Answer In answer to Questions, i beg to state that the Goverment is taking care of one of the sons of the deceased.
(7.) What satisfaction, if any, has been obtained from the Chiness Government for the assault by the Chinese on the Honourable the Captain Superintendent of Police before our New Territory was taken over, and, in respect of the resistance by thousands of amned Chinese to the British entering into possession of the urea leased by the imperial Chinese Government to Great Briton per the Covention of June, 1898, the quelling of which resistance resulted in considerable and lamentable loss of life and which forced upon the Colony sub stantial amount of extra and avoidable expen cliture?
Answer-
In reply to Question 1 beg to refer the Honourable Member to page 21 of the published correspondence for a translation ofthe Proclaina- tion isssued by His Excellency the Governor, and I now lay upon the table a translation of the Proclamations issued by the Magistrate of the San On District and the Viceroy of the Two Kwong Provicces. So far as can be ascertained the dates of posting the Proclamations were as follows:--
The Proclination of the San On Magistrate was posted between the 27th and the 30th March
The Proclamation of the Viceroy was posted obout the 5th April:
The Proclamation of His Excellency the Governor was posted between, the roth and 15th April.
(8.) Has the attention of the Honourable the Director of Public Works been directed to the "China Mail's leading articles of 15th and 23rd August alleging the existence of jerry building in Hongkong; will the Honourable Member inform the Council whether the said allegation is well founded; and if so, will be state what powers his Department possesses to
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1899
Bangkok, was beheaded thers on the 23rd of last month. He killed the owner of a house that he was plundering. The execution, took place in the presence of the governor, chic! judge, and other officials, and of a large number of the people. This man was a rather notorious character, and, he confessed to having stolen 3,000 buffaloes in his time, but to the last he denied that he was a murderer,
NEWS FROM JAPAN,
4
(From Exchanges), Stranding of the "Argyll.".
COURT OF INQUIRY IN KOBE,
A Court of Inquiry into the circumstancès attending the stranding of the steamer, gif was opened in the British Consulate in Kobe
25th Sept
on the
The Court consisted of Lieut. A. Pearson, of . M. Ship phigenin; Mr. Wileman, Vice- Consul and Capt. Brown of the Obra, and Capt. Attree of the Saint Irene. Mr. Brushfield," soliciter, appeared for Capt. Thompson of the Argy
JUDGMENT.
Count Kabayama. The Minister of Education denies emphatic. ally the rumour that he has tendered his. resignation, and ridicules the idea that he has any intention of doing so. As to the difference of opinion between him and the Minister of State for Finance, he says that there is none, and no reason for anything of the sort. It will be remembered that the removal of Count Kabayama's family from his official residence was one of the bases of the rumour, but the Count says that the removal was simply a ques
tion of climatic convenience in the summer months. The eight-years' scheme of educa tional expansion drawn up by the Count, said to have been rejected by the Finance Depart ment, appears to be still on the tapis, but the appropriations made by the Treasury will probably be inconsiderable at first.
Another Semi-Japanese play in London.
war.
The Chuo Shimpa itself invites us (Japan) a round of the North West Provinces, and Mall) to consider the arguments advanced by leaves Simla on September 1st for the Punjab, it in an article published subsequently to our where he will visit Amritsar, Lahore and Pesha recent comments. The gist of the article, so war, whence he proceeds on September 12th far as we can judge, is that if the country's coal to Karachi, remaining there from the 14th to the 17th. A visit to Rajputana occupies him nincs fell into foreign possession, great, in- convenience might be suffered in the event of from the oth September to the 3oth; the But why? The mines would still Bombay Presidency from the 2nd Octoberto remain in Japan's dominions, and practically the 18th; Hyderabad from the 8th to the rat, Subject to her control. The Chuo can not
the Madras Presidency from October 21st to agine, surely, that if coal was wanted for the November 18th,
From Calicut Dr. Wall refused to finish it, there could be any hesita-ing there on November 27th, and touring in country's ship, and if the foreign mine owners marches through the Wynad to Mercara, arriv tion on the Government's part as to the proper the Mysore State until December 9th. Thence thinks that the owners would flood their mines, course to adopt? Perhaps our contemporary lie goes to Madras, sailing for Burma on December 14th, and arriving at Calcutta on or blow them up, or render them otherwise January 15 As the projected Commercial | unproductive, rather than suffer the coal to Museum is designed purely and simply as an serve the uses of warships fighting against an all to commerce and not as a scientific reposi European or American State. We can only tory, is may be hoped that commercial and in- say that foreigners of that kind have yet to be dustrial firms and associations throughout the disco ered.
country will give Dr. Wait cordial assistance.
There is to be another semi-Japanese play on
NEWS FROM INDIA. the boards of a London theatre shortly, says it London paper. It is not to be anything indi. Frofessor Haffkine's Prophylactic. cating Japanese drama, but it is to be more or Tu respect to the demand from Home for The judgment of the Court was not declared less suggestive of the country. Mr. B. C. Fer Professor Hafskine's prophylactic, the Govern till close one pain.. Its points were:-
Bald is the author of Moonlight Biessem. The ment of India was asked the cost of supplying Captain Thompson exonerated from all characters, including Arum (Mr. Robertson) from 50,000 to 100,000 doses, and the earliest blame.
add fnamura Nanoya (Mrs. Patrick Campbell date at with this quantity could be despatched. Hugh Wilson, mate, to blame for the stand-
are Japanese, and the action of the play is carri- | it wies also desired to know, if in case of need ing of the ship in that he did not veer cable on ed on in one of the southern islands of the | 5,000 doses a week could be sent to London. finding bad weather setting in or when the ship archipelago, in the soft-scented admosphere of Russia desires to obtain a considerable stock commenced to drag.
tlovers, and to the whirring accompaniment of for Port Arthur. Italy has been making in- Also of opinion that the engines were avail-flying cicalas. But with these the Japanese quies for home use, and Portugal in order to able for use before the grounding and should part ends. There appears to be nothing in sinneulate at Mozambique. At present the have been used.
about mosquitoes, cartlaquakes or typhoons. laboratory can only turn out 10,000 dues per day, and if India ant Europe are to be supplied, the new laboratory will have to be rapidly increased to about three times the size it is at present. Recently 70,000 doses were des patched to Hubli and 10,000 the week before in Mauritius.
The Court is of opinion that it would be a great advantage for the shipping generally in the harbour if the weather signals were shown in a more conspicuous manner,
Mate's certificate as masteris suspended for the period of three calendar months from this
Japan had better close her
Ports."
prevent the erection of such buildings; what date and the Count recommends that a cert the opinions of prominent men of business
action has been taken hy his Departinent in the matter; and if his powers are insufficient, is he taking any steps to get increased powers?.
Answer:-
The answer to Question 7 is, "I cannot say."
ORDERS OF THE DAY.
The following went before the committee and
were pissed.
The Bill entitled An Ordinance for the Naturalization of Sin Hip Pan, alias Sin Shu Fan, alias Sin Shiu. Kin, afias Sin Ping Kit was read the first time.
The Bill entitled An Ordinance for the Naturalization of Kwok Yang Kam alias Kwok To Kui alias Kwok Ying was read the first time.
ficate of lower grade be granted to him.
.
The Miller Appeal Case.
BIE SCENE IN UGURE,
Tokio, September 22nd On Tuesday and Thursday fast the hearing of the Miller appeal.case.took place in the Appeal out, which is located on the secol story of the new brick Building at Hibiya, known as the Justicial House....
"On Tuesday the audience was large, some four hundred people being admitted, and a looked well in spite of his incarceration, and great number more turned away. The prisoner his deanour was still distinguished by a devil-may-care style. In the dick he stood The Bill entitled An Ordinance for the perfectly motionless as if aware of his painful - Naturalization of Ho Shun Th, alias Ho Kwan position as a prisoner charged with a terrible Yuk, alias Horing Un, alias Họ Tsoi was reagrime, his face turned a little downwards and two men were expelled by the police for falling his hands by his sides. As to the audience,. asleep during the examination, as such an ad was calculated to impair the dignity of the
the first time.
The Bill entitled An Ordinance for the Naturalization of Hi Chen, alias Hu Shing Ts'ün, alias Hu Ping Fong, alias Hu Nai Kwai was read the first time.
The Bill entitled An Ordinance for the Naturalization of Lo Kun Ting, alias Lò Fo, alias Là Ching Chiu, alias Lò Tin Fui was real the first time.
Committee on the Bill entitled Au Ordin- ance to amend "The Protection of Women and Girls Ordinance, 1887,"
N.P-meeting of the Finance Committee will be held immedistely after the Council.
Couri,
Burma Teak.
The same paper, on the 23:d, says -- The Chao Shimbun continues to publish
with reference to the subject of admitting for eigners to mining enterprise in Japan. Mr.
The Burma teak trade did not flourish in the past official year, notwithstanding that the Stibusawa Eichi is quoted as saying that if Japan intends to shrink from foreign competi. Period was one of unbroken activity in European tion in the field of mining, she had better close arkets, Only limited supplies were shipped to the United Kingdom, though the demand bur ports and go fuck into her shell altogether for timber for shipbuilding show co no stacken- He does not doubt the the foreign capitalising, and the requirements for dockyards and and labour-organize would prove au invin railway works and general purposes were very cible competitor in some instances, but Japan. large. The demand, however, was met from he declares, must be prepared to face such con ingencies. Alr.Shibusara makes one reser-
accumulated stocks, new purchases having only been made when absolutely necessary, vation, however, which seems a little obscure. There must be an conflict, he says, with the Consumers expected prices to go down. But admit foreigners to mining enterprise ought of 12 10 13 for squares and 13 to 13.10 laws of the land Probably he means that to qualities, maintaining the proficience figure they remained finn, what are known as "Europe not to carry with it the privilege of iwning real for planks. Freights ever ruled high. It is estate,
satisfactory to find, therefore, that the smaller shipments were no way due to a supersession of Burma teak by the produce of any other the teak in Bombay forests will be engaged in The time will come when
sharp struggle for supremacy with that of Burma, But it will not be yet. The trees are growing tall and straight and promising great things for the future.
Americans in Japan.
away from home? is a question asked by the Are Americans better patriots when they are New York Times, which continues to discuss the subject as follows:-This is a question On Thursday the main prevented many pen worth ane just now. It appears that in the worth an answer at any time, but it is especially from attending the tout. The same tedious process was repeated; the former depositionsnese City of Yokohama there is a little American colony of some fifty kamilies, and being first read over by the Clerk, then trans- The Bill entitled. An Ordinance to amendated into English by the interpreter, who and care for the ten thousand American soldiers that these fifty families have undertaken to feed the Vagrance Ordinance, 1897 was read, the read the corresponding portions of the testi first time.
mony in English, The judge made some from the Philippine Islands. The accounts do who are to pass through their city on their way The Bill entitled An Ordinance to amend the rentarks, which were responded to by Miller
not state that there is any one family that has Rating Ordinance, 1888 was read the first tine. The policemen on duty caused the audience refused to take part in the handsome act of The Bill entitled An Ordinance to amend the when the proceedings were about to be opened, hospitality, nor do we read that any person has Crown Lands Resumption Ordinance, 1889 was evidently in view of the expulsion resorted to read the first time.
uttered sentiments of opposition in fond tones. tives were likewise told not to leave or enter on the previous day, and the press representa Yet we may be perfectly sure that if the same the court-room, except for the purpose of dis!
huller came before, à community of fifty families in this and it would be found that at which was disregarded. Barrister Akiyama, grounds, to contributing of his substance to the patching copy or for changing turns a caution
least one of the fathers was opposed, on political Intel chief of the Yokohama Saibansho, brought forward his whisky theory, in which had been engaged in a cruel, inhuman, and care of soldiers who, according to his views he appeared to be stor stuck fast and unble unjustifiable avar Acending to the home to get out The constant repetition in the Looker and Pinckney were the respective learned barrister's address of the words must staying hohlers of such views, the soldiers captains of the six-a-side leans yesterday,
have recalled to the prismer's mind Some of With the exception of four men all were new the wild times he had had under its influence. players, one of two of whom shaped very well; Barrister Inouye made a brilliant defence, ob but it is quite evident that this month niust bejecting in the evidence given by the Chinese devoted to hard and persistent practice for any of them to replace any of last season's players, Looker, as usual, entered into the spirit of the game yesterday, and Pinckney was as cool and confident as ever. F. H. Kew, last season's custodian, was in the forward rank for Pinckney and once showed a clean pair of heels to his pursuers and landed a goal, Wild, for his side, alsai scored, and the game ended "one all."
FOOTBALL.
The V. R. C. turned out, two seven-a-side teams yesterday with R. Duncan, und Smillie. as captains. The game ended in a draw of une goal each.
THE PLAGUE.
'Cases reported to 3rd instant?471
Do. do. during past 24 hours...
Total...1,473
Deaths reported to 3rd instapf1413.
Do. da. during past 24 hours...
Total 1,413
SIAM MURDER CASES.
SENTENCED TO DEATIL
At Bangkok, on the 15th September, Nai Choent was put on his trial for the wilful mur- der of his father, the late Nai Chunroon, a fimber merchant of Samisen. The deceased
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witness. The Procumtor answered himn at some length and finally Mr. Inouye's objections were over-ruled. The next speaker was Mr. Makino, who made a few somewhat irrelevant statements, of which the Procurator took ad- vantage. Yet he went on to speak, and this in face of the fact that the Procurator was still standing. This brought a shrill cry from the Bench of fate." (wait) uttered in an angry tone. The Judge cautioned the farrister to comply with the etiquette of the Court, and the barrister retorted that he was not going to speak any more. It was a rather stormy scene, which broke the monotony of die proceedings,
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MILLER CONFESSES.
instead of being fed and cared for. should be put out of existence as soldiers.
Foreigners in Japanese
Mining Enterprise.
The opinions of certain leading Japanese men of affairs hate been sought by the Chure Shimbun with reference to the question of amending the Mining Law so as to permit foreign enterprise in that important field, says the Juan Mail of zand September. Three of these opinions are published by our com temporary two are emphatically conservative and ene is liberal. The conservatives are Mr. Tomita Tetsuncsuke, formerly Governor of Tokyo, and Mr. Okura Kihachin; the liberal is Mr. Masuda Ko. Mr. Tonita' is astounded that such a project should be entertained for a moment. He appears to have a very singular idea of the methods of foreigners. They would extract ore recklessly, he says, and sell it recklessly frundutin zumbai), and altogether his language angests that he regards the for eigner as a kind of ogre, who constones every. thing he finds and produces nothing for any one but himself. If Mr. Tomita could show that The Judicial Committee of the Privy Cuum-mining operations are conducted in any part of cil of Great Britain recently heard a petition by Charles Emil Leopold for special leave to appeal in forma pauperis against a conviction and sentence of two years' imprisonment with hard labour passed upon him by her Britannic Majesty's Consular Court at Yokohama on December 16th, 1998.
TOKIO, September 26th. R. Miller has confessed that he killed a fr cigner and two Japanese women Suye and Aki. -Kobe Shimbun,
The Queen v. Leopold.
After hearing the grounds of the petition, their Lordships (the Lord Chancellor, Lord James of Hereford, and 'Lord Justice A. 1. Smith) intimated that they were unable to ad- petition, which would therefore be dismissed. vise her Majesty to assent to the prayer of the
country's forests,
Railway Extension in India. In a letter to the Times, reference to Lord G. Hamilton's remarks about milway extension in India, during the debate in the House of Commons on the Indian Bulget, Mr. G. R. Cheetham, says After having drawn attention to the fact that the receipts from indian rail- ways during the past financial year were the largest on record, and that Won financial grounds alone! he considered that there was conclusive evidence for vigorous pro- secution of reproductive public works in India," Lord G. Hamitton made the following statement :
ANNIVERSARIES,
176Manila taken by the British. 1870-Shimonoseki forts attacked. 1875-Loss of the O. S: S. Co.'s steainer factor
near Amoy.. 188:-German steamer Quinta driven ashore
at Taichow Island, afterwards des troyed by fire. Disastrous typhoon at Haiphong and district over 1,000 fives lost and immense damage done to property. 1894-Typhoon at Hongkong and Macao. 1846-The Tsar and Tsarina received by Pre-
sident Faure at Cherbourg, 1897-Sir N. Hannen protested against Tsai:
1898-Convention for. the Wei-hai-wei con- Taotai's decision in the Bennertz case.
cession ratifica in London. An ulti- matumi presented to the Porte demanding the commencement of the Evacuation of Crete.
SHIPPING AND MAIL NEWS.
MAILS DUE..
French (Sydney) 8th inst. American (Nippon Maru) 10th inst. Australian (Changshu) 13th inst. American (Coptic) 26th inst.
The Austrian Lloyd's S. N, Co.'s sleather Maria Palerie left Kobe for this port to-day.
*
The M. M. Co's steamer Sydney with the next French mail, will leave igon to-morrow Thursday at p.m. for this port,
The N. P. S. S Co's steamer Olympia Some three years ago I sanctioned a rail-arrived at Tacoma from Japan and Hongkong way programme of extension amounting to
on the 15; inst. nearly 30,000,000 rx. To be spread over the period named. Owing to the heavy expenditure connected with famine and frontier operations the Government found it necessary to reduce this amount to 25,300,000 rs. The new three years' railway programas is estimated tu cost 20,372,000 rx., but owing to lapses through the Engineering strike and other causes in 1898-99 there are arrears to the extent of 2,050,000 X The total is therefore, raised to 22,372,000 r., and of this amount 8,822,000 rx. is comprised in the Budget for the present year. This in- cludes all railway construction for which the line Government undertakes the responsibility or Nauskan guarantee, whether on State lines or those of the old company, or branch lines by a further | Kinngpok. guarantee."
Simla
HONGKONG AND WHAMPOA DOCK RETURNS.
at Kowloon
Dock
ista de Cuba... Isla de Luzon H.M.S. Bonaventure.
Eethoe
So it would appear that the new three years" Stevia railway programme is to cost only 20,322,000 Decima
about the necessity of "opening up the 30,000,000 r., sanctioned three years ago: rx, as compared with the expenditure of
· D. Juan d'Austria
country," and the vigorous prosecution of which means that, in spite of his remarks Durir.
public works in India, &c., Lord G. Hamilton is actually reducing the amount that is to be necessary should be done by 3,226,000 13. per spent on doing what he declares it is absolutely
annum.
poses to do. He rejoices in a surplus of It seems to me quite impossible to reconcile what Lord G. Hamilton says with what he pro-
4.759,400 rs., for the past financial year, and looks forward to a surplus of 4,400,000 rs, for Ceylon Harbour Works.
the current year 1890-1900, which is quite un- Arm is now being rapidly pushed on. The three years back. Yet three years ago, when The work in courection with the Northern hoped for affluence compared with his position whole vicinity of Mutwal Point has undergone the money could not be nearly as well afforded an entire change, The huge hill on which as at present, Lord G. Hamilton sanctioned the the excavation there are now quarries and Rock House sunds has been cut away, and inexpenditure of 30,000,000 r., un railways, and workshops. The hill that formed the Uplands and after drawing the attention of the House of now, with a much larger surplus his credit property too has disappeared. Excavations Commons and of the public to the fact that it are going on everywhere, and a lot of railroads is the duty of the Government to develop re has altered the old look of the place. Lines productive public works in India, he cuts down are laid to carry off the rubble that is blasted the amount to be spent on them by 9,678,000 at the quarry and to carry away carth cut out
ra., for the next three years, or by practically of the hills, and which is found necessary to fill
one third! Kochi-kudde. Rubble lus been laid throughout up the portions of the sea reclaimed near the entire length of the breakwater, and the isolated lacakwater ton bas heen laid out with rubble. The laying down of the concrete blocks has been interrupted and suspended for some time. Much difficulty was experienced in conveying and laying down these blocks. But a block-laying barge, the Rendy has been brought from Renfrew and the work will be fumber of concrete blocks has been constructed greatly facilitated and expedited. A large in the yard within the Harbour Works premises, and the work will, therefore, proceed at a more favourable speed iban heretofore.
Mineral Wealth of India. In the excitement which has been created by the discoveries of gold in South Africa, Klondyke, and West Australia, the mineral weath of India has been overlunked, although the researches of the Geological Survey of India prove that the Indian Empire is rich in nineral resources. These are being gradually developed, the progress of recent date being noticeable; though the areas which have been tapped are only a fractional part of the vast depusits which exist. There is little doubt that gold-uining in India is bound to take a more prominent place than it has hithen done, and that next to agriculture it will perhaps come to be the chief industry of the country. With the development of its mineral resources, there will of necessity be a demand for skilled labour, and, just as the growth of milways has cated a market for a large staff of highly- trained civil engineers, it is but reasonable
was a very rich man, who died suddenly on the 18th July at Bangkok; after taking some medi- cine given him by a servant. The medicine tasted so, bilter that deceased alonch said that some one had tried to poison bio. He told.: the servant to drink the medicine. The ser Naturalisation of Foreigners. vant did so. The cup with the stuff was then laken round for others to taste.. A daughter of announces that many applications have been A Tokyo dispatch in the Osaka Mainichi the deceased refused to taste it; another did received from foreigners who desire to be inste it but spat the stuff out as being bitter.adopted by Japanese families in order to be In the meantime, deceased rapidly grow come naturalised. As however, none of the worse and died. The servant who drank the applicants possessed the qualifications neces- medicine also died. The medicine was found sary under the Naturalisation Law, the appli- to contain strychnine. Three days before cations have all been returned, this happened, the prisoner went to a dis- pensary to buy strychnine, but was refused. Shortly afterwards a well-dressed Siamese went to Messrs. Grimm and Co's to buy poison for rats,
and bought three grains of strych- nine. It was to poison rate that the poison was asked for at the dispensary also. Strychnine was found in the body of the servant who died after drinking of the same cup of medicine as Nai Chamroen. On the night before the death political unrest in Great Britain, China and plates the result of extending the Mining Law value of eight lakhs were obtained from the the prisoner went to see his father, who was then perfectly well. About 10 o'clock the father France. The match manufacturers at Hyogo retired, leaving the prisoner in the room where and Kobe, who rely upon Chinese merchants they had been talking. The medicine was kept in their business, are said to be placed in in that room. Nobody saw the prisoner Mave very difficult position,
the world, not excluding Japan, on lines of moderation and conservatism, his dread of placing this country's minerals at the disposal of all nationalities eight have some basis of reason. I plain, however, that he does not reason from facts but from fancies. He con- -expect that a wide field will be opened out siders the mines of Japan in the light of delicate for the mining expert. Owing to the great properties, to be nursed and cherished like demand for qualified men by other mining pretty babies, and be considers the average countries, the supply is not sufficient to meet not be safely permitted to lay hands on Japan's look for our mining engineers. European foreigner a rough, greedy individual who can requirements, for it is to England we have to frail belongings. One would suppose that insupervision is required in every department of working a coal mine, for example Japanese thirteen companies are at work on about eight mining. On the Kolar Gold Fields, in Mysore, owners carefully considered every ounce of of mineral taken out, calculate the number square miles of ground, and there a staff of 540 of ounces, left, and adjust their prices with Europeans are employed to supervise 60,000 but also to the importance of preventing the acts reference not merely to the remaining stocks, coolies. On the geological map cormous public from becoming too greedy for enal,
country in Bengal, Madras, Bombay, the central Provinces, Rajputana, and Burma are marked out as gold-bearing, while there whereas the foreign owner plies pick and shovel and dumps the mineral on the market without
are other vast areas which contain iron, copper, any thought of these sundry contingencies. coal, lead, tin, salt, and oil. The mining opera Truly Mr. Tomita should devote himself to the tions in India are only in their earliest infancy, study of the chanya cult. lle could not fait but last year they provided employment for to find that science congenial. Mr. Okura 363,000 persons, who produced minerals of the Kihachin has more definite ideas. Minerals value of 420 lakhs of rupees. The production are, in his opinion, the great source of national of coal fast year was 4,063,000 tons, whereas wealth, the veins in which the life-blood of the ten years back the output was only 1,564,000. The Usuka Asahi attributes the present
nation circulates. He can not reconcile himself Gold is being mined in Mysore, and precious depression in the match tride in China to the to the notion of allowing aliens to lay rude metal to the extent of 222 lakhs was brought strong competition of the Swiss matches and hands upon these treasures. He is shocked by up. The Burun oil wells yielded 19 million also to the general depression of trade at the violence to which China is exposed by greedy gallons, and 66,000 tons of rock salt were ex- Shanghai and Hongkong in consequence of exploiters of her mines, and when he contem-
fracted from the Punjab, while rubies of the
the house, but he was seen alone in the room
The Depression in the Match Trade.
Commercial Museum at Calcutta.
in the sense suggested, he sees the country's gen lands of Mogok. mineral resources monopolized by European and American vampires who will sucks her life blood and leave her in a condition incapable of During the past five or six years an elfort recuperation. We wonder what Mr. Okura has been made to organise what may be would do with Japan's minerals. Does he think designated as an Indian commercial muscum that they ought to be left lying in the ground. in connection with the Indian Museum at does he hold that they should be extracted at a designing and preparing the fittings of the new like money in an old women's stocking, or alusta During that thing the work of strictly limited rate and by japanese workmen gallery, has been pushed forward, and it is con and capitalists only? It is pleasant to turn templated that the commercial gallery shall be from such theories to the broad views of a man opened to the public during the ensuing colu
season. Meanwhile Dr. George Wall, Econo why the foreigner should be excluded from the mic Reporter to the Government of India, field of mining, and who believes that whose services have been invaluable in this Japanese enterprise would receive a whole connection, is making an extended tour to the some stimulus and Japanese methods be chief commercial centres, with the object of materially improved by association-with-securing the co-operation of the mercantile foreigners,
community. Dr. Watt bas already completed
for some time after his father left it. Thacvid- Prisoners in the Kobe Prison, ence against the prisoner was purely circun- stantial and coiled to show that be a quin the sand instant, was 1,186, which shows a The number of prisoners in the Kobe Prison relled with his father and was desperately in decrease of 193 as compared with the corres want of money owing to his leading a disponding date of last year. The decrease is sipated life. The trial lasted several days.attributed to the experfitious manner in which The judges found the prisoner guilty and trials are now conducted, and also to the like Mr. Masuda, who sees no reason whatever sentenced him to deathThe case has called decrease in the number of convictions for theft attention to the fact that there are no regulations and gambling. Two buildings have been for the sale of poisons at Bangkok.ided to dis prison for the accommodation
AN EXECUTION,
of foreign prisoners, bat up to the present the Ai loooy, a man who was recently convicted cells have been quite unoccupied, not a single
having communitied-murie
foreigner having boon arrested.
reported correctly, shows that Government is Lord G. Hamilton's speech, if he has been the spend less on indian railways during next three years than was sanctioned three years ago, and that the development of the lieve that this announcement will be a very country is to be seriously retarded, and I be
great disappointment to all connected with, India.
SHIPPING REPORTS.
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PASSED THE CANAL?
Outward-12th September-Sydney.. 15th September-Sunni Jaru, Siberin, Spilhead. ber - Maldera, 26th September-Bayern, 19th September-Lady Joitey 22nd Septem- Buergia, Adria, Anapa, 'Bamberg, Voroneg 29th September--Annam.
Homeward-29th September-Anuam.
Shipping.
Arrivals.
TIENTSIN, British steamer, 2,555. F. J. Fox, 3rd Oct-Bombay 12th Sept, and Singa pore 26th, General--P. & Ó. S. N. Ca HATING, French, str., 905, M. Jenssen, 3rd Oct-Haiphong and Hoihow 2nd Oct., General A. R. Marty EMPRESS OF CHINA, British steamier, 3,003, Ri Archibald, R.N.B., 4th Oct., Vancouver, B.C. 12th Sept., and Shanghat 1st Oct., Mails and General-C. P. R. Co. Sano MARU, Japanese steamer, 3,856, W. Thompsen, 4th Oct-Moji 30th Sept., General Nippon Yusen Kaisha. OANPA, British steater, 1,970, J. A. Davies, 4th Oct.,Liverpool and Singapore 27th Sept., General Holiday, Wise-& Ca WISOSANG, British steamer, 1517, T. W Sellar, 4th Oct-Swatow 3rd Oct., Gene. ral-jardine, Matheson & Ca
REUCE, American ship, 1,828, D. Whitinore, 3ul Oct., New York 30th May, Case Oil.
Standard Oil Co.
ship Empress of China, from Vancouver,
Captain R. Archibald, R.N.R., of the steam-
reports-Left Vancouver on the 12th ulto.. thence to Victoria, reached Yokohama on the 26th at to aum. Crossing the Pacific exper enced moderate NW to S.W. winds with smooth sea and fine clear weather. On the 161b in Lat. 51.35 N., Long, 153.06 W., spoke the barque Agathe, of San Francisco, steering East. Experienced fresh variable winds with
Clearances at the Harbour Office. heavy main op Japanese coast, the passage to Nanyang, German str., for Hongay. the China coast being accompanied with lights, British steam-launch, for Wuchow. W. winds and fine weather. Leaving Woo- Salukaji, Dutch str., for Pule Sembilan. sung on the 1st inst. at 8 pm, experienced Fuensang, British str., for Manila. fresh N.E. monsoon which nearing the For- Zulymun, British str., for Manila. mosa Channel increased to moderate gale with Kongan, British str., for Canton. high following sea to Chapel Island, thence to
St. David, American str., for New York. port moderate to light N.E. monsoon and fine Oung, British str., for Shanghai.
Kwai Lum, British stean-launch, for Macao.
MELFOO, Chinese steamer, 1,339, Frigast, 4th
HMLAN, French steamer, 377, W. Bast, 4th Oct-Canton 3rd Oct, General--C. M. S. X. Co.
Oct-Pakhoi and Hoihow 3rd October," TRIUMPH, German steamer, 675, A. Rieke,
General-A. R. Marty, 4th Oct-Hoihow 3rd Oct., General- Jebsen & Co.
weather.
NOTANDA..
CALENDAR.
OCTOBER.
Meteorological weans based on fifteen years' observations to 1893.
Barometer Thermometer Humidity. Rainfall
TO-DAY,
WEATHER REPORT.
Barometer.. Temperature Humidity Rainfall
20.982 ...76.2 71 5-794
On date at On dute at
14 A111.
29.91
* 47
24.82 712 31
TO-DAY, Chinese-goth of Sik moon of asth your of Wednesday, 4th October, 1899,
Kang-sit. Sun--Rises
Kris
shr. Spuin. Sh. 5min. Shr. 26min. ...... Shr. z6min. ...o, ahr, 18min. Afternoon ...... zkr. 'zzmin. ANNIVERSARIES.. 1535-First English Bible printed. 1882-Attack on foreigners at Wenchow. 1893-5. von Fries comunitted suicide at
Shanghai. 1898-Fire at Chang-teh fa,, Hunan, several,
lives lost and millions of dollars dam age done
High water--Horning.....
Afternoon Low water-Morning ·
TO-MORROW:
Thursday, October, 1899. Chinese-rst of 9th moon of 25th year of
Kwang-si, Sun-Rises
5hr, Spin. Sels
... shr. dømin. Moon--New Moon zhr. 51 dm16, High water-Morning ghr. amis.. Afternoon Shri 54min. Low water-Morning phr, Saming
A fiernoon Zubis, küre Somlin,,;
Departures.
Oct. 4, Quarto, German str., for Amoy Oct, 4, Thales, British str., for Swatow, Oct. 4, Hoikaa, French str., for Heihow, Oct. 4, Progress, German str., for Touron. Oct. 4, Nanyang, German str, for Hongay.. Out. 4. Yuensang, British str., for Manila. Oct. 4, Hongkong, French str., for Haiphong.. Oct. 4, Taichrong, German str., for Swatow. Det. 4, Taiyuan, British str., for Australian
Ports.
Passengers—Arrived. Fer Wingsang, from Swatow-Mrs. Sterling and child, and 70 Chinese.
Per Sado Mara, from Moji-Mr. and Miss Cruickshank, Mrs. and Miss Bloxham, Miss Rosie Vivanti, Capt. C. Olsen, Mevars. Fergus sen, Jacquard, Soppet, Williams, 4 Chinese, and 7 Japanese.
Per Empress of China, for. Hongkong from Vancouver Mr. E. Sharp, Rev. and Mrs. Beattie and 2 sons, Mr. and Mrs. Kemp andra
Mr. Barnes, Mrs. Destler, Rev, and Mrs. Mc children, Miss Zurmer, Mr. J. S. Lee, Dr. and birs. Toy and 2 children, Rev. and Mrs. Jones, Kec, Dr. and Mrs. Royd, Dr. and Mrs, Stumpf Mr. and Mrs. Warfield, Miss Bissell, Dr. and Mrs. Lainilton, C. Ley Kum, Miss Hobby, Rev. and Mrs. Patton, Messra, Austin and Arnoux. From Victoria-Mrs. Robertson and. child. From Yokohama-Lieut. Rundell, Mrs. E. Johnston, Mrs. D. MacHaffet:”. and child, Miss Patterson, Major and Mrs. Whitty and 2 children, Mr. O. Ordish, Mr. and Mrs. Craddock and 2 children, Major and Mrs. Griffin, and Mrs. und Misses Mast. From Kobe Mr. J. Greffe, Mrs. Ehuner and infant," Mr. E. Nordhein, and Miss N. Colville. From Shanghai-Mr. L. Bengamin, Dr. and Mrs. Gibson, Messrs. A. Trojan and Max, Lehmann, 148 Chinose, and Japanese-
Departed.
Per Legaspi, for Manila Messrs. M. Sang { chez J. Lawrence, C. Vega, C. Alkan,
Gueira, C. Pampliaga, E. Gomez, J. Laguna, J. Garmendio, f. Romere, B. Besos, William Halloran, W. McCoy und 117 Chinese
Per Fuensang, for Manila-Miss J. Swith, Mr. J. McNeill, Miss R, Hobby Mr. W Destler, Mesars. Herbert Price, José dlo Gar chitorenn, J. W Brown, I. Fitrgibbons, J. Barnes, and T. N Lerking