AN ANTI-KIPLING. TI RADE Our Sporting and numerous other renders will, we feel sure, enjoy the following very able relort to Kipling's recent Ritack upon England's Flanneled fools" at tise wicket, to which an additional Oriental interest attaches from the fact that they have been placed at our disposal, by the son of the author. Mr. H. B. Darnell the popular Passenger Agent of the C. P. R. For the Far East:-
He is bui an ill-natured critic
Whatever his talents--who thinks That the "anneled fanls at the wicket "
And "the cafsint the goals" and the links Are worthy the scurrilous censure.
He pens from his murky den, Where he in security hiding –›
Barks loud at his fellow-j¢1},
On the breezy downs and the bvals
Tu English hearts so dear, Are nourished the pith and sinew****
The vision, strong and clear; The spirit of carnest endeavor;
Endurance of toil and heat; Calm, in the hour of triumph:
Steadfastness in de'eat.
---
In many a brilliant foray-
In many a long campaign;
In many a deadly conflict.
Which heaped with dead the plain.
In the foremost ranks of the battle,"
Where the boldest often shrinks, Are the "fanneled fouls "from the wickets, And the "oals from the goals and links.
We leave the ill-natured critic
To apin his catch penny rhymes,
To suit the morbid feelings
And tastes of these jarring times; But England will trust her fortunes-
Whatever her censor thinks-
To the "flanneled fonts" from the wickets,
And "the oafs" from hier goals and links.
KING'S SANATORIUM.
THE RUMOR THAT SIR E. CASSL 15 THE DONDE.
`A Leader representative has interview saw
one of the prominent members of the advisory committee appointed to carry out the project for the erection of a sanrterium for consump: tives. The doctor, when asked as to the truth of the report that Sir Ernest.Cassel is the donor. of the the gift of money with which the sana torium is to be erected, replied that he knew absolutely nothing of the matter. Nor could be say what is the exact extent to the gift. "Though 200,000 has been mentioned," he remarked, "I for one do not know whether that in really the exact amount."
The truth is," he went on to say, "nothing| can possibly be said beyond what has already appeared in print. That is as much as his Majesty the King is prepared to authorise, at the moment."
·
The sum to be devoted to the building has not yet been decided upon; nor have its where abouts, though some place near London will probably be chosen. As a matter of fact, there are a large number of places in the county perfectly well adapted to the purpose in band.
THE OPEN-AIR CURE.
One in eleven of the population, it will be remembered, dies of consumption.
"Can you tell me what proportion of those consumptives subjected to the open-air cure recover ?" asked The Leader representative.
"I cannot," replied the doctor; "but I can say that a considerable number have absolutely recovered under the treatment. If taken in hand early a greater number of tuberculous patients are cured by the open-air method than by any other that is certain.".
There are a number of private open-air sanatoria in the country, are there not?"
"Yes," about a dozen, acattered in various parts. The Brompton Hospital, too, proposes to adopt the open-air treatment on a much broader scale than hitherto
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1902.
THE NEW COINAGE.
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PONIES!
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comage was from on entirely new set of de signs for all existing gold and silver coins, the effigy of the late Queen, which is on the ob verse, being modelled from life by Sir Joseph Bochm, R. but the elaboration of the crown. and veil, the riband and star of the Gatter, and the Victoria and Albert Order, detracted from Effective simplicity; the reverse varies considerably, but the 5 piece, and sovereign bear St. George and the Dragon, originally designed by Pistrucci, the chief engraver to the Mint in the last years of George III, and the early years of his successor. The reverse on the flerin and double florin is a modification of an early coin designed by that distinguished engraver Thomas Simon, whose effigy of Charles II. has done something to im mortalize the "merry march." The in scription was a'tered to "Victoria, D.G. Britt, Reg.: F.D." The half-sovereign, a fac- simile of the sixpence, was called in soon after the issue, in consequence of the gilt- silver coin having been passed frequently as a genuine gold coin by nefarious persons and the double-Borin was withdrawn a few years after. The Jubiler coinage was deemed so unsatisfactory that a Royal Commission sat to consider the currency question, and on their recommendation a new colange was issued in February, 1803. The obverse of all the coins bears Queen Victoria's effigy, modelled by Mr. Thomas Brock, R. A.; the reverse of the £5, £2, r; tos, and 45: coins the Pistrucci design: the 23. and is.. by Sir Edward Poynter, Pre-N91 sident of the Royal Academy. The crown was got rid of, and the unduly long neck. The late Queen wears a tiara, or modified crown, with
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JALUABLE LEASEHOLD PROPERTY
VALUABLE
situate al
YAUMATI, KOWLOON,
IN 4 LOTS,
un
FRIDAY, the 14th. March, 1992, at 3 P.M.,
At his Auction Rooms, by
Mr. GEO. LAMMERT, Auctioneer. LOT 1.-All that piece of ground intended to be registered in the Land Office as Section A of Kowloon Inland Lot No. 911.
LOT 2-All that piece of ground intended to be registered in the Land Office as The Remaining Portion of Kowloon" Inland Lot;
LOT 3-All that piece of ground intended to be registered in the Land Office as Section A of Kowloon Inland Lot No. 912.
SOME INTERESTING FACTS AND FIGURES.
Much interest is being manifested in the issue of the Coronation coinage, and many applications. have already been received by London bankers from their representatives in the country for complete sets, and special requests are made for the inclusion of the and La gold pieces, which are not intended for general circulation. Many persons of advanced years, says the Pill Mall Garette, have never seen one of these coins, minted during the reign of Queen Victoria, and the new coins, like their predecessory, will, no doubt, be preserved as interesting mementoes of a great event. Indeed, it is questionable whether a considerable portion of the first issue of the coinage will pass into circula- tion; whether it will not be retained by those who are fortunate. enough to secure" com- plete, sets"
for their clients, who will chrish them as spement of the numismatic art of the second year of the twentieth century, and as being representative, in a more or less durable form, of the memorable occasion which called them into existence. The vast majority of people consider a sin as a coin nerely, without regard to art, to history, or the evolution of coins in the course of ages; and never dream that some rulers of the world's destinies have been immortalized by their effigies (as they are technically called) stamped on the coinage of their time by the skilled engraver and the medalist. Like architecture, the study of coins throws much light on history, illumina tes the progress ofnumismatics; and the coinage alternate crosses and fleurs-de-lis. The inserin. to be registered in the Land Office as The will fairly well represent the condition of the action was altered to "Victoria, Dei Gra. Britt. of an em, its advance or its decadence. The Regina: Fid. Def. Ind. Impe." The impression study is interesting in other respects. Take of the Queen, and the whole design, is considered the reign of the Inte Queen. The progress of the Empire during her long, and beneficent gold Coronation coinage of King Edward has an improvement on the mintage of 1887. The
sway is iliustrated by many factors-commerce
been recently described by Royal proclamation industry, science, inventions; the increase of
in the Gazette, so that nothing need now be wealth and population, and of our dominions
said about it. beyond the sens, but by note is the potency of the Victorinu era more briefly illustrated than by a mere statement of the stupendous amount of money minted during sixty-three years on Tower Hill. Another matter of public inter. est is that, concurrently with the new coinage of King Edward, there will be in circulation for many years (two or three generations at least) authentic miniatures of the Inte Queen, one when she was young, another when she had reigned for fifty years, and the third in the fifty-sixth year of her regin. The Mint authorities are not yet in a position to fix a date for the issue of the Coronation coinage, and probably a month or two will clapse before the issue is made, although the Royal proclama tion for the gold and bronze coinage takes effect on January Specimens of the new coins will have to be submitted to the King for his Majesty's final approval before they are struck for general circulation. The issue, as usual, will be made through the Bank of England, which supplies the demands of the country. The quantity to be issued has not been settled, but the Master of the Mint is said to be desirous, as far as the capabilities of the Mint will/per. mit, that the reasonable demands of the public shall be met.
THE WEIGHT OF GOLD COINS.
THE ENORMOUS MINTAGE OF VICTORIA'S REIÓN.
Lor 4-All that piece of ground intended
No. 9 z. Remaining Partion of Kowloon Inland Lot
Each of the above Lots contains an area of
For further particulars, apply to:-
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or to
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During the sixty-three yenes and a half of Queen Victoria's reign the min:age amounted to £251,577.23 in gold; silver, £36,784,215 bronze, £2.798 449; total, 391,159,895. The progress of the Empire during her sway is OWNERS of HOUSES situated in the Eastern Division of the City of Victoria mainifest at once when it is stated that the and in the Eastern Division of Kowloon coinage minted from the necession of Eliza who have not had their Premises LIME-9540]
WASHED. and CLEANSED in accordance heth to the death of William IV. a perind with Law, are reminded that the period during of 279 years, only amounted to 192,204,126 which this work should be FINISHED ends Queen Bess" reignd forty-five years, and on the 28th day of FEBRUARY, 1902, and the the amount of money coined equalled Sanitary Board being convinced of the necessityStanley Gibbon's Stamp £5,832,000; in Cromwell's short regime only of cleanliness in its efforts to stamp out Plague, is determined to rigorously prosecute any owner in default after the above named date. ono,oho was coined; during the reign of Wil liani 111, 10,515,000; during that of George The Eastern Division of the City lies to the sixty years). £74,501,586 (gold); and dur-East of Garden Road. The Eastern Division ing the ten years of George IV., £14,782,815. of Kowloon is all that part of the Kowloon Peninsula to the East of Robinson Road and It has been officially stated that the weight of includes Hung Hom and part of Tsim-sha-tsui.
By Order, sald.coined from 1837 to 1848 £29,886,452—
G. A. WOODCOCK, was 746,452 h. troy, and on the same basis
Secretary, £251,577,231, the whole of the gold coinage of Victoria's reign, equals 6,283,797 b. troy, which, reduced to avoirdupois, equals 4,712,847, or 2,104, tons to cwt 3 qr and 11 h. The basis for calculating the weight of the silver and bronzé coinage is not available.
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The Royal proclamations of Queen Victorja in reference to the issue of new coinage arc interesting for several reasons. The first, issued, in July, 1838, was longer and more specific in describing the coins than any of the succeeding proclamations. How many people know the legal weight of the gold currency? In that edict it was decreed that the £5 gold piece should be of the value of 100s, and that its weight should be 25 dwt. 16 gr. and 3,700-10,000: that the double sovereign (2 piece) should be of the value of 40s, and that its weight should be to dwt. 6 grs, and 5,430-10,000; weight of the sovereign, dwt. 3 grs., and 2,740-10,000; half-sovereign, z dwt, 13 gre. and 6.375 16,000—all of standard goid troy weight. It appears that some of the coins were found to be below the standard weight, and a second proclamation, was issued on the 7th of August, declaring that "it may happen, that such pieces may not always have the full weight, as mentioned in the previous proclama tion"; it was therefore " ordained, decreed, and commanded that the double sovereign should | be lawful money provided it be rodwt. 5. grs. at least; sovereigns, 5 dwt 21 grs, at least; half-sovereign, a dwt, 134 ges, at least.". In the original proclamation certain other pieces of silver money were ordered to be coined, called Ever punctilious about his personal app the Queen'a Maundy moneys,” of 4d., 3d., 2d. article in the Archives Génerales de Made- held at the OFFICES of the Company, Pedder's
and id, the obverse laving the same, effigy as the shilling; and for the reverse the figures 43, and in the centre, with the date of the year, and cocircled by an oak wreath, sur mounted by a Royal crown, with a plain edge Very few people in London have seen the Maundy moneys. The weight and fineness of the silver coins were to be in accordance with the Act passed in the fifty-third year of George III., to regulate the currency.
"It is erecting for this purpose a building near Frimley, which will hold 100 beds. The plans are out, and it is hoped soon to begin to
build."
It seems quite clear that to his Majesty is due the entire credit of Initiating and launching the scheme.
THE KIND'S BEARD.
rance, and the quality and fashion of his clo- thes, His Majesty bestows upon his beard the most assiduous attention. The King's barber is a well-known Erench expert,, who has his establishment in a side street of Piccadilly. How this artist ab ained his present responsible position may be told in a few words. A few years ago the Prince, as he then was, had ac copted an invitation to honour with his presence a famous fancy-dress ball given by a duchess. His Royal Highness had selected the charactor of a French noble of ancient distinction, and in order that the resemblance might be made as close as possible, the Prince, more as an after- thought than anything also, decided to have his beard trimmed, in the pointed fashion adopted by Frence Counter,
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A FEW CHANGER IN THE COINAGE.
The obverie of the early Victorian 65 piece is the effigy of the Queen with Inscription, Victoria, Del Gratia," and the date of the the slight change was a French barber, and of the United Kingdom, contained in a All that was necessary, therefore, to make year, and the reverse the ensigns armorial with characteristic promptitude, Lord Farquhar plain shield, surmounted by the Royal who was with the present King at the tlhe, stated that he know the very man and a message Crown and encircled with a laurel leaf, with was immediately despatched to the hairdressers the inscription Britanniarum Regina, Fid. honse, bidding him come to Marlborough Def, having united the rose, thistle, and House. Within a few minutes of
the summons, the man set out for Fall Mail, and shamrock placed under the shield; and upon so perfectly and expeditiously did be perform the edge of the place the words "Decus et his work that he was hence forth installed as Tutabien" and the words "Anno regina," and the Prince's barber
the year of the reign, the double sovereign and the sovereign have the same impressions,
Thus, while
will be CLOSED from the paths February, until The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company the 3rd March, bath Days inclusive.
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[zzgd Hongkong, 24th February, 1992, HONGKONG FIRE. INSURANCE CO., LIMITED.
NOTICE TO SHARÉHOLDERS,
ORDINARY
the above Company will be held at the OFFICE ALCOHOL AND THE RACE.
of the Company. No. 4. Queen's Buildings, on 'SATURDAY, the 1st, of March, 1902, at 12 Few questions illustrate more markedly a'clock (NOON), to receive & statement of how widely people may differ, even with the accounts to 31st December, 1901, and the same facts before them, than the perennial promittee and to elect a Consulting Committee Report of the Manager and Consulting Com- blem of the influence of alcohol on the race. and Auditor. On the one hand, we have the events which we are told are occurring in France, and much that we see going on hefors 'our eyes in this country-the sickly infants, the puny children, the stunted men and women; the feable intel- lects, the morbid nervous systems which occur among the off-spring of drinking parents, in ad- dition to the comparative sterility of the drin- kards themselves-all fixing upon our minds a miserable picture of the degradation and ultimate extinction of an alcohol-drinking race. On the other hand, we have the ficts put for ward by those who hold that alcohol, like every other evil influence to which a race may be exposed, tends by weeding out the unfit to produce in the end a hardy breed-a people immune to the evils to which so many of their predecessors have succumbed. one party holds that the free use of alcohol in destructive to a nation, the other teaches that only by its use and the consequent weeding out of the susceptible can a nation ride superior to its over-present attraction, In a recent Cinn," Dr. Lucien Mayel has drawn a striking picture of the depopulation and the degradation of physique which are going on in certain parts of France under the influence of alcohol. Nor need we go to France for evidence to this effect. In the high mortality attending certain trades in which drinking habits prevail we have evidence enough of the dangers of al- cohol to the individual, while a very moderate acquaintance with town life will convince the most sceptical of the truth of Dr. Mayel's des cription of its effect upon a nation. The fact is, the difference between different observers to which we have alluded prises from difference
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This expert now waits on the King regularly every week for the purpose of trimming his Windsor, or in Scotland, the barber proceeds on the edge; half-sovereigns the same, minus there without fail, and it will surprise some the wreath. That artistic miniature on the people hear that he had been actually sum coins was modelled from life by Mr. William aigned to wait on the King at Deborne on the wery day before the late Queen died
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