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IN THE MATTER OF THE BANK "OF CHINA AND JAPAN,
LİMİTED..
NOTICE is hereby given that the Creditors quired on or before the 30th day of June, 1902, to send their Names and Addresses and the Particulars of their Debts or Claims and the Names and Addres es of their Solicitors in England (if any) to JOHN MCINNES SKINNER of 36, Nicholas 1.ane, London, England, the Liquidator of the said Company and if so required by Notice in willing from the said Liquidatos are by their Solicitors in come in and prove their said Debts or Claim at such
notice or in default therenf they will be excluded from the benefit of any distribution made before- such Debts are proved
Dated this 24th Day of April, 1902.
JOHN MCINNES SKINNER,
What is the use of it? The enforcing of quarantine regulations | £108,548 95. 88. against the Macao steamers really seems to us to be a trifle absurd. In the first place
China is
"Teach
other Colony is sending men oni similar THE LATE LORD DUFFERIN - Probate NEW CHIESE MINISTERS terms P
of the will of the Marquis of Dufferin and Ava decide ind, as requested, a minister to bus been granted, the estate being sword at Italy and Brium and one to Austri
The allows, including minister is 30,000 per annum. The number of attaches interpreters is liited to four. THE COR DUTYA London telegram to the Shani-Mercury saysThe Radicals are preparo raise objections to the Budget proposale ofthe imposition of a duty on im parted corn the ground that it threatens the poor man's bad. Financial circles think that the addition penny stamp on cheques is a needlessly itating measure.
DENGUE FEVER IN RANGOONA plague takes some five or six days to incubate epidemic of dengue fever has broken out in and it is therefore very unlikely indeed that Raugoon, similar to the outbreak which oc- any case will be detected, for a Chinamancurred twenty-five years ago feeling ill would hardly embark for Hongkong. Secondly the inspection must remain a practical dead letter, for no junks or native craft are examined and there is nothing whatever to prevent people coming to the Colony in these. Thirdly the inspection throws, a deal of extra work upon a very much over-worked official, the Health Officer of the Port, whose time, considering how many
very fully occupied.
JAPANESE NAVAL MANŒUVRES The Japanese Standing Squadron has been recently engaged in naval maneuvres. The squadron consisted of no less than forty-five battle ships, cruisers, and gunboats in addition to twenty-five torpedo destroyers and torpedo
boats.
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time and place as shall be specified in such different ports are now on the black list, is LUCKY CHAIR BEARERS-An Imperial
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To make matters worse no asistance whatever has been given to the Port Health Ollicer. The Commission on the Medical Department recommended assistance being given, but between recommendations and their accomplishment there is, especially in Hongkong, a wide difference. Plague has alrently appeared at Canton and we presume, HDUIT ROAD.
OUSES in CLIFTON GARDENS, CON- therefore, that the Sanitary Authorities will enforce inspection against that port. Any failure to do so will be, to say the least of it, HOUSES at CAUSEWAY BAY, facing the inconsistent, and yet we all know perfectly
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well that the regulations would be a mere dead. letter so far as preventing the im portation of the disease is concerned. It has been frequently pointed out that man is likely to embark in a steamer when the disease has already made itself apparent, and there is much more fear steamers. Either make the inspection the rough or do away with it altogether, for as at present carried out it is a farce.
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Canton, Shanghai, Hankow and Poking. A supervision aver and take charge of the
Hongkong, toth February, 1902,
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PORTLAND CEMENT.
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SATURDAY NIGHT, THE Company's well-known Steamship
APRIL 6TH, 1902,
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decree has been issued to the effect that one ounce silver ignots be given to each of the sedan chair bearers of the Empress Dowager and also to the members of the Imperial Body guard who are accompanying the Court to the Eastern Mausolea.
A TERRIBLE DEATH-At Quarry Bay on coolie met with a Tuesday evening a terrible accident. It appears that he made foolhardy attempt to cross in front of eight waggons pushed along by a locomotive, when he was knocked down. The injuries sustained were of such a nature that instantaneous death -resulted.)
DREDGING OPERATIONS in Sydney's beautiful harbour last month resulted in the
AS OTHER SEE US-Apropos of going hore, the fowing remark originated from a travellers Cig home they was all money and no clothesoming out all clothes and no money." Thetter state, it is to be feared is a chronte ohoth China hands nowadays, who live on the cit occasioned by a rapidly vanishing Colla
P. and Osyard regarding Anglo Chinese
ST PATRION DAY was colebrated on the 17th ulteryenerally throughout Ireland, and
also inon, Liverpool, and many other.. places in Engla, where, there is a consider... able Irish poption. There was a special pamde of the Guards, now quartered in the Tower of Laon, at the close of which each man was pented with a bunch of sham rock provided bye Queen.
of its being introduced by junks than-by following collection 143 cats, 196 dogs, 277. senes of ales, and if so the profits; of
The Proposed Kowloon Bridge. We are very pleased to see that a Cor. respondent signing himself Engineer has written to our morning contemporary on the subject of Commander RUMSEY'S, proposed bridge to Kowloon. If Engineer is an engi neer, and his assuming that title leads one to believe that he must be, then his opinion is of value and should carry weight. We should like to hear what the public generally have to say to the scheme, and therefore invite correspondence on the subject.
REUTER'S TELEGRAMŠ.
THE INCOME TAX.
LONDON, April 22nd. The House of Commons has agreed to the Income tax resolution.
THE EASTERN COLONIES AT THE CORONATION. The Rt. Hon. Sir Joseph West Ridgeway,
fowis, 70 bags of meat, 54 bags of fish, 2 pigs 4 sheep, flying fox, i goar, calf, and 5 hers What a beautiful museum mustlie at the bottom of the stretch of water between Hongkong and Kowloon,
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THE REWARI is stated that a maga zine has offered is Stone $35,rco (gold) for the affair All Sto2,0 for the bandits, $35,005 and lectureau fees for the abducted missionary with bably $50 for the fel- lows who help look for her. It is a business that paverybody concerned, and the general publicis the benefit of a sensa
GERMAN GYMNASTIC INSTRUSTOR From Dative sources we learn that Prince Sution and a new favite. has recently engaged a German to teach mo- dein gymnastic and physical culture, military drills and rifle shooting to his two younger sons, It is also reported that several young sons of other Princes and Imperial Dukes have joined the class.
TO CURE CANCER-The Goldsmiths Company has decided to commemorate the King's Coronation by making a grant of £5,000 to the Cancer Research Fund. Mr. H. L Bischofsheim has also offered to contribute £5,coo to the Fund, and another donation of the same amount as well as other smaller sums: have been promised.
A DINNER, arranged by Mr. J. H. Downs, was given to Dr. W. Doberck, of the Hongkong Observatory, by several officers of the Chinese Imperial Maritime Customs at the Kowloon
G. C. M. G., Governor of Ceylon, will rellotel on Tuesday evening for the purpose of present the Eastern Colonies, Fiji, and the islands of the Western Pacific, at the Coronation.
THE PEACE PROSPECTS.
peace in South Africa.
bidding him farewell and bon vayage on the occasion of his departure on the Empress of India the following day for a well deserved leave of absence in the old country.
A NEW RAJEW LINE – Two Chinese named Nion and ung, on behalf of a certain American Capital have asked the Board of Foreign affus ermission to construct a railway, between king, and Wuhu, to be known as Kingu way, a distance of 3,000 li. The Chinese Hipotentiaries have mema- ralized the Throughly recommending the practicability thggestion. In the course of a few days, we ect to here of the sanction of the Throne.
COREAN AFFAS-Seoul, April foth.—~ The French Ministo Seoul has forwarded au official note to Corean Government in which it is poinput that, as the contract between the Gordient and the Yunnan syndicate is stillance, Gorea ought not to borrow money of other country. As a consequence of the pension of work on the coinage of nickel Bis the money for work on the Seoul Wiju railwis not forthcoming from the Treasury. It been decided that he Emperor will defrahe expenses, from his private Treasury. Alt
THE RECENT BUK in the Suez Canal was due to two of the If Transport petroleum ships, Nerite and Bles, from Batoum. The
standing by to lightene Bulystar which had gone ashore a mile tant from there, All hope of saving the Wis was abandoned, but the Bulysses got off sly. The B.I. Daghestan also appears to havone ashore near Poit Said about the same ty and later, the isla de Lusen collided with thank and disabled her rudder-chapter of dents. The Bulysses bas since arrived at gapore in a safe and seaworthy condition.
Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, Chancellor of BARONFSKY'S VAUDEVILLE the Exchequer speaking in the House of COMPANY-Before a very appreciative Commons, said that nothing could be more audience, the above talented Gompany again premature than the press rumours regarding gave another of their exbibitions last night at Nerife took fire in theear Ditter Lakes after
the Theatre Royal For to-night an entire change of programme is promised, the chief feature being the first appearance of forty CROWN PRINCE OF SIAM DE-
clowns in their eccentric acts. We would CORATED BY KING EDWARD., remind our readers that this bright combina- King Edward has received His Highnesstion is showing for two more nights only. ⠀ the Crown Prince of Siam, and conferred THE GERMAN EMPEROR has conferred. upon him the Grand Cross of the Victorian the Order of the Red Eagle, Second Class, with Order on the occasion of his attaining his the Crown, on Heer Ballin, director-general of majority.
the Hamburg-American Line; the Order of the Red Eagle, Third Class, on Herr Tietgen, the first president of the company's council of supervision and the Crown Order, Second Class, set in brilliants, on Herr Plate, the Pre Latest reports on the condition of Queensident of the North German Lloyd, and on Herr Wilhelmina, state that the patient has taken Wiegand, the director-general of the same line a favourable turn.
LATER.
THE ILLNESS OF QUEEN WILHELMINA.
Per Dus.. Per Hol
$12.00 $1,00 CREAT FIRE IN LONDON.
1.25
An enormous fire has been raging in the Barbican, London. The damage is estimat- 1.50ed at £2,000,000 sterling.
1.75
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HONGKONG, THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1902.
NOTES AND COMMENTS..
The Coronation Contingent. Somehow or other the Volunteers, form- ing the contingent to be sent to England to | represent the Colony at the Coronation do
THE NEW DUTIES. The grocery trade is strongly protesting against the duty on rice, arrowroot and sago, Regarding the vexatious two-penny stamp duty on cheques, it is stated that a modifica tion is probable.
LOCAL AND GENERAL. BANK OF CHINA AND JAPAN-A notice to creditors of the above bank appears in our advertising columns..
FOUR CASES OF CHOLERA are notified as having occurred in the Colony for the 24 hours ended at noon to-day,
THE GERMAN CHINA MEDAL-The Emperor William has, bestowed the China Medal on Couni von Bellestren, President of the Reichsing.
WARSHIP'S NARRO ESCAPE During the trip of the Channequadron from Beech Haven to London Lashonth the battleship Camperdown, which the battleship Vic foria in the Mediterrani in Jane 1893, twice narrowly escaped send the battleship E
collision.
THE BOILER QUESTION: The Parliares of India to the tom. There was a dense for during the le trip. Soon after mentary Committee on Navy boilers has decided to repeat last years programms of starting the Camperdo steamed within a steam trials by the cruisers Hyacinth and few feet of her sisteattleship and only
successful manzurring evented Minerva, including the trial to Gibraltar and back. Before this race the vessels wil was almost in collisionth the Empress of when off Kins the Camperdown Againy when steam over the deep-sea course off the India, when shouts For God's sake, Cornish coast at speeds of it and 18 knots and
reverse la averted a
disast the full natural draught speed. The course is one of 23 knols, and four compléte runs are to IMPERIAL TROOPS TINY General be mad at each of the three speeds The Ma-ya-kun, who was depa by the Throne Miner will then go to Stokes Bay for a to suppress the Chaoyandistrubances, pro series 6. runs at various speeds.
ceeded with his troops, sisting largely of Calvalry, to Chaoyang, thead quarters of the RUSSIAN ARTILLERY:-A detachment of insurgents Whed his were about 100 officers and 72 men of the Field Artillery of Chinese li from Tung-cho for some reason the Amur and Kwan-tung, districts has been or other they refused to peed further, and, practising with the 26 centimetre quick-firing openly defied their officerstwo of the junior gun, rgoo model, on the trial gun-firing grounds officers, while trying to be back near St. Petersburg. So soon as the requisite senses the riotous Boldiers, re proficiency is attained, this detachment will
mutineers proceeded to talebarg leave for the Far East and will then lake out a number of the guns. A quick firing gun battery in the camp, and finally, deged the
ammunition, arms, provisidand is already in the Far East, and the outgoing
There is every reason to eve detachment will take out thither the necessary
men have since foited Their quantity of the new guns for equipping 18 new batteries. Each quick-firing battery will con
BERI- sist of six guns.
symptoms of arse been broug
THE TOBACCO WAR:-Remarkable Com developments are taking place in the tobacco 6.DM
war. Ogden's (Limited) now offer to distribute Ronald Ross among the customers purchasing direct from posed beri-beri them, for a period of four years, the total net West Coast of Afris profits on their goods sold in the United King
A TAILOR of New Street wanted a quantity of not seem to be so enthusiastic as they were silk and not having the necessary funds at first, in fact a strong feeling prevails purloined a length, valued at 54, the property that the Government are running the show of Woo Kwan. Six weeks with hard labour on the cheap. True, each man gets a was the verdict holiday and a free passage to England and back, but that is about all, and he will be put to considerable personal expense before he returns. Of course nobody could expect the Government to give the men first class passages and free drinks, but it does seem the Council Chamber at 5 pm. to-morrow. the trade the nebulons offer of, the Imperial,
THE CORONATION CELEBRATIONS— A meeting of the General Committee appo ated
keng Coronation celebrations is to be held in
rather hard that the men should get no pay whatever. The Government we are told, | SINGAPORE VOLUNTEER CON- will not even allow the Volunteers a special | TINGENT-A ́sum of $35,0 has been
to decide on the form to be taken by the Hong-dom, together with an annual sum of £200,000, Compared to this certain and absolute gift to
Tobacco Company of £100,000 per annum, conditional on profits, pales into insignificance The British company, we fear, have been out- manceuvred. It showed its band too so00, the offer it made was too hypoth saddled with too burdensome attract the small trader:
rate of exchange for the ten pounds which voted by the Legislative Council of the Straits each man has to hand over before he is in Settlements to defray expenses in connection cluded in the Contingent, and this, con with the sending home of the Volunteer Con- sidering that each one is sacrificing three months of valuable time to make a brave tingent for the Coronation ceremonies. show. for the Colony, seems at least incon COTTAM & CO, FOR SUN, HATS. siderate. We should like to know if any
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