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Hongkong to Peru.
CHINESE MERCHANTS TO SOUTH AMERICA.
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TRAFFIC STRICTLY REGULATED,
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH FRIDAY JUNE 24 1910
"ed," duiting," him to Instruct the Chamber of Commerce responsible to exercise more care in ensuring that passports are not granted to cookie labourers falsely representing them selves, to be employed in trade or business The Taolaf replied regretting the occurrence of such cases, and stating with svidant good faith and sincerity that every effort would be made to prevent them in futura. Of course if is extremely hard to avoid some evasions of the law. However, Seuor Macedo is a skilled cross-examiner, and get easily dereived." Moreover, he, insists on certaining whether each applicant cau tend and wriţa Chinese, and that he can do so far more than, any, méis laburer possibly could. In fact every safe guard is used and was being used until
TO-DAY AT 3 O'CLOCK
in the practical, impossibility of eradicating the as of the drug, to which the country, has so' long been addicted. The upward tendency in prices commenced in April, 1999, and has con tinued up to April this year, when it received a setback.
The prices at the
at a
"GOVERNMENT OPIUM BALES
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
THE death has occurred of Mr. of Changkat Estato, Jugra.⠀⠀
Campbell
THREE boatwomen were flued $10 each in the
the s,s. Honam while the bast was ander weigh.
A JAPANESE was fined Sto at the Magistracy on Friday for being drank and disorderly. THIRTEEN Chinese were fined $4 each at the Magistracy on Wednesday morning for gambl log at No. 39, Sai Street.
The thirteenth case of plague thit, year was rponed from 140, Des Vœux Road West m Tuesday.SER
Fogg nativen ware fined $ag aach in the Police Court on Tuesday morning'idr being in unlaw
Police Court; on Saturday for golng`slongside A coOLIE was given two months" hard laban ful possession of rice, oldes
Calcutta casing the last fifteen saonths were For asisthing a three-year-old gitta No m,
fellows
High Street, a cativa was awarded one month's hard labour in the Police Court on Monday.
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May
1.330.
4:355
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∙1,813-
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1,978
1,400
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1010. jan.
March April May
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An eighteen-year-old youth was awarded tea stroke with the birch and 48 hours" detention. at the Magistracy on Monday morning for steal: ing a duck.
One of the busiest men in this Colony to-day 1. Senor Macedo, the Consul for Peru. For the steamship Hongkong Maru, nf the Tokyo Kiten Kaisha, is loving to mond Callao, And she will carry about two hundred pan sengers from China. They will all be Cuiacse, but not one of them will be wearing Chinese clothes or the distinctive. Chinose heid dies, the queso. All of them will be happy and ir contented, looking forward to g'land fl swing, not with milk and honey, with, at all events, good gold pounds Peruvian, in weight
equal and fineness to sterlinX TO SIX HUNDRED
"MONTROSE" "TOD emigrants to Calino on the frd instant. What getting through as 10 amigrant to Pèru, except on the fiw occasions when the Chiació labour 'each.in the Police Court on Saturday. is the attraction for these large numbers of Chinese in a casatry of which one might ima. gine little was known in China?" Why is such cagerness shown to go to a land where aven pidgin English is spoken with a Spyaish accent when spoken at all, and where Chinese is re- ferred to by the natives as a synonym for all that is mysterious?
THE 8.5.
NO COOLIE EMIGRANTS
go to Peru. By the old Treaty of vä74 Peruvian citizens might enter China and trade there, "and vice versa. At a time when' labour WAS wanted in the mines the Chinese coolie emigration to Perg was very considerable, Later on, especially when agricultural in terests began to equal that of mining is one of-the richest fields for agriculture as it is for mining in the world, Chinese la bourers were prepared to work for far less remuteration than Bative Peruvians. The popular discontent.vouted itself on the Chin ese, and the President foaring riots and stacks on the Chinese residents decide to bilish Immigration from China altogether. But this was protested against by China and foally the Chloese Minister in Washington,
DR. WU TING-PING, « was specially deputed by the Wai Wo Pu to proceed to Lima to arrange the whole question. This he did with his well-known taes and ability. First pointing out that Treaty 'repudia- tion was contrary to international law, and by dissolving all the bonds of gand faith and ma tual trast between patiosa was a are future canso^of bitterness and race haired; besides being a probable cause, in the present, of poliug and bloodshed, be urged the President and his Foreign Minister to give their adherence to al- ready existing agreements, end to the principle that Chinese emigration to Pera could not be stopped at the bare will of Peru alone, but the content of China must be a condition precedant in.any change of regulatinos, Then be intimat- ed that he could naswar for it that the argumenis urged by the President should be met more than balf way ; in fact, he weat so fax as to admit Peru's contention that it was
as much in the intersate of the Chimpse them salves as in those of the Peruviaus that means. should be devised to restrict an ioflix of Asiatic manual labourers in competition with the native agriculturists.
THE PERUVIAN FOREIGN OFFICE did not fail to point out that violent popular baired directed into a racial channel flowing with economic rivalry could only end in dire massacres. At last the able diplomatists on both sides succeeded in making an agreement which was embodied in the Protocol signed by Dr. Wa Ting-fang and the Foreign Minister of Pero.on August 20th, 1959.,
BY THIS PROTOCOL
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no Chinese manual labourer may enter Peru, nor may Chinese poor persons go to that coun- try in seach of unskilled manusi labour, Only those going to Peru under employment by can. tract in some trade, business or profession may aven apply for permission to go there. This is done as follows:
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EVERY WOULD-BE · EMIGRANT
from Chiasto Pera must apply to the Chinese Chamber of Commerce of the Proviace whence be comes, for a passport to go to Paru. The said Chamber ascertai 18h s wams, age, etc. and profession or business, and thiriak ins why h applies for leave to emigrare to
Peru,
as well as the name of the district, and city of Peru where he intends to reside and the náme of his alleged employer or partner in business in that place. No loophole is teft for escape. Thoo the Chamber of Commerce report all ina facts to the commercial Intendant, or Total, in charge of industrial and commercial affairs, and be grants & passport in English and Cht nete, as follows:
G
I the undersigned, the Tautai of Iodaruies," at Canton, China, having received through the Chamber of Commerce as application from (name) a Chiassa for a certificate to go to reside. in Peru, and having found that he is not a inbouter, under the provision of the agreement made between the Chinese Minister Wa and the Foreign Office of Peru in August 20th, (c) 1909, terefará issue this certificate, and i re quem the proper authority of Peru to allow the zaid gay (Dame) No, to land without int or hindrance and to afford him necessary protection,
1910
“Issued at Canton, Cains, on the day of
4CHAN MONG TSUNG, Taot'ai of Industry, Canton, China,"
1. the undersigned the Conral ofc., re: siding at Hongkong, have mide a thorough in vestigation into the statement contained in the foregoing certificate and found it true and in the due form. I attach my signature and off cial seal.
"Consul of Peru, "Hongkong."
the applicants all went to the disinfecting bulk, and there bathed and were disinfected, they and their belongings, after a careful medical examination to ensure no non suffering from trachoma or any other infectious disease:
This evening at they are ontbarking on the Hongkong Mark, where minus their quedas and, dressed in European clothes they will be re Viewed by Sanur Macade to-morrow morning just before the stemmer leaves.
SPECIALLY DEPUTED
The clearances, avar sicce the opium cam paiks, Lave been decreasing every fortnight, were made to believe that there will be an ab normal increase in the price of opiuen, when even they bought on the laura, prospect of a gemble in the drug. Contrasting the clear- ances of the last five fornights with ho cor responding periods in 1909 wa find: `
by the Government of Pata for the important | April 8, 1907 Halwa'3-8chesin Bugalas
task of supervising the warking of the pro vision of Dr. Wa Flag-fang's Protocal, and ni controlling this emigratio, as well to attend to the growing interesis of Pera in this part of the would, Senor Macedo is the
RIGHT MAN IN THE RIGHT PLACE. Educated to England, ond with a strong sym- pathy for English ideag oljustíco, and liberty, he hit has a long and hard-worked training in Consular nad diplomatic work. Beginning in London he was afterwards fur five years Vice-Cobaul in New York, a very arduous and responsible post in his service. transferred to Glugow where there are Thence vast fiancial interests involved in Poru, be acquitted himself o täctfully and suc• cessfully of his duties ni Consul, that his departure for this Colony on promotion, o0 this special mission was greatly and publicly regretted.
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May 7,1969
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June 4,1939 116,1930 More
A CHINESE HOMES was charged in the Police Court on Monday with harbouring two girls. The case was remanded, bail being allowed in the sum of $100, Two Chliamen were awarded six weeks' hard morning for loitering in the streets with pick locks in their poste alon.
Mr. Cluichi Ariyoshi, elder brother of the Japanese Consul General at Shanghai, bas been appoluted Director-General of the Re sidency-General of Korea. ".
A NATIVE was sentenced to one year's-im- prisonment with hard labour by M. Jusilee Hozeland at the Criminal Sessions on Monday morning for colding counterfeit coins (7) Thɛ And will be docked at Hongkong on July 5 and her sailing from Mavila on July 16 will be omitted. The Zafiro goes lato dock on June 28 and will not sail from Manila 'on' July.9.
SIR Frederick Lugard, Governor of Hongkong, has arrived in Landon, reports the London and China, Extrese of May 27, and has joined Lady Lugard, who has completely recovered from her operation.
COMMENTARY IS UNNECËSSARY, and the only conclusion that can be reasonably arrived at is that the "merchants" who, with out any appreciable demand for the article, and in the face of the movement to suppress the ure of the drug, bought it at extravagant prices, do not deserve any smpathy; and the less said, Five Chiosic were. Gand $100 each or six about the motives the better. The Indian months' hard labour in the Polica. Court on Government is unconcerned either way, A: Wednesday for stowing away on board the 2.5, Ragos per chest it will still make a profit. Ie] Lafzang with intent to obtain a passage. De- has already mide provisions to cover the delective-Sergeant Taylor prosecuted. licit incident on the loss of the opium tevedus.
MA. Jacob M. Dickinson, United States
month on his way to the Philippines. He will Edwards, Chief of Bureau of Insular Affairs. be accompanied by General Clarence R.
REGULATIONS issued by the Director of the Bureau of Agricultura, Manila, with reference to the impartation of cat.le into the Philippine Islands, ara, published in the current issue of the Government Gredefor general information."
the "merchants" to buy,
at the Magistracy on Friday for snatching a watch in Queep's Road.
Two Chiasse were awarded fourteen days' bard Isbour and four hours' stockslin' tha Palica Court on Friday for
á blanket,
ANOTHER case of plague, the fonstant so far inths your reconed on Wednesday, & China man was found dead of the' disease' on, the pathway from Hek Un to Kowloon City.***
loop Oity.
A NATIVE dispatch says that the Ministry of Finance proposes to mint 6,000,000,000 of the new currency coins for fasuo this year, and that Roatian workmen will heemployed for the work. THE Privy Council has approved of the estab.
·lishment of a Golonial Board. Marquis Kátë suja and Baron' Goto, are expected to bej res- President and Vice President of the pectively, Board,
Two masters al steam-launches were fined $50 each at the Magistracy, on Friday, for carry, jat passengers la excess of the pom bar allowed. Inspector Langley prosecuted and Mr. J. H. Gardiner deloaded
SERGEANT Caygill charged a Kowloon ricksba Coolie before Mr. E, R.Vasallılax at the Magis- trace on Friday fər deminding more than the legal fard, His Worship said ha way not satisfied with the evidence and discharged the deleadant...
CHOLERA has for months been making bead way in Java At Batavia mitters are so bad that the military authorition havo insued warn. logs to the soldiers to be very careful as to what they eat and drink, 4 seams that the cholera germs have spread everywhere there.
Tux New York Tribuad's Chicago corres poadent states that Mr., cienty Phipps, the stani magbate, has had plans prepared for a new offica building, whica ba atende to make the most imposing and luxurious in the whole city.
bi $1,000,000 (£750,000).
LIEUTENANT O. J. Aston, Royal. Engiçastaj has been appolated staff officer for Royal En gineers in South Chlon,
ONE year's hard labour and four hours' stocks was the punishment meted out to Chinaman, by Mr. J. R. Wood at the Magistracy on Tues day morning for returning from banishment,”
THE private chair-bearer who was charged at the Magistracy on Monday with susamling, a utong was food, St and ordered to pay £1 compensation by Mr.E. R. Hallifax. The Éce:
was paid.
A BRAZILIAN named Manuel Sequeira was awarded ux months' hard labour ja tha.: Police Count on Wednesday for stealing six wooden buxos, two razdes, a quantity of plates and soma articles of clothing a nughom.
No little merriment was occasioned at Criminal Sessions on Tusiday when, oh bli Lordship the Chief Janice asking tba panul of jurors present in the Court-room to stand op for a moment, the usual crowd of Chinese and Indiana rose to their fact as one mine
A VLADIVOSTOK_telsgram to the Jiji Shimpo says that Mr. J. Baulter, New Bonib" Wales Trade Commissione), who is staying there at present, proposed to the Russian authorities to open a direct sarvica between Vladivostok and Australia. The authorities welcome the pro- posals, and a line will be opened in the near iutato.
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THE steamer Solstad, previous to going to Manila, from Paom Penh, discharged at Iloilo
ob carabao, to bi used as work animals in the Negros sugar fields. The animals: wäre imported by Faustino Li-chauco, who, i understood, fi as just made a new contract with the French Government for supplying him with
Ha kindly informed our representative that he had no doubt of the sincerity of the Chinees Authorities in carrying out the stipula. [ It is distinctly understood that it navarinvited Secretary for War, is expected in Japan naxi 1. The cost of the building along, it' is stated, will cattle for a period covering the pex: two years. tions, of the surement copisined in the Protocol, He thought that his owa efforts would, probably not be unsuccessful in keeping out undesirables. From what we saw we think that he is very likely to be entirely successful.
CANTUN OPIUM MONOPOLY,
A BINGULAR SHANGHAI VIEW.
The word "merchants"that Reuser refers to in the telegram quoted above, properly speak tag, belongs to the dual and not the plural cumber. How far their interests, which cou. ficting with the principles and promises of the Government, should be safeguarded, i is for the Govaremant of Jodia to decida. At the same time, there is not the least donbi that the provincial. authorities in Chins, some honestly to curtail opium smoking, while the sun shines," are creating monopolies and others in the hops of "making bay and placing every kind of obstacle in the way of the Indian opium trads-but all of them with the ostensible object of stopping the use ofthe deleterious drug in the kingdom. Chinese dealers, even those who have to sparingly bought of the indian' opium declare that is absolately impossible to send the
COMMODITY INTO THE INTERIOR,
the Police Court qu Wednesday for bringing A FARMER from Kongmoon was foed 515 in felters Into the Colmay, thus infringing the ex- clusive right of the Postmaster-General, His Worship remarked that as that was defendant's first offence, he would deal with him leniently,
A REVIVAL of outrages.raparted in Russian Poland. A colonet of gendarmerie 'has been killed at Radom; and a bomb was thrown at Police was not hurt, but two members of his the Chief of Police in Warsaw. The Chief of
escort were killed. Both the assassins, and an accomplice, committed suicide.
In a leading article, Capit it and Commerce, a Shanghai journal, (akes the following singu lar view of the Canton Opium Mucopoly
A fall in prices of Rs. 9oo or foo per cheat at the Calcutta anctions of June 4, and that in a mnanib is an event which caused consternation among the opium merchants, who have been for some time buying heavily at very high prices in the hope that the demand for upiam must revive sooner than fatar in China. The and it is reported that unless something is stock in the godowns in Hoogkong and Shanghai is very heavy-7,983 crests Malwa foreiga
dose they will have no more of the and 8,67 chesis Bong and fier several placed such indirect obstacles it is surely a opium. If the authorities have moaths the &hinese dealers got thed of buying violation of the terms of the Convention; and MR. M. J. Keataway has been on a visit to 450 chesis. Whatever may be the success unless they could prove that the use of the Samatre and bas related his experiences in the which has attended the efforts of the Chinese native drug is entirely stopped in the kingdom, Mainy Mall, Hangs that whilst in Medan Government in the suppression of the native opium, they have surely pui as many impedi- have always commended the Chinese Govern bier, a.cocktail that, if properly introduced into have not as leta of jasiifcation, White wa Que should not forget to ask for a sherry cob ments as possible in the way of the sale of meat for its praiseworthy efforts in this directhe F.M.S. would, he ventures to predict, very foreign opinn, so much so, the Chinese deators on, we know for certain that the use of the absolutely refuse to buy a commodity the drug is still common in quite a large portion of
soon out-sling the best of slings. possession of which is the interior is attended the empire, and Government, as we have al- In the manual tenais match between the Hong, with any pesalties. It is en wander that ready stated, tas ant givin guarantees of its kong and Kowlooo Cricket Clubs, which is to those who bught heavily, and ate aped to corner opium in the auctiors should be coxibus
ability to completely stop the use of opum. take place to mperow afternoon on the latter's to have ibe sales "suspende i for some time
Unless there is more of straight de ling on ground, al 4.30 p.m. the following will repre- Reuter's telegram relating to the opium praved, While the Bombay Merchants Mears. Q, A. Carr, G. Willson, H. Hancock, its part, the situation will by no means be im-sent the Hongkong Cricket Club's team:- trade, however, loads one to
who are as much Bombay merchants as they H. R. Harris, R. F. C. Master, R. E. H. Oliver, ae Leados of Shanghai mercbante-are not T. H. King, and A. Sutherland. deserving of any sympathy for the fosses they might possibly incur, the Chlaese auth writies deserve the severest condemnation for ovcitly radiating the terms of the Convention...
CERTAIN MISCONCEPTIONE
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Canton River Trade.
OPERATION OF THE "FOOL"-
NO DIMINUTION IN TRAFFIC,
about hs pravést position of the trade The telegram ruas this: "The Inpariil and Indian Governmeals exchanging cim. nunications ju reference to the Canton opium monopoly, which is regarded as a violation of the Conventi in. The Bombay opium merchants declare that the situation is most critical and that the effect upon the Indian trade in tremendous. Merchants, it is stated, are losing heavily. They urge the Governmeoi to suspend sales pending an enforcement of Treaty Rights. We have referred to the Can- ton monopoly in a previzus issat, and coo. demoed it is no mesired terms; and refer to it at present so that there may be no miscoD. Our forecast list wack as to the operation of ception of our meaning, when we say that the the pool" formed by the British, foreign Canton monopoly or any other vielation of the opium merchants themselves, more than the aud Chinese companies operating steamers
on the Colon river bas proved absolute treaty rights, bave caused the present situation.y correct. When last dealing with this Governments and public bodies may be actuat most interesting phate in the "Cantos river ed. by philathropic motives, but voi the trader trade we stated that we should not ba siy in his business; and feast of all the dealer in grised, if by Moddiy list, the agreement opium. He starts on a fundamentally op definitely agroid apon by the combine" were posite point of view to that of the Chinese and to be in full operation. Our anticipations hava British Governments, and the public bodies been verified. that have been working in the
he never believed in Chin's sincerity or ability NOBLE CAUSE OF THE 'SUPPRESSION;
The increased tariff of charges for Chinese
up to Cintos. There has bead no change in passengers travelling third class was brought. iato force on Sunday on the night bats going
CHEERFULLY PAID
74.42
WORK on the Tuaran Rubber Estate is going aboad wall. After less than two months' work some you aeren hava bean fetted· and barsed. Tha burn took place on the ġih. May and was but moderately good owing to the lightness of the timber. The stacking and burning should not, however, laks very long with the large force of native labour cow at work,
The gendal manager of the_Tensm Borneo Rubber Co. has erected near the month of the Menggatal river a building for the accommoda, tion of enfeebled coolies from his, Labia Estave. It is facing the open sea and the spit afforda excellent facilities for an bathing and soaking. The old fashioned remedy of " a trip to the sea
·sida" is hard to beat as a panacea..
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AT a meeting of directors of the Shanghai Mutual Telephons Co., Ld., held on 16th tast. it may decided that, pootding the approval of the «bareholders at the general annual meeting to be held oď the 27th instant, a dividend of night per cent for the year ended March 31, 1910, will be declared.
of the War Office, successit ials of a crac- At Aldershai, on May 45, under the auspicos. tion engine of the caterpillar type were made, Tae engias drew a Long Tom guo wargaing toes at a speed of eight miles an hour along a road and also across loose end, a dích 4 the
deep, and a "bog..
A CHINISE report says that the anti-Opium Commissioners have decided that beginning prohibition by officials or the people shall be from the next year violation of the uplem
mids a criminal offence punishable wita inte prisonment. It is also stated that-Princa Yü.
· Lang has detailed one hundred soldiers-to act |as detectives agalist, opiuməməking among
the troops in the capital.
THE injustice of the law in optration at Hong captain of a vessel in which opiam is smuggled kong and Singapore by which the anger nad
are hazvily fi jad, although the vossel had Deon mitted, is tellingly exposed in a leading article #arched thoroughly as circumstances per- ia "The Leading Light." The law is declared to be'anomaloni and faádamentally pojust and its immediate amcadment is demanded.
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A NEWSPAPER ja Holland tries to ba up-to- deto sa rubber fijuring by bringing the calcula
Trin | tross-gp to the first quarter of 1910.
estimate gives the amount sunk in rubber companies fliated and established at about 5,000 million guilders. The companies include Dutch, British, French and (Germano youturos. But the concerns working in Brazil and the Ojogo. Freo Siste ara mot takop into account.
FLOATING mines have not yet been entirely cleared from the Sas of Japan. The Navy Department'is in recsípt of a report from the, Commander of the Masždeo Part Admiralty to the effect thasoothe 4th instants fi autog mine was picked up off Wada, Wakana province, and that it was being taken charge of by the local police. It is supposed that the mine was one of those laid dowa duning the Russo Japanese war
Waveracelved a visit from a Parase genile-
GRAND Dake Johan Albrecht of Mecklen
men je connection with the teller published in burg-Schwerio and the Grand Duchess were received in audience by the Emperor and Ea-K.D.M. We are assured by our visitor, was in our on Monday evening's insaa ovar ibe initials press of Japan on 18th last and took lunch at
one of the promoters of the congratulatory ad- the Palace. Decorations were bastowed on the Grand Duchess and on members of the decal been relegated to the limbo of oblivion, but dress in question, that the movement has noi suite. Ther Majesties ware to retařs the visit
that intervening circumstances had rendered en 2012 last, The Grand Duchess will embark its presentation before now, in a suitable man- at Kobo on July 3 for Tairon, APT
ner, wholly impracticable
Taikoo Docks, again appeared besore Mr. R Hallifax at the Magistracy on Saturday on a charge of alleged assault on a Chinese fitter on, board thai. Ping Shavon the 10th ist. De- foodant said he struck' the compisisset in self. defence, ar he suspected the complainant of a intended stack on him with his tools. The summons was dismissed,
to rid herself of the oplum evil. He laughed toon or second-class panvigan.) Ei says much FJOHN TULLY, on instructing angineer in the at the Coscations and Conferences and hoped for the tactful manner in which the new scale, as io reap a good barvest in the sale after all the vapourings had cooled down. What happened affecting Camana passengers only, was brought was that month after math quite a handful of
into force whip-it is stated that po protest was the dealers have bese vising with each other'in the attempt to corder the stock at the Calcutta ing" companies. Tas passengere
raised either on the evening of its saforcement or sisce the lodged with any of the "combia- auctions, and this competition at "corner" hat proved a bpon to the ravadna of the Indian Government, and incidentally to the poor Indiantax-payer. Their godawa's were filled with This passport li sealed and sigoed by the Tao
A SURFEIT OF OPIUM CHESTS;* al, who then writes a despach to the Persian month after mouth passed by, opum surpassing Cossul, giving minutely all the details describia the meanwhile the price of gold, weight od above, concerning the would-be emigrant for weight, without any demand from whose
the Chinese desion: Now they are at the ood of their respaces, and want the Jalas suspantied. If the sain should continuo, as it should overy manth, ong of two alt roalives aro opio to the deniers who attempted this corners either they should fill their already over-wing- godowns with me op'um, or, they will have to lot "outsiders" get in ad buy the drug at the present low prices, which will only end to their being underfold in the Obion market, resulting in, perhaps, lostes of millions of tacts for them. ,f the
kindly called on us on Tuesday in reference CAFT. D. Thomah, of the £1. Arraloon Ağcar, Lo a paragraph appearing in last eveningʻa issue of the Hongkong Telegraph as to the reported gropeding of the vassoi on Strop Island, on his last voyage to Shaoghal. Capt. Thomas desires us to explain that, ok matter of fact, no accident avertook his yansel and the voyager the higher amount of the passage m zoey, sod the
to and from Stangkai were' mido without any bona fide trader whose business takes him to and THE mitention of the Army Council bus been docked, at Qastry Bay, to comply with the mishag wn atever. The Arraison Aptar is from Canton has not bana deeded from voya drawn to the circulation of forgeries of the
og because of the increased passage money. parchment certificates of character. of soldiers requirements of the Board of Trade for the The traffic has been gaite dormal and, indeed, on discharge from the Army and the Reserve. comomary half yearly surveyjum. in certain boats has been even greater. This is The authorised forms are invariably printed We have received from the State Fire Insur not, however, 10 suggest that the higher fares on parchment and bear the printers press, have contributed to more travelling but it goes mark "H; W. V. with the date and numbers. ance Co, a copy of the annual report", and to show that the Chinese business population printed, This mark is absent' on those for-
accounts for 190g and also a copy of the The higher scale has been the means. Of do not had the meamboat charges 100 userous, gerise, which have come noder, notice, pound
migelesath annual meeting of the shareholdere readering at least out public service and it was Siv An, surged Chinese shopkeeper, was charg
of the company; The local agents, havo to rid the steamers of the inff raffs who travel
received advice from the head offcaat
to Hongkong from Gintog not in all cases to the basefit of the Colony. Such traffic is not desired and it certainly coolers a boon og Hongkong,
*PHOTOGRAPH IN TRIPLICITE
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is attached to the patipori. Despatch and passport are sent direct to the Ososul, Tho amigrant must then go to Hongkong and pro sent himself personally before the Coast, who after asking him bis nams, sic. looks up his correspondence from the Tabi'ai, and finding the despatch and passport, compares the face of the man in front of him, with that of thè photograph He also questions him in detail to ascertain whether he is the man described in the.despatch. Failure to prove this identifies tion in any particular invariably leads to store refusal to let the mango to Peru.
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MERCHANTS ARE LOSING HEWILY,
SHIPBUILDING COMPETITION.
ed before Mr. E. R. Gallifax on Wednesday at the instance of the Odents Tobacco Factory
with infringing the Trade Marks Ordinsece by packing a quantity of cigars not of their manu- facture into disused boxes belonging to them thus defrauding the public by offering them an
bait
Liverpool that by special resolution of the
shareholders at the general meeting the name of the company:kas bson:"mitered and is nOW- and will henceforth be known as The Sinis has received the approval of the Board of Astoriace Company, Limited. The alteracion
Trade, and born, formally, recorded by the
article purporting to ba of the quality, sold by). Rozintear of Jolat Stock VJERNING WENST
the defendinte. The cass was adjourned; being allowed to the sum of $500. Mr. Shenton We regret to state that Miss Dollie Keldio died prosecuted and Mr. M. R. Harris appeared for an qanday morning, after a brief lilness, reports the defpodiet, the W. O.; Neuruf 17th fast. It will ap doubt Thx following telegraphic information has be remembered that Miss: Keldie' was appear- Maunger of the Maatschappij tot Mijn Bosch en dancer having stivad bara from Australle baen received from the Sumatra Director anding in Shanghai for somno time as al ajerer and
yo Landbouw exploitatie in Langkat, Ld some months are codar engagement jo Me
giz Gallona: Ramos and Ramos, Miskeldis alter gerogate output of Crude Kalistion artho Colon Cinemato
azizimant, there meiurand" 98,000 to Longkong, and at the tat
#gotaring at the Victoria SMatio
it is nobody else's fault. The Government of OUR REPRESENTATIVE WAS PRIVILEGED ·ladin reduced the nam zer of the chests at the
KONGKONG PIRMS REPRESENTED to see an actual lostance of this. The Peru, auctions from 3,9 19 19 1918 to 3,670 Ẩm 1959: Ian Consal, Seffor, Macedo, with the Tax'si's and 3,329 in 19iu; ibi, reduction wis based on despatch in his hand, quasfoged an individual the calculation that a leaper coat redaction per
Proposals for two twin sciow harbour steam-. ers and also for plumbing fixtures and builders and of course misops his questions were "What your will be counssiens with the gradual reduc hardware, were opened, at Masila by the chief city are you gobtain Foru? What firm there too policy. Opium using in Obins. has been quartermaster cichol division. Among the do you belong to Both bass questions seduced by more thaatas parceat a year daring bidders on the launches: wato: German, and ware andwareddily differently from ike the last two years, and if anybody ought to Company Shingbal Dock and Engiunding Daily particularsgiro 3108 Tastai a dospatch, know that, it in the soli-sama merchants that are Dompany, Longkong and Whampoa Dock pe
Bald Brx Macedo, in case crying their pyes out today. They knew that Company, Kisageant, Dock and Eaginaring Orade Patrisum In Tauke at dalesh 359.000 could not gira my vise to the pass the cleanaces were growing poorer day by day, Company; Talkoo Dock and Eoglasssing Com „or mazcilon the man's gospg tó Paru /. Bo and yet they have paid double the prices at the: "pany; Kawasaki Dock Company and the Misu
maasuras tikam by the Cane Valeuita anctions simply hopingy in the fatiare. Pusai Engineering and Dock Company 5
I in deading, Mevaral bad of the policy of oplem suppression, of which the remi if the bide on it
promptly sint whole-world: has!
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Library Museum Nos Chinese nie. 398 *⠀⠀ 157, Chinese
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RÜBBER MARKBI,
Hongkong, 24th June, During the early part of the work the Rub ber Share Market continued sluggish in sho .condition, it was in at last writing. Bai with a light improvement in the price of the raw pro duct in the London market tow irds the middle. pathy and inquiries for sterling stocks, classed of the wack, the Shire market revived in sym
under the category of fient grados, again ra•] vived. In consequence, quotations have firm. ed up and at the close they show several points improvement lur the large producing Com panies. Singapɔse stocks bayı not been. stimulated to the sine extent, though at pre sent prices they are not suscepibis of any great depreciation, slways assuming that the price for fise Hard, Para continues round abɔut
and seed, rising to ge sod, yosterday, sod iba présent figures. Opening at cold, per lb on Saturday the price oscillated betwean that. closes to-day at sos, pir 1b.
ANGLI MALAYS were sold in 'imuli fots at 19/6 during the early part of the week and at the closs are steady at zgf6,
ALLAGARS miter sales at. 7/- have no sellers under 7/9.
CARRY UNITEDS sin quiet and wiikoat busi. Bess to report at 25/ prem,,
EASTERN INTERNATIONALS Opusd at 32/6 prom and at the close are quoted at 35/- pram. Lingáis atter males at 6oj, have improved to taƒ• with probable sellers at the rain,iveR
LONDON VENTU¿Es ara wadted at 7/0 with solters at 7/6, 20
MERLIMAUS have strengthened to 8 at which price they are obtainable.
LaDBURY'S are sterdy s1.9315.00 KE LONDJA-ASIATIC9 after small sales at 16/5," during the early part of the wank, daclined to 16. but at the close,ard again in reg west, at 16/6.
LANGKAHS wear on off at at. 22/6 prem, but have since recovered and buyers will probably Day 27/0” piem. OjuITA
UNITED SERDanos, hayo, again bean the medium of a fair busness at (23/6, 115, #*7/6 and ago and at the close-ara' mieidy at 2351" May is 8,736 ib, Sime month last year 2016 with probable sellers at 137/6. The crap for lb, being as iocease of 6,720 16. Total for tha nine months from 1st September, 1;09, 44,830, ib.; correspondeug period last year; 11,048 104 being an increase of 23,742 lb. 20
UNITED SUMATRAS hava bised down to £ if at which price tagy are inquired for, för sellers are not forthcoming
SUMATRA PA«48 s16în demand at 13/- but
BALDOWNIES- after sales at Sig to wanted! at $.59 in smail lors. Sy 10
CHANGEST SERDANOS after diclining to
now quoted at Sis team Sagapore. DYER PANAS uro alightly wosker at Srija Pajams ara quiet sod probably obtainable at Sibe
GLENEALYS DIVa bien sold at S and only $15 is uffazadeves Ken
INDRAGIRIS Cɔmes weaker, from Singapore:
Pioons after sales at 845s clone slaidy,REMA SANDYCROFIs nra sightly easier and can Singapore and Johords are steady si 516, probably be had from Singapore at $1ZELER
UNITED SINGAPORES have found buyers a $14 but are now canlar ne S2) Parago
EXCHANGE The Banks closing TT, quota Hons are as follows
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On London
Blogapore
DIVIDENDS PAYABLE.-The- dends have been declared
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Blogepora and Johores dividend *TZA
SINGAPORE QU Mosin Ell add Ellis adv lpt of the following telegraphic: from Blogapore to day