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GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATHEN.
No. 349.
HE following Poticalars sad Salsal Urenup
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the 8th day of May, 1899, at x 1.89, are pub lished for general information.
By Command,
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART.
Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Hongkong, 22nd April, 1899
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OF COMMERCESS
FOR stealing a watergunge and some bruse | MR, B. L. George Scott, Brish Consul at HONGKONG GENERAL CHAMBER 'valued at between thirty and forty dollars, a | Peking has, we learn, been ordered to Canton Chinese youths of 18 years of age was sentenced and will be succeeded there by Mr. Carles
At the nthly meeting of the General Coma to two months' hard labour.. Mr. Sercombe
·THE returns of this number of Visitors to the "mittee of the Hongkong General Climber" of Amith tank into consideration the fact that the City Hall Museum for the week-ended 30th Commerce, hell at 1.45 pm, on Wednesday, the theft was a first offence.
April, are -Europeans 339, Chinese-1.77020th April-present-Meisin, R. Mc Gray, (Chairman), McConachie (Vice Chainian), total 2,109.
J. Bell-Irving, W. Poate H. A Ritchie, N A. Siebs, T. HE Whichend, and R, C. Wilcox (Secretary), *****
MINUTES)
Two thousand Chinese soldiers from Tung. AT the Supreme Court this morning the Acting chow and Chefoo came in two or three days Chief Justice gave judgment, in the case of
A PEW day days ago several bags of spurious ago, and the Germans have now retreated from Tsui Chan Shi Cheong Ham Tin, a claim cash were discovered by Yamen runners on a the sea ports east of us, and go back to Tsingtan. This is said to have heen the result for $800, which was heard last week, Judgment { boat bound for Tientsin, covered by a curga vi of protests of the English, American, and French for the plaintiff was given for the full amount | heray. The owner of the boat decufopéd Ministers at Peking. Everything has been very : with intered of the tate of 8 per cent, per an, quiet for a day of two, and we trust that diese (num. Soldiers have come for the purpose of "janesting | and punishing the ringleaders of this resent
Gazette.
rios. If this is done we have reason to thinking Trih bisach post offices in Peking not being that there will be au further trouble. China Bander foreign superintendence, the employees have things at their own way. They insist upra all stanis being paid for in cash and reise silver, as they ram thereby effect a squeeze. final delay is also reputed in, the. residing of letters, says the Neo-arca-pito,
WEATHER REPORT.
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The Observatory pport says? On the 39th at 6:55 am.: The barometer has fallen on the China post, risen in the Sea of Japan. A
At the Magistracy this afternoon Mc. Serzonahe depression Stems, to be advancing Eastwards over Central China. Gradients Might in 5.7 Staith aidered a commplainant to try on a coat China Furkeys: Varying winds, light, or which he stated to have been stolen from bin. miderate; fair at first, próbably becoming an As the chat was of hinese, rut it was solne setled with rain later.
On the stu 11.55 am. The hugoneter has what difficult to judge of fi, but the Magistrate was of opinion that it was wear enough for a fallen on the Chùa coast. The depressiren bas left the continent and is using Eastward be Chinuman and other evidence having been tween the E. coast of China and W. Jayxan. produced, the thiet was sentenced to a montlys Gradicats light, laut increasing in S. Clim. with feshening minsoon in the Furmins hard labour. Channel Forecast:- N. to N, winds, Fight tu malerate; fair.
LOCAL AND GENERAL. PARCHES post with Bermula was established on the 20th ulter
Paste stealing three ion hooks « enolie was to-clay atented to fauteen days' hard labour" at the Police Count.
Tin "Hongkong Telegraph" is now establish- ed in its new quarters at Nu, zo, Queen'- Rosid Central, entrance up the stairway, next to Messas, Tak Cheong's falloying establishment, or from Stanley Street.
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ACCORDING. In the fniversal Gazette "the
THE KOWLOON EXTENSION.
On Sunday, Caplain Superintendent - May and Inspector Gillies, with some Indian police, hoisted amnther flag at Cheungchant. After the Unim Jack was teated to the breeze, the Indian police took over to their are the Custom House, How many ward flags are there to be haisted? This is the third.
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'HIGHWAY ROBBERY IN
HONGKONG.
A YOUNG LADY ASSAULTED IN BROAD DAYLIGHT.
Last Saturday afternoon at about 4 o'clock, while it was quite light, a young lady accom Banied by her two brothers, one aged 8 and the other 10 years old, was eyeling along the |-Kennedy-road, when just past the flew block of buildings going eastwards towards the
The minutes of the previous meeting (held on 20th March) were read and confirmed.
ABSENT, MEMBER
A letter from Mr. Haupt to the Secretary, re- gretting his inability, through illness, to attend was read.
ELECTION OF SUB-COMMITTEES On the proposition of the Clairman, seconded by the Vice-Chairman, the following were elected as Arbitration Committee Messrs. 1. J. Bell-Irving, "A Haupt, W. Poate, N. A, Siebs, and T. H. Whitehead ; and the following as numbers of the Corresponding Committee, Messrs. R. M. Gray, A. 'McConachic," H.' A. Ritchie, and T. Jackson.
ELECTRON. OF NEW MEMBERS.
The Chairman announced that Mr. W. S Bailey and the Easter Extension A. and C. Telegraph Company, Limited had been elected since the mual meeting. He then proposed the election of Messrs. McGregor Brothers and Gow to membership,
This was seconded by tlie Vice Chairman and, carried unanimously.
THE MANILA OBSERVATORY AND THE STORM WARNINGS, Read a further letter from the Government," in continuation of previous correspondence, dated 15th April, stating that, consequent on
German action at Ibout is becoming more Military Magazine, where the road is less frethe respresentatiuus made from Hongkong on
aggravating. The German soldiers fave set fre ty a village and some forty families have fast their lives. Panic has seized the inhabit- ants round about and they are arming them- seltes with such weajuns as they possess to defend theirselves against the Germans. We are afraid our Chinese contemporary's cones pondent exaggerates somewhat. - Mercury.
We are mulchted to A prominent retued Chinese official, now living here, for the follow- ing news received by him from a nephews who Cusacks from the Russian side of the frontier is an official in Kadıgaria A force of
tried on the zid of April io cross the Chakmak 10. Buti-b. Aufericant and Japanese Consuls | Pass, But arge successhilly opposed - by a at Newchwang are reported to have applied squadron of Chinese and Burma Khirghiz through de Customs Taut at that port for a troopers After several hours' desultory Bring ten of the foreign_ettlement,_and_their__the Cossacks recussed to their own side, demant "has been forwarded to the Tsung-li! just as two minitain' guns brought up from the for ten miles to the east, began to fire. in them. Reinforcemunts are urgently needed For refuging to pay vehicle hire and behaving both in Kashupitia as well as in-fli. Great in a disorderly manner in the Charge Room, Businty is being felt about the present state hat the Centrd Palice Station, George. Leitch, ¦ of athies in the New Dominion, The formerly lesser of the Stag Hotel, was fined Tantai and the General consumling here $1.00 and fifty cents, compensation and $5.00 | Kashgar fit? have jointly petitioned Clovernor
spectively.
Jan that targ reftise to accept responsibility in suppressing outbreaks amongst the Mahone dans here unless reinforcements he promptly At least 5,000 infantry and 3.000
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the above subject, instructions had been issued by the Military Governor of the Philippines to the Director of the Manila Observatory to con- inue to send storm warnings to Hongkong as formerly
was decided to send these letters for publis cation in the Press.
quentes, she met some lady friends, with whom She conversed for a few minutes, her young brothers going on ahead. When she mounted her maching, with the intention of joining them she noticed a Chinaman about "zo yards in front, who seemed to be staring at her in a
A letter had been, on the 11th April, address- most suspicious manner. On coming up to this ed to the Rev. Father Algué, Director of the man, he stepped in front of the bicycle, caught Manila Observatory, in reply to his communica hold of the lady and whade a signal to two con- freres who were hiding in the undergrowth tion of the 9th March, enclosing a copy of the resolution passed at the annual meeting of the down the hillside. The signal was imme-
5th April condenning Dr. Deberek's attack on iately answered and while the ringleader the Directors of the Manila Observatory, and of this refious plot bet the lady nasa conveying the thanks of the Chamber to the ground with one hand on her throat and the latter for the good service rendered by them. covering her eyes with the other, the second man appropriated every article of jewellery that kaucking her head on the ground and hitting she had fint as she resisted, the brutes started
OFFICIAL TELEGRAPH CODE VOCABULARY,
Read letter from the Sydney Chamber of her about the face with their fists. To show
Commercé cater 8th_March_enclosing copy of that the three had premeditated the assault, the letter addressed by that body to the Director, third man was stationed in such a position as of the International Telegraph Administration,
be able to potice any person who, might he approaching from either direction, and it Jierne, protesting against the proposal to issue was from his warning that they were enabled a new Official Vocabulary" without consecu
tive numbering-of-the-words-therein,-and-re- to run away, down the embankment towards
questing the co-operation of this Chainber in Victoria Jarracks, when two Europeans, we
such protest.. The lady asked thein for assistance to catch the dress the International Administration at Berne, kannot say gentlemen, were heard approaching.
After some discussion, it was resolved to ad vagabonds, hint they refused to aid her; they also
on the Sydney Chamber, refused to escort ber-lomé, although she slowed.
THE MERCHANT, SHIPPING CONSOLIDATION signs of suffering from weakness and was in a
FFUZ ORDINANCE, 1899. The Secretary reported that the sub-Com- very nervous state. Shortly afterwards the met a soldier who was exercising his master's borse, nittee appointed to consider this Bill had com and related to him what had happened, point-pleted their labours, and that all that remained ing out the direction which the robbers had taken. The soldier, with most commendable spirit, started at once to give chase, and suc- ceeded in bringing back a Chinaman whom he had caught running away from the spot where Unfortunately the lady the assault occarred. was not able to identity him as being con..
to go. The soldier then offered his services to see her home, and handed over his..fair. charge to her father, who is a well known and respected official of the Colony. After hearing the details of the robbery,, failier and daugh ter went and reported it af the Central Police Station and Inspector Hanson was imfarmed, A search party of police were sent along the Kennedy-road, but the only clue that could be obtained was a shoe belonging to one of the rubbers, which he had dropped and was in, too great a hurry to pick up again. The police and the lady can identify the man who first Enne the shop from which the shoe was bought molested her, so it is to be hoped that the miscreants may be brought to justice.
This notified in the Gieffe that work on the revlanation between Wing Wo Street and
Beat to them. rotinges Street was to be commenced today, and masters of vessels are warned that cautionary are required at once. They are all horsemen in this part of the emintry, hence the "must he used in approaching within fifty yards i necessity of having strang hodies of cavalry to cerned in the matter, and so he was allowed
of the warks,
patrol the disaffected districts. Chakmak is a A PEŝisa dispatch states that" Yu. Using the less leading from Pamir into the Yengishar Spalier quantities and sample new Garverer of Shanung, has recently j district. M. C. 1), Notes, ̧
merigliate the Empress Dowager"ion"the" hottles will be supplied at proportate of affairs in his province, and volunteers, Actorias; to our native corespundent-at tionatq wholesale ratest.
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We unly,guayautre our Wines and Spirits to be gemmine when bought. direct from as in the Colony or from our authorised Agents at the Coast
Ports.
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NOTIES TO CORRISPONDENTS.
Ideal datess in be put be "The Lit Curar pathavious futeraled” for poldo ation; post be arogge puniedjes the major stud address the site and case marily fos publication; halles et jaleyer of good failu
A biler tie ongeg Zingaat will píu.n's The open to the tallaikant steen kayamansposelesits of all ques jonali dug, puldic men, it must be chaingly under
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if given a free hand. to better matters and Peking, says the A. C. Li, Notes, China is now make the name of China more respected in | ruled by tv Manchus tamely, the Grand Secretary Jang Lu and the Assistant Grand the future."
Secretary Kang Yi. The Empress Dowager This stated from Wuchang that an Imperial | defers implicitly, to the advice of these Rajet has been reveived by Viceroy Change men, who are clever enough to give commanding him to have ready, within three the credit and responsibility of all their months from the present, 30,000repeating rifles decisions to the Express Dowager. The great. to be made, as many as possible, by the small- | ambition of Jung Lu is to be proclaimed arms factory at the Hanyang Ironworks. These. Grand Generalissimo of the forces of the aruns are for hang Lu's troops at Peking.
whole Empire and he has been working his best to bring the 70,000 or 80,000 men under
It is reported that the cost of the Sheng king's | his spécial command in Chiliți province up to ip down the Feiho amounts to Ts. 3.000 for the best state possible, as far as within him *angpuratori di að all a goodies ligtenge and towage alone, to say nothing of lies, in regard to modern equipments and dis
detention,-"oad consumption, wear and tear, and tiptine. fence he does not often interfere wassimply undertaken to show the Chinese and in purely givi¡ departmental matters, these foreign shippers how impracticable the scheme being generally left to Kang Yi, who has was of again establishing Tientsin as a shipping the reputation of being a bigot and the bitterest punt. The steamer in question was chosen as !
enemy of the Reform Party. Jang Lu, who is being the lightest, and, handiest of the China
more of a soldier, being the ricarest living rela Navigation Compañy's fleet."
tion of the Empress Dowager has naturally the snost.il
tinfluence over her. He is much less of a ingot and has hitherto always counselled moderation and-effectually prevented the sword and fire policy of Kang Yi against the Reform Party and against all foreigners, for that mattės jung Lu, therefore, possesses apare popularity amongst the masses than any half-a- dozen mandarins put together in Peking.
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Wertisement Age Subscriptions which are hot aired
Captain Phillips, will be despatched as above", was Luplikanters smallished in the Far East, and is
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NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES. FROM CALCUTTA, PENANG AND
SINGAPORE. ·
THE Steamship
*CATHERINE ARCAR“ having arrived from the above Parts, Consignees of Cargo are hereby informed that their Goods will be delivererl from alongside.
Cargo impeding the discharge will be landed
at once.
Cargo remaining on board after 2 1.36, of the 3rd instant will be landed at Consignees risk and expense into the Ciodowns of the Hong. ang and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co, fimited.
Consignees of Cargo from SINGAPORE and PENANG are requestcil to take IMMEDIATE DELIVERY of their Goods from alongside such Cargo impeding the discharge of the vessel will be landed and stored at Consignees risk and
expense: SKRIVA
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DEATH.
At the Veneral Hospital, Shanghai, on the 24th of April, JOHANNES, EDWARD ELGLESEN, aged 24 years.
The Hongkong Gelegraph
HONGKONG, MONDAY, MAY 1, 1899.
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AN Edict of the 3rd instant with reference to "the proposeç conservation of the Yellow River, "appiover at the recommendation of the Board of Revenue to move the inhabitants living in the vicinity of the proposed works to some higher ground, some distance away, in order to leave the reclamation districts. clear, and that tite sum of Tls. 400,00.he transmitted tiefore the middle of May, next to the Governer of Shantung, for the purpose of purchasing sites for building houses as well as arabic had for the people trainsported in this connection. Is the small hours of yesterday morning, says Father, that another suit of Tis. 600,000 he REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
the Shanghai Mercury of 25th ann, Rue de paid to the said Governor before the middle GERMANY AND THE UNITED STATES, | Moullier, in the French Settlement, was the of July mest to be used, in the purchase scene of an outbreak of fire which consumed of materials for the proposed works. These LONDON, April 18th. Captain Coghlan has been reprimanded and no fewer than twenty-two native tenements, two sums, which will aggregate one million fortunately of the jerry description, but the loss racks, are to be down, withou: delay, and the incident closed.
occasioned to the poor tenants was none the transmitted at the appointed dates to their destination by the various Viceroys of provinces less severe. The fire originated in an un- occupied house and spread with auch rapidity from their respective reserve funds in law that when the several companies arrived on
established. Any delay in sending said amounts the scene it was pretty evident that they will be punished with a double penalty, as rather tough job before them. this is a matter which concerns the safety No time was lost in bringing as many steamers
of the lives of millions of the inhabitants as possible to bear upon the ever-increasing fire, of the province of Shantung. Similar punish but for a long time little. headway was made, ments will also be given to such officials as are and when at last the firemen succeeded in entrusted with the purchase of land for the grappling with it over twenty hoses had al transported inhabitants and for materials, who, seady been totally destroyed; and before it was shall be found to have been guilty of dishonesty. thoroughly, got under two more houses were As soon as the above-noted purchases have consumed. The fire lasted for neely an hour been made the Board of Revenue undertalces: And a half. The properties were insured, not to have ready the balance of two million taels: the contents, however, but we have not been required for the preliminary conser Cable in asce faller partic
to the as reporte companies.
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CYCLONE, IN THE UNITED STATES. A cyclone has occurredat Kerkville, Newton,
and Missouri. Four hundred houses were
destroyed in Kerkville, and it is believed sevenly five persons have been killed and ten thousand injured.
ARRIVAL OF NEW SOUTH WALES LANCERS IN LONDON. The New South Wales Lancers have arrived in London and marching through the City on their way to Aldershot met with a splendid reception.
RESULT
THE ONE THOUSAND GUINEAS.
Siboli Fascination.
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to be done was to address the Government on the subject. On one or two points, however, Information was needed, but the Acting At- torney Genemi had been unable, through pres sure of work, to give him an appointment.
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THEY DISTURBANCES IN THE
KOWLOON INTERLAND.
It having been decided that, in view of the. disturbances in the New Territory, and the... apparent necessity for reconsideration of the position (vide Mr. Chamberlain's speech in the House of Commons, reported by Reuter, on the 19th April, it would be advisable to address a despatch to the Government by way of streng thening its hands in any representations going forword, such despaich was, on the 21st April, sent in, suggesting that the northern frontier should be altered to embrace Shamchun, that the Chinese officials should be removed from Kowloon city, and that the lease should be cession. A reply was received on the 25th greatly extended or converted into an absolute April stating that the views of the Chainber would be represented to the Secretary of State- for the Colonies. THE CUIKESE CUSTOMS STATIONS) AND THE NEW TERRITORY, A letter was, on the same date, also addressed
to the Government, asking what steps had been taken to secure the removal of the Customs. Stations to Chinese Territory,
THE MYSTERY OF LIFE,
The largest meeting held this year by the Victoria Institute took place at its house, Adelphi Terrace, London, in March, to hear one. of its new members, Professor Beale, .F.R.S.;
To this also a reply had been received on: the President of the Royal Microscopical the 15th April, stating that the Customs func Society, give an address descriptive of the tions have ceased within the area of the New results of forty years work as a professor of Territory, but the officials had been pennitted Physiology and of Microscopical research in
to occupy the three stations of Capsuimoon, regard to muffer. In doing so he described Fotochow, and Cheungchow until accommoda how all organisms, including man himself, intion on their own frontier has been provided, the earliest stage of development, were repre- but not later than October next, and on con- sented by a very minute particle of living matter,dition that no coercive functions will be per from which numerous particles, also living farmed by them in the waters of the Colony, were derived these proceeded to take up The Secretary reported that copies of all the different positions, grow and form. All living correspondence on both these subjects had that farms were once living matter, or Bioplasm, and day been forwarded to the local Press for pub lowed their peculalar structure and properties lication, to the vital power of living matter by which MEDICAL INSPECTION AND QUARANTINE, they were formed, and at all periods of life the
Since the annual meeting information liad. senses-touch, taste, elc-and all muscular been received, through the Government, that and nerve action-secretions, etc-depended medical inspection would be enforced at Yoko- on the vital power of Bioplasin. During the hams, Kobe, and Nagasaki against all vessels living state the matter of the living particle arriving from or through Hongkong with catile, was altered according to a definite and pres sheep, or their bones, hides, &c., from 4th April Lortanged plan and. purpose. He concluded as and at Shanghai; from end-April, on vessels: follows-Hasing long thought over the evi-arriving from tiongkong, or Formosa Copies, dence I have been able to obtain as regand the of the above intimations bad been supplied to: Nature of Life during the past forty years from the local papers by the Secretary- Bioplasm, its characters, arrangement, and its the study of the actual Living, Matter the
relation to tissue as existing during its life, shortly after death, in the case of organisins of very different orders, in various can ditions of vital activity, in health and dis ease, with the aid of very, high magnifying powers (up to 5,000 linear)--I now feel it a duty to publicty, advocate the doctrine of the constant operation in all life, throughout the whole living world, of Fital Power-Pvæver as distinct from all forces, potencies, and, proper ties belonging to or derived from any kind of resulting from any physical or chemical state, of cosmic matter.
REGISTRATION OF FOREIGN TRADE MARKS IN JAPAN Read letter from a correspondent in Tokyo, offering to assist foreign merchants in making, applications for registration of their trade marks in Japan..
Further information on this subject can bo obtained by members of the Chamber, if they desire it, from the Secretary. Semina
RESIGNATION OF MR. BELL-IRVINGLESE Hon. J. J. Bell-Teving--Mr. Chairman, as I shall be leaving the colony in about a week for home, I now beg to tender my resignation as n., member of the Committee.
(Correspondence.)
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would tend to cause i thoughtful student of have been of much assistance to us, and we have failed to discover any facts which The Chairman-I am sure we are all vary sorry to lose Mr. Bell-Irving's services, which Living Nature to hesitate as to the existence wish him a pleasant passage home and a good of Fifality, and so far I have been unable to time when he gets there. (Applause.) *** discover or frame any hyppthesis which could facts of any kind of living matter without be advanced as a reasonable explanation of the, admitting the influence of Infinite Power, Previsión; and Wisdom: Allmy efforts to obtain evidence which, in reason, could be regarded as
Sir, I beg to acknowledge receipt of adequate to account in some other way for the facts, have entirely failed. Looking from ater with enclosures) of the 7 ult, in purely scientific point of view, only, it seems to you infurim this Chamber that in consequence that the cause of all vital phenomena from of the Director of the Hongkong Observatory the very beginning of Life in the present having addressed alie. Weather Bureau of state of our knowledge can only be referred to Government of the United States of Ame the direct influence of an Almighty Power in very unfavourable terms relativer. and I feel.confident that each, succeeding ad- Manila Observatory; accusing vance in natural knowledge will be found to of sending sensational be, in the words of the Victoria Institue motto, the newspap 1. Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam,
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