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TELEPHONE NO. 258.

`DARLE ANDRISM: ALICE," HONG KONG.

ALC CODE, 4TH EDITION.

Telephone No. 135.

ESTABLISHED IS2.

BIRTH

THE CHINA MAIL.

At Tali Tren, Bangkok, pu the 12th May, the wife of AACE JONKEN, of a Son,

"water nadka (Glungów which in the most f | donecly crowdent of the largë cisión-of the

United Kingdom has but ill persons to the. acre. will also be eccn from the first table tist Health: District:'2 and 2, jowhich | districts the authweaks of Babonic Plague'

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Notes by the Way.

Mr Bruce Webster, who takes charge

for Themblication of this tais commence last incariably rearmenes and are chia of the New York Branch of the Charterest

at 7.25 pm.

TRAPE

MARK

2

A CHEE&CO

祥利廣 D. C. L. GIN,

-

17a Queen's Road. OLD TOM and

Furniture

Dealers.

DRAWING-ROOM,

DINING-ROOM,

and BEDROOM

FURNITURE.

ELECTRO-PLATED,

GLASS and

CHINA WARES.

PASTEUR'S MICROBE-

PROOF FILTERS, ROCHESTER LAMPS, WHITE TURKISH

TOWELS and

COUNTERPANES,

COOKING RANGES,

KITCHEN UTENSILS,

and HOUSEHOLD

DRY.

The Finest Linden Gin un thin

Market.

$7 50 por dozon.

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The China Mtafi.

BONGBONG, SATURDAY, MAY 24, 1902.

In a previous article, we dealt with the subject of drajns in relation to the pre-

eash

must severe, show the greatest number of Bank, left Tangkok on the 14th inst. |occupants per floor, namsig 9.1 is compared

with an average for the Cily of 7.6; thần, in itself, in excessive, although well within the limit of thirty square feet of floor'space per hand, which is all that is, prosent, legally required in any dwelling in the Colony, except within the European Dis- trist Reservation area, where #sch perso must be allowed ane thousand cúbic Tent of ait see-this depositating & large floor area.

Mr Chadwick says: "[ hare no

A stating that we o

Colonel Herran, Penior orduance offle at Aldershot of the First Army Corps, haq

been appointed chlof culmues officer at Hongkong

than

as regards

74.479 persons paid for admission to the Crystal Palace to witness the timed tin for the English Cup, Sir Thomas Lipton was

one of them.

of advertising.

valenes of plager in Hongkong. Me hesitation

II. D. M.'s Consul at Sugom has wired Osbert Chadwick, the Tinage Expert,] gurds mereranding the present candi- hns given the emphatic opinion that finas of Victoria air, generally, roller that twelve days' quarantine will be in

better then they were posod on arrivals at Saigon From Ilongkong the separate system as it liss been ord

Ja 1882. As regards cubic capacity on account of bubonic plague. called--is not responsible for the intro- [duction" of plaguo into Hongkong nor per individual they are about the same;

The Smuthera set of the Peking for its continuance as run endemie dis but as regards graul area the cantankow. Failway in mos apen up to Sia ditions are worse, owing to the grent Yng, in Harun, and the Station has been Ia Professor Simpson's pre liminary reports, wo had no reference number of lofty homes that have been but at Nin Yang, which traits is now to this point, so we may pressor be is built during the past twenty years-or estendest. willing to accept 31r Chadwick's opio-es. Many of the old rookeries in tlusi ion on that branch of their enquiry, contre of the town exist in a site little careful perusal of the reports of these different to that which I described in gentition forces as to the conclusion 1892 Ese the now buildings on the that the chief cause of the insanitary Prayn Reclamation are, | condition of Hongkong is overcrowding, construction, scarcely less insanitary! The overerus ding is self-evident. Fow than the ald." These are, the opinions Europeacá over venture into the slums of uur Sanitary Experts. There is no of China-town, and are therefore not ambiguity in their statements. perstemily acquainted with the terrible much-alused man-in-the-street can un- derstand the full purport of these 22:30 pha-- Arctim of Hawkoll Funi-condition of that part of the city.

tore, at Mr Gen. P. Lammert's Sales

It ingans Led Flougkoog| statemonts. Borus

From personal investigation of the)

has ben insanitary since 1882, and is alleys, lanes and streets of the more

simply because-surface evercrowding is more accentuated now than it was in 1882. The property owners are making money at the expense of the Colony, and the commercial interests of the port

"Bade Aposto

488

H. PRICE & CO.,

Queen's Rul.

MEMOS. FOR MONDAY.

Auction,

Meeting.

The

Mr Jeb Barre, the St. Louis World's Fair Cononisioner-General to Asia and

Australasia, left San Fracised for the East on the 3 April. He expects to be n Hongkong at the end of July.

SATURDAY, MAY 24, 1902.

`LOCAL AND GENERAL

Hon ̄T H ̈ ̈Whitehead.

LOCÀU AND GENERAL.

Indo-Chinas.

We understand that the Hon, T. H. Whitebond lennes. for England by the -Empress of Chim on the 4th of June.

will be entertained at a farowall banquet by the Chinese consanity on the and | carries forward a balance of £37,567. psix

The Indo-China . N Co., Lülted,

mysa anat dividend for the past year of 12 per share a compared with 21 Inst year, add 2,000 to Resorts Fund, and

Hongkong Christian Union.

The usual weekly prayer meeting will

ba hebt on Monday at 6.15 p.m. in the room of the Crion, 13 Hencefield Arende The Rev. Dr C. R. Hager will preside. Immediately after this a meeting of the Committee will be held..

Police Changes.

Labour Disputes. "':

The Registrar General repuria that during 1901 there were several labour diss pates in the Colony, though noúc of thum In each was forced ou public attention. case that came to his notice the employous obtained a rise of wage.

The Water Supply.

Wa'are informed by the Hou. F. II. Inspector Gauld has been transferred to the Contral Police Station, and Inspec. Muy, Colonial Secretary, chat, in view of tor Willingen to Trimebatsui to take the recent rains, it has been deculed to re- charge of the Innd police Chief Detectivo vert the full supply of water throughout Tuspecter Hanson lett today for England, the County to-morrow (Sunday). This will Inspector Cuthbert taking his place till bine woltome news to our renders. return in aut nine months.

Japanese Cartography.

Fingue.

X

A Tokió telegram to the N. Daily' A stars may succeed without advor- Out of 5 fatal plague marce reported Neics sys:The Japanese Asuur Society sing-served in spite of the lack of golding the past twenty-four hours, 3 were has completed a map excesuring 160 advertising. And another things bewafannd in the streat-no near the godown 140 entitled Far Eastora spheres of Rus- advertising to ma the only good-forn a 168, Water Street, ona beside Queen'ssist enterprise. The may includley-Cores, Builijngs on Connaught Road, and one at Blanchurin, and Mongolia, and is printed the No 11 bridge on the Abordeon Road. in English, Chinese arid Japanese. "Prince The other two cues recurred at 207 Kondye, the President of the Society, han Queen's Road West and 5 Sun Wai Luis. sent copies of the Mup to the Emperor of

Chica arul tha Express Dowager.

Captain Jellicoe's Appointment.

Vital Statistics. Referring to Captain Jellicoe's new appointment The World says:- Chptain during 1901 was 140 as against 125 to 1900, Jellicoe's appointment ne Naval Assistant The births registered su:ong the British been some time talked about. is now op-against 201. The registered Chinese births ion that, in spite of the good work ne

proved, and the favour with which the trailed 848, as against 673. The member complished by the Medical Officer of

olicial announcement has been received is of deaths in the British and Foreign Com- Health and the Bamitory Board, the

The British Military Accade, Colonel pertaps the sarest guarantee of the gallant munity was 412, as against 302 in the overcrowding today is no bad as over it was in 1894. Not only so, the tendency

de la Poer Beresford, Tefe St. Petersbariticee's fitness for a post which will entall, previous your, and plague was the cause to pile additional storeys upon uld are being jeopardised because, hitherto, on 17th April on a three months' journoy of course, much hard work and responsibili ef death in 99 cases. G670 Chinose died

The number of marriages solemnizní

6.15 pm. --Meeting of Members, of The densely popainteri parts, we are of opin. I probably worse now than it was then. kong and was invalided in very bad hoal to the Controller of the Navy, which lasand Foreign Community numbered 240, ss

Hongkong Tide Association, at Valeo- teer eignarters,

General Memoranda,

Tersay, April 27-

Goods pur Satu Mare not cleared

date subject to rent. WEDNESDAY, May 28

this

Gords per Firol undelivered after this

date kubject to rent. THEnsay, May 2-

houses in other parts of the city is rapidly enaverting Biese comparatively healthy into insanitary districts, and

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the property interests have been able to exercise their influence in high places. We might have quoted many more

Goods per Choura nus cierred at 4 pm. the need for the now Building Ordin. Passages from the Expert Repurts:

this date subject to Teat

Goods per Stressing undelivered xirer

this date subject to runk.

unce, which will deal with this import- Gonda per Shinna madelivered after ant question, is becoming daily more

this dute subjger to rest. Goods per Avairiu undelivered after this

data subject to rent.

FRIDAY, May 90 : --

11-Meeting of Suareluiders of A.

J's Offices.

BICYCLISTS

of Chamberlain's Pain Bahn in their

urgent.

It may seen muccessary to cau phasise what is self-evident. But it is

when the new

bearing on insanitation and overcrowd- Space will not permit of this, but Building Ordinances. come up for discussion in the Legis lative Council the members will find in these reports many reasons and arga-

legislation.

5. Water & Co., Ltd, as the Con-not gives to everyone to visit stumdomments for the early adoption of drastic

rund for the benefit of those good people we call some statement of fact from We have no desire to stir up the the Export Reports. Dr Simpson med of petty local differences; but no REQUISITES.SHOULD never start at without bottle says: "In the older part of the town. tool bags. This liviment excellent for there is a grester population per ser aillesh wounds and sprains. Oropp. that in any town in the East I am as estion gives relief. en by All Denlera Wars Lad, General quainted with. In No. District, for instant there is over 848 persons per acre, which is more than three times the worst and most crowded area of Calcutta, Apart from too many houses being erected on too mull a space, the evils attendant on the overcrowding of

WM. POWELL

LIMITED,

28 & 34, Queen's Road

(Oppurite Hanglong Hotel aul Rod (6),

Agents.

LIMITED.

Our old friend, Dr F. C. Rialoff, who was Consul-General for Germany in Hong now Imperial Goran Cousal at St. Louis. U.S.A., which is just now booming the far hocaning World's Fair.

Registrar General's Department.

in the Far East. He will travel by the ty Siberian and Manchurian railways, and will spend some time at Wladiwnstock and at Port Arther before procceding to Japan

**Loyal's letter cannot corve any use-

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We sympathis with the writer's ful purpose, and is, therefore, not publish views, and can only express out zagrot that what he says is true, but growsing in public will not help piatters, and not only looks had in a casmopolitan Coliny like Hongkong but might have an injurious

Rating of Tenements.

effect.

The Report of the Registrar General (Hon. A. W. Brevin) for the year 1901 published in the tusefte. The revenne

collected was

as against G71, 1614 cases being from plague. The eationted population of Hongkong on the 30th June, 1901, was as follows:--British and Forsign Community, 20,096: Chinese, 280,564; Toil, 300,000.

$127,806.16 as against Chinese Contract Labour. $132,788,63 for the previous year. The decrease is due to the large falling off iata is Report for 1991 says that the nego Hen. A. W. Browin, Registar Gencial,

the number of certificates of identity issued tiations with the British North Barnes to Chinese entering the United States, the Government relative to the advance of falling off under this hand being 80.350. Cn the other hand the revenue from carg North Bornes have resulted in the follow

wigges made to coolies proceeding to Britishz ots licenses and markers increased ging arrangement. In future, the cost of *1,481 and 81,801 respectively. The total hringing the coolic to Hongkong, housing His Excellency the Officer administer-expendity was 210,420.62, conpaced with him there, and providing him with a gandi $13,058.53 in 100 The increase is caused out it will be reckoned as $10. $5 will be by the adparation of the posts of Registrar hanced to him on heard the steamer before Central ani Colonial Secretary. Ten years leaving and $10 will be paid to him ou his ago, when the Best amal report of this signing the routract on his privat in British Department was submitted, the fotal North Borneo. This secines the coolic $15 revenue was €76,177 and the expenditure infeast out of a nominal advance of $25, and will put an end to all dificulties that forms arly existed.

one can read Mr Chadwick's preliminarying the Government has fixed the rateable report alongside of Professor Sirapsen's value of $20 per annum as the minimum without being impressed with the fact amount below which tenements shall not that it is a complete justification of the rateable from the 1st day of July ext. public petition last year to Mr Chan Hawkers' Licenses. barinin, the Secretary of State for the The present system of collecting har-599,700. Colonies. No good will come of diskers' license fees quarterly was adopted in cussing het who is responsible for Hoogkung in 1894, when the xovenue deri-Council Changes. the present inquitary condition of the red was $4, 107. Sines then there has been H.. the leer Administating the Quarantine Against Canton. Colony; therefore, we merely mention a steady and remarkable increase, the total dirty class of prople are accentuated by in passing the potty attempt of three revenue for 1901, just made known,

abcunting to $10,930. the kind of buildings erected. It is Government officials to Eoist the burden

Government has been pleased to appoint

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The Consulate General of Nothernads-

revisionally, and subject to His Majesty's Fadia writes to us stating that the Giver- pleasure, the Hon. T. H. Whiteheard, to be nor Genord of Netherlands Indin hrs de Coficial Member of the Executive creed that all ships or vessels arriving from A. S. WATSON & CO., bet reek high buildings which of responsibility--not of their own Kowloon School.

ure sanitary, buč in Hunghopy the shoulders so much as off the shoulders We hear that the local Navy Ligue Comel, until further notice. This appoint. Canton or having called at that port are ditace se basanding instructive and of chair predecessors-upor, the local authorities have decided to oily two prizes munt is made to fill up the vacancy caused object in Netherlands. India to a quaran. design, wurl also high. The proxi Peres, and the sealed public re

-f $30 and $10 respectively-fer compe-by the departure, on holiday of Hon. C. F. tiae of ten days from the date of departure nivot the abdee jargon to our another | presentatives in the Legislative Court. The prizes will be awarded on the resila Whitehend is to enjoy the honour for a

tition among the pups of Kowloon School. Chater, CM.G., and it is a pity that Me frus that port or since the Inst case of plague on bud. Importation is Lear- obstructs saitlight, and the interne Chulwink very properly calls at- of a simple test paper, which will be set at Vory, brief period, his departure to temporarily prohibited of animal refuse, clas strerture of the honses, apart from tention to the seemingly conflicting the end of the Summer Term, on the sub-porarily take charge of the London Offics and beef auimal or human hair and enietes, further darkens the rooms, an interests of the property-owning and ject of the British Navy. We cannot help of the Chartered Bank having been bristles, hides, which are untanned and A inceting of Joy, which are suited or cured with arsenic. mw already announced. that it is often not until one reaches commercial clases stating that during thinking that this is a peculiarly happy ideatices of the Peace is amounoval to us wont and rags, bags or sacks which have al the second or the top story dent there the past twenty years, numerous Build-of the Navy League Committee, and we

General

Drapers

and

Extahlished. A.D. 1841.

Outfitters

DRESSMAKING

A SPECIALITY. All cutting executed by

an experienced Dressmaker.

Parisienne and English Millinery

Always in stock. Orders

receive European Supervision.

Just received

Large stock of White and Colored Muslin Curtains;

Curtains.

ÆRATED is a suficiency of air and light to secure ing. Orticatives deawa op by the pro-hope that their generosity wil stimulate held in the City Hall, on Thursday, 5th ready been used, coming from Canton or

A healthy habitation. It is in the dark fessional advisers of the Government the British youth to sequire a thorum June, at p... for the purpose of nominat transhipped at that port. It is nieo tem ins and shops that rats and have been brought before the Legist working knowkige of the size, aportan ing Justice at an Unofficial Member of porarily prohibited to aport from Cantor

and history, of our Navy. beings have a conruon habitation. The tive Council, but in each case many endemicity of pingue in Hongkong, as salutary provisions have been with District Watchmen.

WATERS distinguished from re-infection, is kept drawn de emasculated at the, request

type.

GUARANTEEING

light. these.

tale scheme of reconstruction for the j

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the Tagislativo Council during the absenaste Naherhands-India tapestry and used on leave of Hon. C. P. Chater, C.M.G,embroideries unless they are transportadas Official Justices are not entitled to take personal age or in consequence of

chaupe vi-residence.. part in le proceedlings.

During 1901, the District Watchmen up mainly by infected rats in the go of the Unofficial Members of Council were instrumental in bringing 175 cuses

The Fo Loung Kuk Society. downs and stores and in these dirk and representing the landed interest; but he before the Magistrate The corbutions Hongkong Markets.

The Report for 1901 of this valium)ily insanitary places,' In another part of is careful to add s

to the fund totalled $12,647 as against The Government

The revenue of the Government frontal institution has just boen published. THE WATER used in THE PUB-his report, Dr Simpson says "The lus

$10,598 in the provious year. hicsitated to. RSC

The ex- the leus of market premises has steadily The present financial position of the its oficial verandah still further obstructs the majority We mention this merely $12,801 in the preceding year.

penditure was $12,007 125 EST that can

against increased until the figures of 1901 (just Society, says the Registrar General, reflects be obtained. and is

The projection of to

The published) 884,718 show an increase of credit on all concerned. The subscriptions inte how Mr. Chadwick H at credit on 33st December 31,300 as pared with those of ten years cured in $6,823.50, and the total, ro Billy FILTERED ON THE MOST

several-storied masonry serapportions the birme for past sins of was $8070.71. Although the pay was a prosly More dan kalf of this comes venue to $7,873.50. The expenditure was SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES.

andahs over public streets is a curions | entission. It is perfectly elem that the eased in 1897, it is found to be insufficient from the Central Market, but all the marker,656.31. 289 persone were aduitted dor privilege or custom that has arisen in present Ordinances are inadequate to attract and kaup good men. In a force of ets have advanced raturally and inevitablying the year of whom, 167 were restored all streets over 50 feet in width. This to enable.. the Government to 70 there were 8 dismisils and--II signs with the increase of population orale, direct to their parents or relatives, or word THE MACHINERY employed is of

tantamount to the Government making enforce the construction of sani. tions during the year. A contract has hon is the Registrar General in h Report sent to some benevolent society in Obina, the latest design and most approved a present of a certain amount of land tury dwellings. It is the duty of entered into for the building of the Central for 1901, market promises are let by sented 3 were adopted, & placed at school, and he for habitable purposes--for most of the Logidative Council to give the Go Watch House on the Taipingshan Kusurpenter, and any other method would provenere imirtel, Investigation into 116 cases these verandales are practically roomserument these powers. Besides this, in Aran at a cost of $12,000; the building history. It is certain that wherevET showed that no Action was desizable er THE BEST AND MOST EXPEN-to every builder of a house. On the the comtunity and the Government he completed by 31st Joly,

the rest paid to the Government falls neccsery, Tho work cotailed by such in- Praya, it is a gift of 10 feet for 80, but be prepared to face whole Horrible Accident at Taku

much below the rack-rent, the lessco vestigation was very onerous and it was not SIVE INCREDIENTS only are used,

sublets Che privoisex in some parts of the town the proportion city of Victoria. Dir Chadwick is An audent of a shocking description

pockets infrequently tedinus and disagreeable, but of land given is greater..

It of opinion that nothing short of the which occured at the South Fort, Take, is secas us if the builder gave nothing and general resumption of insanitary tenerted in the Chin Times. During the received a good deal' fu lis anual will bring out any thorough for digging deep down in inder to raise the

ments and their entire reconstruction work of the fort, coolies were engaged report for 1901, Dr. T.. W. Clack, the provement in the sanitary etdi piles that had been driven by the Chinese Medical Officer of Healthy writes: tion of Hongkong/ This mises the in the course of construction of the fort.

I have in proriose Reports ed alien

question of compensation, and we tion to the acute surface crowding which pleased to see that he hints that When subciently deep hole had been exists in the more contral districts of the the full value of insanitary property mast, three men woat down to belp to lift City District No. 5ws more than 800 so resumed should not he computed the pite away. While they wore doing so, and are alco far too densely packel trith part, we would give the owners of in- the hole deup and abrapt, the round porn to the acre while Districts G, D. 4, upon the rack-rental. For our own the earth being of a loose sandy nature and hutan beings, and it is erential to the sanitary property very scant consider- welfare of this Colony that a remedy should ation. They have already involved the caved in and buried the three cooles up to he speedily found and put into operation for this innuitury condition. So for an I Colony in great loss of life and money, their necks. I being flood fide the water. have been able to ascertain, there is no throwing the whole burden, is most rose and rapidly closed in over the three other City in the world which has 12 per ses, upon the Colonial treasury unfortunate men, in sight of the atham," gous to the acre, and yet this is the density With this subject of com persation we who wore unable to extricate them in time of population of the City of Victoria as a hope to deal in a future article. The Thoy died terrible death helplessly whole, that is to kay including all the out- Experts should be able to give the Go fring voeant lands and the village, Rye rernuient some useful advice on the matching the water come up till they wa Course and Cemeteries in No. 1 Health' Distries, the Public Garlara and all the principles upon which compulsory re- drowned moh by tuck. The man, ware sesat Military and in Nos. and Healsumption and compensation are based employed by a Chinese ovnfractor, who is th Districts, and all the Unoccupied-hill-sids in the great municipalities of England leveling the South Frat ander dfection of below the upper limit of the City: Health, saul Scotland, and the special legislation

the French. 121 Districts (... sbout 150 feet above high required in Hongkong

ABSOLUTE PURITY.

ENGLISH EXPERTS

also, White and Ecru Lace Manage our Factories and their practical knowledge and constant supervision enables na to produce waters of unrival

led excellence and purity.

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Frilled Muslins by the yard, White, with Colored Frills, quite new desigus, very cffective:

NEW MILLINERY,

NEW MUSLINS, NEW SUMMER

DRESS GOODS:

A.:S. WATSON & Co., Limited,

THE BONGKONG DISPENSARY.

the difference. Instances of this heing there, had never been any difficulty in find one always coming to light, but it is in gepilemon willing to undertake the

has rises from C-The Tel the Scouty a missing in Hongkong. inpossible to put a stop to the practice. sk. Thirty-eight girls, of whom 14 were The number of shops and stalls occupied eventually found again, were reported to

ingehan Market was closed in 1894, and 97. Summate passengers and boys were at Taikoktsat was opened in 1899. The examined at the Harbour Office in 1901, is eruzion of temporary markets on the Praga commed with 9,843 in the previous year, Reclamations has been approved and will of this number, us were detained Westem Markets, and the extension of the have been persuaded to go abroad noder relieve U pressure on the Sayingpuu and for enquiries, 73 of whom were found to

Wanchai Market will most probably prove remaneratiye..

false pretences. The usual arrangements. were made to restore them, to their friends. The accommodation provided at the Home is occasionally insultzicht...

Fon the past quarter of a sextury there hub been our coisa Save of Jostens bearing by Clarke's World tamod Blood Mistare, the to World-lawed Blood Mixture warranted testimony to the truly wonderful trasse offecká,

FOD THE BLOOD. IS zon: färs-Clarke's"

flaest Sloot Purifiez that prizes and medical | céuses the blood from all impurition trees, what will have brought to light,; Sallecs from ever cause stiting. For Serofula Berry, Scistula, Saurry, Exxama, Bad Legs, Skin and Ecream, Bad Lege, Skin, and Blood Dis Blond Diseases, Puplex and Sores of any kind Piiples and Spes of all kinds, its aliquis urs, Hold everywhurt, at 24 93, per bottle. Bewers been effected by its Bold everwhite at 21. 03. are solicited to give it a trial to lent its alter morreliose, Thounuda of wonderful curts have al worthless inflationi and subátitator.”

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