1894-07-14 — Page 3

Saturday, July 14, 1894.

Lone Randolph Churchill is going to tour round the world, and will probably visit Hongkong next your.

A RATHER serious accident happened on board the Ninggo on her way up to Shang. hat, for on 5th inst. one of the steam pipes burst and fled the engine room with steam, and while the ohiof engineer was trying to A SHAMAN of the notorious Nova Scotianshut off the steam, his hands were badly

ship Selkirk, named O'Grady, was rested to-day on a warrant charging him with an

unnatural offence.

over since with a broken head, a coolie was fined $2 by the Magistrata to-day.

oalded, the other two engineers being alas cosided. The chief sugiceer's injuries are the worst, and it will be weeks before he will be able to resume duty.

JUDGING from the present spirit of the Fox stopping his ricksha in Queen's Road Chinese, writes the Tientele native cor- Un Jour 46 so violently us to throw out a respondent of the N. C. Daily News, there nailcir and cause his detention in hospitals era longing amongst even the most poscoubly inclined-merahants for instance to come to blows with Japan, even though they become the greater losers. The maasen feel confidont of ultimate victory, and this. in the great thing for success amongst the Ho Po, pointsman on the Tramway, was Chiame, who never felt this ton years ago when fighting the French. No nation pos summoned to the Magistracy to-day tosses the trust of the Chiuese nation moto answer a charge of neglecting duty, pra-than the British, and in the event of media sumably in connection with the recent sc. tion Obies would only Hates to terms pro- pounded by England which she would not oident, but the charge was withdraws.

tolerate from any other nation.

In one of the violent equalis about half-past seven o'clock this morning, a steam launch off the Victoria Whael had her awning carried away with much = 'andden jerk' that the funnel and some of the stanchions also

went over. Another launch lost her awn- ing; a fishing junk and two augans near the middle of the harbour capsized; no loss of life is reported.

A CERTAIN District and Bassions Judge in

a

and

the

THE CHINA MAIL.

and will, if possible, be carried out.-1 have the honour to be, Sir, your most obodient servant,

J. H. STEWART-LOOKWART,

Acting Coloaul Sesretary. The Secretary of the Eastern Extension, Australasia, and China Telegraph Company (Limtied) forwarded the following mesange to the London preas

A tologram was received yesterday from the company'.

y'a Hongkong station respecting the plague, in which it is stated:

Half of the native population of Hong- kong left, numbering 100,000. Leaving by thousands daily. 1,600 deaths. Several Europeane seized; one died. market paralysed. daily,

Labour

Deaths nearly 100

Goreratuent anticipates failure of opine revenue; proposes taking over and destruy ing all onealiby native quarters."

The following are the statistics of the Hongkong Hospitals for the twosty-four hours to noon to-day-

Hyroie.

Admissions ..... ✪ Deaths

9

Vater treat 10 # he... mens...

0

The following are the statistics of the Lai shi-kok Hospital for the 12th inst., publisko in the Chinese Mail (Wah Te Fat Poy--

Admissions

Douthis Discharged

Under Treatment

CHES CHAMPIONSHIP. The store in the competition for the chen championship promoted by the Hongkong Chess Club now stands as below:-~~~

As a musical soirde in the New Palace, Potsdam, on the 9th ult., the Kaiser wore the uniform of his British Dragoons. The British offoses were among the thres hundred guests. The famous choir of the Berlin Cathedral sang portion of Handel's A Kong the Maccabeus and Heracles, words of which were written by Count Philip Enlenburg, the new German Ambas ander in Vienna, the maste being composed

the Garman Emperor. This song wa by

The much applauded and was repeated. Emperor conferred the Order of the House of Uchenzollere on Professor Becker, the Master of the Ubelt, and fastened it on the Vadh would seem to be of the muscular with his owa hands. At the louch in

barracks of Queen Victoria's Prussian Dragoons the Emperor begged the Com manding Officer of the Regiment not to propose his health, as is ruasi, but instead, he gave The Health of the Colonel in Chief, her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, who had done blm the high honour of appointing him Colonel in Chief of one of her best regiments. After this

toast

bad been honoured with grest Cod enthusiasm and the band bad played the Bischen save the Queen,' the Emperor Queen of the incident by telegraph. His Gewen... The

tho Health of Majesty then proposed British Royal Dragoons, and declared that Howel he was very proud to be their Colonst in Humphrey..

Heat Jupp Chief. I have thue become," he said, ' member of the body of British officers, and Moses.....

Plea a lie, which has for a long serien of years Shepherd.. uaited the British Armies, is thus bound to ace before me repra. tion to two foot-races there will be--Pouyentatives of my Royal Dragoons on the

anew. I am glad Bace (mile); Pony Race (once round), day on which Queen Victoria's Proscien Pony Race (mile, bandicap), and Lemon Dragoon Guarda Lure given fresh proofs of

their long-tried efficiency.

of which I have Cutting. The silly ovent' is set forth in gladly expressed my recognition an their the programme as 'Ladies' Nomination.-Sovereign. I call upon the gentlemen assembled at this table to drink "The Royal Dragoons and of their

order of law dispeniors. The Calentle Englishman says that on the occasion of Native witness prevaricating when giving evidence, the judge blithely sprang from the beach, entered the witness-box, and soundly bored the ears of the astonish ed witams. The story is probably mythi cul, but if the judge wors in Hongkong be would get too much of this to keep it up long; in fact, he would wear out twice as many boxing gloves a bench cushions,

Tas programme for the second Gymkhana his basu published. The meeting will take place on Saturday, 4th August. In addi.

Deputation."

Cooke......

Francia...... Gutierre...

'FRAGRANT WATERS' MURMUR That for weeks ago low residents in Hongkong know of the existence of a small place on the Chinese mainland salled Lai-obi-kok.

of things, and profsered an off-hand this condition in the predisposing and aggra- report dealing with one hour of one day, rating care of the plague. oxempt that the Government were afraid This insanitary condition is dus to stras the truth fully expressed would not be toral defeats and imperfections as well as to so suitable as the Decency half-trutha; removable casa. gathered by an hour's investigation. Dr. Cantlio says, Keep clean the town irony of fate if the patients in Hongkong to cop clean in the txus esse a town in That, after all, it will show the inexorable and then consider, eto, but it is impossible fail to expr se their desire to seek the which the drains are imperfect or incomplete, Ini-chi-kok shore.

and any dwellings saturated with germs That if, after all this positiva waste of dip which can only be destroyed with the boss, I believe, and I think most other doctors Lomas (alumsy though it may have been in execution), the plague stricken people here bellove, that the ravages of the plague are directly due to the insanitary conditions decline to

to go, That it may be admitted now that such of Bongkong, which are crowding of houses, course was never at any time advisable, ever crowding of rooms, imperfect drains, especially in view of tho burial difficulty, want of ventilation and light in cartela bousse, due some te atrastaral and some to and of the subsequent disinterments. That it is to be fervently desired the adop- addef causse; and I would beg that no tion of the foolish proposition may never valuable time be lost in considering merely bo necessary, now that the cases are be-whist must be obvious to these who hays watched this plague's progress, but that the coming fewer. That much has been said about the thos-most radical measures he adopted to stamp trical display at Leitchi-kok, and any one out thle epidemio (for every day that sush who knows the Chivese system of making defects an have been pointed out continue to up little apestacular effects for the bene-exist probably adds to the list of ristima to fit of their superiors will understand all preventibie canses) and render the town sale against any other disease of similar nature That no one will accuse the Government in the future. This can only be done Ersus

here of loading itself to sach sa ex- within.

In conclusion I must apologise for the perience: the mistake made by the Executive here was that of trying to pass length of this minute, but as the other side of the picture of 7th July as the picture has been put forward, some answer would

zeem necessary, of the Jud.

that.

That the passage of arts may be said to have ended by Me Stewart Lockhari'a last letter to the Permanent Committee and the efforts for the final suppression of the Plague will now perkaps con- tinue undisturbed.

That unfortunately, as the cars tow stande, the only frm attitude taken up by the Governor in this Plague business was suched against the wrong people and at the wrong time. That I see Burgeon-Major James answers some of the crude statements made in

H. E. R. JAMES, Surg.-Maj., A. M.S.

THE TUNG KUN ANTI-MISSIONARY RICTS,

on the

disadvantage in connection with the trade of Vanity Fair was a master of Kaécdote, of India at the present moment-riz, that permiflage, repartes; he was in varied and lovne and practic owing to its Enancial condition Judia has Enent finguist; he was been compelled to impose import duties upon floder of art; he was saturated with avan all goode imported into that country, with feenth and eighteenth century teratur the exception of those from Manchester. both French and English; and he could the export trade to India and to China station as Abraham Hayward and Blobard That is the oats with regard to the whole of hold his own with auch masters of conver the present mommt. In the face of this Monckton Mines (Lood Haughton), and Tinā miserable exchange the exports are, and, as with such a formidable epigrammatist

Diakens far as I can ste, must continue to be a wit as Douglas Ferrold. tremely low. Well, gentlemen, what other hand, solde talked at length on litw operates disadvantageously in one directerature, either of the present or the past. on might naturally be supposed to Be very rarely said anything about art operate advantageously in another disso and, for what is usually termed, high art, tion, and we should have expected to find think that he had that profound watsupt that the experts from India and China which is generally the outcome of lack of would have largely increased in consequence learning. Indeed, when I Bratwiatach of this very low exchange, which sets, a you Venice and wrats for him an article cuise are aware, as stimulus and as a bounty to Poodle at the Prowiny taxk being a the trade of those countries. In the case gendola on the Grand Casal, and in gomm of India the exports have not. increased, I doller's: dog he expressed himnali na ma am sorry to say, for those exports have cially pleased with my, production on the been counteracted altogether by the ex-ground that it stained so oust about tremly low and unremunerative price of art. What he liked to talk about the wheat in this country, wheat forming, a latest new plove of the thestr the latest you are aware, one of the largest (if not the exciting trial or patice case, the intent sosial largest) staple axport from India On the craze or social swindle, and specially; the other hand, I am glad to say that the axlatest munter and the newest things in port trade from China has increased owing ghosts. He delighted in telling short deall to the benefit of the low exchangs. I am alories, and onasionally indulging in cccato unable to state to what extent that increase has taken place, but it has been certainly considerable, and not only so, but we find that there is being brought from China now

similes and drawing waggith parallels: Re frequently touched on political anöjaotusää always from that which was then a strong Radical point of view, but which at pramint a great variety of products which were I imagine would be thought, more dos never heard of in connection with the trade vative than Dacoratio; but this portra of that country a few years ago. I can tion, I am bound to say one for all, did not spest, rise above the amusing commonplace of si only sam up what I have said in

that the outward and the homeward trade very shrewd, clever man of the world, with- To the Editor of the 'China Mail.

of India is in as sofavourable a condition as the heartiest of hatred for shame med hum Hongkong, July 13. SIRI have just received authentic in. I have ever known it to be the outward bnga.

is equally unfavourable, formation with reformace to the above from trade to Chins is the Rhenish Mission in Tung Kan City, but the homeward trade appears to which ausbier as to correct certain inacea be a growing if not an abundant on rats statements made by your morning son. There appears to be nothing more absolute- temporary in its account of these riuts,ly certain than that there is no finality in

connection with the reduction of which

AMERICAN HUMOUR, When Mr Sale want to America during the War he bagged some good stories, waleb,

To Me Evarts belongs the aneedate of the he gives us

Dr Cantilis's intter on the drain ques- which was claimed by it as further pattand what one says with regard to frein bereaved widow where husband terb

tion,

That there is one point la connection with the fith produced diseases in this Colony to which neither of these medicus bas made reference. That the remarkable inces use to cases of Triamus (purely a flth disease) was men tionat in your columbs several weeks ago, and as that increase was noted in the Hegistrar's returtis, the inference might have been drawn that something had brought about that ingresan. That vital statistics seem to have no meat

inical man quietly accept a statement ing in this quarter of the world, if the

like that of De Cuntlie's as correct.

BROWNIE.

CORRESPONDENCE.

A COUNTERBLAST TO DE. CANTLIE,

To the Editor of the 'CHINA MAIL.'

Hongkong, July 13. Sre,-I beg leave to call attention to

its Chinese

I

culara received by

paper, which curious to sy, never did mention anything suppose those who hear me in diferent about the 1 Tung Kun riste! Your contem- parts of this room would be ready to say porary of the 6th inst. states, to the course with regard to almost every other industry, of its description of theso riots, that the whether it is agriculture, or whether it is loal magistrate did hold an inquest on the in manufacturing, or whether it is as in our body of Ngau Lap Stang, the victim of the trade iu shipping. Gentlemen, what may mob, as requested by the Christians. But the authoritative information received by dous debasement to the price and value me to the affect that on the 29th ultimo of everything I shall not venture to attempt the Rey, Wong Him U. pastor of the Rheto explain. I will love that interesting aith Mission in Tong Kan Chiy, together problems to political economist, who certain

do not agres at the present time, and with a preacher of the American Chapel

baan

large

sirole of friends that the company

which she rooived on the evening of hi interment crowded her drawing find alliert to cuffocation. A tady friend of the wom edged her way up to her, sad, pointia Vlá something very bright and shining simil above the heads of the assembly, a remote be the cause or causes of this tremen corner of the apartment, whispered in her eat, Say, is that a dew eight-day sloos? What d'ye gi's for sich Fo clock, rubbed the disconsolate widow, it the dear departed. We eat him on end, to maske room for more company. The sty

A Mathematical Raco.-Competitors at Health folonel Tomkinson there- That the Government of Hongkong hava nertain passages in Dr Cantlin's latter of-the then is the absence of any raport from the and since the report was in print we have earth are you commiting those steps" K suddenly given to that small village or j 5th July to the Sanitary Board, containing sub-m-gist report was quit with the tonnage, veral which we name the hémorrist and admirer of ! Kktra-Fr”

mounted in front of the winning post. Ride over a hurdle, round a Bag (iclt arm) 150 yards distant, and back over burdle hand an envelope to nominator containing

■ paper on which a simple set sum has to be worked out by the nominator unaccisted; once more round the tag, first past the wincing post, with the sum vorrectly worked in bis hand, wizu."

My Clement Beolt has written a new cricket song.

Á Inétratumäed Service reward of £100 o' year has been bestowed na Colonel W. R. Lascelles, who sorved with distinction in the Indian Mutiny, China War, and Soudan Expedition.

LABOUCHERS is of opinion that a Gym. khans will supply features of agreeuble novelty in the notertainments of fashion able society. This may, or may not,

BARCHAIN.

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apon gave meet cardial expression in English to the great plassere felt by bie Regiment to be permitted to name the German Emperor and Ring of Praesis their Colonel in Chief. He alluded, very gratefully to the charming hospitality extended to him and his courados in Berlin, and said that there was probably no better way of expressing that plessure and gratitude in the proannes of the officers of the Regiment which bors the name of their Qeas than by begging them to join him

Customs Station an importance which does not deseZTO.

it

I

that

magistrate's Famon requesting, hice to agree in the future, as to its causes. But Fossket richly ornamented with a ver in Shak Lang, went to the Tang Kun who, I venture to say, are hardly likely be posed eight-day locks indeed bold An inquest on the body. The it is certain, that the state of things to saila, bosses, and handles, to which the But is latter pretended to be ignorant of any-which I refer sampals us to direct our dear departed had been exesigned. one being killed by the mob, but Rev. utmost effort to enabling the company to Senator Bayard is vested the copyright st Wong fired him by telling him that it carry a cheaply as any one possibly car the story of a well-known New York heard of it, when news of it had already surprised to see in our present report that freely in the vintages of pe Bayard & was quite impossible for him not to have carry and therefore you will hardly be hamontist, who osessionally indulged bod Epernay, and who published in a Hongkong Chinese we are adding three very large carrying being naked to dinas by parer, meaning the Wa Tee Yat Pe). Ele vemels, which will be capable of carrying house in Washington, he observed by als tton said that as the body was lying in something like 6,000 or 7,000 tone of car, who had himself walked home whin Chung Tong he would depate the sub-go, to the long list of ships which you im, to be attentively sunating the uncong These skips are named of steps in the high *stody, we fight of magistrate of shat place to investigats into airsady pOBASIN. the mostter, but that he could do nothing the Mudrus, the Ceylon, and the Singapore, stalte, in front of the mansion, White on

Rev. Wong then assured atually contracted for fourth vessel, asked the Beastor. Get to come de

even of larger capacity in proportion unces even of

to hat again was the reply of the preseisal statements which if literally taken and acted upon might lead to dangerous inactivity,

sary, and urged him to go at once and should not pass unchallenged.

preacher to the spot to conduct the inquest. Masagon, and for which we contemplate A casual reader of his letter would,

EXPORT CANGOTESTAVAASAN of definite instructions from the Visercy. between China, Japan, or Calculta and think, conclude that the insanitary condition His next subterfuge was the non-receipt immediate employment in carrying onl

For: P. & 0,

Canton, palled 11th of the town of Victoria had very little to do with the plague; bat it is generally ra. Seeing that it was uselous to speak any our various ports in India Gentle

Jaly For Buenon Aypes, 250 plan des visit to India on business during ecived fact that a town which is in s good more with the Magistrate, Rev. Wong men, my excellent colleague, Mr Barnes,

Bristles ; for London, 143 bales Wank Silk, state of sanitation bas little need for fear retired at this point and told the preselor paid

to go at once to Canton and report the the past winter, and did, I need scarcely for New York, 40 bales Waste Balky 10 c Fento the approach of a spidemio, for al-

company. He has cune away from India

asses Blackwoodware, 152 pkg Matting Dentagious diseas such as plague is the lathe inquest has not been held.

I think such a

a misrepresentation at that thoroughly impressed with the convict 260 hales Cares, 181 cases Fort Enality of doubt that the so-called Hospital atvasion of its germ, the disease is unlikely to Lai-chi-kok was not in a state to spread if the water supply, drainage, and made by your contemporary, of the atti-that no long time will elapas before not a Sundries, 2,632 boxes Tas, norileissing

tade of the Chinese official, which has an single ton of English coal will be sent out receive patients, and did not pos-ventilation, cad other one of the important bearing on the mes, ought to be to the Far East. In the case of such poris 50,372 lbs. Cogon, 13,630 bore a 000- as a staff to attend upon them, place, are perfect; whereas it is certain to when tha Permanent Committee acquire a good hold of the people if they are corrected, and I hope that you can find as Singapore and Hoogkong that reale taining 266,280 lbs. Boonte Caper, as case of Bombay, Coylon, and Aden, the Orange Pekos, 50 half-choats Tea, containe were called upon to strange for their crowded together and the other conditions space in your valuable paper to publish my has already been ressed, but in the boxos Tea, containing 14,885 the. Boented quantity of coal sent cut at the presenting 1,500 lbs, Sorts; for Marseilies, 160 gigs. Tea, cases Silke, 15 casos Oigars kád. 19 tions is probably equal to something like a million of tone; and if we should be atla Canes Star Aniseed. to obtain that supply from mines in India. near Calcutta why then another revulation

That I do not suppose it will ever be known precisely why the Exentire hare set their hearts upon ending plague patients to shat place, unless it was to show that the Governor was the ruling gower ant that his word was or should be law.

in drinking⋅ The Health of the Qasen of That it has been proved beyond a shadow though the immediate capsa of a speciflatter to the Congal Up to the present say, the most admirable service for the sass Bristles, 123.ses Ubiliàs

Great Britain and Ireland's First Bogiment of Dragoon Guarde'

METEOROLOGICAL NOTICE. The following notice is issued from the Observatory --On the 14th at 11.13 Swall depression, moving westward, pro- bably between Mars and Hoihow. Baro- meter unsteady, Fresh S.E. wioda. Sen moderate. Feather showery sad squally.

The annual dinner of the 53rd Shropshire THE PLAGUE IN HONGKONG, Regiment was held at the Savoy Hotel on

The bubonic plague still continues, bat Friday, June 8. There were present- General Si: H. De Bathe, Major F. Ball, the plague of literature thereon has stopped,

Alajor-Gen, Truall, Capt. A. B. Ansten, as far on the newspapers are concerned at any Lieut. G. Meynell, General Datzell, Lieut.

transmission thither.

That & proclamation issed by the Governer was the left unattended to for nearly a fortnight, and the natural affect upon the Chiose must have been derogatory to the prestige of the Government," That the Governor went cut of his way to discredit the opinion of the medical men

whom you call the Pisgue-crusaders by calling for a confidential report from twe private practitioners.

Col. H. Ravenhill, Capt. Peares, Capt. G.rate, for which with all other mercies way that the Government, however, did not

Brason, Major B. M'Clintock, Capt. we be truly thankful! The 'stopper' has B. G. Moore, Major Kicsbiret, Capt. Fbeen supplied by one of the medical mer,

Mx Wallace, Lieut. E. Rack Reone, H. J. Bookwith, Lieat.-Cof. L. A, White, a genuine worker who was naturally and Laon. Helps, Deputy Borg.-Gen. Hunger-righteously indignant at the uncalled-fər ford, Col. T. Cotton, and Capt. W. Feyton and unreasonable interference of ather doctors who had not the slightest excuse for

WHILE the Radical Leader, Lord lamebery, greanming to eater into the discussion of in carrying all before bio with Ladas-who. has now won seven races, worth in all plague qucations. The result is that, in 18,5834ths Unionist Leader, the Duke of reply to the special pleading of the non- Devonshire, in contemplating, or rather ar working section, the Government has re- ranging for, the sale of hie Borset. On the caived yet another letter, stating the truth in terms plain that even the most ubiqes Whole, the Duke has bad somewhat indifor-

ut fortune on the Turf, though, as he has official could see the point without

surgical ing 4.

operation. This letter has ared aquae good horses and won some not-

nos boon forwarded to the press for publice. able races i look cannot be put down tion by the Government in such a hurry as altogether bad. The Duke begna to race a that of Doctors Usatlie and Hartigan. In quarter of a gentary ́sines, under the as-

fact,

it is rumoured that the Government sumed name of Mr 1.0. Staars, with the now desirous of stopping the flood of

requir

are faulty.

He says that bad drains may aggravate' the disease; but it is necessary to add that bad dreins also predispose to the disease,

The physiology of the Chineman does not differ materially from that of Haropean: In light

ead

letter for the sake of

TRUTH.

P. AND O. STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY.

At the half-yearly meeting of this Com-will be added to the masty which we hate

connection the same supply of pure air, fusus not good #pany held on Tuesday, June 12 last, the con during the last few years in

Chairman of the Company, Sir Thomas with steam shipping. At all orents, wo K.C.M.G.. M.P., and in are going to be prepared for the con- Sutherland, the course of his speech moving the adoption tingenes, and we have already made

considerable contracts in that direction of the report-I must say this, that even a dens in the past is whether we are likely to enable us to carry them out. I need more interesting question than what we have We have purchased this vessel in order to intain, to increase, or to diminish hardly remind you also that we have the advantage to which I have been refer not only to build for you large carrying ring, in the immediate future. I mean, it mele, but we have also to build for the aceion of the company large mall and is a more interesting question for us to

of the difference be |instructiva · example canaider whether, dating the remaining passenger steamers, and it is, perhaps, an period of our financial year, the advantage

tween a passenger steamer and a cargo boat

Theth as the Chinese have’·

Quotations.

Homzore, July 14, 1804 OPIUM-New Fains, cash.... 707

caah Old H Now Bonares, comb, TỜI)

Old

"

Now Malwa credit,

Allowance, Catties,

"

is negessary to both races, It for the Chinamun to breathe poisoned air thie, with the other conditions which prevail in Taipingshan, lowers his powers of re- sistance and rendere bin on easy prey to That I do not suppose for a moment those any epidemis that may be going. I venture two private medical men wrote their re-to say that had Europeans boon housed as port on Lai-chi-kok with any iden of its the Chinese are bore they world have suffer. being used against their brother ductors. ed

returns of rickness, and death as seem to be troubled with any scruples, mentioned by Dr Cantle and the report written by Der Herligan prevalence of filth-Bouard diseases such a and Conslis is deliberately set against the one would expect who he inspected Chinese ch bas sccrued up to the present time other raports, with the inference There dwellings; bot is the absence of these

is likely to bo ustained to be lost, is the iras atatemout, and it differs much diseases from these retorne zussen for us

costs something like 45,000, while the from yours."

to believe that it is right and proper for Upon that point I must express myaell, which will carry upwards of 7,000 tona, bines to continue to dwell in benses At Borry to say, with very considerable Caledonia, the newest mail steamer, which That as the Lai-obi-kok Tamen had mys-

teriously been transformed into a pass under conditions which would probably be diftilence and uncertainty, and for two will be placed in active service in the course on Loodan

TRAsten to me here: in the first/of the autumn, will cost as nearly. abla native Rospital for the occasion, all the death of Europeans in a few weeks? to all who

De Cantile ays that the Grinees sleep in pisse, becuase we find, as general rule, he will only carry about 5,000 tons of dead possible Gro times that amount, although the reports were fairly accurate, socord- ing to the conditions on the dates report. verandahs, or practically in the pen air that the first half of our financial year in weight. I say it is an insicussive example ed upon.

or what comes to the same thing by reason

owing

That this diplomatic effort on the part of

TALSDUR.

an

to

or

which will be very easily apparent

if I mention to you that the Mazagoni,

of faulty construction of their houses. I the best half; and, in the second place, of difference between mail steamves and

the existing state of exchanges the Executive has at heen so succesful lake exception to this since the eager between Europe and ludis and China. In cargo vessely and explains why it an as it might bays been, for two or thre's eral rule. In the first place, there are tot regard to exchange, I am sorry to say that Eastern mail service is to be carried out

always be a desideratum. alware verandahs for them to sleep in.

very ugly loss to face (Heat, heat.) I believe that the Cate That, in the first plass, the Medical Ste? Then, daring, the cold weather in the win. we have during the remainder of one fin- mail bity will always

dania will give resulta even of better could have reported upon the condition ter, and during the rains in the summer, 1ancial year

indeed in that connection,

because character than the vessels which have in of the transformad Hospital and ceme- think the Chinaman is not likely to prefer

the shelter of our receipts for homeward pasi mediately preceded her, and I am satisfied tery at Lai-chi kok quite as well as the exposure to the this warm sighte cooles are money are all paid in silver, and those also that she will not only excal, as mail

his cabisle. In the warm other two.

latter half of our financial year, at the I have no doubt that in that respect, like

Old Malwa, credit,.

Allowance, Cuttion, Persian, Oily, Allowance, Cuttibo,

h

Fomish, Peper tied Allowance. Caties,

Exchange.

Bosexons, July 14, 1894,

Rank, Wire,

12

"30 days' Fight,

On demand,

4 months aight,

Credits, Documentary, 4 mouths":

On Paris

On demand; Credits, 4 months' night,' On Berlin-Demant

lete Lord Westmoreland for his advisor. Borcaponderos and special reports: Of That the Medical Staff could have reported seea eleeping oat; these are simply the peeiphy will come into the account of the } vonsol, but also as a passanger ekip, although On Bombay

terfield

1870 he owned a horse called Tabernacle, course, I would live been better if they who was believed to have the Stewards' Cap had never started, if the Permanent-dom- at Goodwood at his mercy, but he could only mittes had been left alone from the frat; Tan Becond- unenviable position which No slae occupied two days later in the Cheat still, it is never too late to mezd.

At the Magistracy to-day Chan Kim Cap. In 1877 his mare Belpheede carried of the One Thousand, and at the Shing, a jinsiukeha builder, and Wong Hi, same time he owned a very mefal animal in a to Sergeant W. Barrow, B.LL, as

ime in coolie, were charged with having offered Bellone, who, amongst other performans bribe to induce him to neglect bis duty in was the Love Bandicap thres years run. the destruction of infected woodwork, sing. Snch continued victory 1 of course. artremely rare, though Tristas won the cock-lufta and partitions, in the first de fendant's house it 132 Second Street on Hardwicke Stakes of Ascot for three years the 10th July. Bath the prisoners ware

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more about the former condition uf and of the poorest class. Now, examine a theso places, than Des Hartigan and enbiels in Chineses apartment. It is aware at the present moment. That is clas's, she will doubtless leave good dest

generally built to near the soiling some a factor which none of us can in any way to be desired: Cantlis could have done,

vociloft and all the obviate. You are aware what the fall in That another reason for the wast of success times covered by a

the gold price of silver has been, and that of this little plant is that everybody thinks by which air might find an arm sincs the beginning of one financial year ME SALA'S BOOK OF GOSSIP.

víz, dioce October 1st-it has fallen (from who knew anything about the subject, plastered over with paper or staffed with saw clearly through the entire scheme. Tags: the window of the apartment, if there 343. to 28d. an ounce, and that the ex- Mr Sala's book, Things I Have Seen and That some administrators can carry thrungh le one, is hermetically sed ipse shangs on Indis and on Chine has fallen People I Have Known, which has rady

a matter of this sort with an air that majority of caused. This shows a preferance inspires certain emoect of belief for a close and vitiated atmosphere, but approximately as low as in, par ropes and appeared in large measure in the Daily Tele and here can't do from deficiens people do not always know what is good for 25 per dollar. Gentlemen, the elasing of graph, is issued in couple of volumes. The mints has been, at all events so far as How fall of entertaining matter they are knowledge of the minttice, parhapa. them, and though the Chinese, in common

THE REAL THÄCKERAY.” succefon; and St. Gatien won the Jaakzey \ committed for trial at next Sessions, the That, after the Lai-chikok Hospitel: was) with many poor people at home, liko a hear./ the trade of Indix is concerned, up to the will be best realised from a few extracts;

Cap in 1684 and the two following first man reserving his defence, and the miraralovely converted from pig-stys ed atmosphere, heated it may be by their present times distinct and absolute failure,

and, while weanfortunately have to His fret chapter Mr Sale devotos to his sisgularly beautiful chestnut

to fairly-cloan, disinfected and well-bodies and breath, ne soienilet can say that receive a large portion of our revenue in acquaintance with Thankaray. The life hores, called Here, twice won the Sle, senond pleading that he only lent his sid.

tanded hospital, it was found on alf it is healthy.

The effect of the introduction of an infect, this depreciated currency, we have, as you of Thackeray, Me Bais contends, bas wards Cup for the Duke, and in interpreter without having anything to

and ciroumstannes Barometer... be written; sides to be much too mail to ressive any 1892, the year of his second win, alas do with the transaction itself, nor any

interest in it

ad person into such an apartment mast be know, to pat nearly the whole of our ex- yet to large influx of

of patients from Hongkong. sored the Portland Plate at Doncaster,

will to give every shanes of infection to its pendiaro in gold, sad, therefore, it is on give a pathetic interest to his remark Temperature from good field of seventeen opponents,

Mr Allen is now quite convalescant, and That, parenthetically and why "saj other occupalda, and thin merangement slope that account that I fear that our attenuate that, paradoxical as it might seem,. B# | Homidity:

never be thoroughly

od remittances will make a very distinctly would have picked out Mr Edmund Yates Diration of borgo a number of patients in that place is enough to account for the communication unfavourable impression on the returns of as the fittant mais to write it. Trollops's From the appesaded returns it will be back. The best home bis Grace has owned ease that ten Chinese patients have been "ware antarely free plague,

howsver, Morion, a bay son of Bascal-

Dr Cantlis mentions that the sanitary the half-year which we have just entered Life be staracterises as sa uncouth and Foro dine and Chaplet, who, after having chown dischsegod quest froin the Cattle Depot:

limit of surface ocupation in Great Britain upon; and therefore it is doubly satis- wooden appreciation. Mr Bale's Thackstay Weather cemetery the bettor. the most modent form as two-yr-old, de- that there have been no dead bodies found

in the City; and that the number under That unless the strictest measures ans als 1,000 people to the more. In certain dis-factory that we open that half-year with an is perhaps somewhat of an idol. But he loped remarkable capacity next a treatment is now only 147. The one pa opted to prevent the contamination trials of this tourn 1,077 to 1,061 permes advantage of 25,000. over the correspond defende bin warmly against the charge of sad won seven of the eight rases in which treat taken to the Government Civil Hos which is certain te spreed from that per aere is the casupation. This would being period of last year, because in these egaleim, His own disposition to rate the he took part, falling only in the Cambridge-pital in Chinese (sincs removed to Ken

this

extract: sentre, we shall hear enough from that overcrowding at home. But coulder how fremstances I shall indeed be cready novelist rather above then below his pereunal shire, when asked to carry Sat 1516. This

quarter by and by,

such an occupation is obtained. At home disappointed if we are unb able to meet you merila is indicated perhaps by aedytowa).

Ho bat an old way of calling me the whs in 1890, when the Duke was cradited

aidar to be our usual or normal dividend, Reverend Dester Sale, thiefly because, E That what strikes an outsider most of all, the houses as presumably well-arragged at the end of the year with what wood-

about the particulars gives of the Hos and compact, and by adding to the height and hardly add that it will be owing to believe, I used to talk to him quite as out

of 2 pital and Cemetery si Lai-chi-kow, is the more people san occupy gives

old time He know how much lamb-like manner to which everything and without enoromaning opon' the peces no deficiency on the part of your directors spokenly and seriously as in the told by those native manager has been sary cuble space and being overcrowded, or on the part of your staff if that result be had talked

Hare, fow houses are more than thres stores should not be attained. (Hear, bear) I loved and revered him, and that is why received by the Governmetik kane high, the generality of those in the worm Nuw, gentlemen, with regard to this ex- we got on so well together. There were adeiterated truth. The securately what district baring only two storeys yet more change question I feel bound to add only some friends of his who used to call him

with the heavy burden of Ost. Alb, on his is making good progrove,

with nearly 8000 in stakes, to which sum The following letter has been received by Morion contributed over 5000%. As four the Fermanent Committee of the Sanitary

Fr-old, M

Marios won a trophy much soveted Board

at Ascot, and of three other aces was

by owners who cam

cmos for sport, the Gold Cap

Colonisi Secretary's Office,

15th July, 1894.

of

beaten, only in the Cesarevitch, when haadi- The Chairman, Permanent Committee

the Sanitary Board, ko,, ko., do. capped with the almost prohibitive weight

of Vat. Tib., though on the occasion of his Sir, baro the honour, by direction of last appearance at Newmarket he was disqus the Governor, to saknowledge the receipt Hied. There were only two ruaners for the of your lotior of the 12th instant, and to Jockey Club Cup, and the race was esteem request you to inform the Permanent ed the most ahediate of certainties for Mo- Committee that His Excellency is plested

Wind

of the diseas from person to person.

That the less said about ang Lai-chi-kok

that

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• gian, ME AMonlby) & Deck ; but thers hud | to learn that it will co-operato in the That the Parmmaert Committee's home, lo soy vue visiting monta of the bad the Far East, to India, to China, and to and heara conscientionale, believed that{

bekter:

in known pretty

in this sense,

Thack, and slap him on the bank. I never That

is the trash in regard to those questions, people are condensed into them, with most ene or two more words, and it is also well known that this know- fasanitary surroundings, than ould be it weighs very heavily at the present called him anything but Mr Thackeray, and ledge differs largely from what you hear suffered to live in a four-storeyed house at moment open the whole export trads to dil so bootuse I knew he was my sider, over there

reports localities the feet of the overowding in Japan, for we find, as we state in our he was in every way my bet

DESA BIOKER'S COSTREMETEČNÍ report, that our mail steamers sailing must contain the truth, as they were obvious.

From ThackeraY VERMA GHOG: 20 Dick- ben som bumping towards the finish, and removal of pallants to the hospital at

made at difformat Liane by syo-witnesque, It is very little matter whether a bad con, weakly from this country to India and Appeal theroe was awarded to Lord Lai-chi-kok.

and in no sense depended upon intersstaddition of exuitation is the exciting or the China (which to cartainly for from ane, with whom Mr 50 sad Bale first v the anggestions and

unable at journaliste experienaca on Zoumhold. Perala being large azrioru) are Zetail's Patrick Bus The Duke is not am to add

nativesi saadeti

pada ga predisposing astran of an epidemia

I believe that no one will daby that oer the present moment to obtain more than This is an interesting passage person maling his guna, kowever, and there direcommendations contained in your leiter

hylf or two-thirds of their small cargowa ji To talk to Dickens who'n vastly different thine reason, to hope that he does not son had not been overlooked by File Excollowey, That there can, therefore, be no explans-

tion why the Execníve ran away from teia porsions of this towo are in a grounding we havn, as you are aware, an additional thing from talking to Tasokerey. The author Spinleda antas, Fatirpesat from a sport in and that they will continue in receive the

attention which their importance demands, that consecutive history of the rowl sinto tesesitery omdition and

insistais. thai

Hongkong Observatory,

Temperaturs.

BONGKONG, July 14, 180.

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