Telegrams.
"HONGHONG TELEGRAPH "
BERVICE..
THE LATE PRINCE ITO..
CHINA'S CONDOLENCE,
[By courtesy of the " Sheung Po,"}
Peking, 2nd November. The Waiwupu. has, telegraphed to the Chinese Minister at Tokio directing him to proceed personally to the late Princo Ito's residence to offer China's condolence.
JAPAN AND CHINA. ·
PRINGE REGENT DECORATED. [By courtesy of the Sheung Po"]
Peking, 2nd November. The Emperor of Japan has con- ferred upon, the Prince Regent of China the First Class decoration of & Japanese Order.
The insignia of the Order was handed to the Prince Regent yester day through the Japanese Minister at Peking, Mr. Ijuin.
CANTON-HANKOW RAILWAY.
THE LOAN AGREEMENT.
[By courtesy of the " Sheung Po"] ·
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 31900
A QUESTION OF REVENUE,
PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT WAS NOT-
STAMPED.
le the course of a summary case before Mr. Justice Gompertz (Pulsna, Judge), this, after- goon, it was discovered that a certain docu- ment was unstamped.
Mr. F. X. d'Almada (of Mer, d'Almada and Smith) for the defendant, pointed out the irregularity to the Couit and sald It was a 'mate ter for the Registrar, as the practice would tend
to d fraud Government of revenue.
Mr. d'Almada contended that it must go in. His Lordship left the matter to the discretion of the Registrar and remarked that prima facie
THE RAUB AUSTRALIAN-GOLD | Stone Crushed:
MINING COMPANY, LIMITED.
GENERAL MANAGER'S REPORT FOR THR",
FOUR WEEKS ENDING OCT. 9.
The Chairman and Directors, Riab Aust- ralian Gold Mining Co., Ltd., Singapore.
Gentlemen,-1 beg to submit the following Mining and Milling Report for the four weeks ending October 9, 1909. de
HUKIT MALICca.
Drive North, from East Crosscut No. 1
M... P. Sydenham Dixon (for the plaintiff) Level, advanced gyft, total 227ft. No change announced his intention, to withdraw the de-in valus since my last report,
Cross-cut East from No, a Shaft, No. 2 cument
Level-Extended to 48ft., at 35ft. from shaft & lode was met with and found to be soft. wide, slag (60 dwis. per tow. Drives North and South bays been started as this lode and. advanced git, and yft. respectively. It is pro posed however to continue the North dileé only.
it seemed to him that the document was one which required to be stumped."
THE RUBBAR BOOM.
SIGNIFICANT. SIGNS CONCERNING HIK
PRICES......
>
BUKIT BULOH
The diva North from Prospect Shaft bas back advanced golf, total 71ft, and drive South 1git, total-saft-average-assay of:loda-a-qadwts"
this prospect have been suspended.”
BUKIT KOMAN.
140ft. Drive from Station-Advanced 13ft- total 94ft., lode 64 jaches, wide amaying 5.25-1 dwis,
Producing Amalgam
B. Koman Stope Mine 334
.159 tong)
11183 tons.
Total 5,107 tons 1,736.5 018: 071.5 655:914
4.24 dwin. 0.68:
Retorted Gold Smalted Gold Average yield per tom.
valus of tailings
ZBUKIT MALACCA,
tons
* No. 1 Mill ran aɔ,5 days) crushing ; 1,755 › surface ora etc.. No. II
«) crushing 94 tons Bokit
Eulob
Total 1,849 tons producing.
308 cas, producing
123
120
Retorted Gold Amalgam Smelted Gold Average yield per ton Total-Toas crushed 4,956
Amalgam ... Smeljed Gold Averagò finepuss.
1.39 dwts, per ton.
3,044.5
778.914 oz. 864.44 021.
: yield per 100 2.717 dwt.Res gold
WM. J. OATES, Manager.
MALARIA CONFERENCE..
AT!.
There was a full attòudance at the Malaria. Conference at Viceṛegal Lodge, Simla, on the 12th ult. where the Viceroy welcomed the da- legates in a short speech in which he pointed opt the importance to the country of the matter they, had assembled to discuss and the main
In the course of an article on the boom in The todu ·has disappeared from South end and i THE VALUE OF QUININE AS A PREVENTIVE. rubber, the Erammist, of September 25, says practically so from North end. Operations on The constant firmness of the market bas sur- prised even the optimises, an 1 it would probably be impossible in any other market to find a parallel to this very curious movement, which in eighteen months of commercial depression has raised the price of a pound of robber by two hundred per cent. The abnormally high prices are the natural siquel of the abnormally low prices of February, and March, 1908. The effect of the pauic on the
·
340ft. Lavel Drive South (90),—Advanced |
766, total 139ft. The value of this drive has festares of the problems to be solved. act improved, therefore operations have been suspended.
Colonel Leslie than read bis paper, which. showed in detail how this matter now stands, '540lt. Level 121ft. Drive South.-A crossent in the course of his remarks be dealt with the has been commenced from the South end of question of preventive measures which be this drive, to go in an easterly direction to classed as: (1) the examination of mosquitoes; search of lode matter, and has been driven sit.(a) the prevention of mosquito bites; (3) the
The main crosscut East from shaft at this administration of quinine. (540ft ) lave) is being extended in search of the tode.
The stope in back of Station Drive is being worked by ten men; lode 60 inches wide assay.
Brazilian trade can be illustrated by figures showing the movements .f rubber to and from Para. According to "echi's, rubber statistics there was, for eight years previous to 1907, a practically uninterrupted increase in the arrivals at Para, which roïe from 26,693 tons in 1899 to 37,80 tops in 1966.7. On the other hand, in the twelve months of 1907-8 the arrivals is 1 of by about 3 per cent, and the Peking, 2nd November.
total amounted to.ooly, 36,689; and yet, in The Ministers for Great Britain, spite of this decline, stocks of rubber, for the
reasons we have explained, were being throwning 835dwis, parton, Germany, France and America are
on to the market at extremely low prices, The pressing the Waiwupu and the Mi-world's supplies were bring rapidly and up, and fresh rubber was not coming forward to nistry of Posts and Communications their place. for the settlement of the loan for the construction of the Canton-Hankow and Hankow-Szechuan Railways.
INTBRPORT SHOOTING,
* HONGKONG'S' TEAM.
Janking, Inspector McLennan (H.K P.), Staff. Sergt. Carnell Sergt.-Instructor Wakeman, Sergt. Coveney (Buffs), '.
INCREASED CONSUMPTION.
No one, we imagine, expects prices to re-
main permanently at their presect level, or supposes that plantation rubber will go on for ever fasching vs. 6d. per lb But there is no- doubtedly, a constant and natural increase in the world's consumption, an increase due to a ou⚫ber of cusps, such as the development of electricity, the demand for tyres (though this is not no important a cause as one might suppose), end use of subber, especially in America, for hot water bottles, goloshen, etc.
440ft Level North Drive-Advanced git, total 405ft., lads 54 faches wide, assaying 2.07dwis, per ton."
Today's Advertisements.
FROM EUROPE.
THE HAL. Stancubip
"SILESIA Captain v Hoff, having arrived, Cho- signees of Cargo are hereby informed that their goods are being landed and placed at their risk into the hazardous andfor extraj hazardous Godawns of the Hongkong and | Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., Limited, whance delivery may be obtained against Bills-of-Lading.countersigned by the Under
signed..
Optional Cargo will be carried on unless notice to the contrary be given before TO.. DAY.
All Claims must be presented within ́ten days of the steamier's arrival here after which date they cannot be recognised.
No Claims will be admitted after, the Goods have left the Godowns, and all Goods remaining undelivered after" the 9th ́lost, will bo subi loct to rent.
All broken, chafed, and damaged Goods. must be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on the Xth inst,, at 3 P.M.
No Fire Insurance will be effected by us in By Case Winteraz.
HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE,
Hongkong Office. Bongkrog, grd November, 1900..
1755
·INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION,
COMPANY, LIMITED, .FROM CALOUTTA, PENANG AND", SINGAPORE. `HE Company's Steamships
"FOOKSANG,"
ΤΗ
having arrived from the above Ports, Consiguées of Cargo by her are hereby informed that their Goods will be delivered from alongside,
Cargo, impeding the discharge or remaining on board after 4 P.M., the 4th inst, will be landed at Consignna's risk and expeasa. No Fire Insurance will be effected. Bill of Lading will be countersigned by
JARDINE, MATHESON & Co. LD.,
General Managers. Hongkong, 3rd November, 1000
16
NAVIGAZIONE GENERALE ITALIANA (Floris and Rubailino Untied Companies). STEAM FOR BOMBAY VIA SINGAPORE
AND PENANG.
Continuing, he said: The prevention of bites | is useful as a supplement to more radical mea: 540ft. Level-The stopte in back of thesures, but so far as thin is effected by wireganze 11ft, drive have been stopped, the lode being screens and mosquito curtains which are ex- to narrow and pror to pay..
pensive and require careful handling the use of the mea-ure most be limited to the wealthier clases. Much I believe could be effected by improving the design of living rooms and' dormitories. It seems obvious that well. ventilated white-washed rooms will afford less sheker during the day to mosquitoes than a dark dingy room. Anointing the body with substances offensire to mosquitoes is useful op 'occasion. Of the’two radical measures' one aims at the extirpation of mosquitoes by abol ishlag their breeding places or destroying the eggs, larvae or mature insects: the other aims
destroying the sportxan by the administration THE Steamship of quinine and there, his bean much contro. very regarding the merits of the two measures.
440ft. Level South Drive.-Advanced 18ft., total 6481., no improvement in value since last reported on.
440ft, Level No, a Wioze.-Sunk 18ft. below this level in a lude assaying 16.85dwis. per ton, 440ft. Lavel Crosscut East-Advanced 13ft total 72it. The stopes in back of this level (440ft.) bave been poor of late,, showing an average array of 2.69dwin: per ton'; some of the poorer ones have been stopped, and now the returns from the slopes at work should show improved values, and probably smaller tónusge. 34aft, Level, Crosscut East-Advanced 23īt, total 59ft.
at
WILD WRITING,
It'has always seemed to me to be unfortunate The Interport Shooting takes place lo- morrow afternoon at a pm. sharp, at the
that so many of the writers, who contributo their views as this controversy to the public King's Park Range. Hongkong will be repre:
press have not been at the pains to study the to the last few months the demand has come sented by Messrs, Gs & Lammert R. Lapsley very largely from America, and though specu
240ft. Level,-Drives on West lode from original accounts of the experiments on which Murray Scout, J. H. Pidgeon, R. Stewaid. Hation has, no doubt, much to do with the big Wast crosscut extended 8it, and sst: North and any opinion of value must be based. The can. purchases that the Americans have been Bouth respectively, the lode, 48 inches wide, sequence of so much wild writing has been to making, the fact remains that the normal lagi assaying 1.40dwts, per ton. This appears to confuse the issue, and not only the intelligent Reserves Mr. Anderson and Private How that the supply at present is scarcely able to
timate consumption is increasing at such a rate be a lode on which bat little or nothing basJayman but even medical men have been led'
|been done on' surface, and is worthy of some
"aatidy." It is obvious if malaria is due solely to land (Buffs),
Umpires:-Lt. Col.. Chapman, H.K.V.C.,
keep pace with it. The figures of production money being spent on it in testing its value, the bites of anopheles mosquitoes that the ex- Major MacDonald H.K.V.C.
and consumption in the last two seasons, show it is distant about 720ft, West of Bakit Koman tirpation of these mosquitoes will abolish and
Copt.
how ike margin of supply has been parrow-lode.
maleria. It will be admitted by averybody Bensloy, R. &.
jpg:-
that the continuous use of quialno eres for a Inc, or
short time during the year is inconvenient and 1907-8. | 1958,9, Dec.
unpleasant to the Individual and difficult to Tour. Tous, Tons,
carry out among a community. 66,379...70,587...+4,208
SOCIETY OF St. Vincent DE PAUL.
ABSTRACT OF ACCOUNTS.
From rat October, 1908, to 30th, September, 19:9,
1908, October 1. Balance in the Bank and no band....... $1,870.88 Proceeds of Al Fresco Fê ≈ (tő and 17
# November, 1908.)... 1,839 24 Collection at weekly meetings......... 78.80 Subscription from boo, members.......
25.00 Donation from the Colonial Govera
ment
1997
Sandry Donations Interest on fixed deposit and Savings
Bank
100,00
152.00
7,3.04
World's approximate
production World's approximate
consumption. **. 62,376...71,989... +9,613
·World's approximate A reduction of about 38 per cent, in the world's
inpply
8,035... 5,074...-3,011
supplies explains and justifies a very consider. able increase in price.
HOW LONG WILL IT LAST?'
Is view of these price movements in the past two years inventors and consumers of rubber are naturally anxious to know how long the boom is going to last. On that point no ́one in likely to vonture a despite opinion, but there is a general belief that the present high 54 218 96 prices will continue for some time, and that when they hiye come down from the present Weekly allowances to 40 familles in
abnormal level they will still remain for a fairly CashANKIA
$1,197 40 long period at a point that two orthree years ago Weekly allowances to 52 families in
would have bees thought extraordinarily high. tickets.......49 (89495 (9816917 Lasite
1,166.0: The stocks in London are growing smaller,and it Xmas and Easter allowances to 92.
is significant, thatfotoreprices which some time families in casb..........
197.55 agostodd f.r below spni have been rising the Xan Gifts to poor children (toys and
more quickly of the two as dealers have cogo sweets)
1940 to expect a longer spell of dear rubber. Bot however long the present brom in prices lasts, it must sooner or later come to an end. In the first seven months of this year imports from the Mel-yan plantations were nearly four times 60.00 as large as in the corresponding period of 1907, and fresh supplies arrive from the planta- tions and consumers, under the influence of faming prices, restrict their demands, the in- evilable set-back most come. Indeed, in the interests of the trade it is not desirable that it should be long dalujed,.
SOUND FINANCE
Wanchal Hospital for medical attend- „A959, medicines and funeral exo
Allowance to Wanchai Convent under
the care of Italian Sisters,.....486, Home for the aged and infirm, Was
chal, under the care of Italiad Siners.........kai muť Orphanage under the care of Italian Mission, passage moner me Funeral expenses
120 00
400,00
$3.00 11.50 28.50
- maris
Shoes for orphan böyɛ..................................... Medicines and nourishments to poor... Subscription to Messioa disaster (Frs.
Balance
53.40
44.65 787.61
54,218.95
SHIPPING AND MAILS
||
STOPE MINE,
160ft. Level North.-Advanced 1816., total 279it. The lode narrow and poor.
#60ft. Level Soul-Advanced 15ft., total 1,992lt,, lode rather broken, assaying 4.53dwls. per ton,
· DRAINAGE.
The success or failure of misor operations against mosquitoes appears to me to depend upon the state of the drainage. Whese drainage
Entimations.
We have received a new
shipment of extra
choice
ENGLISH BACON
75 cents per lb.
THE
DAIRY FARM Co.
LIMITED
Hongkong, 19th October, 1909,
ASAHI BEER SAPPORO BEER
TO BE OBTAINED
FROM ALL WINE DEALERSİ
NOTICE,
Having connection with Company's Mail Steamers to PORT SAID, MESSINA, NAPLES, LEGHORN and GEDA, also VENICE and TRIESTE, all MEDITER RANEAN, ADRIATIC, LEVANTINE and CHINESE ENGINEERING AND MINING SOUTH AMERICAN PORTS up to UALLAO. Taking Cargo at through Rates to PERSIAN,
GULP sad Bagdad, also BarCELONA, VALENZA, ALICANTE, ALMERIA and MALAOA)
CAPRI,"
Captain Dini, will be despatched, as 'above OD FRIDAY, the 12th inst, at Noon and Passage, apply to
For further Particulars regarding Freight
CARLOWITZ & Co,
Agents.
Hongkong, 3rd November, 1909.
A L
Y
.CO., LIMITED.
FINAL DIVIDEND' of ORE SHILLING
A and SIX FENCE per Share, free of tax,
has been declared by the Directors of the sbore Company, maklog a total of 15% for the year ending 28th February, 199
COUPON No. 13 is payable on and Norm- bar, at the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, and the Russo-Chidate Bank at Tientsin and Shanghai.
J'S. DOBIE, Agent,
Hoogkong, 29th October, 1909.
FRES00
IN AID OF THE FUNDS OF THE
FETE
SOCIETY OF ST. VINCENT DE PAUL.
Under the Distinguished Patropage of
H.E. the Governor, Sir FREDERICK LUGARD, KO.M.G., CB, D.S.O.
To be held in the
COMPOUND OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIO CATHEDRAL,
on
SUNDAY,
7th NOVEMBER, 1999, from 9 P.M. to 11.30 PM. Admission Tickel..................SI
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16ch, Level, No. 1 Winze.-Suak 2012; total 39ft. below the favel. The lode assayed 21dwts for first fortnight, then poorer ground was ens perfect the inhabitants can exterminate mos.
quitoes with little trouble, but where drainage which is entitled to a Souvenir on its presentation at the Souvenir Pavilion on the evening of countered, it is again improving in valué.
The Stope North of stope shaft háu become poor. A rise is now being put up to test the lode.
The Main Stope-Continues to produce about the usual amount of stone, of an average assay value of rodets, per too.. A part of this stope is dangerous to work and has to be close
timbered.
ANDERSON'S.
16aft. Level South, Crosscut West-Ad vanced zöft. total 39ft. A lode has been inter- sected by this crosscut, and shows assay valus of 4.70dwis, per ton. I cannot say if it is the Main Lode or not, as it is narrower than the (Main) lode usually is.
is non-existent or bad it is practically impossible by any means at present, within their reach for the Inhabitants to destroy the mosquitoes. In any scheine, then, which has for its object ibe | to ascertain the condition of the drainage, and removal of malaria from an area the first step is If it is imperfect how it can be improved so to prevent water-logging of the soil not only In ordinary seasons, but Reasons of extra- ordinary rainfall. Drainage schemes are costly and, they require a long time to carry out even when the funds are available, and in the meantime the choice must often be made between measures against mosquitoes and the administration of quiuias unless, as may often From appearances I should say the Malo be the case, it appears to be advantageous to Lode is standing to the West of driva South, and use both these measures. In making the choice is certainly standing to the East of North drive. All the circumstances of the cass must be taken This will be proved forthwith by drives.
into consideration. To take extreme examples, 16ft. Level North.-Drive extended 74lt, if we have a town containing a few pools which total 154ft. This drive is on a series of nær- are the only source of the anopheles mosquitoe rom branches, the Main Lode,-us-mated--infecting-inhabitants,-it--is--obrinos-that the shove, being, to the East. A crosscut has | remedy is to drain or fill up the pools, If we been put out East 16ft, and has struck the bare a small village surrounded by a swamp in lode, but has set yet passed through it which anopheles breed it is evident that quinine About poft, behind this North end the Main prophylaxis is "the best remedy. In India Loda has been found, and a drive extended we have all the gradatións between the two 261t, on it, rampļos gave 4.70dwts. per ton extremas, but those approximating to the vil. The discovery of the Main Lode will neces-Lage in the swamp are in the enormous majority. sitats the driving of a drive about parallel with the one already existing.
GENERAL,
The usual Mining and Milling sheets accom-|
Anderson's Shaft-Has been sunk - zoft. The enormous preffis earned by the planting making a depth of 21th. below 260ft, level. companies may tempt them into" thriftless | Sinking has now been suspended, to allow the danaco, while rubber manufacturers who made Installation of naw Plunger Lift to be carried forward contracts at the old prices are naturally on expeditiously. The cutting of ground for embarrassed by much an unexpected jump in Cistoin at the 26oft, level is almost complete. the cost of their raw material. It will probably be a good thing both for the companies and the consumers when the industry comes pasy this Report. back to ■ more commel state, for avan ↑ 50 per cent. reduction in the price would leave most of the plantations with a hand ́same profi', mad the Malayan companies will de quite well enough on a working margin of sa 6d, per lb. The development of the planting industry is satisfactory in mora ways than one 1 financially it has been carried out on The Imperial German Mail sa, Prins Ella! | unusually sound linesand on an unusually smažl *Friedrick, which left here on õib alt., al 4 p.m. capital, while from the bumanitatis point of
MAILS DUK
Indian (Kumzang) yth lost, Canadian (Emprazs of India) 18th inst. The C. N. Co's 1,5, Tram loft Manila on and inst., andis dus here on gih inst.
viaw it may mean, the end of that systematic
BUKIT KOMAN."
QUIMISE TREATMENT.
Colobal Leslie then discussed the position as regards' quinine treatment. He admitted candidly that galnine is by no means always a saccess. At the same time be pointed out its "extraordinary value and quoted the experience of the Parjab jails in 1908, almost the most malarions your in the history of the Punjab. In this year during the four months August to No vember every prisoner on admission to Jail was given in the presence of the doctor ten grafas of quinine and thereafiar &fteen grafos Once a week. The results were very remark. able. The admission rula from malaria, in- cluding in it the rate on account of pyrexia of | uncertain origin, was 173 per thousand, the lowest on record, and the malaria death-rate #21 That this result was not contrived by classifying/
of the year was the lowest with one exception, › cases" of“ malaria under some other disease, heading is evident when the general admission ratan from all diseases am studied. ; în 1997 40.2|the rate was 706.5 per thousand; the mean of
the five years ending with 1906 was Sports In 7008-it
was 206 per thousand... A succAES OF this kind justifina à very critical examination of any reported failure, a la conclusion Unions!, Lasile advocated the establishment of a perma- ment organisation for datling), with malaria in
40 Stamps rau 25.5 days, loss of 3,5 days caused by fosing of wires on transmission line, changing broken cam shaft, placing listri is three boxas, cleaning up, etc.
Stone Crushed
B. Koman 971 Slope Mine 1,387 Anderson's 465
Huntington Mill;rau 16,3 days,
Q. 3. N. Co14 2s, Aumsang from Cal-icroally with which the collection of wild rubber" loss of £6 days interruption tians- scana and the Siraita laft Singapore for this port – has boso attended in the Göngo and we fear, in mission line, general@yapal
partski doch America,
7th
will
the Fete only.
The public is respectfully invited to inspect the various stalls from 2 to 7 .. on the instsot.
Tea and Cakes will be served during the afternoon.
By kind permission of the Commanding Officer and Officers of the 13th Rajpats, the band play from 9 to 11.30 P.M. ***
Tickats can be obtained from to-day at Masra. Graça & Co., 27, Dás Vœux Rond, and at the Roman Catholic Cathedral Compound on Sunday, the 7th November, from 9 AM to 2.M.1- and at the gate on the sight of the Fete,
Hongkong, 1st November, roog.
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