Intimation.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 23. 1907.
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
Batitiro off Stonecutters Island is prohibited until farther notice.
THṛ following lefegram has been received by
A. S. WATSON & CO., the Colonial Secretary from the Secretary to
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the Government of India :-" Ordera withdraw. ing Venice Banitary Convention Regulations at Madras Porto against -arrivals from Hongkong issued on 17th October, 1907."
THE dispatch boat Mogami, now being built at the Mitsu Bishi Yard at Nagasaki, is expected. to be launched in January next: The Chiyo maru, 13,300 tons, a sistership of the "Tenyo maru, which was recently launched at the Mitsu Bishi Yard, will be launched on the 7th of next month, and one of the four N. Y. K. steamers, each of 8,600 tons, ordered from the
zame yard, is expected to be launched on the
zist of next month.
GANYON DAY BY DAY.
CAMPHOR' INDUSTRY.
[From Our Own Correspondent.]·
Canton, azad October, Camphor trees are found growing at present in many districts throughout, the province of Kwangtung. The officials of the Canton Buy reau of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce ha a forwarded despatcher to the magistrates of the districts, where this tree is found grow ing, instructing them to ascertain the total area under cultivation within their risdiction, d the approximate number of trees grown, and to furnish a seport of their investigations in the Bureau, within ten days of the receipt of the despatch. The e steps are taken with a view to the introduction of the campker manufac turing industry into this province. It will be remembered that, a short time ago, a weiyuao was sent to the province of Fukien to invasti gate the methods of manufacture employed there for the turning out of camphor, for the market,'
RAILWAY RECEIPTS),
NALIVE AFFAIRS,
KEROSENS STORES.
[From a Correspondent:]"
Cholon, aand October, 1507. After the, occurrence of the destructive fire in the kerosena shops in Tung Hing Street, the kaifongs of Ching Yuan and San-sam-hong Streets Twarded successive petitions to the superintendent of police requesting that, when the shops are re-built, they should not he allowed to store kerosene cil but to carry on business in other commodities.
The reply to these petitions, by the owners or proprietors of the shops pleaded the greal removal, to any other locality. The supere inconvenience that would anso, hom their
the Kwangchow Chamber of Commerce re- intendent of police has communicated with questing the Ch mber to call a meeting of the kaifong around Tong Hing ireet to devise means for the solution of this quartios.
Yesterday another petition was sent by Luk
Tax issue of new set of postage stampi fər Indo-China is at hand. The face values will be eight in number, the highest and being lon
Kui-man) and others to the Central francs, The.Avenir du Tanžin binus that the
Plice department urging that a notice should Government, by thus continually changing the The collection of fares for passengers on the be posted ordering the proprietars of ketosene." stamp issue, secks to increase the revenue of Canton Kongisan section of the Canjon-fan-shops to choose a less crowded focality for the Colony. That journal estimates at fiftykow Railway for the ten days from the 17th their business. The superintendent's reply thon and the number of collectors who make it instrat to the 16th instant is as, follows:-7th was that he would rely on the answer given by a point to buy every new series issued. 'geriu instant, 5165.36; 8th instant, $181.15; 9th the Chamber of Commerce for his decisión......... also will soon have a special stamp insué of its instant, tothinktant, $181.98; "th"insmap", own. It will be that of the mother country sur- $:05.36; 12th instant, $154,651, 13th instant, charged with the word Algeria.
$15.54:14th instant, $247.43; 15th instan, $102.17;16th instant, $104.66. Total $7,043.76.
AFFAIRS IN FORMOSA,
AN INTERESTING INTERVIEW.
General Viscount Sakuma, Governor-General of Formosa, who passed through Kobe on Mon. day (Oct. 14) on his way to Tokio, accorded abriel interview to the Press at the Mikide Hotel. The Governor-General referred to the difficulty of dealing with the aborigines, and his remarks will beuf particular interest in view of the revolt of the aborigines reported Fin a recent issue, an outbreak which is arous-
ing a great deal of attention in Japan.
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H.E. TANG SHAQI
Peking to-day :—"
The following telegram was received from
H.E. Tang Shao-i, Governor of Feng-tien,
THE ANTI-OFIUM CAMPAIGN. has urgently requested the Peking Covernment Yesterday the Police Authorities forwar to give him an appointment in Peking, HE. ded a despatch together with sum of Chu Sai-Chang, Viceroy of the three Provinces $68, co to the Central Anti-Opium Association af Manchuria, (learning this, sent a telegraphic. towards the funds of that institution, the despatch to Fong-tien asking H.E. Tang to amount being made up of collections, cosiri-ramain there stating, that all Government. buted as follows:-The ex-Acting Provincial affairs will be conducted by mutual consultation Treasurer. Wo H, $300; the Sal Commis-and consent. HE. Chi will take leave of signer, Ting. Nai-yang, $200; the Canton their Majesties and start for Manchuria to- Government Paper Factory, Sto; and $81 morrow (23rd in11). Tais date has been altered from the Canton New Bunding Department. from the one originally fixed,
ANTIMONY DEPÓSITE.
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A merchant surnamed Ko has twice petition. ed the Canton Bureau of Agriculture, Industry
A PETITION FROM THE CHINESE MERCHANTS AT SINGAPORE.
Telegrams.
'HONGKONG TELEGRAPH"
SERVICES
CANTON-HANKOW RAILWAY
SIR CHENTUNG'S POWER.
HONGKONG SHAREHOLDERS HOLDINGS,
[From a Correspondent.]
Canton, 23rd October. The Board of Posts and Commu-
the Throne to the effect that Sir nications at Peking has memorialized
Chentung Liang Cheng should be
invested with full powers to inquire into the affairs of the Canton-Han- Row Railway Company.
Sir Chentung should also be given power to go into the question whether the shares subscribed for, through Messrs. Chang Kung-yu and Yang Sai-nam, of Hongkong, should be allotted by the Company.
THE KIANGSI RIOT.
FRENCH MINI÷TEK'S CLAİM
DISPUTED BY IDE, YUAN SHIK-RAI,/
[From a Correspondent.]
Canton, 23rd October: The French Minister at Peking has made representations to the Waiwupu asking for compensation and the punishment of officials res-
Some time ago, an action was brought In dealing with the äborigines, said the Gov-and Commerce stating that he has discovered against Chan Ki-fan, upirtter of the Yuan-fung crnor-General, the Formos a authorities have some antimony deposits in the Si Con moun-boarding-house at Huibow, for the recovery been slowly and steadily advancing the defence tains, and other places in the vicinity of the of money due to a European firm in Singapore line. No accurate statistics as to the papula district of Kuk Kong, and has applied for per- for goods delivered and passenger-tickets told tion of the aborigines were procurable, but they mission to form a company with sufficient The amount was, guaranteed by Mak Hop were believed to number between 110,000 and capital in opes up these mines. The officials
yuan, who requested the Chinese Consul 120,000. The tribes in the north and south of this department have now given instructions
at Singapore to communicate with Mr. Tor, were known to consist of, from 5,000 in 6,000 to the district magistrate, ordering him to per Total of the circuit of King-chow and ponsible for the recent anti-Christian prons each. In some parts a number of trisonally, in company with an official surnamed Ngaichow, lo demand payment. In this rising in Kiang-si. bes were assembled, but usually, they were Tung, make an inspection of these mines, ai d scattered widely. Thit made it very difficult to report on the result of their investigations, to dispose of the savages in one action, so the uthorities have been disposing of one tribe [st
.after another,
Manat Serbia (?) in the central mountain
WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS.
ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS, « Hongkong, 12th October, 1907,
of a daughter.
ΒΙΚΤΗ,
Che Hongkong Gelegraph
PRISONERS FROM HONGKONG, "Captain Yang has been sent to Hongkong to bring to Canton the two robbers, named Wook
committed armed robbery in the Tai Lik
LIKIN COLLECTIONS,
communication, the owner of the boarding.
house was mentioned as the headman of The President of the Board, emigrants, which aroused the suspicion Grand Councillor Yuan Shih-kai, has that he was a slave-trader and kidnap per. Consequen ly the barding house was strongly protested against the French
Yü-ching, was put into prison, but subsequent- gentry of the whole port. Now the owner of
King-chow and trafing in Singapore, have jointly made re resentations to the Chinese Chamber of Com herce there and requested the Chamber to send a petition to H. E. Viceroy
Telegrams.
[Raeter's,]
Canada and Asiatic Labour.
London, arst October.
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Mr. Lemieux, the Canadian Minister for Labour, is going to Japan vid London In order to confer with the Colonial and Foreign Offices on the question of Asiatic immigra tion generally,
Later: Mr. Lemieux has again changed his plans, and will sall direct to Japan.
The Mercantile National Bank. Mr. More, New York's big financier, hus announced that he has resigned all Bank directorships, owing to his connection with the Mercantile National, but a significant announcement followed an all-day Investiga. tion by the Clearing House into the affairs
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of the National Bank of North America and the New Amsterdam Bank, the largest of Morse's concerns.
Morso is a director of twelve, Banks, with $15,000,000 capital and deposits of
$80,000,000,
The Clearing House announced yesterday esening that all the Banks examined were solvent, and that was prepared to assist them.
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Fermany and China,
It is officially stated in Berlin that Ching in making difficulties rezarding the railway. concessions in Shantung, and that the Chi- nese Minister has requested Germany, in the interests of the excellent China-German re lations, to renounce the Kirochiau Ichin
concession,
Germany has refused this in the absence of an offer of adequate compensation.
Arrest of Americans in St. Petersburg.
The wealthy American writer, Mr. Wall-
it is supposed as Socialists, but the charge Kuang. Nam-lung and others, being natives of ANARCHISTIC DESIGNS AT on which they were arrested has not trans
7.
WURU.
pired;, their rooms were searched, and books pamphlets and manuscripts seized.
At the Goverment Civil Hospital on the range, which stands about 2,000 feet higher Ching and Li Qi-sze, who are alleged to have closed by Taniai Tor, and the Manager, Chan Minister's alaims, urging that the ing, his wife and sister, have been arrested aard inst. the wife of the Rev. J. H. FRANCE, than Mount Fuji, was known to be inhabited village, in the district of Namha, a short time, ly released on bail by the merchants and trouble did not originate with China in St. Petersburg, together with four Finas,
[943 by the most savage tribe, and the mountain
still remained unexplored. During the Chingo, and who fled to the British colony to lake nese regime, the gallant Black-flag General refuge and were ultimately arrested there. Liu Ming-Tien sent an expedition to, attack this trike, but was repulsed with a less of goo men. The recent bombardment of the tribes on the eastern coast by the warships was'un doubled, effective, and aborigines, having learned the range of the guns-of-a-warship have shifted their abode out of range. The abigines living in the northern part of the island are generally more savage and brutal. than those in the south.
HONGKONG, WRdnesday, OcroBER 13, 1907.
BDUCATIONAL-BAGILITIBS-IN-
JAPAN,
INADEQUACY OF ACCOMMODATION, Much attention is just now being directed to the inadequate facilities provided for higher. education, especially in technical matters; AL present there are thirteen schools under the direct control of the Department of Education
All the local Governments started operation's to dispose of the aboriginal trites in the dis- trict under their respective jurisdictions, and it was expected that all the tribes would be
The collection of likin dues in Canton for the ten days from the 1st day of the present mpon to the Loth day amounts to Taels 60,131.56, and the collection of the same dues at Kowloon and Chang, who has referred the questin to the EXPLOSIVE BOMBS DISCOVERED. Lappa for the 188th quarter from the 24th day present Taolai and asked him to make a care. of the 7th moon to the 23rd day. of the 8thful investigation. If no illicit-business-was- carried on by the boarding-house, the owner moon ware as follows: Kowinon Tiels
will be released according to fáw. 7.946.718; Lappa, Thels 5.271 313.
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THE PERIN SYNDICATE.
Writing on 18th inst, the Peking cor- respondent of the N News says:-
SOUTH CHINA UNREST. Owing to the unabated activity of the rioters in Yumchow and Limchew the Viceroy is greatly agitated over the apparent remissness of officials in the lower prefectures. On the
Telegram, to every Tuolai and prefect of all
where technical education is given,-ihat 18 six brought into submission at an early date. It His Hosur Ting Pao-chu in, Provincial 15th inst. His Excellency sent instructions; by
industrial, four commercial, and three agricul tural colleges. The number of applicants for seemed that the arms in the passession of the admission to these schools this year was 9,oon, aborigines had been mostly imported from the of whom only 1,800 can find places, the re mainland, but the importation of rifles seemed maining 7,200 baving been refused admission to have largely d.creased of late, though am. principally, owing to the lack of accommoân- tion. The number of students who were grant.
munition still continued to be sinuggled. The ed or refuted admission to the schools during rifles used by the aborigines were mostly Mau the last ten years will be seen from the follow-sers, made in Germany. The authorities kept ing figures:
Percenta. of
Refused. Refusals.
Appli.
1898
* cante, 1104
598 61.0
1899
1,580
972
61.0
1900
2,083
1,373
(160
1901
2,Boy
1,878
68 0
1902.
3.537
2.521
71.0
1903
**** 4:301 3,047
1904.
4436
1,317
1905
1900
5,789 7,125
4.380-
70.0
75.0
30.0
78.0
179.7
1957 9,935
7,104 Writing with relerence to this subject, the Nichi Nichi (Tokyo) remarks that the rate of 79 refusals to
every hundred applications, as in this year, must be regard ed as a noteworthy phenomenon by every one who has the education at the rising generation at heart. It is true that the Govern meat has of late years been paying much st- tention to higher technical education and providing increased facilities therefor as far as 1 compatible with financial limitations. The rapid rate of increase, however, in the number of atudents desiring to avail themselves of facilities for higher education has far outstrip- ped the efforts of the Government. It is most ‚undesirable,'says our contemporary, that young men who are eager to take up the higher courses of education should be unable to do so owing to the want of educational facilities.
But however strongly the Department of Education may desire an extension of school accommodation, continues the Nickl Nichi, it would be wall-nigh impossible, for obvious reasons, to give satisfaction to the ever-increas ing army of students. If the Government is unable to telloys the pressure existing la educational circles, the task must necessarily come within the domain of private enter
The reason why there has been institution where technical or scientific Edstruction can be given in a complete form is because such institutions require, unlike law or politica! -schoolk, the expenditure of a large amount of capital to provide the 'apparatus, Our con temporary sees a tendency, however, for schools of this nature to be gradually run as private enterprises in the fact of the proposed addition engineering and scientific courses to the curriculum of the Waseda University. The Nicki Nichi urges that in the circumstances some support should be given by the Govern ment for the encouragement of this tendency, -Japan Chronicle
Pctically no private
of
close watch against any attempt to smoggle arms, which was chiefly affected along the eastern copat, between Kwarenko and Son a distance of about fo miles. There precipitous cliffsron along the coast, and owing to the sea be ing always very rough it was very difficult to up proach the shore. To dispose of the aborigines, and complete facilities for communication in the island, it was essential to construct wide roads from the eastern to the western coast. Recently an exploration party was sent our with 25 natives as guides. The party succeed ed in crossing a range of mountains tising from the eastern to the western coast. An. 9,000 feet above the sa, and grassed the island other expedition would be sent out shortly, said the Governor-General, preparatory to framing a scheme for constructing the neces sary roads across the mountain range-Japan
Chronicle.
THE WEATHER,'
Judge of Shansi, arrived here from Taiyuan a couple of days ago and had an audieace of their Majesties yesterday morning, when he was or dered by the Empress Dowager ta see` Pri ce Ching and H. E. Yub thih-kai, the Wai wups. The subject for consultation is the opening of negotiations with the representative of the Pekin Syadicate in regard to the seule.
ment of the existing dispute between the British concessionaires and the people of Shaozi over the working of coal, iron and other mines in Pingling, Tsechou, and three other districts by the Syndicate as sanctioned by the Peking Government in 189ß.,
circuits and prefectures who were ordered to make copies of them for distribution through put the districts of the two provinces. The tenor of the telegraphic dispatch is to the following effect:-
"{From & Correspondent.];
Canton, 23rd October.
SHANGHAI “SHARE" CASE.
BENJAMIN AND POŢIS V. GORDIUS NIELSEN,,
to the Danish Consular Court, at Shanghai, on (8th inst., Mr. Loftus E. P. Jones appear
defendant,
It is reported from Peking thated for the plaintiff and Mr. N. C. Home for the explosive bombs have been discover- ød at Wuhu.
When the members of the Peking Government received the report, they exhibited signs of great nervousness
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This case came up again this afternoon.
Mr. Jones stated that plaintiffs' books had defendant, but since the last hearing a settle- arrived from Hongkong, for inspection by the
meat had been arrived at between the parties
and therefore the action would be withdrawn,
His Honour-In that to be a settlement be- fore the Court?
Viceroys and Governors of Pro-
Mr. Jones-No, the settlement has bann vinces have been reminded of the re-arrived at outside the Coust. cent instructions to be in readiness to
His Honour-And you simply' withdraw the
cope with any emergency grising
It is the duty of alt officials to take drastic measures to suppress any rebellion when the Peace and good order of a country arc-at. stake without distinction as to whether the rebels are inside or outside one's territory. Moreover, the boundary line betwren Yumchow, Lichow from Anarchistic designs. and Kwangsi is most irregular and malcontents can ily play hide-and-seek among the The natives of Shansi have elected two respasses along that line, It is nothing but pectable, wealthy natives of Taiyung to act as their representatives. in the conference and also have expressed their intention of ending the trouble by a compromise which will give equal advantage to both parties.
It is understood also that negotiations will be conducted thortly between his Honour Ting nud Mr. Brown, general agent of the syndicate in Peking..
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in order to protect their interests the natives are exerting themselves to subscribe shates for their recently organized laoch Kuungwu Kuanges or Mining Company for the protec- tion of the mineral resources of Shanti, so that work may begin as soon as a final settlement of
an evasion for officers to report that the rebels belong to the West (Kwangsi) when they are in Kwangtong, or to the Eac (Kwang- tung) when they are in Kwang-si. Since the unrest in Yumchow and Linchow commenced, the Governor of Kwangsi has issued orders to his subordinates to co-operate in the measures, for the suppressing of the rioters. How much more active the Civil and Military officials of Kwanglung should be under such circums tances? Now, in future, the terms "Eastern" and "Western" are not admissible to be applied by officials with a view to claim merit to them selves when there is success, or shift the responsibility on others when there is failure.
Officials of other districts are hereby cau-.
Care?
Mr. Jones-Ves
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In reply to hos Honour Mr. Home said he Bad no objection to the withdrawal, - HHonour-What about costs?
Mr. Jones-Costa are included in the seltie
the Court will let me know what fees are due I will pay them.
THE ROYAL HONGKONG GOL ment,
CLUB.
The following cards were returned at the
the 19th to 1st October, 1997. quarterly meeting held at Happy Valley from
,
MACEWEN CUP.
Mr. C. W. May $37-76. Mr. H. W. Slade...
Mr. C. P. Chater.........
86878 87-9=78
Mr. E. V. D. Parr`.......... 67- 8=79 Capt. E. Beetham
.97-1879 8382 87— 5-Ba Staff Paym. ", G. Wilson, RN. 88- 6=81 (17 entries),
Mr. J. Clar.....jus Mr. Wm. Anderson ...
His Honour said he would allow the care to
care to be withdrawn.
The Court then rose. ---Shanghai Mercury,
THE FORMOSAN, BUDGET.
·NEXT YEAR'S-TROSPI CTS.
The estimate of the xpenditure and reveaus of the Formosan Government for the next fiscal year has been received by the Finance Depart- ment at Tolyn. The total estimates of ex. penditure, ordinary and extraordinary, in sald to slow an increase of about Y1,000,000 on the" estimate for the present year." - The estimates
The following report is from Mr. F. G. Figg, their dispute with the British concessionaires tioned to use all their opergy for the suppres. Mr. C. W. May*.........rec. fatrokes all square of the three important works proposed by the
Director of the Hongkong Observatory:
On the 23rd at 11.55 a-The barometer has risen quickly over Central China and the E. cos', and fallen moderately in W, Japan.
has been obtained
According to a report made by the represion of any riot without the least territorial sentatives of the Shand natives, the discrepancy distinction, No leniency will be shown to between the English and Chinese texts in the any official who still clings to this evasive The depress on pasted to the North of original agreement concluded by Mr. Luizsit argument without thinking of reform, but be Shanghai last night, and has reached the neigh.wi h the Director of the Commercial Bureau at
will be severely censured and heavily punished followed by an area of high pressure which difficulties which occurred between the parties, belihood of S. Korea this morning. It is Taiyuan In 1898 was entirely due to linguistic
appears to be central to the North of the Upper who w re befooled by the Chinese translatom, Yungize,
Strong monsoon is expecte t to set again over the Formosa Channel and the Northern shores of the China Sea.
FORECAST.
The natives of Shansi are now greatly gratified. by Dr. Morrison's recent telegram to The Times, giving a full and true explanation of the situation" to the British public, and I am informed by ons Hongkong Rainfall for the 24 hours ending of the before mentioned representatives that on at roam,lo-day, oog inches,
account of this independent message from the famous correspondent the claim for, £107, per diem made by the British Government on be kalf of the syndicate for those days on which work was delayed by the oppositio's of, the people of Shaost, haw'not been esforced by Sir John Jordan, who is reported to be in favour of a revision of the existing agreement between the two parties.
-Hongkong and Neighbourhood, Ń, and N.E. winds, freshening showery, cooler. -2-Formosa Channel, N.E. winds, strong.
3-South coast of China between Hongkong and Lamocks, same as No. 1.
4-South coast of China between Hongkong and Hainan, same as No. 1,
SHIPPING AND MAILS.
MAILS DUF...
French (Tonkin) 27th inst. German (Prins Ludwig) 29th just., p.m.
The German 1a. Ellen Rickmers left. Moji here on 17th inst. on 2and inst., for this port, and is dua to arriva
rich, which left here on 23rd ult., arrived at
The Imperial German Mail s.s. Prins Hein». Genoa on 120d inst., at 7 a.m.
The Java-China-Japan Lija ss. Tjipanas lest Macassar for this port on 22nd inst, and may be expected here on or about the rot prox.
Mr. C. P. Chater*. Mr. E. V. D. Par
JOHNSTONE CUP.
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all square
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Capt. E. Beetham, 14 Major H. E. Lowis Staff Paym, H, G. Wii-
son, R... $ Mr. H, W. Slade ........... Mr. J. Clark
Mr, Wm. Anderson, ...... 4
(.8 entries). POOL.
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Mr. C. W. Mayai ma Mr. M. A. Murray
Mr. H. W. Slade.
Mr. C. P: Chater
83-776 ... 83- £=78
86-8-78. 87 Q73 Mp, E. V. D. Parte 87- 8-79 Capt, Beetham..........................................97-18-29 Mr. Wm. Anderson ... 87-5-8 Staff-Paym, 11, 63, Wilson, R.N. 88— 6–82 *(73 entries),
Winner of MacEwen Cup.. Tis for Johnstone Cup, Winner of Pool`
Formosao GoveromBot have also been int mitted to the Finance Deparment. The first of these is the improvement of the harbour, of Takow, which work in proposed to be com. pleted in Ave years, at the cost of about" Y4000,000; the second is the countruction of a. railway from Kwarenko to Bokuseki, Kaku, a distance of 54 miles at the cost of about ¥5,00,000, and the third in the irrigation works At Peelsun to be completed in thirteen years, the cost of the three undertakings being ssil- mated at about Y20,007,990,*||
The proposed railway is considered essential . for the encouragement of the camphor and other industries in the district of Bokosekikaku, which adjoies the aboriginal, district. The irrigation works are intended for the encour agement of the reclamation of waste land, and are expected to earn an income by Irrigating the rice fields and other plantations laid out on the reclaimed land. It is proposed to insun Bonds to raise the funds required for carrying out these works':