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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1908,

SIR HENRY DLAKES PROTEST.-

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Tom Hayward, Surrey's famous bats Gut some financial embarrasamant, and of seven special brigades, so that the STREET. the necessity for placing ariditional bur- total establishment monnis in elect to

dens on her taxpayers. The people of divisions. Out of the appropriations WE sadly tear that Sir HENRY BLAXE'S man, is the first to sepre a thousand ruas Japan-a more happy and contented on account of this large face it was protest against the proposed opium this season. peasantry never existed-are quite able leeided by, the Saionji Cabinet that

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OF

PARIS MODES and GOWNS.

BIRTH.

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the course

to bear all the taxation that is necessary postponementa amounting to 60 million egislation to be forced upon Hong- to provide for all the Govenment ob-gen should be made, in the 6 year kong will prove of little avail. He is ligations, and they will do so without a military programme, during 1 murmur. They base given the West of the next three years. To give an but as the voice of one crying in the an object lesson in patriotism, self-ides of the nature of these post- sacrifice, and military prowess which ponerents, it may be montioned that wilderness, for the British public, ever they know has to be paid for, and, if out of the expenditures on account of swayed by sentiment, has made up its from no higher motives, their national arms and ammunition, namely 64 million.

defray their en, which, according to the original mind that it knows the situation betters pride will cause them public obligations to the uttermost programune, should have been incurrel farthing. To say that the people are during the year 1909, no less than 5% than doos the man on the spot and will taxed beyond bearing point is an in-millions have been postponed and therefore force the band of the Colonial stance of those exaggerations which have similarly out of the 18 millionaallotted

been so freely indulged in. The policy for restorations under the original Uffice. Sir HENRY writes that there of the Government is wisely to reduce ex-programme nearly 3 willione are will, in all probability, be no "kick" penditure to the utmost, in order to make been postponed. Larger retrenchments

The United Service Waselte thinks that the

selation of the Kitchener dificulty--the in India expires in November, and there.... extended tenure of the Command-in-Chief is no room for him at the War Office-vill

be to appoint the reliever of Khartoum to Colonial governorship, probably that of New South Wales.

Dr Perindorga has returned to Hongkong

resume his dental practice in Hotel Man- from his visit to Pacis and London and will sions. During Dr Peritidorge's visit to

in his profession, and read a paper on bis Europe be studied the latest improvements method of making the new hollow cast-gold inlay before the Cercle Odontologique do France, in Paris, and the Dental College in

London.

any increased taxation as light as posthan these are scarcely possible. In the from Hongkong. There will bo a sible, but those who are able to form a case of the Navy, again, Amillions of "kick," but Hongkong, liko, all outly sound opinion agro that, if necessary, ponditures have been postponed in the the country can stand an increase of current fiscal year out of 25 millions ing dspondancies of the British crown year's Las learnt by bitter experience that MQUE 19 Alma Road, Piy-taxation without undue inconvenience. originally allotted, and 10 millions will mouth, on the 9th June, the wife of As a matter of fact, if the incidence of be postponed out of vest Engineer Lieut. B. D. MCQUEEN, R.N.,axation were slightly altered a largely expenditures of 25 millions. On the protests are unheeded at home pDCƏ

It is stated that the Emperor of tapan increased revenue could be collected, her hand, the results of all these of a Daughter.

and be very little felt. Lrder the precconomies are not to be interpreted as the authorities have made up their rent system, agricultural land escapes signifying that a corresponding sum winds to pursue a certain policy, more has been pleased to sanction the betrothal of His Majesty's seventh daughter, the very lightly indeed. I believe I am will remain over in the Treasury, and right in stating that the land tax is become applicable to the redemption of especially if that policy squares with Princess Kane, now eighteen years of age, levied under an sessment urade in the national debt. The fact is that the 1699 on a calculation made some years immediate object of these retrenchments the desires of the ruling party into Prince Kitashirakawa, The Princ previous, which now works out at a is to enable the Governinent, to dispense politics. All the protests in the world who is twenty years old and gradustet ridiculously low figure, and an increas with the issue of lans which were to cd revenue could be derived from this source alone, more than sufficient to provide all that can possibly be required. We admire Sir WESTEr's fine option isn. Against his three weeks' experience

General Memorande, SATURDAY, Angust 8 :--

2.30 p.m.--Auction of Household Furni ture, at No. 30, Leighton Hill Road. MONDAY, August 10:-

Trapafer Booke of The Hongkong and Whampes Duck Co., Lal, close from this date to 24th August, inclusive. Register of Stares of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation close from this date to 22uà înst; inclusive. Goods par Yarra anclaimed after this date at Noon will be mbjach to rent and landing sharges.

TUESDAY, August 11 :-

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& younger brother of Prince Takeda,

who recently married an elder sister of the Princess. The latter is now engaged in

have been floated partly for productive would prove futile in the face of that, from the Military College a short time ago. and partly for unproductive purposes. For the moment the Anti-Opium It is of course advantageous that anproductive expenditures should be Lougue and its supporters have the ear curtailed and that the funds thus saved of the British Government and they

be applied to productive should

studying European languages and music and Japanese poetry.

The Linnean Society on July 1st cele-

enterprises, but the point under will press their advantage to the full. we put that of a foreign residentizomediate consideration is that these And yet, as the Shanghai correspondent brated the Jubilee of Darwinism, the

of Japan who has spent thirty years Terrenchments, though they prevent any

further inflation of the national debt, de of the Times forcibly points out, "you theory of naturs selection having been Goods par Deiki not desnud at p..in the country and loves and ad-not directly assist to reduce it. Turning aan no more abolish opturn-smoking by first placed before that body in a joint

on this date subject to rent.

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Hongkong, July 29, 1908,

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CARLOHALL, BINGAPORE. Codes Used: Scott's 10th Baltion' ; A.B.C. 4th and 4th Editions; Flober's Standard; Walkins; and A‚I, TRIMPHONE NO. 532

SONTA BRITISH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY. TEIOTAL FUNDS AT 31ST DEJAMBER, IN07, 218,114,524

Authorked Capital £3,000,000 Babwertbed Capital £2,750,000 Pald-p Capital £687,500 0 0 I-Fire Band. 3,086,374 16. 7 Died Annuity Funda 14,316,542 10. 3 48,907 8 9 Sinking Fund Account

18414,694 11 1 Ferende Fles Branch... 2,280,662 187

EN & Annuity §. 1,847,924 18-

mking Fund Ascount

8,232 6 0 24,158,160 18 11

his Aerialised Funds of the Pies and File Desetprints gry tree from tollity

WATSON'S

E

VERY OLD LIQUEUR

SCOTCH

again to another side of the accomat, we

mizes the people among whom he has SATURDAY, August 28:-

Noon-Mestng of The Hongkong and resided so long. Writing in the Japan

Shangha Banking Corporation, at the

Casette be says:---- City Hall.

"Japan is one 'nation from Taivan Noon-Meeting of Hongkong & Whamn Kabafuto, but even her splendid

pos Dock Co., Id., at Co.'s Uffices.

loyalty may be cvertaxed through mis- 80 million yen, will fall due. Of achieve these results, the active con- course it may be possible to rewrite, or science of a determined majority. But taken military zeal.

He who makes two grains of rios to refloat a considerable part of these, as the result of the abolition of

doubtful grow where only me grew before e funds, but that being a called a benefactor, but what of the outlook, the safest plan is to assume opium-sucking, we are to witness (ne bardons on the land, which some foreign that the Treasury must make arrange-

for residents kindly suggest might be ments largely increased?

and Dr Alfred Russel Wallace (the latte are confronted by the facts that, during Imperial edict or pious opinions in paper communicated by Charles Darwin the year 1910, the repayment of the hina than you can suppress the use of of whom, in his 86th year, was present at second installment of the War Toan, namely 100 million yen, has to be alcoholic liquor by Act of Parliament the celebration) on July 1, 1858. Com effected, and, during the year 1911, the in England. Only public opinion can memorative medals were presented to those repayment of a third installment, namely

NOTICE.

Letters relating to businces should be address

ed to THE MANAGER.

Communications relating to news should be

addressed to THE EDITOR.

Corresponden's must forward their names and adderace with any communications ad drowed to the Editor, not for publication but arecidence of good faith.

All letters for publication should be stritten en one side of the paper only.

No anonymously signed communications that have already, appeared in other papers will be

providing 180 milhon seems most probable) the widespread yen in the above 2 years, and pro bably also must be prepared to find that introduction of morphia and cocaine, one half of the total is in foreign hande. the Anti-Opium League will have Then we coure to the purchase prico

of

and many congratulatory addresses were prominently associated with the theory handed in by representatives of learned bodies in England and Europe:

A Convocation was hold on July 1 in

the Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, at which honorary degrees, wore conferred upon u

number of Bishops of oversea States-and. other Bishops. The presentations for the

An eminent Japanese statesman has said that the rice crop of the present year will be smaller than that of pre- vius years, rasinly because of the fact the nationalized railways. The banda added to the burden of China's ills degree of D.D. honoris causa were made that Japanese fartoers have not the issued on that neemt must be handed something for which ignorance will be by the Regius Professor of Divinity, De means wherewith to purchase fertilizers over at latest in 1010 and 1011. Those

no suficient excuse, and sentiment no missionary Bishop of the American Church "Go where you will on the foothills bonds amount to 500 million gen, and

reusdy." :

of this country and you will find the it is estimated that 40 per rent, will be

NEWS OF THE DAY. peasant proprictors living on the poorest immediately placed upon the market, vegetarian diet, grinding their course one half of which amount the Govern food five times a day, letting ground liement should be prepared to purchase if inserted.

falow because they have exhausted the severe depreciation of these securities

Heavy rains and floods bava occurred Thus it finally

· Orders for cxtra copies of the Cry Mallittle heart there was in it, and not is to be prevented. should be sent before 11 am on the day after breaking up more of the Kaya rasa rosulta that the Treasury must provide throughout New Zealand. The low-lying publicatim. After that our the supply island because they lacked fertilizers to a total of 230 million yen for use in the parts of Christchurch were under water limited. Oral 10 cts, Credit 50 ct., per

Fears 1910 and 1911. Now at of the during the first week of July. 110 million yen set aside at present annually for payment of interest and

early.

Alterations and additions to Advertisemente on Pages 1, 2, 8, E and 7, should be sent to our Ofice at 5 Wyndham Street nat later than 11 a. New Advertiments should be sent to our Office at 8, Queen's Road Central before

p.m.

Advertisements and Subscriptions which are not ordered for a faed period will be continued

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insure a crop as a return for their labour. "Yet Mr Lloyd George can gibly talk of the ability of Japan to pay Fire Shillings in the f Income Tax!!

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"Love your country, tell the truth, principal of the national debt, the yearly and don' dawdle," were the words with sum available for amortization

Ince. The Vice-Chancellor greeted the

in Shanghai, Dr Graves, as "Spes gentia Blayzo, fautor seriasime. Serum.". Dr John McKim, missionary fishop of the Ameri- can Church in Tokyo, Dr Ince presented as having laboured successfully for 30 in fame fastigium inter nationes erecta. " year song that nimble witted raca, now

TYPHOON WARNING.

www.am

The following telegram has been received from the American Consul General

12 noon, August Cycleos or typhoon W. cf Bashi Channel moving X.N.E. or

N.E.

+

THE SUPREME COURT.

"Disraeli, who was a wiser man than he, maintained about forty years ago millions. But this latter sun was which the Earl of Cromer summed up bis that England could not therefore no employed in the current year to pay off advice to the Loys schoolboys at the annual nation could) stand an expenditure of the first installment of the War Joan, specch day. seventy million pounds in times of Hence from this source the total avail-

Miss Sarah Bromley has died in Not- prace. With all her great advances able in the years 1910 and 1911 will Japan is not on a par ret in point of only be 75 millions, so that in fine au tingham Workhouse at the age of 109. wealth or taxable resources with the free additional sum of from 150 to 160 Raunds show that she was born on May trade England of forty years ago.

milliona has to be got ready dan 17, 1799, and entered the workhouse 30 Supreme Court, this morning, before the

the particular But if Mr Lloyd George's Statement 1010 and 111. This is true one as to the 5 in the £ income feature of the financial situation which years ago.

present. Lax, just consider the immense charges is creating uneasiness at levied by way of import duties by the Ja- Twenty or thirty millions may be ob panese Government in addition to direct tainable by further postponements of Municipal and Imperial Taxation. Not unproductive expenditures, but there only does the increase in import would still remain from 130 or 140 BONGKONG, WRUNESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1908. daties make the cost of living higher, millions which are not in sight along

but the very, means of livelihood is any route bitkerto indicated. through these very duties leaving the country.

The China Mail.

JAPAN'S FINANCIAL_POSITION.

Such is the position now facing Japan "Again consider for a moment that and in view of the new burdens which the surress or failure of the present rice it must necessarily impose upon the He would be a bold man who crop depends entirely on the weather.

The wisest of us cannot assure the Japanese people we are not surprised would venture, to state the finan-Government that failure is out of the to learn that while the population is qusation; indeed, our own experience cial position of Japan off-hand.leads us to expect that in an abnormally increasing by

0 or 600,000 each Even the Treasury officials in

Imagine then Jepan's condition with a year, the increase of the area of land Tokyo must be puzzled at times to see bad rice year added to unprecedented under cultivation from which the an exit from their troubles for notwith-commercial depression, and yet with domestic food supplies of the nation are Import duties still going up, carn laws standing yearly budgets full of the most and an esponditure of over six hundred drawn rises very slowly. Tas figures intricate statistics and over-flowing with millions of yen.

cold season failure will be the result.

"At the end of 1907 Japan's national since 1887 are as follows:- debt amounted to £228,000,000

Of

$16.50.xplanations and the analytical answers

of Government delegates to various Bud-this sura £118,000,000 was in the shape of foreign loans (£35,000,000 st 4 per cent., £60,000,000 at 11 per cent.. and 1887. £23,000,000 at 0 per cent.), the rest, 1897. 1828. £110,000,000, being domestic loana."

The great cry throughout the empire 1899.. 1900.. at the present moment is for retrench 1901. ∙1902. on. We believe that the Government

100% in carnestly desirous of retrenching but 1904. 1906. here is it to begin without creating

1906.

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get Committees of the Diet, the average mon still rentsing much in a fog where the finances of Japan are concerned Indeed, it is said that the only man whe ever possessed a cine to the maze was Baron SARATANI and he lost office by # sido wind last winter. But fortuut

Area of Cultivated Loud Population.

Cite. .4,684,000 5,020,000 4,991,000

5,031,000 5,063,000 5,087,000 4,134,000 ..5,193,000 5,215,000

6,229,000

5,285,000

There were 41 European and 141 Chinese visitors to the City Hall Library, and 148 European and 1,805 Chinese visit

Zad August. ors to the Museum during the weak anded

The hosting was resumed at the

Chicf Justice, Sir Francis Piggott, of the case in which Li Po-rung and Ti Po-nan were sucu by the Hip On Insurance, Wr- change and Loan Co., and the Hongkong and. Hinnila Yuan Sheng Exchange and Trading Co., Ltd, for 8$9,052.609 being

will coonpy about eight or nine days money lent. It is expected that the caan

Mr Justice Gomperts, gara jagmout At the Magistracy on Wednesday, be fore Mr J. H. Kemp, a Chinese boy of in the Supreme Court for the plain- twelve youry of ago, was ordered to be ti in the action by Violet Chan, for whipped and detained twenty-four hours, the recovery of 23,930 pieces of firewood, for stealing a fowl from a orate on the Kai short delivered, or $318 the value thereof,

from Messrs Wallem and Co. Hing wback.

· For creating a distrahavoo in a shop

Judgment was given by Mr Justice. in Pöttinger Street, and resisting boing comparts, this morning, in the Supreme arrested, five Japanese were before Mr.J. Court, for the plaintifs, Hung Yu Bank H. Komp at the Magistracy to-day, when who sued Teang Kong and Chan Lim Kam the first defendant was fined $10, the second for $999.20, being money due with interest and third 85 each, and the remaining two under a promissory note.

$2 each.

The funeral of Bandaman Rozier, of ALLEGED UNLAWFUL POSSES-

SION OF OPIUM. the 3rd Middleser Regiment, took place at] Happy Valley, on Monday evening, the

Captain Ponnyfather, of the s.8. Suo- 39,009,000 43 228,000 band and druns being in attendance, be..

Kemp, 43,763,000 sides & fixing party. The Rev. A. D. king," was charged before Mr. J. H. at the Magistracy, this afternoon. 44,200,000 Ennis conducted the service.

with having in his possesion 1330 isels af 44,815,000 45,437,000

Douglas Support, Coatbridge, one of prepared opium without a valid certificate; 46,022,000

Scotland'e most interesting and historia also with having a quantity of losse opiuma without a certificate of purchase from the 46,735,000 47,363,000 Laronial homes, has been destroyed by license.

Mr. A. Holborow, of Messrs. Deacon, 47,755,000 fee. Bolics dating back to the time of 48,304,000 Robert Bruce were also destroyed. The Looker and Descon represented the Opium

The immediate future certainly looks fire was due to the fusing of an electric Faimer, while Captain Pennyfather was

wiro. glooney but Japan will win through we

by für Japan he will soon be returning great hardships to hundreds, may from his holiday in Europe and will be thousands of deserving people? Even able to give invaluable assistance to the Japan Mail, that stalwart supporto feel sure, though the process will involve

ripresented by Mr. W. J.. Daniels, of Maasta. Johnson, Stokes and Master..

Mr Usniels asked for an adjournment.

Marquis KATULA and his colleagues in the Government, acknowledges that some painful experiences. If she can the conclusion that; the Metropolitan, The defendand got the summers on Tuesday

dissecting the intricacies of the financial legacy bequeathed them by the Sacr Cabinet.

Wo have no hesitation in coming to Police, as a whole, discharge their dutise afterngen and his boat was to have sailed sitting down calmly to consider the

resolutely make up her mind to believe with honesty, dianstion, and eficiency." later in the evening, but was delayed until possibility of retrenchment in unpro-

what her best friends tell her, int an This is the emphatic vordict of the Royal the following moming in ecosoynelion.

1806, to

Mr Holborow-Before your Worship ductive expenditures, Japanese publicista

enormous army is not needed-she has Commission appointed in May, are beginning to realize that the matter practically doubled her standing forces report on the duties of the Tondon decides to grant an adjournment I might my that the defendant left without giving of drunkenness, disorder, and curtain

explanation at all. I understand my is more difficult than the roughly once the late war with Russia that Metropolitan Police' in dealing with cosas

specific charges brought by the Opsunt Farmer. LIGHT, wholesome, and Tokyo lust spring, declares that there judging in in the originally she should do all in her power to pro- other stroot effaces, and the aisaner is thene sot syncerned with any of the

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SO WESTRY Pancava, Chairman of the newly-established Anglo-Japanese Bank, who spent some three weeks in

need be no alarm regarding Japanes finance: Speaking at the annual meet ing of his bank in Landon the other day he said

not one of those look with alarm at the finance of dapare

BON & 00, which have bear

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rantad

supposed. Our cuteniporary transmote her manufacturing industries by which thom duties are discharged. lating from the Jiji Shinjo, then quotes lowering all taxation bearing on raw the opinion:

ion of an anonymous oficial products and food stults, and by restrict- who eviflently knows what he is talking ing her outlays on unproductive projects

in every possible way, then the road to of about. This gentleman y

It would be a her salvation is sect

who public The total annual patlays of the State attacks me 500 million 101 and gut of this

mncs amount 200 millions are smaak,

thou

the absorbs L10

out an amount

A WELL KNOWN REMEDY. MBERE am few poeple in this country who have not used, or at least Board Chamberlain 21 Cole, Obolum Diarrhoes Barony. It is the art the

think of when they or way men buc is forced to peas), the tamilare mrisken with Abrrhom, palt

wid

Mr Danfola-My friend seams to know a groat dost more, shout may position bera that I do I am hard to defend Captain on-him yesterday afternoon and, in the Pennyfather. The simians was onred evening Mea Butterick and Ser BA Inspector Hawson who al Dim "CAPAID WENE Sway and netiBod the police.

Then let tarted, I would bene Cam prepared to vevd aus