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SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 1894.

Lens Coleridge, whose death is announced by Reuter, caught a chill at the opening of the Royal College of Music.

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CHINA BORNEO 09., LIMITED; The fifth ordinary yearly meeting of the Obina Bernen Company was held thin-sfter Tax Comercio of June 9 says: By the noon is the Hongkong Hotel. Mr B. Lay steamer Saturnus, which arrived to-day-ton, Chairman, presided, and there were from the South, we learn that the British present--Messrs H. L. Dalrymple(Director), steamer Windsor, which left Iloilo on the J. Wheeley (Agent), A. B. Johnson, A. G. 2nd instant for Delaware Breakwater Wood, A. G. Stokes, O. Murray Bain, (U.8), and dospatched by Mosers Ker & G. Gordon, J. Maclobose, and W. G.

Darby. Co., had been stranded. The Satunnais brought part of the crow of the stranded Brutus was steams, and the steamer despatched to tko soshs of the disaster to save the captain and the rest of the crew as well as the cargo. The Windior was

mesting.

any

stranded on the rest Zub Botcha, nest Benation of any of the items of the bat be would obey the Governwant.

labas. She has 36,575 pioute sugar on board: 800) pisals by Smith Ball & Co., 2003 plouls by W, P. Stoves & Co. and 20,576 plouls by Ker & Co.'

THE CHINA MAIL.

of

We

CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP. The score in the competition for the oħoss championship promoted by the Hongkong Cheen Club now stands na below:-

Quoike.......

Hald

FRAGRANT WATERS' MURMUR the greatest apposition was excited amongst the Chinese householders, which manifestod That a glance over Mr Osbert Chadwick't itself, as you may remember, in threatened

report is -instructive at the present time, strikes among the cargo bouts,ocal coolies and

and throws must light upon the very other of the labouring classes. The question then arose whether these bye-laws could be

small progress made in real sanitation enforced. Government, majuly influenced

during the last twelve years. by the Registrar-General and other advisers, were oppased to palling these bra-laws in That references have more than spot been made by writers to the shoking up of the mercantile members of the Board were

drains at or near Bonham Strand. force, The Government and some of the afraid they would damaga the trace of the Colony if they enforced the byo laws and That I hear from eye-witnesses that four or Bischof

Are of the drain-outfalls there were thoked. Bowne Mr Whosley road the notice calling the sent the coolies out on elrike. The question aroo whether the bye-laws could be

up by rabbish from the town, or from the Cowen Mr The Chairman sald-In presenting the put is force or not, and I put the McCallum it the Board question to

Harbour. order the enforcement were to report and accounts for the year 1893, you, I have again to regret that the affaiss the by-laws sad a date were fixed that they of

Lbia Company continue unsatisfactory, would come into feres and the Government the loss for the year coming up to some were to oppose McCallum said flatly their enforcement, whom and I shall be gled to give would ha abey account to which say shareholder may take have a Sanitary Surveyor-a very excellent exception. I may say here that although man-in Mr Crook, who has done magnifi. our expenses were lower in 1893 than cent work during the last six weeks. He is in 1892, still we made some $9000 leas in the general trading of the Com-a very able man, does his business well, is the Board's professional adviser in and 14 pany, and that may be put down regard to drains. But Mr Crack is a sub- This morning at the Magistracy, Datective to the very dull and unsatisfactory con-ordinate in the Public Works Department, Bergeant Holt-charged Chu Kin-Chin and dition of the timber trude during sad ander the head of that Department, ta ba. He bas Chang Chun, servants, before Mr H. E. 1893 1 regret that I cannot speak very whoever he may happen to

hopefully of the prospects for 1884. Your absolutely no freedom of astion. Bo Wodehouse with stealing jewelry to the Director have had constantly before them is dependent for promotion and dependent value of $70, the property of their master, the desirability of disposing of the various for his place in the office on the head of that the Bor. G. J. Williams, on the 10th assets of the Company and thereby bring Department. If the head of the Depart

ing the Company's affairs into narrower ment like, he could send him to some other instant; The Rev. Me Williams, minister limits, and so gradually carrying out the department and send another was of the Union Olmacch, Kennedy Road, stated desire of the shareholders to wind up the Sanitary Surveyor.

We are, therefore, that be resided in the maze beside the Company without further loss to all con- incapable of independent notion. As was

earned; but, unfortunately, opportunity shown in a recent case we had по

modion! church. On the 10th instant he left the has not offered for such liqnislation. The offer at our disposal whom we could direct

at the same

to examine and report to us what was home at 7.46 p.m. and returned at 9 p.m. various items of assets staud at

It has appeared un

the state of affairs, We would have He found on returning that several artiples figures as last year, ha Ben taken from his study, from the necessary to the Board to make any new bad to write to the Colonial Secretary entries, for it is really impossible to ask the Governor to instrust the hend say what the items are worth. I do dot of a Department to make inquiries, and know that it will serve any good purpose to the head of the Department had his May more, bui I shall be glad to BOSTOT

own viewe DI the subject he could have any questions any shareholder may wish to

and there would have been no action taken. ask me, and the Directors will be glad to pooh-poohed that it was a case of plagus hear any suggestions that may tend to put Unless more extensive powers aro given to the affairs of the Company on a more satis the Board, powers over the sewers as well as factory footing.

the drains, unless it is provided with

medical

bath-room, and from the bedroom on the upper floor. There was nothing to show how the thieves had got into the house. They could not have got in by the front door nor by the windows; they must have gut in by the door of the cook-house or by the basement which communicates with the

book

No questions were asked.

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The Chairman moved the adoption of the raport and accounts.

Me Stoker seconded,

Agroad

Mr Johnson moved and Me Darby seconded the re-election as Directors Mces Layton and Dalrymple.

Agreed.

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be oor

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leers of its own on whom it can rely for es, it would be far better to abolish the Sanitary Board altogether end have restoration of the old state of affaiss. The division

of duties between the Public Works Department and

and the Sanitary Board is A far greater evil than the restoration of the old state of affaira. If the Sanitary Board, in your opinion, has shown any energy done any good during the present crisis, a worth its salt and should you think it is

room by a flight of stairs. The first pri- soner had been in his amploy for only a few days as house boy in substitution of his regular boy. The second prisoner was the mook's assistant. He had been in the house only for a few days too. There were two Botse coolian but they were out at the time and the only other servait he had was the cook. It was the custom for the cook to fesys the house immediately after 7 p.m. He did not live in the hours. The first defendant opened the door on witness' re- turn. The second defendant was at the back of the house. Discovering the thiefting. at once, the witness cast for the police, keeping the prisoners in sight until the police came The windows and doors of the houss were as he had left them. No other evidenca being forthcoming, the ac-electing two representatives to the Sanitary cused were dismissed.

Chairman said there was a vacancy the Board of Directors cwing to the de-F parture of Mr Whealler, and as no one was proposed at the meeting any shareholder might write to the agent proposing the elec- tion of another Director.

THE PLAQUE IN HONGKONG, We were informed yesterday that one of the Japanese experts, who had been a pupil of Dr. Koch in Germany, had discovered the bacillus of plague. The matter was not accorded much credence at the time, but wo learn to day that the discovery is ro- garded by certain members of the medical profession as bona-fidé.

be continned, give as your support and help we to get for the Sanitary Board that power and authority which will enable it to do something (applane).

On the wollen of Mr Bain seconded by

Ballot papers were then filled up; and as Mr Gordon, the auditors (Messrs F. Hon- no other candidatos were proposed, the denson and R. Lyall) were unanimously Returning Otheer, at six o'clock, declared slected.

Mesare Francis and Leigh duly elected as Ratepayers' repremutatives on the Sani. tory Board.

This concluded the business of the meat-the

SANITARY BOARD ELECTION.

A meeting of ratepayers war beid this afternoon in the City Hall for the purpose of

Board. There was a meagre attendance. Mr C, F. A. Sangster, Acting Registrar of the Bupreme Court, was the Keturning ( Officer, and was assisted in the discharge of

REFLECTIONS. 'Twas a city by the mos;

And its trade was brisk and fres All was right, or memed to be,

Every day; But when Chira came along With a cordon, smart and strong, Dear old Freedom noon was gone

Far away.

his by no means onerous duties by bir F. A.Then we thought our city atank, Hazeland and Mr F. Howell.

That our Chinese argelt so rank, That wa'd drive each filthy prank,

Cleap away But our Sanitary Board Had to fret beneath the sword Of the Law if they explored

An alley way.

Mr E. M. Gray proposed the re-election of Mr J. J. Francis, Q.C., saying that r Francis' services were tos wall known to require any remark.

Mr E. W. Mitchell accorded,

Mr T. Jackeon--I have very great pleasure

evil grow:

cases' few, Till we streak the hallaboo' Of to-day; But 'twas coming yet they never- Had they used their old endeavour Could have swept the stinks korever

All away.

is proposing Mr M. K. Leigh. I know So unchecked, the he a man of considerable energy 4 Stinks were many,

also knew he has had a very good training. He had the good fortune of serving in this Colony under the late Sar- veror General, Mr J. M. Prise, a man whoes like I do not think we shall see very sou gain I can assure Mr Leigh and Mr Francis, cod, indeed, all the other members

Amongst the records from the Hygeix for yesterday and to-day there is nu mention of any death from plague. There are still ten patients under treatment on board the Hospital-ahip. It would, therefore, appear that the statement that eno of the men of the Shropshire Regiment had died frout the of the Banitary Board, that if they do their 'Twas perhaps a builder's error diaease was incorrect: we believe the mandaty they have a big job ahead. I trust (Though you'll soarze find one demurrer} died of ordinary typhus.

The Permanent Commiitos will be glad they will de their dats, for there is no doubt that those buildings wore a terror"

of Hongkong is a dis

Beyond doubt. that the present atate grace not only to the Government but to Perhaps they planned a docidation

to receive more gifts of cigars for the

staff.

disinfo has been reosired by the civilization. With these few words 1 Of your confie population,

ose Mr R. K. Leigh, I beg to propose

Mr R Gray secondad

Mr MasterMr Leigh, before wo proceed to vote for you, I and some others world like to hear you make a few remarks as to what your policy will be in the Sanitary Board, mure espoolally on the subject of drains.

Or a plague-bod preparation,

Out and out.

What the scheme was, now, we care not And, for fear of Law, we dare not (Lest rack-renters amite and spare not),

Say, right out: Batwe folly, freely state, Will maintain, aphold, debate, That the fith stirred up of late

Casts grave doubt.

Government from H. M. Consul at Canton of the arrival of the junts conveying the plague patients from Hongkong. Out of 193 pat

patients on bord only 8 died. The patients were removed on a guarantee be- ing given by the doctor in charge that the patients were not likely to die en route.

We are informed that a private message Mr Leigh standing for this appoint. has been received from Singapore to the mant, and in the event of your elesting me, effect that the Singapore Government pro-trust I shall be able to farther the interests pose to enact a law prohibiting all im- of anitation in this Colony and in doing sa migration from China A steamer from the general prosperity of the place, as I can Cala grave doubt that certain duty Swatow having a suspected case of plaque imagine nothing more damaging than the Lacked all go' and 'woral beauty. on board was put in quarantine for aloe present plague which is in our midst. Not That an air of Work don't suit mo

Marked the lot. daya

only We are authoritatively informed (says the quarantine regulations which are being The detectors, great and small

in it crippling our shipping by the

Market the lot well, nearly all Chess fadly that application by the com. Fored against ships soming from this part, From whose alsokness ross the whole mittee of the Kim Shui Hospital at Wong restricting for the time the outpat of ali

Plagto and rot. Ska, where all plagne patients conveyed to our local factories by the want of men to Canton by Chinese gunboats wore being carry them up, but there is the danger that Buildings may be bad, or, worse, trasted, for

for the conversion of the Costoms if the plague be not effentually stamped out Be a Savitary cures, home in Lai Chi Kok near Sham Shui Po, that the future sale of the produce of thees Whilst their rents fill up the puras into a temporary branch for the convenience local factories way be greatly injured. It of the plague patients Hongkong who is

is very clear that if the Sanitary Board is Bat, policemen grown too fat choons to go there, has been agreed to, to future to be responsible for the Sanita (Thieves to chase n'er roofs nigh flat), and granted yesterday by Viceroy Lá tion

that its powers will have Fail in Sanitary work, that's flat,

And it's true, to it of all such matters as

of

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Some gambeste from Chinese Kowloon will to be anlarged, and complete

be told off to rooder protection.

Control

a 'scrow ¿

At Colombo, the pilots and the Portator, árulnage and the general scavenging To explore a Chinees dive

been warned by the Principal of the stresta and houses, and to enable it And clear dat each plague.germ hive Suryodical Officer that they are to be to do this effectually it must have its own And, on pay alone, to thrive Civil exceptionally careful in regard to the officers appointed by and entirely under the

Needs a man admission of ships bound from the China control of the Board. The present state of Free from outside cccupations, zide, and no pilot in to go on board a restel,, division of responsibility and of the officers Filled with noble espirations, net is one to enter the harbour, till there in its employ is an anomaly that has been Fit to all high expectations: is fall amurance that there is no disease on brought home to us very forcibly and which beard, With these presantions, in, via ce oannet be expected to work atisfactorily, what being done to

lu Singapore here (Applanie).

cf

ît First

Filth to ban.

There's a spirit tends to ill,

nine days quarantine ou all ships from the Mr Francia I should like to make a few Tireless as the devil's will, Far East has been impored-it is hoped remarks with reference to what has fallen Seems the Chineso mind to fill that Colombo will be kept free of the from Mr Leigh just now in regard to the Ay to dirt. babonin plague that is now, it would Sanitary Board. The Beard from the time And this spirit ever cropping appear, playing such havoc in Chins.

slate The following are the statistics for the defectips organised, has been in a very To the top, will ser be stopping

for want of powers. The Progress, when our speed is dropping Banary business of the Colony has been

From this apart, two distiput bodies the Public Works Ds- Build a palace, lofty, airy. divided, since the Board was crested, between

Wide and roomy, clean sa dairy,

And the brutes

twenty-four hours to noon to-day -

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ty- Kennedy Techly. Ad is. De

Adminis Under Freak10 41-

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partment looking after the main seals Fit abode for god or fairy, and the Sanitary Board being only responsible for the drains. The Board be

18

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at its disposal no officers of its own to whom Lost to every plaim of resaon, Taxe are many who will endorse the it can give positive ordere with a certainty a month, or shorter season, following opinion of Edward Fitzgerald on of their being obeyed. It has had 30 Roh 'gainst health the blackest treason,

Executes.... Carlyla's French Revolution-People mediost officer of its own to investigate into

disease. You may possibly remember They are tireless as the ocean, any appeara

from that a year or two ago a Committee 16 Void of every five emotion, ying under mystical language. There is

*Me

to а

it

the book ** Tiny deep; our connointed by the Sanitary Board to investi Berring with a blind devotion:

that the meaning.seems see or equalle forement in it; all gals the question of overcrowding.

eat up into

santences, reßective,

Their vils onde was one of the members of that And their passive, foul persistence half pareative so that one labours through Committes, which went through nat In a life we deem existence

every ber

it as vessela do through what is called aly very house, having the greater pum- Must be met by stern insistence

* For mende.

of them carefully measured and abort" sasamal, contrary going waves Gansed by stalldes and straits and meeting scouting the amount of gubio space. tiden, des. I like to sail before the wind The Committee made a very fall end de Prating boys, or senile men over the surface of an evaz-rolling sloquenes, tailed report as to the date of affairs and Failed before, they'il fail again, like task of Bacon or the opium ester, Í; thon media 1 number of strong recommends. And a decade this dark stain Will repeat don't know a book more certain to erations. Bye-laws were prepared with view

carry out the recommendations of that Here and now the man must rise, pornia away from posterity than that, ex- to sept it be supported by his other work Committee, and as soon as potipes were. Who shall be to us as syek Farts may perhaps be found two hundred sirousted that these bye-laws were to be and by banning dass and silax!

Keep all sweet, gauza banco and translated into Eise by euforond-and these by-laws were simply in some laverted MacPherson,

scoordenes with then existing Ordinance

• To beadjudicated,

FIFTH DRAW.

NEWS BY THE ENGLISH MAIL

THE CHARGE OF BILLING ARMI FBÓN AM AKSIMAL

The now light house is now complate, and is to be given in charge of the Customs today, I believe. Work has been com- menced on the one in Lim-ko, and a few monthe more will see it sompleted. It seems to me that Hainan Hoad should have

London, May 31-Three of the Fators. more attention, and that mans should be pore prisoners have been discharged, the taken to make it more secure for ships evidence. against them not being deemed passing through. Last week a coal steamer went ashore, and though the damage to the rosal is not great, the delay and expense was exceedingly vexations. Hoihow Har bour, too, should be made it least navig. able for a sampan; a little of the money squandered in forts that will nevar pro- tect, would go far toward making a fairly respectable harbour.

fcient

THE RUTILCENES OF POST OFFIƠN WĞNE.

Simia, May 18-It has been wranged by the Director-General of Post Offsen with the Director of Public Instruction to hars the rudiments of Post Office work taught in all primary schools in British India.

A, BIG FIRE IN BONDAY, Bombay, May 29-Shortly before 11 o'clock last night a fire broke out in a one- W OXFORD MIGHT BE storeyed building osed su skope by general

MENDED.

merchants situated near the Municipal The Qover publishes na interview with Market, Information was at one tela. iphoned to several fire-brigada'stations, and Professor Max Müller, Els Say hi Municipal fire-engines from Pydhonie interesting things as to the changes hars come over the University in his time. Chinchpongly were promptly on the soone the Fort, Gowalla Tank, Byoalls, and Among other things, Professor Max Muller of the consagration, which was soon put

The following draws have been made for expresses a desire to give educated women out but not before the building and con- next work

fellowships. He says, At present they go seals were completely destroyed. The home to he laughed at by their brothers, damage done is roughly estimated at about whores they would be a power in Oxford one lakh of rupees. The origin of the fru

they could only get fellowships. The Kirle much

Pollock ». Bischoff. Jupp. Shepherd, Cooke Browne. Reidy Humphreys.

Francia. Guttieres... Han

Hunt........ That the majority of these outlets have my since been partially opened, but that Deer...

JUDD | one old sower is still blooked for Moms......

Piecy a hundred yards or more, and is Falk filled up with blue-black filth enough shepherd... to produce a plague all by itaalf, That the Pingue is said to have zande its appearance, frat in Bonham Strand, in houses that were built under the Ordin- anoes; and as the Bonham Strand deit, which is choked up by the compost described in the Encyclopædia Britannica as par excellenes the breeding basis of the Plague, is the outlet for the drainage of the Tank Lane and Taipingshan ravine, who is to say that the Government is cot guilty of contributory negligence? That I am not a landlord of houses in the infected district, and eartainly do not ontertain any feelings in favour of the systom which squeezes as much as possible out of property, on repairing leases, sad then leaves all obligations to the sub lesseen.

That, all the same, the real grievance is, that Chizero tenants of the lower class wi live like pige, and that is a matter which can be dealt with only by Govern- ment,

+

Hunt v. Francis.

Fiery Moses.

Gutiérrez v. Howell. De Jesus. Cowes.

61X7 DRAW, Bischoff v. De Jesus. Guttercz. Reid. Cowen v. Piercy. Pollock v. Shepherd, Humphreys o

Jupp. Hunt . Browno. Howell v. Francis, Монев г. Саоке,

The members will adjudicate on Monday, at 5 pm., upon the undrished game he tween Messrs Bischoff and Bruce Shephard.

CORRESPONDENCE.

A SUGGESTION

To the Editor of the 'Omisa MA.

June 16, 1894. St.-Queen's College, I hear, is practi- ally emply. Out of nearly 900 scholars,

like

DEATH OF & P. AND D. DAPTAIN.

THE COKED TREATY,

more eager to learn than the has not yet been ascertained. men. Young men do as little as they can; young women de as much as they can-too Captain F. Spock, 'of the "P, .&.0. mach indeed. They have enough force, Brindin, one of the senter Commandses but the difficulty is where are they to live in the service, died on Sunday of gone. and to work? if I had a dozen of them I could give them all work to do manuscript Lond, June 1-Sir E. Grey, Under to work to haut up-but as all the Foreign Secretary, has announced in the fellowships are monopolised by men, the House of Commous that a French note had women have to go without In addition to giring fellowships to women, Profesor regarding the Congo tresty. Osemang, he been presented making full reservations Max Müller would re-establish the entrance said, had not protested against the treaty examinations. The men ought to be up to iz Londos, and he was unable to say whe a certain lavol before they enter tha

ther she had protested in Brussels, DES As for the now collagen, University. As for

■ Mansfeld, etc., he has no objection; indeed, he is prepared to acquiesos in a Roman Catholic college which he expects will be coming along next. As for politics, ho thinks that the undergraduates care very little for socialism, and are as a rale Conservative. In religion there is less intaroet in theology than there used to be, but there are few signs of any opposition to the established forms of belief. The old High Church leaven is still working, Canon Liddon was a great influence, but be has no real succesece. The young men of

Keble,

--

That the Government had powers to daal

with it, and failed to exercise them. That, over and above the failure to keep houses sanitary, the Government has bruken down hopelessly both as to drain-only some 50 or hereabouts are non in at-to-day are far less sophisticated than they

tendance. Why not shut up the place and ago and water supply.

atilise the staff, both native and European, That it is true the visitation of a dire in the work of visitation and disinfection

scourge like the Plague justifies the The native staff must have a knowledge of adoption of measures as drastic

English, and the European staff, onsistent with the very existence of the knowledge of Chinese: with the Rev. Dr., their principal, at their head, they might That notwithstanding this fact and I still do valuable service; at present they must

advocate the remodelling of the Chian-bo kicking their heelt. town on the most approved sanitary lines Is the suggestion worth anything

it must be borne in mind that the Go- Yours, vernment, the landlords, the tenants, and the drought (and perhaps the Man Mo procession and the dirty crowda from Kwangtong) have all had a part in pro- ducing the present wretched stats of affairs.

native town.

NO ONE.

A ORISIS IN ARGENTINA, UNA London, June 1.—A serious commercial- and financial crisis exists in Argentine, the gold premium baing beyond three fun- interest on the debt temporarily in paper dred. Various schemes for the payment of instead of gold have been mooted

A REVOLUTION IN MANCHURIA, London, June 1.-The Aimer Tianstein correspondent states that a revulation has broken out in Manchuris consequent en agrarian disputes between Chinese sotilies and the Meagol chiefs.

THIS POLITICAL URIAM IN HUNGARY,

used to be. Wines have entirely died out, Vienna, Jude 1.--The Emperor Francia and there is very little gambling:

When I first came bure, ono frequently Joseph having refused to promise to create saw batches of from twenty to thirty red-ito peers to carry through the Civil Marri

age Bill, the Bungarian cabinet has re- esated young fellows riding off to eigued. The crisis is tantamount to a con- neighbouring meals. Such a sight is dist between the Crown and the people. rarely been nowadays. This is attributable, for one reason, to the agricultoral distress,

Calcutta, May 30.--A telegram from which has mach impoverished our greas landowners, who cannet, therefore, make Silchar reports dissateens floods in North big allowances to thair sons, and

, พม the fact Cachar. The Jotinga bas overflowed the that the smaller schools Bond up a great rise was so sudden that many garden and whole valley through which it runs. It

for

DISASTROUS FLOODS IN: LUSIN,

many of their boys, who are

to naturally much NOTES, FROM HAINAN.

paarer than the men of old wore. All these railway coolies were drowned.

Forty things

work a slow change not only in the bodies were found in an out factory of (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

personnel of our students, but in their very Jetings Valley Tex Company, and sweirs Since the typhoon of last September, character and habit of life. To many of bodies at Narainobirra Hundreds of hese young follows the getting of a good nativan sought refuge on the reale of the That the Anglo-Saxon spirit will, I feel Bainan, a well as the Southern portions there

degree in a matter of life and death. They houses but were swept away, houses and confident, conquer this crisis as well as of China, has experienced almost a drought, therefore eschew high living for high think all. An immense quantity of wanalastazed ether treables, tat the mane will have to nor did the rain come in time to save verying. Work, not ease and comfort, is the tea has been ruined. The loss in cattle he very carefully considered and faith-much of the rice crop. There has been rulo of the day with them. The whole and live stock, rice and paddy, is enormous. fally applied.

epirit of the place has changed in con- Thousands of-coolies and the villagers have That I was at first pleseed and then dis some little distress among the poorer posequence. No doubt there is much more lost everything. It is the most severs flood

appointed at the Governor's statement ple, but bored a considerable rise in the pushing then there was before; much more that has occurred for many years.

price of rice the drought has not brought striving at what they can get out of the

THE VÄGHT 'VALEYRIE,' - concerning the Plague and its pauSES. That it will not improve matters, from any general, or severe trouble. Last week University Chest. Another ease of change i London, May 18.——The reported founder- every storta awept over the north-eastern is that whereas young fellows going in foring of the yacht Valkyrie I. off the coast of puint of view, for the Head of the Exeou- part of the Island. Several villager were tive to say he never knew that as inenti atmost completely destroyed, one or two Foreign or Colonist Offies or for the Africa proves to be untrue,

Army aged first to come here, they now go tary house existed in ipong until a market towns wore badly damaged, and to a private tator, and so are three years few days before the Connail mesting. many of the boats that run up the river ahead of their contemporaries. That a confession like that is apt to give were stripped of sails and suvers,

however, is but a momentary advantage, bardia to rack ranters and landlords storm seemed to follow the river, almost which does not last. A university edaenquire into circumstances of alleged bribery generally which may be used with effect. all of the heaviest damage occurring within tion in the end is not only act datcimental, That it is amusing to see even sensible mana for miles of its bank. All of the large but it makes life fuller than it would other-

(and I fappy the owner of the initials W. E. M. is a sensible man) talking as widely of the mark about remedial

measures, That it

The

water-wheels were totally destroyed, which will probably canse some delay in the plan ting of the next rice crop.

Daring the drought it was interesting to watch the effects of the official, Praying

viso bave boot. The Oxford honour-men always beat in the end.

THIS AMERICAN FARINE BILL

London, May 18.-The United States Senate has appointed a committee to

in connection with the Tarif Blil

A NEW P. AND 9. STELINK, Toudan, May 19.-The new steamship Caledonia, built for the P. and 0. Com-

And ie university life generally, is the pany, bas been successfully launched at whole genins of the place improved by the New Era, if I may so ferm it?' I asked.

Greenock.

--SHAW;-NAVILL, AND ALRIOR: COMPANY,-

London, May 17.-The report of the

pany, Limited, shows a proft for the past

known by anyone who knows for main.' 'For many days the Tantai and Ak that is difficult to say,' replied my anything about the history of the Colony minor officials went forth in humble apparol, host. The lower stratum is lifted up, Shaw, Savill, and Albion Shipping Com- that the minimum of 300 cubic feet per but no rain came, and unfortunately on the without a doubt; and that is a godone, year of £18,000. A dividend at the rain

san was deemed too much of a drastic measure to introduce all at onur,

very daye when the official went forth, had Mars work is done than used to be there boun indications of rain, they would but the freedom of work in

when quickly disappear, while on the

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forever. It is quantity to day he remained at home the clouds would luxury and beauty of scholarly leisure have of 4 per ecat, per annum has beca

ther and sometimes brief

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rather than quality, fear. The tutors become teachers far too

That the enforcement of this rataimura was allowed to stand over for a season, and if other sanitary measures had been attend-gather ed to, no great harm need havo aristo.

would pass over.

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How do you like the present system of constant examinatione??

Professen Max Müller slowly shook his

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That I believe the Government is prepared a though the Tootai had given up work so hard that they have no time to

to adopt a minimum of 200 cubic feet, in despair; be romsined at home, and look to the right or the left; and whatis London, 300 boxes Tes from Fechow, 75

soon heavy showera relieved the tension, life if i

if not a continually glancing to right bales Waste Silk, 230 rolla Mats, 100 c and yet W. H. M. coolly advocates a

but for some time the heavens were not and left? They give themselves un time to all-unts, 24 cases Bristles, 110 pkgs. minimum of 60 feet!

pleased to rain apon the yomon slthough develop. They take a good argi-class, and Canes, 32 cases Chioansra, £ cases Black That if the maximum of good drainage and the eastern part of the town, out lulf a mils then give out what they have learnt, as woodware, 49 pkgs, Bundries, 4,1

4.109 the minimum of filb wars creared, the away, would be flooded. The people say teachers. This engendera the money-mak- Tee, containing 67,540 The Conged, 20,041 minimum of cubic feet would be a secon- that he is su upuced, for when on the bill it all tells on the spitit of the Caper, 1,166 boxes Tea, containing 34,260 fellow, and theno spirit. I have no word to say against boxes Tea, containing 439,761 Boanted dary consideration.

things must be expected, That W.H.M3 is, however, right in his first official round of idepection, one of the university. To a certain extent, so far as lbs. Scented Orange Fekre For Har- advocacy of a 6-inch concrete floor to poles of his chair broke. These, with the those young tutore are concerned, this state seilles, 52 cheats Tes from Foothow, 450 Every bussmacat-only the Sanitary auth-relossing of me criminals, and his

of things is remedied by readerships, whish pkgs. Ten, 12 cans Silk Goods, 200 orities must see that the conorste la not frequent threats against the Literalihan give them more time for special work and Damia and I bals Cow Hids. caked over with filch.

caused the man to be greally feared and That the official bemuddling of the manage- | hated...

+ ment

of the Plagao patients is a subject Some time ago saw the report in the on which I soarsely dure drust myself to China Mati that the Lens were again in speak.

insurrection. I have taken particular That the Bret serious blunder of allowing pains to discover what, truth there was in

Ah! we suffer sadly.from these constant the Chinese to set up a pough the waual amount of robbery I could find They have no time or opportunity to be any Debt contracted by the Officers or report, but beyoud a little more than examinations; they Blunt ear young men. oall it a hospital was bad enough. That the accentuation of this awful mistake, nothing to substantiate it. Some among idle. Now, do you know, it is my idle Crew of the following Vessels, during

by allowing the patients to be carted out the Chinese say that the troops, about but friends chiefly who have become distinguish their stay in Hongkong Harbour of our jurisdiction, whereby we have in number, ware sent into the interior, but men in later life. I beliera in cultures? lawared the prestige of British adminis- I do not avea know as to the truth of idiomass. I gizee & man time to read for A. G. ROPES,, Amer, ship, Capt. D. H. tration and dealt a blow at the re- the statement. Coming through Chinese himself. But look at these examinationa; Rivers. --Jardins, Matisson & Co. Gra putation of Western skill and even to our officials as the report seems to, I am in why, a man knows exactly what he has to L Boxer, American ship, Capt. Chea. common humanity, makes thinking menclined to believe that it is a part of read frequently to the very page. You S. Kendall Reuter Erökleman & 09. ↑ scheme for a large squeeze, especially as it don't call that study continued the That the combined knowledge and experi-is a well known fact that the present

ence of Governor Robinson and Mr Stewart Lai must squeeze very liberally to recover professor with Leen sarcasm.

young fallows haven't time to attend any Lockhart was expected to produce some the $113,000 paid for bis position. thing better, but the community has been So far we have been free from the professorial lectores. They don't pay. İ wefully

should it however appear, I fear quite own that the examination system

at leset-she That I have praya Avicated the Tang would canso sad havoc, for both Kiuug- majority who by means of them sceny into Wak Hospital as an institution which chowand Hoihow are more filthy than I have the varied posts which are safeguarded by by long and asteful nursing might ever seen them. There seems to be but little the examinatione ; but vast harm is done to have become a creditable half-way house sickness, although we hear of an occasional the micet minority. between the shooking old & Tase and oase of small-pox, or ohol

modern hespital. That it is not wis

end.

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medical work of the Presbyterian Minion, White, Director of Naval Construction, has act been carried out That the question now is, Can the Tang har been compelled, on secount of designed the Linnets, and their dimensions health, to return home; as yet no one has will be Length: 185 feet; breadth, 32 Wah be mended, or what it be ended? That the muddled noticn, by which ow been sent to repless him, so that we are feet 6 inches; mean load draught, 11 feet medioal authoritles were subbed in again without & foreign physician in our faches: displacement at load draught,

to bolster up this disgraceful little community.

toos. The post opacity at load fraud, has not paved the way for month in the way of mending the boon most emphatically stopped by the considerable larger quantity of coal as be Wah: and sannet say that I officials, sad the property has been asized stowed on board. Both venals are to be Long The outrage took at night, some ready sea before April, Lieutenant at the goadition things are in three weeks ago and was conducted by 1896: The machinery has not yet been some of the literate under instructions ordered. They will each cost about 70,000, st present (That ̄màxt to the

the Taolai. At the time, no one waa | and the dookyard officials are authorised to of the paralysis

shipping from and industrial the Colony, the living on the place, so no serious trouble advance each ship to the extent of 38,633L conduct of domestic and other servants courted outside of the few immediately has caused a grave inconverfenor interested, hardly any one knew of the alla during the next 18 months d

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