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All communications intended for publication in The "HONGKONG TELEGRAPH " shnat addressed to the Editor, 1, Ico Hon Hond, and
government in respect of these negotiations.ro days only, 10 days, Brownie Kodaks for $5 The simultaneous erection of a number of at LeMunyon's, 31, Des Voeux Roid.-Advt. large buildings on the Praya Reclamation
should be accompanied by the Writer's Name and together with the Naval Yard Extension and FOR stealing 45 lbs. of sugar, value $3.60, from T. Sercombe Smith lo p.y-$5 for each coin,
Addres
This Chinese who was charged a few days 120 with having in bis possession thirty-one coun- terseit ten-cent pieces, and was sentenced by Mr.
months, is said to have disappeared. making a total of $155, or go to gaol for three
WE are informed that a billiard match will
in the early part of next month when two local cuisis will play a game of $250 for a prize of $100 aside. Mr. Cameron, the manager, has promised to present a cue to the player making the highest break.
The Editor will not n leriate to be responsible for Colony in the production of material and note the name of Dr. F. H. Kew, brother of take place at the Occidental Hotel, Kowloon,si Rebellion together with the progress of the •
any rejected MS,, tior to return any Contribution.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES (IN ADVANCE). DAILY $30 per aunt, W65-$13 per unnin.
In the list of arrivals per the Gaelic to-day we Mr. Chadwick Kew, dental surgeon, of this Catony.
TURE#: fa"] plagu - eses were reported during the twenty-four hours ended at noon to-day
were Chinese.
The rates per quarter and per mensem, proportional measures adopted to overcome the inconve- One was a Japanese from Yaumali; the others
The day issue is delivered free when the address is pressible to messenger. Da copies sent by post achlicional $1,80 per quarter is charged for postage. The stage on the weekly is to any part of the
world is 30 cents per quarter, Single Copies Daily, ten cents; Weekly, Awenty-
lice Cents.
BIRTHS.
On the 17th July, at 28, Naozing Road, Hongkew, Shanghai, the wife of MANUEL F. S. PEREIRA, of a daughter.
A CHINESE official in St. Petersburg says the sul at Hongkong, has established a society for Manchuria there is an item of Rs. 9,740,000 M. Minami Teisuke, formely Japanese Cun-Jik Jh reports that in the Russian Budget as donations to contain Chinese officials, and whose object is to afford every convenience to
an estimated expenditure of at least Rs, foreign tourists in Japan gratis.
5,000,000 more for the same purpose to facilitate the conclusion of arrangements.
THE N. Y. K. S. Kinchu Maru which was due to leave Yokohama for Burnbay on Saturday last, had been involved in a c-llision and wou'd not leave until 21st inst BEFORE the Eclipse Stakes was fun, Ard Patrick was purchased by Count Lebad:iff for twenty thousand guineas, but is not to be delivered until the end of the racing season.
Butterfield and Swire's shipbuilding works, Tsim-isa-chui, yesterday, a native was fined Ordinary Ladiness vnquamnications should be nedrewed which have been in progress throughout the $35, or two months' imprisonment.
year, were found to tax the resources of the by The Manager..
supply of skilled labour required to carry them out. The year 1902 was a memorable one on account of the severe cought expe rienced during the early part of it. The niences arising out of the shrtage in the water-supply are fully detailed if the extracts which are reproduced at length, in another article. It will be satisfactory learn that as the results of negotiations th Messrs. Butterfeld & Swire, it was arranged that the diverted portion of the Shaukwan Road being constructed by them pastheir ship- yard should be widened from 3 feet to 15 feet. From the configuration of je ground, it would have been almost impraticable to have effected any widening of theroad after the construction and laying out ofheir ship yard had been completed. A proposal was submitted to the Kowloon Whaiand Co- down Company, for carrying ou certain alterations and exchanges to eable the public traffic to be diverted from de Praya at Kowloon, which is so greatly ostructed by their tramway lines and trucks and the conduct of their business general. The Company submitted an alternative foposal, which the Government expressed elf pre- pared to accept on certain tern The terms, however, were not acceptab to the Company and, as a compromise aeeable to both parties could not be arrand, the matter dropped. The first half ofjubilee Road, from Kennedy Town to its hint of intersection with the path to Sassoon Villa (Farm Lot 49), was completed in ticarly part of the year and work on the refining portion to Aberdeen was well advand by
Can the 17th July, at Shanghai, the wife of RNEST R. PALMER, of a son,
On the 18th July, at 3, West End Land, Shanghai, the wife of JOHN WITELAW, of a son (both well). Glasgow papers, please copy. On the 18th July, at "Aufenthak," Rifle Buits, Shanghai, the wife of JOHN TREVOR
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HONGKONG, SATURDAY, JULY 25, 1903.
PUBLIC WORKS IN 1902.
Darlins
A PEKING dispatch dated the 13th inst, states that two divisions of Russian troops have arrived at Tsitka from Europe and that Russians from Kirin province are moving
south,
LeMunyon has the finest tinc of Opera glasses ever looked through. Prices extremely low.~-
Advt.
SECTION 11 of Ordinance No. 1 of 1903 res gulating the cutting of earth, etc. from Crown lands has been made applicable to the New land Territories, excepting New Kowloon, from the
zist inst,
HERR F. O. Licht, of Magdeburg, in his monthly circular on the beet sugar trade, states that production up to May has decreased by 1,187,000, but his estimate for the campaign is unaltered.
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sperous condition in the tea market of that
In point of interest, after the report on the trade and slapping of the Colony the review its close. After detailing the minowork I will be seen on reference to our advertise of each year's work as canied on by the
under the several miscellaneous heat thement columns that the cable laid by the Com. Public Works Department, is the most im
report concludes with the Praya Reclaation mercial Pacific Cable Company between Manila works the expenditure on which for thyear and San Francisco is open for traffic from portant to the community. We have now before us the report by the Hon. W. Chatham
was $110,708, as compared with $91,2 ir to-day's date. rgot, and $150,050 in 1900. Thelotal for the past twelve months, which is a duru- ment replete with every information respect building area to be provided by the bela- REPORTS from Lingchow indicate a pro ing the annually recurrent and extraordinarymation is 33 acres. Ap area of 27 pres place and several large sales have been made. public works of the Colony for 1902. In his has been made availate, and the whorof The largest purchase yet recorded was a sale has been takin of scoo boxes of black ten made by the Hein it is also made in the covering letter, the Director of Public Works
until Shun On tea hong, Public Work states that the year-was-signalised locally
the actual Commission, the result of who delibe by the visit of the items (1) personal
was published in the form of a spil Blue Cu with damaging his rickshaw while trying MR. F. J. Michael charged a public rickshaw ments and other chargs, $115,501.77:
Book; the information contained in which to pass on Queen's Road yesterday in a (2) annually recurrent works, $506,753-47:
has already been made known. Although
careless manner.
The rickshaw coolie had to (3) extraordinary works, 8613,890.38 (exclu- the Commission submitted their report qu pay him 55 compensation. sive of Praya Reclamation expenditure); and ()special vote for resumption of site for Post Office, &c., $505, 280.00. The total expenditure of $1,744.431.63 is in excess of the amounts devoted by increase in the cost of annual recurrent works was mainly due to the following--
million
Measures to supplement the water supply
rendered necessary by the drought,...$65,700 New catchwater and channels to render streams available for water supply and conserve dry weather flow of catch- waters, &c.......
9,900
FURNITURE
Forming and kerbing streets, rendered necessary by extensive building operations......
**** 20,000 Miscellaneous drainage works rendered necessary in same way or by reclama. tions, Maintenance of buildings, increase largely due to recent advance in cost of work,. Maintenance of buildings in New Ter ritory, principally repairs to old build- ings taken over from the Chinese Government,...... Miscellaneous works..... Maintenance of roads, increase largely due to the removal of blue stone surfacing, advance in cost of work, and increased traffic, Maintenance of sewers, increase largely due to advance in prices and to severe rainstorms..... Gas lighting, new contract at increased rates and increase in number of lamps
18,700
20,000
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DEVELOPING and PRINTING
UNDERTAKEN for AMATEURS.
GOOD WORK.
PROMPT RETURN. loogkong, 8th July, 1902.
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CARMICHAEL AND CLARKE,
CONSULTING ENGINEERS AND
SHIPBUILDERS, SURVEYORS AND CONTRACTORS,
REPAIRS PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO.
TELEGRAMS: "CARMICHAEL" Hongkong, A. B. C. Code, 4th Edition.
A i Code,
Lieber's Standard Code.
TELEFONE, 232.
Hongkong, zoth March, 1903.
THE Bertorini
4:700
4,300
6,900
through lighting private streets,..... 5,500
By sales of Crown land in the Island and on the Kowloon Peninsula a sum of $571,700.35 was derived. It included a sum of $53,520, derived from the sale of rights of erecting piers, also a sum of $43,700 paid by the Admiralty to commute the Crown rent of Kowloon Marine Lot 35, which had been acquired by it. On the subject of lands we are informed that negotiations were in pro- gress throughout the year with regard to an
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CAPTAIN Patterson, the veteran commander of the sinfung, who lately made his last trip 10 Tientsin, and is going home for good, was entertained by the Viceroy Yuan at the Yamen and by a party of his old friends at dinner by way of a send off Capt. Patterson's first command was the Plymouth Rack fifty years
ago.
Ar Shizuoka, Japan, on the 9th, a hill 2,160 feet high and 1,440 feet wide slipped into the Keta river, changing the village of Keta into a lake and washing away a large number of houses and four factories, including the branch of the Oji Paper Mill. Warned by the in- cessant rains, the old people and children had previously escaped.
You want an Opera glass from LeMunyon's 31, Des Voeux Road, before they are all gone. ~~~ Advt.
CROWN LAND SALE.
WEST RIVER TRADE.
CFrom Our Correspondent.)
Canton, 24th July, The great number of steam launches convey-` ing soldiers, stores and munitions of war to Wu- chow for use in the suppression of the Kwang- Canton-Hankow Railway along the river banks again draws attention to the trade of the West in Canton ever o launches bave left that city, River. Since the arrival of the new Viceroy carrying and towing soldiers, stores and war material, and, owing to the strong tides run- long passages, and have had to call in at siver towns for supplies. As H.E. Tsen has given ning at this t me of the year, they have made
strict orders that everything is 10 be paid for, and holds the captain of each party responsible for any complaints, it inay generally be said that the river has never before seen so much ready cash circulated. Since February last when the eight new ports were opened for passenger traffic the figures have risen remark ably. The ships plying are loaded with cargo, and to such an extent has this trade devel., ed that the combined companies owning the s.s. Sainam (Capt. Branch) and 5.3. Nanning (Capt. Thomas) have bought a
new twin screw steamer, the Tab Hing, which will
Capt. start ruoning in about two weeks' tina. has been appointed to comm nd it, The joint companies have also ordered from the Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Co. a new boat which is to be built in Kowloon Dock to special plans and require- ments of experts who know very inch of the river. She will not be a stern wheeler as the pie. sents boats, but twin screw which are thought mare adaptable to the sharp turns, &e. that have to be made at various points of the route.
The Government will put up for sale by public auction on Monday, the foth prox., at 3 p.m. at the offices of the Public Works Department, two lots of Crown land situate at Shaukiwan. They contain, respectively, 6,300 and 2,800 square feet. The upset price is $1,899 in the case of one and $840 in the case
of the other. The annual rent is $4 and $20. One of the c.nctions of sale is that the pur- chasers shall expeni in rateable improvements on the lots a sum of not less than $5,oco in the case of the larger and $o in the case of the smaller.
KOWLOON WATERWORKS.
The following is an extract from the D.P.W. report for 1901:--
The assent of the Secretary of State to the large scheme referred to in last year's report was received in January and Messrs. Denison,
the 29th March, 1902, it will be learned THE Honorary. Secretary of the Shanghai Ram and Gibbs were at once instracted to
Dat
can be made for representative carsinen of the southern port to take part in the Autumn Regatta on each of the two days.
crocamel with the work....i
construction of the storage reservoir, including a caretaker's bungalow, was let to Mr. Tsang Keng in May. Fair progress had been made with the excavation of the foundations for the
Webster
Dosing, one of the newly opened ports for passenger traffic, and one where ships calling never fail to take passengers, is the roost im portant of the new ports, and is the market town for a distance of 20 miles round. Con.. sequently there is quite a considerable amount of product so he shipped to Wuchow or Canton, but the new privilege of calling does not per mit ships under foreign flags taking cargo, so launch to Canton or is towed or dropped down that it either gues in small quantities by steam by the tide to Tak Hing futher up the river where foreign vessels are allowed to lead. Why this state of affairs should exist is a que.. tion for our Consuls. These ports were all open to all trade in 1897, and why mặt nhiý ? If I may suggest a reply I would say it is owing to opposition by the Canton Customs. But there is a new head of. Customs affairs and this is the Consuls' opportune moment.
Korgmoon, by treaty, should be opened as a treaty port by 1904; but as far as I can as- certain no movement has yet been made to this end.
On the West River, where there are only ... four Customs stations with Europeans, one has of necessity to contend with likin and pasive customs. It would be interesting, to know, the latter is supposed to be taken over Customs, and duties collected are from foreign. by what is generally known as the Foreign. ships, what percentage, if any, of native cusivins duties goes toward the indemnity. A well- known tobacco company immediately saw a
with regret that the only recommendations carried into practical effect hu thude of the yeator the supervision of the Govern- ment system of telephones and of the two overseers for Buildings Ordinance work. The latter, however, had not arrived in the Colony. The Hon. W. Chatham brings his | report to a finish by reviewing the visit of the sanitary experts. Reference is made to the results of the joint investigations of Mr. Osbert Chadwick and Professor Simpson, his Government is quite determined to have been cut, a face-wall at top water mark and large quantities of their goods en sale or
no observations, however, being offered on the voluminous reports which they have pres sented after thoroughly investigating the question of the water supply of the Colony, the sewerage and drainage system, and the housing of the population of Hongkong.
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
No foreigners, but only three native Christians
were killed in the recent riot at Hsianfu..
THE death is announced of Mr. W. E. Henley, the popular writer, who was born in 1847.
Don't neglect this chance to get a fine Kodak for $5 at LeMunyon's; 10 days only. Advt.
THE King of Saxony has conferred upon the divor ed Crown Princess the name of Countess Montignoso.
TENDERS are invited by Government, for train-
A DISPATCH to the Jiji says that Mr. de than abandon Manchuria. Witte himself will rather go to war with Japan
Fine line of rubber dating stumps and nutabermain dam by the end of the year as well as ing machines just received by Letunyon, 31, Des Voeux Road.—Advt.
THE American Minister is said to have in formed the Wei Wu Pu that there must be no further delay about the Manchurian affair, as the ports demanded in Manchuria, and if they are not granted there will be trouble,
REFERRING to the decision of the authorities regarding the removal of the New Admiralty Dock, the local correspondent of the N. C. D. News says: The Colony at the same time is as good as told that it is a coaling station and nothing more, and that its interests must always be subordinated to those of the two great services; no matter what loss may ensue
ia consequence.
PROGRAMME of music to be played by the Band of the toth Bombay Light Infantry, on the New. Parade Ground, on Monday next, the 27th instant, from 5 p.m. to 630 pm.
March... Her Bright Smile"......Campbelt. Overture......." Macbeth"...J. 1 Aniton, Selection......." The French Maid "W. Slaughter. Vals......." Gypsies".d. G. Crowe. Selection..." My Sweetheart..........Godfrey. Galop Lebensweeker "........A. Corcagio God Save the King.
ing the nullah adjoining R. B. L. 33, Worg-AT about 3 o'clock this morning, three marine neichong Recreation Ground. *****
hawkers made their way to a licensed cargo boat loaded with rice and did their best to steal a bag. In doing so, they attracted the master's attention, and in their hurry to bolt, dropped the bag into the sea, jumped into their sampar, near at hand, and gave chase. They were and rowed away. The master had his boat subsequently caught by the water police, and sentenced by Mr. Sercombe Smith at the Magistracy, this morning, to three months' hard labour.
The Ficha de Chine says that Russia bas ordered the construction of barracks for twenty thousand men at Port Arthur.
ALL bacteriological examinations of doubtiel cases of plague and cholera will, in future, be undertaken by Government free of cost,
NDAY, the and August, being a Bank hot day, will be observed as a holiday by the Government departments, excepting the Magis
tracy.
exchange of lands involving large areas between the Colonial Government and the Military Authorities. A settlement in the malter had not been arrived at by the close of the year.
As far as the public are aware to what particular site these negotiations relate we are unable to say, but with our FROM the Foochow Echo of the 11th inst, we experience of the unyielding attitude of the team that the injury done to the rice in the Imperial Government to further Colonial neighbourhood by the late floods is not soquently the silver market in the latter province interest when such is placed in opposition serious as was feared.
to so-called Imperial needs in the matter of THE Novoje Vremja declares in a leader that the Naval Dockyard Extension Works, there Russia is the guardian of peace in Europe and should be little hope that the Colonial au- Asia. She dissuades Japan from being in 1355c thorities will have the better of the Military fluenced by England. ⠀ HE Beer to drink in the tropics is the Beer Bade in the tropics-SAN MIGUEL,
MIGUEL. THE Beer to drink in the tropics is the Beer
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HE Beer to drink in the tropics is the Beer made in the tropics-SAN MIGUEL.
THE Sin Wan Pao gathers that our arcmont table funds in Kwa gsi the i'eking Board of of the urgent demand for military nud chari-
buting Tis. 30,000 from her sak revenue and Revenue has consented to Kwangtung contri-
Szechuen Tl. 200,000. When Viceroy Tsen departed for Kwangsi this time, he took from Kwangtung an amount of Tis. 703,000, conse
has been greatly affected. 12 per cent. interest per annum is charged on short loans, a high former times. If the Viceroy should draw fur- rate of interest that has never been heard of in
ther on the Province, the silver market would become disusuously tight, 201 THE. Beer to drink is the topics
made in the ropic■—SAN MIGUEL.
with the cutting of a trench of great depth into the hillsides against which the dam abuts. The rock in the bottom of the dam is of a very jointy nature intersected with veins of decomposed stuff which can be easily dug out with a pick.
Some paths in connection with the work had
extending some distance below it had been built and the construction of the bungalow was in progress.
(it) Main to Storage Reservoir. A contract for laying about 3 miles of 12-inch cast iron. main, with connections to the old intakes above Cheung Sha Wan; for constructing several new intakes; and for taking up the temporary 4-inch main which was laid in 1900 to the old intakes, was let to Mr. Wong A Chi in April. The lay ing of the new main was sufficiently advanced by the beginning of October, to admit of its being utilized in place of the 4-inch main for conveying the water from the old intakes to supply Mongkoktṣui and Yaumati. By the end of the year, three miles of it had been laid and two new intakes completed, whilst several others were well advanced. A waichman's bungalow at the intakes was about 'completed and the whole of the old main had been taken up, the pipes being. cleaned and returned to the Government Store.
(iii) Service Reservoir' near Kowloon Tong. vice reservoir at Kowloon Tong, capable of con- Tenders for the construction of a large ser taining two million gallons, were called for in
December.
(iv) Defining Boundary of Drainage Area. --Large concrete pillars have been established to define the boundary of the drainage area of the reservoir in course of construction and of the intakes above Cheung Sha Wan.
POLLARD'S COMEDY COMPANY.
By this morning's mail we received a letter
of Pollards English Comedy Company, in- from Mr. Alec Middleton the business manager
menced on the 20th inst. when "they made an forming us that their Manila season .com-
instantaneous hit, receiving an ovation at the termination of the performance from the largest audience that has ever assembled in the theatre, including the elite of Manila, Governor Talt and a large party being present." The Compa ny have a very large repertoire, and it is the of comedy artists that has yet appeared in the general opinion that it is the best organisation
Orient. The Company open in Hongkong on the 10th August.
Chemade in the tropics-SAN MIGUEL
"HR. Beer to drink in the tropics is the Beer
splendid ground for a market for their goods; excellent move. Their representatives hired a it is not so very long ago that they made an launch with house hoat in tow and took a cargo. up river stopping at every part and town, inter- viewing the biggest shopkeepers and leaving
return. Thus they proceeded as far as Wuchow, keepers and inquired if they had sold any if On their retu n journey they visited the shop-
they had not they were made a present of the
goods to be distributed about the town as an advertisement. They also placarded every town they entered with their many artistic advertisements. I am assured they are reaping Now the Chinese can sell the cigarettes a good harvest from this simple enterprise. cheaper than the travellers themselves, the natives being able to amuggle the goods.
Yuet Shing, the city of the temple of the mother of the Dragon, is a town of considerable size and has a yearly return of passengers which would open the eyes of most people. During the festival here last month over 120,000 per- sons visited the shrine at the temple.. This in itself is a considerable item.
ing sufficent cargo of mailing to fill each of Tak Hing, at the present moment, is supply-
the combined companies' ships on each down- ward trip.
SHIPPING AND MAILS.
MAILS DUE. Australian (Empire) to-morrow. Canadian (Emprest of China) 27th inst. Indian (Namsang) 28th inst. French (Tonkin) 20th inst. American (Hongkong Maru) 4th prox. American (City of Peking) 13th prox. --***
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Victoria, B.C., on 22nd inst. ...
The NPS, Co.'s ss.; Dlympia arrived at
The CPR Co. s.s. 'Empress of Japan left Yokohama pim., on 24th inst., for Victoria and Vancouver.
French Mail will leave Saigon to-morrow, a4 a.m., for this port.
The M..M. Co.'s a. Tonkin with the next
The Imperial German Mail s.s. Kiaulschow, Berlin of the 7th inst., left Colamba ĝu Satur carrying the German Mails with dates from
day, .n, and may be expected here on th
Beer the ten topics the Be
- made in the tropica--SAN MIGUEL,