TUQ FOR MANITA,
COMPETING. TENDERS FROM CHINA DOCKS,
[From Our Own Correspondant,]
Manila, and June." Mach interest was svinced in the Quarter Master's Department on the 1st inst., when bids for the building of a sea-going tug for that do partment were opened. It was known that, as mal, Shanghai and Hongkong would be keen competitors for the award of the contract. When It was whispered that a local firm would also en Assyour to put in a successful bid the interest in the friendly contest became more greatly Intensified. As it happened when the tenders were opened the only firm offering to build an entirely new boat, according to specifications,
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH FRIDAY JUNE II 1900.
`APPLICATIONS FOR
EXHUMATION.
QUESTION OF RE-BURIAL IN COLÒNIAL CEMETERY
The following application among others was received from Messm, Denison. Ram and Gibbs for a permit to exhume remains for re-burial in the Colonial Cemetery, and was laid on the table at the menting of the Sanitary
Board last Tuesday afternoon (
Hongkong, 1st June, 1909. Sir-Od behalf of Mr. U Hang Shing, com- paders to Messrs, Butterfield and Swire, wo request permission to remove the remalas of his late wife, U Young Shi, from grave No. 7447 and his late sou, U Pak Pang, from grave No. 7462, both in the Colonial Cemetery, 'to the new site in the Protestant Cemetery recently granted to him.-Yours, etc.,
DENISON, RAM AND GIDDS.
Sanitary Board.
(gold) The Secretary,
The Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Co., Ld, which offered to construct a tug for the in- clusive price of.......................................$44,100 The Shanghai Dock and En- rinoering Co., Lady made tòa offer of the tug Samskut for, $38,000 (gold) While the Atlantic, Gulf and
Pacific Co. will accept for thelf Robert Ka sum of......$50,000(gold) The Robert K, it may be mentioned, is now in Manila waters and lying babind the Breakwater. At this writing, no award has yet been made, and it is uncertain which firm's offer will be ac capled by the Chief Quartermaster of the Divi
SON,
GENTLEMAN'S HOUSE BURGLED:
JEWELLERY AND CLOTHING ANNEXED.. BY THIRVĖS.
Sth inst.
A most audacious case of burglary, which was perpetrated at 4, West Terrace, was report- ed to the detectives at headquarters today. The house in question is occupied by Mr. Chan Kk. Shan, the managing partner of the Yau Wo Company, 2a, Cleveley Street, West Point.
It is not know exactly when the deed was done, but it is supposed to be between three and four o'clock this morning, Entranca was affected from the rear of the house, the burg- tars--it is presumed there were more than one --forcing an iron bar fram one of the ground floor windows,
Having thus paved their way, the barglars proceeded to the first floor, where they stole a" quantity of jewellery, consisting of a gold watch valued at $280, a pair of silver Chinese spectacles (with crystal lenses) worth $:10, a pair of gold earrings, some clothing, and a roll of copper cents; the total value being about Sapa. Who the report was made detectives were put on the chase, but up to the time of writing no arrests have been made.
Mr. Ho Kom Tong micuted-As far as I know, there is no law to prohibit these kinds of burials in the Colonial Cemetery,
by what authority any site has been granted to Mr. A. Shelton Hooper:-1 fail to understand
any site. the applicant; no one has the power to reserve
Hon. Mr. E. A. Howell:-1 cannot pass an opinion on the two cases under const deration, as I do not know the standing of the people concerned, but in view of the very limited arch in the Colonial Cametery, I consi. der this should be so far as possible kept for the use of the "foreign" population; the Govern ment has gone to great expense in providing burial grounds for all clauses of residents, and no Asiatic should therefore be interred in the Colonial Cemetery unleas be: waS- during his life-time a recognised member of one of the Christian, denominations, mal merely a person who nominally professed Christianity, I make these remarks, not to any hostile spirit towards a certain section of the community, but because I consider the Colonial Cemetery, which intended for the interment of "foreigners," should not now be invaded by natives, who have ample burial ground supplied elsewhere.
Mr. Lau Chu Pak-What authority bas the Board in refusing to grant burials in the Colonial Cemetery?
was originally.
The Registrar-General-We cannot refuse permits to exhumè except on sanitary grounds.
THE NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.
GENERAL MEETING.
The 14th half-yearly general meeting of the Nippon Yusan Kaisha was held on the 16th ultimo at the Tokyo' Chamber of Commerce rooms. In presenting the report and accounts _fox_be_last_half-year, Mr Kondo, president of -EXHUMATTON OF DEAD BODIES, | the company, said that owing to the trade depression the result of the working of the unsatisfactory. The depression was general company for the period under review was very throughout the world, and even the North German.Lloyd and Canard Lines had suffered
MINUTES BY MEMBERS OF SANITARY BOARD,
heavy losses.
The meeting unanimously adopted the follow ing account of the distribution of profit, which, with Y231,057 brought over, amounted to Y1,409,010
$8,897 59,465 1,500,000
Placed to reserve Bonuses to officials ...... Dividend at rats of tc Carried forward .................. 190,648
At the meeting of the Sagitary Board last Tuesday afternoon, correspondence was read relative to applications for permits to exhume remains for reburial in Chini. Mr. R. O. Hatchison, Head of the Sanitary Department, submitted the following minutes-Appended are a number of application for permits 10 exhume remains for reburial in Chins. As these applicants have been waiting a con widerable time, I propose, with the approval of members of the Board, instruct the secretary to inaue those permits under sec-
Total...........Y1,409,010 tion or (a), sub-section 3 of the Public Health This is a reduction of dividend, which for a and Buildings Ordinance at once; and have the action confirmed at the next meeting. I believe good many years past has stood at 12 per cent. The total revenue of the company shows. thess applicants to be the day authorised agents of the next of kin. Will members of the Board preceding period and of Y202,956 in the net a decrease of Y751,837 on the figures for the kindly write "approve" in the circulating cover-profit realised. The total revenue and bet If they approve of this action.
those for the preceding peried as follows:- profit for the last half-year are compared with
Mr. A. Shelton Booper minuted:-Approved: but we must be satisfied the remains are at once removed out of the Colony.
Hon. Mr. E. A. Howell:-Agice with Mr. Hooper,
Mr. Lau Chu Pak:-Approved," "1 ́think a Select Committee should be appointed to deal with such applications, so as to prevent delay. Mr. R. O. Hutchison wrote that as members of the Board seem to think that certain precau tions are necessary, he thought it better to leave these ever till the next meeting of the
Total Nel Revenue. Profil.
Half-year ending Mar. 31, 1999.12.442,973 V577.95
Half-year ending Sept. 30, 1998_13,194,0£¤......... 1,3Ba,gug The decrease in the revenue for the last half year is chiefly represented by the falling off in the receipts from freight, house and ground rents, charges on cargo held in trust, and the special Steam Navigation subsidy, while there is an increase af about Y330,000 in the Steam Navigation Encouragement bounty on account Board, Thres further applications were attack- ed, two of which applied for permission to re-maru, and Miyazaki-maruhaving entered the of three new steamers--Hirano-maru, Shishima. bury in Mount Caroline Cemetery, the remain service, as well as from lighterage, sundry ro fog application making no statement. Mr ceipts, and interest on-money deposited; as Hutchison added that applications for re-burialla
may be seen from the following figures ;- the Colonial Cemetery are circulated separately.
A BORN SCOUNDREL,
A COOLIE WITH A POLICE RECORD.
One man who is well-known to the police, perbags, too much so, is Cheung Lin,--Cheung styles himself a coolie, but when did be earn an honest living? That is the only question that he is reticent over. For a man approaching fonty years of age, Cheung Lin's police record In a daisy. On seven occasions he was deported
THE "OWL" GRILL ROOMS.
APPLICATION FOR CONVENIENCES,
The following application was received by the Sanitary Board and laid on the table at the fortnightly meeting held last Tuesday after DOOD!-
NANNING IN 190s.
CONSULAR REFORT,
EXPORTS AND IMPORTS..
The commercial Importance of Nanding an a teada centrs bad become so evident that on April 1, 1907, the Imperial Maritime Customs sunt a staff to establish a custom-house at the Hongkong, 25th May, 1909. ... port. Native merchants were, however, slow. Sir, have the honour to apply, on behalf to avail themselves of the advantages which it of Mr. Dick Daly, for permission to instala offered; the old system of covering goods by urinal and automatic flashing cistern at his award and outward transit passes taken out at hotel "The Owi Grill Rooma Mr. Daly her Wochow for places abova Nanning being still recently been granted a transfer of the licence followed to a larga extent. It follows that of this hotel conditionally that sanitary im-adch of the cargo passing through Napping this class are to be carried out forthwith. It provements in keeping with botals of does not appear in the customs returns.
The total value of the has therefore been proposed to erect suli able latrine accommodation, for which plans passing through the customs-house during the bave been deposited with and sanctioned by the Building Authority, consisting of two Tis.6,000,000 of Tis. 7,000,000 (£1,000,00), but, fast three quarters of 1997 was estimated at white porcelain sanitary commodes similar as nearly all the exports are, alther covered by to those Approved for use' at Café Wel these Wachow transit passes, or else pass minn) and one white porcelain urinal with a through the native customs, this figure docs one-gallon automatic Bushing cistern-the not give an accurata ides of the large trade-of walls of the latrine to be lined with white glazed this Datural commercial centre, which attracts tiles and the whole to be finished in a maoner suitable for the use of Europeans and equiva-out 60 per cent of the trade of Kwangsi. lent to such accommodation provided in other nine months was but Tis. 24,002 (3,915). No The actast customs revenue collected during hotals of this.Colony, have etc.,
statistics are available to show the proportion C. E. WARREN.
of exports to or Imports from foreign countries, but Nanning shows very distinct signs of pro- gross, and all foreign goods are rapidly growing in popular favour."
W. Bowen-Rowlands, Esq.
Secretary, Sanitary Board...
HOD. Mr. E. A. Dawett minuted ~This ap
THE POPULATION OF NANNING plication should only be granted on the followis said to be i00,000, and is a very mixed com ing conditions: that an adequate and indepen munity. The richer merchants are mainly dent water supply be provided and only so long Cantonese; the labouring classes are natives of as the place is used as an hotel. Unless some Kwangsi, apathetic and unenterprising, but not such restriction be made, we may in time find often anti-foreign. The "brigands," of whom a number of houses passing into private us which have fixed W. C., over which, possibly, discontented peasants and disbanded saldiers, much is heard, are mainly impoverished and
no proper supervision can be maintained.
armed with smuggled weapons, of which there would seem to be no dearth. The character of the country surrounding Nanning provides natural strongholds for these.
TRICKS THAT FAIL.
WILY PLANS BY SCHEMERS AT
WEST POINT.
The West Point police, distinguished them selves by making a very smart capture and recovering some rather expensive property, which was stolen from a shop at West Point some days, ago. The parrative was told.in' the Police Court, last, Tuesday morning, by inspec tor Roberston, of No. 7. Police Station, when man named Wong Mak was arraigned before the second police magistrate (Mr. E. A Haceland) to answer a charge of burglary.
Some time during the night of the 3rd in stant, a shop at 298, Des Vaux Road West was entered by burglars. The robbery was not discovered until the following morning, when the shopkeeper discovered that fifteen pieces of pewter ware, which he valued at $290, were missing after very minste investigation the polica discovered a clue, which led to the cap ture of one of the burglars and the recovery of the valuables. An examination proved them that the robbers worked their way into the shop by scaling a low wall at the rear of the building, and then by fatcing open a securing the pawter ware, passed it over to his door. This was done by. one man, who, after accomplices at the other side of the wall. The thieves then went to Water Lage, where they hid their loot in a mullab, in the hope that the stuff would be washed out by the tide to certain spol. There they would regain the
and make their disappearance. Their reckoning was wrong however. As a matter of fact the pewter pots were washed out to the seashore, but the police were there before the schemers. This led to the arrest of Woog Mak, who was found guilty of the charge and 'was sentenced to two months hard labour. is assistants are still at large.
valuables,
JEYES PLOID,
REPLY TO MR. SHELTON HOOPER'S QUESTIONS.
At the meeting of the Sanitary Board last Tuesday afternoon, Mr. Shelton Hopper, pursuant to notice, asked :--
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"Is it a fact that in February and July, 1908, Jeyes Fluid, to the extent of 2,500 gallons, was purchased through the Crown Agents at a cost ex godowa Hongkong, of 3/6jd. per galloa! beco purchased locally at 3 per gallop, and Also whether Jeyes Fluid could not have thereby effecting a saving of between Loo and
70.
In what respect if any did the Jeyes Fluid Indented by the Government here differ from that obtainable locally?"
The following are the replies to the above questions:-
THE OFFICIALS OF THE NANNING
-district are at present a young and 'progressive set. There are resident in the city the Gover Dor Chong Ming Chi; for six months in the year, a taotai, prefect, district magistrate, and a military provincial commander. Although certain minor officials have raised objections to the operations of the Imperial Maritime Customs, they have been firmly opposed by the notai and governor. Police with uniforms and batoos are stationed throughout the city and able manual engines. suburbs and a fire brigade exists with service
BREEDING PEARLS":
SEEMINGLY MOT BOʻRARE AS SUPPOSED,
EXPERT SCOFFS AT THE IDEA
Last week, this paper published an article, breeding in Singapore The subject has taken from the Pall Mall Garette, on pearl been very generally discussed locally and opinions appear to be pretty evenly divided. branding of pearls is rauk nonsense, emanating. some declaring emphatically that the reported. from local superstitution, others that pearls are now actually being bred in Singapors and ocular demonstration. The Straits Timer that this statement can be substantiated" by
confeses to having no expert knowledge" of the pearl business, but in view of the very |general interest which has been aronsed in the
AN ATTEMPTed boom, An attempt has been made to boom Nanding as a port. A reservation has been set apart, an the right bank of the Tso Chiang, partly si- tuated on the old site of the former city. It is fronted by a banding about 3oft, bigh and 1,300 ft. long. The cost of this wall was about $30,000, that of the land forming the reservation $36,000. The wall was erected without re- ference to any foreign expert, with the result that the ground behind it was not properly filled in-or-drained and portions of the wall. have from time to time collapsed. It has at last become so dangerous that the floating customs-house anchored at its foot has been prime mover to the reservation scheme was towed to the opposite side of the river. The Ting, Salt Commissioner at Caplon. Three short roads have been macadamised and laid cut, but two buildings only (bne being the set. tlement office), with some pands and waste. land, now occupy the site.
by foreigners. The building of a customs No applications for sites have yet been made house, a market place, and the laying out of peblic buildings are also projected, the cost to be defrayed from Government funds.
For some time the idea of transferring
THE CAPITAL OF KWANGS!
from Kuzilin bae beco seriously entertained and seems about to become an accom-
plished fact. Estimates have been called for and the cost. put down $1,000,000, a sum which will no doubt well cover actual expenses. The Governor of the province 'has been lately residing for six months alter. nately in the two cities. It will be necessary to repair and build yamens and quarters for the official retions, As half of the actual in. habitants of Kugilin are said to be dependents op various yameas, the transfer of the official capital would entail an immigration of many thousands into Nanning. Kuciliu would shrink to the unimportance of mere market town. The Governor,Chang Hing Oki, is discussing schemes' for the improvement of the waterways through.. tion is shown to obtain a competent survey or out the province. As, however, little inclina
estimate for the cost necessary for the improve meat of the West River from Wuchow to Nan. aing, in which stretch alone exist 12 rapide, it seams unlikely that anything practical will be attempted in the near future.
question, has made some investigations. From residing in Singapore who possess the so-called these it is quite clear that there are people now breeding pearls which, it seems, have given birth to other pearls, and still continue to par- form the reproductive function.
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NOT SCARCE.
Yesterday, 28th ult., we {Straits Times) had the opportunity of inspecting several of these Clarke, chief clerk of the Treasury. These gems, now in the possession of Mr. William pearla bave been in Mr. Clarke's family Many years and bare, be declares, pro- duced many baby pearls, specimens of which were examined by our representative. The mother pearls have been kept on cotton wool with assi pulut-the glutinous variety of rice and there is no doubt about the baby pearls being there also. Nobody has actually seen the act of binh, but that the baby pearls are there is clear, beyond a shadow of a doubt, aad Mr. Clarke declares that from the 'original of his family years ago, hundreds have since breeding pearl, which came into the possession been bred. It would appear, from further in- quities we have made, that the breeding pearl is not nearly so scarce in Singapore as is im agined. There would seem to be quite a nom. bar of them in the possession of the older Singapore families, and particularly amongst the Chinese. The reason why to little as been known of their existence is possibly due to the fact that it is believed that if the pearls are too often disturbed, or are touched, they, cease to perform the function of breed. knowledge on the matter, and merely state that ing. As we have said, 'wa possess no expert which we have seen, but it is only right to say of the breeding capabilities of the gems in his that such evidence as Mr. Clarke afforded us possession is very convincing and would up pear to require much explaining away. There may be some of our readers who have other such pearls, and their views on the subject would certainly make interesting reading. To set at rest the question whether a given pearl can reproduce a family (how and when is for scientists to decide) it may be suggested that as official pearl should be given a "feed" of pulut, securely locked away under seal, and re-examined for results at the end. of the given twelvemonths.
To obtain the other side of the story, we have seen Mr. L. Halmovich, of Singapore, who is an authority on pearls. This gentleman scof. fed at the idea that pearls could breed by being Howed away in a box with a number of grains accepted by a good many people, not only of rice, though he admitted that the theory was locally, ber in other pants of the world as well. lie gives, however, an explanation for the ap parent breeding which is worth more than pas sing notice. According to his theory, pearls appear to breed for this reason:-seed pearls, or even pearls of a larger size, are sometimes cemented together while in the body or shall, of the oyster, and covered with several layers of nacra (or mother-of-pearl) so they do not show their double nature, appearing as a deformed single pearl. If a dual or mul- tiplex pearl of this description be placed in the midst of a certain variety of rice, and kept with air-tight receptacle, the pearls may separates it for a long time in . air-tight or practically but there is no breedingabout it.The separa tion is caused by the fact that the rice contains a kind of acid which has the power of cracking the finer nacre which holds the pearls together and covers them, thus producing separation, and the apparent breeding, He denies al together that any pear will increase in size, as alleged in the article referred to, by being placed away in a box with rice or anything else. There is a way of producing pearls at will, but it must be done in the liva oyster at
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"ALLEGED CONSPIRACY:
SENSATIONAL EVIDENCE ANTICIPATED,
A sensational arrest was made by detectives at West Polst last Monday night; | when' fira" persons-three men and two women--who are and removed to the Central Police Station on alleged to be wail-to-do, were taken in custody, charges of conspirer
The names of those arrested are---Fong Yee Koo and Wong ah Mul (women) Tal Sang, Hui Kan Shun, To. Pò
The warrants on which they were arrested charged them with having obtained syles cash and a promissory note for $4,000 from s man named Wong Taan Ting, a. merchant, of Peel Street on the 28th and 19th April and the 4th May.
As yet no particulars are obtainable and can Bot be obtained until the matter, is brought for cally a private one. But we are, assured, that trial, owing to the fact that the case is practi the story to be told will be of a very interesting character, parent
The quintette were formally charged before. Me, J. H. Kamp, in the Police Court, on Tues day, and were remanded. Bail was granted in the sum of $3,000 each.
Goldring, Barlow and Marroll, is retained for Mr Leo d'Almada o Castro, of the firm of
the prosecution, while Mr. J. Crowther Smith, of Mesirs, d'Almada and Smith, will repmasant the defendants at their trial. The came, has been adjourned for a week!
CHINESE ACTOR SUED..
JUDGMENT ENTERED BY DEFAULT.
8th last.
ing at the Chung Hing Theatre was sued in Ling Yik, a well-known actor, lately perform the Supreme Court, this morning, by Kwong Koan Kwan; managing partner of the Wal Central, for $1,753.20, principal and interest Shing Tong Company, of 131, Comaanght Road alleged to be due under a promissory note. The
so as to get the case in the Sum sum of $793.20 had to be waived by the plain
mary Jurisdiction Court. The defendant was first represented by Mr. F. X. d'Almada e Gastro, but owing to the absence of further instructions due, so it was stated, to the actor having absconded from the Colony, that gen. tleman retired from the case. This fact was made known to Mr. Justice Gomperti when plaintiff had proved his claim, judgment was the case was called this morning, and after entered for him by default.
MONEY MARKET,
SATISFACTORY RISE REPORTED IN PRICE OF SILVER.
Mesers, Samuel Montagu and Co. repart from London, on May 6, as follows
-Bargold was in special request and the price rose to 77% of d., of which basis the arrivals— about balf a million sterling-wore sold to the
· Withdrawals- Continent, mainly to Austria. were made for abroad as follows 1 April ag, £100,000 in sovereigns for South America, and £16,000 in sovereigns for Brazil,”
of England April 39, 67,000 in The following ampants.wete received by the
sovereigns from Australia. sovereigns from Paris, and May 3 7,000 in
The nett efflux for the week is £94,000,
There was no slackening of the strong undar currant which carried the price steadily upward from the opening of last month to its close. On the first of April the quotation was a3 1/4d-the lowest of the month on the last day, 24 7/168.
the highest of the month; the average was 23.708 for cash, and 23,711 for a mos. With the exception of 1/16 premium for 3 mos. silver on the 1st April, both prices were identical through-
until yesterday, has been China, and the prim. out the mouth,
The source of this, substantini rise, continued ary cause, unusually small imports concurrent with active exports, necessitating the purchase of silver to adjust the trade balance-sotwith- standing that stocks in Chion, and forward purchases in London, have reached proportions far mare ample than will ultimately be required when the normal flow of imports to China is resumed. ***
CHINA'S SILVER.
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Now that this rise in price of silver has actually taken place, the position of affairs in India become peculiarly, interesting for this reason:If the Indian outlook is unfavourable China will have to unload eventually on a the advance is not likely to be maintained, for poor market-but if Indian prospects ar favourable there is a fair chance that China rplus silver will be absorbed and the present higher level be sustained, especially so bears, who, however, do not happen to be numerous, would have good reason to be anxious,
The high price of whsat in the world's mar.
1, 2,500 gallons of Jeyes Fluid wore received at exorbitant interest. They thrive on the din. possible that an imperfect outer skin may bekets, is putting heart into the Pasjsub district,
Haur-Yian ERDING.. Maw, 31905. Sært. 30, 1995. Kreight on carga... 7,263,081 V7,800,173 Passenger fares.......... 1,280,839 1,704,200 during 19oll from the Crown Agents at a cost Charter of steamers'... 390,047 *.329.763 ex godown Hongkong of 3/6). The consigo Interest on deposits ... 253,394 114,685 ments arrived in February and July. Lighterage
29,939 20, 67 2. A Joyes Fluid could have been purchased Haure and groand rents
locally at 3/- per gallon, the same quantity of 84.244 & warehouse charges
118,383 which would have cost roughly 66 less. Sundry receipts ........
295.950
3. The Jeyes Fluid indented for from the Special Steam Navika.
Crown Agents had a guaranteed carbolic acid tion subsidy
4,349:351 coefficiency of over 20 for bacillus Pestis. That Steam Navigation Kn
obtained locally was not so guaranteed and couragement bounty,
*375,905
307,964
2,120,802
712,740
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OTHER ABSURDITIES. Other interesting and equally absurd beliefs Are quoted by him as being held by a great many as to methods of improving the shape of pearls. For instance, it is alleged that if a duck be forced to swallow a badly shaped pearl which might be of considerable value if batter shaped, and is allowed to retain it for ten There are a large number of banke establish»
minutes or more and then killed, the pearl may ed at Nanning, which advance money on cargo be recovered with an improved shape. It is
count and exchange between Nanoing and
removed in this manner, but expens effect the Canton. Freight, insurance and interest are
same purposa mach, more scientifically by so high that goods sent from Canton to
means of acid baths. In any case, the shape Nanning cost 30 to 40 per cent. more at the
would remain the same, though a better latter port. The currency in use is the subsi-coloured covering might be procured. diary silver coinage of Canton and Hongkong Islands that pearls may be increased in size Another fallacious belief exists in the Sulo the various dollars current in South Chins and
by being bathed regularly in human milk, the French piastren; 100 Yung Ping local'taels are worth 138.055 clean, anchopped dollars.
milk hardening upon it just as the nacre does while the peul is still in process of formation Nanning is the natural distributing centre of
in the oyster. If human milk had auch harden- vinces of Yunnan and Kweichow.
infant would be dire indeed, he suggests. As milk has never shown any such tendency to harden to any such degras upon any other surface, there is no reason to suppose that it would do so spon the surface of a pearl.
where a bumper harvest is anticipated
We lear thai, barring accidents, Karachi and may possibly reach 1 million tons. be- wheat exports this year may make a record-
tween the months of May and August.
There are indications also that the worst is over as to Indian trade --Railway earnings pre on the increase, and the mill.industry is less.congested.
One result of the improved state of affairs is the better demand for Council Bills and
from Hongkong, but'refused to stay away; and in the case of expenditure, the outlay on bacteriological tests showed that it had not such Kwangsi, and to a large extent drains the pro ing power, the effect upon the stomach of the telegraphic transfer. The 80 lacs offered this
his previous convictions run into two figures- fourteen to be preciso. The latter figure is too low and is not believed by anyone knowing Cheong, Mr. Haieland (the, magistrate) could not believe it himself.
Last Tuesday morning, at the Police Court, Cheung made his fifteenth appearance on a charge of theft. He was also accused of disobeying the order of banishment for the eighth time. In- spector Robertson arrested she accused at.
vessels showed a decrease of about Y600,000, but the amounts set aside for the depreciation in the value of the steamers and for the reserve against repairs showed an increase, na may be seen from the following figures —
HALF-YEAR ENDING
Mar, 35, 1907 Sept. 26, 1908. Office expense. Y1,088,308 Y1086,917 Pastevger and cargo ex. *
Depreciation"
Repairs........ Depreciation in build.
a bigh carbolic acid coefficient.
MARINE COURT.
FAILING TO CARRY'A LIGHT.
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In conclusies, there is little doubt" that Nanning will continue to maintain the commer- cial prosperity which its natural position assures it.
The greater facilities for traffic
Mr. Haimovich has made a life-long Rudy offered by the constant launch connection with Wuchow are being fully made use of. The of the pearling industry, baving visited nearly local merchants are rapidly losing their conser.every pearling field of the world, and can there vatism, and the present progressive eat of off- fare certainly speak with authority. It should torests of the city by radical improvements, cials are anxious to further the commercial in be borna in mind, however, that the breeding quality is not claimed for all pearls, but only for the particular so-called breeding variety to "be obtained in Java and Borneo.
7th inst. PODICE 2,865.221289,403 the Hon. Commander Basil Taylor, R., In the Marine Court, this morning, before West Point on Monday night. He had entered Ships' expenses _....... 6,038,530 6,620,046 Harbour Master, P. O. Jackson proceeded a wood yard during the absence of the fokis, and | Tax.................................
478,837
477,821 was spotted by the officer leaying it with two Interest on debentures ...
Fagainst Ch og Tai, owner of a ballast boat, for 9,000. 9,000 pieces of planks. Chenog admitted both Eet aside for--
failing to exhibit the regolation light whilst Last Sunday afternoon, an excisemão arrested charges without a twitch.
under way early this mothing. It appears that a man on the Canton wharf because he sas-Causing Deedless suffering to a number of 856,133 Hit Worship, in parsing jentence, said that
793,179 shortly after midnight, defondant's junk was pected him of having illicit opium in his pós-bullocks which they had under transportation, it was only known to the police that accused
410.354 397,878 seen sailing north of Stonecutters' Island with session. No opium was found on the man was the charge preferred against two boatmen, had been to gaol fourteen times." But it was
550,784 516,487 no masthead light showing, but with only The search, however, resulted to fifty-eight Li Shing Tsan, of junk S. 1375 H, and Ho Kam not known how many other thells he bad com.
tight aft. The constable went alongside and rounds of revolver ammunition being found in Fuk, of junk S. 1059 H, in the Police Court, 22,265
12,947 asked for the man's licence, which the latter the man's box. Lo Kwai, a farmer, the accused, mitted and got away with. For the theft of the The special dividend at the rate of z per cent. produced. Defendant was charged with fail was charged in the Police Court, this forenoon, fendant tying. the animals, head downwards, last Monday. The crusky was caused by de planks he would go to gaol for three weeks and be exposed in the stocks for six hours, and on pensed with, and the amount placed to legal reply. The P. O. saw a lamp at the masthead without a police permit. He pleaded guilty, and in addition to an ordinary dividend was dis- ing to carry a masthead lighf, but he made no with being in possession of the ammunition
with too short a repa. Policeman Lanigan, of the charge of retarding from banishment, he
the Water Police Station, who prosecniad, would, soffor a farther term of months serve was 10,147 less, that paid as bonuses and told the boatman to lower it. The latter was fined $150, the option being two months!
gave evidence, and the defendants were each and six hopra jo tha stocks?..........
"of the officials Y11,893 loss, and the amount did so, when it was found that the Tamp. hard labour,
Gnad Saa. The alternative was a month's hard was stony cold, thereby showing-that it could
labour. 7 Cheung did not smile, as he used to do, carried forward Y40,409 lesu, when leaving the Courtą" dig?
not have been lighted for sama time. There was very little wind at the time. This mora ing, defendant told the Harbour Master' that had no time to re-light it. He was fined Sig. the wind had blows out hit light and that be
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At the annual dinner of the Herts Philatelic
IT is stated that Admiral Sab has submitted a Society the Chinese Minister was a guest, and soggeslop that San Mun Bay in Chekiang gave some very early history about postage. should be converted, into a central naval base. From ancient records it was' knowo, taid ls- for China. It is proposed to raise Tls. Excellency, but there existed an important and 15,000,000 for docks and other necessaries in well-orgained system in China, so far back as the barbour. With part of this amount it is in- a'century before the Christian era, but, as the tended also to organise training schools and postage was always paid by the addresise there build three cruisers of 3,000 tons, ona transport was no need for the use of stampa Thero first of 2,000 taps, eight gunboats of 500 tons, and issue in the Western sense of the word was not ens torpedo-boat destroyer. These vasṣpis and until 3878, and only three kinds of stamps were the ships now existing will form the first squad, sant out, but in the short period that had since ess of the Chinesu Navy:
elapsed the system had become very popular,
eroa of visitors to the City Hall Library and Museum for the week ending the 6th
£56, 1909–
Library, Museum, Non-Chinese.oom 397- 159 Chinesausojsija; 169: 2,159
• Total 466
waiting under date, Shanghai, 3rd last, A FORTUNE-TELLER, FO Ying, was victimized, Messrs. Wheelock & Co. stalas Our home at Yau-ma-ti, last Friday. Achent named Kwok ward freight market has fallen off slightly since Ki calledon thesecromancer and requested that last writing but only temporarily as we expect bis prospects be told by the aid of a canary. tes to be coming forward soon in fair quantities. Fa Ying got to work, and so did Kwok Ki Goastwife :---There has been a decided change When the fortune-teller left the room, at 131, for the worse during the past fortnight and the Shanghai Street, Yan-ma-ti, to procure the be export from the Yangtze has practically come cossary apparatus, Kwok left the building with a to & sindstill owing to the long continued b-box which he believed contained a lot of money, sence of rain, in consequence of which there is but which in fact only held fifty cents, no walet in the inland crooks and it is Impos fortune teller soon discovered Els loss, and sible for the native boats to get down to their Kwok was arrested an hour later, carrylog the shipping porte; coal freights have also declined lock fast box under his arm. At the Magistracy, in sympathy and there is very littls demand in on Saturday, Kwok was sentenced to three any direction.
wosks" hard labour and she hours' stocks,
The
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week (ware allotted at ve 3.91/32 and 15. 48: respectively, víz: 1/3ad, higher than inat wack's
rates,
Yesterday, the quotation was fixed at 24 7/Bd. 6th July, 1908, to find so high a price. we bave to go back exactly 10-months to the
in the afternoon, however, a re-action set in, and to-day the price is fixed at 24 5/8d., for cra^/ and two months--that is 1/4d. higher than Las price quoted a week ago.
The Cobalt ore shipments this year amount to good tons.
QUOTATIONE.
Quotations for bar silver per ox, Standard. April, 30-24 7/166. cash, 24 9/168, a months. May 24 5/16414/ May 3-241dras May 4411f16d." MAY 24... May 6-2410.- Average)
for the 24.55% weck.
Bank Rate.
24.562
Bar Gold per oz. Standardii17749fd.“ Freach Gold Colo per oz.,766.40.. German Gold Coin per oz.762.40, United States Gold Coin per or...table
LAST Monday morning, atthe Magistracy, a MKO giving the damn of U Tim, was minigued on a charge of stealing a bandia containing clothing, sly to the valus of $20, from a woman on board the steamer Faldian on Sunday nigh,,;* yease! was warped to her whift ba masand ant was a passenger by that steamer. W the woman's bandila, and let the shuntATI Berm was soon glynn,' and the thịu van mee rested before he had gons any distanca. Signals —Elx weeks', hard' ishone and six houer?