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THE OUTBREAK OF RINDERFEST.
MOKE CASES,
A special meeting of the Hongkong Sanitary Board was held this afternoon for the purpose of considering another outbreak of rinderpust The President Dr. J. M. Atkinson, Principal Civil Medical Officer), accupied the chair, and there were also present the Hon. R. D, Ormsby (Director of Public Works), Dr. Clark (Medical Officer of Health), and the Vice-President, the Hơn, F. Hụ Miny (Caputri Superintendent-of- Police). Mr. C. V. Ladds (Colonial Veterinary Surgeon) was also present.
The following report from the Mr. Ladds was submitted-
Si have the honour to repon for the information of the Sanitary Board that an out. break of rinderpest has occurred in a shed at Mr. Kennedy's Causeway Bay Stables, in which six cows and one calfare housed. Three of the animals are infected. I recommend that
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, MARCH 14. 1899.
ITALY, CHINA AND JAPAN.
A Tokyo telegram of 28th ultimo to a Japan esc contemporary says 2
Italy, as evidence of the recent rapprachment with France, has demanded of China the fun or lease of a district lying within the territory which by arrangement between Japan and Peiver. The Japanese Government must decide China must not be alienated to any other upon its attitude at once. But as the question does not concem Italy alie, the Japanese Government has to consinter the situation very carefully, and all particulars are strictly with held from the public.
THE GREEN ISLAND CEMENT
COMPANY, LIMITED,
The following is the report for presentation to the shareholders at the tenth ordinary gene all these animals be slaughtered at once, andral meeting to be held at the office of the Gen that compensation to the amount of $1,370 betal Managers on Wednesday, 22nd March, paid for them under the provisions of Sections at noon-
and 5 of Ordinance 17 of 1887.
There are also 31 animals which are housed in another part of the premises, but as they at pesent show no symptoms of the disease, inake no recommendation concerning them.
I have the honour to be,
Your must obedient suivant,
C. VIVIAN LANDS,
.
C. W. Duggan, Esq.,
Secretary, Sanitary Hourd. On the nation of Dr. Chaik, seconded by the President, the "shed in question was declared an infected area.
Dr. Clark proposed that the six cattle and calf
in the injected shed be slaughtered.
The President seconded."
The Vice-Président proposed as an amend. ment that only the diseased cattle be slaughtered and that Mr. Kennedy be advised to remove the 31 cattle in the uninfected, shed as far east wards us possible.
The Hon. R. D. Ormsby seconded and the amendment was carried.
On the notion of Mr. Osbomo, seconded by
the President ads, and ruterised a slaughter the remaining four animals in the infected shed us soon as they show symptoms
of the disease,
LEGAL INTELLIGENCE.
SUPREME COURT. -
IN ORIGINAL JURISDICTION.
(Before Sir J, W. Carrington, K., C.31.G,
Chief Justice, and a Special Jury).
March 14th.
ACTION TO SECURE PUSSESSION OF $200,000.
In this case (remanded · from yesterday. -Crisanto Lichunen and Grigorio Agoncillo, as attornies of Emilio Aguinaldo, sought to obtain possessium of $200,000 now in ihre custody of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Cor poration, which sun was deposited in the Bank by Emilio Aguinaldo on the 3rd January last
year.
Mr. M. W. Slade dasaucted by Messra, Wilkinson and Grist: appetened for plaintiffs and Ms. J. J. Fradris, Q.C, “dinstructed by b Messrs. Johnson, Stokes, and Master) forde- fendant
1893.
Annexed we have the pleasme lo, day before shareholders a statement of Accounts of the Company for the year ended 31st December, The proft, including the amount brought for ward from the previous year, amounts to, 350,317.44, which it is proposed to carry for ward to the credit of next year's accouni. 11 has been decided to recommend this course instead of paying a divideral, as usual, as the building, of the new fagory at 77k this absorbing all the Company's present funds and it is hoped in this way to avoid having to raise further capital. So far as can now be seen the original estimates of cost will not be exceeded
but there will be no surplus, while on the other hand money will of course he required for working capital and for carrying larger stocks of raw material and finished cement in luture.
CONSULAR FAREWELL DINNER THE JAPANESE DIET AND THE
TO MR. SPENCER PRATT.
CHINESE, INDEMNITY.
TO-MORROW.,
Wednesday, 15th March, 1890'; Chinese-4th of and moon of 25th year of
Kwang-sil
Sun-Rises .....
Sets
High water-Aörning
Ohr, Omin, shr.55min. „Tohr, Jómin,
Afternoon Jame Low water-forning, dr. Zamin. Afternoon går, zemin, ANNIVERSARIES. 1849--Cardinal Mezzofanti died, 1863-Governor Sir H. Robinson left Hong
-kong.for Guylon.
SHIPPING AND MAIL NEWS.
MALS DUE.
English (Benga?) 15th inst. Australian (Menmuir) 19th inst, Canadian (Empress of China) 2011 inst. ...American (¿merica Maru) zest inst.
Américan (City of Peking) 29th instant,
* SINGAPORE, March 6th. As was reported before, the bills have been On Saturday evening at the Singapore subunitted to the Diet by the Government for Club, Mr. E. Spencer Pratt, Consul-General setting apart a portion of the Chinese indein of the United States and deyers of the Connity as the following special funds
Fund for the maintenance of sular body in Singapore, was entertained, farewell dinner given in his honour by his
the strength of in view of his approaching departure, at a
BRYY....30,000,000 yen. Fund for the relief of natural Consular colleagues representing the vari
calamities..... 10,000,000 yen. ons foreign Governments at Singapore, Dr. de
Fund for the enhancement of they, cursul trenesLuLube Netherlands, pre-
education. skled as being the consular officer on who
10,000,000 yes, These-funds, separated-from-the-yuneral will devolve the duties of singen on Mr. Pratt's States account, are to be deposited in the laying down office. The proceedings, which Ministry of Finance at due mie of interest. were private, were of the most cordial descrip- The first of the three funds is to be used for tion, Dr. de Vieq, projiosing the health of the repairing and buikling warships and torpedo guest of the evening in felicitous terms, a com--
boats. After 1904, when the present scheite of pliment gracefully acknowledged by Mr. Spen-naval extension will have been completely car cer Pratt, who before resuming his seat prope fixed percentages of the cost of building of
ricc
out, an amount corresponding to the, ed the health of a Consular colleague who was ng reasons that could be understooth, absent gach warship or torpedo boat will be added that evening, Senor Luis Marinas, representing annually to this fund out of the general State revenue. The said percentages are to be 3.0 Spain.
Far a few minutes during the dinner Major in the case of protected warships, 5.4 in the Clarence Edwards, or the 1.8. Army, was case of unprotected warships, and 6.5 in the present, loving, come up on business, from
case of torpedo boats; and the total amount of The Burave, Wharf from the U. S. tmp-
the annual addition is estimated at 6,600,000 ship Great which had erinte alongside | XCD Since the expenditure for the present after nightfall, It was an appropriate extension of the navy is being met by an ex- thing that thus, quite inadertently, an Ameritraordinary revenue, viz, the Chinese indemnity, cau oficer was enabled to be an eyewitness of the need of the special fund for maintaining
The Agents (Messrs. Jarding, Mathieson & Co" a collective roken of the esteem in which the its strength is obvious enough, Consular body held its retiring doyen, the re-
The second of the special funds is intended. inform us that the Company's steamer. Glen- presentative of his own nationality,
for making good the decrease in revenue that" | fang, from London and Straits, left Singapore It might be mentioned that the beautiful may be caused by the exemption of taxes in for this port yesterday afternoon, the 13th inst. fioral decisations were personally arranged by such districts as suffer from natural calunities, Mrs. Sobst, wife of the Acting Conseil. fur and for defraying in part at any rate the cost of Germany, a kindlessgreatly appreciated...gineering works necessitated by the operation of destructive natural forces. The expenditure under this item sometimes amounted to 8,000,000 yen in a year; hence the necessity of a special fund for meeting emergencies.
Press.
A RECORD FROST IN THE UNITED STATES.
The interest on the third of the special funds wil be employed for encouraging elemen- tary education. The justice as well as the wisdom of appropriating a portion of the in- demnity for educational purposes is beyond question and has been unanimously advocated by the intelligen; public.
rather better prices were obtained, and the Sales during the year shew a failing off but
result is therefore very little less than that of
A telegnim. the previous twelve months." After many trials
dated, London, the 16th and disappointments all the difficulties in the Feltury, to the Pioneer says-Half the way of burning the New Kiln at Green Island United Sites were helpless on Tuesday owing were overcome, and as auticipated the Kila has a fightful frost. New York was completely proved a decided acquisition. The contracter plated, sailways, ferries and all communica for the Works at Ark. Un has not made the ions being stopped. Stipplies were rapidly progress we expected hot we hope that Sep disapprating and bed ridiculous prices, tember will see everything there ready for.com-Hundreds of homes were rendered uninhabit mencing operations. At Deep Water hur table by the bursting of the water pipes: while work has suffered greatly from sickness and the hairs were ciondesburban residents be mortality amongst the employés and from the ing umble to depart, Governor Roosevelt opened consequent changes in the staff, &c. The alienrics and refuges for the poor, and or profit is still very small but much time has been led the Mayor in supply provisions and given to re-organizing and increasing the plant blankets on his own, responsibility. As an in- and anchinery, improving the site, economis. dication of the extraordinary severity of the ing-labour, &, the benefit of all which is al- frost it is stated that Brooklyn bridge contact ready felt in a considerably larger output.
ed fouteen tert. Washington city was snow hard, the Chaters of the Legislature were empty, and insiness was at a deadlock. The Pritone River was entitly finzen over, while Kentucky registered 70 degrees of frost. The AMERICA IN THE PHILIPPINES. money losses in many places were reckoned
mills of dollars, Wednesday's san
CONSULTING ÇÖMMİTTET,
Messrs. Ewens Drag, Li Sing, Chater and MacEwen retire bu offer themselves for re- election.
AUDITORS.
The accounts have been audited by Messes Jis, 1. Cox and F. Henderson who ate recombine slackhard the grip of the frost consi
mended for re-election.
SHEWAN TOMDs & Co., General Managers., Hekong, dịch Minh, sinh
THE PLAGUE COMMISSION. Pr. Suleman, chief medical officer at Barod, The following composed the jury-Messrs, stated in bis evidence before the Plague Com J. M. Beanie (foreman), A. F. Smith, Emission that the results of Esparent hd Oshome, A. Babington, W. Dadby, E. St
that nitiie peroxide is the best disinfectant, as it destroyed both the smell and the infusoria Whcaller, and Douglas W. Craddock. The jury of the sewage. The percentage of attacks in were excused from attending during the legal houses thus disinfected was less than in those
Mr. Slade--My Lord, before this case, is disinfected with perchlorite of mercury. cated on I wish in call your attention to what submit is an exceedingly improper report of this case which appeared in one of last night's papers, namely, the China Mail.
argument,
The Chief Justice--You have no affidavit ?
Dr. Mehta, in charge of inoculations at Baroda, stated that among 513 persons in eculated at Undern there were three deaths. while of 437 persons uninoculated 26 died, At Kaylee among 1,159 persons inoculated unicuited fo deaths. In some cases evil there were nine deaths, and among 2,163 effects followed, but it was doubtful whe ther they were due to inoculation. In other cases the dissipation of neuralgie pains and subsidence of malarial fever followed. Amongst the patients who recovered, the disease was milder in the case of the inoculated than of the Mr. Slade-Certainly, but I thought it would uninoculated; and the mortality was much less be convenient to mention the matter now. Itong the inoculated than among the uninocu is only concerning the heading, which I think tited,
Mr. State- I have the paper and nothing else, I wish to call your Lordship's attention is it, and if necessary am prepared to make a motion on the adjournment to commit the pro- prietor of this paper for contempt of court.
The Chief Justice. Unless you have an affidavit I do not think I can deal with the
matter.
is distinctly calculated to prejudice the minds
of the jury against the plaintiffs in the case.
The Chief Justice-You must bring it before the Court in a regular way. Have you cons
municated with the publisher of the paper?
Mr. Slade He has been communicated with informally, but I do not know whether it has reached hins yot. There has been no formal
communication,
The Chief Justice--You understand what mean by communicating. If you have any proper complaint I think the publisher and proprietor should be communicated with.
It was decided to deal with the matter after the adjournment,
Mr Slade continued his opening, dealing with the questions of law which arose.
After tifin Mr. Slade' continued his argu- ment, the notices in connection with the China Mail case not having been served in the mean- time.
CONVEYANCE OF PLAGUE...
Apart from hydrophobia, glanders, anthrax and the like, a few skin and hair diseases, etc. which do not exist in men in epidemic from, plague is the only disease with regard to which It is known now for certain that it affects epidemically both human communities and animals, Up to this date, however, the rat was the only animal representative of this kind known. It is to be accepted at present that, apart from the rat, the monkey and the squirel can get naturally affected by that clisease also, though, as observation shows, in not buch a widespread from as is the case in man and
rats. The monkey and the squirred represent, therefore, two further factors capable of carry ing the germs of plague from place to place apart from the travelling man and the rats,
BORNEO PETROLEUM.
derably, and iratõe was slowly resumed, dinugli hundreds of millions of cúbic yards of snow reained. The Coward liner Etruria struggled into port bar days later while the White witter Geraaži neiually sank in mid blame frein the weight of ice on her decks. A Priterion of the vintence of the recent gadus is to be found ni the libalous rates which underwriters "dirman tiver the overdue liners rates varying from so to 8o ginneas per The esplainde at Southfourne has rent,
een drratishesh much the heavy Martello to wers at Hythe were spill. The Thames has ovenlowed is banks, causing widespread des.
truction.
GOVERNOR AND CHIEF.
SHE DEAUFORT VISITS, MATSALLEH,
articulats of the trip made by Mr. Beaufort, The British North Borneo Herald gives
the Governor of the Territory, into the interior to meet Mat Salleh, a submitted rebel chief. The Governor and his party travelled from the coast over a anamtainous region to the country of the Tambunans, a tribe which had long given trouble to the Tiovernment. The Tam bunins advised him not to go, as Mat Salleh would be sure to kill him and his party. Mat Salleh came down to see the Governor, expres sing himself and appearing delighted to meet Frim. He and not believed in the genuineness of the Governor'a note to him or of H. E's In Netherlands south-east Borneo, says the half-naked btn well-armed retainers, sentries, messages, and the country was filled with his Batavia Nigurusblad, petroleum boring has 3 etc. Hensked the visitors to go his house which bright future, The firm of Samuel Brothers they did, not without some chance of their being have borings in Cotic, at Sanga-Sanga and asked to remain there. But friendly intercourse Muara Jawn, und also a harbour a Balik appeared to be intended, and the results proved Papan. From there, a wilway has been laid the correctness of this judgment. Mat Salleh to the above mentioned horing-places, and it will be extended to Balik Papan. The Compalisules, like, but stronger than those at has a strongly-made fort with carth-warks and pany runs steamers to different, ports; in' a year's time, that section of lunco is expec- that he had no intention whatever of attacking other campongs. He declared unhesitatingly ted to supply abundance of oil for export. the Tambunans. Mat Salleh. promised the The Rickmers Company have ordered the Governor to live at price with his neighbours building of two river steamers at Shanghai to and agreed to visit the cast district in three run between that port and Hankow, with engine months tiure, The Governor assured the fitted to burn liquid petroleum from these. Tumbumurs of Mat salleh's peaceful intentions, borings. Besides the Messrs. Sanuel, there is The Governor is confident that, by personal another vil venture, at Tarakan island. The dealings with the Tambuans, he has paved the Brothers Van Der Palts are also engaged in way for establishing the Company's rule firmly petroleum boring on the Catie const. In South over their country. Years ago, the first attempt Netherlands Borneo, four companies have to enforce its rule there failed utterly. Mr. Hewett taken oil-boring in hand. Three of them have tried to get there in 1891, but was advised to found oil, but have not met with any springs fy to save his party from massacre. The of it,
Tambunans have taken the oath to serve the Government. They are expected to keep the oath from their being unusantly superstitious, Their country is not fertile, and is so inaccessi ble that trade does not flourish. Mr. Fraser, one of the Company's officials, reports that, by the use of much tact and pluck, he has obtained from the Dalit country a promise to pay poll. station is put there to protect them. tax and obey the Government if a small police.
MINING AT BENTONG.
The Governor stayed for a while at Kaniogow, He thus describes the people there
Mr. McClelland, the District Officer of Temerloh, describes a visit to the Dantong tin- mines in December last. He describes the mines as showing a scene of considerable ing has already begun and some 100 piculs of activity, the coolit a working like ants. Smelt
tin were being sent down to the godown. The amount of tin oro already won is not expenditure in wages, etc., to date, but sufficient in itself to show a profit on the The manners of the people round Kaningow
are less uncouth than those of the Tambunans of course, the initial outlay in preparing but the habits and customs of both are equally the ground canngt at once be recouped. The filthy except that the Tambunan drinks less District Officer was informed that the coolies and chews more. We stayed in four chiefs' were supplied with rice, etc., at a price which houses altogether, in none of which did eight, ett, to Bentong. The practice of smelt dripped on from a leaking roof, nearly is said to leave a profit of 80% after paying escape falling through the door, boing ing at Bentong he does not believe can pay; stified by the smoke of the various chimneyless there is a considerable waste, and it is very fires and the horrible smell of the native tobacco difficult to treat the sing successfully, and the and the stench from the pigs and buffaloes saying effected in transport is no compensation, penned under the house, and distracted by the according to his calculation,
noise of the fowls roosting in it; they eat meat or fistrin any stage of decay; men, women, and children all chew and mostly smoke pipes, and ACHEEN.
no one seems fully dressed without a quid of tobacco, one half of which projects outside their prominence. lips, giving the lips a permanent disfiguring
THE RADICAL-IRISH ALLIANCE. Bir Henry Fowler has once more asserted, and strongly emphasised his new position, that the Radica)-Irish Alliance is finally broken up The two component parties have, he says, different policies and they are irrecon Cilable The Irish support denominational education, not only in Ireland, but in Eng. land also, and Sir Henry Fowler, a Radical Nonconformist, is stoutly opposed to denominational education in both countries that several headmen in Umar'e last place of It is reported from the West Coast of Acheen #aliko. At the same time, he reiterates refuge confirm the news of that Chieftain's Every house, however, has its buffaloas, pigs, his opinion that Home Rule, will never be dealt Umar's bands are dispersing, and the fowls, goats, and paddy store) and in some sanctioned by the English constituencies untit people of the land are submitting to the Dutch there are as many as three or four ketawei's the new Local Government Act has had a fair guthorities. Import and export duties will be filled with last year's paddy not yet used. The trial, So, as he puts it, the Radical party must levied in Acheen Proper from the 1st April ketawei is a huge, circular tub made of strong go back to the old lines. They will welcome next with the exception of Pulo Way-Olelbark-bound together, about 8 feet in diameter Irish support if they can get it as Liberals if it leh will be the only port with a Custom-house and 3 high. One of these therefore represents. is not to be had on that condition, they will do in Acheen, Proper. On distilled spirits and the food for a considerable time. They are without it. That is a plain statement, and it at opium, no import duty will be levied until once rajace the question, can they do without January joos. Excise duties on petroleum and It? Bir Henry Fowler must feel a good many matches will also be enforced in Acheen *misgivings on that point,
Proper
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THE Nippon Yusen Kaisha's steamer Riojun Marn, (Ameritan Line) left Shimonoseki for this port yesterday morning, the 13th, gadis expected to arrive here on the 10th instant
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Tax Canadian Pacific Railway Co's steamer Empress of Chint from Vancouver, arrived at Yokohania at 9am. yesterday, the 13th, and to arrive at pas, to-day, the rath instant. left 1 again at 3 pan. fir, Kobe, where she is due
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The Tayo Kisen Kaishe's steamer Hongkong Maru with mails, etc., which left hence Feb. 9th for San Francisco, vin Shanghai, Nagasaki, Kobe, Inland Sea, Yokohama and Honolulu, arrived at her destination on the Sil instant. HasuKONG AND WHAMPOA DOCK RETURNS. HLGMS. Kakser... at Kowloon Dock. Acha de Cuba....... Jola de Lazzou
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The Government was well-advised in proposing the measure for setting apart the special funds, without which the after-war financial scheme would have been incomplete. If the short-sighted and temporizing policy. of drawing upon the indemnity, even for the ordinary State expenditures had been pursued, the setting part of the special, funds would have been inpossible. The gratitude of the Chusan nation should he due to the statesmen in power | Produce.. and their supporters who made the adoption of Sultan the measure possible by courageously resorting to the only feasible means of putting the State finances on a secure basis, ie, the increase of the land tax,-Kokumin:
It seems to be admitïed on all hands in Ame- rica that the United States mast hot for a mo- ment consider the imposition of any tariff arrangements in the Philippine Islands that would extend the American systers of protee thai so far away from home. The assumption ofAmerican political guardianship over the Phi lippines cannot properly carry with it any such thing as ceononic consolidation with the United States. It will be the manifest duty of the country to maintain in the Philippines what is known in England as the "open door "——. that is to say, the commerce of the world must- have fuil and equal privileges in trading with The people of the Philippine Islands, will be absolutely neecary Americans say, for them to adopt this economie-policy in extending their political, protecting to the Philippines, in order to be prepared the more successfully to demand that all European powers, in so far as they extend their political protection over parts of the crumbling Chinese allow merchants of all nations to crime and empire, shall abstain from the policy of creating exclusive commercial monopolies, and shall go and to buy and sell on equal terms. This is the policy that Englands maintains in India, and it is of the utmost importance, in view of the large and growing commerce of the United States with China, that America should add its influence to that of the British for the maintenance and extension of commercial privileges in all parts of the far East.
AUSTRALIAN FEDERATION.
After
February and that the Conference of the Aus- Sir George Turner announced at Sydney on tralian Premiers had unanimously agreed to a satisfactory settlement of all disputed questions with respect to Australian Federation. The Conference also agreed that an absolute majo rity of both houses of the Federal Parliament branches of the Legislature. The Braddon should decide all differences between the two
tionate distribution of surplus revenue among Clause, which makes provision for the propor the individual States of the Commonwealth, is to continue in operation for ten years. expimtion of that period the Federal Par liament may repeal or alter the clause. In the to deal with any exceptional circumstances empowered arising out of the inancial position of any State. The Federal capital is to be within New South Wales, but at least a hundred miles from Sydney. The captital will be Federal territory. Pending the erection of Federal buildings the Federal Parliament will meet at Melbourne, o altoration has been made in the original proposals regarding rivers, money billa, judicial appeals, or the number of Senators,
cantime, the Parliament is to be
NOTANDA.
QALENDAR.
MARCH,
30.059
Meteorological means based on ten years "abenvations to 2893. Barometer !! Thermometer Humidity..... Rainfall
WEATHER REPORT.
62.0
4.08
TO-DAY.
On date at On date si
10.371. .30.15
4 p.m.
30.02
65
65
70
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TO-DAY,
Tuesday, 14th March, 1899. .
Shr. Omist 5hr. 55min. zphr. 17min
Chinese-3rd of and soon of 25th year of
· Kwang-sil. Sun Rises mim.
Selz High water-Morning
Afternoon Low water-Morning
Afternoon
shr. ismin
shr, zmin,
4hr, 35min,
; ANNIVERSARIEST 1842-8,000 Chinese troops routed by the evidently. Lan honest people, like the other. British at Tar-hi with great slaughter. interior hatives, for these paddy stores are made 1849-Surrender of the Sikhs to the Brition and left unprotected in the Jungle, and it is 1890+ Law Courts at Yokohama opened... said, aru never interfered with maiss Kimes - 180%-Autonomy of Crete omcially conceded
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Tuiler Arizona Thatching
U.S.S. Monadnock ... ILM.S. Whiting.
D. Juan d'Austria M Phra Cham Khao......
1
Cosmopolitan
PASSED THE CANAL Outward-4th February Pyrrhus, Elphinx- February Babelsberg, 24th February Ernest tone. Tientsin. 17th February Parra, 21st Simons, Myrmidon 28th February Candia, Hyson, Sarpedon. 3rd March Marquis Bar- chem, Lietsvold, Kara, Fortigern. 7th March | Afridi, Orestes, Catania, Savaja,
Homeward-7th Mar Energið, Laos, Vester,
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NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
FROM KORE.
THE Steamship
"TRIESTE,"
having arrived 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 Godown Company, Limited, whence delivery may be obtained,
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 17th instant, or they will not be
site
rent.
A
any Goods remaining in the Godowns after the No Fire Insurance has been effected, and
'17th instant will be subject
Bills of Lading will be countersigned by
SANDER, WIELER & Co., Agents.
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Hongkong, roth March, 1899 OCCIDENTAL AND ORIENTAL STEAM.
SHIP COMPANY...
NOTICE.
“COPTIC
CONSIGNEES of CARGO per Steamship The above Steamer having arrived, Consignees
of Cargo are hereby requested to send in their Bills of Lading for Countersignature, and to take immediate delivery of their Goods from alongside.
Cargo impeding the discharge of the Vessel will be landed and stored at Consignees' risk, and expense.
J. S. VAN BUREN,
Agent Hongkong, rith ́March, 1899,"
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And Every Evening, “THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR." The Greatest Spectacular Triumph that
Hongkong has ever seen.
Booking Office Romissos, Plano Co. Hongkong, 13th March, 1899. [118a
A SCOTCH CONCERT will be given in the THEATRE ROYAL,
SATURDAY, the 25th March, 1899, at 9 P.M.
Uncer the Patronage of the ST. ANDREW's SOCIETY
(Particulars later)
SEATS may be booked at the CITY HALL, 10 AM. 10 4 P.M. daily. Commencing on MONDAY, the 13th instant. Admission to Dress Circle and Stalls $4, Pir $1. Hongkong, roth' March, 1899.
Auctions.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION,
No. 124.
THE following Particulars of Sitle of Crown Land by Public Auction, to be held on the spot, on
WEDNESDAY,.
the 15th day of March, 1899, at 3 P., published for general information.
By Command,
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,
Colonial Secretary... Colonial Secretary's Office,
Hongkong, 25th February, 1899.
Particulars of the letting by Public Auction Sale, to be held on Wednesday, the 15th day of March, 1899, at 3 PM, by Order of His Ex- cellency the Governor, of One Lot of CROWN LAND, in the Colony of Hongkong, for a
term of 75 Years..
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Lot No. 95-
Registry Na
Rand Balding
PARTICULARS OF LOT.
LOCALITY.
Station
Boundary Measuretieni.
BY ORDER OF THE MORTGAGEE.
R. G. P. LAMMERT has received, ins
[a Mstractions from the Mortgages to Sell by
1899 RACE MEETING with TABULATED. STATEMENTS of PLACED and UNPLACED PONIES, JOCKEYS.and OWNERS
PRICE 50 CENTS, Only a limited Number printed, Send Orders early, to
The Manager, ---- HONGKONG TELEGRAPH." wwwcy, Podder's Hill Hongkong 6th Marody 1899,
PUBLIC AUCTION on the premises at
TUESDAY, the 28th March, 1899,
Cat 3. P.M
ALL THAT, Valuable LEASEHOLD PRÓ- PERTY situate Nos. 50, 52 and 54. Lower Lascar Row, Victoria, Hongkong. andregistered in the Land Office as SUBSECTIONS of. SECTION A of INLAND LOT No. 44
The Property is held for the residue of the term of 75 years from the 26th June, 1842, and for the further term of p24 years from the expiry of the said term of 75 years at the apportioned CROWN RENT of £28.607
Particulars and Conditions of Safe may he
obtained from
Messin DEACON & HASTINGS, 35, Queen's Rohd
Vendors Solicitors,
Cand from the
The Auctioneers,
Hongkong: IIth March, 1999.