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and
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VEONGKONG,
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH MONDAY JULY 20
Public Companies.
HONGKONG, CANTON, AND MACAO STEAMBOAT COMPANY, LIMITED.
* NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
E-EIGHTY-FOURTH ORDINARY MEETING. of
TEHALF-YEARLY
MRCLEMENTRS OPIUM STATISTICY.
MORE. SHANGHAI CRITICISMS.
1908
Opiam Farmer he tells us pais it at ten per cant. countably: weak and weary after exortios, losas Is it credible that the percentage of
of smokers in:| appetite, grows thin and irritable, bas Indiges. Hoogkong is in fact much greater than intion, is deuressed and easily worried; sharp Chine Proper FYRRA
pains begin to shoot down the spine and lege the end is completa narvons collapse, perhaps Paralysis,
likely that tbs inceclive to smoke oplem Mr. Clementi,under the heading "Percentage is much greater in Hongkong than in China, of Opium Smokers in Chien,” quotes Sir J. | where the drug is much cheaper? Jerlin's soport on opium dated November, Mr. Clementi puls the average dose at a 1907, as follows cum
mace. If, as is probable, the avarage daily "The amount of opium pro faced in China indose is 1 macs then the ratio of smokers in S ·AREHOLDERS in the Company, will be
Hongkong is about 25 per cent.H beld at the Office of the Company, Hotel 1966 has been estimated at 330,000 picuis...
If the percentage of smokers is in fact só Mansions, on TUESDAY, the 12th August, Of this total only 4,730 piculs are, exported to at 12 o'clock Noop, for the purpose of receiv foreign countries. Foreign raw opium import-mach greater in Hongkong this in Chlau then Ping a Report of the Directors, logether with wad in the same year was as follows —
It would seem to stand to-renvon-if we are statement of Accounts, declaring, a Dividaód, confirming the appointment di Directors; and electing Directori and Auditora.
The TRANSFER-BOOKS of the Company. will be CLOSED from the 28th July to rath August, both days inclusive.
By Order of the Board of Directors,
W. E. CLARKE,
Secretary,
(682
Hongkong, 18th July, 1908.
THE HONGKONG LAND INVESTMENT
& AGENCY COMPANY, LIMITED. "
Athare lor the six months endins per N INTERIM DIVIDEND of $3.50 per June, 1928; wil be payable on the 29th iuật.. on which date Dividend Warrants may be obtained on application the Company's Office.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from WEDNESDAY, the 22nd instant, to WEDNESDAY, the 29th instant (both days inclusive), during which period no transfer ol shares can be registered."
By Order of the Board of Directors,
A.SHELTON, HOOPER,
Secretary.
Hongkong, 14th July, 1908,
THE WEST POINT BUILDING
COMP NY, LIMITED, "
.
[C67
Malwa,.........
Palpa 3 PODR Benares Other kinds,
Picule,
14,465) 25,485 ( Indian *3,479 ( 55,439
795,
Total ***** $4,235 Picula. Thus Chion may be said to have required for her own copiumpt on in 1906;-
Picula. Native Opium.............$335,270 Foreign Opium
$4,223
Total.....379,495 – Picule.
about one-seventh comes from India.. or 50,597,333 lb, weight, or 27,588 toar, of which
really, as Sir. E. Crey and other statemen bare indicated, desirous to help Ghing--that no time" should be last in suppressing the traffic in that 'portion of Bis Majony's Domtalons Vader the heading "Application of Figures to Divans" Mr. Clement premises that fall smokers of dross oplum are slaves of the habit," "the large majority of persons who smoke prepared. eplum în divine are also slaves of the babliș also "after the abolition of divaan the Opium Farmer will continue, as heretofore, to possess the right of selling prepared oplóm and dross opium to the general public."
's
Hore, then, we find Mr. Clementi going so far as actually to premise that many people "As opium is always retailed in taels, I may addicted to the opiam habit are enslaved by add that one picul equals 1,600 ixels. Thera. He is right-all smokers gradually become fore 379.495 picuis equal 6.7,192,000 taels,
enslaved by the habit.
Further on in his påper (unter the heading "Percentage in Chion as a whole") Mr. Cla: menti bases his Agures-is wholly unreliable, The Chinese consus-upon which Mr. Cle-
monti, who puts the population of Chins at in taking the consus in China, District, Of 400,000, 00, asserts that the number of the dials are supposed to count the number of persons who smoke oplam in the Chinese houses and report the total-which may or Empire is only two per cent," be, there are
may not be correct—to their chiels, the eight million smokers in China, Then he Governors or Viceroys of Provinces. As far goes on to say (quoting the Hongkong Governas 1 am aware the population of the Em ment Analyst) "riw opium by preparation Joses-fitty per cent of its weight, therefore the amount of prepared opium consumed will only be hall the weight of the raw opium, ie, the daily consumption of prepared opium in China will be 831,765 taels and the number of opium smokers falls to 4,758,847 or only shout one
Empire,"
N INTERIM DIVIDEND of Hallurs A Two per Share for the Bix Months per cent of the total population of the Chinese ending 30th June, 28, will be payable on the 29th instant, on which da'e Dividend Warrants may be obtained on application at the Company's Office.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from WEDNESDAY, the 22nd instant, to WEDNESDAY, the 29th testol, (both days inclusive), during which period no transfer of shares can be registered.
By Order of the Board of Directors,
A. SHELTON HOOPER,
pito is calculated by estimating five homin beings to each house. This is of course a very loose way of doing it, and it is, therefore, parti- cularly noteworthy that Mr. Clementi has referred to the consus of China in a manner calculated to lead the general public to sup. pose that it is takes is much the same way as
cicates of population are computed in westers
States. He offers no explanation, no enlighten
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Let us now look further iold" the matter, men! not a subject. Although Mr, Clementi f willing that what i have said should be used for
especially as regards the figures relating to Native Opium. to his paper, Mr. Clementi bases a calculation upon the returns for 19.5, when it was alleged that 375.27 piculs were required for the use of smokers in China Pro-
per. Mr. Clementi accepta, the refums of
native Opium as accurate, although he knows
Secretary to the Hongkong Land Investor, if he has travelled much in China, shouldy attempt on the part of Great Britain to
ment and Agency Company, Ltd. General Agents for The West Point
g Building Company, Ltd; Hongkong, 14th July, 1908.
Notices of Firms
KOWLOON HOTEL..
NOTICE
know at the returns of the native Opium are not reliable. Likin and other Chinese officiis, having to "make hay while the sub [C6Babies," bargain with merchants shout the amount of dues and dulje. to be paid on native
Td the Fublic generally that he has *HE Undersigned begs to Notify his Clients
admitted. Mr. P. E. PRED STONE into
PARTNERSHIP with him in the business of the above Hotel as from 1st July, 1958, under
the name and style of " OWEN STONE & "
O. E OWEN,
+
-N-OT-C÷I‚—
..
Proprietor,
opium.
Now, it should be manifest even to the
meanest intellect that in a country where trade is conducted in such a manner-trade on a very large se le-that no reliance can be placed on the figures supplied by native officials. If the native officials give the refurds of native opium in 1906 as 354,270 picule, it may be safely assumed that fafly double that amount passed through their bands, "hey accounted for 3, 5,270 p'culs and placed to the credit of the Central or Provincial Governments the amount of duty leviable on the number of picals entered in their boo's. Of the balance no rècord was kept!.
In this connection I desire to draw special attention to the recently published report on M18. inform his TONE has the pleasure the Foreign Trade of China for to, or to
R. V. E. FRED,STONE
Acquaintances (asbore and afloat) that he has joined Mr., E. 'OWEN PARTNER In the business of the KOWLOON HOTEL, at from the 1st july, 1958, under the name and style of "UWEN, STONE & CO."
Ho trusts that they will extend to the new Erma.Share of their patronage.- Hongkong, 13th July, 1908,”-
NOTICE.
they proiuptly put me right. I am perfectly
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facks Mr. Theodors Taylor, M.P., for saying "the blackest spots are boder British rula" yet his figures go far to prove that Mr. Taylor spoke the truth, thers being (as he alleges) only t per cent of smokers in China but 73 per cent in Hongkorg. The folly, or rather the madness, prevent the Chinese Government from giving fat effect to the Anti-Opium edicts will be raatized by those who are acquainted with the despotic systems of Government in Chiva Whether we had seen fit to adopt a sympathetic policy or otherwise, the Chinese Government would of course contious the campaign agains, opium, and, when it considered the time for orders to all Viceroys, Governors and District very drastic measures had arriveḍ would issus Magistrates that on and after a certain date all Persons, of whatsoever rank or station in life, who are found continuing the evil. habit of opluce smoking must be summarily decapitated in public as a warning to others. although the right to import Indian Opium continued despite Chica's appsal for help, the trade in it would be ultimately extinguished and we would have lost a golden oppertunity to act up to our precepts and insure to ourselves and to our successors a measure,
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present Statistical Secretary of the Imperial Maritime Customs In that report the Statis tical Secretary has a paragraph on opium inpar which he says:-
"The quantities of native opizm passing -down-tiver-through-the Native and For ign
to acquire. The Government of the day has acted wisely, and I believe it to be a matter of paramount importance that it should be de monstrated here in Shanghai andia Hongkong and the Straits, in no uncertain-mander, -ibar Great Britain in determined to do all that lies (663. Customs, at Ichang. continued to increase in her power to assist China to effach
Taken together with the increased arrival of rapidly as possible from these regions the last foreign opium, in the Yangtze, these figures, vestige of a habit which makes for the so far as they go do not indicate that the degradation of all who are addicted to anti-opum ma sures have as yet bereit. We should close all the divars, fruit in diminished consumption. But obscurity should establish Opium Refuger, give habitual
R. GAMEAU (late Mausger of A. Mchizalon & Co.) has the pleasure to into his Numerous Customers and the Public generally that he has bought over ther business of Meins, A. CHAZALON & Co, as from 1st July, Ind8, and will carry on same under the same and style of FRENCH STORE, He trusts that the same kind patronage will be extended by his customers and the public.
All'accounts due to the firm of A. CHAZALON & Co. will be collected by him and all bills
surrounds the production and movement of the native drug and prevents any reliable concla- sion bring formed as to the actual progress made in that direction. Vigorous and practical steps, the effects of which will sooner or later appear, have been very generally taken to enforce the Edict."
The Statistical Secretary, being in the Chin
smokers' a few monibs' grace in which to give up smoking, and encourage the Chinese to es tablish Anti-Opium Societies in their cities, the suburbs, and all the villages under their control by setting the example in those under our contiol.
Owing to the ixipossibility of obtaining ac- curate returns of the production and move.
sgainst the firm must be seat in before 19these Service, had porporely used guarded langu-ments of native opium, also owing to the pore- August, 1968, or they will not be recognised.. **Hongknok, 17th July, 1908.
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INTERNATIONAL BLEEPING CAR
and
EXPRESS TRAINS Co.
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age in reference to the returns ef native opium. He says "abscurity surrounds the production and movements of the Native dior," and adds that thi obscurity prevents any reliable con clusion being formed as to the actual progress made in ste direction of the suppression of the opium traffic. He could, of course, have skid a.great deal more-but refrained!"
Mr. Morse, lately Statistical Secretary of
liability of the so-called Census of China and the lack of records of the amount bred daily by moderate and excessive smokers, I venture to assert that any one attempting to calculato the percentage of amokers in China moit in evitably waste a great deal of valuabla time in a vain attempt to accomplish: the impossible.^|| if Mr. Clementi's figures were correct, evén the the opium habit affecting eight millions
the I. M. C. and tibor of the 'recently pub- | of our fellow creaturès and their progeny is ished work "The Trade and Administration sufficient to call for the most energetic action
GREAT TRANS-SIBERIAN ROUTE of the Chinese Empire," states (pp. 345-340 to suppress the use of opium.-A. M. A, EVANS
ia reference to the returns of Native Opium in | in N.„C. D. News,
TO EUROPE.)
HAVING been appointed AGENTS. for
the above Company, we shall be
-190g that “it cannot be asserted that this figure.
| (175,500 pičula) is measurably correct."
"SMOKING IN HONGKONG,
I have now drawn attention to what I believe
Mr. Clementi has based his calculations, to be some, of the false premises upon which
pleased to give any information as to rates of Let us now pints on to, that portion of
passage, ac, in connection with above.
SHEWAN, TOMES & Co.
Agents.
Hongkong, frat July, 100%,
his
Report which relates to opium) smoking in Hongkong. It will be noted that it regards the population of the Colony, | which includes?he New Territories at Kowloon
on the mainland, he states that “The figures for *the New Territories ate not available,”, alhough
f your hand
trembles
or is unsteady
they have been under British control for 4 | YOUR NERVOUS SYSTEM IS OUT
GREEN ISLAND CEMENT COMPANY, number of years! He goes on to calculate the
LIMITED
PORTLAND CEMENT.
In Casks of 375 Pbu, nel 85.50 per Cask ax Factory, In Baga of aço Bi.net 49.85 par Bag
#SHEWAN TOMES & 042
God General Managaraj:
|_ Hourkong, 18th April, 1900,
parcentages in Hongkong and arrives at the conclusion that the ratio in 12.947 per cent of the entire adult population, Pa
It will be noted at once that while le goes to a considerable amount of trouble in as endeavour, to prove that the ratio in China Proparis at most only two per cent of the en tire populatior, his figures for Hongkong (where, aabssays “wano longer deal with estimates but with accurató figures) Indicats that the percento.
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го
WEDNESDAY,
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corner of Icò House Street, SUNDRY GOODS AND EFFECTS, belonging to the above Estale, TERME -Ax unani,
HUGHES & HOUGH; Auctioneers.
Hongkong, 18th July, 1968,
Consignees.
NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD, BREMEN IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES. THE &ership
"SCHARNHORST,"
baring arrived, Consignces of Cargo are hereby informed that their Goods, with the exception of Opium, Treasure and Valuables, are being
kong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Com landed and storedat their risk into the hazardous and/or extra hazardous Godowns of the Hong- pany Limited, at Kowloon, whence delivery may be obtained,
No Claims will be admitted after the Goods-
have left the Godowns, and all Goods semain ing undelivered after the 32nd of July, will 'be subject to rent.
All broken, chafed, and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on the aznd of July, at 0 30 EM
All Claims must reach us before the ath of July, 1908, or they will not be recognized.
No Fie Insurance will be affected. Bill of Lading will be countersigned by the- Undersigned.
NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD.
MELCHERS & Co.,
Agents.
Hɔngkong, 16th July, 1908.
"NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
CLANING, OVERHAULING, THE P. & 0; 5. N. Co's Steamer
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Optional Goods will be landed here unless instructions are given to the contrary Before 6 hours,
Goods not cleared by the and inst., at 4 P.M., will be subject to rent.
י
No Fire Insurance will be affected by me in any case whatever."
Damaged" Packages must be left in the Godowns for examination by the Consignoe's and the Company's representative at an appointed hour.WASA
All claims must be presented within ten days of the steamer's arrival bere after which date they cannot be recognised.
No claims will be admitted after the goods have left the Godowni..
[F. }. ABBOTT, Acting Superintend Hongkong, 16th Jeff. 1908'
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