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THE CHINA MAIL.

bu

of

filling that seat that the Registrar General (Mr Blowert) can sit in the Council, ac cording to its present constitution, or unti the Governor receives fresh instructions. under the Queen's Sign Manual.

›Edward O'MALLEY, Hongkong,

July, 1883.

No. % The Secretary of State to the Governor. Hongkong, No. 158.

Downing Strest, 7th August, 1883. Sim, have the honour to acknowledge 14th of Mo, proprang certain alterations

would propose for the un-official sata ia the Legislative Council.

I havo, dro

Governor Sia Gzonas F. Bowen, G.0

M:G\&&}&o, &c.

ADDITIONAL VOTES.

Tho Calonin

adoption of entry then moved the

A

of voton which have

been passed by the Financo Committoo sings the

29mi August last

The Colonial Tresurer seconded, and

The presence of the were not already protected by the Registrar the receipt of your Despatch No, 68 of tho the motion was cast adjourned

thon

disabled the oil has doubtless boon the 3. It will, perhaps, bo convenient that I ed. At the present moment there are real- Councils, unless he be specially pursuance of the Coylon systems, two of the

summoned by the Governor, six un-officiat members should be, as means of saving the ship and consoquently should in the first place request your Lord-ly only two Un-oficial Mombere. I shall

is obvious, for example, that tho. general rule, appointed on the recommenda the lives of the crew,It is as well to place ship's attention to my reply to a recent propose forthwith to Her Majesty's Gu

chief clerk or chief assistant of tian of the Chamber of Commerce, and one such instances, when well authenticated, on deputation from the Chamber of Commerce vorment that for the future there shall in which

the Treasurer, or Surveyor General, on the recommendation of the Justices of I have briefly ex-mix Unofficial Members; and that the sys record. A vessel arrived hero few days at Hongkong,

...the. Peace. One more should certainly be though competent, to carry on fuupo in which the experiment was extended plained my viene as to both the financial tem which has worked succesfully in Opy- ago

shall be The Brithh barque and the political position of this Colony that two of thore six members should

adopted sisu koro. -Imena rarily the ordinary work of the depart. a member of the Chinese community, as with marked

mont, might not be qualified for ad representatives of the untive communities Satters, was in the gala if the 8th Octobe

The root-1

reply was as follows i

mission to the Executive and Legals have for many years past held seats in the hare great pleasure that awept a large portion of the Consi

two receiving

mendation of the Chamber of Commerce,

tera this deputation from the China goneral rule, appointed on the recom

Legislatures of British Julis, Ceylon, Now Japan, and on that day she had her two

& Straits Bettlements. In ber of

(d.) The position of the Chief Justice of Zealand, and the Commerce, the most important and more at least on this recommenda lower topssils blown clean out of terrauts public body in Hongkong; which is cele- tion of some other publin body, such as the

Hongkong is exceptional, inasmuch as deed it might be proper to place two cha afterwords roper, and a now mizen-staysail,

if their ho is already a member of the Legisla nese in the Legislature, heir interesta hoisted, as amadiatly split. At this time brated not loss as a great emporium of Beach of Justices of the Teace. One

the six Un-oficial Members will of course than sa u Naval and Military Blation

Live Council, trade, the rustol mare very bad weather,

fallon

Chief Justice in the Legislatures of General Moreover, I have sens in rapid succession sweeping he dies duty and my pleasure to give iny earnest subjects. It will be

the of the first class. It will always be alike my be chosen from among our Chincso

remembered that g the cabin and flooding

les,

to protect

to be devoted to the erection of six free try the all experiment, attention to any representations, which suay prosentatives of the native communities

bere, and chewhere, in former of the Queen, is bound to 1

the interests of all Her Majesty's

of Hongkong then determined to

Legislative Councils ally the inter mined to try

years, to minh inconvenience. But I

After full consideration of the circum public latrines, and one of 311,899 for God throo over the weather side, a few to get from time to time be laid before me by have for many past hold it in the Le

Canvas bags fall

would not recommend the disturbance jects of every mce. Of course, the final stances of the Colony, I am of opinion that repairing roads, troots, bridges, water on en tots of a ventlemen who have so large a stake in gislatares of British India Cerion. Now

of the existing arrangement at all appointment would continuo, in every cash,

12th and 13th September. In connection evants during the tenure of the office to rest absolutely with the Governor, suban Excentive Council of seven members works, re., damaged by the stores

roval of the Crown;

thewould be unnecessarily large, and that the with the vote for free public Intrines, the by the presentable and judicious Chief Jest to the

tucs of treasurer, which is generally Justice (Sir George

Phillippo). At the partial introduction o

of the system which has united with another office, and hire, a salsity Colonial Bocretary laid on the tablo a re-

elsewhere would tako tween Executive and Judicial position away the

from (8960) a year, should not be spacified as Board, who were requ

the conclusions arrived at

at by the Sanitary Ets properly excludes hira from. Hovorik }, {

among many oundidates of equal class conforting a east in that Council matter by His Excellency the Governor

while Exesative Council

it would confer many of th

the

In other aspects, 1

approve generally sum up for the

of:

for 2 popular election;

1 of Dil

noodle having boon gave

the oil to escape. The rapidity with which the oil spread out to windward was astonishing, and in which the big loqualled by the wor

Reas one after the other, ring high and apparently about to break on the ship, were anot by t

the oil and suddenly seemed to col- lapso by the contact

#AM

this and of other Colonies, has often that the fover. 8 10 the constitution of the Execution and !

sub-

The Council to a feste 36 of 817,700

dopa

The

of 11th.

same time, the Aile drination hetkedvidiousness of selection from at only hing hundred and sixty dollar port made by the Sarveyor General, giving

avil duties

B. To

which might

iences

which

quested to report on this

will be published in our issuer of to-mdr»

this Colony, and such a well-informed Zealand, and the Straite Settlements.

"Without going further into details at appreciation of its circumstances and re-

resont, I believe that you; Gentlemen, quiroments.

I have listoned with attention to the will agree with me in thinking that a spatom arguments which have now been laid before of the nature thus shadowed forth will me, and I have perused with caro the confer on the Colony most of the advan. former letters from the Chamber of Com-tages, without any of the drawbacke of mercu to the late Administrator of the popular election which, for obvious ros- Goverment on the subject of the Lightsons, is impracticable in heterogenenns

dreamstanceð" ás is, that of above, and for other reason, one stated advantages, without any of the inconven your proposals with regard to the Executive This report as well as offiers connodbad cominunity, cre Duen.

If I understand aright, the main argu- Hongkoor. Should the Imperial

shad, for the fageneous community circumstanced as is that to the Council, thus I confidanttiva Council of following members- reports recently insuod by some of our ment in favour of the abolition or reduction ment sanction my proposals, I foot over be adduced, I recommend that the Execu-obvious reasons, impracticabla în'a keter. Council, and the necessary instrument shall : with the votes, and the, votos themasolves

of what is termed the "Taxation of Trade" that the Colonial

onial Government Consuls in China, a solation of the voxed is, that as Hongkong is a Free Port, it is ture will dorive valuablo wesistance ture, consist of t

illogical that Light, or other Port Dues should be so levied na to produce a revenue vor and above the necessary departmental

In other words, it appears expenditure. be contended that, for example, the Light Dust should metely cover the cost of their collection, and the maintenance of the Light-houses.

Is one may judge from the commercial

quation of the Indian opium trade may be expected in a comparatively short time, This solution, unhappily, doce not take the form desired by those philanthropists who tell us year after year that we are furcing the pernicious drug upon the people of China against their will. The Chinese show no signs of a disposition to give up the use

Now,

biut

the

(1.) The Governor (Président); ***

The Officer Cerahanding the Troops (9.) The

Colonial Secretary (4) The Attorn General

The attorney

General, General,

uf

number to

the present Regis for silding

us raising Hangtrengers tenches me that the turning now to the Legislative Coun 12. My experience ine un-offcial members of the Legislature in, I The Eviot to let you Crown Colonies should hold oflice, not for the life, but for a period of six

All Troops but mosty's? vember being eligible for of that a if it be so deemed advisable by

her and by the Crown.

Your cach

Gover-

whether the Officer Command- should bea mund- Crown Colony has of

repostedly under

consideration

11

row.

·SUPREME COURT.

IN ORIGINAL JURISDICTION (Before the Full Court.) Friday, Nov. 2

DISPOSAL OF A MOTION IDE LEAVE TO

from the knowledge and ability of the gentlemen recommended by the Chamber of Commerc

FLOW alike can have no object in The Official and the Un-official Members general welfare of the Colony; and I am

shall all work

It has been found late been sure that we ly towards that

with regard to the Legiile in Mauritius and elsewhere that while and it has been doomed preferable

and 4. I hope to

that ofBeer all hero agree that there are promotion and retirement cause frequent the absence of any strong

should not have the official members, the in full detail on the fianchal two conspicuous and inconvenient aroma- changes among and in

in the Legislature and accordinly in Malta un-rificial members are often liable to stay and the Windward Islands the Offer ConTheir Lordships this morsing disposed of of this community, lies in its presentending the Troops on, and to lose syropathy, influence,

(4) The

The Gonoral

to a motion for leave to appeal mide by Mr J. on this asation, though admitted to the and what in Blitary phrase is called nanding the troops has recently coased to Francis on the 4th ilimo. The respon

take part in

in Legislation, and now only sits

Council in the Exocative

Gentlemen, I am ready to addition and

that there is much logical force in this argu- of opium. But they are every year becament. But, unfortunately, all practical In this

prosent

ing tore keenly alive to the advantages of experience shows that the world never basine myself to

Chimonother condi

your Lordship before

an

of the reforms which

are.to-

growing their own opium instead of import- 1.beon governed, and nover will be governed in its politic of the to con-

by pure logic. There are manifold anomal- lies sud inconsistencies in the fiscal systems

of all cousitrios.

ing it from India. The British Conan at Amby reports that, in spite of angisterial prohibitions, the cultivation of the drug in

The real practical question for considora- and espidly incres

increas that district is steadily and rai

tion is one to which gave my attention ing

significant remon and he gives that the mandarius, though very active in immerNataly after may arrival in this Co. pouncing upon the manufactured drug for lony. It is this: Is the revenue of Hong purposes of taxation, make no effort to kong of such amount, in comparison with enforce their prohibitions against the growth the accesary expenditure, that the redue. of the poppy. The

report from Ishang istion of any existing tax is practicable with

still stronger. The Ĉenent thory Bays: dat Gading at: squivalent in some new forns { Conučil, I would observe that, on my first

drug

still

› serious rival

for the purp

of removing the hieroga ond

which anomalies now ariat; of placing the Executive and Legislative Councils of this Colony on a footing similar to that held by these bodies in other Crown Calonics; and of securing at once greater concord and efficiency in the Administration of the Government, and the weighty support of enlightened public opinion.

5. First, with regard to the Executive arrival here, I found that this body, during several years past, has been aummonsil ta meet only at long and uncertain intervals. acquainted, wheth

whether possessing Parliamen The balance of assets is, in round num-tary Government, or belonging to the class hers, 81,150,000. Now, without taking in- of Crown Colonies, it is the fixed rule that to account the reclamation of Causeway there shall be an ordinary mecting of the Bay, and the widening of the Prays, which Executive Council ou ons stated day in I should mach like to see taken in hand as every week. I forthwith directed, the ad- option of this rule; and Executive

WAR A

Officer

41.

Beat

APPEAL IN THO CASE OF OKUN ANG ANOTHÈE"

TOČAK YEUNŮ. YUT SING,

Caso snel the appellunta

ho had honded to them in 188

in the Summary Jurisdiction for $760,

Am which

transmit to Macao on bis behalf, to

tho

・ont in present

reason

the

is

large. Executive, in oxcluded from the Legie-"tough," with the community at lative Council, contrary to the rule

13. There is another important point 4. I may explain that a principal reas obtaing which obta

all other Crown Cole which should now be considered. I stated in nics. It appears that the General in above (para 6) that on my arrival here I for this decision has been the fact that

found that the practice for some years paster Dommanding Hor Majesty's this purpose thoy gave him an order on the the early years of this COLDI have had been to summon the Executive Coun-revs is not under the same oigation as Hard Tye first in Macao, with whom they mambor of the Legislaturo.

25 aupport caused diligent starch to be made in eil to meet only at raro and uncertain incumbent upon the Civil Officers to the official correspondence, and I am periods; and that, for the reasons assigned, should feel it a yung is unter off by saying the, money had not yet ar- the measures of the Government; and if he had dealings. On respondent presenting

the order to the Macno firm, they pat-him in accordance the conformed to the custom in force with his own July the opposition of" kavad. He was put off in the saine manner

speak or vita meeting with

against week

"I is reported that the growth of the of taxation?

The Colonial Secretary and Auditor poppy is extending both in Szochum and General Mr Marsh), who accuracy and in this consular district. If native

દીક rival impartiality are known to all, has furnished opium will pro and may to a grant i mno with the following facts and figures in In all other Colonies with which to the Indian

this a extent supplant it. No Indian opium is imported here; while the Szechuan opium is sold all over the empire, and.competes sven at the open ports on the east coast with the Indian drug," Now ser may be willing, for moral ends, that the India's

aubject.

will

my

It

Exchequer should lese nevon or eight mil. soon as possiblo, the Public Works already uncil Row heels every Wednesday. 1 lions of ravenue; but where will be the commenetti, or urgently needed, such as be recollected that the Quera's Instruc advantage to tho morality of Chins if the the Water Works, the axtuusion oftheons contemplate that every Governor shall Chines moroly grow their own opium instead of buying it from India Jume's Gazelle.

MEETING OF LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

A meeting of the members of the Legis lative Council was held this afterbou, to ward off the imminent danger produce efficient co-operative Counaz

There wore present His Excellency, the Governor (Sir George Bowen); Sir G. Phillippo, Chief Justice; the hon. W. H. Marsh, Colonial Secretary; the hon. E. L. O'Malley, the Attorney General; the hon. A. Later, the Colonial Treasurer; the hon. P. Ryrie; the zon, J. 31. Prise, the Sur- voyor Goueral; the hon. F. B. Johnson,

THE PROPOSED RE-CONSTRUCTION OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

of a severe epidemic. This expenditure is estimated at not less than $1,200,000. It will be aven, therefore, that while the as- sets are only 31,150,000, the necessary of penditure will be $2,500,000, a sum equal

more than double the ages.

to

Of course, there is the obvious altera tire of following the example of must Na tions and Outonier, by raising a moderate loup for public works of a perraanent cha

whole burden of which cannot racter, the

a

we

a

all other Colonics, by directing a all

to be held on a fixed day in every w

in

tany such mea

position would repeatedly afterwards; and when he ca

It has bo made undestrably promment bas, back to Hongkong he submitted his laim of coarse without prejudice to extraordinary Officer, holding so nicetings whenever the exigencies of thu therefore, boon thought expedient that the to the

whose frit by this Public Serviço

have now should go require.

heard the evidence on both sides gave judg

ele.

judgment

and that by

hold

the

thak

ordinary sessions whenever they may be the persons holds the command, the judgmont was quite in accordance with

d. It should farther be und

assured that no reason was ever assign od for his anhsequent exclusion under the Queen's Instructions now in free It seems probable that this exclu on may have arisen from some clerical er For or inadvertaus, especially if we regard the strange, inconsistency that to report that I find that the practies never of the Conimanding Oficer in the Executive Dent in favour of respondent. Thir

Colonial Givernment should have the advice hadboarded The Fufans Judo Gunoral, though excluded at his equally at variance with that of the other Council, but that he should not take part

Colonics, has been, to summon the Legislain the proceedings of the

on the the Legislative Cou Head Quarters at Hongkong, is yet Genoa, hil dito styre and uncertain inter-in

was appealed against on grounds that the contract the appellants the Straits Settlements whenever he vala; and that, subject to your Lordship's 5 I bave much pleasure in adding that I entered inin was to forward the money to proceeds to inspect the Troops also un- spproval, I have decided that, here as e

veramont had not decided that the flods

his dar his command at Singapore. It is, where, there shall in future, be a regular am well aware that, if Her Majesty's Go Masso, which they contended they did leches respondent had lost all ou the nt alt events, certain that there is no antrond session, bogining in Novembur, at Commanding Hor Majesty's Military

the appellated to refuse avon plausible reason for this flagrant the commencement of the cool season;

Their Lordships Fortes ought not to sit in the Legislative Coun of course, witiumt prejudice to ex-cil, in a Military Station which anomaly

qualifications of General rule on the grounds, principally, H been called the Gibraltar of the

who at present Bist."

As it has been

While I was Governor of Bau- Sargent, we usengle countachded him for law and natural justice. His Lordship the already re

would have with! I introduced in that Colony, marked, almost all legislation hore

the the discharge of that function. ritius,

Chief Justice quoted a great many authori cannot fail to affect the Military, sanction of the Imperial Government, and

predecessors in the cont exclusion from the

isalike I found that there, na here, the work of and have been omitied from the Conncli through inadvertence, but that the Senior unjust, and inconvenient for the

proper

Legislature had been carried on in a no- Military Officer has never been expressly what and speedy despatch of public buaR-

lax

and haphazard fashion, I pro-

siness designated as one of the ordinary members. acch rocess the business Moreover, this exclusina has that during

розе proved the main source of the bitter of the ensuing session shall be carefully pre-It appears that by the earliest Royal Ins official controversies and personal dispared by the Governor and the Executivo tructions the Governor was empowered to three members of the Couned, and sansiona which have frequently sprung

annual session, here, as ng Council. Each

as else appoint up, in former years, between the Civil where, will be upenol by the Governor with that he exercised this power in 1843, in

a short address, containing programme of manding the Train the Blue Book a countion, were charged with unlawfully favour of General D' Aguilar, then nom and Miliary Authorities, much to the

bat this Officer's

Pon Aying and Fun Akeung, both of no and other business to be the interests of

We-all | taken in of this

Colony. We all

Ordinance a member of Council after 1814, and the keeping an agency far dealing in lotteries. know that when

is the reasons for proposing every now

appear nut at the ваше

Acting Sergeant James Forbes said that habit of meeting at

incasure; and a general view of the subsequoat Cesamanding Officers council and

to have been so appointed up to 1859, wher by virtue of a warrant he searched house table,

they usually manage either not social and flusncial condition of the Colony, the Instructions Press revoked, will täna The Legislature will

beacqua public

No. 98, Queen's Road West. In the second to ditier

materially, or to adjust their

outs of the

In 185, horaver, Colonel Caine, then he found the two defendants sitting differences in afriendly spirit

If I do furned of the requirements

nally by Warrant under the Bign Manual, his hand,

1707.

directly or indirectly so that the greatly to the public tarantage, the system neither.ke nor his be understood that ties, one of them dating us far back as the Geners! Comma gislature of of an annual session and an annual

7103.3.

prejudice of the Queen's Servion and of the Legis: full explanations us to the name does not appear i

aro

in-

Mr Francis was instructed by Mr 0. Ewuns

Police Intelligence. (Before H. E. Wodehouse, Esq.) Friday, Nov. 2

DEALING "IN LUTTÈRING,

of

not adduge further avidance in support service, and 1 enabled to

to afford the Govern- Lentonant-Governor, was appointed pera at a table. The first of them had a per abovo `argikulent, it is merely ment effect in settling its fina bus is does not soom that any subsequent and the other had a quantity. became it is nu, obvious, an scarooly to | cial and venerach annual session will { Camarading Oficer has eat in the Legista 1 witness, 2nd defendant jumped over a par

Of the

the

Again,

and close

to

Gaol, the now Contral School, the necen-

Dous Stary repairs to the Police Darnacks, and consil: his Executive Council on all matters the now Water Folice Station, with its ap of importance, although; in Crown Colonies, ho is not under the obligation of following purtenances, are estimated three, their advice. Moreover, it is very desirable round numbers, $1,300,000, To this

in the interests of Her Majesty's service, amount we must add the sanitary

that the Representative of the Queen abould Mr C considered ture which is (tho civil

engineer recently sent out front know the views of the chief fecal Futte England to report on the sanitary conditionaries, and should maintain with them tion of this Colony), to be

thors cordial personal relations which alone be absolutely ne ressary

6. In Hongkong the

of (1) The Governor, (2) The now consists of (1) Officer Commanding the Troups, (3) The Colonial Secretary, (4) The Attorney. General, (5) The Burreyor General, who is also Director of Publio Works So far ca I am aware, this to the only Colony in which the Treasurer, who is (so to speak) the

Trade, and Minister of Finance and

the Chancellor of the Colonial Exchequer, is ozcluded from the Executive Connoll; and

As most as they saw Lickists, and the hon. F. Stownet, Registrar Generals fairly cast upon the present generatióő. T

here as in I recommend that this anomaly, which The rainutes of the provicus meeting I believe that Hongkong is the only com cansea great Official inconvenience, should require proof. In confident that all other Colonies

an address! from the

tive Council.

Lition into the next roum, Witnes ceusa. I further strongly munity of importance in the world which is

recommend that your Lordship will with me that be closed

Governor, were read and confirmed.

7. I consor in your opinion that it is not vd 1st defendant, and searched the room, summing up absolutely

In the Registrar General, the ex-officio Protec without

the General Commanding should be public debt.

•procedings of the your desirable in jærinciple that the Chief Justice anding is one table-drawor 818 in all, myself in favour of a loan of the choructor tor of the Chiness, who form the over restored to his proper position in the and reviewing

thu

condition and

hould sit in a Colonial Legislature, unlea to which I have referred but this is a whobaing majority of the population, should

les and in another a great number of Taze Loglalative Council.

prospects of the community. There can in any case a sufficient number of qualified Fa tickets. Witness caly found a counting. testion which must be decided by the have a seat in the Executive Council The (b) of the four

un-official no sound reason why the Legislature and persons cannot be otherwise obtained, and I are, scalen, pénus, de Thero was a small mernbers of the. Council, with the synction of confidence of the Chinese in the Chuyen-

Get two, Le, public of Hongkong uhould ut enjoy the so fully agree with you in thinking that

Hole in the partition ment wo

(Mr. Stewart), quainted would thus be increased. Moreover the Registrar. Gen

being the views ay inade at the existing arrangement should not be dia- it a tablo, on which money and tickets could There is little

prospect

spect, under the cir-there is scarcely any Gove

Government

and the Surveyor General, (Mr Price), question which can fail to affset,

Te realy raid oficiais of the Gorem, the Government, ne are enjoyed by the Lo tuebed while the present Chief Justice euro ich be increased in number, so that the com-

maturem stated above, of the Imporial in this comp, the Military

other colony. ment The Attorney General (whose gislature and public of every for the res daffog that the Surveyor General, who is at hose and bought the tickets produced. the Re

8. I further profe | of your recommva munity at large may be more adequately Government sanctioning any romission of directly or i represented in the Colonial, Legislature, as already delivered his declaim in this and the interests of the Chinese. I submit

14. To sum up once more: for pho Sporotary of State venge, the management of the Bible Works, taxation. Ingood,

opinion I vucluse) lins pointed out tlist, in the The official correspondence which I now has

Queen's instruc layer

before yon, will show how far the matter in a Despatch (No. 170 of the 9th that it is therefore evident that the General

Contending, the Conimanding. State for the Colonies has December, 1881) which has uireadly been

the Surveyor Secretary

Generni should acoptail

of the

Council; perceive that, in the future, there will be there stated: Any change in the direc form part GIC BAGONG

at to give information five instead of only two unofficial monition indicated will require careful and de- that they may

general departments hers; and that two of those five will, an a tailed consideration; but, at present, while respecting our part

there are much needed public works together with the Colonial Secretary,

muny general rule, be

ons of the Chamber of Commerce, and of still to be undertaken, I should not be advises respecting the general adminstra the Bench of Justices of the Ponos, they tea or on any queasure dininishing meeting legal point that fallu curios stall make the new appointments, and I the sources of revenue.'

nspecting Such being the broad state of the case, tion with all the departments. shall suwon the re-constructed Council to meet for the despatch of business, so it would be superfluous for me to enter at other advantages, the personal presence of soon as I shall receiro Her Majesty's present upon any minuta examination of the chief hoads of departments avoids the

the details of all the subjects to which

of necessity my Order in Council, giving me formal au-

a nusa of official correspo thority for this action that is, I hope, in the attention has been directed. I may, how. dence, which, as experience has too often course of fire or six weeks from the present ever, observe that the proposed reduction shown, has a strong tendency, especially in date. A considerable

the Light Dues raises somewhat diftismus communities, to degenerate into legislative pasuger of!

will be pro- calt and delicate question. I am advised personal controversy. ures and of publis measures

on Chinese Junks are re-

are other 7. There are

in which this during the ensuing s

BSESION respocking thess proposals, and garded as an equivalent

In a tropical Culony, it is simply scting the financial condition of the ment by them of the Light Dues; and that

impossible for Englisbinen to work as Colony, will be contained in the address if the latter are reduced it would be equit

vog

can work in the temperate climate with which I intend to open the session able that the former should be radgzed Light Dues and Junk Li leave also. Now

His Excellency Hon. gentlemen oferial Government

the Legislative Council, as you are already I have strongly recommended that aware,

the unofficial members of your body should

tho

my recommnendations You will į laid before the Legislative Conzell. It is General, and the

De Compl

appointed on the nomina.

the

Full that the Licensesent for the not-pay. subject should be considered

And now, hon. gentlemen, constituted,} ceuses together produce an annual revenue {

of the Council is at present

I dentro de express my deep sense of the of about 842,000; and it is to

be feared loyal support which I have always received that the Culony cannot afford at present to from you, and of the benefits which you is again, it should be remarked that I

pente with any portic

any portion of this have conferred on the Colony by Four Dues at Hangkong are only. I cent per ton Light constant and enlightened attention to your Duc

whereas which is nice at Singaporo,

they amount lo )

Public duties. nome bald-Your Excel-1 which in

dues

thiqi i inf,y lepre Leney,

inber gratitude the pregent inofficial here. 46. priting Kind in other Colonies members of this Council, and the com-:

be still higher than at munity generally, for the efforts which have Singapore should be remembered, becu successfully completed in reforraing moreover, that the Colony of Hongkong this Conneil an the itasis you propose to appears to pay in aggregate taxation less

population I think it will be a benefit in the Colony-in por head of its

than other of i British Colony IRALY Ways

It will enable your Excel-

any

lency to acertain, perhaps more accuratur 7 retrain from new to details

than was formerly the case, the belief of at the present moment. It is obvious that,

the

various

ous Tuptions of the community......It

Will also be of assistance to your

I after the decision of the Imperial Gover we would not be

tintos in the Rootings of the eucyment reforced to shore, the Governor!

dualing with the finances.

Com. Wards in taking steps to:

of rain, eith mittee but

of one or two provious authority from bame, even presence of outside the were more ponvinced then

it ha members of the community

I can confers official circle would be of considerable sul myself to be that much

how. reduction, ever desirable and logical in itself, is just now within the scop

of practical pol

politics. But if the Chamber of Commerce will

pre sent me Fit full statement of its viewa and wishes, I abat have inuch pleasure hu transmitting that statement to the Colonial following are the despatches referred ce, where it is anre to receive the res

vantage. In many other ways, I think the change which you have now decided to make, and for which you have the approval Her Majesty's Secretary of State, will be boon to the community

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Scope of

pectful attention due to any communicatio smanating from 52. Government Heyracentalive a body

The Governor to the Secretary of State."

of England or of

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it

who

connec Among

Zealand. Canada, Australia, golipeted that in many trop lo

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Hike those of stations, which enable our high Indian

othiciala

to live throughout the in it Forging operature by which their

British hill stati

year

not injuriously affcoted, 4 Hongkong, on, Fortrary, busolutely necessary at all tms

times for the préservation of the vigour, often for the preservation of the fisce, of the English

that they should by

aligst leave of

Cunaoquently, it is almaja probabie that two or more of the members of the Executivo and Legislative Council may be away from the meetings oving

to iliness or absenps from the Colony an past years, if faa conetizes been found difficult to secure a verum of Executive Council when it son- the sisted of only four or five members, Soven members, (including the Go-

it is

advantages of

of

timea to hold his othee

bo Wa Coolio....

o evidcupo na

sa to:

gato under instructions, gone to the

insing forms of the sone stated above, and for other reasons

of the Igie keeper, and the 2nd in his employ. that Mr Stewart swald haporative which will readily occur to all men peperi present an unofficial anembar, shaulet Do The tat defendant, ho believed, was the

be connted as

us enced in caloping administration, I room-transferred to the uficial an un-oficial mataber. I un confident wend that the Legislatie Connell shaheen instructed, by my telegrain of the 19th said he only kept the house on a very small

lative Canol and us

lat defendant admitted the chargo and as you have already Bint

to scale. have a seat in the Legislative Council as well as the Treasurer, the number of offi-

it I to six, addition to tho cials will be raised to Governor

this

Four Bikanaly was tot brought to compeof in the futore of 14 members, of April, that the Registrar General is to

ice when the Re Notice

Reviz Kistur

General was recently added to the Legislative Council for it need

The num Bercely be sild that the two salaried officials as un-o members is a device which deceives obody, while it irritates overybody in this community; which naturally ex pecte

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re-

1. The Governos (President).

Ofied, (8.)

3. The Oilicor Commanding the Troops,

The Chief Justice..

4. The Colonial Secretary.

3. The Attorney General,

6. The Treasurer.

7. The Surveyor yeneral.

The Registrar General.

Un-Official, (5.)

fä-

I

and defendant said he won the Int do- fendant's coolíu.

1st defondant was fined $260, or aix months' hard labour." The End defendant

now preeced in consider j your pro-was discharged.

posals with regard to the un-official mem

bars and while I agree that it is desirable

to

apply to

to Hongkong the principles which

I have lately approved in the case of Mauri

tius, of allowing some of the natio nebers to represent the

public opinion

(Before Capt B, G. Thomieth, B. N.}

LALCENY,

For stealing a box containing clothing

of the Colony, un expressed by Barn of itate $20 from a Chinees widow, Long

I think it sun was sontenced to-day to three month

proposed.

told

that it should have in this, as in other Crown Colonics, a fair proporti proporti of independent representatives in tho

Of those 6, two should be appted, as a with much tenth, that it general rule, on the reggendation of the have caused leas general

irrita-Chamber of Demurence; Quo un that of the desirable, in order to maintain the present hard labour. It appears ho went into com- abolished the Bereli of Justice of the Peace; while one proportion of offch! to un-official me off with the box bofore her eyer, tion here

plsinant a house, and deliberately walked elemant aliogofher than to have should be a member of the Chine shop, that the number of un-official memat

thong with officials iwe of the Tour it. All should be umlaused for years, bers should not be so large as you have yesterday, seeing defendant in the street, she

aut to

to do 80%

A report was

res mado, and Place reserved for Un-officials

to the real

buj shpnil be eligible for re-appointment. ing

of the Secu

I have commulled the unembers of the

30. Instead, therefore, of ais, I propos gave him in charge. After he was taken, to instractions.

lug Executive and

and Legislative Councils that there had be ave un-ofheind members, his station lis house was searched and part prangis subraitfed will

respecting the

in this gap as least of whom shall be a member off of the missing property being funded in its moto readily

open and honest force, despatch ; and they have all signified tijole the Chinese community. I have no obied he was sentenced as aboyo, than proceeding

which they regard cardial a

agreement. The pipe of the coun infringement of their just privi-munity er dares 28.equally unanimous in on to the mode in which you propose 28 au

the provide for the selection of er of legos, and as an insult to their da

Amoy. proposed amendment of the uncial members; but as the total num constitution of this If only will be necessary beon wandering about Kulangsu with two standings Hore soon reform pow zubmitted for your Lordship'u ( that the Onanibora

there Trust

Yo, It

should re Commeres or inadvertence. For consideration should meet with your appro

tiger-pups of which he was, anxions to no plaue lle reason can be assigned for ral, to will unhautoily have to command, only one amber.

dispune. They were caught near Nan Tai 11. It has lately become the practice to she proceeding in Question: wk

much of convenience, and designute in the Royal Instructions only Bu, the wary Uotential having watched tho thing cannot be alloged, with any much dissatisfaction; it will secure two or three offices for seats ex-officio, Bogress out of her den and then captured

old

The price progony. The show of truth, that it was meessary for for the Government and the Legislature the as to allow of the selection for the remain bollovo, forty dollars, tho phim

eeping the control of the valuable aid and weighty support of the in- ing official seats in the Legislative Council owner would let them Legislature in the hands

of the tolligence and property of the Colony and of those office tolders who at the time may than that in the Governor as the instrupzone of the it will powerfally strengthen the hands of appear to be personally or

or in

respect of Colonial Ministerin Englang. For the the trovarnar in carrying out the views of their duties best fitted to be members informed that the raport of the two tiger Goverjar already had a decrive majo Her Majesty's Government.

This practice will be followed in the ad Bu, is not true. It appears they were

whelpe

having been captured at Nan fai rity of ultimal members even without

ditional instructions now in course of pe captured at Poli Sui, below Kang Bay and paration, and by applying the same practice are paw in Kulangan w

somewhere

vour

p-

reckoningin

hia original and casting

vatas,

will should cease, 10. Á it is

I have, &c.,

G. F. BOWES

of

to the Executive Council the tocem tenens

We are informed that a Chinaman. has

demanded was, we but no doubt the much cheapor We have since been

where

they seem to

confident that your that this anomaly

Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of Blake that throu now for the Colonies, &o, &c., &c.

The Right Honourable the Earl of Dorby, of the Registrar Crederal or Surveyor Con, thrive well center

Pro! Commending!

vernor,) as proposed by me, are cor. members, 44, the

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provisionally

in Despatch Na, 62 of 188%] App Royal pathe diver have not been down to inspect

the Governor provides for the constitution

erai will be excluded, unlese

A charge of dreamibo was fired off- appointed by the Governor, under Article day (Oct. 20th) to blow up the wreck of the SS, Pathol, bus with what results except IV of fise H

of the 9th of working up a los of fish we casinot Byg 1877: Your ot

will thum be carried | 7(e)

your

12. I approve of your

So far get. There was raisy Kerambin til

tainly not too many to secure the con- the Surveyor Sentrals and the Registrar randum by the Allorney General, stant presence of the equorum required General should be added to the official by the Queen's Instructions.

Articla 13 of the Queen's Instructions out proposals for out that it is proper that at 6.) My

lous experience we enters should also be ade of the Legislative Council; which is to con-anottal session of the Legislation for an / Lite part of the Celestial boatmen witle other

that it is to the un-offloat element in the

Legislature,

Council arbets, shrimping nets, late basketa and Expedient teaches

in a high degres, that the There would he thus sight official and six sist of the five persons, from time to time, and for weakly meetings of the Executive Anything they could lay their hands on to official members of ths

Conseil Legislative un-oficial member; the Governor, of lawfully discharging the functions of wa Colony should a Council in a Crown

course, retaining (as) general pale, harp seal in the We his original and as has been stated above) Chief Justice, Colonial Treasurer,

Colmal Secretary, Auditor General, and casting votes. souting Doumail These gentlemGU STE 11. With regard to the six moficial Attorney General,

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...

Government.

The two leading public bodies at Hongkong pointed in their place, with the grorien that consequently, only cumprising su adequate reprmentation of Un-officials are

in

I was aware that he could not take his nest

of your despatch

with 2 laid before Her

view to their bene There stands and waits in dire distress:

rake the fish up. We would advise the 19. As regards Mr STEWART's position in outers of the Fakes to let out by contract

the cataling of the fish, which would

reper the Legislative Council, to which yon lade in the 7th paragraph of your despatch then for sne of their expenditure, expected to support the beasores of members, I gulangit that lie principle of hu are to be called official members. El mid the receipt Upon this Kerb, a Maldon neat Hongkong, 14th May, 1889, Perhaps, however, the Chamber psy

the Covernment, or eles to resign their nomination, which has worked succesfully There will be alay the then existing four Royal

or requistry in cegies, should be sanctioned here. hamba, or others to be ng Instructions, and before the recipe ratchet eyes are passing sweet

mular the uxisting

SONG OF THE STREET. My Lord,-In my despatch No. 50 of prefer to use this question, and the mini- the 4th instant, I stated that it would fuld questions connected with it, submitted,

in Colonies o Parliamentary shortly be my duty to submit, for your in the first instance, to the deliberations if Lordship's consideration, certain urgently-are-constructed Legislative Council. For,

and convenient that they, is the intelligence, the ecfcatiga, and the winber never, to be more than four been prepared at the fat wet The louddy road is pitiless, required amendin nts of the defects in the in conclusion,

Gentlemen, I may take this

alistor elsewhere, shona be in property of this community," are the Cham. At present there are three un-official law of the Privy Council, but the cOUBLED And buses Harder down the struet ! political constitution

this

undurstand Colony, which

position opportunity of stating that I bave satisfed

the her of Commerce, and the Peach of horoughly

stion of your despatch has unavoidably Atowy shirt, all fell and ques

feat Song of the Government, and to hear Justices of the Peace. t. I propose that, in inconveniouce myself that the present constitution of the

fully discussed and settled the

postponed this action Legislative Council of this Colony is wholly

It will probably he conveniant, bTwo tiny, well-shot, dainty feat

Peep out,

for kilted bepeath that

Exocqliyo the measures which they are 15 The Chamber of Commerco comprises during the last inadequate for the proper discussion; and

the new additional Instruction are, acted

the four years I have carefully studied the settlement of air public affairs. I pmply

called upan ka nappest in the Legislative the principal Merchants and Bankers of all proper methods of constituting the Broen: believe that the ouwmunity at large will he

the races mettled in Hongkong, including and there is room for a provisional spprint upp, that Bir Price shmid Sormally re Shell first advance and then retreat, Live and Legislativo Councils la Crown better represented and stated, while the (e) It should be provided that, during the Chinese. There is no Chamber of Agri- ment to fill the fourth sest. It is only by sign the seats which he bow holds in bath Hall frightened by a Hansom va Cancils, and be re-admittat under these Bhe looks around, I must confess,

of th Colonise, and that I recommend for adop Government will be more fully informed, the absence of any one of the official culture, because Agriculture can hardly ba

instructions, which the draft shall short. With marvellous coquettishness tion at Hongkong the leading principles and, at the same time, strengthened by this members of the Executive or Legian said to exist on this rocky Island,

The Office of Auditor General has been ly be Communicated to

Torn at an early

Then droopa ber eyes and looks discreet, which Her Majesty's Government hara weighty support of publia opinion, f the tare, his temporary locum teneris aball + The Justices of Pence are now 02 in combined for annie Fears past with that of 15. I shall be glad to

Upop the Kerk sanctioned at Mauritius and Ceylon. Un-official element is considerably increas not necessarily fill his seat is the number, including threo Chinese,”

Colonial Secretary.

date the names the gentlemen whom you -Punch,

how produce much.

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match

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Mr Price, (Surveyor General) Mr. Byria, Mr Jonson,