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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1901,

CANTON NOTES,

(From Our One Correspondent)

SEDITIONE PLACARD.

„Canton, October 2

According to the Clanton Daily Fay flor,

one of the wails of the Canton Hospitaf. These kind of documents are usually an onymous, but ihis one questions gave the fuil nams of the author, and the name of the districe in Canton where he lives. The reason given for the placard is a dispute between the author and a nativo Christían in the Satu Ui County. The native nows papor very properly does not give the words of this abusive sheet, but it indicates that very strong things are said in it concerning consorts and tission churches. Tho

American Consul, on being apprised of this basiness, reported it to, the Viceroy, who

bas instituted inquiries.

THE KING AT ILSINGAMING,

the houses of the converts and eundem nect them to pay fines varying from $109 to $1000 under threat of firing the house vi; Anyone who refused,

MISCELLAN KOUS.

The Canton Missionary Conferences mer

Wednesday afternoon. October 2 Thore was a large attendance. The essayist, the Rev. G. D. Cousins, read an interesting and instructive paper on Chinese Marri age and Funeral Custong The Ror. A.

Colony that the provian sentaitiol in Sec. tion of the draft Bill be deleted.' I bare: Another resolution dealing with the ques tion of balconies. Perhaps you may wish to let that stand over uneft fim decifio the first question

hotter in Monding to resolution the Dr Atkinson-Yos I think it would be

the members of this Board the Reconeity of onsidering this inatter from a public health point of view. There is no doubt at all that, as De Clark has shown, this town is the most vazerowded city in the world at any rate the 1st overcrowded city in the East, to our knowledge. That being on, one messure to prevent the orer in the way suggested. If it is passed in crowding will be the opposition to this Bill the way it is now sent up for us to consider, it practically taeans that this proviso la words, horses pan bo rebuilt to exactly, the Sec. will not be deleted or, in uther. same height as those already on the site. I think the Board ought to insist, aN* Board, on houses not being allowed to he balf times the width of the street on which erected to a height of more than one-and-a-

they front-

Bir Chathan --I don't agree, sir, with the proposal that has been moved by Dr Chark and seconded by yourself. Dr Clark, in his remarks, stated that the Bill simply continued the status qu

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THE AMERICA CUP.

Columbia Wins Again.

THE CHINA MAIL.

A telegm despatched from San Fran- cisco at 9.40 p.m. October 3, announces

beaten the Shorrock ft.

,

HONGKONG HISTORY.

As it is Writton Officially. The following in H.E. Sir Huiry Blake's despica.to the Secretary of State for the Colonies envering the Hongkong Blue Book for 1900:---

Gornrnment House, Hongkong, Bath September, 1961. Blue Book for 1911. To statistics quoted Sie.- have the inour to forward the in the Report of the Colonial Secretary show that the Colony is in a sound financial mainly that of a great transhipping port, position, and that its business, which is continues to increase with the expanding show that during the year 1990, 82, 156 trade of the Est The shipping returns ships of the aggregate registered taimage of 18,445, 113 tots, carrying 1,862, 568 tons of cargo and 2,031,079 passengers arrived and cleared.

explained tint he masat theef details

and said he did not see why they should Mr Brewin seconded the amendment,

fight sky of the Urdinengo because it did not deal with other questintas.

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To-day's Advertisements

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TO LET

EUROPEAN HOUSES; Nos. 14. 18, 22, 26, 28, 30, 31, 36, 38, 42, 44 and 46, Leighton Hill Road,

Apply to

THE HONGKONG AND KOWLOON

LAND & LOAN CO. LTD..

No. 8, Queen's Road, West, Hongkong, October 4, 1901. 204

HONGKONG RIFLE ASSOCIATION, X7EATHER permitting the SHOOT!

forthe IMPERIAL KIFLEMATON will taite place TOMORROW (SATUR DAY), 5th Oct., commencing at 2.45 pm. mess or the Range at 2.30 pm. to make prompt. the MEMBERS OF COMMITTER 2016 FEQUested to

Final Arrangemente.

14. In the early part of the your the Cluny had subscribed 8153,050 to the South African War fund no that within twelve months the European and Chinese ed to patriotic and charitable purposes fine people of the Colony voluntarily contribut,

sue of 8181, over and above the

public revenue, havo the honour to be, ary charities of the Colony, a sum equal to over 61 per cent of the amount of the Sir, Your most obedient, humble Servant,

HENRY A. BLAKE,

Governor, de,

MEASURES TO PREVENT DISEASE.

yesterday, certain mustters anticipatory of At the meeting of the Sanitary Board next plague season were under discussion.

Correspondence was enbuitted relative to

the general cleansing of Chinese houses. circalated, and I move that the Board re- Dr Arkins.These papors buvo been commend the Geverment to authorise the Registar General to issue notices to the occupants of praise other that tonearent houses, calling upon them to thoroughly Chinese New Year and afterwards during the fifth Chinese moon.

Me Chatian secanded and the motion

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time. If possible, all that part of the city treat of Eastern Street.

Dr Clark further ininutol-I think that the Board should row request the

DrAtkinson-Practically this amendment hillsides of the New Territory, there is now givenking a good main road that will authority of the Government to incur the

I une later on.

be

the East.

bere, with their families, have returrted to point of view. If Dr Clark's motion is trade of China was affected, and thu to neo & raping over of the cleansing and disinfection be carried out

THE LAW RELATING TO BUILDINGS.

the

present Bill

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Land

ALEX MACKENZIE,

Hon. Secretary. Hongkong. October 4, 1901.

2046

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

Vice-Admiral Sir CYPETAN BRIE, the THE following TELEGRAM Received by the COMMODORs from Uis Excellency Commander-in-Chief, is published for gen- essk information : --

TELEGRAM.

the Yangtae is reported to the Unsafe for The Tsungming Crossing entranca to all Vessels.

By Comusend.

2047

J. H. STEWART LUCKHART,

Colonial Secretary, Colonial Secretary's Office,

Hongkong, October 4, 1901.

POSTPONEMENT. DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP COMPANY, LIMITED.

FOR SWATOW.

TE Company's Steamship

HAIMUN, Captain PASTORE. will be despatched for Inst., at Num. the above Port TO-MORROW, the 5th

For Freight or Passage, spply to

DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & Co..

Geral Managers,

d

Hongkong, October 4, 1901.

2042

FOR YOKOHAMA AND KOBE. HE N. D. L. Steamship Captain ZURDOKSEN, will be despatched for THE the above Porta on MONDA, the 7th BAMBERG,

Trust. At Noon.

2041

For Freight or Passage, apply to

HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE,

Hongkong Office. Hongkong, October 4, 1901.

EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN STEAM-

SHIP COMPANY,

NY, LIMITED,

FOR SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE.

7. The building of steam-launches pro- the Chinese were already hard at work cceda space, nearly one hundred having to effect what salvige they could, and been constructed during the year, I gues I found that the directors of the Tung Wah sion if, in mig part of the world: better or Hospitals cbaritable Chinese Institution ohempor, steam hutches arousi thanbad at once sent out to Stoam launches those turned out in Hongkong. The ex with all the appliances for affording im tension of the boiler-making true, due to mediste assistance. I mention the fact na thia expansion of a seditious placard was recently found on posed by Dr Clark, I would impress upon that the American yacht Columbia has again now forcing the nuisance created by | able, an impression that is entirely opposed | steam bost building, is I find a widespread idea that the Chinese itself upon out

upon our attention, by among themselves are callous and uncharic complaints Under the conditions governing the race

bailor-makers who hara set up their Noisy to

to my experience. After the hurricano a published in the Chine Med, Sept. 30)proceed to prosecute it day and night. It formed to collect subsriptions. In a few in quier quarters of the town and public meeting was held and a Committee business in the cup gnea to the winner of two races out may necessary to confine this trade to a daya twenty-eight thousand four hundred of three. As the Culembin won the first

particular quarter.

and thirty-four dollars were subscribed, of mee, ake now wins the cup, and the now cence of plague at the usual season, the thousand three hundred and sixty-three 9. I regret tii have to report the recrudes which the Chinese subscribed twenty-one Shamrock goes back to England defeated

end of February. The optdemic egun at dollars. the end of February, and lasted 27 weeks, censing in the first week in July. During that time here were 1.980 cases with a Cao motality of 90.5 per cent. In 1899 with 1428. cakes and a case mortality of the epidemic lasted for thirty-eight weeks 96.1 per cent. In considering this annual A.recurrence of plague, the situation in deal with the introduation of disease from Hongkong readers it peculiarly difficult to without, for the relief gradually obtained in other places by the death of the It has now come to light that trouble has

susceptible en hardly be looked for here been brewing at Kba Ying Chow for a long

with

a percanist influx That in nut 30,

susceptible coolies from the surrounding time. The following explanation of Rome At present, there are many houses in the

bring these people to Hongkong and nothing plague infected provinsen. A few hours, of the causes that have been at work is Colony which do not exceed in height one

short of s supplied by a man who has been living and-a-half times the width of the street,

to the thusand persons win daily enter ten daya detention of from two the neighbourhood. As far back as 1899, law, can be rained, in some cases to

introduction of plague by these visitors, bat all these houses, under the existing

Hongkong would insur freudoin from the the Triads were contemplating raising the height of Alast three times the width of

while oven if all are healthy there must be standard of rebellion. One of the lending what is aimed at by this measure. It is re

feed the fuel on the appearance of plague. the street on which they front. That is

among them a proportion of susceptibles to members of the gentry, on hearing thisgarded as pavely tempesty measure wished to petition the mandaties to take which is to come imunedintely into force, so

the one of the most important questions of that the prevention of this great increase of

dacing the surface population, the density immediate future is the problem of re- steps to prevent an uprising. Fearing the overcrowding that must result may be revenge they would take on him, be it in frested. Everywhere at present old houses

of witch in ore health district of Victoria is, 2. But this considerable increase of ship-in round numbers, six hundred and forty alleged, gor same member or members of are being pulled down, and new mes of ping over the previous year by no means thousand to the square mile, and this in a the mission charches to back his petition. roster height are being erected. In | represents the enaramus increase in the city crowded under the precipitous offer ciense their premises twice yearly, onca se

truch some cases two additional floors to commber of ships that entered the harbour slope of the Peak range of

northern of hills This proved successful, and the releition | iined in these now heiser, and this Bill will during this year a fabormal activity. The twilly shut off the south-ansterly breezes of was nipped in the hud. The Trinds have effectually put a stop to everything of that Roser trouble in the North broke out in the summer months. The abatoment of never forgiven this action of the church; e. I will therefore propose That the June, and in July the first contingents of surface crowding by the resumption of housos

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I request the Government to pass this the Chins Expeditionary Forces began to and opening of streets and lanes will and as soon as they were able they visited Ordinance at its curliest possible, con- | arrive. Hongkong was practically tho Bra-bably cost some millions of dollars Pro was crtried

ned sa render the raising of these tish base, and for months the iniz-of-war

ellars, as the

supers under the heading 'Men- value of house property in Victoria is already raised anchorage was filled with British and For-gen

to prevent Contigious Disease' wore' great, houses Dr Atkinson-Yon propose that as an was feared that there was available space taxation of Hongkong is light compared intendent of Police asking him if he could

warships and transports. At first it to thirty-ove dotted at from six dollars laid on the table.

dolleis square foot; but the In a minute to the Acting Captain Super- amondment?

in which to arcnmmodate the Indian Bri- with thes of other Colonies, and sooner or spare a antient number of Indian con- Mr Chatham-Yes.

gades landed here to await the settlement later the question of the abatement of sur-stables to prevent the conveyance of furni Clarke hins que as carded esercrowding and the Mus to futuro operations. I gave face overcrowding must be vigorously dealt sure, etc. from Re district undergoing

Major-General Commanding Troops Bot as regarded legislation. The Billeteniche to

|with.

disinfection to another, Dr Chark stated his at the house of the Rev. Dr Beattie brought in would not diminish the over- on which a tent could be pitched, and sell-over in 1800 has been fully dealt with in with all thrray Read, and at the same to occupy every spot of ground 10. The state of the Now Territory take intention of fasking the Board to deal first crowding. That was, matter which concient accommodation was found in tho im- my despatch No. 304 of the 12th of last Road and

of the City east of Garden cerned the Board.

Juediate neighbourhood. I here left nothing t

be

may uld that Augus. The Financisi Accounts of this conduct the Indian Troops landed lately occupied concession afford no reliable

be desired.

basis for an estimate of its ultimato valuc, 3. With th

the new road now being cum-

Up to the present we liave heen

engaged pleted to Taipn, opening up the plains and! A. Fulton was appointed' to prepares papereans we are to be content with a small ample accomodation for any number of ritory, in building Police Stations and in cleansing and disinfection. I also recom

readly secoss to the interior of the Ter-uccesssry expenditure involved in this for the next meeting of the Conference in concession, luping that we may get a larger troops! likely to be required November.

4. It will

preparing a endastral candy understood that with which, arrangements cannot be made for the military authorities, with two European aurvoy, without and that eight sappers he asked for from Mr Chatham-It is a very big concession. the paralysis of trade in the North on the the payment of Crown Rent and the settle- police to supervise them, and that work The Revda. A. A. Felton and R. Chem. The President--Not from a public health outbreak of active hostilities the entire mout of land claims, after which I

should commence as soon as possible both Canton from the United States, where they carried it will be a great improvement on codowns in Heugkong and Shrunghai were of the district

t of that portion at East Point and at West Paint. have been on furlough.

the harbour of Alled to overflowing with imported her- Hongkong where

Mi Lau Chu Pak minuted Can't this Me Chathan-I foresee many objections chandise Ixing raived to any hill rubidying the faresse, of which the Chinese merchants Territory has increased the value of laid, quietly." The stationing of police in the In the month in ours instances literally a thousand-fold, streets will unnecessarily frighten the provisions that we all agree are desirable. I of foresee objections to its passing, und mean.tember a rebellious movement was but over every atre of which disputed people' while this continan raising of buildings tried in the district of Weicho aeth of claims wait adjustment by die R

Dr Atkinson said this matter of cleansing is the New going on all over the city, and no one has movement avas not anti-foreign.

Territory and Mira Bay. The Court. The police expense of the was a difficult matter to accomplish and they power to stop it. If this is passed we can surgonts refrained from interference with robbery on land and sea is a very common fort as possible to the inhabitants, and al-

the in- Territory is

also a heary item, as arzzed would wish to do it with as little discom- As intimated in cur issue yesterday the stop it, and make any recommendations we the villages in Tang Ken District in whick offence, and our preventive patrol system though he quits agreed with Mr Lan Chu draft of x Bill to further amend the law like to the Government. At present every-e Basel Microns were established, nor, so relating to Buildings was under consider atrocities drastic Chirearce Calling at Tinux, FoRT DARWINAN QUEENG and it is to stop this that I am auxious that committed by them. It was a moverment linsa local irrogul of disregarding Colony that sum such stups should bo the aessure should be passed.

of a section of reformera that was not join intolerable, when a force

until they become taken now that plague was non-epidemic. Dr Clark-May I ask the Actinged by the followers of Kang-yu-wei. The the district

want to punish As to the good that would be done by this Director of Public Waras to make la disturbance lasted for about a fortnight and sary, dest curing a village or villages. Bebe various Chinese tenament houses and THE ST

by cating

ting it

it out, or, amendment so that it refers to Clause collapsed after several engagements with yond affording protection and bringing saw the filthy state they were in it must be Captain Hasis, will he despatched for

if necs ganeral cleansing, to anyone who visited.

only 3

Mr Chatham-f will agree to that.

the Viceroy's tops under Admiral Ho. in home to the people the fairness and justice evident that the benefit would be very the above Porta on THURSDAY, the 24th ne or two of which the rebels bad some It was decided, however, that it would be success. About four thousand lives were

the British system of government no- great indeed. It would not do to be too Inst., at 4 p.m. It proposes to prevent any further increase prsals

the land claims have seen settled. When goueral cleansing, seeing how difficult take Mr Chathain' at from the want of sun and ammunition that has been done, nothing will remain to it was to thoroughly accomplish this in the height of existing buildings which amendment es combatting them bath.

Dr Clark With regard to the question Folies of Hongkong left nothing undone. table basis. The people are intelligent With reference to the

to prevent the smuggling of which the may already exceed one-and-a-half times balconies, referred to in clause 4. it was The movement created considerable an- and industrious ail, I ara informed, that tioned by Mr Lau Chu Tak, it was not a prevent its development on a sound and sterling with a race like the Chinust. police cordon men the width of the streat on which they front, only two or three mont but it also contains a provise to the effect tomru sent up a recommendation 10 result of which was the transfer a large the security of a valid title to waiting i sorrion in the way ne supposed, but only a the Electric Light.

months agree that the San- easiness in the district around Canton, one that bore is ample capital

This Steamer is installed throughout with rlust any house which is re-built may be Government that no balcony should be aucunt of Chinese monty to Hongkong for various agricultural and manufacturing to pee from the east end of the City he devoted to few policemen stationed town Garden Road

Stewardes and a duly-qualified Sur- the Chinese moving their goods geon are carried. to be erected in a street investment under the protection of the re-erected to its present height. That is to of a less width than thirty feer.

This Bill British flag.

and chattels say, that if we have now a four or five-laws balenies in a street of 25 feet in eotat for the increased sale of Crown land sur, sweet peaines and vegetables. Pos-Board had considered the matter, and ludable for return by the Stessems of the

Thie my to sure extent ke-

N.B. Return Tickets issued by this At present the staple crops are rice, to the west and. A sub-committee of the Company to and from AUSTRALIA are avail storted house fronting on a narrow street rally and to

widift, and I think that the Bound is practi-at hadeed prices during the your. sibly the re gubication is as good as we persented a repost giving instructions as to (and I have shown in fuy minute that there to call the attentin of the

5. This

small rebellion was, no doubt, Jean make it, but the sugar cultivation is how the cleansing should be carried on. than thatt Government to this matter, and

attempted in consequence of the prosect castle of grant improvence, and I have The report had been circulated, and is no at they are still of the same opinion pation of the fuperial Government in the reason to believe that sericaltre will be ronimised for the Board to adopt the in- that balconies should only be allowed in North, streets of 30 feet in width. When you re-

Narth, pasibly with a view of inducing the tried on a large scale, while I sus no reason structions, if they were approved. mancher that balconies are 4ft 9in. te ft. he promise to consider the question ofculent grasses already growing in the report. Anyway, the present staff of the To secure pesco in the South way, with the further propagation of suc.. Mr Lan Chu Pak--I have not seen this thus he porpethatod for another 20 wide, and you have them on both sides of internal reform when the time strived for Cokay, the illa north of the Kowloan Bard is so small that it would not cope FROM HAMBURG, COLOMBO, life of a Chinese bouse in this Colony. In the sourant of nie and controly drone the lmpositions of tering of peace upon the range and the island of Lantan should not with tau work, if it has to be done within a other words, the Bill practically propres t

routilation in the Imperial Government. staret. I will use That with reference fairly well-informed sources this explan der Hongkong independent of the supplies hetacies in the way, but I would sugget

I leave heard from

ron support a sufficient number of cattle to re-certain time. I do not wish to put any continue the statica. We have at the pre-o chuse 1 of the Bill the Government betion of the rising. Had the Canton district now procured from the West and North that the Board should be lenient in its Aeut comentar enormoussment of sarfe informed that the Board is still of the responded or had the Viceroy anted with Rivers. crowding in this City of Victoria, and this opinion that no baleany should be erected less promptitude, the situation might have Fill will do noibing whatever to mitigate it in fetare in any strect less than dee fact in benare very critical. The movement was larger sur stomers that ireded between the authority of the Government to incur Unfortunately, during the year, the Dr Clark--I move that the Board request prevent its becoming much width.' wurse, but it will do absolutely authing jo Dr Atkinsor I will secund that.

distinctly anti-dynastic as there was in the Hongkong and the West River troaty ports the necessary expanditure insolved in the ramedy it. There are two cities in the East

South among the Cantonese a strong Mr Chatham-With regard which have the unenviable notoriety of be under the existing laws baleenios can be but against the people of the Northern the strained interpretation by the Imperial in yind to move that the Ecard

were withdrawn in consequence of the work I do know whether it is that matter, against, not alone the reiguite dynasty, difficulties that buget them se ne out to say to take it separately, but I also had it ing the

the hot-boda-

plague,

and those tu

erected in streets of 20 feet in width, s citicante

that the proposent new lawr effects an im- resiprosted by the Northern Chinees, who Maritime to the contrary be given before Nuan, incase of fire fuot of the as or Buropeart, and who inak libenty to carry passengers provement in that matter also. It gives an were

were quite as ready to murder a Cantoneseed no mere than that they should have the work. Perhaps Mr Lan Chu Pak might be

The Companies interested ask. necessary details in connection with the Toder street and that is

to and from uy

or any willing to serve on that committee. forward. In order to get the whole thing devils. I had an

Pery considerable stup upon them ustration of this wher

if not foreign place on the

Mr Badeloy seconded. through, I recomend that here also we the Boxer movement developed in Fiontain.

the carriage of catgo and parcels to the

Mr Brewin-We don't ask the Govern- should request the Government to pass the A number of Cantonese young men were being prepared, if necessary, to carry

ports and stap

stagos already agre now Ordinance as it standa.

upon, and mont for any specific sens agreed

De Clark Np, we esn't do that, has Dr Atkinson- Surely it would be a

engaged in business in Tientsin, and som Custeria Oficial on board and to greater improvement to have it 30 foot Medical Schoot. These young men were inspection. &c. This proposal, which

gone there to attend the Chinese conform to every local regulation as tu

bir Brewin-Have you estimated what it had

is likely to be? instead of 20 foot 2

Dr Clark-No; that will be left to the regarded as foreigners and found themselves nindo personally to the Viceroy Li Hang committee. Mr Chatham-With regard to that, sir,inn position of great danger, and with n Chang when on his way to the North, to the

Dr Atkinson-I think wo are quite justi. the world, for it is printed out that where- the balcony is a very mild obstruction in apparent means of escape. Some Chinese Taung-li Yatsen, ar to Sir Robert Hart, fed in leaving the matter to the committee as no acre in Bombay contains more than any street as compared with tas verandah, gentlemen hero waited upon me, and ex- 60 persons, there are 115 etdiola iti. Long-There is no question of that because I par. offices in assisting their return to Catton Acting Vicorey, and, for some reason that lice, the Medical Oficer of Health, and Mr

was accepted by all thuren. It was referred De Clark has spoken of. I would suggest P it is distinatly beneficial to the house. Plaining the rusting, requested my good to a Committee in Canton appointed by the the Acting Captain Superintendent of Po kong which contains overs. Thi Htt

whits all the windows to be opened right and Hongkong, saying that they were I have not discovered, it was recommended Lau Chu Pak, as a ommittee. squeation mozvover of one or two acres only which contain this strous population own to the floor so as to stuhle people to prepared to pay ten thousand dullers for by them that the

I think it may intercept, a little the recessary expenses, 43 the lives of Can- rejected. I hope that the proposal my deflue that part of the City which lies bat of no less, chair 60

This was agreed to. proposal should be BONES the contra

tonese would be lo grave peril if the Boxes o recepted, as its adoption would he

yet Dr Clark-I beg to move that the Board of this City of Victoris, each of which light and air, yet the benefits which accrue

from it compensate for that defect.

had any success. I relegraphed to contains over 800 persons. The limit of

His effective in checking the piracy so diflicult went of Eastern Street, and also that safery per acre to genersily looked upon as.. Mr Chatbaio was then asked to put his lajesty's Consul at Tientsin asking his to emper with on the West River. by part hat Garden Road, ns, the dis- sluit 200 person, so we must re- prorious onleadmeat in writing, and Dre regatriating the Cauwese, affording to Chinese travelling to Canton tricts to be first dealt with by this committee gard these districts as containing tur Atkinson, the President, read it as follows: for which I underbook to be responsible to with valuable property or returning with under these byn-laws. cinies as many people as they should That the Government be asked to pass the the extent of the sum named, and he very large sums of moder a safe means of transic Mr Buleley seconded, and the motion wes do. This Bill will not aime that surface. Bul in its present for at the earliest kindly made the necessary arrangements, to their own towns in a British steamer agreed to, crowding one hot. I understand it is possible date.

forwarding bills for over nine thousand carrying a regular intended simply to prevent the running up

dollars which were at onca paid by the

guard. It was then put to the mecting and

13. Un the 9th of November the Colony Music at Hongkong Hotel of additional atories to oxisting heigins carried by four votes to two, the President Chinein gontienen who had approached me. was visited by

deputation of

whose centre of the young pass

By kind permission of Licnt.-CoL duo notice had been Although oxpress their gratitude, and one and all given of its approach, there was but ttle Borabay Infantry will play at the Hoog- Dr Clark-I think I am entitied to aak were assured that had they fellers into the precaution taken, as it wasumed that at kong flotel to-morrow (Saturday) evening that my minute may be forwarded to the hands of the insurgents their lives would this season not Lorom unit so that they may have some have been- laken. The incident was men- than on godinary gale at murst. "Thoro had typhoon would be more violent ides of Bill.

what streets will be affected by this tioned in the Chinese newspapers in Canton beri hasides sorural typhoons signalled Dr Atkinson-Yes.

and has, I hoce, bad some effect in streng during the summer, the tracks of which thening the curdial relations that exist at This concluded the discussion on this present between the Government of the two had become careless. The wind reached Bara Dance. Happy Darkies...Godfrey

went north or south of Hongkong, s01

so people sa and this Colony. Kwaphe

8. Among the land sales effected during on force about 10 o'clock at night, the Song Love's Old Swest

smaller

vessels Laving taken

taken shelter from FLSBTs of fency dazzle the mind without Butterfeld & Swire who propose to build centre passed over the harbour, and

the year was a large ates sold to Mesar the north-easterly gale. A 4 8.10 the Selection. arrying conviction.

docks there, one of which will be capable wind suddenly veered to South-west when 1.the of

taking iu the largest ship now alost, the boats, junks and steart launches found The Hongkong and Wampos Dock Com-themselves on a loa shere. At 7 o'clock, WORD TO TRAVELLERS.

pany have applied for an additional ares 10 launches and over 110 junks were susk, THE exchement incident to travelling and another dry dock of equally large propor H.M., Sandpiper sank at her moorings проп which the Company proposes to add and the harbour wass mass of wreckago. change of food and water often brings tions, and as the Naval Yard extension and

Over 30 lives were lost in

ation at the meeting of the Sanitary Board. The Clark said The members of the Board will have gathered from the minute which I have written, and which has been circulated, that personally I do not think

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the Board should support this draft Bill. better for Dr Clark to move both his pro-lost in the fighting, and the movement dicdcn be done in the New Territory until | optimistic regarding the effect of this!

are any such) that tha: hause can again be erected to the same height, although the street still moins extremely r row, pad the dangers of overcrowding will

to 30 years, which is the ordinary

of

two

soup.

Last week, f, filth at her mombay of thuil this munity, thought the surface, crowding in Bombay was in excess of that in Hongkong, while it has been gonerally stated that the Barknes crowding in Bonbay was more

irt

excgse of any other nity in the During the last week, Indian Journal, published i owover, 27 -

bode sent to me, which calls attention to the fact that Bombay may now relinquish the bad minence which sha-has hitherto beld of having the most crowded areas in

t

the

allowed in future to

rect

out.

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WEANUTES

If that is so, all that is necessary is to and the Medical Officer of Health voting {ascape had been scoured waited upon me too which passed over the town and Baillie and Officers, the Band of the 22nd

one clause to the effect that no additional against it. story shall be added to jury existing house which shall raise the height of that than one-and-a hose dra of the stret on which half the width it fronts What the Board want and have asked for repeatedly is an enactment to the effect that house which is rebuilt shall exceed in height one-and-a

ane-and-a-half times street

on which it from the subjret. fronts." thews is any necessity for us to go into the question of compensation

width of the

tho k

is one which does not concern the Board

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I don't think, however, that we should as

A Board approve of this draft Bill which

has been sat down to us for our opinion.

but that we should repeat our recommen- dations which have been made perio dinally since Pth June, 1898, when we first

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