TELEGRAMS.
(Reuters.)
Germany.
LONDON, 6th May. The Prussian Minister of Commerce speak- ing at Magdeburg urged the concentration of capital as the only weapon with which to fight the United States.
The Persian Gulf.
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THE
8, 614 BENARTY"" ·ASHORE.
Private cablegrams have been received in the Colony to the effect that the British s Benarly, 2,510 tons, owned by Messm, W. Thomson & Co., man ashore in the vicinity of Koba. Messrs. Gibb, Livingston & Co., Incal agents of the steamers, bad heard the news when our repo ter called on them, but the firm itself had not received direct information. Therefore, it is concluded that the vessel has
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
did that the work could not be satisfactorily carried on. He seconded Mr. Hewett's proposal, The motion was put to the meeting and carried.
CORRESPONDENCE.
(We do not necessarily endorse the opinions expressed by Correspondente in this column.]
·· RUBBISH CONTRACTOR. TO THE EDITOR OF TK osakong Teleckar".
SIRIf the responsible officials of the got of iter voyage was from New York to Sanitary Board desire to know what becomes Japan ports.
of the rubbish taken from the Peak houses, let them take a walk down the road leading There are
Lord Lansdowne in the House of Lords COMPLAINT FROM THE PEAK. from the Peak to Aberdeen.
THE DUMPING OF KUDDISH.
said that the Government would resist the establishment of a foreign naval base in the 'Persian Gulf by all means at our disposal;
A most important item considered at the but he was not aware that there was any pro-
me ting of the Sanitary Board yesterday after posal to that effect. The Government's, noda had reference to a systematic shooting of policy in the Gulf was to protect and pro-rubbish on the billsides in the Peak District mote British commerce without aiming at the exclusion of the legitimate trade of other Powers.
Great Britain and the Bagdad Railway.
Lord Lansdowne in reply to Lord Laming tun said that there had been no negotiations with the promoters of the Bagdad railway or with a foreign Government, but only con fidential communications with certain great British commercial houses with a view to ascertaining whether the conditions of the enterprise permitted the Government to offer encouragement. The negotiations were now *ended.
LATER.
The Transvaal Loan. The House of Commons has passed a re- solution, guaranteeing a Transvaal loan of £35,000,000, the bulk of which is to be de- voted to the development of the country in cluding the acquisition and construction of railroads, the irrigation of land and the set- tlement and conversion of the old Transvaal
debt.
(N. C. Daily -News.) The Crisis in the North.
TOKIO, 1st May. There are repeated rumours that Chinese in the Russian military service are collecting on the Corean side of the Yalu under the pretext of protecting the Russian lumbermen, at which there is some excitement in Japan; but these rumours are not believed in official circles.
tons of filth dumped on the roadside from which myriads of flies swarm on to any unfortunate pedestrian, who happens to choose this once delightful road for an airing. I would suggest that the Sanitary officinis should make the contractor at once remove every scrap, ofrabbish so dumped to the proper tip lower down the road.—Yours, etc.,
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MOUNT KELLET, Hongkong, 8th May, 1903,"
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FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1903.
-SUGAR REFINING.
PRODUCT FROM PHILIPPINES,
"Sugar Refining in Japan" is the subject of an interesting report made to the States De- partment by Consul-General Bellows, written from Yokohama. In this Mr. Bellows says:
"Sugar has been produced in Japan from very early times-(since about 903 A D., it is said), but formerly the sugar was used without being refined, and the present conditions of the industry have developed within the last thiny years. The climate, even in the southern part of the Japanese group, is too cold for sugar cane to grow throughout the year, and it does not blossom within the six months suitable for growth, nor does it produce sugar in such abundance as when raised under more favourable conditions. The annual production, exclusive of Formosa, is new reported at a little less than 4.000 tons, almost a negligible quantity in view of the importation of 152,000 tons of raw sugar and 176,000 tons of refined.
Formosa-which
There are many sugar-refining companies in Japan, most of them situated in the southern DIE NEW VICEROY OF THE
part of the islands, the total capital invested WO KWANG PROVINCES.
in this industry being about 10,000,000 yen HE. Tsen Ch'on-listen is expected to arrive ($5,000 000). Except in at Wuchang en route. Canton on the ith although now a part of the Japanese Empire, has separate officers and laws the industry inst. His Excellency will stay a couple of days in that city and then go on to Shanghai, where receives no direct aid from the government, and has been very unfavourably affected by the steamiers for Canion direct, where he is ex-bounty system in vogue in Europe. The capital invested has yielded a rate of about five per cent profit, which is very low as compared with current interest rates in this empire, but the outlook for the business is much more hopeful now, in consequence of the agreement by the representatives of the sugar-producing countries to the Brussels Convention of last summer.
The matter was brought forward by Mr. E. A. Hewett who wrote to the Board complaining of the manner in which the Govers.ment con- tractor's coolies carried out the work of removing ashes from his house at the Peak. He pointed out that during the last two or three weeks the boxes had not been cleared for several days at a time. The contractor, he believed, was required to have the boxes cleared every day. On the Sunday befre last when inspecting his garden he found on the hillside a large heap of ashes which had been removed, he will take one of the China Merchants' from his yard and thrown down beside some bushes where, it was presumably supposed,pected to take over his seals af office about they would not be seen. Another day he found three weeks from now. It is also reported in a heap of flesh rubbish evidently thrown down local manda in circle, says the N... Nerus, that morning. This was in the nullah draining that His Excellency has been charged by into Pokfulam. He hd on more than one special Imperial decree to direct the operations occasion reported similar cases to Dr. Clark.
against the Kwangsi malcontents as soon as The President (Hon. Dr. Atkinson) observed he has arrived at Canton, and that the Governor that he had instructed the ecretary to write to of Kwangsi and the high military authorities of the contractor to ascertain what steps he was that province have been directed to take orders
willing to take to remedy this,
from the new Viceroy alone in regard to the restoration of order there. Finally, numerous complaints from the Two Kwang provinces having reached the Throne concerning the utterly uce less and ruthless massacres by the troops of unuffending peasants in both provinces-the South-eastern prefectures of Kwang-tung being also in a state of revolt Viceroy Tsun has been commanded to investi- gate the charges and heavily punish all officials and troops guilty of such conduct.
his best to
The Secretary (Mr G. A, Wendcock read his rely shewing the contractor thought the nuisances complained of by Mr. Hewent were no doubt his coolies' fult. Since he had taken by r the contract he had always done carry out its conditions and he daresay that with the exception of the Peak District he had done the work to the satisfaction of the Board. One reason for the complaints was that at present there was no accommodation for the coolies at the Peak; and as they had to walk up in the morning they could not do the work so properly as if they were living at the Peak. Another season was that the Peak District unlike the others was so large and there was so many places In discussing the present crisis, all Japanese such is gaidens, valleys and hillsides where jounals declare that they do not object to the rubbish might be dumped that it was very legitimate exparsion of Russia, but that they felt to supervise the coolies, who were the carnos reconcile her acts with any policy tendowest class of workmen and could not be ing to promote interstate trade or friendship, relied upon. The police while on duty night or secure the integrity of China. It is therefore and day had not been able to catch any one the plain duty of Japan, marching hand-in-hind damping rubbish. He requested the Board to with the progressive l'owers, to oppose resolutely recommend the Government to grant a piece each step of Russia which conflicts with these
of land to erect a coolies' matshed upon and to 'subjects.
provide dustbins for the deposit of the rubbish; he also suggest:d a system of checking the quantity of rubbish carried by the coolie before they emptied it.
Japan's Demand for Equal Treatment by Corea.
TORIO, 3rd May. The Corean Government has finally con- sen'ed 10 grani Japanese subjects the whales fishing privileges on the eastern coast as it had already granted to Russian subjects in 1999 including the right to establish three stations
on the shore.
HONGKONG ELECTRIC
Mr Hewett, characterised the letter, on the whole, as a most impertinent one and said that last Sunday he again made a very careful ex amination of the hill in the vicinity of his house, and he should say, from the amount of rubbish he found there, that the whole of the house rub bish had been consistently dumped within a few yards from his backyard. After he complained about it the contractor sent up for men to clear away this rubbish from the hillside. The amount they collected was a very small per centage of the whole and what they did collect they simply carried about 20 yards away and then threw it down the face of the hid facing Pokfulum. ther complaints had been What he had described was a fair sample of roadway for the laying of the rails. It is in how this man had been carrying out his con-
TRAMWAYS.
TURNING THE SOIL.
The first length of tramway was marked out
THE CANTON PLOT.
A Shanghai native paper is informed that after the plot against the Government in Canton was revealed last winter, numerous aims and ammunition were captured from the plotters who succeeded in secretly conveying them previously into the province, showing that the Customs authorities and the local civil and military officials were lenient at ordinary times, but they have now received stringent orders from Viceroy Le Shun to be more on the alert especially at the present time when it is reported that the "Pao Huanh Hui," (Society for the Protection of the Emperor), the "Hising Chung Hui" (Society for Strengthening China) and other Societies are still raising funds abroad and purchasing arms for transport to China where they intend to foster an uprising.
THE PLAGUE AT HONGKONG.
The L. & C. Expres regrets to note from recent telegrants that the plague has seriously increased at flongkong. The return to the Colonial Office last week was 6 cases with 59 deaths, one being a European. It is certainly somewhat disheartening, after all the previous warnings and the precautions which is to be presumed the local authorities have taken to prevent a recurrence of the plague epidemic, to see the figures mounting up week by week. In the interests of the colony it is to be hoped adopting the main recommendations of I rof. the colony last year so much was hoped Simpson and Mr. Chadwick, from whose visit to
near the Golf Cub this morning, and a gang inade about ashes being thrown down the hill that there has been no unnecessary delay in
of coolies is now employed excavating the
tended to shortly commence work in Queen's Road, between the City Hall and Arsenal Street. In eig' teen months' time we ought to have a ten minutes, or something about that, service of tramcars through own main thorough fares. Whether or not care will be operated
over the main line before, the whole is com-
pleted depends upon circumstances Consign ments to the contractors are 'arriving periodi cally,
ROWING.
The following are the crews picked in the Four-Paved Scratch Pace to be rowed over the
usual covese en faturday, the 9th inst,, at 4 p.m. A launch will leave Blake Fier at 330 p.m. for the use of members and their friends :-
Station No. I Rose. Bow, H. M. Pain
2 J. B. Seth
3 F. K. Tata
Stroke, G. H. Rubie' Cox, C. H. Eyre
Station No. 3 Kornblume.
Bow, J. C Remedios
2 F. M. Rosa Pereira
3 A. E. Alves į
Stroke, A, J. Mackie
Cox, S. 4. Seth
Station No. 2 Thistleb
How, S. R. Mcore
H. G. Austin
3 L. A. Musso Strike F. D. Bain
Cox, C. M. S. Alves Station No. 4. Shamrock, Bow, J. P. Jordan 2 H.A. Seth 3CE A., Hance Stroke, H. S. Holmes
Cox F.-W. Whle
The following are the crews picked to row in the Double Sculle gig race to-morrow, 9:h inst, at 4 p.m. - Course † 'mile.
Station No 1 Terrible
Bow, F.M. R. fëmi
Siroke, L. Musso
Cox, A. E. Alves
Station No. 2 Powerful
Bow, FL, CAustin
Cox H. Seib
traci.
The probability was that by far the greater portion of the ashes and rubbish'ie- naved from houses was simply carried a few yards away from the houses and thrown among the bushes where nobody would notice it. If they could only arrive at the truth he thought they would find that none of the rubbish from the Peak was being carried down to the place where, it was supposed to be tipped, somewhere about halfway to Aberdeen. He understood this was nst the first complaint against the contra tor, and he would propose that a letter should be written to him warning him that in the event of any other complaints bring made they would recommend, that he lo e his contract and his
in the way of improving the geqeral s.initary condition. It is evident, however, that much
insanitary dwellings, while surface crowding is remains to be done in the way of removing
another matter to which the local government ought scriously to turn its attention It is significant to note from the medical officer's report fr last year that the districts in which the outbreaks of bubonic plague almost in- variably commence, and are the most severe, show the greatest number of occurants per foor. The Public Health and Buildings Bili will no doubt remedy many of there evils, but in the meantime the recrudescence of the plague this year shows the urgency for prompt and vigorous action.
"In 1901 the average import price of refined sugar was 94 cents per hundredweight higher than that of the unrefined, and the duty on refined up to No. 33. Dutch standard was 45 cents per hundredweight more than on refined. Upward of No. zo Dutch standard the duty was 69.7 cents more than on unrefined, making a difference of $1,445 and $6,557 per hundredweight, respectively, on these grades, to cover the working expenses and profits of the Japanese refineries. The tariff on the unrefin ed sugar has since been raised and that on the higher grades has been decreased, so that the refineries now have less protection than formerly.
"The greater part of the refined sugar im- ported is brought from Hongkong and Ger- many, and that from the latter country pays a
conventional tariff of 18 ceats on sugar from No. 15 to No. 20, inclusive, and 31 cents on sugar above the latter grade, Dutch standard, in addition to the general tariff named above. The Philippine Islands, Ilongkong, Dutch India, China, and Germany furnish most of the unrefined sugar, the countries being here named in the order of their importance with reference to this import,"
SILVER MARKET. CORNERED.
Silver has made a series of sensational ad- vance and there is a firm conviction here that the market on the "white metal has been cornered, says the Manila Times of 29th ult. The local banks quoted a rate of 2.38 this morning which is the high water mark of the recent advance. This is seventeen points batter thau the official rate fixed by the Philippine Government and now in effect in its business relations.
Bank rates are quoted from. London and are based upon market conditions from day to day there and in other parts of the world. While it is believed that there exists a corner or an
effort to create one that has had this marked effect upon the price of the metal nothing is known here as to-the identity of the men or interests concerned in the deal or any of the features of the plan. It is suspected, however,
that powerful combinations of American and British capitalists are behind the plan.
A local banker who discussed the situation to our Manila contemporary that morning said: "While nothing definite is known here the market indicates that there is a combination to enhance the value of the metal. I have no idea as to the identity of the men res- ponsible for the corder, but it is somewhere. abroad. There has been some speculation here on the purpose of the Government as to the rate of conversion but that is a mere drop in the bucket when you consider the world's markets. I have been surprised at the extent of the advance and have rather expected that it- would decline. However, nothing can be told. here as to the course of the market."
If the market continues firm for an extended period local bolders of silver will profit heavily for most of the present boldings have come in, at rates much below those now prevailing. The
INLAND NAVIGATION.
The Sin Wan Pao is again informed that since last year Messrs. Jardine, Matheson and Company have been running the Chang Wo between Chang Sha and Hsiangtau in Hunan with profit to the company, consequently Messrs. Butterfield and Swire have recently also put on a steamer-the Shas-to run between the same places At present the water is high, so steam navigation is not attended with any difficulty.
OPIUM
New Benares opium is now going up high in price, says the Straits Times. The trade in the drug in China ports is so brisk that there is plenty of it going that way. In this regard, it is worth taking note, that if there is one variety of cargo that the shipping people there would rather carry than another, it is opinm. Five dollars a case it pays them and
not much hold space, even for a large con. signment, is taken up. The other day, a 'Ger man ship brought into a China port a consign- ment of new Patna and, Malwa. The lot was worth very close to $540,000! A freight bill of $1,253 on this quantity is rather a large one to have to pay, but then it is reasonable to sup- pose that the consignees are expecting to real- ize some profit.
TO-DAY'S EXCHANGE,"
Co-day's Advertisements.
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HONGKONG. RIFLE ASSOCIATION. SHORT RANGE CUP AND SPOONS. THERE will be a COMPETITION
above TO-MORROW, the 9th instant,
commencing at 2.32 P.M. Weather permitting.
RANGES, 203, 500 and 600 yards. Seven Shots and a Sighter at each Range. The Range will be CLOSED to Members on 13th and 16th instant.
MOWBRAY S. NORTHCOTE, Hon. Secretary. Hongkong, 8th May 1903. DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP COMPANY, LIMITED. FOR SWATOW, AMOY AND TAMSUI. T THE Company's Steamship
"HAILOONG,"
145
Captain Gibson, will be despatched for the above. Ports, on SATURDAY, the oth instant,
at
M
For Freight or Passage, apply to
DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & Co., General Managers. Hongkong, 8th May, 1903,
T5620 DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP COMPANY, LIMITED. FOR SWATOW, "AMOY AND FOOCHOW, THE Company's Steamship.
"THALES,"
ON LONDON, Telegraphic Transfer ...1/8 3'16 | Captain Robson, will be despatched for the Bank Bills, on demand .................18} | above Ports, on TUESDAY, the 12th instant, Credits, 4 months' sight .....18 9/16 ¦ at 10 A.M. Diments 4 months' sight... 1,81110
For Freight or l'assage apply to
DOUGLAS LAPRAIE & CO., ' M.1.73
General Managers, Hongkong, 8th May, 1993./
COMPAGNIE DES MESSAGERIES MARITIMES.
ON BERLÍN, (demaud)
"2
2 12
ON PARIS, Bask Bails, na demand.....
Credits, 4 months' sight... 2. KÚ ON NEW YORK, Bank Bills, on demand...41
Credits, 30 days' sight A ON BOMBAY, Telegraphic Transfer.........126] ,320)
12
On demand......... ON SHANGHAI, Telegraphic Transfer.....738
Private 30 days' sight......nom. ON. YOKOHAMA, T.T. ..............................
......82
**
Sovereigns, Bank's Buying Rate.S.73 Gold Leaf 100 touch, per tael Bar Silver... enn
OPIUM QUOTATIONS. To-day's quotations are as follows:-
MALWA NEW,
.nom.
PAQUEBOTS-POSTE FRANCAIS,
NOTICE.
STEAM FOR
[3666
SAIGON, SINGAPORE, BATAVIA, COLOMBO, BOMBAY, ADEN, EGYPT, MARSEILLES, MEDITERRANEAN
AND BLACK SEA PORTS, LONDON,
ON
HAVRE, BORDEAUX;
ALSO
147 PORTS or BRAZIL AND RIVER PLATE. N TUESDAY, the 19th May, 1903, at 8 A.M., the Company's Steamship "CALEDONIEN,” Captain_Marcantetli, with Fer chest Mails, Passengers, Specie and Gargo, will leave Nominal this Port for MARSEILLES, via BOMBAY.
This Steamer connects at COLOMBO with LAST YEAR........................ .@ $960/980
the s.. Dumbia, which vessel takes on her OLDEST
1,040/1,075 Passengers and Mails leaving that Port on the PATNA NEW
...@ 1,015 30th May, 1003, Direct to Suez, Port Said and
Marseilles. BENARES NEW ..................C 1,010 PERSIAN (PAPER)... Nominal
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Co-day's Advertisements.
HONGKONG STEAM WATER BONT COMPANY, LIMITED,
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
N INTERIM DIVIDEND of 6% for the A Half-year from 1st October, 1902, to 31st March, 1003, has been declared,
DIVIDEND WARRANTS will be issued on and after the 16th instant.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 13th to the 16th instant, both Days inclusive..
By Order,
CHAD. KEW,
Acting Manager Hongkong, 8th May, 19037
[567 REGULAR STEAMSHIP SERVICE TO NEW YORK,
to
VIA PORTS AND' SUEZ CANAL (With Liberty to call at PHILIPPINE PORTS), PROPOSED SAILINGS FROM HONGKONG,
About 1903. “SAGAMI ”............................................................. 25th May. "CHARLES TIBERGHIEN "... 15th June. For Freight and further information, apply
DODWELL & Co., LIMITED,
Agents. Hongkong 8th May, 1901
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES,
P. & O. S. N. Co.'s Steamship
"VALETTA,”
THE P. &
Faze
FROM BOMBAY, COLOMBO AND
STRAITS. Consignees of Cargo by the above-named vessel are hereby informed that their Goods and being landed and placed at their risk in the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company's Godowns at Kowloon, where each consignment will be sorted aus Mark by Mark, and delivery can be obtained as soon as the Goods are landed.
This vessel brings on Cargo:-- From London, &c, er 5.5. Ramut. From Calcutta, er S.S. Parrumalia. From Persian Gulf, er B.I.S.N. and B., & P.
S. N. Co.'s Steamers.
Goods not cleared by the 15th May," it 4 P.M. will be subject to rent.
No Fire Insurance will be effected by me in any case whatever.
Damaged Packages must be left in the! Godowas for examination by the Consignee's and the Company's representative at an ap- pointed hour.
All claims must be presented within ten days of the steamer's arrival here after which date No claims will be admitted after the Guts have left the Godowas.
E. A HEWET,
Superintendent. Hongkong, 8th May, 1013
security be estreated. This would involve the contractor, he understo d, in n loss of tome $6,000 and it would serve him right. He had
TRADE OPENINGS IN SLAM. been receiving large sums of public money for | work” that he had not done. The manner in The British Trade Journal says: ""One which the dirt and ashes had been thrown the of our readers from Siam caffel upon us a hill would, he thought, explain the hither a few days ago and discussed the various Government has not as yet given any indica- unexplained cases of typhoid fever which had openings for commercial and industrial tions of its purposes as to a permanent rate, but Occurred at the Peak. lle could not bur think enterprises which exist in that country. Among it is felt that one must be established within they cannot be recognised. that, seeing the condition of the hill, the inspec- these one likely to be entirely successful is the the next sixty days. tors were either not doing their duty or were manufacture of shellac, for which the raw not able to do it. In any future contract a material abounds, and which is at present clause should be put in saying that if coo'ies sent to be manufactured in India. Compara- were caught depositing rubbish where it should rively little capital would be necessary, we
TO-DAY'S. INTELLIGENCE. not be placed th y would be imprisoned ard understand, to place such an industry on the contractor fined,
a sound fooing at Bangkok. Another
Business is generally extremely slack. promising venture would, - it seems, be
CHINA SUGARS are quoted Sito. MACIO he erection of a distillery for producing spirits STEAMBOATS, have... dropped uider the from- maize and rice, the fiscal arrangement influence of a rumoured competition about to being such that a lucrative return might be be inaugurated by a French syndicate. Busi-
Tre President said that at present the Board had not the power to fine the contractor's coolies. There had leen many complaints about the aptractor from the Hill District, but
COMMERCIAL.
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Cargo and Specie will be registered for Lon- don as well as for Marseilles, and accepted in transit through Marseilles for the principal places of Europe.
Shipping Orders will be granted till Noon only on MONDAY, the 18th May, Specia and Parcels received until 4 P.M. on the same day. No Cargo, will be received on board on TUESDAY.
Parcels are not to be sent on board, they must be left at the Agency's Office. Contents and Value of Packages are required.
For further Particulars, apply at the Com pany's Office.
G. DE-CHAMPEAUX, Agent.
Hongkong, 8th May, 100%.
NOTICE.
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"HE LEAL SENADO DA CAMARA T
OF MACAO, duly authorized, will re- ceive Tenders for the supply of ELECTRIC POWER to be used in the Lighting of the Public Streets of the City of Macao, under the following Conditions—-—-
1. The Tenders are to be forwarded, in sealed covers, addressed to the LEAL SENADO DA Camará, and delivered at the Secretary'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.
III. The Tenders are to state in Mexi can dollars, of local currency, the following prices :-
With reference to the lighting of the public streets-
1SL. For each incandescent light of 16 candles, per month $......
and. For each voltaic are light of 500 candles, per month $......
3rd. For each light of 16 candles, be yond the minimum number fixed in the agreement, per month $......
4th. For each voltaic are light of 500 candles, beyond the minimum number fixed in the agreement, per month $.......
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 perisal at Macao in the secretary's office of the Municipal Council, at Hong- Kong, Shanghai 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 panies, 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 21st October, 1903, at 2 PM
Vil. 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,
President of
Leal Senado da Gamara. Macao, 15th April, 1903.
THE HISTORY
he did his work of the lower levels in a confidently looked for. There is also an openness was done at $37.25 and close with satisfactory way. The Hill District was ing for indmills and pumps for raising water buyers. China and Manilas, despite the somewhat unconvenient to scarenge and it from wells and for a line of small trading favou able verdict of the jury in the Zereof impaired and lost eyesight, cataracts and other diseased co-ditions of the eyes appeared to him that the contractor had too
steamers to run between the principal ports and case, are offering at $16 without inducing generally associated with delay it getting first glasses, cheap spectacles, tramp spex, bung- Stroke, H. B. Holmes few coolies. Under the contract he was com stations along the rivers and coast. Further buyers. The rumour of appeal being lodgealing of incompetents and the indiscriminate wearing of others' discarded ýlasses.-
ONLY ONE PAIR OF EYES. south in the Straits Settlements our vísitor | against the decision may keep off speculators. To last a life time. Keep them healthy and enjoy comfortable and perfect vision to reported good prospects for the establishment RAUBS have declined from $11.50 to Siago the greatest age by getting your glasses fitted by of a mill for the extraction of oil from copm with sellers. WHARFS are weaker and can be and works for dealing with coir fibre, including obtained at $92. HOTELS have declined a dollar to $149 sellers..) CEMENTS bave buyers at Sag and RoreB at $122,50, -- fur
Station No. 3
-Jubilee
Bow, S. R.; Stoore
Stroke, R. C. Witchelings
„Cox, F. Tata inolve
SK for ASAHI JAPANESE BEER..
A Giraults
pelled to have alleast 42 It would be a good plan, he thought, if they gave him one more chance and that in accordance with the request of Mr. Howelt a letter be written and also that he should be asked to employ the manufacture of rope from that fibre and say seventy coolies. Unless the contractor | from Manila.bemp...
ASK GASAHI JAPANESE BEER SKI ASAHI JAPANESE DEER ASK for ASAHI JAPANESE_BEER-
AG Giralt
G. Girgult
N. LAZARUS.
OPHTHALMIC OPTICIAN.
OF LONDON AND CALCUTTA, Consulting Room: No, 16, Queen's Road Central deta Entrance through Mr. R. Houghton's Tailoring Establishment, nearly opposite Hongkong Hotel,
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