To-day's Advertisements.
VICTORIA PRECEPTORY.
REGULAR MEETING of the VIC- TORIA PRECEPTORY will be held at the FREEMASONS' HALL, Zetland Street, on THURSDAY, the 26th instant, at 6 for 6.30p.m. precisely, Visiting Sir Knights are cordially Invited to attemi.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1899.
BIRTHS.
At Nagano, Shinshiu, on January 5th, the wife of the Rev, FRANK S. SCUDDER, of a daughter.
On the 7th January, at No. 57, Bluff, Yoko- bama, the wife of W. T. CARLETON, of a son.
At Yamamoto-deri, 4-chome, on the 7th inst, the wife of S. E. LEVY, of a son.
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Hongkong, 19th January, 1899. INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED.
FOR SINGAPORE, PENANG AND
CALCUTTA.
THE Comjuiny's Steamship
"KUTSANG,"
Captain Bradley, will be despatched as above on TUESDAY, the 14th instant, at Noon.
For Freight or Passage, apply to
JARDINE, MATHESON & Co.,
General Managers.
198 Hongkong, 19th January, 1899.
CHINA NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED.
FOR PORT DARWIN, QUEENSLAND PORTS, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE VIA MANILA. THE Company's Steamship
"CHANGSHA," Captain Moore, will be despatched on TUESDAY, the 31st instant, at Noon.
The attention of Passengers is directed to the Superior Accommodation offered by this Steamer. The First-class Saloon is situated forward of the Engines. A Refrigerating Chamber ensures the Supply of Fresh Provisions during the entire voyage.
A daly qualified Surgeon is carried and the Vessel is otted throughout with Electric Light. MB-Return Tickets issued by this Com pany to and from AUSTRALIA are available for return by the Steamers of the EASTERN AND AUSTRALIAN S.S. Co. and vice verså. For Freight or Passage, apply to
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE, . Agents.
Hongkang, 9th January, 1899.
CHINA.NAVIGATION COMPANY,
LIMITED.
FOR MANILA.
THE Company's Scanship
"CHANGSHA
[953
Captain Moore, will be despatched on TUESDAY, the 31st instant, at Noon.
The attention of Passengers is directed to the Superior Accommodation offered by this Steamer, The First-class Saloon is situated forward of the Engines.
A duly qualified Surgeon is carried and the Vessel is fitted throughout with Electric Light
For Passage, apply to
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE, Agents.
Hongkong 19th January, 1899.
1978
INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION
COMPANY, LIMITED. FROM CALCUTTA, PENANG AND SINGAPORE. HE Company's Steamship
"KUTSANG,"
THE
having arrived from the above Ports, Consignees of Cargo by her are hereby informed that their Goods will be delivered from alongside.
Cargo ir peding the discharge or remaining on board after Noon, SATURDAY, the 21st instant will be lauded at Consignees risk and expense into Godowns at East Point,
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No Fire Insurance will be effected. Bills of Lading will be countersigned by
JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., Agents. Hongkong, 19th January, 1899.
Intimation,
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WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS.
ESTABLISHED 1841.
SCOTCH WHISKY.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
TELEGRAMS.
REUTER'S TELEGRAMS,
THE UNITED STATES AND THE PHILIPPINES,
LONDON, January 17th, The American Commission will sail for the Philippines early in February and will remain for an indefinite period as a general advisory board to President McKinley,
SUBMARINE BOATS, Owing to successful experiments with sub marine torpedo-boats France is building six of
them.
THE TSAR'S PEACE CONFERENCE. Count Muravieff in a circular to the European Cabinets states, that although the horizon has Count MURAVIYr's circular to the Euro- been somewhat overclouded since the first peau Cabinets, as reported by Reuter is communication, the Convocation of a peace indeed a curious document. His proposals, Congress is still advisable. The proposals to be submitted include, the prohibition of sub- we are told, include the prohibition of ships marine torpedo-boats, ships with rams, the with rams, of submarine torpedo beats, of prohibition of new and more powerful weapons new and more powerful weapons, of explosio: explosives and any new inventions. The ves and of any new invention, In fact, the Times regards the proposals as visionary and whole progress of the world, except along the impracticable lines of peace, is to be arrested. The na tions are to rest satisfed with the means of offence and defence, which they at present possess and are to abandon all attempts at perfecting anything of a warlike nature which is at present in an imperfect stage or of improving anything that is now looked upon as serviceable but capble of improve.
ment.
It is a remarkable coincidence that the same telegram which gives us the gist of the TSAR's Peace Proposals should announce that France has at last resolved upon the construction of six submarine torpedo boats, having been successín in a long series of experiments with these peculiar craft.. Will France be content to shelve her new invention in the interests of peace? We do not think so; for the possession of a few serviceable torpedo-boats of this description, which could approach an enemy beneath the water, totally out of sight and out of reach of any gun yet invented, and which could launch a torpedo at the bottom of a warship, her most vulnerable part, with little or no risk to themselves, would give any navy such an immense advantage that we do not think it is in human nature to abandon it. If the new submarine boats now under construction in France are really efficient craft, then it will mean a revolution in the whole art of naval warfare and other nations will have to put on their considering caps to discover some means of defence for their ships against the attacks of these unseen enemies.
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(From Japanese Papers.) AN OPINION FROM PEKING.
TOKYO, January 11th. A Peking dispatch of the 10th inst, declares that Great Britain, in organizing a Chinese regiment at Wei-hai-wei, is ignoring the law of nations. It is as if Great Britain regarded China as a British protectorate. In Peking it is believed that the matter will prove the seed of future troubles.
THE CONDITION OF CHINA.
TOKYO, January 11th, The gun-boat Oshima, now lying at Sasebo, has been ordered to South China for the protee tion of the Japanese settlements.
ANOTHER BOILER EXPLOSION.....
FUKUOKA, January th Last night an explosion of a boiler occurred at the Miyaur Colliery, killing two men on the spot and badly injuring three others.
THE SILK MARKET,
YOKOHAMA, January 11th. There is no change to note in the raw silk market. Sales today to foreign firms amount. ed to 825 bales.
MORE TAXES.
TOKYO, January, th In order to supply the deficit, the Govern. ment proposes to impose a tax on houses. The deficit of revenue which still has to be made up amounts to Y5,700,000. It is proposed that the tax should be a cumulative one, those certain value being exempt houses below altogether. The total number of houses in the Empire is about eight millions, of which some 300.000 will come under the clause of exemp tion. The new measure is estimated to yield an income of about four million yan, and the balance of deficit will be made up by raising the price of tobacco.
LOCAL AND GENERAL. H.M.S. Edgar arrived at Singapore, homeward bound on the gh inst, and was to sail for England on the eth, after coaling at Tanjong Pagar.
We do not think that there can be two opinions as the proposal to -place a prohibition upon ships with The answer of the nations must of necessity be in the negative. Not because we believe the ram to be absolutely, essential to naval warfare, but for the very simple and sufficient reason that the prohibition would THE mortality returns for Hongkong for the mean the reconstruction of nearly every effi-week ending December 31st show a death rate cient fighting ship the world over. Take a glance at our fleet at present assembled here of 138, against 18'7 for the corresponding week the previous year. The death rate for the and see what such a prohibition would mean, It would necessitate the doing away with following week was 14°2, against 18.3.
Ar the meeting of the Sanitary Board this every fighting ship in the harbour, with the exception of the Archer, the gunboats and afternoon an application for permission to the destroyers. It is not at all probable that erect water-closets at the ice Factory, East the nations will consent to a proposal which Point was declined, as was also one to crect would mean either the expenditure of mil lions upon alterations to their existing ships, water-closets and trough-closets at the new or that they one and all become compara cotton mills, East Point. tively helpless and incapable of defending themselves for want of suitable ships,
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The prohibition of new and more powerful weapons, of explosives and any new warlike inventions is impracticable., Who would consent to it? It would mean that other A. S. WATSON & Co., tions would be placed at the mercy of any
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power that chose to break the compact and make secret preparations for war, and what guarantee can there be that such a breach of faith would be impossible? Besides, how is it that Russin has shown no signs of setting the example of disarmament as a guarantee of good faith? We do not go so far as to say that Russia should have immediately disbanded her army and sold her navy to the first bid- der, but it would have been more in accor dance with the peace proposals put forward by the TSAR had she ceased to increase her arnament so spon as the Manifesto was issued, and this we know she has not at tempted to do, but has, on the other hand, been making most elaborate preparations for 10.80 war.
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Another point worthy of note, is that Reuter's summary makes no mention whatso. ever of any prohibition being placed upon the use of war baloons. Now, it is a well-known fact that Russia has been studying the problem of aerial navigation for a considerable period, and if submarine torpedo boats are to be vetoed why not aerial ones as well? For all we know to the contrary Russia may have 14.40. an airship perfected at the present moment, which, like those described in recent works of fiction, would be capable of destroying QUEURSCOTCH WHISKY,
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believe that he personally a thoroughly ABELOUR-GLENLIVET is a very old earnest in his proposals, whatever his advisers Peat Whisky, (smoky) and could not may be, we perfectly agree with the Times that those proposals are visionary and im now he replaced in stock at the price.practicable. The Millenium has not arrived
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WEATHER REPORT. The Observatory report says:-On the 19th at 11.45 am. The barometer has risen in 8. China and Japan. The high pressure area, central in N. China, extends now over the whole of the consts of China and Japan. Gra dienis light on the const, rather steep with strong monsoon in the N. part of the China Sea Forecast moderate N.E; widey fine..
Ar the annual meeting of the P. and O. Com- pany, Sir Thomas Sutherland said that they had contracted for another steamer of the China type, which would be named the Persia, and that they had expended two millions sterling on vessels in the interest of their new mail contract. He also claimed that in case of war
these fast steamers would be invaluable aids to the Navy.
Ar the meeting of the Sanitary Board this afternoon a letter was read frem Mr. N. J. Ede, who is now in London, stating that as the Board would be considering the question, of refuse destructors shortly, he was forwarding the latest book on the subject. He sent his | kind regards to his old colleagues on the A resolution thanking Mr. Ede for Board.
his gift was passed.
A FOOTBALL Inatch was played on the Happy Valley between the Queen's College and Victoria English School, resulted in a win for formier 32
Ar a Court Martial held on the Narcissus this morning Edward Bullen, an AB. on the Powerful, was sentenced to three years penal servitude for striking a superior officer, THE Japanese are still rather nervous of attempting the manufacture of the naw Arisaka quick-firing gun, and so have sent Colonel Arisaka on a four of inspection in Europe and America, to see if any improvements are pos- sible on his, present pattern.
THE Shroff at Hung Hom Cattle Depot was charged at the Magistracy this afternoon with impressing the broad arrow on two cattle with out lawful authority. On the morning of the 6th instant, a butcher took two cows to the depot. He wanted them to be slaughtered, and defendant said that if he would pay him
one dollar he would allow the cows to be marked with an instrument which he had in his possession, and then he could take them to be slaughtered. The butcher paid the dollar, and the cows were marked by a coolie. The butcher took the cows to the slaughter house and handed a paper with which defendant had supplied him to the In- dian on duty. Defendant's doings had been reported to the Inspector in charge, and being on the watch on the occasion in question he arrested the butcher and the coolic, and on the following day they were dealt with for passing cattle into the slaughter-house with a false mark. Both CONS were ailing, and the of Inspector had refused
pass one them
would have refused to pass the other. It transpired that defendant and the coolic divided the spoils and defendant was accordingly arrested last night, and this aftemoon he was sentenced to six months with hard labour.
and
to
THE LAUNCHING OF THE "SANDPIPER."
The Sandpiper, one of the gunboats which have been built by the British Covern- ment for service on the different waterways of China, was launched yesterday afternoon at the Kowloon and Whampoa Company's Dock. There were quite a number of ladies and gen tlemen present to witness the smart little vessel slide into the water; among others we noticed His Excellency the Governor, Sir Henry Blake, Lady Blake, Miss Blake, Major-General and Mrs. Gascoigne, Rt. Rev. Bishop Hoare, Rear Admiral, Mrs. and the Misses Holland, Miss A. fackson, Mrs. and Col. Evatt, Mrs. Hene, Captain Fisher, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon, Mr. T. Jackson, and a number of naval officers,
After a short service by the Bishop, and precisely at 4 o'clock, Mrs. Holland cut the rope, broke the bottle of wine, and im- mediately the Sandpiper glided gently into the war, to the strains of "A Life on the Ocean Wave." Those who had charge of the laun ching are to be congratulated on the precise and complete manner in which the work was done.
The Sandpiper was built at Yarrow during 1898, being afterwards taken to pieces and sent out here in sections. On November and the rebuilding of her was commenced' at the Kow loon Naval Depot, the greater part of the work being performed by her present crew, Ja length she is 100 feet, and has a beam of 20 feet; she draws two feet or a little over, and has a freeboard of about four feet. There are three rudders which are worked by steam steering gear. The main feature of the little five bladed. craft,
however, is the two
The propellors, and their arrangement, gunboat's bottom is of conise flat, and in the flat bottom a cavity, cigar form in shape, is made in which the propellors are set. These cavities are really above the level of the water; when stationary, only two of the five propeller blades being submerged, but when in motion the cavities, which are air-tight, become filled with water, and the propellors have the necessary water to work in. This arrangement is accessary owing to the very shallow draught of the vessel. The boss is exceedingly large. Another important feature is that the propellors can be either repaired or renewed without docking. The opening of a trap door reveals to you the propellors, which can be worked on with the greatest case.
She has triple expansion engines and water tube bailers, and travels about nine, knots with 140 lbs. of steam. The upper works are Lec- Metford bullet proof at twenty-five paces. Her artament consists of two six-pound Hotchkiss guns, and four Maxims; the former gun will fire about eleven rounds per minute, and the fatter about six hundred rounds per minute. One six pounder is placed at each end of the battery deck, and the Maxims on either side.
There are two magazines-one opening into the Word-Room-and-one-into the men's quarters. In both the Ward Room and Petty Officers Roout there are a number of rifle holes, A FANCY dress ball was given on the 6th inst.
the Public Hall, Yokohama, in aid-of-the-which are listened-and-covered from within funds of Christ Church. The principle char-
Another inast unique and servicable contriv
'COLONIAL VETERINARY SUR- GEON'S REPORT FOR 1898. At the meeting of the Sanitary Board thin afternoon the following report for the year, 1898, was submitted by Mr. C. V.Ladds, Colonial Veterinary Surgeon :-
IMPORTATION OF LIVE STOCK. - Since the autumn of 1897 foot and mouth disease has been raging over the whole of
South China, and spreading rapidly from place to place invaded Tonquin, Cambodia and, The lieve, the whole of Indo-Chinaalso. In the month of November, 1897, the disease appeared for the first time in eleven years in the Colony and since then it has been impossible to stamp it out under the ordinary precautions which would
be taken elsewhere.
Dependent, as we are, entirely upon the so prohibit the importation of cattle altogether, mainland for supplies, it would be impossible or the cat supply of the colony would be cut off, and, as the disease still remains general over all the districts from whence our cattle are drawn, it naturally follows that from time to time a few infected animals are brought in. Therefore until the disease runs its course in the adjacent provinces it is impossible to prevent a few cases being landed occasionally in the colony, though much might be done to prevent its spread had we proper inspection Inirs for cattle, of which i urged the, necessity. as far back as 1888.
On December and foot and mouth disensa broke out on the premises of the East Point Dalry at Wong-nei-Cheong. The discaso Assumed a very mild type and up to the end of the year had not spread to any of the other
fatma
In both cases the premises were declared in- fected areas by the Board under the provisions of Bye-laws Nos. 13 and 13 of schedule A of Ordinance 17 of 1887, 15
Although as far back as 1889 I recommended that no cow sheds be licensed by the Board to note within the precincts of the city, regret that nothing has yet been done to consider or
suggestion. carry out my
my report to the Board dated grat January 1898, I went very fully into the subject of the milk supply of the colony, and pointed out that consumers would do well if in-protection of their own interests, they wore to insis: upon a they from outside sources that is to say, from guarantee from the dairy supplying them that given up the practice of purchasing native dairies--as the condition under which their milk is collected leaves much to be desired..
had
Native cow-keepers can never be brought to understand how very essential it is that the strictest sanitary principles should be observed when dealing with milk, nor can they, I am afraid, be ever prevented from adulterating it, which fimud, I am sorry, to say, is now carried on to a very large extent.
Pure water added to milk although con- I again referred to the matter in my Annual stituting in itself an illegal act-does not render" Report for 1892 mentioning an instance where such milk harmful, but when it is known that the entire milk supply of that port; and here the danger of consuming such a mixture an outbreak of rinderpest at Kobe once cut off the added water may possibly be polluted, then At the present time, as mentloted above, vent a similar outbreak in Hongkong 'sooner or
much adulterated milk is sold in the colony, quote an extinct There is nothing to pre- becomes great, pepper an later unless something is done to provide a proper inspection lair to which all cattle should and I think that if the Board's officers were to be driven directly upon landing there to retake more samples and submit them for analysis ninin at least 12 hours before being inspected that much good might result to the milk con
To buil all milk before using it is the only and passed into the permanent depots or else sumers of the community generally, where. This is the method adopted in the United Kingdom and other countries, and even real safeguard against the dangers of con-
tamination.
MARKETS. then occasional cases of disease escape tion: and so cause wide spreading outbreaks. which are difficult to check, hence it will be easy to understand the risk which is run here with no inspection lair at all."
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During the early part of the year the pro- vinces of Kwang Tung and Kwang Si were also over-run with rinderpest or cattle plague, which killed off large numbers of animals, and this, together with a rise in the value of fice, caused a scarcity of animals and bigher prices; but the supply, though at times intermittent, was always equal to the demand.
It will be seen under the heading of "animal.] depots" that the number of animals imported for slaughter during the year, 1899 exceeded those for 1889 by 3,731 cattle, $,846 sheep and coats, and 37,332 se mimals are brought from
As most of these long distances to Hongkong it is desimble that an effort should be made to encourage the breeding of cattle and swine upon some pans of the extended territory when it is taken over should suitable localities become available, though there might be many difficulties to con tend with at first owing to the great reluctance of the Chinese to depart from the rigid rules of "olo custom."
ANIMAL DEPOTS.
With the exception of the outbreak of foot and mouth disease in the cattle depots, the general health of the animals-housed during the year was good,
:
The total number of cattle admitted into the depot at Kennedy Town was 21,611 and the Hung Hom Dépôt 1,029
In the swine depot at Kennedy Town's 37.237 animals were admitted, and at Hung Hom 15,154.
At Kowloon there is great need of a small swine depôt, these animals at. present being accommodated in part of the cattle deed at the
24,686 sheep and goats were housed Kennedy Town depot during the year.
SLAUGHTER Houses.) Victoria and Kowloon. These two buildings are both in a good state of repair and amend ment and will meet all requirements for some time to come.
Shamkiwan and Aberdeen.Both these places are still without a proper slaughter house although section 8 of Ordinance 17 of 1887 reads that "a sufficient number of fit and proper slaughter houses to meet the require ments of the colony shall be provided by the Goverment
I called the attention of the Sanitary Board to this matter as far back as 1800 in my annuni
report.
There is no doubt in my mind whatever that, in order to maintain a complete check upon the main source of the ment supply of colony, the slaughter house at Kennedy Town to be properly and efficiently managed should be under the immediate control of the Government and not lensed out to a private individual as at present,
To prevent the slaughter of pigs in the roast pork shops of the colony, which at present prevails to a considerable extent, it is necessary. to amend section of Ordinance 17 of 1887 as pointed out to the Board in my letter dated 14th June, 1898.
The total number of animals slaughtered at Kennedy Town, Kowloon, Shaukiwan and Aberdeen for the year ending December 31st, and Goats 15.956, Swine 153,485.
Central Market. This building is in a good state of repair and amendment, and most of the' shops and stalls are let..RE
Owing to increase of trade additional accom modation is required in the poultry section for killing and plucking fowls, etc. Vide my report to the Board dated 7th September, 1898.
The lighting of the niarket is very inefficient. market lias always made it a very popular one, Welt Market,The central position of this and it supplies a large district. The articles of food sold therein are almost entirely for native consumption.
The building is old and cramped and does not at all meet present requirements.
In a report dated May 19th, 1891, the Board
recommended that the market be rebuilt and somewhat later I believe plans were made by the late Director of Public Works, Mr. F. A. Cooper, for this purpose, but nothing further was done in the matter.
I understand that arrangements are now being made to build a large new market upon a portion of the resumed area at Taipingshan to take the place of the present Westem Market, which would be abolished upon the completion of the new one-
The Chinese generally and adore especially the present stall-holders in the Western Mar- ket are unanimous in condemning this project, and I think not without reason when it is remembered that the old Taipingshan market stalls-had always more than half that, number which was but a small one containing 74 vacant from the time when I took over charge June 19th, 1894, when it was closed. of the food supply of the Colony in 1887 up to
One of the chief objections raised by the. Chinese is that the extra cost of conveying all- the market produce so fur.up the hill to the new building would necessitate a higher scale. of prices for food stuffs sold therein, and that they would not in consequence be able to compete successfully with stallholders in the other markets.
Another point is that instead of the marAN
being situated as nl present in the centre of a thickly populated district and fairly close to the harbour, it would then be removed to the extreme edge of that district up a steep hill, and as far away from the sea as possible.
Personally I am of opinion that the Taiping. shan site as at present chosen is most unsuit. able in every respect. A new market built.. upon the site of the present-Western market, or even nearer to the sea might with advantage 'be erected to afford double the accommodation of the existing one, and even then all the stalls: would let readily; but the prospects of one such as proposed for Taipingshan would, I think, be very pour indeed,
Salyingpoon Market Might be re-built and Tal-kok-tsui Market-is, a new building extended with advantage." which was to be occupied on January 1st, 1899, Shaubiwan Marker-This building is in a good state of repair and all the stalls are let,
In my annual report for 1889 I recommended that accommodation for at least thirty more stalls be provided, but the extension has not yer been carried out.
Shektongisus, Wanchai, Sekoubos, Vaumati and Hung Hom Markets are all in a good State of repair and-meet-all-present wante
STAFF.
acters represented being Chinese, and Japanese auce is the telescopic shoal indicator, which is 1898, was as follows Cattle 21,541, Sheep Inspector. Fisher went home upon twelve,
and a Bedouin, who's only fault was being too clean to be natural. Dr. "Jim" was also a great favourite, and a Hongkong Sikh policeman was greatly admired. The ball was a success both financially and socially,
rigged out in front of the gunboat's how. The indicator can be set at certain required depths, and should the water become shallower the rod strikes the shoal, and a bell alarum is rung. Should the vessel run aground, iron props with flattened bottoms have been made so that she
can be lifted sufficiently to help her get into The mininture steam capstan took every one's fancy.
A RETURN of food and drugs analysed during the quarter ended December 31st was sub-deeper water. mitted to the Sanitary Board this afternoun. of eight samples of brandy, four were found genuine and four adultered; of five samples of whiskey two were genuine and three adulter ated; and one sample of rum tested was genuine. The adulteration was due to the addi tion of water and not to the introduction of any deleterious substance.
Arthe Magistracy this morning a ticket-of-leave mah named George Brown was fined $5 for assaulting the bar-man at the Globe Hotel last night and a similar sum for assaulting the police. In April, 1895, Brown, was sentenced to several years penal servitude for wounding with intent to murder, and was only liberated on the 17th Inst. He admitted the charges brought against him, adding that he only took a few drinks, but with his being without for so long, they took effect upon him. Ar the Magistracy this afternoon the cook employed by Mrs. Wagner, of Garden Road, Kowloon, was charged with administering polson or some other obnoxious drug with
Lieutenant Commander Carr is in command, and Dr. Mathew is the Surgeon. The crew is made up of eighteen bluejackets and five Chinese.
The officers quarters are situated forward, the Pelty officers at the stern, and the crew sleep on the upper deck. Altogether, their In appearance the Sandpiper is a first cousin quarters are very comfortable and cosy. to our very own Gulding Star she is a sister ship to the gunboats that are doing and have dane such excellent work on the Nile. If succeed in exterminating the pirates of the within six months, the Sandpiper does not West River, we are sure it will not be the fault of the smart officers and crow of this will found little gunboat. A commission trial of the Sandpiper will be made on Friday next.
DEATH OF MR. IWAMURA.
The death of Mr. Iwammara Sadataka,
member of the House of Peers, is announced as taking place on the 7th inst. The deceased gentlemen was a sheak of the Saga clan, and
In order to show the large increase in the annual number of animals slaughtered I insert below a list giving the total for the past ten years."
The decrease in the number of swine killed during the year 1894 I attribute to the plague epidemic of that year, and it will be seen that its effects may also be traced into the two fol lowing years.
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The number of swine slaughtered during the past two years points to a considerable increase in the native population of the Colony during that period. AN Annual list of animals slaughtered for the
1 years, from 1889 to 1895 past ten
Sheep and Year Cattle,
Swine. Coats 17,863 10,rio 18,519 10,091 18/1189,073 18,180
[1,571
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1890
1891
1892
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1894
16,898 10,937
1895
19,540 33,093
19,318 $3,592
1897
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17,86611,770
20,094 14,320 37:748 1898 21,541 15,956 153.485 Total,187,943 131,619 1,299,791
DAIRIES.
During the year two outbreaks of infectious disease occurred in the datrics of the colony.
On February 28th rinderpest or cattle plague broke out at the Sassoon's Villa-premises of the Dairy Farm Company at Pokfulum
months leave on March 18th, 1898.
Inspectors Watson and Cotton are both deserving of the highest praise for the manner in which they have performed their duties during the year
Owing to their zeal and vigilance several serious cases of infringement of regulations have been brought to light which might other wise have remained undiscovered
Much credit is also due to Overseer Johannsen for the smart and cleanly condition in which he kept the Central Market during the
year..
On April 19th I drew the attention of the Board to the fact that the alose proximity of the Chinese Mortuary. to the Inspector's quarters. at Kennedy Town was at times, especially during the summer months, a source of considerable annoyance to the occupants of: these-quarters both upon sanitary and other und I believe that it was then grounds, decided that the moritury should be closed but up to the present time it continues as before, Watchinen. These men have proved a con tinual source of trouble and dissatisfaction ever. since they were first engaged for the markets In 1887. It being found after a long trial that they suseless in the markets, they were then drafted to the slaughter-house, but there they decision have proved an equal failure, hence my after having tried about 6fty of them, to recom mend that their services be dispensed with altogether at the end of the year Vids, my 29th report to the Board dated September
intent to do grievous bodily harm to five men. rendered a great service to his Lord in the Most of the European beds of cattle died, 1898. Coplits. On May sith 1898, for
On returning from Hongkong at noon on the critical period of the opening of the country to 10th inst. Mrs. Wagner found her servants foreign trade. It was chiefly due to his advice stupified. She made a report at the Yau-ma-ti that the clan economized its expenditure by Police Station, and the men were taken to the 30,000 koku of rice and in 1866 built the story was that while they were preparing their boats. After the Restoration he in 1869) join hospital, being discharged the next day, Their Nisshin-kun, one of the first Japanese gun- meal defendant came with a jar of fat and put fed the Government service asajudge connected it into their food, and when they had partaken with the late Colonial Department (Kattes of the latter they became ill Mr. Drowne, kuah) and afterwards held the governorship Acling Government Analyst, examined some in succession of several prefectures, heing of the fat and found that it contained datum. finally appointed Senator. He had reached Defendant was committed to take his trial at the ripe aged age of 22 at the time of his death
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but fortunately the measures taken prevented Market
warded a petition to the Board, from the market the spread of the disease elsewhere
nay mention in connection with this out-staff of coplies, praying for an increase of salary, break that I had an opportunity of treating the and strongly recommended that their pay by myself, and am pleased to record that the rates. Such men, being drawn from the chair last case which occurred with sem prepared should be raised to that of ordinary market animal recovered under the treatment coolie thas, readily obtain from $7 to $7.59 From the result of my observations I am per month outside, whereas at least half my confident that, given die necessary appliances, coplie staff only receive $5 and 86 a month, ** etc. I could successfully combat an outbreak Hence, it is obvious that the only men who of this disease, and think that at least go jain at all are very interior ones, and thay oblain situations at the same rate of pay, if nes of the animals infected might be saved if konwing that if they resign they can immediately
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