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ceased to be the chief source of tory was discovered by the Police. illicit prepared opium. For the The formula in use at this fac- last 6 months of the year very tory included Heroin, Caffeine, little opium coming from this port Strychnine, Cinchonine and As was seized, and it was noticeable perin, the latter drug being met: that reveral of the small and an- with for the first time in the com cient steamers plying to that port position of these pills, it is pos- on which constant seizures hadsible that its use was intended to been made in former years were give the characteristic acetic acid diverted to the West River run smell generally associated with The net Revenue collected was smuggled into the Bullying dis during the season of high water, Heroin, and so enable a smaller $1 844.060.99. including licence tricts such AS Shaukiwan and,

or laid up, thus confirming the proportion of this drug to be fees, Chinese Spirit showing an Aberdeen, chiefly by small fishing opinion of this department that used. increase of $184,691.68. European junks

The factory had recently from Macao. Seizures the amuggling of opium was their moved from Shanghai from decrease of $59.521.77. amounted to 1,913 gallons by Re chief source of profit, The rea- whence all the materials were ob liquor a says the Superintendent of Imports venue Officers and 1482 by Police one which have led to the diver tained. On information supplied and Exports in his report for 1928. Officers who did very good worksion of the opium traffic from this by this Government the 'Chinese Daty collected from local Chin-in intercepting smuggled Chinese port are not known certainly, but Police watched the headquarters ese distilleries showed an increase liquor. Steps were taken to check Chinese gossip has connected the In the Chinese Territory outside of $148.220 or 28 per cent. Most the importation of adulterated fact with, stricter official control the International Settlement, and of this increase aclurred during spirit from Macao. Spirits of at Kwong Chow Was, the year Wines continued to be seized from

after some delay searched the pre- DRAUGHTSMAN WANTED.-A first the last 6 months of

Wuchow has become the chief mises which were then found de class Portuguese draughtsman cap Lengthy investigations proved time to time. Some 650 gallons source from which licit opium serted. able of designing and detailing en- that Distilleries were paying on a were adtually seized by this Deis derived.

A member of the crew During the last of s.s. "Hain Wah" found in pos- tirely single storey buildings to be portion of their output only. Apartment and

94 gallons by the months of the year practically all session stated that these pills constructed of reinforced concrete,

a result a system was introduc- Police. but much more was detect the illicit prepared opium seized were openly hawked on wood or steel frame with corrugated ed for determining the amount of ed in Liquor shops, where it had iron

sheeting. Must be willing to

as well as all the raw Chinese ships in Shanghai, where the work for enpsiderable periods ports alcohol which could be produced been broken down with water and opium came from this West River price was $14 per 10,000 while other than Hong Kong. Apply in the from a given amount of ferment- blended with other spirits. first instance by letter addressed able material used.

port, in spite of occasional large $20 could be obtained in Canton. From every origin of the Spirits of Wine was seizures from Hong Kong bound There is on doubt that the smok "Secretary Post Offre Box No. 22.

consignment of mclasses received · Macao. A new method of con Hang Hang"

steamers at Do Shing, a stationing of these pills, in the place of by each distillery a sample was coaling Spirits of Wine wa dis-

of the Canton Opium Suppression opium has recently much increas. taken and fermented in the covered. Two glass demijohns Bureau, stiuated below Wuchow. ed in the South. Those pills first laboratory for the same period of enclosed in wickerwork

are tied Most

of Wuchow opium. сате came to the notice of this De. time as adopted in the Distillery, together with a long rope about direct. though a little came partment in 1927. They had been TO LET-Attractive furnished house with ferment drawn from the 20 to 25 feet long, one jar is through Canton.

ured extensively in Central and mid-level district from October same distillery, this was distilled dropped into the Harbour first.

Amoy opium was rarely encoun- North Chinn for some years pre- 1st. moderm conveniences, Apply Box, oft and each distillery was in the sampan then moves as far as tered during the last half of the viously. No cases of drug addi 619, % "China Mail."

formed of the result and was ex the rope allows and then drops year. Chinese report had it that tion due to the use of these pills pected to produce the same the other jar. The position is the trade in opium there had been have been encountered here. the amount less an allowance made nated by some leading mark on

upset by some new regulations, examination and treatment of a for loss due to carelessness and shore, and when the Spirits of and it was difficult for the time smoker of Heroin pills might erade methods. It was found by Wine are required, a dredging being to procure opium in

any form

useful and interesting that with the roomed Bungalow. Reply Secretary actual experiment

employed to dredge to quantity. The seizures were most exercise of ordinary care it was

at the spot indicatedly of opium in transit to the Sonth

Control of Small Craft possible for several distilleries to until the connecting rope is pick-and were at the beginning of the The control of small craft of get within 6 per cent. of theed up. The favourite dumping year. Macao opium was seized in under 100 piculs capacity, fre- laboratory results even wher ground was at Yau Ma Tei near greater quantity than in 1927, quenting the various harbours of

sing

Chinese Type Still the breakwater. There

when for the last six months, the Colony gave serious trouble dar- The new Distillery regulations slight decrease in the number of owing to shortage of supplies of ine the year. Forty one such craft which were put into force in May. Chinose Wine and Spirit licences raw material, the newly establish were seized by this Department and 1927. have proved of great value issued, since steps were taken not

ed Government monopoly had ve 7 by the Police for carrying con. stricted supplies

Until some method of ..moximum period lixed for

to dispose of raband. During the latter part of the year stricter control has been devised. when ample supplies of Persian the smuggling of pium, liquor, opium became prominent amongst tobacco and arms will flourish. the smaller seizures,

one Macao is probable that most of the illicit brand made partly from Persian oplum sold in this Colony is kept Opium fetched in Hong Kong on small craft in the harbour about $3.50

The in quantities never more than a per tael tin, opium seized did not bear any in; few hundred taels at any one time, dication that it was produced by, and conveyed ashore by boat the Government Monopoly other women concealed on their persons, than the word Macao in Chinese a few tuels at a time; being taken or any maker's name, though it direct to the purchasers ashore. is generally said in the Colony Such women are

from exempt that the opium coming into this search unless they meet a female figure. School of Dancing for Chiclosed as was anticipated, being caught. Genuine empty Hennessy the product of the Government only a few can be employed.

Colony from this source is not Chinese Revenue Officer, of whom Back of Star Theatre (ground fore). The result of stricter control brandy bottles are bought and all Monopoly, but of a company call-

and those that remain have mucked with dilute commercial alcohred the Yau Shing Company. increased their reported outpat

which has been amuggled in from

continued to be the During the year the first modern

source from which Macao, colouring and flavouring chief

added, a new cork opium was derivel, and even the essence are YOUR VISITING CARDS neatly and

with the name printed on, instead Persian opium seized came from of burnt in. is inserted, the bottle Amoy. Most

the Chinese promptly printed."China Mail" Office,

a forged opium bore the usual - revonne No. 3A, Wyndham St. Telephone Cen-sults obtained were very satisfac. is finally closed with

tory. and will be improved as the capsule and neck label, to afford labels issued either by the Kwong and they are too small and slow to a further proof of genuineness | Sai or Kwong Tung Treasury De- Distillery staffs gain more experi- ence. In the case of rice spirit clean Macan Tobacco Duty labelspartment. No Indian opium was used for carrying passengers. there has been a gain of to 9 are placed over the capsule, to seized during the year, and it was The existence of over 12,000 of this per cent. in the strength of the give the appearance of having reported that the price of Indian type of craft makes preventive spirit produced. Less fuel is con-

paid Hong Kong duty, the Macan opium in Shanghai had risen to work almost impossible in this

Colony. Within sumed proportionately and the

Tobacco Duty labels being very extraordinary heights, as high as In healthy spirit is of excellent quality and

similar to the label used by this $25,000 per chest was mentioned. neighbourhood. SCHOOL for GIRLS very clear.

Department for duty paid Euro. The reason given was that it was These stills and SMALL BOYS. A few Boarders

now very difficult, received in the House of the Principal locally made by Chinese crafts-pean Liquor, so that the one can

if not impos- sible to obtain Indian opium from the licensed dealers at Kwong Chow Wan.

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fer there were already existing licens mentation has proved to be well ed premises in close proximity within the mark, in fact several and certain licences were not re distilleries have found it benenewed where the firms had been ficial to ferment for shorter detected in frauds on the Revenue periods than the maximum allow European Liquor showed a ed..

.crease of $59,521.77 returning practically to the figures for 1926, this decrease is accounted for by the great decrease in the strength of the "Sha" Force..

Several Distilleries were detect ed in attempts to defraud the Re- but only in a few cases VONGO SPECIAL PHYSICAL CULTURE old the fraud be proved in

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been known to the public for the last 12 years. Our charges are 5 ques- tions a shillings: Annual Life

Monthly details) 5 shillin Level and Storage of water in Ke Weekly detalls 10 shillings; Complete servoirs on September 1, 1929;--

Test Life Reading 10 shillings; Ex- CITY AND HILL DISTRICT WATERtensive Whole Life Reading;

WORKS.

1028

1929

21' 5"R

Tytani Tytam Byewash 15' 8"B Tytam Intermediate Tytam Tuk

L.

L. C' 0"B 12′ 7′′B 10′ 5′′"B '1"B

Wong Nei Chung 14 'B

Pokfulum

1' "B [Note: B. denotes "Below Overflow": A. denotes "Above Overflow: L. dei nates Level with Overflow."]

It

Storage in million and decimals of gallons

Tytam

Tytam Byewash Tytam Intermediate Tytam Tuk.. Wong Nei Chung Pokfulum

1928 227.15 5.20 195.90

1929 984.80

22.37 195.90

1,273,00

1,128.75

12.62.

25.19

36.00

02.14

Many of such craft bear the significant nickname "Rat" boats in Chinese, a meaning indicating that they are the homes of "water rate," many of them appear to have no economic reason for existenze, they pretend to be fishing boats but fishing tackle is rarely found on the boats searched en suspicion,

Total

1,749.93 1,819.15 Consumption of water in the City and Hill District in millions and de- cimals of gallons during the month of August.

1928 1029 Consumption...... 326.52 189.05* Estimated population 424,820 435,140 Consumption per

14.0

head per day. 24.8

Includes 66 M.G. from Taikoo

Dam

Full supply in all Rider Main Dis tricts during August 1928, with the exception of the districts West of Garden Road where an Intermittent Supply was given from 1st to 8th August, 1928.

Auguss, 1929. From 1at to 7th inclusive there was a supply of street fountains only, from 6 a.m.6 p.m.

From 8th to 18th inclusive an In- termittent Supply of 2 hours daily in all Rider Main Districts was operat- ed. Principal Mains elesed 7 p.m. 6 a.mi.

From 19th to Bist inclusive a 12 hours' supply (6 am. p.m.) was given to all Rider Mains Districts. Principal Mains closed 6 p.m.-6 am,

KOWLOON WATER WORKS

Smuggling of Arms Smuggling was much less rife owing to the cessation of civil war, Individual care and attention. For men and are of the simplest con-

and the active steps taken by the Particulars apply to:

struction possible. The good work

Canton Government to free the country from bandits. Most of the of Revenue Officer J. W. Brown in helping and encouraging the Dis-

were found at one The staff formerly devoted to arms seized tilleries during the trying time of

of a draft ordinance to affect raiding opium divans solely was time. Practically all smuggling on the small scale by Chinese return- much needed improvements in the diverted to more profitable occupa- the first trials of this new and improved type of still is worthy draft was published at the end of department, and it is to be not of life and property in the country present liquor ordinance, and the tion in the general work of the ing from U.S.A. has ceased, a sign of increasing belief in the security of mention. The spirit produced has found a ready sale. Several

An extensive revisioned that sales of Government opium Xthe installation

other Distilleries are considering the regulations made under the are about the same as when 1,800

being convicted of this type of Liquor Ordinance was also under divans were"

It is hoped to obtain the year. The cessation of this work adults and a boy. have been ex- LONDON DIRECTORY still now that the initial pre- with Provincial & Foreign Sections and judice against the innovation has

necessary legal sanction for these accounts for the greatly decreas-tensively used to smuggle sipirits Reception Reservoir Trade Headings in Five Languages,

ed number of individual seizures. been conquered, two more of the revisions in the near future. nables tradera to communicate direct new type are expected to be in

Tobacco Duties

although the total amount seized Macao. They rarely make any re- of wine and Chinese spirits from with

is much about the same. operation early in 1929.

Only

offices at port to the clearance three seizures were made

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Duties on Tobacco showed very little change

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So-called fishing junks of about 80 piculs capacity, manned by 2

1928

1929 Kowloon Reservoir 17B L. Shek Lai Pui Re-

servoir

L. 10' 2"B Reception Reservoir 1'B L.. Storage in million and decimals of gallons

1928 Kowloon Reservoir 836.15 Shek Lai Pai Re-

servoir

116.10 32.93

1929

353.50

78.44 33.15

of

villages.

and Industrial Centres of the United Local distilleries had te con- 1927, the total amount collected opium in transit to the South and either port, in some case they have Kingdom and Ireland, the Continent tend with a marked decrease in being only slightly higher.

one to U.S.A. Very little informa-have a flush deck, with the hold no licence whatever. These craft A considerable amount of time tion reached this department with divided into 4 or more water-tight and other details are classified under Ported, they never could be sure was devoted to the drafting of regard to opium being shipped compartments, and make the ran

of Europe, Africa, America, Asia, the quality of the mola ses im- Australasia, etc. The names, addregnet

more

er's

here

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ON B.E.

for than 3,000 trede beadings, of the quality of their purchases. an ordinance to abolish manufac-

Canada and U.S.A. including

This state of affairs will be re-

Though two large seizures

from Macao so as to arrive here ture in bond, and. to introduce a

wêre EXPORT MERCHANTS

made on medied as soon

during the hours of darkness. tariff in place of the Pacific of opium, which had been harbours most favoured by them, the other side of the Aberdeen and Shaukiwan are the as the Tank In-flat rate with detailed particulars of the Goods shipped and the Colonial and Foreign stallation for the supply of good existing classified ad valorem Markets supplied.

quality molasses at Sham Ching tariff. All the necessary legal actually shipped here amongst while some have been captured in in the New Territories comes into work was completed by the end of other cargo, it is probable in One-inch BUSINESS CARDS of Firms operation early in 1929, "bat the the year. Authority was given to these caess that the shippers here Ching I Bays. desiring to extend their connections, or Trade Cards of

stricter control of Distill ries has increase the licence fees for im-only acted as innoce it shipping DEALERS SEEKING AGENCIES not been prejudicial to their busi-porters and retailers from the 1st agents for firms elsewhere. No can be printed at a cost of £1. 16s. Od. ness is proved by the increase of day of the New Year, the date of evidence was obtained that this for each trede heading under which they their reported are inserted. Larger advertisements at per cent., while the increase in

oduction by 23 renewal. The new fee for retail- Colony was now being used, as £16 per page.

formerly," was adjusted according to

as a centre for large the case of imported Chinese locality. Some of the smaller fac-

opiumi deals. The directory is invaluable to everyone Liquor is only 14 per cent. Atories and licensed warehouses.

Dangerous Drugs interested in overseas commerce, and motor car was commissioned early were warned in good time that

The only large seizure of Dan- copy will be sent by parcel post for in the year for use by the Re-their licences would not be re-

gerous Drugs was that $2, Bett cash with order.

venue Officer in charge of the Dis-newed, as the amount

"Laomedon" on information re of their North and Tsun Wan district. sary supervision. tillerics in the New Territories business did not justify the neces-

ceived through the Colonial Office. No details a3- to the history of This enables a complete cireuit of

this consignment were available The Opium Trade

here. the New Territories to be made

Three small seizures of The gross every day, and has been extreme was $3,370,115.95 as

Revenue collected Cocaine in 25 ounca tins were ly beneficial to Distillery control, with $3,344,370.05 in 1927. Prices or Calcutta, which had touched. compared made on ships bound for Rangoon every distillery in the New Terri- were restored to the former rates either at Japan ports or Amov on tories North and Tsun Wan is at the end of January, and the their way South. The cocaine now liable to be visited any day at any time. This was impossible before.

Imported Chinese 'iquor increas ed by 14 per cent. but there was considerable quantity

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cld qualities were again placed was certainly of Japanese origin, on sale. As was anticipated. sales the last seizure, however, had a at once fell off from some 12,000 coloured picture of a sitting taels a week to under 5.000 taels Buddha as a trade mark, and the within one month, subsequently word YING and the corresponding falling to 4,000 in May, and final- Chinese character: stamped on the ly to 3,600 at the end of the year. outside of the tin This word and Thus it only took the illicit opium character was also found recent dealer one month to recapture ally on a seizure of cocaine made most completely the Hong Kong at Rangoon on a steamer just ar market which had largely been rived from Japan ports and Amoy, lost during the period of cheap There appears to be no demand sales.s

for cocaine locally,

For the first time I am able to report that Kwong Chow Wan has

Several seizures of Heroin pille were made, and a complete fac

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CHURCH NOTICES

1929 117.30

A

Total... 485.18 464,09 Consumption of water in Kowloon in millions and decimals of gallons during the month of August.

1928 Consumption ...... 113.94 Estimated population 116,540 171,580 Consumption per

22,0 Fall Supply in all districts during August, 1928 and 1929.

head per day... 22.1

The Government Analyst's reports show that the quality of the water is satisfactory.

CHARGE OF ONE DOLLAR

IS MADE FOK ALL NOTICES UNDER

THIS

HEADING

ST. JOHN'S CATHEDĦAL HONG KONG

Total rainfall to August 31, 1928, Sept. 8, 15th Sunday after Trinity

Holy Communion, 8 a.m.

65.97; 1929, 57.10.

IN

Bobby Jones won his third open golf title when he beat Al Espinosa in the playoff at Mamaroneck, N. Y. Bobby had margin of 23 strokes over his professional opponent at the end of the 36-hole match. Left to right, above, are Al Espinosa, Findlay S. Douglas, president of the U. S. Golf Association, and Booby Jones as the winner receives his trophy.

Holy

Communion

Church, Ba.m.

at Peak

Children's Service, 10 à.m.

Sunday School at Peak School, 10 am.

Litany, 10 a.m.

Ordination Service, 11 a.m.

Preacher: The Venerable Arch-

deacon Mok.

Evensong, 6 p.m.

Freacher: Rev. H. V. Koop.

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The Sunday School is held on Sunday mornings at 10 o'clock.

Wednesday Evening Meeting at 5.80 o'clock

Reading Room at above address." open

Tuesday and Friday 10 a.. to 12 Noon.

Monday and Thursday 6.30 to

p.m.

The Publicis cordially invited to attend the service and visit the Reading Room.