SMOKING OPIUM.
ITS PREPARATION.
Annexed to the report of Mr. Fránk Browns, Government Analystvon" "Opfum tits nature,| composition, preparations and methods of consumption, which was proted in our last Issue, is an appendix on the preparation of smoking opium. This is what Mr. Browne writes:
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH SATURDAY FEBRUARY 26 1910
NIPPON TUSEN KAISHA.
PROPOSED 'INCREASE OR CAPITAL
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VA JOURNEY IN YUNNAN...........
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BRITISH OFFICIAL TRAVELE THROUGH"
· OPIUM DISTRICT.
OPIUM CENTRES.
INDUSTRIES OR HONGKONG.
THEIR RISE AND DEVELOPMENT,
(Specially Written for the "Hongkong Telegraph.")
THE VERMILION FACTORIKS;
To the residents of Hoogkong in general.its nol commonly knowo that this Colony Dow ranks as one of the biggest producers-if not the biggest-of vermilion. The manufacture of this pigment is amongst the foremost of the Colony's industries, although, owing to the scat tered nature of its factorics, the ordinary ob-
Tha Aschi observes that the Bank "of" Japan has doubled its capital, increasing it to Yoops). In the recently issued Patilamentary paper 000,000, while the Tokyo Elecule Light Com- on opiam in Obloa, there is a report of a- pany has in contemplation a proposal to injourney lato the opium districts of South-West crease its capital to Y50,000,000, In view of Yannan by Mr. G. A. W. Ross, acting British- these facts, a suggestion has been made by a Consul at Tengruch, who says: On April 3, section of the shareholders of the Nippon 1929, "I left Tangyuch to make a flying Yusen Kaisha to increase the capital of the tour round the districts lo the neighbour- The manufacture is commenced by placing laster company. It is admitted that there is hood of Tengyush, the territory under! It is a curious fact that ever since Hongkong three balls of opium deprived of their pater
Do room for an extension of the company's be Jurisdiction of the J-Hsi Total is was established as a British Colony, the in coverings of leaves in a shallow circular cop
business at the present time in view of dopres estimated to produce 45 per cent, of the total 'dustry of vermilion making has made a home- per pao, Water is added, and the mixture is.sion is the shipping business throughout the opium crops of the province of Yunnan. The for itself on the island. The reason for this is heated over an open charcoal fire set in bricke | world, but the shareholders making the pro- routes taken by myself and two Chinese assist-perhaps not far to sook, for the fact is boterious work. There are a large number of such fires
posal maintain that the reserves of the auts passed through the tracts which in the that any prosperous industry such ag this has as the capacity of the factory visited on No- company have accumulated to the enormons past bava proved most favourable to the growth to auffer heavy panalties in the direction of vember 11, 1908, was the daily conversion of
sum of about Y20,000,000, and while this may of the poppy. Leaving Tengruch in a due taxes when carried on in Caston or is any three chests of Bengal oplum, each containing be regarded as having strengthased the founda- easterly direction, I followed the main toad for of the other densely populated cities of one picul er 1317 pounds, into the finished ex- tion of the company, it is not expedient for a three days, then branched off on to a bridle the Two Kwang, it was not to be won- tract: Each ball weight about four pounds. company which receives a Govarement subsidy path leading anuth-east in the direction of dered st, therefore, that the vermilies mak It will now be understood that the threechests are to hold a large amount of reserve fund, almost Shunning-fu; thence I turned north anders of Kwangwung and Kwangsi 'who had „divided upsmonganumberofpanuundadescripe equal to the capital, and to continue to pay a reached Tali-le by way of bleog-baa Tiog, aiready felt the brunt of officialdors should tion of the fumber operations may be continu. | dividend at the rate of ta or iz par cool. per reiurplug to my post through Yung-chang-fu, seek to transfer their businesses to the new ed. After simmering for about an hour, stirring annum. Such a position is liable to create
Colony when the opportunity offered and being affected by means of a, copper spade, misunderstanding on the part of the Govern
they were assured of that liberty of trådal the liquid begins to adhere to the botton of the meat and the public. It is doubtful whether
action which is part and parcel oful woo claim pan, at which point the operator takei into usa
competition in the shipping business through
allegiance to the British Flag". A batchel-shaped wooden stirrer which he uses
'out the world will permit, the company. 10 continously and vigorously until an elastic
maintain its present high rate of dividend, and dougby mani af opiam is left in the pin. The
it is high time for the company to increase ite operation to this stage bas taken about two capital, using a portion of the reserve at bours. Toe pan is removed from the fire and
the payment for the new shares and the contents are kneaded and beaten with a
reducing the dividend to a propar rate. This brass bowl for a few minutes, after which the
will protect the interests of the company and mass is spread evenly over the pan. Now
the sharaboders. The company was formed in comes a peculiar tonating process, which is very 1885, continuca the Nachi, with a capital of important and is very carefully done. The pan Yi,non,000, which was reduced to Y8,800,000 with the adhering oplum is inverted over the in 1889 in consequence of trade depression. Ca Stc, which has been covered with a thin layer the opening of the European rervice after the of ashes. After about a micute, the worker is Japan Chius war the capital was increased to enabled to peel off a thin layer of opium, which V22,000,000, its present figure. A proposal was is farther cried on a gridiron so that both sides made to increase the capital during the business may be beated. The very brittle layer (resem- boom after the Russo-Japanese War, but the bhi put insa a larger copper pan for the next the proposal, which had also the disapproval of bling dark coloured ginger not crackers)-is-Mitsu Bishi, the largest, stareholders, opposed treatment. About 12 layers are taken in thin the authorities of the Imperial Household, which way from each batch of opium, the peellug off is a large shareholder, and the proposal had to of each being surprisingly easy. In this
be dropped. At one time the Nippon Yuan Kaisha, with a capital of 22,000,000, was the largest concero in Japan next to the Nippon Railway Compasy and the Bank of Japan, but the company will soon be left far behind. The Tokyo Electric Tramway Compuy commands a capital of Yo0,000,000, and the Tokyo Elec. ric Light Company is about to increase its capital to Y50,000.ono, while the Specie Bank and the Tokyo Gas C many have also in con- emplation a proposal 1.1 sacrense their capital. In these circumstances it is only nattiral for the Nippon Yosen Kaisha to double its capital, making it Y44,000,000, is maintained by those shareholders who are in favour of the jo- crease that the proposal can be carried out quite easily, without calling upon the share- holders to pay a sen as the reserve fund can be utilised for the purpose.—Japan Chronicle.
·TOASTING PROCESS
the beat applied to the surface of the opium the best appen by a thermometer was not above 100°C. The layers. in larger pan are broken up, water is poured in and left to act till the next morning. A bunch of lang sani (lamp wick, the path of some plant) in carefully inserted into the mass, as 10 act both as a syphon and as a strainer. A clear dark coloured liquid drains off and is filtered through chi mi or bamboo paper. The par is tilted until only an inholuble residue re- mains. To this residue is added boiling water, and the liquid is then filtered through chi mùi covered with a piece of calico to act as a strainer. The water used is the 'wash waler of the previous day obtained as shown later on, Hot water is then put into the pan to cleap it, nod this liquid is used to wash the filters. There two washings together with the original filtrate obtained by means of the tang ram are put into the larger shallow pans and are rapidly boiled down over charcoal fires sat in brickwork. Another washing of the residue with plain water containing no Oplumts performed, and this wash-water is put- Into a vary, large copper receiver and is gra- dually boiled down separately in several pans. When concentrated fairly low, this last washing is put into the smaller shallow pads and allowed to cool and settle; after which the clear liquid is poured off into the pans containing the filtrates enumerated above and bich are balog boiled down. There is still a little opium left in the residues on the filters, 50 anather washing with plain water is given and this is
used for the next day's wash purposes.
THE RESIDUES
TRADE-MARK DISPUTE..
DECISION ÎN FAVOUR OF FOREIGN PETITIONERS.
server would be slow to suspect as much,
As a matter of fact, there are some hundred or so of vermilion making places to ba found Do the island of Hongkong and its hinterland of Kowloon, especially in the Yaumati district, and these absorb to a great extent the heavy im- ponts ibat are apocally taken from the famous. Broken Hill Mines in Australia,'
and it is therefore in a position to competa as Before-being-ul-up-to-Hongkong, the mercury-bearing ore is crushed and pulverised |
regards preparedness with the similar products that China itself and fapan Cao offer noogkong may be said to have only one competitor to the production of vermilion and that is Holland, where, however, the process of manufacture is entirely different,
In dealing with the production of opium this circuit may be divided into two distinct spheres, the first comprising tho, díatricia under the direct control of the Cainese territorial officials; the second consisting of the frontier regions under the role of the Shan Sawbwas, including the fertile, low-lying valleys, and the Kochin hills, for which the Sawbwas are nominally re
posible. It was generally admitted that the Shan valleys, were still under opiam crops thir eenvon, and I therefore decided to send a Chin ese assistant to get any possible information in this direction, whilst proceeding myself to the cast of the circuit, where the Taotal claimed that the preventive work had been successfully carried out. My route was chosen through the greatest producing areas of the district rod limed just before the opium barvest, inaugurated by his Excellency Hsi Liang, Speaking generally, the work of prevention
governor general at Yuonan-fu, has been car ried out in the Chinese sphers'with 'vigour and success, it was naturally impossible to pene. trate into the romoter regions during the short period at my disposal, but, by catelul inquiry and by watching the local markets for the drug it has been possible to gain a fair estimate of the conditions of the present season. From Vermilion in a brilliant scarlet pigment com. the high passes of these districts can be obtain pared of the sulphide of mercury. To a small ed a broad view of the surrounding country, extent it is obtained direct from pure and bright- and the unmistakable colour of the poppy coloured portions of the native ore cinnabar; crops, may be detected from a considerable but it is chiefly an artificial preparation. The distance, when they oxist to any extent. In process of manufacture consists in, making the courie of my journey, however, I did as an intimate mixtyra of mercury with about see a single head of puppy, and the only evi-one-sixth of its weight in sulphur, and these, dence of cultivation was in the struggling under the influence of a gentle heat, combine flowers, which were freely scattered over the to a form a black sulphide of mercury called fields and were evidently the few survivors 'althiop's mineral" · In successiya partions, after the crops had been uprooted by order of pieces of, this composition are thrown into tali Ibe officials.
earthen pots, the lower parts of which are kept. at a red heat and the mass sublimes, depositing a coating of artifical cinnabar on the iron covers and over the upper parts of the pata themselves. At the end of the subliming process the pots are broken, the deposit of artificial cinnabar is scraped off, ground in a mili, lavigated, and whon dry it is ready for us a vermilion, The pigmont is also prepared by the wat method and it is said that Chiness vermilion owes is superiority to being prepared in this way. la addition to its brilliance, vermilion · is a pigment of grant intensity and durability, Being remaining unaffected by acid fumes. costly, it is much subject to adulteration but the fraudulent additions may easily be detected by chemical tests, volatilisation in the case of pure vermilion leaving no residue.
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SUBSTITUTES FOR THE OPIUM CROPS,
If the higher provincial authorities con. tinue their crusade against the poppy harvest, it becomes an urgent necessity to find some substitute which will profitably replace the winter crops of south-west Youdan. Numer ous plantations of mulberry trees have been made, and silkworms' eggs have been sent from Yunnan-fe to the district cities-in-the hope of stimulating a local, sille industry, Wheat, beans, peas, potatoes, hemp,"ood maize bave beep sown in various parts, but the season has proved unusually dry, and the wheat in most parts has given poor return. There is at present achespand abundant food supply in the districts, and the real need of the farmers is some crop, which can be exported to provide them with the silver with which to pay for, their
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CONCLUSIONS.
The inificial preparation of vermilion is
highly valued as the most brilliant, stable, sad innocuous of all mineral red pigments. Ver- milion is produced from black sulphide of mercury in two ways, first by sublimation, and, second by treatment in an alkaline solution, flowers of sulphur, and the mixture is digested with constant aguiation in a potash solution until the preparation has come up to its maximus of fire and brilliance, which takes a good many hours.
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kong is more highly valued' than any that emanates from the Continent of Europe. To the unaccustomed eye, the methods of pre paration followed by the Hongkong mapolac turers might appear crude and primitive, but as #t happens the Chinese were making artificial cinnabar long before Europe bad become a civilised country; and to this day there are trade secrets in the vermilion industry which no European yet has been able
Decision was delivered by the Patent Bureau on the 4th instaal in a petition filed on behalf of Messrs. Carlowitz and Co, Kobe, represent- ed by Mr. Ota, barrister and patent agent, of Kobe, and Mr. Asamura, patent agent, of Osaka; against Mr. Harumato Naraji, a mer cheet, of Kogawa-machi, Osaka, represented by Mr. Suungawa, barrister and patent agent, of Osaka, and Messrs. Okada and Ota, patent agenti of Tokyo. The petition was for the in- validation of the registration of the trade-mark imports. The sudden attempt at the total pro No. 22,136 held by respondent. The decision bibition of opium bas produced an economical is in favour of petitioner and the registration of crisis in the frontier country, the fall effect of are then dried and sold to persons who extract the trade-mark in questipe has been declared which it is impossible as yet realise. In 1902 invalid. The trade-mark was used for soaps. it was estimnied that 220,000 Lacis worth of yet a little mere opium. The opium extract so
The full text of the decision is to hard. The opium was sold at Hsia-kuan. This year I visit-100 parts of mercury are mixed with 38 parts resulting from these sold residues is known as ching ko and is bought by the Opium Farmer pelitiener demanded that the registration of theed the exchange, a figa old ion in the confte of for making dross opium extract. This ching kaade-mark be declared invalid according to the town, os the day before the annual fair at Article to, of the Trade Mark Law, as it fell Tali-fu, the time at which the local opium bare boiled down anfficiently and while still under the category of No. 3 of Article 3 of the would ordinarily pass into, the bands of the contains no mophina. When the filtrates
same law. It was stated that a trade-mark Cantoness and Hunanese buyers; the exchange of the consistence of a thin liquid, they are filtered through ri mwi and the filtrate of this consisting of the Chinese characters "Rei Wa was deserted and festoons of cobwebs hung
The Chinese employ only the wai-treatment. It boiled down to the required concentration. and used by respondent for his commercial over the doors of the loo, which had been the in making vormilion, and there is no doubt Any scam that may have a tendency to creep soaps, was registered on October 6th, 1904, the
most famous and prosperous throughout the|that Chiness vermilion as exported from Hong- district, over the side of the pin is kept down by means plication being made far registration on August 16th of the same year. The irade- of a goose's feather, and water is sprinkled on the
In conclusion, it impressed me in travelling interior of the pau from time to time to prevent mark in question was identical, in all re- the formation of any dry extract. The pans are spects to the "Rei Wa" widely used for through the country, that the governor general fanzed from start to finish to assist evaporation, many years as another trade name by Car- undertook a difficult and dangerous task when and boiling is maintained as vigourously as it lowitz & Co, No. 82, Kyo-machi, Kobe, Prior be resolved to rid Yennan of opium in two years, instead of effecting a gradual reduction, can be without causing the liquid to boil to August 16th, 1904, when the application aver. When judged to be of the proper was made by respondent for the registra which would have given, opportunities to the consistence the pans are removed from the ton of bis trademark, Carlowitz & Co. farmers gradually to replace their crops and was selling and buying soap and other possibly to meet some new demand. One can fire and the opium exunt is stirred and fanged with great vigour sill cnid. It is then articles in Japan and Chise under the trade- sympathise with him in the contention that ten years is a long period involving many changes, weighed and sent to the Opium Farmer's depo:are of "Rei Wa." In the case of soaps sold
by the firm the characters "Rei Wa" were and that half measures effect noibing in China; as prepared opium, smoking opiem, opium ex-
impressed on the goods themselves, and soaps but, whilst be has achieved a great success tract or chando. This smoking opium is a black treacly substance, having a fragrant impressed with these characters and a good in ridding large areas of the poppy, he has aplam-like odour characteristic of a good pre-reputation as manufactures of the Reiwa aroused, a bitter opposition to the anti-opium Yoko, another trade-name of petitioner's firm. measures, and has reduced the west of the paration from good ingredients.
Throughout the process nothing whatever is Respondent thus registered the trade-name of prov.ace to a state of poverty which must apother as his own trade-mark, in pressed it | havo a marked effect on the trade of the on his goods, and was selling the latter as the next few years. Opium is the only product manufactures of the Rei-Wa Yoko, with the of the country for which there is at pres result that the public was deceived into be sent any considerable outside market, and lieving that soaps of ipferior quality were made without opium there is no Influx of silver by the petitioner's firm. In this way the trade with which to purchase the raw cotton and mark in question fell under the category of yare which is our principal import, and on No. 3 of Article 2 of the Trade Mark Law. hich the people depend for their clothes. In defence respondent maintained that pet- Thousands of farmers have been suddenly tioner had no interest, whatever in the trade-deprived of their main winter's crop, and the This is prepared by taking.15 part of opium mark in question, that he was not qualified fact we have escaped serious trouble bears the dross or residues from the smoking of chanded, to bring the action. Trademarkt which fell highest tribute to the law-abiding qualities of *13 parts of kalas or residues from the smoking under No. 3 of Asticies of the Trade Mark the people of Yungan. One other point strikes of drosi opium extract, and a parts of ching ko. Law must be such as were calculated to deceive
me as worthy of comment in reviewing the The last substance and the dross opium are the public. The trade-mark in this case was
progress that has been made in dealing with put into boillog water in large shallow pars, not calculated to deceive. The mark should the opium crops. I refer to the wonderful And the Astem is put into boiling water in be ruled by the Trade Mark Law and the trade.
power which can be wielded by a sincere and larger pans of cylindrical abapo. The solo. name by the Commercial Code, as they were effective Imperial decree even in the most tions are filtered after boiling, and the filtrates two independent things. If the trade mark in inaccessible circuit of this remote province of are eraporated in the shallow pass, the requestion was identical with the trade name" of the Empire. sidues are boiled up twice mors, and their a foreign firm, it came under the category of filtrates are evaporated as before, and when of No. 3 of Article 2 of the Trade Mark Law, but the proper consistence are allowed to cool in the trade-mark used by petitioner in this case the same manner as was seen in the prepara-was not " Rei Wa," but " Rai Wa Yako,"
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THE ORIUM COVERINGS · that contain opium are pot on oup side and are twice boiled out with water, and the liquid se resulting is used to soak the opium at the come mencement of the first operation Afidwards a third extraction is made and this water is used for the preparation of drous opium extract,
PROSS ORIUM EXTRACT,
COITON YARN,
tion of chandoo. The long, boiling seemed to The Patent Bureau uphold the contention of gol rid of certain impurities as the odour at the petitioner and decided the case in his favour, and was considerably lessened and improved: as stated. Dross, opium extract is a fairly hard dark browa solid having a less pronounced odour THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK. the coarse yarns of 16's and below which re- then the ordinary extract. When sent out it is softened by meads of a water bath, weighed into the pieces which are softened again onder
PROPUBED INCREASE' OF CAPITAL.
to fathom,
Even if one can penetrate the recesses of a Chinese vormilion factory in Moogkokisui or Shauk wan, one will still be left reflecting that there is something in the manufacture which has been left unexplained.
In Holland the preparation is almost wholly done by machinery, whereas here in dong: kang, everything is accomplished by manual labour. Some of the granite mill-stónes ba- tween which the pulverised ore is ground to the fineness of flour might almost be described as pre-historic. There is one man to each mill and his in a strenuous task. As the mixture is ground, the liquid solution that accompanies the pro cess is constantly added to and the precipitate comes out of the drying coppers à pure red colour.
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2HE ALLANA CASK.
* ¦ MOQSA'S EVIDENCE,
aand inst. Bafors Mr. E R. Hallifax, First Police Magistrate, this afternoon, S. M. E. Allaus was arraigned on charger of obtaining a sum of | Sago by means of false pretences, the embezzle- ment of a gold watchand chain and obtaining a ticket for Calcutta under false pretences. Mr. P. W. Goldring prosecuted and Mr. F. F. Hett defended.
Mr. Goldring stated that he wished to with draw the charge of obtaining by false pratancas- the ticket for Calcutta, as he did not thlok shat charge could lie. In place of that he wlebed to substituto a charge of larceny.
His Worship was averse to Mr. Goldring's suggestion.
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Mn Goldring-1 am in your Womhip's hands. For my part, I wish to abandon the charge of obtaining a ticket by false pretences, Hit Wonship-And continue with the other charges?-Certainly.
Mr. Hot If my friend wants to go on with the charzes he can do so. If he wishes to withdraw he can withdraw.
ĦALLBY'S COMET,
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WILL BE VISIBLE' SOON.” Twenty-two pages of interesting, data con- carning Halloy's and other cometa.in, ganarat - have been published by Father George M. Zwack, the secretary of the weather burean at Manila.
The comet will be visible to the pakød in Manila in March.
Father Zwack introduces his subject with, an explanation of the absolute harmlessness of comets and polnis out that foar, of them is tho result either of ignorance or superstition, or,
both
From the succeeding pages, the following data is called
The number of comets that wilt our solar system is much larger than is ordinarily supposed." Prior to the invention, of the tales- cops in the beginning of the 17th century only those have been noticed which, ubtalaed brightness of at least a star of the 6th magui tude. Hence we find only about 400 comets recorded from the earliest times down to the... year ibo,, : Since, then some 300 more have baan discovered,
The closest approach of a comet to the earth Was probably that of Lexsil's in 1770 walch `camo within 1,520,000 milẹn of the earth.
Mr. Goldring-Certainly, Maosa Ebrahim, at present a prisoner. at Victoria Gaol, stated that he know the business of S.-E. Allocs and Company, which was puring their balk, alsoexceedingly flimsy Creatures, chased by Merican. Witness used to inspect
* Comels are exceedingly large but, consider. The head of Enke's comet has a diameter of 300,000 miles when it first becomes visible at `distance' of 130 million miles 'und Enke's comet is by no means a large one.
swarm of meteors from 100 to 8,000 miles sa Opmets are believed to consist of a huge
diameter. Comets as a whole,ars not lum- inous by incandescence but their light depends
some manner on the sun,
tha baoki and knuw, the defendant us a salas. man prior to the purchase of the business by Marican. He inspected the books from the day Marican bought the business. Allava WAS engaged by Maries from March to Aumiles long. The tail of the comet of 1882 was Comet's tails are rarely less than 10,000,000 gust, 1959. He made entries in the books 100,000,000 miles long and 200,000 miles in from the rough cash book," On the 15th August. he coticed an irregularity and 8,000 miles in diameter.
diameter near the head. The earth is only.. naked defendant if he bad dusa anything wrong, Shortly afterwards, Markcan banded witness the draft of a letter dismissing the defendant. The same evening the defendant went to Mari- can at the Dragon Cycle Depot. He wept and
would not do it again. He also said that pre-If comet actually strikes the sun it is said that he had spent $250,on American girls and that he felt sorry for it. He promised he
Ar to the danger tänt might result^ifTMà comet struck the earth Father Zwack mays: viously there had been negotiations to take bim permaneatly.to the business. Marican told him he could not take him permanently but that he could remain in the shop and he would see what he could do. On the 24th August, be met the defendant at the Cycle Depot. The de- fendant again implored 'Marican to take him back. Maxican refused but offered to pay for bis passage to India. About May, 1909, de fendant bought a watch and chain and entered the articles in the rough cash book for $170 odd. When wilness saw the entry, he asked the defendant why he had taken the my Defendant said he had bought a watch and chain and that if marican came to know to say that they belonged to the witness, Witness said that he must tell him that, otherwise the watch and chain would be Allana's property. Some time alter, the watch and chain could not about it and was told by the latter that he had be foundia the safe. Witness questioned Allans
pawned it.
“At this point, Mr. Goldring applied for an adjournment, in order to enable him to produce- the books of S. E. Allana and Company. Ha did not know whather his friend wished to cross-examine the witness,
Mr. Heit said he did not wish_to_cross- examine the witna1.
His Worship-I don't see how you could manage it with an incomplete cross-examina tlon. I think a remand will be the safest
Course.
Mr. Hett-As your Worship pleases, His Worship Of course, Mi, Goldring, this time you must have the prosecution complete. Mr. Goldring-Certainly, your Worship. I had fally expected that dafendant would alther am really very sorry. As a matter of fact, I be committed for trial to-day or the charges against him'dismissed.
morning at: 11 o'clock,
Hit Worship remanded the case toʻ Tuseday.
After a few minutes, Mr. Goldring re-entered the Court-room.
Worship, that the books have bean waiting Mr. Goldring- have just discovered, your outside all the time.
am very sorry, your Worship, but I didn't know.
His Worship What do you say, Mr. Hett? Mr. Hett-1 am quite willing to go on. The books were then produced. Witonen stated that the bandwriting in the books was certain entries having been made in the books Allana's own handwriting. Wildens spoke to
but on being cross-examined as to their object said that he did not know what defendant's object.was.
The case was remanded.
'AN ECHO OF THẺ OCTOBER TYPHOON.
CAN THE HARBOUR MASTER DE SUED ?
pengg
24th inst.
Before Mr. Justice Gompertz, Paisne Judge, at the Summary Coast this morning, Tang Kam sied a suit against Ki Wan Tak Cheong to ra cover the suur of $231.80, being amount des for wages, launch, bbat and coalie hire in the coume of some salvage work in the harbour between Cheung Sha Wan and Yau-ma-ti alter the typhoon of October last, Mr. Crówther Smith, of Messrs, d'Almada and Smith, appear- ed for the plaintiff and Mr. M. Render Harris, of Messrs. Wilkinson and Grist, was for the defendant.
Mr. Smith stated that the claim was for saļ. vage. The property saved from the harbour was a ship or part of the ship.
His Lordship-You don't say legal salvaga?.
Perhaps it is owing to the value of the product that the ChinesD RIC NO socrative re- garding their methods of manufacture, but one-No, my Lord. Ceases to wonder about the care they exercise when one witnesses the extreme exactitude that is observed as the finished material is weighed out in minute scales and packed up lato microscopic, parcels, ready for export, out- rivalling all the vermilipos which the best brains of European chemistry cats produce:
A SOLICITOR'S HUMOUR..
AT THE SUMMARY COURT.
At this polot, Mr. Smith referred to the Mar- chant Shipping Act, which authorised the Har- bour Master to direct the raising of a wreck in the harbour. In that came, the plaintiff found what appeared to be a wreck four, or five fact | above water. He reparied the wreck, which- was opposite Cheung Sha Wan, to the Harbour | Master, who gave him permission to raise the wreck. Proceeding, be submitted that his clinst under those circumstances had-the same power- as the Harbour Master to raise the wrack,
His Lordship-I don's aos, any cause of
action.
the Japan Chroniclë. “On the other hand the'| Bumans and Berblinger brought an action Mr. Barris-No. my Lord, there is no ade
not likely that the least. harm' will be dous... Taure might and vary likely would be a flash of some kind at the solar surface, as probably nothing that the astronomer would the shower of cometary 'particles struck it,`bat
not take delight in watching,"
of
Halley's comet received its name ja kontur,
the famous English astronomer, Edmund Halley, 1636-1741.
Mass. Cowell and Grommelin, have traced Two English astronomers of the pressut dima. the history of Hatley's comet, as far back as the year 87.B. C. For every one of the'as returns postulated by the period of the comet since ibat year they have found historical proofs.
At its present return the comer was first dis- cal observatory on the Konigstakl near Hai covered by Dr. Wolf, director of the astrophysl»
deberg, Germany,”
at manila Observatory the comet was first soon with the 19 inch equatorial on November 35, 1999.
FOOTBALL.
ARMY AND NAVY CHALLENGE. SKIRED,
-Bußt vs “KingTM"Alfred."
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The Buffs met the K.A. yastarday afternoon to decide the final in the Army Navy Shield. There was a large gathering of spectators || to witness the match including Major-General
Broadwood.
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The teams were as follows---
(Backs), Canton, Wran and Cooper (Hall- Buffs:-Black; (Goal),. Gloks' and · Ruler backs), Downs, Brewster, Taylor, Ryan and Barker (Forward»);
King Alfred Togwell (Gosl), Haw and Carlyle (Backs) Richardson, Bavan and Mc- „Bean (Ralíback), Stools, Lée, Fleming, Gar-
dinss and Hobbi (Forwards), "
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not give them much opportunity is allowing The KA, opened the game. Ths Buffs did
them to leave the leather at their quarters long, The ball was sant to the K.A ground and a couple of attempts tried by the Baffs which want too, wide. "Soon after this there was a. scramble at a dangerous position in front of the goal mouth. This gave the Buffs their first op goal. A second goal was dotted by Taylor portunity which they took and scored the first,
soon after at a rush :ap.; Before half time. was called the Militaryman added another two goals and the K, A. their Erst of the day. At half time the score waS¦---
Bafls.com/bu King Allred......................... The second half play was better than that of the first although the Buffs had the Sailors every time. The game continued for a while with no score. Eventually Taylor captured the ball and sent in a hot stringer which brought up the score to 5. A penalty was later awarded to the Buffs, and the last goal of the day wGI scored. The game resulted in an saay win for
King Alfred.......................................... I Broadwood presented the winning team with At the conclusion of the match Major-General
the Shield and Medals,
the Buffs:
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RUGBY,
CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE COLONY,
H.K.F.C..vs Nowy,
The above toninamat yasterday afternoon at. the Hongkong Football Club ground to play of this Naw Competition. The Club pat up a rattling game and won by 17 poluts to 9 points
HOCKEY,
HONGKONG HOCKEY CHALLENGE CUP,
“Quern'e College vs. Mokrassus, This match was played over on the Kowloon „sida. A good game was put up by the scholars, although they lost by 17 goals to mid-aight is the first half and s in the second. The school boys played with only to men.
CRICKB7:
REDUCING-THE-PRODUCTION....
Owing to the high price of raw cotton all the spinning companies are showing a disposition to reduce the production of yarn, especially of
Mr. Smith said that the worst of it was that Before Mr. Justice Gompertz, Fuline Judge, there was an admission of liability by the de- quire more raw cotton than the others, says in the Summary Court this morning, Messrs. | Tandant.
activity in trade prevailing in India has mark. | against C. Ricon to recover the sum of $101 mission of liability. We kavo donjad. llablilty a pan of hot charcoal, stamped in divistons,' A proposal bas been made among the share,ndly increated the demand for kaltted goods, for goods sold and delivered. Mr. M. J. D. sight along, and each stamped portion is then cut off, and holders of the Yokohama Spacle Bank to
and orders have been coming in continually | Stephens appeared for the plaintiff and Mr. P. ... “Hir Lordship (To Mr. Smith) –You des, bere pot into a pot for sale.
increase the capital of the bank to Y48,000,000 since the opening of the New Year. This has W. Goldring represented the defendant, 'Is a case before me and on the face of the facts
HONGKONG CRICKET" CLUB 61, BUTES. Forall the operatious, the greatestcleanliness-double the existing capital of V24,000,000, resulted in a corresponding increase in the de- Mr. Stephens-The claim is for goods sold | outlined by you, there does not appear to be any was observed, and. all the utensils were kept The shareholders are, however, divided in mand for courte yards. The demand bas also and delivered. The defendant has not chosen cause of action,
The following have, basa selected to repré #crupulously clean, All the cooler seemed opinion regarding the method of increase. The risen for the yarns for the weaving of cotton to, take notice of repeated applications by the I have some doubis myself (Laughter),...,"
sent the Club's team' against the Buffs in their most industrious and were as hexitby fooking | Tokyo shareholders seem to think it advisable flinnal, and the yam market has notably plaintiff My friend, I understand, wants an Judgment was entered for the defendant with | league fixture on Saturday the 26th fast, on and cheerful a set of workmen as has been to increase the capital even though the rate improved of late, some qualities rising from adjournment, observed in any Hongkong Industry..
of dividend is reduced from 12 per cent, to to Ys to Y1.50. In the past few days about
the Hongkong Cricket Club's ground, com- Hie Lordship--The usual practice is to per cent, The Yakobama shaleholders agres 4000 bales have changed hands in Osaka. adjourn the case for one week. If your Lord BRTORE Mr. Justice Gomperti, Palang Jadge100, Dr. G. E. Aubray,. IL F, Chapman, A. A mencing at si p.m. Hon. Dr. J. MAHA. to the increase, but do not want the dividend The,export of yarn sow remains quist in con- ship thinks that I have nothing more to say, in the Bummary Court on Monday morning, Claxton, J. Hall, E. Irving, F. Jacke, T. M. reduced: The opinion in favour of au increase sequence of the Chinese New Your holidays, If my friend is not prepared to go on, I will Wong E brought an action againg the Mitg. Kaott, a O. Leith, A. Mackenzia and H.-5 of a shooting-party lant had gone up country to the capital being fairly unanimous among while the stock of yarn in Shanghai is reported go ou
Bussan Kaisha in which he sought to recover for the holidays; was accidentally shot in the the shareholders, the proposal is to be brought | to axceed 20,000 bales. It is believed, how- His Lordship-Bot the case must be ad the sum of $1,000 for damages caused by the Sweeting. Reserve, Rev. H,R>Walls, foot) 120, accident, (we ondemmiand, was, not forward at the next regular kalf yearly meeting, ever, that fish orders will come in shonly from Joarned?Av lavari can make out, it will all defandants to the plainting and the wrongful. originally a very sacious one, but unfortunately to be held on the 10th proximo,
China, as Japanese yaro is stil! cheaper than be added to the bili (Laughter), ta wakely twenty-four hours elapsed before Mr.
Indian or other foreign yarusi. The rates at .......... Mr. Goldring-In justice to my client, I may, Benka-Emith, could resch: Shanghai, and the | A Manwan this morning awarded three months' which business was dopa last week for February say it was impossible for him to apport, in wound was sana moda worse than it should | hard labour for uttering counterfeit colas, An« delivasy were V132 for 20% of the Godo and Mr. Stephens-He came for the Races right" have beeney, Much, sympathy will be fall for other man was given night months for having. Betten mills, Waa1.75 to Yxas for xo's. Y126,25 amough and had to be served on board the i the pulloni who in ne present in the tresent a number of the spurious tokaus in kit possę, to Y127 för 1ớn nod: Y134 for 20% of the bost (Laughter) gazetka
TRY CAN was adjourned for a mask.
We regret to learn that on Baturday last, rath
» Inst, Mr. A: Brooke-Smith, who was a member
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selzaro and detention of a lighter belonging to A Chinese shopkasper was placed in the dock i the plaintiff, which was at the time ladan, with the Magistracy on: Tossday moming for being fatty tons of coal, on the 6th August last.. Mr.In unlawful possession of 45 cases of... "Eldon Potter, lastracted by Mr. If, Gardiner, wines. The dispkeeper was fined sin find sppeared fox the plaintiff and Mr. E. Davidson, spirits were ordered to be confiscated. InspECIAT "'ol Mosers: Hastings and Hastings, was for the Gourlay, prosecuted and
defendant, Judgmanı wan roger
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