Telegrams.
{Renter's.]
Oriental Immigration in British Columbia:
London," 16th September, Mr. Scott, Superintendent of Immigration, has left Ottawa for Vancouver to investigate the whole position of Oriental immigration.
Mr, Ishii, the Japanese immigration officer, has arrived at Ottawa, and will confer with the Government to-day. `-
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„Acoident to the-Queboo-Boston. Express.
The Quebec-Boston Express collided with goods train, kiling 17 and injuring 40..
Later.
Germany and Japan. The Kaiser, has conferred the Order of The Red Eagle and class on M, Yashiro, of the Japanese Embassy.
Cholera in Russia.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 18, 1907.
CANTON DAY BY DAY.
KWANGSI RAILWAY_CO. (From Our Own Correspondent.] ·
Canton, 14th September.
The Kwangai Railway Company has been formed and construction work will begin next spring in the sister province. The work will be divided into three Lutios14 she firm section'] extending fro a Sainshui to Wuchow, the second from Wuchow in Kwei Yuen district, and the third section ihance to the port of Naoning.
LIKIN COLLECTIONS.
The collection of likin dyes by the Canton Likin Bureau for the seventh moon amounted at Tla, 37.7 3:12.
ANTI-OPIUM PROCLAMATION. The Police Department has issued a pro-, clamation stating that the sumour that, owing to foreign interference the prohibition of epiam smoking will be relaxed, is without foundation, and the anti-opium regulations will be strictly enforced as heretofore and with even greater stringency. Opium sminkers are all reminded that they must apply for licences and that they must get rid of their vice as soon as possible Whilst pwners of opium-selling establishments are warned to abide by the regulations and if
THE DOUGLAS STEAM-SHIP COMPANY, LIMITED:
The report for presentation to the share- holders at the twenty-fourth ordinary general
meation, to be held at the offices of the Com pasy, on Saturday, the 28th day of September
goy, at soon, roads :----
The general managers have now, to submit to the shareholders their report on the twenty. fourth year's working of the Company, ending June 30th 1957.
After paying all running expenses, promis
GREID PIKE IN AUBA.
· OFFICES' AND 'GODOWNS DESTROYED.
ENORMOUS DAMAGE.
- 1 -
To-day's Advertisement.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNERS.
THE P. & D. S. N_Co.'s Steamer
"OCEANA,"
FROM BOMBAY, COLOMBO AND
STRAITS, ka vessel are bereby informed that their Goods Consignees of Cargo by the above-named
This versel brings on Cargo:
Intimations
THE
CO., LD.
brigades was called out early yesterday morn Every available member of the Kobe fire log posts the Japan Chronicle of 8th instant, when fire broke out is the premises of Mesirs. Carlowits & Co. in Higashi-machi, facing the Kobe Club. The alarm was given about half Recreation Ground, and almost'opposite the past one yesterday morning by a policeman being landed and placed and ROBINSON PIANO, of insurance, remuneration to the consulting whose beat took him past the Club Concordia, Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company's Godowns & Kowloon, where each and on approaching Mesurs. Carlowitz's pre-consignment will be sorted out mark by committee, and auditors' fees, the amount at credit of profit and loss account is $117 488.15mises he observed volumes of smoke pouring mark, and delivery can be obtained as soon as which, with the consent of shareholders, it is out from the second floor. He at once alarmed the Goods are landed. A
the caretaker on the premises, and also com proposed to appropriate as follows:-
From London, &c, ex S.S."Britenuta. "To pay a dividend of 8% on the capital of municated by telephone, with Kobe police- the Company, absorbing 380,000.00 and to write
About two o'clock the Kobe fire- From Persian Gulf, er B.L.S.N. and B. &
P. S. N. Co.'s Steamers. off the balance of $37,488.15 from the values brigade was on the scene, but the flames had
Optional Goods will be landed here unless of the Company's properties on June joch last! by then burst out, and the fite was spreading instructions are given to the continry before
The improvement in the year's working it is with remarkable rapidity, assisted by strong hoped will be considered satisfactory, in view north-easterly wind. of cantiqued kean competition and consequent low rates of freight now existing, coupled with the high price of coal during a considerable portion of the period under review.
The steamers and other properties of the company are all in first class order, but the
statido.
6 hours.
Goods not cleared by the 25th last, at 4 P.M., will be subject to rent..
No Fire Insurance will be efficiel by me ip any case whatever.
Damaged Packages must be left in the Godowns for examination by the Consignee's and the Company's representative at
found selling opium in opism smokers without One thousand six hundred and sixty-three licences or selling to any one smoker a larger expenditure for overhaul and repairs has been receive such property as could be saved. The appointed hour.
amount of the drug than specified on The
cene, they ill be strictly dealt with.
cases of cholera have occurred in Astrakán since the outbreak, 849 of which have proved fatal.
CEMENT WORKS. '.
The Canton Educational Bureau has been The scourge is increasing in Samara, Niji instructed to issue the sum of Taels 10,000 Novgorod, and elsewhere,
inonthly from the seventh moon towards the payment of the purchase of machinery for the equipment of the Honam Government Cement Works,
The Dock Stri o at Antworp. One thousand more English strike-breakers have arrived at Antwerp, but many are get ting tired of the confinement on board ship; and are continually leaving.
The strike is spreading to Rotterdam.
HONGKONG WATER POLO SHIELD COMPETITION...........
NINTH ROUND.
The last match in the Shield Competition, with the exception of the final, which was to have taken place yesterday allernoon between the Middlesex."B" Team and the Royal mong kong Yacht Club did not come off, as the form, er failed to put in an appearance and con- sequently forfeit a win to the Royals, -
· POPPY: CULTIVATION:
unusually heavy.
Asumber of foreigners bad meantime arrived, and assisted in the task of securing as many of the firm's books and papers as could be saved. Many worked strenuously until daylight to.save thee valuable records, and the door of the Kobe Club were generously thrown open to fareigs staffs of many firms in the vicinity The west side of the whart has been leased whose premises at times looked as though they to the Hongkong, Canton and Macan Steam-were in imminent danger, also picked up their boat Company.
books and papers in readiness for instant flight Despite the efforts of a large number of fire- men, the flames gradually spread from No, 124 to the extensive godown of Mesir, Carlowitz next door. This building is said to have been practically full of goods; nod it was LOOD evident that there was no hope of saving either the godown or its valuable contents. The next bullding to catch fire was the matting godown of Messrs. Carlowitz, which was also full of Roods.
The achounts appeating as "freight due" and accounts receivable" on 30th June have since been collected.
CONSULTING COMMITTEE. Since the last general meeting, Mr. A. In accordance with instructionss received | Babington and Ht. W. J. Gresson resigned from Peking, H.E. the Acting Viceroy has their seats on the Board and Mr. Robert She given orders to the different district magistrates,way and the Hon. Mr. Henry Keswick were etc. to order that poppy-plaiting farmers, invited to fill the vacancies The Committee. throughout their respective jurisdiction, should now consists of the Hon. Mr. Keswick, Mr. R. "reduce cultivation of the poppy plant, com- hewan and Mr. A. G. Wood, who retire in mencing from the beginning of next year. Terms of the Articles of Association, but offer
NANNING REGULATIONS.
A foreign Minieer at Peking has com municated with the Waiwupu complaining of the regulations drawn up in connection with the opening of Nanning as a treaty port and requesting the Ministry to have them, revised. Acting Viceroy Wu has been instructed by the Ministry to investigate the matter and tơ report accordingly.
17th Bertember.
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themselves for re-election.
AUDITORS.
The accounts have been audited by MessiE. A. R. Lowe and F. Maitland (the liter acting in the absence of Mr. W. H. Potts) Messis Potts and Lowe retire, but effer themselves for re-election
DOUGLAS LAPraik & Co, General Managers,
J
TAOTAL WEN: Total Wen Tsung-yan, who was a secretary PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR
ENDED 30TH JUNE, 1957. of foreign affairs in Canton under ex-Vice
We understand the final between the 87th Coy. Royal Garrison, Artillery and the V.R.Crop Shum Chur-hseup and who left here toge "A" Team for the Shield Takes place at the ther with M.E for Shanghai, has now returned. V.R.C, enclosure on Wednesday afternoon, the Tantai Wen has been again appointed secre sary of foreign affairs in the newly-appointed -25th-instant, at-5 pm.
Viceroy.
ceroy, H.E. 'Chang Jen-chun.
The longue table now stands as follows:→
COMPETITION TABUR.
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1
RAILWAY AFYAIRS..
On the 16th instant a meeting was held in Played Won. Lost. Drawn Paints, | the afternoon at the office of the Canton-Han-
V. R. C. "A... 8
* Q
87th Co., R.G.A. 8.
7 Q
1
Corinthian Y.C. 8
6
3
ö
18.
R. H. X. Y. C... B
5 3
✡
$
4
12
R. E. "A"
"
8
1 5
9
Middlesex" 8" 8
7
7
0
3
3
V. R. C. B... 8
R. E. "B"...... 8
Middlesex "A" B
A Team Race was gol up yesterday between teams representing the Royal Engineers, Royal Rangkong Yach Club and Corinthian Yacht Club
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The Corinthians and Royals had a very hard
• struggle for first place, but the farmer won by „ábout half a dozen'y irds from the latter." The Royal Engineers finished nearly a length be hind the Royal Yacht Club, *-
MAIL CONTRACI.
ip the House of Commons, Mr. Runciman moved that the contricf datel. Aug. 7. 1907.
kow Railway Company, st, which it was sug-- gested that two-more members should be ap pointed by the president, Mr. Lo Po-bun, and others, to assist Mr. Chu Pak-kin, who. was appointed to take over charge of the finances of the Company; but the majority of those present decided that this question should be brought upfordiscussion at a general meeting to be be'd at a later date. At the meeting a number of those présent were sent to call on the newly elected president, Mr. Lo Pe-shuo, and the vice-president, Mr. Wong Shiu-ping, to request them to assume charge of office from that date.
On the urgent representations of the share- holders, Mr. Wong Shiu-ping assumed the duties of his i ffice from yesterday ; but Mr. Lo Po-shun, The president, did, not put in an ap pearance at the office, owing to the fact that the question of the financial control of the Company is still in abeyance.
THE ANTHOPIUM MOVEMENT. On the 14th instant, anɑgati-opium associa- rian was opened in Chan Chik in the district o Shun, Tak. There was present a large number fp raons incluiting the represe „tatives of the.
On the 13th instant, a meeting of the Central
To Dividend paid for
year ending 30th. June, 1906......... $soir co Amount written off' for-depreciation
for year ending.
30th June, 1956... 11,800.45
Exchange account. Auditors' fees....... Remuneration to consulting
committee for 12 months....... Remuneration to general man-- agers for office expenses, for 12 months..... Balance..........ı danı
By, Balance of profil,and fois ac-
count, 30th June, 1906
....
General interest account
Interest on mortgage account
"
'Coal account.
"
Profit on running the compa
ny's steamers during the ye r
$ 61,809:45 .9.8.-5 660,00
At this stage the efforts of the firemen and police were directed towards the adjoining go- down of Messrs. Da la Camp, in which was stored a large quantity of chlorate of potash and phospho us. All the police on duty and a number of reserves were called out to assist in the lask of getting the 'casks of chemicals out of the godown, and, fortunately this work was safely and satisfactorily accomplished, the kegs being piled up between the Recreation Ground and the Kobe Club, well away from the burn- ing buildings. Soon after Messrs. De la Camp's gadows caught fire, but the brigade had by that time got, the upper hand, and all danger of the fire spreading any further was over by daybreak. It was not until after seven o'clock yesterday morning that the fire was practically out, though the debris was smouldering alt through the afternoon.
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All Claims must be presented within ten days of the steamer's arrival here after which date they cannot be recognised.
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No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowns.
E. A. HEWETT,
Superintendent, Hongkong, 18th September, 2007.
ALLEGED CHINESE SLAVE CHILDREN:
MANILA CUSTOM-HOUSE MEN AFTER SCHEME.
At a result of careful investigation by Colonel H. B. McCoy, acting collector of customs, as sisted by Hartford Beaumont, acting special deputy, and John B. Amareeb, chief of the im- nigration, the fiat has gone forth, says the Manila Cadisnews of 14th inst., that the local
INVITE INSPECTION OF THEIR
BABY GRANDS
BY
Chioase slave trade must cease, Young STEINWAY, Chinese males are being brought into the istands by the hundreds every year as tons
of
merchants, when as a matter of fact they are slaves sold by people in China to local Chinese, and are forced to work in this city and the provinces without compensation.
The business of importing minor sons" has assumed large proportions in the port of Mauila and so affects the figures that instead of a de crease in Chinese population, which was the obvious intent of the system of exclusion laws of congres, as also art. 703 of the commission, the number of ar ivals greatly exceeds the num ber of departures.
During the fiscal year 1907,938 Chinese minors were admitted into the islands, of whom 124 were over 16 years of age, and but 35 were girls. Several cases have come to the attention of the customs authorities in which children imparted as legitimate minor sons and daughters were subsequently found to have been slaves, The According to the police report, the fire origi. case of Chng toi Mán has been made the sub- nated in about the middle of the second orject of criminal prosecution." third floo. of No. 12;, and was probably caused by a lighted match or ashes from a pipe being thrown down by a coolie employed in the godown. The buildings destroyed include the four-storied godown, the three-storied office building, and the matting godown of Messra. Carlowitz, together with the servants' quarters at the rear, and Messrs. De la Camp's godown." The area of the buildings destroyed is nearly J17.488.5 490 subin, and the loss is estimated at Y125,000,
It was stated yesterday that to rebuild the pre-bourers, coolies, etc, and thus entered into active competition with the Filipino people for $192,803.75mists in the same style would probably cost
nearly double this amount. The toss incurred whose protection the exclusion laws have been by the destruction of the contents of the applied to these islands, $61,809.45godowns, etc., causot yet be ascertained, but it 1951 estimated that the total loss is likely to ex- 47,854.87ceed Y500, co.
1,00,00
2,000.00
10,000,00
83,1.1.07
BALANCE SHEET FOR THE, VÉAR ENDED
ZOTU JENE, 1997,"
Liabilities
20,500 shares at So Reserve fund.......
Capital Account ;`
between the Posimaster-General and the different anti-opiam institutions throughout the Underwriting account of the com- Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation province. Many speechies were delivered. Company for the conveyance of the East India, China, and Australia mails for the period from Feb 1, 1908, to Jan. 11, 1915, be approved Mr. Holt criticised the contract, and urged the advantages of the Siberisa route for the Chipa trade.
i
Mr. Havelock Wils^n raised the question of the accommodation provided for Lascars and the food teals in Peninsular and Oriental liners.
Mr. Kunciman, in reply, stated that the principal objection to the Siberian route was the question of caste With reference, to the, Lascars, the Goverment had no power to place restrictions upon the P. and O. Company: It was true that the Government paid a subsidy to the company, but the Postmaster General drove an exceedingly bird bargain, and had succeeded in reducing the subsidy by at least L10, a year, and securing a reduction in the period of transit.
The Labour members challenged a division when the resolution was agreed to by 91 to 19.
188 BURKIAN RAILWAY,
A despatch from Amoy states that the Folkien Railway: Company has ordered imo locomotives for the above named railway, One of them has been ordered through Mess Pasedag & Co. and the other through the Mitsui Bussan Kaiba in Amoy. Each is to **cost 18,020 dollars.
4
pany
Unpaid dividends..... Anti-Opium Association was held at its head-Sundry accounts payable quarters at the Mun Lan Shi Yuen, and Mr.
Unpaid bonus Profit and lost account
Chan Wai-on, the newly elected president, was vated to the chair. At the meeting the fol lowing resolutions were passed :-(1), hat the pol ce.authorities be requested to give authority for the invitation of tenders for the sale of an
steamers
vissets.
Haitan, Haicking and Haimt, as
per last report ...168;,oco po Add aberations since
made
old opium divan confiscated a short time ago Value of the, Co.'s by the police. (2) That a general meeting be arranged to take place on the 18th instant when the accounts for the last two months will be presented for approval and payments sanc. tioned by the committee. (3) That steps he taken to reduce the amount of sali-opium pills to be distributed daily to applicants. (4) That Leveral questions be brought up for discussion with reference to further reforms necessary to be effected in the Refuge in connection with the association for the treatment of anti-opium patients. (5) That means be devised at an early date for the building of an industrial institution || for the admission of those parsons left destitute
|by the abolition of opium smaking,
LOADING MILITARY STOKES.
Yesterday the Chinese gunboat Fu Po re- turned from Pakisi to shiji more ammunition for the troops at Yumchow and Limehow. The Fu Po is also taking in banker coal.
THE OPIUM FARM,
Owing to the numerous petitions received the province, for the seduction of the amount from the different opium farmers throughout of royalty paid for the nonopoly through the recent enforcement of the anti-oplum regul. ations throughout the province, the then Hou Chu has written to the different districts to request the local officials report on the matter and make sugges ions as in the | advisability of the opium monopoly being in future taken over by the Chu, so as to prevent further trouble.
The railway sleepers and rails were ordered through the Mitsui Russan Krishk, and about 40,000 sleepers will be delivered in Amay in October at St.15 per piece. The rails were
AWAITING THE NEW VICEROY, Didared from Hanyang Iron Works through the
Yesterday Brigadier-General Cheung pro- Mitani Borsan Kaisha. Tle. 50,000 have been went to the Hanyang iren Works in Hankowceeding to Hongkong to meet H.E. Viceroy
Chang who is expected in your Colony to
t a depozit againe onder Shanghai Tim morrow.
Less amount written
off, as resolved at last general meet. ing ............... Value of buoy & moor,
ings at Swalow, Amoy, Tacitui and Hongkong, as per
A visit to the scene of the fire yesterday afternoon showed how complete was the destruction/All that remained of the once $192,805.75 | imposing premises known as No, 124 ware the walls, the building being completely gulled, The adjoining gedown at the corner had faced even worse; for not only was the building gutted but the upper part of the walls collaps ed, filling the streets Lelow with debris. Some of the falling bricks and stones slightly dim- $1,000,000 coaged the godown of Messrs, H. E. Raynell & 264,638 79 Co., on the opposite corner of fo-machi, and several trees and a number of telephone-lines 96,988.32 were broken down. On the lower portion of 34,039.24the godown the great iron doors were still 674.50 hanging, but twisted into all sorts of fantastic 13800 shaper, and inside the tottering walls a mass $17,488 15 of smouldering debris, from which occasionally $1,523.958.00
a flame would shout out in the midst of the clouds of steam and smoke.
INSURA CE LOSSES.
: 10th Sept. Oq inquiry yesterday at the 'new offices of Carlowitz & Co. in Ikuta-maye it was learned that the firm's total loss in Saturday's fire was roughly estimated at about half a million yen.
From the official report of the fire we learn that Messrs. De la Camp's godowa, which was also destroyed in the conflagration, was insured with the Royal Fire Insurance Company for Ya5,000 The contents of the godown were insured for Ytoo,000 with the Royal, and for 9,000.00 $676,760.00 Y30,000 with the South British, companies.
769.09
$685,760,00
last report ...... $34,310.39
amount written
off as resolved at last general meet- inging 2,Fc945
Loans on mortgages Hongkong & Shanghai Banking
Corporation (current account) Hongkong & Shanghai Banking
Corporation (fixed deposit)... Freights due on 30th June, 1997 Sundry Acct. Receivable from
Agencies, &C.............. Unexpired tonnage dues compani Coal Afe, stock in hand Cash in hand.......
$31,500.84 $76,000,00
lo our report it was mentioned that the chlorate of potash and phosphorus stored in Messi. De la Camp's godown was removed. We understand that only a portion of it was got out, so that it is fortunate that the fire brigade was able to prevent further destruction. It seems that the wall of Mesira Carlowitz's matting godown fell on to Messrs. De la Camp's godown and most of the damage to the latter 'was caused by this and by water.
AN edict Just issued by the English board of trade bids fair to cause all kinds of con- 48.512.31 fusion temporarily among British shipping, The board, which speaks with authority on the
50,000.00 51:675.73
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It is incontrovertible that a number of the
alleged minor soos became clerks, poness, la-
Collector McCoy and his associates believe. that the present liberality in the hiterpretation. of the immigration laws so far as they relate to miner children has not only built up a slave trade, but is actually defeating the salutary, purposes of the legislation as a whole and gives to the natives of these islands a shadow of protection against wage competition when it was intended, that they should have the sub.' stance.
11.
Present conditions virtually adinit to the local labour market large numbers of their most dangerous rivals and not only that, but these rivals are young men who are in, or are approaching, their prime, and their competition
most to be feared.
is
At fist the great majority of Chinese mor.. chants who applied for permission to bring minor sons into the island were from Manila, but now the provinces furnish the majority not- withstanding that the provinces contain the minority of the Chinese population.
This curious fact could be accounted for in the theory at the provincial Chinese mer. chants were sending for their sons as soon as the conditions in their respective provinces were sufficiently settled to permit them to anjoy the society of their children without danger to the latter. It is more probable, how. over, that it is because it is easier to prepare a fictitious case in the provinces where there are no immigration inspectors to cuefully investi gate such canes.
Thus it can be seen that nearly 1,000 Chi- nese youths are being brought in every year to not only live in Manila, but to settle. throughout all the provinces and to that extent stifle the commercial chances of the rising. generation of Filipinos.
Stops are to be take at once by Collector McCoy to weed out as far as possible the fraudulent provincial cases. To begin with he has recommended to the governor-general and the commission that the age limit at which Chinese minars sie imported be lowered from 21 years to 16 years, as it was formerly. An other plan to be put in operation will be the enforcement of a rule laid down by Henry C Id in 1905 that many of the in-called Chinese merchants are merely petty shop keepers and are not entitled to the minor sons and other privileges of merchants.,
HAAKE,
WINKELMANN,
&C., &c.
&c.,
Prices from
Hoogkong, 22nd August, 19 7.
750.
THE ORIINAL
CANADIAN
CLUB
WHISKY.
19.011
Canadian Club Whisky.
Datchet & Bottled by Hiram Ho Per & Sons
Walkervilic Coolaria Coats
Ilmu Pais à Capontot kape inervant
PER CASE 12 BOTTLES...$20.00
This single rule will cut out a goodly per centage of the slave' trade. A third weapon will be a recent customs dec sion prohibiting the multiplicity of partnerships in a Beware of Counterfeits.
business in order that every alleged partner subject, has decreed that hereafter no two
may go to China and bring back with bim „British vessels shall be registered under the three or fɔur fake sons, same or similar names. The new rule is to.
Still another possibility in this direction
AGENTS:
take effect at once. As yet plans for the change would be for the bureau of internal revenue to H. PRICE & Co., Ltd.,
64,387 69 1.ajc.:8
have not been completely formulated, but it is 2,018,40 1,817.86 expected that among vessels of any one name the vessel of the heaviest tonnage will be per- * $1,503,950.00 || mlijed to retaig its present designation, in
apply section 60 of the internal revenue act, which requires every person engaged in bal mass to register his name, place of residence, trade or buslocis whether alone or in a partners ship, thus making fraud less easy,
WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS,
12, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL,
· Hongkong, 33th September, 1902),
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