NOMINATION OF THE HON, HWHITEHEAD'S SUCCESSOR
IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
A special meeting of the members of the Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce was
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 1902.
THE VOLUNTEER COMMANDANT. | HONGKONG WATER SUPPLY.
SALARY AND HOUSE ALLOWANCE; In continuation of our report of yesterday's Legislative Council meeting the following discussion, took place at the meeting of the
ABSTRACT.
Half salary, and to 7th April, 6 days.
-£6 59. Od at 2/2.7-37 per dollar,... $61.49 Full salary, 8th to 30th April, 23 days,
A NEW ORDINANCE.
At yesterday's meeting of the Legislative Council the Acting Attomey General intro-
held at the Chamber Room City Hall, this Committee minting to the grant of $6,149:12 induced an Ordinance to provide for and regulate afternoon for the pitrpose of nominating a memaid of the yote "Expenses of Volunteers" to the supply of water in the Colony, and for the ber of the Chamber to take the place of the cover the salary and house allowance of Major maintenance and repair of the works in con- Hon. T. II, Whitehead in the Legislative C G. Pritchard, Commandant, Hongkongnection, therewith. The objects and reasons Council. The Hon. C. S. Shrarp presided Volunteer Corps, from and April to 31st Decem- of the Bill are to amend and consolidate the over a full meeting of the members, ant, in an ber, 1901, inclusive.
existing law as the supply of water in the happy speech submitted, the name of Mr. R. C..
Colony with a view to prevent a recurrence of Wilcox, who acknowledged the confidence
the late water famine by regulating such supply placed in him.
and reducing waste to a minimum. It is pro. posed to effect these objects by enacting that in the case of every tonement supplied with water from the water-works such supply shall be re gulated by meter and that excess comsumption shall be paid for by the owner or occupier. In the case of tenements not supplied from the $7.50 waterworks públic fountains will be erected at suitable places to meet such demand. As the 660.00 waste principally occurs in Chinese tenement houses and the cost of excess consumption in
This was seconded by Mr. Gershom Stewart. Mr. Lewis then use and proposed Mr. R. Shewan. This was seconded by Mr. Mitchell and, after Mr. Shewan had replied, a ballot was taken with the following result
R. Shewan
R. Wilcox...
£47 183 44. at 1/9.7-33 per dollar. Full salary, May to December, 8
474.48
months, at fór, 109, od: per month,
500 at ala7-32 per dollar........... 4,654.84 House allowance, 8th to 30th April, at
$75 per month, House allowance, 8 months, at $75
per month
Total
$6,540.13
Applause greeted the announcement, and after it had subsided Mr. Wilcox rose and said that although he had been cutvoted in favour of Mr. Robert Shewan, he, an unofficial way, would never cease to study the interests of the
The Chairman-This vote is necesitated by community. The meeting was at an end and the appointment of a Commandant--a military the chairs were already mostly empty when, Commandant of the Volunteers. The arrange Mr. Robert Shewan, standing on one of them.ment was not made in time to include the said that some person flying an anonymous ecessary vote in the Estimates for this year, flag had cast doubts on his flag. "But my flag" so this vote is now submitted to you. said Mr. Shawar, is a flag, under which, for fifteen hundred years, its people have elected. its own councillors," He also compared legislators of to-day with legislators in the days of our forefathers, who did the same work, when they guarded the interests of their, villages.
An extended report will appear to-morrow.
THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
UNOFFICIAL MEMBER NOMINATED.
A meeting of the Justices of the Peace was held in St. Andrew's Hall this afternoon, for the purpose of "nominating a Justice as an
Hon. R. Murray Rumsey-Can you tell us whether this officer draws military pay as well as this? ange
The Chairman-He draws no military pay, Hon. R. Murray Ramsey-It seems rather a large amount. It is equal to the salary of a great many heads of departments in the Government service; in fact, it is above it. He gets more than I do. d.
Hon. F. J. Badeley-Ob, no.
Hon. R. Murray Rumsey-Oh yes; he gets over $6,000 in eight months, and I have $6,000 in twelve months.
Hon. F. J. Badeley-He doesn't get com pensation.
nine cases out of ten will have to be paid by
Rotires of firms.
CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA," AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. NOTICE.
UN
have
Intimations.
INCANDESCENT GAS LIGHT.
INDER Telegraphic Instructions Branch of the Bank to Mr. T. P. COCHRANE, To-day handed over charge of this and will proceed to England on the 4th instant, owing to the sudden death on the 31st ulto. of THE my Services being required ́at the Head Office Mr. W. A. MAIN, the Bank's Senior Manager in London.
T. H. WHITEHEAD,
Manager Hongkong, 2nd June, 1902. NOTICE. THE Undersigned has This Day established bimself in practice as a CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT and AUDITOK.
f614d
ARTHUR RYLANDS LOWE, Associate of the Institute of Chartered
Accountants in England..
and Wales. Hongkong, 2nd June, 1902
NOTICE.
f6o6d
DURING my ABSENCE from the Colony
the owner, it is conceived that such owners
I have from This Date appointed Mr. JOHN ALLAN PATERSON to act as my will elect to disconnect their services and allow ATTORNEY in the Management of my busi- their tenants to have recourse to the public. C. WILKS & CO., p. pro. J. A... PATERSON
neas and to sign the Name of my Firm of fountains, a system which used to be univeral
Dated this and day of June, 1902, in the case of such terements. At the same 607d
E. C. WILKS. time any person who prefers to be connected can be so. Provision is made for conferring
THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST- on the Water Authority the necessary powers
MENT AND AGENCY CO., LIMITED. to enable him to carry out the above mentioned,
HAVE This Day RESUMED CHARGE -proposals.
of the Company. By Order of the Board of Directors.
A. SHELTON HOOPER, Secretary. Hongkong, 30th May, 1901.
MR. CHADWICK'S REFORT.
At the same meeting, a report, by Mr. O. Chadwick, on the water supply of Hongkong, mainly with regard to the full development of supplies from the Taitam-nk valley, was laid on the table. In the course of his comments, occur the following passages:-
Entimations.
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FOOK WO COMPANY, LIMITED. N°
OTICE is hereby given that an EXTRA- named Company will be held at the OFFICE ORDINARY MEETING of the above of the Company, on TUESDAY, the toth day JOINED RESOLUTIONS will be proposed.
Should the RESOLUTIONS be passed by the required majority they will be submitted TIONS to a Second Extraordinary Meeting which will be subsequently convened;"
Unofficial member of the Legislative Council The Chairman-His salary is £750 a year opening of new water-works, and one which of June, at 12 o'clock, Noon, when the SUR
during the absence, on leave, of the Hon. C. P.. Chater, C.M.G. 2-
Hop. R. Murray Rumsey-l,should think not,
and his house allowance Spoo à year. I believe
It must not be supposed that the works. which have herein been suggested, will provide Hongkong with a "practically unlimited supply of water," a phrase but too often used at the was current in 1889, when the Taitam Water- Its fallacy was fully
but for some welcome rain, during the dry- season, the stock in the reservoir would have been nearly exhausted, before the commence. ment of the rainy season.
works were opened.
Mr. W. Poate, of Messrs. Butterfield and that is the pay of a military officer of that rank, demonstrated during the following year; when, for confirmation as SPECIAL RESOLU-
including colonial allowance. I agree with you that they are very well paid.
Hon, R. Murray. Rumsey-I think it is very extravagant. (...).
Swire, proposed and Mr. B. Clayton seconded, that Mr. GW, Playfair, of the National Bank of China be nominated, after which Mr. R. Shewan proposed, and Mr. E. W. Mitchell seconded, that Mr. E. A. Hewett of the Ffix the exchange? I see it is down here at 29. Hon. C. S. Sharp-Can you tell me how you and O. S. N. Company ba nominated. A ballot was inken, and resulted as follows:--
7/32d.
G. W. Playfair.
E. A. Howelt
39
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OUR VOLUNTEERS ASHORE,
Colonial Treasurer-If we make it 1. 8d. there will be more dollars.
Hon. C. S. Sharp-Yea, but how is the exchange fixed?
Colonial Treasurer-An average is taken on the previous year.
Further, I assert that all the supply that can be obtained, within the Island of Hongkong, is finite. Speaking somewhat at random, I doubt the possibility of much more than.
DOUBLING THE PREBENT SUPPLY,
from all sources. by works within the island, of a practicable character. There are certain remaining gathering-grounds, notably that
The vote was put to the Committee and draining to Saiwan, whose waters might be agreed to
THE PO LEUNG KUK SOCIETY.
REPORT FOR. 1901.
The following report was laid on the table at the meeting of the Legislative Council yes. terday afternoon
The following ten gentlemen were elected to act as the Managing Committee:-Kù Fai- shin, Ch'an King-wao, Kản Tin-bing, Ch'an Pó-tung Chan Wing-U; Lau Hing-sün. Lai Sun-hing, Ue Pik-ue, Ch'an Kit-fù, and Wong Shiu-tong.
utilised, By all means, therefore, let such gathering-grounds be surveyed, and reserved for future use. Again, there are some valuable sources, which may someday, have to be abandoned, "I find that, during an ordinary water-year, about one-sixth of the annual supply is derived from streams intercepted,
northern slopes of the hills, above the conduits, along the courses of the two conduits. If the
are built over, then these streams may have
the abandonment of Pokfoolum, some urging be abandoned. Again, many now advocate
this step, on account of the excellent building- sites which would be liberated, others on sanitary grounds. I do not, of course, advocate
that work at Taitam, should take precedence such a step, though I am decidedly of opinion of any at Pokfocium,
AT KOBE AND YOKOHAMA, (From Our Special Representative)
YOKOHAMA, 22nd May, By the time you receive these letters we ought to be at Vancouver from where I will send you news of our trip across the Pacific. At Kobe, the majority of the men were ready to go ashore by the C. P. R. Launch which came. alongside as early as 6.30 in the morning Most of us bad breakfast at the Oriental Hotel, and spent the limited time at our dis posal in sightseeing. We thoroughly enjoyed the trip and turned up punctually on board at eleven o'clock. An hour later the Express left for Yokohama, and we turned below and had tiffin. Shortly afterwards the sea became choppy, and the vessel began to pitch, with the
Mr. Lan Wai-ch'ün and Mr. Wei Long-sh'an result that most of the "boys" were down with meat of the assets and liabilities of the society were appointed to act as Treasurers. A stale- MAL-DE-MER, Nevertheless we had a spell of carbine drill and a declaration, by the treaserers, and two
POPULATION TO BE KEPT IN BOUNDS. and then went to tea, but the tables presented statements shewing the working account and a very deserted appearance though many men attached. The balance to the credit of the following deductions may, logically, be drawn revenue and expenditure during the year are
From the proceeding considerations, the looked over the top of their bunks and eyed, society on the 31st December was $15,217.19. The Island of Hongkong can only provide with envy, those who were enjoying the meal. The actual sum spent by the working com As the evening wore on the sea became committee on the work of the society was 56.640.36 of which I am not prepared to state. The water for a finite population, the exact number paratively smooth, and by eight o'clock was calm enough to enable an impromptu concert to be
as compared with $6,257.90 in 1900. Despite population, therefore, must be kept within enjoyed on the promenade deck. The members
this increase the society has been able during bounds. Now there is no serious difficulty in of the Cogill and Sutton entertainers were This satisfactory-result-is-due-to-the-liberal-not increase, by the excess of births over deaths. the year to pay off an overdraft of $1,302.or. so doing. In Hongkong the population does aboard, and you may rest assured that we did subscriptions received from various sections of It grows in proportion to the number of not leave them alone. Our contributors to the the Chinese Community. The Man M6 Tem: dwellings. Each new house is promptly filled programme were Major Chapman, Capt. James, ple subscribed $1,350, the lessee of the two Sergt. Pardon, Sergt. Wolfe, Corporal Hance, Chinese theatres $1,000, and various guilds Guaner Hainsworth, and Pute. Heckford We subscribed $4,473.50. Messrs. Shum Kun-sal did our
best to get the professionals to contri and Wong Hoi-pang have kindly audited the bute, and as they did not come forward we
imply,
Accounts. The Visiting Justices during the year have been Captain Anderson, the Honour and hummed the familar tunes and songs, which able Wei A Yuk and Mr. Chan Fuk The se Company used to give down in Hongkong. number of women and children admitted Into ventually Cogill contributed several songs, the homie during the year was 389 being 52 owed by Dave Caston and Miss Harvey. more than in 1900. A return attached to this nwhile the rst class passengers were kind report shows what steps were taken with regard gh to send to our quarters two bottles of to them. The Society is indebted, as in former, y and two dozen tassan, to say nothing year, to the various Benevolent Societies of ix of cigars. That kept us going and Canton, Macao and other places, for their co- he proceedings terminated at deren operation in restoring women and children to ve wore satisfied that a most enjoyable their relatives, and for their assistance in other ad been spent. We turned out early directions. The inmates of the Home receive borning and, far over, an hour, koptegular elementary instruction daily, and are JANE encouraged to occupy their time with needle WITH PHYSICAL EXERCIRE work. Many of them are able to earn a little me, night passes the to be granted pocket-money by making up clothing for Chi 311 made up our minds to those shops. The report of Dr. Thomson on
the oating.
Wo reached this the sanitary condition of the buildings, and on before noon, and have had 23:
the health of the inmates is attached. The ac any of us took train to Tokio and commodation provided in the Home is at times
SANG, SHOUTED, WHISTLED
(Sd.) AW BREWIN, President,
Bo KAI, Vice President.
bled about the country,
insufficientAU
and, went to the Cogill and Sutton?
They
flect is an aim
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been recommended, for the prevention of overcrowding and the construction of in- sanitary dwellings, tend in the right direction. As the land belongs to the Crown, it is easy to restrict the number of leases granted. I understand that it is proposed to undertake Reclamation to the Eastward of the Naval Yard. If this Reclamation be occupied by jasanitary monstrosities, like the dwellings recently, erected on the Praya Reclamation, then the population will increase largely. AN ENGLISHMAN with thorough know- under extremely insanitary conditions Allege of BOOKKEEPING, AUDITING, future industrial establishments, involving ING, desires position as above, or in any other
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督 land: Pressure should be brought to bear, an minor establishments of this character, which do not possean independent supplies, to remove to the mainland, by increasing the price of water, supplied by meter. In a Hongkong should be, as far as possible, reserve for com merce, properly so called, whilst Yewon and the New Territory, should be the indial
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Dr. Thomson reported that he had satisfied must be strictly prevented. Though the presett himself throughout the year that the sanitary water consumption, per head and per day, is llion of the buildings and drains was reasonable, it can, certainly, and must be factory, that the dormitories were a reduced. If the consumption had been reduced tained in a clean and, orderly condition, and to within the amount which has been shown to that the food supplied was wholesome and be practicable, then it is hardly an exaggeration suficient. The general health of the inmates to say that the present water famine would not bad been good but 17 cases of Beri-Ber have occurred I will again repent that the occurred
year. Most of those hay Universal Use of Meters coupled with an ing occurred; Ben ply and September, ht had the whole place very efficiently disinfected appropriate price for water, over and above a Fanda rewashed by the Sanitary Board's Certain quantity, is the only efficient means of
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