CORRESPONDENCE. :.
19 in not neconarity cudama the opinions expraised by Correspondent to shle coluxan.]
SUICIDE AND THE LAW.
To tur ENTOR OF tite "Hongkong TELEGRAPH
58,-The paragraph in your issue of the 9th instant referring to the attempt of a Chinese woman to commit suicide is instructive both from a moral and legal point of view, and one cannot help sympathizing with the woman in her trouble and feruing the opinion that the law is useless to dest, with maters of this kind. The evidence shows that the woman was hungry, friendless, destiture, and feeling the cold severely attempted to end her existence by Jumping into the harbour of the Yan-mad ferry pier, but was rescued by the coxswain of the ferry who was contineuted and rewarded by the Magistrate, whilst the woman was remanded for medical examination. Assuaning that the woman is fog al sane on examinatis the absurdity of the law is manifest when it is considered that she can be ned or imprisoned. Surdy this is a most joeqjustable and unjust manner of dealing with a case like this where a woman is destitute i and friendless al despairing of hope socks relief in a watery glave. If the faw pinvidual that persons attempting suicide through alverse. circumstances were riven an opportunity of tiding over their dinea'ties there would be
sorie sense in it, but to line or send to goal persons who have found like los vesty and are unable to hear the-lamdea of daily mail senis to me just unjust, and it is folly to suppose that po shatent prove", a delment in case of attempted suicides, except perhaps to cause those contemplating suicide to be move careful and deliberate in the means they adopt to ente their lives when we consider that the number of suicides are increasing gear by year. M. W T. Stead in the Arden Reges a few years ago shewed that the suicides of each succeed ing year extend the number Lilled in the bloodiest of cangaigas and that every month or an average 15.000 perrons perish by heir own hands.
In view of the great in rease in the number of suicides and in the interest of humanity it is time public attention was drawn to the necessity of amending or renting the lase. Punishment by imprisonment living failed to feet its object let a policy of kindness be adopted towards the wretched beings who see: to end their lives and i venture to say that the latter system will be far cains beneficial in its results than under the present. Of cours, Fnow it is im possible to stop suicide, as king as the on called inarch of civilization increases, se long will the number of suicides be auginanted year by year, awing to the inercase of population and the continued strain of existence, Lait this fact should not poivent us from endeavouring to bring our laws on the subject in accordance. I feel with amanity and common sure that all who consider this matter in a elut and dispassionate way, free from all prejudice, will give with me as to the necessity of an amen ligent sir repeal of the existing law, I did intend to say more on this importan! subject but am afraid I have already uken up too much of your valuable space.
Yours, etc.,
Hongkong, January 10th, 1900.
CARPON NOTES.
į
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1900.
THE NAVY LEAGUE.
Copy.
6th December, 1899. The Secretary of the Navy League presents his compliments to the Editor of the Hongkong Telegraph and would feel obliged by the publication of the following communication- In response to a letter addressed to Sir Arthur Bigge .C.B., by Mfr. A. A. Somerville, the Ifon. Secretary of the Windsor and Eton Branch of the Navy League, on the subject of the trining vessel for boys established by that organisailon, now hooted on the Thaines al Windsor, the following reply has been received from Sir Fleetwood Edwards, K.C.B.
Windsor Castle, 4th December, 1899. Dear Sir, Sir Arthur Bigge has handed me your letter of the 30th November, the contents of which I have laid before the Queen who desires me to enclose a cheque for £10 as a donation from Her Majesty to the funds of the Windsor and Eton Branch of the Navy League.
Yours very truly,
FLEETWOOD 1. EDWARDS.
Believe me,
THE WANCHAI WAREHOUSE
AND STORAGE CO., LIMITED.
THE WAR IN REVIEWS, Divers views on the conduct and policy of the war in South Africa are published in the December Reviews, but not to the exclusion of many other matters of current interest. *
'f the visible wounds in the flesh appear trifling, but the bone is shattered a length of several inches. Again, a bullet passed in at the showing only small wounds, but two, and with the "Dum-dum" three and four, of the rentebne of the backbone were shattered.
abdomen and out at the small of the back
FRIDAY, 121H,
N. P. R. steamer Saint Irene for Victoria B.C.
and Tacoma, Ocean Steamship Co.'s steamer Dardanis
leaves for Liverppal (direct), p.--Australian Lloyds steamer Grieža leaves
for Fiúme and Trieste.
I.K.V.C. ORDEKS.
* The range for desimaction of bone as cam- pareil with perforation of bone is a longer one5.30 1am.-Signalling at Head-quarters. for the English expansile bullets, than for the Continental fully led bullets, int, at close ranges, although they work more damage than the fully mantled bullets, yet both are alike fatal to a limb if a large bone be struck."
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Enrupe.
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Clearances at the Harbour Office. Hue, French str., for. Holbow. Holstein, German str., for Saigon. Hermes, Norwegian str,, for Hongay. "Antigo, German str,, for Hoihow.
Hellerophon, British sir, for Amay, Taishuu, Chinese str., for Canton. Benvorlich, British str., for Shanghai, Kwangler, Chinese str., for Shanghai. Longsang, British str., for Manila, longas, British str., for Canton.
MONDAY, 15th. Noon-China Navigation steamer Taigrare leaves for Sydney Melbourne.
Dum-dum' is probably not greater than that of the fully mantled bullet, since it loses its momentum inore quickly. As far as ex-. plosive effects are concerned, the fully tamted.-M. & M. steamer Ernest Simons, with
mails, leaves for Europe. an-1 opeu-nosed bullets are unnecessarily effective, the Dum-dum being especially so. 3 p.m.-Ninth Ordinary Meeting of the Wan- chai Warehouse and Storage Co. Ltd. Their experintents as to explosive effects
at No. 5 Queen's Road, Central. showed that “even where the bullet travels slow enough only to neatly perforate a hing
4 p.m.-N. Y. K. steamer Winshiu Mart leaves for Victoria JC, and Seattle. hone the marrow is undoubtedly concussed
N. L. II. A. steamer Sarnia leaves for Barre and injured from end to end."
and Hambore, Cargo ex Birchfor subject to sens.
The Nineteenth Century has two articles dealing with South African Problems and *The war Lessons." 3. Sidney Low says:
SATURDAY, 13th. has vindicated the opinion of those who have
(About) P. & U. steamer Mazagan leaves
London. for years past maintained that our military re- sources are utterly inadequate to our Imperial
Carga ex Glengarry subject to rent. Cargo ex Pelit subject to rent. EXPLOSIVE EFFECTS. necessities and to the position we hold as a great World Power, with a mure extensive land
Noon-The Third Ordinary Meeting of Shore- frontier than any other civilised State except
holders in the China Provident Loan Dealing with the explosive effects" of the Russia in the first flush and excitement of a
bullets the doctors say: It is very importhit
and Mortgage Co. at No. 9 Praya. to remember th every bullet wound is campaign there is little won for anything but admiration for the valour of our troops and attended with
greater or less explosive X. V. K. steamer Fuaba Maru leaves for sympathy with their sudering The Natal effect." And they add these thought-compel battles have shown that the thitish soldier andling conclusions: The exclusive range of the his regimental officer have all the splendid contage and hernie steadiness of their prede. cessors who fought in the Peninsula and the Crimea. The country is proud and has reason to be proud, of the boys and young men whe wear the Queen's uniform. But pride is. min. -gled-or will be when it gets over its first thrill, and begins to refect with some other feelings. I am not now refering to the interesting diplo matic and strategic management which has left us to begin a war again two minute Ke pubes in such a position that our generals are outnumber and outmatched, that nothing but double dose of British fuck and pluck saves as from disaster, that wide spaces of colonial terti The General Managers beg to suinnit to theory a occupied by the enemy for weeks, that a Shareholders their Report on the working of the whole division of our hoops is besieged in one
of our own towns and thu fflben haired En Company, with a Statement of Accounts, forglish soldiers are exhibiting their uniforms as the year ended 31st of December, 1899.
prisoners of war in a hostile capital War In the same way as in the previous years an
Minister and ex-War Ministers console us by of $1.50 per interim dividend at the rate sture was paid on the 5th July out of insisting that the mobilisation has been a the ball-yearly rental from the Hongkong success; it has shown that at last we have a teal
It has been conclusively. and Kowloom Wharf and Godown Company, Army. So it has Limited. The balance now at credit of profit proved that by dint of immense esenims and the expenditure of enormous stons of money we are able to put into the fiel·la force sufficient and loss eruunt, including the balance of $387.18 from last year, amounts to $4,350.37,
to figle-tie Tiansras1" Alter providing for the final Dividend at the above ate, absorbing $5,000.00, there remains a small siples of $43032, which it is recom mended to carry forwrd to new profit, and lass
The following is the Report for presentation to the shareholders at the ninth onary annual meeting, to be hiehl at the pices of the General Managers, at 3 p.a. on Monday, the 15th January.
account.
AUDITOR.
The arcounts have been audited by Mr. F. Henderson, whose re-election is recommended,
MEYER & Co, General Managers,
Hongkonga, 8th January, tgvo.
LIABILITIES AND ASSETS, 31ST DECEMBER, 1509.
in regard to the establishment of agreat Colby to be called Natal, embracing Swaziland the Transvaal and Dange dishes. He proces, "The task of bringing about South Africin federa- tion would be simplified and expedited. The new colony would have a good sealmasd, whether Delagoa Bay be ultimately acquired from Portu gal or not, it would consequently he easily kept under the control if the greatest Naval Power, and while this would tend to check any demonstration of disloyalty the mere fact f access to the sey would go far towards reconci ling the Dutch W British rule. The influence: of English ideas spreading inland from the cost would slowly but surly and to the en- lightenment of thế Hoers, who might thos he led to appreciate the advantages of education 160,000.00 for their children, and even of some of the 183.30 amenities of civilisation for themselves. The 1,500.00 growth of commerce with such a seaboard and with, increased railway.communication would prove of great advantage to British manufac turers and traders, as well as to all the in- habitants of the new colony."
To capital account: 3,400 shares at
Ston, of which $37.59 paid up...$ 97,500.00 To mortgages of... $140,000.00 To mortgages of..
20,000.00
To dividend account. To reserve fund,......
To bake of profit and loss accou
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X. Y. Z.
By Hongkong and Shanghai Hark-
ing Corporation By property account.
[From the Tsun Han Vat Pe] KODBEEN WITH SUPPOSED MURDER.
A Chinese gentleman, named Wong, who
4.330.32
$261,712.82
..$4,7(2.52 260,000.00
$264,712.82 PROTEL 13H LOSS ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER, 1899.
387.18 By balance of 1893................... By net rent for premises of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company for 1st half year, 1899 w
was returning to his native village after taking By net rent for premises of the
his fortune in foreign countries recently arrived
at Canton with three friends and a great deal of inggage. They took a sampun to the Tien Pier and, as they could not cake away all the luggage at once, left one of their number to take charge of the remainder. When the party returned to the pier they found the boat with their friend and luggage missing. Wong, after making fruitless search for the boat, went to a relation of his at the Viceroy's yamen and obtained his assistance. Next morning They went to the Canton Steamer's Wharf and identified the woman who had proamed the sampan for them. She said she knew nothing about the robbery, as her business was only to cail the boats for intending passengers, but she knew the name of the owner (Lo Ab Quar) of. the boat. Wong had taken the officer of the
Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godowy Company for 2nd half year, 1899
By transfer fees of 1899. lly interest account, 1899.......................
To interim dividend paid for 1st half
year, 1899........
To consumission to General Managers
for 1800. To net profit
450.00
To the Fortnightly Revičiu Mr. J. P. Fitzpa: trick sends "Some Notes on the Transvaal le remarks flatz Question, "
"As efforts have been made to get the Government com mitted to some assurance that the Republics will not be anagsed, but will be allowed to continue as Rejallics with more defined rela- Lions towards theat Britain.... it appears to be worth while to mention once more the two factors, Beer ambition and British compla cency, and to ask if anything so fatunus can be contemplated as the taking of a fresh and wholly unnecessary risk? Knowing the hostility and persistency of the Boer leaders, is it common senseto' provide them with a rallying ground for the disaffected from which to work rischief as occasion offers, for under the best conditions occasions must occur. Is there another legacy of trouble to be faced in years to cute, and under conditions which we cannot foresee, or are we to start with the 'clean slate? A final 3,900,00 | settlement is not only consistent with generous treatement of the vanquished, it is the only wise 500,00 and merciful course." 4.330.32
4,150.00 16.00 37.14
$8,730.32
$
$ 8,730.32
MURDER OF MR. S. H. BROOKE.
A MILITARY. FEAT.
Dutch Fully with hia who had her imprison ath inst., we published a telegram as an Extra experience for the British Army. Never before
ed, and sent 10 the military oficer in Larm Lo May to search for this man's
Some time after Lo Al Quar was boat. arrested and handed over to the oliver of the Dutch Folly and confessual he had alwut thirty men employed in seren, different boats to job the passengers' luggage. When asked what had become of Wong's friend, the prisoner
said he did not know.
The prisoners were then handed over to ju higher mandarin for further enquiries to be made. It is femed that the boatmen murdered Wong's friend.
PIRACIES IN CANTON WATERS.
On Tuesday, says the Shanghai Mercury of stating that Mr. S. M. Brooke, an Anglican Missionary, belonging to the S. P. G., had been seized by the "Boxers," a turbulent set of natives now giving a good deal of trouble around Taikufu, which lies south of Tientsin. He was seized and had a rope pat round his neck and dragged through the streets. The matter was at once reported to the Governor who took the matter in hand. Yesterday we received a telegram stating that the Feicheng Magistrate had informed the Governor that Mr. Brooke and been murdered. To-day we have a telegram from Chefon, confirming the sad news, and stating that Mr. Braoke had een brutally murdered and warning foreigners that it is dangerous for them to travel in Shantung. Mr. Brooke was stationcl at Tinianfu,
RAT PIONEERS.
· On the 6th ulto, the lunch Fr Shan, towing a jank, was about to start for fleang Shian, Sak Ka. While letting loose the ropes and weigh- ing the anchors, several men went on board the launch as passengers. As their dress and style was that of then of importance, the crew let them pass without remark. About inid The rats are fully justifying the noxious voyage one of these men made a sign, the rest character nttributed to them as propagators and then ran up, and taking out revolves, pointed pioneers of Pest, says the Japan Mail. Their then at the crow. When the launch reached bacillus infested carcases at Toyobashi in Mai Ling Sze, Stan Yap, several long sampans Auchi Prefecture have warned the people there The pirates then began what to expect, and news now comes from to rob the passengers on board the launelf and Sumazu that a shuilar discovery has been made junk. After they had noted a pretty big sura, in that town also. Obviously the disease is the ruffians rowed away, leaving the launch and creeping gradually northwards, and if rats, the junk to proceed on their voyage.
working for the most part, under-ground, are There are accounts of many other piracies, the instruments of its progress, the hopeless in fact the writer says "it makes my pen wearyness of effectually checking it must be admitted. to describe all the piracies," but the rest are Meanwhile news of sporadic cases continues to
of the ordinary type.
arrive from the south. Another patient is re- ported from Osaka, a woman engaged at a -kanakin factory,———
came alongside lir
TUNG-WA HOSPITAL.
The Directors of the Tung-wa Hospital beg to acknowledge with thanks the following Donations to the Fund for the extension of the Hospital:-
Already acknowledged Tang Tailing............
$77,503
10
Lee Lung...
10
Shi Cheong Tai...
10
Tiu Yuen
10
Kwong Tseung Lung...
10.
Sul Vik
10.
Mau Shing
10
Au Tak Yun.......
10
Hop Wing Lung dgn
10
Hop Shing Lung-Coy
Kwong Tung Cheong
Kung Cheongeze
Kwong Tak Lung.........
10
IO
Wing Sang.......
10
On Lung.....
TO
Yau Wa Cheong
10
Tung Kang Yu
Kam Cheong..
Yau Tak
Shing Yik
Sun Yik Cheong
Nam Shing... Sham Cheung,
Total
The public does not quite seem to realise that we are at present passing through a record has the British soldier been under shrapnel five of the modern type, nor has he ever before come within the sweep of the machine gun or the magading valley. Never before in the his tury of the world has a force, which will be close on 80,000 men before the concertation is com plete, traversed Goo9 miles of ocean to reach the seat of way. Such an expedition could only be sent out by England, before its magnitude and the marine-like regularity of is accomplishment all the other expeditions of ancient of modern history sink into insigni- ficance. Baily Tel.
MODERN BULLETS.
TRFIR DEGREES OF DESTRUCTIVENESS.
There is gruesome bu; instructive illustrat- ed article in the week's Lenar! showing the destructive effects of modem military bulbots,
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It records experiments made conjointly by Dr. Arthur Keith, curator of the London Hos pital Museum and lecture on anatomy, and Dr. Hugh 31. Rigby, surgical registrer at the Lon. don Hospita. The experiments were made upon bars of soap, plaster of paris on the point of setting to represent the consistency of brains, and upon specially prepared corpses for the purpose of procuring specimens for use in the London Hospital Medical College of the effects of the English service bullet, "Mark II.”, now being used by nur army in South Africa, and the "Mauser" used by the Bacis, and also uf the "Mark IV." and the "Dum-duin."
The results arrived at were that our "Mark I" bullet has a destructive efleet more than half as much again as the Mauser.""
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of the "Dum-dum" was found to be so great Abunit -. O. steamer Stratigyle for San
Fired at a buman head the explosive effect
that though the wounds of entrance and exit caused directly by the bullet were but small ones and near the cars, the explosive effect blew the crown of the head entirely off, sh.ttering hel scattering the whole, though not touched by the bullet. The Mark II bullet shattered part of the skull.
To sum up," concludes the article, "we find the destructive' effects of the Mark 11'
buller, the Mark IV bullet, and the Dum- dum'bullet stand to the 'Mauser'in the ratio of 17, 2, and 5.4 10 12
That is that our "Mark H," bullet is within three-tenths of being twice as deadly as that of 'the Boers', that the "Mark IV, "is just twice deaasily, and the "Dum-dans nearly five and a half times more deadly.
SHIPPING REPORTS,
Diego.
SHIPPING AND MAIL NEWS.
MAILS DB:
American (Coptic) tath inst. German (Sachsen) 12th inst. American (Onaang) 15th just, French (Fuder) tóth inst. American (Anterica Muru) 17th inst Tacoma (Taroma) 18th inst. English (Chisan) 19th inst. Candian (Empress of India) zzad inst. American (talà) 3rd pros,
*
The C. & D. steamer Thyr left San Diego on 8th inst. for Japan and this.
*
The C. & O steamer Carlisle City leaves Captain Klofper, of the steamship Taishuu,|| Japan,for this about 13th inst. from Shanghai, reports:-Fresh gales to Orksen,
lerating to arrival.
The P.&O. S. N. Ch's steamer Canton left
The C. & O, steamer Belgian King arrived at Yokohama on 9th inst and may be expected here on 23rd iust.
Captain N. G. Majer, of the steamship long-Singapore for this port on the ith inst, at 5 pan. But, from Bangkok, reports:--Left Bangkok on the rst inst, experienced light variable breezes to Pulo Chi; on the 3rd from Pulo Obi to Lat. 12 47, Long, toy" 38, moderate to strong non- soon, rough sen, overcast and clear: thence to
The steamer N. Regulus from New York port fresh to moderate N. and N.N.E. winds,teft Singapore on the 7th inst. and is due here
on or about the 14th inst.
overcast and slight hazy,
Captain Hudgins, of the steamship Hačun, from Coast Ports, reports: From Tâmsui fresh K.E. gale with thick dirty weather throughout. From Amoy moderate. Ñ. E. gale, dark cloudy weather. From Swalow muilerate N, winds, fine clear weather and smooth sea. Vessels in. Amoy: Kashi Maru, Chefon, Gilenfalloch, Ness, Osaka, and a Japanese cruiser. tow:-Newichtung, and Dagmar
The N. P... S. Co.'s steamer Enragha has arrived at Kobe and will sail on the fith instant for Hongkong.
The 0.&O. S. S. Co.'s steamer Cußlic with. mails &c. left Shanghai for this part yesterday In Swathe 9th inst, at 5 pm.
NOTANDA.
CALENDAR.
JANUARY. Meteorologicul micans based on fifteen years observations la 2898.
Barometer Thermometer
Humidity Rainfall
TO-DAY.
WEATHER
REPORT.
Do date al TO ANAL,
30.20
68
TO-DAY.
Barometer.... Temperature m Itinidity Rainfall..
.30.159
507 74 1-545
On date an
4 p..
Wednesday, roth January, 1900.
30.40
Chinese-10th of rath moon of 25th your el
Kwang-si.
Sun-Rites ...
Sets
High water-fternoon
Morning Low water Afternoon
Morning.. ANNIVERSARIES.
ohr. 44min.
shr. gowin
4hr. 45min, ghr, 3pmin ghr. rgwin.
...mone
*
The steamer on from Clasgow and Liverpool left Singapore for this port un Tues- day afternoon and may be expected here on or about the 14th inst.
*
The O. & O. S. S. Co.'s stramer Gaelic with mails &c. left San Francisco for this purt via Horiolulu, Yokohama, Inland Sea, Kobe, Sage saki and Shanghai, on the 6th insi.
The T. K. K. steamer Hongkong Marn with mails & which left hence Dec. 9th for San Francisco a Shanghai, Nagasaki, Kobe, In- land Sea, Yokohama and Honolulu, arrived at har destination on the 8th inst.
HONGKONG AND WHAMPOA DOCK RETURNS, Isla de Cuba.gimm at Kowloon "Dock. Lila de Luzon
ILLG.M.S., Hertha...
HIG.M.S. Grțion.
HMS. Algerine.
Strailgyle
Trafalgar...
Perpan
Kinshiu Maru.
D. Juan Austria. Menmuir
Daphne..
St. Pant
ק
Cosnwpolitan
t
Heikong, Portuguese steam launch, for Macao, Kwai Lam, British stenm-launch, for Macao.
Dopartures:
Jan. 18, Preussen, German str., for Europe. Jan. 10, Hue, French str., for lloihow. Jan. 10, Thales, British str., for Swatow. Jan. 10, Glangary, British str., for Shanghai. Jan. 10, Catania, German str., for Singapore. Jan. 16, Irene, Chinese str., for Swatow: Jan, 10, Fochow, British str., for Canton. Jaa. 16, Kwangle, Chinese str., for Shanghai.. Jaa. 10, Loongsang, British str., for Manila. - Jan. 10, Payang, German str., for Haiphong. Jan. 10, Saint Irene, British ste, for Tacoma. Jan. 10, Holstein, German str., for Saigon, Jan 10, Taishna, Chinese str., for Canton.
Passengers-Arrived.
Per Mongkut, from Bangkok-1 European, and 29 Chinese.
Ver Taiskun, from Shanghai-1 European, and so Chinese.
Per Haimun, from Coast Ports-Messrs. Hyle and Simpson, and 214 Chinese.
Per Esmeralda, from Manila, &c.--Mr. W. E. Howe, Mr. and Mrs. Levering, Mr. O'Leary, 2 Europeans, and 12 Chinese.
Departed.
Per Longsang, for Manila-Mrs. Stetson, Lieut. Stetson, U.S.A., Capt. R. Sulze, U.SA, Dr. Sanger, Mr. S. J. Levey, Rev. P. Aguado, Messrs. Miguel Amatriain, P. Hayo, R. Price and J. Miller.
Per Prenssen, frons Vekobama for Genoa- Mr. A. Banchi, and Mr. and Mrs. J.Schecken- hefer. För Southampton-Mr. A. Doyle. From Hinge for Genoa-Lieut. St. Poklewski Koziell, From Nagasaki for Pon Suid-Capt. J. Klosso- vich, From Shanghai for Singapore--Mr. G. Spe. For Genoa-Capt. Licut. Deimling, Major and Mrs, ven Falkenhayn and son, Miss
Feruzzi, Messrs. G. Heitmann and W, J. Herman For Hamburg-Mr. J. F. Lembke. From Hongkong for Singapore-Dr. Eichhein, Mr. A. L.. Wetmore, Mrs. Horton, Mr. and Mrs. Nast and child, and 4 Chinese. For Penang
Chinese. For Colomb-Mrs. Thompson and child. For Port Said Mr. J. F. Eberlein. For Naples Mr. and Mrs. Payot For Guna Mr. and Mrs. J. Duckerts Messrs, F. Koblenz and Goetsche. For Southampton-- Miss Bushell. For Hamburg-Capt. Peper. From Shanghai for Bremen-Mr. E. Labes.
STEAMERS EXPECTED.
Vittnes
Steelor Coptic Sachsen
Inaba Maru. Trieste
St. Regulus lyson Onsang Mike Maru.
Indus
Canton... America Maru Energia
Facosta Bisaguo Kasuga Maru Chusan......... Carlisle City
Froon
Due.
Singapore ...... To-morrow
Shanghai Jan. 12th
Singapore
Jan. 12th
Moji.....
Jan. 12th
Singapore
Jan. 14th
Singapore
Jan. 14th
Singapore
Jan. 14th
Japan
Jan. 15th
Singapore
Jan. 15th
Jan. 16th
Singapore... Jan. 16th Singapore Japan
Tacoma
Jan. 17th .......Јая, 17th ....... Jan. 18th Bombay.......Jan. 18th Thursday Id....Jan. 18th Bombay
....Jan. 19th
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Empress of India. Vancouver .............. Belgian King..... Japan
Teenkai
...London
Jan, zoth Jan. 220d Jan. 23rd
Feb. 1st Gaelic............San Francisco... Feb. 3rd
We would direct the attention of shipping firms to the wyle in which "Steamers Expected" and "Profected Sailings” are new pubished in these columpis, and in so doing respect fully urga de manages of shipping firms to give orders to Bitir clerks to furnish this office, on the forms alrendy sup piled gratis with the latest available information every day.
PROJECTED SAILINGS,
SAR
11
Aberdeen
"
Abergoldie Afridi
PASSED THE CANAL
Algoa Ambria
Destination. Date.
Portland, &c. . Jan. 27p.
Ch
New York San Francisco, &c. Feb. 1oth Havre, &c. ...Jan. 18th
Lomton..
America Mara a San Francisen, &c. Jan, ayth Antenor.
Peeperere
1839-The Canton, authorities forbid the con-
Outward-12th December-Vorven, Sten- yeyance of opium between Lintin and
tor 15th December--Kherson. 19th Decem Whampoa 1840-Penny Post instituie
her Canton, Hysen, Langbank, Aeolus, Burdon, Cathay and December-Babelsberg, 180.The yacht Artier run down by a junk in Kangana Mar. 30th December-Asturia, Belgian King
Bengal Bombay
the barbour. 1898-Major Esterhazy Acquitted.
TO-MORROW.
Benvenue, St. Jerome, fadus, Dart, Lostakken, Lynrowan, Oysape. 2nd January-Ceylon, Braemar, Emma Laykin, Oldenburg, Sanki Maru, St. Andreais. 5th January-- La Nestor, Teenbui, Erzherzog, Ferdinana,
Thursday, 11th January, 1900. -Chinese-rrth of 12th moon of 25th year of | Denbighshire, Orinazen.
ד'
Kwang-st
Sun-Rises
Sets
High water-Morning
Afternoon Low water-dforning. Afternoon ANNIVERSARIES.
bkr. 45min.
shi, gamin,
bkr. 32in
shr. 28min.
ohr. 22min. sohr, sinin
1844-The first Legislative Council sat. 1870-Sir A. Alcock left Hongkong for Eng.
"
land.
1872-Seamen's Church, West l'oint, opencil. 1890--Fire at Foochon 200 Chinese houses
and several foreign houses destroyed. thor-New Union Church, Hongkong, opened. 1896--S.S. Bonnington towed into Hongkong
with her boiler adrift and other exten- sive damage.
1897--Roxas and twelve other rebels shot at Manila. Death of the Empress Dow. ager of Japan.
AGENDA.
TO-DAY,
The experimenters add, "But it must not be forgotten that either bullet may easily be made into a Duu-dum, and then the destructive effect is increased by threefold, but the increase † Cargo ex Tientsin subject to rent. is much greater in the Mauser."
9 p.m.--Repeat concert at City Hall, in aid of
the S. African Fund.
"If the destructive power of the 'Mauser' be taken as the unit; that of the Mark H. bullet is nearly twice, and that of the Mark IV is more than twice as great, and that of the 'Dum- dum probably four or five times as great,"
Drs. Keith and Rigby show that the size of
5.30 5.30
p.m.
H.K.V.C. ORDERS,
Company and Carbine Drill for the
Recruits of all units. p.m.-"D" Infantry Company, Company
and Ann Drill
the visible wounds of the entrance and exit of 6 p.m.-"E" Engineer Company Drill at
the bulle is no measure of the injury wrought,
WHEN BULLETS STRIKE THE BONE,
Head-quarters. pm.-Band Practice for ñentolled Drum="
imers. 6 to 7p.m.-Band.
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COUNT INOUYE AND KOBE. In speaking of the dislocation and want of cooperation that tend to paralyse Japanese comincacial efforts at present, Count Inouye, though his strictures are generally applicable, is said to have had Kobe's case chiefly in view. Considering the importance that Kobe is steadily assuming in the country's trade, its conditions are singolarly defective. The rail. way passes by at a distance, virtually ignoring the place, and the accommodation furnished by the Custom House is so small that great in- convenience is constantly fele. A bale of cotton -for the spinning mills in Osaka has 'first to pass" the Gustoms in Kobe; then to be stored,
A bullet passing through the Besh meets and finally" to be taken out of store and reshipped for Osaka, the cost of these various with so little resistance, the particles senving operations being from 45 to so sen per bale of aside so easily to let it pass, that it can un-
Burden itself of but little energy, and therefore Cargo ex Wasaka Maru subject to rent. 300 cattics, Such a waste of energy, and money to intolerable. This first thing to bodone is to work but little destruction unless it he expansile-Auction Sale Crown Leasehold pro enlarge the harbour and extend the accom: and moving with a wide spin. But the results
perty, on the premises (vide ady!) modation furnished at the Customs. That is are quite different when a bullet meets with a 5 for 5.30 p.m.-Regular Meeting of the Deli
gentia Lodge. one of the purposes-contemplated-by-the-new-bone-it-crashes into it like a steamer into a Society, the Puraku-kai, of which Count Inbaye wide and thin ice-foe, carrying ever a wider is the central figure. It is said that he bas and greater accumulation in front of it until it 4.30 p.m.--Range Finding Class. approached the Authorities on the subject, and bursts through and strews the fragments in all 5.30 p.m.-Trumpeter's Class, has obtained their approval of a grant of directions." million yea, for the above purposes. The appropriation will be included in a supplement ary budget for 1900-Jahan Mail.
The illustrations show quite small and ins significant wounds of entrance and exit, while the destruction Inside is enormous. In thighs
TO-MORROW.
II.K.V.C. ORDERS
5.30 p.m.-F.B. Company Drill at Kowloon
Docks,
5.30 p.m."A""" and ""C" Machine Gua Company Drill at East Point.
Breconshire Canton
Carlisle City..... Carmarthenshire
China
Homeward-2nd January-Mieliecu. – 5th | City of Bio January-Konig Albert.
Shipping.
Arrivals,
TAISHUN, Chinese steamer, 1,216, Klofper, roth Jan., Shanghai 6th Jan, General~C, M. S. N. Cn.
MONGKUT, British steamer, 859, N. G. Majer 10th Jan,Bangkok ist Jan., General- . Butterfield & Swire. HAIMUN, British steamer, 36, A. E. Hoduins, roth Jan-Tamsi 6th Jan, Ameyth, aud Swatow oth, General-Douglas, Lap raik & Co.
CHIYUEN, Chinese steamer, 1,201, W. G. Jamieson, 10th Jan,--Canton 9th January, General-C. M. S. N. Co. WINGSANG, British steamer, 1,917, T. H. Sellar,
10th JanCanton 9th Jan, General Jardine, Matheson & Co. ST. PAUL, American steamer, 1,866, Hays, roth
Jan., Manila 6th Jao., Ballast-Order. ESMERALDA, British steamer, 966, Blaxland. Fath Jan-Manila si Jan., and Ampy 9th, General-Shewan, Tonics & Co,
Order.
E-SANG, British steamer, 127, 1. J. Roope,
Fath Jan, Chinkiang 6th Jan, General PIRA NANG, British steamer, 1,021, A. S. Calder, 19th Jan, Bangkok 31st Dec., and Swatow gth Ján, Rice and General.- Yuen Fat Hong
HANOI, French steamer, 750, Pannier, foll Jan.,laiphong and Hoihow oth" Jan., General A. R. Marty.. HERMES, Norwegian steamer, 849, J. C. Jensen. Toth Jan.-Canton roth Jan, Coals.-C. E&M.Co. ·
CYSELA, Austrian steamer, 250, Pr Mosca 10th Jan Kobe via Moji 4th Jan. Gene Jal-Sander, Wieler & Co. CHUNSANG, British steamer, 1,418, E. J. Buller, 10th Jan., Wuhu and Chinkiang 6th Jan, Rice and Beans-Jardine, Mathieson & Co.
TAI CHEONG, German steamer, 828, H. Ahrens, 10th Jan,, Saigon. 5th Jan., 'Rice "and Rice flour-Meyer & Co.
Coptic
Cowrie
Doric..
Eastern
Emp. China Emp. India Emp Japan 7...... Esmeralda Gaelic Gisela
Straits, &c.
San Diego, &c.
Shanghai
Landon......... Victoria, B.C.
Jan. agrd ....Max. 7th
...Feb. 1st
Jun. zoth
Jan. 25th
Jan. 20th
Shanghai, &c... Jan. 15th San Diego, &c, Jan. 25th. San Diego, &c. Feb. 15th
San Francisco, &c. Mar. 3rd San Francisco, &c Mar 27th San Francisco, &fan, zoth Londom...........Jan. 31st San Francisco, &c. Mar. 10th Sydney, &c....Jan. 27th Vancnitver, &c......an. 17th
Feb. 14th. Mar. 14th Maniin (Direct)...Jan. 13th. San Francisco, &c. Feb. Igth. Singapore, &c......Jan. 12th Straits, &c. ...May 16th Holsatia
Havre, &c. Feb. 8th ba Maru Marseilles, te......Jan. 14th Hongkong MaruSan Francisco, &c. Feb. 22nd Indravelli......... New York
Jan. 18th Kamakura Maru Marseilles, &c......Jan. 26th
Hamburg
Kansu
Kanagawa Maru.Kobe & Yokohama Jan. 19th Samarang, &c.........Jan. 17th Karlsrulic Straits, &c.
an. 24th ijan. 20th Kasuga Marufapan)
instilu Maru...Victoria, BC. König Albert...Straits, &c. Kosal Maru...... Amoy, &c... Massilia..... Europe, &c. Mazagon
London....... Menelaus ...London............... Feb. 6th Miike Maru... Kobe & Yokohama Jan. 18th
Jun. 15th
April 4th
Jan, 18th
Feb. 21st Oldenburg ...... Straits, &c. Nippon Maru...San Francisco, &c. Mar, 20th Preussen Straits, &c....... May and Prinz Heinrich... Straits, &c. Queen Eleanor. New York.... Rohilla Sachsen Saint-Irene Sarnia
Silesia Strathgyle. Stuttgart Tacoma Taisany
Tay
Trieste
Japan
Straits, &c. Victoria, B.C.
Havre, &c.
Havie, &c.
San Diego,&c. Straits. &c.
May Soth
Feb. 1st
Jan, zoth
Feb. 7th Jandreth: fan. 15th
Feb. 5th . Jan 15th-
Mar, 21st
Jan. 30th
Victoria, B.C. Singapore, &c....Jan. 18th Sydney, &c.com/jam: 17th Tamsui Maru. Swatow, &c. Jan, 12th Shanghai kol ang 14th Trocas .....
Marseilles, &c..............jan. 17th Fort Darwin, &c... Fob th Tainan Weimar............ Straits, &c. April 18th. Wittenberg. Havre, &c... Jan. 17th Yawata Maru.Thursday, Is., c... Jan. 26th