nothing came of it. The left wing of the Welch then serned the ball and, from a fine centre by Jones,
Boulton found the net ten minutes from the start. On resuming play, a gond break away by the sailors' right wing brought the ball into the Fusiliers' territory, but only for a short time, the defence being sound. The soldiers' forwards then broke away and two more goals were scored in quick succession. They continued to press till lemon time when the score stood:---
"G" Coy., R.W.F. ....... Undaunted
... goals.
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The ship's forwards got away with the ball directly play was resumed, but were pulled up by the excellent play of the Fusiliers' backs. Wil liams got the leather from Murray and beating all opposition found the net with a fine high shot, which the bluejackets' custodian had no chance of stopping. On resuming, the right wing of the Undaunted secured the ball from the centre and the outside man sent in a good shot, which Miles had to touch round the post. Noresult came of the corner and from this time the soldiers continued to bombard the sailors' goal, having hard lines in not scoring Towank the close of the game, however, Williams again scored and the whistle sounded with the scures :--
GCqy, R.W.F................. 6 goals. Undaunted
It would be difficult to single out any one of the soldiers, as all worked hard in their posi- tions; Jones and Williams were always dan gerous when they get the ball and the former's centres were generally turned to good account. The right wing of the forwards played the best game for the sailors, he lacked support and the shooting was not at all up to the mark. Their goalkerper saved some hard shots. but he was left with ton much to do. Und die backs given him a bit more more assistance their defeat would not have been so crushing
The game was very amusing, the sailors knowing that the ball had to be put through the posts and not feeling at aft inclined to be bound by any such useless encumbrances as
Neither side scored. the rules of the game.
RESCUE BY THE "PAMIAT AZOVA."
Captain A. N. Niedermiller, commanding H. L. R. M. S. Pamist Azny, reposts, that on the way from Nagasaki to Hongkong, the offer on the bridge sighted in the Formosa Straits at daybreak on Tuesday, the oth instant, a Chinese fishing boat showing signals of dis- tress. The sea was too rough to allow a boat 10 be seat to the fishing junk and it was only after several attempts that the crew, in all six Chinese, hailing from Foochow could with the assistance of ropes he hoisted on board the Pamiat Asova. The six men, after being provided with a lind bath, were put into Russian sailor's clothes, as their own gaments were and sailors. i officers in rags. The the Pamil Acton also provided the poor fellows with money and on arrival in Hong were handed.over in kong the six men the Harbour Master to be returned through the Registrar General to their own home near Foochow. A photograph was taken ou board the Pamiat Ateria showing the six Chines dressed in their borrowed plumes.
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as a motor until the alternate current one is in step with the generator Central Station, when a witch is closed, then the motor begins to do its work. It so far has given very good results. The motors of class II. have many internal defects, which as far as I am aware have not yet been overcome and are only used for small work. To the third type belong a great percentage of the class can now be obtained from 7 to 100 . P single phase motors now in use. Motors of this They are of small dimensions and very suitable for all kinds of work. A 1. I. P. motor of this type gives an eff. of 70% and weighs about 140 lbs., while one of go Hi. P. weighs 6,800 lbs. (aprox.) giving an ef. of 90%. A great many of the fans used in the colony are driven by this type of motor and they are an undoubted success. The good results of the induction motor has given the single phase system of distribution a great impetus as a means for motive power. At Worcester, where the same system of supply as here exists, electric driving has been very successfully applied; the Carpo- raction make use of electric motors for pumping water to the high level parts of the town, which is done by two 30 H. P. motors, driving by means of belts, two three throw pumps. A Platinotype Co. also use two electric motors one 6 H 1. and the other 12 II. P. both of which give every satisfaction. An 11. P. motor is also used by large printing firm of the town and it toes its work well. Besides these cited cases there are many motors in use for nearly every purpose for which motors can be used. The following results were obtained by one of the pamping motors:
Ronning, 12 hours.
Energy consumed, 212 16. O. T. units. Water pumped, 17,500 allons, 300 ft. The mutors are started by the labourer on duty at the water works, and once started are left rum as long as required, without any attention the bearings are self oiling.
The whole of the machinery at the sweet "manufactory of Messrs. Feller&-Co-is-driven by single phase motors, and the energy supplied by th: supply station. There are 14 motors in all, varying from to 7., they are easily started and give every satisfaction.
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of wires tapped to the mains and led to the motors, which may be erected anywhere I might here quote an instance where, in a large in place of steam, with the result that, 4,000 American shop, electric, driving was adopted, men did the work that 6,000 were wont to do, and there was an increased output во рег cent. In conclusion let me mention a few of the industries which, in Hongkong, migh power. They are aerated water, dentists, derive great benefit by the use of electric basket makers, bicycle repairers, boiler makers, book-binders, printers, cranes, air-dressers, smiths and others which will present them- selves to your minds, to a shipbuilding yard, by the use of electric motors, boiler plates and other heavy work, could be drilled in situ rather than having to take, by a great deal of exertion; the work to the machine. For laun- ches, this is an ideal power from every point of view, for with it une could electrically move about the harbour without the fear of a boiler bursting, or the painful necessity of collecting in one's eyes the unit coal of badly stoked furnaces. Gentlemen, China offers a great field for all engineering industries, and it be- haves us to be up to the times and recognise, as our foreign competitors do, the fact that electricity must be the motive power for turn- as it is settled, electric, motive power will, I ing out good, cheap work. In Manila, as soon think, make great strides. Is Hongkong to be left behind?
DISCUSSION.
Mr. Wilkie opened the discussion by asking what would such a motor as shown cost, and was informed somewhere between £9 and to which would be much cheaper than steam engine-and boiler. Mr. Wilkie then wanted to know, supposing that the motor wanted repairing how much would the Electric Com pany charge for a thorough overhaul. spoke in favour of steam saying that electricians Extrail declined to say. Mr. Wilkie then claimed too much for their appliances.
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TO-MORROW. Tuesday, 16th January, 1900, Chinese-16th of zath" "moon of 25th year of
Kwang-si
bar. main Sun-Rises
Set.
via Sht. Zymin. Moon-Full Moon phr. 44 am,
....zohr. 38min. - High water-Morning
Afternoon
Low water-Morning
ghr. min. 3hr, 4 pin. Afternoon ... Dhr, 27min.
ANNIVERSARIES.
1839-The foreign merchants of Cantou called
upon to pledge their word that they would refrain from pitam smuggling and the exportation of silver. 1877-S.S. N. Co. sold out to C. M. S. N. Co.
at the leak during a Sham tight 1889-Major Prevost, 91st Highlanders, djed 1893-Severe frust in Bongkang 1896-ILE. Hsu Chun Fefappointed Governor
tung authorities. 1897-Likin Proclamation issued by the Kwang-
of Canton.
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TO-FORROW. 8.3' for p.. Regular Meeting of the Per-
severance Lodge.
H.K.V.C. ORDERS,
4.30 p.m.-F.B., "A," "R" and "C" Coys
Range Finding Class 4-5-30 p.m.--Revolver Practice for officers, on
the Revolver Range. 5.30pm F.B.2.5" Gon Drill at Head-quarters. 5.30 .tn. A "B," and "C" Coys, Gjan Drill
at Headquarters.
WEDNESDAY, 17th.
C. P. R. steamer Empress of China leaves for
Victoria B.C
C. N. steamer Tairinn leaves for Manila,
Sydney and Melbourne.
Genoa and Marseilles.
C N. steamer Kuusu leaves for Stavarang, &c. Mr. Robertson, chief engineer on nae of the mission on land, where the distances were large, Empress, bonts believed in Electrical trans)"Shell" steamer Trecas leaves for
motors had been very far from satisfactory. but on board ship his experience of electric The salt air and water, no matter how well the motor were protected, would be sure to get in, and cause considerable damage which could not be so easily repaired as the steam engines. He drew attention to the fact that electric motors had been decided against in the navy.
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The multiphase system. of electric power transmission has many advantages, and for long distance transmission it is unrivalled. By this system the generating station may be miles away from where the power is to be used and by an easily laid conductor com ey the stored energy of nature to wherever it can be most
Mr. Everall called upon a naval man to either conveniently utilised. I am sorry to say i have by me no particulars of the great example of refute or confirm this statement, as, to his know. this system: the Niagam plant. There is howledge, one of our latest warships had been filled plant at Brakpan, in the Transvaal, throughout with electrically driven gear, worth citing. The generating station is erected pointed out Mr. Robertson's experience near a lake 50 as secure water all the year with machinery installed to years ago, since round, about 2 miles from a coal mine, which which time the science had made great strides, Mr. Robertson, after some more argument, yua is connected by a railway. All the newest
in the auxiliary cugines in the engine-room appliances, such as mechanical conveyers and lified his statement by saying he did not believe stokers, are impted to minimise the cost of fuel and labour. The plant consists of 4 large being electrically driven.
Mr. Richardson said he had only beem em
2 short lime
in the dynamos of 1,000 H. unch, which deliver 3. phase currents at 750 volts to transformers played for such
of the boats raised from which step up the pressure to 10,000 volts. The United States Navy, on the electrical fitting current is at this pressure distributed by over head conductors to the various mines at dis- that be was not willing to tances of from 25 to 30 miles. The conductors expert on American usage in war ships. The consist of bare copper wire o sq. mm. in boats he was now employed on, were being section. At the various mines transformers very extensively fitted with electrical appliances. reduce the pressure to the required voltage and He then gave his experience in charge of elec-- to 250 H.Ptrical motors employed at a large mill, where this system supply motors varying from 1
are gol, two men and a boy looked after 14 motors an! The meters for
This a great saving in shafting was effected. efficient, and require little attention. system is, for trainway work, making rapid progress, especially on the continent where it attracted the attention of the members of the Institute of Electrical Engineers during their Swiss visit this year, and concerning it, Prof. Schwartz,
power put in at the origin, and that use fully. given out where required, , the efficiency of transformation. Of course there are many factors that go to determine which is the best system to adopt, and they must not be lost These chief sight of in comparing plants. factors ars, fist: the source of the energy that is to be distributed; secondly the means of transmitting it; and thirdly, by the apparatus for making use of that energy. The object of this paper is to consider the Electrical system, which is one, that in spite of the trammels which have beser its path, has gained for itself such a position as to become great modern enginering, and has to factor be taken into account wherever any great scheme for transmitting energy is under con sideration. It has invaded the domains of mest existing industries, ousting other, agents such as steam, hydraulics, telodynamics, etc., and wherever it is obtained an entrance it has remained, much to the benefit of the use. The advance of this mode of transmission has been to a great extent checked in Great Britain, awing chiefly to vested interests (a bugbear to all new industries) and to the aversion which many British manufacturers have to the innova- tion of anything producing radical changes; but the great successful uses for which it has been adopted in America and on the continent, have at last awakened our engineers to the fact that to be able to compete with foreign rivals, electricity must be used for machine shops ind for pury o ́es where; driving is required; and now a large number of shops which are being buil, have this energy for their motive power, and indeed some which up to now have been using steam auxiliary engines and shafting are discarding them and adopting electricity. It is not too much to say that at least 25 per cent in power would be saved by the use of electricity. This system is however hampered by the fact that the available mechanical energy has to be converted inte electrical-and-then-again into mechanical, thus H.M.S. ALCERUNT", "Z" EMS. "Pestack="
The match between these two ships entailing loss ry transformation, which was played on the Happy Valley on obviated, if the mechanical energy can be ap Saturday afternoon. The Algerine was re-plied direct. The case with which a current presented by Marsh (goal) 1. Chambers and may be carried over a distance, the elasticity of its conductor, the quicknes with which a long Ridgard, (Backs), Hocking, Tout and L. Har- graves (Halves) and Shait, Patey. Wilson, we can be erected, are a few of the factors which Johns and Quigley, forwards) The Peacock go a long way to mitigate the above mentioned by Rafferty, (g) Leister and Udy, (Hacks): drawback. It is only natural that users of Cause, Smith and Staples, (Halves); Reed,, power must see cause" why they, should use this mode of driving, for after all it is in a Hutson, Bert, King and Cove Forwards.
site of progressive development, but as its eminent adaptability for all purposes, is daily becoming more apparent, it will in future be the chief power-transmitting agent, and in it the "little man" will find a great means of reducing his shop expenses and of increasing his output; the demand will be so great that the central station engineer instead of trying to increase his day load will be devising schemes to get his night curve up. What this great agent is, what relation it holds to the ether which surrounds space, or whether it in itself be that ether does not now concern us; we know it is there, ever ready and willing to come to our bidding and only requiring an apparatus to utilise it. To do this we make use of an electric pump or lysan, by which a difference in its state is caused, enabling it to glow a lamp or drive an electric car at even faster speeds than can be The dynamo plays such btained from steam. an important function in the electrical trans- mission of power, that it might be as well to give a brief description of it, and no better illu- stration can be found than the following, 1 think, by S. W. Preece: The earth, is a large magnet, though weak; suppose a man facing the North or South pole, standing somewhere between them, takes in each hand one end of a flexible.copper wire, begins to use it as a skip- ping rope as he skips a current will be generated in the wire, and will pass through it
writes me saying: "I was much struck with and round his body from hand to hand. This current, though excessively small, can be the way the phase motors behaved and I think there is a future for them in the country dis measured with a sufficiently delicate instrument. The illustration is accurate, for the man sub-tricts: he is writing of the Stausstadt Engelberg stitute an engine of high speed, for the copper line, the Jungfrau mountain railway and the rape several coils of copper wire, and for the Burgdorf" Then line. The last deals with ath-a-powerful-electro-magnet-and we have ordinary rolling stock and is full guage. The the modern dyname, the outcome of arra first has the following gradients:-
Maxinen on adhestur sails, so pes 1oza) guagai battre, day's great discovery of the magneto induc-
tack lineage per zon) i tion of currents. The dynamo, as you all know,
The direct current system has the great ad serves two distinct functions, the converse of each other; when supplied-with-mechanical vantage of being the offer and has cansequent cry from some outside source, such as a ly inherited a great deal of preference over its not be, buttered, but it is an open question waterfall or a steam engine, it converts this rival; certainly for many purposes its use can into electrical energy; when supplied with
whether it will hold the field in future electricity, say from another dynamo or or from batteries, it reverts this energy to mechanical, as it has done in the past. Its great drawback is the copper item. The mutais for this are and it is on this fact that the electrical trans mission of power depends. Though as just all that can be desired giving caliciencies up to mentioned any dynamo is capable of being 95% For ship work and isolated plants it will used as a motor, yet experience has taught that hold its own. The majority of shops which it is not always the best dynamo that makes produce their own current for motive power do the most satisfactory motor, for certain details so by this system. It is a strange fact that must be altered to obtain best results. The more use has not been made of electricity for dynamo must have a high efficiency, and with driving purposes on board ship. Every large out damage be able to give an occasional sicamer of any pretensions has a dynamo of same size, and though this could be used to excess, of current; it must work well with extreme variations of load, and its size is furnish power cheaper than steam for all auxili- immaterial. Motors on the other hand are as ary purposes it is allowed to Be le during the a rule required of small dimensions and light day. It takes little imagination to see what space weight, they have to work intermittently and could be saved in a steamer by using electric their efficiency, though desirable, is not of such motors; all the clumsy, unsightly head knocking importance. There is now no difficulty inpipes with which he meets in the engine obtaining electrical machines of high efficiency, room would be done away with, and in their for most makeis guarantee their motors to give stead we would have electric cables, which can out as nechanical power over 90% of the be fixed-round any corner mut take up title electrical energy supplied to them, and 85% of space; the comfort of an engine romn using The LH.P. of an engine can be obtained at the such motors-would-alinost-in itself-pay for the terminals of a dynamo. There are various change. There is not a machine, with the ways of transmitting electrical energy, each exception of the aun engine, which could not having its separate advantage, and each being be electrically driven cheaper than by steam. best fur special purposes: The various ways Officers of the American Navy, I think, reported may be divided into two headings, ie, by alter well on elecine motors for ship work after the nate currents and by continuous current; these American Spanish War. Now let us consider again are subdivided into various systems. We how a shop would save by the use of Electric shall first consider the high pressure, alternate Motive Power. currents, which, may be distributed by the single, double, or multiphase systein The 'great advantage of high pressure distribution is the saving of copper, and the great
the distance to which
energy can be transmitted, it should be the only system used where the distance from centre of supply ex- ceeds three iniles, The alternate currents are as a rule supplied at a pressure of from 1,000 to 10,000 volts, and it is reduced to any desired voltage by the use of a transformer. By the use of transformers, low pressure, generators can be used, for it is quite easy. to produce the voltage say at 750, and step it op to the required voltage, and then again reduce it to any suit able pressure; the transformer requiring no attention and baving no moving parts, is quite an inexpensive apparatus for upkeep, its draw back is open circuit losses. The want of a
Loss by shafting and gearing.--Prof, Ken- good alternate current motor hus kept this system back for motive purposes. The obstanedy stated in an address to the Institute of cles in the way of such motors have been their Mechanical Engineers that for 100 H. P. of refusal to start unless synchrononised by some useful work, 145 1. H. P. would be required at external means; their liability to stop abruptly the engine, that is to say, there would be a when overloaded, and the fact that their speed loss 45 H. P., of which says 13 would be cannot be altered. These obstacles have now lost, in the engine, leaving 32 H. P. or' to a large extent been overcome, and now there 22 per cent, as loss in the shafting. Sir With a good elec are on the market three kinds of motors which T. Richardton found the loss to be about
on an average 43 per cent. may be used with the single phase alternate
-tric-plant the foss should not exceed in all 25 current system, ...
per cent. Here note may be taken of the fact tline the loss in the electrical syslem is only at a maximum when all the machines are run
FIRE AT KOWLOON,
A fire occurreil at Kowloon on Saturday afternoon, just after park, a matslied near Chater Road being burnt out. The shed was occupied by carpenters and contained a number of window frames and a good deal of woodwork which was being prepared for some new build ings. The building made a fine blaze and drew many Hongkongites to the scene of the fire, for the evening being misty it was difficult to see from this side of the harbour the situa tion of the outbreak and speculation was rife as to whether it was one of the European houses or one of the Wharf and Godown Company's back blocks
The Yau-ma-ti steam re-engine, under Inspector Macdonald was quickly on the spot, but owing to the inflammable nature of the materials was only able to prevent the fire spreading.
FUNERAL OF MR. GRANVILLE SHARP.
The funeral of the late Mr. Granville Sharp took place yesterday afternoon at the Happy valley.. Mr. Sharp died while on a visit to England and his body was cremated and the ashes sent out to llongkong for interment beside those of his wife. Mr. and Mrs. Hamil- ton Sharp were the chic mourners, and amongst the many others present were str. E. Sharp, Hon. R. D. Ormsby, Hon. I. 11. May, Hon. T. H. Whitehead, Hon. E. R, Bellios, Hon. J. J. Keswick, Mr. D. Gillies, Mr. A. McConachic, Mr. A. P. Sinkes, Mr. C. Palmer, Mr. E. A Ram, Mr. C. Ford, Mr. W. Chathain, Dr. F. Clark, Mr. F. Maitland, Mr. J. H. Cox, Mr. D. R. Crawford, Mr. A: Findlay Smith, Mr. G. Stewart, Mr. E. Bowdler, cic. The service was conducted by the Right Rev. the Bishop of Victoria
ELECTRICAL TRANSMISSION OF POWER.
Last Saturday night at the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders of Hongkong's comfortable rooms an interesting paper. on the above subject was read by Mr. W. Everall, of the Hongkong Electric Works. There was quite a large number of members present, the contingent from the electric light station com
in force as a support to their confrere, the ing reader of the paper,
A one-horse induction motor was kindly lent by the Electric Co. and Mr. Everall was able to show the case with which it could be started and stopped.
Mr. Kinghorn, who took the chair, intro duced the lecturer... Mr. Everall said There are few problems in engineering more interesting, or of greater consequence, than the fundamental problem, the transmission of power, and few which offer more alternatives. to engineers, some of whom stand by water, others by steam, and again others by electricity, as a motive power,sach claiming for his own pet systern a great superiority tiver its rivals, all "Of course baying the same object in xice.namely, that of transmitting energy frond some spot where an Abundance of energy exists--hut owing to difficulties cannot be usell there-to a more convenient spot. To transmit energy and to subdivide it is an easy task, requiring no great amount of knowledge on the part of the engineer the fact that he his transmitted a certain amount of power from one point to another is no criterion as to his capabilities,his work will be judged by the ratio between the
(1)Constant magnetic field motors. UT—Alternate mesguttic field motors- _{111.)~Induction moters.
Manila lay
ILKY.C. OBUERS. 5.30 pn-Company and Carbine Drill For
recruits of all units--- 5.30 p.m.-"13" Co. Company and Arm Drill. 6.00 p.m.---"E" Ca. Company.Drill 5-6 p.m.--Practice for unenrolled Drummers. 07-Band Practice.
THURSDAY, 18th. Indo-China steamer Farising leaves for Singa-
pore, Penang and Calcutta.
IL.K.V.C. ORDERS,
4-30 pm. -F.B.; “A” “" and Coys Range Finding Chess, with nickometer. 5.30 p.m.--Trumpeters class.
30 p.m.-F,B.2.5 Gun Drill at Kowloos 5.30 p.m. —"A" "B" and "C" Coys Gun Prili
at East Point.
Docks.
FRIDAY, 19th, Cargo ex Sachsen subject to rent.. Carga ex Coptic subject to rent. Cargo ex Trieste subject to rent.
pose as an 5.30 pan.
Mr. Crispin wanted to know how the speeds could be altered to suit different kinds of jobs and made some linerous remarks, asking for put their spare engines and boilers on the scrap figures to prove that it would be advisable to
1.K.V.C ORDERS
Signalling class.
SATURDAY, zóth,
Daylight--0. & O. steamer Coptic leaves for
San Francisco.
N. P. R. steamer Breconshire for Victoria D.E.
and Tacoma. Noam.-P. & O. steamer Massilia, leaves, with
nails, for London.
MONDAY, 22nd. (About)-N. I.. HA. steamer Aubria leaves
for Havre and Hainburg.
In the premises,
Entries for the Hongkong Spring Races close.
CENTURION, British battleship, 16,500, John J.
Jellico, 14th Jan-Manila 11th January Durrande, 14th Jan-Shanghai, 11th Jan, ERNEST SIMONS, French steamer, 2,162,
Mails and General Messageries Mari
times. INDRAYELLI, British steamer, 3,152, W. E..
Craven, 14th Jan, Foochow 12th Jan., General-Jardine, Matheson & Co. KINGSING, British steamer, 1,223, Young, 14th Jan-Canion 14th Jan, General-Jardine, Matheson & Co.
14th Jan, Canton 14th Jan, General Foocnow, British steamer, 1,253, 11: Smale,
Butterfield & Swire.
TAMSVI MARU, Japanese sleamer, 1,937, K. Sobajima, 14th Jan.-Swatow 13th Jan., Ballast.Mitsui Bussan Kaisha. HSIN YU, Chinese steamer, 1,040, G. Blithen, 14th Jan.-Shallow. Bay and Shanghai
ith Jun., Ballast.-C. M. S. N. Co. ON SANG, British steamer, 1,787, Young 14th Jun,San Francisco sth Dec., and Yokohama 5th Jan, Mails and General.- J. S. Van Buren. WORD, British stemmer, 1,250, W. Benson,
14th Jan, Wuhu and Chinkiang toth Jan General-Butterfield & Swire. KWANGSI, British steamer, 1,240, A. Harris, 14th Jan.--Wuhu and Chinkiang 9th Jan, Rice and Ground-Nuts.-Butterfield &
Swire.
WOSANG, British steamer, 1,127, R. Johns, 14th Jan.--Chinkjang 10th Jan, General
Jardine, Matheson & Co. DARDANUS, British steamer, 2,993, Steeves,
4th Jan.,-Moji 10th Jan., Coal.--Butter field & Swire. YURNSANG, British steamer, 1,128, P: H. Rolfe, R.N.R., 15th Jan.-Manila 12th January, General Jardine, Matheson & Co. Cam, British steamer, 1,158, Newcomb,
5th Jan.--Canton 14th Jan, General.- Batterfield & Swire.
TAISANG, British stemmer, 1,544, W. E. Sawer,
15th Jan.-Cantos 14th Jan., General. Jardine, Matheson & Co.
PAOTING, British steamer, 1,088, W. Miller, Jan.,Wu and Clinking 9th January, General. Butterfield & Swire. CHOYSANG, British-str., 4, 194, G.-H. Bowker, 15th Jan.,--Shanghai 11th Jan, and Swatow 14th, General-Jardine, Matheson & Co. HONG LEONG, British steamer, 1,170, A. Fripp,
14th Jan, Singapore 6th Jan,, General Chinese. HARDONG, British steamer, 783, A. J. Robson, 15th Jan.--Tansui and Amoy 14th Fan., General-Douglas, Laprak & Co. HYSON, British steamer, 2,852, John S. Hogg, 1st Jan, Singapore 9th Jan, General➡ Holliday, Wise & Co.
Lunt, gah Jun.-Shanghai 12th January," FUSHUS, Chinese steamer, 1,504, W. H.
General M. S. N. Co. HotAG, French steamer, so J. C. Gerard,"
15th Jan-Pakhoi and foihow 14th Jan, General.-A. R. Marty.
Iris, German gunhat, 1,000, Lans, 15th Jan,
Shanghai inth January.
LOYAL: German steamer, 1,237, Lorenzen, 15th fan, Canton 5th Jan., Coal-Sander, Wieter & Co.
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KANSE, Iritish steamer, 1,158, A. Sommerville, 15th Jan-Wuhu and Chinking 10th Jan. General Butterfeld & Swire.
T.
Clearances the Harbour Office. Holkong, Portuguese steam-launch, for Macao. Tamsui Maru, japanese str., for Swatow. Apenradi, British str., for Saigon. Phranang, British str., for Swaton,
authority on traction work, Bridger advised the gradual introduction 3 pm Dunnottar" to be sold by Auction, Saikong, British str., for Samsui.
Saving the coal-At the works of Sir T Richardson there were 31 engines developing from 94 I. P. downwards and sing an average of 5: Ths per 1. H. P. hour exclusive of loss in steam pipes. To generate this he had no less than 8 main bollers and 23 auxiliary. boilers, Electric power was adopted through out the works with the result that all the main boilers,and a majority of the auxiliary boilers have been replaced by a pair of marine boilers, while there is an actual saving of 100 tons of coal per week.
Saving of water, stores, and labour.--With- small scattered engines a great loss of water takes place, while with one main engine agreat deal of this is saved by a good condenser: the oil, waste, etc, for one engine would of course be less than for many engines: the saving of labour is self-evident.
Mr..
of electrical driving and impressed upon the audience the necessity of having properly quali fied men to take charge of the gear.
Mr. Jack spoke of the efficiency claimed'
otors and required for electric
Mr Andrews (G. Fenwick & Co.)asked, could proof of and figures. Chinaman keep clean and work them?
Inore
Mr. Bridger said he had had some years experience of Chinese labour with electric gear and the men at the works kept their machines in a satisfactory condition. They had as many Mr. Manners said how useful a satisfactory repairs on the steam engines as on the dynamos. motor would be to small consumers of energy and pointed out the trouble and expense of getting coal for a steam engine and that the insurance companies substantially raised their premiuins when ese was installed.
A gentleman in the body of the hall said that he had gone exhaustively into calcula tions and had arrived at the conclusion that electric driving could not become popular at the present price charged for energy. He darkly Binted that as this form of energy had so many advantages an opposition company might be started.
Mr. Kinghorn in proposing a vote of thanks for the paper, said the writen had not gone far enough into the subject and hoped that he would consent to extend it on some future occasion. Mr. Bain seconded and the said he would do so with pleasure. notion was carried unanimously. Mr. Everall Mr. Britiger suggested that members who wanted questions answered should submit them in writing to Mr. Everall It was decidedly unfair to expect à man to then write his paper answering these questivas. answer everything on the spur of the moment. Mr. Hain proposed a vole of thanks to the Chairman and the meeting broke up.
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NOTANDA
CALENDAR. JANUARY.
could
Meteorological means based on fifteen years observations to 1898.
Barometer.... Thermometer
Humidity... Rainfy!
SHIPPING AND MAIL NEWS.
MAILS, DUE. French (Imins) to-niorrow.
American (America Maru) 17th inst. English (husan) reth insi English (Hangul) 20th inst.
Tacoma (Taroma) 20th inst.
事
Canadian (Empress of India) aznd inst. German (Oldenburg)-25th inst. American (Garlic) 3nt prox.
The N. V. K.'s steamer Kasuga “Maru (Australian Line) left Manila for this port to. tiny (15th inst.) and is expected to arrive here
on the 17th inst.
The N. Y. K's steamer. Kangawi Aluru (Europe Line) left Singapore for this port on Saturday (13th inst.) and is expected to arrive
here on the 18th inst
*
*
The P. & O. S. N. Co's steamer Bengal lett Singapore for this port an the 14th inst. a1 8 a.m. with the Outward English mails, and is duc here on the 20th inst. at about 4 p.m.
*
The N. P. S. 5. Co.'s steamer Queen
Adelaide sailed from Tacoma for Japan and
sails for Hongkong to-day. Hongkong on the 13th instant, also that this, Company's Tacamur has arrived at Kobe and
Mr
*
The Canadian Pacific Railway Co.'s R.M.S. Empress of India arrived at Yokohama at aim. to-day (Monday) 15th inst, and left at 2 p. same day for Kobe where she is due to arrive at 1 pm. on Tuesday 16th inst.
2.
The Imperial German mail steamer Olden burg carrying the German mails with dates "Train Berlin of the 25th Dec. has left Colombo on Saturday p.m. the 13th inst, and may be expected here on or about Thursday the 25th
inst.
HONGKUNG AND WHAMPON ROCK BETURNS,
Dork Kowloon Isla de Cuba..
II.G.M.S. Herthu... HAGM.S. Gefion ...
.30.19)
..597 ..74
1.845
Isla de Luzon
TO-DAY.
On date at
On date at
U.S.S. Monadnock
10 a.137.
4 p.
30.24
62
36.
WEATHER REPORT.
Barometer...... Temperature Humidity........... 53
Rainfall...
TO-DAY
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35.14
Monday, 15th January, 1900,
Kwang-si. Chinese-75th of 19th moon of 25th year of
Sun Rises The Sets
High water-Morning.
blr. 45min.
shr. 33min.
Johr, Tomit.
Afternoon... Shr. 35min. Afternoon thr. 45min. Low water-Morning... 3hr. 138in. ANNIVERSARIES. 1759-British Museum opened. 1857-Bread poisoning in Hongkong by Chi-
nese baker Alum.
1884-Telegraph cable between Japan and
Corea opened to traffic. 1888Licut, Blackall drowned off Green Island. 1896-Anglo French Treaty re Siam signed
circular in Hongkong urging over. 1897-A Chinese Secret Society destributed
throw of Manchu Dynasty. beaten at Venchowfu
The 1st has the above mentioned-drawbacks,ning, while the loss in shafting is continuous, it is however, where skilled attention can be for if one machine unty, is wanted-say for obtained, a useful motor of high efficiency. One drilling, all the shafting must run, while with of this type is used by the Hongkong Electric electricity only the required machine is used, Co. to drive a generator for charging the accu- and the power developed is proportional to the. mulators which supply the energy to the lifts load Another great advantage on the side of in Queen's Buildings. This motor in synchro-electric driving is the case with which exten-1898-Mr. Emberley, a Shantung missionary, nised be first driving the direct current machineston may be made, all that is needed is a pair.
U.S.S. Solnce Klangtung Trafalgar..
Lekin..... Powan ....... Kinshin Maru..
D. Juan Austria
Daphne Menmuir
Coptic
Cosinopolitan
Shipping.
Arrivals.
BITTERN, British barquentine, 399, Thos: Askin, 13th Jan, Fremantle via Geraldton 10th Jan, Sandalwool-Siemssen & Co. Jan-Pakhoi and Hoihow iztir Jan, CLARA, German steaner, 675. A. Hansen, 13th
General-Jebsen & Co.
13th Jan.,--Haiphong th Jan., Generat
A. R. Marty, HATING, French steamer, 70s, M. Jenssen,
+
MICHAEL JEBSEN, Germán steamer, 710, Hemimet 13th JangHaiphong 1tb Jan., Rice. Jebsen & Co.
↑
Faichtong, German str., for Swatow. Progress, German str., for Touron. Kengnam, British sur, for Canton. Hi, Chinese stean-launchy for Wuchow, Kingsing, British str., for Swatow. Loyal, German str., for Hongay. Kinklang, British str, for Swatow, Chili, British str., for Wubu. Haitan, British str., for Swatow, Clara, German str., for Hoihow. Jacob Diederichsen, German str., for Wuhu, Strathgyle, British str., for Moji. Foochere, British str., for Saigon.
Départures.
Jan. 14, Thales, British str., for Swatow, Jan, 14, Trieste, Austrian str., for Shanghai." Jun. 14, Fuaba Maru, Jap. str., for Singapore. Jan. 14, Kalgan, liritish str., for Wuchow... Jan. 14, Tulenkun.-Atar. schooner, for Ponape. Jan. 14, Haïlun, French str., for Pakhoi. Jan. 14, Renalder, British str., for Rangoon. Jan. 14, Titan, British str., for Canton. Jan. 15, Ernest Simons, French str., for Europe. Jan. 15, Phranang, British str., for Swatow. Jan. 15, Isiuchi, Chinese str., for Canton, Jan. 15, sang, British str., for Canton. Jan. 15, Dagmar, German str., for Canton. Jan. 15, Paoting, British str., for Canton, Jan 15, Kinkiang, British str., for Shanghai. Jan. 15, Taicheong, German str., for Swatow. Jan. 15. Huhu, British str., for Canton, Jan. 15. Kangsi, British str., for Canton. Jan. 15. Kinshi Maru, Jap. str., for Seattle. Jan. 15. Trurugisan Maru, Japanese str., 'for
Katchinotzn.
Jan. 15, Struthgyle, British str., for San Fran-:
„císca......
Passengers-Arrived.
Per Hani Vi, from Shanghai-107 Chinese Per Bittern, from Fremantle-Mrs. Askin and child..
Pet Timeshi Murn, from Swalow-2 Japanese.
Per Ernest Sinions, for Hongkong from Yokolama Messrs. 1.. M. Sheung, Lo, Loo, Painen, Miss R. Corea, Messrs, T. Moriya, Cheong, A. B. Hatty, Yung Yu, Sir Excellency Li Hung-chang, Lord Li und r Secretary, and 22 Chinese, Mr. and Mrs. Malon, Mrs. Adams, Mr. A. W. Inman, Count Butler, Messrs. H Kichan, K. J. Williams, John Andrew, A Spenses and Ellen For Saigon from Nagasaki- Mr. Dugom Tozora. For Singapore from. Shanghai-Messrs. J. Joshida, K. Kojima, and Licut Col. Martos. For Marseilles from Shanghai--Alessis. Hiranoaili, Kopib, Perce bois, Horsburgh and Lenormand. From Yokohama Messrs. Tonkonba, Paul Lefizelier, H. Aguro, Sita, T.Spunkin, Maitu, Kallunbach. and Klonsermerier,
Per Hong Leong, from Singapore--617 Chi
nuse..
Per l'anting, from Wuhu, &c,-Mrs Miller and Chinese.
Per Cheysang, from Shanghai, &c.—Mr. Reid and 62 Chinese.
l'e: Yuensang from Manila--Messrs. Sajuco, B. del Barrio, J. Horden, Capt. Anderson, and' Jo Chinese:
Per Hailong, from Coast Ports-Lieuts Walwyn and Thomson, Messrs. J.-H. Lewis, J. Greeson, P. Cox and Cheong Sheen Sen, and 15 Chinese.
Departed.
Þer Ernist Simons, for Saigon-Mr. and Mrs. Panigeon, Messrs. A. E. Richard, Familet, and 56 Chinese. For Singapore-Messrs. Yip. M.P and valet, Hon. A Crickton, Mesir. C.. and servant, Chen and servant, E. F. G. Hatch, F. Davis, Berthier, Misses J. Blanche, L 14 Chinese For Golombo Mr. Reech mann, and in Chinese. For Port Said Mr Waller, Schuster, Mrs. Blum, Mr. Balls, and
E. Piettre For. Marseilles-Mr. and Mrs. Flayelle, children and servant, Messre. Į. Lubeye, F. Labeye, A. Plettre and G. Delyes