the registered owner of Section 6 of Inland Lot 165. On the 29th August last she borrowed $15,000 on the property from the Company at 8 per cent. per annum. On the 14th January last she executed a second mortgage with James Clerihew, inspector of malsances, for $1,000, at the same rate, and subsequently executed a deed of composition, appointing Luk Wong trustee.
Mr. Francis said that the Company held possession of the land, but the revenue was not sufficient to cover the cost of the Interest, the amount now owing belag $16,479. He therefore
asked for an order to foreclose.
Evidence as to the execution of the mortgage having been given by Mr. Rodyle and others,
His lordship granted the order, to take effect after the lapse of three months.
IN DANKRUPTCY,
SUGARS AND POKER. Sorabjee Rustomjee came up for further examination. Mr. Reece appeared for the debtor, and Mr. Master for creditora.
His lordship-Mr. Michael states in bis report that "in addition the bankrupt has drawn out farge sums, exceeding $40,000, by means of cheques drawn in bis own laver, which renders it impossible to obtain information for whom or for what
purposes these moneys were drawn, or whether they were ever paid away, or are not still in his possession or under his control." What was that amount for
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Debtor-I was not aware at the last hearing] that my passbooks had been made up, and thai all the cheques were entered, when you asked me about the ai blank cheque-counterfalls,
His lordship-It seemed to me that you had drawn cheques and made no entry of them an the counterfoils, as any ordinary man of business would have dose. There was a suggestion that you had drawn cheques and made, no entry on the counterfoil. You say now they were never drawn. But I want to ask you about these $40,000,
Debtor-That was 'drawn by me ¡\I can account for it to a very large extent, I did not take a note of the cheques, but I bare traced them, and I can accouni to your 'satisfaction for $36,000 or $37,000. I have bere certificates from different parties to shew this—they were all drawn within one year.
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His lordship—I want you to account for these
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extracting myself from the aforesaid coolies, as I narrowly escaped landing in a trench they are digging along the Prays, and, Sir, when I enquired of one of the enlightened citizens of this Gibraltar of the East what they were doing this for, he solemnly answered me "This is one of the Pubile Works Department's improvements, and you, as the philanthropist I know you to be, will join us in our prayers -for them to stop improving our roads by leaving them open at least not more than six times year." Well, Mr. Editor, this same daughty citizen, or my 'enquiring the name of the new building they were erecting opposite the wharf, responded that it was the Hongkong Hotel, so I immediately asked him if he would navigate me reund. He replied " he would with pleasure," and be did; but we required no sound. His lordship---Obi you must remember.. Aings, Sir; no, for he (that is the enlightened man docan't draw thousands of dollars to gamble citizen, not the other ons) when I politely asked If he damped, said with a sigh "I don't mind if I' with, and not remember it.
do:" so we, as that great statesman Lincoln- Frank of that ilk, nof Abrahama-såld without laughter, "got our hair cut". After undergoing "that operation we made for a door leading out into the street and there I saw staring me in the face a sign-board with the words “Treasury Office" in nice gold letters, but it was not this I noticed so much as the noble bearing of a gentleman with a bettonhole full of flowers, and
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Mr. Master-Is it true that you went to play with Mr. Gubbay and others and put $1,000 in the hands of the banker to pay for "ebips," We didn't stake $1,800 at once." I don't think It possible that at one or more sittings I was "cleaned out"—I might have lost a considerable portion. So far as I remember, though, I never lost over $100 al once. These cheques were not drawn to pay that I got the money from my private account. I have played in Mr. Gabbay's house both in the afternoon and evening. We have played one or two hours at a time. 1 very seldom backed my hand agains! | another ; I did so for about Big or $20-it all depended how I fared with the first band. Mr. Toeg never played there, but might have seen me play. The cheque for $600, dated May 1887, for which the counterfoll is blank, is not among the $1000hp-That is quite antecedent to
$40,000.
what we are inquiring into,
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Cross-examination continued-I have never written a cheque la Mr. Gobbay's house to cover my loss. The book produced is stamped Brokerage Book"-I was a broker in 1887, but afterwards I set up as principal I tore 41 pages out of the book then, as they were no use to me. I do not remember in 1876, on my former bankruptcy, that the Chief Justice sald something about the absence of accounts. I should like the words read. With respect to my transactions with Toeg and Gabbay, I sold Sugars "short," and they came to me in April, soid 150 for the end of July, at $209, to Benjamin 1889, and got me to buy some more as cover. I
and Danby. I had not got those shares. I sold 200 at $204 to Toeg and Gabbay the same day May 14th 100 to G. R. Stevens, at 8335 and $137, May 16th, 100 to R. A. Gubbay at $235; May 23rd, 100 at $235; 28th May, too to Hughes and Exta, at $136 1 750 In all. On May gth I bought, for 31st July, 150 from Benjamin and Danby at $235 ; 250, from Toeg❘ and Gubbay, at$234; June 4th, through Benjamin and Danby, from Mr. Forbes, 50 at 8253) July 2nd, 450 at $305, from Toeg, and Gubbayi making a total of 850. I got a letter from Mr. Gubbay towards the end of July, saying that he had beard. I was not able to settle, and asking if it was so. I wrote the note that says "Dear Gubbar-The person who told you this knows better than I do mysel!.". I don't know whether that was my answer to the inquiry or not. In my opinion it is not a reply to it, as I had told Mr. Gabbay, the morning after I bought the shares from him, to sell them, as he had misled me about them. I was not Insolvent in May, but I was in July.
By the Court-I did no business in bills, nor have I remitted any money. I bought two bills for £186, lu April 1889, and for about £280, in April this year. A friend lent it to me. (Name written and handed to the Court),. It was lent I have no bank account without security.
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splendid bat an, going up the steps to the before-mentioned ofice. I enquired of my worthy "I don't mind if I do" whom that might be, and he replied-"I do not know; I cannot remember; I do not remember." "Hold!”
Bald in as v'em a voice as I could com- mand, "Is this a lesson on memory you are giving me? If so, cease, for 1 pay you to remember." He whined out "I am paid, your honor, as a protector, not as a walking Stokes on
Memory, but see how I protect 1". Thinkdag might have wounded his no doubt tender feelleg I asked my protector what he would take. and he cheerfully-selected a whisky cocktall. The "boy," as luck would have it, had not forgotten the way to make this cool and refreshing beverage, so we had another damp. Oh! Tytam, where art thou? Echo answers, "very much so.".
After again passing out of the hollowed portal I discovered myself under a nice shady retreat,. on what my worthy" damper" said was Queen's Road. I there saw (please kick hard, for. I have no friends) a congregation of men, of different were. The answer was "dead-brokers," and nationalities, and of course.I enquired what they
brokers, I dropped a quarter in the poor-box as he certainly could not possibly have meant
to assist in defraying their passage back to the Promised Land,
After this I turned my face to the west, the land of the free, not "The Land we Live In," nor the land of The Rose, Shamrock and Thistle," but the abode of evil smells and confusion worse confounded; bat before going very far I ran un against a splendid mosaic pillar. Ahi sir, well may Hongkong boast of its architecture, Its wealth and magnificence | On my rushing forth these expressions of admiration my friend the "damper" whispered in a tone of ame "the City Clock" Great Cor was I then at last in the presence of this world-renowned pubile, monument I stood as one in a trance, admiring the noble des am, and above all the splendid position of this monumental marvel of the age. Well may the people of this colony be proud of shewing how they have spent their riches in beautifying their inland of Streams! But what is this my protectormoznielly ejaculates? "We were once rich, but what with the 40,00 annual Military Contribution, the tavlab and quite uncallerl-for increase of official salaties, the steady depreciation of all kinds of business, and a rate of taxation that is simply beart-breaking to the working .com. in India, Europe, America, or other place. Imunity, such is no longer the case, and dire estimate my monthly expenses, exclusive of poverty and distress reign where allisence once gambling, at about $500 a month. They were held fordly sway." I was so taken by jurprise only about $300 before my bankruptcy, I have at this outburst that it was with difficulty I was no debis owing me..
enabled to think; but as if some noble Inspiration had seized me it dished through my mind, why not pawn this noble edifice, or let its basement out as a flower and cigar Morgue! My attention was next called to an imposing stracture on the other side of the way where I saw several gentlemes standing on a verandah, under a punkah, calmly picking their teeth and apparently deciding affairs of vast Importance Upon asking if this was the Stock Exchange, was informed it was not, but something far superior; in fact it was the local Madam Tus sand's, so you see how appearances do deceive one! My friend pointed out to me a few of the greatest celebrities of the colony. There was one who had a third of a column of good stiff libels are omitted-Ed]
Raphael Gubbay, broker, sald-I am a partner with Mr. Toeg. I heard what Mr. Rustom ce said about the "poker" playing He used to play with me at my house every day. Sometimes there were six or seven, sometimes eight of us. We played, off and on, for nearly six months, at different houses. It was about the
1889
His lordship Here is one cheque for $1,000, end of 1888. We did not play after July, November 14, 1888 ; how was that spent ? -
Debtor-I can't tell what any one'cheque was | but as the game got bigger and as we dida't We started to play cash, at first, for, but I can show how the whole amount was want to play on credit it was understood that disposed of
each men should bring at least $1,000 before His lordship-That is nothing to go by-we | ikiting down at the table. We played four or want detalls,
five nights a week between April and June. The Deputy Registrar read out a number of | Rustemfes always brought money--cash, not other cheques-19th March, $1,000; 6th April, cheques. I was a winner when we finished. $1,000; 11th April, $1,000 ; 13th April $1,000; | I should think Rustomjee had dropped over 15th April, $1,500; 26th April, $130; 111 June, 85,000, but less than $10,000; 38,000 or $9,000, I $12,988; 1st June, $3,243.
should say. He lost much more than $1,000 at one sitting, to my knowledge, as I saw it I think It was in June. Others lost, besides Rustomjee. Debtor-Not having kept books I can only We played in other places, besides my house account for the total. I paid $300 to Sin A Sing he might have lost there also. He lost the another $500 was for Poon Pong. amount I state in my house. cannot account for the $1,000 drawo for private expenses, as I keep no account of my household expenses. It could not be for one month, though; my household expenses never reached $1000 a month, I can account for the $17,778 ; it is a settlement account-Mr. | Poon Fong pald me, $11,000 in notes, and $60,000, $20,000, $59,093, $13,000, $23,500, and $8,058 in cheques altogether $198,651, against $185,878 for Steamboat hares, and I owed him a balance of $8,778, so I drew the cheque for that amount. I capect I wanted the other $4,000, as 1 drew a cheque for 812778. I can't account for It in any other way. I expect that I made the
to get me 94,000. It may be that I wanted the money for settlements. The cheque for $5,600 that I drew the same day I used to pay Yik Tin, 'Tast, I had borrowed the amount in March of His lordship-You knew he was gambling
Cross-examined-1 usually kept the _bank; sometimes It was Mr. Y. A. Gubbay. He wat then my partner in business. He might have lent money to players, but the rale was to pay. cash, Mr. Rustomjee both won and lost pretty heavily.
By the Court-I made about $3,6:0 at play, altogether, I don't know who got the rest. The total losses were very great. I knew one man whe made $9,000 and another who made $10,000, other about $1,000 or $1,500. This was during the four months we played. There were two men who lost the money the others divided the spoil. We began to play usually and Rustomjee incurred serious losses in May of June, I think. The limit was $75, and betting was unlimited.
After this, Sir, a suggestion that another damp" would not be amiss, was unanimously carried, which ceremony having been duly cele. brated, my official friend and I parted, with mutual expressions of good-will and a hope that another walk around might be arranged some otherday.
CORRESPONDENCE.
(Wa da nət nacistirily endorse the opinions expressed by Correspondents is this colums,]
anent this new venture
is doubtul. Careful and moderate investments in the shares of the undernoted companies might lead to very good results:-
Punjom unumununi♣ 5:00 Jelebus
2.25 Kauba
.80 10.00
Imaris ........................................... I have purposely refrained from including thoss which are quoted at an abnormal premium. In conclusion I cannot help regretting that the notion of your astute man of business," as stated in the leader, in regard to the Company, is far from favourable, yet it remains to be sean whether the potion, based as it is on long standing and past speculative experience, proves to be concrete and sound, or merely abstract, alry, and erroneous, and his threats as to the non-success of the Company may eventually turn out amorphous, perhaps spleen-born and proofless.
Yours truly,
CITIZEN.
Hongkong, 3rd June, 1891, [We cheerfully afford "Citisen," as we do every correspondent who conforms to our rules and to journalistic etiquette, the use of our columns. to air his opinions; but we frankly mik what,
and prompt action taken by Mr. Geo. Phillips, Astrong central governor is the best guarantee Since the H.B.M.'s Consul, will put a stop to such malpria for the prevention of violence, tices la future.
Admin Netani | aḍpolstment of the present Viceroy efforts to Thanks are alsodue to Mr. Phillips for having | stir up animosity against foreigners have not frustrated an attempt of the native authorities to been lackity; » It la ume over a year since the lery an additional tax of $5 per chest on opium, whole city was placarded with the inflammatory In December last the "Chamber was inter«.] cartoans ́which have since become, so, well We do not know that viewed by Mr. Pinches on his way to Peklo to known elsewhere. obtain the sanction and protection of the any definite punishment was meted out to authorities to carry on ten growing and curing the offenders, but undoubtedly something. by machinery in Formosa" on the same method was done which prevented violence. During as practised in India and Ceylon. His vicwa| the interval, however, there has continually been were thoroughly endorsed by the Committen, who x stealthy dissemination of this scurrilous addressed the Inspector General of Customs literature both in the city and province regarding this most important matter. two occasions has this come under your Mr. M. Woodley and Messrs. Dodwell, Carlill correspondent's notice on the first occasion & Co. have been elected members of this he had the gratification of knowing that The Chamber, subject to confirmation at the annual neighbours, zealous either through fear or friend-
apartadi, ship, Instantly tore down what was placarded" general meeting-Echo.
hear his home; more recently the evil tracis were being leszed one by one and by hand. The fear of the Viceroy was assigned as a reason for hiding this work of vittae under the bushel districts is more systematic and open. Among of secrecy. The distribution through country.
those recently brought in from villages where they have been found issued is one fliustrated the foreigner with native on the table, in the act of digging out his eyes. is no doubt as to the source of these placards. All information goes to prove that a continuous supply is being poured in from Hunan by boats crossing the Tungting Lake. The distribution
KIUKIANG.
In this particular instance, are "Citizen's Ngarkin and Shanghai bas very speedily placard which" is 'new to mea
evidently regardless of cost-the publica tions have penetrated as far from the main waterways as the province of Shaust No doubt all this literary activity of venomous and Althy the movement which see a poll as the signs movement which is exciting Ngankin just How
of
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT)
27th May, 1891.|| The news of the various commotions at Wahu, views worth? We think that, taken as a whole, travelled here and everybody is talking about it they are worse than worthless, Why should There is a very uneasy feeling prevailing in this est correspondent go out of his way to silify city; there are thousands of roughs from, the and abuse & gentleman-by universal consent tes district and the numerous boste now lying in acknowledged to be "an astute man of busl-thecreek, and some six thousand students are now ness "who, so far as we are aware, has had arriving for the Triennial examinations. There nothing whatever to do with the proposed is very loud commendation on the part of these Company, either for or agslost, and who of the work of their compatriots In the lower certainly had no more connection with cur ports of the river; the only cause of disappoint critical article than the late lamented Mr. ment in their part is that the work was not Noah? It is this meanness, born of self
that they intend ugly. There it great talk interest, which disgusts us with Hongkong that they intend to do the same thing. business men and racthods, and which irresist- an early date. At this time the number of sow dies:
In Wachang Itself there is no danger at all ibly compels us atʼimes to write in very is by no means small. Should any disturbance
Chang Chih-tung is much plainer terms than is probably justified take place a vigorous resistance will be made, far as can be seen. by the occasion. The astute man of buslaces There is quite a warlike spirit prevailing in the too strong. His actions are still commented we referred to was Mr. H. N. Mody, who in community, and arms are in readiness: At the on, with cankered vigour by the great His- recep- our opinion is the fairest, most honest, Consulate there is a magazine of Hile and the jority of his subordinates. most honourable and must considerate share Customs have just received a stock of twenty-on of the Crazevitch gave them new operator to the colony. Likewise, Mr. Mody four sword bayonets; in other places there are opportunity for abuse. The city has been full of the remarks of this and that mandarin la scorn alwayspaya when he loses—which is more than also stacks of arms and men will use them. can be said for a number of very high-toned Last night we received word here that of the Viceroy who abused himself before the gentlemen with much greater social and moral there had been a slot at Nanking, but can foreigner, prepared the way for favasion, etc., pretensions. We can assure our correspondent get ne further particolars, Some of the c, while the Futal gained a temporary that no person in Hongkong has the success Chinese scholars in the Mission, schools have spurious, popularity, because ten house goulp of the Stock, Share, and Debenture Investment escaped to Chinking, and from this source represented the fact of the Czarevitch not Co., Ld., more at heart than we have ; bet the news comes, The Chinese will not entering the city as due to the determined truth will prevail, and the Company's pro- send any messages from Nanking. This action refusal of the Futal to allow the streets of the spectos which must have been drafted by corresponds to that at Wahu when messages capital to be polluted by the tread of a foreign some defunct lawyer or the ghost of the late were refused. It is a crying shame. The Prince. The easy tool for all this spleen is the favour the Viceroy is kupposed to show to King of Slam-is, on the face of it, an absolute Chinese bave no idea of liberty or justice. foreigners. Very probably the first out-
riots are taking place all the time and if the bandent, instead of indulging in purposeless wires are closed to those in danger all immediate suggestions and unjustifiable insinuations, bad means of procuring safety are gone. It is time attempted to disprove the few simple pro- the foreign powers taught the Chinese a sharp pozitions advanced in our article of yesterday, severe lesson by bombarding a town or two be might have effected some definite object; The paying of indemnities does not amount to as it is, the only reasonable laferences anything. The parties that make the disturbance deducible from his letter are that he is almost always get off scot-free, and the financially concerned in the propose! new innocent well-behaved people, who really dread Company and bas Interests to serve by a riot as much as the foreigners, are the ones directing special attention to a number of who have to pay ----N. C. Daily News. stocks which he thinks are a gift at present quotatione. "Citizen" thinks that Dockca at 103 per cent, premium are a good thing for investors. Wedon't,--Ed., H.K. Telegraph.}
operations. If
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NANRING.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) ·
zgih May, 1891.
The Viceroy has been putting things through in most-vigorous-fashion. Several officers of high grade have already been removed. Others | including the two Hiens are threatened. No executious yet, but some of the rioters will pro- bably lose their heads.
Best
The correspondent-of-the-N.-C. Daily-News writes under date May 27th :—
Arrivals within the last few days have been on a fairly liberal scale, and figures now stand as under :-
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Arrived. Settlements,
The oficials have already agreed with Mr. chts. Ferguson as to the damages done to Methodist Hankow teas.410,960 331,320 *** 79,640 | property, and several hundred dollars have been Kinklang »
.........314,669 186,778 127,891 || paid down. H.M.S. Parpoiss arrived yesterday- at 3 pm, and will remain. a: few days, The: 725,629 518,098 207,531 Viceroy has appointed an audience with the
Commander of the Porpoise this morning 443.958 347,338
But the atmosphere is not yet clear. There 96,610 | is an: Il-concealed feeling of excitement, and ***............324,058.245,836 78,215 hostility. A four days festival is now in progress and the crowds that gather may easily 76,009_593,174 374.835 | be "stirred up. Soldiers, however, are still guarding foreign property, and we trust there will be no more trouble.-V. C. Daily News
1690,
Hankow teas Kinklang
man and Oopack districts, has been on the whole Quality of late arrivals, except from the Kee unsatisfactory, and really pure teas as scarce as ever, and very eagerly competed for. Prices paid for the last few days have been as under:
Ningchows and & 3rd
packs, poor...25 a 38... 1{a} Klukiang 2nd and 3rd
Th, Tia. Exalt. Vita do slo
1/78
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packs, fair..........17 30... 10d. 1/4 Holhows and packs.....14, 16... 98... 91d. Keemuns ged packs, fair
feet.
FOOCHÓW.
May 23rd.
The natives have made every necessity preparation to meet the expected big flood which,
was against him
but of placard ng Hat in the city which
now. The high officials are being kept in-
governs the strong hand is too well formed of the continuous publication, and it is to be hoped that now the disasters of Anhui will lead them to attach suficient Importance to the matter to energetically prevent what otherwisa thust some time lead to disturbance, at any rate in the country districte
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j Yet, with all this anti-foreign venom flowing from Husan, there are signs that the spirit of the age is killing it even in that province. It is true that Hansnese visitors tell as that Kuo Sung- tio, the first Ambassador to England, now in retirement at his Hunan home, is still so despised for his forela residence that he can't venture to pay New Year calls, and that many respect able" people there will use no foreign cloth, foreign matches, or anything else that is foreign. But = traveller who has recently returned from in extensive tour in the province: reports a very considerable change from former years, an Increasing respect and sense of an outer world knowing: Changsha he found shut against him, as of old, but apart from city walls found the country, much more accessible.. The seme Viceregal influence is tolling, mathematics and science have risen like comets of baleful omen fasthe Hunau Hterary sky, steam tugs have even entered its sealed waters; the times are changing. The writer is constantly visited by! Hunan literary men just arrived to take founda tien scholarships in the Viceroy's College of the Two Lakes and a the 'race they are, well: worthy of being drawn into the brotherhood af nations, y por lordnas kalnasignat
TIENTSIN.
A) (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) wharfi badung Sun Trentun, May 23rd.”. 1 hear from Peking that a number of placarda have been posted on the walls, threatening to massacre foreigners. It is no doubt the work of weret societies, who are Hard at work all over China trying to do all the mischief they can.
14, Hung-chang went on board the Haran at p.m. and left here this morolog at 130 clone on an Inspection four. He, TA escorted on board by all the local official, He
Meanwhile the Government goes on and, in accordance with immemorial customs, senda San! down.notice of eclipses of the moon calculated T'SINGKIANGPUR UN Fge to the minute by its own astronomers with direc Cann Lake | slona for due prostrations by, high officials to avert the evil and drive away the dog in the (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) *** **
miderman kyk And stately dignitaries, who know all and May, 1851. about the reasons of eclipses, go through the due We often ses newspaper accounts of the | Refows, and order gongs to be duly beaten and wonderful way in which China is governed Is drums to be banged all night-to the sorrow of every big city in England and America their sleepless English neighbours and they do |thère is a” paliceman on almost every, corner,
it without a smile, though perhaps with a furtive quality.............20 25... 11†........ 1/3† while in Chins there are only a few ingr yawa. Happily the moon proves as indigestible Oanfas 2nd & 3rd packs.14, 28. 9d 1/3 to whole city. If the truth were know returned answallowed from the canine maw. as if it really were green cheese and is 1lways Oopacks 3rd packs..............14,, 18... 94, told. however, China's government is rather Shantams fairly clean.... 9. ....646.tive than positive, as erlaced recently When will a high official arise with mental and Russian buyers have been acting very freely, this city. A big idol procession was appointed reif for custom's sake?-N. C. Daily News.
moral courage enough to refuse to stultify him. The large stock of Ningchows is an indication for a certalu day, to wind up with feasting, of the undesirable quality of late arrivals from but because there were in the vicinity # largs) kin this district. The steamship Tełaman is clres- number of boatmen with the Emperor's rice, lated to leave on 29th inst. Freight 451. per 40 boats, they did not dare to have the procession, and so it was postponed till the boats leave, so fearful are they of rows and so helpless to enforce peace.
The crops are all suffering,
the weather is so dry; a good shower fell last week, but not enough to be much benefit. The water in the Grand Canal grows dally perceptibly less and both forks of the Canal have been barricaded, cavelog all goods going worth by water to be re-shipped. Laat week great preparatións were A teaman, who ba fus, arrived from the red pe bull a dam, across, the Canal about country, informs us that the whole plaking of the fifty yards above the place it ferien. Day after first crop wil barely reach half of the amount of day numbers of cooller carried earth, and reeds were anyellow jacket, and was carried down to last year, but he assures un that there will be till a bank ten iner, highway built, the the what in covered chair like those used by a picking of the third and fourth crops.
Fishermen, who have bitterly complained of ellmax being reached on Mondaykene dos on board 150 Generalissimo; flag was
when the Princes
of the Imperial house. As soon as ha understand, very fortunate this year, fish being way with bundles of reeds atened to long honed at the fore."The crew of the Haran straw ropes, on which were loaded bags of sand were all dressed in Chinese Naval unllerm. so abundant that not only will the proceeds repay to weigh them down. Expectation evidently Mr. R. Grifon and another French gentleman all their losses of two years, but leave a good ran very high, for the official in charge of the belongleg to the French Syndicate, his margin for a rainy day.
Though
the authorities some time ago Canal was seen frequently Inspecting and string Congo, and the total of Chin-has-100. gave orders to have all unburled Coffins orders but just 21 the gap was about to be accompanied the Viceroy on beard Hi Ez interred, we observe numbers of them are still closed, the force of the water became so great Hump will join the Viceroy at Cheloo and lying round the hills and many close by foreign that one whole side of the dam was swept away accompany Elm on his tour. Special cabins residences. As there is such an order, it would and only a wreck of ropes, reads, sandbags and has been fitted up on board the Rasan for the earth left to tell the tale. It is said that the comfort of the Viceroy and suite. Chang Yao, would be well, we think, if the Foreign Consuls
world of the Board of Admiralty jointly
taels were dropped in this little plece 18 Jombly make an appeal to the hathorities and probably several hundred more must be has been upeally requested to join the Vicero
expended to clear away the dirt, WA am
I am glad to hear that Mr. Tong King-sing is and out residences. It is not only disgusting all this work done? to dam up the water to improving in health since he arrived at Kalping, sight, but daring the summer months, must
that the rice boats could proceed on their way and is now ble to attend to business matter undoubtedly be very unhealthy, he
north, they being already many away from the there. His medical adviser is drging him to The Foochow General Chamber of Commerce's city, whereas from the mounted all theret rétre, and should be de so it will be bad thing Annual report for 1890-1891 8878 3—..!
"this place, a bank thir feet high would for the Kaiping Mining Company and the The usual agreement between the Tea Guld hardly more than have hacked the water up to Railway Company for no one can make it and the members of this, Chamber was renewed
o has come, and accerfil but him,
To-day the much-needed although it is not raining heavily, it has shed the parched, soil and cooled the ́nly:
chequepayableto self because I wanted my shroff | between 5 and 6.30 p.m. We started in April, somewhat too pessimistle to me to be unless tho weather changes, must soon come. :
OUR LATEST ENTERPRISE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE "HomaxÓMO TELEGRAPH. SIR-I have perused with considerable inte rest the masterly leader which appeared in your yesterday's issue as regards the Stock, Share, and Debenture Investment Company, Limited, "The observations and strictures therein embodied
and merciless, though It is necessary to add that to depict this new born company. In very roseate colours would be the very quintessence of stupidity. The new Company, if managed judiciously and worked on every chance of scoring a decided success course of time. With due deference to the opposite views expressed in your paper, I beg to observe that if the Company invests its fands in the shares of some of the undemoted joint-stock companies, whose intrinsic values at present rule far above their market values, the investments will torn out to be sound and safe, and will cer tainly yield handsome returns in course time The Companies and their approximate quota tions are as follows:-
bar
Am I did not make the cheque payable to † why, did you give him "credit for 50 Bugar economical linės, 'Consistent with ́effdepusa | their bad fortuna for the last two 'years, are, we /altempt was made to fill the rap,!
bim because when you borrow in cash you must pay back cash. I have no receipt for the suxount, because I did not give him a receipt for the
His lordship Do you mean to say a mas who will lend $5,000 without a receipt, is afraid to take a cheque? People must be getting into
very suspicious sort of Way, Debtor-Supposing I had died, and he presented the cheque, what was there show I owed him the money?
His lordship-What security had he, except the payment by cheque? It is no uso discusslog the matter further. "What did you borrow the money for?
Debtor-Agalost Electric shares.
To cover a loss?—No, but I lost it afterwards,
In
reply to Mr. Master who asked for explans-
tlohs anent some cheques which had been drawn
shares 7-Because I thought his position was good he always made his averages. He was dealing with several brokers.
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But you knew that it was pretty well all on time? You took your risk on shares like you did on poker, I suppose -He always 'pald his differences, and had ready money,
His lordship decided to adjourn the matter for some time, that further Inquiries might be made, there being transactions of thousands of dollars discovered. Ha would therefore adjourn the hearing for a month,
"THE HONGKONG RAMBLING MONOMANIAC.” --
That is a very good title, Sir, so please do not
Straits Marine njenimi x Straits Fire...sopimu Singapore Insurance ....
83
95
Unlon Insurance Society of Canton.... China Traders' Insurance onam, Canton Insurance Company, Limited. Hongkong Whampoa Dock Company...... 103
per cent. premium..
but of which no particulars were forthcoming, pass the common remark as to who struck || A. 9. Waison & Co.iii...). கல் the debtor said that he wished to explain that | Buckley, or rather Webater," for I did not strike George Fenwick &
three cheques had been drawn on the Chartered either, but Hongkong-37, not to be a pro, Indo-China S. Lo! 13
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for the season; it may be considered that it has the end of the city wall, three or four away
swreck of the dam” again worked fairly satisfactorily, and generally A. foreigner, socing, the Bank particulars of which did not appear en crastinator of the truth, Hongkong struck me,
per cent,' discount,
spesiding has proved decidedly beneficial to the remarked Well, the Chinese are certainly ang fools, but what could they expect from this the counterfoils, but which he could explain. and hard,: too much so, na came near belag Of course, time and a waiting policy are, trade of the post volume of the tea trade of dam There still To the remains of the dan One was for $1,000 drawn on July 1st, 1889, in carried (do you don't, Mr. Editor, I know what must admit, very material to ensure success
Although favor of the Chartered Bank, another for you would say, Hades or its ante-chamber, I do not see the wisdom of ignoring and keeping Foochow has again declined during the last year, which speaks for itself Which one of the two $1,013.50 on July 6th self and third on Bangkok), but nothing of the sort it was to the out of the range of operations with strict rigidity there is some consolation in the fact that from is correct? We leave it with your readers to October 8th for $39.54, which closed his account Government Lunsile Asylums, although instead non-dividend paying companies, for although merchant's point of view the season has been decide.-N. C. Dolly News, He never drew cheque so far as he could of going there, I actually landed on the renowned Peak Hotels, Austin Arms, and Hongkong High-fairly successful, Foochow tear generally to the remember without taking a note of the same. Podder's Wharf,bolites
Level Tramways at their respective values, first crop having been more enquired after on He had to pay brokers in cash for the August Well, when I got there, it was a terrible crush, namely:-810, 312, and 865 for 850, 850 and account of their more: suitable quality. At the settlements. Mr. Milchsel and he drew $40,000 in what with 'ricksba, chair and other conlles they $100 pald-up, though they are at present non very end of the season some old tea were brought cheques, but he gave him no credit for $265,000 must have taken me for Citizen what's his name dividend paying, are well worth going for, and to market on account of a speculative demand in or thereabouts as security in the Bank,hd myoss know who I mean the chap that in are handsome gifts to the buyer at the rates at London for Type, and for "Tess for price" in ~ His lordship—But were not you paid 'cash in | trying to play second - Addle to Jules Verne's which they are now quoted
Australia, many cases, also ? What did you do with these 30,000 leagues under the sea; but Hamlet, specific amounts that you drew? You have I'm Shakespere's "gbon, well I was after
WUCHANG VAL
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDOKAT,))
With riot and anxiety Beth up and down
Only one case of false packing was reported Even the wisdom of aliminating from the scope of aperations All mining and planting stocks | officially, and it is to be hoped that the energetto | 15 in patialactory to report perfect det
21. fegret to have to 'add the sad news of the death of the Rey James Gilmour MA
onsry belonging to the London Missionary ty; who died on the sist instant, and was here today at 5:30 pm. He laboured
***Mongold on the borders
The London Mission has lost ons workers, and it will be difficult to al ways that fi left.Shangkat Mercury,
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