HONGKONG AND WHAMPOA .DOCK CO..
HALF-YEARLY MEETING.
zoth inst. The ordinary hall-yearly meeting of share- bolders in the Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Co., Ld., was held at the offices of the Com- pany, Queen's Buildings, at noon, to-day. Sir
THE HONGKONG. TELEGRAPH SATURDAY, AUGUST 25, 1906,
CRIMINAL SESSIONS,
DRIDKRY.
20th ipat. Adjourned from Saturday last, the 'August, Criminal Sessions were resumed this moming, his Honour Sir Francis Piggon, Chief Justice, residing, when the case of Rabim Box, an Hoard, was put us to the charge of accept ing bribes on various dates since October last. The Hop, the Attorney General, Sir Henry Berkeley, K.C., instructed by Mr. G. H. Morrell, of Messrs. Dennys and Bowley, Crown Holicit
Witness!
cannot remember.
The Attorney General: Among those coun terfoils are there any in which you ordered pro- secution?
THE HONGKONG HOTEL COMPANY, LIMITED.
-The report of the' board of directors to be presented at the ordinary meeting of share holders, to be held at the hotel, at 12.15 p.m. on Saturday, 1st September, seada :-To the shareholders of the Hongkong Hotel Company, | Limited." Gootlemen,—In accordance with
irectors now beg to submit their report for the half-year ended 30th June, 1906,
REPAIRS AND RENEWALS ACCOUNT. Dr.
For the six months ending 30th June, rgoś, To payment on account of repairs and renewals during the ball-year end- ing 20th June, 1906........................ In balance
Gr.
243
LOOKING, FOR A PARASI DE.
Paul Chater, C.M.G., chairman of directors, pre. fndian foreman in the employ of the Sanitary the case for the prosecution closed, and ME | Section gỗ of the Anicles of Association, they balance from last account .....................$23,071,19 | Territory, on Hunday last, and was purely
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defended,
Witness: There is nothing to show whether I ordered prosecutions or not, so I can't say,
Im Sung, the sub-contractor, then gave evid ence of the facts mentioned in the Hon, the Attorney General', opening statement.
After evidence of the aureat had been given, Slade addressed the Court and said there was que question which stood out for the Court and jury to consider, and that was, what was the definition of the term of public servant." lo Ordinance 1 of 189, under which the prosecu as "say person holding or discharging the duties, whether permanently or temporarily, of any office or appointment in the civil service of and includes any member of the
aided Others prosent were Messrs. G. H. Medhurst, N. A. Siebs, Hon. Mr. W. J. Gres son, E. Goatz, A. Haupt, and S. Silverstone (directors), T. i, Rose (secretary), W. Wilson (acting chief manager), Messrs. A. V. Apcar,
P. Braga, Chau Sis Ki, Chonor, prosecuted, and Mr. M. W. Slade, intion was brought, a public servant was defined Leep Chee, E. Georg, Hon. Mr. E A. Hewett structed by Mr. C. F. Dixon, of Mr. John Messrs, He Kom Torg, Henry Humphreys,isoner pleaded not guilty. W. C/Jack, J.-W, Jameson,
H. Michael, S. Cheung Shiu, C. W. May, M. Leiria, Lo H. Michael, R. Mitchell, E. J. Moses, W. Farlane, 1. S. Perry, T. Skinner, . Percy Smith, Murray Stewart, and A. G. Wood.
The secretary read the notice convening the meeting.
must
The following jurymen were impanelled: the Core.
Messa. E. I. Ellis (foreman), A. E. Hollings police Robert C. Hurley, J. A. T. Plummer. J. Ly.
Gerald N, saught,
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His Honour said there was no doubt this was Courtney, and Alford Chmeà Department and not a separate Board. Mr. The Hon. the Attorney Gencial said the i ade said it was a department of the Governi accused in this case was a servant
inent, and he had naked the question in by the Sanitary Board, as a watchmup in the evidence which makes this quite clear that the
salary of the accused was paid direct by the district, and his daties consisted in supervising the work of the conservancy and Government of Hongkong. The point was
The defendant ac scavenging contractors,
really quite clear, he is appointed by the
Peak
The Chairman said;-Gentlemen,-The re- port and statement af accounts having been in your hands for some days, I will, with your permission, tako them as read. The act profits cepted bribes on thirty two different occasions, for the half year ending 30th June, 1990,
4, 1905, the first one being on October
and the Amount to $403,356.44 48 compared with
inst on 8th July, 1906 Evidence, would be $171,649.83 for the previous six months, and $318,3 0.51 for the corresponding period adduced to prove that on 1st October, 1905, a ip 1905, an improvement which-i-am-sure ac sub-contractor, im Sung by game, was be very gratifying to you all, and chraged by the conservancy contractor for which tends to show that the hopes I expressed conservancy work at the Peak. On that day At our last meeting of an imp.ovement in our the awly-engaged sub-contractor went and saw defendant at his quarters at the leak. business consequent upon the cessation of After they had had a preliminary conversation hostilities
in the North have been to some extent realized, the result of the past half year's the defendant said: "So you have taken over working being the best since the corresponding the conservancy contract?" The man replied in the affirmative, and the defendant informed period two years ago. To this amount must be added the sam
hi that whatever contractor took the job he of $367,232 гo the balance
(d fendant) must be paid by him S40 a month. be forward from last account; and after ing Directors' and Auditors' fees we have
As Brit the man demurred, but ohimately he rom books which would be available for appropriation the of acquiesced, and from
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produced the Court and the jury would $754,738,54, which sunt your line loss Pils see that the $40 was paid by instalments subject to your concurrence, to deal with as follows:-To share for the y 4 dividend of 12% or $6 per each month. Then hearing that the Sanitary 1.00: Commission, now sitting, had seized the half
year, absorbin. 530,co).00; to write off from the value of Kewloon Docks books of the contractors, complainant be came afraid that his payments to the defend. $36,578,71; to write off the Cosmopolitan Dock 51,712.45; to write off the value of floating plantant would become known, so he would not $2,3000; and to carry forward the balance
nce make any more payments. Then the defendant began to threaten him. During all the time. 5397,087.35 to a new account. It may be of interest to mention here that during the part
since last October, defendant never charged complainant this jokes with not doing the five years we have written off our various work satisfactorily, but no July, when he perties sums to the amount of 1846,cco making
found the payments stopped, defendant had to a grand total for the past twenty years of no less than $2.998.com so dealt with, exclusive of of the complainant's fuis charged with de the $62,651.th now proposed to be written off. pasiting night-sat to the drains, and they were
convicted and punished. hese things
ings might be coincidences, but all the same they were the price, and a trap was laid for the ac
the 8th July, the sub- cused, nad was supplied with inut Sio pink- cont actor was
which had previously of notes, the numbers heen recorded by inspector. Hanson. contractor then went down to n wharf in Con- naught Road, Central, followed by a detective, and the contractor and the defendant were seen in coversation. At a given signal from the contracter the detective arrested the defendant, when the latter was seen to take something hom his pocket and drop it on the round hd son-ething was the marted banknotes, The deler dant was then taken to the station and cker? up.
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Government as a watchman. The last word. of the section cited meant that "all officers who are covenanted servanta."
His Honour said the police were under a sepamte.organisation.
Mr. Slade: Under a slightly different or ganisation. They are appointed by the Govern ment, under the recommendation of the Captain Superintendent of Police, and paid by the Government.
ACCOUNTS.
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account transferred from Profi and loss account, as recommended in last report. .........
SCIENTIST'S HORRY IN CHINA.
278 inst. Under rather interesting conditions & Heng $4.996 07 Long Telegraph representative met Mr. Frack 19,975-12 | Muir, the well-known entomologist, who is employed by the Honolulu Agricultural Asso- $24,071.19 ciation, to hunt for a céptain fly the world over. The encounter took place at Castle Peak, New
accidental. The entomologist occupied nearly the whole day, batterfly-net in hand, and a bag 4,000.00 | containing different apparatus slung over bis shoulder, hunting for insects. Mr. Muir paid $34,071.19 special attention to grape vines and to cand
trees. He was seen on many occasions grop ing on the ground, examining parts of the sugar- cine that were infested with insects, cutting off
of dead leaves, scrutinising them with vicces Under instructions from Messra. Deacon,icroscope, and slipping them carefully into Looker and Deacon, solicitors for the mortale, of which he carried several.
thiscovered in
sugar-cane, on the leaves of the gagees, Messrs. Hughes and Hough, auction.
imilar $60,000.00 cm, put up for sale by public auction, at their Krape-vibes etc, were treated in
manner and placed in separate phials. sale's rooms, Ice House Street, at noon to-day, 8,154.05
On the following day, Me Muir consented to in one lot, the valuable leasehold property be interv awed.
On entering Mr. Maire 2,000.00 registered in the Land Office as the remaining 10,057.99 artion of section E. of loland Lot No. 101,
Sanctum all kinds of material relating to his work were on view, pecial trunks were with the premises, thereon known as No. 8, $80,217.04 George Lane. The total area of the above ranged about the roam for despatching fruit to of. property is 787 square feet. The proportion of the Association, and on a table stood dozens
hials, all containing some kind of queer. " the Crown Rent is $1,50.
lacking insects.
The profit on Working Account amounted to $76,553.56 as compared with 3114,540.00 for he corresponding period of 1905, being a de crease of $37,988.34.
The profit and loss account, including the sum of 5619.59 brought forward from 31st December, 19051
shows a credit balance of $80,111.04, which the directors recommend should be apportioned as follows : To pay a dividend of 10 per cent. for
the half-year
**
To write off Furniture and Fixtures To write off Electric Plant... To carry forward to new Account...
off
Total
*
DUBINISH.
The Bar receipts again show a heavy falling
DIRECTORS.
Mr. W. Parfitt has been granted six months' leave of absence, and Dr. J. W, Nobis joined
the Board at the invitation of the Directors, The Hon. Mr. Edward Osborne retires by rotation, but offers himself for re-election,
AUDIT.
The accounts have been audited by Messrs.
themselves for re-election.
The Hon. the Attorney General said be would suggest why the Police Force had been singled out for inclusion was because that force carried arms. The public service is defined to mean the civil service, that is why at nemed. U. Jeffries and A. R. Lowe, C.A., who offer body cannot be called a civil department.
W. HUTTON POTTS, Chairman.
BALANCE SHEET, 30TH JUNE, 1906,
Liabilitie Capital-
11,000 shares at $50 each (fully
paid up).........
His Hondur said there were very many officers in the Government service, such as artisans, who have no right as "civil servants." Mr Blade said the man was engaged as a watcha n-not a high position. If it is a pensionable office he would be a civil servant, but he did not think anyone in less than a pensionable position was a civil servant.
The Hon. the Attorney General said the in the service of the Colony, and the nature of his service could only be ascertained by a process of elimination: he is not in the medical, military, naval, or arms service, thereined lie
be in the civi service,
MAN Waz
His Honour said he coull conceive cases which did not come under the Crdinance, such He thought as the clerks in the poi ce force.
civil service.
The tondage of ships Jock of some 77,903 Then the facia became known to he would decide that he was a member of the
now
Mix months shows increase tops in British and foreign men-of-war, while the tonnage of me
of merchant ships has slightly declined. Since last addressing you we have completed and delivered the large steamer for the Yang taze trade This vess was built in eight months from the date of arrival in the yard of the material. from home; a fact which I thick compares favourably with anything done in Europe. There is indeed no reason why a large amount of this class of work which now goes to Europe or japan should not come to us, With our present facilities and up to date equipment we are well able and qu te ready to undertakes sty contract in the shipbuilding hue. Besides this teamer we have delivered nine wooden lighters and three launches and have under construction four steel stern wheel steamers, six lighters, a steam Launch and steam water boat. You will remember at our last meeting me remark was made with re ference to the apparently unnecesstrily large stock of materials carried which then stood in the accounts at $1,950,411.52 and you will notice that in the accounts now before you we have adopted
thod in slightly different dealing with this item, showing the amourt of Work
in progress separately from amount of materials on hand, the two together totalling $1,644,043.88 against
in the 3050,411-53 last account, a decrease of $306,369,64 due to the completion of the Yangtze steamer and The dredger Canton River other works.
ac has, I regret to say, been unemployed for
prac tically the whole of the pas six months which explains the item in the profit and loss account under this head. The accounts do not seem to call for any special comment bui before mov ing their adoption I shall be pleased to answer any questions any shareholder may wish to put.
No
questions were asked.
The Chairman then moved the adoption of the report and accounts
Mr. Henry Humphreys, in se.onding, said that after the remarks of the Chairman be would be as brief as possible. They had had a good half year which although it could not compare with some of these they enjoyed in the flood-tide of their prosperity yet was a dis
The
Mr.. G. A. Woodcock, Secretary in the Sanitary Fard, said he knew the prisoner, Rhim lux He was a servant of the Sanitary Board, being appointed in 1903, and was so employed until the time of his arrest. He wat employed the leak.
To M1. Slade, witness said the Government appointed shisoner. The Sanitary Board re- him, that is, submitted his name, commended and Government appointed him. His duties wete to supervise the conservancy and sa venging contractors
Mr. Slader If anythings woon, has he the power to prosecute?
Witness: ain under the impression that be has the power, but I would not like to make a definite statement on oath His Luty is to re- port to the Chief Inspector. Inspector Redie Wa the Chiel especiar until about four months age
Mi. Slaide: Vir the duties of the inspectors
watchmen laid down i regulations? and wa laid own, but I cannot speak as to those of Waness: The duties of the inspectors are
the watchmen,
Mr. Slade then continued his argument, and defence said that the marked monty was for the
in the packet of the accused by the sub- pil ii contractor just before he called the detective.
After his lionour had bris dy sunimed up, the jury retired to consider their verdict, and on return to Court they returned a unanimous verdict of guilty, on all counts save the last, and the prisoner was sentenced to imprisonment with hard labour for two years,
LAWYER v. CLIENT,
20th fast.
In Summary Jurisdiction this morning be fore his our sir A. Gi. Wise, imise Judge, presiding, Mr. R. Cardiner, of Mr. D. 12. Thomson's office, solicitor, sued Lo Yee Wo al No. 46 Queen's Road East for recovery of the 'Bem of $548.25, bring an amount due by defendant to plaintiff for work done and pro. fessional sess
services rendered by plaintiff on be half of the defendant.
Defendant, when the case was called nn, ad- mitted the debt, and judgment was accordingly entered for plaintiff with costs.
VOLUNTEER PROMENAD
CONCERT.
20th inst.
On Saturday night the Volunteer Promenade Concert, given in aid of the funds of the Mission to Seamen, was duly held on the Volunteer Parade Ground, and was a great success from a musical stand-point. The weather conditions were perfect, and therefore, considering the Mr. Slade: Do not the r. ports come to you? regretted that there was not a larger attendance, good object of the entertaiement, it was to he Witness, No, the Chief Inspector passes
especially as there were no counter-attractions them on to the Medical Officer of Health
Dr. Pearse, Medical (fficer of Health, waidering. The programme was opened by the the splendid Band of the playing by he knew the defendant; he was employed aṛ
sayas of the overture
West Kents, under Bandmaster Mc- to "William Tell," Sanitary Watchman at the Peak district.
this fine aggregate of musicianslater i treating the audience to selections fromtheballad Cappella from Pagliari, and the incidental music to Monstur Braucaive, all perfectly rendered. the soloists, in their aider, were Messis A. F. Paine, who Kave Chevercy's Meditation," in
The Hou, the Attorney General; l'a you
the sub-contractor? Mr. Sinde: To
tinct improvement on anything during the last I know Im Sunks he accurate he is one of the
two years. That, in itself, was he thought sa tisfactory, especially when it was borne in mind that the result had been brought" about in the face of increased competition. But they must remember that competition would tend rather to increase than minish and amongst other things they must see they did not employ more cats than catch mice. In every firm there was always a certain number of men, who although they did no do anything which make them liable so be dismissed im. might mediately yet did not pull their weight in the boat
seemed to him that the cost of supervision, at the Docks was high and the expenses at the Head Office rather firge
might be that his lack of technical knowledge led him
a wrong conclusion, but speaking an outside shareholder he wruld like the directors to give this matter their attention and sce if any economy could be brought about in that respect. He had much pleasure in se- canding the report.
The motion was carried unanimously.
It
sub-comics.
The Any Gencial: I am always accurate,
(Laughter.)
Witness: We do not recognize sub-com- tractors; but I saw that man when he was good style, S. Mouttie with "I know a lovely land with his humorosities, which always take complainant at the Magistracy; I don't knowden," a not very happy selection, R. Suther him otherwise.
well with his audiences, Hugh Dombiggin, The Bandolero," Mrs. F. J. Badeley, who very sweetly rendered the lask now leaves is watry nest," and the octelle Overture to Com dirtia, in which Messrs, Tarion, Schmitz, Hickman, Rutario, Swan, Tuxford, "Gonzales and Brown took part with their instruments. The grounds had been decorated with lanterus, and there was a pleasant breeze nothing way. wanting to render the function enjoyable.
Mr. Blader Has the prisoner authority to prosecute on his own account?
Witness:
Not under the Public Health and Buil &ngs Ord nauce, but I think he may do so m'summary offences. No inspector or watch- min has authority to prosecute withant the cunsent of the Metical Officer of Health in writing,
Mr. Slader ince October last have you re ceived reports against the contractor from the Peak?
Witness: Yes, I have."
Mr. Stade: Sent in through the Chief Inspect ΠΕ the prisoner?
Winesi: I cannot say what steps were papers,
The Chairman-The dividend warrants wilken without referring to the
be ready to-morrow morning,
"
The meeting then sat in private
THE AUSTRIAN CONSUL AT HOME.
20th inst.
On Saturday Mr. de Szentirmay de Darvasto was "at home" at the Austro-Hungarian con
sulate to receive visitors desirous of calling in hovour of the binbday of His Imperial Majesty, Francis Joseph the. Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary, His Excellency-the Governor, Sir Matthew Nathan, K.C.M.G., Was represented by
A.D.C., Captain dore Piggo Williams, while the consular corps, members of the Austrian community, and many others called to offer the consul their felicitations on
Mullery we dilemodore
Trader the usual course it would come from the prisoner.
1,000 mortgage de- bentures (6 per
cent) ...............$500,000.00 Less 184 ditto held
$600,000.00
by the Company... 92,000,00 Reserve fund........... Sundry creditors Unclaimed dividends Hongkong and Shanghai Bank- ing Corporation (current ac count Repairs and renewals, balance
as per statement.. Profit and loss aci ount, balance:
as per statement.....................
Assets. Value of Marine Lot No.5 and remaining portion of Marine
Lot No. 3 and remaining por- tion of Matine Lot No. 7 $1,065,380.00 Priya reclamation (Marine Lot
No. 188)
246,140.00 Building
therean,
Hotel Man- sions," payments on account to date.test
·PROPERTY SALI.
zoth inst.
There was not much competition and when. the bidding reached $2,600, the property was knocked down to. Mr. I Tsz Li
CHINISK DEMONSTRATION.
AGAINST THE EVILS OF OPIUM.
[From a Correspondeni.] : «
Canton, 17th August.
When
insects
China, and to relate some of his experiences in Mr. Muir was asked to state his mission to
the course of his explorations, as it was known that Mr. Muir had encountered some strango adventures in Central Africa and in the Fifi Islands.
Tam afraid I cannot give you an account of my experiences in insect-hunting. Although they are many and varied I prefer nothing to he said about them. As regards my mission here, continued Mr. Muir, "I shall be glad to supply you with any particulars you require at
in this it will be of interest to many
part of the world."
"What particular insect are you looking for?" asked our representative.
"The leaf happår, or to give it its proper. name, the parkintilla sacekaricida. This in sect lives in cane fields and has been doing. millions of dollar. worth of damage to the sugar cane in Honolulu, and I have been sent to look for it here."
"And do you expect to find it here?" Mr. Muir, laughingly, said that China in in- deed a very large place to look for a fly, but ha expected 10 find Tit here, if not in Canton. I know it is somewhere in China, because came imported into Honolulu from China has been found to contain the leaf hopper."
"You have been looking for the "hopper " in other parts of the world; have you found. it?"
"Yes, I have located it in Fiji and Queens. land, but I could not get the number I required.
hat I did find was shipped to the plantations and the damage to the sugar cane has decreased fifty per cent."
"And when you have discovered the where abouts of the leaf hopper, what will be your next duty?"
A large procession of students from different colleges in Canton paraded the streets on the 16th inst, carrying unners bearing various devices purporting to condemn the opium habit. They were dressed is white and wore straw hats with blue ribbons on which there were white letters, As they perambulated the streets they distributed leaflets in support if the demonstration: One of the leaflets which felt into my hands set forth that the native population of Canton cumbered over three million inhabitants and more than half of that sumber were addicted to the opium habit. wils proposed to form an a hospital and en- anti-apium suciety, building 408,000.00 paging European doctors, so that persons 648,975.78 who had contracted the smoking habit
32,044.74 could be properly attended 10.
the 2,110.00 society is formed, the leafler went on, any. one desiring to get rid of the habit can apply personally or by letter to the secretary 184.337.05 of the society of the hospital where proper treatment will be afforded. Among other 19,075.1 things the society will rent offices throu.hout the city, and preachers will be engaged to 80,112.04 preach to the people the evils of smok ing opium. Also at such meetings opium 51.975.354-73 stricken persons, such as pale faced people, cripples, etc., will be exhibited on a stage showing the effects of opium. Another band of preachers will be paid to tour the country, delivering anti-opium lectures and receiving patients who are desirous of getting cured of the habit. The circular strongly reminds the people that opium-the drug of the devils
the "Black
Man'"
[country (India), lia), and since its importation into China the people 358.441-46 have been in a state of sonnambulismy Αν the conclusion of the report they sound this warning: "China wake up! Cure yourself 33,000.co of the dreadful habit you have fallen into, and take up the position to which you are entitled 30,916.90 with the other world's powers."
18th August. The anti-opium demonstration of which I sent you an account yesterday was continued to-day, 8B, 54.as the procession peran bulating another part of the city this morning. In manifestation of their approval of this emphatic demonstration against the opium habit the Chinese representa tives of five different shops in the city presented five red banners to the processionists. These
uir replied that a poisonous fluid was used and they had to use it continually on the tokens of sympathy with the movement were Stock of linen, crockery and glass-
carried through the streels to day. A feature crops. Any individual farmer was nos in a poul- ware, &c....
of the procession, which, was headed by Chin-ion to engage a scientific man to attend to the Stock of wine, provisions, house."
and European bands, was a China boy pest, although he thought it part of the Govern hold sundries and stationery
inest work to help poor farmers, for the only mounted on horseback. The boy was painted 20 per inventories
36,443 26 black and dressed after the fashion of indians way of ridding a plantation of insects was to get Shares in public companies....... 5,796 31 and wore
wore a flaming red turban. He carried a its enemies to work and they were destroyed for Licenses attaching to half year to
long opium pipe, Three other boys whose the future. The speaker was of opinion that
1 Fireinsurance, unex, ired premia...
1,266,68 rep esentative assumed, characters Tecember. 1900 người
a country was worth nothing unless it produced 2,681.31 not able to discover were also mounted on something in the agricultural line. 5,000.00 ponies and accompanied the procession There 29,622.23 was a large display of numerous banners, most
of them white and bore huge devices Chinese characters. The procession is cer 2,110.00 tainly an effective demonstration against the 289.90 use of opium; it promises to enlist widespread sympathy in the city of Canton and environ. $1,975,354-73 meals.
Cost of three Chinese houses on sections B, C and D) of Inland Lot No. 8... Cost of Kowloon Farm Lot No. 3
section Furniture and fixtures, as
perlast ecount...$88,007.85 Since added...........
Installation of electric
146.20
fight, as per last ac count........
Jagt report
$26 629.51 Less written off, as per
629.51
1
26,000.00 44.101.63
Value of steam launch... Sundry debtors Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (unclaimed divi- donda account) .............................. Cash in hand ........
PROFIT AND LSS ACCOUNT. For the six months ending 30th June, 1906. Dr.
Pr
on
To refunds and bad debts, To crown rent To rates To Fire Insurance
debenture Int. To
$500,000 at 3 percent=$13,000.00 To Izas returned on deben-
tures held by the com pany...mi
3,065.49
KAAVAL
T'o interest account ha
"a directors' and auditors' fees To balance, to be appropriated as
follows
To pay a dividend of 10.
5-$60,000,00 per cent To write off fureiture and
8,154.05 Exture account, .................... To write off electric plant
account
................ 2,000,00 carry forward to new account ......arcoma, 10,057,99
ACCIDENT IN QUEEN'S KUAD.
ARMY, SERORANT SERIOUSLY INJURED.
goth inst Quarter-master Sergeant Cramer, of the Army Ordnance Department, is at present Sade: Is this a form of the books used in the Military Hospital suffering from severe
injuries which he sustained from fail To Lo make reports?
and it was said, early this morning that his Witness That looks like one of the books.
the condition is very serious. How accident There are counterfoils of the complaint forma,
Slade: Are there any counterfails of can be said is that Cramer was found lying occurred no one can tell at present all that complaints the Peak against the night-soil contractor at
Witness: Yes, there seem to be some. Mr. Slade: Look at the fast, what is that? Witness: It is a complaint about leaving night-soil standing.
The Attorney General; What is the date of
that?
Witness: The 8th July last.
secution?
Witness: No, I don't remember giving any Mr Slade: Then he did it on his own initia- by a tive?
M, . Slade; On that report you ordered a pro-
i Imperial master's birthday. Yesterday such order.
the Consul and Mdme
Darvasto Rave a dinner party
soirða at their residence, the Peak, in Witness: Yes, being a public nuisance he honour of and to meet His Royal High | had a right to do so, mess Prince d'Udins of Gencs, when a very Mr. Blade: Did you, within the last few large and representative gathering assembled months, give orders for a prosecution against
DD
tha
saloni,
the lawas, aud iD
including this night soil contracter nearly all the oficials, the consular corps, the
en, Yes, I did so. Alite of the foreign and Chiness communities, Slade: When was that? and the officers of the Italian cruiser Calabria, Witness: It was early in this year, but 1 of which vessel His Royal Highness in an cannot remember the month. officer. The house and grounds had been very Mr. Inde; That was upon a report coming tastefully decorated and presented a very from the prisoner? animated appearance when the function wa at its bright, and a most enjoyable time was spanty
Witness: Yes, it must have come from him, His Honours Tolf me this, are these con- tracts Ropull
Jasi
the
In the street, bleeding profusely from his By balance from 31st De
cember, 1905.565,749.40 wounds, and was removed to the infirmary by his comrades; Sergeant Cramer, who resides Less dividend at
E Block
10 per cent $60,000.00 in the Warrant Officers Mess, E
Road Central, Queen's
adjoicing Goldiers Les transfer to repairs, and re Club, was snen by others just before bed-linat nowals account 4,000.00. followed remains a blank, the olhers bad Less written off retired for the pight. It is conjectured, that the sergeant retired also, but finding it rather close indoors went into the balcony and took up a position on top of the verandali, whore be sat. Whether Cramer fell asleep there or not is unknown, but he must have lost bis balance and fallen into the street below where he was discovered by friends.
AU KAM, a shroff, employed in a shop at No. 76, Des Voeux Road Central, proceeded against Wa Fong, a dust-cart coolie, before Mr. H. H. J. Gomperts, for stealing a frait dish, valued at $3, on Sunday. Defendant said that the dish was found in the dust-bin, but complainant alleged that it was put there by accuted after he bad taken it out of the shop. His Wonship sent defendant to geol for Afteen days and | ordered him to be exhibited in the stocks for
six hours,
from value of electric inatalla. tion ..... Yr
629.51
-----64,039.51
By rents of shops and
57,875.00 offices, old building
rents of shops and offices, new building... 1,669,50 n Tents of Hotel Man.
siopi ann annanu 3′100.00
dividends on" hares in public companies.******
„scrip and transfer fees para
bad debts recovered
WORDEN
$1,052.09 507'88 3,123.90 3.230.76
comes from the
WIS
TIGHT KIT AT SINGAPORE,
DOOKS.
THE GOLDMOUTH" SQUEEZED IN.
*A fine sample of what the present Tanjong Pagar appliances can do in the bands of the staff, which the board is fortunate in passessing could be seen yesterday, says the Singapore ties Free Press of 11th inst., when the authorities got in the biggest ship which has ever been in A dry dock in Singapore. The vessel in ques -11,934-51- tion is the Goldmouth, famous for her splendid 6,19947 non-stop run home round the Cape of Good 3,700,00 Hope, under oil fael, She has now come here again, and is to be scraped and painted, and turned out ready to sail for Pelik Papan on Sunday, to lake in another enormous cargo of benzina for Europe.
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80,212,04
$109,460.85
It was doubted at first whether the ship could be accommodated, for though not so Mr. Sellar and he assistants managed over the Spongilus another Shell beat in, the was a foot less in the beam though the same length between uprights. We believe we are correct in saying that it was the Geldmouth that when
hen here once before with propeller bindes broken,
the owners preferred to
Tepal viberwise than in tack, owing to the im
Atting herin, The dock is 478 feet long and 36 feet on the blocks. The Goldmouth is 47: feet long and
feet on
possibility, they tBbu
20
Then," replied Mr. Muir, will have my bands full. Immediately I have found the perkintilla saccharicids will go about look. ing for their enemies the parasites, which pray on the lea! hopper. They live on the eggs and inside the bodies of the leaf happer. I will then have to breed the parasites and ship them alive to Honolulu, where they will be let loose in the cane fields to destroy the leaf hopper. You know its no easy work getting the living parasite-which is so tiny that it is impossible to see it without a microscope-sent over thousands of miles al water."
"Then you expect that the leaf hopper doze considerable damage to sugar cane-crops-bers- tou?"
"No," replied Mr. Muir, "I don't, because where the leal hopper exists in China there is always their enemies the parasites near by."
"What do you think is done by poorer farmers, say in China, to destroy insects which.. feed on their crop?"
Mr.
FARCH AT KOWLOON.
A PLEASANT ENTERTAINMENT.
zlat lost. Thanks to the energy of Mr. G. Burnett, a very enjoyable evening's entertainment was given last evening at the usual Monday even. ing concert, at the Kowloon Seamen's Institute, and though indoor entertainments are not very much in vogue just now, owing to the heat, the hall was well filled The ladler and gentl
gentlemen, who assisted with vocal sed instrumental items, were Mrs. Jack, Mr. Burnett, Mr. G. R. Ed- ward, Mr. Schmidis and Mr. Percy Browne.
The entertainment, concluded with the farco
local
say
An Interrupled Honeymoon, which afforded Mr. Burnett a part very much to his liking, a character study, of a dawn-at-the-beel trage- dian, who has been hastily summoned to de- putise in melodrama; needless to
for all it Mr. Burnett played the part i WAI worth, and his clever and strenuous efforts evoked much merriment and applause. In the by incans easy role of a newly married Mr. E. A. M. was always
held the interest of his sympathetic A
As also did Miss Morris, who made a very piquant bride, whilst Mr. G. R. Edwards, played the innkeeper in the orthodox' style. Altogether it was a very creditable performance. -Contributed,
A FRIENDLY RACE.
FROM KOBE TO YOKOHAMA,
and a half the blocks had to be raised a foot Eltel Friederich was observed to leave aboul
the beam,
to get her up bigh enough to take antage of the breadth of the dock. It is inter advantage of the esting to note that had not same years ago, Mr., Sellar had three altars of the dock removed, and a bit cut out at the top end, on another occasion, the ship could never have been got 619.89 in. As it was, so close was the fit, that the walls bed be scraped down beforehand and every advantage taken of the slightest bit of To about an hour she had been safely berthed without making a touch, though between her sides and the dock walls there is barely space parts to thrust a paint brush! In coming in, 34,544.50 so close a fit was she, ail the water was pushed 694.00 up before her like a wall and ran down under
har bilge like a mill race. 49.00 go
Toom.
in
Tus Chinese Engineering and Mining Cole "profit on hotel working account
total output of the Company's three mines for the six months ending soth June, 1946 ame}}/stp. 70,533,50 for the week ending 4th August, 1906, amount
ed to 18,859.85 tons and the sales during the $109,450.80 period to 17,346.30 tons,
No little interest, it is stated, was aroused among the passengers by the Amprzez of China from Kobe, on the 9th inst, when the Priss
two minutes before the sailing hour,
noon,
and at full speed, down the harbour, proceed at
In consequence of this unusual alacrity in the departure of the German steamer there was some interest as to which would reach Yokoba ma first, The Empress of Okina left at 12.10
passed the Prins Eifel during the even ing and arrived at the lightship an hour ahead of the Priss Kital. The Japan Gazette received a letter from one of the passengers in which it was stated that the passengers to Yokohama from Shanghai and other by
Poris
the Empre
of China would long remember a very pleasant Voyage. "The run from Кофе Yokohama in just under 18 hours is surely deserving of mention, as well a
I as the fact that the German Mail steamer Prins Bitel Friederich which had a stori of or 4 mifts, was caught and passed and finally beaten by a good hour, 1 am told there was go race and I believe it, but the effect was just the same, and was as much enjoyed by all on board as if it had been asianged for their benefit,”