INDIA'S IMPORT TRADE,
The trade returns, for, 1902-1993, issued lately, show an increase of 458 lakhs in exports and a decrease of 273 lakhs or 33 in imports. The detailed statement of the exports we reserve for a subsequent opportunity. The severe distress caused by the plague and famine in
the Western Presidency is mainly responsible for the very unsatisfactory state of the import. The comprehensive analysis of the trade in foreign sugar, which had reached the gigantic proportion of one and a half inillion cwt. in 1895-93 revels some note worthy an interesting features, Two-thirds of the sugar came from Austria-[Jungary. The Countervailing Duties Act was passed by the Indan Government in 1899. This had, how ever, so lule effect, the, in rgot-goz the trade had grmen to Dre millino cwt. Auth's juncture, de recht was revealed by the delegates to the Brussel's Sugar Convention that the operation of the Kartels completely sentralised the effects of the Countervailing Daties. The Government then further en anced the doties and this latest legislation
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY,
taking up his temporary residence in India, with the cognizance of the Indian Government. At any rate, it was in that country that he received news of the death of Yang-lu, from which moment his preparations for a return to Chius began. Those who had silently watched his interests in Peking during the years of exile made haste to inform the Emperor of his whereabants, a secret which in Yung-lu's lifetime had been so carefully kept that his spies still watched the Canton district where the, fugitive was believed to be in hiding. Forthwith the Emperor, on his own initiative, telegraphed to Kang-Yu-wei to return at once in court under Imperial profection. Kang, with a courage which, in the fight of the Emperor's past history of weakness and sur- render, must he cons derect remarkable, re- spanded immediately to the invitation, and towards the middle of the latter part of May once more to k up fis abode in Peking. Kang is one of the statesinen British interest should support at all costs, He is an internal reformer in the first instance, it is tree, bur his foreign proclivities are with England rather than Russla as, indeed, are those of
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Auctions.
PUBLIC AUCTION.. “HE Undersigned have received instructions to Sell by
PUBLIC AUCTION, 'FOR ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED, on
SATURDAY, the 15th August, 1903, at 3 P.M.,
at their SALES ROOMS, No. 8, Des Voeux Road, Comer of Ice House Street,
A FINE AND VALUABLE COLLECTION O USED AND UNUSED POSTAGE STAMPS, Comprising
BRITISH COLONIES, CHINA, PHILIP PINES, PORTUGAL and COLONIES.
Including a Few Sets of MACAU CROWN ISSUES, RARITIES and ERRORS.
(In Lots to suit Dealers and Collectors). TERMSAs usual,
HUGHES & HOUGH,
Auctioneers.
Hongkong, 12th August, 1903,
AUGUST 13, 1903.
Intimations.
THEY WILL REMAIN.
of reverence is overshadowed by intelligence in the zoth century woman. Old things are no pre- because they are old. What- ger useful must get out of the Walesa, progress' that is not
Permanent. We shall drink water and eat no "improvement" on "Diving, and we do not come into the world
The beginning, and people they have done since the Let us not run away with the idea that all of our treasured opinions are to be upset. Through every change, all things which, like
WAMPOLE'S PREPARATION (9766 | have builded a reputation on honour and good service, will hold their place. This effective remedy belongs to the past, the present and the future. It is not only up-to- date but ahead of date, For Wasting
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS Dr the letting by Public Auction Sale, to be, held on MONDAY, the 17th day of August,' 1903, at 3 F.M., at the Offices of the Public, Werks Department, by Order of His Excellency the Governor, of One Lot of CROWN LAND,
New Territory, for a term of 75 Years.
PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.
exactly hit the nail on the head and was at nine-tenths of the Pro-ressive party--besides, most dramatically successful. Although the in any case, the man who advances reforms in higher duties have been in force for only nine the home administration of China is setting months of the year under review, ther-de in forward all for which this country is conten. Austrian and German sugar was virtually ding--the best interests of the Empire, and extinguis ed. So complete was the exclusion the open door for all the world. If Kang-Yu-situated between Deep Bay and Ping Shan, that only one za was received during the past wei is able to maintain his position, he may five months of the year. The excluded-beat-upen'a new chapter in contemporary history, sugar was to a large exto † replaced by cane sugar from Mauritius, China and Straits, so that, although the receipt from Continental refineries fell off by one half, the 'otal trade declined only 8 per cent. This urge import- ation of foreign sugar is suggestive of the development of a strong demand for foreign refined sugar of a better quality in preferer co to the common indigenous manufacture.
The piece goods trade, which generally con- stitutes neatly 37 per cent of the total values of imports, shows a serious falling off of 7 per cent which has entigel fallen upon the Bombay Presidency, a sure sign of the severe distress occasioned by the famine in Western India.
The jimports of salt amounted to 423,826 tons, Of these to per cent go to Bengal and to per cent to Burma. With the exceptional facilities that exist for the manufacture of cheap salts both in the Bombay and Madras Presidencies this large trade in foreign salt seems at first sight inexplicable. The exorbitant railway freights, however, are responsible for the check in the growth of the indigenous industry.
The sale of immense numbers of kitchen utensils as old metals during the fimine years has been the cause of the revival in the import. ations of copper, the trade in which appears to advance with rapid strides.
The trade in the articles of food and drink suggests some curious facts and figures Im- ports of alcoholic liquors show no signs of having reached their limit; the receipts of beer and spirits were considerably larger, and in the trade in wine along is there a tendency to decline Brandy, which had been a long out of favour with the people, is recovering its position and though the con sumption is little more than one-half of whisky' the trade last year was larger by 20 000 gallons.
wherefore his recall to Peking is of no small moment to Europe generally, and, in a sense, to Great Britain in particular.-P.Mf G.
Auctions.
PUBLIC AUCTION
VALUABLE
OF
ALUABLE LEASEHOLD PROPERTY
situate is
ELGIN STREET, Victoria, Hongkong IN 2 LOTS, TO-MORROW
(FRIDAY), the 14th August, 1903, at 3 P.M., at his
AUCTION ROOMS, Duddell STREET, by
MR. GEO. P. LAMMERT, Auctioneer.
LOT 1-All that Piece of Ground registered in
the Land Office ns Section B of Sub- .section No. 6 of Section A of Inland Lol No. 120 with the Messuage there- Annual on No. 2 Elgin Street. Crown Rent S1 80%
Lor 2-All that Piece of Ground registered in the Land Office as Section C of Sub- section No. 6 of Section A of Inland Lot No. 126 with the Messuage there- on No. 23 Elgin Street. Annual Crown Rent $3 14
The above Lots are held from the Crown for the Residue of the Tem of 999 years,
For further Particulars, apply to
EWENS & HARSTON, Vendor's Solicitare,
or to
MR. GEO. P. LAMMERT, Auctioneer.
Hongkong 7th August, 1903.
PUBLIC AUCTION.
(9490
BY ORDER OF THE MORTGAGEE CE
No. of Sale.
Registry No.
จงส
Annual Rest
Upset Price.
Diseases, Impaired Nutrition, lofluenza, Lung Troubles, Impure Humors in the blood with resulting skin affections, etc., it possesses the confidence of physicians and the people every. where. It is not expected to fail; it never does fail. The formula after which it is, made is an inspiration. It contains the nutritive and curative properties of Pure Cod Liver Oil extracted by us from fresh cod livers, combined with the Compound Syrup of Hypophosphites and the Extracts of Malt and Wild Cherry. It is palatable as honey, and yet so medicinal as to be effective from the first dose. Pro. fessor Reddy, of Canada, says: "I have much pleasure in stating that I have used it in cases of debility and have found it to be a very valuable remedy as well as pleasing to take." [957 To trust it and try, it is to be satisfied and thankful. "You cannot be disappointed in it." Sold by chemists here and everywhere throughout the world and A. 8. Watson Co., Lintited..
Boundary Measurements.
LOCALITY.
H. 3.
W.
It.
[6.
Ping Shan
New Territory 70
10 10 10
4,000
98
Hongkong, raih August, 1903,
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS of
the letting by Public Auction Sale, to be held on MONDAY, the 17th day of August, 1903, at 3 P.M., at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of His Excellency the Governor, of One Lot of CROWN LAND, at Ping Shan, New Territory, for a term of 75 years.
Ping Shan Island Registry No.
PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.
Boundary Measurements.
LOCALITY.
N.
I. 3.
W.
ft. (t. f. ft.
Square feet.
Annual Rest
Upset Price.
Ping Syan
!
New Territory
79 100 100 100 100 10,000
200
Hongkong, 19th August 1993.
Intimations.
The imports of condensed milk amounted to VALUABLE LEASEHOLD PROPERTYT
QUEEN'S ROAD WEST, Victoria, Hongkong,
the value of 4 lakhs of rupees an instructive commentory on the miserable dairy facilities of a country mainly agricultural,
Young India is now gning in fast for cigar- ette in which the trade premises, to attain very large proportion. But India ought to be able to supply the whole of the demand and the fact that such an out-of-the way place as Shanghai is importing cigarette to the country, docs not speak well for Indian enterprise,
The trade in petroleum was hitherto con- trolled solely by the Russian and American products. They are, however, both equally the threatened by Batoum gil of which 174 million gallons were imported into India during the
Jast year.
On the whole, the distribution of the import trade amongst the great producer nations shows no special features; Great Britain controls 66.3 per cent of the entire trade-the strong. est position she has occupied for three years past."
KANG YU WEI.
If social columns existed in Chinese native papers-which they do not-a paragraph to. this effect would doubtless have recently ap peared: "Kang-Yu-wei returned to Peking from the Continent by the mail boat fast even- Ing," And if we in Engiand knew a little more
situate in
on
SATURDAY, the 15th August, 1993, at 12 o'clock Noon, at their
AUCTION ROOMS, ICE HOUSE STREET, hy Messrs. HUGHES & HOUGH, Auctioneers.
LOT 1.-All that Piece of Ground registered in the Land Office as Section A of Infand Lot No. 8a with the Messunges thereon Nos. 386, 388 and 390, Queen's Road West. Annual Crown Rent $33.00. The above Property is held from the Crown for the Residue of the Term of 999 years,
For further Particulars, apply to
וי
EWENS & HARSTON,
Salicitars, MESSRS, HUGHES & HOUGH,
Auctioneers.
Hongkong, 8th August, 1903.
PUBLIC AUCTION.
(9520
THE Undersigned has received instructions
to Sell by PUBLIC AUCTION,
on
SATURDAY, the 15th August, 1903,
13 o'clock Noon,
at his SALES Rooms, DUDDELL STREET...
(FOR ACCOUNT THE CONCERNED), THE WRECK OF THE FRENCH STEAMER "PAUL DOUMER,"
of the men who are making or marring China, | with all her ANCHORS, CHAINS, GEAR,
the fact would have been chronicled in this STORES, APPURTEANCES and CARGO
in
ONE LOT
as she now lies about 131 miles due South of the White Rock and about 8 miles North East of Raleigh Rock.
TERMS:-Cash on the fall of hammer.
GEO. P. LAMMERT,
Auctioneer, Hongkong, 11th August, 1903.
NOTICE.
9
MACEWEN, FRICKEL & CO. have undertaken the Solo.Agency in Hongkong for
Kabuto
Feer
A Pure LAGER BEER excellently Suitable for Ho; Climates.
1998€
A Refreshing Beverage.
$16.00 per case of 8 doz. pts.
DI
$2.00 per doz.
i
18th June, 1903.
3. Duddell Street, Hongkong.
1650e
· ́THE · Affention of Householders is drawn to the fact that stagnant, pools and collections of water in broken flower pots, broken jars, &c, standing in their premises are and to warn them that the Sanitary Board a source of danger to people residing therein,
intend to treat such as nuisances,
By Order,
Sanitary Board Room, 14th July, 1993.
G. A, WOODCOCK,
Secretary.
N. LAZARUS,
OPHTHALMIC OPTICIAN
[86ge
OF LONDON AND CALCUTTA
SIGHT TESTED,
LENSES for the correction of Astigmatism
ground on the premises.
Spectacles and Eyeglasses in all styles
and metals.
Consulting Room:
[068€
country among events of foreign political im- port. But it is the great source of British weakness in the Far East that, unlike Germany, Russia, and even, in a less degree, America, we do not study the personality of the native statesmen with whom we endeavour to do busi- ness. Thus it may well be that the name Kang-Yu-wel conveys nothing to the English- man, notwithstanding the fact that he largely represents the hope of the futare.
Kang was accounted by the late Yung-lu bis THE Undersigned have received instructions
bitterest enemy; that powerful favourite of the Empress compelled him to fly for his life when the Dowager effected her coug ditai. Kang.
Ya wei was almost the first of the reformers, and his influence over the young Emperor was very great, and accounted partly for the latter's great leaning towards improvements of all kinds and a more liberal Constitution. When Kang escaped from Peking he sought the protection of a British man-of-war for the steamer on which he was conveyed to Hongkong. Even in that English colony his life was in constant danger from assassins in the pay of the Poking reaction- aries, and the incent of the murder of one of his friends in the streets of Hongkong is familiar to all reader of Far Eastern papers, together with the representations made to Canton by the Colonial Government. Eventually he left the East altogether, and spent nearly three years in Europe, sobrequently, it is stated, PRIY
PUBLIC AUCTION.
to Sell by PUBLIC AUČTION,
FOR ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED,
on
SATURDAY, the 15th August, 1903, at 2.30 P.M., at their 'Sales Rooms, No. 8, Des Vœux Road,
Corner of Ice House Street,
75 Cases CLARET; · 75 Cases MISTELA BLANCA ; 75 Cases PORT WINE; 50 Cases SCOTCH WHISKY;
ALSO
4,000 ASSORTED PAPER FANS.
N.B.-The above wines were tested chemical- by A. STANLEY, M.D., D.P.H., and they were found to contain no material that would be injurious to health beyond the pure spirit common to all good wines.
TERMS (-As usual,
HUGHES & HOUGH, Auctioneers. Hongkong, sath August, 190j, [9754
No. 16, Queen's Road Central, Nearly opposite the Hongkong Hotel with entrance through store of R. Houghton, Tailor.
DAVID BENJAMIN, Manager. Hongkong, 23rd June, 1903.
BANITARY SOFT
NOTICE.
THE BEST PREVENTIVE OF ALL INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
SOAP.
FLUID
AVOID ALL RISK OF OUTBREAK,
ITS USE
CHINESE AMERICAN COMMERCIAL COMPANY.
司公
IMPORTERS, EXPORTERS AND MANUFACTURERS.
Toyo and 2, CONNAUGHT HE Company's OFFICES are established
ROAD opposite DOUGLAS PIER.
Hongkong, 1st May, 1903.
THE
(5430
Mails.
NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.
(THE JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY.)
PROJECTED SAILINGS FROM HONGKONG-SUBJECT TO ALTERATION,
DESTINATIONS;
**** {KOBE and YOKOHAMA...
STEAMERS. INABA MARU........ W. Bainbridge Kasuga Maru............
W. S. Hunter IDZUMI MARU.........................
M. Yagi........................................ HAKATA MAHU............................................. F. L. Sommer.......
AKI MARU*
J. W. Ekstrand HITACHI MARU J. Campbell SHINANO MARU*
SYDNEY and MELBOURNE, VIA'
THURSDAY ISLAND, TOWNSVILLE and BRISBANK. MOJI, KOBE and YOKOHAMA... 【MARSEILLES, LONDON & ANT-
WERP, VIA SINGAPORE, PENANG, COLOMBO and PORT SAID. VICTORIA, B.C., and SEATTLE, U.S.A, VIA SHAnghai, Moji, KoBE and YOKOHAMA
KOBE and YOKOHAMA ¿VICTORIA, B.C., and SEATTLE,
KOBE and YOKOHAMA
'SAILING DATES. FRIDAY, 14th Aug at
Daylight, SATURDAY, 15th Aug, at
4 P.M. TUESDAY, 18th Aug., at
Daylight. SATURDAY, 22nd Aug,, at
Daylight.
TUESDAY, 15th Aug., at
4 T.M.
FRIDAY, 28th Aug., at
Daylight.
TUESDAY, 8th Sept, at
4 P.M.
¿
W. Thompson
U.S.A, VIA SHANGPAI, MOJI Through Passenger Tickets issued for the Principal Cities in the United States, Canada) and Europe, in connection with the GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY and Atlantic Steamers. Passengers have the Option of Travelling by the Sanyo Railway. Round-the-World Tickets also issued. Between Moji and Kobe, 1st and 2nd Class Through
For further Information as to Freight, Passage, Sailings, &c., apply at the Company's Local Branch Office in Prince's Building, 1st Floor, Chater Raad.
T. B. TAKAYANAGI Acting Manager.
COMPAGNIE DES MESSAGERIES MARITIMES,
Hongkong. 11th August, 1903.
ORIENTAL
STEAM
NAVN
THE PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY,
STEAM FOR STRAITS, CEYLON, AUSTRALIA, INDIA, ADEN, EGYPT, MEDITERRANEAN PORTS, PLYMOUTH AND LONDON, Through Hills of Lading issued for BATAVIA, PERSIAN GULF, CONTINENTAL, AMERI- CAN and SOUTH AFRICAN PORTS.) HE Steamship
THE
*BENGAL,"
Saptain G. Philipps, carrying His Majesty's Mails, will be despatched from this for BOMBAY, on SATURDAY, the 15th instant, at Noog, taking Passengers and Cargo for the
above Ports,
Silk and Valuables, all Cargo for Frauce, and Ten for London (under arrangement) wil be transhipped at Colombo into a steamer proceeding direct to Marseilles and London other Cargo for London, &c., will be conveyed vid Bombay with Transhipment.
Parcels will be received at this Office until P.M. the day before sailing. The Contents and Value of all Packages are required.
Shippers are particularly requested to nuts the terms and conditions of the Company's Bills of Lading.
For further Particulars, apply.to
E. A REWETT-
Superintendent
Hangkang, 6th August, ring. NORTHERN PACIFIC STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
BOSTON STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
ROBINSON BOSTON TOW-BOAT COMPANY.
PIANO
Co., LTD.
PIANO CLEARANCE SALE,
MUST
[UST be sold to make Room for New Stock, 200 PIANOS now being Ma- nufactured in Europe and Hongkong for Com- ing Season. These Pianos will be of guamn- teed quality and will be sold at exceptionally low prices.
Cost. Selling.
$400
350
285
RONISCH (Owner's Property)...
SQUIRE (Owner's Property)...
BORD (Owner's Property).........
WERNER, Upright GRAND
(Owner's Property) KELLY (Owner's Property) HOPKINSON ............ $550 300 HORIZONTAL" GRAND (Se
cond-band)....... 900
450
200
PROPOSED SAILINGS FROM HONGKONG,
VIA
SHANGHAI, INLAND SEA OF JAPAN, KOBE AND YOKOHAMA,
· FOR VICTORIA, BC., AND TACOMA, IN CONNECTION WITH NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY
COMPANY.
Captains.
1903.
PAQUEBOTS-POSTE FRANCAIS.
NOTICE.
['s
STEAM FOR SAIGON, SINGAPORE, BATAVIA, COLOMBO,PONDICHERRY, CALCUTTA,
BOMBAY, ADEN, DJIBOUTI, EGYPT,--| MARSEILLES, MEDITERRANEAN AND BLACK SEA PORTS, LONDON, HAVRE, BORDEAUXI PORTS OF BRAZIL AND RIVER PLATE.
ALSO
N TUESDAY, the 25th August, 1003, ON
at 1 F.M., the Company's Steamshin "CALEDONIEN." Captain Marcantetti, with Mails, Passengers, Snecin and Cargo, will leave this Port for MARSEILLES, via Ports of Call,; WITHOUT TRANSHIPMENT.
This Steamer connects at COLOMBO with the Australian Line S.S. Armand Bekic bound. for MARSEILLES vid BOMBAY and ADEN.
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 Noom only on MONDAY, the 24th August, 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 reat 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, 12th August, 1903.
To be Let.
TO LET,
[1004c.
CHEAPEST HOUSES IN. THE COLONY,
MOR
ORRISON HILL GAP ROAD. Nico
Houses, 4 Rooms, Bath Rooms, Out houses and Verandahs. Only $40 inclusive of Taxes.
WILD DELL BUILDINGS, No. 147, WANCHAI ROAD. Comfortable and Alry Flats of 2 or 3 Rooms, from $25 inclusive of Taxes.
S. A. SETH, Land and Estate Broker, Dairy Farm Co., Ltd.
Hongkong, 1st August, 1903,
GODOWN TO LET.
[9190
Steamers. Tons,
Pleiades 3.753 F. G. Purington Aug. 20 Olympia....... 2,837 I. Truebridge... Sept. to Lyra ...... 4,417 F. Williams. Sept. 17 NO. 155, PRAYA EAST. Spacious Two- Tacoma 2,812 A. Dixon..... Sept. 24.
Steamers marked (*) have no passenger accommodation.
the very cheap rates offered by this line to the The attention of passengers is directed to Pacific Coast and to the Interior and Eastern Cities of the United States and to Europe.
Special rates allowed to members of Govern- ment Services.
Through Bill of Lading larued to Pacific Coast Points and to the Principal Cities in the United States and Canada.
For further Information as to Freight or Passage, apply to
DODWELL, & CO., LIMITED,
General Agents. Hongkong, 10th August, 1903.
18741
atoried Godown. Suitable for Yarn
or Coals,
Apply to
THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST MENT & AGENCY CO., LD, Hongkong, toth July, 1903.
[3970
TO LET.
HOUSES in LEIGHTON HILL ROAD.
FLATS in MORETON TERRACE, CAUBE-
WAY BAY, facing the Polo Ground. GODOWNS at BOWRINGTON, Praya East No. 1, RIPON TERRACE in Flats, Apply to
THE HONGKONG LAND. INVEST MENT & AGENCY CO., LD, Hongkong, 6th June, 1903.
Froge
TOILET.
EDWARD Tand 6, PRAVA EAST
LADIES' AFTERNOON TEA ROOMS..
Hotel.
KING
100
HOTEL.
160
Do.
Do.
KRELL..............
NEEDHAM
. 800
ROBINSON PIANO CO., LD. 475
475 400
575 450.
A HIGH CLASS Private HOTEL.
450
450
400
Do.
650 450
Do.
300 150
SELF PLAYER_.....
DISINFECTANT
BOAP.
0 900 150 RACHALS.................... 750 400
And about 50 others at equally low prices BY. for Cash or on the Hire Purchase system.
W. G. HUMPHREYS & Co, Bask Buildings,
Hongkong, Aik March, 1807,
Will be stored until required if necessary. Hongkong, 6th August, 1909/
PRIVATE BAR
AND
BILLIARD ROOMS.
Hot and Cold Water throughout Electrically Lighted.
Electric Fans (if required), Electric Passenger Elevator to each Floor, Table D'Hote at Separate Tables For Terms, &c., apply to the
MANAGER,
Hongkong, aged October, 1903,
WO SPACIOUS GODOWNS-Nos. 95
Apply to
H. N. MODY,
Victoria Buildings, Hongkong, 2nd February, 1903. [1328d
TO LET. SHOUSES to LEIGHTON HILL ROAD.
*EVERAL NEWLY BUILT EUROPEAN Apply to
THE HONGKONG & KOWLOON LAND & LOAN CO., LD. No. 8, Queen's Road West,
Hongkong, 20th October, ronz
Perasa
Insurance.
NORTH GERMAN FIRE INSUBANOR*-
COMPANY OF HAMBURG,
T
THE Undersigned AGENTS of the above Company are prepared to accept First Olas FOREIGN and CHINESE RISKS at CURRENT RATES.
SIEMSSEN & Co.
[1115] Hongkong, 28th May, 1895,