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H.M.S. Radpole arrived here from Takao | (Formosa) to-day.
THE Canadian Pacific Railway Co.'s royal mall NURSING MOTHERS AND INFANTS steamer Empress of India serived at Vancouver
on Wednesday morning last.
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Tis specially recommended as an article of IT" diet for NURSING MOTHERS'il strengthen and support them and at the same time enrich the Natural Milk and increase the Supply.
INFANTS FED on this Food pat on fash | rapidly.
It may interest "ail maa" to learn that the German steamer Toils which arrived here to day from Dell brought a carga of Langkat sil chartered to load 93.000 cases of all at New York THE four-masted ship Susquehanna bas been for Hongkong at 17 cents, or Japan at 18 cents.
exch.
OWING to extreme pressure on our news columns a report of the successful smoking concert held at the Rooms of the B. M. M. O, A. is held over till to-morrow.
THE Steamboat Company's vessels are fast now In two and sispenny, and one and sixpenny tion Co.'s Canton "day boat" Hankow being in doing double duty owing to the China Naviga
bottles at $1.10 and yo Cents.
dock for a general overbaal.
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ANALYSTS.
PERFUMERS.
"THE Private Secretary" at the Theatre Royal, the London Lyric Co.'s strongest comedies, and City Hall, to-night at 9 o'clock. This is one of
ought to attract a large audience.
MISE Sophia McNeal, who was for many years a missionary in the Far East, is the founder and manager at the present time of the Chicago Home for unemployed young women.
We note that the German steamer Cusoy (Messrs. Molchera & Co. agents) has "chipped in "on the Hongkong ind Manila route, a trade which has sa long been practically monopolised B. & S. and J. M. & Co.
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Tux St. Patrick's dance at the City Hall to reply at once. The gual needed better staff, morrow night at 9.30. VISCOUNT Aoki, late Japanese Minister to Berlin, now accredited to the British Court, vice Foreign Department, Tokyo, of his pleasant Viscount Kawase, has telegraphed to the reception by the Queen, when he presented his credentials on the 24th ult,
THE passengers on board the "Ailan" Line steamabip Corsan, running between Glasgow and New York, lately experienced domething
and set to work pumping the water out. naw. When it was discovered that the ship had spawng a lesk, they were drafted off in gangs
MEHR MAHOMED and Mahomed Sher, privates trial at the next Criminal Sessions by the police of the Hongkong Regiment, were committed for magistrate this morning, the, crime with, which they are charged belog that of conspiring to cause the murder of a Aautidar of the kang Regiment on the 18th of January,
but the colony could not afford to lacur fresh very soon be at work, and meanwhile expense; a Retrenchment Commission would nothing was to be done. The Governor Intended mission, and one question for it to consider very shortly to appoint a Retrenchment Com- would be the state of the gaol staff.
THE GRIUM FARM.
Mr. Whitebead said he was surprised to learn that this was the final meeting of the Session he had intended to give notice to move for an tagairy Into the Oplum Monopoly, which was to be renewed next year, at probably a lower rent.
The Colonial Secretary explained that there miglat be finished to-day: The Governor In was very little work left for the Council, and it tend ed going on leave next week.
RETRENCHING THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL. It reply to a question notläed by Mr. White- Hong-General's statement, that some retrenchment had head, the Colonial Secretary read the Registrar
already been made, and as to other items oppstunities had not yet occurred.
geested by the lately-acting Registrar General,
Ishikawajima Prison, Tokyo, was recently MR. YOSUMURA HARUTAKA, late governox of arrested on a charge of frand or embelement while holding his late appointment, and was at once handed over to the Tokyo District Court other officials of the prison are implicated as for examination. It is belleved that five or six accomplices of Mr. Yosumura,
Gour players will be glad to see by the home papers that a Scotchman, Mr. Auchierlonle, has carried off this year's professional championship of Great Britain, while a young St. Andrew's student bas taken the amateur championship. This is just as it ought to be, for the game has been the national Scotch game for centuries, and it is only fitting that Scotchmen should hold the palm, although for two or three years the of the Tweed
DRAINS.
Secretary read a detailed statement of work done In reply to Mr. Whiteband the Colonial
system. Practically, less than one third of the and work remaining to be done at the drainage balldings had yet been put in order under the the fystem was satisfactory. The death rate “seglarate system,” but as far as could be judged was 31 in 1898, and now 23,
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THE POST OPTICE.
lary read a statement of expenditure and revenue
In reply to Mr. Whitehead, the Colonial Secze in i Post Office during recent years.
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Mr. Taylor-I am the principal opposer, you
maan.
The Chairman-If you have no motion to the
contrary we will follow the usual comise and allow the reporters to remaio. Ibaveno desire not that they should be present. The report to please you. Itake it, it is the wish of the feeling accounts having been in your hands for are time wo
will with your permisålen ako.. them as read. in addition to what is already printed In the report, but I am happy to tell you that
I have very little to
the number of visitors coming to the Hotel has been very favourable of late. I shall be happy to answer any questions in my power before proposing the adoption of the report and accounts.
Mr. Taylor-With your permission I will say few words to the shareholders. About alevan years ago, seven men, of whom I was one, mat In the janier mess parlour of the old Orients! be made out of this Hotel. The steps they Bank, and they decided that something could
pursued were that they attended the meeting, and they voted against the adoption of the report. The Directors then agreed to resign, and w passed the report. I propose that we adopt the When these gentlemen took over charge of this same course to-day. What do you think of it?
Hotel, and
The Chairman-May I nik what gentlemen you are referring to?
worked up the profits of this Hotel from $11.000 Mr. Taylor-Kerfoot Hughes, and the gentle man of eleven years ago. These gentlemen
■ year to $35,000; yet they were content to take a nominal sum of $200 gross for remuneration. I value their services at $1,500. Of course, they zoo the gentlemen on the Board at present
ara entitled to it under the articles of as- clation, but I think it would have been very much better if they had taken nominal sum.
years now. I was Interested to working the I have not been a shareholder for a number of Hotel when it was worked profitably but I sold may shares. The other day when they were going at what I considered give-away prices I bought a few, and I.belleve'myself these shares can be worked up to par. That is what I propose to do; not to, pass the accounts till the present Board resigns. How on earth Mr. Hughes sar
by the China and Manlia Steamship Company,honours have been acquired by those living southtary stated that the present treasury, post office. There is something in this Hotel, I am satisfied.
A SERIES of Interesting experiments in telephony JAPANESE exchanges give information of the were canled put recently in India. Direct wholesale cliculation of counterfeit cola in that telephonic communication has now been estab-country. It appears that the Government, allre ished between Calcutta and Nagpur, a distance to the seriousness of the situation, have instituted of 760 miles, and messager were successfully thorough investigations, and as a result it has Interchanged between the two stations.
been almost conclusively proved that the coin is SOME one says wisely that a Norway bride is manufactured in Hongkong and exported thence in foreign steamers. Five different types ofcola difficult to detect. In this a genuine colo is taken, have been discovered, and one is especially
two faces of the coin being left intact. The and by some means the faside is removed, the Vacant space te then filled with some compast tion 4 nearly as possible approaching the true
the best sort of a bridle because a woman can never become one of those interesting beings unless she can bake bread. But even this requialte don't help the bridegroom out any for the rele does not oblige her to bake it well.
In reply to Mr. Whitehead the Colonial Sacre- court and land office buildings would probably
would be about $140,000, exclusive of land. be worth $330.000 if sold at auction, and the cost of new buildings on the Praya Reclamation
RIVER STEAMERS AND OPIUM, In reply to Mr. Whitehead the Colonial Secre- tary and the petition as to the "muggling preventive service" had been sent to the Segre tary of State.
OFFICIAL, SALARIKO,
rounded himself with auch men as he has got BO☛ I do not know1 What on earth is Chinaman The Colonial Secretary moved that members dolog on the Board of a European eating. granted an extra allowance in view of the fall in of the Civil Service on certain conditions be bouse? And you, Mr. Chairman, I remember some years ago, when my old friend Mo- exchange. He pointed out the serious hardships Culloch was Chairman and you were auditor, THE returns made by the Finance Department weight of the you, and when the work is com- getting less than ke did eighteen years ago,not to be in the accounts, and here the shares of the position; he himself was now actually you said about certain shares that they ought of Japan show the amount of Government paper pleted, it is next to impossible to distinguish it sangh many times promoted. The official | agalu stand, at something like $11,005ome money and bank notes in circulation on the 1st February last, Independent of the convertible notes of the Nippon Ginko, to have been 38,559,490 yen, a decrease of 374,409 yen in Government notes and of 133219 you in back notes as compared with the corresponding date of the preceding month.
from the real model. This is a very old dodge dollars, In Chias and led to the custom of "chopping"
members would not vote on this motion,
The Colonial Treatmer formally seconded the resolution,
thing the same as it used to be. Why is not that liquidated?
The Chairman-With reference to your remark Mr. Chater moved an amendment, to the about the difference of fees eleven years ago and effect that nothing could be done until after the now, permit me to inform you that the Directors Retrenchment Commission had reported. The all through this year, and, I think, some time fali in exchange was no doubt very hard on the | fast year, have worked very hard for the Hotel, pubile servants, but it was just as hard on | holding meetings twice a week and devoting fire the Colony's finances, which now already or six hours each week to the interests of the showed a big deficit since the Budget was framed.
Company. I do not think your memory will enable you to inform us if the Directors ofèl:von ye:ye ago did as much as that.
THE report of the Committee, appointed to en- quire into the system of vernacular education Penang, has been used. Since 1872 the 17 to about go, and puptia presented from 500 number of vernacular schools has increated from
has likewise increased to $88,000, estimated for to 5,000, The total cost, borne by Government, 1893. The Committee visited 34 per cent. of the schools. They found that reading and writing, In the Arabic character, are sufficiently well taught in all the schools that elementary Singapore and Malacca schools, but weak in Penang and Province Wellesley; that reading acd wilting Malay in the Romanized character Government would accept the amandmant. On mentioned, they are still there, at about the and Maincea schools; and that a small propors is being taught with success in the Singapore tion of the boys are annually presspted in subjects such as physical geography, sanitation,
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NOTWITHSTANDING the efforts of the Stralis Government to encourage the cultivation of rice in Selangor, itin suld that it will be many a long year before more than a mere fraction of the grato required for the mining population of that State will be raised in the country, which must continue to depend on the importation of would be liable to interruption in case of war. THREE cargoes of Milke coal from Japan were discharging at San Francisco when the last steamer left, and the ship Lord Downshire arrived, from Kuchlootis on February 6th with 3500 tons more, and the report that feur adds tional ships were under charter to load and get": away last month. It bar all been sold in cargo lots to the gas companies, who And it, says an American Contemporary, "ae" feast two-candle power richer in gas than the Agatrallas ar icle.
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THERE Is in Sweden a monster copper mine which has a unique record, says La Petite Revue. It has been worked without intermission beginning of 1633-R proper account has been for 800 years. For the last 261 years since the
A RATHER queer story comes from France, telling how family consisting of the father, WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS, other and daughter committing suicide by the of the copper obtained from its this is quite ald of landanum and charcoal fumes. The any other mine for which the output is known exceptional, and it is doub:ful whether there is family belonged to the commercial middle for so extended a period. The old Swedish classes, and were supposed to be well-off, whether chronicles of 1228 tell us that the Stora It was a case of insanity or poverty it seems Koopar-berget" (the great copper mine) yielded hard to discover-report says poverty Amonga larga revenue. In 1633, the first year for beir belongings a decument was found, which in reality was a contract of death siggied by all the members of the family.
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TELEGRAMS.
Mr. Keswick seconded the amendment. Mr. Belliion expported the amendment, point. ng out that Civil Servants were no different threatening the Colony with bankmpicy,
Dr. Ha Kat also spoke for the amendment. The Colonial Secretary replied that the
officials for their considerate remarks. behalf of the Civil Service ha thanked the Un
the Retrenchment Commission ME E. 1 The Governor stated that he had selected for Ackroyd, Palane. Judire, as Chairman. with Meurs. C. P. Chater, Y. J. Keswick, and N. J. Ede; and Mr. Sercombe Smith would act as official secretary.
ADJOURNMENT".
The Governor, in adjourning sina dit, unid he was leaving for Japan 'on the arst March, more work for the Council until the time for returning in May. He hoped there would be no preparing estimates for 1895.
Mr. Taylor :-They did a great deal worn. The Chairman -It is not on 'record.' Mr. Taylor: Why, I know Mr. Karfoot Hughes used to come to the hotel at five o'clock in the morning.
The Chairman:-As regardé the shares Just market values may be able to find buyers,
of the report and accounts as presented. Will for we may not, but they are good security just now. Gentlemen, I beg to propose the adopilna any gentleman recond that ?
Mr. Taylor we pass the accousts, will the- Bourd resign?
The Chairman :—I don't think you can ask that question` now, Mr. Taylor; some of them | Board will resign? Besides, if the accounts are are absent, so how can we say whether the whole not passed, and the directors still do not retko, not passed, we do not take it as any personal what then? Simply because the accounts are animadversion on ourselves. It is for the share holders to say whether the accounts should be passed or not.
A long discussion in whispers ensued. Ultimately the Chairman "wald :-As we seem unable to agree as to what should be done st this meeting, I beg to propose that we adjourn leular appointment at a quarter to one o'clocă. outside—not lo ikla room. have myself a par We do not seem to be able to come to terms. Wany gentleman second my proposal?
THE result of Dr. King's examination of the exceeding 1,000 tons, and in 1891 .only 371 tona Cox presided, and there were also present sine dia. I dare.my something can be arranged
gold fisld in the Wantho district of Upper Burma has, says an exchange, been #214 disappointment to more than one would be promoter in Rangoon, who had hoped that Wasthe would proves Bwrmers Eldorado The gold found was mainly alluvial, though soma reels of Insignificant size were also discovered; but the net result of Dr. King's ex- amination that the field would probably not pay the cost of working. This is all the more disappointing to those who hoped for a bo m în Waotho gold, as some of the first samples brought down to Rangoon yielded extraordinarily rich results on assay. But the promoters! thistio bas produced figs in other parts of the world than Burms--for a time. The isvesting pabile In Rang-on may count themselves forionate that their disappointment in the case of Wustho has not been accompanied by a reduction in their bank basiness,,
which there are any precise particulars, the eat- HONGKONG HOTEL CO., LIMITED. put was 3,336 metric tons; the largest yield wan in 1540, when the figures were 3,445. After 1690
The annual general meeting of shareholders the output decreased slowly, only occasionally in this Company was held to-lay. Mr. J. H. were obtainer, In 1650 this wise produced Messrs. E. Jones Hughes, W. Parfitt (director), ecough copper to have met the requirements of R. Lyall (accretary) W. H. Petts, H. E. R the whole civilised world. The mine was in the Hunter, V. A. C. Hawkins, Ja Grant, W. H. bands of the Government for years, and was Gaskell, J. R. Michael, G. A. Ozorio, G. 3. profitable. It now belongs to a company. It is Taylor, and J. F. C. da Rosa. estimated that the total amount of copper obtained from this mine in 800 years is 1,200,000 tone, which, at an average value of £28 per ton, means more than £32,000,000,
SUPREME COURT,
IN ORIGINAL JURISDICTION, (Before Sir Fulding Clarke, Chief Fustice.) March 15th,
Mr. Gaskell seconded the moljan, More whispering followed.
that the report and accounts be not passed until Mr. Taylor 1-1 proposa as an amendment the Board resigns.
The Chairman-You are going back to the old thing.
More whispering.
At last, on the motion of the Chairman,
seconded by Mr. Taylor, the report and accounts "were passed nem.CON.
Mr. Taylor said Mr. Chairman, I beg to call Before the notice of meeting had been read, your attention to the fact that there are news paper reporters present. Of course we cannot blame them for coming where they are allowed; they are in search of title-tattle and gossip, but the shame is that we allow them to be present. My contention is a perfectly simple one-that people who are not shareholders should not be special resolution, or by a differently worded re-election of directors; Mr. Jones Hughes and f allowed to attend unless they are invited by The Chairman:-The next business is the advertisement. Now I wish to speak, and retire, bat offer ourselves for 10-election. Wil my it's simply scandalous' that I cannot say any gentlemen make a motion ? word to 'n fellow-shareholder without having-li Mr. Grant I have much pleasure in propos dumped into the newspapers.
The Chairman The Directors wish to do that. The Chairman:-Of Mr. Jones Hughes alone?
Bên tronging the ra-election of Mr. Janés Hugher. which the majority of the shareholders deuire. If Mr. Grant:Yes. the majority, wish the reporters to be present, I presume the reporters may remain,; Therefore,
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Subsequently Mr. Grant proposed the re-eloc- More whispering will you put your preposition to the meating tion of both the reting directors
Mr. Taylor-10, irj you have called this 19. Mr. Taylor seconded the motion. whether the shareholders desire reporters to be motion would signify the same to the same way.
meeting of shareholders. Itle for you to ask. After asking that those in favour of the
as I think you must be aware sa much at Lam,
-the "Chairman, announced that the mailen was The Chairma-Ibelieve that in all Companias, carried unanimacely. 1. the shareholders desita reporters to be present. against f
Mr. Hawkins You must ask for the votes Mr. Taylor Perhaps the Directors do wish poral, so it is carried. - that they should be present to-day. If you
There is no counter pro- The Chairman The Chalinan---The Directors have no
On the preliminary point ralted by Mr. Robleson, that defendant being Chinese sub-present, Ject, living in China (Foochow) could not be sued in this Court nor la any except a native court, his lordship decided in favour of the plaintifle, with costs.
defendants to Ale na amended answer within The case was then adjourned to enable twenty-eight days,
LEGISLATIVE council,
میوه
After a tla discussion, a fresh show of hands"
decide by carcity that the reporters should was called.ble to
not be present we will make olker arrangements. ự The Chairman (while counting) 1—Those who Mr. Taylor--I protest against their presence-propose and second the motion vete for it, of The Chairman-You know, there are certain course:
carried or not carried, tion must be put and seconded, and it may be forms to be gone through at menlinge; a propost.
by
The Chairman If not, it is an anomaly, Mr. Taylor :--Oh no, not necessarily,
On a final show of hands, the mation was lost
-i'
to 3.Then wa will proceed with
THE NATIONAL BANK CASE, The National Bank of Chius. Lim, sued THE Shanghai mandari» baving recently Him Ki Alem for £4,000 odd, calls on shares, received a despatch from the Governor of this and interest. Mr. J. J. Francis, QC, and Mr. province at Boochew, allowing them to profth, K. Pollock, instructed by Mr. Wright (Mr. to the full extent of the law all merchants and Y, H. Deacon's office) were for plaintiffs, and Mr. shopmen who fall owing money to the native Robinson, Instructed by Mr. B. Bowley (Mr. bankers, the magistrates of the City and Mhead H. L. Dannys' office) was for defendants, Courts on both sides of the Yang-log-pang have accordingly issued notice to the local untire, banks, granting them permission to bring on At Queen's Gardens, No. 3, on the 13th in their complaints, when every assistans will be the wife ni J. LAUTE, of a son, `
anorded on the part of the law to unilify their claims against those who may have borrowed from them and try to get rid of their responsi bility. This, says the N. C. Dally Niger, used to be just the other way, and merchanie ware more generally protected from the bankers than otherwise but it seems that a large grain carcera which failed at the end of the Chinesa yaır has shown such palpable proofs of an attempt to defraud the banks to Boogbow, that it has brought down the wrath of the Governor on all borrowers, held this afternoon. There were present
A meeting of the Legislative Council was and if his anger continues it will go hard with Sir W. Robinson (Governo) Mr. G. T. M. Mr. Hunter-The meeting is net opened yet, many a native merchant in Klanged in the future: O'Bilen (Colonial Secretary); Mr. W. M. Good
I do not see how any proposition can be put. man (Attorney General); Mr. J. H. Stewart- A JAP, vernacular newspaper has discovered a Lockhart (Registrar-General) Camr, R. M.
The Chairman-We will proceed in the umal modal policeman whose Virtues are pressed into Rumsey (Harbour Master), Mr. E. Bowdler further remarks, may do so, 90 mg thing lathe Directors invited Mr. E. Osborne way, and Mr. Taylor, if he wishes to minke niyitill competent to occupy the chaft. The next/ the following brief sketch 1-Oisaka Hotsku is (acting Director of Pabllo Works) s Ms. 2. J. fifty years of age. He entered the "force on Mitchell Innes (Colonial Treasurer) Messrs.ceed with, the reporters present, or appointment requires confirmation. Will any Mr. Hunter-If you proceed just now you pro and Mr. Ho Tang to Jola the Board, and their January 17th, 1826. Slice that date be has P. Chater, T. H. Whitehead, J.J. Keswick, E. R. never been absent from day, and has received Belilios, and Ho Kal, unofficial members,
Mr. Hawkins--You can't do anything at all gentleman propose that ?. many rewards for this and other equally honed 1
d'atil the notice of meeting has been read." There Mr. Taylor -You propose reasons; be has never once falled to attend the The minutes of the last meeting were road
MINUTES,
azo not sufficient shareholders present, I think, More meetings or classes at which the officers of his and confirmed. stations study law, fancing, swimming and shoot not concede to the House of Lords the right to | 7nit with He is hopeat, and, if that is not Fire Brigade repart for 1893, and the despatch of the subject. I should like to hear the opinion of | adjourn sine die. It is very inconvenient for me · The Colonial Secretary laid on the table the enough, he is likewise loyal smoreover be is tall the Secretary of State dealing with the Po Lawas and fat. He is in the finest health, doesn't THE SIAMESE QUESTION.
know what sickness is y and he has a great like. Kaks also a telegram from the British Minister king for sake, though he has never made a male attons on the Mikado's silver wedding,
at Tokyo scknowledging the Couneli'a congratu *The Earl of Rosebery says that the acute take while under its influence. He uses, cold. phase lo ibe negotiations between Fränen und - water in his aklaitons during the mot Graal Belinin as to Slam has passed over, and westben y Ke newer satt Duch, and he does not that the Home Government is fully alive be the smoke. It scema permissible to ogasidde
[negativaly from a review of Mr. CHÀNICA'S DATIC fact that the commerce of Siam is almost entirely | trái khne ke la a bachelor ana) Britisk.
| poker: Life' therefore is nei akko
HOME RULE
LONDON, March 1gik, The Marquis of Ballsbury urged the Govern ment to take the verdict of the country on Home Ruis forthwith, maintaining that- delay in dangerous alike to England and Ireland, Karl, Rosebery stated that the Government is quite prepared to appeal to the country es Home Rule when the proper time arrives to do so, but will
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