Tux death is reported by the Tientsin Times of Mr. J. L. Clemence, of the Chinese Customs Service. He died at Sydney of typhoid fever just she was about to be married:
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, JULY 13, 1896.
A DECREX issued by Her Majesty the Empress- Dowager says that owing to the death of Princess Chun them will be no music and theatrical per- formances in honour of the birthday of the Emperor, which is pathe 5th August.-Eri The Ara menilog of the Kobe Relief Fund Co-Hongkong Telegraph highly approves of this, mittee on the gud inst. Mr. J. S. Happer, Secre- butthinks that the firing of bombs and crackers tary and Treasurer, reported that the Fund thes bould also be retrained from eathely. Thus amounted to $5,607 and that letters had bees would the loyal subjects of His Most Mighty seat. to the Governor of Hongkong and to Celestial Majesty the "Sun of Heaven "show their Shangbal asking for ald.
respect for the decree of the Empress-Dowager
THE following #ppears là a copy of the Slam -Brie Prass received from Bangkok this mom- Ing-The state of the local market may still be considered very aptalisfactory. Chinese millers are said to be losing heavily and cargoes are scarce. One native desler is alleged to bave offered a local firm $8,000 un condition that one of their charters be cancelled.
It is notified by advertisement in this issue that the Hongkong Land Investment and Agency Company, Limite 1., bas declared a dividend at the rate of fou per cent, for the half-year ending 30th Jun 1895, which will be payable on the 27th July. Dividend warrants may be obisined on the 27th on application at the Com- pany's office, No. 5. Queen's Road Central.
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well as, thalt regard for their beneficent Ruler. RESCRIPT: Lit the Boards of Cort- monter, Rites, and Decorations serio it that full efect is given to this suggestłam.
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THE SEISMIC WAVE CALAMITY.
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Yokohama, July 2nd.
the gh moon (June-Jul»), or a period of four mouths, equal to Tii. 50,000, odd, plus from Th. 10,000 to Tix. 10,000, amount required for coal and sundries, or a total of from Tis. 70,000 to Tls. 80,000, be sent by the Board of Revenas to memorialist for distribution, from time to time, to the Nauyang cruisers. When the Palyang fleet shall have antred to relieve the Nanyang ships the latter can then be sent back to the south.-RISCRIPT: Let the Board of Revenus 8,000 | report thereon.
The damage caused 'by the calamity in Iwate Prefecture may be approximately estimated from compotation that the District Office of Kisen has made with reference to the losses suffered by the villages and towns in that locality: Balldings swept away, 4.557, the value
Salt-fields devastated (15 acres)
of which, at the rate of 100 yen each 455,700 Pisces for caring fish or making fish
Yen,
9,120
manure, 24 destroyed, at 180 yen sach' Boats (2,391) and fishing gear swept
away estimated at reo yen por boat 239,100 Catils drowned (650); estimated at so
www.per head
13,900 7,135
Crops destroyed, (1,187 stars) ; estimat»,
ed at 15 yen per fan comm Fareline washed away from 1,515 houses; estimated at 150 yan per house..... Arable land laid waste (501 acres); estimated at cɔ yex per tax.
·Bollding land laid waste (200 RCLES);
estimated at 100 yen 1 21 lam mum' Cash lost;bvanemonensusoyrapheste
117,850
200,000 80,000
500,000
THE North China Daily News makes the following sensible comments on the decision of the French to completely annex Madagascar: The real object, then, of the annexation of Madagascar is ibe'ininding for Frenchmen and their products a privileged situation in the great laland; so that the rest of the world actually loses by the substitution of French for Hova sale. There is no objection in England to Franco adding to her colonial possessions as fre an increase of territory under the tricolour is concerned; what we object to a the withdrawal from free and equal commercial Intercourse with the rest of the world of any territory that France THE six anal dlaner of the Testitute of may acquire. That is why we should oppose Marine Engineers was held in the King's Hall, as long as possible the partition of China. At Holborn Restaurant, last month. The Imperial present we have equal rights of trade over the whole of China with every other nation; but as Blue Hangarian bard, In full uniform, had been
soon as any portion of China la acquired engaged to play during the dinner, and four propermanently by any other nation, our trade, as fessional artistes sang alter the dinner between in Madagascar, will be "warned off by differen-straction in North-west Japan on the 15th ultimo the toasts. The President of the Institute this | Gal tariffs, year is Sir Edwyn Dawes, K.C.M.G., and the Convenir. Mr. Wm. J. Taylor, member of Council.
THE Japan Herald understands that the French cruiser Alger, which left Yokohama for the north of Japan a few days ago, is to take part in the eclipse observations, and will, probably, alao take soundings In the Tuscarora Deep, with a view to ascertaining if possible whether great change has been made in the conformation of the banks of the abyss by the recent seismic disturbance, as suggested in one of the theories advanced to account for the dextractive seismic
WAYS,
THE "Glorious Fourth" was celebrated in the Model Settlement in the usual manner, the popular and able Consul-General, Mr. T. R.' Jernigan, doing all in his power to make the day memorable. The Consulate was profusely decorated, the Town Band was in attendance 'during the morning, and ample refreshments were provided for all callers, who were most cordially received by Mr. Jerolgan, All the men-af-war ware dressed, and the American flag was in evidence in many parts of the Settlement, On the 30th ultima the authoriiles captured in the vicially of the Taho Lake near Stochow, one Szelmo-chloise, a head chief of the Kolao Hut Society in this portion of Klangau province, ways the N. C. Datly News. The authorities heard that this man had arrived from the Yang- tre provinces to beat up recruits for his Society from amongst the lake and river pirates of Soo chow and Changchou prefectures. A heavy reward soon brought a member of the Society to act as gulde for the troops to the place where the chief was in hiding in a village on the shores of the lake. He was executed by the Soochow high provincial authorlites wiibin six hours of
bis being taken to that city,
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YESTERDAY forenoon a Chinese detective, named Lai Tak-sing, was shot and It is feared mor- tally wounded by a notorious burglar named Lal Tal-mit. It appears that the latter had soly been in the Colony two or three days, and that be slept with a friend on Saturday night, leavlog very early and taking with him a Jacket valued at $5 belonging to bla filand. The lat ter reported the loss at the Central Station about 9 o'clock, and the defective was sent out
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CALCUTTA mortality returns for the week ending Jane zoth show 61 deaths from cholera out of a total mortality of 544 from all causes. THE Toklo Alf bears that efforts are being made to float a company with a capital of 20,000 yan to bottle and export a mineral water which is obtained from a spring in Ishimichi-murs,
Kawabe-gori, Hiogo Ken.
on China
Grand Tota!......739.995 As the number of dwelling-houses washed away in Iwate Prefecture totalled 5,920, at which those in the Kisen district constituted about one- fourth, we may later that the damages resulting from the calamity throughout the Prefecture #ggregated about seven million yaw, supposing the estimate of the Kisen District Office to be fairly correct. This, of course, does not take into account the loss inflicted on the local, marine ludustry by the death of the fisherman.
THE REBELLION IN FORMOSA.
Nagasaki, July 8th. A report has been received to the affect that Mej Matsoo has been killed by rehe's at Unrn, Formors, and that Lieutenant Yamada. suffered the same fale at Nants, on the goth ult. A Tokio despatch, dated the 4th furt, says
CHINESE CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE.
The following is ibè substance of a memorial from HPlah, the Gorczter of Shand, which has been approved.
Your Memerialist is in receipt of a despatch from the Trang-il Ysmen, in which it is stated that Cessor Wang Feng-yan has proped to anthesize by special decrees the Viceroys and Governors of all the provinces to establish Chambers of Commerce in which rich and famous merchants and genty BYU Invite Ito come members, and that the Hanlin Wen Ting-shih hay proposed that the members of the Chamber of Commerce develop the trade of silk cotton, ter, skin goods, and grape wine (7 champagne).
THE SHANGHAI QIZ AMUS COMPANY, VENTER,
shores of sich
The above Company Ita atute: 15 a capital of $250,000 jest poza increase), divided into i øretadig clieř of $25 and 200 founder for the purpose of manufact: http of vegetable oils: The book ULA M be a large and increasing co pazy starts with the advantage of an interth source of supply, especially in evina seed, ander, to the increased area belay it ander cultivɔthe to supply the demands of i> the neighbourhood, and the Pa exist for placing the fols wekiler, mahla dhe reach of the consumers. by which all soeds are no lattu 3 km) saving of at least 15 per cent, over the obsolete native methods, besides producing a finer and part article. The saving is of itself. likely to prove a good source of revenge to the new Com
It appears that most of the above mentioned that a serious revolt has broken out at Unrin, things are not produced in Shans, exceptlar Formosa, the rebels now numbering many
grapes, these being largely produced in a place estled Wen-shin, so a commercial Institute isto thousands. On the 29th alt they took possess sion of the town, driving out of the Japanese be established, and Chinese and foreigners well pany. The industry is one in which labour. gason, who lost 13 killed and wounded, includ-experienced la manufacturing the said wine are
saving ingenuity has been carried to a high plich. Ing two officers. Reinforcements are being sent to be engaged by the Institute. With regard to
Whereas ten years ago it needed the labour of there from the other garrisons.
the minerals and export goods, the mem
ilk man to work a set of presses turning out six disturbed state and it is reported that un
The middle part of the island is also in a very | bers of the Chamber of Commerce will
tens of cake per ten hours, now two men ara be authorized to pay great attention to the
capable of performing the same work. During Englishman resident there has been murdered. working of them with machines. However, the same period mative power has been econo
the best way to establish such businesses mised to the extent of thirty per cent, chiefly A mixed army corps has been sent to the dis-
to leave them in the hands of merchants owing to tifh elimination from the modern mill of turbed parts from Taipeh.
and gentry, but not the officials. Consequently, the old hasry edge-runners. Over-production in Your Memolalist has found that two officials
oft staples is believed to be in possible. The finer in Peking, Taso Chung-yi and Chi Yi-bo, who toilet soaps alone are, at present, capable of con are natives of Shanit, are highly respected ruming all the good class oils in the whole world. In a recent lecture, Mr. Leopold Field, a well- by the people here and are able to manage and establish the Chamber of Commerce, whose head
known authority, stated that at present nearly office will be in the provincial capital of Shansi.
three million tons of cotton sted, equal to ninety million gallons, all of which, if preserved, As soon as the Chamber la established, the first
would find a ready market, are yearly lost to step to develop the trade le to try to Improve
commerce and Industry, the products, then the opening of mines will be undertaken.—Paking, and Tenisin Times.
A report from Surgeon Colonel Fujita, dated the 7th inst, states three officers and thirteen men were killed at Unrin, while eighteen werS wounded and four are elasing. He further reports that the patients in the military hospital at Hokuto were removed in safety to ShakeExpress. ~~~
Nagasaki, July 9th. The condition of affairs in Formosa is un- doubledly getting very serious. A telegram was received in Tokio on the 6th lust, which stated that two daltat of the 8th Regiment had been despatched to reinforce the and Mixed Brigade at Taichio. The combined forces will THE WAVE AT HAWAII, The wave which caused such awful de-
be commanded by Major Tachim Calonel Takenouchi reports that the whole of the district also strack the Hawaiian Islands. It does not around Talchin is in a very bad state and that appear to have done very much harm there, only the Japanese forces are separated into smali | one steamer, the Tames Makee, feeling its effects parties at considerable distances one from an severely, owing to being driven high and dry remain in a state of inactivity. The natives in the other. For that reason they are compelled to asbare there (at Kanai) on the 15th June,
Kanal, where the seismic wave is said to have Kagi and Shoko districts are also said to been severely fall, is the north-westernmost be in revolt. On the 3rd Instant the garrison at Naoto was again attacked by the rebels and island of the Hawaiian group. It is situated in N. Lat. 22 and W. Long, 1591, whereas the compelled to fall back upon Shoke, where they joined forces with the detachment under Colonel region where the seismic wave worked the greatest destruction on the coast of Japan is in The combined divisions then advanced N. Lat. 390.15' and E. Long 141”. The wave's
and are attempting to clear the rebels out On the 3rd Instant a JOHN CHINAMAN: His Ways and Notions" is the name of a book just published by Mr. J.
presence was experienced at Hawaii at a little from the district. Gardner Hit, of Edinburgh. The author, the before 8 a.m. on June 15th, corresponding with large, body attacked the Japanese gamison at occupied Korotore and ́ ́ have Rev. G. Cockbura, M.A., commences his prefaceam, approximately, on the 16th June, Japanese Taiwan-f, but were repalend with heavy loss
time.
Hence it appears that the way traversed They then by the remaik Another book demands a word of explanation." It is quite distance of about 3,390 miles in some surrounded the and chiniai.
hours, which gives an average velocity of true that there have been published plenty of
translation equal to a little over a milles a minute. books about China, but unfortunately a great
This autumes the centre of disturbance to have many of them have been based upon the super.
been in the immediate vicinity of the Sendal ficial knowledge and experience of the mera
coast, but even if we locate it at a distance globe-trotter. Sach works are altogether mis-
of five or six hundred miles from that coast, feading, and, generally speaking, convey but poor portrait of the Chinaman and his life, the calculation is not materially altered. Between Sendal and Kanai Island the only habits, and customs. Mr. Cockburn tells us his object is to portray the representative man of
obstacles to a seismic wave are a rock (Bird the people, and not to deal technically
Island) and a coral res! (Midway Isles). It is HO
noticed from the Commercial Advertiser's or exhaustively with things Chinese.
accounts of the wave that at Kanal, where there deals briefly with every feature of Chinese
are no harbours worthy of the name, the water life in a way which gives the reader s very fair
first receded some forty feet and then tore 3 picture of the Chinaman at home. He does not
feet, whereas at Honolulu official scientific by any means under-estimate John Chinaman,
observations showed the rise to be only 1.2 to but thinks that in the future he will have to be
2.1 Inches, and the movements were observed reckoned with. Left to bimazll there is no reason why he should not have gone on for during the day. On the whole the evidence seems to ladicate that the centre of the distur another thousand years, sa bo bas dose to the
banes may be located some 500 to 600 mlies off past. His clyliisation is complete of its kind
the coast of Sendai, about the 39th parallel of he has gone as far as his principles will carry him. Mt. Cockburn's conviction in that in the
Istitude. We can scarcely hope that any record and we shall be swamped by Chinese cheap of observations will come Ironi districts in Japan M. G. de Champeaux....... Labour ablen we raise him to our own level, where the wave wrought no destruction. for a Hon. E. R. Belillos, C.M.G.. To Chinaman needs la a wider, a deeper, a truer night would not have attracted attention. It le Mr. E. Neidhardt To accomplish this Mr. Cockburn says that what harmless rise and fall of the water occurring at A Friend morality and religion. But the sather doesn't possible, however, that some valuable dataDenison and Ram know, perhaps, that it is not and never has been may be obtained from the Borio Islands. The Hon. Ho Kal
great Gifu earthquake made itself felt through- Capt. G. C. Ander100.................KÖKUÐU the policy of certain Great Powers to elevats the
but the whole length of Japan, but its effects at || Heuermann, Herbst & Co............................................................ Chinese. If necessary, drastic measures would be taken to let the Chinese remain Chinese, Kamalihi do not seem to have been more Mr. J. Macieho16........
marked than were the shocks that preceded Mr. C. H. Grac° .................................................................. as a Russian statesman hinted the other day.
the advent of the seismic wave on June 15th. || More and Selmund...................................... THE HONGKONG AND WHAMPOA Hence, so far as concerns the translation of the actual seismic force, there appears to be nothing unreasonable in assuming that it had its origin 1 point not more than five or six hundred miles from the Sendal coast.-Japan Mall.
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DOCK COMPANY, LIMITED.
An extraordinary general meeting of the share- holders in the above named Company was held at the head office, No. 14, Praya Central, at 3 o'clock this afternoon. Mr. J. Kramer presided and there were also present Messr N. A. Saba, G. B. Dodwall, Hon. J. Bell Teving, St. C Michaelsen, J. H. Lewis (Directors), D. Gliftes (Manager) C. Sharp, W. Parfitt, Hon. C. P. Chater, F. Henderson, R. Mitchell, and T. I. Rose (Secretary).
The Secretary read the notice calling the meeting, sa follows :—
CHINESE NAVAL AFFAIRS.
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JAPAN TIDAL WAVE RELIEF FUND.
Mr. Jackson begs to acknowledge with thanks the following donations to the above Fand - Subscriptions already acknowledged ......$3,645
Since received:
Lane, Crawford & Co................................. John D. Hamphreys & 50¤umumno. Chater and Mody........................ Emadan & Co............................................. J. J. dos Remedios & Co.................................... Hughes and Hough......................................................... Carmichael & Co....................
CHUNGKING NOTES,
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SHIPPING AND MAIL-NEWS.
MAILS DUE: Indian and Straits (Suliang) to-morrow, American (Coptic) 16th’lant. French (Varva) 18th lost. - Tacoma (Olympia) '19th lust. Australian (Manmuir) 23rd Inst.
American (City of Rio de Janeiro) 24th Inst.
· American (Garlic) 30th inst,
The North China Daily News, from which the above is taken,'giver the following additional Information concerning this new enterprise :---
120 Founders' shates are reserved for the promoters; the remaining 98 Founders' sharan will be divided between the holders of Ordinary shares. Each applicant for 100 Ordinary shares can apply for one Founders' share. Founders' shares not taken up will be allotted at the dis cretion of the Directors. It is proposed to see at present only 7,800 Ordinary shares, of which, 2,000 have been subcribed for, and will be allotted; 1,500 shares are reserved for subscription at the Outports In China and in Japan, and the remaining 4,300 shares are now offered for
$10 on application ; $15,on alleiment. DIRECTORS,
THE slik er steamship Empress of China was subscription in Shanghai, payable as follows :--- delivered in New York on the zith lust.
THE O. &O. S. S. Co.'s steamer Cofile, with mails, etc., left Nagasaid for this port at 6 a.m. to-day.
THE P. & O. S. N. Co's steamer Malacca, from China, arrived at London on the morning of the roth inst.
Tur Agents (Messrs Jardine, Matheson & Co.) | Inform us that the steamiblo Glenfruin, from London and the Straits, leaves Slagspore for this port this evening,
a5 TẾ M. M. stormer Yarra, with the French mill of the rgth Jane, left Stagspore for this port at 5 p., on the 11th Inst, and may be 25 expected here on or about the 18th lost. This 25 vessel brings replies to laiters despatched from 25 Hongkong on the 13th May.
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Chungking, June 21st. A telegram came from Lyons authorising the dispersal of the Lyons Commission, and "like snow wroniks in thaw it melted away, three members starting for Tachlenia and three for Sangpan within twenty-four hours of the receipt of the telegram, so glad were they to cape from hot and close Chungking. Meanwhile M. Autolaa and M. Metal have returned from
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to find the thief. He soon found the jacket in j Notice is hereby given that an Extraordinary Tillenwan Bay, eto, for the protection of the Kat market go up, just as we now expect | Klanguaṁ PARTITO
a pawn shop, and then, directed by a person who had just seen Lai Tal-mit pass, he soo "spotted "his man. Upon seeing his paravers, the robber bolted and led the detective
General Meeting of the above Company will be held at the Company's office, No. 14. Praya Central, Hongkong: to-day, the 13th July, 1896
at 3 o'clock put, when the subjoined Resolution, which was passed at the Extra- ordinary General Meeting of the Company held on the 22nd June, 1895, will be submitted for confirmation as a Special Resolution, namely
That the Articles of Association be altered in manner following -
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Wotan to hear of the prices of wool going up under the Morogo influence of the tria at Sungpan, one of whom Glenlotky...******** is a wool expert; and these two, with Mr. Breater, Lobsang........................... the hard-working secretary, are now the sole Zysemoon representatives of the merry dozen who have s...... made Chungking such a different place of late. M. and Madame Haas have also retired to the house they built on the hills, about forty I from Chunking up the Little River. Indeed, we are all living upon hill tops now, the London Mission in their beautiful new house among the fir trees extending a ready hospitally to the members of other Missions, and the American | Mission's new chalet being also now inhabitable, CHEMOTU AFFAIRS,
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AN IMPERIAL DECREE. Wang Wen-shao, Viceroy of Chibli and I'm- perial Commissioner of the Peiyang maliitary and naval defences, reports that upon the re- trocession of the Llastung Peninsula and fits various poris by Japan it was necessary that a naval force should be despatched to Port Arthar, commissionera sant to take over the retroceded places along the coast. In consequence of this decree was issued commanding the Imperial High Commissioner of the Nanyang caval and military defences to send up to the North fleet of war vessels for the purpose noted above. Memorialist accordingly received on the 6th of March last a decree of the same date stating that "in obedience la a previous decree Chang Chih.tang, then acting Imperial High (a) Paragraph to of Article 2, which now Commissioner of the Nanyang, had instructed reads as follows:"Auditors, Secretary, the Nanyang admiral to despatch the cralwers and Manager mean those respective K'aichi, Chinising, Huantal, and Manjut, and "Officers from time to time of the the Fucking, belonging to the Foochow "Company" and the marginal note of squadron. These cruisers have all arrived at the same paragraph shall be cancelled. Port Arthur, in the meanwhile, but owing to and in lleu thereof the following mar the difficulty of transmitting the pay of the
From Changes the missionaries continue ginal note and paragraph shall be officers and men and the commissariat from
to. write in grent distress at hearing that two | 4% Nanking to Port Arthur, It has been suggested foreigners have been killed hare, which Inserted, that is to say "Chiel Manager
Chief Manager, that this amount be paid on the spot by the happily is not the case, whilst we continue "Secretary
"Secretary and Peiyang administration, for convenience sake," to hear of the hostility of the people there. There "and Auditory " "Auditors terpec etc. Upon receipt of the above decree memorsoms also to have been a small attempt at a "tively mean the fallst at once investigated the matter, and ha riot in Hónan, But the Chiness officials here are
persons
for the finds that the four Nanyang cruisers require a so careful to protect us, that we all contiene la "time being per monthly sum of Tis. 13,700, odd, while the Foo feel full confidence in them, No Dragon Fes- forming the doties chow cruiser Fuching requires Tis, 1,400, odd. tival was allowed, and merchants generally are of these respectiva per mensen, de a total of Tis. 181,000, odd, per keeping in their pockets the sums they have in "afficers."
ARRUM, provisions, cual, sundries, etc., not other years contributed to the different proces. ef Inspector State of having party (0) In Article 69 the words "One Thousand included. Now, after the destruction of the sioux, because none are taking place this year, Dollars shall be eliminated and there Pelyang flect the monthly allowances belonging Bat this does not so far rouss any opposition of shall be substituted therefes the words to it drawn by the Pelyang authorities from the the part on the submissive populace.==N. C. *Two Thousand Dollars."
Board of Revenue were at once stopp å by Daily News: Impedal edict. As the present loances of the Pelyang are now manipulated on a solid basis, all superfluous expenses having been eradicated, there is, therefore, no surplus available in the administrative exchequer, and hence memorialist has no means of providing the large sum required monthly by the cruisers
long chare. Flaally, in lane between Gutzlaff Street and Gage Street, where he was being rapidly overhauled, and where he was threatened with being cut off by another man, he drew a revolver and so scared off the man blocking ble way. By this time the detective was within a few feel, and capture Imminent. The robber in ibuse straits turned and fired either one or two shoote-accounts differ-wounding the detective in the right side
Then, though of the abdomen.
the lame was crowded, be calmly walked away, not one of the Chinese daring to interfere with him, and from then until now he has not been seen, The wounded man was taken to the Government Civil Hospital, where he is doing well, though in a critical condition. Within ten minutes the whole police force was on the alert: men were stationed on the Praya, ferry landings, and at Yaumati and Honghom to Intercept the ruffian. Detective Inspector Stanton at pace offered a reward of $500 for Information leading to his capture. This action
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money himself, disregarded red-tape and set the most powerful means of captura" at work at once. However, so far all this activity has been anavalling, as the despersão is still at large.
MEMORANDA.
TO-MORROW,-14th Joly,
fodian wad Straits meti due, 1.30 p.m.--Special Session of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace in the Justices' Room at the Magistracy, ja
3pm-Auction of a lot of Crown Land at Tokwa-
wan, Kowloon.
THURSDAY,-16th July.
American mail due,
I am.-English Mail closes.
Noon.-Peshawar safle for London.
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4.1 p.m.--Meeting of the Sanitary Board
gpm/Meeting of Perseverance Lodge.
FRIDAY-17th July,
30.4m.—Summsay Court,
SATURDAY,—18th July,
French mail due.
The Transfer Books of the HK., and Macza Steamboat Co., Ltd, closed from this date
to the 31st inst, inclusive.'
SUNDAY, 19th July,
Tacoma mall due.
(e) In Ariels go the words "Chief Maunger
shall be substituted for the ward "Manager
(d) In Article 2 and in the marginal note thereof the word "Manager where it occurs, shall be eliminated and the wards Chief Manager shall be substituted therefor,
(FROM AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT.} Chungking, June noth. The Dragon Festival, which is held on the 5th day of the gik moon, and forms a public holiday second only in importance to Chinese New Year, has this year been shown of all its glory by the
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SHANGHAI, July 4th. Our attention has been called by several shipmasters and pilots to the serious danger which the removal of the Tungsta reviving light and the substitution of a poor fixed light therefor Inflicts upon vessels coming from abroad. Of course the change has been advertised by the Customs socally, but a shipe master coming from a distant pari-ports in Amarica specially cannot be expected to be up to date in his knowledge of every little local change in the lighting of the always dangerous and difficult approaches to Shanghal Even pilots and these intimately acquainted with the coast cannot make out the Temerke light in mil
W. H. Short, Esq. Barnes Dallas, Esq. Robert A. Ord, Esq. Wong Vik Fd, Exq. Yang Tal Kee, Esq. BANKERS. The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,
GENERAL MANAGERS, Merers. Frank Dallas & Co. LEGAL ADVISERS.
Messrs. Johnson, Stokes and Master.
<RK TEX SHARE LISTS,
The Shanghai List positively closes on 15th August; the Outport List will close on iha 31st August.
A DURE AT SHANGHAI.
Shanghal, July 6th,
A duel between two German officers. Captalo Count Nayhauss and Captain Wübeim Heffman, was fought somewhere outside the Settlement last week. It is said that some disparaging remarks made by Captain Hoffmann while at Nanking led to the challenge being sont and accepted. The parties came down to Shanghai and obtainei ite services of a doctor and seconds. The affair, which has been kept very quiet, is supposed, to have been brought off near Wessung, though a rumour says that it was fought in a garden Just outside the Settlement. "Swords", wore the weapons used, and Captain Hoffmann received a severe wound in the arm.
Shanghai, July 7th. In our reference to the dual between German oficers in yesterday moming's basus It was stated erroneously that Captain Hoffmann was wounded in the arm. It was Count Nayhanın who was injured.-N. C. Dally News.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT
GAZETTE.
[Saturday, 11th July, 1898.]
The Minutes of a meeting of the Legislatfre Council held April and, confirmed on the Etk July, are published.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATIONS.
No. 250-Publishes Bills which were read a first time in the Legislative Council on the 8th July,
No. 251-Contains the papers on the subject of a petition to the House of Commons praying for an amendment of the Constitution of the Crown Colony of Hongkong, which were laki before the Legislative Council on the 8th July,
No. 25-Contains the report of the Committin appointed to enquire into the question of flogging In Victoria. Gaol, laid before the Legislative Council on the 8th July.
No. 353-Contains the report of the Commities appolated to enquire into the condition of British Trade in Hongkong, laid before the Legislative Comell on the Bik Inst.
No. 254 to 256 Inclusive are Departmental Reports laid on the table at a meeting of the Legislative Council on the 8th July.
No. 267-Contains'amanded Financial Returns for 1895, as laid before the Legislative Council os the 8th inst.
No. 268-Announces the eppolatmant of the following gentlemen as Inutiens of the Pence pre Dr. J. Bell, Dr. F. W, Clark, Mentre J. W. N. Kyshe, & P. Mackwer, T. H. Reid, R. La Richardson, Dr. A. Rennis, and H. A. Klichia,
No, aóg--Notifies that the following Ordi- mances have not been disallowed Nos. 5.7 and 8 of 1895.
Na 270-Contulas a list of the books registered, in the Colony during the second quarter of 1896, Ko. 271-Notifies the appointment of Mr. J. A. Hast as Vice and Deputy Consul for the
No. 272-Publisher Mutoorola- gical Observations made during Jeme, 1896.
No, 273----Contains the returns of deaths duri ing June, 1896.
KorazyCalls for tenders for making tros pia and planting trees, to be received by, noom.
In question. He must, therefore, pray that the issue of a Proclamation forbidding the squal (e) At the end of Articles 83 and By there Board of Revenue be commanded to provide the procession of dragon-boats, with their accom-weathers, as it is anally Usble to be mistaken for s amount required, as these cruisers have them-panying coromanian. The 181900" assigned Jank's or steamer's light, from which indeed there hall be added the words or her selves no regular source to draw from, Further that in the present state of the country is nothing to delugeist it. Yes the event of a vasel Manager." The Chairman raid :-Gentlemen, I beg to more, as the present harbour of Port Arthur and with so many ramours about, the crowds being lost through this cause the fault and the propose that the resolution, which was passed = (Luskunkfou) ́ Is now shallow and deep of natives whe womble to witness the fee saople at the tale the orpector-Generalis atracts fram ke
and sooner here at a meeting held on the 2nd June and water much restricted, it would be might get beyond andcial control, Morgaver, just read to the meeting by the Secretary, be difficult matter to collect a large fleet there, there being so many foreigners, ranking at orders the present wretched makeshift to be confirmed.
Now, as soon as the warts weather appears and present in the city, advantage might be taken replaced by light that may be plats to ships Mr. Sharp-I beg to second.
the Gulf of Pechili la tree from ice, the new Fel of the occasion to make a demonstration against that pass in the night," the better it will be. We Carried unanimously,
yang fleet, now rendervonzing in southern waters, them and something serious might happen. understand that the plots are agitating on the The Chairman --Gentlemen, before separat namely, the Felling, Fetring, B'acgehf, and From this it would appose that the officials are subject with a view to getting this danger lug, I wish to mention that the Directors halda Chingching, will come up to their proper apprehension of a beach of the peace, and coo removed, and we trust one uma rece un meeting Immediately alter the last meeting of stations in the north, when it would then he wider it undesirable to encourage anything that help them in their efforts. At the same time the shareholders, and as some doubt had been advisable to let them relieve the five Manyang might even remotely lead to an Imbroglio. The we believe the fault does not lie with the local expressed by one shareholder as to the legality craters, which then can be undered to return to people seem to take the prohibition very quietly, Cestoma of Harbour authorhies. It is simply of the gracious wots of the shareholders giving their own headquarters in the mouth, thereby and without laying shy hamd upon foreign a question of economy, as the fixing of the old. $3,500 to them, they came to the conclusion to freeles the Board of Revenue from the shoulders for hang dendred of their time. Twagtha fiasking or revolving light that is at refund this money to the Company Still the responsibility of sending such a large estos soured celebration. The great feast day has prwent lying mansed while the lightship is being Directors main" thankful to, the 'shareholders|| mum to Port Arthur, Merseelalist would sacordingly pant over very quietly, the people, repaired, would 'oest a oeeple of thousand, tasis swith various lawsuiting to laganom the temporary Mgkaartipy. But i for their graclown vota. Gentlemen, that is all therefore, suggest that money enough the business. (Applause)
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The mering then dispersed:
of the aznd July,
No. 275-Calla for tenders for the extension of the Recreation Grounds, Wongne,chong, to be received by moon of the sand July,
Na, 276--Contains Nosies so Mariners, Japan,
The Garaffa also contains the weinl list of unclaimed telegrams lying in the Telegraph. Cara orloges the Post Olson list of Svete restau
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