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TELEGRAMS.
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH"
SERVICE.
Canton Viceroy Expected.
GREAT PREPARATIONS.
(From Our Correspondent.)
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, JUNE 11
THE NEW CANTON VICEROY
CANTON, June 11th. HI,E. Tsen Ch'un-hsun, Viceroy designate of Kwangsi, and Kwang tang Provinces, is expected to arrive in Canton today by a Chinese gunboat. He will land at Tsen Tsze Ma Tan where great prepara-e one man who will be able safely in sicer the tions have been made to welcome bim.
(Renter's.)
The Transvaal.
LOND, 9th June. The Transvaal Legislative Council has adopted a clause excluding coloured per sons and aliens from a municipal yote.
Bombardment of Figuig. The French bombardment of Fignig last- ed six hours; six hundred shells were fired and much damage done.
The Forest Fires. Rais have extinguisher the forest fires in Canada and the United States and ended the drought,
MR. GWYTHER ON A GOLD,
STANDARO FOR CHINA.
H. E. Tsea Ch'on-hsun, Viceroy-diešiznate of the Two Kwang provinces, arrive at Hankow from Ichang on Wednesday, the 3rd instant, and was welcomed by the local authorities of that port as well as of Hanyang and Wu-chang.
Dear Sir, see from your report of Mr I.E: was expected to arrive in Shanghai either Gwyther's speech at the recent meeting of the on the 8th or yth jos, en route for Canton. It Chartered Hank that the petticoats of Thread is haped there by the resident gentry and mer-
needle Street are slapping again. Mr. Gwyther chants of the Two wang provinces that His is such a learned and great practical authority in order that opportunity may be given them to and are very carefully perused in the Far East, Excellency will remain in Shanghai a few days that his remarks are always very interesting present an aldress or recition to the Viceroy therefore, when we see Mr. Gwyther deprecat- concerning matters relating to the Two Kwang.ing action, which we are gradually being forced His Excellency is conceded on all side to be the strong man of the manent in the Empire. rade, we can only lament, and to the best of to believe is necessary to the growth of our
says the A, C. 11. News, and there is no doubt our ability k ck against the pricks. Mr. Gwy that he is looked upon by the whole Empire as
balance of trade against China of 10,000,000 ther states that there is an annual adverse fortunes of China when the inevitable crisis Une wonders how long he would maintain that cones. Viceroy Chang Chih-tung is consider this adverse balance bas existed. He declines ed to be to unstable, while every one looks in one part of his speech to give an essay on askance at Viceroy Yuan Shil-'ai, remem Political Economy, and then proceeds to pro- pound that a continuous adverse balance of Linco0,002 C exist without the country becoming insolvent. Mr. Gwyther must be in possession of figures not available to residents in Clin, for the Custums Return for the last ley, years show an adverse average balance at about £5,000,000.
The following very pertinent letter appears in a recent issue of the Peting and Tientsin | Times:
bering the questionable part he took in 1898 the memorable year of the Empress Dowager's
up d'eat.
THE CRISIS IN KWANGSI
Mandariis at Shanghai have received the following teleg am from Kwangsi: "The
Mr. Gwyther then proceeds to gave live points rebellion in Kwangsi is increasing and daily
to be burne in mind by any Government that getting more dangrinus and more formidable
determines to abolish the free coinage of saver The Imperial army here is too weak to be of 1 will deal with his points seratim. (1) is self- any use and is insufficient to garrison all im evident. (2) The necessity of the maintenance portant cities and towns. The Juest news is of a gold reserve adequate for all requirements that the rebels have besieged the city of Chung. 'presumably including redemption of all silver chou, belonging to the pretectural division of cains, has been prove to be a fallacy by the Taipingfe (Kwangsi province and that unless Indian tiove nment and by the success at rebel is sent at once it will certainly fall inte j tendant upon the wany countries which, with the hails of the rebels, The prefect of Tai-only small storks of gold, maintain a uniform par of exchange as their silver coinage. (3) The demand of the suddenly enlightened native for gold in exchange for silver, can be refused until such time as there is a sufficient reserve of got to warrant the exchange of gnid for silver, (The suggestion that forged coins will be numeroas proves 37, Gingiber to have been Do student of similar opportunities fo
The Mail Contracts. During the Post Office estimates, the 1. &. and the Canadian Pacife Mailingfu, Wo, has been sending appeal upon appeal Contracts were severely criticised and Mr. for troops and the Governor (Wang Chih-ch'un Austen Chamberlain said that notice bail has therefore ordered a force under Ho Taota been given to terminate the P. & 0). com-
arat Major-General Pan to proceed to Chung- tract and the Committee will consider a
et to raise the sirge, Chunchott is a depart mental city, about forty-five miles north-east of new arrangement ; the question af rolouted
Long how and some twenty miles west of the labour is still under consideration, but it Kwangung border. Taipinghu city is about serms impossibile to assent to the exclusion twenty odd miles front the Annamese handler. of any British subjects in a contract to which India is a party: Mr. Chamberlain admitted that the Canadian Pacific service had not fufilled expectations.
IS THERE TO EL ASGTRER RE GN
022 TEPR R
The N, C. D. New fearns from a reliable toms that in suspense to the demand of Governor Governor Wang Chih chun of The Loss of the "Liban." Kwangsi, who deems himself insulted by It is estimated that 123 persons perished people in Shanghai because they have charged in the Ziban; all the passengers were lost. in with attempting to honow troops and Mr. Chamberlain's Fiscal Proposals.e public meetings in Chang Suho's one from the French in Tongking, and Replying to a question, Sir Michael Hicks gaden and elsewhere to protest against his Reach said that a full discussion on Mr.
conduct, that the Peking Central Government Chamberlain's fiscal proposals would be has sent down antlers to Shanghai for the out of order upon the Finance Bill; this is arrest and punishment of six persons residing fikely to mean an indefinite postponement in these Settlements on the charge of sedition of a discussion.
IN, C. D. News)
The Disturbance in Morocco.
London, 3rd June. One French column piorreds on the 9th of June to Figaig, while two others <imalianeous- ly round up the troublesome tribes.
M. Jonnart proposes to keep a force in the Fienig district as long as the Moors are unable to preserve order.
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calling together sedlitinus gatherings. Amongst these six patriots are a Tuulin, twe chujen, a licentiate and Buddhist priest, a retired ex-efficiul at bigh We have it also on good authmity that a certain high Mandarin residing in this Settlement has been at the hottom of this persecution, and that when the meetings took place at the Chang Gardens he ordered the Taniai so stop them
and arrest the leaders of the movement. The Tantak, being more broad-minded, hesitated to take action, until he was forced to by direct orders from it. E. En Shang, the Governor at
It is understood that Spain has received verbal assurances from France regarding | Sonchuse. Mara co Nevertheless the Madrid papers have a presentiment that France is taking the first step towards a preponderant influence in
Marocco.
The Close of the Japanese Diet. TOKIO, 4th June. The session of the Diet closed to-day without incident.
The House of Peers has parseri 'all the financial measures as amended by the Lower House but has adopted a representation con. demning the reversing to the policy of making loans for the prosecution of public works, except in unavoidable cases,
Both Houses have passed the Bill extending the Formosan camphor monopoly system in the whole Empire
Germany and Mr. Chamberlain's Zollverein.
Iondon, 4th June. The German Chancellor, Count Von Bülow, appears anxious in avoid anything which, by fanning anti-German ferling in England, may promote Mr. Chamberlain's ideas
The reserve shown by the German papers is regarded as showing how much the scheme
alarms them
CLEVER CAPTURE OF DESPER-
ATE CHINESE CRIMINAL.
Shanghai papers to hand contain lengthy cpns of a smart prece of work by De ee- Live Ser, eant McDowall in effecting the arrest of one of the most desperate ruffins who has ever made his name a lerror in the neighbour- hood of Shanghat. Only ten months ago the brigand kidnapped a man and held Im for AUSOM The ransom failing, he persunally gouged the man's eyes out and sent biar back
annum. He have all expressad our gratitude for the same. But let its see what was our position in 1895, as regards taxation, and see what it is in 1903, when we are supposed to have had the boon of the so-called remission of
taxation. Our taxes came to about Rs. 10
ciores a year, and all taxes are paid by produce. In 185 with the rupee at 13d when we had a surplus, we gave produce worth £19,000,000, equal to Rs. 110 crores. the rupee at 16, we must give produce worth Now, in 1903, with
telligent reader will perceive the difference in £73.30,000, equal to Rs. 110 crores. The in
1895 and 1903, which comes to £14,300,000 This is the extra taxation of which we speak and above the requirements of Government as and which the reader must remember is over
disclosed in 1895. We have not taken the ru we have taken it at 13d., because the rupee at pee at its intrinsic value which is about 9d., but
that figure gave us a surplus. A false value has been placed upon the rupee, and hence our race as an instrument and standard of deferred payments has been vitiated. Instead of the rupees being plentiful, an essential condition for our material progress, they have been male artificially scarce, with the result that plantation, manufacture, and agriculture are all languish ing. One thing has been made preity clear. both by Mr. Webb and by Mr. Robertson, that until 1893 the rupee was an ideal standard. It was the gold that had appreciated in its pur- chasing power by about fo per cent, while the tupec remained stationary. In other words, a rupee purchased in 1893 as much of commodi. ties as it did in 1873, and yet this is the rupee which was dethroned and debased in 1803 Mr. Robertson says that the Government with a prophetic vision wisely dethroned it in the nick of time. Mr. Robertson hardly knows that before 1993 three altempts were made by the Indian Government in bring about the closure of the mints. which was presented by the good sense of the Home Government, as may be seen from a reference to the despatch of 1879. The Lords Commissioners of the Treas. ury informed the then Secretary of State that if the mints were closed and the rupee delased it would no doubt diminish the amount they had to pay to their creditors, but the Indian Government would increase the amount they were to receive from the tax-payers, whose debts to the money-lenders also would be in- diretly enhanced. This is exactly what has happened to-day and we have done our best to show how the indirect taxation comes in.
fraud given in the many countries that anintain coinages above their, intrinsic value. If he maintains that an Asiare people is differ ently const uted to an European one, J refer liin to the case of India, where the able Government Committee of 1898 said that the fear of illicit conie ge had proved to be a bogus
Selfish or ignorant people have often raised tear, and no case of forged coins had been the cry that the producers at large were bene. brought to the notice of the Government. (5) fiting by the fall in the gold value of the rupec,
over-issue silver coins seems to be rather out The suggestion that impecunious States would which benefit was derived by victimizing labour. And what are we told now? That the pur of place as advice to a Government that itself hasing power of the rupee internally has not propose to limit the number of coins in cirer-fallen. Our readers will remember that this lation. Any States that stopped free coinage would realise the disasters that would follow over-issue. Mr. Gwycher then refers to the Middle Ages as a fair criterion of what a State in the enlightened twentieth century might Le expected to dia:
was one of the subjects we discussed some time ago, and we expressed identically the same opinion, and we quoted Sir A. P. Mac Donnell in support of our opinion. In answer to a question by the Currency Committed, he said, in 1886 the exchange was 18d., in 1894 Nowy Sir, the extraordinary mag underlying
Litwananowarto, bu-the-fulliad-very-little- the five points is the silent and tacit acknowluence on prices internally." And if the ledgment that the stoppage of free coinage would be able to raise the intrinsic value if the silver coins, 1 would refer you to points 3, 4 and. The speaker seems hardly to have realised where his wor s were leading him to, for he is in the midst of an animated defence of the status quo,
With regard to the supply of gold, which Mr. Gwyther suggests could only be bought by a foreign loan, is he aware that a most moderate estimate of the output of gold in China is £1,000,000 sterling annually? The introduction of foreign methods of mining will probably increase this amount in the near
faince.
The close of 31r. Gwyther's speech, in which he speaks of the outlook of silver as very for.
China's establishing a stable par of exchange. tarn, only serves to accentuate the necessity for
I am, Sir, Your obedient servant,
Tentsin, 29th May, 1993.
THE BUPER.
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exchange had gone down to tid., a limit arbit Tanly fixed by Mr. Robertson, with open mints. we are quite sure that the purchasing power of
the rupee would not have appreciably talles. Unfortunately, ghr Indian Government have since 1874 mistaken the rise in gold for a full in silver, and made repeated attempis at clos ing the mints. There was no forethought at all, but i was ignorance all throughout, which has resulted in untold misery and loss. They thought only of filling the treasury, and looking after the European servants, but they
never gave a thought to the economic condi- tion of India. Let us quote the Statist of the same date: "Her (India's) export trade has not developed as rapidly in proportion as that of China, because, as we said above, the ludian Government was swayed too much by the supposed interest of officials, civil and military, and did not take due heed for the welfare of the Empire." Mr. Robertson expressed an opinion that with open minis' produce would have risen about 40 per cent, and he claims credit for our Government for preventing that, because in his opinion that would have gone hard with the Labourers. We liave repeatedly said that when the producer gets Rs. 20 for his ene sovereign worth of produce at
to the rupee instead of Rs. 15 at 16d, to the rupes, as
Is in demand for exports only, but there are other kinds of produce which are not fit for much, export and the effect on that cannot be very
1903.
a dangerous factor exists which must tell adversely an most stocks when the heavy half yearly clearance comes to be settled. Exchange demand. Consols 92. From Hongkong the is lower and to-day we quote 2.3 15/16 for 3 days' sight rate is wired 717. The Whitsun- lide holidays have curtailed business. Tls. 76 for cash. For this month's settlement Shipping-Indo-Chinas bave Girmed up to
been done in several quarters. Honglong is Tis. 76 has been paid and for July Tls. 77 has
at 10
quiring for stures. Shells have found buyers
Decks.--Farnham Boyds are in demand to day at Tis, 1874. For May clearance shares 185,182, Tis. 181 10 Ts. 180 were smashed to meet engagements frem Tis 190,188, is reported. July sales have been For June Tis
eflected at Tis, 1921 The tone is decidedly stronger at the close.
Cottons are quiet and are not wanted except at low prices
Sugos, Peraks are obtainable at easier rates than quoted, Chinas are in demand at $105.
Mining-Chinese Engineering and Mining shares have been placed at Tls. 7.
Tobaccos Business was done in Langkats for May commitments at T. 280,275. Tls.. 79,271,265, s. 270,275. Yesterday a strong backing resulted in a large business being done a rising values, Ts. 280,7821, Tis. 290,322,305. 300. For this month's clearance sales were maile at Tls. 285,780, Tis. 275,271,270, but in the advance which occurred yesterday rates hardened from Tis. 285,280, 1871,981, and after- wards at Th. 307 30. For August Tls. 280 is reported. September sales" have been settled at Tis. 3071 290,3924; subsequently Tis. 295,320, Tis, 322 325 was done, October Cuansactions are quoted at Els. 301.300, Tis. 32 and 15. 330.
T-DAY'S EXCHANGE.
Tó-day's
Advertisements.
PUBLIC AUCTION.
5
THE Undersigned have received instructions
to Sell by
PUBLIC AUCTION,
on
FOR ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED, SATURDAY, the raili June, 1903, at 2.30 P.M. at their
SALES ROOMS, No. 8, Des Vaux Road, Corner of ice Himuse Street,
QUANTITY OF MADE-UP WHITE and FLANNEL CLOTHING, WHITE and COLOURED SHIRTS, BOOTS, SHOES and HATS,
&c.
ር.
SLC. TERMSAs usual,
HUGHES & HOUGH, Auctioneers. Hongkong, 4th June, 1903.
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GOVERNMENT NOTICE. Tis hereby notified that the SALE of
at the STAMP
I POSTAGE SLAMI'S OFFICE will be DISCONTINUED after the 30th instant.
Ali such STAMPS for REVENUE purposes can be obtained at the GENERAL POST OFFICE.
AM. THOMSON, Collector of Stamp Revenue. Hongkong. Itth June, 1403.
(693e TO LET.
ON LONDON, Telegraphie Transter...1/7 15/16 A GODOWN, No..., MASONS LANE. Rent
"
Bank Hills, an demand............S Credits 4 Brinths' Night 1:816 D'nents months' sight 128 7/16 ON BERLIN, (demand)
M.1.701 ON PARIS, Bank Kills, an demand.........2.09) Credits, 4 months' siglit 2.13 ON NEW YORK, Bank Bills, og demand...401 ON BOMBAY, Telegraphic Transfer..
Credits, 30 days' sight 414
On demand
ON SHANGHAI, Telegraphic Transfer
...124 ..124
..Bol
Private o days sight.........nom. ON YOKOHAMA, T.T.......... Sovereigns, Bank's Buying Rate.. Gold Leaf too touch, per tact Air Silver.......
$119 .......61.50
OPIUM QUOTATIONS, To tay's quotations are as follows:-
MAWA NEW
IAST YEAR OLDEST
PATNA NEW
OLD BENARES NEW
"
OLD ..
PERSIAN (PAPERY.
.241
l'er chest @ No sales
.(a) 1,000
.@ 1,080,100
1,042 ...@ 1,037! (1,057
1,030
No sales
To-day's Advertisements.
VICTORIA RECREATION CLUB. THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING will be held in the CLUB GYMNASIUM, Kawinon, on THURSDAY, the 18th instant, at 545 P.M.
FRANK W. WHITE,
Hon. Secretary. –Hangkons, rith jume. 1903.
CANTON INSURANCE OFFICE, LIMITED.
NOTICE.
SCRIP CERTIFICATES:
joe
NOTICE is hereby given that the following No. 1495 for ; Shates, Nos. 50, 560 issued
on the tosh March, 1887.
No. 1672 for 5 Shares. Nos. 2010/2014 issued
on the 24th January, 1889. No. 1603 for Shares, Nos. 5107/528 issued on
the 20th May, 1889.
No. 1734 for to Shares, Nos. 1235/174) issued
on the 11th November, 1889. No. 1295 for 5 Shares, Nos. 7282/7286 issued
on the 7th March, 1896.
in name of Mr. RUSTOMILK MEHERWANJER MERTA, of Hongkong, (now deceased) and Nr. 2351 for 2: Shares Nos. 4500/4525 and 22512355 issued on the 25th February, 1897, in name of Messrs. FRAMJEE HORMUS JEE & CO. of Hongkong, have been LOST.. and should the same not be produced before the 20th instant. FRESH CERTIFICATES place under the said Scrip Certificates Nos. will be ISSUED, and no transaction taking ás above will be recognised by the Office.
JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., General Agents, Canton Insurans e Office, Limited. Hongkong, 1th June. 1923.
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IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE,. NORDBRUTACHEK HAMBURG-AMERIKA
LLOYD,
LINIE.
his people. Two men nterned in the after were arrested, and disclosed in Detective Sergeant McDowell that the ringleader of the gang, for whose arrest a native warant had been a long time out, and a number of his sub or imites interded holding a meeting at a stall temple in the country near Yangis pa, Sellowell, in company with one native Webb at Karachi and the other by Mr. Barr at present, he gets that for produce which HE Steamship
cry, the foreign
MORE ARGUMENTS.
Two very interesting and learned lectures have been given recently-one by Mr. M. de P.
Roberson in London. Let us commence with Mr. Webb, who is a well-known waiter on this
detective, set out for the place indicated and approaching the temple, satisfied himself that his quarry was there, and then, concealing question, and who is evidently not enamoured himself anongs: the crops, stalked his prey the outset that there was a general belief that and was not perceived until he was actually forcing his way through the bamboo fence financial jugglery due to the debased rupee, our surpluses of late yers were nothing else but surrounding the temple. The noise of the and he instanced the opinion of the Hon'ble bambons being torn asunder gave the alarm, Mr. Mehta who, curing one of the Budget de and the leader of the desperadoes, sprang hates, observed that the surpluses had come Lo his reet with 蟲 warning from the pockets of the people in an indirect and discharged a revolver at
way. He further observed that a widely read intruder. McDowell immediately returned the journal, like the Manchester Guardian had ously, and both missing. The other ruffians mainly induced by the closing of the nints, fire, the revolvers going off almost simultaneasarried that the recent famites had been were by this time in full flight, and having fired the difficulty really being the scarcity of his pistol, the ringleader was quick to follow rupees and not the scarcity of food. Mr. their example. Then an exciting chase ensued Jamsetji Ardaseer Wadja, of Bombay, he said, the detective close on the heels of the fleeing said: "Referring to the Budget surpluses of across country for about a quarter of a mile, was also of the same, opinion. Mr. Webb desperado. The latter ran like a hare until he recent yea s Mr. Wadia asked who pays for all was checked by a creek, into which he tumbled, this?" He answers The wealth-carning in just as a stick which McDowell carried, in addition to the revolver, came down crash on
stitutions of the country, namely, agriculture, his head. McDowell leaped into the creek tended in these columnas (Bengaler) that the plantation and industry? We have often con- after the bandit and there secured him and the debased currency is nothing else but a heavy revolver. The rest was comparatively easy, and ruinous taxation, far more injurious and and the ruffian was soon safely under lock and harmful than any extra taxation direc ly levied. key at Hongkew Station.
Unfortunately, this subject has been neglected in this country, where very little effort has been made except recently, to probe this question have evinced very little desire to acquire know. to the very be tom, while the educated public
ledge on a subject which is not very attractive and with which they are not quite familiar. Take the instance of the late remission of taxa- tion, which comes to about Rs. 2 crores per
THE JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN LINE.
The Java-China-Japan line has announced the issue of a 4 per cent, bonded loan of t 1,000,000 at the rate of 911 per cent, which was offered by the Netherlands Trading Company of the zoth ult. In the prospectus the following particulars appear.-At the establishment of the company an amount of fl. 8,000, was con- sidered necessary for the three steamers with which the service would be commenced. In Feptember 11: 2,000 000 were issued in bares. and at present . 1,000,000 in bonds. The com- pany has been able to take advantage of low offers, so that the cost of the steamers will be slightly under the estimate. The regular service will commence in September nex, when the subsidy of the Government comes i to force, which will amount to 1. 300,000 annually for the first five years, fl. 150,000 for the second five years, and f. 200 000 for the third five years, which subsidy must be refunded out of the THE M. M. 5. Annum, which recently passed profits above 5 per cent dividend. The through Hongkong, brought 400 soldiers to steamers ar destined for the carriage of mid-relieve the French troops in Peking. The 'ship passengers and goods, but also some steamer made a speedy trip up to Shanghai, cabin passengers may be carried. Of the above occupying only 57 hours on the voyage or loan 60 per cent. of the applications have been about four bours longer than the record of the allotted-Ex.
same Company's steamer Laos.
ASK for ASAHI JAPANESE BEER-
G. Gifault.
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But assuming Mr. Robertson to be
FOR EUROPE.
"STUTTGART,"
Captain Groseb, carrying the German Mails of the NORDDeutscher LLOYD,
for EUROPE, will leave on SATURDAY,
the 13th instant, at Noon,
NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD."- For further Particulars, apply to
MELCHERS & CO., Agents. Hongkong, 11th June 10-3
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
THE P. & Q. S. N. Co.'s Steanship
16800
correct, and assuming that the entire product of the country would live gone up 40 per cent, what is the inference? If he is correct, then per cent. of the people of India who live by the we have inflicted a loss of 40 per cent on the 86 land, for the benefit of the 14 per cent, who are non agriculturists. It is a fortunate circum- America is rising, and with the large output of stance for India that produce in Europe and gold, it is bound to rise still more last thirty years, the output of gold has increased Within the
which has gone mad on the metal. "What three-fold, but unfortunately this large atput
"CEYLON,"
this country requires and demards is a plenti- has been absorbed with ease by the world,
FROM ANTWERP, LONDON, PORT SAID, SUEZ AND STRAITS. ful supply of rupee purchasing power, so that vessel are hereby informed that their Goods Consignees of Cargo by the above-nained its industries and people may be bealthily and are being landed and placed at their risk in the
to maintain prices, in short, that its silver consignment will be sorted nut mark by. judiciously stimulated. Especially does it Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown require sufficient additional rupees year by year Company's Godowns at Kowloon, where each currency should be trampered with as little as mark, and delivery can be obtained as soon as possible. The present financial expedient is one that can commend itself to no one except as a temporary measure, until a more scientific and satisfactory system can be established."
COMMERCIAL.
SHANGHAI SHARE REPORT. The following extracts of the week's share Ca's report published on 3rd-June:-- transactions are from Messrs. J. A Sullivan &
the Goods are landed.
Optional Goods will be landed here unless instructions are given to the contrary before 10 A.M, TO-MORROW.
Goods not cleared by the Stly instant, af 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 Godowns for examination by the Consignees and the Company's representative at appointed hour.
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satisfactorily but in many instances contargo date they cannot be recognised.
Alf Claims must be presented within ten Last month's settlement passed off fairly days of the steamer's arrival here after which was employed to carry over and, judging from the spuit which occurred in Langkais im have left the Godowns.
No Claims will be admitted after the Goods
beneficial results bave already accrued. Interest mediately the fresh account was opened, remains high and unless the market is relieved
AG. Gimult
SK for ASAHI JAPANESE BEER-
Moderate.
DAVID SASSOON & CO., LTD. Hongkong, 18th June, 1903.
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IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE. NORDIEUTSCHER
LLOYD.
HAMBURG-AMERIKA
LINIE.
STEAM FOR SHANGHAI, NAGASAKI, HIDGO AND YOKOHAMA.
THE Imperial German Mail Steamship
"PREUSSEN,"
of the NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD, Captain E. Prelin, due here with the outward German Mail about SUNDAY, P.,, the 14th instant, will leave for the above laces about 2 hours after arrival.
NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD. For further Particulars, apply to
MELCHERS & CO., Agents.
Hongkong, th June, 1903.
THE POPULAR
(6530
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Supplied at all the LEADING CLUBS and HOTELS, and to be obtained from LANE, CRAWFORD & CO., Queen's Road Central.
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insurance
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SIEMSSEN & Co.
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