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Intimations.
ESTABLISHED A.D, 1840
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1904.
MARRIAGE.
On the 4th of January, at All Saints' Church, Tientsin, by the Hey H. J. Brown MA,, and. afterwards at H.. Consolate-General, by LC. Hopkins, Esq, Consul-General, GORDON O'NEILLER.CP., R.CS.Taku, to FLORENCE, younvest daughter of the late Magnus Linklater,
of Swatow.
DEATHS.
THE DOMESTIC SERVANTS
QUESTION
The Acting Colonial “ecretarý secunded Carried.
REPEAL OF BYE LAWS."
The Acting Colonial Sečinary moved that the Bye-laws under the heading Nightsoil Cainers? contained in Schedule "B" of the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance, 1903,
PETITION FROM RANKOMANDIJK | At the meeting of the Legial tive Council this afternoon, the Hon. i. E. Pollock x C. in presenting the following petition said:~ | be repealed. Your Excellency, I would ask permission to - 10 Hon. 1). P. W, seconded-
Curried. On 12th January, at his residence, 45, Haslay upon the table a petition which has been kell Road, Shan, bai, SEGISMUNDO J. ANGEL, signed by numerous ladies in this Colony with reference to the registration of domestic ser- aged 51 years. Deeply regretted
vants. Their petition, Sir, is not formally Addressed to the men bas of this Council, bu it has to do with legislation-and, therefore, 1 think it fit that it shou d be laid on the table of this Council.
A. S. WATSON & CO., pital, Captain R. F. Anderson, late Manager of
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PORT.
l'er doz.
B-OLD VINTAGE, super-
: jor quality, Red Capsule $16.00
C-FINE OLD VINTAGE
superior quality, Black
Seal Capsule
TA-VERY FINE OLDVIN-
20.00
TAGE, extrasuperior, (old
bottled), Violet Capsule 27.00
Per bot.
$1.40
1.70
2.25
On the 4th of January, at the General Hos
Aminid Karberg & Co.'s Oil.Wharf, Pootung,
he Hongkong (elegraph
HONGKONG. TU 89ay, January 19, 1904.
TYTAM TUK WATERWONKS
SCHEME.
Itis Excellencs :-) think I must' y 'le that the hon, member's petition is not in order, and cannot be faid upno the table of shis`Council, I think you must have received a letter address ed to you by the Colonial Secretafy by my. direction. The petition is addressed to the Office Admi istering the Gisverment; & is not addressed to the hon, members of this: Council and is therefare not in ender,
of this Council
THE PETITION.
To His Excellency the Officer Administering
the Government.
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PAPERS.
The Acting Colonial Secretary laid on the Lible copy of correspondence relating to Tytam Tuk Waterworks Scheme for City and Kill District Var pive cópy of correspondence tes- pectine tcr, asem me Police Force; and the report of the crinite appointed by H.E. Sir H. A. Blake to inquire into the causes of Chi- nese infarti e mortality in the Colony. INCREASE TO THE POLICE FORCE.' Following is the report relating to the polica:-
Governmrit House, ' Hongkong, 4th November, 1903 Si-1 recently referred the question of in- The Hon. Puilock:-1.f course, I abide by creasing Police Force to the Colon a your Excellency's ruling, Of course, the peti-Secretary and Acting Cantain Superintendent have now the lion has to do with legislation and, therefore, of Police for repin, and
honour to inform you that this question has it seems to me it should be faid upon the table
been carefully considered by the Colonial Secretary and Captain Lyons, who had under date of the 29th September, äsked that 50 Chinese Police might be temporarily engaged and paid in out of lapsing, salaries in the Department in order to tide over the season immediately preceding he Chinese New Year, when there is usually an acces inn of crime.
2. It is found that, owing to the extension of the Area of the City by the Praya Reclamation which is now largely built over, the extensive, bu iding It has taken place on the new roads on the upper 1.vels (Macdonnell and Conduir Read-) and extensions if the City eastwards the addition of at night beats and 17 day beats these beats covered 55 men are required, while in the City of Victoria is required. To keep
THE HUMBLE PETITION OF THE UNDER- SIGNED LADIES OF HONGKONG.
Most Respect lly Sheweth :- *. 1.—Your {etilkomers, ladies of the European Community in this Colony, respectfully reque cha legislation may be introduced to cope with the existing difficulties in connection with Chi cooks, vehicle codes and amales a nese domestic servants, viz, boys, house cookies 2-During the greater part of every day we majority of cases the domestic servants, taking are left alone in our houses, and in the advantage of the a sence of the master of the house, di-obey unters, are lazy and insolent, business engagments, have not the time to 3-Our husbands or brothers, owing to their
spend i instituting and attending prosecutions at the Magistracy, and it is highly distasteful as well as most inconvenient to ourselves
The necessity for increasing the water supply of the City and Hill district is regard. ed as very urgent, and while the large low level reservoir at Tytam Tuk is designed to meet future requirements, H. E. Sir H. A. Blake recently pointed out that since imme. diate advantage could not be taken of such a reservoir, measures must be adopted to provide for present necessities. In his despatel to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, laid before the Legislative Council this afternoon, he strongly recommended that a proposal of Mr. Chatham's be approved and paid for out of the sums voted for the Tytam NOTE--Port, after removal, should be Tuk Scheme of which practically it forms a part. Enclosed in the despatch of our late rested for a month before use,
Governor to the Secretary of State was a copy of Mr. Chatham's report, supple ment by a letter sent under flying seal-esperially in the summer season-to take addressed to Mr. Chadwick, in which the steps personally to have offe: ders punished.
-Our only remedy is to dismiss the off d ing parties; but such dismissal is a poor 'irector of Public Works gave an account of trial works undertaken. Operations remedy, for we must engage fresh servant, were confined to three sites and the unless, as often i appens, we are hnycted, results were somewhat disappointing, and, without any certificates of character. Even-if after lull investigations, he came to the con- they bring certificates of character we are often clusion that a dam on site No. 4 of Mr. unable to find out whether the character relates
to the person presenting it, for there is Cooper's 1896 report, but increased in size means of identification, and the perpetual Ruci so as to render it capable of containing 194 tuation of the European community renders million gallons instead of 100 million gain, as to the bona fides of an applicant
impossible in many cases. lons, as specified in his report, would afford 6- Some of us have lived for many ears in the most ready and economical means ofis Colony, and can state minst positively that the deine inour and capability of domestic meeting the requirements. In addition to
servants have deteriorated in recent years, with A. S. WATSON & CO., the water impounded by the proposed dams, the yield of the streams flowing in the valley would be rendered available by the small dam which had already been constructed, in connection with the temporary pumping WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS.engine now at work, and from which the
Wine required for IMMEDIATE use should be ordered to be decanted before
being sent out.
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These Wines are specially suited for
Invalids and general use, and are too well
known to need further comment.
LIMITED.
Hongkong, 9th January, 1904.
TELETHOSI SIA TË ESTABLISHED 1859.
A CHEE &
祥
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and such fresh ervinis come to us as a rule
the result th it domestic economy is a source of increasing annoyance and trams every day to your petitioners, who have enough already io contend with in the clunatic conditions.
6. We respectfully assert that our 'elation which prevails at Government floifse nr Head to domestic servan s cannot be judged by th Quiner House, or in barbelor establishments. The perquisites and the status i servants at Government House or Head Quarter House tend to render them more attentive, respectful, and diligent: whilst the pay in bachelor eslab ishments is notoriously very attractive, though in hachefortatah ucarile
1 auditional men are wanted to cover new beats and patrols in the Kowloon, Leninsula |remiered necessary by the large additions of buldings that have been made there recently. Owing to the increase in the Chinese popu lation, which it is estimated is greater by 3300
persons than it was in 1991 when the last cen- sus was taken, and to the increased number of steamers running between Hongkong, Canton and Macin, all of which have to be watched by the Police, an increase of 5 men is qd for the thinese Detective Staff. This
makes a total of 73 men.
3. The Police in the New Territory have, however, during last year and this year, been reduced by z men, and these men are alrea y lised to cover some of the new ground. Consequently after making due allowance for men sick and on leave it is calculated that an addition of 60 Constables will amply suffice for all present requirements. From this number, to already provided for in 1904 Estimates (2 of the 12 men actually provided are required for Capsuimun Station) can be deducted, leaving so as the number to be p ovided.
4 The Acting Captain Superintendent of Police recommends, and I concur with him, that the jo men should be Chinese Co stables of the and class, and attach a statement which slows that the cost of this addition to
the orce and of appointing 6 more Chinese Detectives will be $10,360 for next year.
continued by resolution of this Council till tua ! i-dústrial enterprise what it is today. It 30 day of March, 1904, inclusivë
-Impossible to dissociate the sugar" trade It is hereby resolved by this Council that from the old slavery days, and the plan- The Summoning of Chinage Ordinance, 1899. Į taion melodies which are ever green" upon shall be further continued in operation for the the memory and coming down through the farther period of two years frous the 31 day years which followed the first introduction of the refined essence of the cane into the of March, 1904, inclusive.
hothehold, it is pleasurable to review the past in connection with the present, and visit ond of the largest productive sugar agencies known in the world,
recommendations for improving the conditions 5. The Colonial secretary also made certain
of service o the Chinese Land and Warer tions and I have included them in the statement Polce approve of all of these recommenda- attached. If they receive your sanction the fotal Additional expenditure involved will be ruko mi on sergeants in the Water Police, which have been recommended by Captain Lyons.
6. In order to house these additional Police, I recommend that another storey be, added to the Central olice Station.
main to the large pumping engines would be laid. The natural drainage area amounts Bito 470 acres, of which 210 acres lie about the Tytam west catchwater supplying Tytam Reservhit Chatyam, explained that can be intercepted by catchwaters construct- ed along the southern stopes of the hills beyond the head of the valley, and, as we heard from him at a recent meeting of the Council, a pumping engine, capable of raising half a million gallons per day, has been erected; a small dam capable of containing
million gallons having been constructed that we represent the bulk of the European Superin endent of Pulice for Victoria, who has
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17, QUEEN'S ROAD.
7. We further submit that our experience should not be compared with, or rejected in favour of, the experience of the few influential members of the community who obtain their servants through a Chinese compradore, who is responsible for their con-luct, and whose in- in respect of incivity, or wages, or any other terest it is to see that no cause of trouble aries
matter.
B.--We would impress on Your Excellency ladies of Hongkong, and that we have a fight at this point, and a rising-main laid to the to have our grievances seriously and impartial. Tytam Gauge Basin. This will renderly considered and legislated for.
-We are not asking for oppressive legis.. the Chinese; we are merely asking that every lation in our favour as against the interests of Chinese who offers himself or herself as a ser
FURNITURE available the dry-weather flow of the streams
DEALERS.
DRAWING-ROOM,
DINING ROOM,
and BED-ROOM
FURNITURE
ELECTRO-PLATED,
GLASS, and
CHINA WAKES.
PASTEUR'S MICROBE-PROOF
FILTERS, ›
ROCHESTER LAMPS,
WHITE TURKISH TOWELS
COUNTERPANES,
COOKING RANGES,
KITCHEN UTENSILS, and
HOUSEHOLD REQUISITES.
until the large engines are erected. It is also explained that the reason for utilising first the No. 4 site is that, owing to the difficulties experienced at the low level site, it is evident that no water can be gathered there for pumping purposes until the lapse of pro- bably three years, whereas if the dam at No. 4 site be at once proceeded with, pumping by means of the engines ordered from home can be commenced, it is anticipated, during the dry season 1904-1905. Aprovision of $100,000 has been made in the Estimates for next
year for the Tytam Tuk Scheme. The pro- posals contained in Sir Henry Blake's des patch would involve, it was estimated, an additional provision of $150,000. From the papers laid on the table before the Legisla tive Council to-day, we are pleased to note that sanction was received to provide the further sum required, by telegraphic despatch on the 1st inst. Like the poor, the water famine is ever present with us, and any and
PHOTOGRAPHIC every measure adopted to mitigate the evils
DEPARTMENT.
DEVELOPING and PRINTING
UNDERTAKEN for AMATEURS.
GOOD WORK.
PROMPT RETURN,
Hongkong, 8th Janitary, 1904.
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CARMICHAEL AND CLARKE,
KCONSULTING Engineers and
SHIPBUILDERS, SURVEYORS AND CONTRACTORS.
REPAIRS PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO.
TELEGRAMS: "CARMICHAEL," Hongkong, A. B. C. Code, 4th Edition, AI' Code.
Lieber's Standard Code : TELEPONE, 212.
Hongkong, 20th March, 1903.
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THE Beer to drick in the tropics is the Beer Gửọ made in the tropice-SAN MIGUEL,
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attending the placing of the community on "short commons " must be hailed with general public satisfaction.
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
THE NC D. News contradicts on good au- thority air evening contemporary's correspond ent's story that operations on the Canton Hankow railway have been suspended under orders from New York.
THE V. R. C. F. C. will play H.M.S. Tamur (shield match 1st round) at 4 p.m. on Thursday on the Hongkong F. C. ground. The follow ing will play for the V. R. C. F. C.-Forward, H. W. Sayer, H. S, Halmes, W. Dickson, A Marti, J. Clelland; Half-backs, E. R. Herton, J. Forbes, H, Gidley; Backs, J. Witchell, R.. Lapsley; Goal, W. A. Cráke.
Ar-Shanghai, on 14th inst. Messrs. Hopkins, Dunn & Co. sold by public auction, at No. 13. Yangtzepoo Road, in one lol, as a going con Corn, the ground, plant, machinery, buildings," etc. of the China Paper Mill Company, Ridding started at Tis 150,001 and the price realised was Tls. 171,002, the purchasers being a Chinese syndicate represected by Se Pao-sun THE Beer to drink in the tropics is the Beer
made in the tropica-SAN MIGUEL
The Attorney General secondéd.· Carried,
PICKING UP AND OBSTRUCTING HIGHROADS. The Hon. Gersham Stewart asked the follow- ing questions of which he had given notice:- (1) Under what conditions are public com- panies or private individuals permitted to pick up and obsuuct, the public highways?
This will give accommodation for 4'addi- tional Amatic ofi e besides providing, by a re- needed owing to the large increase in numbers office acco sunndation, both of which are much arrangement of rooms, increased.store and
Territory, and the addition of an Assistant of the Force since the acquisition of the New
at present no office,
The Barracks are at present so overcrowded that soez. Chinese Constables are housed in
additional storey will enable these men to be, matshed in the compound of the Station. This is a very unsatisfatory arrangement. The yant should come with credentials which can be relied upon. It must be obvious that any
brought within the building and will also afford accommodation for those of the extra Police system which raises the standard of servants5) who will be allocated to the Central be he European or Chinese. must benefit the servant as well as the master,
10--it is almost superßuous to remind Your which have been committed by servants, or in Excellency of the large number of larcenies collusion with servant, in the dwelling houses of Europeans and Chinese alike, during the last few months. Such occurrences would, in our opinion, he rendered far less freequent if the proposals set out in the nex、 paragraph are given the effect of law.
Distric Room can be found in the Eastern and Western Districts of the City for the additional men allocated to them, while in the Yaumati and Hunghom. Kowlooa Peninsula some additional accom- modal can be provided at small cost at
Central Police
7. The cost of an additional storey to the $8,000, while $50s will be required to accom- Station is estimated at modate some 50 of the Pol ce who must vacate a postion of the Barracks during the alteration. 11-We respectfully beg that your Excel-expenditure, together with the sum necessary lency will initate legislation on the following to defray the cost of increa e of Police and of I have to ask your authority to incur this
salaries shewn in the Schedule.
or similar lines:-
(2) Compulsory registration of all domestic
servants.
(6) Compulsory photographing of all domes-
lic servants,
(c) Compulsory taking out of registration,
certificates,
(d) Compulsory entries of chances of ser
vices on the registration certificates.
9. I attach copy of a report which I called fur from the Senior Police Magistrate and the Acting Captain Superintendent of Police on the increase of crime and increased number of prisoners in the Gaol This report shews that there was a large increase in crime is the first quarter of the current yer and a still further increase in the third quarter of the year.
draft Bill which formed an Appendix to the largely due to the increased number of steamers
(c) All the other measures embodied in the
This increase in crime is, in my opinion, recent Report of the Private Chair and Jinrick-russing between Hongkong and Canton and sha Colies Commission.
And your petitioners will ever pray
[llere follow 266 signatures.) LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
Macao and to the reduction of fares as the result of competition in the traffic.
Six steamers run daily now to Cantor, whereas formerly there were only 3, and the (ares have been reduced since the end of last year from 60 cents to 30 cents for Chinese and class passengers,
A thief can visit Hongkong from Canton for cents now, and this no doubt tempts many make the detection of crime more difficult. to do so while the increased channels of escape
in consider therefore that the increase in
A meeting of the Legislative Council was held this afternoon in the Council Chamber, Present: His Excellency the Officer Adminis lering the Government F. H. May, c.M.G., H.E.0 Commanding the Garrison), Hon. A. M Thom Major-General Villiers Hallon, C., (Offi er son, (Act ng Colonial Secretary), Hoa, ir Henry Spencer Berkeley, Kt. (Attomey-General), Hon Police is urgently required and should you L.A. M. Johnston (Acting Colonial Treasurer approve of the recommendations made I soyld Hon. Basil Taylor, R.N. (Acting Harbour be glad if you would telegraph your Master) Hon. W. Chatham, (Director of Póblic sanction in order that steps may be taken to Works), Hog, it. C.P. Chiver, CM., Hop increase the accommodation at the Central Dr. Ho Kai, C.M.G., Hon. Wei Yuk, Hon Station during the dry season and for recruits Gershom Stewart, Hon, H. E: Pollock, eg the necessary men.-I have, &c." Hon C, W. Dickson and Mr. B.F. Johnston (Acting Clerk of Councils).
MINUTES.
The minates of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. ~~~~,
FINANCIAL.
The Acting Colonial Secretary laid on, the table Financial Minules (Nos, ito and moved that they be referred to the Finance Committee.
the motion was agitation such
The Acting Colonial Treasurer seconded and
MGA JINAKÇE COMMITTER-
option of the report of the Finance Committed The Acting Colonial Treasurer moved the ad
Eletto detect picture made in the tropics-SAN.
-Governor.
(2.) In the etent of the pafly responsible being dilatory in the completion of work involving the picking op of public roads, what powers have the Government to compei them to proceed with expedition? d
(3) Can offenders be fined so much per diem if found negligent?
(4.) Are the crossings provided during the construction of the low level tramway, where, the public highways are picked up, pissed by the Public Works Department as proper and adequate for the traffic they have to carry? -
The Hon. Director of Public Works replied as follows:--
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(1.) ?ome companies, such as the Gas Com pany, have powers under agreements.entered into with the Government; others, such as the Electric Tramway Com any, have powers cop- feried up a ten by Ordinance. In every case notice to and authority from the Director of Public Works is required.
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Twenty years ago the Taikoo Sugar Refinery Company opened their works at Quarry Bay, and so marked was the progress of the enter `prise that twelve mon hs later it became rieces. sary to enlarge the premises, fuither extensions of which followed in the years 1891 and 1893. A general view lends a charm to the prospect, and a glance round the outskirts of the works reveals a picture of considerable interest and enchantment. On an elevation, and rem ved from the constant din and roar of the works below, terraces of prettily constructed dwellings show the cars that has been taken to provide fër. the material comforts of the heads of the different departments not a small factor in the efficient management and direction of Eastern ́enter- prises wherd native labour has for the most part to be employed. Nor is this alone the est pleasurable gleam in viewing what is undoubtedly an industrial as well as a com mercial village. The workman themselves live, in comparativo: peaco and contentment, and move to and fro with a cheerfulness which would do credit to many a large manufacting centre of the West. The recreation ground (2) Companies are required to complete the with its grand stand and avalled bicycle track, work for which they have broken up any rad and bemined in by a weird and fascinati g with due diligence or with a convenical mountain 'side, completes a picture of unguar speed and to restore the road to good conditio. ly natural beauty, On the other side a cable to, the satisfaction of the Director of Public car is constructed to convey the employęcato Works. The powers of the Government dea summer residence at Mount Parker when pend upon the terms of the agreement, the they are run down or in any way indispo-ed. of Public Works, or the provisions of th and the Company deserve much credit for the r conditions of the permit issued by the Director Here there is every comfort for the patient, Ordina ce affecting the case.
fiberality and appreciation of prolunged labor (3.) The Tramway Ordinance, 1903,se tion12, { at times when climatic influences tell upon the provides such a penalty; other cases must de-system. pend upon the terms of the agreement or perini'. Passing through the main gate the prin (4) No, but where it is bought to my notice cipal building wherein the refining is that the crossings are inadequate, 1 call upon carried out is in front. It is a huge the Company to provide increyed facilities structure with nine floors connecting with The responsibility for any accident, damages cach other by lifts and shutes, and a mass or injuries happening through their act or of mechanical appliances. The process of default rests with the Tramway Company (vide refining is much the same as that in use at the s. 79 of Ordinance No. 10 of 1992),
great Spreckels refineries in Philadelphia and San Francisco, and even elsewhere where the industry is worked to any considerable extent. There is nothing new in its general details to distinguish it from the South African works, but where the interest is enhance? in Hong- kong is in the fact that skilled native labour is found, which, under experienced European supervision, tu n out as good a production as can be found anywhere. The raw material prin- wasipally from Sourabaya, Probolinge, and the Java plantations generally, on being discharged Irons the seamer is conveyed by lines of rails
.RECOVERY OF CHARGES.
The Council went into Comittee on the Bill entitled An Ordinance to provide for the Recovery of Charges incurred by the Colony on account of imiberile persons introduced into the Colony,
The Council adjourned siar d'è
FINANCE COMMISTEE. A meeting of the Finance Committee held immediately alter the Council, Lon. A. M. Thomson, Acting Colonial Secretary, presiding.
The following votes were submitted and the Committee acrred to recommend that they be adopted by the Council
TELEPHONES TO, KOWLOON.
A sum of $,000 in aid of vote No. 19, cable for Observatory and other telephone lines to Kowloon,➡Public Works, Extraordinary.”
THE LEPER asylum.
A sum of $300 in aid of the vote "Police Oher Charges on account of rations for lepers in the asylum at Au Tau n the New Territory, EDUCATION,
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A sum of $3.600 in aid of the vote "Educa tion, Inspector of Schools-Other thirges" to meet the cost of participating in a scheme for the visual instruction of children as regards the geographical features, life and industries of the various parts of the Empire:
Personol Emolumexis.
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50 Chinese constables at St5o cach, Ration allowances, 23 3rd class constables promoted to
and class; difference Allowances for 6 Detectives. Increased Ration allowances,
in reases 10 52 seanien. 8 1st Class constables promoted to be 4 1st class Bergean's and 4 2nd class sergeants; difference...
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2 Ba rack Sergeants at $140 instead of
$168 each; difference ...
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a Station Sergeants at $168 each instead of $144 and S156; dif- ference,
16 3rd Class engi eers and coxswains at $216 10 $240 each instead of $216, and 8 Stokers at $144 to $168 instead of $144 'cach (previo's service to count); difference
Total per onal emoluments, Clothing, &c,
Other Charges. Lodging allowances during alterations to Central Police Station, .. Total Other Charges, ..... Public Works Extraordinary. Addition of storey
Central Police Station, ke
Grand Total, Government House, longkong, 7th January, 1904.
DAY VIEW HOTEL.
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$7,500
600
into the spacious godowns; thence it is trans- ferred to a shed where it is weighed and emptied into troughs. Passing through thess troughs it is reduced to a pulp prior to entering upon its initial stage in the process. Through an almost endless succession of pipes it is then carried to the filter-house, and from thence in the pins where it is boiled. The next step is to convey it to the receiving room where it is placed in revolving tank, which circulating with marvell us rapidity prepares the sugar for entering upon the second stage of refining. caving the tanks by means of life and shy.c it is taken to the drying room when it under- guas analysis by the Company's chemist. After a care.ut scrutiny and considerable atten- tion in the detection of any imperfections in
sugar is marked, er-branded i the refiping danserted to the packing room These, in their surn, are taken to the godowns where it is weighed and made up in bags. where they are stacked in sections realy for the market. Thus, shortly, is the refin ing process at the Taikoo works, and, as 360 before stated, carried out in a huge building 1,575 of nine floors by machinery from the well known firm of Messrs, Blake Barclay Co., of Greenock, acknowledged to be the pio 72neers in modern sugar refining machinery." 624 Notwithstanding that the whole of the driving plant has been working for the past twenty 141 years it fays much for the care and attention bestowed upon it by the staff that it now fulfils its every requirement with the greatest ease. Leaving the sugar house conveyors are to be seen running on endless tracks worked by the machinery of the refinery. These re volve and form a network of conveyances on the outside, in the godowns, and fram the godowns to the pier where the lighters load and the sugar bags are dumped automatically into the junks, and stacked by the coolies, Considerable interest centres in these tabour- $1,900 Baving appliances as they compare very favour.
610
30
96
$12,445
ably with the more modem methods of tram. 500 way swinging adopted in American works, and it is a matter of surprise that at Quarry $1,400 Bay where a late order has been received, and where a speedy dispatch was necessary, over four thousand bags of sugar bave been shipped $18,000 in an hour, $.2,845
A sum of $9,500 in aid of the vote Public Works, Extraordinary, to meet cost of training nullahs in the vicinity of the Bay View Hotel, and filling up water holes, &c.
SANITARY DEPARTMENT.
A sum of $4,623 90 in aid of the vote. Sa itary Department under Personal Emolu
ine is:-
To carry on the whole of the works thousands of gallons of water per day is necessary, and this volume is drawn from five dams capable of holding enough to supply the months working fult time. In 1933 the com- industry in case of drought for fully eight pany, it will be remembered, supplied the Hongkong Government with millions of gallons of water during the famine, and he sturage is as great to-day to repeat outside the sugir house itself shows a the supply. A glance round the works
t. Assistant secretary (from 11th
complete nat-work of shops embodying almost January to 31st December, 1904)$2.335-30 the influstry: moulding, fitting, turning, forg
every form of mie anical labour incidental to. pensation,
Assistant secretory Exchange Gum-
ing, &c. The electric plant is up-to-date in 1,868.40 every respect, and the whole of the system un- der which the work is carried out is as com 430.00 plete as it is possible to be in a Colosy like Total.........$4,623-99 politan in its char cter. Nearly two the sand Hongkong where the labour is so very cosmo-
played year in and year out, and the output men, women, and children are actively em mostly exported to Au tralia, India and Japan is increasing, a natural consequence of well $1,250.00 Nusra ned enterprise and unturing ind.vidual
5,000ffort of tas controlling powers.
645 24 15,070
3 503.0
...$ 25,395-24
2. Correspondence c'ark (additional Salary)............
PUBLIC WORKS.
A sum of $25.395.24 in aid of the vote Public Works, Extraordinary, for the following items 1. Extension of Inspectors' Quarters
at Kennedy Town
2. Tai Po Road kan tag
3.
5.
Tab
Extension of Wanchai Market... Cattle Depôt extens on
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Public Mastuary, extension and
reconstruction
Total
SUGAR REFINING IN HONG- KONG.
H. A BLAKE, Secretary of State's approval received by part of the last century that the first Scotch It was in Barbadoes away back in the early Telegram dated the 14th December, 1903.
Engineer, a native of Grees ck,berected the SUMMONING OF CHINESE ORDINANCE.. Arst sugar refining machine of the West. In The Acting Colonial Secretary moved - the old plastation diys even prior to the eman. Chinese Ordinance, 1899. (No. 49 of 1899), it primitive methods, and the Southern negro had Whereas by sections of The Summoning of cipation, there bad ben refining processes by was enacted that the said Ordinance should constructed the snowy white sugar pyramid only continue in operation for the period of long before the cultivation of the Netherlands two years from the coming into operation of product had reached any point to make expor the said Ordinance and for such further periodation a commercial-success. -And-crude-es- or period as might, from time to time, be Gouncil, and whereas such operation has been those humanising. jedinences which hare made determined by resolution of the Legislative of the sugar industry, they paved the way for were the productions of these early pioneers
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SHIPPING AND MAILS.
NAILS DUE Australian (Tsinan) arst inst.” German (Gera) and inst. Indian (umsang) 26th inst French (Yarra) 27th inst Indian Suisang) 3rd prox. American (Siberia) 4th prox Americas (Coptic) 12th prox
The P. & O. S. N, Co's an. Socotra (aft Singapore for this port on 19th inst., at 8 am.. The M. M. Co.'s as. Yarra with the next p.m., for this part via Saigon, aby French Mail, will leave Singapore to day, at t
The I. C. N. Co.'s as Suisang left Calcutta for this port via the Straits on: Tóth ins, and may be expected here on 3rd prom
The C. P. R. Ca's s.s. Empress of China
where she is due to arriverato pum, om rock lost. and leaves again at 5 pm, same day, for Kobe arrived at Nagasaki at 9 am, on 18th insty:
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