SPORTING NOTES.
TER HONGKONG DERBY.
This is a Sweepsts ken of 120 each with $1,500 added; for China Poules bona fide gilffins on dain of entry (16th Jan, '97), First past winning; | post will receive yo per cent; the second, 20 per cent; thlid, ro per cent. It is a "weight for inches" race and the distance is ang mile sad e half.
The entries are as follows :- Mr. Bot fuck's, Stuful utstilb Mr. Bob Jack' g. Sever, post gin Mr. Bobjack's d. Servsaw, Itit ylb Mr. Boyd's d. Rookwood, int ylb Mr. Barcy's w. White Rose, that tĺb Mr. Buxey's w. White Vislet, rost Gīb Mt, Boxley's bik. Birck Eggie, 111 rib. Mr. David's g. Aspirant, rost salb Mr. David's ġ. Foenrad, xost falb Mr. David's ing. Arthuriis, rost raib Mr. Gostar's d. Blue-fire, 1 lb
Mr. Gustay's ch. Red-firë, vɛat qib
Mr. Jay'g. Sperber; Last 1b
Mr. John Peel's ch. Cherry Bandy, fritzlb Mr. John Peels on Crabapple, sest slb
Mr. John Peel's b, Red Fish, 11st 115
-Mr. John Preg Silver Bell, rost glb
Mr. Trio's br. Pola, tout sal5"
Mr. Twoman's bĺk. The Regye, 111 7lb
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 1897.
Dablic sabscriptions, as the Government ́al † gören to them. The fore vað mila muts are India-Ia'qulto able to cope with the triflleg dis. | steppedwellforward and clots together the miran tress that calita. Was ever such latuous counsel) and ]fygor murg's are similarly grouped in close heard from the tips of a responsible enler? By, proximity and in cases of emergency salla can and-by money will be okna usa. When the food | be rigged to them, but with the excaplica of a stocks of the monetry are exhausted, money will j'b and staysall, on her figger mast-for the merely mock people's sufferings, The Govern- | purpose of holding her bow or stern in steerage 'ment will then begla to think of importing grale, |—she will depend on her two sets of quadruple but they may rave themselves the trouble ; dur expansion engines, which operate the twin ing the months that most elapse before it can be sÚTEMS. brought to people's doors, the Centrul sud The abnormally fat single puickestack le sien North-West Provinces will be converted Into a placed to a vertical position, so those descrip- huge graveyard"
tive writers who have a penchant for long, Jow, and riklih * craft will miss their opportunity in this cass
THE CENTRAL PROVINCES The ploch of scarcity had then been most acutely felt in the Central Provinces. There the people were already suffering fram severs famine. In some districts of the Jabbalrare Division, the harvests of the last four years had heen very deficient, and the euly cessation al the rains in August last resulted in the partial and in somaplaccatotal, failure of the crops, and had also deprived the land of the moisture Becersary for the sonteg and germination of the later crops. Pricas have risen till they have doubled, and have, for some time past, reached starvation peint for the poor. Everywhere there are inces of the guistest sellering terrible degree,
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In addition to her Immonsa crew of several hundred men she will have secemmodation for roz first-esbla 'passengers, 136 ha the second cabin, and too in the third cable, the total mik ing as many people as inhabit a good town. The cables are upon the mals, upper, swoing, saloon, and promenada decks.
It is so designed that a portion of the third cabin, or steerage, passengers will be Earthed on the main deck, while the remainder are located on the upper deck midships The second clare are placed in the after part of the upper deck. First class passengers' staterooms are situated Mesirs. McKo& Gove's akd., Gilenmore, Fist rià | People, - "emaciated * in
partly on the saloon deck and on the swaing Messis. McKie & Gove's blk Glendabb, Tosi gibera aimlessly, wandering about and dying deck, while a few first-cabins, together with the Mr. Newboys' g. Suxylter, rist alb.
dally on the roads. By last advices there are salcon, will be found on the promenade deck. Mev. G. Stewart & Loveband'sd. Haskaway, more than 1,700 persons in the Jubbelpore In the large structure erected on the moon + fost alb
poorhouse in the last wage of exhaustion and deck, in the forward part, will be found the first collapse, and there were but few of them who cabin din ng saloon, with a seating capacity of had any chance of recovering. Visitors to the 125 persons. This saloon is placed one deck surounding villages report that the state, of higher than on all bitherto constructed regular things in the interior of the other districts com liners. The after part of this structure is fitted posing, the Division is quite as bad, and that up as a smeking-room and will sent forty-five every respectable stranger is surrounded by persons. The cubical area of all the rooms is crowds of starving people clamoring for lood, greater than similar apartments on the expicas The vial saisties published in the Central steamers. The Pennsylvania is not intended Provinces Gareïts farmish evidence more conto compele in speed with the "flyers," but to clusive than impressions, in the shape of an comblue with great carrylog reomy, comfortable appalling increase in the death-iste. Here are sccommodation for a voyage lasting nine days a few figures for the five districts which from port to part. compose the Jubbulpora Division.
Ln year's death-rate was given as 36.75 per milla pes monum, and the year was described sa "abnormally unhealthy." It was remarked that the excess "mortality" was due to the distress which prevalled throughout large portion of the Province. In September (the last month for which there' ́are complete statistics) the death-rate had risen in Jubbulpore to 97.38, In Sauger to 98-68, la Damoh to 13807, in Seoul to 7972, in Mandla to 108 58, and in Murwars, (s district in Jubbulpore) to xo3'24. In some of the towns the figures are even more appalling In the strickan trec's much of the growing crops has withered from lack of molaine. The resul: of the early ceiration of the raisi was that the
rajas,
and the consequent destruction af the sced. grain they sowed If the sowing was immediately followed by rain, did not sow illa are period, and there was not then moisture enough for plaughing and sowing and for the germination of the seed. The Govern ment of India in its official communications has proceeded on the principle that private charity
The Derby candidates are now shaping well enough to enable me to form an idea of their respective melts. I think Mr. Gilles' Aspirant is the best of the Int. He goes freely and will ingly and makes goed average time. He is improving fast 100. The "Ewo" contingent comes peat, and Crabapple and Cherry Brandy will be hard to beat. The former is the eleven hundred tueler ! mentioned recently. Mr.Mody's White Rose is a flyer and Mr. Bubjack's Sinful must be watched, while Me. Twoman's Rogue, after doing a marvellous kallop last Wednesday, at once came into public favour. He has a 3.18 record and if he keeps fit it is on the cards that he will make a tall bid for first place. Mr. Newboy's Swavlter and Mr. Royd's Rookwood are coming on, but they've not 'dons much yet: so 1, must ask your readers to allow me to suspend judgment of their merits for a few days. Mr. Mckie's ponics are not showing up much ↑ yet, and I cast say shelber they will be good. enough to melt confidence being reposed in them should they start. I don't think Hark- sway will start in the Derby,
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The entries for the German Cap (weight rots, expecting more
'for inches; 13 mile) are —
Mr. Hobjack's d. Se:-saw, tist yib. Mr. Bobjack d. Scout, ist alb
Mr. Bence's w. Bakowpun, rost raib Mr. Baxey's m. Hopelol, of alb "Mr. Boxey's g. Sport, Ist alb
Mr. Daring' kd. Narcissus, fost zalb - Mi; DavNoh d. Demterile, 111 alb
Mr. Deysydust's g. Gauntlet, rost alb Mr. Guntar's d. Chin-chin, fin gib Mr. Hart-Beck's d. Croxton, tost zalb Mr. John Peel bik. Pollux, fost zalb Mr. John Peel's g. Cockleshell, rost glb Mesiis. McKie & Gove's g‘Gleniffer, rast zib Mr. Medico's d. Hermer, 111, 4lb The Neighbours' g. Landslurm, trst ylb Dr. Noble's ch. Gladiator, rostralb 'Dr. Nabte's g.Humbug, 110 tib”
Mr. Quinta's g. Query, rzsi tib Mr. Hameres ipd. Shrapnel, 118t ilb Mr. Rameses' g. Segment 111t 4ib Mr. Saxi's ch. Sunflower, 1911 tálb Mr. Stem's Dacapo, jest falb
Hestes. G. Stewart & Loveband'ad. Harkaway,
fost tilb
Messrs. G. Stewart & Loveband's d. Hasteaway,
Ist 4lb
Mr. Tibro's g. Wakefal Joe, rost gib
Mr. Tithong' br. Swindle, rost zalb
Mr; Walter's g. Little Owl, 11st rib
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Mr. Waylong's br. Comshaw, trat zib
For the Warguelcheong Staker, Polo seems "moral” and be is much fuscled,
100 soon
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needed lo affording gratalious rellef, and that it is not the day of the State to do every. thing required to combat the famine. The
result of this pollo in an excessive death-tat and wide-spread distress. On the arst December, prospects looked sa black that beary mortally was anticipated unless extensive sallef came in time. The people there were then dying by thousande from want of food, and it was officially admitted that this mortality wardue largely to causes with which the administration was powerless to grapple.
PROSPECTS.
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The utmost attention has been given to the features of light and ventilation. Of the 5,000 steerage passengers 480 wil be accommodated in compartments paritioned off to hold tea ped- ple each, situated on the upper deck, while the remaining 529 will be placed on the main deck. There will bera be found an arrangement not bitherto carried oul—the total absence of sleep- og bertàs is the dining room. This will be a great improvement, of course. When several hundred men, women, and children eat, sleep and live lo one compartment there will naturlly be encountered disagreeable sensations, so this new bygienic departure will be much appreciated.
THE GERMAN REPRESENTATIVE AND THE SCHOOL BOPS.
མ་ཡན་ར
YOKOHAMA, January 11th.
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It will be seen from our summary of the Yoncalar Prees that the incident of the Germa representative and the two students of the Seliyo Gakko ts discussed by cariais formals in terme displaying a singular lack of the sense of Proportion. Indeed, the excerpts made by as do not convey a compléte idea of the factitious and hysterical importance attached to the aftir by leading Tokio dailies. Enough is reproduced, however, to show that a little droit agitation has again ecceeded in betraying several news papers into an attitude discreditable to their judgment and sanity. The School Autholites, we observe with pleasure, have disavowed ill iden of endowing the lads' acilon. A reporter of the Jiji Shimpi was informed by the Principal that the first intelligence received at the School had been subsequent to the boys' appeal to the palice, for the thing happened during the winter, recess and the lads were not boarders; that he bad warned them to keep quiet, and not intempt
that he wished it to be clearly understood to seek redress on their own account, especially as they had received no manner of hurt; and that the School way
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Lord Elgia had hoped that the winter rafas would alleviate the distress. This hope has proved fallacious. The outlook paints at the best to vast extension and intensification of the the purchasing power of the balk of the popala present distress, owing to mere exhaustion of tion. The mare continuance of present prices for nine months means that there will long before the end of that time be millions on the backing the students in any way. Government relief works where there are now this may be added the fact that the police con- tans of thousands ; tens of thousands in the poor official interference. For our own part, we may sider the affair altogether too trivial to warrant houses where there are now hundreds'; and as appailing increase in the rates of mortality and say that the story of a swollen fice having the amount of semi-starvation and social and
resulted from the cault is fiction. There was no assault. The whip was not used as a whip. economic ruin, in spite of any relle! works and
It was merely laid against the lad's cheek, and "Colonel Thornton, inte Commissioner of 20 physical burt could have resulted. It would Almero, who has been placed on special duty by certainly be more prudent to avoid all such acts, the Government of India to examine and report and cannot doubt that the German Minister open the condition of those states of Rajputans finds irksome when he has been guilty of bimself has made the amende that no gentleman
The Ashley Cup should be a pretty easy thing for Provost Maraball if he comes to the post thy peor-houses, the pink of condition. If. be carlen off the Ashley then It is quite on the cards that he will be reserved for the Champions, but I fancy be ill be in the rack in that race for he will have to meet in it first-class catifeand'among the field † and Central India which are affected by scurely technically insulting another. But the whole
will be two penfes which, given a dying cours give promiss of lowering recorde in a manner anprecedented in the annals of racing in Hong.
kong.
For the Foochow Cap (weight for inches;
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miles) the following are entered ---- Mr. BobJack's ch. Sinner, list 4lb Mr. Boyd's b. Kartuab, tost glb Mr. Boyd's b. Enery 'Awkins, xrst rib Mr. Boxeyja d. Surprise, tost zatb Mn Buzcylaw. White Vialel, rast dib
· Mr. Buzey's bllc. Black Engin, trai rib Mr. Dryandust's g. Sinbad, Tost gib Mr. John Peel's ch. Plaaspple, zost ́gib Mr. John Peel's w. Torchlight zost zalb Mr.. Stern's d. Bravo, 178t Tib Mr. Twomad's g. Kilroy, Intrib
For the Valley Stakes the favourites are Dacapo, whichewar Mr. Stewart sends out, and Mr. Mody's Nt, 4, and Glenlffor. .....
As usual there are rumours about fetlocks giving out and so forth, but i am of opinion that the ponies to training are sound and that
and threatened with famine, will visit Central
India after completing his tour in Bikanly and Eastern Rajputana, arriving at Gwalior about the 25th January, Colonel Thornton will fizi visit the wont part of Gwalior and afterwEIČI undertake a tour through Bundelkhand and Baghelkhand, which will probably occupy him until the end of March,
THE GREAT EASTERN'S MATE.
The texmihip Pennsylvania, which was launched last September and of which mention has been previously made in these columns, is next to the Great Fosters the largest modern ship ever attempted to be ball and finsted. The New York Harata takes the opportunity to show the advancement made in steamship con struction by saying 5--
Just about seventy-eight years previous to the advent of the new Pansylvania, or on August 13, 1818, the side wheel steamer Savonnak was launched by Francis Ficke't and David Crocket, at Corléans Hook, New York, and early in the ensuing your laboriously paddled her way, at dive knots par hour, to St. Petersburg, Russit,
ports. Her toonage of 350, which made her s fairratsed ship for those days, paise into lusigals cance when con reads of the 20,000 toms displace ment of the Pennsylvania. Her fall carrying espacity of seventy are tons of coal and twenty four cords of wood would last a modern User about seven or eight hours.
matter would be dismissed in a Western country palty Incident, and to make it a ground of diplomatic representation from Government to Government, ze the Tokio Shimedus suggests, would be delirium. A school.hoy now labours under the impression that his dignity has suffered. By all means let his feelings be nasusjed, but fat the Tokio press remember that it also has some dignity to support, and that its present conduct constitutes a veritable humiliation to Japanese journalism. ··
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SPIRIT OF THE JAPANESE PREKŃ, Another hackient tha; kru produced a ripple of public auliament is sa alleged sunult upon two students in the Selfo Gakke by (be German Minister. The Opposition papers, the. Nicht Nicht, the ToMe Skimden, and the Chus, xre evidently anxious to make capital out of this fasigalscant affate, for they ask the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs whether he intends to be brua ta' him publie paceniss of a firem foreign policy, and whether he will deal with the ciso in a proper manner, The thing fucalshes a topic even for lending slicies in the Tokio Shimbun and the Chuo, which latter, we may acto, represents the optalon of only a part of the Unionists in polliical o ffairs, and probably the opinion of the editor alino In this instance,
The Clue Learn that the focldent, though trifling in locif, may ultimately have the effect person that committed the ssssult in the repre- af provoking International ümbrage, for the
fatore military officers of the Japanese Emplec. sentative of Germany; and the ußere are
That the Minister Keglected to apologise for bis error or overnight so as to give the students from humillation is much to be regretted, for they were obliged to have recourse to public means of obtaining redress. The Chuo advises Count Okoma net to be absorbed in Parliamentary marœuvres alone, but to take prompt measuTOR for vindicating the lads' honour. This same paver prints a note to the effect thatthe German
later is prone to etibarsts of violent passion, circles as an eccentric person, if not as something and sileges that he is regarded in diplomatie
said by the vernaculae papers to have pro- worse. The blow 'received by one of the ladi duced a swollen face.
INDIAN FINANCE. -
The development of the currency question in recent debate on the subject in the Council India is reaching an Interesting stage, and the
which the legislation of 1993 has beset the affords fresh evidence of the difficiles with Government. There is a Carious analogy
between the monetary situation to the Unitca States and that in our Indian Empire; and though the asslogy is not very complete, it goes far enough to show that there is telther East Dor West" when Governments begla to tampar. with currencies. The United States Govern- ment has plunged its country into a series of alarms and panies by undertaking banking dutler, and endeavouring to keep in abormona
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id, and the expectation) that in advance to AN IMPERIAL TABLET PRE- 168, would shartly cause gold to be shipped | SENTED TO A SHANGHAI LADY: to India Bas been ance more postponed. The Act of 1893 Rilently aimed at providing the Indian Government with a store of gold by
Shanghai, Jannaty, 19th, these means; but if the rapen cannot be worked Basing the war with Japan many stories reached up towards that point without threatening com: Shanghat of the sufferings of the Chinese kn mercial panic owing to monetary stringency, the Act will have, Indead, falled lamentably. It Manchuria from the breacy of any medical or will be interesting, is any case, to watch the glen ald. With a view of alleviating la rome way these sufferings, the Vichray Wang of further development of this experiment and its Chibil appointed Dr. Kin Ta-ling, artamed result.— Financial Review.
American student, to form a military hospital and ambulance corps for the ermy operating in the field near Newchwang. In the course of his datles Cr. Kla cama to Shanghat; bat in the meanwhile, through the exertions of Mrs. N. P. Andersen, a Chinese Red Cross Society had been formed with this lely as Vice-President, the late Mr. von Haus, Auto-Hungarian Courul. Genera President, and Dr. Lalcaca, Secretary, of the Society, 'It was than arranged to send to Dr. Kin's hospits, which was to be forated ja North Kinchou, all the medteless. Unt,
by the elc, bought Seclety through the subscriptions collected, which eventually aggregated something like Tis 3030. The high mandatnu at Tientsin and the Viceroy L'u K'ang-y!, at the time Generalissima of the Imperial armies within and without the Grest Wall, appeared to be duly grateful for the
JANUARY. Meteorological means dazed on ten years'
eðservallons to 1898. Barometer.................30.165
Thermometer .............................59-4
Rumidity.ssvorion74× Retofall......... 1.67 inches.
TO-DAY, Saturday, rud January, 1897. Chinese.-Stat of 18k moon of 9ånd year af Tem! h.-2017 Sabat. 1657. Kwong si Mohammedan,-191ā Shaaban, 1914. Sub-Rises tipuine ............................... Chr. 45mm
Sat.
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exertions of Mrs. Andersen, and her anılstante, and the two Viceroys Lin and Wang reported the matter to the Throte, asking for some suit High water-Morning
Okr. 58min of the Chinese Red Crom Society of Shanghai. Moda-In Equator
|able recognition of the work of the chlal efficer
Afternoon Animad1ār, 58miln Low water Morning Chr. Smigranted two antograph tablets, one to the late
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The result was that His Majesty Kuang Hall
'Afternoon snosi 5kr. Simin
Mr. von Hazy and the other to Mes: Andersen, ANNIVERSARIES.
As an instanceof the yake of fimo to the average 1841-The .. Enterprise sailed for England mandarin, the tablet granted Mr. von Hass with news of the cension of Hongkong. arrived in Shanghai lathe latter part of 1804, 1868-P. & O. uisumer Nidkow lost off Amoy, 1896-Treaty algal making Madagascar a matter had been reported to the Throne and while Mr. Andersen received hers. only a 1874-Duke of Saxe-Coburz married,
month ago, that is to say, two years after the French possession.
TO-MORTOW,
Sunday, 24th Januriy, 1897. Chinese-92nd of 12th moon of Sind year of Jemtb-31st Sidat, 5687. Mohammedan.-30th Shaaban, 1314. Sun-Res
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maas of paper currency on a par with gold Low dollari by xiways exchangleg gold for the silver certificates which were forced into circulation in deference to the demands of the allvar bosses; and as Gresham's Law acte izpen paper and gold the same way as on bad and good coinage, this paper has aver and over again caused panic by driving the gold over-aen. In iact, if New York cables speak truly, this pro- cess is just beginning again to-diy with a ship- ment of gold to Germany.
The Indian Government has at least a better excuse than the American. It did not bring panic and rain upon those who lived under its guidance, in order to please a rich and powerful section of the community; and ilk has made mistaken it did so partly because li could not help self and partly because it was mistaken, It is hardly necessary to repent, that the object of the Act of 1893 was to give a scarcity value to the rupes, and so to raise and steady its price. fadan merchants complained that the fall in silver had turned their trade into a blind gamble in exchange, because the tapee, at long as it was valued according to the bullion that was In 14, naturally fluctuated with silver; the Govern- ment could not afford the Inxury of a gold standard, and the low level of comfnt and tradi. tonal habits of the intensely conservative peoples over which it tuled were all in favour
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about twelve months after the handing over of . the first tablet to Mr. von Hass. The tablet granted Mrs. Anderson is an elaborately carved affair of some six feet in length and two and a quarter feet wide, with the Greelan paltem sun- Kwong-sing round its sides. The tablet is painted yellow, while the engraved characters ent from ..................... skr. 45min. the Emperor's autograph sentenca are raised ...... Bhr. 40min letters, as is the case with the others. Of course, ...kr. min. the Emperor's characters, four in number, "Afternoon samana 14r.. 6min. occupy the place of honour in the centre of the water-Arning 6kr. 43. Tablet. On the right-hand side is engraved the Afternoon saman 6A9, 48min. | red seal of the Viceroy Wang of Chibil, and in
the middle, at the top of the Emperor's auto. enclosing two characters in red signifying "Pre- graph, are cut two Imenal dragons in thick glit, tented by the Emperor. We give below a trans lation of the tablet in questles, which appeare to be a more elaborate one than that presented to the late Mr. won Haas, and deservedly #3, for Mra-Andersen was the life and peal of the Society, and withest her energetic and un- Cross Society would have been poor Indeed. Iring example the results of the Chinese Red
ANNIVERSARIES.
1601-Mathew Rice), the Jesuit missionary, en
tered Peking. 1870-The U.S. corvette Omilda los: through collision with the P. & O, gamer Bom Bay, near Yokohama,
CHURCH SERVICES.
St. John's Cathedrals-Communion, 7 .m.
Matine, I am. Evensong, 5.45 p.m. Roman Catholic Cathedral:—Mara xt 6 5:25, ya m., 8 m,m, and 9.30 am. Benediction, 'sp.m. Union Church --Services, 11 x.m. and 5 pati.
St. Francis Church, Waschal Mass (Cals.), 6 a.m., (Port.) 7.30 km., Benediction, 5 p.m. St. Joseph's Church, Garden Road-Morning
Service(English), 9 km. St. Anthony's Chafil, West Point:-Maas, &
2.12.
Wisleyan Methodist Church 2–Services, rago
am, and €45 AM. St. Peter's Seamin's Church!—11 2.m, and
6.30 p.m.
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SHIPPING AND MAIL NEWS,
MARLA DUE: Taconia (Macduff) to-moszow, American (België) 26th fast. Canadian (Emprise of India) adih lost. Tacoma (Brasmor) 28th Inst,
· Australian (Taiyuan) ngth inst. Indian (Arration Ağcar) 29ih init. French (Oceanten) 30th inst, American (Pers) 6ih proz., American (Copii) 15th prax.
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"In accordance with the recommendatory memorial of Wang Wen-shan, Viceroy of Chiki, Imperial High Commfuloner of the Polyang ximinietention and ez«ficio President of the '
Board of War, praying that a sitting Imperial recognition be made of the philanthropy of Mrs, Andersen. We are herthy pleased to graciously grant her the following fille, written by Our own hand, to the effect that she is
**Always chaerisi in performing deeds of philanthropy and ever anxions in dispensing charity,
To the foreign. lady, Mrs. N. P. Andersen, wife of Captain" "Andursen, I. M. Catoms Bervice, N=C. Daily News.
And, the Government decided to close the mints liver currency. Accordingly, seting on what It believed to be the best advice that it could
Scorr's Mapleton of Pure Cod Liver Ol, with Hypophosphites, Is the most valuable remedy to free' coinage, thus breaking the connection
ix Consumption, Serojula, General Dililly, between the uncoined metal and the stamped
Wasting Dissares of Children, Chronic Cought coin and practically establishing & forced taken
and Bronchits that has ever been produced. canency made of liver. Rigid economists,
It is very palatable; It is very fattening and of course, apposed this scheme tooth and
strengthening. It will man at once the most nall; they contended that all experience has
violent cough and will give both comfort and proved forced currencies of any kind, whether in paper or debased metal, to be a dianstrous
strangik tothe sufferer. It posseser thecombined vitues of these popular temedles in their inllest blander; and they prophesied that the attempt
form. Any Chemist can supply it.—Sola Agenti of the Indian Government would shortly break THE silk ex steamship Tacoma unived in Now for Hongkong and the limoles of Caita p
Yak on the 20th fast. down, and that the last siste of the country's
Watkins & Co., Flangkong,.~[Advt. Sinances would be worse than the fint. MEST than it had any right to do according to the be admitted that the experiment has fared better letter of strict economic principles. It has suc- cafolly raised the ralan of the token rupe above that of the eliver that it contains. With allvar below god, per ounce, the rupee, on a free coinage system, would be valued, roughly speak- The Calos · Mutual S. N. Co.'s steamer ing, at sbilleg; but it now stands over 15d.j. Ningehou, from Liverpool and Newport, passed so that the Act of 1893 has added to it as per the Canal on the 19th inst., and may be consi cent, worth of scarcity value. The rupeefs also
dered due at Singapsen on or about the dik pron, steadier, since, though its sympathy with the price of silver has not been altogether, severed, it doen sise az fall with every fractional move ment of the metal, And, so far, this improve mest has been beneficial to Indias trade, and also to the Government, which has large stealing obligations to provide for on this side.
Emprase of China, hrom Hongkong, arrived at Ter. Canadian Padic Railway Co.'s steamer Shinghal at 7 am, to-day, and left again at 1.10 p.m. for Nagasaki.
Intimations.
HONGKONG, CANTON AND MACAO STEAMBOAT COMPANY, LIMITED, ·
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLUERE..
THE SIXTY-FIRST ORDINARY HALF-
TEE Canadian Paciic Rallway Co's starship TRY MEETING OF SHAREHOL Empress of India, hom Vancouver, arrived at DERS in the COMPANY will be held at the Shanghal at 3.30 to-day, and tell at POTICE of the COMPANY, No. 18, Bank Baldies, the same day for this port, where she may be Queen's Road Central, on SATURDAY, the expected to arrive at 8 am, on the 26th Inst. ›
SHIPING RETURNS. From 8 pm. yıltırday to 8 pm, lo-day.
ARRIVALS.
Haiphong Bombay
The other side of the picture, however, was presented by Thursday's debate in the Legisla are Connel. In the first place, oving to sha artifical system now established, the money market in India is practically a Government Kwongles....................'steamer, from Shanghai Issitaiton, Says the Times report Sir J. Sullberg Westland explained how closely connected the Reve money market of India was with the Government Kwongtang mama balancer; „almost all the available capital Zerts employed in commerce practically being is those Halles balascars, and the export trade being dnanced Langmooni by means of Council bills. If any one will try Fri
imagine Lombard Street au anatze of the Kechtdats Mars..
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Hongkong, 23rd January, 1897
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the meaning of this mats of things Secondly, 3. R. Kelley ship It appears that the systam of giving the rupee m scarcity value has ended in making currency so scarce that, in order to avert s panic, the Government is now forced to revane Its palley and add to the currency, thus modding its own work and depressing the rupan that it had an tenderly found up. Their action now was prompted by the state of the money market ƒ” and the stringency of the local money Hall market was greater than the bankerste disclosed, maralda eras though it was 9 pas cant," and so on. The Sys stippen of course, is all attributed to the Velly famine ; but cities of the present system may perpolar fally rators that under free coinsgribe lamina world have brought out the native boards of
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In connection with this incident we like the opportunity of referring to a fact that ought to be brought as much as possible to public notice, namely, the very great difficulty of avoiding carriage accidents in Tokio. No man uses his whip wantenly when driving through the streets of a city, but if his choice lies between, on the one hand, getting along without accident by the help of his whip and, on the other, maiming or possibly killing way-farers, the more merciful he is the less he can healtate. In Toldo there are no sidewalks. Children of all ages and sizes are permited to wander across the streets without any supervision, and the marvel is that serious accidents are cut frequent. They would
masoner of drivers in London, Paris, or where every fool-passenger is supposed to look out for himself or to be protected by the police. Here the only factor that saver the situation is the date (mafoo), who generally runs beelde or ahead of a carriage, shouting warnings to the At the beginning of this month, the public la
people and often Bhing a child bodily out of the Esgland was siis undwao, how severe the It would, perhaps, be more interesting to give way. But the betto (mafoo) cannot be always scarcity and famine In India would prove to be. a short comparative table showing the dimes running and shouting, and it may not be regarded The Governor-General, Lord Elgin, cause in forsion of the Pennsylvania and the Great as other than a wholesome precaution that the sharp centure for misleading the Secretary of Eastern, the latter the largest ship in dimensions difver should show his whip occasionally for the State and the British public su to the magnitize |'that ever was and probably arret Bastern
srir will be built purpose of educating liitlo hleriness. We dare of the wrists. It was maintained thai, unless Pennsylvania
say that many child has thus received an his eyes or thel's could be quickly opened to Length co | Length 580 t lesson to which it owed subsequent immunity the truth, no amount of effort weald wholly Water Uns 60 ft Breadth... Bata from various sccident. Our readers will not a repair the mischief that will be done, or start Depth min 41 ft) Depth 38 ftust, misconstrue us as desiring to dasmod or the dirges which it will reflect upon Billah Draught, about, 36 11 Draghi......... 30 advocate any avoidable recourse to vidlance,
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Brandth 61 (t | Speed........ TY We have seen foreign drivers make a brutal use maal for coinage, and the currency would thas HoraLONG AND WHAMPOA DOCK RETURNS. EEVERE INDICTMENT OF LORD EzOfw Epeed 13kt Touren 23,300 of their whips in China and Japan, and we have have been minced by natural moon. As Z Kowloon The Stalismans pubished long "article Tonnage (dis)...so,c00
16an Japazitie and Chinese drivers do the same, it is, the Connell decided to authors the raising Old... criticising Load Elgin'a attitude în regard to the With considerably lang aren, and with a Such questions are outside the discussion. Our of the paper currency reserva by two agree or famine is the Central Provincar, advocaties deaught that fe practicable: in our harbours, the paint is that the motive of employing a whip, repouss in other words, the reserve on which the
Of Deniz musste Immediate importation of grain on a larga, sest new ship will carry fully as much sa her nucieși now and then, to rouse children to tha necessity Govwaminst,
stina Zemern geenbacks... by Governmist. The Government," it mys, rival, for it was imposable for the Great of being on their guard against serious labasan secured will constat of two murn crores of that does not strain every serve to keep people "Halters in enter the part of New York and is generally merciful. It Ends an ganci paradal Gayamirent securites Imundi gro Ale viles 2 and alive in time of famino sbargates, lis first face and Philadelphis loaded to hes water line. The in ike besviour of the Japanese mother who this step will set free, two cross, twenty million Hens as a civilised Government and deserves to Pennsylvania will ply between Hamburg and slaps the head of a litle lot that has fallen off rupees, in cars, mgainst which the India Council be held in universal exicratian. Kapecially in New York on the Hamburg American Hine its pattens, though the small font. Aty siready will dis, and the pigmentation of its draft will at Jan India, where the State in the great landlord of In appearance she will différ; vary, Hule from sebing patually from the mishep: U We do mont add this amount to the circulating mediam. the soll, the responsibility of saving people from the Takris class of freight steamers of the exmostly with that instead of throwing só sanch It, la, obriously" a "commeal of neowasity, dying of burger is one of which the Government White Star line; or the Lowrington and Soulin fervour into the ventilation of the pettiest inflies, for it lasing wall to have paper tapon dr cannot divest itself; yet what is. Government, ward of the American Ene, which are at present influential journals like the Nicht Nicki and the paper. “A certain sroportion of out. Hank of doing to provide
agulant the famine the largest marchandise carries afoat, although | Ffff"could be induced to rouse the pubila to a England notes are based on Government papers looming like shand over the people? they she only shout one-half the size of the sense of the soldies perpetrated sally spon hat the of tetice to macks prooving ate kas, Instead of singing for importing food on an Prumsylvania:ĒLU, MADONA 2017/99 | dumb animaisis Tokio and other Japanese ciilen. Crossed Conalduinkly, when u Governinést Koth) [216. adequate scale, fine liaist of its statesmanskin is reached whec 11 haswedand wallsing word misable variation is the Such things weed to be a dienace ne Deale
itself and creates recurtitas on and (of the maste? They won what an civilisation mati societies were
them, and will asan to when that carrot wood is the sintying peoplą." Lord Ziga
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30th instant, at zzth o'clock Noor, for the Parpass of Receiving a Raport of Directors, tormber with Statement of Accounts, declaring a Dividend, and electing a Director and Auditors. The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED. from the 17th ta goth, inclu sirs.
By Order of the Board of Directors,
T. ARNOLD,
Secretary, Hongkong, zath Jantry, 1596. [rga
THE KOWLOON LAND AND BUILDING
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* COMPANY, LIMITED.
↑OTICE is hereby given that the EIGHTH ORDINARY GENERAL HEITING
of SHAREHOLDERS, will be held at the COMPANY'S OFFICE, Victoria Buildings, on TUESDAY, the 9th February, 1897, at 11 o'clock (Noo), for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Board of Directors, together with a State. ment of Accounts for 115 Twelve Months ending the grst December, 1896.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from FRIDAY, the sgth Jun to TUESDAY, the già Tebesary (both days SHARES Can be register. inclusive), during which period no TRÄNIFER OF
By Order of the Board of Directors,
A. SHELTON HOOFER,
Hongkong Land Investment and Agency Company, Limited. Agunis for the Kowloon Land and Building Company, Limited.
Hongkong, 18th January, 1897.
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