Rival Canton Routes.
RAILWAY RIVERWAY,
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH FRIDAY JUNE 10 1910
cles of the service demand; also Uritish and | gud, 3, from the Kowloon godowns on board the ' foreign' representatives of import and export" ocean sloumors. It is doubtful whether such houses, whose stay at Canton or Hongkong is | tranabipment facilities as the railway manage- of the stortest possible dumtion. And this ment can provide will be able to compete with class of travellers does not by may means for those siseady provided by the steamship com- the mainstay of steamer receipts. Au Import-, panles, which latter do not entail a single cent ant måtter, too, in that of the m
of extra expense on the shippar or consignes,
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CORRESPONDENCE,
(We do not necessarily endorse the opinions expressed by Correlpondents in this columes.)
PIRACY PERILS,,·
TO THE EDITOR OF THE" ITONGKONG TELAH
SHELL TRANSPORTS,
DIVIDENDS DECLARED.
no matter what may be the value or quantity Six-The tragedy which occurred at Canton, Ld., have déclared a dívidend of zs, "öd.",
of the cargo.
A BRIEF FOR THE RIVER BOAT BERVICE.
A genoman, well acqpaloted with the work.
PRIVACY IN TRÀVELLING ing of the various services operating steamers which is now enjoyed by well-to-do Chipse to and from Canton, writes to us ap Interesting families on board the river steamers. Such la my opinion, the Kowloon live can never and Illuminating article traversing the special partita ne allowed to take their retinue of be made to pay vader prosent conditions. It contribution under the above caption which
<will pay its way only whèo the Ganton-Hankow servants free of charge, whilst Chloeso ladies **appeared in our issue of last Saturday.
may have their amaha and other attendants Railway is completed and to all appearances As the opinions of the writer Carry in their cablus with them This privilege, this consummation will not have been reached with them the conviction of an authority needless to say, is greatly appreciated and is
within the life-time of the present generation, op the subject with
which he treats, one which the railway cannot effer.
la conclusion, it is safe to prophesy that And as bis communication bristles with Before the Railway Company could starve small investors in the steamship companies much information of a debateablo ques-out the river steamers they would have to show will be intimidated by the prospective competi- tion about to loom large in the eyes of the their ability to capture the ostire passengersion of the railway and will part with their tradal community, we have pleasure in pub traffic, mainly "comprising deck passengers. scrip, with the result that the stock of llsblog it, and at the same time would in to normal times, the average number of such those concerns may go down in price. It vite comments thereon from the pen of our travellers carried by the various steamers is possible, also that dividends" may be special contributor. This is what our corres on the river in 6,000 per day: 1,000 op the up
reduced temporarily by these influence pondent writes
I have read with considerable intereat your occasions such as Festival celebrations or the
but that the steamship caroings on the river jouney and 3,000 on the run down on special
will be permanently affected in not atļi fikely, article on "The rival routes to Caston, with
aboual Race meeting the number of passengers In any event, the reserve accumulations of special reference to the river boat service vinian
Is from 2,000 to 5,año each journey, Coolin these concerns will be capable of maintaining via the Iron Horse which, in the opinion of the
are charged & fare of only 20 cocin, or less thao dividends at a rate that will pay Investors dvou writer of the article under notice, is to formu ceat for three miles of carriage. Another at the present market rate of the stocks of the
a potentially powerful rival'ia the bid for item in favour of the steamers is the fact that various river steamship companies. Hongkong's lucrative trade with Canton." The passengers can obtain their incals on board for latarosty involved in that trade as represented a few cents. For 15 cents a meal that would by the freight and passenger carrying services
not be wrongly described at a include mot British” capital .alond” but forsiga *s wall as Chinese, and it is unt my endeavour, In controverting some of the assertions and de can be got'; and a veritable feant can be had by ductions derived therefrom by your contributor, arrangement with the ship's compradore for a to write from the point of view of British interi proportionate consideration. Will the railway esta but from the smadpoint of the entire trademanagement run restaurant'vans for the third as a whole. I am conscious, however, that the
or coolie class of passengers?, it is not 10-be British Company, as the pioneer, combines a
forgotten, either, that the steamship companied, preponderance of Capital and influence, nod permit the presence on board of professional may be considered as the delerinining factor and musicians and story-tellers for the amusement guiding loftuance of the combined set of of the passengers, who reward the latter by Apating carriers. The premier company operates purchasing from them for a few cents a packet aflast of four steamers of a total tnanagë of 9,483, of the medicinal herbs or other panacea that out of the aggregate of eleven stcamera and they always vand at the end of the voyage. 16,000 tons approximately represented by the Britlib, foreign and Chinese concerns combined.
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It is true that when the railway comes into full operation there will be a sensible effect upon the river-borne traffic...........ia respect both of passengers and cargo." Whether there will be an open declaration of
A FREIGHT WAR between the rival routes, it is yet, too early to pronounce a definite decision. That the steamboat companies anticipați” some sort of getiva competition, there is no denying, since as level headed, practical men of business those guiding the destinies of the steamship companies, unlike the proverbial ostrich, are not burying, their boala in sand and so become oblivious to the dangers around them. Indeed, their inherent sagacity kas prompted them to take time by the fare. lock and it can be asserted, without fear of contradiction, that already active negotiations have been in progress'for the,
FORMATION OF A BIG POOL
of shipping interests trading on the Canton river la anticipation of the advent of the "Iron Hors. There is every reason to baileva that the success of the "combine" is almost practically assured, at any rate it is safe to bazard the prophecy, that the loading concerns will become parties to a compact having for its object. a protective rather than a destructive policy and where the larger com. panies chose to throw in their lot there is little doubt that the smaller undertakings, ln their own interest, will play the game and "follow my leader." With the "pool" an accomplished fact, it is very doubtful if the railway can ever hapa to bring down its tariff to the point of the
companies,
· A"TENTATIVE TARIEF
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SUMPTUOUS. REFAST
AS REGARDS CARGO,
a special point has to be made about the trade" lo raw silk, which in point of value is by far the most important freight from Canton to Hongkong. Each bala ofta silk may be roughly assessed at a value of $1,000, and such goods me carried by steamar to Hongkong for 50 cents per bile, exclusive of transhipment charges on board America-bound or Home- ward-bound mail boats."
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If the Railway had been in the hands of a private Company no doubt some amic.ble ar rangement would long ago have been made with the Steamboat Companica, but as it wilt Government Department, practically be e bound with red tape, no such agreement is lively, and the Railway officials will have to leard by experience that they are ap against a big thing ned ne d expect no help or advice from their opponents,
WATER RAZORN,
Level and storage of water in Reservoirs on the tit June, 1910.
CITY AND HILL DISTRICT WATER WORKS
1910.
1909,
LEVEL..
overflow
[ · 54 · 3′′, belo #} '84′_95 below,
27′ 9′′ below overflow.
24 below overflow
T
Tylam....... Tytamllye:
wash... overflow Tytam In 20** 5f′′ below* termediate overflow Pokfulum
21′ 7′′ below | overflow Wong-tai-24 5 below 43 31" below
chung... Löverflow Joverflow
Tytam
The premier line-namely, the Hongkong, Canton and Macao Steamboat Company-bave hid thier vessels fined with specially constructed strong rooms for the storage of silk in transit," particular regard being bad to the mat ter of ventilation. All the American rail- way lines are equipped with special cars for silk having priority even over passco-Tytam Byewash..... ger and mail cars when travelling across the Contitent. It can hardly be suppored that cars of this type will be put on the Kow: 1000 Canton Railway, as the very high cost would render competition futile against the 50 cents per bale räle charged by the steamship company.
THE TRADE in Matting.
Next to the silk trade, the freightage from matting baiks most largely in the income of the steamers from cargo. In point of quality it stands first The bulk of the matting exported from Canion goes to tha United States market and for years has beeu car. ried to Hongkong by steamer.. In this direction, too, the advantage lies with, the river carriers as against the railway, because the cargo is of such a nature that it would be spoiled "as a marketable. commodity if the rolls of matting were crushed or compressed from its tubulat
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THE DOUBLE RUN;
minimum in contemplation by the steamshipper An ordinary railway truck is capable of carrying about" 50 of these bales, but not at prices to make competition with the steamers possible; and there is always the has already been discussed by the railway
the danger of the matting being 'damaged by administration. It is disclosing no secret when spasks from the locomotive, It is assorted that, for three or four months part, the
management of the Kowloon Railway has instituted inquiries into the So far as the suggestion of a double run per tariff is forca bỷ the various companies, day, is conceited, there would be no advan- With a candour that does greater credit tage in such departure, in fact, on this to the servility of the ladividual pursuiok polut your contributor in wholly mistaken be-- the Inquiry than toʻʼbir basiness acumen; | cauis, according to what are defined at “ Rivar the gentleman had the temerity of approach. Privileges" under the Maritime Regulations ing the management of a leading company
no boals are allowed to enter Canton and clear and flatly demanded, in the name of the Lord twice within the hours tipless by High Execmioner, what is jealously) special permission of the Carloms authorities'; garded as the trade secret of each mercantile such having been accorded in exception- establishment, forming as it does an invaluable al instances as in The caso of the asiat buili upon the intimate knowledge of occurrence of typhoons or of stress of waniher. several years of pioneering efforts, the viclasi-'As a matter of fact, the sleamers Hanım and tudes of every new undertaking, and the crown- Kinchan can without any extra driving ac ing success of dearly bought experience. Need-complish the jurney in from 5† bauri to 6 less to say, the guileless emissary received scant courtesy for what can only be described as bare-faced impudence. Defeated in his first effort, be directed bis inquiries to other quarters and ultimately formulated the basis of 'a tariff which, however, doas not bear on it the authoritativa Imprimistor, With such informa- tion, it is believed that
re-
THE RAILWAY TARIFF has been drafted, though necessarily it has not yet passed beyond a tentative form. The tariff will, of course, ba subject to modification, but the provisional rates have been based more or less on the following figures:-
Express. Ordinary. About $3.00
About $3.00 200
1.50 1.01
a.Bo
Olais,
15t
2nd
3rd
A
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hours, their engines being capable of develop-
ing from 16 to 18. kaats par bour. The Kiuthan, built by the Hongkong 'and 'Wham-
poa Dock Company, leaves Canton at 5.5 p.m. nod na à rule, arrives in Hongkong by 10.30 the same evening. The
J
TULE NE STRAMERS
hinted at by your contributor would be wholly impracticable on the Canton River. This matter was thoroughly gane into by the steam- ship companies some years ago. Turbido steamers can only ply to advantage on long ocean runs, devoid of, ibe somerous stoppages and fresh starts necessitated on the river ser vice. Then the wash of their propellers would in many cases result in the capsiz ng of som pans and consequent loss of life, swamping of paddy fields along the river banks and vexI-
ship companies. One such Instance that can be cited was that in which the wash from one of the larger river boats lilled a sampan wlib Its occupants some si feet over iba river em. bankment, leaving it'stranded high and dry,
to the case of the Nanking-Shanghai Railwaytious claims for damages against the steam
It is useful to note that, instead of causing a falling-off in the river traffic, the railway has served as a sort of leeder for the same and bas led to enhanced earnings for the steamers in the Yangtze trade, It is.Det at all unlikely that this experience will be re- peated here as regards bald passenger traffic And frolgbtage.
LIGHT DUES
One direction in which the tailway with bave an enormous pult over the steamers is that of Inland goods will supply the bulk of the light duen. It is fast conceivable that the Gay freight consigned by the railway. Market pro- crament raight, harass the steamship companies duce can only 'bai Collected from village to mere so than at, present by increasing the bur village and this, very parishable class of den of port dues and otherwise adding to the goods. Is-dona' up in hige crates which working cost of the steamship traffic. The day max be opened up within a few hours of boats, which never see the lights, have been packing to prevent deterioration. At pre-tax d and are still being taxed for light dues, ant this is made possible when the crates arrive At present, river boats are not allowed to by steamer, but the railway could not possibly enter or clear from Canton on Sundays, because offor equal facilities for the speedy distribution of the Customs, and if the railway company is
31' 11":"below overflow
35" 97" below overflow
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on Saturday last, when a young European Ousioms officer was fatally shot by a Chigosë desperado on boud the a... Kwongiune, brings once more to the forefront the important fact that the Canton river steamers are woefully accessible to organised piratical attacks, › La the case referred to it seems to have been established beyond doubt that the miscreant who took the young officer's life was a rabid and reputed bad character; it is stated indeed that he was a notorious pirate whom the Chinese authorities were very saxious to get fato their catches for expiation of his part misdeeds, is confirmed by the deliberate manoor in which That he was a desperate, mar
he carried out his bloody work,
But to ratara to the subject of the ease with. which piratical gangs may hold up" a river slesmer, here was a case of a Chinese dee- perado travelling as first-class passanger armed to the teeth, and as events proved, capable of any bloodthirsty deed, from the taking of another's life to his own ultimate self-destruction. From all accounts, the
murderer was not accompanied on board by confederates; but the fact of him baing there at all, fally armed and with free access to any part of the ship, is sufficient to cause one to think seriously of what might have happened had he in reality been the los dor of a gang of robbers whose presence on
•board was part of a plan for pirating the ship.
This view of the matter may be regarded in some quarters at a buge stretch of the imagi. nation; yet we have only to cast a few years back to find instances of local ships being pi rated and human life sacrificed, The Sainam piracy must yet be fresh in the public memory That outrage occurred on the West River i 1956, Rev. Dr. MacDonald, a passenger, was killed and several of the crew were injured. Another Wast River steamer was attacked by pirates a few years previons, on which occasion one of the passengers was Rev. E. J., Hardy, Chaplain to the Forces; this attack, however, was conducted from the bank and was not pushed to an extremity by the pirates. In 1890 there occurred the horrible Namen piracy, an affair in which Captain Pocock and three others were murdered and the ship looted of ovar $50,oon,worth of property.
Messis. E S. Kadoorie & Co. courteously Inform us that the Shali Transport and Trading per sbare for 1959 and is, an account agro.
THE COLONial cemeteRP.
INTERESTING CORRESPONDENCE AT THE MEETING OF THE SANITARY BOARD.
7th lost, The following correspondence was laid on the table at the meeting of the Sanitary Board this afternoo
agreed
The Secretary-The raport of the Select Committen dated zefalog did not indicate clearly the separate portions of the Colonial, Commissioned Officers and the Civil Servants. Cemetery set aside for the Naval and Military (Sec, a of the report dated 10/12/09.) The matter was therefore referred back to me and by me to the Committes. On the 26th inst., the Committee visited the Cemetery and upon the sections indicated on the attached map as the best divisions under paragraph a of the original report. It will be seen that the partian reserved for the burial of Naval and Military Commissioned Officers and Civil Servants in divided lato, two portions, one of which is partly filled and the other not yet occupied. The Commition is of opinion that the ponion already partly oc cupied should be reserved as firmerly for Naval and Military Commissioned" Officers and Civil Servants jointly but that the western portion should be allotted as follows:-Section the Civil Servants. (B to be smaller that A A to the Military; B to the Navy; and "to or as the requirements of the Navy are loss owing to the non-residence of these forces.in the Colony during a large part of the year).
102
ROYAL HONGKONG:GOLF CLUB
The Captain's Cup was played for at the Happy Valley from the 4th to the 6th Inst, with the following resultere SEA CAFTAIN'S CUP. *J, G. S. Gausden
Jobe Johnstone... B5 Captain Spicer monté 92 M. 4. MUITRY
S. H. Dutton
POOL.
915 85 133
†M. A. Murraysaremy". 84 A. W. W. Walkinshaw 79 R. Q-Hutchison
ននោង នង
ICT 79
J. Hooper ......... 103 25 18
*Winner of Cap. *Winner of Pool
· RAJAH BROOKE'S · RETURN,
STRONGLY AGAINST RUBBER" SPECULATION.
the moating of the Sarawak Supreme Donnell The Sarawak Gazette, contains a record of
after the return to the country of Rajah Brooke The following extracts from the Rajah's speech
-ara of interest.---
hearing of His Highness the Rajah Muda's First, that he had come from England on
severe tilness, that he had not intended to leave England before faly when he would have travelled out by the Siberian Railway. That ho had met the Rajah Muda in Singapore, who appeared muca improved in health, and had now left for England, and he sincerely trusted, that he would in a few months quite recover » his health and would be able to return to this country to again'carry on the Administration.
Secondly, alis Highnais said that he was al- ways much gratified in meeting his friends,
sideration. On his arrival on this occasion he Malay and European, io Sarawak, the wallare: of which was mud always would be kis first con.. and found it ascessary to make a few altera, toos in the administration of the Government, but looking at the reports of trade and revenue and the general state of the country he found President and Chairman of Com- considerable improvement on previost yours,
'mittee,
which was most satisfactory.
E. D. C. WOLFS,
27. 5. 10.
A. SHELTON HOOPER. LIEUT,-COL. J: FAYRER,
Acting P: M. OF
The following is the report of the Select Committee appointed to enlect suitable sites
to be laid out under bya·law -
He would motion that he had had Svo ap- plicationsfrom Companies with large capital for concessions of land for rubber planting, bat had declined those tempting offars as he was strong... ly against the money jobbing which was going was equally strongly in favour of moderate and oa in the shares of such speculations though he limited operations, and would encourage these
In the case of the smaller class of river for the special sections of the Oslonial Osmetery as much as possible. Rabbar speculation was 1. Naval and Military Commissioned Owait the quiet and non-speculative spirit of this a'mania at ike present momeat which did not
STORAGE GALLONS.
steamers, the danger of piracy is not be 1909.-
19to,
lightly dismissed as a figment of imaginativni and even the largest vessels plying to Canton, 71,910,000 11,010,000
for all their greater complemout of, European, 16,050 Tylam Intermediate 99,017,000
$4,200
officers and engineers, are not free from such 60,991,000 Pokfulum .....
risk. On the steamers of lesser tonnage (hère 21,375,000 ,885,000 Wong-nai-chung
are generally only three Europeans-the 6,979,003 136,000
Captain, Chief Officer and Chief Engineer. Total 21,167,000
Chinese pirates seem always to make it a rule 74,193020 to direct their attack first of all upon the Consumption of water in the City and officers and passengers when taking food in District during the mouth of May.
the saloon. When these have been disposed 1901,
of, the timorous Chinese passengers flas blow 1,425,000 gallons from the brandrabed cutlasses and threatening revowers, leaving the robbers with only the 210,360 officer on watch to be overcome before the
deck of toe ship is under their control,
Consumption 118,870,002 Estimated]
208,550 population Consumption"
per head per
18:3
19 0
18.6 gallons day........... Intermittent supply, by Rider malas in Rider main districts during May in both years.
KOWLOON. WATER WORKS LEVEL.
1909,
1910.
Kowloon) 33' 6" below) 27 6 below
ravitation Reservoir
Kowloon Gra-
overflow ) overflow.
STORAGE VALLONS.
1979/
1910,
This, unfortunately, is only tou easy of accomplishment, for if no shots have basa orad the deck officer may remain, ignorant of the pandemonium lat loasa belów patil ko suddan- ly Ruds himself verboras. by an iconsuble rush of the pirates along the alley-way leading to the saloon. Duce ne har bena put, be yond the power of resistance the mataudara have the command of the ship's staniol arms
and have nothing left to fear.
Surely there is something awanting' is a aystem of ship's disciplice which permits such a thing to be dous with impunity Nothing can be easier than to
aver.
ficers.
2. Oivil Servants.
Country,
Thirdly, His Highness wished to placa be
3. Residents of more than 20 years' standing. fore the Members swa bills, gas relative to the
4. Residents of more than 7 years' standing.sale of land on the coast and in larger rivers. 5. Childrag. 6. Dostituiss.
We visited the Colonial Cemetery on the 14th instant and are of opinion that the aŭtos indicated in each case on the attached map ate the m531 suitable, and recommend that they be adopted and mirked out on the fizal plan of the Usmetery required unter bye
lo future the grants for nach lands would not include sandy beaches or river' banka; "a mari gin of (any) filly yards broad will be reserved an the shore, or banks which will be held
by the date for the purpose of traffic, fishermen's houses, nets, etc.
Suer anbounce that H.H. the Raja Muda bax It is understood that wiren received from benefitted greatly by the urney, that he was,
in fact, almost well.
that, as far as possible, this section should ba 2. As regarding and 1, wa are of opinion sub-divided a faturn and separate portions money Jabbing" in the shares of such specu Apparently Hin. Highpass's objection to allotted to Naval Officers only, ilitary Officersation, does not extend to the United Malay- only and to Civil Servants only,
'sian Rubber Co., Ltd., the prospeccas of which appsats in the mail papers. This Company (Capt. H. H. F. Stockley is the sacretary pro tem.) has a capital of £3,000,000 and has been formed for the purpose of acquiring the assots 824,000 including a process of extracting rub of "The Malaysian Oo." with a capital of bse from jalutong and
3. With raisrance to 3, thers appears to be great deal of rock is tas portion at present unoccupied. accauni be necessary, we recommend that the Should an exteosion on this two slonu slabs on the portion of ground im- mediately below this terrace and indicated in red on the map be removed and the space allotted as part of the 20-year residents section
4. 4 and 5 require no comment."
About 130 cres of land leased from the Sarawak Government for goo years on which ed to clear and terrace will suit Very wall. Sarawak Government for the exclusive right to
S. a. The portion of load which it is suggest,
the plant is located, also a concession from the decessary the old destitute action might be maocfacture or extract rabbar and reale from
95,100,000 £27,330,000 gallons power an unsuspecting company of propie made available after exhuming iké present re jelatong in Sarawak.. Too Sarawak Govern
vilation Re- servair Consumption of water in Kowloon during the month of May:
1909.
(910.
Consumption...23,816,000 18,649,000 gallons Estimated
87,750 94,500. population Consumption)
perhead per * 8.7. 99 gallons day.... The Government Annlyst reports that the water is of excellent quality.
W. CHATHAM,
Water Authority
THE DRY DOCK "DEWEY."
EMBEDDED IN MUD,
is
While, ouc, side of the drydock Deway practically flat or fightly resting on the bottom of Subig Bay the other side is 14 feet in the mud and how to get her out of it is a proposition the naval authorities cannot solve easily.
"We can get bar out," said a naval man to a Cablencios-American representative on 31st ult., "but it will be a long and tedions job. One side of her could be easily floated now, but that would do no good while the other side la in the mad."
success,
seated at a dizing table by a sudden armad onsel. Where there appears to be something lacking is in the inability of those wao have bees cornered in the saloon or in the engine. room to give assigant to their fallow officers warning them of danger. Were the officer on the bridge to get such preconcerted signal from below he would at once be put upon the alert and it would be indeed a desperate crowd who would endeavour to suit along a narrow alloy way in face of even one single determined European armed with a magazine till 1.
intios and re-burying them in ons, portion of
be terrace...
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6. We further recommend that in order to make mora space available fɔrintarments stosa slabs in vanous partions of the comstery which are apt over graves but which are not in the space int spart for monamsots be moved to the edge and under the nearest adjoining bank and there replaced in position. The spaces thus set free will then become available for 10
terments.
7. In conclusion, we are strongly of opinion that numerous terraces in the eastern portion at the Demetery could a smail expense bo made available for future interments in lieu of the expensive hillside terraces with ret sining walls, fajudicious process of exhumations were undertaken. In many of them there are only very low monuments. These could all be put
maat has put an export tax of $5{Straite money) por pical (about 133lb) on ali jelatong exported which has not been previously offered: for 'sala to the Company at the market price of fatutong current in Singapors, thus giving the Company its for 1 years from March 1909, to all the plutong collected in Sarawak, which embraces a territory of about 50,000 square miles. All this territory, However, is not supposed to con tain Jelutong trees,
the High Commissioner, of the Federated Negotiations are in progress for a grant by Malay. States giving the Company or its Agents the exclusive rights to tap the jelatong nelected land in those States" troos over a territory of 4,023,000 acres of
been obtained is over 30,000,00 acres,
The total area on which concessions hava
Nolbing need be said about the negotia.
I have heard skippers of many years' ex› perience on the river speak of the desirability of some such system of danger signal being loaugurated on the Canton steamers. It in admitted that a load souading gong would defeat its own cnd by warning the pizales, The more feasible plan has been suggested of having a lamp showing a bright red electric light in a screened position visible to the officer together in one portion of ibe terrace as aino Ptions for the F.M.S. rights, which may 10- aushe bridge. This light would be connected with various parts of the ship and would be operated by the pressure of ordinary bell-pushes or buttons so placed as to be warkable either by the officers and enginess. This is the by hand or toot, their location to ba kuawa only
practical suggeasian of a master wao has bad long service on the river boats and it appears steamboat owners-Yours; elcy to me to be worthy of cassideration by the
FREQUENT PASSENGER.
'BRITISH INCOME TAX AND NON- RESIDENTS.
Totus Entrez OF THE "HONGKONG Telegraph.", Sia,-The withdrawal (by the passing of the British Budget for 1909-10) of the right to claim repayment of British Income Fax so long anjoyed by Colonial, indian and Foreign Re- aidants, makes a very serious difference to them; Permit us to laform them through the time, that claims can still be made for the two madidm of your clamay, while there is yet
years ended April 5th, 1939, by parsons, whe ther British or Forsiga subjects, residing out of the United Kingdom if the income from the United Kingdom did not exceed $701, al- though the income from all sources may haeo exceeded £707 per apa
Claims can be made in respect of Bank in teresi and Life Assurance Premiums paid to the United Kingdom.
It is understood that the divers who have been hard at work on the dock during the past two or three days have attempted to dig away some of the mud in order to get at the valves on the sunken side of the dock, without The compressed air pamps, of which there are now, three at Olongapo, will be relied upon entirely to get the water out of the tasks. Two shafts in each bulkhead or tact will be sunk, one to allow permit the water to now out. These shafts the compressed afe to enter and the alber to
will have to be made tight so that no water will leak in during the process of the work. Were it not for the Daway being stuck so deeply in the mud the work of raising her would not be particolarly difficult.
In speaking of the possible cause of the ac cident a high official of the wavy said:
"There is no one up to the present time who sack. There is considerable confectare but the
Claims can also be made by cortain paraons connected with the dock may have broken or for the years named in respect of Interest or the walor may have leaked in through faulty Dividende payable in the United Kingdom on Securities of Foreign States of British PosFAR- valves. The theory of corrosion does not seem
the valves woso overhauled completely and
Claims of the latter class for the year before that they had been is perfect condition April 5th, 1910, man be made before October for two year without being cleaned. The 5th, 1910.
Parsons who afa or have boen, employed in only way the dock can be floated will be by means of the compressed air pumps. One is the service of the Crown, Missionary Societies, bolog prepared now at Cavite and will pro- Native States, under the protectorate of the bably be installed in a day or two. It will take British Crown, parious resident in the Isle of many days to gat the water out, but the method Man, the Channel Islands, and these residing is a sate one and will probably accomplish the abroad for their health cas claim exemption work in time to save a large part of the ma. or abatamant if their income from all sources chipery. However, it will take several weeks does not exceed L163 or £700 respectively. of hard work bafors the Deway can be lifted: These claims can be made within three years out of the mud.”
of April 5th, then-Yours faithfully,
any remáide which cannot be idiot:fied (such in separate receptacles). · Suitable slabs with the places of reintermeat, the head stona nambars on them could indicato
20.12.09.
(E, DO. WOLFE, Bd. W. G. A. BEDFORD,
LA. SILELTON HOOPER,
salt in the Company obtaing rights in the Pocinsula: but which may not, considering.. that the Malaysian Co" belongs to New Jersey, has Cornelius Vanderbilt, and Robert. Goalet on the directorate, and no doubt is ac quainted with the history of the International Tin Co. that proposed to establish a monopoly in'tlo in Malaya. On the face of it, we abould question the value of "the negotiations for this The Director of Public Works mlasted:-Isole right of tapping the Jelutong trans over presume that intermaajs would be confined to the area already partly filled until it has been all occupied. To avoid confusion in fatare, I have altered the word "southern" in the report to "waster." The pipis are practically don'| east and west of each other and confusion might arise hereafter 'as to the position of the plots referred to if the word "ganthera” be used.
THE PRICE.OF OPIUM.
DISTRESS IN CHINA.
20 area of 4,930,000 acres of selected land" ja the F.M.S. Or the 30,000,000 acres total aren on which concessiónú bars bace obtained. The total ares of Sarawak is only 32 million acros➡Singapore Free Frsus, ....
SAD DEATH OF A HONGKONG” LADY,
THE LATE MRS. MEUGENS.
A sontimant of profound_and_wide spread sadness was created here on Saturday morning, The great increase in the price of opium has when it became known that Mrs, Maugens, takes even experis by surprise and the Govaru widow of the late Mr. E. J. Meugens, at ona meats have come in for a windfall hero, which time attached to the Harbour Office la Hong- is as unexpected as it is gratifying. At the kong, had passed away at the Gaastal Harpl same time it is easy to be wise after the event, tal, reports the Shanghal Pace of 30th ult By the same token this interference by glorified About a fornight no, Mrs. Merigens wan then wa linan drapers and philanthropic faddists with from har pony at the Rosto Zay Zoong, and the cultivation in Chios has led to anarchy and as she was falling her head struck a tramway now and extremely well-written paper, fast up unconscious, Medical aid belog summoned started in Shanghai, in the course of some It was found that the unhappy lady's skuli ́had bean fractured. She was taken to the General remarks on the subject states 1-
That enthusiasm for the provaation of the Hospital, where ske lingers unt!! Saturday ase of that drug has blinded the Chinese morning, when, notwithstanding all-that surd Govoroment and the reformers to the economic gical skill could do for her, she succumbed.
of this produce to the markets and retail dealers, | permitted to run trains on Sundays, it would actually koows last how the drydock Deway Companiós jawfully carrying on business in bloodshed there. Capital and Commerce, a pole. She was badly lojured and was picke
AMENITIES OF TRAVEL,
secure a distinct advantage. But it is not likely down. On the contrary,tany preferential treat- ment accorded to the railway, would be vigorously combated by the steamer Interests. and, if necerary, diplomatic representations
cabfar of a steamer with electric fans and light would be made for equal treatment andar possible because; a year ago it is understood | sions, irrespective of the total lacomended dislocation' consequent on the suppression of 'Mra Mengens will perhaps be remembered sa
It is improbable that belter class tautiste will that the river companies would take this lying | most likely explanation' is that one of the piper| travel by the railway excepting the negligible number who may choose to go by land for the sake of the novelty of the thing. Such travel fers will invariably prefer the large, comfortable and in the summer months especially the Treaty rights. Then, on the other hand, if ap choice of routes will fall upon the steamer
trains are to be rug at sight the steamship servico, afferding as it does the enjoyment of companies will benefit accordingly, cool sea breezes on the upper deck as against
Another question to be considered in the ac. the coal-laden and cooped-up railway cars.
ceptance of non-acceptance of small coins in Nor will travellers byʻrait kaya the chance of
payment for passage. Will the railway admin.... viewing the beautiful river scenery which
istration accept subsidiary Osaton or even forms one of the chief attractions in a trip to Hongkong coins at their present discount of 9 Canton,: Of course the small army of lower-
per cent or demand payment in bank notes? paid Government officials and others, now
TRANSHIPMENT. patronising the cheaper'steamer service, may for reasons of economy elect to travel by the second-class cam
A very important point to be considered is the transhipment of goods carried. Heto every thing is obviously in favour of the, rivar com, One class of traveller that may, ba'drawo panics, for the Fallway in bringing freight down from the river to the rallway, is that of the || from Canton to Hongkong cannot do so without | IT is stated that Shanghal people are forfeiting * fokls " of Chinese honge and better clais mer- |effecting,thias transhipments:-1, - from the their option, money raiber than take up rabber. charia who come and go just to transact busi. Canton gedowns on the rivar to the terminus at properties in Malaya owlog to a curtala mocent. Tuner and stay: no longer than the salgono Tulshadavujʻng to the godoway at Kowloon, Rotation-Slagudore JON ETHE
JE, MONTAGUE, Secretary, the Income Tax Adjustment Agency Limited,
to and 11, Poultry, Cheapside, Landon, May sath, igła,
is coltivation. A British consular report states one of the elder daughters, of Mr and Mes that in Yoosan the zeal of the Viceroy has left Hanisch, being a sister of Mrs. Captald thousands in penarys while in Erschuen, where Bachasan, and of Mrs. Fitzroy Lloyd, wild of the cultivators depended on the crop for their Mr. Fitzroy Lloyd, of the Harbour staff, Austenance, utter destitution prevails, China Me, G. W. King, H, B. M. Coroner, having has left on the trail of her excessiva zaal for decided that an inquest was necessary, thin was reform millions of impoverished peasantry, opened at the General Hospital at 11.30 mm "No steps bare bens taken to make up on Saturday, when the remains were identified for the revenue losses. A famine relief by Mr. 8. H. McKean. The deceased, who wan problam, probably of greater import than stated to have been 44 years of age, lakoss four that of the eradication of the oplom evil, children to mourn bar, loss, The inante de In staring China in the face. The peasantry than adjourned until Wednesday aflameda, of China is afrandy: groaning cinder corrup- when, förther evidence of the accla tion and a thousand illegal taxes. Will the led to the death will be heardon Oniness Government, at least from humani took place yesterday afternoon at tafiam,, mollvas, halp-the cultivators' towards Wall Comstry, and urna si burning the means of their very gustoasaces "