Entimation.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
hopes were entertained of the paying quality of the iron ore but, there have been several drawbacks, due to the cost of extracting the mineral and, it may be, to the fact that the deposits were thin and sparse, and the lack of proper facilities for carrying out smelting
A. S. WATSON & CO., operations cheaply and expeditiously. As
· LIMITED
ESTABLISHED A.D.` 1841.
AERATED WATER
SPECIALITIES
DRY GINGER ALE.
CHAM-
CANTON BAY BY DAY.
EXPECTED ARRIVAL OF WAVAL
COMMISSIONERS..
[From Our Own Correspondent.]
Canto, 4th September. The Canton gantry have received a telegram. from the Shanghai Total, HE. Trai Nai- huang, advising that the Naval Commissioners,. Admiral Sab Chen-plog and Prince Shop Pai- lap, are proceeding to the South and are ex pected to arrive at Canton on the 8th instant. to make an inspection of the naval bares. It is urged to the telegram that a warm reception should be accorded to the Commissioners. SELF-GOVERNMENT SOCIETY TO CO-OPERATE. The Canton Self-Government Society has also received a despatch from the High Au thorities informing it of the Commissioners' expected--arrival at the Southern Capital. The Society is requested to co-operate with the officials in arranging a fitting reception in honour of the distinguished officials. ., .. ADMIRAL LI CHUN LEAVES FOR HONGKONG. HE. Admiral Li Chun, accompanied by Captains Wu and Ho, itit bore to-day on board a shallow draft cruinni for Hongkong to meet the Naval Commissioners on their arrival (bers, It 6. reported that H.E. Admiral Li Chun will accompany the Commissioners during their visit so as to accord.them facilities in their mission of inspecting the Ho Pu, Yu Lin and other naval bases in the waters of the Kwang. long province.
stated last week, another syndicate is at work looking for gold, and should it prove, to be the case that there is a prospect for this metal we shall see the New Territories in the throes of a "boom" which may or may not be beneficial to Hongkong. It does not matter that the gold quartz_discovered by the prospectors was assayed at a non- paying value the supreme fact is that gold has been found. One is inclined to wonder whether those engaged at the Beacon Hilltun. nel made any effort to learn whether there was MANUFACTURERS. anything in the supposition that mineral possi. bilities did exist in Hongkong's hinterland, forit might be conjectured that if the Kowloon bills were auriferous traces would have been found in the material excavated and those engaged in the search for pres would have had something to go upon. f course it is not to be expected that a gold mine is likely to be located at the first time of investiga tion or that coal and iron are to be found right off the reel. The probability is that if the prospectors are to succeed at all it will be more by accident than anything else. Most, if not all, of the world's mines have been stumbled on rather than laboriously prospected, and it has not always been the experts who have been the fortunate indivi duals to secure the riches.. Altogether it STONE GINGER;BEER. would seem that there are at present three mining syndicates on the outlook for miner rals in the New Territories, and it is practi- cally certain that up sooner will one of these enterprising ventures find the 'basis of a fortune than others will spring up and over- run the country in the race for wealth. Were the mining industry to prove anythingly like remunerative then Hongkong might shap her fingers at the question of taxation and the development of the Federated Malay; States as a rubber-producing centre. For those reasons, if for no other, the Colony will watch with interest the progress of the mining syndicates, in the hope and belief that their success will tend to benefit Torig.HE. Ko Yu Him, arrived here yesterday from
Hongkong. kong in the near future.
`LIME
FRUIT
PAGNE.
ORANGE CHAMPAGNE.
PALATABLE
AND
A'
REFRESHING,
Watson's
FRUIT SYRUPS
mixed with aurated or plain water
make excellent refreshing beverages.
Guaranteed to be made foin the
pure juice of sound ripe fruit.
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LOCAL AND GENERAL..
A RICKsita polico force is advocated for Kuala Lumpur. . .
A HARDIN dispatch dated August 24 reports that a German Capsulate is to be opened there in a few days, the appointed official baving arrived ihere already.
IT is reported that the Provincial Treasurer of
A. S. WATSON & CO., Hupeh will be removed from office owing to a
HONGKONG
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ONG and KOWLOON.
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severe impeachment by the Anti-Opium Com- missioners for his opium-smoking habit.
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THE Anti-Opium Commissioners will delegate members of the Imperial House for the special duty, of inspecting opium prohibition is the Palace and establishments of Princes at Peking.
As a precautionary measure, during the preva
1
PETITION TO VICEROY YUAN. - Immediately so the Hain Ming's arrival in the harbour a deputation consisting of same thirty persons, natives of the Kab Ying pre- lecture, boarded her and knelt down before the New Viceroy, UE, Yuan Shu flrup, and presented him a petition in which they inform ́ed the Viceroy of a vexed question concerning educational matters. H.E. Yuan received their petition and assured them that he would settle the case in the best possible manner. ̧ ̧
HARBOUR FATALITY.
On the arrival of the Asim Ming with the new Viceroy on board, a sampan accidental- caught hold of the steamer's propeller with a loose rope, with the result that as the steamer wai making fast to her berth, the sampan was" capsized and a woman was drowned. A boy of about ten years of age was also drowned, Three other persons who were in the sampan at the time were rescued.
H.E. KO VU HIM IN CANTON. The Macio Delimitation Commissioner.
MONDAY SEPTEMBER 6 1909
Losa, dividand
ató percent.§¡6,000.00 Less traúsfor to repairs and ronawale a/c 10,000,00 Leas transfer
furnitureand
fixtures a/c... 6,520.03 Losstransferin- stallation of electric light 1,500 00
-$14,000.00
-
By dividends on shares in public
companies...............................
-3
S.
MACAO.
A. MENDACIOUS REPORT. A paliva telegram from Canton, translated in the British press in Shanghai, shows how the fice of agitation against the Portuguèse in
•Macao is being fed. The despatch reads:—
Canion, 30 h August
Telegrams.
"HONGKONG TELEGRAPH”
SERVICE..
CANTON-KOWLOON RAIL- WAY SENSATION.
At the village of Wanghsia Dear Macar, which is now occupied by Portuguesa, the | ABSCONDING CHIEF ACCOUNTANT,
Portuguese have threatened people there to
remove houses by destroying them; the villa 295 40
gers are very angry and the bigh-handed action 638.00 on the part of Portuguese being expected the 63.00 villagers have formed themselves into a volun-
teer corps to meet the emergency,
By scrip and transfer fees.............. By reats of shops, Hotel Mansions... 26,91000 By bad debis recovered....................
18.83 By profit on hotel working account for the six months ending goth' June, 1909.KLARY KINA
71,184 54
599,139.77-
REPAIRS AND RENEWALS ACCOUNT."
For the six months ending 30th Juse, 1909
To
11
By
ה
Payments on account of repairs' for the half year ending 30th June, 1909...par Balance...see
.............$ 9,823.57
4,088.52
CARGO-BOAT ABLAZE.
IN CANTON HARBOUR.
[Frans Our Own Correspondent }.
NUTLER WRIGHT'S ARREST IN SHANGHAI.
[From Our Oren Correspondent,]
Shanghai, 6th September,
4.40 p.m.
Mr. W. Butler Wright, Chief Ac- countant of the Canton-Kowloon Railway (Chinese Imperial section), Canton, 4th September. Yesterday afternoon, a cargo-boat, fully laden was arrested on board the T.K.K.'s with kerosene oil, lying close to the river 8.6. Tengo Maru on the vessel'a steamers' wharf, caught fire as a result of cook.
ing operations in the stera of the vessel.arrival at Shangliai. Realising the danger of the occurrence the entire native craft in the neighbourhood where
Butler Wright was brought be.
the accident occurred lost no time in getting fore the Police Court to-day on a. $13,913.69❘ away from their moorings. The men on board charge of the alleged embezzling
the steamer Fatshan, being in close proximity
Balance from 31st December,
-to the cargo-boal, and the vessel being exposed of a sum of thirteen thousand 1908
*...............$ 3,91200 | to risk, at once commenced pumping water
dollars. Amount transferred from profit and loss account as recommended in last report in
10,000.00
$13,912.09
DALANCE SHEET, 30TH JUNE, 1909..
Liabilities. Capital:- 12,000 old
shares at $50 each
(fully paid up)....$600,000.00, 8,000 new
sbares
each. $25 paid up... 200,000.00 Less 103 new shares noz
- yet issued
-$800,coco
2,573.00
25.797.435.00
1,500 Mortgage deben-
lures (6 per cent.).$750,000.00 Lar 800. held by the
company......... 400,000.00
Reserve fund......
THE HONGKONG HOTEL CO., LTD. Sundry creditors .....
- HALF-VEARLY- REPORT,
4
The report of the Board of Directors to be presented at the ordinary meeting, of share. holders, to be held at the Company's Hotel at 12.30 p.m. on Saturday, the ith instant reads:----
·
To the shareholders of the Hongkong Hotel Company, Limited.
Gentlemen, The directors now beg to sub mit their report for the half-year ended 30th June, 1999
ACCOUNTS.
The profitos working account amounted to $71,184.54 as compared with 580,823,30 for the corresponding period of 1908, being a decrease of $9,637.76.
The profit and loss account, including the sum of $295.40 brought forward, from 31st December, 1908, shows a credit balance of $70,231.29, which the directors recommend should be apportioned as follows:-
On August 11, 1909, at Shanghai, to Mr. and lence of epidemics, the Nippon Yusen Kaishian pay a dividend of Mrs. Vincent Vitenzinovich, a daughter.
DEATH.
On August 31, 1909, at Shanghai, Jenny Gillan, beloved daughter of John McArthur, Marine Engineer, aged 27 months,
The Hongkong Telegraph
HONGKONG, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1909.
MINING ENTERPRISES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
has arranged to carry doctore on board its Shanghai liners between Nagasaki and Shang- | bal...
TWENTY-FOUR Korean prisoners while aim tempting to break out of gaol at Seoul at- tacked the Korean warders, and the Japanese warders had to kill eight prisoners in order to subdue the others.
THE rubber craze has penetrated even into the wild-interior-of Kelantan, and the people are so affected by it that they are giving up the grow. ing of bill padi in favour of rubber and work on rubber plantations.
As his labour in revising the laws of China
have met with poor success, H. E. Shéo Chia-
pon,
Law Revision Commissioner, has resolved to resign his post when he hands his work ever to H. E. We Ting-fang when the latter returns from the United States. ¡.'
TRR. WHATHER.
The following report is from Mr. F, G, Figg, Oirector of the Hongkong Observatory-
On the 6th at 12.05 p-The barometer, has risen moderately in N.E. Japan, and fallen
$2 40 per share on 12,000
old shares...........$28,800.00 and 40 cents per share
an 7,897 new shares 3,158,80
$31,958,80 To transfer to rep.irs and ronewalı
account...........animargir son** 10,000.00 To write off furniture and fixtures
5,000,00 To writs off electric plant... 4,000.00 To carry forward to new account...... 19,272.49
..
DIRECTORS
TAN
$70,137.29
Dr. J.-W. Noble-bas-been-granted leave of Roa. Mr. E. Osborne retires by absence. rotation, but offers himself for re-election.
AUDIT.
EDWARD OBHORNE, Chairman,
Hongkong, 31st August, 1909.
PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT.... For the six months ending 30th June, 190.
Dr.
To bad debts and refunds............$ 241.67 To Crown rest..................
To rales,..................... au mae
To fire insurance...
305.93 2,719.90
Unclaimed dividends Repairs__and__renewals accoust," balance as per fiatement................. Hongkong and Shangbai. Bank- ing Corporation, (current ac Count)...... Profit and loss account, balance..
as per statement..................
Assota,
value of Marine Lot No. 5 and re
maining portion of Marine Lot N. 3 and remaining por tion of Marive. Lot No. 7, and buildings "thereon as per last. account............$1,092,525,83 Since expeaded on
alterations and additions to buildings .............. ̈à,289.66
350,000.co
648,975,78
47.764.77
*1,401.50
4,088,52
235.677.69
70,331.29
into the burning craft, but all their efforts proved futile. The cargo-boat drifted up-stream owing to an unfavourable wind and aggressive
tide. Tha current bore the cargo-boat to as far as the French gunboat Vigilante's Proicon and got alongside of it. The fire in a short time spread to the psatoon, which sustained damages to the extent of a few thousand dollars. The cargo-boat then again drifted and got alongside the south bund of Shameen, where assistance, was rendered by the shameen Fire Brigade and several steam- launches working jointly. After vigorous efforts to combat the flames, the fire was got under control. By that time, the kerosace, ored in iron drums, was burat up and the cargo-boat itself was completely, destroyed, producing a weird effect with smouldering planks and oil floating in all directions. A Water Police launch which had tried to tow the cargo-boat away from the jetty, gat her own awnings des." troyed and bar, stern damaged. Fortunately Do loss of life has been reported.
"CHINA'S NAVAL M.HEMES.
118 DRAFT PROGRAMME.
Mr." Wright was remanded in custody for one week.
[News was received yesterday in the Colony that Mr. Wright had absconded, after, baring been responsible for certain alleged abostage of railway funds pader' bis control. The in- formation was received with considerable re- serve in view of the fact that Mr. Wright has to his credit a long and faithful record of service...... The above telegram, however, .confirms the
Bravity of the report,-Ed., .K.7.]
TYPHOON WARNING,
The telegram quoted below was received by the 'American Consulate-Genaral from the Manila Observatory at 11.45 8.m. io-day: -
September 6th, at 11.20 am. Depression Northern part China Sea.
"RICE FED CHINESE PIGS,??
FIRST APPEARANCE AT SMITHFIELD,
"First copiigament of rice-fed Chinese pig," ~
From the first consignment Messrs. Henry' S. Fitter and Sons have taken a few preliminary samples, the wholesale price being 41d or 5d i' a pound, compared with ód, of thereabouts, for English pork.
Mr. Fitter expressed in an interview the con- viction that there is a great future for Chinese: pork in this country. The reason that it has never been imported before is that freezing chambers have oply"] st been' built in China. One effect of the development in trade in this direction will probably be a further improve- meat in the breed of Chinese pigs.
The Cheng ucha or the Government Coun. cil has discussed important military and naval-So-runs the announcement which, is displayed... affairs. Prince Ching has proposed that as the above a dozen or more large carcases, that is "Daval office has become independent from the exciting.considerable interest at the Captrat Board of War all caval affairs as well as the Meat Market at Smithfield. old style oavy in provinces should be band. ed over to the naval office without any in terference" from the Board of War Then $3,145,564 55 Prince Ching further proposed that at pre sent the expanse of the naval office is paid by the Board of War, but the amount should be made a loan to be refunded when the Dayal office will bave its own funds but the expenso of the naval office of the period when it was attached to the Board of War need not 'be refunded. Prince Ching also proposed: The Board of War has decided with Imperial sanc tion that in the sevanib year of Hsuan-idng the
As to the importation of pork from Chiza `, General Staff has been established and the 'General Staff is to take control of the tactics there should be no difficulty whatever, it in while the Boards of Army nod' Navy should thought, as soon as the new trade gets into 1,094,815.49 | take control of executiva functions, and thus | working order. It should run en smoothly as.......
ibe General Staff, and tbs Board of Army the trade in other imported meat. "Look, for and Navy may exist independently under the example, at the New Zealand lamb," Mr. Fitter direct control of the Generalissimo.. When remarked, "we have just received a record “ the General Staß receives orders from the quantity, and the quality is the finest we have Boards of Army and Navy it will carry the ever had. There is enough in London now 101,793 92 orders out. When the army and navy will be and on the way to last till Christmas, so that completed then a military aide-de-camp. will be the public need not be afraid this, year of deur established to send orders to the Army and metton or lamb. And there are similarly great' . 33,900.00 Navy. All the members of the Council have possibilities for Chinese park."
endorsed the proposal. 30,926.90
$1,882,428.99
Praya Reclamation, Marina Lot No. 288, as per last account and building...thërë (¦ Hotel · Mansions")....zyzowanie o Rebuilding South Block, payments
on account to date...... Cost of three Chinese houses on sections B, C, and D. of In land Lot. No. Bo....... Cost of Kowloon.Farm Lot No. 3
section A.......
་
Machinery, furniture and fixturas,
—as-per-lasz'accouol$113,734.70. Less written off, as per
J
fast reparti 6,500.00
Since added....
Insipilation of electric
$107,234.70 42,760.65
light, as per last accoust...... $20,503.00
Lem written off, as per
last reparti....... 1,500.00
Stock of linen, crockery, glassware, etc...... Stock of wines, provi. sions, bousehold, sundries, and sta tionary, as per in. ventories.. imza
To interest
101287 582059840j9r 1357 19,126.85 Shares in public com- To-directors' and auditors' fees
To balance, to be appropriated as
follows:-
3,'00.00
In the absence of Messrs. Jeffries and Lowe, -Although there has been an expressive THE Java Tim-n understands that the Hong- the accounts have been audited by Messrs. A. silence with regard to the operations of the king and Shanghai Bank has bought the pre- O'D. Gourdin and E. A. M. Williams. Messrs. syndicates which have been engaged in piomises now occupied by Messrs, Rowley, Davies, U. Jeffries and A. R. Lowe offer themselves specting the New Territories for minerals, and Co., in Kali Besar, Batavia, and intends to for re-election. cvidence is not wanting to show that the rebuild the same for back. purposes, belief is still preserved in the minds of ex- perts that valuable deposits are to be found on the mainland in close proximity to Hong. kong. Unfortunately it has not been proved so far that the mineral wealth of the New Ter ritories exists in paying quantities. But that 'fe no reason, to suspect that the speculators, who are at the head of the concems which have engaged men of experience to under- take the work of prospecting ate at all dis. mayed. It may be assumed that if any richt fiud is made the fact will not be blazoned forth to the world, for such. an announce- ment would have the effect of inducing bands of prospectors to leave the Philippines in order to gain 'wealth on British soil. All the indications go to prove that the opinion held by those who might be expected, to know as to the mineral resources of the New Territories is well-founded, even if the suc cess anticipated has not yet rewarded the efforts of the mining experts. Already iron ore has been discovered in considerable quea tities and the Hongkong Iron Mining Co. which was promoted to protect the interests of the local syndicate which with Sir Paul Chater at its band was thọ first to take out a mloing licence under the Ordinanco is steadily seek-
ing to exploit the undeveloped resources of
slightly elsewhere except in the S. Philippines,
A feeble cyclonic circulation is shown over the N. part of the China Sea." "A" depression is probably developing to the W. or NW. of Luzon,
The highest pressure lies over the Pacific to the East of Japan.
Modorate E, and N.E. winds may be expect el in the Formosa Channel and along the north. orn shores of the China Sea.
Hongkong Rainfall for the 24 hours ending at to am, 10-day, 0.00 inches...
FORECAST
1-Hongkong and Neighbourhood, E. and N.E. winds, moderate, fair to showery.
1----Formosa Chandal, gama aiʻNG, IT 3-South coast of China between Hongkong and Lamocks, samon as No. 1-
|:
To pay a dividend of :-
$2.49 pershare
ob
¥1,000 old-
Abarcs ......
528,803
40cents per share.
on 7,997 Dew shares ****** 3,158,80
31,958.86. To transfer to repairs and
redGWAL................. 10,000.00 To write off furniture and
fixtures
5,000,00
Value of steam launch." Sundry debtors ...... Licenses attaching to
1909 B... Fire Insurance account
(unexpired premia} ` Hongkong and Shanghai.
Banking Corpora tion (ppclaimed di- vidends account).... Cash in band...............
611,891,68
•
•
The naval programme to be effected from the 1st year to the 7th year of Hsuan-tung is as under-1st year :-To investigate into the exist ing warships of. Petyang Nanyang, Hupeb, Fukien and Cantom povies and to build warships. for Nanyang ood Peiyang, 2nd, 3rd and 4th class cruisers; to inspect naval ports for Peiyang, Nanyang. Fokien Cbekiang und Canton. To improve the naval colleges of Peiyang,Nanyang 149.995-35 Fokien and Canten and to establish colleges for
19,000.00
shipbuilding and gunnery in Kiangsu, Che- kiang, Fukien and Hupch. To improve the arsenals and docks of Weihaiwei, Kaochang (Kiangaan), Hawei, Huangpoa..
and year-To distribute warships to a number. of equadrons, to establish torpedo flotillas, to 33,096,56 build one zid class cruiser for each squadron, also transports, despatch vessels, torpedo boala, torpedo boat destroyers. To complete works of saval port. Colleges for shipbuilding and gun- nery to be completed. To have proper estim. 18,103.78 uten for the navy in detail. To decide the
division of areas for naval conscription.
4,378.31
3rd year to 7th year:-To build night first 4,500.00 class bittleships, over twenty cruisers of various 27,117.59 classes and ten of other classes of warships. The 1st, 2nd and 3rd torpedo flotillas will be 1,246.67 completed. The Feyang, Nadyang, Fokien, Kwangtung squadrons will by completed. The 3,141.87 baval forts, arsenals, dock. transports, railways and all the other affairs will also be completed. The estimates of the new navy will be decided on after getting Imperial sanction, Statements 1,401,50 of account will be decided. Conscription for
251.43 the navy will be effected,
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August, of course, is not the month one would ordinarily choose for pork, and the bulk of the consignment will probably' be kept in cold storage lift September.-P. M. G.
"HONGKONG-TECHNICAL INSTITUTE.
LECTURÈS ON SANÍTATION.
.A course of lectures on sanitation, with " special reference to the requirements for the sanitary inspector's certificate of the Royal Savitary Institute, will be given by Dr. Francis Ulark, M.OH, at the Sanitary Board Offices, "Beaconsfield," on the following dates, com. mencing penctually at 8:45 pm.
Monday, October 11th, 1909, The Atmosphere and Ventilation.
Monday, October 18th, 1959, The Atmosphero and Ventilation.
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Monday, October 26th, 1909, Soils and Sites, " Monday, November tit, 1909, Soils and Siten............. Monday, November 8th, 1999, Rainfall and Water supply.
Monday, November 15th, 1909, Rainfall und Water supply.
Monday, November 22nd, 1909, The Sanitary Coextraction of Dwellings.
Monday, November 29th, 1999, House Drainage.
Monday, December6th, 1909, Scavenging and the Disposal of Refuse...
Monday, December 13th, 1909, Scavenging
The lagships of and the Disposal of Refuse.
Monday, December 20th, 1909 Infectious ¿ each squadron will be decided. The Board of $1,145,564.55 Navy will be established. The naval officers Diseases and Dsinfection.
will be made substantive officials. A Naval SIXTEEN patrol steamers will shortly, reach University will be established. The other Koren conveying policemen and Daval reserves
matters will be decided on from time to time with guns These will co-operate with the by the Naval Office and by the High ——— 70,331,29 | troops on land in suppressing Korean rioters. Commissioners of mural scheme-Shanghai
Some of the Japanese papers ergo that there | Mercury. abould be an increase of the Japanese, gars
To write off electric plant. 4,000 00 To carry forward to Dewaft 19,372,49
Cr.
-unti cokat ni Chink Between Hongkong | By balance, from 31st De
spüber, 1968
the Colony. We can' remember that high | sud Hainan, saño as Ni,1,
$99,839-77
Monday, January toth; 1910, Malaria and its Prevention.
Monday, January 17th, 1970, Public llenlik-
Monday, January 24ib, & pro, Public Health Law.
Law.
Note-Yes; for the coursh, 56, to be paid toʻ
risons in Korea in view of Japan's increasing. | A CROCODILE, OVST (2, fest long, shot in the | Hr. E. Ralphy, Director of the Technical. In- responsibility to maintain tranquillity in Koran | Klang rivur, was found to contain several ! stituts, to whom the names of, istanding, stuð♫ `ents should be mat not later than Octobés (the) affer the abolition of the Korsan War Ofice-
chalar and dog badges/