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THE FIGHT AT INB CITY HALL,
THE HONGKONG (TELEGRAPH FRIDAY, JULY 8 1010
PLANTATION RUBBER
their face valus, 2006, FRE
KESS PRICES. ATTEMPT TO The high pričel naturally-apart from the financial side of 0, hava, dictated a policy of A vary whie old gebtiemas died to say "AR PRESENT POSITION AND FUTURE PROSPECTS, dekiing from hand-mouth, both in regard to *their coude mbber and bolding of their minn. Englishman's dioner is a solemn thing, My ma "sch," he would add, waving an"admonitory | Xing the course of a 'tong speech; at the Grst factured goods,, bat: If the increase in the come ways tha Gawas Shakya Salmoótraukiated by the editor of the Straits Timas on 28th nất/pis? pipe-atkin to point the force of his advice, to ordinary general meeting of the Rubber Planta sumption of rubber is going on in the way we get between an Englishman and his dinuer is tigns Investment drest Limited, held at the believe it is they have got to come la.. Tasy very dangerous business. Never you do ft. Cannon Street Hotel, RC, on the 8th at Mr barn bean tryloge➡it is quits a legitimate thing In our lifetime we have observed that to get Charles Aring. Lampard (the chairman of the for them to dote depress the prices in the bewain anything English and his dipar, company) remarked
market. Their attitude, I read it, in Do wot Whether it be a bull-terrier or man that
touch the spot stockit is a very small s at any rate, if we can depress, flie spot stock in baulked of his Mestre, 1. exurelle tu maistu,
wo can buy thousands of tons forward for next It is dangerous indeed on Sunday
year."itur quite reasonable if it comes off night we saw at the City Hall some good fight
Laughter.) But there is one significant thing | Ing. Gloger did bis little bit very well, we
that occurs to me, and that to that out to Were sincerely delighted to see our green
the East where the transactions are not so -man" win his fight, and note that be cap, and ties, because the last of culdväind rubber 4pparent as in 'Ecropean markets, we um gető.) domestic"industry has been much bangfited Beftimiunitate or undesteking on your
will fight again! More power to his elbow,
ting a far higher price for rubber to day than we are in London. Thit looks as if some of the American and Continental people are not prices in London, to, they are havlog apron their own quietly. (Langafer, haring a bit on
(Laughter.) ***
THE “DATTLING DARKIX” Was awarded the victory in the event of the evening against Sargeant Piggott of the Royal
Garrison, Artillery. We do not understand on what regulations thiefight was adjudged by the referee, or by, whoever it was who stopped it.
YES, STOPPED IT! *** -
..
During my Absente in the Ear Innderstand film she public fatest in jubber has at least, naoma degree-tskou n defianto shapo, but also think, from all I 'bava'sten since I ra. turned, that if paces are and have been at work with the effect of diverting public atten attention which has been centred upon the bare been inimical to other markers of the Stock Exchange. Many people who have made money out of rubber have bean: Induced
10 take their profils with the object of ro-lavest log them in predicted booms in other things, which 1 cannot help thinking are largely and factured for the occasion-Hear, bear)mbat 1 would point out for your consideration that the
H
DEMAND FOR RUBBER ĮVY
For Piggott was knocked down by a heary blow which for a very law seconds de- prived him of his wind. The usual coord If after counting lo such a cass, is to cotto). the number of seconds prescribed by the Queensberry rules the fallen man cannot rise to continue his fight, he is causted out", and Is Justly called beaten. If he rises and resists bis antagonist, and is knocked over, ha is in the same position. We have seen a tuan ko nearly counted out that as the timekeeper call. we have simply realised that the demaad was sd" nice!"be sprang to his feet and was inevitable, and we have legislated to mest it as able to continue not merely in defence son as possible when it did come. A law but to attack HuTM was supposed-to-be-years-ago-all-the-rubber which was placed at the disposal of the world was collected from altogether "dove," but he won his fight all the same. Now on Saturday, oight Piggott was the forest of South America and Africa, from trees and vines, planted by nature. The methods of collection were bolb crude and difficult, aon the expenia was very gipat, "By the destruction of countless numbers of treas, there difficulties and this expense bave In creased. The amount of rubber so produced was nɔi éven at that time sufficient really for the world's requirements, such" as footwear, wald he, "if he can koock me out." Piggott electrical purposes, and all those other de had had two very pasty falls. We impute mands which fall on cende rubber; but, rud no bad faith to the darkie, for Piggot! denly, an entirely new industry sprang op-ai bimself with Baglish generality did not do so, industry to which rubber was absolutely vital, We with Piggott had not been tripped in the
not only on its wheels, but in its machinery sixth round. Qulte rightly, the referee did not
and on its floor; and we believed-those of a make any remark, and as that utterly gentle-
who have studied this question-that this mo- madly fighter Piggott made no protest,
dera method of traction would entirely super and as his seconds, knowing him and his
sede all others, and would eliminate hotacs in views, said nothing, it is not for as to do
due course fram our streets, thereby contribut Abing enormously to the bellik of our great cities anthlag save follow Piggou's example. albow where it bad no business to be (by This development, however, could only take Queensbury rules we believe) was responsible place it there was sufficient robber to meet for another fall. Again nolking`may be said.
ibe inevitable damaad to shop the cat, and therefore we in the Middle East set out
NOT COUNTED OUT. He. fell, but rose before the time, and the referes and aber interfered and de- clared the battle ended, and that the gantleman called Wilcott was the winner. Tho Englishman vigorously protested.
LET ME DE KNOCKED OUT"
THE TWELFTH ROUND
showed a game and plucky Englishman, just ready to take or give anything: His last fall bad shakeo him, but his spirit was all right. The fact was, that from the beginning Piggott did not fight.
HE SPARRED...
When, in the seventh round, Piggott was
really beginning to score, he did not hit hard enough. He played as if he were merely sparring “top, top" in a gymnasium He got right under the nigger's guard and ought, if he had been not ton delicate a boxer, to have "slova in the other's riba", an a sailor man put it Skill for skill, Piggott le....
The face valas of Merlimau capital a 210,000 which at ars for a 20 there: RVAK 22,155,000 as the print value of Merlimau
ndertaking, Loy the estate,
"MBRLIMAD8; HONGKONG, SUGAR MA
IMPENDING JAPANEER, COMPETITION; WAS
PRESENT VALUE OF SHARESA
· Loveland s 'on the`ast July? The monthly export of anger from Japan,
"Inventor, addressed the following request; * CITY AND HILL ranged from the Japan Chronicle, has of inter 30,000 to 50,000 bags, which shows a decrease Shawn bann Interested in the park, you as compared with former Agures, but the wogaerted yesterday at the request of some aas refining industry is very active and steady also re proper present value of Merliman shares, prices are belag maintained. Tas girement la wale was stated to be to or say zok times mount the sugar 18800 in Japan and all the milia
being kept to baty supplying the demand al. home, that they cannot cope with the demand from abroad. The price, too, has advanced. It is expected that, es regards the export trade, no increase will be seen for some time. This Will you be as good, Sir, as to work out in year foreiga sugar is saling higher and the the Inir as of thinte (pg public, the valus of thereby, Our contemporary states that the Malcolm Camming Sangat scale and Yokohama Sugar Company and other Japanese Insert the result 2 sugar exporters are fully prepared to enter into The editor of our well-informed Southera tam and Mesara Jardicoj Malizason 00. et Swire contemporary replies as follows:-We readily Ponte minist
when the Chloese sugar suason opens in Merlimau, property was välbed as a whole by songs on the City Mason & Co, Hong, comply with our correspondent's request: The Pokfulam September, sad. the -Tapanolo, exporters are. Mr. Herbert M. Daiby at 6157,000. #Dividing confident that they will get the better of the the number of trees of mach age, as given in ongkong firms. Both the foreign and home the prospectos, by so we get the following marketa for sugar are believed to be very pro: || acreage, results on the Malcolm Commug mising this year.
NHETIMATES OF RUBBER REQUIRED, From en article in, the "Times" walch 1
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THE PEKING SYNDICATE.
chances which exist in cultivated rubber are read on my way home, 1 tee that the estimate chances which exist certainly only once in a of the consumption of rubber in 19to for hundred years, and vary likely, I think I should motor-cars alone is 35,000 tons, I have made, a perfectly tras in Maying, once in a thomand inquiries about ible and it is generally conceded years. The causes which have brought this to be correct...Well, I also see that the Dolpat about have bean apparent to those of us who of new cars estimated for rext year is 300,000 have studied this question closely for the l'alu" the "States alone. If you allow 13 lbs. of
RE-ARRANGEMENT SCHEME CARRIED. law. yours,. We bare pot ourselves created the robber per car, that means another 1,800 to
2,000 tons of rabber, and that is potting down an extraordinary general mesting of the lew citimate of what a car, from my own experi-Pekin Syndicate (Limited) was held at the ence, will use to 'year. If they are going to use Cannon-street Hotel, London, on the 5th bit. for motor-cara alone 35,000 tons of rubber, ander tbs chairmanship. of Sir Richard Davis which is rather more than half the world's pro- Awdry for the purpose of considering a sum- duction, how can the other demands which fall--ber of resolations concerning the rearrange
ment of the interests, of the three classes of on subber be satisfied without an advanca in' price? Rubber contracts in the East have been shareholders.
An explanatory circular stated that the made forward for 1913 on the basis of Bs, for 1912 on the basis of 9s and for 1911 on a basle schame of arrangement was as follows -- varying up to is. That shows that the manu()The rights in the profits of the company facturers who are keeping their eyes on the conferred by the articles of association upon future position, do not themselves look for any the Shanal shares of the company to be exila great drop during that paried in crude rubber. guished, and-in lies thereof the Shansi shares to confer upon the bolders in propantion to the PERFECTLY SATISFIED WITH THE FUTURE...
amounts pild or credited an^ paid upon the From all I have said so far, 1 think you can gather that I am perfectly satisfied in my own
Sheosi sbaros held by them respectively, the alerts the pure of cultivated rubber right to have distributed aming them in each
year to per cent, of the profits and one-halfTM with this provito, that cultivated rubber, or the the remainder of such profits until such time as the moneys paid in respect of such 10 per cent nagement rubber estates, is a bussiDO
requires training and
of the profits of the company shall amount to like everything else, experience, and that can only be got by the
(3) The nights in the profits of the company price we all have to pay for that sort of thing, by the sum of £t per share upon the Sbarri shares work in the tropics, and I am perfectly certain conferred by the memorandum and articles of ibat companies which are formed by men who association upon the ordinary and deferred have not got this experiance, are more or less
shares of the company respectively to ba ex- died to failure, just as every other business tinguished and subject to the rights in the pro- which is run by men who do not understand fits of the company conferred upon the holders it will fail. There cultivated rubber, estales"
of the Shansi shares the whole of the profits must be properly capitalised, properly „man, be distributed by way of dividend among the aped, properly organized in every shape and form, and then there is practically no source
to legislate for this demand by creating planta tions; and by so doing we claim to have done the world
'A VERY OŘKAT SERVICE.
We have certainly done the motor industry a very great service, and i believe we have done a very great service to, the world in general. The difference that bas taken place since the inauguration of the motor industry in the East has been enormous. Speaking from my own personal experience, I have been able to do reccally in a week what, ift had bad to use n horse, or, as is very frequently the case, a bullock gbarri, would have taken me months; Rod I believe that, in return for that service,
LU as is always the case when the world's demand is catered for, and catered for in the right wAY the world is prepared to pay those people who do it an adequate remuneration.
PRICE OF RUDDER, 24
INCOMPARABLY THE DITTER BOXER_ and bis meginficent, guard excited the admira tion of all who 18, bir time and again ward terdic "logs" from the darkin. Battling Wilcott looked like an evil demon from the darksome pil, with bis waving armu, as he danced round the white skinned proud
to my speech of January 14th, 1959, after beaded Englishman, Twice at least, bad the fight been as fights once were, bate-fisted and quotlog some figures, 1 expressed the opinion to a finish, Piggott could have battered bis then that the consumption of rubber would antagonist to a rib-amarbed jelly. Hot he con- absorb both the output of wild rubber and tented himself with merely tapping, just to cultivated rubber without any grast deprecia: show that he had was on points, sation in price. What I exactly said then was, to speak. Of course be had. The nigger can'ı boz as well as Piggott. But he hit to do dan Age and Piggott only struck to show whe was the better boxes. When after being really hast Piggott was ready to
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FIGHT TO A FINISHE
DONNY FIGHTER,
1
they wouldn't let him. We think this a grit ons wrong that has been dous to a bravo and
He was not counted out. Not six seconds elapsed before he was up and ready to face the music. He wanted to have, the thing rat, He had made the great mistake of merely spardog at first instead of fighting. Now that it came to fighting he was ready to fight 'till he was utterly knocked apt. "Kuock me out!" he cried “if you can !” His science in boxing far surpanied that of his agile and younger opposent. Age counts for much, and the lithe springiness of youth was all to the advantage of Wil cott What a pity it was that Piggott did not take full advantage of his superior cience, and when he had Wilcott in bis power, 501 falsh him by a fighting blow in the ribs! This was a fine contest disappolatingly concluded. Sargeant Piggott siked for what was after all his right, namely to be allowed to have bis fight out. He had fought for twelve rounds and was perfectly willing to fight for the sheer love of it to death if need be To interfera between an Englishman and his dinner may be a solemn thing, but to baulk him in get ting his bellyfull of fighting in will worse, a Sargeant Piggott in quite capable of show. ing us got. It is a pity that he is not ten years younger. Every yeat after thinly tells ou a fighter, however brava, however clean
THE HIPPODROME CIRCUS,
** 7th inst.
the Carp Brothers have sondelfa!
holders of the ordinary shares pari pass, and in proportion to the amounts paid upon the| in which money at the present moment can bordlaary shares held by them respectively until employed so profitably, Bat if the knowledga and experience is abanat, it is not so. This is such time as the dividends paid upon the ordinary shares shall be equal in amount to the pipecially true of those companies which are
nominal amount of the ordinary shares for the |[time.Baing issued. formed for the purpose of collecting wild rab-
ber.
At the very best, in my opicion, the
access of the compaules formed for collection
of wild rubber can only be, temporary, and many of them are doomed, to failure from the The colossal difficulties bath of very lart. labour and transit are too great to be over
солар.
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"ASPLENDID BUSINESS."
!!
|3,005 acres, less than a year old,
(say, 6 months, at £13, 2006).
per actè
£ 25,061) 1,895 acres 1 year old at Lao par »
37,903 312 næran si sents old at £35 per macro w 915 acres &years old at £50 per
514 acres af years old at £73.
HH
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5,651,00
10930
45,750.
37,990 *£157,622 In Mr. Darby's estimate a profit of £3413o. from tapioca interplanted with the rubber was We do not value this separately included. under Malcolm Comming scale, catch crops interplanted retard growth of rubber, to an ex- Lent at least equal to the profit derived from them.
Mr. Darby's valuation was £óza loss than a strict's years purchese valuation on the Mal- colm Cumming scale, and may be regarded as
a very fair test of the accuracy of that scale.
As we still occasionally God people who in- sist that we condemned Merliman at the time
The purchase prica (in cash) in- of its formation we may recall the facts :-)
cluding £5,000, to the option holders was...sar manus ar
£115,000 Underwriting cost the promoters....!! 10,500 General preliminary expenses:
were put at.
$,500 -£131,000
We took the view that the cost of under- writing, was excessive, being more than 10,000, and insisted on the beadlessness of such expenditure at a time when everyone was eager to pick up the shares of any decent rub- ber company at pat. We still hold to that view, and if Merliman had been floated an different lices its position would have been yet more sound.
Seven years' parchais of ont profits
on rubber..................... £312,139
· The capital muttbilsed is
110,000 Excess of profits over capital
chang
Tytam
ytam.
Total Consumption of water in District during the monta of
Consumption ..,x18,319,000 136) Estimated'
7105,710 #210510 population
Commmption
per head porntenti
18,821,6 gallons
2 dayswuumu
* letermittent supply by Rider mains in Rider mula districta doning : une 1909: Kalermittent supply by Rider maics in Rider mala: Districts from 181 1 to ath and from the 3rd to the oth
·Jans inclusiva in igno, Constant supply through- out the City from the 5th to the asnd inclusive, KOWLOON WATER WORKS
DON LEVEL":
1909.
Kowloon
roto 249'9" below 14 below Gravitation {overflow
'overdow Reservoir
Wátor laval reduced for construction par- poses in 1909.
STORAGE: GALLONË,
1959.
Kowloon Gra-)-
1910.
vitation Re⚫ 26,815,000 319,167,000 gallons
Codsumption of water in Kowloon during the month of junen" na
1909.
Consumption...34,539,000 24,770,000 gallons Estimated
92,000
population:
Consumption)
RB,100
8.9 gallons
per head per ...day.... ............
The Government Analyst reports that the water is of excellent quality, u donje
W. CHATHAM, --
Water Authority:
ANOTHER HONGKONG BOYCOTT.
SIAM RICE UNDER" BAN.
The Bangkok Daily Mail says:-Some of the local Arme here have received telegrams, from Hongkong to discontinue shipmants to Hongkong as bayers were boycolting shipment" from Bangkok...
The reason is said to be a Cantonese boycott against Siamese ice but this has not been de
Items very queer that ths Cartonera. falsely ascertained as yalı Banyo de should boycott rice from any country fuck now as there is a great scarcity of fice in that dise received stating that 1,200,000, taels had boon collected in the province of Kwangtung for the purpose of buying rice for distribution emangst the poor. All of this rice was to be bought from fado-Chins and Slam and out that time po,oup picnis had been purchased, some of it from Bangkok
Further inquiries indicate that the boycott of Slam rice in Hongkong bat absolutely no can. Rection with the recent strike here he soma people are inciled to think
In moving the resolutions, the Chairman said: This is the first occasion that the new”
As to the value of Merlimau shares we ex press moj opinion, but it is necessary to point Board- have had the pleasure of menting the
out that the Malcolm Commiog-scale is a pur- shareholders, and they take this opportualty of saying that they will spare no energies to make
chase scale only. A capitalisation scale is not the Pekin Syndicate the success it ought to be less than 7 years' purchase of the estimated Your director, who came into office so late as profit and takes account of rubber plant after PERUVIAN AMAZON. February last, gave the question of the pos- the date of estimate which may come to bear
sible unification of shares their first considerading stage before the and of the 7 years team FORMER HONGKONG COLONEL ON COMMIS. tion, boing convinced that the sharaboldars We do not know whether additional planting|trict. Only a few days ago telegrams" work
SION TO INQUIRE INTÓ ALLEGATIONS, would wish ag" immediato, expression of has taken place or will take place in the case their opinion as to the best means for of Merlimau, but on the area planted at the Mr. H. L. Gielgud, secretary and manager: settling the divergent interests of the classes of date of the prospectus the 6th and yib year of the Peruvian Amazon Company, Limited, shareholders. The result of their delibers would yield £164.517, the maximum yield halisbury House, E. C. forwards a letter which tions, as now before you, is submitted for your being taken at 200 lbs, por acre and the net lias been sent on behalf of bis company to the acquiescence and sauction. As will be 1000, profit each year at el per ib. On the Malcolm Under Secretary for Affairs with reference to it is based upon the principle of "give and Cumming scale, therefore, the investment the allegations as to crudities practised on the take," There will be a unification, but one of valuation of Merlimau on a basis of 7 years". patives in the Putumayo district.
profits and interests, and bot of shares. Brief-purchase of profius would be 1-- * If you take-two of the industries which are
The letter refers to minutes of the directors, there will be only one till in tên Yekin Syn- practically the largest alors of rubber, meetings at various dales, showing that, com- dicate; there will be a common fatereat in all like electricity and motor traction, 1. do mencing on 17 Feb., 1909, a commission was profits, and than the Shansi sbareholders will participate in all the profits of the company. not think that anyone can come to being prepared to process to bile scan. The only alteration of the share capital of any other conclusion than that both district to report on the possibilities of com- these Industries, large as they may be to-day, mercial development of the properties of the the company is that proposed in the ordin as yet are only in their infancy, and that, there company and also to inquire into the presentary shares. It is recommended that each share fore, the increased consumption on this ratio is elatious-between-the-native-employees and of the nominal value of i should be split into To shares of 28. aach, one vote, for each share going forward and is not going to stop. And the agiste "if that is so—and that is what most of us be-This commission, it is now stated, will leave being: given, Should the arrangements be lieved when we went into the caltivated robber England shortly, and will be compared of Col. approved, a profit and loss account will be pre business-the world's consumption will absorb The Hon. Reginald Bertie, G.Blata command. pared-indeed, it is in course of preparation
ing Royal Welsh Fusiliers, and one of the and a general meeting will be held to receive all the cultivated rubber that we are going to put out without interfering with the present directors of the Peruvian Amazon Company, it, and to discuss any point in the company's output from the rest of the world, and without Mr. H. L. Gielgud, secretary and manager of working that the shareholders may wish to raise. After ibli maeting-ibera-will be separate our having to sacrifice toy material portion of the Peruvian Amazon Company, and one or
meetings of the Sheast and the Ordinary and iwo other members, as may be suggested. our profits. It is a ....
The letter proceeds: "My directors desire Deferred holders of shares, thus canying out me once more to state emphatically that they the order of the High Court of Justice. This are in absolute, accord with the very clear is an extraordinary meeting, and questions on ordinary business do not arise, but I denial given by the representative of the Pora- vian Government in London, in bis letter to feel sure you would like to put the question the editor of "Tauth, dated 25 Sept, 1909, in to tis: "Well, you have cow seen the inner regard to the atrocious allegations made against working of the company, What do you think
of our business? the agents of the company on its Putumayo cafate."
DANGEROUS THING TO PROPHELY
of the company,
unless you know, but I believed at the time that I spoke that I did know, Doring the year previous to that speech I had worked out the average selling price of rubber. It was 4 81d for 1908, it was 61 813 for 1909, and for the first five months of 19ro it was gs Bid That is my justification for the remarks which I made on January 14th, 1929.
With regard to the Foreign Office notifica. The receipts of rubber for the past year from tion that the Government is taking diplomatic all sources, in which are included in this year's action with a view to investigating the charges, figures 4,030 tons of cultivated rubber, amount the letter says that the directors feel that they to 69,000 loss. Owing to the increased de- cannot in any way interfere with the action of mand, prices, as you all know, instead of reced the Government of Paro, who have already in- ing, have advanced very considerably indeed, terested themselves la the matter. An order and the reason, I think, will be found in these to the Iquitos office of the company asking for figures, The world's onipat in 1906 was 65,000 a judicial inquiry into the accusations had been tons of which 531 tons were cultivated rubber given by a member of the board Immediately in 1907 the world's output, was 69,000 tons, and on receiving the first jutimation of the allega of this amount 1,133 coms were cultivated lions. rubber; in 19:8 the total world's output WAS 65,000 tons, and in that year thers were 2,000 tons of cultivated rubber, and in 1909 the world's output was 60,000 tons and the coltivated rub beramaupted le 4 poo lane,
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£112,199
ALLAHABAD BXHIBITION,
Local opinion amongst the prominent Ch ness is that the present boycott is to be espo cially regretted at this time when there is such a scarcity of rice in Kwang Tung and other paris of China,
But when business walks in at the door, sentiment flies pat at the window, and the pre- sent situation in the result of a purely buningan," matter. On the other hand, it seems la kave Been indirectly closed by the famina, which has caused tightness in the money mackat and so enforces longer terms of
The boycott is not expected to last longer. than a month and some of our larga millers. say that it will be over loa few days as the banks and will not be able to hold out/very; byens are forced to meet their draits at the
THOS, COOK & SON APPOINTED AGENTS.!
-We-have-been-advised by Massrs. Thas Cook & Son that they bare baan specially appointed sole official passenger agents for the United Province Exbibitios, Allahabad, India, every građa of business, medios NM, NEWER Cly December, 1910, to February sgtrenado
The period of the Exhibition has been fixad at the most plesskat season of the year and includes the great native bathing festivals which are held, at Allahabad. At the Exhibi tion, displays will ba'made of arts and in- destries of the United Provinces, bath accient and modern, sylvicaliare, machinery, sporting trophies, sic, etc.. while processes of nativa manufactures will be demonstrated. Special polo tournaments and an aviation mesting the first held in the Far East-promise to be x. great attraction, assig
Allahabad is a city of 173,000 inhabitants and is 514 miles by rall from Uilenita and 844 miles from Bombay, Barb
long. It lathought, however, that in turn there will ask for a proportionally extended time from the backt, who now give them poly fifteen days Bangkok Chinese have also, responded liberally to the appeal for help from Canton. Practically all of the big firms hers contributed large sums for the purpose of buying: rice and distributlog or selling it cheap to the poor of the needy provinces, MigMulan
Gentlemen, you have a splendid business, and a sound commercial one. Everything con- vinces me that if it is pushed as it should be and will be, substantial profits will follow. We have sent a special representative to China to setile certais pressing questions as to the salo of coat and other matters, and to negotista with the authorities in relation to the iron are. He is accompanied by an expert, who will investigate all matters appertaining to en gineering and exploitation of the mines, the Choosing of sites for additional skäfts, and the manufacture of iron and steel. You may rely The attival home on leave of absence of Sir Meli caught, flee at about 2 pm
upon it that wà shall leave no stone unturned to push our business for all it is worlb.
The Chairman also stated that they had had from their agents to China. A Batisfactory die- gram to say that thoro was Do anxiety in the mines, and no likelihood of trouble...
The resolutions were carried, and confrmad at the subsequent moetlags":
YOKOHAMA DOCK COMPANY,
DIVIDEND TWELVE PER CENT,
We learn from the Japan Garrils that the regular general meeting of the Yokohama Dock Company was bold on the agih ally when the following accounts for the first half of this year were presented and passed:
SIK F. LUGARD'S-
ADMINISTRATION OF HONGKONG,,
SHIPPING DISASTERS.
JAPANESE STEAMER LOST.
A Moji dispatch states that; the; staamer Skinko-mbru; 3,588 tons, while loading coal at Frederick Lugand, Governor of Pongkong, is ultimo, The fire originated in an oil tasking reminder that it is only three years since bis the engine room. Assistance was sent by the Excellency assumed the administration of the Water Police, and water was pumped into the Colony, and that during the intervening period engine fom, the art being sileguiled in be has succeeded in doing a great deal of work about sa hour and a half, it appear that flys which will be of permanent good to the inland or six tins of kerosado oif and fire tine ol rape. community, Sir Frederick arrived there at a seed all were taken on board the steamer, and time of unparalleled trade depression, and it is supposed that sparks from a the lamp when the finances of the Colony were at a low (Hantera) dropped into the kerosene which was ebb. The opium crusada had begun at home, being emptied into the oil tank. TàI DAN and the eventual suppression of this trade who was filling the tank was born to danh meant a seclous decline in the revenna of so that the actual cause of the dre la cinkuo Hongkong, Sir Frederick, fully alive to the The steamer is owned by May Kuhmoto portants of the moment, took an early oppor Kontaro, of Tojo-mara, Hyogo prafectars iosity to approach the Secretary of State with loaded 1.400 tons of coal at Wakamat regard to compensation for the loss occs- laft them an the 36th ulilen. The vessel was signed to the Colony through the action of to have left Moll for Yokohamas on the 28ık the Imperial Govomment and his representa: ottimo, akterlanding another s600 tess of coo tions in this direction added if substantial The Mitol: Bassan Kajsha steamer Ale grant being mads to the Colony With the sun warm is reported to jare besx lost of 15% losa on oplum and the decrease in revenue Saddle Island, about sa miles from Wooezia"! through the falling on of land sales It became on the ath ultime, The seamer lafı Miike on nacassary to replenish the exchequer from the azad ultimo with 3,000 jous of coal Or some other source. Sir Frederick, not a little the morleg.of the sath altimo, the resul to the surprise of the whole community, pro countered a very thick log in the ricially. posed the establishment of a Customs service). Baddle Island, and stranded on Ambars Rock the Secretary of State approved, the, proposal; Rough wasthan sut in on the morning or and Hongkong, which was formerly a free 5th collima, the l port, ia new dariving a large part of its rernuus washed away) ; 1 ske Waves continued de from Customs recaipia
There are many, direction Governor's energy and tion have mydla a mar
"My directors, in their desire that more light may be thrown on the mater, and that abuses, if they exist, may be done away with, will give very clear and defiaio in structions to the members of the commission
• DECREASE OF WILD RUBBER,
above. referred to, was they have already given to the repretentatives of the company lo Io. When Byzack's Hippodrome Circus and You will note from these figures that, deduct quitor and Putumayo." Manugurio visits the Colony, Hongkong people ing the 4,000 tons of plantation rubber inclad-
uitos and tray for permission to pubilah are alwaya certain ni being provided with exed in last year's receipts, the production of wild the whole correspondence, with the Forsign cellent entertainment's and, needless to say, rubber has not increased; in fact, there are Office. their present visit is no exception to the aula. about 2,867 tons legs of wild rubber than there The Moribg Luador" has also received Mr. Byrack brings with him a clurer company were in 1907. "This means, of course, a falling from the company a copy of the correspondence of aristos, whose various performances obe off in the collection and that the falling off has
between its solicitors and the Dean of Here. only needs to see to appreciate. Amongst the -mafu **draws" figuring on the programme are production of rubber, Torning to
beed to cultivated sadally larreasing foxd, in which the dean expresses his regret at a statement made at a Cixton Hall meeting in the world's visible, supply, In 1906 there were referenc to the treatment of antives by am display last night of head and band-balancing.
1,710 tons, in 1907 4.755 1006, in 1908 6,319 ployess of the company, and states that he was, Tha Örials also.made a great kit in thair aerial tank, in ago there were 4,300 tons and in 1910 misinformed. gymnastic act, whilst Professor Kramer did there warn 4,765 tons. From thess figuras, ap.: some heavy-weight lifting feats that sitonished parently, the visible supplies at the present all who saw them, Other, strong jems were mement are about 456 tons aboad of the visible the scroballes of the Mysore Brothers; Miss | supplies last year, but there are 1,548 tons less Lalla Asbby's wire walking; the hind-balancing than in 1908. But I think there is a very im of Dicky and Balls Ball and Mdile. Zelia's partant thing that we have got to take in Con antria with her beautiful Arab horse From nection with these figures before we jump to "an aquastrienne," Acrobatio for musical: puíat conclusions, and that is, whatisthe position of - of view, the whole performance was first-rate ; | the invisible supply of rubber?" I think it is¦¦ ¦ A. Peking despatch states that ME. W. G. whilst the clowning could not bays bran in bat generally conceded that the mocke, both of raw Max Mullar, the Chorgi d'Affaires for Great -ter bands than those of Rococo and Rumah, a. rabber and manufactured goods, in the mann. Britala in Paking, called at the Walewu-po- pair of drolis who kept the audience roaring facturers' hands in America bays' nerar bass, some days ago to discuss the question of in-; With laughtes
lower than they are at the present time, and I, crearing the opium daty la Canton, Mr. Max Sichera +will i bus another performance at am quite sure, if we could get reliable statistics: Mullar said that the Costome: authoriting, in
of the position of this invisibla, supply,ayon, Canton were increasing iba import daty on THE Shanghai office of the Deutsch-Aristlicha | Colony, but it is proba
·· CANTON OPIUM, MONOPOLY,
MR. MAX MULLER CONFERE. WITH THE WAIWUPU.
Total receipts... ALİDEREK, YO12,248 Total expenses amimi", 406,age. Nell profit animisvor
185,997 Brought forward, from last sccount?
· Special reservati
To festiva sik(ERDALETÕUDA
Dividend (ta por cent, per
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Carried to next account Tiling. 17,800
Causeway Bay this evening,MORA would find that the amount of rubber at the oplum which apparently violatus the Treaty, Bank announce that Mr. Frare Ubly, one of | adocaison that Els nams
+ Wale=steamers," Escorts and liposal of the world to-day was lower than i) | Unless this procedure is stopped at once he the partners of the Direction der Discontos maoni, Holtw of abour wepo tom, fired with luxurious avat had been at any previous time in the will ask the British Gorérement to take up tom Gasellschaft In Berlin, and well known in the establisher
wirulaas tele- | klitory of this trada....(Hoar, bear.) And what matter. The Wal-wa-pu promised to witla | East, her bean elected Freddant of the Board curly addre
are expected to leave the 1s true of America is also true of the manufact, this matter as soon as they receive a mport | of,Directors of the Deutsch Avlhuische Bank at schools
Orient to morays in the torso la this country, and of the rest of the from the Viceroy of 10 Liang Kwing on the Competing of that Board held in