To-day's Ebertisements.
PAN TIDAL WAVE RELIEF
FUND.
REFERRING to what has recently
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 1896.
Intimations.
~] DAKIN, CRUICKSHANK & Japan and in other places in China by the
In the Papers shout the AWFUL CATASTROPHE in JAPAN, the Undersigned will be glad to secolvo SUBSCRIPTIONS lo HONGKONG.
T. JACKSON.
Hongkong, 8'h July, 1805.
· (1101
Hongkong & Shangha! Bank,
"MILBURN" LINE OF STEAMERS,
FOR NEW YORK, VIA SUEZ CANAL.
THE Steamship
* HANKOW,"
Captain Or, will be despatched for the above Port TO-MORROW, the 9th lustant,, at Noon. Instead of a previously advertised. For Freight or Parunge, apply to
DODWELL CARLILL & Co..
Agents.
Hongkong, 8th July, r866.
NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.
JAPAN-EUROPE LINE.
STEAM FOR
COMPANY, LIMITED,
VICTORIA DISPENSARY
HONGKONG.
AERATED WATERS. SIMPLE AERATED WATER. SODA
GINGER ALE
ODA WATER,
LEMONADE
ARSAPARILLA.
SARSAPARILL
RASPBERRYADE, &c.
DAXIN, CRUICKSHANK & Co.'s WATERS are made under the constant supervision of a duly [969 qualified English Chersist and will bear compa-
SINGAPORE COLOMBO, PORT SAID, MARSEILLES, LONDON AND ANTWERP,
THE Company's Steamship
"KAGOSHIMA MARU," Captain Trennt, will be despatched for the above Ports on FRIDAY, »the roth instant, a Noon, instead of as previously advertised.
This Steamer is fitted up with Accommoda- tion for every Class of Passengers.
For Freight or Pausage, apply to
NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.
Hongkong, 8th July, 1306.
[1071
DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP COMPANY,
LIMITED.
FOR SWATOW, AMOY AND TAMSUI.
THE Company's Steamship
"FORMOSA," Captain. Robin." will be despatched for the above Ports on FRIDAY, the roth instant, at Noon.
For Freight or Passare, apply to
DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & Co.,
General Managers. Hongkong, 8b July, 1806.
FOR SAIGON, À
THE Steamship
"ST. LOTIS,"
[1100
Captain Albane will be despatched for the above Port on FRIDAY, the rath Instant, at 5 P.M.
For Freight or Passnec, apply to
FOOK CHEONG AH YON & Co., 44. Prays Central
Homeleare, Sth July, 1906.
r1095
AUSTRIAN LLOYD'S 'STEAM NAVIGA- TION COMPANY, (UNDER MAIL CONTRACT WITH THE AUSTRIAN GOVERNMENT).
STEAM TO SHANGHAI AND KOBE.
'HE Company's Steamship
THE
"MARQUIS BACQUEHEM."
Capikin G Cominove, will leave for the above places on TUESDAY, the 14th instant.
For Freight or Passago, audly to
4
Hongkong, 8th July, 1806.
SANDER & Co.,
Agents.
FOR PENANG AND SINGAPORE. HE Steamship THE
part of our contemporaries, who last night and this morning called the attention of their readers to what was being done in European residents for the relief of the sufferers, and who expressed a hope that Hongkong would do someting in the premises. Any one reading the leaders In the China Mail of last night and the Daily Frest of this morning would naturally suppose that nothing had as yet been done in Hongkong towards raising any funds or stirring up the benevolent feelings of the community.Our contemporaries cannot plead Ignorance of the fact that as early as the 30th June we took action and called for subscriptions, thereby stepping into the breach as do опе else had moved in the matter. It was
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
THERE WAS ONG CRae of plague to-day.
OWING toextreme pressure on our news columns American mail items am hold OPLY to-morrow.
THE report that the Korean island of Wö-mi bas
TRE CONSTITUTION OF TRE, LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
At the meeting of the Legislative Council this afternoon the papers relating to the movement
4. Complete control in the Council, over.
local expenditure.
5. The management of local affairs. 6. A consultative welce in questions of an
Imperial character, »
"
for obtaining an unofficial majority in the Council The petitioners, who are not in some instances wern laid on the table. From these documents, British and who do not to many cases contribute which are too lengiký for lasertion is ezérte, directly to the rxs, claim" the common tight of Englishmen to manage the local affairs, and control the expenditure of the Colony," They Despatch from the Governor to the Secretary have, however, carefully omitted to point out
been ceded to Russia is, according to Tokio we take the following :- papers, confirmed.
PROFESSOR Miara, M.D., of the Imperial. University and bis xuristants will shortly go on
• tour of investigation through. Formosa.' Ir seems to be fact that Russia is paying out money to the poor people of Korea and that the amount has already reached $60,000.
We regret to have to state that news of the death
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No. 133-*
ef State. Hongkong, 5th June, 1894. GOVERNMENT HOUSE, My Lord Marquess, I have the honour to transmit to you a Petition which has been for head and which is addressed to the House of warded to me by the Honourable T. H. White Commons and prays for an amendment of the constitution of the Crown Colony of Hongkong.
I have recently granted Mr. Walichead six months leave of absence from the Legislative Council, and he is not only the prime mover in this Petition but the bearer of it to England. I think I am fortified; in saying that it owes its origin principally to the imposition upon the tax payers, some three years ago, of the additional Military Contribution of £20,30 yan
that the local affairs include Chinèse affairs of which, as has been stated, they are generally ignorant and which the Chinese bave shown no deale that the British merchants and ather residente should manage, and to indicate that to the expenditure of the Colony of which they de portion. she the control they contribuin a very small
Petitioners do not surely wish to maintain that Bellishers have an inherent right to control all expenditure from revenue be their contributions however small! It would be interesting to know in what period of our constitutional history such a right has been asserted or allowed.
As a matter of fact I taxation is to be taken
distinctly discourteous. on the part of our contemporaries to ignore the existence of of Sir John Fender, G.C.M.G., was received here our appeal to the public and of our- sub- | by wies from London this morning, scription list. We propose to carry on the good work until some properly appointed work of constructing the rallway between Committee representing the general com- Seoul and Chemulpo will be commenced about munity is nominated for the purpose, to the 1st September and is to be finished as soon whom we will be happy to transfer our
as possible. Any complaints should be addressed to the receipts. Meanwhile we propose to placO | THE Turkish Government has prohibited, per- Lockhart, the Acting Colonial Sacretary, sad | Council. That Council now consists of ste
Subscription Lists in all the usual public 142 places and to collect for the benefit of the manently, The Timès from entering Turkey. | also communications from the Honourablà J. J. | Official Memkers (sil of whom, by the way, sta
But it will be sure to "get thers" jus
rison with the best English Manufactures.
Special terras to HOTELS, CLUBS, MESsss and other Large Consumers.
Manager.
Hongkong, ard May, rat-
A. S. WATSON & CO.,
LIMITED.
CHEMISTS BY APPOINTMENT.
ESTABLISHED A.D. 1841.
MANUFACTURERS
от
lng the latest improvements in the trade.
The Purest Ingredients only are used, and the atmost Care and Cleanliness exercised in the Manufacture throughout.
The Water used is proved try repeated
Analyses to be Absolutely Pare.
For COAST PORTI, Waters are packed and placed on board blp at Hongkong prices, and
the full amount allowed for Pakages and Empties
when erceived in good order.
Japanese sufferers, remitting what is entrusted to us to the Kobe Committee, and not to any denominational agency, if no Committee is appointed here on the Hines of the Kobe body.
THE DEATH OF SIR JÖRN PENDER.
the sabio.
THE PLAGUE IN ARMENIAJ Constantinople, June 4-The plague has broken out among the Hamich cavalry, stationed at Coroghnas, in Bitlis.
A PRIVATE in the Rifis' Brigade who was this morning found"gality by Captain Hastings of assaulting a ricksha coolle most brutally instead of paying him his legal fare, was sent up in Thomson's Retreat for six monthr. THE amount of' damage `sustained in Iwate
tabulated by the Točio Skimbun 12 follows:-
yes 47,080 ; and at Otsschl-muen, yen 173,134. A WELL-KNOWN burglar who was a few'meniks ago banished from the colony as an undesirable resident was recognised in the city by a detective yesterday and was this morning haled before Captain Hastings for returning from banlah ment. Sentence, twelve months.
as the basis of representation, and, seeing that it In as ratepayers petitioners present the petition, it may be lafarred that such is the hails they I enclose for your Lordship's consideration a desire, residents of British nationality are at report on this document by Mr. J. H. Stewart present over-represented in the Legistative
Keswick, MC, Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce, and the Honourable E. R. Belillos, M.LC, C.M.G., in which there gentlemen express their decided opinion that the prayer of the Petition should not be granted.
These papers will be of material aquistance in enabling your Lordship, to arrive at a decision upon the subject.
The second clause of the Petition seems to me to supply an answer to the several requests of the Petitioners, otherwise than well governed If It has risen to It is impossible that Hongkong can have been the prosperous condition which the Fatitioners claim for it, and that it has reached that pitch of indisputable. prosperity under the "Crown Colony System "is
I concur generally in the criticisms of Mr. are indifferently represented, and the Portuguese, could be taken, would be in favour of a paro autocracy; the Americans need not be counted,
a
one of those
ratepayers), exclusive of the Governor, and five Unafficial Members. Every Unofficial Members, including the Honourable Ho Kal, is of British nationality. Of the five Unofficial Members two aro natives of Great Britain, two are natives of India, and one is a native of Hongkong. The Chinese properly so Honourable Ho Kat is of Chinese descent he is a called are not represented at all, for though the native of Hongkong and therefore of British nationality. But pelifoners are not satisfied possess; they now destre a majority of mem with the excessive representation they already, bers of British nationality in the Legislative Council, which would mean at least an Increase of three members.
Pettilanera state that there is" no true freedom
to imply that the views of the Unofficial Mem- who is acquainted with the history of Hongkong knows that the utmost freedom of debate is allowed as all matters before council, te fa
ence to the pages of the local Hansard will show how every measure is thoroughly debated before being adopted and what regard is paid The same work bears witness to the ignorance to the views of the Vaofficial Members, of Chineno matters displayed by some Unofficial
Members.
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It is with deep regret that we note the death of Sir JORN PINDEX, G.C.M.G., Chairman of the Eastern Extension, Aus- AERATED WATERS. tralasia and China Telegraph Company,
and the father of Lady Das Varux, the and Miyagi by the recent aclamiɛ wave is Stewart Lockhart: I believe that Chinese, who of debate" In the Legislative Council, and seem OUR AERATED WATER FACTORY wife of our late Governor. He died yes. Gitted with the best English Machinery, embody- terday evening at the age of eighty, from At Kamalah!, yem 357,870; fat Ryoshi-murs who are not represented at all, if a plebiscite bers are lavariably disregarded. Every one
the results of a paralytic stroke from which he had never completely recovered. He was a native of Dumbartonshire, was born in 1816, according to Men and Women of the Time, and was educated at High School, Glasgow. Early in life he entered the accounts office in a factory and within a few years became general manager of the business. As a general merchant he was most successful, but his claims to honour and renown originated in his con- nection with the laying of the first tele graphic cable across the Atlantic, and was strengthened and extended by the support he at all times gave to every project for the realization of his ideal of universal telegraphic communicatios. And all signed messages addressed thus will After the successful laying of the first Atlantic cable, in which he risked a quarter of a million sterling, he devoted himself to the work of establishing tele- graphic communication with the Mediter- ranean, India, China, and South Africa, and he is best known to us as the head of the Eastern Extension, Australasia and China Telegraph Company, Ltd. We have not always agreed with him as to the price to be charged per word for POTASH WATER,
messages over his lines, but that has not prevented us from recognizing his ability, SELTZER WATER, his energy, and his zeal in the work of telegraphic extension. He is a great loss to his country and to the whole world of navigation and commerce.
Counterfoil Order Broks supplied on application, Our Registered Telegraphic Address in "DISPENSARY, HONGKONG."
receive prompt attention,
The following in a List of Waters always kept ready in Stock :-
PURE AERATED WATER,
SODA WATER,
LEMONADE,
[1099 LITHIA WATER,
"INGRABAN," Caplatu Diedrechorp, is expected to arrive here on the 13th ins'antikad will larva for the above Ports (proceeding dirzet to Penasg and callleg
at Singapore on the return voyage to Hongkong)
ep or about THURSDAY, the 16th instant.
„For Freight or Paskaga, spoly to
FOOK CHEONG AH YON & Co., 44. Prays Central,
SARSAPARILLA WATER,
TONIC WATER,
GINGER ALE,
GINGERADE,
No Credit given for Bottles that look dirty or gressy, or that appear to have been used for any [1103. ather purpose than that of contalafog Acrated Waters, as such Bottles are never used again
Hongkong, Rib Faly, 1896.
"GLEN" LINE OF STEAM PACKETS, FOR NEW YORK, VIA SUEZ.CANAL.
THE Steamship
"GLENOGLE,”
Captain Gasson, will be despatched sa above on or about SUNDAY, the 19th instant. For Freight or Passage, apply to
་་
JARDINE, MATHESON & Co,
Agents. Hongkong. Rih July, 1866. *-
[1101 PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY,
NOTICE.
by UE.
A. S. WATSON & CO., LD. THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY, Tongkang, 4th July, 1806.
BIRTH,"
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At No. 71 Bluff, Yokohama, on June 27th, the wile of Dr. NIKE. GORDON MUNRO, of a son MARRIAGE.
On the 17th Jane, at St. Andrew's'Cathedral, Singapore, by the Rev. W. H. C. Dunkerter, M.A. Actas Colonial Chaplain, EDWIN ROW- CONSIGNEES of CARGO per Steamship LAND Koz. of St-gapore, Advocats and
"PERU"
Solicitor, to NIMA EVELYN, second daughter of the fats George Edward Evans, formally Sheriff of Singapore.
from SAN FRANCISCO, are bereby notified that their Goods are being landed and stored at their risk in the Company's Godowns at Wanchal, from whence delivery may be obtained on countersignature of Bills of Lading,
Cargo irata Japan porte will be delivered from alongside,'
Goods remaining uncisimed after the rgth Instant will be subject to real.
No Fire Insurance has been effected,
J. S. VAN BUREN,
Agust
(Hoogkong. 8th July, 1846,
FOR SALE!
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OPIES of the SECOND EDITION of that
well-known and most useful work, "THE LAW OF STORMS IN THE EASTERN SEAS.”
BV
Dr. W. DOBERCK,
Drector of the Hongkong Observatory.
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FOR SALE... At the "HONGKONG TELEGRAPH"- OFFICE,
No. 6, Pedder's Hill, and at
Mesars. KaLLY & WALSH, LA,
CHAR. J. GAUPP & Co.
W. Barwen & Co.
М
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G. FALCONER & Co.
H
LANE, CRAWFORD & Co.
HEURMANN, HERBST & Co,
Bod
Y. BLACKHEAD & CO.
* Hongkong, 8th June, sőgő.
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DEATH.
On the 26th June, at Penang Hospital, R. H.
TEXLOAR, Ials of Ipoh, Perak.
The Hongkong Telegraph
HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 1896,
HER Majesty Queen Victoria has sent to the Emperor of Japan, through Sir E. M. Satow, the British Minister, an expression of her deep grief and sincere sympathy with His Majesty and his people at the melancholy disaster in the Miyagi and Iwate prefectures. The Minister of the Imperial Household has been commissioned by the Emperor to sckcowledge, through Sir Ernest Satow, the Emperor's profound gratitude for the Queen-Empress's sympathy, and to convey his sincere thanks for her kindness and thoughtfuiners-Japan Mail.
*.* We have got the famous despatches at last. The first is a letter from Governor Sir William Robinson to the Marquess of Ripon, dated the 5th June 1894, transmitting capy of this Colony's petition to the House of Commons, a report on that document by the Acting Colonial Secretary, Mr. Lockhart, and communications from Mestra Kenwick and Bellllos expressing very decided opinions adverse to the prayer of the petition. We publish Sir William's despatch in' full and, for the present, extracts only from the enclosures. We have neither space nor time for these lengthy documents. After the Governor's letter and fix enclosures there comes an extract from the North China Herald of the | 29th May 1894—also unfavourable to the prayar REUTER'S MESSAGES.
fo the petition-which His Excellency also sent home, ignoring everything that was written in THE GERMAN PRESS ON LI HUNG-
other papers throughout the East in favour of CHANG.
the movement for, grester freedom la' matters Loupon, July 6th. Hung-chang is markedly cool, and expresses August, 1894. Mark the date! And last of all The Berila Press in bidding farewell to Laffecting the local government. Next in order comes Lord Ripon's despatch of the arth' disappointment at the absence of orders.
there is a despatch_dated the 29th May, 1896, from Mr. Chamberlain. We shall des fully with these papers to-morrow, -
TELEGRAMS.
SIR HERCULES ROBINSON. Sir Hercules Robinson has been raised to the Foeraga
THE CHOLERA IN EGYPT..
accumbed to cholers at Wady Halia.
Three of the "North Staffords" have
BRITISH TROOPS AND THE SOUDAN
The Hon. Wm. St. John Brodrick stated in the House of Commons that no British regiment had been ordered to advance to Dongols, but that the British garrison in Egypt was avaliable, it required by the Sirdar of the Egyptian Army.
(From Manta Papers.) THE WAR IN CUBA
MAUKID, June 26th.
In the mouth of August forty thousand troops will be despatched to reintores tha ́ army in Cabe.
MADRID, June 29th.
The additional troeps-will laxve for Cubs early in September.
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NEW PROTECTIVE SHIPPING TAX.
MADRID, June 29th.
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CORRESPONDENCE between Mr. David Seasoon, who complained in a recent memorial that several opium merchants in Chins had alleged that extensies thefts, of opium had occurred on being shipped from India, and the Indian Government, was published at Simia on the 15th June. The Board of Revenue, in replying, are quite st one with the oplom merchants as to the great importance of the question, but they ars quite convinced, that the complaint made that opium was stolen at the time of packing is utterly impossible and are in' no sense nails- fied that the frauds were committed in India. Both last year and in 189: it was proved 'conclusively that thefts of this kind were committed in China. The Board beg
one of the memorialists to visit the factorier during the packing process and see how im- possible it is for fraud of any kind to take place, and, in conclusion, they beg that in future cases the Chiss polles should at once communicate with the Board. In reply to s similar memorial from Mr. Abrahams, the Government declines to refund the value of a missing cake of oplar, the Board refusing to recognize any claim for compentation after sale and delivery of the opium.
MEMORANDA,
TOMORROW,—9th July,
THE MIYAGI RELIEF RUND,
We publish In another column a letter addressed to us, in common with our local contemporaries, by Bishop Buznos, en- AWDREY, of Kobe, on behalf of the Peninsula, which is calculated to yield 12,000,000 A new shipping ́lax is established for the closing an earnest appeal, from Bishop
sufferers by the recent terrible seismic pitalas a year. The new tix ls to be in force wave in Japan, and we beg of our readers to give it their most careful consideration and to open their hearts to the cry of the thousands of helpless and starving buman being on whose behalf this appeal made. Blahop BURDON does not appear to have been aware when he wrote that this journal had already called the atten. tion of the charitable to the wants of the large Japanese population, improverished" and ruined by this terrible earth. quake wave, and that we had opened a
At 10.40 this morning the typhoon appeared general subscription for the purpose as to be approaching the coast between Macao and no one else came forward to do so. Hellow-Odragtory, Refertises pena de J We can understand that Dr. Buxnow may | At 4 p.m. the barometer read gods, falling, --
for twelve years. Ono prasta per ton is to bo | Australian mall dee, levied on all cargo landed or shipped, with the exception of wine and salt, which will pay only half the amount. On foreign shipping the tax will be two pesetas a ton. **
THE TYPHOON.
FRIDAY,-10th July, English mail dus.
10 am-Summary Court,
SATURDAY,—11th July, Noon--Meeting of the Wanchal Warehouse and Storage. Co. at No. 5. Qasen's Road Central
Noon-Victoria leaves for Victoria, B.C., and
Tacoma, via usual pertà.of call *
830 pm-Entertainment at the Gymndalum
(Murray Barracks).
SUNDAY,~13th July,
not have been aware of the facts but wa At 610 pm, tka hluch ball (cyphoon to the" | Daylight-Persi leaves for San Francisco, vio
| cannot accept the same explanation on the - weet of the Culewy) wae kolaad,
Brucă parts of QAEL.
The statement in the Patiilon that Legislative enactments "are frequently forwarded before publication is the Colony or the Council for the approval of the Secretary of State" and then used through the Council without consideration. is not in accordance with facts. No rencon existe for such action, seeing that to every Ordinance clause can be added, suspending the carrying which has passed the Council a suspension into force of an Ordinance until Her Majesty'
confirmation er disallowance has been received... Unofficial Members themselves have frequently requested the addition of such suspension clauses to Ordinances,
and the Britishers," with the excepties of matters remains as they are. That they are few "anquiet spirits," would be sailsfied to let capable of improvement nevertheless, so far as Municipal questions are concerned, I admit, During twenty years, however, of Colonial Government, I have not yet been fortunate enough to come in contact with a Mayor and Council, exceptlag that perhaps of the compars tively small town of San Fernando, in Trinidad, which was capable of dealing with, and had sufficient time to deal with, paraly local affairs, and even in that solitary case the Municipal Body wat generally in financial difficulties. number of gentlemen of independent mesas and I do not think that in Hongkong & fcient split and with sufficient lelaure could be found form a capable and energetic Municipal light addition to the Uneficial ate of Council. Personally, I should not object to a Legislative Council in Hongkong, though I can. not admit the justice or truth of the Petitioners' ples, neither should I object to the appointment to the Executive Council of an Unofficial, Mem would doubtless be of great asiatance to the ber whose long realdence and local knowledge
To sum up, the petlilen is sigued by certain Executive in the preparation of measures to be residents in Hongkong, including British sub- submitted to the Legislative Council. Procit-jects and alles, who desire the free election of cally such assistance could always be obtained | a majority of Unofficial Members, who are to ba If the status quo were maintained, and I may Briitak subjects. Petitioners do not state clearly Members before bringing Into Council measures members is to vest, or what a to be the basis state that I invariably consult the Unofficial in whom the free election of such a majority of of purely local interest.
of representation. If reppy sectailon is to be based on taxation and the sight of slection is to extend to all national des alike, the Chiness, who so largely outnu aber all other nationalities, will be able to carry the election of any member for whom they may vote. If the so-called free election of, embers be restricted to British subjects, which is believed to be the real object of the Faililoners, the electorate will be confined to a bandful of Britishers, numbering about Sco make adults, exclusive of the Anglo-Chinese, "who are not numerous cines, whose sympathies | are almost lovariably Chinese, and who have at the present time a representative in the Legislative Council, the Honourable Ho Kai These Boo Britishers are already represented in the Legislative Council by four members, though the amount of the taxation contributed by them is very small when compared with that. contributed by the Chinese, whose adult male
If your Lordship should desire to make or recommend any concession to the Fetitioners, I would advise the appointment of an Unofficial Member with a seat in both Councils.
I am aware that there are serious objections to such a step, and that those objections have been pointed out by several of your Lordship's predecessors,
It must not be forgotten that the despatches containing those objections were addressed to Governors of Colonies where Houses of Assom. bly were in existence,
Council table.
The difficulties in Barbadoes have been wet test by the appointment of the Executive Committee which was established during my tenure of office there. In the Bahamas Unoff
such concession in the case of Hongkong, it cial Members are still seated at the Executive If your Lordship should desire to make any would undoutedly be very popular, and 1 do not think, an altogether impolitic concession.
If this concession were accompanied by an acquiescece in my suggestion that unill the present financial crisis is at an end, the extra the 1st January, 1894, be paid in dollars at the £20,000 for Military Contribution might, from rate in force when it was levied. I do not think that in future your Lordship's department would be troubled by any such petitions as the one I consideration, now have the honour to forward for your
I annex for your Lordship's informaiiana leader from the North China Herald of the 25th May, on the "Petition of the Hongkong rate area which appears to be a vary tempe- rate and neasible criticism of the contents of that document,
I have the honour to be, My Lord, Your Lordship's most obedient, humble Servant,
WILLIAM ROBINSON.'
PS-The letters from the Honourables I. 1; Keswick and E. R. Balilios were received by me after I had drafted this despatch.
W. R.
His Lordship the Marquess of Ripon, Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, &c., &
Memorandum by the Alting Colonial Secretary, (ENCLOSURE 1)
lastractions I beg to make the following remarks Your Excellency-In accordance with your on the petition to the House of Cominons pray ing for an amendment of the constitution of the Crown colony of Hongkong.
population amounts to 127,690, but who are st present unrepresented and who not belog Britishers, under the new arrangements proposed by the Petitioners, will not be qualified for seats on the Legislative Council, which are to be reserved exclusively for persons of British nationality, Petitioners pray, the Chinese, who are unsc- If the Unofficial Members are to be is a majority customed to the principles of representation, and who have evinced no desire for its extended application in Hongkong, will have to wiinces the spectacle of the representatives of the Impe rial Government being over-ridden and defesind by a majority elected from a small number of British residents an object lesson which would certainly set lend to raise the prestige or strengthen the authority of British rule in the eyes of the Chiness,
The Petitioners desire to have complete control over local expenditure, to which they con tribute but a small portion, and at the same time contro! the Chinese, from whom most of the to exclude from having any woles in such
revenue of the Colony is derived.
affairs, which munt necessarily inciade Chinese They wish to have the management of lecal affaire, of which most of the Petitlosers are antoriously ignorant and which the Chinese hare shown no desire to entrust to the managment of un lected majority of representatives of Britisk | nationality.
The Petitioners, British and alien; ask for a consultative voice in questions of an Imperial
"hould have any voice in such matters. Whether character. What these may be it is somewhat hard to divine, but it in obvidos that no alien
Chinese, whose sympathies, as already pointed British subjects in Hongkong, Including Anglo- out, ars as a rule Chinese, should be consulted on Imperial matters is's question which appertains
left to it for an ERIWOZ.
The document professes to be the humble to the Imperial Government, and may be salary: petition of merchants, bankers, professional men, traders, artisans and other ratepayers, Inhabi- tants of Hongkong.
яго
The signatories amount to 303; of these 284
British, To Anglo-Chinese, 3
Americans, 4 Portuguese and 47 British Indíaus,
1. H, STEWART LOCKHART,
Acting Colonial Secretary, 26th May, 1894
[ENCLOSURE 3.]
(Honourable 7. 7. Karwich to the Governor.)
Hongkong, June 4th, 1894. request, I have now the honour to slate/my SIn compliance with your Excellency's views on the subject of the Petition to the House of Commons recently signed by a lasgo number. of persons in this community,
The petition is so loosely worded and in certain respects so contradictory, that it is not what the wishes of the petitieners are or who altogether an ) easy - múlter to ascertain definitely are to be included in the alleged benefits for which the petitioners pray. dodge
Thay, however, appear to be summed up in the last paragraph of the petition as follows
1. The election of repræsentatives of British}{{@>>]\+^!:01
nationality in the Legislative Council.
Bow, practed to speak in regard to the tub. 1. A majority of such representativen in the stance of the Patition, bet I will reizain fromk
Connell
criticising it classe by clases na le · poema ún 3. Frardons of debate for the Official Mom necessary. I challenge, however, its pennes
bocs with power se vaše ne khay dentro. | statements, which have bien nine