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TUESDAY, MARUH 10, 1898.

· Is fa reported thai a telegram has bent received at Shanghai by one of the former directors of the Belaiout Mine, which the Shanghal owners were forced to part with a couple of years ago for a more song, saying | that the property has been sold for a cool million gold dollars to an American syndi cato.-Ckins Gazette.

À DISTRESSING ease of suicide occurred in

THE ETHICS OF OVISUÓTION. (THE SEQUEL TO OCCUPY TILL I COME,')

"A trulan, pushed to ita logical conclu- alon Lawn), du the cani of a wariety as well as in the case of a indivLauk

--Modern Writer.

When there appears, succinatly and coa. cisely presented in a categorical manner,

FOOTBALL,

THE CHINA MAIL.

HONGKONG V, V., 9. THE GABELSON, This was a Rugby Match, and was played at the Happy Valley on Monday afternoon, Taiting in a win for the Club by a goal

the Sule of doo da,”

| THE LEGISLATİVE COUNCILdinance for codifying the Law relating to

The Legislative Council me! this pĒterncan. H. E. Sir William Robinson, K.C.M.G., | presided. There were present-Hon. J. H. Stewart Lockhart, Colonial Boaretary; Hon.

The Colonial Secretary seconded. The Bill was causidered in Committes, and several amendments made upon it.

LIB PENDENS, The Acting Attorney Geroral moved the

dena.'

The Colonial Secretary seconded. The Council went into Committee on the Bill, which was afterwards read a third time and passed.

THE NEW SANITARY BOARD. MILK AS A VEHICLE OF DISEASE. The following is a copy of the Bill to fur- Dr Thorne, principal medical officer to thor amend The Public Health Ordinance the Local Government Boad, lectured at the National Health Society's room on the 1887,' with regard to the constitution of the subject of the transmission of Infectious Sanitary Bourd, introduced to the Legisla diseases through milk. In the cas of tire Council this afternoon :-

phold fever communicated through milk, Be it enacted by the Governor of Hong-contamination of the milk after it left the experience pointed, ho said, to the actual

with the

apoetic lafestion derived from in attack lo man. With regard to scarlet fever, was clear that infection by human agency WAS

and a try to nil. The Garrison won the H. E. Pollock, Acting Attorney General; second reading of the Dill entitled An as a duty incumbent upon the student of toss, and the first half was very equally Hou, A, M, Tommor, Acting Colonial Troa- Ordinance to amend the praatios as to tlie kong, with the advies and consent of the wow either through water of Yokohama on the 1st March. Andrew Fo nature and the instructor by divine right contented, no acoring taking place. Early surer; Hon. F. A. Cooper, Director of Publio vacating of the registration of a Lia pen Legislative Council thereof, as follows:- ter, agod 40, an employ of the American (for what privilego may more justly arrogate in the first half the Club lost the service Trading Company, lived on Nakamura Bluff to itself the title of divinity than the illu.of Greenfield, who had to retire Injured. Abent half past eight o'clock his wife, bear ing a botes, went into his bed-room and nation which may indeed seem to be da. This loss was a serious one for the Club. found his eaeponded to the bedpost. With rived from within but is intrinsically an in. zesistanco abe cut him down, but after a few mutation from the eternal External corre convulsive struggles he expired. It appears that the man lately came in for a small sum spending to our own montal emanation). of money and this induged blot to go on whan thus the moral philosopher contom- long drtaking bout,→Japan Mail..

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In this period the Club almost scored from a mark by Perry, the ball striking the bar. The second half was productive of spirited play by the Club forwards, who thereby gave the back division a better chance of manipulating the ball. The Club through Laudate scored two tries, one of which W&i converted by Perry. The Club bucks had several pretty passing Tune,

Worke; Hon. R. M. Rumsey, Harbour Muster; Hon. W. C. B. Hastings, Acting Captaia Superintendent of Police; Hou, C. P. Chater, Ho Kai, T. H. Whitehead, E. E. Belilios, and J. J. Bell-Irving; and Mr F. J. Badeley, Acting Clerk of Councils.

THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CHINESE,

PROTNITE CRIMINALS FROM B. N, DORNKO,

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1. This Ordinance may be olted as The Sanitary Board Ordinanec, 1893,

2. Thie Ordinance shall be read and con- no mons necessary, but that the milk eted together with The Public Health Or of fever dinance, 1887, (as amended by any subse power of communicating scarlet quent Ordinangos now in force), hereinafter the time it left the cow. It was found, referred to as the principal Ordinance.

deed, that the cow did suffer from disease having zama, delalte relations to human 3. Sections-4, 7 and 11 of the principal scarlet fever om cow to cow, and by the and that this was a a disease communicable

Ordinanco are hereby repealed. plates the requirement imposed upon him

At the sunnal meeting of the Manchester by the lawe of a belug not asif-derived, to

De Ho Kal, on his re-appointment as representative of the Chinese community, took the vall de fideli,

COST OF THE ADMINISTRATION.

Mr Whitehead gura notice of the follow-

the

Chamber of Commerce the Obairamu, Mr instruct some female member of his not re- W. H. Holland, in the course of his admote ancestry, whether on the paternal er dreas, referred in the hopeful character of, car trade with China. That trade was in-maternal eido matters like, in the art (par and considering the grassy conditioning question:Will the Government luy creasing each year, though other nations tially known to savage races but were com- were pushing into the market, anxions to got an increased share of the trade. Le pictaly by a process of evolution developed of the ball this was all the more prales upon the table a statement showing the noticed that the experts of cotton pisce among the civilized portion of our epocios) worthy. In Paddy the Club has secured total cost of the administration ar goods to the China market during 1695 of extrasting the albumerold and nitrogen- very good man. His play yesterday at expenditure of the Government under the stronoted in value to £4,620,000; so that that market was quite the largest of all one pas contents from their calcic caso in the half-backthas not showy, but was most head of saturies, inaluding allowances, pen- markets for cotton piece goods, with the ovate produce of Gallinaceous dayanti, the unselfab. His passos were well timed and sions, exchange compensation, &c., for the single exception of Bongal and Burwah. responsibility thus incurred is tremendous accurate, and in tackling he was usually year 1885 P

on his opponent before the latter and the posible consequences far-reagbing, Á WITNESS in court who had been cautioned The process itself may present to tho go away. He has plenty of pluck, to give a precise answer to every guestion semi-educated mind features aiment re- |

as his stopping of rushes showed. Perry at and Dot to talk about what he might think: the question meant, was interrogated as pulsively luciorous in their simplicity, but three-quartors played very wail for the No, whether we contemplate the atmospheric Olub, but would have done better to pass

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follows: You drive a wagt well and aerial laws therein involveland consider wider to Landule on several occasions. The

Bit, I do not. Why, sir, you my learned friend so this momento No

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air, I did not.* Now, Bir, 1 put it

it to you for a moment that it is thus brought within on your oath. Do you drive a waggon ? the power of a human being (ignoble speer

No, sir. What is your ocupation,

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pa and of the smallest planets in a system ⚫ drivo a horse, 'This reminds Bobart Bachsuan, poet, novelist, play- contemptibly insigalicant compared with wright, &c., who, while being examined in that which revolves round the star Bankruptcy a year or two ago, when asked

us of

tronomure catalogue as Bola Alogone) to

if he was not in the habit of driving about in a carriage and pair, replied that he might set in motion the same law that in a man- have been in the carriage but certainly not nor differing only in degree and not in in the boreos. Some people are nothing if nct precise.

kind producss cyclones and tornados, whether we regard the operation as throw It will be observed (ange the Japan Mail|ing a light, unly momentarily dolusivo, on

of the 28th February,) in our Seoul corre- the Law of the Impenetrability of Matter appudent's lottor the following clauso es alike stand amazed. Yot more if, care: The question of the return of Ber Majesty the Queen is talked about to-day, disregarding those trivial though basal ques- and it is alleged by those who are in a positions, we are attracted by the zoological

tion to know that the next ten days will and biological considerations involved in decide whether the many rotura or got the masoblastic apsimon before us and the Evidently there are well-informed foreign- ers in Seoul who believe that the Queen is ratio differentia by which it a distin- not dead after all. We sincerely trust that guished from the meroblastic and holoblar- their belief may be verified by events.To

the foregoing wo may add that the Mai's tio ava cf lower forms of life, and Scoul Correspondent, who writes

writes on the indeed to a far greater extent if we riso With ulto, is a gentleman connected with

One of the Legations in the Korean capital, from a physical to a mental,” moral and and is in a batter position to know what he spiritual plane of cogitation and propound write about than even the Editor of the to the soul within (so rodily, alas, to be at Mail,-China Gazette,

It is natural that the occasion of the Tonkin Loan should be taken to point out the value of the colony to France, and to note what progress has been made. M. Ranassau, for example, has shown that the foreign trade

all times affected by the heterogeneous die- arrangement of prothylic products that forms its material onsiconmeat) the stupen- dous question, "Whence this thuanose 7

match was a very interesting one, and was well fought from start to finish.

HONGKONG GOLF CLUB,

The last of the monthly competitions for the Cup presented laat April by the then Captain of the Club, Commodore Boyes, was played on Saturday, March 7th, and follow. ing days Mr C. E. firme was the suŃS fut member, and, if his score had not been spoilt at the last hole, it would have been very Gao one. The same gentleman and Mr Anton tie for the Sweep.

CAPTAIN'S CUP,

C. E. Hume....... 94 11 83 H. L. Dalrymple...... 97 10 87 C. Felmer............. 102 11 91 J. Hastings

107 14 93 115 20 05

C. A. Tomus.

O, E. Home.

A. S. Anton

F. J. Badaley

Da

Ball

C. Palmor

J. Hastings,

G. A. Tomes.. E.-A. Ram

SWEET.

94 11 83 94 11 83 108 21 87

10 15 89

102 11 91

108 14 94 115 20 95 107 11 96-

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DOCUMENTS.

The Colonial Scoretary laid on the table the report by the Acting Captain Superio- tendent of Polls for 1885, and the reports of the inferior and superior Courts.

The Acting Attorney General moved the second reading of the Bill entitled 'An Or disenge to provide for the extradition of Fugitivo Criminals from the Territory of the British North Borneo Company."

The Colonial Secretary Baconded. To Council went into Committee on the

The Bill was read a third time, and passed,

Bill.

TEE BASEL MISSION, Mr C. P. Chater moved the second reading of the Bill entitled An Ordinanso for the Incorporation of the President in Hongkong of the Basel Evangelical Missionary Booloty.

Mr Whitehead seconded, The Bill was consideret in Committee, and was then read a third time and passed.

MONEYS PAIC INTO THE SUPREME COURZ,

The Council went into Committee on the

Bill entitled 'An Ordinance to amond the Low as to certain Manega paid into the Supreme Court or to Registrar theresf.

The Acting Attorney General was proceed- lag with the amendment of Clause 2 (Section The Colonial Becretary moved the adeption), when the Acting Colonial Trotsarer of the report of the Finance Committen pointed out that the proposal to exempt the Ocial Trustee and Official Administrator (No 1).

from depositing his moneys with the Colonial Treasurer was contrary to the spirit of the instructions of the Secretary of State.

The Acting Colonial Treasurer scoonded, Agreed.

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The Director of Fublic Works moved the adoption of u report of the Public Works Commities of 11th Feb. Tast, relating to the waterworks at Shaukiwau and Aberdeen.

Agreed.

THE NEW HOAI AT THE FEAK.

His Excellency With reference to the at a cost of $10,000, I beg to say I am construction of a new road at Plunkott's Gap

decidedly in favour of the construction of the road, because I consider it is not only ex- ceedingly steep to Pinakott's Dap but it is extremely dangerous in rough weather, but the Treasurer, who holds the purse strings, bau pointed out that at the present moment there are no funds in hand to meet the expenditure. I trust the Uracial Members will accept the assurance that the road will be made at the carlicet opportunity.

THE NEW SANITARY “BOARD,

The Acting Attorney General moved the Becond reading of a Bill entitled “An Or. dinance to farther anced The Public Health Ordinance, 1887, with regard to the con- The 12 monthly winners are as follow:-stitation of the Sexilary Board. A memo

1835 Mr J. Turbara

Capt. W. V. Ecoles, R.B. Capt. Rumsey

andura containing the objects and reneous is a tacked to the Bill,

The Auting Colonial Treasurer sesonded, Mr Waltohead-Sir, I rise to move that the first reading of this Bill ha postponed Capt. W. Y. Ecoles, E.B.for one month. In view

Capt. J. M. Stewart, R.B.

April,

Jane Are we then justified in accepting for the

May July Angust

September October

» ALF

Noveraber December

Mr W. A. Duff

of Tonkin bas grown from 1 millions frasos Purposes of this discussion the egocentric

in 1870 to 10 millions in 1884, and 46 aystem of philosophy (miscalled Cartesian millicas

ia 1894. The further opening of but in reality sa angiout as the exi Routhern Chine, and the prolongation of the rallway into Kwangal, are expected to vastly increase this. At the same time it regarding the corpus experimenti not

tence of thought upon this globo), and

minde us of a statement we have more as an independent entity having inheront than once made that it is always just this extension or that increase of territory, over rights of its own, but as a more agglomera- what is now possessed, that are essential to tion-whether causal or fortuitous, we

Dr J. A. Lowsch

Mr V. A. C. Hawkins

Mr A. S. Arton

January, 1896, Me E. A. Ram

Fabuary Merch

Me C, H, Grace Mr C. E. Hume

Of the above Capt. Stewart and Mr

The Governor-Would it not be better to do that at the second reading?

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amendment was the outcome of consultation The Acting Attorney General said this with the Acting Chief Justice and the Registrar of the Supreme Court.

It was

was agreed to allow the consideration of the Bill to stand over,

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THE SANITARY BOARD.—ANOTHER QUESTION HI ME VILITEHEAD. Mr Whitehead gave notice of the follow- ing question:-Will the Government lay correspondencs upon the table a copy of all the papers or

between the

Colonial Government and the Home Authorities end all

other

including documents, the reports or writton cpinions of the Un- official Members in counsetion with and on the subject of the Sanitary Board and its reconstruction? He added: -If your Ex- cellency will give instructions to have the papere oiroulated as early as possible it will give members time for due consideration of this question.

ADJOURNMENT.

This boing all the business, the Coucoil adjourned till Tuesday, 24th Marot.

zag of cow's milk to other animals.

4. In lieu of seaflon 4 of the prinPicale we wext doalt with as another

Ordinanes, the words following are hereby substituted-

Special

WAJ

disease which was not only communicated The Board shall connet of three official to man as the result of infection reaching members, viz., the Dirsetor of Public lesso in the cow, which gave a spoolfio but also-as the result of a definite Works, the Captain Superintendent of Police and the Colonial Surgeon, and of two unofficial members to ba elesied by such rate payers as are included in the common jury lists and also by auch ratepayers as are exempted from serving on juries on account of their professional avogations or as mem- hers of Council, Non-cficial members shall hold effee for three years, but are eligible for re-election. The Board, as thus eonstituted, shall have all the powere, privileges and duties of the Sanitary Board es constitated bereto fore.

quality to the milk, Suala milk also pro- diphtheria. Foot-and-mouth disease was aveed in tho caso of the eat a definite cat unathe another infection which was conveyed to tributions to the subject were concerned mso through milk. The most recent co11- with tuberculosis. The turberculosis of man and of the bovine raco bad been shown of milch cows suffering from the disease to be che and the ssine disease. The power

If

etratod

transmit it to other animals which were fed en their uncob

· uncooked milk bad been domoa. R that remained was to determine the extunt I to conviction, and the only question

and character of the cow diseas, which 6. In lien of section 7 of the principal Or-made the milk dangerous for tumed con diannes, the words following are hereby ption. There was a certainty of avoid- substituted:

suger when no milk was i ing

ized except f any member of the Board shall relire that which had been boiled or otherwite or be, at any time, prevented by abecare cooked. Boiled cows milk might not be in or other cause fram asting, the Geroral respects to sourishing for infants as nor may appoint, or if the member has uncooked milk, but having regard to the been elected, the electors may elaat,heavy mortality from tuberculosis amongst santo other person to replace such roli infarta and children in this country, the ing member or such member so pre-lecturer held that any such disadvantage veated as aforesaid until he shall rosame was more then compensated for by the bis functions.

elimination of a constant souros of that fatal disoase.

6. In lieu of section II of the principal Ordinance, the words following are hereby substituted

It may be a surprise to many in England to Any three members shall be a quorum for learn that the Bill approving the Peking the despatch of business unless the Convention of Jane 1835 between France Governor in Coanoil shall, at any time, and China has only just boon adopied by alter the number constituting a quorum, the French Chambot. Urgency was do and, at every meeting, the President or elared with regard to it, and it was passed Vice-President a

tehall preside, or,

in their without a dissenting voice,-0. Mail, abacace, the monters prorout shall appoint a Chairman. The President or Vice-President, or,

or, in fleir abesace, the Chairman appolated eball bars & deliberative, and a casting vote.

Objecta and Reatona.

W. ROBINSON & Co. have 180 Planos for Hire on Monthly Payments, also Pianos retarned from Hire cheap.

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'Para,' said Benny, what does the word In paragraph 317 of their Report the sophistry, mean Sophistry, Benny,' Retrenchment Committee commented as replied, the father, is the other follow's follows on the system of Sanitary Admini-gament. stration in the Colony :--

We would oil the attention of the JINKLETS: I want my wife to be a woman Government to this important Depart who thinks before she speaks', Plaukott moot (., the Banitary. Department) Why don't you say you are a confirmed with a view to the early consideration bachelor P whether the whole sanitary system of

the

Colony should not be plagad different basis and all the sanitary ar- rangements and powers plead in the hands of one thoroughly competent officer who should be personally respon sible to Government for all matters too. nected with the health of the Colony and for the carrying out of all sanitary lawa and regulations,

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AN Ant is said to live only one summer. Perhaps this is the reason that old Belomon advised the alaggard to intervlow this in- teresting insect,

As Industrious Boy.-His Father: Johany, havo you cleaned up the back-yard ?“ Thế The above remarke were based upon the Tezzor: Yes, pa; I wiped it up with Tom- experiecoes gained in the Plague Epidemic my Tucker.

render the colony prodnative, and release would fain eaquies, but the limits of the Ecoles has won the Cup twice. This will tary of state in the matter of the Sanitary/paia fond, nad this foot no doubt eo. Portanoc of effoating a roform in the Sanitary Ragnats and Brinsmead's Planos bare no

the mother country of the bardon it has go far been.-L. and0. Bxpress.

the

and be

NIXTH CLUB EACE.

were duly

forwarded to the

Exchange,

Hosaxono, March 10, 1800,

Hank, Wire,

On London-

On dotoand, 90 days' aight,

4 months' sight, Credits, 4

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Documentary, 4 monthe'right,

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AN ADVENTUKEE IN NAGASAKI,

what from the presence of that noble speci- We in Nagasaki occasionally suffer some- men of humanity, the beacb-comber, But Yokohama seems to be amongst us. particularly well blessed (?) in thie respect, as witness the following from the Japan Gaste of Friday laat: A young English- man, who recently arrived in Yokohama from Hongkong, has caused Rocks commo. tion durice the last few daya by masquered. Mr Whitehead-Wall, sir, on the 15thing about the Settlement in the uniform of December last I asked for the papers a United States Naval Lieutenant. Since including the report of the Uncois his arrival he has given various data to Mambera on this subject: These were residents whom, bas met-Flendar-f

Bod your Excellency promised

sou, Ainsworth, and Armstrong among the they al

would

The Government felly realized the im. be produced as s Thurbura have left the colouy und Capt. instructions bad bden ressived from the Sagre number. On his own confession to is a

sara-zorphia

Administration of the Colony, and, in ble rival for long, strength and appearance, counts for his extraordinary condnet. space that the typographist can afford oven leave bius members to compete for its final to court are so drastic, are so radical, aze Chang Chow, the Chinese tailor, and ordered co

Board. The changes which this Bill proposes About a week ago he called at the shop of opening address to the Legislative Council W. Robinson & Co.

the 28th

of November, 1894, His Ex- to the weightiest lucubrations on the most

possession,

to wretched, that I think totoro

foro acquies- United States Naval Lienatenant's uniform cellenoy the Governor publicly expressed hie STEAMSEIF Communication between Bang-vítal of philosophical qucasions are indeed

cing in the first reading of the Bill the Chang Chow saw no rensen for suspicion and Concurrence in the views of the Betreuuk. i the subject, and members of Courell should have an opportu accordingly executed the order, bie cas announced the intention of the Governmisat kok and Singapore is, just now, greatly acauty-a mera agglomeration of onco dɛ-

and meat Committee on curtailed from what it was a few weeks ago tached particles of the Non-ags that belies ROYAL HONGKONG YACHT CLUB,

nity of perusing all the papers on the subject, tamer offering in payment an order on one of to take action is that direction. (saps the Bangkok Times of the 27th Feb.), its appellation by forming so vast a propor-

including the correspondence from

from the the local banks. To give the order a ap- Colonial Gaverament to the Home Govern-pearance of genuineness, Bendersca, Ains Members of Council had been consulted by A few days previosals the Unofficial and consequently vessola are getting away vory quickly.

The

cause of the curtailmert tion of all our thoughts; or indeed must The race was sailed on the 8th March in meet and vice versa, and all other papers worth, whoover ke may be, attached to it the Government and had recorded their is not, however, the Blue

falling of in trado. Of wo, with Berkeley, regard it an existing a light but steady east wind. The course bearing on the question. The patronemact of five cent stamp, which he earsfully oblite opinione in writing, and sepies of those Fannel the Centaur ou

I ask for is-only for a month, and the Sanis rated. Chang Chow, with child-like inno- the Hongkong.Saudekat.

only in our own minds 7 Is, in fast, Percipt was: From the Police Pier, Kowloon,tary affairs of the Colony are still looked genes, took the order and parted with his sorsiary of State for the Colosios for sic Airmen undergoes her antusi oTorbacling: the masonge of its Ex-Oh, Dry op! round Channel Rocke, Kowloon Hooks, after by the old Sanitary, Board, and I think, olethes, but on presenting the order at the consideration together with a Bratt will for the Bouba is on the Burnos ran

Dinghy off Pier, leaving all to part (twiss perhaps, the business might be facilitated if bank named found it to be worthless, the recrestitution of the Board which was 1be Ep. 0.M.]-Contribuledk Cerberus is on

on the Jeddah pilgrim roate,

the postponerent asked for be agreed to.

Having donned the uniform, Thus there are only four Ocean liners core.

round); 13 miles; and the following boats Dr H Kei ecconded.

attempted to act up to the role framed the Unofficial Mombers who were Ou Borliu-Demand

upon the lines suggested by the fog to

to Bangkok, and tho Desarongse hos

started:-

majority of the earliest opportunity consulted. aesumed. Ha took t had to

to be chartered to keep up

sep up with the

the U, B. Consul-General, to to call cargoes. The Borneo, belonging to a Uhi.

The Secretary of State has now approved The Acting Attorney General moved the whom he stated that he was under orders to of that Draft Bill, and has directed that it firm, bes been chartered for six moribe

firat reading of a Bill entitled, Au Or join the Boston on her arrival, bat reports be introduced into the Legislative Council on to san Borneo way. Residenta need not be

digance to amend and purmolidate the law of his vagarice bad already roached the surprised, under the circumstances, if some

and his visit was a brief one. Coomlate

assordingly. relating to the registration of Birth and delay is experienced in getting the mails

The objects of the Bill are, briefly - Deaths, Appended to the draft Bill were Upon the arrival of the Boston the bugus brought up.

loutenant had

the hardihood to asnd to eat;

(a) To expedite the despatch of Public On the following objects and reasons

of the offleara asking him to sead per bear business by reducing the number of This Ordinanov re-enants arrtala províninos

| aed

Members of the Board. of The Births and Deaths Ordinans, 181, expected, the shit caused some little ser

er my salohet

Creed auit. As may be In the beat up to the Changal Rocks which it repesla, and it also incorporates rise on the ship, and an oficer was com fateor and Erica weat away from the rest certain section of the Impagal a ot for the missioned to visit the address given in the of the fleat and rounded with a lead of five Victoria, Chapter

registration of Births

and Dathe (97 42d 38 chit. He did

and found the house was Thie a

Bears contains, iwever, a few grog-shop in Hommtra entirely novel provisions which will now be notice was taken of the chit, the officers coming to the conclusion apparantly briefly touched upon.

Section 7

7eab seetion (5),bes bess framed that the gentleman in want of a satchel and with the object of obtaining particulars of ived, was not satisfied to

Buit was a crank, Chang Chow, birth in oases where children aro admitted while Lieutenant Houdersen rest dontent, to convents Or publio or meritable or re about the Settlement in his lace bedecked ligious institutions.

uniform,

information to the KATS "Sub-sections (4) and (f) of section 11 ar intended to prevent the removal or burial of police, with the restit that yesterday after-

the Licutenest found himself nues dead bodies except noder properly recog in the Battlement Police Station, and he

lauded The Annual meeting of the Blackburn Chamber of Commercs has bara held, the nized authority.

Section

only

too glad to exchange his uniform for President (Mr Alderman Houry Harrison) 12; sub-section (a) alters the pre- the pinin sait be had previously discarded. in the chair. The President, in his state. at the time and Princess was close hauled, sont law as to the legal obligations of minis Chang Chow being satisfied, the dismant went upon the work of the past year, said the former hauled down her flag and reters of religion. By action 111 Ordinance fed lieutenant was discharged.-Nagasake the proposal to despatch a commercial

REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

(SUPPLIED TO THE 'OmINA MAIK.']

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THE ITALIAN DISASTER IN ABYSSINIA.

LONDON, March 8.

General Baldishora is unable to rallore Adigrat, which, gerriained by 1000 men with a month's supplies, is onticoly eur-

Details to hand of the disaster to the The new income-tax scheme adopted by the Italian army lu Abyminis augment the French Cabinet ca Jan. 30 provides that the Arat 100%, of every man's income is to be at gravity of it. One brigado war annihilated supt) the next 1001, pays 1 per coat.; the next after a heroia resistanos. The enemy 2001, 3 per sent, the next 4001, 3 per cent numbered a hundred thousand. the next 1,2001. 4 por cont; and any exec over 2,000, i per tant, Thus, an item of 360 will pay 14-31. 44. 48.; one of 3,0001, will pay 1+1+1224, B-1452. one

11. +47 + 124 · of 38,000%. 435, + 1,7002—1,765! Also there will be rounded. ochalderable abatement for persons wich large families. Further compensation will be made by the abolition of the preasut house and door and window taxes. It is thus animated that 6,500,000 persons will be freed of direct taxes altogether, and 1,000,000 more 'pay less than before; the remaining 600,000 will pay enough: make up for this, zradjustment of the land-tax.

` (Bangkok Times.)

LONDON, February 26. FRENCH FINANCE-OPPOSITION TO THE GOVERNMENT.

The French Chamber has elected a com- and in mains go on the lid to the mitice wholly adverse to the Cabinet's

100cm till...

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Royal Engineers.

Darb.......

Mr A. H. Barlow, Erica.......Mr A. Denison, Princess.....Dr Lawson.

Meteor..............Me T. W. Lammert:

She .................Me O. E. Galo.

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The Arrow had a sail over for the Handl. cap prize.

or air minutes. The times wore:-

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13 35 30

12 41

·Princess.....ak rolpren Dart Ske....

12 44

12 46 12 51

7

Shortly after rounding the rooks, the Erica van foul of the Princess which was beating up. As Erica was going free

trued to her moorings. The times.at different marks were as follows:- Fouruary in Courie was taken on A Concano resident writes to a Ceylon Ber trial trip from the yard of Mesars. Sir journal as follows: I have just received

Kowloon Rock Markuost off Pier. W. G. Armstrong, Mitchell, Walker. The letter, which purports to be the portion

B. N. A

H. M. R Corit, which has been built to the order of of a link in a prayer-chain. A lady in Melcor...... 12.49.40 Мелото. М

Samuel and Co., of London, i, Surrey has started a prayer-abaia which along with

the larg she wishes to ounsist of 800 links. She Princess... 12.55, 0 pat dil-lan's etenzer afloat.

her sister ship. A is 375 ft.writes a letter to cack of two friends. Dart

long, 48 ft. beam, and S1 it, & lu.

che

them to pray for missions. This Sho

His Excellency--I have no objection.

REGISTRATION OF DIRTUSAND DEATES.

881

D.

he did not, within seven dayi uiter

of 1872 the minister was able to a fico i if Express.

perform-

upon

Да

4

Henderson

bo had

No further

wandered

360

(b) To throw the primary responsibility for Sanitary Administration upon the Government, whilst retaining for the Government the benefit of the advice and sexistance of representatives elected by the Fablic.

HENAT E. POLLOCK, Acting Attorney General.

THE COMMERCIAL MISSION TO OHINA.

deep

mission to Ching had attracted tho Interest of all the Chambers of Commerce ing the burial service, gire noice to the Regle

of the country. The Chamber bad found trar General is cages where po oertificate or

BOARDING HOTED Keeper (sourly): fen't some difficulty in associating themselves order for burial had been delivered to him. The proposed new sub-sectia renders the Whittle? You appear it vory trades; but if

there enough batter on your bread, Mr with other districts engaged in different could quite the textila spininter liable to purishment if he perforas Wetter, pest to be ageing is a trades of Lancashire and Yorkshire, it

auy funeral ceremony in sean where ne pro- madam; but, if so, there's too much bread would be the most desirable thing to carry per authority for burial has been delivered on the batter!

On demand Credits, 4 months' sight,

፡፡፡

Oa

On New York-

demand,

Credits, 60 days' sight,

Wie On

Calcutta

danand,

125

thi WO

ext

Fira,

141

On demand, On Shanghai

14

On dr, and, ... 30 daya' sight, privato paper Gold Leaf, 100 fine (par tael) Sorscoigns (Bank's baying rate) Silver (per on) in

11

Quotations.

9.70

*. 2.26

181

1601 > 181

247.50

31 d.

HONGKONG, Mazoh 10, 1880. OPIUM-Now Patna, cash,... 795 cash, 810 New Benares, onah, 780 cash, 800 New Malwa, credit, 740 Allowance, Tasis,... 3/16 Old Malwa,

$1

Allowance, di 100

8/16 Potzian, Vily, canh,. Allowanco, Tosin, Potsian, Paper tied 770/800 Allowance. Taola.... 80/96

BONGKONG REGISTER.

Pravione On data stĵon daka at jdagstip.m.j· 10 Butar

1.10.55

1.23.25

1.27.26

4.04

12.01.GO

2.31.10

out. The experte who would accompany

1. 5.20

2.. 7.20

to him.

In the second beat up to Channel Rooks

Buation 12, sub-section (d)jiv), ia intended

to

secure the errept and unform classifica

mission from these to important centres Barometer would Temperatare The Chamber had been most anxious that Aumidity

D

30.03

30.07

99.08

$55

56

67

415

93

95

95

4

2

0.06

Like the rest of the same constitutes link No. 1 of the chain. Each been specially constructed under the as these two friends, like manner, passos on Princess passed Payne, and went into sa tion of diseen in the death returns; and AN American sea captain at Glasgow was Yorkshire aboold join them, and had made Direction of)

supervision of Flannery,

same

Johann, of London aza Liverpas, for the Planter, with the sole request to

4 CUP

4 Jut-

double duty of carrying oil in bulk to the ters, Link No. 3 in like mauner consiste the boats finished as follows 1-

Hist

and roturning to Eumpsta porte with of letters, and so on, the number of lot- general orgues of fine goods. She is fitted tere being doubled for every link. Bach her poron who receives a letter is expestud

sun, and

ezgines having oylinders 973, 49, and

with ample engine and boiler power, to endorse the Her auxiliary machinery-power with 1 y. I have cale it to the

in. by 47 in, strake, and on the trial trip lady in t these developed about

Meteor

of

fnost

of this chin consists of 1 million utters, and the 80th link of discharge and million of letters, all of thou-

that

tha

She

1

of which ought

ATO

of the

3 3 81

HM $9.

2 57 34

8 7 20

8 19 50

8 21 14

S 18 11

upou the Registrar General power to invoke the sasistance of the Colonial Surgoon in osses where he is not satistel as to the cor restness of the reported ease of death.

THE CELOSTAL COURT OF ADMIRALEY The Acting Attorney General moved the reped reading of the Bill dailed Ordinanso to prevent doubts is to the vall. of documente heretofore sesled with the

the

county to

LAUREN

to induse that Wind.....} Clyde, when be interrupted him rather cou

to do so. They had eent

enforced Force temptuously Rivers? Why you haven's with other Chambers at Bradford, but with Weather *** od room enough is this country for rivers! The out saccess. Therefore they must rely Rai

Missouri, the Hudson, Mississippi, ths Columbia, Are

themselves, and they were quite pret open six temperature on the the.. call rivera. Ipared to what 1923 know that, said the Boatsmao, perfectly assistance go generously given by Mr R. A.

to do 30. (Ilear, hear.)-For the Lokas apra air temperature on the Bib undisturbed; but God Almighty made your Yerburgh, M.P., they were very

F. ut. Free, rivers; we made the Clyde.'

First decision Hongkong Cheervatory, March 10, 1890.

grateful

would (hear, hear)-ind he thought they aarrying out

aat the enterprise to the interests Commerce held yesterday (says the Ching of the trado, not only of Lancashire, The Colonial Segretary seconded.

Gunetto of the Brd lost) a latter was road bet of England (Hear, bear). It was The Bill passed through Committed no from the Chairman of the Municipal Cour satisfactory to

ad that they hail the strong sif agroping the proposal made by the support of Oldham, and

hoped that third reading was agreed to.

Bar should Woosung THE LAW RELATING TO FACTO38,

complete shuretor for the qulok die e do te indorsed and returned to the Isdy and loading of general cargoud, vermel is also fited with very powerful who started the chain. If anything like a date are. Erion 44, Princess 41, Meteor 36,

The marks gained by the boats up to Seal of the Colonial Upurs d'admiralty of At's meeting of the Shanghai Chamber of now be able to find the money necessary to pamping mentantul ventilating plant moderate

Hongkong. proportion of those lotters come Kledtrio light, fndlading nearok-light for back to the originator of the chain ea nen-Payne 3, Ladybird I, in the ascend class

es In the Suer Canal, has been fitted, propsid letters it will require a The speed attained on the trial trip was to meet the demande.

Post Office, ted without

Over a note, and everything about the | If even the last line of the fortuno She 60, and in the handicap olusa Arrow 80, / amandments were made upon it, and the Chamber that the cohome of surveying the Manchester would yet come to their aid. ·

engines and belfers worked

bitch

and the

alono came back an

with

the

Temperature,

(Takis à basats Falconer. ♬ Ün't

Promins, Queen's Road,) J HONGKONG, March 10, 1890.-

20.09.

29.98 10.03

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4

FREREQUETER

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4 P.M.

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be laid before the Thele next date would be to wall upon the stampad

abroad, it would rus Me Baito, the Macager of the Tokewa Cotton seebad reading of the Bill ealitled 'An Couroit undertaking the work. Also offerta, of the mision.

tatepapers at the andal

Hon. G. N. GurkOD. A feature of the trial was a thorough testing as Ed, for home and rate of unpaid fos of all the auxiliary machinery, which was the tab lady into an expanse aboch Spisning Mill (started at Stanghal by an Ordinate to attend and couralidate the was ales Foad from the Senior Conesl so

The Acting Attorney Osaeral moved the iw to obtaining their authorisation to the ongize of the and the perthaneni BAROMETER-- --

Foreign Offles for their found to work to the satisfaction of the 48,333,998 as a penalty for her unwiss Osaka Company with a capital of one million

assistance in asrrying oul the Dompany's marios superictendant, Captain methods in pushing misicos-Singapors yen) arrived in Shanghai on the Brd inst. Law relating to Fastora.

He thought the Coundon, sad the aporlatending angluuara. Free Prosz.

from Japan, with two Japanese enginests Bill as oozaidered in Committee and fer and architects, Mesare Sasaki and Tanaka, amendments made.

to colonial ferstag, asconded; and the bounding the Meter something from

increasing the number of looked funds to aid the minion, and at the next and saking the opinion of the meeting he would propose that £350 be building of the mill for which site has for the purpose of starting work ups the

Chamber as to the advisibility of this stop, placed at the service of the mission In buen obtained in the Yangton Road ding of the Bill entitled "An Or abjectlen to this Juoranton

THE JARE OF OSOBE.

It was resolved to reply and inform the reply to a question, the President Baid it The Acting Attorney General racted the Sontor decent that the Chamber saw was estimated that the mission would cont

about 46,000 der two poart

Robinson & Co.'s Planos ato guaran Altimos Pianos, Art Modals, very Ana, tead for the slimste. Planes Ropaired $400/460; Catilu Planos, small but excellent,

gral to now

$470/420-W, Bobinson & Co.

Statie

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