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TELEGRAMS.
(Reuter's.)
The War.
LONDON, 3rd May. ‚' No official announcement was issued in St. Petersburg yesterday regarding the out- come of the battle of the Yalu, but alarming rumours were circulated of the full retreat of the Russians and the loss of guns,
A first detachment of St. Petersburg Volunteers numbering 160 of all classes of society started for the front yesterday amid frantic enthusiasm and immense crowds.
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THE WAR.
HARI UR NOTIFICATION.
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1904.
The following notification is published in the Graelle-lo continuation of Harbour notifications Nos. 2 and 6, notice is hereby given, at the request of the Civil Administra tor, that
1. Incoming steamers, arriving off the har after dusk must anchor outside the bar, and in no case cross the bar before daylight. At day- light pilots will proceed to meet the steamers
and bring them in for examination by the Military Authorities off the East, Spit and subsequently to their bartis.
2. Out'ying steamers must leave the port in broad daylight in order to have time to cross the bar without stopping in the river. Steamers which for some reason are, unable to cross the bar must return to the harbour and are pot under any circumstances to remain in the river (14, below the font) during the night.
3. Pilots must not under any circumstances remain with their boats or steam launch near the bar (ie, below the for) during the night. They must return to, the Harbour before dusk.
(Signed) STROM,
The Japanese victory on the Yalu is ex tolled alike in England and on the continent as a great feat of arms of incalculable moral effect; though the German and French papers contend that the Russian force on the Yalu was small and never intended to do more than harass and impede the Japanese. The Socialist organs in Berlin affirm that the great German shipyards are building, at Approved: extra pressure, destroyers and-torpedo boats for Russia. These are exported in sections to Libau in order to conceal the breach of neutrality.
MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA,
LIMITED.
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The following is the eleventh annual report of the board of directors to the shareholders:
The directors herewith submit to the share holders of the bank the general balance sheet and statement of profit and loss account for the year ending 31st December, 1903.
N. KONOYALOFF,
Harbour Master.
Acting Commissioner. Custom House, Newchwang, 18th April, 1904.
CONTRABAND OF WAR.
At the monthly meeting of the Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce, held on 12th ult, the Celunial Secratary's letter of the gih March was read, furnishing the Chamber with a copy of the following telegram received from the Secretary of State for the Colanies in connection with the present hostilities between Russia and Japan:—
Telegram.
Your telegram of 2nd March Russian declara- The net profits for that period, after previdtion as to contraband states follows-"En ing for bad and doubtful debts, and including gécéral tous les objects destinés à la guerre,
16,743. 115. 2d. brought forward from last
sur mer ou sur la terre, de même que le riz, account, amount 19 [62,676, 185. 6d. Out of les vivres et les chevaux, betes de sommes, et this sum there has already been paid £4,587.
autres pouvant servir dans un but de guerre 103. od, being an interim dividend for the half-
et si elles sont transpories pour le compies ou year ending.30th June at the rate 5 per cent.
à destination de lennemi"-"Japan regards per annum on the "A" shares of the Bank.
provisions as contraband of war when destined for the enemy's army or navy or in cases where, being goods arrived at enemy's territory, there is reason to believe they are intended for use of his army or navy.”
The directors have added £20,000 to the reserve fund, and now recommend a dividend on the "A" shares at the same rate for the second half of the year, and on the "B" shares of 5 per cent for the year. This will absorb a further sum of £23,437. 101, od, and will leave a balance of £14,551. 18s. 6d. to be carried
forward.
Mr. R. J. Black, of the firm of Messrs. Best & Co., Madras, has been appointed to fill the vacancy on the board, caused by the death of
Mr. Thomas Scott.
The following directors retire hy rotation, but, being eligible, offer themselves for re-election: -
WM. JACKSON, Esq.
J. A. MAITLAND, Esq.
It will be necessary to appoint auditors. Messrs. Cooper Brothers & Co, and Messrs. W. A. Brown & Co., the retiring auditors, offer themselves for re-election.
By order of the board,
JAMES CAMPBELL, Chief Manager.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TELEGRAMS.
PROSECUTIONS AND CONVICTIONS.
Kyosi Tamanase, a Japanese, living at No. 14 Beaconsfield Arcade, where he is manager of Mr. Yera's photographic establishment, was charged this morning with publishing a tele- gram belonging to the Hongkong Chamber of Commerce, by posting it up on a bulletin board in the studio. Tamanase said he was not aware that he had no right to post the tele- grams Up, and thought they were interesting as they referred to the Japan-Russian war. When a coolie brought the telegrams to him and said he would give them to him every day for 60 cents per mensem, Tamanase thought it was alright, and paid the coolie the money for the first month. He thought the coolie was quite right in taking it, and that it was proper for him to give the money to the coolie.
Mr. Luoker, of Messrs. Deacon, Looker and Deacon, who appeared for the prosecution, said that he did not desire to press the charge and would only ask for a nominal penalty as a de-
terrent.
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Mr. Gompertz fined Tamanase $ig, Hong O Chiu, a coolic, and melt ger for Messrs. Guedes & Co, was then placed in the dock and charge with, receiving money by false pretences. Tamana e identified him as the coolie who brought him the copies of the telegrams, and to whom he paid 60 cents.
Mr. A. R. Lowe, secretary to the Chamber of Commerce, testified that the defendant had no authority to deliver the telegrams to any others than subscribers, and Tamanase was not a sub- scriber and no authority had ever been given him to receive the telegrams, or was the de- fendant authorised to receive any money from any of the people to whom he delivered the telegrams. Defendant had not accounted te witness for the 63 cents received. Se
Tamanase, recalled, positively identified the defendant, and Mr. Looker proved that the man had been seen going in and out of Mr. Yera's studio.
The defendant had nothing to say and Mr. *Looker pressed for a heavy penally, pointed out the injustice done to subscribers, and the Injury to the Chamber of Commerce, if unscr. palous persons we.e allowed to put hold of copies and sell them for a low, cents to those not entitled to have them,
Mr. Gomperts convicted, Hong O Chiu, and sent him to two months hard labour without
he option of
The Chairman (Mr. E. A. Hewett) said it was evident from the non-committal nature of
the telegram that the British Government were unwilling to give a more definite opinion as to what is and what is not contraband in the present war and it was therefore left to shipowners to use discretion in taking certain cargo of foodstuffs, etc., and at the same time take the risk of either combatant holding a different opinión.
NOTES FROM KOREA.
A visitor from Unsan, in North-western Kurea, the site of the American gold mines, reports that all is quiet there. Sixty Cossacks made their appearance there one day and left the next day. The following day Japanese Troops appeared. The Koreans in the North- west are very much afraid of the Russians, and deserted their villages en masse when any Cossacks were near. The only effect the war has had on the mines is that labour has been more scarce, the Korean coolies getting two yen a day from the Japanese and earning it. The Japanese have established a store of -provisions every twenty miles between Chin- nampe and Wiju. The Japanese soldier, heavily loaded as he already is, adds to his equipment one. his native swords; many of the cavalry men have slung over their backs one of their oldfashioned two-handed swords, and the officers have nearly all had Japanese blades fitted to their regulation sword-hilts. All these
BLADES ARE AS KEEN AS a razor.
The foreigners, of whom there are some sixty at the mines, have had no trouble with the japanese troops. They are in the habit of carrying a rifle and revolver with them when they travel, Koreans being not always too friend.y; but they were asked by the Japanese officers not to go armed, as ever foreigner is a Russian to the Japanese private. The Koreans have no love for the Cos acks, who rob them unmercifully; the Japanese soldiers steal their chickens, etc., when they get the chance, but the Japanese rule is to pay for what they take. The Japanese missed a good chance on the 31st of March last. There were 1,500 Russians in Wiju on that day who
COULD NOT CROSS THE YALU.
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occasional' tiger-skin, are brought in by the Korean hunters. Hawking is the favourite way of killing pheasants; tigers are more numerous in the Hwanghai province, south of Pingyang.
MINES
There are 2 o stamps and three cyanide plants in work at the American mines. At the English Gwendoline mine at Eunsan there are 20 stamps, and this mine made recently its first shipment of bullion.
Chit Cheong...
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Tai Shing Paper Hill Co.... Pe Fung Cheong... Wa Hing Tai Shing On Hang Shing Cheong Ya Wo Loong Shiu Cheong Lee Cheong... Chiu Loong Tai... Kui Wing Foon Kat
There is no doubt that there is a bright Tung Tak Tai future for the Koreans with a deccent govern Wo Fung ment, such as the Japanese are endeavouring Yan On Company" to establish; but the rough treatment of the Chiu Hang On Koreans by the lower-class Japanese has mili-Chung On taled against their success.
It was learnt at Chemulpo that the Varyag is much less damaged below deck than was thought at first. All her guns have been re-
covered, and there is little doubt that she will yet float again.
RUSSO-JAPANESE War Fund,
(1) Providing additional comforts in Hospital treating all sick and wounded from the War.
(z) In aid of the families of Japanese killed
in the War.
Mr. J. R. M. Smith, the Hon. Treasurer, begs to acknowledge with thanks the following Sub- scriptions for either (or both) of the above objects, as indicated on the subscription lists. Already acknowledged M. 1. D. Stephens Bain & Reid...
Goddard & Douglas G. Hoggarth... Li Yin: z
Wong Kam Fuk... Ho Kom Tong Chan Chik Yu Man Tsi Ting Tong Wan Chiu... lu Ku Yuen ... Yee Wo... Choo Wing On Tung Chan
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Wing Cheong Lee, Wing Cheong Fat
Kam Tak Tai
Ming Shun Sheung Kee Kwong Tak Fat... Joe Tek Sing
Kwong Cheong Tai
Kwong Man Cheong ..... Hang Hing Tai
Kwong Man Wo... Chan Lai Sang
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Wei Man Po... Lo Cheuk Chi Hang Wo Company Kin Tye Loong
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Tong Lai Chuen... Comprado e, Imperial Bank of China Compradore, S. J. David & Co.... Compradore, David Sassoon & Co.... Compradore, Wm. Meyerink & Co....
Choo Foo Lan
Chan Shek Shan... Sui Kat...
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China Sugars
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discharge of the same.
To-oap's Advertisements.
INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED.
FOR MANILA..
It. In the case of foreign goods from abroad THE Company's Sicamabip
to pay duty the importer may produce his bona
"YUENSANG,
fide invoice: if the invoice does not include | Captain P. H. Rolfe, will be despatched as above on MONDAY, the 9th instant, at 4 P.M. instead of as previously advertised.
freight and insurance, ro per cant will be added
to the invoice value in the case of goods raying ad valorem duty, but the Customs reserve the right not to accept invoice as a statement.
12. Chartered junks are only available for carrying foreign owned cargo from treaty port
for First class Passengers, and is fitted through, This Steamer has Superior Accommodation
out with Electric Light.
For Freight or Passage, apply to
JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., General Managers.
Hongkong, 5th May, 1904.
"BARBER" LINE OF STEAMERS.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
CARGO EX THE
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STEAMSHIP #RICHMOND CASTLE,"
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FROM NEW YORK.
position. The harbour master will be at liberty | HAVING ARRIVED PER "YUENSANG" FROM
15. Seamers on entering the harbour must go slov.
16. The blowing of steam whistles or syrens except for the purpose of signalling in accord. ance with the regulations for preventing coll sions at sea or for the purpose of warning vessels of danger, i forbidden.
17. Masters of vessels are requested tu fornish the harbour master's office with any informa. tion they may possess relave to any new danger such as rocks, shoals, &c., or any changes in the channel of the River that they $25,834.25 may have discovered.
18. The Custom Hou e will be open for the transaction of general business from 10 am. to 4 pm, Sundays and holidays excepted. All export manifests and applications for cargo to be shipped the same day should be in the office not later than 3 p.m. All communica
The following rules issued by the L.M. Cus-tions regarding Customs business should be
toms on 23rd March last have been laid before the Chamber of Commerce.
1. All vessels trading at Kongmoon are sub- ject to, and will be treated in accordance with, the West River Regulations 1904, and where these do not apply with ordinary Customs re- gulations and existing Treaties. Inland Water steamers will comply with the Inland Water Steam Navigation Regulations.
2. For shipment and discharge of cargo. vessels, including inland water steamers, must take up the berths in the barbour assigned by the Harbour Master, and may not move there- from without his permission. The harbour limits of the port are S. W. of Kongmaan town :
In the West River, East of the Kongmooo Creek :
Within a line drawn N.-E. through Li Yu
in the West River West of the Kongmoon Creok:
Steamer Anchorage. In West River op. posite 1.M. Customs, adjoining the mouth of the Kongmoon Creek,
Cargo-boats, sampans, &c., are forbidden to approach incoming vessels before they are properly moored.
3. Cargo-boats must be registered at the Cus- tom House and their numbers conspicuously painted on them in Chinese and English.
4. The landing and shipment of cargo and ballast, and passengers and their luggage, may
only take place between 6 am, and 8 p.m., and cannot go on either at night or on Sundays and holidays without special permission. Cargo landed, shipped, or transhipped without a per- mit is liable to confiscation.
5. The manifest must contain an account of the marks, numbers, and contents of every package on board. For exhibiting a false mani-
fest the Master is liable to fine. Goods found
on board not specified on the manifest are liable to confiscation.
6. On entry and on receipt of Consular Report or River Pass together with the mani- fest of the import cargo accompanied by ton. nage dues and, if from a treaty port, cargo certi- ficate: and on consigness applying specifying on their application in Chinese and English the nature of the goods, the marks and numbers, weight, value, &c., permits will be issued auth. orising the discharge of consignments() into registered cargo-boats which must repair direct to the Custom House for examination, after which duly memos will be issued and, on pay- ment of duty, the goods will be released; or (b) under approved guarantee into godowns or hulks approved of by the Customs, where they will be examined after which duty memos will be issued, and on payment of duty the goods will be released.
addressed to the Commissioner of Customs,
The above Regulations are open to revision when and if necessary.
COMMERCIAL.
3 p.m.
Following are further alterations in Messrs. Benjamin, Kelly & Potts' share quotations no- tified to us after the list had been printed :-
Indo-Chinas
P
Macao Steamboats... China & Manilas
TO-DAY'S EXCHANGE.
Selling
London-Bank T.T...
demand
Do. 4 months' sight France-Bank T.T. America-Bank T.T. Germany-Bank T.T. *udia T.T.
Do. demand Shanghai-Bank T.T. Japan-Bank T.T. Singapore-Bank T.T... lava-Bank T.T.
Buying.
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$99 b.
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MANILA, CONSIGNEES of Cargo are hereby informed that all Goods are being landed at their risk into the Godowns of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company, Ltd., at Kowloon, whence delivery may be obtained.
No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Gulow. d all Goods remain-
ing undelivered after the 11th instant will be subject to rent
All Claims against the Steamer must be pre- sented to the Undersigned on or before the 15th instant, or they will not be recognized.
All broken, chafed, and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on the foth instant at 3 P.M.
No Fire Insurance has been effected. Bills of Lading will be countersigned by
DODWELL & CO., LIMITED, Agents.
Hongkong, 5th May, 1904.
COMPAGNIE DES MESSAGERIES
MARITIMES.
PAQUEBOTS-POSTE FRANCAIS.
NOTICE.
STEAM FOR
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SAIGON, SINGAPORE, HATAVIA,
COLOMBO, ADEN, "EGYPT,.... MARSEILLES, MEDITERRANEAN AND BLACK SEA PORTS, LONDON, HAVRE, BORDEAUX ;
ALSO
PORTS or BRAZIL AND RIVER PLATE.
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N TUESDAY, the 17th May, 1904, at PM, the Company's Steamship "POLYNESIEN," Captain La Coispellier, with Mails, Passengers, Specie and Cargo, will leave this Fort for MARSEILLES, viá Ports of Call, WITHOUT TRANSHIP. MENT.
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 Noor 9nly on MONDAY, the 16th May, Specie ..139 5/16 | and Parcels received until 4 F.M. on the same day. No Cargo will be received on board on TUESDAY.
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Parcels are not to be sent,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.
G. DE CHAMPEAUX, Agent.
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Nominal 1061
Hangkong, 5th May, 1904.
Intimation.
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30 days' sight San Francisco & New York 431
do. 4 months' sight
30 days sight Sydney and Melbourne 4 months' sight Francs
6 months' sight
4 months' sight Germany Bar Silver
Bank of England rate
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To-day's Advertisements.
DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP COMPANY, LIMITED.
FOR SWATOW, AMOY AND FOOCHOW.
"HE Company's Steamship
"THALES,"
Captain Robson, will be despatched for the bove Ports, on SUNDAY, the 8th instant, at Daylight.
For Freight or Passage, apply to
DOUGLAS, LAPRAIK & CO.,
General Managers, flongkong, 5th May, 1904
will be issued, and on payment of duty ship Co
5. The landing and shipment of cargo having been completed an i all dues and duties having been paid, the Customs clearance will be issued
DCCIDENTAL AND ORIENTAL STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
NOTICE.
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"ONSIGNEES of CARGO per Steamship
"COPTIC,"
are hereby notified that their Goods are at
their risk being discharged into Lighters and/or landed into our Godowns Nos. 1 and 2, at Kennedy Town, (Marine Lot 243), and delivery
and the vessel will be cotitled to the return of may be had either from Lighters or from our
her papers, and may then proceed. The Cus- Godowas upon countersignature of Bills of toma will be at liberty to seal the hatches and | Lading,
Cargo for which shipment permit has been issued but which cannot be received on board must be reported and awalt Customs examina. tjon before being re-loaded.
Goods remaining unclaimed after the rath instant will be subject to rent.
Att-Claims must be sent in to me on er before the 18th instant or they will not be recognised.
No Fire Insurance has been effected.
E. W. TILDEN, Agent.
THE POPULAR
SCOTCH
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JAMES BUCHANAN &00.
SCOTCH WHISKY DISTILLERS, By Appotrémant be
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Man On Insurance Co., Ltd. ... Chuen On Insurance Co., Ltd.... Chow Siu Ki Hung Gheong Kwong Sang Chin Cheung Fook Hing Kai Hing Kung Hing Fook On Cheong Tung On Insurance Co., Ltd. Yee On Insurance Co., Ltd. Lai Hing
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Yuen Fung Van... Wing Shing Loong wo Cheong... Hung Yue Yan Cheong... Yee Sun Company Hang On Insurance Co., Ltd.... Yee Yuen Leung Ngan Pau Tak Cheong... See Wo... Ki Fung Hong Fook On Insurance Co., Ltd. Kum Fung Yoe ... Wong Wo Kee Yau On...
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owing to the river being in spaic; but they got uway on the 3rd inst when the freshet went Yee Shun Tai
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down. There were never more than 2,000 | Hip Tung Fung ... Russians altogether in North-west Korea, and Hip On Insur. Ex. and Loan Co., Ltd. there are nowhere so many Russians as is Kwan Mow...
5ui On Tal reported.
Tung Tung Tai... Kwong Cheong
The Koreans make excellent miners. The Chinese do more work in the same time, when they are shown what they have to do, by their Hon. Dr. Ho Kai, C M.G. sheet brute strength, but the Koreans use their Kwong Lun Cheong ... brains more. hey are excellent judges of ore, Lau Pan Chiu and dislike working in poor ground. It is dif- Kwok Siu Lau ficult to make then work at all in ordinary Ip Shun Kam. country rock in which there is na gold. Drilling Ng Sau Kuk... competitions are held from time to time at the Ma Fat Ting mines, in which the Koreans take great interest, Choo King Wan...
The Koreaus in Hamkyongdo, the north. Chan Of Ting
Cheong Tin San eastern province, are
VERY FRIENDLY TO THE RUSSIANS. their great man, Li Yong-ik, having begun bis career as a Hamyongdo water-carrier in Seoul The statement that there are, or were, 3,000 or more Japanese troops in North-eastern Korea have not come in from the sea coast, but have followed up the left bank of the Yalu, from the westward.
There are quantities of pheasant and deer round Unsan, and many leopard skins, with an
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Chin Chan Sam Sin Tak Fan, sayin Compradore, E. D. Sassoon & Co.... Compradore, Osaka Shosen Kaisha... Compradore, H. C. & M. S.-boat Co. Compradore, P. & O. S. N. Co King Wọ Hong Wai Sen. [Chuả Cheong Wing
Kwong On Wing Tái Shing........
culars as to the nature of the goods, the marks
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