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PARIS, quantity of radium to disintegrate into other substances, was about 800 yearsE, STREET.

but shortly afterward he decided upon 1,500 years as a more probable value" Later still, from electrical considerations, he deduced the "hall-value" 1,300 years, and diffonat metuds still give respectively 2,000 and 2,000 years- series ombracing pretty wide variations, although the numbers are all of the same order of magnitude. Professor Bour-

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NEWS OF THE DAY.

According to the Hongkong curre spondent of the L'Annam-Tonkin, the damage done by the recent typhoon le estimated at 85,000,000

Chinese visitors to the City Hall Library, and 198 European and 1,657 Chinese visi tors to the Museum during the week ended 9th August.

"Thero vem 240 Europan and 120

MONDAY, AUGUST 10, 1908,

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

The Members of the Shanghai and Hong- long polo teams were the guests of His Excellency the Governor at dinner on Friday night at Government House,

declined the bishopric of Washington, Bishop Brent of the Philippines, had

rendered vacant by the death of Bishop Satterlee, and will shortly return to this Philippine diocese

Many of the vessels in port vera de- Dr Heiser, the Health Officer of Manila, wood says, however, that none of thecorated yesterday in honor of the sixthis travelling to America by the Mongolia universary of the coronation of Bisa delegato from the Philippines to attend methels hitherto paed can be ex.

Majesty King Edward VII, and at one

the Tuberculosis Congress which will be pected to give more than su approxi- o'took a salute was fired.

hold at Washington.

mote result. He describes a method of his own, which depands on what be has named “radioactive equilibriam." AZLAR.---On August 4, 1908, at No. 2Sans "It follows, from the disintegration scythe, daring a quarrel at the Coffee Khet Udom Sakdi. The Siamese Court,

therefore, is placed in mourning. Souci Terraca, Shangbai, to Mr and Mrs theory, that in any system of radionetiva Plantation yosterday. The caso NAS TO-

BIRTH.

C. P. ALLAN, A Daughter.

MEMOS FOK TO-MORROW. Anction.

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2.90 p.m.-Avatina of Household Furni- tore, &c. at Mr Geo. P. Laminert's Sales looms.

Miscellaneous.

|

A mower of grass was brought before Mr J. H. Kemp at the Magistraty to-day charged with wounding a companion with

manded and the injured man now lies at substances, consisting of a parent the hospital. -clement and a series of successive disintegrating products,... when the relative amounts of products have reiched their highest possible value,

Goods por Delhi not cleared at 4 p.m. and a state of radioactive equilibrium

co this date subject to rent.

has been attained in the system, the aumber of atoms of the parent substance disintegrating in unit time is exactly Formi-equal to the number of atoms of each

General Memoranda.

WEDNESDAY, August 13-

2.80 p.m.--Auntion of Valuable

tore. &c., at Nos. 8 & 10. Ice House Stroot, Carlton House Hotel.' THURSDAY, August 13:-

Goode per Bengine undelivered after

this date subject to rent. Goods per Banca not cleared at 4 p.m.

on this date subject to rent. SATURDAY, August 22-

Noon-Meeting of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, at the City Hall.

Moxuay, August 24 :---

Noon-Meeting of Hongkong & Who pon Dock Co., Ed., at Co.'s Offices,

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Correspondiente must foreard their names and addresse with any communications ad dressed to the Editer, not for publication na evidence of good faith.

All letters for pudiention should be written on one side of the paper only.

No anengrasusly signed communications that have already appeared in other papera will be inaorted.

Orders for extra copics of the Cars Man should be sunt before il om, on the day after publication. After that hour the supply in limech Cash 30 cts. Cralit 20 st., per

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After being arrested for laving a load refolver in his possession, while in an intoxicated condition, Cornelius Anderson, nu engineer on board the s.s. Aker, was bailed out in the sum of $15. Having failed to put in an appearanud at the Magistracy, this morning, his bail was estreated.

The Rev. I. Gembr begs to acknow-

The death has taken place at Bangkok, of H.R.H. Princese Thips Somphen, wife of HRH Prince Krom Nun Chompon

The engagensent is announced of Miss Anderson, daughter of His Exocl'aney Sir John Anderson, K.C,31,G., Governor of the Straits Settlemwits, and Mr Geofivez Farrant, of Messrs. Fraser und Co.

HOME CRICKET,

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Los Dos, August 9. Hampshire playing at Southampton heat Somerset by one wicket.

Gloucestershire beat Worcsetemhire, at Bristol, by sixty runs.

Surrey won the match against Sussex

at Brighton by an innings and 29 ruas. The Essex and Leicestershire matches ivere drawn.

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LONDON, August 8.

The trouble in Turkey continuce.

Mr Yamazzi, Conasilor to the Japanese Riza l'acha the ex-minister for War and Embassy at London, Mr Yoshida, Japanese all the pmminent palace officials. Minister to Six, Mr Ariyoshi, Secretary belonging to the Camarilla have been to the Japanese Embassy at Paris, and Mr Kanmei Ishikawa, Editor-in-chief of the arrested: Tij, Shimpo, the leading newspaper in

Roghile Pacha, the ex-chamberlain,

successive product disintegrating in the ledge with thanks the following donations Japan, are passengers by the Kamo Mary resisted arrest and fired at the police:

same period." Now in the cass of radium, owing to its rarity and its slow rate of change, it is not at present, possible by direct casurements conductal with dina compounde to accurately deter mine the rate at which disintegration is taking place. The primary uraninm minerals, however, represent systems which are certainly of sufficient age for

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FIRE ON S. S. CRANLEY.

A rather serious fire broke out on the

from a window of his house. He was ultimately secured.

208. 3. Caloy yesterday. The vessel was H. E. SHUN 'CHUN HUN.

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skip in which cil and paints were stored. | MAY BE CALLED TO OFFICE.- $347 With the assistapen of overal pumps the

dack staff extinguished the flames and the services of the fire float ad the fire brigade were not required, both having been sana

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PERINO, August 9.

It is said in official circles that Hie-

The Bishop of Ipswich and Mrs Paget a state of radioactive equilibrium to visited Mr Thomas Chaplin, of Nacton, were among the well-known people who wear, Ipswich, on June 29, when he cele- brated bis hundredth birthday. This fine A FEARFUL AND WONDERFUL Excellency, Shun Chun Han, the late old man was born at Nacton, sprat fifty years as gardener on the estate of Sir

have been reached by the different products. If, therefore, the parent substance from which the fadium is formed can be separated from such a Robert Harland, twenty years in the same mineral, and the amount of radium: fourteen in the service of the Rev. H. expacity under Colonel Tomiine. and produced by this parérit can be Edgell and Mr J. 1. Flaumer, now of the determined and compared directly with Dongkong Observatory. the amount of radium with which it was associated in the mineral, it is possible

with pride the statement that there at

The Neute Fachrichten publishes

DOCUMENT.

English Legislation and The Colonies.

Viceroy of the Twe Kwang, will shortly

be called to office.

Viceroy Tuan Fong is to be appointed to a position at Pekin.

In giving julguent in the Supreço

Co. Limited, and the Hongkong and Court to-day in the notion in which NEW GOVERNOR FOR MACAO. the tip On Insurance, Exchange and Lan

Ident Col. J. A. Rocadas Ap

pointed.

to obtain a more accurate knowledge of now earen battleships of the Dreadnought Manila Tuan Sheng Exchange and Trading,

the constant change of the radium than can be obtained by other methods.

Lieut-Colonel J. A. Rocadas has been

class and tre amoured craisers of the Company, Limited, aned Li-Po Yung and Invincible class ander onstruction in Ger-Li Po Kam for $19,959.62 no money lent man shipyards. Only the battleships and the counter claim jby Kwok Yik Ting, appointed to the position of Governor The constant proportion which has been Nasa and Sachsen will be ready to egn His Lordship said this care was a by- of Mano He is expected to arrive found to exist between the quantities of mission in 1909. A second submarine will product of the tangled sken in which it at Hongkong from Lisbon, by the French on Pagea 1, 2, 3, 6 and 7, should be sent to our Uranium and radius in different shortly be placed in sormission, and the leased the Inte Mr à Sing to leave his ruil steamer on the 17th inst

Hamburger Nachrichten states that the affairs. Article 35 provided that, subject Ofice at 5 Wyndham Street not later than 11 minerals is very conclusive evidence in High Sea Fleet will soon have four air

marines at its disprsel.

Alterations and additive to Advertisements

am New Advertisenenda should be sent to

p.

Thisgraphie Addrese: Mail, Benghony. Telephone No. 22.

The China Mail

ZOFARONG, MONDAY, AUGUST 10, 1906.

RADIUM,

which Wak to

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PORTUGUESE CONSOL

BANQUETED.

On Promotion from Vice Consul to Consul

to any agreement between partners, every partnership is dissolved as regards all the i partners by the death of any putner. The main question involved in this case Lady Brazdis, widow of the late Sir boing what happened to the Lai Hing firm Dietrich Brandis, for thirty years head of of which, so far as this case is concerned, retiring from the British service, took up were the partners when Kai Kai Chuon the Forestry Department in India, who, on the trustees Ini Ling and Lai Kai Chuan,

his residence in Bouu, has offered or late died. The answer must be the partnership more displayed their well known hospitality husband's valuable collection of native was dissolved unless the application of on Saturday evening, when they gave a plants and of specimens of woot and timber Article & can be avoided. There was no dinner to Mr Jono Josquin Leiria to com growing there to the town of Hamburg for agreement between the partners on the sub-

The members of the Club Lusitano once

our Oficc ut 8. Queen's Road Central before support of the assumption that radium is a disintegration product of uranium, Advertisersente axe. Subscriptions which are but attempts sunde to detect the growth not ordered for a fizet period will be continued of radium in compounds of pare WHISKY until countermanded.

uranium indicated that if madiun was produed at all it was produced at a very small fraction of the rate be expected from other considerations. It was possible, the moderate sum of 1,000 marka. The cof- jest. If this wero n English statute memorate his promotion from Vice-Consul however, that the transformation of lection has not its equal except in London. introduced into the Colony at the date to Consul for Portugal, at Hongkong.*

The Senate, therefore, is antions to secure of the Charter and to be applied in Some seventy-five persons sat down to araniam into radium was not a direct it and has applied to the Bargergraaft for far as local circumstances, perit, the excellent dinner which had been cater- one, and that the atoms of uranium the necessary funds.

there would be much forec in the arga for hy as M. Matthey of the Oriental disintegrated to form atoms of

ment sesioning the Chinese custom in Hotel, under the personal supervision Lens alleged. But this is an Ordinance of the able inanager, Mr C. Frarichs. unknown intermediate product with a¦. It is reported in a London telemata of passed in 1897 by the local legislature, and Mr Leiria was escorted to his place at the Size Professor and Madrome Cums slow rate of change from which radium July 26 to the Nichi Nichi ci Tolare, that I can only hold there being no reference table by the chairman, Mr J. L. S. Alves. succeeded in isolating radiam the world was ultimately produced." This un- the Russian Minister for Foreign Affairs, it was the delibeintes intention to ignore Knight, Commander of the Portuguese in reply to an interviewer, Mr Iswoleky, from end to end to Chinese customs, that Mr Leiria, who wore the decoration of has been eager to find out all that can known intermediate substance has not said that Russia wishes merely to maintain the Chinese custos of partnership. Order of Christ, acoupisa & position on the be discovered of its wonderful pro- only been proved by Professor Bourmoon intention of carrying out a war of revenge the extreme danger of reproducing Eng. momber of the club, Mr Rozs Perein. the status quo in the Orient and has no must point out to the Government right of the chairman, whilst the oldest perties. For the last four years. for to exist, but he has actually isolated it upon Japan or to take any aggressive steps. lish legislation Idily into the Colonial was on the left. The tables were most instance, experiments have been going and shown that it is a chemical ele-Referring to the proposed Amar Railway Statute Book without at least cos-olaborately docomted with blue and whites he mid that the line is important for defen-sidering the question how it may affect the national colours, and many beautiful is measure in the districts between the custom of the large body of Chin-flowers banqueting hall was also ess who are legislated for, and there ought, istefully festooned, and giant palms were to be an express statement whether Chinese everywhere conspicuous, additional attrao cintomas rure affected or not affcoted by the tiveness being lent by the hall being Twenty-seven new peersges in two and law. Now what Wong Tong, aš alleged as-illuminated by electricity. The Portuguese the radium itself, he concludes that the a half years is a tolerably suple allowance signen of Lai Kai Seing's share, is doing is flag als occupied a prominent position at to assert a claim to certain specified property the hand of the staircase and the effect was line of research, and its seems generally "half-value" period of nudium is about for a Radical Government, cepcoially for which has passed to Lisi Sing as sole owner entrancing.

one which has professed to make a special of the Lai Hing, subject to the rights of From the spacious platform. Me accepted by all the experimenters that 2,000 years. In this period, therefore, feature of resistance to the rights and Lai Ki Slang ab explained. This he cannot Macba orchestra renderel sweet meis radium is continually giving out an

half the mass of any given piece of privileges of the Hopes of Lorie in its do and therefore his claim fails. The con- during dinner.

tention of the Choung Sheng bank, which is The toast of "The King of Portugal ! emanation which ultimately changes in exsting today will have insetical aspectus a legislative Chamber,hased on that same ground, also fails. Many was proposed by the chairman and was ehemical relationships, and loses in disappeared-not merely evaporated remarks a home paper. The total up to other criticisms might be passed on the drunk with all due respect and honour, like water, bat changed utterly into a date works out at an average of something assignment, but it is sufficient to say that after which the chainhad proposed the different substance, from which it can over ten new creations a year--which not it is a fearful and wonderful documeat both

only bears witness to the insatiable appetite in fact and in law, and that it is at least best of the Consul for Portugal," the which they affect bo despise, but also sugas November, 1900, no attempt seces suitably replied and in turn proposed "Pro- All our ideas of chemical constanta gests that there is some idea of reviving have been raade to act epon it and recover spority to the Club Enaitano," torst radioactivity" are always acccrapanied go by the hand in the presence of the old scheme for "evamping" the Lords, the profits from the Chop Sing until they which was received with the utmost

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on to find out how long a life radium ment, to which he has given the same bae, in other words, how long will this of "innium." Measuring the rate very peculiar subetonoo requin what it which radium is produced from it, and is before turning into something en- using this, in the way indicated above, tirely different. Some interesting dis- to calculate the rate of disintegration of

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Professors Rurieron and never be recovered by any power of Radicals for the hereditary honours singular that as it was made so long agoguest of the evening, to which Mr Leiria

the phenomena known collectively as

by atonio disintegration and the forma-radium. tion of chemically different atoms,

Thus a certain proportion of all radium

and of putting it into execution by a system were attached by Li Po Kam and Li Ponthusiasm.

During the evening Mr Liorm rocired of rapid instalments. But if Mr Asquith Yong. The only remains the expression Bariously imagines that even a proportion used by Lai Sing in his will on which telegram from the Portuguese Consul at The South-Manchurian Railway has of his new peers, having secured their much stress was laid. It was said that Canton as follows:-I regret not boing atoms is being constantly transformed made arrangements with the NY.K to conquets, will lend a hand in curtailing the there was an admission that Lai Kai Shing able to be present at your commemoration from the Robe Maru from Shanghai every constitutions prerogatives and dignity of had a quarter of the Lai Hing. The nt feast. I congratulate you and the Club into atoms of other substances. Says Friday, beginning August 14, to connect their new order, he must be an oven potomist that can be sail of this is that ini Lusitano and wish you every prosperity. Professor BETTIAN B. BOLTWOOD, of Yale, at Dainy with the railway. The through student of human nature than his amazing to remain in the business as above es

Kai Shing's share, which had been allowed Momen in an article contribute to The Ameris fourney from Shanghai and London fe oz-belief in the popularity of the Licensing plained amounted to a quarter, but as iseul at Canton, which was read by the ean Journal of Scienco :-"A Bumber proted to be made in. 18 days when the Bill seems to argue hịn. -

also explained, this is not the time when, system is in thomugh working order.

nor are those the proceedings in which, Many complimentary remarks wore such a sortantion can be raisse.“

hoard on all sides with regard to the eff cient manner in which the dinner was catered for.

of estimates of the approximate order of magnitude of the change occurring in radium bovo been mado by RutHERFORD,

SHOULD BE KEPT IN EVERY HOUSEHOLD.

A MESSAGE FROM AUSTRALIA.

ESSRS Williamson & Co., Jundsh

My Leiria forwarded a reply to the Cun

Chairman:

A STUBBORN DISEASE A. 8, WATSON & 00, Frm the heating affect observed in

Ba result of suring my child I regard ME Queensland, wates: "Chamtarindo'

Chamberlain's Colle. Cholers and Golicy Cholers and Diarrhoes Remedy, TO HEUMATISM is considered by the LIMITED,

codrum sultà he at first calculate that Diarrhoea Temedy se medicine which enjoys a great reputation in those parte medford then to be the bardeak - all the many headache remedios on should be in every hourshold-Jons. It has affected some really remarkable case there is to conted, bas Chamberlain's ably with Stearns Headache Dar Iela so the market, none can compare favor, the half filne period of railium, ie, the Abans, Memhant flaki River, Nors cures, and there is starosty a home without | Pain Palm has remarkable power over in

Boocih. For sale by all ghoulsts and store- bottle." For sale by all chelate and Ous application will tre relief. For ealspice to take, gives sub certain results, musi

le froc fram bad rifects. time required for exactly half of a given keepers.

[storekeeper.)

by all chemists and storskeepers.

LES BONGKONG-DISPENSARY.

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