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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, JULY 21, 1903.
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At the me ting of the Legislative Council yesterday afternoon an interesting discussion ensued regarding the new Post Office and Law Courts, in moving the adjournment of the de- Late in order to make some remarks on the answers to the questions standing in his ame, The len, Gershon tewart said.-As these
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FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE. A special meeting of the Sanitary Board was held yesterday afternoon in the Board Room, Present: The President (Hon. Dr. J. M. Alkinson, P.C.M.O), Capt. Lyons, (Acting C. S. P.), Mr. H E. Pollock, K.C., Col. Webli, R.A.M.C., Mr. Abinet Rumjahn, Mr E. A. llewett, Mr. Fung Wa Chun, Mr. Lau Cla Pak, Dr. Pearse, Acting M.Of., D: Barnett, G. A. Woodcock, Secretary. Assistant Medical Officer of Health), and M. TICE will take place from Belchers Batteries
Absent: Hon. W. Chatham (D. P. W.), and Min C. Mel. Messer (Acting Registrar General). The meeting was called to consider a minute effect that foot and mouth disease had broken out in a cattle shed belonging to the Dairy Farm Company, Ld., at Tai Lung Wan, some- where near the Aberdeen Road close to the No. to Bridge.
[Popa Leo Xili was also Bi-hop of Rome margements are to be made about the Law left+Colonial Treasurer)-1 am quite willing | ally it was assumed that no piling would by the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon to the
and Vicar of Jesus Christ, successor of St. Peter, Prince of the Apostles. Supreme Pouff of the Universa Chrch, Patrinich of the West, Primale of tuy, Archbishop and Meupolitan of the Roman Province and
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the Public Works Department, but I will con works, Tytam and Kowloon, and the Harbour fine my remarks to these questions.
Office are, putting aside every other work of the Public Works Department, very large. If you take everything into consideration and look over the accounts and see the work they have got to do-the cost of these works is over $300,000, and you cannot expect that to be done in a day. I do not think, myself, as far as these plans are concerned, that there has been any delay we could have avoided. There has been a slight delay in the foundations of the Lay Courts for this reason that in preparing the foundation it was found that where origin-
be necessary on the old ground next the was found that the entire City Hall, it foundation required to be piled. Except that, there was no delay once the piling had been done, beyond the inevitable delay of trying to get a tender which could be accepted in the interests of the Colony; and as the tenders were hundreds of thousands of dollars more than the Director of Public Works thought that we ought to pay for that kind of work, I think the Director of Public Works was very right .and prudent in advising the Government not to accept these tenders that were received at
it was decided to recommend that the applica that time. As regards this ground in front ofsions be submitted for approval of the Governor the Club which the hon. meniber speaks of, I
Hon: Mr. Stewart-1 did not say "voice in the wildemess."
Hon. Mr. Shewan-That is what i under
Hon R. Shewan-Sir, I beg to secaud the motion of my hon. friend, and I do so with great pleasure, because I agres-1 had almost { sail with the whole of his remarks, but at any rate with most of them; although there are one or two with which I cert.inly do not agree. Tu he first place he referred to some Government official whom he seemed to think able and two matters are of very considerable import-energetic. Now, I do not know whether he meant my hon. frend on the right--[Director His Holiness Pope Leo XII is (ance, I asked these questions and was
very glad to hear that some satisfactory of Public Works]-or my hon. friend on the to admit that one is able and the other en- Courts, but it must be 'borne in mind that we have heard hopeful statements before and have ergatic, but as to both being able and energetic suffered a considerable amount of disappoint I am not so sure about that. There was ment. It is clear that the Law Courts site has another remark in the speech of the bon. been reclaimed for about 13 years, also the site member with which I cannot agree-that in front of the Club; and yet we still have grass about the statue of His Royal Highness being growing on both of them. I fully admit the like a voice in the wilderness. desire of the Government in this and other alters to do their best for the public interests, but it seems to me that perhaps the cost to us has been somewhat overlooked. It does not seem very clear that it is an economical matter to delay the construction of these two buildings because this Colony like many a prosperous institution runs on a debit balance, and we could not do that unless at a charge of 5 per cent It is quite clear that if we paid per annum. $50, 00 for the Post Office site a year ago, we are $15,000 to the bail for interest. It is no use to go into the loss of interest in the past on the sites to the cast of that, but take the two ingether and I think I am not over-stating the value when I say they are worth $1,00,000, which is a cost to us of about $50,00 a year or about $1,0 o a week. From that point of view it seems to me that we are losing money because as far I can see we are in a very strong position. We have got the two ld -public offices in Queen's Rond, I suppose, to sell and apply towards these buildings, and we have got the valuable site in front of the Club, so tha, so far as I can see, we have assets which will enable us to put these two buildings up with
ut any cash coming in either. We have actually the money, and it seems to me that we have had it forsome time. I very fully admit the great troubles and ifficulties of the Public Works Department, but I think it is possible, if public attention is drawn to it and the matter is -opened up, that by a readjustment of duties
inan Church. He is the 57th Roman The deceased. was 93 years old on 2nd, and this year was not only the was the 50th snce he was proclaimed Cardinal He was ordained prie t in the year of the accession of Victoria the Good and in 1887 his Jubilee in the priesthood was com memorated He was a ton of Count Ludovico Pecci, and was baptised by the names Vincenzo Gioachino. He was fourteen years old when, after six years in the Jesuit College of Viterbo, he went to Rome, and entered the schools of the Collegia Romano. He distinguished himself in ma heimuics, and then passed to the course ofhilosophy and was Fut 21 years old when he obtained the laurea. He "rulet with firmness and prudence, and while at Benevento he, by his energy, put a stop to the bri andage which had before infested the district." For three years, 1843-46, he was Papal Nuncio to Belgium, after which he was nominated Rishop of Perugia, and in the Can- sistory of December 19th, 183, was created and proc aimed a Cardinal by Pius IX. The important office of Cardinal Camerlengo come to him in 1877, and one year afterwards, at a Conclave attended by sixty-two cardinals, he was made l'ope by the acclamation of all.]
International Telegraph Conference.
Losos, 18th July.
An international telegraph conference has completely revised the rules relating to Codes. From the 1st July, 1994, any com bination of five letters will be accepted as one word.
France and Great Britain. An Anglo-French Union for the develop ment of commercial relations between Great Britain and France is practically completed and a number of French delegates have arrived in London, with deputies of the Arbitration group for the purpose of confer ring with the English representatives of the Union,
LATER.
The United States. President Roosevelt has decided to sum mmon a special Session of Congress for the purpose of introducing legislation dealing with the present unsatisfactory financial con- ditions, particularly in connection with Trusts, several of which are notoriously tot tering and others bankrupt.
(N. C. D. Nrus.) The Strengthening of the Japanese Cabinet.
Tokio, 16th July. The Home Minister retires owing to ill health, and is succeeded by Baron Kodama, who still remains Governor-General of Formose.
and the calling in of private assistance we conld possibly be able to do a great deal of work at a greater speed than we can a' present. In answer to my question No. c it was not very clearly laid down who was going to build the Post Office. One hears remarks that the successful archite-ts will do so, but it has not been definitely sta ed.
stood him to say: "a voice howling in the wilderness." If I am wrong I stand corrected. At any rate, there is no wilderness near the Bank. The motion to adjourn the debate, however, is very opportune, for it opens up an useful field for anybody who wishes to talk about things that are going on in this Colony. I was glancing through some of the evidence brought before the Commission appointed to inquire into the Public Works Departmest, and
earnestly hope myself that nothing will be ever built on it. I propose that that ground shall be made a public garden as also the site near the Law Courts, and we shall have, oppo- site, the garden which at the present moment extends from the Bank to the sea. (Applause.) My idea is that the ground shall be preserved as an open space entirely and add to the beauty of the place. I suppose the hon. member with- draws his motion?
it was decided by the Board to declare the shed an infected area and to apply to Govern- ment for authority to employ watchmen to prevent the removal of anything, such as fodder etc, therefrom.
OPEN SPACES XEMPTION. Three applications for exemption from the provision of open spaces in houses as required by section 175 of Ordinance No. 1 of 1903, were considered.
in Council. The applications related to the following houses:-Nos. 7 and 4, Berkeley Street, Hunghom; 13, Cochrane Street, and 17, Wing Walone.
This was all the business.
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was very much amused as I read it to think how very little has been done to remedy matters after all the trouble we look and the many hours we spent listening to those witnesses. Mr. Chatham's evidence was to the effect that he had no time to attend to matters which seemed to me to be of the very least importance and which could have been done in about two seconds. He said he wanted, in addition to himself, an Assistant Director of Puble Worksand eight or nine other engineers; S. C. FARNHAM, BOYD & CO., LD. was receiving the disabled ship's passengers to
that his time was so taken up in office work that he had no time whatever to look round the Colony and see for himself what was wanted in the way of public works. I shopld like to know now if he is satisfied with the assistance the, Colonial Secretary has procured for him through the Agent General of the Colonies, for if he is satisfied' I suppose we shall have no more complaints about such matters as roads. At that time the great questions here were the want of water and the bad roads
His Excellency I am afraid the hon, inem ber is getting a little discursive.
Hon. Mr. Shewan-These are included in the matter of public works which my friend raised.
His Excellency-No; that was about the bailding of the Law Courts and the Post Office.
His Excellency-Yes, especially with re- However, I do ference to these two matters. not think the hon. member has very much farther to go.
THE "POWAN" GOES"10 DOCK. Our representative, having boarded the s Fatshan on her arrival here at 5.15 yesterday afternoon, was informed by one of the passen kers that at noon yesterday, white midway between Hongkong and Canton they encoun tered the s.3: Powan, which left here for Canton Ilon. Gershom Stewart-Yes.
yesterday, in a disabled condition. It appears H.E. the Governor-The Council stands ad- that one of her cylinders gave out, and she could only steam two to three knots. At the journed sine die.
time of the Fatshan's arrival the ss. Honam, which left here yesterday morning for Canton, convey them to their destination. The Fat- shun then towed the Powan back to port where she was taken in tow, at 10.15 this morning, by The Dock Company's tug into lung Hom bay to have her defects repaired.
THE ANNUAL MEETING.
The third annual meeting of the shareholders in . C. Farabam, Boyd & Co., Ld., was held at 14, Broadway, Shanghai, on 16th inst. There were present Mr. John Prentice (in the chair), Messrs. H, von Rucker, J. Groundwater and 1). Cranston (Directors), W. A. C. Platt (Legal Adviser), Jas. H. Osborne (Secretary), A. L Anderson, W. H. Anderson, W. E. Bryant, W.
B. Buyers, D. T. Black, H. J. Clark, E. W. Clements, A. Diercking, John Graham, A. J. Hayes, W. S. Jackson, H. E. McCann, J. R. Michael, R. Moothead, J. G. Mackenzie, Pemberton, C. E. Pearson, M. S. Perry, C. H. Purcell, H. Robertson, Dr. Robinson, H. K. burn, Thos. Weir, Marcus Wolff, Jolin Waight, Struve, Stockwell, W. Thomson, J, D. Thor. and R. Weil, representing a total of 11,456 shares.
The Chairman-The report and accounts. having been in your hands for some days with your permission will take them as read. employed and we consider the amount of Taels During the year we have been kept fairly well 910,97392 transferred from working account is satisfactory, as compared with last year when the amount, after deducting Tis. 862,500-the profit made on the issue of 6,000 shares-was Tis. 814.936.56, thus showing an increase in earnings on working acount of Tls. 75,037.36 Hon. Mr. Shewan-Well, regarding the or about 9 per cent; and this we hope will go roads, we recommended that three or four on improving. So far as this year has gone, business has been very satisfactory and the samples of roads should be made, different prospects are good. We have kept all our works, docks, machinery, etc., in good condi- materials to be used. Mr. Tooker, who was subsequently made Assistant Director of Publiction and repair out of earnings and have not Works, recommended that these should have wood pavements and said that the present roads had no foundations. Mr Danby and I- His Excellency-I think the hon. member is going very far afield.
I would like to mention a small matter in re- gard to the readjustment of work which I can speak of from my personal experience. I am
Hon. Mr. Shewan-I think he moved the sorry to say that the other day had not paid my water rate. I got two letters from the adjournment of the debate to discuss public Director of Public Works. I found that some-works. thing was charged and I corresponded with him and eventually' it resulted in my paying $1.50 to the Treasury, Well, it struck me as a itle bit hard on probably the hardest worked man in Hongkong, whom we expect to be an architect, an artist, an engineer and look after all things, that we should also make him do tax-collecting as well. I especially thought that, when we have got such an excellent and energetic Treasurer, who will look after the Colony's debts very well. I understand that 1 cannot say any more on the question of public works except referring to these two buildings, but I should like to draw your attention to the fact that it seems very odd that we cannot get on with our work and yet private people get on with theirs apparently fairly well. If we go down to the Post Office site we may see Chinese men sawing timber. If you turn round you sec Messrs. A. b. Watson's fine four-storey building approaching completion. If you go down to our sites to the eastwards you see in front of you Queen's Building which has been in use for some gears and Prince's Building which is now rapidly approaching completion, You see in front of the Bank those two very nice gardens which have been in use for six years and on the opposite side we have the statue of His Royal Highness standing in a sort of wilderness. I must say I never pass that statue but feel inclination to apologise tois Royal Highness. for not having given a better site to the statue. I hope, Sir, that these get for 1913-1904 is L910,00, which will be remarks will be taken in as good part as they devoted to the Intercolonial Budget, to meet the interest on the first instalment of the war
debt.
Public opinion interprets recent events as evincing the Emperor's confidence in the Cabinet, which therefore brings increased prestige to the discharge of its domestic and foreign duties.
17th July.
Three Cabinet Ministers, of Education, of Communications, and of Agriculture, are re- tiring, one for private reasons, and two in con- sequence of the Diet's condemnation of the Ministry's financial proposals. These portfolios have been given temporarily to Barons Kodama, Kioura, and Sune, in conjuncien with their present offices. The stability of the Cabinet is in no wise affi cled, Baron Kodama abandons bis projected trip to England.
The Transvaal.
Lordon, 16th July. The estimates surplus of the Transvaal Bud
The Campaign in Somaliland." London, 16th July. Advices from Somaliland have been received which state that several tribes, fired by the Mullah's exactions, are ready to desert if pro- mised protection.
This would involve a general occupation of the interior, which our Government is likely to approve; but this disaff c, ion may hasten Bri- tish action.
The Russian Aggression on Corea,
Tokia, 17th July! Work has been abandoned on the Russian telegraph between antung and Yong-Ampho in consequence of the remonstrances of Cores.
THE SS. ROSETJA MARU"
As intimated in our columns last evening the $.5. Rosella Maru met with a slight mishap on entering the harbour last Saturday. It seems that at the time it was low tide, and the Rosett, having a heavy cargo aboard, toached bottom in Kowloon Bay. A foreman and diver from the Hoogkong and Whampoa Dock Co. have been on board to sound the ship, but it is believed that their examination bas not revealed any damage to the ship. If such is the case, she will leave this part for Manila on Thursday, commanded by a new captain, Captain Tate, her former Captain, leaves by the America Maru at daylight 10- morrow. We have already notified this change
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are made in. I am induced to make them with the hope and desire that if we use the proper rss'star ce, engineering and otherwise, which we have at hand, we may,ive the Direc- ter of Public Works immediate and efficient relief. We all admit freely that he is a most conscientious hard-working man, but it seems to me that this Colony has outgrown the limits of the Public Works Department. If that is 20,
Hon. Mr. Shewan-It opens up a large field. His Excellency-Yes, but it is coming near four o'clock.
Hon. Mr. Shewan--Oh well, if the argument is one of time I am willing to sit down.
The hon, member thereupon resumed his seat.
The Colonial Secretary-The question of the site of the Law Courts and the site of the new Past Office and other offices that are going to be built on the site of the new Post Office is a subject which has been a very vexed one in deed, and one on which local opinion among officials differed as much as the opinion of non officials. Sir William Robinson appointed a committee to consider this matter in 1894, and that committee reported and recommended a certain scheme. Then, unfortunately for rapidity in the carrying out of the work, there was a change in the l'ublic Works Department, the new Director did not approve of the scheme fitbered by his predecessor, as far as my mem- ty serves me, and a fresh committee was ap pointed. It was no until 1896 that that second committee reported, after soine pondence with the Secretary of State as to the design of the buildings it was finally decided to employ an eminent firm of architects at home-
Ho R. Shewan-Who decided-Mr. Cham-
carres-
it is à inatter for real congratulation. Fut ilberlain or the Hongkong Government? we become a bigger place we cannot expect the work to be done without a bigger apparatus than we had in the earlier days. I think that any money that may be expended in the cost of employing private labour will be amply repaid by the relief afforded to the Department and by the increased comfort which the public will enjoy. It is a noticeable fact that nowadays, all as patriotic as we are in this Colony we have not a public building of any sort of kind except Queen's College, which is hidden away in Chinatown and nobody ever sees. It seems to me that the present moment is an opportune moment to put our shoulder to the wheel, be Cause we have found out that all hopes of de. veloping this Colony to its full limits of beauty and excellence bave been taken away from us by the retention of the Naval Yard in our midst. I think the best thing for us to do is to develop our Colony as much as we can in that direction to the best of our ability. I do not know whether I have to move a resolution?
H.E, the Governor-No.
The Colonial Secretary-Aston, Webb, and Ingress Bell. All this tool; a good deal of time and added to the delay. As for the site of the Post Office, which was acquired last March, it must be remembered that not one department but several some five or six-had to be accommodated in that building. It took some considerable time to find out what these de- partments wanted, and it also took some time to collare information so that the architects might have something to work upon. It may be we have lost something in sites earlier, but at the same time I would remind the hon. theinbers who have spoken that the value of the property is increasing all the time.
Hon. Mr. Stewart-I simply wish to ventilate the matter. There are a goud many other things in which assistance might be given to
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The Colonial Secretary-We might sell the present site of the Law Courts and the Post Office some years later, and I think the Senior Unofficial Member will agree with me that if we do sell it we will get a great deal more for it than if we had sold it three or four years ago.
Hon. G. Stewart-That is speculation. HE. the Governor-I think the hon. member in these speculations forgets that any of these public works-the Post Office, the public water ASK E ASAHI JAPANESE BEER.-
written anything off these. The amount re- maining for distribut on now (out of the Tis. 971,124-22 at the credit of the Profit and Loss Account, after deducting the interim dividend paid in December) is Tis. 584 714.22 and this with your anproval wet propore to appropriate as follows:-Pay a final dividend of Tis. 8 per share, Tls. 441,6c0; add to Reserve Fund Tis IC000; and carry to new account Tls, 43 124.22. With regard to the proposal re reduction of capital discussed at the last meet ing, your directors decided that, as the feel ing of the shareholders seemed to be against the scheme they would take no further action in the, matter for the present. With regard to the Directorale, Mr. James Johnston has retired and we wish to record here the valuable servi es he rendered to the Company. Mr. Twentyman is on leave. Mr. Cranston retires, but being eligible offers him- self for re-election. The auditors, Messrs. Scolt and Thorburn retire, but offer themselves for re el-ction. I shall be pleased to answer any questions.
M. A. L. Anderson asked what portion of the 15. 674.733.26, set down as the value of **Sundry assets in the balance sheel, repre sented the value of the 5.s. München,
The Chairman, thought it inexpedient 10 arswer this question, as the Directors were considering an offer of purchase for the vessel, He would only give the figures if the meeting showed an express desire for them.
This expression was not forthcoming. The following resol tions were put and carried seriatim
Proposed by the Chairman, seconded by Mr.
von Rucker-
Tha the report and accounts of the company made up to the 30th of April last, as printed and ciculated, he adopted and approved, and that the Directors be authorised to pay a dividend at the rate of Theis Eight (s. 8) per share to the shareholders. on the Register at this date.”
Proposed by Mr. Thos Weir, seconded by Mr. W. A. C. Platt
"That Mr. David Cranston be re-elected a Director of the Company."
Proposed by Mr. M. Young, seconded by "That Messrs. Geo. D. Scott and J. D. Mr. F. Pemberton
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Thorburn be re-elected Auditors of the Com: pany for the present jear.”
Mr. A. L. Anderson suggested that after so prosperous a year the Directors should con- sider the propriety of according a small bonus to the stall.
The Chairman said the Directors had already done what they considered proper in that respect
The meeting then ended.-N. C. D. N.
Wy note from a vernacular contemporary that the premiums paid by Japanese steamship companies and others to foreign insurance companies for the insurance of steamers during last year amounted to Y942,349. Of this sum, Y514400 was paid by the Nippon Yusen Kaisha, Y226,650 by the Osaka Shosen Kaisha, Y85.3 o by the Toyo Kisen Kaisha, Y36,236 by the Mitsui firm, Y59,476 by the Mitsu Bishi firm, and Y20.337 by Mr. Olye. Compared with the preceding year, these sums show an increase of V163 220-Kote Chronicle.
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