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"THE COLONY'S BUDGET. not, as was prosumed by the hon. momber, a feeder to the railway. It is undoubtedly a mast important point that feeders to the CRITICISED BY MEMBER FORailway should be constructed as sora un

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE,·

gpsille, but it has seemed to me that this Particolar road was more needed and wi more immediately durimsblo than any (Continued from Paga ä.)

partigulur feeder which can be made. WG ace, lowever, in these estimates providing His Excellency Gentlemen, tore for rears which will be more directly feeders review brielly the remarks which have been to the milway, for instance the amounti made by the hum. member for the Chambor which has been assigned for the forming of Cómbérée, which represents the views and kerling of streets and for the con- of the unofficial meaners, I think the ruction of tallah in the vicinity of Tällinatisation, Lam, myself, apnthusiast Concit will agree with me when I say that on the questing of introducing anind the-grow escape which we are just transport, and I think the hon. meulor withused of unc of the members of this may est quite menured that so far as I am Commc is a matter on which we may all posibly able to do it, with the funds we COAL DEPARTMENT. congratulate ourselves most

hase available, such roads, whether feeders sincerely-to the failway or others, as constracted in The hon. ember on my right referred the New Torritory, will be made suitable first tal to the very large deficit which for bullock traffic. With regard to the CIOLE PROPRIETORS. «f TAKASIMA, we shall have to deduct from our reserve gong cods I have maly our remark to DORI, HOJO, NAMAZUTA: SATO, at the end of this year, $58,000, as I said on this subject, amely, that ench make, and that is to, wall attention to what SHINNEW and KAMIYAMADA Coheing due to the working of the past year as new roads, new telegraphs, new yeat. I explained very fully how that drains, new telophones are constructed, the was made up, and I would ineroly remina yote for public works recurrent must con- you that some $200,000 of that was ed out that the amount on the seti- tinually inorunes. The hon. member point- due te very exceptional, expenditure for nutes was the same as last year, and the purchase of a dredger, and a vote for that therefore, if the roads were not the rakef of people in South China. The in equally good condition, the con- other items sy be considered to be worse spent. I don't think that is a ne elusion was that the money had beca ordinay expenses of the Colony. Passing cessary conclusion. Tuming to the ob from his general review on the finances of scrvations regarding & monadequate collec the Colony, the general tone of which I tiva of the stamp revento which for some have nothing whatever to complain of, ancuthe past has had my most careful con- TEL, LUDZEMEK-intabore:-IWABAKL'I would just altade to the perkswiki of undue optimism Ly the hou, member in sideration, I have pechops been Accused was made on the question of the aldary some respects but in this particular respect Codes: A1, ABO fith Hd., Western Union,

contribution. From a phruss which fell decline to be as optimistic as he wished from the hem member, but I had not

me to be. m tho forecast put fore him. confided the dificulties to which I alluded

and before me on the whole I decided not in respect of the scher, which I said had to be too optimistic on this cride though been engaging my attention, it would seenope during the coming year as thugh there d been in my mind bxceed the amount put dowo

wo aball We are sbare iun that I did not wish to take the raling overy possible step we can think of

namel into ugy confidence in the matter. At the time I wished to make it clear that source are adequately collected

see that the receipts from this I did go into details of the somewhat at the same time to avoid as far as possible complicated calculations heenuse I lad on such inquisitorial methodo that necasion much to say on other arbete ritate without bringing in an adecusto may eunuested with the estimates, and time result. wouldnos admit of my going into any very what was said as to the outlook of the I will act go into detail as regards intimate details any one particular sub ntuas. I claim no authority for what I jeet; wil moresvar, my stats of the subject said on this subject. Is been suggested is as get incomplete, as I am obtaining with bated breath at this port might BLe Further figures in order to see whelber my suffer in its prominence sa grest free port

suggestion is feasible or not. The hou mamber ton, spake somewhat omphatically countries and the ports of China.

by direct trade being dore botween foreign on one point. He said that unofficial merswer to that in the answer I gave this My bers were ananimous in their feeling time last year, that in my view Hongkong that if the vation of the Imperial should endeavour to its utmost to Government in the matter of spins become not only the snart for China hut an should result wrecking the estimates Leforous, that they would then feel that a geographical position suity it as well as industrial manufacturing contre, for the very along position had been created for an appeal to the Inapezial invernnast for hinted too that possibly the increase in It does for an esobang mart. It was some remission of the military contribution the trade of Canton and other Chinese I don't think the military contribution is precisely ejusdem generis with the opium indicated that it was quite possible that ports while we suffered from depression. question. Whether

may hope their saccess might meat our decrease. for any financial consideration from the notice however in the abstract of statistics Imperial Goverment if the finances of of the Chinese customs that the inports this Colony should prove to be overtaxed from Hongkong increased by olevan mil by the Imperial policy is another quinn thels.

to tivo. I saw a day or two agh in local which cannot be gainsald. I do not thinki

That appears to mo a fact paper a telegram saying. I know not it can fairly be said either that this budget with what truth, that Japan had con- sented to join the ather Powers in pro- ie a budget of optimism because the esti hibiting the import of morphis into China provided China would agree to the Trade Marks Convention. The reply of Chins was that trademarks had nothing

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referred to by the speaker there is way a permanent licence. The hou, mem decrease ander twenty-tive heads, practiber asked me whether I cully under every one. The speaker point-which should be raised by lle increase of A DANCING SCHOOL will be opened pany will be CLOSED from the 9th to the

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disinfonica and other methods, upon which any such assurance. The completion of much money had hitherto been spent, we refuge will in all probability take

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· KOWLOON "CRIČAMT OLUD.

the oncgy of the now Hand of the Sanitary Tepartment, Mr Messer,-Hear, hear) who has taken, to my knowledge, an anor mous amount of personal trouble in investi- gating various journale of hygiene, Indian Plague Commission reports, and all other doctants avacablu on the subject.-Insams

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be laid-Hear, bar). I may quotess oneTAKE NOTICE that a from this date I will not be responsible for any detta instone of tho very careful scrutiny given ontmelot by my Wite, EDITH HELENA to other charges is that a large retrenchment CASTLE. has been made in the Bacteriological "In- stitute upon which I laid auch stress when speaking of the last oocasion,, I thrn new to the remarks which were made on the question of roads. These have already been replied to hy the hon. Director of Pallis Works, but I would add

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