money, Proceeding to refer to the la civicw' at which Messrs, Hastings, Fung Wa Chen and the principal of the plaintiff firm were present, his Lordship pointed out that the reply givan by plaintiff to the allegation of having signed a document containing false statements was that he deliberately made them. If a man admitted on oath that he had told a deliberate untruth he must not be surprised if persons to whom he related his story were not pre-
pared to accept that sory upon his mere un. supported testimony. They would require not only corroboration, but strong corroboration. Is was for the jury to put what construction they thought right and just, upon the ques tion of that interview, and his duty was to draw their attention to the fact. It was for them to say, what affect it might have upon their minds. It would not be surprising, continued bis Lordship, in view of the fact that the man had made a series of false statements, that they should accept any statement of his Except it was borne out by corroborative evidence. Another important fact to be con⚫ sidered was with reference to the weight of the box. If they believed it was too light to con- tain the notes and a sum of $,00 in silver it followed that that amount was not inside of it. The plaintiff alleged that the money was there, and if the jury be ieved it was not then it was a case of the plaintiff making a statement, this time on oath in Court, which appeared not to be true. The point was one of great im ortance for their consideration in arriving at an answer to the question of whether they believed the $50,000 was in the box in ques tion. His Lordship again ieferted to the inter- view incident, and said the plaintiff had given the explanation, wich he did not believe a jury would accept, that he thought Mr. Hast- Ings an Mr. Fung Wa Chun had gone to see him in league, in a plot to deceive him, and, therefore, be told lies. It was very strange, as Mr Phillips very properly remarked, that if it was an honest and bona fide transaction-if plaintiff had really shipped the money, he should have no fear of a member of a respeciable.firm, accompanied by a compradore in the employ of the shipping company, making inquities from him. It was very strange, indeed. One would
His
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1903.
TELEGRAMS.
(Renter's.)
The King in Paris..
LONDON, 4th May. The King has had two private conferences with M. Delcassé.
A brilliant banquet was given at the British Embassy in honour of President Loubet; the King personally received the President and his wife; there were eighty two present including Ministers, Diplomatists and their wives.
COLLISIONS BETWEEN JUNKS
AND STEAMERS.
At the monthly meeting of the Ingkang
General Chamber of Commerce, held on 15th alt, the following letter was read --
The Bomb Outrages in Salonika.
A state of siege exists at Salonika. Italy and France are sending warships. The Sultan has assured M. Zinovieff, the Russian | ele, Ambassador, that active measures are being undertaken to repress the Albanians.
LATER.
The King's Visit to Paris. President Loubet and his Ministers gave a cordial farewell to the King at the station. His Majesty said that he was enchanted with his visit and thanked them for his cordial reception which he could never forget.
The Berlin semi-official Pust says that real Anglo-French entente is impossible and that friction is sure to occur; in the mean while Germany will remain a benevolent spectator regarding the entente as
a new guarantee of peace. -
(N. C. Daily News.)
Mr. Stewart Lockhart at Chinanfu.
Chinanfu, 27th April.
* Mr. J. H. Stewart Lockhart, C.M G., and
Confucius.
The Forest Question on the Yalu,
Tokio, 18th April.
Japan is about to demand from Corea the same privileges of cutting the timber on the
The SECRETARY,
Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce.
THE TWO. KWANG VICEROY,
Viceroy Tsen Ch'un suen is expected to arrive in Shanghal by the end of May next
en route to Canton, and the N. C. D. News hears that the leading gentry and merchants of the Two Kwang residing there are engaged in drawing up a petition to present to his Ex- cellency upon arrival, pointing out to him the burdens under which the people of those two provinces labour and suggesting the reforms needed to restore Kwangtung nad Kwangsi to prosperity and peace. Being a native of Kwangsi himself it is quite likely H.E. will gladly meet the views of his fellow-provincials.
DOMESTICS CONTRASTED.
Colonial Secretary's Office,
March 23rd, 1903. Sir,-Adverting to Mr. Wilcox's letter of the 5th April, 1902, and the Acting Colonint Secre tary's reply No. 995 of 7th May last, I am firected to refer you to Ordinance No. 39 of 1902, the provisions of which it is hoped will tend to prevent collisions between junks and steamers, and to state that as at present advised this Government is not prepared to act on the suggestion contained in the last para- graph of your letter under reference. I have, IMPRESSIONS OF AN ENGLISHMAN AT HOME.
THE DISADVANTAGES, OF EDUCATION, F. H. MAY, Colonial Secretary. (Specially written for the Hongkong Telegraph),
London, 28th March. When a man returns to his native land after naturally expects to find that great changes an absence of nearly a decade and a half, he
new Ordinance brought in to meer repres nta.
have taken place since his departure, and that und ships on the high seas on an equality before tions from this Chamberpractically placed junks
many old and familiar landmarks and faces have gone the way that all things must go. the Court as regards lights in collision cases, and as far as that went it was a great improvement which stern time effects so slowly but so Also he has prepared himself for this efface-
aiment. It was pointed out in the discussion
well, therefore he recognises each change with which followed that the Government declined
surrow, but with little surprise. There are to protect owners of steamers by making area exceptions, however, to this rule, and the words so able time limit after the occurrence of an
"shocked" and "grieved" are insufficient to accident, subsequent to which it would not be
express the sentiments of the writer of these possible to commence aay action for damages
lines when he realized that one of the most nor, had they met the request of the Chamber
ancient of all Britain's ancient institutions; one that the junk owner should furnish security for defendant steamship owner's costs unless able to prove that he was a resident in the Colony and possessed of property within the jurisdic
Mr. E A. Hewelt (vice-chairman) said that the
tion of the Court,
The Committee decided to record its dis satisfaction with the decision of the Govera
to reconsider the matter with a view to putting stop to the numerous speculative actions for excessive collision damages against steamers brought by owners of old or worn-out junks in the hope that the steamship owner night be induced to make some offer to settle the case before going to trial.
which from his boyhood seemed to verge into and take precedence with his country's constitution, and appear to him to be the only fundamental and possible base to the well-being of our society, was sliding gradually into oblivion, or, as one would vulgarly refer to "the weather." express it, "was taking a back seat." 1 Let there be no misunderstanding; by this form of speech I do not imply the climatic modifications for -which this happy island has ever been famous. These have not changed. They are just as changeable as ever.. I have already perceived that. No refer to "the weather" as a topic of conversation. In former days, at the club, a garden party, where, it was a thing to weep or to be joyful with the most casual of acquaintances; during your first waltz with a pretty partner, at the fuble hole, the Empire or elsewhere it was an excellent bond of sympathy and entrée en mat ère. It has probably been thus since the
head waters of the river Yalu as th se already A RUSSU-chinese agreeMENT a reception, in a railway-carriage and every. granted to Russia.
Disciplining the Religious Orders in France.
The monks of the Grande Chartreuse have
been evicted from their famous monastery for defying the Congregations Law. Col nel
resigned because tus regiment was ordered to support the civil power.
UN MINES.
The Asaki publishes the following despatch from Peking dated the 22nd ult." The principal items contained in the iz articles of an agreement signed between M. Yugowitch,
creation, and, though we hold no record of the
must have formed the theme of the first con-
our
have thought they would have been welcomed Captain A. A. S. Barnes, First Chinese Regiment, and it was agreed to ask the Government and asked to come in at once and be shown ment, arrived at Chinantu lo-day. After visit- every possible evidence in their powering H. F. Governor Chou Fu, they proceed to to help to recover the loss of the box. But, Taian to ascend Taishan, and visit the grave of instead, the piintiff apparently held them at arm's length from the, very first. It might be that that unusual, he would not say improper, conduct on the part of the plaintiff was for the purpose of assisting in getting back the money. They were bound to take that point into their serious consideration in weighing the value of the testimony the plaintiff had given. Lordship proceeded to deal with the procedure of the plaintiff firm after the Zafiro bad arrived in Manila, observing that a Filipino, accompa nied by a Chinaman, who could not speak English, were sent off to fetch the box. His lordship did not know whether there was any thing in that; but the jury were bound to con sider the fact. Very frequently light was thrown on a transaction and the truth was discovered by a very small thing. Supposing any one of you, he continued, was in Manit, and i had Coubertin, commanding the Fouth Dragoons, Russian, and San Pao, Military Governor of fact, one is almost justified in believing that it the good fortune to be able to send you a box containing $500 gold, and forwarded a bill of lading saying when it was coming, would 'you go yourself to fetch it or send a Filipino und a Chinaman who could not speak English? . It might be possible that plaint fi had absolute confidence in the integrity of the Filipino and the Chinaman; but the jury ought to ask them selves whether there was any other light in which to regard the indifference to the box of So,coa United tates currency. . It was a point to be considered lo on.er to discover whether it might not be a signpost pointing to the roal of truth. In conclusion, his Lordship said he would not have detained them so long, but that the issues were important, the sum involved large, and the evidence so conflicting He only addressed them in the hope of assist. ing them to arrive at what was the right con- clusion of the facts, and would leave to them certain issues which
he thought would enable them to do justice between the parties.
Aller pitting the questions, printed with the replies below, his lordship at 1.28 p.m. dismissed the jury to consider their verdict.
י.
Two minutes later the jury returned.
The Discord in Macedonia.
London, 1st May.. Thirty-two Bulgarians have been killed or captured near Neurokop, and a band of a hundred has been annihilated near Djumabala.
Graceful International Courtesies, As a mark of their esteem ír King Edward, the French Consuls throughout Australia have arranged to hoist bis flag, and the French warships will B: dressed, during the King's visit to Paris.
(Shanghai Times.)
The "Open Door."
Peking, May 1.
Mr. Conger, the United States Minister, has officially intimated to the Wai Wu Pu that the United States has determined to maintain the The Depy-Redistrar: Gentlemen, have open-door policy in Manchuria. She would you agreed upon your verdict? The Forem in;—We have,
not refuse to even dispatch, if necessary, troops
By a majority are, you unanimous ? The Forcian Whh regard to some of the questions, my Lord.
His Lordship-Will you state, please, your
answers.
The Foreman :-Question 1, Are you satisfied that it has been proved that the box, shipped contained $50,000, gold?—No.
His Lordship: Are you unanimous on that? The Foreman:-Unanimous.
His Lordships Are your answers written? The Foreman: Yes, my Lord. 2.—Are you "satisfied that the box shipped did not contain $50,000, gold? Yes, 5-1, On the issue of fraud. Was the plaintiff guilty of a false, and frau dulent misrepresentation when he declared the contents of the box shipped was of the value of $50,000 gold ?—Yes. 5-1. Has i been proved that the box has been abstracted from the steamship Zafirol-Yes. Unanimous, His Lordship-Upon that you ought to find The Deputy Registrar:-Do you find for the
a verdict for the defendant.
plaintiff or defend 'nt.
The Foreman :-Defendant. Are you unanimous ?—We are.
Mr. Morgan Philips My Lord, apply for judgment and costs.
His Lor ship-Yes....
Having thanked the jury for their attendance and the intelligent ad careful manner, in which they followed the evidence, his Lordship adjourned the Court sina die.........
NAMTHE PLAGUE,
During the twenty-four hours'ended at poon to-day 17 further cases of bubonic plague, making 508 since January 151, were reported.
SHIPPING AND MAILS.
MAILS DUE
English (Valetta) 8th inst. German (Stuttgart) 2141 inst.- The N. P. S. Co's sa, Olympia arrived at Victoria, B.C., 5th inst. * reg
to do so..
Anxiety of Empress Dowager.
Later.
The Empress Dowager is very anxious over the Manchurian question. She has, even on several occasions, expressed her willingness to leave Peking and to live either at Paoting or at Kai Feng fu.
China stands Firm.
SHE INSISTS THAT RUSSIA EVACUATE MANCHURIA.
The formal demands presented by the Russian Minister were made on April 22, but
nothing was known until a few days later. Prince Ching, Comptroller General of the Wai Wa Po, on receipt of the demands, at once dispatched a document to the Russian legation,
stating that the evacuation of Manchuria forms one of the stipulations, provided for in the Manchurian Convention, and that the new
demands would not affect the evacuation which has already been agreed upon by the parties concerned.
FIRE IN BONHAN SIRAND.
the Amoor District, are as follows:-
"The Chinese Eastern Railway Company can freely work mines lying within 30 Chinese
miles on both sides of its radway lines.
"As to the mines outside the distance of 30 Chinese miles, the right of priority to open them shall be granted to the Chinese Eastern Railway Company and, in case any grant of the right to work them, the matter foreigner or foreign company applies for the shall be referred to the Company before being decided on by the Military Governor.
"In case the Company starts work on mines lying more than 30 Chinese mules from its railway lines, the Company shall do so in com pliance with the provisions of the Mining Law of China, and the coal produced by the Com pany may be sold by it to the natives in the neighbourhood of the mines at the price generally prevailing at the time of the sale,
* In case the removal of any building or any tomb is necessary for the carrying out of min ing operations or in case any damage is caused to any cultivated land as a result of such opera tions, the Company shall pay a reasonable amount of indemnity to the owner of such properly or land.
on
versation which took place between original parcals; and which of us would not have been willing to stake large sums the chance that it would continue to the last to be the only ground on which all sexes, parties, sects and castes could meet had agree.
But time, or rather one of its name of that factor is "Education." I will factors, has decreed otherwise and the
explain how I arrived at this conclusion. "I must begin by stating that on my recent arrival in England 1 stayed for a few days with a maiden aunt, who, though she lives in a respectable villa, which is situated in the respectable street of a respectable suburb of the capital, (respectability is of such impor- tance in this country that I feel obliged to make some slight mention of it), detests cats, Now my respected relative, for whom 1 possess the sincerest affection, has, since my return
developed one weak point, which has been a great trial to my innate bashfulacss, for she l'insisted on introducing me to all her callers
and friends as
"my nephew from China." lowever, after the tenth introduction, I began to get accustomed to the title and really felt somewhat disappointed when 1 perceived that the interest I excited was of short duration.
Things generally began and terminated in the same manner:
Not possessing sufficient confidence in my imagination, I felt quite ashamed at having to acknowledge that I was not one of the heroic besieged.
:Or
the crisis, an animated discussion on "boys" in general at once begins. Each man there, awearing by all his household gods, declates that his particular domestic has monopolized in his Celestial soul all the conibined vices ol' Ananias, Sapphira, Barabas and the Borgias, and that his toy is the very worst of his kind on earth, bar none.. Now, I have learnt here in England that this cherished theory is as exploded one. I regret to have to state so, for I also loved it; and it has oft been of great consolation to me to be able to apply it to my
own Confucian relainers. I have heard several truths since my return, and one of them which came not from the month of babes, but which was expressed, at different times and in differ ent places, by a score of respectable British matrons-is that the ordinary common garden English maid servant knocks A-Sing, alias *John, into spots for sheer "cussedness." The
following fragments of conversation, gleaned in my aunt's and in other drawing rooms, will perhaps convince the unbelieving :
"Poor Mrs. Pilkington is in such trouble again."
"Is that so? What servants again? "Of course !"—I wish I could render the expression this reply carried with it-"Just imagine! her housemaid has given her notice because moist sugar is provided for the domestios. Nothing less than the best white lump will satisfy her; and the cook wants to leave because she is not allowed to keep her bicycle in the coach-house.
The following dirge was sang by the preity young mother of two bouncing boys, aged respec- tively two and four.
"Oh my dear. I feel so miserable. I am ready to weep. Yes I am ging to lose Mary. You know. My nurseinaid. She has told me she will leave because I refused to allow
her to go out every Tuesday and Friday alternoon.
She wants to take mandoline lessons. Isn't it aggraving? What are we conlibylo? Sic is, quite-á decent girl, and the children are quite fond of her. But the idea of it: Mandoline lessons!!-Two after
noons a week!!"
The following, which shall be the last for it indicates the root of the evil, was from the wife of a retired colonel who has lived many years in India, and who knows what it means to run an establishment which includes ball a score
WEIHAIWAI MINING CO.
23rd ult, the Weihaiwei correspondent of that Writing to the Shanghai Mercury on the journal says The Weihaiwni Mining Com pany is progressing favourably. The first telegram from the manager no doubt frightened some of the shareholders, but the Company is, I understand, turning some beautiful are now and everybody is anxiously awaiting the arrival and erection of the stamps. On Saturday Major-General O'Moore Creagh visited the with him? mines and took a few specimens of quarte away
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TO-DAY'S EXCHANGE. ON LONDON, Telegraphic Transfer ...1/8 3/16
Bank Bills, on demand.....1/8 Credits, 4 months' sight. ...1/8 9/16 D'ments 4 months' sight...1/811/16 ON BERLIN, (demand)............. M.1.73. ON PARIS, Bank Bills, on demand .................2.17 Credits, 4 months' sight' ..........2.16 ON NEW YORK, Bank Bills, on demand ...414
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ON BOMBAY, Telegraphic Transfer........126
Credits, 30 days' night41)
On demand... KAD 126 On Shanghai, Telegraphic Transfor ..............71t.
Private 30
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ON YOKOHAMA, 13 days' sight.........nom. Sovereigns, Bank's Bus Rats Gold Leaf roo touch, per fael Bar Silver........
OPIUM QUOTATIONS. --To-day's quotations are as follows Semi
MALWA NEWpcomin
12
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...82 $11.73
10. uom
Per chest Nominal LAST YEAR... .@$960/980 OLDEST
@ 1,050/1,075 PATNA NBW
. 1,0171 BKNARES NEW ao @ 1,010 PERSIAN (PAPER)....... .....Nominal
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of native servants: The impudence of the crca ere! Yes, my dear Madame, my cook THE Undersigned have received instructions has asked me for an extra evening out each
week so as to allow her to attend lectures!!
Naturally refused and of course she has given. me notice; and "ere the good lady was interrupted by the genuine expressions of condolence and complaints of a similar source which came from the other feminine occupants of the room. When these had subsided, she continued:
am
to Sell by PUBLIC AUCTION,
ON
MONDAY, the 11th May, 1903,
at II AM
at
R. E. STORE YARD, "C" & "D" BLOCKS,
Queen's Road, opposite H.M. Naval Yard, SUNDRY OLD R. E. STORES. Catalogues will be issued.
TERMS: As usual,
·· HUGHES & HOUGH,
Government Auctioneers. Hongkong, 6th May, 1903,
[$580
NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
FROM MIDDLESBOROUGH, ANTWERP, LONDON, PORT SAID, COLOMBO AND SINGAPORE..
THE Company's Steamship
will be subject to rent.
Goods not cleared by the 13th instant
All ship-damaged packages must be left in the Godowns and Notice of same sent to this Office before the 16th instant, or claims in connection therewith will not be recognized.
NIPPON YUSEN KÄISHA. Hengkong, 6th May, 1903.
NOTICE
'HE LEAL SENADO. DA CAMARA OF MACAO, duly authorized, will re- POWER to be used in the Lighting of the ceive Tenders, for the supply of ELECTRIC Public Streets of the City of Macao, ander the following Conditions?—
1. The Tenders are to be forwarded, in sealed covers, addressed to the LEAL SENADO DA Câmara, and delivered at the tecrelury's Office of the same Department. II. The time allowed for the forwarding of the Tenders is within Six months from the date of this Notice,
"And I say that the fault lies with the Gov- erment who has passed ridiculous laws which have resulted in the superior education of the masses. Why I am prepared for anything now, and should not be in the least surprised if my housemaid insisted on keeping a piano in the pantry and practising for an hour every
and outraged matron could continue no longer evening, indeed my dear"-But the indignant
for she was overwhelmed by the plaudits of her
"KAWACHI MARU," auditors. At the stage of the proceedings my having arrived from the above Forts, con- nerves gave out and I fiêd, congratulating my signees of cargo are hereby informed that their self on the valuable information I had acquired. Goods are being landed and placed at their The case mentioned above are but three risk in the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and of the many I have listened
Godown Company's Godown at Kowloon, to since my where each consignment will be sorted out return, and
at present convinced mark by mark and delivery can be obtained as that the hardworking, honest, godfearingsoon as the Goods are landed. slavy of my boyhood is as dead and as extinct instructions are given to the contrary before Optional Goods will be carried on unless as the "dodo," and that the board-school Noon, TO-DAY. into domestic service with evident reluctance educated female spinster of to-day, who goes
and distaste for that profession, will, in the' near future, consue her talents to typewriting, stenography, reporting, music, the stage or some of the other liberal arts or-siarve Friends of those hot summer nights, the banjo- and the "pega," what would you say if your boy, who, like his "confrères," generally possesses a father, mother, two aunts and as many uncles, each of whom die regularly four "Oh indeed! how interesting. Were you intimes in the year, which necessitates, on each Peking during the Boxer troubles?"
of these sad occasions, an absence from duty of at least two days and an advance of several dollars for funeral expenses, what would you say if in addition to this miraculous, resuscitating family, your faithful domestic suddenly informed you that be, had a weakness for the violin, political-economy, Egyptology, ping-pong and bumble-puppy and that be wanted two afternoons off of each week to study these useful arts-or that he objected to the brand of whisky you affected and that it Again I had to reply in the negative, and, to
must be changed or he would leave you? 1 shame, was forced to state that I had not met think I know what would happen, and, in ad of that. The visitors would then throw de reform one of the topics of that conversation, Brown-nor Jones nor Robinson for the matter
vance, I am certain that the weather would not
catory glances in my direction, and they pro- bably had their doubts as to whether or not I was an imposter. After this my personality, much to my relief, would lose interest and the conversation would flow into other channels, Then it was that I recognised to my grief that "the weather * had lost the first 'place in collo«. quial English and that soother, topic reigned draw its weary length, and but a very few stocks supreme. That topic is "domestics."
came in for the meagre measure of attention There are many of us who know what it is to shown by buyers. BANKS, with the vagaries of while away under a verandah, somewhere in the exchange, are the subject of much oscillation tropics, the hot hours of a sommer night, within tates. To-day's drop in the value of the one or two friends, a banjo perhapa, and as many dollar establishes the rate, which has been "pega" to hand as one cares to drink. Now nominal, at $675. CHINA SUCARS were done these "foregatherings" usually terminate in a at 5110, and both FIRE, (o.s' shires are like manner. At a psychological moment, wanted; but buyers offer no more than $310 and when it has become too hot to sing or yarn, $83 for HONG KONGS and CHINAS, respectively- Docks are again firmer and buyers demand. almost too hot to think and we lay gasping in for shares at $116 remain unsatisfied. The a silence which is broken only by the cheerful verdict of the jury in favour of the China and croak of the bull-frog the house-boy will Manila Co. given to-dy in re the now famous suddenly appear and announce with ill Zafiro case has been seized by manipulators for a raison d'etre to rush up the price of this concealed glee: "No more ices have got." Co.'s shares. The quotation of $jo is, however, The nearest refrigerating plant is generally discredited, although it has been suggested as somewhere fifty miles down stream. This the buying rate. HONGKONG-LANDS-after-a- announcement is of course received by a few considerable period of inactivity have advanced to $170 with buyers HONGKONO HOTELS mild remarks, expressive of regret, by the remain at $150, while WATSONS bave buyers at company present, and, as a natural corollary to || $15.50 after business at that rate,
SK for ASAHI JAPANESE BEER ASK for ASAHI JAPANESE BEER ASK for ASAHI JAPANESE BEER-
"The right of cutting lumber in the Amoor District, to be used as building material or as fuel, whether such lumber belongs to the Government or to individuals, shall be con- ceded to the Company on payment by the latter to the owners of a reasonable price.
"The above agreement was signed between | M. Tarniel, representative of M. Yugowitch, | and Military Governor Sah on the 5th day of the 12th month of the 27th year of Kwang Hsü, (beginning of 1902), and it was sent to the Foreign Office for the latter's sanction. The "Is that so? Well, most likely you know or sanction was lately given and the agreement have met my second consin. His name is thus became valid. A similar agreement had Brown. He is a missionary somewhere in bern previously concluded between a Russian Yunnan. Quite a superior sort of a man, you ernor of Kirin and when the present agreement, representative and the Chinese Military Gov. Į know!"!
was first proposed to the Military Governor of its conclusion. In spite of the opposition of the Amoor District, the latter strongly opposed
The Military Governor Russia finally per suaded him to yield to ter demand, by declaring that its object was to provide for the want of fuel used on the railways and not to enable her to compete with the native merch. ants, and that the agreement would have no- thing to do with other minerals than coal. 1t nay therefore be understood that Russia has obtained a similar privilege in Kisin province
At about I am the Fire Brigade under Chici Lusperior Baker was summoned to No. 94, Bonhan strand where an outbreak of fire Fad occurred. The services of the floating engines were also requisitioned. Owing to the position of the fire, which originated on the THE P & O. COMPANY. second floor, considerable difficulty was ex perienced by the fireman in putting out the fire, with the result that the second floor of No. 95, was also soon in a blaze. It was only when the roofs fell in that the hoses could be brought to bear direct on the flames. The The B. T.. Co.'s &.s. Pleiades caled from ground floor was slightly damaged. The Vladvostock for Taku 4th inst. N
The T. R. K. ss. Rokilla Maru left Manila Premises, viz No. 94 and 96, were used as a yesterday afternoon, and is expected here to medicine shop and a godown. Damage to the mprrow afternoon, at about. 3 pm,
extent of $3,000 was done chiefly to the various The P&A Indrasamna left-Portland, medicinal herbs stored in the premises. In Oregon, for this port vid japan Ports 3rd inst.surance to the amount of $35,000 was effected and may be expected here and proxenet ____The_N, Y. Kisa," Bombay Afaru (Bombay with Messrs: Sicmssen's and twr Chinese Line) left Singapore for this port sth.last. pin. losurance firms. The cause of the fire is and is expected to arrive bere 1ith inst.
unknownko kya
for ASAHI JAPANESE BEER
All
The removal of the steamers of the Fenin sular and Oriental Steamship Company from the Royal Albert Docks to Tilbury Docks will take place with n the next few weeks, and the London and India Joint Dock Company are making great improvements in anticipation of the event. In consequence of the P. and O. Company taking these berths at Tilbury other lines of steamers, including the Nippon Yusen Kaisha (Japan Mail Steamship Company) and the Anchor Line, have been forced to find act commodation elsewhere. Two of the companies, so displaced will take over the berths vacated by the P. and O, steamers at the Albert Docks.
SK; for ASAHI JAPANESE : BEER,
Giraalt.
HL JAPANESE BEER
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BON-KE-MAT.
COMMERCIAL.
TO-DAY'S INTELLIGENCE
The lull in the stock exchange continues to
Gimult
III. The Tenders are to state in Mexi- can dollars, of local currency, the following prices :-
With refe ence to the lighting of the public streets-
1st. For ach incandescent light of 16 candle, per month $.....
2nd. For carb voltaic arc light of 500 candles, per month $......
3rd. For each light of 16 candles, bẹ. yond the minimum: number fixed in the agreement, per month $.....
4th. For each voltaic are light of 300. candles, beyond the minimum number: fixed in the agreement, per month $frasest With reference to the supply of electric power for: private lighting and for the lighting of public and municipal buildings, For each hecto-watt-hour $.....
IV. The other conditions of agreement for the concession are those that have been approved by superior authority and are open for perusal at Macno in the secretary's office of the Municipal Council, at Hong- kong. Shanghi and Kobe (Japan) in the Consulates of Portugal, and in Lisbon in the secretary's office in the municipal: council.
Copies of these conditions of agreement will be forwarded to the parties, who apply: for them.
V. Any tender,. unless accompanied by a deposit of $500, will not be received,
Vi, The tenders will be opened by the Leal Senado da Camara, in public meeting, on the 211 October, 1903, at 2 PM
VII The Leal Senado da Camara re- serves the right not to grant the concession if the tenders: submitted are not found -convenient.
PEDRO NOLASCO DA SILVA, As President of M Leal Senado da Camara. Macao, 18th April, 1903, ** due Fore
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