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• No. 8500.—Juke 28, 1890.1

ever, that there were provisions the English Aot which not are given in this bil, and in section G, which meals with the defilogent of girls between Alis ngos of twelve and sixteen Inddei this

THE CHINA MAIL

LIGHTHOUSES AND LIGHT-DUES.

The following statement showing cat and maintenates of Lighthosas, sines 1874 to 1899, and Berenue from Light

table of the Legislative Council Cost of Constracting 3 build

ingh, n' Cost of Apparatus,

THE HONGKONG AND KOWLOON

defence to any charge under this section if the draft ordinance as sent out by the Se. Pues for the samo period, was laid ou the Chamber of Commerca Room, City Hall, Captain Tonmugsen received on his foot ou the territory of the Canadian Pacifio cheaper than in Great Britain,

owner

of

811)

Repairs to buildings,... Salaries, Oil and other expenses, Cost of Roads,... Cost of laying a Submarine

Cable to Green Island, Cost of Land Linee to Green Teland and to Cape d'àguilar, Maintenance of Telegraph Ser

vice, 15 years at $300 per Bocam, Steam-launch expenses, 15 year

nt 8600 per annum.

WHARF AND GODOWN COMPANY,

DATE LIMITED. The following is the report for presentä-- tion to the shareholders at the third ordin- ary annual incoting," be held at the on Saturday next, the 28th inst., at 12

'look, noon

The directors have now to submit to the 820,711 63

shareholders their report with a statement 18,722.04

of accounts for the year ending 3lat Decom -30 443,67 ber, 1889:-

Accounts The total reculpts for the 12 13.343.86 67, 09.01 antthe ese $219,344.24 and the net pro.

7,60:00 Aty after paying expenses and all charges amount tothermal 340,718.41 from which have to be deduct- 1,443.04 from

edInterim divi lend 842,500.00 1,00,00 leaving the balance to the oredit

of profit and loss account of.. 8 7,318.41 The profit and less account shows a one- 33, which arÍKOS 3,000.00

nett proût P. & O. West Point property, also by sale 9,000.00

of two pieces of reclaimed tand at West 161,738.57 Point and the estimated value of the ba

Stuce of land on hand, which together with 241,670.17 $7,218.41 from working account, makes a

total of.......

$428,541274 179,937.60

From this have to bô deducted :-

Directors' fees...... $6,000 Auditora

500

eftorom where she was mot by the Rocket, by which ting the shipwrecked people were taken to Shanghai, arriving in the evening

We understand that none of the craw or passengers warn hart in any way as a result of the disetor, beyond a slight cut that from the sharp rocks while helping the presengers to land on Saddle Island:

Thu. Prometheus, which passed close to the place a couple of hours before the Fangtare sterck, reports having soon nothing whatever of land through the doors fog.

It is said that the Yangtze is lying in about 10 Inthuson of water, and that bur skylights are visible at low water; if a there is probability of some of her cargo and treasure being salved. Some 30 encats of the optum she carried in antanud, but the remainder of hot cargo is probably par tislly cusured by local companies, white the vespol herself is insured in Hamburg.

Up to the time of writing (3 o'clock) no

while khare

ENGLISH WORKMEN AND EMPEROR WILLIAM,

Company is subsidised by the Facitis Mail, tias of a riyal in the cotton manufacturing conditionally that the former keeps away business at Oolombo, in the island of from San Francisco and does not interfere Ceylon, where cotton motila are boing sturt with the trails from or to thin port. The ed with 10,000 spindles and 150 looms, understanding is a mutual one, and binds sou to be largely extended. Labour in the Pacific Mait Company from intruding Ceylon is cheaper than in India and far Railway. Therefore, should the Pacific is abundant car waterial at hand. It la Mail Company invade the Canadian Com thought that the new industry may become pany's territory there would he a war a powerful rival for the Asistio trado. which would be fatal to both. The details of the traffic have been carefully arranged between the two, and each is bound to avoid all acts of hostility towards the other, with the alternative of war. To make Tasosus a terminus of the Paoine Mail Company would boa direct invasion of the Canadian Pacific Company's rights, and the banabis in sight, would not neatly compensate for dition of the working on in Germany, and the lose that would be ears to ensco from a his caxdeavour through the recent Labour. cessation of the present understanding be- Conference in Berlin to spread the benefits tween the two great rival lines. In re of his work to the laboros of other cana. forence to the policy to be pursued in the tries. As there is no opposition to the ro

The workingmen's orzanisations are en... gaged in the consideration of the matter of giving a grand labour recaption to Eusporoc Villius of Germany or the occasion of his visit to England in July. The demonstra tion will be made in recognition of the

efforts of the Kaizer to smaliorate the con-

dit balance of zed by sale of the arrangements had been d by the renta event of the establishment of a rivel lino, posal, the accurcalice of the 'reception is

from the

despatches in convection with the subject, In one of these despatches, he enclosed a draft ordinaces to which the Attorney Ge neral has alluded upon which the present Bill has been framed--in fact, I may say Bot only framed, but with a few changes cretary of State is the Bill now before the The Secretary Council for consideration. of State mentioned in one of his de- probes that he had eent out instruc- tions during the curse of last year to pass an ordinance on this subject, and that he found that the ordinance gent home to him was not in accortaugs with the in. structions sont out, and he thought it would be Letter and simpler to repeal that ordin. anco altogether and to pass a new one. I quito agree with him that, instead of amending en ordin suce here and there and having numerous laws to which we are obliged to allude from time to time, it is far better to have the whole matter to which, the law relates in one ordinance. Reference AR been made to the expediency of having

of the lamburg underwriters to send down between Gregun and San Diego, or in fact particularly assured,⠀ to seo niter the sulrage of the seasol, which any other purt on the count, the under- abolished tho C. D. Acts. I am fully aware, gentlemen, thas differences of opinion on

is quite at the mercy of the natives. Upstanding has been rouclied, so it is said, to the tins the people of the ill-fated that an uncompromising war will be waged this matter exist not only in this colony

steamer left the island, no attemps was in order w pnt down their rivala. Relative bet in many athor colonica and aron in

uade by the islanders to go on board the to the proûte of the freight businuse butween England itself. But notwithstanding this difference of opinion the House of Urm-

essel, but the temptation will be very China, Jam and the United States, the grant to explore the wreck before foreigners officini further said that no stuerner was mons came to the conclusion that these

reach the scene, as the natives know that now running that, averaging for a year, nets should be abolished, and upon that

$6,500.00 | Arko is $100,000 on board.

more than paid expetes conclusion the English Government acted. And the English Government bas sent

$422,062.74 out peremptory orders to all Crown calo (Light Durs Collected from 1675 to 1880.) leaving a balance of........

is where the note ra

in forco, 1875,

10.791.00 from which it is proposed to pay a final di

vidend of $2 per aliare, making a total of telling these colonia they must be so- 1870.

J5,741.18 pealed. In regard to this portioner Bill, 1877,

14,984.83 $40,000.

The gross receipte ahew an increase of the Attorney General has referred to cer

1878,

17,494,48

$16,850.15 (prine pally storage) over the tain points which he considers the prin 1879.

15,438.31

6- previous year, but on the other hand the cipal ingredients, such as the the

aga of 1880,

18,005.07 20,755.14 expenses were heavier, owing mainly to the girls, the fact of the brothels being register 1-81, ed for the sako of protecting the girls inside,

native staff having been increased at the † 23.371.99 not for the sake of in any way recognising 1883,

latter end of 1888. 24,714 32 immorality. These two points seem to was 1834,

24,350 17 the chief ingredients, and the Sicretary of 1885,

26.032.67 Stato in his despaich says that no change - 1886, in the principle of the Bill muat be 1887, made without his knowledge. Thero. 1988,

Total Expenditure, Light Docs received, (see detail

auriexed),

--

Balance,

16th June, 1800,

olause Pro Meet that it all be a sufficient it shinil be made to appear that the person as charged had reasonable cause to bolove that the girl wrs of or above the age of sixteen. As the law is to be so strictly enforced hers, and the egofis raised to 16, as Eng

England-although it might have been sonjurat under that here think it only right that there-ahould be this safe guard against binokmailing. You will also es that under section Cau exception is runde in the case of marriage. It is not desirable to interfere in any way with the Chincae marriage customs, and Chinesa girls aro married at a very early age. Boforo pro- ceeding to Part 2 of the Bill I would call your attention to the definition of the a brothel the person for the tima batug rodeiving the rent or a con- sideration for the use of a house, junk, boat or other place, whether on his own acceant or as agant or tristas for any other purs wh would receive the simo if such place were les or used. This I propose to alter by substituting brothel for house & Part 2 of the old ordinance was objected to being too

has been conailorably m cumbrous. and dited,

and is now more in accordango with the law enforced in the Straits Settlements; and I would paint out that the nw here and Che Straits Settiomente ugut Lo Ва very much on the same lines, otherwise the Chinese who deal in this nofurious trattio, if the age was 15 in Singapore, for instance, and 16 hers, would take the girls to Singapore for a year and ther bring them here. Part 2 deals with cho pewors of tho Registrar Gen

General in reacting these girls where possible. Part 3 of the former ordinance was very elaborate. It seemed to recognise the propriety of the state interfering with brothels so as to do more than merely protect these girls, nudfore it seems to me wo should proceed 1889, the principle apon which I have with this Bill and accept the principle born asked, to proceed with this on is that rather than pass another Bill in regard to State would only it is undesirable to make it appear by the which the Secretary system of lecucing that these places are say that it was not passed in accordance practically to obtain recognition, and that it is only with his instructions and was inlended that all Asiatic brothels should useless. Ferhaps when we consider this be registered. For the sole purpose or made during the course of discussion

of Bill

in committee, if there are any changes obtaining access to the inmates in cider to

and doubt protect them. That is the limit which upon which there may be any Ra to the Secretary of State has imposed upon us,

whether they are framed in recordance Fart 4 deals will women who are not with instructions, it may be well to put in Asiatica It be naked why not dual

might be

n ausponsion clause that the Bill shall not with them in the same way?

The reason

sun have force until For Majesty's Government is simply this, that European women are approve of it. It would be a plty to pass s not prisoners in these honses as some of bill with important changes and then to be the Asiatics are and they are able to ask tuid that it did not carry out the instrue for protection if they need it. It is there. tious and that another Bill most be passed. fore not necessary to interfere with them I may mention that a short time since I re- in any way or to give

despatch from the Sccre any jurisdiction over European brothela, tary of One of the regulations to be made under is that a notice is to be affixed in the the bill brothels in order to inform the inmates that they may go to the hospital and get gratuitous advice and treatment if thes the Lock Hos pital recognised. I may mention that there time to pass it, that it a as under consideration about chartering the steamer be the has been forwarded to ine a protest or petiture or something to that effect tion by contain gentlemata was think, that fosz member who has just spoken ngainat steamer would take over the bar. I said

picul, I thought the liability in the care of owners of pro- the desirability of passing this measure could not say anything about that. Then perty is too great. Section 21, sub-zootion aid that no notice had ban taken by the he said Oh, it doesn't matter, I shall char- 2, ra that the keeper of a brothel Secretary of State of the protest that was for the steamer, I know what she cau carry, shall be the person primarily responsent Home by the unofficial members of I have chartered her before I said I sible for registering such brothel, but if Cuncil in connection with this matter. In would put in the charter party that the such registration has been made by him one of his despatches dated 3rd January of steamer would take about 19, 0 piculs bet the owner of auch brothel shall be also this year he says I take this opportunity would give him no guarantee. Isaid if this L. Fuestecker retice in rotation according responsible for the registration, and in of acknowledging receipt of

Four

despatel were a guarantes it would be put a dit-

& dit to the article

offer themselves for

re-election. Avesta N. A. Sicha and B. A. Salomon

the leaving

Bhe

wish it. To that extent i

no

Tast year's working was also credited with interest, which disappeara in the 823,500 32,953 16 en the West Point property was paid of present account as the Mortgage of $375,000 33,003.07 and the mount returned to shareholders 32,056.28 in consequence of the redu

reduction of Capital. 31,808.40

$341,076.17

SUPREME COURT IN SUMMARY JURISDICTION. (Before Mr A. O. Wige, Acting Puisne

Julge.j

Monday, June 23.

YIR HING TAI 2. RAUTA AND CO. The hearing of this case was renunted to- day. Mr Morsop appeared for the plaintiff and Mr Gedge (of Mesan Sharp, Jounaon and Stokes' office) for the defondants.

J. Lamko-I am a broker. I remember drawing the charter party prodce.d. The

egistrar General ceived an in which he says that a que plaintiff came to our attic asting about a

The system of working at Kowloon as been thoroughly gothor with the organised, and this, to legal and other expenses incident to the reduction of Capital, hare necessitated some extra expenditure.

Koulon Property. The Company's Kowloon proporty has been subdivided in the accounts, and the land and buildings now stand at $1.158,265.04, the area of the land being as follows

11

Marine Lata 555,200 2q. ft, of which 60,000 is unbuilt on. Inland 145.00%

108,167 --- 616,801

$49,167

The rain storm of 29:h and 30th May an- fortquately casioned some damage to the Kowloon godowns, and cargo storage, and the larger item for claims this year is in a great measure due to this calamity.

West Point Property. The Isaes of this property expires on 30th Jane and the di- the House of steunter. tion had been pat in the

at a reduced rental, Commons whether the Bill had passed the

passed and the Picciola was afterwards fixed on legislature of Hongkong The Secretary of Nothing was said about any gun the company's fasting stock has been over

Launcher, Bihters, de.The whole of Chat Stato in reply said that hehad only sout eat the ship was to take about

19,000 picals to Billduring the course of the present year uger the bar at Nowchang. There was no lanted and is now in a thorough state of and that the legislature had not yet had such condition. There was some convec

repair

The directors have decided to sell either

trips were made at a less, but the lines Many of the were kept up by the great connecting lives of railroads which made up on the land the boss sustrined on the trulie by sug.

AN EVENT THAT 13 UNIQUE

A SENDATIONAL CRIATH

by another costumal crime, this time. Pariz, May 24 Patia hun been startled committed in the Hotel des Maiburins et do New York, 53 Rao des Mathurins. This is one of the quiot, shady, rather mar row streets that lie behind the Madeline. toward the Boulevard Malesherbes, select- Capt. Tönningen tolls us that his con-

meat mysterious crimes. The circumstances ed by Gaborian the sound of one of his presos wore in perfect order at the tins of

attendly this lateat addition to the crimi the-acident. The steamer was probably

salonunda of that quarter are of a vary. driven in shore by the set of the current, At the best of times the islands, aro dan

peonliar shameter. Since the Exhibition a commercial traveller named Blovinski, a gerous, but 6 hundred-fold pore so in New York, May 26th.-Me Edmund middle-aged mas of Polish extraction, who wendier like that of Friday. One steamer Tatus cables to the Ty be from London: at one time held a confesion in the Rus is said to have been seun paning before theThe entrance of the eldest son of the sian army and whose mother has been a

unfa saw the signal of the chipwrecked Prince of Wales into the House of Lords lady of honour at the Court of the

Czar, people,

during the lifetime of his father, is en has been in the habit of putting up at the Dader Gorman Jas no provision is made event unique in English history, for the Hotel des Mathurins several timsa a mouth, for holding local Courts of Enquiry into simplo tuson that the newly-created Duke. A front room on the second or was anual marine disastere, auch proceedings taking of Clarence and Avondale and Earl of ly reserved for him. Daring each of his place at the port of registry.

Athlone is the only eldest son no lives were lost, though the wreck of has attained, much less passed by several ovt 30 years of age, who was apposed to It is matter of zincere congratulations that of Wales since Fritices of Wales of princs stags in Paris Mr. Blerinaki used to ressive- Hora, who visits from a good-looking woman slightly such a fire and popular veseci must be years his majority while his father was be his mistres9. It is now known that this: deplored.

still the heir apparuit to the Orown.' visitor was Mme. Jeanne Wolestay, Mage. The place where the steamer lies is very.¦... THE KAISER'S LABOUR, POLICY.

Wolocatay lived on tite best of torins with exposed, and it rot likely that vers London May 28th-Though they are her husband in comfortable apartments in much can be saved out of her-nothing still a few who doubt the ultimate success the Rus Brechant and Mr. Blevinski wis a

"if the insurance agents do not of whatever,

the Isbeer Folicy o

y of the Emperor Wilfriend of the family. Ou Thursday after- bestir themselves.

Dam of Germany, uobody questions his sin- noon she called on Ble, juski again and tho The Mutual liner Puthan, which left cerity in his endeavours to zunalierate the pair shut themselves up togather. On Fri Bongkong with the Yangfee, passed the conditions of the era, while his per

workers,

was mut by the garron who islandi ou which the fattet struck only two eonal activity in the pervision

per day Blevinski of labour wanted to

him, which aroneed the Hioshan group a wide berth and kept his them abread, commande general admira- suspicion the landlord, who enterail the led going all the time till be passed out of tion. It is stated upon gued authority in room and found the woman dead with a the dangerous waters. He had no idea of Berlin that the Kaiser has decided to ask bulict wound in her breast Blevinski was the dienster to the Tungt-6 ill ho grvived the rasistuace and co-operation of the Eng-arrested shortly after. When conducted to here yesterday.

lish Trades Unions in the formation of the police station the prisoner coolly begg On the old abaris the Hieslaan Islands Workingmen's aro marked piratical, but the natives on inmediate control of the preliminary work

en's Privy Catacil to have theed'thic commissary to ask a question, ar ho

Was woanded. this occasion have proved themselves of formulating regulations governing trade

I assure you, he went on, 'that I did not kill Jeannie. She committ entirely undeserving of that fall reputation matters in Germany, and to advise and ed suicide because 3 pld not give her the Captain Tuningsen speaks in high terme pass upon such questions as may arise fria monoy sisa required the at herself

which time to time, affecting the relatius bo aught to be recognized in snow way.

hoirs tufore her. But Capt. Roy gave the matters at home, and the enquiry into refused range the room, bat Bierinski

to

The Chine was mentioned Erst rectors are negotiating for a section of it of their hospitality and humidity cheytween the p.oger and the employco. her to consciononesa, but when I saw that.

I

1

the Komolen or fieron, the former having been withdrawn from the Forry service on account of satisfactory augments har ing been ado with the Steam Lansch Co. and Me Dorabjes Nowtojee for a service of launches every quarter of an far between Pedder's Wharf and Kowloon Godowns.

Directors. Messra St. C. Michaelsen and

default of such registration both the owner (that is the despatch of Sir George William ferent way, with a condition as in proper gibi articles ef association, but being oli-

and Micasca

repay themselves in haid ash, but the nual salary of 2,000 marka, and the body is wil probably, malu desperate efforts to Each of these comicilors is to receive are an dolare are in the strong room under the to be known as the Arbeitsrath. saloon, and will be hard to get out.

The opium is stored 'tween decks.

It is a pity that the nails were not sured as the fungtate: always brought a large mail from Hongkong, but the room, where the bags vero kept was flooded almost immediately

1871 and was of 814 tot luister.

The Yangtze was bout in Newcastle in

STRIKERS VICTORIOUS.

ད

KUROPEAN ECHONY.

twice with my revolver. I tried to recali

own life, and Diesinski showed the com she was dead 1 santed to put an end to my

mary that à part of his ear had been shot 407.

TUR IUPERIAL PARLIAMENT. London, May 23rd. — the House of

Rome, May 28th.The Pope granted av audience to the Brazilian Minister to-day, and assured him that the Vatican would Commuus this evening Mr H. Campbell- assume a Dentral attitude in that republic. Banner demanded of the Government Vienna, May 25th-The striking miners whether it asidered itself empowered to at Pilson, Bonenda, are returning to work,ratily the suga convention without re- owing to the failure of their pecuniary TERDAYCOS.

out of this nefariona traffic, and these men argamente in favour of commu'ain to any reduction, ach guarantee as to this feat at the Board. The sppointment a toy, was of short duration, as the strikersata have examined the gases his fawing in the

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Bad anything eve the Bifferers froas

by

in the Soudan The

WAS

and keeper shall be liable, on conviction Des

Vieux) forwarding

wembars af Cenu- taking the full quantity. After the Ficcidia resignad by a magistrato to imprisonment, with or signed by the unofficial reetubers of Cortional reduction in case of the steamer not without hard labour for a term notcil enclosing a protest against the abolition came back I was sent for hy Mesura Mel. { H, Hoppias and D. R. Sassoon respects timber handlers on the Liverpoɑl docks, came ball of fire. He said that the ment on the subject pending the exclin exceeding six months or to a ne not unable to reconsider the decision arrived ubjected to pay the full mucant. I said he of the compulsory examination. I am chers and Co., who told me the chartoter exceeding 8200, or to both'. I sup pose no one would abject to the penalty at in that matter. As I pointed out in ug must pay the full amount as he had no right imposed una person who makes money despatch of the 2nd December the medical to

amount of cargo taken over the bar being must expect to be dealt with Tory sharply,

rply, strongly urged with equal force in this conn-given. bas the petitioners seen to think that try.

try and were overruled. I i may reniud By owners of property might be unwittingly you that the House of Commons in June of this kind to arise before. The plaintiff involved. Of course an owner is not to be 1868 emphatically endorsed its previously insisted that it should sppear in the charter absolved from all responsibility as to who se expressed views by deciding without a di-party that the steamer should carry 19,0-0 cupisa his property or what goes on in it, and vision in favour of the repeal of similar picnin over the bar or that a proportional if there is any idea of that kind the sooner it acts in England. It might have been bet reduction should he made. I distinctly re- is exploded the better; at the sametime there tar if a quotation from this despatch had fused to do that, but to oblige him I said I be some limit to his responsibility been sent to the unofficial members at an would put in a clause stating that the sten- and I think there la sochething in the ob carlier stage, I may say it arrived in mer would take about 19,500 picula.

#b jention. I think one dich provision as tho Colony shortly after I came and This concluded the evidanor that it would be a good defence if it were

was in due our referred to the At made to appear that the failure to register torney General. The preacut Attorney aross from no negligenco on the prit of the

General had not arrived and it was owner would meet the case.

considered better that the matter should

Mr Mossop -I never knew a queation (Rose kavo audited ho actonn's now pre- them to take their places. The demands of consist of earbon and its company thinte al was parving out a

in the Lock

in this month 227 out of 25% have present

Attorney

great

It

His Lordship, in giving judgment, said the charter party sacd on stated that the vesel chartered by the plaintiff was to take about 19,000 pieuls of cargo over the bar at

it

Atlan

howing a very slight diminution, Wich Cat it is use who think it will do a of the contract and was meant no a guarul position proved that the ship was running comparison will last year, s bich, however. REPOTH

ed themselves volgutarily for examination,

regard

I to the Loc: Hospital I may mention

EMPEROR WILLIAM,

t'es in.

TUB NEWFOUNDLAND PISHER QUESTION.

atly

MISCELLANEOUR

[con"

orence to parliamentary action, W. H. Smith editted that the sauction of Par FROFESSOR WIGGIS EXPLAINS. liament was necessary to the ratification of Cilawa, Ont., May 28th Professor the convention. Mr A. Stanley Hill asked NEWS BY THE CANADIAN Wiggins was asked yesterday what he whether orders had been

given to the thought was the cause of the strange British warships to protect English vessois MAIL.

phenomotion seen over the rivers in Solegally engaged in soul fishing in Bohring chow, China, which first appeared in the Sea. Sir James Fergusion said that the Lundum, May 28th.-The strike of 300 form of a black cloud and gradually he Government declined to make any state ly have been invited to

to fil their places. The Honorable, D. MacEwen on tus which begon yesterday to enforce their ge Northern Pacific Ocean and adjacent cun of correspondence. Mr.Heury, H.

Howarth return to the colony was invited to resume mands for an incresas of wages to Cebillings

tinents

Event for going weeks of cur through a

violent volcaniosaked the Gover

to relieve period. been done to of these gentienen requires confrication.

backed by the Dock Men's Union, Auditors-Messra G. S. Coxan and T. I. and the employers were unable to proeure

from the cratera and found that to

their niferlags to

to the extremity of can sented and the directes recommend these the men were conceded to-day, and work are heavier than comment air, and will, of nibalizin, while the death rate among them gentlemen for re election.

was resumed.

courau, like water, settle over lowest levels.

was terribly high. Sir Janice Fergusson Aceretury-Me Edward Oaboene has

MU O'BRIEN'S FRIE

as over ភេទ riveja nad lit

and in valleye. These gases, saf

said that the Government was doing overy- cer appolated Secrotary and Manager in Mila. Rottalovich, who is to become the it is found, are highly charged with clecui- thing in its power to relieve the sufferings, the place of Mr Teaso Hughes resigned. wife of Mr William O'Brien, M. P., gave a city, and at night become more or less though it was impassible to reach usine J. J. Keswick, Chairman. dinner to 500 poor children at Now Tip. Juminous, like the pillar which led the plants in the interior. Around Sondan Hongkong, 21at Jurie, 1890.

perary to-day, and crowned her charitable Children of Israel. During this time of a 200 people were being supplied with food wock for the day by donating a large sum great planetary pressure th so use ar sen ar WRECK OF THE ŸÄNGTSZE.

to tho support of the school conducted by forced even op from the bed of the son, and

ARRIVAL OF THE DUKE OF CORNMUNT, The Shanghai tercury of 16th inst

the anne at that place. The dinner was a frighten sailors in mid decan. The planet Victoria, B. C, May 21st-it ton ways. The s.. Fangtze, belonging to

mest successful alter and aroused the cu-Venus, which caused the recent earthquake today the Umdian Pacific steamship Blesse. Sieason and was wreed on

thesiásny of young and old to a high pitel, in the Northern Pacife court, mad which Abyssinin, with the Duke and Duchess of the south side of Saddle Island, one of the PAGEYJU MAILAKOMPANY'S ANNUAL MEETING.

was felt in California and Quan Charlotte Coasa, hit aboard, anchored off Victoria The Registrar General-It may be well stand over until bis arrival, and the cun- Newchwang, and it also stated that the Hicahan Group, on Friday afternoon, New York, Mug the top lilien. Da Loing asked what eau ed the to the tester Turne, which confect Island, is producing the phenomena in harbour and transferred the Royal passeng to irrect a mistake made by one of the segnonce is that all the papers connected quantity of cargo was to be such as to cn between 4:3 and 5 o'clock, The following meeting of the 1'2cific mar, Steamship Con earthquake, in that Exster States a few them to the city. The day was a perfect Ivoal papera with regard to the examination with this matter. have, boen more in the aisle the vessel to eriss the bar in safety. particulars of the accident are

to hand

pany the following Directors were dented of women now as compared with the exec. Since the time they were sent out, vesel was only loaded to

General's oflice than anywhere It was admitted on buth sidon that the

The ill-fated steamer, muder command of Gulli P. Hantington, Hunry Huri, Leaners go, he said that it was Le California one and was but a sample of the 13 in which amination before t the repeal of the. D. Acte

the extent of It is said that the number of women who if my attention had been drawn to this 17,200, had the claim was for the kiss Capt. Toningsen, left longkong at 6 p.m. E. Bigates, Calvin & Brico, Samuel Thamna, earthquake travelling eastward and res the trip from Tokolona was made

en the 11th inst. She had a full cargo, Oliver H. Payne, Edward Lauterbach appearing with the moun's conjunction, Royal turista were received by the Lionto attend fur examination and of these treated paragraph, I am sure I would have been the the plaintiff alleged he sustained by the including 1,200 bales of Bombsy jar 113 Charles W. MeGheo and T.. B. Alveston,

hot-Governor, Capt. Hulton, R.N., Col. rated rat to inform the Hon. members that failure to take the 1,800 picula which were chests of opium, and about $100,000 President, Gould is the sonal statuent is expected to visit the Czar at Peterhofon, sides-de-cainta, who, with a few prominent Hospital have dwindled down their despatch had been acknowledged, and wanted to complete the cure of 10,00 treasure, end, with 28 parengers mastered shows that the net earnings were 2 per August 14th, remaining ab 10, days.

Berlin, May 25,--The Emperor William Holmes,

Cal Prior and their RO tu such small proportions that the total I regret on my part that I did not mentien picula, the plaintiff putting the amount abolition of the system canuct make matters this acknowledgment at an eulier date, the loss at 87.28. For the plaatiff

78 people all told, A alick ing set in on cut, after deducting the

the extraordinary

citizens decoupanied the tender to the ship. wured that they are at present. I find, on Some of the members do not see the utility stated that the statement in the charter allowing no more than a boat's length or so Yak and the City of Sydney, which anunt: Fusdantiu-dey, the hots because frighten. Lained nothing tut tale wenther, and nu

Friday morning, and continued all day. cxpenses for the repairs of the City of New Priuse of Sax Reingen were driving at the suito, cnjyed the trip greatly. It

While the imperor William and the Both the Duke and Duchers, 63 well as uil the contrary, that whereas in 1887, when

of thie Він, but if do. not think it the compulsory examination was in full would do heran, they might silow it to pass in piou's inside the Newchwang bar sa part they ate atac, Breakers are thered to 850,43. The brainces of the Attes à sud swerved, causing the carriage to unpleasant insident. After the reception

party el could take to be ahead. force, 218 women out of 230 wore examined

deference to

to those

The Experor sprang from the at the landing the party were dri

driven to the has also been said teis On the other side this was denied, straight for the lefty coast of Saddle Island, is more than offset by the Panowa lis and Fehicle and fell upon his arm. The Government Groundz where a civic address the Bill must be

to express an opinion is and the gents before his Lordship at a point about 7 miles to the 8.8. W. redn fion in expenses, eo tint the net cars Prince was thrown out of the carriage of wolenie was presented by layer

Thre passed. official positions in Cipwn Uolonies have to did not to his Lordship secur necesary, how ago, and, according to Captain Gulland's $150,000. The steamer China was cont

who hold had reference mainly to this question of where the fica jeen was lost five years in the Fear exceed three of leat year side from a few bruises neither was

AFor Grant. that there are six Chinese and three Japa obey the instructions of the Secretary of ever, to decide whether this was a guaran Distance Table, about 1978 miles from ploted at a cost of $520,000, Diot entirely

jared.

London, May 28 T'ho tineyards in the nete in the Hospital who are suffering from Stato, but it is always useful to hear toe or not. He thought he was bund by Shanghai. The Yongle wis going at al- from earnings.

Ping are being devastated by words, syphilis. I mention these facts to s

to show tha

The cash on hand is St. John, N. P. May 26th-The exisis which infest to vince in auch the viams wons are coming up for examination vo by unofficial members, and I shall be glad that when he

som bore, and I shall breed the evidence of the captain, who stated, mest full spead at the time Captain Ton- $231,091. Bir Guld enya that the relations in the Island on the so-called Frame & sho: that their extermination in impossible. It luntarily in Large numbers. If t Laurefore the to

he got to Newchwang he did notningson put the engines full speed astorn of the Pacific BM1 Steamship Company of Newfoundland, will apparently soon heineatimated that hundreds of thousands of cargo and that the charterer's immediately, but this measure was avail with the Occidents and Oriental Cotupany reshert. Maddened by the neglect of the vines have already been destroyed, and the tertaided-that alone has been great spread

to express upon this subject.

Mr Ryrie thought the Po Leung Kok Bowlag, the there was not a full of disease is a correct belief, the

aprend

The trial by cour martial of Cosmander As soon as she touched the rangements the inttur Company bas, during incursions of the French, the unfor be due to the effect of Society was sufficient for the protection of board. seemed to his Lordship that racks, it was found that her bottom was the past year. would not

carried soont one-third Lunate fishermen

of the cat

Coast Williams T. not appear to

T. Annesley, of *** women. absenting themselves frim examina. The Attorney General-I have taken into Zu nothing rcumstances the captain could stove it. A ladder wan at ouco pot out more cargo than the Pacific Mail Company/are banding

naish their rights. Under the modus rivendi ment of i

f a segwal i under his command, end- "Mr Ryrie I think ther: | consideration the existence of that society captain and the owners from liability over the bone, and by this means 16 pas-altogether. But this atenYETA

and have given then power to deal with for any damage auslained. The crptain's ship's hunts were safely land. It was President recommends that this busi-et the traz vessels of either country ate in- Aud he was sentenced by the Court to re-

sorgers, compradore's s'all and core of the the

core leaded, The recently arrived at batween the

English ed co-dag. The charges and French governments, the captains

Anuesley were sustained by the evidenco, greater number of women who are pristi these girls sent by the Registrar Generbsolutely uncontradicted. If the charterer's, mainder off in="bots, Ter no boat could me for Suiling this Pecific vested with jurisdiction over fehérnem on peire s

to stempt t in tile ide TO- THURS

TP- Teks be posted

wich tha

Trane.

public reprimand. A division was then taken, when there ment that the abolition of the , D. Actsted for Llia second reading all the off this, but as the evidence stood his Love in the heavy sut!, though they. Buil Company establish, separate agencies, the French shore. Laimed that the hau, donu a greas doul of harm to Her Ha

were promptly made rondy for the The total vatnings word $1,003,667; the

French are taking advantage

fuge of this poser ate, while she was lying at her dock in jesty's forces in China is testified to by our cial members, Mr Cluster and Mr Keawick;

They were aferwards washed away, expenses $9 635,117, and the net eritings 16 foribly expel the Newfoundlanders from Liverpool and burned for several hours. must able officers in both sorrices. As far as against. Mr Ryrie, Mr MacEwen and Dr

with everything else loose lying on $610,50 The cseh so on April 30th one eatened St. Gerry's Bay and coLfied were thoroughly fluded before the

their own baya and harber

beurs. A French The compartment to which the flames were is concerned it seems to me Ho Kal. The second reading as there ordinance is

deck, The Captain and those of the were 8673,401 and Hubilities $178,496. MAT useless. It may afford protection to girls, for parried by a majority of seven to three

officers and crew hat remained by the V.B Under the rail contracts the Central

On the Newfoundland fishing fire could be extinguished. The damage to The Council then went into committe

sel were afterwards saved by swimming to American and Mexican porrrurnents owe schooners and confenfu the mute. Nato- the cargo was heavy, but the ramel was laud, tsing assisted from the shore by $8,347. Nineteen steaméra cumprise the rally, the meat is ten o excitement exists rapes. The ship's papers, small arms and Pacific Mail Company's fest. At this meal. Everywhere the fishermen are armiig to The Nationalists are planning to a quantity of provisions, to make roady ing of the Board of Directors later, Be J. protect the vessels against French aggres a possibly lengthened stay on the inland, B. Houston was elected President and Me Biot Her Majesty's sloop of war Emerald dispits the Gorutninent's constant applica STFUENS. THE LITORNEY GENERAL.- Were get on shore, bat nothing else either Edward Lauterbach Vice President, The s been ordered to

the spot.

tion of the closure There are many tricks kint is useless. There are no girls kept diference in the mode of counting

& CONTROMISE.

of the ma is or of the cargo, and in half an other officers hold over until the next moet We cannot be surprised at the strung feeling not prevent The Government, however, London, May 26th. The Standarā saga : of allustering which sten the closure call- Mr Francis, Q. C., instructed by Meaars hour from the time abe struck, the fore prisoners, or I fancy, vory for my Chios. A girl of 16, according to Chinese Wotton and Deacon, appeared for the plain part of her bottens fell nut, and her how It is contradictel ftly at the office of the is Newfoundland on the fisheries question, has hinted that if the apposition is main official has received

lela siembers of this potos, beste ved reckoning, might be only 14. If she was W, and the dators of outer) (He plain. Partido non the inrush of tons of where Face at We fost that Frisce, aves our onlar tained, the sitting will be continut d until no acknowledgement, whatever. It has at burn on the 311 December she would be. Goodian), instructed by MA. B. while her stern was tilted high up in the nirsity, that the presetes of Mr. Verge Prassment, is trading upon it. Eugland is Autumn, a perpulous threat to those who

gozaidared two years old on the lat booù taken the slightest notice of Dit 10 000 16 by Buglieb metod 6 Johtaon. Crown Sclicitor, was for the The whole slip went under, when the wind, Rice, the Traffic Manager of the Ompany ready to offer compensation: preferably in know the discomforts of an all Summer res-

of defendant. De Ho Ku-da 1 was in the counting? They created from the

which had been blowing strongly from the at Vancouver, has anything to do with the cash, for a surrender of the couch rights. | rion. ⠀⠀ ordin Chuned when the repad of the C. Dance married women. But did they

Autoaney General said-We have | southward, was at its bigboat. Itwas then design of the Company to establish a ling Nothing but churlishness con'd pravent on A young girl named Hunter was forud dead yesterday working war A Lenburg, Acts was made, and as the Attorneycognise Chinees warring-and-it-on dd now been able to arrange the terms of 3 c'clock. The castaways were most bas of steamers of which Tacoma is to be this xcerpt wes of litis offer. Guneral has pointed out that being they recognise sood and third wie ed in asttling the case I have had islands who put everything they had freely visit to Vancouvar la first, arrange some

a compromise and kuta thoroby sucared. pitably treated by the inhabitants of the termicus. The sileged object of die Kide's PROTEST AGASSI FOREIGN LABOCA and her body had been mutilated so were

London May 21 There was a mass those of Jack the Ripper's estima. Ther Crown Colony we de nothing but It might to

Ca

to that a Clindoen married a carry out the ins ruenions of the Beers gandubine who was only 15 years of age age which those who scou at the disposal of the shipwrecked people, details with the Canadian Pacific Railway mesting in the East End today to protest is great excitement in the neighbourhood.

"piel the

the position of Attorney General giving them fors, and vacating their houses and secondly, for recreation for the belt against the tuflux of fortiga labour, må *The Chronicle deolares that the Govern spirit of debate has been taken out of me, and rooding to this law he would be before me had not-of assortaining the facts in order that they might be sheltered from of the health of his wife, who is nuwell. It main mesting for the moms purp si lo are sent hat duded to Germany the Archie

severely punished ang pada more. in the mater that strungy condemn the British Guiony, and, if Chinaman cathe keretion which I have the obtained I think to be the O. S. Mi SN: Oly's Corfu, butud of stablishing a terafin at Tacoma. The now caly that there are

The attorney floreral mid this was a Stophans a pan maliget to take place in Bydd l'ark next State of ujore, which, by reason of the

Saudar. The half starved, employed,:

treaty eone udid Sir Samuel Bakery repeal of that u al Act. quite agree they isust he content to live under. English Textiles me ill departing from the rule for this port, Usplain Torre sent three said, and I ac antro that the project bever than juba, and knowing of no way to in-stis Dueuthy Tepisani today, and hearing

belongs to Turkey with the gentleman who just apskun. law, and Bagli 1 law quu'd not and would followed by toy predeosenora, by adding her with the teisiace s the pasty rgers can be rollsey A toiler oficial, wanja high ores the uber of jobs they acek to limit satiatulate heran bor approaching I think the presqul-Bill is of no was what net resegniss polygɩmy.

All Exteleney thought the question of the 5,300 to the $1.70)

ying and crew of the Yansfers, wito were all lu

Liter their own costs, parlen paying

mafely on board the Churfa by 4 o'clock in men, was equally promised in cam his own with the Unnulightened, should state what took place in connection be left to the Courts for decisions,

Bla Lordship said he was glad connael the afternnou. Captain Tonningsen aptaks

for Mr Stauley is uf so high on urdu as to a terminus of the Pacific Mail Company

CEYLON COMPETITION th

Raduce the at gestion that itis. Mojecty thiaght the decision arrived as a very reapuople received on board the Malual bost. It is perfectly well known, sail che attr

London, May 23rd.-The English mant wil be un sout at the marriage ceremony in The Oufs arrived at Woonong yesterday gentleman that the Canadian Pacily Esclupeta do prt view with pleasure the Westminster Abbey,

Delief whigheania to be pretty largely en. hear any opinion they may think proper get a domed him to leave the port well-ing to save the ship, which rin right vnton / bazo been strained, and Lider existing - Bnglish-Government and the increasing destructivar of the entire crop is threatened.

WON BA

tion. ·

'must be a

to the asylum,

tates then you have mentioned. There must be thousands of them. The state

this

·

but it is not any protection to society. It on the Bill

is the very ruvetse. If the Goverumgut

bara mado up their mind that everything

shall be free in Hongkong, that we shall havu Ho

women, Ithipulsory examinations

of

was on the motion of Mr Chater deferred.

The clanse defining the oeno: of's house

Dr Ho Kai raison Interesting diseas-

marriages. He point d'out that there wa

an ordinance of this on on the question of age ent of "Chinese

wiab; however, to register my own opinion

ng Hg 10

under thrst

cargo on the shore,

Eles and that this absolved the

eridende wight be true or not, but it was waste s

agent were hure he might have contradicted

ship was bound to give judge at for the defendants, with costs.

trial.

IN ORIGINAL JURISDICTION. (Before His Honour Mr Fielding Ula ko, deling Chief Justice),

The

in

for

рас

LiuG

Have

пат

gother to maintain chip Zourvo, for exsoniso undey's war

Her

againidunak

It is

A firu siarted in the hold of the stermer

insured.

the Land Purcluice Bill, tooth and rall

Court, and the informa- day, a steamer cafue in sight, which proved that the Company the the slightest tens of the subtilies of political cord v Belgluta baid a ZA

of it ke

more tich Kiog

His Excellene.It is only tight that I recognition of Chinese marriages might well cards making in all ready paid into busts to the assistance of the pass the coufidence of the Company'snage the number of wen Malitias still holds marriage to Mr. Sulley. The regard and

·with this master in go far as the Speretary f Frogrees wŃs reported after a number of had been able to arrange misiters, and hs) in high terms of the treatment he and mining the proposition of making as this learned plode hit the shilajva entertained by King Leopold

of Stato pencerned. Early this year

the Secretary of Stats wrote two or three

Acctiune led tech pasted,

The Council adjourned to this day week, sonable one.