To-day's Advertisements.
QUEEN'S
COLLEGE.
TERM begins MONDAY, the 6th March, nt 9 A.M. on which day every vacancy will be filled. Applications for ADMISSION and READMISSION should be made AT .ONCE.
GEO. H. DATESON WRIGHT, D.D., Head Master. Hongkong, 27th February, 1899.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1899.
To-day's Advertisements,
BIJOU THEATRE.
RECLAMATION GROUND, WEST POINT.
. [2790
OF
THE CHINA AND MANILA STEAM..
SHIP COMPANY, LIMITED.
HE SIXTEENTH ORDINARY GEN. THERAL
MEETING of SHARE. HOLDERS in the Company will be held at the COMPANY'S OFFICE, No. 9, Praya Central, Victoria, on THURSDAY, the 16th March, 1899, at 'clock at, for the Purpose of receiving Statement of Accounts and the Re port of the General Managers for the year ending 31st December, 398, declaring, a Dividend and electing a Consulting Committee and Auditors.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED) from the and to 16th March, both days inclusive.
SHEWAN, TOMES &. Co.,
General Managers. Hongkong, 27th February, 1899,
AUSTRIAN LLOYD'S STEAM NAVIGA- TION COMPANY.
STEAM FOR
[180
SINGAPORE, PORT SAID, FIUME AND
TRIESTE.
(Taking Cargo at through rates to BLACK SEA, LEVANT and ADRIATIC PORTS.)
17 Company's Steamship T
"TSTRIA,"
Captain Bassevich, will be despatched as above
on SATURDAY, the 4th March, A.M," For information as to Freight, apply to
SANDER, WÏELER & Co.,
Agents.
Hongkong, 27th February, 1899,
DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP COMPANY,
LIMITED.
FOR SWATOW, AMOY ANI TAMSUL
HE Company's Chartered Steamship
THE
PRONTO,"
Captain Grandt, will be despatched for the. above Parts, on WEDNESDAY, the 1st March, at Daylight.
For Freight or Passage, apply to
DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & Co., General Managers. Hongkong, 27th February, 1899. --[2750
THE CHINA AND MANILA STEAM- SHIP COMPANY, LIMITED.
FOR MANILA (DIRECT.)
THE Company's Steamship
ESMERALDA,"
Captain Tayler, will be despatched for the above port, on THURSDAY, the 2nd March, at 5 P.M.
This steamer has Superior Accommodation for Passengers and is fitted with the Electric Light.
For Freight or Passage, apply to
SHEWAN, TOMES & Co., General Manager.
Hongkong, 27th February, 1899.
Another Phenomenal Rush on SATURDAY NIGHT.
TO-NIGHT, MONDAY, the 27th February. Last Night but
FIVE
OF
[ARIONETTES.
D'ARC'S MA
THE SPANISH-AMERICAN W
W AR R
*** HONGKONG, AND WHAMPOAR
DOOK COMPANY, LIMITED.
present
HONGKONG. LEGISLATIVE:
on which the back doors of a couple of rows CEVLON had no six cent stamp in readiness of Chinese houses open. The lane as a rule for the new occan-postage charge. The 15-cent Is about ten feet in width and the buildings stamp has been marked down for the present on either hand are of three storeys in height.and so will give philatelists a new specimen for Each floor is inhabited and is fitted up with a their collection.
At noon today the ordinary yearly meeting This afternoon a meeting of the Hongkong of shareholders in the Hongkong and Whampoa Legislative Council was held in the Council Chinese kitchen and scüllery in which is a sink down which waste matter of all descriptions AT a meeting of the Directors of the Shanghai-of the Company, No. 14. Praya Central Mr. J. being present His Excellency the Governor (Sir Dock Company, Limited, was held at the offices Chamber at the Goromument Offices, there finds its way: The sink discharges into an
Sumatra Tobacco Company held at Shanghai H. Lewis presided, and there were also earthenware pipe running down the wall of it was decided to recommend to the sharehold Messes, N.. A. Siebs, J. B. Van Buren, Hon. Henry Blake, G.C.M.G.); H.E. ålajor-General the house and the pipe is open at each floor
ers at the approaching Annual Meeting, a final Whealler (directors), D. Gillies (Chlef Manager), Lockhart (Colonin! Secretary), the Hon. H E. J.J. Bell-Irving, C. Beurmann, A. Enupt, E. S. Gascoigne, C.M.G., the Hon, JH. Stewart where the sinks discharge into it. It is no dividened of 15 per cent, in respect of the TJ Rose. (Secretary), H. Wicking H. Pollock (Acting Attomey-General), the_Hồn. uncommon sight to see this drainpipe 1897 crop, making 40 per cent. for the year-Humphrey's, G. de Champeaux, J. R. Michael, blocked at each of the three openings, by and to carry to the Reserve Fund about Tls. W. Parfitt, R. Mitchell, W. G. Winterborn, and R. Murray Rumsey-(Harbour Master), the garbage, with the result that the Althy 36,000.
C. D. Craddock, J. Thorburn, and H. M. S. H. Hon. F. H. May, C.M.G. (Captain Super- |-liquid-thrown--down the sink, instead of
J. Esmail.
The Secretary read the notice, convening Thomson (Colonial Treasurer), the Hon. R. D. intendent of Police), the Hon. M. running down the pipe, trickles out over the w of the house and covers it for a
the meeting. considerable space
on either side of
Ormsby (Director of Public Works), the Hon. The Chairman said :-Gentlemen, the reportC. P. Chater, C.M.G the Hon. Dr. Ho Kai the pipe with A fetid slime, while
and statement of accounts having been in 'much of the liquid soaks into the wall itself.
your hands for some days, with your per were informed at mission, we will take them as read. You last half yearly meeting that the returns for the opening part of the past six months were not quite so largely, and I am now pleased to be able to favourable, but later on our business increased express
The lanes also appear to be looked upon as common dustbins, and garbage of all deg. criptions, from rags and old boots to decay. ing fish and vegetable matter, is dumped into them to fester and breed disease as it lists. Is it to be wondered at that such localities are unhealthy? Yet nobody ap pears to trouble about the matter and the lanes and alleys, day in and day out, are left [1183as filthy as ever. Such a state of affairs would be impossible in one of the larger thoroughfares for there would be a public putery raised and the nuisance would soon be put a stop But these slums. do not come under the notice of the public to any great extent and as they are not personally affected no notice is taken,
PRICES AS USUAL' Hongkong, 27th February, 1899.
HONGKONG AND WHAMPOA DOCK. COMPANY, LIMITED.
the
to.
An aged Malay woman, Mah. Bunga, a native of Denconlon, who is said to have been born in 1792, was buried at Singapore on the 17th inst. She was formerly well-known es a purse, hold ing several testimonials from Dr. Bentley, and was the mother of two sons, one of whom it is stated has been with Messrs. John Liule & Co. for forty years,
SINCE the northern ports have been closed up during the winter, little or no traffic has taken place, even overland, with Tientsin and New chwang; but a Shanghai' contemporary notes that the first stemmer, the far-a, for these ports left Shanghai on the 21st inst., with pas, sengers and goods; and will now be followed regularly by other boats,
Tux German, Consul assures us that there is na foundations whatever for the statement which was published in a Straits paper soine time back and copiert by us, aming other journals, to the effect that America suspected Germany of rendering assistance in the promoters of a filibustering expedition fitted on in Hongkong We can assure Dr. Ricle that his assurance is
our
the Hon. E. R. Belilios, C.M.G, the Hon. J. J Bell-Irving, the Hon. T. H. Whitehend, the Hon. Wei A Yuk, and Mr. G. F. T. Buckle (Clerk of Councils.)
THE FLUSHING OF SEWERS AND DRAINS. The Hon, T. H. Whitehead had given notice of the following questions:
introduce destructors for the disposal of the (2) Are the Government taking any steps to city refuse
follows:
The Colonial Secretary I beg to answer as vernment is advised that no such provision is
The answer to the first question is, the Go
premises of the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI in the mechanism of our sanitary depart quite superitums, foreve are convinced that in this occasion, but a. fair amount tan been laid to 'self cleansing grades in nearly every
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS. TONUS of 8% per Share for the six THE DIVIDEND of 8% per Share,,and months ending 31st December, 1898, declared 1 MONDAY'S ORDINARY YEARLY MEETING, will be- PAYABLE at
BANKING CORPORATION, on and after TUESDAY, the 28th February, and Share holders are requested in apply for DIVIDEND WARRENTS at the COMPANY'S OFFICE, No 14, Praya Central.
By Order of the Board of Directors,
THOS. I. ROSE, Secretary. Hongkong, 27th February, 1899. [3780
Intimation.
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There must be a screw loose, somewhere
men We cannot for a moment believe that any intelligent sanitary afficial would describe these lanes as sweet and clean; they
ermany would never have stopped to such methods.
present required. There are now in use in the city 32 automatic flushing tanks placed in the most suitable positions. The sewers have been case, and through them pass daily most of the 3,000,000 gallons of water consumed in the city. sewers at any of the manholes usually shows every 24 hours. An examination of these them running half full of water. Regarding Cooper in his report on the water supply in 1896 the use of sea water for flushing drains, Mr.
wrote as follows-During recent years many seaside towns have adopted a dual system of
are not so and could not be so described by the A Tinurgaxord (Grand Cappi) dispatch wildest flight of fancy. This being the case,pons the arrival at that place of H.E. Lin the question naturally suggests itself, are S-tang, Governor-designate of Chekiang on these slums ever subjected to inspection on the 19th inst. en urte for his new post at the part of our sanitary officials, and if not, Hanghow, having come down overland from why not?. It is not so much the principal | Peking instead of taking steamer at Peiththo the month of October last H.M.S. Powerful water supply, using sea water for watering thoroughfares that need looking after, the public will call attention to any muis ances occurring in them quickly enough. but it is all these alleys and out-of-the-way corners that need-10-be-looked after Apparently our sanitary department treats A. S. WATSON & CO., the city as a Chinese driver does an engine
LIMITED.
IMPORTERS OF HIGH-CLASS
SHERRIES.
Per das, Case
-SUPERIOR PALE (D&F, dinner wine, Green
cal Capsule 10.80 C-MANZANILLA, PALES
NATURAL SHERRY, White Capsule..
CC--SUPERIOR
OLD DRY, PALE ÑÂTURE AL SHERRY.Red Seal Capsule...
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OCEAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
D-VERY
FOR LONDON YA SUEZ'CANAL. *HE Company's Steamship
THE
"ANTENOR,"
Captain Jackson, will be despatched as above" on SATURDAY, the 4th March, at Noon.
For Freight, apply to
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE,
Agents.
Hongkong, Jth February, :899.
52773
CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY
FOR PACIFIC COAST, CANADA and the
UNITED STATES.
THE C.P.R. Company's Steamship
* TARTAR,"
4.425 tons gross register, will be despatched on or about MONDAY, the 6th March, for VICTORIA and VAN
COUVER, vis MOJ KOHE and YOKO HAMA.
The vessel has excellent accommodation for Saloon passengers. Through tickets issued in all points.
Through Bills of Lading issued to Pacific Coast, Canada and the the United States.
For information as to rates of Freight and Passage, &c., apply to
D. É BROWN,
General Agent. Hongkong, 27th February, 1899, [3740
"GLEN" LINE OF STEAM PACKET. FOR LONDON, VIA SUEZ CANAL THE Steantship
{"GLENESK," Captain Darke, RN.R., will be despatched as above on TUESDAY, the pileMarchi, at Noon,
For Freight of Passage, apply to
JARDINE, MATHESON & Co.,
Agents. Hongkong, 27th February, 1899. (104a THE CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAVIGA- TION COMPANY, LIMITED,
រ
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES. FROM GLASGOW, DIRKENHEAD AND THE
SWANSKA THE Company's Steamship
"CHINGWO,"
having arrived from the above Porte, Consignees of Cargo are hereby informed that their Goods, are being landed at their risk into the Godowns of the Hongkong, and Kowloon, Wharf and Godowa Company, Kowloon, whence delivery may be obtained.
SUPERIOR
12.00
12.00
OLD PALE DRY. choice old wine. White-
eal Capsule....... 14.40 E-EXTRA SUPERIOR
OLD PALE DRY, very - finest quality, Black Séal Capsule (Old Bottled)
20.40
-so long as the visible outside part is bright the interior may take care of itself.
REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
at first intended H.E. on arrival t Yangchow, may continge his journey over-" land 24 Suochow, on s salg steamer, thinking for stanga and thence by steani hunch the angelow. A curious Poar cidence in the tran-fer of Lis Shu-rang
from the Governorship' of Homan to flat o Chiklang is thats Liao Shou-feng, whom the former succeeds, was Luis Treasures in Bonan when promoted to Cheklang, Lion now resigns and his former superior officer succeeds him-V. C.D. Nenes.
whole, the accounts may be considered as very the opinion that, taken as n gratifying. The nett sum available for approvide for the flushing of the drains and sewers (1) Are the Government taking steps to pro- ratio stands at $487,495.79 and, subject to and the watering of the roads throughout the approval, your Directors recommend the. following distribution being nude, that a upper levels either for fresh, or salt water, and city by the construction of tanks along the dividend for the half year of 8 per cent and a
if the intter for the constraction of the necessary bonus of S. per cent, collectively $150,000 be pumping stations? abuting shareholders and a bonus of $25,000 paid to shareholders; a bonus of $20,000 to con to the European staff; that $69,955.94 be written from the value of the Kowloon Docks, dock. $5,000, from the steam launches and to $25,345-10 from the value of the Cosmopolitan carry forward the balance $92,194.75, to the new account; the allotment of out, profits, in satisfactory. placed nothing to the credit of reseive account the manner stated will, we trust, be considereita
You will observe that we have
written from the value of both Kowloon aud Cosmopolitan docks and, as already advised, we find our workshops and plant quite inadequate to meet the large increase in our business, so that large sums are now being laid out in re- improved type; such being the case, we con construction and new machines of the most sider the policy of writing down the more expedient in the interest of shareholders. In was successfully taken into the company's No. rects, tushing drains, fire service, ele. In 1. cock at Kowloon, this being the largest considering the foregoing the practicability of yessel in both tonnage and draft of water tim adopting such a system for the city of we have ever docked, and am pleased to say the use of sea water favours deposits in Victoria has not been lost sight of, and though that the operations of docking and undocking sewers its adoption for street watering were carried through without any bitch or diffe.
under in Chisti un the salt to fire placed water, and may with advantage be used cuky. It was also intention of the Com has advantages over the use of fresh 8.31.5, Fi-tariors in the same dock, but after for the utilisation of sea water for such in comparatively level localities. Any project acated investigation had been made of the lans of the ship and the width of the dock
purposes in the city of Victoria, owing either side was so limited that it was with great above sea level, must necessarily involve to the varying elevations of the built area, entrance, it was found that the clearance on
viz; from practically seh level to 600 feet reluctance we concluded it would be unsafe to the installation and maintenance of pumping attcropt docking a vessui of her size. The matter of docking vessels of extreme dimensions reeevious in addition to those used for. machinery and the construction of service has occupied the attention of your directors for the water supplied for potable purposes. It some camsiderable time, because we find it very would further be necessary to lay throughout, Abhigi has reached dite per owing to the provide the necessary accomodation the city a separate system of distribution mains censorship of the man-larins bear the telegraph quired for many of the larger vessels now
and hydrants. The cost of such a project would. trading in the port. With a view, however, to lines as soon as the uprising was seen to be meeting mediate wants we have decided, as not compare favourably with the gravitation more than a meré jasurrection. According to- you will have observed in the report, to lengtheners put forward in the preceding passage of capital of Anhui, it appears, that a trial set of this e tension will be about $25,000, and supply of fresh water sufficient for all the latest private letter from Making the ite Admiralty docks so fect. The approximate this report, and consequently I am of opinion.
no such project should be entertained so long being made of what rice distribution to the A pleased to inform you that while this malcontents will do to stop disturbances, COLLISION BETWEEN RUSSIANS,
wo is be carried out the dock will continue purpose can be obtained at a reasonable hence, the trous have been formed as a AND CHINESE AT TA'LIEN-WAN. endnu and the enruly districts and the utmost importance that we should possess distribution mains in order to use it for the available for docking purposes. It is of Cast by gravitation." The cost of pumping.
up sea water to the Goo foot levely and laying Mr. Brodrick speaking in the House of Comproclamations, have been issued inviting the every facility for ducking the largest merchant dushing sewers would be prohibitive even mons said, that the Chinese version of a collision people to come and get food. Large quantities vessel, otherwise the accommodation will be if desirable. Fünler storage of water in the at Ta-kien-wan between the Russian and Chinese five been distributed during the past provided elsewhere and be the means of bring Tytam Valley Projected, and with a was, that a deputation of Chinese peasants asked the improvised grannies. Bet there are those the larger type of vessels are rapidly increasing tanks may be used more freely. The answor three weeks and the people are still flocking tong kech competition into our business; and as
more abundant water supply the flushing for a reduction of the land tax and were fired who hit that as soon as the rive distribution in number, the time is we think approaching to the second question la: The Government has on by the Cossacks.
becomes eximusted and the insurgents have When we shall have to recommend to share obtained reports and estimates which have just stored enough grain to feed themselves, the holders the necessity for constructing a new disturbances will comntence again on ing to the dock on the same lines as the Admiralty dock been laid on, the table regarding "refuse des unpopularity of the local ouvide. "Until, indeed, but hasing a length of 750 feet on the blocks.tructors, and the subject is at present under and punished it in died whether it can be the head chiefs of the whom are captured At our last half yearly meeting. I informed you
the consideration of the Sanitary Board. that our Articles had been sent to a specialist stopped.
in London farbis antice. We have since received his opinion that our Articles, as framed from (i) The Special. Commissioner-appointed to time to time, have all been in order, but for the report on the newly-leased territory at the back Take of simplicity and to avoid possible complic of Kowloon having duly made such report to at, he thinks it wise to apply to the Supreme the Colonial Office, returned to Hongkong, and It is a rule in this club that an entertainment
Court here to sanction a Memorandum and aset resumed his duties as Cólonial Secretary, will ofrew Articles and to this end your directors the Government lay on the table copy of his should be given just prvious to the departure of a draft of Royal Engineers from the station,
have instructed the company's solicitors to take report and of all correspondence in connection and as those who have completed their three
the necessary steps. The London specialist with the extension of the Colony ? years sojourn in Hongkong, are expecting to Cominy Law. Our returns for the months, ofrecen pression the new fortiory will was Mr. Buckley, Q.C., a lending authority on (2.) Will the Government be good enough to go home by the P., steamer Manila Carly Jantrary and February are most next month, it was drefied to give a perforaging the establishments are all full of
encour be taken ance. Last Saturday night's prime passed reminerative work and we may look forward and enthuiste audience, many of the Cup, off without a single hitch, before archnaded with confidence to another excellent half year, Officers graciously giving their parenges
FRANCE-FUNERAL OF THE LATE
PRESIDENT.
LONDON, February 24th, The Funeral of the late President. Faure was Impressive, and orderly throughom. President Loubet met with an excellent reception.
Demonstrations in the evening outside the office of the Lière Parole resulted in a row and Deputies Dérouléde. Habert, Millevoye and others were arrested.
| CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES, The Canadian's bitterly resent the American attitude in the recent negotiations and demand tariff reprisals,
LOCAL GOVERNMENT OF LONDON.
Mr. Balfour has introduced a Bill for dividing London into areas for local Government, the
City to semain untouched.
WEATHER REPORT.
....
!
Some days have elapsert, says the M.,C. Daily skries of gand inst., since news of that rebellion
ROYAL ENGINEER VARIETY CINO.
Phase very great pleasure in again bringing to
THE KOWLOON HINTERLAND. The Hon. E. Belilios, C.ARG.:
lions to cause the dejny which has taken (3) Has any hitch occurred in the negotia- place ?
make it a
(4.) Will the leased area become part and our petice our ligh appreciation of the very parcel of the Colony of Hongkong administered Salable and efficient services rendered by theby the existing oficials or is it designed to staff to their zeal and ability is due in some govern the new territory? mensure the continued success and prosperity (5.) If it has been decided to of the company, and as a token of our recogni recommenced a bonus of $35,000, which we tion of the goal work done by them we have frust will meet with your approval. Before proposing the adoption of the report and state the best of my ability any questions that share. iment of accounts will be plead to answer to holders may wish to ask.
B, C, and CC are excellent dinner Wines, and suitable for invalids and delicate stornelis. D and Eure after-
The Observatory report says on the bal dinner Wines of a very superior at 11.40a.m. The barometer has risen in Japan vintage. All are true Xores Wines.
and on the E. coast of China. A high pressure area is central over Japan, and pressure is rela Sampie bottles and smaller quantitively low off the S. coast of China. Gradients ties will be supplied at proportionate coast of China. Forecast-fresh XE and E slight in the North, moderate on the S. and SE
As in all those larges e curtain raisers" Wholesale rates.
winds; some drizzling rain or mist
as they are styled in England, the plot of On the 27th at 11.45 a.m. The barometer has the farce Cool as a rucumber" is some. what of a minus quantity and depends solely on risen slightly on the S. coast of China, fallen the ability of the actors to make as much amuse- moderately on the E coast. A depression seems ment out of the ridiculous situations in which to bymoving Eastwards in Central China, and they are placed. Spr. Cynnolly, who took the pressure is high over the Sea of Japan. Gra-part of Plumper" a young teen with dients slight in S. China, and in the . part of assurance that was mod enviable, waiks imm "Old Barkin's " house and claims acquaintance the China Sea. Forecast-moderate er light with his son Frederick (Spr. Mintern), who is E winds; cloudy, misty.
supposed to be travelling on the Rhine, butį conies home and is captured by Plumper asa burglar. The crisis is reached when Barkinsment of accounts. finds out that the burglar with who Fluimper has been frightening him is his own son, who has come home on account of an unconquerable attachment to his cousin Miss Jessy Honiton, The situations are comic and well thought out. The Variety turns were decidedly a great success and alope worth the small entrance fee exacted.
We only guarantee our Wines, and Spirits, to be genuine when bought direct from us in the Colony or from our authorised Agents, at the Coast Ports, -
A. B. WATSON & Co., Limited, THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY. ESTABLISHED A.D. 1841.
DEATHS
At the Shanghai, General Hospital, on the ath of February, ALEXANDER GEORCE PALMER, aged 28 years,
At the Slanghal General Hospital, on the zoth of February, VIGGO EMIL ALBRECHT, aged 29 years.
The Hongkong Telegraph
HONGKONG, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1899.
LOCAL AND GENERAL. THE gold fever in Spembaya is reported to be below zero and the Netherlands fändelpats chappij is reported to be about to discontinue operations in Pagoeat.
A PICK-UP game of Hockey will be played to- morrow, Tuesday, at 4.45 p.m., on the Club ground. A match will probably take place on Thursday, Club Navy,
A NEW Plan, showing the roads, names of people and all local industries in the Shantung Province, has been issued by Mr. Justus Perthes
for the German Government.
NOTES AND COMMENTS. Now that the Honourable T. H. WHITE HEAD has started a crusade against the un Qushed state of our sewers we trust that he will not allow the malter to rest, but will con-
Br kind permission of HE. Admiral von tinue to wage a war against the insanitary states.M.S. Kaiser, the band will play at the Ladies' Diedricks, Capt. Stubenrauch and officers of of the Colony in general. Many of our lanes, and alleys, besides being a menace to the
Recreation Club'io-morrow from 3.30 to 6 p.m.
THE SICAWEI OBSERVATORY.
..
No questions being asked, the Chairman proposed the adoption of the report and state.
separate administration, will the Government the cost of such undertaking? say whether any estimate has been given of
or otherwise in the City of Kowloon Been
(6) Has the question of Chinese jurisdiction.
settled 7
- (7.) If Kowloon City is not included in tho concession, will the Government: stato. what's steps have been taken to relieve the harbour of Hongkong of the supervision of the Chinese Customs Cruisers ?
answer to
glad to see that provision has been made for a borders of the Harbour to be set back to the
Mr. Humphreys, in seconding, said-I am
(8) Are the existing Customs stations on the bonus to the Company's staff. The success of every great concern in Hongkong depends: The Colonial Secretary In
outer edge of the new frontier ?
European staff and I think every shareholder answer to the first questions, they cannot entirely upon the ability and vigilance of the these questions I have to reply as follows the will agree that the Dock Company's staff be laid upon the table at present. The answer to deserve everything they have got, I think, too, the second is, as soon as the northern boundary that the shareholders' owe a good deal to the has been defined. The answer to the third directors, for if it had not been fortheir foresight question is, to. The answer to the fourth in building Admiralty Dacle when they did our question is, the leased area will become part of dividends of late would not have been as larga the Colony. The details of the administration you, Mr. Chairman, that the directors propose to the fifth question is, the estimate of the cost as they have been. I am glad to learn from have no yer been finally settled, The answer construct a new dock at Kowloon which will of administration is not yet complete. The be capable of accommodating the largest vessels answer to the sixth question is, yes. The answer afloat. I think the proposal must commend to the seventh question is, the Customs are to be itself to every shareholder. The Chairman also removed from the harbour and new territory, made reference to possible competition. The answer to the eighth question is, this ques We have had a prosperous helf year and I cannot say what the Chinese Government will should like to say think the next half year will be still more so, do This Government only knows, as already word or two about that. tion is not sufficiently defined; this Government
designed for the execution of the map of the We make a target to he shot at, Ferous,fed,what; the Customs stations are to be
but there is danger in being ton
Think removed from the harbour a shot at us. In Australia and elsewhere under General, seconded by the Colonial Secretty
harbour and new territory, sufficiently large to incite any capitalist to have the present price of our shares forms a target NBA FIRST READING,
On the motion of the Acting Attomey similar conditions they go in for what is called the first rending was passed of a Bill entitled: holders new script free of cost and I think itance of Divine Worship and other Services watering the stock. They give the share An Ordinance to provide for the Perform would be worth the directors consideration whether they should not adopt some such in accordance with the kites and Ceremonies scheme as that with our shares, as they are al- of the Church of England at Saint John's ask the directors to consider
thie Colony for the Incorporation of a Churchi er the suggestion. The motion was carried,
Body in which the said Cathedral Church shall - Mr. Champeaux, Messrs. C. Beurmatin and 2tered and for other purposes connected with On the motion of Mr. Parfit, seconded by be vasted and by which it shall be adininis. S Whealler were re-elected directors the said Cathedral Church, de
Messrs. Thos. Arnold and S. G. Bird were re. THIRD READING elected auditors, on the motion of Mr. Craddock This was all the business, Dividend war rants will so ready to plorow
French astronomy is regaining in China the THE Russian transport Petersburg arrived at tury, when the French missionaries had obtain
induence which it lind in the seventeenth con- Singapore on the 17th inst. from Odessa ened the favour of the then Emperor, The route to Vladivostock. She had on board 1,444 observatory in Paris has just completed the recruits and 12: passengers.
shipment of a grand equorial, constructed in Paris under its supervision, for the observatory at Sicawel, near Shanghai. This instrument inches); it has two ubjectives, one for the Is a diuileter of oo mètres (1st. English optical inspection of celestial objects, and the other for photographing them. It is specially
ed. The mechanical parts and the frame of with this vast operation have just been forward heavens. All the documents in connection
the cupola have also been made in Paris, but be executed on the spot by Chinese labour, the covering of the dome with Iron sheets will The observatory is under the direction of Père Froc, who studied astronomy at the observatory of Montsouris, founded by Adiniral Mouchez papit of the Polytechnic School, who, after completed himself in the great English and having studied at Montsouris, perfected and Gerinan centres. These astronomers will cer tainly prove themselves worthy of their prede shat all the steamers, calling at Shanghai take cessors,
It is from the observatory of Sicaver their time by the aid of a time ball similar.
No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowns, and all Claims must be sent in to the Office of the Undersigned before Noon on the 6th March, or they will not be recognized.
All broken, chafed; and damaged Goods are public health, from their filthy state are a dis- ANOTHER portion of the. Pekin Syndicate ex to be left in the Godowns, where they will be grace to any civilized community. If our ploring party left Shanghai on the 20th Instant examined on MONDAY, the 6th instant at 3 readers will ake the trouble to spend an hour by the 3.5. Chungking for Chefos, including
No Fire Insurance has been effected, and any exploring. the lanes and alleys. lying be Major Brazier-Creagh, Capt. Twiss, R.E., and His assistant is Père de Beaurepaire, a former together too unwieldly at present, I would Cathedral Church at Victoria and elsewhere in Goods remaining in the Godowns after the 6th tween Queen's Road and the Praya Mr. Glass, C.I.E.....
P.M.
March, will be subject to rent,
TO DAY.
Optional Cargo will be forwarded unless notice to the contrary be given before Noon,
Bills of Lading will be countersigned by
HOLIDAY, WISE & Co,.
Agents, Hengkong, 27th February
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to the westward of Pedder's Street, they will be shocked and amazed at the disgusting state of filth which is allowed to prevail in many of the narrower thoroughfares,
Take for instance one of the lanes, of which there are many in the above mentioned area,
MR. Gerald Browne, Government Secretary, Selangor, is seriously with typhoid fever. Mr. Campbell is acting for him. Miss Jessop, the Belangor nurse, being ill also with fever special nurse had to be fetched from Singapore to attend to Mr. Browne,
the one in usent Greenwich, Zi, pe l
to
On the motion of the Acting Attorney General, seconded by the Colonial Secretary, the Bill entitled An Ordinance to amand and