Chinese in Malaya.
*BEST WORKMEN IN THE WORLD.
‚HOW RUDDER 18'GROWN.'
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH SATURDAY AUGUST
*ged this way. Suppose you wanted, say, 1,000 acres in one of the Staten, You would go to it, was successtal you would get a grant pomi- the Lands Office and put in an application. II
nally from the Sultap, through the Council It would be signed by the Resident, and give "The Chinese in the Malay States is the you a perfectly good tile. But there might best workman in the world—if you know how be more than one applicant. The Chloese are to handle him, e's a hard worker end a good such a cute crowd. One of the clerks might be miner' he thinks for himself, he's faventive, in the pay of some of the outside Chivern. Ha and he's pretty honest. But he's no good if would probably just pigeon-bole your applica "you pay him wager.' He'll just sit down at ition until next morning, and by then some of and loaf. But put him on contract, where he the Chinesa would have applications in. The can make a profit and heldig latú it. The land doesn't necessarily go to the first appli Indian is always izy. He sits down boikda
Cant. When there are several, it may be put his work and groans, because he hasn't caroed what he wants. The Chinese are a necessity."Up for auction, and if the Chinese think they
Mr. Horace S. Martin, who has just returned 10 Sydney from the Malay Statas, where he has been for the last 10 or 13 years, thus records bis experience of "the Chiness, who make up asa large a part of the population. there. But he has had a good desi- of experience of rubber planting and tig miding, too, and has something to say of them, and of the rubber boom,
CHINESE AS BUSINESS MEN.
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are on to a good thing they will bid right over your head. When, you get the land you let it out to Chloese, and they work it for you on tribule. A lot of the work used to be dona on the truck system, but that's supposed to be stopped.
HOW THE STATES ARE GOVERNED,
ederal Council, which met. for the first time this year. The policy of the States comes from the Colonial office, but the British don't in terfere much with the Sultan and the natives la the Courts some of the magistrates are na- live, and some European. Then there are the natives' religious courts, held by the Kathi the Mohammedan priest. 'I 'e'll send a man to prison for ust going to church, or not for say- ing bis prayers often enough. They'll put him in the European prison for that!
nominally Independent. But the government "They are protectorates. The Sultanu are
of each State is carried on by a council, consist- "The Chinese are the mastest business mening of the British Resident and assistants, the anywhere," Mr. Marlin went on yesterday, Sultan and a fow rajabs, and European and "They are horn traders. They are the retail Chinese representatives of the population. All shopkespers and maschants-the middlemen the British officials are Indian civil service- of the East, The Huiopeans plant, and the nearly all Oxford or Cambridge men.' Then big wholesale manufacturing and importing there's a Fritish agent, who. lives at Kwala firms are British and German, but they sell to Lompor-the capital, a good-sized towo-and'a the Chiposo retailers. To show you the way the Chinese run things. This is how they work the tio mines. A Chinese starts with il capital. He gets his land, and employs contractors. He pays them once a year--just before the Chinese new year, But they bave to draw about 75 per cent, of their pay 'ic advance. For that be charges them ao per cent, extra. Then he keeps a store, and tells his men their mining tools, and ropes, and clothes, and food, and opium, The Government tried to stop the sale of opium:
The States are not a poor man's country-Bol but they couldn't. So they took over the mono- the place to look for a job in. Nobody wants' a poly of it instead, ft was impossible to stop new man, because be doesn't know the lan the Chinese taking opium. And's good thing, purge. But it's right enough if you have some for. The Chinese is, so use except when his capital. The Malays' don't count much; the has his opium, Why, he has an other vices population is mainly of Indians-Tamils and Well, the Chinese employer charges his own Bengalis-and Ubinesa. Trade with Australia men as much as anyone else, and he makes is bigger than it was, and there are good pros. another 20 per cent, profit. The result of it all pects abead.""It's only a matter of breaking à is that by the end of the year he has babit to get Australian goods lo. All our chaff hardly anything to pay, And-so Chisese casaud horsefeed and a lot of tioned stuff comp work mines that only just pay the wages-abest, Europeans can't work their Chinese employees that way. Thein would be trouble.
from Australia now.
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THE BRITISH AND SIAM,
"A little while ago the British Government took over three of the Siamare Staten in retain for a loan, and the British extra-territoria!" rights in Siam. la the end the whole of Sigm is bound to come under British rule. The Slam
"Then the Chinese are good workmen in another way. When tin went down we told our men 'Either we'll have to close the mine, or you mun take a reduction in wages, We cut them down zo per cent, and they said 'Baik !as navy is officered by Danos, the administra-
'all sight. Compare that with your trados. unionists Chinese get 75 to 80 cents a day, engine drivers a dollar'a day, experts and art. aans up to one dollar 20 cents a day, & dollar la 28.'qd. There's one white marual labour, It's not the climate for that. But, though the cost of living is bigh, wages are higher. A European underground mine bore-vot a mlu- ing engicear, just a shift boss-will get 150 dollar a month. European mine managersy some boliday travel, and so on are paid sometimes by results, bût anyhow very well.
tion of justice by Englishmen, the survays by Italian, and the railways used to be run by Austrians. But the British have
lent mane for railway extension, and so on, and the lines are being reconstracted, by British engineers."
Mr. Martin expects to stay in Australia from three to six monibs, wanwhile, ba will visit the New Bouth Wales tio mines, to see if the East bar anything to learn from them, and ep-
CORRESPONDENCE.
(We do not necmarily endorse the opinions exprasınd
by Correspondents in this column.) ·
THE INDIAN EMIGRANT,
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August 13th, I pm). The following quotations for rubber shares,
wire, are supplied by Messrs. E.S.Kado Co. b.
Alligat
Anglo-Javas dominion..Tik 15 Anglo-Malays.........................b}· ·
Balgownies...............
Batu Tigastuspakomitypriano
Beramai
..14
Bukit Kajang (pp) ......................................53!. Bukit Rajaka
Carey Uniteds...............25/- prom,
Onstlefields.............................
Changkat Serdang↑ ..................................................511} Cheras (part paid) .............................................$18 Do. (fully pald).
Damansaras.....
Eastern Internationals ......35/- prém. Fed. Selangor. Glenealys
Golcondas............................120/- Golden Hopes............... Highlands and Lowlands 22/6 Indragitis................$17 loch Kennethɛ.mi Jequies
Jonglanders........... kata *** 7/3 prem.
Kamualogs Kuala Lumpots..on deemol§0). Lanadrons (fully paid) Lanadrons (ppd.) Labus ...
Ledburys.....rea.rug estate Lingglekken10194986 1983
..851-
.7/6 $14
London Asiatice...ky/6 London Ventures....... Merlimaus............ Pajams.....
Pegoas .........
.... $19 Rubber Trash...........................36/- prem. Saggas omnes 270/- Sandycrofts...me à Vas Sapozga Senfelds.
Sekongsianse Sheffords...... Singapore & jobores Sumatra Parot
Surgei Cbobs
Sungei Kapars
Tandjongs
Tangkabs
Toorangie
.32/6 prem..
-77/6 ..$16
15.
100/
376
❤ may men 2-prem:
Ula Raotu. *****
United Serdang United Singapores Volted Sumairas United Langkats
Para Rubber
16.
........... 80/.
·9/1 per lb..
WEEKLY SHARE REPORĮ.
Reviewing the share business for the week, Messes, E. S. Kdouric & Oo, write on 12th fast,Our local market continues dall with very little business passing,
Pubber. In consequence of reported sales of Plantation short list Tuesday as low as of prb the stars market experienced a ship fall in prices all round, s'me shares having re. crded a drap of as much as zo per cent, en quotations of a week ago. As we wile landon advice come stronger, with an ad arce is Pine Hand Para- of-2/ prŕ lb. making quotation #/10
bly and are now quoted, at Tis, ie," Other Northern Mills are unchanged according to latest mall ́adrices, vix: foternationals, Tis. 62 Lau Kong Mows, Tis, 684 sud Say Chees, Tis, 240
13 1910
(To-day's\/ Advertisements,
FOR SINGAPORE, PENANG AND CALCUTTA
Taking Cargo on through Bills of Lading to Rangoon, Madraï and Mauritius.
Steamship
• Mircellane us-China Borneos have been ruling weak and are offering at 5), Chlon“ Providents can be placed at $8. Hongkong Electrica hava buyersat $26. -Dairy Farms can be bid to a small extent at $91. Green Islands have 'unber weakened to 563 sellers. Hong- kap, les conticus in demand at $135, and Hongkong Repes $11. Union Waethoats Capt. G. F. Hodion, will be despatched for are lequired fo. 137. I'uips are offering atas, at Noon..
the above Ports on WEDNESDAY, the 17th $30. Lingkais ars quoted in the North at Tis. *.350 and and Sumatras at Tls, 155, there are sellers of both stocks.
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Exchange. The Bank's drawing rate on London is 1/9 7-16 on demand and the T.T. rate on Shanghai is Til, 74f.
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DESERTION FROM S.S. CISSIE," THE P. & O. S. N. Co.'s Steamer
BEAMEN BENTENCED TO PRISON. Before Commander Büxil Taylor, H.M., Ma rine Magistrate, Joseph Smith Crane, master of the steamship Cisile, charged Timothy Murphy and George Robaition, seamen, for deserting from his ship on the with inst,, in the waters of the Colty.
Captala Crave" stated that the defendants were apparently dissatisfied with the ship. He tried to siga them off on arrival bere on the zoth inst, but the shipping master refosed to 'do so, on the grounds that they had not enough funda la band or due to them to support them. He told the ran that, and they then refused to go any further in the ship. They asked him to take them ashore in his sampao. Ha refused to do so.
When he returned ba board last night at 6 p.. they bad gone. He did Rot know whether they took their effacts with them. They did not return to the ship.
First defendant (to the master)-Why you give us money to go ashore with 7.
Complainant Because you had been worry ing me for an advance for a long time. I dido't have any fands until yesterday when I gave you a small sumi
did.
Comd. Beckwith stated that he was on board the Cissie this morning. He asked about the
defardants and found that one had taken all
bis ffects with him and the other had given
all his clothes awty.
The first defendant did not want to go any further in the ship. He did not get on with
abe master and male.
The second defendant refused to go any far. her in the ship so bag as the mastar's wlie was on board. She accused bim of throwing a man overboard.
to defendants were found guilty and sen. tenced to three weeks' bard Inbour.
THE COLUWAN AFFAIR.
SIMILAR TROUBLE TO BE PREVENTED.
With a view to preventing further frodble similar to the attack on Colewan by Portu guere troops the Wai-wörpü and Prince Tsai Hson, the Commissioner for the 'Navy, have
communicated with the H.E. Yana Shu-hican, the Viceroy of Liang Kwang, requesting Alm to send meg-of-war to protect the merchant steamers and junks in the neighbourhood of Colowan: In the despatch H.I.H, Prince Tea au stator that it is a great disgrace to Obina to hava foreign troops'operating in Chinesa ter- ritory to suppress robbery,Shanghai Témet.
1 Wai upa bas received applications from delegates to witpass the opening of the Senate the foreign Powas for permission to send
la (cober.
continue very ready with bayes at 9:0,
Fanks.ongken, and thangbai Banks
verat sies at this price à ving
ccurred du. ing the week The price at bome is unchanged at
2g Inf. Rationals role firm with stall sales& PERING telegram says that, since his return to Peking from Europe, Prince Tsai Tao bas urged the removal of the queue which reform wouldstimulate the advancement of the Chinese people. As much opposition prevails against the idea it will not easily obtain sanction.
at $78,
THE EXPANSION OF RUBBER, · "Six or seven yeard bufore the rubber boom, said Mr. Martin, "we osed to laugh at the one or two people who planted rub.
TO THE EDITOR or tux "Hongkong Telegrafi."` her. They were mostly "tea and coffee plant-
Sta-Very few people in Hongkong know ors from Ceylon, and they put the rubber of the existence of a set of downright merciless in when coffee went down These men Indian sharks whoss avocation is to prey on nued to live as the smell of an oil rage their helpless and weak fellow-Indians under bad tako jobs anywhere, just to keep their the disguise of immigration brokers, while the plantations going. I have known them bio Governments of India, and. Hongkong, are lutely not knowing what it was to owa fiva dollar. And now they are neatly all million-ither in a state of torpor or cglecting a aires. I know one man who planted too acres plain duty to allow this practice to continue of rubber a few years ago. When rubber went up to about 61, he was drawing about £9,000 a year clear profit. And of course he's drawing proportionately more sow. V.luations ata made with us on a five years' purchase, and estater are valued on the base that robber is work only 31 a ib, and that in 1915 it will only be worth 11 a lb We reckon the present
h me in order to make up something like £10, hippir googkong, Canton and Macao Edict reprimanding the provincial govora. values of rubber are inflated. It will come| Ha sets upon his journey in a hurry regardless } Steambзats are lo demand at 531f ex thements in the matter,
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HOW RUBBER IS GROWN.
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It must be remembered that the educated in dian pative is the brightest living creature the world in proud to posters, but his brother of the cultivation class is just the contrary; his kron edge is limited to this point- Go to America and board as much gold as human toil will emil" Being noxious to improve his condi- tios, he disposes of almost every thing be has at
of the journey to San Francisco,
Varire Insurances-Cantons ars cffering at, -473) and might be had at a slightly lower rate, Caltons are riso rating weak and with a firm effer could prob bly be obtained at $84% North Ceas have been d alt in at 10. Si and more shares are wanted. Yangiizes are alj intly easite ith sellers at $200,
Fire Insurnaces-China ires have changed hands at S. Hongkong Fires are unaltered with shares ¿ffering at $350,
THE Ministry of Finance deems it necessary to anforce the stamp duties in order to relieve the financial straits, but the pravlaçes have delayed the imposition on different pretexts, It proposes, therefore, to ask for the issue of
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took up her adorings almost opposite the 'Cus toms House on Saturday morṇlug; as she is one of the fastest if not the fastest vassal, seen up the river, repons the NV. C. D. News of Sit inst. The Leipzig has a speed of twenty-three koots. Compared with vessels of the same class of other nations, this is high, and lodicates Her displacement is 3,200 tons; and her draught the valus that is now being attached to speed.
is only to fent, another important factor in the construction of man-of-war. She is really'a madera vessel, for she was laid down in 1905 and launched in the following your, her cost Leing £154,500. Some comparisons may be in- teresting The Astras, also a third-class cruiser, THE BRITISH FOREIGN IMPORT & has a displacement of 4,360 tons, and a draughtings, Liverpool, England, is prepared to EXPORT COMPANY, Central Build-
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ventured up river,
THE RUSSO-JAPANESE AGREEMENT.
CALL FOR CLEAR EXPLANATION,
London, ang, 6.
The Times compla'ns of the inistiooss of the Russo-Japmaia Agreement and declares that public anxiety centres chiefly in the arrange. ments between the two Powers as regards Chips.
It is not merely a matter for Governments alone but for the public, in view of the growth of British interests in Manchuria, 'that there should be no ambiguity regarding the condi
tions under which the control of the Chinese Eastern Railway is to be organized,
It is, continane Zhe Times, “a somewhat similar absence of an unreserved definite ex- planation moreover, which to some extent is at the bottom of such, feeling as prevails xo- garding the much-debated project for the cop.
pe sans loinicsted in this Chinese undertaking sunction of the Chincheu-Bigno Railway. The
have some claim to be told quite clearly the precise grounds upon which the Japanese and
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ussian Governments are disposed to take an unfavourable view of the scheme as at present put forward. The manner in which it infringes, gris cupsidered to infringe, the rights of the two Powers might very well be candidly ex- plained. An explicit answer might be given has a right under Article 4 of the Portsmouth to the rather angry critics who lasist that Öbína Treaty to build the line in the way she thinks SOLE AGENTS: best. We are convinced that the cause of international amity which is the object of the Hao-Japanese Agreement would be materially 'advanced,; if an answer were furnished as speedily as possible: N. C. D. News,
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KUPPER" BEER ON DRAUGHT.
down again to 35 or so. But it will go up of everything that concerns bis comforts; tra- dividend of 13 paid on the 9th inst. Including L S.Jackson (his morning charged Fok Kyai higher first. By the end of the year I expect vals on the .ndian railways, reaches Calcutis, the amount of $10,;65 carried forward from Po, of the steam launch Batley, for unlawfully it to loach 15.
"Then, the expense of planting subber is takes bis passage and after twenty days, ands Past half year, the sum at credit of profit and failing to have the licence of the launch framed small-loss than is 6d a lb. One of our biggest imself in ongkong, which he believes is half lors account amou to $143,5:6.1. The divid. and exhibited in a conspicuous part of the cabin planters—his trees are six or seven penru oid—
It is end of Sid paid on the gib inst, absorbs $100,000. | in Victoria harbour on the 6th instant. De. says he can produce rubber at 4d. alb. That here at Hoogko g that the poor fellow A sum of $18,000 has been written off the book fendant stated the licence was locked up on shows you what the profits are like.. Of course, is here where he is induced by his properties, and S1 5oo is transferred to the ant guilty and imposed a fine of Sin. Ob a
is allured and duped by a dirty trick value of the steamers, $5,000 off wharves and board the launch. His Worship found defsod- | they're planting like the very mischief,. But i There's plenty of good land left, and it pays to brother sharks that he must contline the depreciation and insurance fund, lesving a bai- further charge of failing to have the certificate plant it still.
Journey once he passes the doctor's examina anie cf $ 8,016,2', to be carried forward to the of competency of the master and engineer of tion, although his physical conditions are new account. Indo Chions have further reced-) his licensed launch Bail y'on board, defendant' We have just received a consignment of "A few years ago we reckoned the tree should far from being suitable to meet the required and after mates at $53 are now offering at was discharged. not be tapped before they were five years. If ments of the United States medical regula. 562 Douglas Steamships are effecirg at their is notified in the Gazette that it is the luten-fresh"Kupper" Beer from the Brewers, and your trees are clean and well looked after, you tioor. His dupes, continue to give bim every reduced rate of 5.7. tar erries are also weak tion of the Governor to make an order, on the can tip them after three years. It doesn't possible encouragemeal until they ship him with sellers at Sie sad the new shares are ob- a3th January, 1911, directing the removal of a' are selling it on Draught. Interfere with their growth or output. A four-and get their brokerage. He is shipped to San taleable at $12. Shell Transports are slightly graves section A in Ma Tac Wal cemetery year-old tree should produce a pound of rubber Francisco, and after a close examination stronger and according to latest advice from which are within the area coloured blue on plan a year. Rubber is planted all over the Malay he is rejected and told that he has to return by London, are quoted there at 95/6, Sales hayo B called "Proposed Section A" of the sald States. A great deal of toploca and gambler the steamer that brought him. Imagine, then. been effected locally at 95f". used to be put down. The planters had to clear Mr. Editor, the extent of his disappoint- Refineries-Chios Sugars continua very the jungle away for these, so they put rubber ment after having spent almost all his money to quiet with small sales at 5:67. It is reported In between the tapioca liner, Rubber to be told that America doas not wish to have a
that an interim dividend of $5, has been de- planted' either from saada or from stumps set of miserable paupers who have been crush-clared, bought at a nursery. If you plant with reeds ed by miserable neglect to make suitable man
After a month the unfortunate and a fair business bas been transacted at 571. Micing.-Raabs have been in good demand over so per cent. will germinate, but of course of them. they take longer to grow. Of the slump only Indlib Ands himself back at Hongkong Chinese Engineering and Mining Co. are offer 70 or Eo per cent, survive, because some of with nothing whatever
to live on, no-ing in Shanghai at Tis. 16, --------- the rests will have been broken and destroyed' tblog except a few pieces of wretched cloiblog Docks, Wharves, and God was.-There has
Cemetery, which may be seen during office hours at the offices of the Sanitary Department, Beaconsfield. Such order will be made for the porpora ef executing a public work, namali the proper laying out of such area in terraces for fattire interments.
Events Coming.
Monday, 15th August,
The finest
FRESH PILSENER BEER to be obtained anywhere.
In Syphons of 1 and 2 gallons and in Statutory meeting, Tosrangle Rubber Co. 5 of from 1 to 6 gallons at $2.50 per gallon.
place. Shanghai Docks 'hurs weakened top.m. Tis 76. Hongkong and Kowl on Wharrel
in moving them. But those that grow will be and a box which holds them. Here he becomes been some logelry for Hongkong and Whom. · Crown Land Sale, at P. W. D. 3 p.m. a year aboud. Orignally, the plants were put a subject of pity either in the Hinde Gardwara pox Docks and sales at 55^uod Syr havo takan in 15ft, apari-some only soft. But experience or in the Mobsmetio morque and bis shows that they should be zoft, spart, Rubber dupes now direct him to return home by the ared to be mostly in the hands of Chinese, but | best meaus.bo possesses or can objela from bave been dealt in at 5534. Shangkal and now nearly all the otstes have been flated others into companies. The Chinare bold a good many shares,
Toosday, 16th August. · Hughes & Hoogh, Auction Sale of Sundry Hoogkow Wharves are casier with sellers at | Goods, at Naval Yard, só a-mTL
Sanitary Board meeting $45 p.m.
All there te keries and wiles are, practised | Tis. 76. on the British subject and the Governments ard inactive,—Yours, etc,
-Hongkong-13th-August,-igra-----
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́ ́ABOUT TIK-KIRIVO; › 21/in' tu mainly worked by Chinesa on tri- buía... Veere are a low companiei,& Varyono pa SATs les mines are being worked out, but they A FOREIGN Customs officer at Haiphong soon to keep going all right. About two-thirds alleged to have shot one of the local gentry of the world's, supply comes from op there- | and wounded some other Chloess, and it is from Fersk and Selangor. Talage are mans, said that he has been arrested for his crime,
Lands, Hotels and Balldings,-Hongkong-
* Wednesday, 27th August, Laoda havo again been placed at $98j, Hum, Hughes & Hough," Auction Sale of Bundry phrey's Estates are offering at 58}. Wast.] Goods, at Naval Yard, so am, Pointa þare bean placed at $391 and Kowloon -Lands”àt $31. "Shanghai Lands hava bayers
In the North At Tis: 11.
Cotton Mills,--Hongkong Cottons have been sold at 5p. Ewas have fallen away consider
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