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        "content_text": "\n\nکیه \n\nهم هم کیسے \n\ntogether \n\n... \n\nhr h \n\nin the thougth of the current, and the farthe diprouity procented by \n\nترسم \n\ndder hon et \n\nForente: ships from perceeding \n\nکھنے کے \n\nthe 15th. On \n\nthe 16th however, Jaccompanied Sir W. Parter steam juegate Besen, an of we made \n\na \n\n12.... \n\nthe \n\nsatisfactory \n\nand accurate pe connoissance of both Thin sheen and -Heary fee. The steamer passed close to the thre of the Imperial Canal, which \n\nChin Heer within musket \n\nrange \n\npaper through the suburts of the City. \n\nising the sc. \n\nd with out \n\nthe slightest oppositions; hundreds of the \n\nhubitando \n\nhaped. \n\ncrorodari \n\naderiz. \n\nthe shore to \n\nHour \n\nاویر \n\nWe believe that little, if amp \n\n-1. \n\nher. \n\nای ایران به گفته ایم \n\nAs led me \n\nmode. Not a soldier appeared upon the citywally \n\nEpercion. \n\nthe \n\nor could Epercre any neighbourhood. We shorned to the flock that wvening \n\nships of War were preceded up the \n\nffected the \n\nOn the 17th so \n\nthe fast santing inaited te pa jo the bon d \n\nحمر \n\nCH \n\nOn the 19th the Cornwallis \n\nwende enabled If, and a favorable change of the whole fleet to rooch Chinkoan, \n\non the 20th \n\nتم \n\nThis city, with its wathe in decellent repons, plands within little more than half a \n\nthe northern and the Eastern steep hills the west and A with the Imperat \n\nVinite \n\nfrom Face upon Southern \n\nCanal \n\nthes \n\nex \n\nLany \n\nface \n\ngrown \n\nFor..... \n\nwet detalis \n\ns these faces to the westward, the suburb, thes which the canal passes, catouds to the piver, ands Commates under a precipitous hell, opporates to which the Kol and of Him shaus, \n\nyou \n\nرام \n\nfree la \n\ntising \n\nsessing abruptly, from the water; pagoda \n\nLusind dark p \n\nthe \n\n\"? \n\nہو کر مجھے۔۔ میں مجھے تم یہ کی ہے۔ \n\nکم کی ہے۔ \n\nبه یه \n\nmit, and a few temple \n\nفورم \n\nand Imperial pavit wirs, partly in reuno, and only occupied by Chinese priests, run round, it's base and up its sides, unterspersed with trees. The ester and is mot than a few teen die de \n\nd bey \n\nyor. \n\nK \n\nColin Ca \n\ncumference, \n\nfor a military position, being \n\nby the hill. \n\n6. \n\n22.- \n\ntre tre arr \n\ncalculato \n\nin an dod completely \n\nthe right bank of the river. \n\nAbout a \n\nmile and \n\ndown the streams, there is a \n\nby a \n\nwith \n\nhalflore. \n\nbluff height connected \n\nridge \n\na smatter hill, both capped with Joss-houses and both commanding northern angle of the city wall \n\nOver \n\nBriga de \n\nthe \n\nHere I determined \n\nMy frist untention, when \n\nto land Ipe connoitred the places on the other brigades \n\naboni too \n\nAr \n\nEX.... \n\nthe 16th \n\nبر ہے \n\nCo Rd \n\nto land \n\nof love hills. \n\nmites further Eastward, three miles further \n\n4.0 \n\nas to act against the Eastern face of the City ; but the great having \n\nto anchor \n\nمحه چه اقدامی \n\nthe 20th so \n\nI perceived from \n\nfor up the river, I was induced to alter any plan futback, and the more readily \"the top of the Po \n\nhill: \n\ndad ou \n\nPagoda \n\nKin-shan \n\nσ \n\nthere \n\nthe slope of the \n\nfoments at some distance \n\nth-wess of the city. It therefore appeared \n\nand object of importance to land a part of the force so as to cut off these loops, and as Jascertained \n\nthat the.. \n\nورش \n\nمیں میجیے \n\nof landing place below the \n\nhell nearly opposite to Renishan \n\nto disembark there the live \n\nwith the Birgade of Artillery. \n\nThe we \n\nIdetermined \n\ng. Brigades \n\nwents \n\nEvere \n\ndiately made for Canding at day-light on \n\nthe",
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        "content_text": "\n\nو کچھ ہو گی کیو \n\nCaptai \n\nthe 21th. Major General Schoed de 's \n\nodde's Brigade, the ::/: (27) consisting of the troops \n\nnamed in the \n\nда \n\nwas missed to band at day-light under the bluff bought worth of the city; and the allajos Generat \n\nwas unstructed to take \n\nthat \n\nCo \n\nd \n\noccupy \n\nthe two hills \n\nand the north angle of the wall, and East faces, with directions \n\nthreaten the north and \n\nú.. \n\nto tuon this diversion into. \n\n· found it practicable without ericis \n\nreal attack, if he much loss. caring The pet Brigade, \n\nunder Maps \n\nMangal Volunteer Letter at Stop General Lord Saltown, \n\ncans Seftoned Fradle \n\nHaut 61. ber 12. S \n\nZ Regiment \n\nMajor Campbell Sofitel for patt \n\nComa; \n\ncter Cake \n\ndirected to land at the \n\nsame time below the hell \n\njuposin Klee-shaw, occupy this hill with tempom \n\nthe boops first landed, and \n\n3 form the first open space at its base out of view of the City and encampments, to as li cover the tur ding of the Bugade of under Le Colonel. \n\nMontgomeric of the Manus Achtlery, \n\n45 Mana, A. I. Major 70- 497 Kazemient \n\nCotonal \n\ngun \n\nQ.11. \n\nd of \n\n108 heyet doet Maps Casper Major Genual Batley's \n\nstotine Paphour. Brigade. (the 3?). The pot Brigade, under Loud Saltown, I destines to attack the encampments, white with the 3rd Brigade and the Brigade of Achtlery, I proposed to operate \n\net gates, \n\nand the western face of city, laking advantage of such \n\nmight present themelore \n\nthe \n\nG \n\n\"at the west \n\ntwo wave of ani \n\nThe Brigades of Major benerals \n\nFord Salle un and Schoodides \n\nlight, but consider able \n\nbe on day light \n\ntir \n\n/ \n\nneed. \n\nand landing derable delay book flan effecting the disembarkation from \n\nthe \n\nrapidity \n\nJ. \n\nof the current, the scattered state of the ships, some of whe che mistake \n\nThe guns \n\nd \n\nLit \n\nd from some the part of one of the new steamers. were post landed, an's Majertgenerat \n\nBartley's Brigade followed. Iaccomp. General Lord Saltour's Brigade \n\nMajor ding, \n\nde in lav dere \n\n\" from the stack with already mentioned, had a \"full view of the city and encampments. On the walls of the former but few men appeared, \n\nbut the \n\nlucca-141 \n\n12 to 1500 new \n\nipments were still occupied, though \n\nnot move them from, showed themselves; I therefore directed Lord Saltown to move \n\nthe Je \n\nfouvard at. \n\nd at oure with \n\nde d \n\nScope of his Brigade irst tan \n\n78th Regiment with some comp. \n\nthe \n\nBengal Volunteers and the frant companies, of the 41 m. n. I. tattack \n\n41 m. n. I. to attack and destions the \n\nencampments, \n\nCommunication with \n\nif possible \n\ncut off their tion with the city. Isent is \n\nЗ декаала under Major Anchiether with this Braga.de, and \n\ndetachment of Sappers, in case \n\nch.. \n\nder \n\nTher \n\nshould present themselves. \n\nThe Benge \n\nat Volunteer. landed some time afterwards, \n\nده ام \n\ndifficulties \n\ncompanies of \n\nun doc Major Kent, having Ipent & Major Gough \n\nDeputy Quarter Master General, to accompany them with directions to fall on the enemage right \n\npath \n\nارج الرحم الله \n\nex-2.4. \n\ndulating possibly lead \n\nHank; word Ithought might pofsit the \n\nground, which \n\nموت الرحيم السلم ترسم \n\nsuc \n\nہ سے مجھ \n\nmponent \n\nthen between the \n\nThese three companies frust \n\nwith the \n\nenemy seen, until they \n\nd the Ab \n\nein contact \n\nnot having apparently been come close to the position, \n\nwhen",
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        "content_text": "\nEarn Freer \n\npeoples, I was glad to withdraw the hoops from \n\nthes Zughtful. \n\ndt \n\nfunction, \n\nwas a falacca \n\nthom \n\nIng position at the principat pretties the northern quarter of the City \n\noffices. following morning, \n\nG-var. \n\n・マーテ \n\ncntion and to \n\nworth of Spaces \n\nSilver \n\nand all the armis \n\ndelays d \n\n17. \n\nma de for \n\nosted abo \n\nThe \n\nOsur to \n\n1. 60000 Dollar \n\nfound in public offices, \n\nd arsenate discovered, were \n\nIt would \n\nappear that the Tack \n\nAm. \n\nsolder's did not calculate \n\nlx. \n\ngreat \n\nthe cupidity of our \n\nmovements and considered the city impregnable; \n\nnumber of thions who escaped committed suicides, after destroying the loss of life, has been therefore appalling. \n\nmay be said that the \n\ntheir families; \n\nHanschoo rack \n\nand it \n\nthis city \n\nis exterit. Its in all other places we have taken the respectable inhabitants have fled, as well as the local authorities. The subents \n\nthe \n\ncity, plunderers \n\nGre. \n\nlarger than \n\nabout is mite is in cis cumferences;- \n\nhen deeds from the Country bey populace, and such \n\nwhe ch \n\nflocking \n\nвъё \n\nthe \n\nizr. \n\nti \n\ne joined \n\nhave \n\nsystemati \n\nwhich \n\nrode of juoceeding, \n\nвклад \n\nis their \n\nthat in out \n\ninstance. ledge, they sex pic to both \n\nknow lede \n\nends of a sheet in the western suburt, where there Pawnbroker chop, umformly the frist \n\nLa J \n\nR \n\nlabe \n\nof pillage \n\nI in order to check all interruption; whites than \n\ncarmed off their booty by the side lanes. Jwas most \n\nanxies to put a stop to these prenes of devastation, but it would not have been practicable in to corde \n\nlabyrinth of streets and \n\nlanes, \n\nа \n\nwithout constant harassing exposure to \n\nthe troops, during \n\nthe hottest se \n\nLo M \n\nof the \n\nyear. \n\nCholer \n\nCholera has made its appro \n\nof the 19. Regument, die & this won \n\nof the same corps have been attacked \n\nseveral endan \n\nby the disease \n\nI propose to leave Major Germal Schoed de with bis Brigade here. Two Regements \n\nbluff height \n\nthe wor \n\nth \n\nthe \n\nand a detachment of Artillery will ou capry \n\nand smaller hill, which comm \n\ncommand angle \n\nle of the city walls, which have directed extensive, breaches to be made, and the whole live of parapet will be demolished; another the hill above the mouth \n\noccupy \n\nregemment coille of the canal an d opposite to the island of Minden, Sir Mr. Pucker leaving, a proportionated number \n\nof whips. With the remainder \n\nremanider of the force, Nankin. shall advance \n\n19. \n\non \n\nThe Man d'arvin, who has som \n\nhas \n\nagain brought as \n\nwe \n\nmaternal an cle \n\nfrequently visited us, joint despatch from Keying, \n\nto the Comperor, and Excepro, which to \n\ntogether with will no doubt be submitted bitter- \n\nhis \n\n2.09.2 \n\nMajesty's Plenipo tentary. It only \n\nme to express my torment approval of the conduct of the troops of all \n\nfor \n\nQ. \n\nwell Native \n\n& European, - all were animinated with \n\nfeeling of devotion, \n\nranks to incet \n\nwy \n\nیا مار رسمی \n\nCorrimen \n\nand the anxiety of all wishes has been most cheering. \n\nMajor Generals Lord Saltown and Schoed de \n\nAt Metanet Mon 19 \n\nthe \n\nried report. \n\n21.. \n\n必 \n\nunder them, \n\nfarmables of the assistance they served from \n\neveral Commanding officers, from their respective Brigand. \n\nHaft.",
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        "content_text": "to the effraris \n\nEffraris Com. \n\nand mahrigass, tops. \n\nas to all the Gener al and my Personal Stoff, I am incech indebted, \n\ndebted, and it affords me \n\nbut great \n\nsatisfaction to add that Itletone Mountain, the \n\nDeput, Adjutant Genes at, was. \n\nfrom the shore \n\nto ou \n\nbar C \n\nsufficiently recovered ed at Chapoo, \n\nbrands he recen to take his nou al pes \n\nevent have in \n\noperatio \n\nbren \n\nSpegnet to \n\nsay \n\nA to sa \n\nconsider able, but not \n\nEverry \n\nactive \n\nthat over loss tra re than \n\nto be \n\nexpected from the desperation with which the L'antans fought for than Homes, and from the then with of their positions. Ieu close à Return of Killed and wounded with a sketch of the Town and operations before its: \n\n29\" July. PJ \n\nfregoing \n\n... \n\nI have the honor to be \n\nMaylord. Your Lordships \n\nmost obolt. humble ser to \n\nMhaigh \n\nLetGeneral, \n\n? \n\nCin C madras, Com & repedy Land Forces \n\nsorry \n\nLer-age \n\nto report that senice the written, Molonel Stephens, germents has died), and consegnence I fear the great fatigues and Exposure \n\nthe 49. Re \n\ndespatch \n\nCommending Is \n\nin \n\nto the sun, which he underwent on the 21. Justank \n\n/ Cappy / \n\nTchang Berry for \n\nGutz 1967. \n\n: Pursuant to the instructions of this Amellowry \n\nSir Hugh Lough S. b. 18. 4. 4. F., disse ting moto land Brigade at the Bluff Comics, overlooking the Loure, for \n\na diversions, bad teaving it to any \n\nMey \n\nJuce pret \n\n8 of creating \n\ndiscretion to convert it into a real attack \n\n7 I Chould. \n\ndece it advisable to do so, I thane the hour to inform \n\nAjou \n\nسالی کمان (پی ایچ ایسے سینے پر میرا خمار \n\nsufficient number of mm hodes \n\nhanded. I torte proferosion of t \n\nB. Housed on \n\nthe bill. \n\nAclarking the Rifle Company to a small wooded Sill in \n\nand after having recommitted the ground; my smauguments for the recslist. Of the Fore at the Worth theid Auglis - whi les waiting the amivals \n\nheade \"made buy ar \n\nof \n\nthe remainder \n\nof the \n\nand 6th \n\nheavy \n\nB A A S \n\nthe enemy opened a very \n\nfür upon us from Guns. Für alle aust Mate M locks, this was immediately satin- \n\nSingallo, \n\nable \n\nbetion_ \n\ned by the Pockets of the Angal Slittery with consiston effect, and as son as I could a feeble such portion I the \n\nThe Brigade, as has been landed. I tirited. The assault of the place, \n\nbe follow of the Hifle Company under the Comminand of Bestenine Simpsons tercholes from the Mille rops the balley, and \n\nThe Departe. Sejutant Conwa \n\nDefints \n\nf. A. Fore \n\nHe \n\nGeneral \n\nChina . \n\nthe \n\nacross \n\nbought",
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        "content_text": "is rank _ that spring or well wate should be preferre \n\nComedy \n\nThe only remedy \n\nFonsorted to, and \n\nI was of opinion with sucess, was forbidding the use 梦 \n\nfilled water, and sou of elled in the \n\nnewly \n\nthe newt \n\nraking \n\nuse of \n\nthat \n\nfurnishing. \n\nCanton River. \n\nThe position s'allude to as \n\nPhy \n\nthe best water, in Hong Kong's \n\nat East Head Quarry from whence. \n\nسے \n\nthe staff of \n\nat Cowlson \n\nthe Battery & \n\nvillage, as well as Green Island. \n\nare visible r \n\nIt is a thee pluarg \n\nare marked on \n\nwhere houses \n\nand the \n\nthe flan, an stream is conducted by \n\nA... \n\ndrave oren \n\n& queduct, conna the Quarry hill, to the Cottage where its is led by hrough, at pleasure for domestic \n\nZ \n\npurposes. \n\nvessels can be close to the beach \n\nin 3 and 32 fit and fill rapidly \n\nhoses \n\nThere is also a fresh water pond round the Bluff where boats. \n\nat high water bucks the greenish here \n\ncould enter \n\nwater had a \n\nconsidered impure. \n\nWood \n\nWood \n\nCoals. \n\nGood cannot be prouvred \n\nHong kong and at \n\nand at one period \n\nthe vessels composing the Expedition experienced great difficulty in \n\nobtaining \n\nthe necessary supplier_ \n\nwhich was eventually remedied by the destruction of the rafts placed. \n\na cross the rover \n\nAs the spars con- \n\nthese rafts were fir, the \n\nContume d:. \n\nCoals are \n\nsexy \n\nthey \n\navere \n\naporing 4 peedity \n\nexpensive, and, bitt \n\nfor the necessary free for Steemme could have beber procures the Purser paid 17 dollars per Zon for \n\nthose purchased for the use of \n\nForge. The price had been at 20 dollars. \n\nthe \n\nMarine Stores Chars, cordge; and Marine store \n\nJenerally bore an enormous price. \n\nFrom the great demand after the Tyption; and \n\nof \n\ntubegneret merence Mercantile Shipping, connected. with the Transport Service in China it is probable that the market_ \n\nwite now be slutted, - particularly \n\nIf \n\nas the Stores for the 4 list have.",
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        "content_text": "میراز \n\nуч \n\nRecommendations for Advances \n\nDate \n\n18443 Suby \n\nch \n\nOctn 25th \n\nAmout \n\n$100 \n\n$162.79 \n\n62.79 \n\ndollars and seventy \n\nAmounting in all to one hundred \n\nOriginal \n\nmine cents \n\nBy whom drawn \n\nJ. I. Gordon Eag \n\nd: \n\nande \n\nSixty \n\ndocuments produced for. \n\ntwo \n\non \n\nthe Establishment of \n\nReceipt for salaries paid to officers serving :vernment of Hongkong during the quarter ending. \n\nName and Situation \n\nLt. Col. J. C.B. C. A. Malcolm C. B. officiating. Colonial \n\nکچھ \n\nSecretary from 1 to 31th \n\n1500 f \n\nquarter ending. 30th Septem: 1848. \n\nAmount \n\nd \n\n2. Ratt \n\nannans 692 31 4/4 200 \n\nReceived by \n\nReceived \n\nthe \n\nRison Digned) Richard Mostram \n\n31th July \n\nHeubles J. Rob Morrison \n\nofficiating \n\nfrom 1 \n\ntolonial Seremban, 632 11 \n\n136.192 \n\nDefecty \n\n1st to 27th August \n\nRichard Acognan Boyz offrating Peputy Colonial Secretary, freme 1 faly to 30 septre £800 Pan. 923 05 L d'Almada & Castro Esque Chuff Clerk and \n\nthe Records, from 1 July \n\nKefer of \n\nto 30 Septr \n\nIt w \n\nthe \n\nMr. J. d'Almadi e lectro bliste \n\n& \n\nColonial kereteery's office from 1 July to 30th \n\nSeptem: #Wolter \n\nClerk in \n\nthe Colonial \n\nMr. George a \n\nPeretary Office, from 15 Aug to 30 sept: #geoffen, 112 50 \n\nCarried over \n\n4. \n\nNichard Norman \n\nLide \n\nJMritin \n\nLashio . ] \n\nتوسطه ولديه .",
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        "content_text": "A 18, of 1844. \n\nProbosuren N. lin Desperate to \n\n£23318,16.000 \n\nMarch, 1844. – \n\nfrom 30th June 1843, to 314 of the Colony of Hongkong. \n\nAccount of the Expenditure. \n\nEstimated Expenditure of the \" Colony of Houghing from 31 th March \n\n1st April 1845. \n\nStablished falanes Governor and his personal Staff Love mor and Superintendent British Trade in China Lbber -- Private Secretary or Aid de Camp 30 6300 \n\nColomal Secretary's Office \n\nColencal Secretary \n\nClucf Clerk flick Berk \n\nOffice \n\nIf 1800 \n\n472.10 \n\nClerk \n\nMinisters of Religion \n\nCraplam \n\nChurf Justice. \n\nLudicial Sepertinent \n\nAttorney Genna. Registrar \n\njoo \n\n£3000 \n\nboo \n\nPolice Magistrate Sheriff and 1900 \n\nProvert Marshall \n\nAusten actingas de Chackeln 5.40 \n\ndo \n\nacting \n\nas de Victoria –540 \n\nCleck in Soprence Court- Interprette is \n\nii de \n\n202.10 \n\n£450- \n\n: \n\n7987.1010001 10",
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        "content_text": "294\n\nHONG KONG.\n\n8\n\nREPORTS EXHIBITING THE PAST AND PRESENT\n\nroad surface having cost in February the sum of £65., and the stone arch also was commenced in January; therefore the average rate between the two years should be taken as the general probable amount for repairs in the year, or say 2d. per yard. The road being nearly 15 feet wide throughout is the cause of the difference of rate between it and the other roads. It is now in a very good state of repair, and sustained little or no damage during the typhoon.\n\nRoad from Aberdeen to Stanley, 7 miles.--This road estimated for, Rep. and Est. amount, £4965. 14s. 1d. (No. 1, of 1847) was intended to have been 15 feet wide throughout, with stone arches and parapet-walls in places where they were most required. Sir J. F. Davis, however, reduced the width to 10 feet and curtailed other works, and only authorized the sum of £2705. 14s. 4d. to be expended; of this sum £312. 16s. 4d. was expended during the year on this line are some of the heaviest stone bridges in the island, which considering the Chinese are not in the habit of building such, have been very tolerably executed, and particularly so, as the hot weather and frequent sickness of the overseers prevented their constant attendance thereon. The greater portion of the road was in the hands of the contractors at the time of the typhoon and previous rains, and therefore the expense of repairs fell upon them, but in general the damage was not excessive considering the unconsolidated state of the filling, unfinished drains, &c. Near the south end of the town of Aberdeen for a distance of 100 yards, and in Deep Water Bay for about the same distance, the wash of the sea carried away a considerable portion of the road; the former had been taken off the contractor's hands, and has not yet been repaired; the latter the contractor was obliged to rectify. In sheltered bays on the coast I formed the roads originally 4 feet above the high-water spring tides and 6 feet in other parts, but I now find that not less than 10 feet should be fixed upon for the level of a coast road, and even more than that if it is much exposed. If this road is to be maintained and properly protected, as indeed most of the roads require, there are several works which I would recommend to be executed, viz., a bridge and causeway at the waterfall in Staunton Valley, a parapet-wall on the hill above Deep-water Bay, and a bridge leading to the Sands, parapet-walls in two other places near Repulse Bay, and a bridge there also; these places are either exceedingly dangerous or inconvenient, as the road has either been cut out of the side of the cliff, or a rough retaining wall built, which leaves the drop from the road nearly perpendicular, and in one place the fall is 100 feet. The additional bridges are required, for at high water pedestrians must make a detour to pass the stream, and equestrians must wade or swim their horses over the ford. The details of expenditure during the year being given in full in the usual return, I shall merely remark that the disbursements on the new works in the formation of roads, bridges, and drains have amounted to £3221. 11s. 7d., and repairs, exclusive of convict labour, to the sum of £215. 2s. 6d. for roads and £186. 10s. 1d. for bridges.\n\n2. Buildings. The police station at Aberdeen, although nearly finished at the termination of the year 1847, was not completed until May; the contractor, having far exceeded his time, was fined by his Excellency the Governor in Council in the sum of $100, which was deducted from the balance due on the contract; the work has been satisfactorily executed, and is now occupied by police; the payment on account for the year amounted to £1088. 6s. 9d., making the total expenditure £2598. 2s. 5d., exclusive of some stores supplied by Ordnance Department.\n\nFor cutting the site of the church and Government offices, Report and Estimate, No. 5, of 1846, the sum of £1361. 12s. 0d. has been paid; the balance on the Estimate £341. 0s. 10d. will be expended in cutting rock and sloping the ground east of the church, previous to the opening of the same.\n\nGaols. On account of Rep. and Est. 5, of 1845, the sum of £1107. 8s. 4d. was paid, making the total expenditure £4045. 14s. 0d., leaving a balance of £423. 12s. 1d. for the construction of some works which it is intended not to carry out; the service may therefore be said to be completed. The final payment, £62. 10s. 0d., was made during the year on account of the boundary walls to gaol, Rep. and Est. No. 9, of 1846, which have been completed in a satisfactory manner. In consequence of the recommendations of a Board, which was appointed by Sir J. F. Davis, to make certain inquiries and suggestions regarding the gaols, for increasing the accommodation, improving the ventilation, supply of water, &c., a Report and Estimate, No. 4, of 1847, was prepared by me, embodying the whole of the propositions, and showing their cost of the same, would amount to £1634. 3s. 4d. At this period the gaol was very crowded, and an expenditure of £637. 15s. 0d. was sanctioned for the purpose of increasing the ventilation at once; and the report was transmitted for the consideration of the Right Honourable the Secretary of State, who, upon the report of Lieutenant-Colonel Jebb, directed further inquiries and examination of the gaol, and it appearing that all the services proposed were not then necessary. His Excellency S. G. Bonham, Esq., in Council, sanctioned the expenditure of £2081. 11s. 7d. for an additional washing-room, and the formation of a covered way to connect the gaols A and B, &c.; at the termination of the year £1157. had been expended upon the service. The gaol buildings sustained very little damage during the typhoon, the estimate of the same being £15. 17s. 5d.\n\nIt having been thought advisable, by his Excellency the Governor in Council, that Coolies for hire should be confined to particular districts in the town, and that suitable covered stands or buildings for that purpose should be erected, a Report and Estimate, No. 7, of 1847, was accordingly prepared for the same, and the work commenced upon in March last and completed in June, the cost of the service being £1237. 5s. 2d.\n\nColonial Church. This building has not progressed so rapidly as was anticipated, much inconvenience and delay having been caused by the tardiness of the manufacturers of the windows, which have not even yet been received. It is much to be regretted that the funds for building have been found insufficient, the prices in the estimate having been originally framed too low by the late Surveyor-General, and it has therefore been found impossible to proceed with the tower above the ridge of the nave until more money is placed at the disposal of the trustees; from estimates I have lately made, the sum now required amounts to £8761. 17s. 4d. The church, however, has been so far completed that service may be performed therein if necessary, but the trustees think it better to defer the opening until the beginning of spring. The expenditure thereon during the year amounts to £3816. 17s. 4d.\n\nThe Miscellaneous work to Buildings comprises removal of stores and protection of buildings transferred to my charge, erection of flag-staff at Governor's residence, and pulling down the old Treasury for the preparation of the site for Government House; these services were authorized under Req. No. 47, of 1847, and 14, 16, 17, of 1848, and amount to £477. 14s. 8d.; of this amount, during the year, £247. 7s. 11d. was paid. The final balance for the repair of police stations and guard-houses, repairs of 1847, Report and Estimate, No. 3, was paid, during this year, amount to £271. 1s. 8d. Additional room being required for the Governor's servants, a small bungalow, abandoned by the proprietor on lot No. 141, was repaired for that purpose, which cost £17. 15s. 1d.\n\nSome depredations were committed at the cemetery; the entrance gates and doors of the chapel were injured, the hinges stolen, &c.; these were repaired and replaced for the sum of £64. 0s. 6d., Reg. No. 36. Ordinary repairs were effected to the bungalow on Hospital Hill upon its occupation by a new tenant, Reg. No. 48, £58. 6s. 8d.; the tenant expended about £120., and abandoned the building after the typhoon of the 1st September, which stripped off a considerable portion of the roof-tiles, caused the failure of a portion of the stable wall, and other damages unnecessary to mention, which were estimated at £115. 2s. 10d.\n\nTo the debtors' prison, magistracy, Sukunpu Police Station, Court-house, ordinary repairs were carried out for the sum of £267. 13s. 4d. The repairs to the residence of his Excellency the Governor during the year amounted to £14. 15s. 7d. The police stations at Sookewan and Stanley were improved and repaired to render the accommodation of the inmates more comfortable and healthy, roofs re-tiled, and floors ventilated, &c., estimated at £301. 15s. 11d.; expended £147. 15s. 10d., Req. No. 12, of 1848.\n\nStorm Repairs.--The island was visited by a storm or typhoon, as it is here called, which raged for five or six hours during the night of the 31st August and following morning. During the summer months heavy gales and storms always occur; but since the year 1841 nothing like the severity of the present one has been experienced, and, as might be expected, considerable damage was done to most of the houses in the town; some were entirely stripped of their tiles, walls injured, windows and venetians or jalousies blown in, and altogether the appearance of the town exhibited the terrible effects of the storm. The residence of his Excellency the Governor suffered as much as any in the town, but these repairs necessarily fell upon the landlord, as the house is not Government property. In the Report and Estimate relative to these damages the following are the amounts estimated for each colonial civil building-\n\nItems\n\n  \n    1. Governor's residence\n    £15\n    6\n    6\n  \n  \n    2. Magistracy\n    £14\n    18\n    \n  \n  \n    3. Debtors' gaol\n    £1\n    8\n    19\n  \n  \n    4. Gaols\n    £6\n    17\n    6\n  \n  \n    5. Guard-house ditto\n    £6\n    19\n    1\n  \n  \n    6. Supreme Court\n    £9\n    7\n    11\n  \n  \n    7. Post Office\n    £25\n    16\n    6\n  \n  \n    8. No. 1 Police Station\n    £22\n    1\n    10\n  \n  \n    9. No. 2 ditto\n    £39\n    12\n    11\n  \n  \n    10. Station Onch Bazaar\n    £0\n    16\n    6\n  \n  \n    11. Station at the Gap\n    £264\n    2\n    1\n  \n  \n    12. Bungalow on Hospital Hill\n    £115\n    2\n    10\n  \n  \n    13. Cemetery Chapel\n    £36\n    1\n    2\n  \n  \n    14. Harbour Master's\n    £44\n    4\n    4\n  \n  \n    15. Harbour Master's boat-house\n    £3\n    12\n    9\n  \n  \n    16. Government Offices (old), to sustain for a short period\n    £3\n    2\n    10\n  \n  \n    17. Bungalow rear of ditto\n    £3\n    2\n    4\n  \n  \n    18. Chinese Secretary's Office, estimate to pull down\n    £4\n    17\n    2\n  \n  \n    19. Barrack at Aberdeen\n    £12\n    6\n    11\n  \n\nOf these several items his Excellency the Governor decided no repairs should be executed on account of Nos. 1, 11, 14, 17, 18. The police station at the Gap was exceedingly damaged, the upper part of the east wall blown down, the north wall nearly destroyed, the whole of the tiles completely stripped off the roof, all the windows and venetians on the north and east sides broken to pieces, and, in fact, the whole a complete wreck; the inmates were obliged to abandon it during the storm, and as the site has generally been considered inconvenient for a police station for the present requirements of the town, the repairs were disallowed, and arrangements made for locating the police elsewhere for the future; most of the doors, windows, and venetians, were removed and placed in store.\n\nItem 14. Part of this disallowed, viz., for new topmast and repairs to flag-staff,\n\nPage 300\n\nPage 301",
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        "content_text": "22.\n\nبھر میں \n\n23.\n\n314\n\nor\n\nexceedingly dangerous or inconvenient, as\n\nthe Road leads either out of\n\nthe cliff,\n\nor on\n\nthe side of a rough Retaining\n\nwall\n\nbuilt, which leaves the drop\n\nfrom\n\nthe Road nearly perpendicular, and in one place the fall is 400 feet. The additional\n\nBridges are required, for at\n\nhigh water pedestrians must\n\nmake a\n\ndetour to pass\n\nthe stream and equestrians must wade or swim their horses.\n\nThe details of\n\nthe expenditure during the year being given in full in the usual Return, I shall merely remark that the disbursements\n\non works in the\n\nre-formation of Roads, Bridges,\n\nand Drains, have amounted\n\nto £3,221. 1s. and Repairs, exclusive\n\nof Convict labour, to the\n\nsum\n\nof\n\n£1,215. 2s. 6d. for Roads, and £106. 10s. 10d.\n\nfor Bridges.\n\n2.\n\nPolice\n\nBuildings. The Station at Aberdeen although\n\nostensibly finished at the termination\n\nof 1847, was not completed\n\nuntil May;\n\nthe Contractor having\n\nfar exceeded his time,\n\nwas fined\n\nby His Excellency\n\nthe Governor\n\nin Council in the sum\n\nof $100:\n\nwhich was deducted\n\nfrom\n\nthe balance due on the Contract; the\n\nwork has been satisfactorily\n\nexecuted and is now\n\noccupied\n\nby the Police; the total expenditure\n\nfor the year\n\nwas £1,888. Our\n\ntotal expenditure was £2,598. 2s. 5d.,\n\nexclusive of some stores supplied.",
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        "content_text": "8+\n\n£70212\n\nSHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.\n\nThe Hongkong Register.\n\nARRIVED.\n\n  \n    DATE\n    NAME\n    FROM\n    SAILED\n    CAPTAIN\n    CARGO\n    CONSIGNEE\n  \n  \n    May 10\n    Levant\n    Shanghai\n    April 29\n    Allmaun\n    Sundries\n    John Burd and Co\n  \n  \n    13\n    Eaglet\n    New York\n    Nov. 13\n    Smith\n    \n    \n  \n  \n    13\n    Eatont\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    Dent and Co\n  \n  \n    13\n    Vinder\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    Jardine, M. and Co\n  \n  \n    19\n    Wild Dayrell\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    Jardine, M. and Co\n  \n  \n    13\n    Masick\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    13\n    Melanie\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    13\n    Nina\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    14\n    Lanesfell\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    14\n    Antelope\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    14\n    Roehampton\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n  \n\nPage 363\n\n  \n    DATE\n    NAME\n    FROM\n    SAILED\n    CAPTAIN\n    CARGO\n    CONSIGNEE\n  \n  \n    May 14\n    Evening Star\n    Shanghai\n    April 29\n    Roberts\n    \n    Lyall, Still and Co\n  \n  \n    14\n    Alligator\n    \n    \n    Mu\n    \n    \n  \n  \n    14\n    Casrier\n    \n    \n    Rodgers\n    \n    Fletcher and Co\n  \n  \n    14\n    Louise Sophie\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    16\n    Neptun\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    15\n    Sancho Panza\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    15\n    Daring\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    15\n    Bayadere\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    16\n    Resolute\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    15\n    P'engula\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n  \n\nPage 363\n\n  \n    DATE\n    NAME\n    FROM\n    SAILED\n    CAPTAIN\n    CARGO\n    CONSIGNEE\n  \n  \n    May 10\n    Mazuppa\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    17\n    Hermanu\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    19\n    Surpos\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    19\n    Hervalos\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    16\n    Constancia\n    Amoy\n    April 29\n    Denia\n    \n    \n  \n  \n    18\n    Sen Rainger\n    \n    \n    Larpoor\n    \n    \n  \n  \n    April 29\n    Vindex\n    Shanghai\n    April 26\n    Shungase\n    \n    \n  \n  \n    27\n    Comet\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    28\n    Lorenza\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    May 7\n    Roa\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n  \n\nSAILED.\n\n  \n    DATE\n    NAME\n    TON\n    MASTERS\n    FOR\n    CARGO\n    CONSIGNEE\n  \n  \n    May 8\n    Henry Miller\n    \n    Putt\n    Manila\n    Sundries\n    Dent and Co\n  \n  \n    12\n    Fncounter\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    12\n    Starr King\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    13\n    Congo\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n  \n\nPage 364\n\n  \n    DATE\n    NAME\n    TON\n    MASTERS\n    FOR\n    CARGO\n    CONSIGNEE\n  \n  \n    May 14\n    Queen Margaret\n    538\n    Spence\n    Manila\n    Sundries\n    John Burd and Co\n  \n  \n    14\n    Hellespont\n    336\n    Keya\n    Shanghai\n    Sundries\n    L. 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Stewart\n    \n  \n  \n    Sibylle, Frigate\n    50\n    Captain Maison\n    Japan\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    therve\n    \n  \n  \n    Virginie, Frigate\n    50\n    Captain Wilson\n    \n  \n  \n    \n    12\n    Bernard\n    Macao\n  \n  \n    \n    14\n    Bave\n    \n  \n  \n    Juzona, Frigate\n    Portagnese\n    20\n    Lopez\n    \n  \n\nMERCHANT VESSELS.\n\n  \n    DATE\n    NAME\n    AT\n    TON\n    MASTERS\n    CARGO\n    CONSIGNEE\n  \n  \n    April 29\n    Alligator, brig\n    Hongkong\n    189\n    Sinden\n    \n    Gibb, Livingston and Co\n  \n  \n    May 1\n    106\n    Caes\n    \n    Lyall, Still and Co\n    \n  \n  \n    5\n    11\n    Deza\n    \n    Order\n    \n  \n  \n    Sept. 26\n    43\n    \n    \n    \n    \n  \n\nNOTICES OF FIRMS.\n\nNOTICE\n\nMRS. MACKRILL SMITH is authorised to Sign the Name of our Firm in China.\n\nKING & Co.\n\nCanton, 13th March, 1856.\n\nNOTICE.\n\nMR. LUDWIG WIESE is admitted a Partner in our Firm.\n\nSIEMSSEN & Co.,\n\nCanton, 31st March, 1855.\n\nNOTICE.\n\nN. WEISMANN, is this day admitted a Partner in our Firm in China.\n\nREISS and Co.\n\nCanton, 1st May, 1855.\n\nTRUSTEES-Hon. DAVID JARDINE, Esq., U. D. W. McCALMONT\n\nE. Hon. W. T. MERCER Esq., R. H. WALES\n\nSuperintendent of the P. & G. Steam Navigation Company, &c., &c.\n\nTREASURER-G. BENTHAM, Esq.\n\nRESIDENT SURGEON-W. A. HARLAND, M.D.\n\nTERMS OF ADMISSION.\n\nPublic Wards..\n\nIntermediate Wards,\n\nPrivate Rooms,\n\n.. $1\n\nper day.\n\n.. $2\n\nper day.\n\n.. $5\n\nper day.\n\nPATIENTS are also admitted on deposits, at the following\n\nrates:-\n\nPublic Wards..\n\nIntermediate..\n\nPrivate Rooms,\n\n.. $16\n\n.. $20\n\n.. $30\n\nTO BE SOLD OR LET.\n\nApply to\n\nDROM, GRAY & Co.\n\nShaughae, 8th February, 1855.\n\nFOR SALE.\n\nINSURANCES.\n\nTHE LONDON AND ORIENTAL STEAM TRANSIT INSURANCE OFFICE.\n\n(Established in 1843)\n\nNo. 1320\n\nROBERT S. WALLER, Hongkong.\n\nE. WANDEN, Shanghai.\n\nH.T. MASALL. Singapore.\n\nA. P. Love, Calcutta.\n\nROBERT FRANCK, Madras, or James Arnot, Bombay.\n\nJAMES HARTLEY & Co. London, 8th January, 1854.\n\nALLIANCE FIRE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF LONDON.\n\nW. immediate cases, 4 STAMPED THE DWELLING HOUSE and BUSINESS PREMISES of the undersigned, together with the adjoining LAND in the rear of the Godowns, situated in a most eligible position, and fronting the River,\n\nCHINA for The above COMPANY, are prepared to accept ASSURANCES as follows:-\n\n1st-On Buildings of Brick or Stone, covered with Tiles, Slates, Metal, or other fire-resisting Material, together with their Contents, when such Buildings are isolated from all others,--Rate of Premium, 1 per cent per annum.\n\n2. On such Buildings and their Contents, when not so isolated, at per cent 2 per annum.\n\nAssurances for 6 Months 1, and for 3 Months §.\n\nAnnual rate will be charged.\n\nThe Captains or Consignees of Vessels must be responsible for the expenses of Patients sent by them to the HOSPITAL.\n\nTO LET.\n\nA Hospital Building to be receipted by the Superintendent only.\n\nSituated on part of Marine Lot No. 15. True Bay only.\n\nSHIPPING.\n\nSTEAM COMMUNICATION\n\nbetween\n\nHONGKONG AND CANTON,\n\nTUTE WILLAMETTE.\n\nCaptain W. Conrad, having been fitted up expressly for the River Passenger Traffic, will now run regularly between the above Places, as follows, viz:--\n\nFrom Hongkong to Canton.\n\nevery MONDAY & TUESDAY, at 6 o'clock ..\n\nFrom Canton to Hongkong.\n\nEvery TUESDAY & FRIDAY, at 6 o'clock ..\n\nFare for Passengers-\n\nEuropean, First-class,\n\nChinese,\n\n$5 each.\n\n$3 each.\n\nEuropean, Second-class,\n\nChinese,\n\n$2 each.\n\n$1 each.\n\nCHANGE FOR REFRESHMENTS, Breakfast, &c., (including Wine and Beer)...\n\n4d:1\n\nOwing to the Willamette's large Cargo Capacity, it is intended that she shall carry Cargo on Freight, as per separate Tariff, to be had on application to the Agents.\n\nCargo, when safely large quantities, will be delivered alongside Vessels, if practicable.\n\nTowage\n\nWill be furnished on Moderate Terms; and intending Consignees will, when possible, be informed by Circular as soon as any such Service has been engaged for.\n\nFor further particulars, apply to the Agents,\n\nROBERT S. WALKER, Hongkong,\n\nMAXIMILIAN FISCHER, Canton.\n\nHongkong, 24th December, 1855.\n\nNOTICES OF FIRMS.\n\nMR. A. J. CAMPBELL is authorized to sign our Firm\n\nFLETCHER. & Co.\n\nCanton, 1st February, 1856.\n\nNOTICE\n\nMR. JAMES McCORMICK, is authorized to sign our\n\nALVORD & Co.\n\nCanton, 12th January, 1856.\n\nTERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION to the HONGKONG REGISTER and OVERLAND REGISTER AND PRICE CURRENT-For One Year, $20; Six Months, $10; Three Months, $6. To the HONGKONG REGISTER For One Year, $12; Six Months, $7; Three Months, $4. To the OVERLAND REGISTER AND PRICE CURRENT also For One Year, $8; all payable in advance.\n\nAGENTS for the HONGKONG REGISTER and OVERLAND REGISTER AND PRICE CURRENT, -J. G. ANTHONS, Esq., London; Messrs. JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., Calcutta; Messrs. BORRADAILLE & Co. Bombay W. S. DUNCAN, Esq., Singapore; Messrs. THOMPSON, ROWES & Co., Batavia; J. P. FUDA, Esq. San Francisco.\n\nEdited, Printed, and Published by ROBERT STRACHAN, at the Hongkong Register Office: Gage Street,\n\nVictoria, Hongkong, Tuesday, May 20, 1856.\n\nNOTICE.\n\nMR. HERMAN NOTMAN, having taken charge of the\n\nAgency, has ceased to sign our Firm.\n\nMR. COYLE HEBBENBR has been authorised to sign with Firm, per Procuration\n\nL.E. LEBERT\n\nCanton, 8th December, 1855.\n\nNOTICE.\n\nOXFORD.\n\nFor particulars apply to\n\nJARDINE, MATHESON & Co.\n\nHongkong, 7th March 1855.\n\nFOR SALE,\n\nSUPERIOR TINTO and WHITE WINE, in Casks\n\nex Brigrs from Lisbon.\n\nApply to\n\nBRANDAO & Co., Canton,\n\nJ. C. LUIZ DA SILVA, Macao,\n\nM. DE CARVALHO, Hongkong,\n\nHongkong, 6th March, 1856.\n\nFOR SALE.\n\nFRENCH COGNACS.\n\nCHAMPAGNE, BRANDY, PORT WINE, PALE and GOLD HERRIES,\n\nCLARETS of Superior quality, Chateau, Margaux, Mouton. St. Estephe, &c. Julian, and Leoville.\n\nApply in Hongkong and Canton\n\nLYALL, STILL & Co.\n\nHongkong, 7th September, 1855.\n\nFOR SALE,\n\n500 Bags Eureka Mill, Superfine Selected,\n\nSAN FRANCISCO FLOUR.\n\nApply to\n\nF. & D. N. CANJOC and Co.\n\nFR GRATIAM ANDERSON joined me as a Partner:\n\non the 1st of January last.\n\nThe business will be carried on in the name of D. W. MACKENZIE & Co.\n\nCanton, 5th March, 1856.\n\nD. W. MACKENZIE.\n\nALEX. WILSON, Agents, JARDINE, MATHESON & Co.'s Godowns,\n\nEast Point, 1st October, 1855.\n\nFOR SALE.\n\nDESTROYERS and Labuan STEAMERS' QUALITY.\n\nApply to\n\nLINDSAY & Co.\n\nHongkong, October, 1855\n\nZINC SHEATHING, AND NAILS FOR SALE,\n\nWILLIAMS, ANTHON & Co.\n\nFOR SALE SUPERIOR MADEIRA in Pipes, Half and Quarter\n\nPipes, apply to\n\nALEX. WILSON, Messrs. JARDINE, MATHESON & Co.'s\n\nGodowns.\n\nEast Point, 1st October, 1855.\n\nFOR SALE.\n\nSUPERIOR PORT WINE in quarter Casks, from the\n\nROYAL PORTO WINE COMPANY—just received.\n\nALEX WILSON, Messrs. JARDINE, MATHESON & Co.'s Godowns.\n\nEast Point, 15th February, 1856.\n\nINSURANCES.\n\nNOTICE.\n\nOf the 1st Class-Assurances, for the present, will be accepted to the extent of £10,000 only on one risk. And of the 2nd Class-To the extent of £8,000.\n\nAssurances on Buildings and their Contents when together form one Risk. Thus to above Sums may be underwritten either on a Building alone, or the Contents alone; or, part on the Building, and part on the Contents.\n\nNo Assurance is to be considered in force until the Premium be paid.\n\nAmongst other advantages of the Company, the Assured be entitled to participate in the Profits after Five successive payments.\n\nJARDINE, MATHESON & Co., Agents in China.\n\n[Hongkong, 1st January, 1845,\n\nLONDON AND ORIENTAL STEAM TRANSIT INSURANCE OFFICE.\n\nand after this day, M. MAXIMILIAN FISCHER\n\non\n\nCanton, is empowered to sign\n\nPOLICIES\n\nROBERT S. WALKER, Agent.\n\nHongkong, 3d March 1854.\n\nMISCELLANEOUS.\n\nNOTICE.\n\nTHE LIBRARY OF THE MORRISON EDUCATION SOCIETY, now deposited in a Room in the Chinese\n\nHall, is open every day, from 1 to 4 o'clock p.m., to Members of the Society, for the giving out and exchange of Books. Non-members of the Society, may obtain the advantages of the Library, on payment of an Annual Subscription of $5.\n\nBy order of the Trustees,\n\nHongkong, 28th October, 1855.\n\nJAMES LEGGE,\n\nSecretary\n\nHOME EDUCATION, CHELTENHAM.\n\nLADY, the Widow of a Clergyman, who has\n\nresided in the East, is desirous of receiving Pupils to educate with her own children, with the assistance of a resident Governess.\n\nFurther particulars and references will be obtained on application to the Hongkong Register Office.\n\nNOTICE\n\nTHE undersigned has received authority by the last Mail to make all LOSSES ON POLICIES issued here by the above Office, payable in THREE Months after notice, in place of Six Months as heretofore.\n\nHongkong. 6th June, 1856,\n\nNOTICE.\n\nROB. S. WALKER,\n\nAgent.\n\nLONDON ASSURANCE CORPORATION, Established by Charter 1720.\n\nTestimonial to be presented to Mr ROBERT RIENAECKEL, now lying at the \"VICTORIA LIBRARY\n\nRooms.\n\nFor Signature.\"\n\nHongkong, 1st March, 1856.\n\nBOARD AND EDUCATION.\n\nREV. ARTHUR TAYLOR, has a few vacancies for the Admission into his family of the children of English Parents at the Free Ports, who may be desirous of securing for them the comforts of a HOME, and the Advantages of a LIBERAL EDUCATION,\n\nFor Terms and Particulars apply at\n\nNo. 7 Queen Street, Victoria, HongKong.\n\nWHAT SHALL I Fr?--A young lady exiled in a\n\nPOLICIES to do something for a rash of red to the\n\nE undersigned.\n\nAgents at Hongkong for above Corporation, are prepared to ISSUE POLICIES AGAINST FIRE to the extent of £200,000, on any Building or on Merchandize in the same\n\nDENT & Co.\n\nHongkong, 12th April, 1855.\n\nI have been doctoring myself,' said the languid fair one, with a smile, to the bluff, though kind M. D. while he was feeling her pulse. Why I have taken Morrison's pills, Parr's pills, Cockle's pills, Allen and Bell's pills. Bell's balsam of liquorice, and Powell's cough electuary. I even med Beary's calcined magnesia, Fawcett's nervous pills, and Madam,\" interrupted the astonished doctor, all these to your complaint no good\" Now then what shall I take? inquired the patient. Take, exclaimed the doctor, eyeing her from head to feet, Take, echoed after a moment's reflection, take-why, take of\n\nyour stools!'\n\nNOTICE\n\nDAVID SASSOON, SONS & Co.\n\nCanton, 23d January, 1856.\n\nHONGKONG INSURANCE COMPANY.\n\nTHE undersigned hereby give notice, that on and after this date POLICIES will be granted in the above Office, payable in CASH and the various Agents, at THREE Months after first proper notice of Loss is given in lieu of Six Months as heretofore.\n\nHongkong, 13th December, 1854\n\nLINDSAY & Co.,\n\nSecretaries.\n\nWe conclude with the following, which we recommend particularly to all anxious mothers --\n\n\"One day, when Dr. Read was sitting with us, we saw from the open window his own little boy. about four years old, playing on the green with a large hatchet-\n\nWe pointed it out to the father, and urged him to go and take from his child so dangerous a play-thing.\n\n'Well now, I guess, if I did, he would find something else perhaps worse. You know that the other day he had got the percussion caps and gun-powder that your master Frank blew himself up with.' It is impossible to be always looking after them. They must take their chance.\"--(Mr. Beste, vol... 132\n\nCORRESPONDENTS of England.They told us how they should like to see England; but could not bear the idea of living there; and they asked us if we had no fear in living in England When we asked why, they said some of their priests told them that England was only a piece of land like an iceberg and just sticking out above the ice, and which might be overflowed or covered any night when there might be an extraordinary rough sea, which catastrophe they considered must at some time happen. 1 -Carr's Russia.",
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        "content_text": "14\n\npress\n\nopen to sale, was absolutely required for its military defence, as suggested in our Report of 28th July last, that that question should be submitted for the consideration of the secretary.\n\nfor tar. The result, as we gather from Sia S. Rouming's dispatch, was that he was authorized, with the sanction of the Admiral on the Station, to resume the Land in question.\n\n3 On notifying his intention to do so to the Proprietary Officers, the Governor was informed by them that they had received instructions from the War Department to purchase a considerable portion of the Land in the neighbourhood of the battery at Bluff Point. The portion which it is proposed to purchase is marked on a plan accompanying these papers, and includes a property purchased 4 years ago by Mr. Stephens.\n\nSin kouring declares the demand of the Proprietary Officers to be \"unreasonable,\" and expresses hope that Her Majesty's Government will approve of his refusal to comply with it. We would submit that as the propriety of acceding to or resisting that demand depends principally on Military grounds...",
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        "content_text": "Legislative & Councils.\n\nI now forward copies of four Government notifications, issued in connection with that Ordinance, and the wretched condition of things has led to precaution being taken by the Military and Naval Authorities, that the small means at their disposal permit, and the activity and sagacity of Mr. May, Superintendent of Police, as deserve special mention.\n\nIt has been found expedient to add to the Police Force, the expense of which I propose to meet by raising the Police Rate. I have reason to think there will be no objection to this on the part of the community.\n\nThe increase amounts to 50 Europeans and 50 Indians, and I have improved the supervision of the Force by giving the services of Mr. Cluff as Assistant Superintendent. Mr. Cluff was formerly Superintendent of Police at Singapore, and has high testimonials from the late General Butterworth and others.",
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        "content_text": "Some minor expenses were incurred in fitting Manning's steamer. It was arranged before my departure that at the end of the month, on the 28th February, this steamer would not be required/engaged.\n\n## Conclusion\n\n4. The precaution and faster Breach have been taken. These numbered between fifty or sixty and being under stricter controls proved more servicable than the regular Police.\n\nThen again, accommodation for the Extra Men had to be provided. A house on Hollywood Road was hired by the Civil Government to furnish quarters for officers of the 59th Regiment. I am not sure but that it would be advisable to adopt this measure again.\n\nAs the Police were augmented, we heard from Capt. W. Hoste at Singapore that an accident had happened to the gunboats going to China under convey of H.M.S. Highflyer, which was to arrive in the end of February with other items, arms, and clothing. The salary of Mr. Cluff, who was appointed as superintendent, is $300 a year. It is probable that, with the gunboats, sent with considerable expense, Admiral Seymour would be in a somewhat critical position in the Canton River.\n\nNow I undertake to show all the sources of expenditure for which the Colony had been or was likely to be immediately liable; it will be seen then that a considerable expense was incurred on this one head alone.\n\nBut in addition, it was necessary for each entrance to the Harbour, and there were about forty (40) in number, to enlist men for the purpose among the natives of the Hong Kong villages, who, unlike the general body of residents, were found willing on that occasion.\n\nIt was further reasonable to suppose that the cost of labor and provisions and prices generally would rise when contracts under the Surgeon General's department and under the Commissariat for supplies might be thrown up, as Europeans insisted on, and the actual efficiency of the Government might depend on the expenditure of public money.\n\nBe it known also that the expenses were heavy; one hundred men (of whom fifty were added to the Police Force) and a sum was set aside for payment of a Guard Recruit Force, which was composed of seamen imprisoned for refusing duty on board merchant ships and other misdemeanants of the lighter class.\n\nIt will also be remembered that the apprehension and deportation of suspicious characters involved serious expense, and if I recollect rightly...",
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        "content_text": "# 475\n\n(46)\n\nthat it was confiscated. This was at the Supreme Court after the trial. He afterwards told me not to seize it, and I understood him to say that he had referred the matter through the Acting Colonial Secretary to the Government, and, I am not quite so certain, whether the Government would not give him an order, or that they had given him an order to give it up.\n\nI should think Ma-chow Wong must have been worth $15,000 or $16,000. I have been told by Mr. Caldwell that he was worth a very large amount, more than that; but that is my estimate. I do not know whether he was sole or part owner of the Kwong Yik Loong shop; I never referred to the Land Office books. The Supreme Court papers were sent up to the Government Offices. Mr. Masson told me so.\n\nThose at the station were apprehended by Beaver. I do not recollect upon whose information the application to the Acting Attorney General was made, as to what should be done with the property. He at first told me to seize it, whether Ma-chow Wong gave it or not, the Governor of the Gaol can probably say. I think Roberts acted under Dr. Bridges' orders; the matter was in the hands of Mr. Caldwell and Dr. Bridges, and I did not interfere. I received a letter from the Government directing that the orders given by Mr. Caldwell to the Police in matters appertaining to the Chinese were to be obeyed as literally as if I gave the orders myself. I did not quite understand the letter, because it did not appear to me to accord with the powers vested in Mr. Caldwell, as regarded the Police by the Registration Ordinance. I have the highest legal authority in this colony for stating, that if the powers given to Mr. Caldwell by the letter exceeded those given by the Ordinance, the exercise of such power is illegal, and that in fact no Government officer has a right to direct the Police, but myself.\n\nIt is not necessary for Mr. Caldwell to have a warrant to go into any Chinese house to search and make inquiry, Mr. Caldwell had as much power as I to arrest Chinese without warrant. I cannot recollect whether I personally delivered the bulk of the gold-dust to Mr. Caldwell, nor whether I was present. I delivered it to Beaver or Grand-Pré, either myself or through Mr. Grand-Pré, on seeing Mr. Caldwell's receipts. I know that Boggs was with pirates, and don't recollect having any conversation with Mr. Caldwell concerning a man, who Mr. Caldwell said had been confederated with Ma-chow Wong. I have no direct knowledge of Boggs being in the employ of Mr. Caldwell, or connected with the Eaglet. I have heard that the paper mentioned by Lyons is in existence.\n\n[A note of what Mr. May has heard regarding the paper mentioned by Lyons handed into the Chairman.]\n\nRe-examined,—The letter I wrote in July to the Acting Colonial Secretary refers to some of the contents of the memoranda. I was not present at the time of the examination of the books and papers of Ma-chow Wong by Mr. Stace, and I assisted the Attorney General in his cross-examination of Boggs, when he appeared as a witness in defence of piracy. I know that Boggs was in direct communication with Mr. Caldwell. In my letter of 20th July, I complained of Mr. Grand-Pré not arresting Ma-chow Wong; the same morning, my letter being then, I believe, in the Colonial Secretary's hands, I referred to the complaint, as showing the necessity for my taking a direct interest in the case. In reference to Mr. Grand-Pré particularly, the Colonial Secretary asked me, \"what do you want done with him?\" I said, \"I don't want anything done to him—I should like him to be told that he has done wrong; but as far as my opinion is concerned, I don't think it right to hold him responsible for anything he does or says in Police matters.\" I have not the slightest doubt that Mr. Grand-Pré's statement to me was, that Mr. Caldwell had applied to him, either by person or by letter, for the delivery of the papers and property of Ma-chow Wong. There was a small amount of property returned, and some money which had been seized. I know that Ma-chow Wong was the owner of the Kwong Yik Loong shop—that there was a large quantity of goods in it. I believe he was a partner in a pawn-shop; he was also part owner of a lorcha, and some other Chinese boats. I thought that it would have been a portion of my duty as Acting Sheriff to ascertain the extent of his wealth, and seize it for the crown.\n\nI was in communication with Dr. Bridges when Acting Attorney General, and as, in fact, I considered, an agent for the discovery of certain pirates; he was in direct communication with the Police, and received money from the Government, I believe by the hands of Mr. Grand-Pré. I used to see him very frequently in communication with Mr. Grand-Pré, and he appeared to be on terms of familiar intercourse with him. I saw a note from Boggs to Mr. Grand-Pré commencing \"My dear Grand-Pré;\" it was an open piece of paper put into my hands. I spoke to Boggs once or twice with a view to getting information from him, but finding that I got nothing but moonshine, desisted; he spoke about Wong Akee, but said nothing upon which I should have considered myself warranted in acting. I have heard that so late as the Queen's birthday, Mr. Caldwell defended Ma-chow Wong, and expressed his belief that he was an innocent injured man.\n\nI believe it was at the Governor's table I made some remark to Mr. Kingsmill. I cannot say anything respecting the pardon of convicts, or commutation of their sentence upon Mr. Caldwell's application. I believe that Achong (the P. & C. Comprador) compromised the felony of stealing the gun. The man charged with the felony concerning the water was cleared partly by Mr. Lapraik's testimony. I believe, in saying that I discharged the prisoners, I ought to have said that I dismissed the charge, and liberated them on bail—not on heavy bail. I am certain I ordered the boats to be restored, although the note is silent as to that.\n\n(47)\n\nI find also that Tony Aku was prosecuted because of the interest he took, and the zealous assistance he rendered me in obtaining evidence, and allaying the fears of witnesses in the prosecution of Ma-chow Wong. I could not clearly understand what the expression \"ancient cash\" in the notes meant, but it was always referred to by those examining the books as a hyperbolical term—it was thought to be a kind of slang expression. Those who pointed it out to me said, that both Mr. Grand-Pré and Mr. Caldwell had satisfied themselves it was a very suspicious character, and could not mean good. The Interpreter said he had a difficulty in rendering the meaning of it. The Commission might ask Mr. Assow about the matter. There was no entry in my memoranda to the effect, that certain moneys had been or were to be paid out of the proceeds of plunder to, or for, or on account of, Mr. Caldwell. The business of the chartering and despatch of the Phoebe Dunbar was a very hurried and precipitate business. I had only two or three days' notice of her sailing. Mr. Cluff was present when the prisoners were examined by me at the Gaol; I cannot recollect whether Mr. Caldwell or the Attorney General was. At a subsequent period of the same year I was sent with upwards of 70 alleged rebels to Kowloong, with orders to surrender them to the Imperialists. I must have received those orders from the Acting Colonial Secretary, and they must have been in writing. I don't know whether the direction was a letter or a warrant. I have no doubt I have it. I obeyed the orders. The 70 men were towed over in boats by the H.C. steamer Auckland. I do not recollect on whose advice the men were surrendered. I heard by common rumour afterwards that the men were put to death by the Mandarins. Some of them had long hair, and clothes showing that they were rebels. The list of persons to be deported was sent in on the very day the prisoners were to be shipped in the Phoebe Dunbar.\n\nI have been privileged within the last two days by a Member of Council, to say that the Hon. the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. Labouchere, had written a despatch to the Governor, stating that it was his opinion that the Superintendent of Police should hold his office intact, and without any interference from the head of any other department, and that it would seem that the public service would be carried out better if there was no division of opinion between the heads of departments. I believe Mr. Caldwell arrested and liberated Chinese under the Ordinance, but I do not know whether he assumed to do so by delegation from Government. There are instances, but I cannot recollect them. When Mr. Caldwell was out of the service, he used to come up to the Police Court, and interest himself in cases—sometimes for the prosecution, and sometimes for the defence. He sometimes also gave information to the Police, when he was in command of the Eaglet.\n\nTHE ATTORNEY GENERAL.—Recalled.\n\nI wish to state that, on refreshing my memory by the note of the case of the 25 pirates at the time, instead of...\n\nANGUS FLETCHER.—Recalled.\n\nI believe I have heard that Mr. Caldwell was employed by Mr. Innes to smuggle opium in the Canton river—which was the custom of several merchants at that time.\n\nAdjourned till Monday, the 28th inst., at Noon.\n\n## FIFTEENTH DAY\n\nMonday, 28th June, at 12 o'clock Noon.\n\nPresent, All the Members, except Mr. Scarth.\n\nTHE ATTORNEY GENERAL.—Cross-examined\n\nReferring to my statement in page 6: it was certainly within four months after my arrival in this colony, that Mr. Dixson spoke to me concerning Ma-chow Wong.\n\nIt was...",
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        "content_text": "476 \n\nof \n\n( 48 ) \n\nmy \n\nwhilst I was moving or about to move up to Scott's Bunga - April, 1856, to consult with Mr Dixson his partner upon the law. Within two days after my arrival, His Excellency was pleased to lament to me the corrupt state of the Hongkong Government, and the utter want of support to himself in his endeavours to stem the tide of corruption. He said there was but one public officer whom he could trust, besides the three who were going away to England or Siam - one of whom, Mr Rienecker, I have since ascertained to have been a kind partner to Mr Caldwell in his speculations - and that as to the one trusty public officer who was remaining in the colony, Mr Mercer, he was well disposed but timid. The Governor begged me to make it my business to bring to light, and if necessary to punish, the mal-practices of which he complained, and I beg to specify in particular, the mal-practices of the Police, and of my own department of Attorney General. The latter not being within the compass of this Commission, I confine my present statement to the first. He said there was nobody whom he could trust, who was or had been connected with the Police, or the branch of the Judicial Department particularly connected with it. \n\nHe assured me, that if I took the initiative, I should be supported, for that he had no doubt that Mr Mercer would cooperate with me, and that at all events His Excellency himself would. I did my best to carry out His Excellency's wishes. I reported upon cases that were referred to me by him; I made my own official inquiries into the existence of these alleged public grievances - for such I imagined bribery, extortion, conspiracy, perjury, and resetting of criminals to be; and at His Excellency's suggestion I proposed, in an official letter to Mr Mercer, which I suppose is on the file, the reappointment of a Commission of Inquiry into the organisation of the Police, which His Excellency told me had been sitting in the year 1855, but which had not satisfied him at all by the progress it had made in the inquiry, and which had been broken up by the departure for England, of the then late Acting Attorney General without making any report. It was reappointed. The result of the inquiry was such as to satisfy me of two points - first, that the iniquities detailed by His Excellency did exist, and had some species of official sanction; but, secondly, that Mr May was not only in no wise to answer for them, but had incurred considerable ill-will by his persistent endeavours to put them down - an opinion in which Mr Mercer and also Mr Hillier, who had been on the Commission of Inquiry of 1855, and who sat upon it with me for a few weeks after its reappointment in 1856, in pursuance of my before-stated suggestion, entirely concurred. I availed myself of the opportunity afforded by the circumstance mentioned in my letter now before the Commission of 1st November, 1856, to record for His Excellency's information, in the strongest terms, my opinion of Mr May as here expressed. \n\nHis Excellency had told me that Mr Shortrede could give me very valuable information about many of these iniquities, and in that way I was led, partly whilst Mr Shortrede remained here, but principally after his departure for England in the month of April, 1856. \n\nMr Hillier's departure for Siam reduced the Police Inquiry Commission to two, and we were unable to devote that time to the inquiry which was requisite to bring out the secret cause of those iniquities; and we therefore agreed merely to report in general terms the existence of them, and propose an entirely new organisation of the Police. I owe it to myself to say that, from the time that His Excellency first put me upon these disagreeable inquiries, public and private, to this time, I have not had the honour of a single communication from him on the subject, and all communications to him, official and otherwise, have remained unanswered. Even the report of the Police Inquiry Commission, signed by Mr Mercer and myself, was stated in the Legislative Council by His Excellency to be disapproved by him, and that he would neither act upon it nor make communication of it to the Council for the purposes of the discussion on the Registration Ordinance of last year. An action for damages was brought against me in May or June 1854, for steps taken by me in performance of these general wishes of His Excellency, and I have in my possession His Excellency's letter distinctly apprising me, that I must be responsible for those steps - and that he would neither give evidence in my favour, nor take steps to relieve the officers of his Government from the obligation of official confidence, so as to enable them, if disposed, to give their testimony in my favour at the trial. I mention these facts, as shewing that a singular change must have taken place in His Excellency's conviction at some period between my arrival and the month of June, 1856, with respect to the proved iniquities of the Hongkong Police. \n\nI am perfectly aware that during that time Mr Caldwell was not in Government employ, and Mr Berenhart therefore advised me to summon Mr Caldwell as a witness before the Commission, for no man, he said, was better acquainted with the crimes of the Police, being himself in a great measure to blame for them and the iniquities in question; having been in the most part committed at a period when Mr Caldwell was either solely invested with the control of the Police, or in a great measure responsible for it. Mr Berenhart's words were, \"Mr Caldwell having now a good speculation of his own in the steamer, is independent of the Government, and will probably not be afraid to tell the truth.\" \n\nI can explain the continuance of the connection between the Police and Ma-chow Wong, during the brief interval of Mr Caldwell's nominal separation from the Police, in this way: During the whole of the time the Commission was sitting in 1856 I was struck with the anarchy of the Police system. With the exception of about two months Mr May was Acting Assistant Magistrate, a function which took up the most of his time, and Mr Hillier having gone to Siam, Mr Caldwell was the universal referee in the Police department. It appeared to me, almost from my arrival, as if he were going to be reappointed to office in a day or two, intimate were his relations with all the officers of Government. I know it was not till the panic of December, 1856, that the attention of the Government was aroused to the necessity of giving unity to the administration of the Police force. I remember myself being informed of the fact by Mr Mercer in that month, that henceforward the Superintendent of Police was not to be interfered with. Before that time, any Justice of the Peace, for example, could get a Policeman when wanted. I have done so myself at the Station. Captain Cowper, the Acting Surveyor General, requested to be put on the Commission of the Peace, simply that he might have the same privilege of getting a Policeman whenever he wanted; and, if he had not been a military officer, I have reason to believe that his application would have been granted. Against my own wish I was made a Justice of the Peace, His Excellency saying, that it would give me power amongst the Police, and in other quarters where power was desirable. \n\nI suggest that the Commission call for the report of the Police Commission of 1856, and the Evidence thereunto annexed. \n\n( 49 ) \n\nI have, since giving my evidence, asked Mr Cooper Turner, and he perfectly confirms my statement, that he was my informant regarding the Chinese merchant being deported to Hainan. Mr Turner can give you the man's residence. \n\nWith reference to that portion of my evidence where I speak of the entry of the `nolle prosequi`, in the second charge against Ma-chow Wong, I repeat, as I have already stated in my letter of 13th May, that I heard from the lips of His Excellency in debate, that the Acting Attorney General had been ordered to enter such `nolle prosequi`. I appeal to the other members if it were not so. I replied that no power existed in any man to give such order, and asked who gave it? There was no reply. \n\nAs to the connection of Eli Boggs with the Eaglet or Mr Caldwell, I refer to the evidence of Lyons and Mr May, as well as to a statement which has been made to me in writing, on the authority of the writer's informant, whose name I now give in to the Chairman. \n\nThe inspection of the men for deportation to Hainan, took place within 36, if not 24, hours of their embarkation. I cannot remember any more than those already mentioned being present. I remember Mr May, Mr Caldwell, and Mr Cluff, because I spoke to them officially concerning the prisoners. I am perfectly certain there were prisoners there who had not been just arrested. I inquired what classes there were, and was informed, that some were under imprisonment for petty larceny, some were beggars lately arrested, and some suspicious characters. I can only remember having been there once, and that was the occasion above referred to. \n\nWith regard to the case, where a prisoner was charged with stealing Mr Lapraik's watch, I heard Mr Lapraik say, that he did not believe the watch had been stolen by anybody, that he had a distinct recollection of losing the watch many years ago, and he had no doubt it had been found, and appropriated honestly enough. As to other cases, Mr May, distinctly asked, will I have no doubt speak. I have a distinct recollection of two or three different persons being charged at different times with the alleged murder, which was also laid to the charge of the Chinaman after his discharge on the watch case. \n\nI do not believe that the murder was committed at all by anybody, or that the man is dead. Ma-chow Wong's hand in the business may be fairly inferred from his connection with the high treason case, out of which the pretended murder charge was got up. The Chief Justice, for reasons with which I need not trouble the Commission, had thought it right to record sentence of death against the Stanley traitor, instead of pronouncing sentence of death, and his life was consequently spared. Ma-chow Wong on this, represented to the Stanley people that he was the means of obtaining the remission of the capital punishment. A man was left for execution during that week. The Stanley people believed it was the traitor, and this Community witnessed the scandal of the Stanley population pouring down to the Police Court, and uttering exclamations against the Government for their breach of faith, in ordering for execution the man, to redeem whose life, they said, they had paid so much money to Ma-chow Wong. I consider it a public disgrace: first, that the Government should have waited for me to inform them of the notorious scandal; and, secondly, that no notice, notwithstanding my report, has to this day been taken of it. The man who was pretended to have been murdered was a witness at the trial of the traitor, and the scoundrels, who have pretended to find, time after time, the alleged murderers, are members of Ma-chow Wong's gang. \n\nI, as Attorney General, conducted the prosecution of Eli Boggs. I perfectly remember Eli Boggs with a paper or papers in his hand, from which he made his speech to the Jury. I was very much shocked at hearing Mr Lyons, the other day, state in evidence, that \"Boggs had produced in the Supreme Court, a paper stated by himself to have been written by Mr Caldwell, and recommending Ma-chow Wong, Mr Caldwell's brother, to the pirates, with whom Eli Boggs served.\" He also stated, though it does not appear upon your minutes, that he was surprised at the paper making no impression in the Court. If I had understood that it was anything but a compilation of Boggs's own making, I should have told him to produce it in evidence, and then it would have made an impression in the Court, as a piece of evidence in his favour. But I thought it was a kind of brief, and not an original document. He certainly did state that he had read a paper from Mr Caldwell, to the effect stated by Lyons; \n\n326",
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        "content_text": "(57) \n\n480 \n\n(50) \n\nI don't think that the Hon. the Attorney General is right in connecting the murder alluded to in the watch case with the Stanley murder referred to, and I think it is another one. I request that the Commission will ascertain whether those papers were produced at the Police Court against Beaver. It will be in the recollection of the Commission that Dr Bridges stated yesterday that he had applied for a party of Police to go to the opposite shore, but had only found an inspector and a boat in readiness. The Honourable the Attorney General did read the letter of the 13th May, and spoke to me concerning the mention made of Ma-chow Wong's books in the same. I produce a note from Dr Bridges, showing that this is in accordance with his request:\n\n\"24th February, 1858. Please have a Police-boat with an Inspector—Jarman I should prefer—ready for me at Burd's steps at six o'clock to-morrow morning. I want to cross to the other side.\"\n\nA question was put to me on one of my former examinations if I had seen any entry in the books of Ma-chow Wong that money, the produce of plunder, had been paid to Mr Caldwell, and to that I answered \"No.\" I anticipated another question and intended, in fact, referring to it myself, but it escaped my recollection; as I have stated before, there was a page of entries in one of Ma-chow Wong's books, making altogether a total of about 600 taels paid to or for Mr Caldwell, and that in this same book were many of the entries which I also stated as to the purchase of munitions of war and expenditure of large amounts of cash for provisions. I have a firm belief that the money as regards Ma-chow Wong appertained to and was connected with piracy. I cannot give the Commission any information regarding the riot at the Police Court in reference to the supposed pardon of the traitor. I was not at the Police Court at the time and have made no inquiry concerning it. I have since my examination the other day ascertained that some few persons who were apprehended by Mr Caldwell or by Police under his directions were not treated in the usual way by being placed on the Police Charge Sheet and going before the Magistrate, but committed to Gaol on Mr Caldwell's warrant as Justice of the Peace.\n\n## \n\nhis evidence of yesterday.\n\nWILLIAM HENRY MITCHELL.—Called and examined. I remember receiving some information from Mr Hudson regarding the robbery of some tin from the firm of Sic-qua in Canton. One of the firm, an elderly man, brought a letter from Mr Hudson stating that a large quantity of tin, $20,000 or $30,000 worth, had been stolen by pirates on its way from Singapore to Canton, and it was expected the tin would be brought to either Macao or Hongkong, or both places, and requesting me to put the whole matter without reserve into the hands of Mr Caldwell and to supply Mr Caldwell with any funds he might require for the payment of any Chinese agents for the discovery of the tin, or watching its arrival, or whatever might be necessary. As well as I can recollect this was in June 1855. Mr Hudson's letter stated that the tin had not then arrived in the colony but was daily expected, and that it would be for the interests of the parties concerned that Mr Caldwell should watch very closely for its arrival. I have not got the letter now, but I have an idea that Mr Hudson said Messrs Gilman & Co. had bought or intended to buy the tin when they learned it was stolen by pirates. I saw Mr Caldwell and placed the matter in his hands altogether and placed funds at his disposal for any necessary expenses. I paid Mr Caldwell $100 upon Mr Hudson's letter, and Mr Caldwell undertook the matter. Some time after, a week or a fortnight, Mr Caldwell told me that a considerable portion of the tin had arrived. I cannot say whether he said how much, and that it was stored in a hong which he named, but which name I forget; it was the hong next, or next but one, to Akwai's, in the Lower Bazaar. I was particular in asking Mr Caldwell if he had seen the tin. He told me he had, and that I could see it if I liked; that the pigs of tin were stored within this hong, immediately within the entrance, covered with mat bags.\n\nUpon hearing read the statements made by the Hon. Attorney General regarding the Police force and Mr Caldwell's connection with it during the time he was out of the Government service, I have stated in my foregoing evidence that subsequently to Mr Caldwell's leaving the service, he frequently appeared at the Police Court either for or against persons accused of piracy. I know that Mr Caldwell was also frequently in communication with the Government on the subject of pirates, and that the Eaglet took part in acts against piratical fleets. One-half the time, during the time Mr Caldwell was out of the service, I was away from the Police Department, and Mr Grand-Pre, being Acting Superintendent, I have mentioned two instances in which Mr Grand-Pre's mode of acting may in my opinion be made the subject of inquiry by the Commission. During the time I was away from the Police Department, I was in no way consulted on Police affairs, so can give but little information other than that which came before me at the Police Court. I know that Mr Grand-Pre is on very friendly terms with Mr Caldwell, but he is certainly not of a strong character on Police matters, and I am quite certain would be under the direct influence of Mr Caldwell. I know after I resumed my duties as Superintendent of Police that Assistant Superintendent Cluff acted upon information connected with piracy obtained from Mr Caldwell.\n\nHe stated that there were men upon whom he could perfectly depend. He stated that there were two entrances to this hong—one off Bonham Strand and another off Jervois Street—and that he had watches there night and day. He informed me at the same time that he was perfectly satisfied of the security of this property because he had placed the watch of the tin in the hands of his men Ma-chow Wong. I think Mr Caldwell must have defined the amount of tin that was in the colony, for I think I suggested to him the propriety of securing that much, but Mr Caldwell appeared to be under the impression that by waiting a little time, the rest of the tin would arrive, and I deferred to his judgment. Some time afterwards Mr Caldwell told me, minglingly with great concern and expressing himself sorry for the result, that all the tin had been carried off again out of the colony. I recollect now that Mr Caldwell stated the portion of the tin was in one hong, and minor portions in others, and that he had a vigilant watch upon each in which it was stored. Mr Caldwell afterwards refunded the $100 untouched.\n\nCross-examined. I do not recollect that any young man deposed to having heard screams issuing from the house where the murder was committed, but it is possible; the police records will show. After I learned from Mr Caldwell that the whole of the tin was gone, I expressed my surprise that more vigilance had not been used. I recollect at the time feeling sore about the affair and thinking that Mr Caldwell had not taken proper precaution in entrusting the matter to such hands. I fancied that he was, in vulgar phrase, sold by Ma-chow Wong. I did not form the impression that he was confederating with Ma-chow Wong in carrying off this tin. I have not the slightest recollection of Mr Caldwell speaking to me of the indiscretion of the owner and requesting the remaining part of the tin might be seized at once; and I do not recollect the tin being seized. I have some recollection of Mr Caldwell appearing before me as the person who apprehended Beaver and attending at the prosecution against him by some boatmen of Aberdeen for piracy. I think I remember going into the Gaol with the witnesses; they could not identify Beaver who was discharged. My impression is that this was in 1856, the time of Boggs's trial. He was brought up by Roberts on another charge for piracy. Roberts had no evidence whatever against him, and he was again discharged after several remands.\n\nThe tin was coming from Singapore to Canton by a Junk, I think, when captured by pirates. When the tin appeared in the colony, an old man, the owner of it, came down from Canton. I do not know whether he went round to the different hongs inquiring for tin for sale. I recollect at the time distinctly that Mr Caldwell charged that old man's indiscretion, the fact of the tin having been removed from the colony. Mr Caldwell informed me that the tin had been carried off. No seizure was subsequently made of this tin that I heard of; no part was discovered on board a ship to my knowledge—neither in one of the hongs where it had been deposited. It never came to my knowledge that Mr Bridges, then Acting Attorney General, did authorise the detention of the vessel. I may mention that the discovery of tin, if any, on board ship was made to a certain extent by myself. Gilman & Co. had just then become owners of a property known as the Tuilleries. I happened to be in the Old Findly hong at the water side one day, walking through it, when I saw some coolies carrying pigs of tin to a Chow-boat at the Jetty. I looked at the mark on the tin and it had all the same mark as that of the stolen tin, and I followed shortly after the other.\n\nAt the time of the tin transaction, Mr Caldwell was Assistant Superintendent of Police. I employed him as Mr Hudson's friend. The $100 was paid to him, as well as I recollect, to make a small purchase of the tin and to pay a deposit on it, or for the necessary expenses for its discovery. It was assuredly not as remuneration for Mr Caldwell's own services. I cannot say whether the old man pressed Mr Caldwell to secure as much as possible of the tin. Mr Caldwell told me that what was in the colony was absolutely secured. I recollect the old man coming to me afterwards and expressing very great dissatisfaction; I do not recollect that he used the expression, \"Oh! that Sam-kwei; oh! that Sam-kwei.\" I recollect that Mr Hudson told me the old man said so when he went back to Canton. The impression left on Mr Hudson's mind was one highly unfavourable to Mr Caldwell, as to want of honesty.\n\nRegarding the Stanley murder, the case came before me; the man was apprehended by Mr Caldwell, who went with a party of police at midnight and surrounded the house where this man was supposed to be and brought in three men who were supposed to be guilty of the murder of a whole family. One of the three escaped from The Central Police Station, and there were only two placed at the bar. I investigated the case and remanded the men for a week; there was not at first a tittle of evidence against them, and I had doubts of the propriety of remanding them; but as it was a charge of murdering a whole family, I thought it better to be particular and remanded the case from week to week for a considerable period. I finally discharged them as there was no evidence whatever to prolong their detention. The only witness in the case on the part of the Crown was Mr Caldwell himself, who laid the information. He did not state in what manner he obtained the information. I think I heard somebody or other say that it was from information got from Ma-chow Wong in Gaol.\n\nMessrs Gilman & Co. never recovered any of the tin. After remanding the man who was charged with the murder at Stanley, I at length asked the advice of the Attorney General, who advised me to discharge the man forthwith. I felt myself placed in an awkward position in acting contrary to the advice of the Attorney General; but I did venture to do so and remand the man either once or twice afterwards, but finally discharged him as, from first to last, there was not one tittle of evidence to support the charge. I should like to say that a more absolutely worthless case, as far as evidence is concerned, I do not know about an investigation never came before me, which took place within the Gaol, in which the Acting Colonial Secretary took part.\n\nI have no recollection of any documents or Chinese papers being produced against Beaver when he was before me.",
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        "content_text": "## 492\n\n(80)\n\nMr. Lapraik. The arrest was by Mr. Caldwell. Lün Cheong, I was Gaoler at the time of Eli Boggs' trial, and attended the prisoner, said that during Ma-chow Wong's investigation at the Magistrate's Office, Ma-chow Wong's family was living with him. One day he went home and said to Ma-chow Wong's wife that very likely Ma-chow Wong's case would be committed to the Supreme Court, and that Ma-chow Wong's wife was not pleased; he also said that some of the men had petitioned on behalf of Ma-chow Wong, and had gone round the town to get shops' signatures; that he himself being a native of Sunon refused to go to get signatures. Because of this he says Ma-chow Wong's wife had an ill-feeling towards him; he said he believed that Ma-chow Wong's wife herself complained to Mr. Caldwell, and for that reason he believes that he was prosecuted.\n\nI took down the depositions in Court as Gaoler on the occasion of his trial. To the Supreme Court, a tin box containing articles belonging to him was brought. I received the tin box from the Police, but do not recollect from which officer. It was placed on the table at the Court. I do not remember what was in it, nor do I remember anything being taken out. I was present when Eli Boggs made his defence. I think he had some papers in his hand. I don't remember whether he read from them. I am not certain whether the box was handed over to the Police: after the trial, if it had been taken back to the Gaol, it would have been deposited in the Store-room. I have never seen it since. I do not remember seeing or hearing at the trial any paper containing Mr. Caldwell's name read. I heard Mr. Caldwell's name mentioned by Boggs in his defence.\n\nCross-examined,—I recollect the examination in the Gaol Yard of the men who were sent to Hainan. There was a great number of men apprehended in Bonham Strand, some of whom were put in the Debtor's Gaol, and some in the Mill Yard. I remember a large number of these men being examined in the Debtor's Gaol Yard.\n\nI have heard from Kwei Ch'oi, a Chinese female, that she was sent for by Mrs. Caldwell. Mrs. Caldwell said, \"people are saying that you gave me a gold bangle. Did you give it me or not.\" Kwei Ch'oi replied that she had not given her one. I have not heard of any other person being sent for.\n\nCross-examined,—I went to Kwei Ch'oi's house on the occasion I speak of. I visit her now and then. I think this was about a fortnight ago, but I heard the report from several other women before. I did not go to her house for the purpose of questioning her about this. I asked her whether she had put a gold chain into a loaf of bread, and sent it as a present to Mrs. Caldwell. She said \"No.\" I asked about the gold chain because I had heard of it. I haven't heard about the intimidation of witnesses who were to appear before this Commission, but judge from my own arrest. I told Mr. May when asked that I was afraid to come before the Commission to say anything against Mr. Caldwell; if I should, no doubt I would get into trouble. I also heard that a man conversing with another said, \"I hear that Assow is going to give evidence against Mr. Caldwell; if he should, he will not get clear off himself.\" This man was the Chinese Sergeant of Police, Lo Ahing. I think it was about the beginning of last month that I was arrested.\n\nI do not remember the Attorney General being present. I remember Mr. May and Mr. Caldwell. The prisoners deported to Hainan were mustered by Mr. May—the list drawn up—and Mr. May and Mr. Cluff were present. I do not recollect the Attorney General or Mr. Caldwell being present. Mr. Caldwell came to me the day after and inquired about two men who had been sent away, who ought not to have been sent. Mr. Caldwell had nothing that I am aware of to do with the deportation of these men; it was conducted by Mr. May, who was then Acting Sheriff and Superintendent of Police. Mr. Caldwell mentioned the names of two men, but I do not remember the names. After I told him that they were gone, he appeared to be angry, and my reply to the best of my recollection was that I could not help myself, and that I was acting under the orders of my superior Mr. May.\n\nI made out a rough draft of the list of prisoners to be deported, and these were finally arranged by Mr. May. This occasion, on the morning of their embarkation, is to my knowledge the only one on which the prisoners were mustered.\n\nLEONARDO D'ALMADA E CASTRO, Called and examined.\n\nRe-examined,—I have never as Gaoler had reason to remark or complain upon the great number of commitments or liberations on warrants signed by Mr. Caldwell under the deportation ordinance. There was only one occasion on which we were very much overcrowded with prisoners. I think that about that time a great many prisoners were received from several justices. I think there were no more upon Mr. Caldwell's warrant than upon others. Mr. Caldwell has never, during my service as Gaoler, interfered in any way with the Gaol, the prisoners, or the officers. There was a difficulty in mustering the men for deportation, the names which some of them gave being different from those on the list, and I think that Mr. May called Mr. Cluff to interpret. I did not see Mr. Anstey present.\n\n[The proceedings of the several meetings of the Executive Council at which reference was made to the case of Ma-chow Wong were read to the Commission by permission of His Excellency the Governor, from which it appeared that Mr. Morgan was examined previously to Mr. May, and that the Council finally decided on rejecting the prayer of the Petition for the release of Ma-chow Wong, upon a perusal of the translation by Mr. Wade of the papers found on Beaver; Mr. Wade stating that he had not had time in any way to examine the papers referred to in Mr. May's memoranda.]\n\n## ROBERT EDWARD MACKENZIE, Called and examined.\n\nI am Clerk of Councils and Chief Clerk in the Colonial Secretary's Office. I did not officiate as Clerk of Councils when the enquiry concerning Ma-chow Wong was being made by the Executive Council. My brother, who is now sick, officiated.\n\n## CHARLES MAY, Recalled at his own request.\n\n(81)\n\nI recollect the man Feaver being brought before me charged with piracy. Mr. Caldwell was the first witness and stated that from documentary evidence, which he would produce on a future day, he would show the prisoner's confederation was with pirates. I have referred to the depositions in the case, and I have no hesitation in stating my conviction that the case was grossly mismanaged, and that Beaver ought to have taken his position at the bar of the Supreme Court, and as far as I was concerned as sitting Magistrate, would have been committed had the documents been produced before me. The Acting Colonial Secretary in his evidence states that one of his reasons—I think he says his chief reason for referring Ma-chow Wong papers and books to Mr. Wade for re-examination, was to ascertain whether credibility was to be attached to Mr. Caldwell's translation, or to any memoranda, inasmuch as that was a thing apart from Ma-chow Wong's case. The destruction of the papers and books placed the settlement of that question beyond possibility.\n\n## WOHANG, Broker, Called and examined.\n\nI remember a Pawnbroker of the Foo Tai shop, in which I had a share, being convicted of receiving a stolen watch. I remember after he was convicted a petition being presented to the Governor for his pardon. His sentence was remitted from 14 to 2 years. A partner of the pawn-shop came to me and said that if I would pay a few hundreds of dollars to Shaplok, the man would be let off. He wanted me to write a paper to the effect that I would pay this money to Shaplok. Mr. Lane was in my shop at the time and advised me not to sign. I have never paid any money. It was before the trial at the Supreme Court that this man came. I do not know if anyone paid any money. The man came again, and I said \"it is no use saying anything about it, I will have nothing to do with it.\"\n\nThere has been no communication within the last month and a half from Mrs. Caldwell to me, or anyone belonging to my house, regarding this matter. I have heard of the present inquiry from Wong Ashing. I do not know who prepared the two petitions. After signature, one was brought up here and handed to one of the Chinese in the office, who gave it to Dr. Bridges, who directed it to be taken to Mr. Caldwell. It was accordingly taken to Mr. Caldwell, who told me to leave it with him. I do not know whether Mr. Caldwell supported it. When my partner asked me why I did not pay the money to Shaplok, I went to Mr. Caldwell and asked whether I had a right to pay the money to Shaplok. He answered, \"No, I did not authorize it.\" When my partner spoke about the payment to be made to Shaplok, he did not mention either Mr. Caldwell's or Mrs. Caldwell's name. I have not seen Shaplok for about a year.\n\nShaplok is acquainted with a good many people in the colony, but whether she is related to Mrs. Caldwell or not I cannot say. After the prisoner was in Gaol under sentence, the other pawnshop man came to me and told me that the money should be given to Shaplok, and that she would ask someone to take the case in hand; my partner did not say whom she would engage, and did not mention Mr. or Mrs. Caldwell's name. I did not suppose that Mr. Caldwell was concerned in it. I went to Mr. Caldwell because he was Protector of Chinese, and I took the petition there. It was after the case was decided at the Supreme Court.\n\n## JOHN ROBERTS, Recalled.\n\nI remember being instructed by Mr. May to take possession of a lorcha off Wanchi, which was supposed to be the Alma. I did seize her and found that she was not the Alma. I found about 36 cannon on board; there were certainly not less. I suppose she could carry about 2,000 piculs cargo. Some of the guns were mounted, and some were dismounted, lying forward. From what I was told on board, I went to Mr. Caldwell's office and saw Mr. Caldwell. There was with him at the time a man whom I did not know, but whom I have since known as Ma-chow Wong. Mr. Caldwell told me he had sold the lorcha and then commenced talking with the Chinaman, and told me she was not the Alma. I inquired about the guns. I don't recollect if he said to whom he had sold her, but it was evident from the manner in which he spoke and referred my inquiries concerning the guns to the Chinaman, that the latter was the owner or agent of the lorcha. I inquired about the guns, and Mr. Caldwell spoke to the Chinaman, and said they were guns of two junks which were either repairing or had been lost on the coast. I told him that it was not the Alma, and I would report it to Mr. May. After I left the office, this Chinaman came out and asked me if it would be necessary for the men to go to the Police Court, and I told him no. I then reported it to Mr. May and had the Police withdrawn.\n\nCross-examined.—Mr. Caldwell asked if there was a large vessel alongside, and I said that there was a lighter alongside, into which I thought they were going to hoist the guns. There are always a number of vessels at Wanchi.\n\nAdjourned till to-morrow at 12 o'clock.\n\n## TWENTY FIRST DAY\n\nSaturday, 10th July, at 12 o'clock Noon. Present. All the Members except the Hon. Mr. Davies.\n\n## JOHN BROWN COMPTON, Called and examined.\n\nI have resided in China since January 1834. I knew Mr. Caldwell when he first came to Canton, about July or August...",
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        "content_text": "500 \n\n(96) \n\nabout Shaplok the same afternoon that Wohang came to Mrs Caldwell would answer her, that is all I can say. She never came as a friend to the house. I did not communicate with the Government or Police about it.\n\nIt is impossible for me to say whether Ch'o On would or would not pay $400 to Shaplok without thinking she had someone to back her. He has been fifteen years in Government service, and I should think that he would not be so stupid as to pay any money at all.\n\nI am quite ignorant of the circumstances relative to the capture or attempt at breach of the blockade of the Canton River of the boat to which the pass was granted mentioned by the Attorney General, in page 73.\n\nI have given many of such passes, so it is impossible for me to tell about this particular one.\n\nI did not consider it necessary to cross-examine Mr May upon his statement regarding my telling him about my wife receiving presents, because I considered the inference drawn from the words spoken by me was so absurd that I did not think it necessary.\n\nI did not know Po-pak-shing as a notorious pirate at the time I went on board his boat; I never heard of his name until that time.\n\nI most solemnly declare that I only know that the Sinon Wo ground lot is in the Lower Bazaar because it is marine lot 33. I suppose that Sinon Wo is the lessee's name. I do not think that Ma-chow Wong is the owner. I know he used to have the management. When this Sunon man (referred to in page 59) came and asked me about the increased rental of the lot, I knew that Ma-chow Wong had been connected with the Sinon Wo. I am sure that the land, so far as I have heard, did not belong to Ma-chow Wong. From what I have heard, Ma-chow Wong was the head of some committee of management; there were others.\n\nMr May's statement of the misunderstandings between us is correct. We have had no others. I do not consider Ma-chow Wong's conviction chiefly owing to the exertions of Mr May, but to the public mind and that of the jury being prejudiced against him by the local papers. Mr May did not, to my knowledge, apply for my reinstatement in Government employ. I did consider, and I am now more fully confident, that Mr May had a vindictive feeling towards me at the time of conducting the case of Ma-chow Wong connected with it. I do most decidedly deny the existence of any connection in any sense whatever, whether by blood, age, or adoption, between myself and Ma-chow Wong. I have particular reasons for not wishing to give my grounds for such belief on this occasion. As I have already stated in my evidence today, these reasons may form the subject of future complaints by me.\n\nWong is an inferior man, not an equal, and I consider this fact certain that nothing would give Mr May more pleasure than to see the situation of Registrar General become vacant for him by my dismissal, thereby making a villainous attempt to injure my reputation.\n\nThe very fact that the woman Awoon (who was not the wife of Ma-chow Wong, being some years younger than him) makes Inglis's statement of less value, because it is entirely according to Chinese usage or custom for a young woman to adopt a man older than herself as her son.\n\nAdjourned till Friday, the 16th, at 12 o'clock.\n\nTWENTY FOURth Day,\nFriday, 16th July, at 12 o'clock Noon.\n\nPresent,-All the Members.\n\nHon. H. T. DAVIES,-Recalled at his own request to explain a part of his previous evidence.\n\nMr Caldwell is no doubt correct in stating that he did not procure the sureties for Ma-chow Wong; but when I said that I should require them, and that I would take their recognizances as soon as their validity had been ascertained, Mr Caldwell said \"they are here now,\" and pointed out some men. I asked him whether he guaranteed their validity, and upon his saying that he did, I took them at once.\n\nD. R. CALDWELL,-Cross-examination continued.\n\nI deny that any intercourse whatever has been kept up between any member of my family and Shaplok. She has been many times to my house to see me on business of different kinds, and as a matter of course, she has also seen Mrs Caldwell and spoken to her. I wish to state that when I married Mrs Caldwell, when she was converted, I threw off all Chinese connections. Shaplok came to me only on business matters officially. I suppose if she spoke to Mrs Caldwell...\n\nAfter the time of his apprehension and trial, I found Ma-chow Wong to be an honest man, and I believe that he always was an honest man up to his apprehension.\n\nWith regard to the case mentioned by Mr May in page 39, in which Ma-chow Wong is charged with resisting the Police, I refer the Commission to my letter to the Clerk of Councils dated 5th October, 1857. With regard to Mr May's statement in page 39, that a wealthy Chinaman came to him in secrecy and terror to complain of the manner in which petitions for Ma-chow Wong's pardon were got up; the rich Chinaman I believe to be Tam Achoy, and at my letter of 5th October last, I show why I think he had hostile feelings towards Ma-chow Wong. This I referred to at the time of Mr May's statement. The Commissioners must be mistaken in thinking that I said I would prove the petition in question related to another matter altogether.\n\nPang Wa-ping paid to the paymaster of the Rattler about $200 salvage for rescuing his boat, for which the Paymaster gave a receipt, I witnessing it. I saw Chinese documents belonging to Beaver after his apprehension at the Police Station. It was a kind of certificate from Chu Akwei, the Chief, but who styled himself a Rebel, showing that...\n\n(97)\n\n...had been in his employ, and mention was made there that Ma-chow Wong was closely connected with the Shanghae Rebels. I know that he went to Shanghae. I only know that Wong Kee was a man from Kongnam (Keanguan), I believe, to carry out the Rebel movements. I wish to state that the Wong Kee mentioned there was never intended for Ma-chow Wong. Both the characters were entirely different from his name; the Wong was different and the Kee also, and the fact of his being a Leangnan man made it the less likely. Ma-chow Wong was a Sun-on man.\n\nI do not know the man who accompanied Pang Wa-ping. I could make inquiry concerning him, but I am quite certain that Mr Wade may have gone by the sound, not knowing perhaps the characters of Ma-chow Wong's name.\n\nThis was a red paper folded, I think four times, similar to the paper on which petitions are written, but without the blue back to it. On casting my eyes over the document, this name Wong Kee made no impression on me at all, whereas had it been in the characters of Ma-chow Wong's name, I should certainly have been attracted to them. This was the only paper produced as found on Beaver which I saw.\n\nWith regard to the search of Assow's house, the anonymous letter was my only information that a musical box was stolen. I also knew that a man was in custody for stealing a barometer, which was referred to in the letter. Mrs Caldwell did not detain the messenger, and I took no steps to ascertain its author before acting upon it, as it was impossible to do so. I merely asked who brought it, and I was told it was a boy. I do not now know the author. I considered that, as a Justice of the Peace, and particularly...\n\nThe Master of the Masonic Lodge is elected. My predecessors have been gentlemen of unblemished character.\n\nWhile the lorcha Kee-loong-poo-on was in my name, I, as Registrar General, had authority to search the house. I employed her with European masters-Johnson and Ban-croft were the two-I let her out on charter.\n\nLai Szekai still collects the rents for Mrs Caldwell's sister under a lease which he has of the houses.\n\nI accompanied Mr Grand-Pré in searching the boats in one of which Po-pak-shing was; he was there on the spot, and was cognizant of the particulars himself. I was merely there to assist. I did not in any way direct Mr Grand-Pré; I acted as an Interpreter and explained all the matters to him, and examined the Registers and papers of the boats.\n\nI cannot say whether it was in answer to a question from myself, then sitting on the bench, that Mr Grand-Pré gave the answer which convinced the Magistrate as to the men's innocence. I found the Register and papers in order. I think the boat had a Chinese pass from the head of the Marine department at Canton.\n\nI was present with Mr Anstey, Mr Cluff, Mr May, Mr Brachan, and several others at the Debtor's Gaol-yard on the afternoon of the day on which Mr May apprehended the men on Bonham Strand. I was also up at the tread-mill yard on another occasion with Mr Cluff the morning I apprehended some 160 men, and on both these occasions, knowing the rapidity with which all information flies from the Police Court and the Police Station by the emissaries of the Interpreters and the Lokangs, I considered that I was only faithfully performing my public duty in hastening to the house to search for the article. I did not mean to say that I thought it not prudent to search Assow's house. I meant that I thought it useless, as the information would have got there before me.\n\nI know nothing about what Boggs says of the payment of mail by the pirates to Ma-chow Wong. I do not think it likely that pirates could have done so, because on occasions their fleets were attacked by our men. On my information received from Ma-chow Wong, I refer the Commission to mention made about in my letter of 5th October, 1857. I never heard that Ma-chow Wong was connected with the pirates.\n\nI don't recollect whether I wished Assow to interpret at Ma-chow Wong's trial. I have given him a certificate as Chinese and Malay Interpreter. I don't think I have given him one since Ma-chow Wong's trial. I consider honesty as necessary for an Interpreter. I considered him dishonest before his trial.",
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        "content_text": "# The Hongkong Government Gazette.\n\n## SEPTEMBER 11, 1858.\n\n27th August. In the morning before leaving Lingting, a Chinese who had been taken by the pirates some days before, came on board in one of our boats; his description of the atrocities committed by the Pirates was dreadful to hear. Mr. Caldwell, the Registrar General, on board of us, having gained information at Lingting that two Pirate Junks, with a cargo Junk of Cocoa-nuts, had only left on the 25th for Coulan Bay, a stronghold and favorite resort of the Pirates, we proceeded by the Ladrone Islands to Tylon, and anchored the `Magicienne` and `Inflexible` at 5 P.M. on the south side in 4 fathoms water. I immediately proceeded in the `Plover` with all the Boats of the `Magicienne` armed, under Lieutenant Soady, and the boats of the `Inflexible` in tow of the `Algerine`, under Commander Brooker; landing the Marines under Lieutenant Tuson, R.M.A., with pinnace in charge of Lieutenant Hill, on the south side. Upon our opening Coulan Bay, we discovered a squadron of five piratical fighting Junks, with two captured cargo vessels. Upon our hearing them, they fired one gun, and ran their vessels aground, the crews jumping overboard and swimming ashore. The fire of the `Plover`, `Algerine`, and rocket-boats was admirable. Anchoring the Gun-boats in position at sunset, we took possession of the Pirate Junks mounting in all 62 Guns, the two cargo Junks being one laden with cocoa-nuts and the other with rice. We had to destroy the Cocoa-nut vessel (being on the rocks), but liberated the Rice Junk, putting on board of her the people found in the former, the united crews amounting to 24 men. At 10 P.M. I started with `Magicienne's` and `Inflexible's` first gigs, accompanied by Commander Brooker, Lieutenants Soady and Wynniatt, on a reconnoitering expedition. Up the Creek, we discovered and set fire to four Piratical fighting Junks, one of 12 guns, the others having had their guns removed; whilst destroying the Junks and some smaller vessels, occasional musket-shots were fired at us, which we returned. As we were burning the third Junk, great guns opened on us, at about 1,700 yards from inland, many of the shot reaching alongside the gigs at that distance. Favored by the moon (occasionally obscured), I determined to land; so with Commander Brooker, Lieutenants Soady and Wynniatt, and ten men, we pushed on as well as we could find our way guided by the spirited fire of the guns at the stockade, which continued until we got within pistol-shot, up to which time we had reserved our fire. Giving a volley, we pushed on; the enemy ran, ourselves being brought up for a minute or so by the entrance of the stockade being staked; clambering through mud, water, and over embankment, we got possession of the 14-Gun stockade, spiked the guns, destroyed the ammunition, fired volleys where at times we heard the enemy, and returned on board by 2 A.M., with no loss on our side. Although the shot came over our heads, the Pirates appeared to be firing at where the vessels were burning in the Creek, and not to be aware of our movements ashore, nor the smallness of our force, until we were close upon them. For, having to advance in single file, in a narrow pathway, several of the guns being placed so as to completely sweep away everything approaching, we would have required a considerable force to have attacked it in the day time, and I have little doubt that we should have sustained some loss. The guns were similar to those in the Piratical fighting Junks.\n\n28th August.-Lieutenants Sharpe and Bevan were employed getting the guns out of the Junks captured in Coulan Bay into deep water, and then setting the vessels on fire. Landing a large party under Commander Brooker, Lieutenant Soady, and Acting Mate Brabazon, I had 30 piratical fast-boats destroyed, and marched up to the stockade to destroy the guns more effectually and burn the houses in the vicinity; the same having been effected, all hands re-embarked and proceeded down to the ships, weighed and steamed down on the South side, to Sandy Bay, St John's Island. Mr. Caldwell going down on the North side, with `Plover` and `Algerine`, where all re-anchored by dark.\n\n29th August.-At daylight, having despatched the `Plover` and `Algerine` to search Samtong Bay, I proceeded with Mr. Caldwell and Commander Brooker, in `Magicienne's` and `Inflexible's` 1st gigs, to search the small rocks and coves in Sandy Bay, St John's Island; extreme end of one of the bays we came suddenly upon a piratical Junk of 10 guns, all on one broadside, and 38 men all at their guns, pointed for the entrance between the rocks. As he evidently intended disputing our entrance, and it would be impossible to board him on account of his being high and dry on the mud, I had the gig's crews landed on the rocks with their rifles. Upon our opening fire, the Pirates immediately fled, many being killed; on board we found two women, who had been prisoners for upwards of two months, whom we liberated. In the forenoon, seeing some junks to the Westward, I despatched Commander Brooker in the `Inflexible` with the Boats of the `Magicienne` under Lieutenant Soady to examine them, remaining at anchor in `Magicienne` to superintend getting the Pirate Junk out to where we were at anchor off Hawchuru Bluff. The `Plover` and `Algerine` came upon six Piratical Junks, upon which they made a spirited attack, doing much credit to Lieutenants Wynniatt and Arthur; after an exchange of shot for several minutes, the Pirates jumped overboard, upwards of 190 being killed or drowned, 36 taken alive, 22 people rescued, and 80 guns destroyed; the `Inflexible` with `Magicienne's` boats coming in very opportunely to prevent any escape, and to give a finishing stroke to an affair so ably executed by Lieutenant Wynniatt. For the particulars, I must refer you to the letter written by Lieutenant Wynniatt, enclosed herewith.\n\n30th August --At 4 P.M. hearing a gun fired from the Northward, I had the `Plover` ready with the `Magicienne's` Cutter under Lieutenant Soady, and `Inflexible's` Cutter under Lieutenant Bevan, and started at daybreak, with Mr. Caldwell and Commander Brooker after four vessels for the land.\n\nUpon our getting within gunshot, the crews of the two larger junks took to their boats and made for the shore, ourselves opening fire with musketry and great guns, destroying the greater part of them.\n\nThe vessels turned out to be one Pirate Junk mounting 5 guns, on board of which we found a Chinese woman, who had been made a prisoner with 7 men, some days before, near Macao; her vessel, the second large one, having been kept by the Pirates to form one of their squadron. The remaining two were fishing vessels, one with five men, the other with four on board, whom we liberated. The other two vessels I had taken into deep water, set fire to, and guns thrown overboard. The woman I had sent to the `Magicienne`.\n\nWeighing with the ships at 8 A.M., we proceeded to Wong Chow, where leaving the `Magicienne` and `Inflexible` at anchor, I proceeded at P.M., with Mr. Caldwell in the `Plover`, taking in tow all the `Magicienne's` Boats under Lieut. Soady, Commander Brooker going in `Algerine` with `Inflexible's` Boats. Proceeding up for Tywoo shan, at 3 P.M., we discovered two Junks; and on giving chase, one lowered her sails and anchored, turning out to be our old friend the Rice junk, who had been again captured by another Pirate (the vessel ahead), who was sailing away with a good breeze, and pulling with all her oars to escape up to the Fort of Tywoo-shan. As soon as we came up within range, we opened fire, the Chinese villagers on shore following her up, so as to slaughter anyone attempting to escape by swimming from her. At 4.10 P.M., the Pirate opened fire upon us, and continued so doing until she was taken. The `Plover` having got within canister distance, did great execution, as did the `Algerine` and all the boats. Pushing off in the boats at 4.40, the Pirate still sailing and pulling, gave us a hard chase: my gig being light, consequently got within pistol-shot distance before the other boats could come up. I cannot speak too highly of Mr. Brabazon, Acting Mate, and Mr. S.G. Anstruther, Midshipman, who came with me, or of the whole Boat's Crew, as, out of nine men, eight were wounded by the Pirates; Mr. Brabazon with the two Marines keeping up a most effective fire with their rifles; Mr. Anstruther most gallantly jumped overboard after T. Mills, Ordinary, one of the gig's crew, who in consequence of a stinkpot having exploded upon him, had to jump overboard to save himself, but being unable to swim, was fast sinking, when Mr. Anstruther rescued him; Mr. Anstruther's strength was also exhausted when assistance came to him. At 5.30 P.M., the boats having come within canister distance, as well as the `Plover` and `Algerine`, the Pirate grounded in a sinking state; those on board of her not killed jumped overboard, the few escaping us being immediately slaughtered by the villagers ashore.\n\nOne Chinese, who had been taken prisoner by the Pirates and rescued by us, informed us that this junk was commanded by the Pirate Chief Cheeppoo, who was killed shortly before the vessel grounded; also that she mounted 9 guns, having a crew of upwards of 65 men, not one of whom escaped. The coolness displayed throughout the expedition since leaving Hongkong by all on board, the accuracy of the fire from the `Plover` and `Algerine`, also from the boats of `Magicienne` and `Inflexible`, do great credit to all on board; and I take this opportunity of recommending to your favorable notice, as I have done in my covering letter, particularly Commander Brooker, Lieut. J.C. Soady, Lieut. Wynniatt, Lieut. Arthur, Lieut. Bevan, Acting Mate Brabazon, Midshipman Anstruther. The conducting of the `Plover` and `Algerine` through such intricate channels reflects the greatest credit to Mr. John Phillips, Acting second Master, and Mr. H. Swainson, second Master.\n\nI enclose herewith a list of casualties, in which I am happy to say are none killed.\n\n31st August. Marching the various creeks, we found two junks with no guns on board, but as they answered the description given to Mr. Caldwell, I had them destroyed, meeting with no resistance with the exception of one gingall shot. Before high water, I had the `Plover` and `Algerine` placed in position before the battery of Tywoo-shan, in which were two heavy long guns besides smaller ones; sending a boat in under Lieut. Soady, to set fire to a large junk, which had been used as a Pirate, but whose guns had been removed, our firing of the previous day giving them timely warning. We remained opposed to the battery until the vessel was burnt to the water's edge; however, as no shot was fired, I did not feel myself authorized in acting in any way against it, although it is well understood that the Hakka tribe, living there always, give protection openly to the Pirates, the Mandarins never yet having been able to take the place, although they have tried with a large force; the Hakka tribe being in open rebellion against them. There being nothing more to complete the destruction of, I returned with the vessels and boats to where the `Magicienne` and `Inflexible` were at anchor.\n\n1st September. Proceeded with Gun-Boats in tow to Mamee, when sending for the Mandarin, I handed over to him 22 Pirates for his disposal.\n\n2d September-Proceeded to St John's Island, searching the nooks and corners, finding nothing.\n\n3d September.-Proceeded at 4 A.M. for Tylon Island, where, at 11 A.M. anchoring the `Magicienne` and `Inflexible` on the south side, I started with Commander Brooker and Mr. Caldwell in `Plover` and `Algerine` with ships' boats to Coulan Bay. Finding I had been too lenient on the former occasion of visiting this place, in sparing the houses and many boats, as the accounts given by prisoners taken from Pirates, and from all parties enquired of, agreed that every person and article thereat were piratical, and had been for some years, also from Mr. Caldwell's previous knowledge; and as the Mandarin authorities had long since denounced it as such, I desired Commander Brooker to land with his division of boats and with those under Lieut. Soady, to search well the different lots of houses about the creek, to burn and destroy everything that he could find; which he most ably executed, having which only a few gingall shot fired at his party, which was returned, without any loss on our side, the Pirates having 4 or 5 killed. The houses were nothing more than magazines of powder and ammunition, explosions after explosions taking place. Seven more guns were discovered and destroyed, cargoes of Betel-nut and other pirated stores set fire to, as were also two piratical Fighting Junks with guns removed, 1 Cargo Junk, and about 40 Boats nearly all Fast-boats. With the `Plover` I started in chase of a Fast-boat pulling sixteen Oars, which we did not get possession of until after the crew had got ashore. She was well armed and provisioned, mounted a 6 pounder in the stern. Two other Piratical Fast-boats were likewise discovered and set fire to. The destruction of their favorite stronghold with loss of powder and Ammunition will I trust prevent the Pirates fitting out any vessels of consequence for Piratical purposes for some time.\n\n4th September-Proceeded by Kypong Islands, Sammoon and Ling-ting, where we now are.\n\n## H.M.S. “Magicienne,” off Lingting Island, 4th September, 1858.\n\n**NICHOLAS VANSITTART, Captain.**\n\n## Return of Piratical War Junks, &c., captured by H.M.'s Ships \"Magicienne,” “Inflexible,” “Plover,” and \"Algerine,\" on the undermentioned dates, with the number of Cargo Junks and Prisoners retaken from the Pirates, and Casualties in the crews of H.M's Ships.\n\n| DATE | PLACE | Piratical War Junks damaged and burnt | CAPTURED OR DESTROYED | Pirates killed or drowned | Prisoners taken alive | Recaptured from Pirates | Remarks |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| 1858 |  |  | Piratical War Junks | Guns spiked or sunk into deep water | Cargo Junks rescued |  |  |\n| Aug. 26 | Lingting Islands, | 2 |  |  |  |  |  |\n|  | Culan Bay,..... | 9 | 30 | 74 |  | 27 | Under the Pirate Chief Momema. Upwards of 120 Pirates on this Island. An armed stockade of 14 guns was captured and destroyed by a night attack. |\n| 28 |  |  |  |  |  | 25 |  |\n| 29 | St John's Island, | 1 | 10 |  |  |  | Under the Pirate Chief Kowkung-hung. The crews of the Piratical War Junks escaped to shore; many killed. |\n|  | Off Hawcheun Bluff, | 6 | 80 | 36 | 190 | 22 | Under the Pirate Chief Lowcumfat. |\n| 30 | St John's, | 1 | 9 |  |  | 3 |  |\n|  | Teywoo-shan....... | 1 | 12 | 65 |  |  | Under the Pirate Chief Yaongkong-poo, |\n| 31 |  |  |  |  |  |  | Under the Pirate Chief Tunghai. |\n|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Under the Pirate Chief Cheepoo, who was killed in the affair. This vessel offered resistance for upwards of an hour, wounding with stinkpots, gingalls, &c., 8 of the 9 men in `Magicienne's` Captain's Gig. |\n| Sept. 4 | Coulan, | 2 | 7 |  |  |  | Recaptured-the same liberated at Coulan. Guns removed-Pirates warned by the fight of the previous evening. |\n| Totals, |  | 22 | 148 | 74 | 255 | 78 |  |\n\n**NICHOLAS VANSITTART, Captain.**\n\n## H.M.'S GUN-BOAT Plover, SANDY BAY, 29th August, 1858.\n\nTo have the honour to acquaint you, that in obedience to your orders, I proceeded with the `Plover` and `Algerine` to Samtong Bay where nothing was met with beyond a few fishing and trading boats, but from whom I gained information of pirates having been there on the previous evening, but had left during the night in the direction of Gunjavar Channel; upon which I considered I should not be departing from my instructions in following them up, which I did, searching the whole of the western shore of Hawchen Island, without seeing anything suspicious until we arrived at Hawcheun Bluff, when we suddenly opened fire on six piratical Junks standing in line towards the shore, which from their appearance as to tonnage and cut of sails, quite agreed with the information we had received at Samtong. As we approached within gun shot, fire was opened immediately on both sides, Lieutenant Arthur in the `Algerine` taking the right extreme of the line, while the `Plover` took the left, to prevent their reaching the shore, firing continually on both sides for many minutes, when the men jumped overboard from the Junks and made for the shore, a few escaping in their small boats, leaving us in possession of the Junks, which were as speedily as possible anchored, guns thrown overboard, and set fire to, in which we were very much assisted by the joining of the `Inflexible` and `Magicienne's` boats under Lieutenant Soady, as every assistance was given by Commander Brooker in destroying the Junks, which being completed in obedience to instructions from Commander Brooker I proceeded with the `Algerine`, to examine Namoa Harbour and the channel leading between the Islands of Hawcheun, Wasp, Cricket, and Dipachou, when I rejoined the `Magicienne`. I am happy to say that the captures were effected without a single man being wounded on our side, though the fire at times was heavy. As far as I am able to learn, upwards of eighty guns were destroyed.\n\nIn conclusion, I beg to bring to your notice, the very cordial co-operation I received from Lieutenant Arthur in the `Algerine`, and the brisk and accurate fire kept up by the Gun-boats reflects the highest credit on both men and officers.\n\nI further think it my duty to bring to your notice Mr. John Phillips, Second Master of the `Plover`, who conducted the vessels through most intricate channels in a manner which showed great judgment and ability. The Interpreter sent by Mr. Caldwell, Registrar General, proved of great value in obtaining information and making himself generally useful.\n\nHoping that our proceedings will meet with your approval,\n\nI have, &c., &c.,\n\nTo Captain N. VANSITTART, C.B.,\n\nH.M.'s Ship `Magicienne`.\n\n**True Copies,**\n\nH. F. 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        "content_text": "848\n\n349\n\n( 46 )\n\nI do not know whether I recollect upon whose information he was seized. I wrote to the Acting Attorney General, as to what I should do with the property. He at first told me to seize it,—that it was confiscated. This was at the Supreme Court after the trial. He afterwards told me not to seize it, and I understood him to say that he had referred the matter through the Acting Colonial Secretary to the Government, and, I am not quite so certain, whether the Government would not give him an order, or that they had given him an order to give it up. I should think Ma-chow Wong must have been worth $15,000 or $16,000. I have been told by Mr Caldwell that he was worth a very large amount, more than that; but that is my estimate. I do not know whether he was sole or part owner of the Kwong Yik Loong shop; I never referred to the Land Office books. The Supreme Court papers were sent up to the Government Offices. Mr Masson told me so. Those at the station were not produced at the Supreme Court; the principal entries in those papers referred to the 2d case, which is still untried.\n\nI cannot recollect whether I personally delivered the bulk of the gold-dust to Mr Caldwell, nor whether I was present. I delivered it to Mr Caldwell, either myself or through Mr Grand-Pré. I don't recollect having any conversation with Mr Caldwell concerning a man, who Mr Caldwell said had been wrongfully deported; such a conversation may have taken place.\n\nRe-examined,—The letter I wrote in July to the Acting Colonial Secretary refers to some of the contents of the memoranda. I was not present at the time of the examination of the books and papers of Ma-chow Wong by Mr Stace and Mr Caldwell, and do not know whether any others besides those already mentioned were present. In my letter of 20th July, I complained of Mr Grand-Pré not arresting Ma-chow Wong; the same morning, my letter being then, I believe, in the Colonial Secretary's hands, I referred to the complaint, as shewing the necessity for my taking a direct interest in the case. In reference to Mr Grand-Pré particularly, the Colonial Secretary asked \"what do you want done with him?\" I said, \"I don't want anything done to him, I should like him to be told that he has done wrong; but as far as my opinion is concerned, I don't think it right to hold him responsible for anything he does or says in Police matters.\" I have not the slightest doubt that Mr Grand-Pré's statement to me was, that Mr Caldwell had applied to him, either by person or by letter, for the delivery of the papers and property of Ma-chow Wong. There was a small amount of property returned, and some money which had been seized. I know that Ma-chow Wong was the owner of the Kwong Yik Loong shop—that there was a large quantity of goods in it. I believe he was a partner in a pawn-shop; he was also part owner of a lorcha, and some other Chinese boats. I thought that it would have been a portion of my duty as Acting Sheriff to ascertain the extent of his wealth, and seize it for the crown.\n\nI made application to the Acting Attorney General, inasmuch as the book exhibited an acquaintance between the prisoners and the pirates anterior to the date of the particular piracy. [Lyon's evidence read.] I know that Beaver was in the employment of Mr Caldwell from seeing Beaver's receipts. I know that Boggs was with pirates, and, I believe, that those pirates had communication, and were confederated with Ma-chow Wong. I have no direct knowledge of Boggs being in the employ of Mr Caldwell, or connected with the Eaglet. I have heard that the paper mentioned by Lyons is in existence.\n\n[A note of what Mr May has heard regarding the paper mentioned by Lyons handed into the Chairman.]\n\nI assisted the Attorney General in his cross-examination of Boggs, when he appeared as a witness in defence of pirates in 1856, with suggestions. I know that Boggs was in direct communication with Dr Bridges when Acting Attorney General, and as, in fact was, I considered, an agent for the discovery of certain pirates; he was in direct communication with the Police, and received money from the Government, I believe by the hands of Mr Grand-Pré. I used to see him very frequently in communication with Mr Grand-Pré, and he appeared to be on terms of familiar intercourse with him. I saw a note from Boggs to Mr Grand-Pré commencing \"My dear Grand-Pré;\" it was an open piece of paper put into my hands. I spoke to Boggs once or twice with a view to getting information from him, but, finding that I got nothing but moonshine, desisted: he spoke about Wong Akee, but said nothing upon which I should have considered myself warranted in acting. I have heard that so late as the Queen's birth-day, Mr Caldwell defended Ma-chow Wong, and expressed his belief that he was an innocent injured man.\n\nI believe it was at the Governor's table to Mr Kingsmill. I cannot say anything respecting the pardon of convicts, or commutation of their sentence upon Mr Caldwell's application. I believe that the man charged with the felony of stealing the gun. The man charged with the felony concerning the watch was cleared partly by Mr Lapraik's testimony. I believe Tong Akü was prosecuted because of the interest he took, and the zealous assistance he rendered me in obtaining evidence, and allaying the fears of witnesses in the prosecution of Ma-chow Wong.\n\n( 47 )\n\nI ought to have said that I dismissed the charge, and liberated them on bail—not heavy bail. I am certain I ordered the boats to be restored, although the note is silent as to that. I find also that the oath on which Mr Caldwell made the application was not his own oath, but that of his subordinate, Mr Grand-Pré, whom he brought for that purpose, and examined from the bench, as appears from the Record,—his object being to shew that both Mr Grand-Pré and Mr Caldwell had satisfied themselves as to the respectability of the prisoners. There is another point on which the Commission would perhaps wish my evidence. I know that the order for the embarkation of a number of the prisoners by the Phebe Dunbar was given en masse and at the last moment. The inspection of the prisoners took place in the Gaol yard in my presence, as a mere spectator, Mr Caldwell, Mr May, and Mr Cluff, directing it. I mention this because they sailed within a day or two afterwards, and had Mr Caldwell even then told me that the merchant was among them, I would have set the order of Council at defiance, and held the man to bail on the spot. With regard to the delegation of Government authority to Mr Caldwell, one of the honourable Commissioners will remember that when we were making our minutes in the visiting book of the Gaol, the Governor of the Gaol complained feelingly of his utter helplessness with regard to Mr Caldwell's prisoners. He stated they were brought in upon Mr Caldwell's warrant—that some would be detained, and others released, upon Mr Caldwell's authority, without any reason being given for one or the other.\n\nI remember pointing out to Mr Inglis, the Governor of the Gaol, the illegality of the whole proceedings, and advised him to resist—on which he said that he had been desired—I think by His Excellency himself to consider Mr Caldwell as representing H. M.'s Government in all circumstances of that kind. I am sure it was Mr Inglis, the Governor of the Gaol, and not the Chief Warden—the visiting book will show. I told him the Governor had no power to authorize any illegal action. As I have said, all the then remaining prisoners were discharged within the week after we made the minute.\n\nI had only two or three day's notice of the Phebe Dunbar's sailing. Mr Cluff was present when the prisoners were examined by me at the Gaol. I cannot recollect whether Mr Caldwell or the Attorney General was. At a subsequent period of the same year I was sent with upwards of 70 alleged rebels to Kowloong, with orders to surrender them to the Imperialists. I must have received those orders from the Acting Colonial Secretary, and they must have been in writing. I don't know whether the direction was a letter or a warrant. I have no doubt I have it. I obeyed the orders. The 70 men were towed over in boats by the H. C. steamer Auckland. I do not recollect on whose advice the men were surrendered. I heard by common rumour afterwards that the men were put to death by the Mandarins. Some of them had long hair, and clothes shewing that they were rebels. The list of persons to be deported was sent in the very day the prisoners were to be shipped in the Phabe Dunbar.\n\nI have been privileged within the last two days by a Member of Council, to say that the Hon. the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr Labouchere, had written a despatch to the Governor, stating that it was his opinion that the Superintendent of Police should hold his office intact, and without any interference from the head of any other department, and that it would seem that the public service would be carried out better if there was no division of opinion between the heads of departments.\n\nI believe Mr Caldwell arrested and liberated Chinese under the Ordinance, but I do not know whether he assumed to do so by delegation from Government. There are instances, but I cannot recollect them. When Mr Caldwell was out of the service, he used to come up to the Police Court, and interested himself in cases—sometimes for the prosecution, and sometimes for the defence. He sometimes also gave information to the Police, when he was in command of the Eaglet.\n\nTHE ATTORNEY GENERAL,—Recalled.\n\nI wish to state that, on refreshing my memory by the note I took of the case of the 25 pirates at the time, instead of saying that I discharged the prisoners, I ought to have said that I dismissed the charge, and liberated them on bail.\n\nANGUS FLETCHER,—Recalled.\n\nI believe I have heard that Mr Caldwell was employed by Mr Innes to smuggle opium in the Canton river—which was the custom of several merchants at that time.\n\nAdjourned till Monday, the 28th inst., at Noon.\n\nFIFTEENTH DAY,\n\nMonday, 28th June, at 12 o'clock, Noon. Present,—All the Members, except Mr Scarth.\n\nTHE ATTORNEY GENERAL,—Cross-examined. Referring to my statement in page 6: it was certainly within four months after my arrival in this colony, that Mr Dixson spoke to me concerning Ma-chow Wong.",
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        "content_text": "CIE \n\n350 \n\n(48)\n\nwas whilst I was moving or about to move up to Scott's Bungalow. Within two days after my arrival, His Excellency was pleased to lament to me the corrupt state of the Hongkong Government, and the utter want of support to himself in his endeavours to stem the tide of corruption. He said there was but one public officer whom he could trust, besides the three who were going away to England or Siam—one of whom, Mr Rienaecker, I have since ascertained to have been a kind of partner to Mr Caldwell in his speculations—and that as to the one trusty public officer who was remaining in the colony, Mr Mercer, he was well disposed but timid. The Governor begged me to make it my business to bring to light, and if necessary to punish, the mal-practices of which he complained, and I beg to specify in particular, the mal-practices of the Police, and of my own department of Attorney General. The latter not being within the compass of this Commission, I confine my present statement to the first. He said there was nobody whom he could trust, who was or who had been connected with Police, or the branch of the Judicial Department particularly connected with it. He assured me, that if I took the initiative, I should be supported, for that he had no doubt that Mr Mercer would cooperate with me, and that at all events His Excellency himself would.\n\nI did my best to carry out His Excellency's wishes. I reported upon cases that were referred to me by him; I made my own official inquiries into the existence of these alleged public grievances—for such I imagined bribery, extortion, conspiracy, perjury, and resetting of criminals to be; and at His Excellency's suggestion I proposed, in an official letter to Mr Mercer, which I suppose is on the file, the reappointment of a Commission of Inquiry into the organisation of the Police, which His Excellency told me had been sitting in the year 1855, but which had not satisfied him at all by the progress it had made in the inquiry, and which had been broken up by the departure for England, of the then late Acting Attorney General without making any report. It was reappointed.\n\nThe result of the inquiry was such as to satisfy me of two points:—first, that the iniquities detailed by His Excellency did exist, and had some species of official sanction; but, secondly, that Mr May was not only in no wise to answer for them, but had incurred considerable ill-will by his persistent endeavours to put them down—an opinion in which Mr Mercer and also Mr Hillier, who had been on the Commission of Inquiry of 1855, and who sat upon it with me for a few weeks after its reappointment in 1856, in pursuance of my before stated suggestion, entirely concurred. I availed myself of the opportunity afforded by the circumstance mentioned in my letter now before the Commission of 1st November, 1856, to record for His Excellency's information, in the strongest terms, my opinion of Mr May as here expressed.\n\nHis Excellency had told me that Mr Shortrede could give me very valuable information about many of these iniquities, and in that way, I was led, partly whilst Mr Shortrede remained here, but principally after his departure for England in the month of April, 1856, to consult with Mr Dixson his partner upon the subject. Mr Hillier's departure for Siam reduced the Police Inquiry Commission to two, and we were unable to devote that time to the inquiry which was requisite to bring out the secret of those iniquities; and we therefore agreed merely to report in general terms the existence of them, and propose an entirely new organisation of the Police.\n\nI owe it to myself to say that, from the time that His Excellency first put me upon these disagreeable inquiries, public and private, to this time, I have not had the honour of a single communication from him on the subject, and all my communications to him, official and otherwise, have remained unanswered. Even the report of the Police Inquiry Commission, signed by Mr Mercer and myself, was stated in the Legislative Council by His Excellency to be disapproved by him, and that he would neither act upon it nor make communication of it to the Council for the purposes of the discussion on the Registration Ordinance of last year.\n\nAn action of damages was brought against me in May or June 1856, for steps taken by me in performance of these general wishes of His Excellency, and I have in my possession His Excellency's letter distinctly apprising me, that I must be responsible for those steps—and that he would neither give evidence in my favour, nor take steps to relieve the officers of his Government from the obligation of official confidence, so as to enable them if disposed to give their testimony in my favour at the trial. I mention these facts, as showing that a singular change must have taken place in His Excellency's conviction at some period between my arrival and the month of June, 1856, with respect to the proved iniquities of the Hongkong Police.\n\nI am perfectly aware that during that time Mr Caldwell was not in Government employ, and Mr Berenhart therefore advised me to summon Mr Caldwell as a witness before the Commission, for no man, he said, was better acquainted with the crimes of the Police, being himself in a great measure to blame for them and the iniquities in question; having been in the most part committed at a period when Mr Caldwell was either solely invested with the control of the Police, or in a great measure responsible for it. Mr Berenhart's words were, \"Mr Caldwell having now a good speculation of his own in the steamer, is independent of the Government, and will probably not be afraid to tell the truth.\"\n\nPage 351\n\n(49)\n\nI can explain the continuance of the connection between the Police and Ma-chow Wong, during the brief interval of Mr Caldwell's nominal separation from the Police, in this way: During the whole of the time the Commission was sitting in 1856, I was struck with the anarchy of the Police system. With the exception of about two months Mr May was Acting Assistant Magistrate, a function which took up the most of his time, and Mr Hillier having gone to Siam, Mr Caldwell was the universal referee in the Police department. It appeared to me, almost from my arrival, as if he were going to be reappointed to office in a day or two, so intimate were his relations with all the officers of Government. I know it was not till the panic of December, 1856, that the attention of the Government was aroused to the necessity of giving unity to the administration of the Police force. I remember myself being informed of the fact by Mr Mercer in that month, that henceforward the Superintendent of Police was not to be interfered with. Before that time, any Justice of the Peace, for example, could get a Policeman when wanted. I have done so myself at the Station. Captain Cowper, the Acting Surveyor General, requested to be put on the Commission of the Peace, simply that he might have the same privilege of getting a Policeman whenever he wanted; and, if he had not been a military officer, I have reason to believe that his application would have been granted. Against my own wish I was made a Justice of the Peace, His Excellency saying, that it would give me power amongst the Police, and in other quarters where power was desirable.\n\nI suggest that the Commission call for the report of the Police Commission of 1856, and the evidence thereunto annexed. I can, under these circumstances, very well understand, that so powerful a man as Mr Caldwell or Ma-chow Wong might be able to maintain his influence over the Police, even while Mr Caldwell was nominally separated from the public service.\n\nI have, since giving my evidence, asked Mr Cooper Turner, and he perfectly confirms my statement, that he was my informant regarding the Chinese merchant being deported to Hinan. Mr Turner can give you the man's residence.\n\nWith reference to that portion of my evidence where I mentioned it at the time to Mr Mercer, and I don't know whether he made any inquiry. I recollect his saying, that it was then too late.\n\nAs to the connection of Eli Boggs with the Eaglet or Mr Caldwell, I refer to the evidence of Lyons and Mr May, as well as to a statement which has been made to me in writing, on the authority of the writer's informant, whose name I now give in to the Chairman.\n\nThe inspection of the men for deportation to Hinan, took place within 36, if not 24, hours of their embarkation. I cannot remember any more than those already mentioned being present. I remember Mr May, Mr Caldwell, and Mr Cluff, because I spoke to them officially concerning the prisoners. I am perfectly certain there were prisoners there who had not been just arrested. I inquired what classes there were, and was informed, that some were under imprisonment for petty larceny, some were beggars lately arrested, and some suspicious characters. I can only remember having been there once, and that was the occasion above referred to.\n\nWith regard to the case, where a prisoner was charged with stealing Mr Lapraik's watch, I heard Mr Lapraik say, that he did not believe the watch had been stolen by anybody, that he had a distinct recollection of losing the watch many years ago, and he had no doubt it had been found, and appropriated honestly enough. As to other cases, Mr May, if distinctly asked, will I have no doubt speak.\n\nI, as Attorney General, conducted the prosecution of Eli Boggs. I perfectly remember Eli Boggs with a paper or papers in his hand, from which he made his speech to the Jury. I was very much shocked at hearing Mr Lyons, the other day, state in evidence, that \"Boggs had produced in the Supreme Court, a paper stated by himself to have been written by Mr Caldwell, and recommending Ma-chow Wong, Mr Caldwell's brother, to the pirates, with whom Eli Boggs served.\" He also stated, though it does not appear upon your minutes, that he was surprised at the paper making no impression in the Court. If I had understood that it was anything but a compilation of Boggs's own making, I should have told him to produce it in evidence, and then it would have made an impression in the Court, as a piece of evidence in his favour. But I thought it was a kind of brief, and not an original document. He certainly did state that he had read a paper from Mr Caldwell, to the effect stated by Lyons; but I did...\n\nPage 352",
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        "content_text": "£28\n\n354\n\n( 56 )\n\nIn reference to the papers found on Beaver, I beg to request that the Commission will ascertain whether those papers were produced at the Police Court against Beaver. It will be in the recollection of the Commission that Dr Bridges stated yesterday, that he had applied for a party of Police to go to the opposite shore, but had only found an inspector and boat in readiness. I produce a note from Dr Bridges, showing that this is in accordance with his request,-\n\n\"24th February, 1858.\n\n\"Please have a Police-boat with an Inspector-Jarman I should prefer -ready for me at Burd's steps at six o'clock to-morrow morning. I want to cross to the other side.\"\n\nA question was put to me on one of my former examinations, if I had seen any entry in the books of Ma-chow Wong, that money, the produce of plunder, had been paid to Mr Caldwell, and to that I answered \"No.\" I anticipated another question, and intended, in fact, referring to it myself, but it escaped my recollection; as I have stated before, there was a page of entries in one of Ma-chow Wong's books, making altogether a total of about 600 taels paid to or for Mr Caldwell, and that in this same book were many of the entries which I also stated as to the purchase of munitions of war, and expenditure of large amounts of cash for provisions. I have a firm belief, that the money as regards Ma-chow Wong appertained to and was connected with piracy.\n\nI know after I resumed my duties as Superintendent of Police, that Assistant Superintendent Cluff acted upon information connected with piracy obtained from Mr Caldwell,\n\nI don't think that the Hon. the Attorney General is right in connecting the murder alluded to in the watch case with the Stanley murder referred to, and I think it is another one.\n\nThe Honourable the Attorney General did read the letter of the 13th May, and spoke to me concerning the mention made of Ma-chow Wong's books in the same, as mentioned in his evidence of yesterday.\n\nWILLIAM HENRY MITCHELL-Called and examined.\n\nI remember receiving some information from Mr Hudson, regarding the robbery of some tin from the firm of Sic-\n\nOne of the firm, an elderly man, brought a letter from Mr Hudson, stating that a large quantity of tin $20,000 or $30,000 worth, had been stolen by pirates on its way from Singapore, and it was expected the tin would be brought either to Macao or Hongkong, or both places, and requesting me to put the whole matter without reserve into the hands of Mr Caldwell, and to supply Mr Caldwell with any funds he might require for the payment of any Chinese agents for the discovery of the tin, or watching its arrival, or whatever might be necessary. As well as I can recollect this was in June, 1855. Mr Hudson's letter stated that the tin had not then arrived in the colony, but was daily expected, and that it would be for the interests of the parties concerned, that Mr Caldwell should watch very closely for its arrival. I have not got the letter now, but I have an idea that Mr Hudson said Messrs Gilman & Co. had bought or intended to buy the tin, when they learned it was stolen by pirates.\n\nI saw Mr Caldwell and placed the matter in his hands altogether, Upon hearing read the statements made by the Hon. and placed funds at his disposal for any necessary expenses. I paid Mr Caldwell $100 upon Mr Hudson's letter, and Mr Caldwell undertook the matter.\n\nAfter, a week or a fortnight, Mr Caldwell told me that a considerable portion of the tin had arrived. He told me whether he said how much, and that it was stored in a hong which he named, but which name I forget; it was the hong next, or next but one, to Akwai's in the Lower Bazaar. I was particular in asking Mr Caldwell, if he had seen the tin. He told me he had, and that I could see it if I liked; that the pigs of tin were stored within this hong, immediately within the entrance, covered with mat bags.\n\nWhen Mr Caldwell told me that he had satisfied himself of the arrival of the tin, he told me he had set a watch upon it, and that that watch consisted of men upon whom he could perfectly depend. He stated that there were two entrances to this hong,-one off Bonham Strand and another off Jervois Street, and that he had watches there night and day. He told me this.\n\n( 57 )\n\nCross-examined.-I do not recollect that any young man deposed to having heard screams issuing from the house where the murder was committed, but it is possible; the police records will show.\n\nAfter I learned from Mr Caldwell that the whole of the tin was gone, I expressed my surprise that more vigilance had not been used. I recollect at the time feeling sore about the affair, and thinking that Mr Caldwell had not taken proper precaution in entrusting the matter to such hands. I fancied that he was, in vulgar phrase, sold by Ma-chow Wong. I did not form the impression that he was confederating with Ma-chow Wong in carrying off this tin.\n\nI have not the slightest recollection of Mr Caldwell speaking to me of the indiscretion of the owner, and requesting the remaining part of the tin might be seized at once; and I do not recollect the tin being seized.\n\nI have some recollection of Mr Caldwell appearing before me as the person who apprehended Beaver, and attending at the prosecution against him by some boatmen of Aberdeen for piracy. I think I remember going into the Gaol with the witnesses; they could not identify Beaver who was discharged. My impression is, that this was in 1856, the time of Boggs's trial. He was brought up by Roberts on another charge for piracy. Roberts had no evidence whatever against him, and he was again discharged after several remands. One charge followed shortly after the other.\n\nI was informed at the same time that he was perfectly satisfied of the security of this property, because he had placed the watch of the tin in the hands of this man Ma-chow Wong. I think Mr Caldwell must have defined the amount of tin that was in the colony, for I think I suggested to him the propriety of securing that much, but Mr Caldwell appeared to be under the impression that by waiting a little time, the rest of the tin would arrive, and I deferred to his judgement.\n\nSome time afterwards Mr Caldwell told me, Seemingly with great concern and expressing himself sorry with the result, that all the tin had been carried off again out of the colony. I recollect now that Mr Caldwell stated the main portion of the tin was in one hong, and minor portions of it in others and that he had a vigilant watch upon each hong in which it was stored.\n\nMr Caldwell afterwards refunded me the $100 untouched. The tin was coming from Singapore to Canton by a Junk, I think, when captured by pirates. After the tin appeared in the colony, an old man, the owner of it, came down from Canton. I do not know whether he went round to the different hongs inquiring for tin for sale.\n\nI do recollect at the time distinctly that Mr Caldwell charged upon that old man's indiscretion, the fact of the tin having been removed from the colony. Mr Caldwell informed me that the tin had been carried off. No seizure was subsequently made of this tin that I heard of; no part was discovered on board a ship to my knowledge-neither in one of the hongs where it had been deposited.\n\nIt never came to my knowledge that Mr Bridges, then Acting Attorney General, had authorised the detention of the vessel. I may mention that the discovery of tin, if any, on board ship was made to a certain extent by myself. Gilman & Co. had just then become owners of a property, known as the Tuilleries. I happened to be in the Old Findly hong at the water side one day, walking through it, when I saw some coolies carrying pigs of tin to a row-boat at the Jetty. I looked at the mark on the tin and found it had all the same mark as that of the stolen tin, and I told Mr Caldwell of this.\n\nAs well as I can recollect the ship was just on the eve of sailing for Shanghae, also, to the best of my recollection, it was on the next day or the day after that Mr Caldwell came and told me of the burst up of the whole affair.\n\nI know nothing more of the ship business than I have now stated. I think I sent one of the pigs by Mr Caldwell to Mr Hudson. The pig was purchased, but I do not know by whom; it was identified.\n\nNext day or next but one, Mr Caldwell announced to me that the whole thing had burst up, that the tin had been carried away from the colony, and the ship had sailed.\n\nI have some vague recollection of a man having escaped from Ma-chow Wong's house, of his subsequent seizure along with Ma-chow Wong; but whether he was discharged I cannot recollect.\n\nRegarding the Stanley murder, the case came before me, the man was apprehended by Mr Caldwell, who went with a party of police at midnight, and surrounded the house where this man was supposed to be, and brought in three men, who were supposed to be guilty of the murder of a whole family. One of the three escaped from the Central Police Station, and there were only two placed at the bar.\n\nI investigated the case and remanded the men for a week; there was not at first a tittle of evidence against them, and I had doubts of the propriety of remanding them; but as it was a charge of murdering a whole family, I thought it better to be particular, and remanded the case from week to week for a considerable period. I finally discharged them, as there was no evidence whatever to prolong their detention.\n\nThe only witness in the case on the part of the Crown was Mr Caldwell himself, who laid the information. He did not state in what manner he obtained the information. I think I heard somebody or other say that it was from information got from Ma-chow Wong in Gaol. I cannot tell who.\n\nAt the time of the tin transaction, Mr Caldwell was Assistant Superintendent of Police. I employed him as Mr Hudson's friend. The $100 was paid to him as well as I recollect, to make a small purchase of the tin, and to pay a deposit on it, or for the necessary expenses for its discovery. It was assuredly not as remuneration for Mr Caldwell's own services.\n\nI cannot say whether the old man pressed Mr Caldwell to secure as much as possible of the tin. Mr Caldwell told me that what was in the colony was absolutely secured. I recollect the old man coming to me afterwards, and expressing very great dissatisfaction; I do not recollect that he used the expression. \"Oh! that Sam-kwei; oh! that Sam-kwei,\" I recollect that Mr Hudson told me the old man said so when he went back to Canton.\n\nThe impression left on Mr Hudson's mind, was one highly unfavourable to Mr Caldwell, as to want of honesty. Messrs Gilman & Co. never recovered any of the tin.\n\nAfter remanding the man who was charged with the murder at Stanley, I at length asked the advice of the Attorney General, who advised me to discharge the man forthwith. I felt myself placed in an awkward position in acting contrary to the advice of the Attorney General; but I did venture to do so, and remanded the man, either once or twice afterwards, but finally discharge him, as, from first to last, there was not one tittle of evidence to support the charge.\n\nI should like to say that a more absolutely worthless case, as far as evidence is concerned, never came before me.",
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        "content_text": "208\n\n366\n\n(80)\n\nMr Caldwell. Lûn Cheong, the prisoner, said that during Ma-chow Wong's investigation at the Magistrate's Office, Ma-chow Wong's family was living with him. One day he went home and said to Ma-chow Wong's wife, that very likely Ma-chow Wong's case would be committed to the Supreme Court, and that Ma-chow Wong's wife was not pleased; he also said that some of the Sunon men had petitioned on behalf of Ma-chow Wong, and had gone round the town to get shops' signatures; that he himself, being a native of Sunon, refused to go to get signatures. Because of this, he says Ma-chow Wong's wife had an ill-feeling towards him; he said he believed that Ma-chow Wong's wife herself complained to Mr Caldwell, and for that reason, he believes that he was prosecuted.\n\nI was Gaoler at the time of Eli Boggs' trial, and attended in Court as Gaoler on the occasion of his trial. I took down to the Supreme Court a tin box containing articles belonging to him. I received the tin box from the Police, but do not recollect from which officer. It was placed on the table at the Court. I do not remember what was in it, nor do I remember anything being taken out. I was present when Boggs made his defence. I think he had some papers in his hand. I don't remember whether he read from them. I am not certain whether the box was handed over to the Police after the trial. If it had been taken back to the Gaol, it would have been deposited in the Store-room. I have never seen it since. I do not remember seeing or hearing at the trial any paper containing Mr Caldwell's name read. I heard Mr Caldwell's name mentioned by Boggs in his defence.\n\nI have heard from Kwei Ch'oi, a Chinese female, that she was sent for by Mrs Caldwell. Mrs Caldwell said, \"people are saying that you gave me a gold bangle. Did you give it me or not.\" Kwei Ch'oi replied that she had not given her one. I have not heard of any other person being sent for.\n\nCross-examined,-I went to Kwei Ch'oi's house on the occasion I speak of. I visit her now and then. I think this was about a fortnight ago, but I heard the report from several other women before. I did not go to her house for the purpose of questioning her about this. I asked her whether she had put a gold chain into a loaf of bread and sent it as a present to Mr Caldwell. She said \"No.\" I asked about the gold chain because I had heard of it. I haven't heard about the intimidation of witnesses who were to appear before this commission, but judge from my own arrest. I told Mr May when asked that I was afraid to come before the Commission to say anything against Mr Caldwell; if I should, no doubt I would get into trouble. I also heard that a man conversing with another said, \"I hear that Assow is going to give evidence against Mr Caldwell; he appeared to be angry, and my reply to the best of my knowledge was, 'well; if he should, he will not get clear off himself.'\" This man was the Chinese Sergeant of Police, Lo Ahing. I think it was about the beginning of last month that I was arrested.\n\nCross-examined, I recollect the examination in the Gaol Yard of the men who were sent to Hainan. There was a great number of men apprehended in Bonham Strand, some of whom were put in the Debtor's Gaol, and some in the Mill Yard. I remember a large number of these men being examined in the Debtor's Gaol Yard. I do not remember the Attorney General being present. I remember Mr May and Mr Caldwell. The prisoners deported to Hainan were mustered by Mr May—the list drawn up—and Mr May and Mr Cluff were present. I do not recollect the Attorney General or Mr Caldwell being present. Mr Caldwell came to me the day after and inquired about two men who had been sent away, who ought not to have been sent. Mr Caldwell had nothing that I am aware of to do with the deportation of these men; it was conducted by Mr May, who was then Acting Sheriff and Superintendent of Police. Mr Caldwell mentioned the names of two men, but I do not remember the names. After I told him that they were mustered under the orders of my superior Mr May, my recollection was that I could not help myself, and that I made out a rough draft of the list of prisoners to be deported, and these were finally arranged by Mr May. This occasion, on the morning of their embarkation, is to my knowledge the only one on which the prisoners were examined.\n\nLEONARDO D'ALMADA E CASTRO,-Called and examined.\n\nI am Clerk of Councils and Chief Clerk in the Colonial Secretary's Office. I did not officiate as Clerk of Councils when the enquiry concerning Ma-chow Wong was being made by the Executive Council. My brother, who is now sick, officiated.\n\n[The proceedings of the several meetings of the Executive Council at which reference was made to the case of Ma-chow Wong were read to the Commission by permission of His Excellency the Governor, from which it appeared that Mr Mongan was examined previously to Mr May and that the Council finally decided on rejecting the petition for the release of Ma-chow Wong, upon a perusal of the translation by Mr Wade of the papers found on Beaver; Mr Wade stating that he had not had time in any way to examine the papers referred to in Mr May's memoranda.]\n\nROBERT EDWARD MACKENZIE,-Called and examined.\n\nRe-examined, I have never as Gaoler had reason to remark or complain upon the great number of commitments or liberation on warrants signed by Mr Caldwell under the deportation ordinance. There was only one occasion on which we were very much overcrowded with prisoners. I think that about that time a great many prisoners were received from several justices. I think there were no more upon Mr Caldwell's warrant than upon others.\n\nMr Caldwell has never, during my service as Gaoler, interfered in any way with the Gaol, the prisoners, or the officers. There was a difficulty in mustering the men for deportation, the names which some of them gave being different from those on the list, and I think Mr May called Mr Cluff to interpret. I did not see Mr Anstey present.\n\nCHARLES MAY,-Recalled at his own request.\n\nI recollect the man Beaver being brought before me charged with piracy. Mr Caldwell was the first witness and stated that from documentary evidence, which he would produce on a future day, he would show the prisoner's confederation with pirates.\n\n(81)\n\nI was asked for the promissory note. If the man was to be released, it was to be $800; if he was to be imprisoned, it was to be $400. I do not know if $400 were paid; my share has not been paid. My partner came to me for it, but I would not pay; I don't know whether he has paid or not. I told this story to the Attorney General without mentioning names. I mentioned Shaplok's name and the name of the partner who spoke to me. I only mentioned Shaplok's name to Mr Lane. It was not because I was afraid that I did not mention Mr Caldwell's name. The pawnshopman has told me that the $400 have been paid. He asked for $50 to be paid to Shaplok as a cumshaw. I heard that the $400 had been paid to Shaplok; the $50 was also paid to Shaplok.\n\nI do not remember a petition being sent into the Governor for the pardon of Ma-chow Wong, nor do I remember speaking to Tam Achoey about it. I recollect going to Mr May by request of Tam Achoey. I cannot recollect what I said to Mr May. Upon hearing Mr May's evidence read over, I now recollect having said to him what he states I said about the Ma-chow Wong petition.\n\nJOHN ROBERTS,-Recalled.\n\nI remember being instructed by Mr May to take possession of a lorcha off Wanchi, which was supposed to be the Alma. I did seize her and found that she was not the Alma. I found about 36 cannon on board; there were certainly not less. I suppose she could carry about 2,000 piculs of rice. Some of the guns were mounted, and some were dismounted, lying forward. From what I was told on board, I went to Mr Caldwell's office and saw Mr Caldwell. There was with him at the time a man whom I did not know, but whom I have since known as Ma-chow Wong. Mr Caldwell told me he had sold the lorcha and then commenced talking with the Chinaman, and told me she was not the Alma. I inquired about the guns. I don't recollect if he said to whom he had sold her, but it was evident from the manner in which he spoke and referred my inquiries concerning the guns to the Chinaman, that the latter was the owner or agent of the lorcha. I inquired about the guns, and Mr Caldwell spoke to the Chinaman, and said they were guns of two junks which were either repairing or had been lost on the coast.\n\nCross-examined-Mr Caldwell asked if there was a large vessel alongside, and I said that there was a lighter alongside, into which I thought they were going to hoist the guns. There are always a number of vessels at Wanchi.\n\nAdjourned till to-morrow at 12 o'clock.\n\nTWENTY FIRST DAY.\n\nSaturday, 10th July, at 12 o'clock Noon.\n\nPresent,-All the Members except the Hon. Mr Davies.\n\nJOHN BROWN COMPTON,-Called and examined.\n\nI have resided in China since January 1834. I knew Mr Caldwell when he first came to Canton, about July or ...",
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        "content_text": "374\n\n(96)\n\nsame afternoon that Wohang came to me, and found that to Mrs Caldwell, Mrs Caldwell would answer her, this is she was in Canton, I did not communicate with the Government or Police about it. All I can say. She never came as a friend to the house.\n\nI am quite ignorant of the circumstances relative to the capture for attempt at breach of the blockade of the Canton River, of the boat to which the pass was granted mentioned by the Attorney General, in page 73. I have given many of such passes that it is impossible for me to tell about this particular one.\n\nI did not consider it necessary to cross-examine Mr May upon his statement regarding my telling him about my wife receiving presents, because I considered the inference drawn from the words spoken by me was so absurd that I did not think it necessary.\n\nI did not know Po-pak-shing as a notorious pirate at the time I went on board his boat. I most solemnly declare I never heard of his name up till that time.\n\nI only know that the Sinon Wo ground lot is in the Lower Bazaar, because it is marine lot 33. I suppose that Sinon Wo is the lessee's name. I know Ma-chow Wong is the owner. I know he used to have the management. When this Sunon man (referred to in page 59) came and asked me about the increased rental of the lot, I knew that Ma-chow Wong had been connected with the Sinon Wo. I am sure that the land, so far as I have heard, did not belong to Ma-chow Wong. From what I have heard, Ma-chow Wong was only head of some committee of management; there were others connected with it.\n\nMr May's statement of the misunderstandings between us is correct. We have had no others. I do not consider Ma-chow Wong's conviction chiefly owing to the exertions of Mr May, but to the public mind and that of the jury being prejudiced against him by the local papers. Mr May did not, to my knowledge, apply for my reinstatement in Government employ.\n\nI did consider, and I am now more fully confident, that Mr May had a vindictive feeling towards me at the time of the conducting of the case of Ma-chow Wong, but I have particular reasons for not wishing to give my grounds for such belief on this occasion. As I have already stated in my evidence of to-day, these reasons may form the subject of future complaints by me; but of this fact I am certain, that nothing would give Mr May more pleasure than to see the situation of Registrar General become vacant for him by my dismissal.\n\nAdjourned till Friday, the 16th, at 12 o'clock.\n\nTWENTY FOURTH Day,\n\nFriday, 16th July, at 12 o'clock Noon.\n\nPresent,-All the Members.\n\nHon. H. T. DAVIES,-Recalled at his own request to explain a part of his previous evidence.\n\nMr Caldwell is no doubt correct in stating that he did the sureties for Ma-chow Wong; but when I procured said that I should require them, and that I would take their recognizances as soon as their validity had been ascertained, Mr Caldwell said \"they are here now,” and pointed out some men. I asked him whether he guaranteed their validity, and upon his saying that he did, I took them at once.\n\nD. R. CALDWELL,-Cross-examination continued.\n\nI deny that any intercourse whatever has been kept up between any member of my family and Shaplok. She has been many times to my house to see me on business of different kinds, and as a matter of course she has also seen Mrs Caldwell and spoken to her. I wish to state, that, when I married Mrs Caldwell when she was converted, I threw off all Chinese connections. Shaplok came to me only on business matters officially.\n\nI do most decidedly deny the existence of any family connection in any sense whatever, whether by blood, usage, or adoption, between myself and Ma-chow Wong. Ma-chow Wong is an inferior man, not an equal, and I consider this attempt to connect me with Ma-chow Wong nothing better than a villainous attempt to injure my reputation.\n\nAfter the time of his apprehension and trial, I believed Ma-chow Wong to be an honest man, and I believe now that he always was an honest man up to his apprehension.\n\nPang Wa-ping paid to the paymaster of the Rattler about $200 salvage for rescuing his boat, for which the Paymaster gave a receipt, I witnessing it.\n\nI saw a Chinese document belonging to Beaver after his apprehension at the Police Station. It was a kind of certificate from Chai Awei the pirate Chief, but who styled himself a Rebel, made showing that Beaver had been in his employ, and mention was there made of a man Wong Kee with another as having come from Kongnam (Keangnan), I believe, to carry out the Rebel movements.\n\n(97)\n\nI do not know the man who accompanied Pang Wo-ping. I could make inquiry concerning him, but I am quite certain that they were both there, and that I saw the basket with the lid to it.\n\nWith regard to the search of Assow's house, the anonymous letter was my only information that a musical box was stolen. I also knew that a man was in custody for stealing a barometer, which was referred to in the letter.\n\nI searched the house opposite Pat-mui's. Assow had interpreted here, and at my request, before I searched the house.\n\nLai Szekai still collects the rents for Mrs Caldwell's sister, under a lease which he has of the houses.\n\nI accompanied Mr Grand-Pré in searching the boats in one of which Po-pak-shing was seized; he was there on the spot, and was cognizant of the particulars himself. I was merely sent for to assist.\n\nI was present with Mr Anstey, Mr Cluff, Mr May, Mr Strachan, and several others at the Debtor's Gaol yard, on the afternoon of the day on which Mr May apprehended all the men on Bonham Strand.\n\nI never saw the men-either before deportation, when on their way to the ship, or when on board.\n\nI know nothing about what Boggs says of the payment of black-mail by the pirates to Ma-chow Wong.\n\nI have given Assow to interpret at Ma-chow Wong's trial. I don't think I have given him one since Ma-chow Wong's trial. I consider honesty as necessary for Interpreter.",
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        "content_text": "335\n\nthe full knowledge of its numerous disqualifications for the purpose intended, the irregular shape of the site, the difficulty of properly ventilating any large building that might be placed on it, and the heavy expense that would necessarily be incurred in creating sufficient retaining walls against the bluff soil which overhangs it, were all strong objections which gave way to the belief that Government had no other centrally situated piece of land at its disposal.\n\nSince that time, however, the Committee have been informed that the piece of ground lying immediately to the Eastward of Wardley House and now partially occupied by the Harbour Master's Office is not, as they then supposed, under the control of the Military Authorities or otherwise than as being partially occupied, unavailable for public purposes. This is obviously the most eligible site for the purpose existing in the Colony, and the Committee venture to express their opinion that a handsome building created in this situation would be a great ornament to the city and would occupy to good purpose ground which at present is used for little else than a receptacle for rubbish.",
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        "content_text": "205\n\nabout 20 oars, \n\nthe \n\nCrew of which swain \n\ncut \n\noff \n\nthe retreat \n\nout of \n\non shore, and having boarded her \n\nI found a quantity of rice, etc. He, \n\namount \n\nbesides one Gun and a large quantity of Doroder; These had been stolen from an adjacent village that morning.\n\n\"Having burnt the now-booty \n\nI went to Satye, and from there to Vamox.\n\nлуб \n\nau \n\nacted as \n\ncheries.\n\noff which place. I picked up an intelligent fisherman who acted as Pilot, and who took the \n\nGun Boat to the Westward of \n\nHawelenn Bluff, where a \n\nlarge \n\nPirate junk was at auction, the \n\nCrew on \n\nshore, the Villagers here \n\nsome \n\nkilling two in sight of \n\nof \n\nthe Pirates · \n\nsight of the ship.\n\nLater in the day I took \n\nsixteen in a Sampan, who had been \n\ntaken in \n\nCargo \n\nof rice) by these Pirates the day before and the Captain and mate of the \n\nTrader murdered.\n\nand \n\nThese men stated \n\nthey \n\nbelonged to Macao, I took them there, and satisfying myself \n\nthey \n\nwere \n\nlegal traders, released them. I visited Mong-chow and Chi- \n\nmoon and then steamed to the Westward of Tyau about six miles, where there is a \n\nlarge \n\ntown called Tong Ting (not marked \n\nEX",
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        "content_text": "## \n\n474 \n\nas well as for the Claff that will accompany him on 14 June follow him. This has been done from one next at a rental of $100 each for two houses and $25 for a third. The subordinate Mint Officers' quarters will be required until the experiment of the thing should have been fairly tested, and the now hired will therefore in all probability be required for the agreement (8196) for a second year certain and for a short time at the disposition of the Government. \n\nThese houses are the only ones available in the neighbourhood of the Mint, and the rent is reasonable as House Rents now rule in the Colony. \n\nI have to ask for your sanction of the expenditure. \n\nI understand it to have been Sir Hercules Robinson's intention to defer building houses for the year contemplated in the Agreement. \n\nI have the honor to be, \nYour most obedient servant,",
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        "content_text": "# Report on Contract Issues\n\nbringing charge four and for pay. I am not aware in the first instance in consequence of the incomplete and singular manner in which the claims were finished - the charges were also excessive, and I referred to authorities them in the state submitted on the 18th of '63.\n\nSoon after this, I obtained leave of absence for a short time for the benefit of my health. And as the claim was not represented on my return in an amended form, it was overlooked by the public authorities in the course of their examination for the year.\n\nA few days before my final departure, in April 1864, the contractor verbally made his claim again. The claim was for the work (estimated by Mr. Bokenham at $2390.80) √24-. I explained the circumstances to Mr. Kilburn, who was obliged to leave it for adjustment by his successor, but I have further to observe that it was customary in making arrangements with Chinese Contractors for such works as the track, and upon which I had no skilled or trustworthy person to act as treasurer, to require deposit, the principal for the maintenance of the work for a certain reason. In this case, I refused payment on account of defective construction and ...\n\n## Damage to the Hospital\n\n... considerable damage to the Military Hospital without hesitation. The Contractor proceeded to rectify the damage to the Hospital and rebuilt the granite wall almost from the foundation. The excessive charge made for this work was included in his claim of the  splintered granite in '63. He conducted himself for losses presumed. The boulder stone breach for which payment amounting to $469.80 was on the site, the formation and finish were of a massive and only portion disjointed, the arch in the cliff and supported a boulder which cropped out from its face. This was carried away by the Landslip, which rendered the execution of the Granite Wall necessary.\n\n## Conclusion\n\nI conclude that the Wall as now erected has been finished in a perfectly substantial manner and to my satisfaction. I consider the contractor's claim for the supply of hard woods - in lieu of sustaining just and reasonable, no doubt he received instructions to furnish the hard wood and executed the final order deficient.\n\nI have the honor to be,\n\nE. H. Strachan, Treasurer",
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        "content_text": "## MINUTE\n1865\n\nIn reply to your letter of the 14 inst., I am directed by Lord Cardwell to authorize you to accept the following tenders for articles for the Mint in Hongkong:\n\n| Article | Tenderer | Price |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Apparatus for distilling Water for laboratory use | Cleff | £17.6.4 |\n| Implements | Dewer | £16.10 |\n| Electric Communicators | Jax | £25.10 |\n\nJ. W. Kinder Bay  \n17 Sirk Rogers  \n18 MCardwell  \nK. 2411, 181  \n22 Maul./65",
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        "content_text": "## Master of the Mint of Hong Kong \n28th May 1865 \n\nTo John Cliff & Co.\n\n2 Stoneware and Fine Briar Pipes, details as stated below:\n\n| Quantity | Description |\n| --- | --- |\n| 2.16 | Gully Store Jars |\n| 173.2 | No 3 Crests ground in Works |\n| 100 | Moffle Stoppers 12 × 9 |\n| 316 | 7 ... |\n| 1100 | Fine Files 12x G |\n| X |  |\n| 100 | Top pieces Lauty |\n| 30 | Jumps 16 x 18 x ... |\n|  | Sachin es To Exer Endia dock's per Canadison Amy Hong |\n| 1 | Brit weigher |\n| Z | Castles |\n| 50 | Lumps |\n| 100 | Stoppers |\n| 100 | Files |\n\n## Extended Terms to Wieder – Appended Through (2d)\n\n| Quantity |\n| --- |\n| 14 |\n| 16 |\n| 19.1 |\n| 12 |\n| 100 |\n| 20 |\n| ... |\n| Mu101 |\n| 294 |",
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        "content_text": "## Hong Kong, November 26th\n\nDear Sir,\n\nI desire to bring to the notice of the Government a proposition made by me on the 10th August 1861 to Colonel Moody, then the Commandant of the Garrison, relative to the land around the Bluff upon which our house is situated and which I am informed by a letter from Colonel Gordon under date of 15th July has been submitted to the Home Government and has been refused.\n\nI venture to re-open the subject in the hope of a favorable reconsideration of the decision arrived at, from my belief that the matter \n\n| 15% | Wemment |\n| --- | --- |\n| ... | ... |\n\nwas an arrangement (Census) to the formal usufruct? of W.G. Antje obtaining that of with the Amount of rent payable to the Colonial Gov. (ita) a niche & a matter of arrangement between that Govt and him.\n\nPage numbers and other metadata like \"7/2 93 197 410 Lam 10 42200 104\" are not directly related to the main text flow and should be kept as is or placed at the top or bottom as metadata. However, the main task is to reconstruct the sentences and paragraphs.\n\nThe initial part seems unrelated to the letter and appears to be a table or some form of data. The main text starts with \"Hong Kong, November 26th. Dear Sir,\" and continues as a coherent letter. \n\nThe original text has been corrected for spacing, and the sentences have been rejoined where they were broken across lines. The initial tabular or data section has been formatted using Markdown table syntax.",
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        "content_text": "## understood and \n\nIt has not been fully appreciated, doubtless from the imperfect manner in which they have been stated, the advantages to the public.\n\nMy proposition was as follows: that the Government should relinquish to me the land on the North side of the road under the Bluff as far as they might deem prefer, in consideration of which I would undertake to cut away the East face of the Bluff as much as would be safe, throwing the level space thus obtained at the foot into the Parade Ground, build a retaining wall on the North and East of the Bluff, and build covered drains along the East side where now there are none.\n\n105\n\nI beg to repeat this proposition, and while I am aware that in giving its consent the Government will confer a great favour upon me, I would point out that the land of which I should thus become lessee cannot be of use to anybody else and its value to me is chiefly derived from the proximity of my house on the Bluff. I also desire to show that the interests of the Military Department and the public generally are consulted in the concession.",
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        "content_text": "106\n\nI enclose plan of the ground A taken from the Engineers Office showing the present position of the premises; it was drawn years ago and does not give an adequate idea of the amount of rubbish now collected at the foot of the Bluff from the stones, and dirt rolling down. The red lines show the limits of the ground held by the military but the ground actually available is marked by a blue line, all the space between the blue and the red lines is useless from its being a steep slope covered with stones and bushes. I propose to clear away the North and East sides of the Bluff as much as possible and throw it into the Parade Ground so as to obtain a clear East side and on the North side a small building site.\n\nI enclose a second plan B. showing the actual space thereby made available or added to the Parade Ground colored in green and the space that I wish to have relinquished building site colored in yellow. It should be kept in mind that both these spaces are useless to everybody.\n\nThe advantage to the military of this alteration seems manifestable.\n\n**EX**",
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        "content_text": "## \n\nThe advantages to the public first as regards its present state, the Bluff is an eyesore - a dirty ragged hillside covered with rubbish and shaggy bushes; it will become a handsome structure and the bushes that now hide all manner of abomination and filth left there by coolies, sailors away, and others will be cleared. The open ditch that now carries off water and refuse from the hill will be replaced by a large covered drain, and thus the whole neighbourhood will gain in purity of air, in cleanliness and health. On this point, I request the perusal of enclosure marked `C`.\n\nThe ownership of the building site on the North side of the Bluff would be subject to any restrictions the Government might think fit to impose, and the cutting away of the Bluff, the building of the retaining wall, and of the drain could only be done under the supervision and according to the plans, if so desired, of the Officers of the Government, and at my expense.\n\nIn consideration of the advantages I enumerate to the Military and the Public, I venture to hope for a favourable reply to my proposition.",
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        "content_text": "341\n\nyears service and alth's not suffering from Actual Sickness has grown infirm and feeble, is of very small stature and in appearance unfit for the Service.\n\nIn consideration of his lengthened Service and having borne a Good character, I would bey leave respectfully to recommend him to the favorable Consideration of His Excellency for discharge with a Gratuity of $100 to enable him to return to his native Country Madras.\n\nI have to.\n\n(signed)\nMm Quin Captam Superintendent:\n\n(Copy)\n\nSo Captain Quin Superintendent of the Police Force Honghing\n\nThe humble Petition of NC 302 Police Constable Sabon Allie.\n\nMeest humbly Shewith,\n\nThe Petitioner beys most respectfully to grant the request of your Servant under the following circumstances.\n\nI have been in the Police Force at Honghing for the period of fifteen years during that time I have behaved myself so well and I was never reported upon. I was obedient to all my Superior officers. When I came to this Island it was a barren cliff then I was healthy but now I am",
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        "content_text": "302\n\nOrdinales incon-\n\nsistent herewith repealed.\n\nPenalties how recoverable.\n\nTitle.\n\nSection II of\n\nOrdinance No, 3 of\n\n1859 repealed.\n\nNo Transaction of Business by the\n\nbetween the 20th\n\nOctober.\n\nTHE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 28тH JULY, 1866.\n\nXX. All Ordinances or portions of Ordinances inconsistent with the Provisions of this Ordinance are hereby repealed.\n\nXXI. All Penalties imposed under this Ordinance shall be recovered and distributed in the manner provided by Ordinance No. 10 of 1844.\n\nmay\n\nbe\n\nAn Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative\n\nCouncil thereof, for altering the Time of the Vacation of the Supreme Court.\n\nBe it enacted and ordained by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-\n\nI. Section II of Ordinance No. 3 of 1859 is hereby repealed.\n\nII. Except for the Purpose of issuing Writs, receiving Petitions or completing Supreme Court, &c., any Sessions, Hearing, Inquiry or Trial actually commenced on or before the Day next hereinafter mentioned, no Business shall be transacted by the Supreme Court, or the Offices connected therewith, from the Evening of the Twentieth Day of August in each Year until the Morning of the Twelfth Day of October then next following: Provided may direct re-opening nevertheless, that it shall be lawful for the Governor at any time to direct the business of the Supreme Court to be resumed during the period above named, and to make any other Order in the Premises which to the said Governor may seem expedient and necessary for the Public interests and convenience.\n\nProviso. Governor\n\nof Court,\n\nNo. 115.\n\nGOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.\n\nAt the request of Commodore JONES, the following Hydrographic Notice respecting a Rock North Eastward of the Lammock Islands, and also respecting Mackinnon Rock, is published for the information of Mariners, and others whom it may concern.\n\nBy Order,\n\nColonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 24th July, 1866.\n\nW. H. RENNIE, Acting Colonial Secretary.\n\nMr. Tizard, Master R.N., and Chief Assistant Surveyor of H.M.S. Rifleman, having, under the orders of Commodore O. J. Jones, proceeded to Swatow for the purpose of searching for certain rocks in the neighbourhood of that port, the result is hereby made known for general information.\n\nJNO. WM. REED, Master Commanding H.M.S. “Rifleman,\"\n\nand in Charge of China Sea Survey.\n\nTHE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 28тa JULY, 1866.\n\n30204\n\nMACKINNON ROCK, in the Channel between Namoa and the Lamock Islands, on which the Ellen Rodger struck in 1862, is a dangerous coral pinnacle with only & feet on it at low water. From it, the North-west point of Plat Island bears S. 62 W., three quarters of a mile. East extremity of Oeste Rock S. 14° E., 14 mile. Apex of Bluff Rock S. 50° E., 2 miles, and Apex of Dome Island N. 65° E., 2 miles.\n\nMr. Boxer, Master in Command of H.M.S. Hesper, reported another Rock in this Channel a little to the Eastward of the Mackinnon Rock. This danger was searched for in the Drake without success, and the fishermen most positively asserted that no other Rock than the Mackinnon exists in the Channel. We are therefore of opinion, that Mr. Boxer must have seen the Mackinnon Rock, the difference in position may be ascribed to the fact of the Hesper being an iron vessel, and, in consequence, the bearings taken from the Compasses cannot be implicitly relied on.\n\nTo avoid this danger, vessels entering the Channel from the Westward, should not bring Plat Island to the Westward of S.W. by S., whilst Dome Island is Northward of an E. by N. bearing; when Oeste Rock bears S. by W., they are to the Eastward of the Mackinnon Rock, and can haul to the Southward.\n\nEntering the Channel from the Eastward, after passing Dome Island steer to the Northward until it bears E. by N., keeping it on that bearing until Plat Island bears S.W. by S.\n\nNo. 116.\n\nGOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.\n\nT. H. TIZARD, Master H.N. and Chief Assistant Surveyor H.M.S, “Rifleman,\"\n\nAt the request of Commodore JONES, the following Extract respecting a Rock, North of Quemoy Island, is published for the information of Mariners, and others whom it may concern.\n\nBy Order,\n\nColonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 24th July, 1866.\n\nW. H. RENNIE, Acting Colonial Secretary.\n\nThe Gunboat Grasshopper drawing about eight feet of water when North of Quemoy Island, off Chimney Hill, on 23rd June, 1866, reports:~~\n\n\"Touched a Rock, which is not laid down in the Admiralty Chart, the depth of water at the time all round the ship \"with the exception of the spot where she touched, which was before the foremast, was 34 fathoms, it being low water at the \"time, the gun-boat did not remain there more than 3 minutes.\n\n\"The following are the bearings:-\n\n\"Chimney Hill..\n\n\"Centre Hill.. \"Ship's Head.\n\nTrue Extract,\n\nOLIVER J. JONES,\n\nCommodore.\n\n.S.E. by S.\n\nWest.\n\nN.W.N.\"\n\n(Signed)\n\nJ. C. PATTERSON,\n\nLieutenant Commander.\n\nHongkong, 20th July, 1866.\n\nHYDROGRAPHIC NOTICE. CHINA, EAST COAST.\n\nSHEET 3, AND NAMOA ISLAND.\n\nFariation 0 0'.\n\nLAMOCK ISLANDS.—The two small Islands North-eastward of the East Lamock Islands are, with reference to East Lamock Island, incorrectly laid down on the Chart; they should be farther to the South-eastward. Assuming East Lamock Island to be correctly laid down; from its South-east point the North Rock bears N. 38° E. instead of N. 22° E., and the Island between North Rock and East Lamock Island bears from the South-east point of East Lamock Island N. 29° E. instead of N, 15° E., as shewn on the Chart, (see Admiralty Chart, Namoa Island, No. 1957.)\n\nThe distances shewn on the Chart are correct. The South-east extremity of East Lamock Island is in line with the South-east extremity of North Kock on the bearing S. 42° W. iustead of S. 25o W.\n\nFrom the North-east point of North Rock the observed true bearing of Dome Island was found to be N. 67° 50′ W., agreeing with the Chart.\n\nTIMES ROCK situated to the North-eastward of the Lamock Islands, originally reported by Mr. Anderson of the schooner Times, (vide China Pilot, p. 104,) and on which several vessels have recently struck, is a dangerous coral pinnacle with only 9 feet over it at low water. From it the North Rock of Lamock Islands bears S. 37° W., distant a little over a mile; and Dome Island N. 73° 30′ W., distant 12 miles.\n\nWhen on the Rock the East bluff of East Lamock Island is just scen open Westward of the Western apex of North Rock, the extremes of the Islands subtending an angle of 13° 11'.\n\nThe High Lamock, opens North-westward of East Lamock clears the Rock to the North-westward; and opens South-eastward of it, clears the Rock to the South-eastward.\n\nTo avoid this danger, the angle subtended by the Lamock Islands should not be greater than 10°, when the High Lamook is shut in.\n\nThe Times, and other vessels placed this Rock farther from the Islands, but on nearly the same bearing as given above. The distance, which with them must have been mere guess work, was carefully measured from H. M. gun-boat Drake, whilst at anchor on the Rock. Its position as marked on the Admiralty Chart, from the authority of Mr. Anderson, was sounded over, but no danger could be discovered, and the fishermen, who were offered a reward to point out any other Rocks, assert that none other exist in that vicinity.\n\nNo. 117.\n\nGOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.\n\nIt is hereby notified that His Excellency the GOVERNOR has appointed N. R. MASSON, Esquire, to be a Cathedral Trustee on behalf of the Government for the Year 1866-67, vice JOHN SIMPSON, Esquire, resigned.\n\nBy Order,\n\nColonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 28th July, 1866.\n\nPOST OFFICE NOTIFICATION.\n\nW. H. RENNIE, Acting Colonial Secretary.\n\nIt is hereby notified for general information that henceforward Correspondence addressed to Italy will be liable to the following rates of postage which must be paid in advance, viz.:\n\nUnder an ounce in weighs\n\n24 cents.\n\nFOR A LETTER Above ounce but not exceeding 1 ounce in weight, 48 cents.\n\nNEWSPAPERS\n\n2 cents each.\n\nFor every additional ounce.\n\n48 cents.\n\nIt is to be understood that these rates cover the postage on such Correspondence to Alexandria only, leaving the postage for its conveyance from Alexandria to Italy to be collected on delivery.\n\nGeneral Post Office, Hongkong, 25th July, 1866.\n\nF. W. MITCHELL, Postmaster General.",
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        "content_text": "I cannot say that personally) instituting a series of reforms and under Mary obligations to him.\n\nHe served offended with no pun the first for\n\nin the department, which \"Rattern astonished him and\n\nMeeting to accept this friend which have quite demolished the\n\nzine now an old.\n\nstorey -\n\nWhen\n\ntoo much so that when we loved label friend against she, one tendery woning he left I just arrived – Stenfer this is\n\nand, Knigh Lady Mundmill to get on as the best full without sheets I believe his health would permit. -below covers a towels - Whilst prime to remain here I had to borrow a few things\n\nMunste\n\nnot as\n\nforeign,\n\nCole Set I wish.\n\npatches from the clufe where fine hontily a fondaphnitiant\n\nThis was\n\nto lend\n\nan bad beening.\n\nbut I quite gave him this\n\n#\n\nelsewhere. the unsretty had\n\nwhich taken the Mecatione ofting. to by - Reformed his own office fort\" till as I have said he is a gentlemanly-scholarly person - without any help\n\nhelp per hine and finch he sunny get a good pension The Nursing: for he has been\n\nPage 5",
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        "content_text": "## 548\n\nIn H.M. Gunboat under my command to Kowloon City, from which City I took (while at anchor) the Mandarin proceeded towards Fo-low-moon Pass, but before arriving at the entrance I anchored at the back of an Island called Sunk Island, which Junks I examined and found them to be honest traders.\n\nI then proceeded through Fo-low-moon Pass and examined the different inlets round Port-Shelter, Bluff Head &c. I afterwards proceeded for the night into Rocky Harbour, and sent the Mandarin on shore to gain information.\n\nOn the next day, July ..., we weighed and proceeded into the Bay and examined the different creeks and Harbors on the west side until I arrived off Cresent Island and anchored. I there searched several Junks but found nothing to excite my suspicion. I afterwards proceeded and examined Harling Inlet, the weather being very threatening and squally.\n\nOn July 2nd, we weighed and proceeded across the Bay to Panchow Island and from there to Stamou Village, of which village I examined two Junks bound for Swatow, and found them to be large Junks.",
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        "content_text": "## Ending \n\nEstimate for the front...\n\n1 \nthat I finally \n1870 \nwas awarded a pension \n£4100 a year from the \nà \n15 Dec. 1857.\n\nThe Lordships Allen...\n\nThe Dept of the ...\n\nIrish \nCase \n\nRENA \n\n3 Cliff. Terrace \n|  |  |\n|---|---|\n| & 2470. Sandylot |  |\n| The Bright Houseadle 10 |  |\n| Spruce | Ki1932 |\n\nHome Office \n\"Hey to Sing sendu \n8. collision rahan the \nfollowing molt simpelt \nauding \nbe \nBaute St. \nschechen Rase. No interest beyond a feeling of deep compassion fr...",
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        "content_text": "Hachicularles at this moment, that the Viceroy, Comewhat appalled at the magnitude & morality of the treasures, Which he was inaugurating old Ite Intherford Aleret pe troued abandon the whole scheme, if the latter Buited. Cold Minbelley will also find that Es pat from lissuading the Viceroy Houghag from a scadute; ed beigusiree to reeping ir Butterfred surged him on, and that the This pulforde, rime up Marie Milluding H. Me. Contul, Along into the claff. Sucessary & rooibe the scheme completite all the arrangements, without the Mucooledge of the Frughong Authorities on Anyg the Mercantile community & Rest it sach, till the moment arrived for putting it not excention.\n\n7. Gow it seems cheat, that if ever there was to be a suitable opportunity for H. M. Minister to interfere on delay of the Colony, it was the opportunity which presented itself at the time, when the scheme for blockading the Colony with Revenue besselst cushion tations, was pret started, with their privitiy & subject to theis advice. It certainly is not saying to much if I rescant that the opportunity in question, soas, not merely reflected, tut Soniettining more in \n\n201\n\nThis hot surprising therepre, if I examine Mt Wade's present communication with some suspicion, Main Pastrniched when I find that its real object is to carry out Sis Buthend. Alesch = proposal for the establishment an fic at Branching the Chinese Imperial customers to levy Erinise taxes on British soil, a systeme Inseparable from all the collateral Rangers of supposition, corruption, and thee frits of Chinese Squeezing administration, all fraught with More or less political danger, as proce by the previous history of the Colony.\n\n9. Muskiew of the master is the cope bien is thepre thefly this - that as I. I. &iplomatie despacito failed cutirely to assist the Colonial authorities, in this hery matter or one rearly identical when they could have done is with facility and which the diguity, & as the supply, injury. Chinese cruisers then inflict, is ra heally found to be to hunch i than bas at first approbe ted, it is not desirable Feinbarrass the Houghoux authorities by any farther",
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        "document_key": "CO129-157 - Sir MacDonnell Acting Governor Sir Kennedy - 1872 [4-5]",
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        "content_text": "44\n\nGeneral states that a reduced claim below the original was rendered to the Surveyor General's. I can simply state that I never received it. Had I received it, I would have done my best to adjust the claim. I still contend that I do not remember that the Contract was made with the Government - but am under the impression that it was made with the holder of the Brandy License: However this may be, I could not reply to the application made in November 1871 - as some of the materials still remained buried under the cliff.\n\n45\n\nThey were not excavated until a few days before I received the last application in January. They were then immediately measured and the value ascertained without doubt to be about $200 instead of ... which ... the ... claimed. I am certainly of opinion that in this case further explanation is quite unnecessary. Had the claim been fair and reasonable in the first instance, it would have been fairly met and adjusted. What would have been the consequence, had I passed the account when first called...",
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        "content_text": "16\n\nDrains, sewers and water pipes may be conveniently conducted.\n\nIn reference to the third reservation touching the height of houses, I think there is no fear of these obstructing the breeze or masking the Military buildings or grounds as the Ordnance are on a plateau 80 feet above the sea level, edged by a cliff and broad roads on the side. Howloong houses are never higher than 20 feet and would require to be from 80 to 100 feet in height before they could in any way intercept the breeze. If, therefore, the insuring of this advantage is the only reason for limiting the height of houses, no sanitary want can exist now or in the future for the right demanded.\n\nA commission composed of distinguished naval, Military and Colonial Officers sat in 1861, to adjust all the land appropriations and rights of the respective Departments in Howloong, and the result of their labours, accepted and ratified by Her Majesty's Government, has been on the whole satisfactory and I think it therefore inexpedient to modify or supplement the decision of the...",
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        "page_number": 299,
        "title": "CO129-170 - Sir Kennedy - 1875 [1-3] -- Acting Governor Austin - 1875 [3-6]",
        "content_text": "292\n\n## PLAN SHEWING MILITARY GROUNDS WITH ADJACENT PUBLIC ROADS.\n\n**MILITARY RESERVATIONS COLOURED RED.**\n\nOffice  \n**Surveyor General.**\n\n**NAVAL YARD.**\n\nROUND ISLAND is a **MILITARY RESERVATION.**  \nCLIFF (NON-SALEABLE)\n\nScale: 200 FEET = 1 INCH.",
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        "content_text": "432\n\nis vaulted proof covered with Asphalte. Secondly the enclosure with a width of thirty feet? Thirdly the enclosure wall also of granite Ashlar. Fourthly intervening space between the enclosure wall and the foot of the diff. Fifthly this Covenanted distance of twenty feet from the edge of the Cliff. Sixthly the wall to be built by the Colonial Government, and Seventhly the distance represented by the width of the road which is at present eight feet, besides thirty feet. If therefore General Brunker's and Colonel W. Butt's precautions are duly observed, I respectfully maintain that all risk from accidental fire is practically eliminated.\n\n16.\n\nI now come to that class of risk which, in concurrence with Colonel Moggridge, I consider to be far more grave—that is, that of Arson. It is perfectly clear that the designs of an incendiary will not be facilitated by the construction of a Carriage road, nor hindered by the system of works such as the proposed tunnel, deep cuttings, and palisadings. For in the first case, he can most conveniently gain access to the Magazine from Queen's Road by going up along the Military road which leads from this crowded thoroughfare to the threshold of the Magazine, and which has always been quite open to the public. Likely still, he would creep unobserved down the hill side or along the edge of the nullah without the aid of any road at all. The carrying out of the road along the surface of the steep side ground will, after its south slope is cut, create a wide intervening open excavation or gap completely deburring access from the Mountain above to the edge of the cliff—which overlooks the Magazine. It is this overlooking cliff that constitutes the source of danger which we should endeavour to remove, and which is effectually removed by General Brunker's and Colonel W. Butt's proposition, but which remains untouched by Colonel Moggridge's tunnel scheme, as clearly shown in the two diagrams hereto appended. It will be seen at a glance that a body bent on blowing up the Magazine would...",
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        "document_key": "CO129-174 - Sir Kennedy - 1876 [4-8]",
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        "content_text": "2-1870 a certain cliff on Bonham Road was extensively cut away to furnish material for the refilling of the grounds in the neighbourhood. Every home within 500 yards of the cliff had one or cases of fever, some of them, unfortunately, terminating fatally. Whatever the reason, the fact remains that the soil of a place where vegetation was disturbed for the first time demanded attention, especially in the hot season. Everyone became a fever patient. Extra Jr. report by 5. Dods had. Acting Colt Jungen EA Col Job 26/72. Publ. with footnotes marked 23/72.\n\nPlans of the accompanying fuller description and Specification for the Kowloon Hospital and Civil Hospital – The general arrangement of buildings – The hospital consists of wards, a familiar type of ward block. The administration block contains the back patients' departments, the offices, the patients' office, and stores, and the quarters for the resident staff.\n\nA detached block contains a wash house, and laundry, mortuary, and post-mortem room, and a separate department for the reception and treatment of female cases has been provided.",
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        "document_key": "CO129-177 - Sir Kennedy Acting Governor Austin Lieut Governor Hennessy - 1877 [1-5]",
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        "content_text": "\"to proceed by any particular route. These questions are likely to arise and it might be as well to ascertain what has been the custom in different colonies and whether it is desirable that what has been the practice hitherto should be adhered to.\n\nRun 17/8\n\nthe there payments\n\nLlore\n\nan have wo\n\nbut I should\n\nbmited\n\nWHO.\n\n27/5.\n\nmade in the belonging\n\nmeans of showing\n\nBok\n\nFamily\n\nday\n\nthe\n\nat the Rullii expense, to\n\nIt is merely\n\nCare\n\na\n\nincluded,\n\ncontain number\n\nhave\n\nanything here\n\nto indicate whether the paragraph\n\nnot sharing\n\nthe mis Ian & henter Laid down in cn. Ry.\n\n576\n\nfor 2 Claff. but then an der handed with the belonging\n\n& we have\n\nanything about it\n\nhear\n\nI would write to the Colonies\n\nE\n\nconcerned to this effect\n\nMit te pation in 2. the Regent of\n\nMovance Law Refragen har ansie th\n\ndeffently\n\nMie\n\nVome\n\nin dealing with it,\n\ndemies that in\n\namong\n\nLove\n\nin\n\nhave occurred\n\nLed Camamar\n\nthe care of Offens\n\nhan it if testativ\n\nwhether the Office\n\nentitled\n\nLihin 1/3 &is so wheller to unleade Family & also whether well-\n\nApp Repage.\n\nAar\n\nK\n\nthat hem\n\nthe legats would be authorized a\n\nhay it.\n\n28/0\n\n129,0.77 quis fim",
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        "document_key": "CO129-181 - Governor Hennessy - 1878 [1-8]",
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        "content_text": "# Hong Kong Confidential \n\n## 31 August, 1878.\n\n### The Pope Hennessy C.MG.\n\nThe Right Honorable  \nSir Michael Hicks Beach,  \nBt, M.P..\n\nRecommending W. May for the post of Frenchuli \nGovernor. No.  \nJessy Tel  \nDate.  \nAugust  \n8  \n1878  \n\nLast previous Paper  \n775  \nJor. Mauritius  \nGov. 24Kong  \nI No. Sis. 7. Dec. 78  \nA gate instructed 1b. Dec. 78  \n\nfee couff  \nHong Kong  \nNo 10,095  \n(Subject.)  \n435  \nEC  \nEX  \n9 AUG 1978  \n**DESPATCH**.\n\nDesi Paraphrase of Telegram from Governor  \n\nI have received your telegram.  \nI have relieved the Colonial Secretary from the duty of drafting all Despatches from the Governor to His office. The procedure should be the same as in all Other Crown Colonies. The Legislation Council has sanctioned the appointment of a writer for correspondence with the Chinese. I have given the post to F. Eitel.\n\nThe appointments of Colonial Secretary and Auditor General may be united.\n\nThe Salary of the Colonial Secretary is $7200.  \nWhen that Officer had the additional duties of Auditor General, it was with some additional Salary, not as much as $2000 (CO 129/187/378-H & S. 6543).",
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        "document_key": "CO129-191 - Public Offices & Others - 1880",
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        "title": "CO129-191 - Public Offices & Others - 1880",
        "content_text": "MAINLAND\n\nCHINA\n\nOF\n\nKeow\n\nFresh Water Creat\n\nWhite\n\nFlock\n\nTango Pooks\n\nPATERA\n\nPass for Small Junks'\n\nMACAO \"ISLAND (So called on Chart)\n\nVillage\n\nBluff H\n\nSoah\n\nCultivated\n\n#Hillook\n\nPlain\n\nWhite\n\nRock\n\nConchow\n\no I$\n\no a d\n\nT\n\n(4. 1/80 1377) F0.50 {\"\n\nFrom the Admiralty Chart of Chu-Kiang, or Canton River, from Macao and Hong Kong to Boca Tigris. Published 29th January, 1857.\n\nIn another map of the Canton River, published in London in 1841, during the British operations against the Chinese forts, the following note is inserted opposite the peninsula of Macao: \"Belonging to Portuguese. Portuguese population, 5,000, with slaves; Chinese ditto, 30,000, under a Mandarin;\" and opposite a line drawn across the neck of the peninsula, to mark the Portuguese boundary, another note is inserted, stating that the \"barrier wall was built in 1573 to confine the Portuguese.\"\n\nThe Portuguese state :-\n\nNovember 29, 1849.\n\n\"The sovereignty and possession which the Portuguese Crown has maintained in the city and territory of Macao, never interrupted during the long period of more than 300 years, is legally founded upon the concession of the said territory made to that Crown by the Emperors of China, in order that the Portuguese, who had succeeded in liberating the coasts and seas of the Empire from the pirates by whom they were infested, might establish themselves permanently there, building houses and fortresses in which they might dwell and defend themselves, governing themselves by their own laws, but paying to that Empire the small yearly charge of 500 taels,* a true covenant by quit-rent being thus effected, by which the full dominion of that territory was transferred to the Crown of Portugal.\"\n\n+ About 1661.\n\n3\n\nMr. Wade, No. 8; July 10, 1864.\n\nrent being thus effected, by which the full dominion of that territory was transferred to the Crown of Portugal.\n\nMr. Wade, however, stated, in 1864, that the rent which had up to that time been paid was 800 taels (2667).\n\nIt would appear to be unnecessary to attempt to give an account of what passed during the first two centuries in which the peninsula was held by the Portuguese, although it may be stated that in 1622, and again in 1627, the Dutch unsuccessfully attacked the Portuguese at Macao, but that in 1661 they succeeded in defeating the Portuguese naval forces in the East Indies; that in that same year a Treaty of Alliance was concluded between Great Britain and Portugal, by which the King of England engaged to defend the Portuguese possessions \"as Hertslet's Treaties, vol. 1, p. 494. England itself,\" and that it was considered by the Queen's Advocate;\n\nArticles XI and XV. Renewed by Treaty of January 22, 1815, Article III.\n\nNovember 4, 1843. Memorandum;\n\nJuly 31, 1843.\n\nTo Baron Moncorvo;\n\nSeptember 29, 1849.\n\nQueen's Advocate, in 1843, that Macao was intended by the Contracting Parties to be included in that engagement.\n\nBut when, in 1802, and again in 1809, the British Government sent detachments of troops to occupy Macao for its defence against an expected attack by the French, who were then at war with Portugal as well as with Great Britain, the Portuguese were unable to afford them any assistance.\n\nOn the first of these occasions, in 1802, the Portuguese Governor of Macao made a written appeal to the Chinese authorities, stating that the Portuguese resided at Macao with the Emperor's permission, and that they therefore entreated the Chinese authorities to exert themselves for the defence and protection of Macao against the English; and on the second occasion, in 1809, the Chinese authorities objected to the landing of the British troops, alleging that the territory of Macao was not Portuguese territory, but was part of the dominions of the Emperor of China, and they threatened that if the Portuguese authorities allowed the landing to take place, the Chinese would send forces to drive the British troops out. The Portuguese Governor, in consequence, informed the Admiral commanding the British vessels that he could not comply with his wish to be allowed to land his troops at Macao, because his being per...\n\n139",
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        "content_text": "Werner.\n\nCanopy Court:\n\nDate.\n\n1881.\n\nJan 12.\n\nLast previous Paper\n\nGov\n\ndespatch of April 13-5567 V\n\nhome come\n\nMarch 15\n\nDespatch No. 3657\n\nNo.\n\nĐang trọng. 2965\n\n(Subject.)\n\nDESPATCH,\n\nC. Q.\n\n8\n\nREC\n\nRcGO 17 FEB 81\n\nCircumstances connected with W. Sibbler's Suspension Mr. Justice Snowden's Efforts\n\nto bring about\n\nan\n\namicable settlement of his\n\nRefusal it became necessary to suspend him.\n\n(Minutes.)\n\nby Meace\n\nthe\n\nperpetrator's palpable mention\n\nin paragraph 1. has not\n\nas per Files (Tel: 221)\n\nin a short time\n\nhas\n\nthe\n\n6th received by\n\n(per papers will forthwith be here\n\n3470\n\nRms. 1 | 81-- H & S 80)\n\nThis despatch calls\n\nfor no action\n\nin view of the suspension papers\n\nam\n\nNtinate\n\nGur Feb 22\n\nMongheaded man.\n\nbeyond question.\n\nRm Feb 22/2\n\nwat atown\n\nHeel Feb 24\n\nPage ...\n\n  // To be replaced with actual page number if available\n\nHowever, to follow the exact output format requested, here is the revised response:\n\nWernor.\n\nCanopy Couff:\n\nDate.\n\n1881.\n\nJau 12.\n\nLast previous Paper\n\nGov\n\ndesprent of apie 13-5567 V\n\nhome come\n\nMarch 15\n\nசில. Lea 3657\n\nNo.\n\nĐang trọng. 2965\n\n(Subject.)\n\nDESPATCH,\n\nC. Q.\n\n8\n\nREC\n\nRcGO 17 FEB SI\n\nCronstances commented with W. Sibblor's Suspension Mr. Justice Snowden's Efforts\n\nto bring about\n\nCana\n\nalve\n\nand\n\namicable settlement of his\n\nRefse it became necessary to sucsend him.\n\n(Minutes.)\n\nh Meace\n\nthe\n\nperpentin cerpalet ementioneal\n\nparagraph 1. has mit\n\nas der Filters Tel: 221)\n\nin a short time\n\nkas\n\nthe\n\n6th receive b\n\n(pee\n\nДас\n\npurported on Don 31 / per popers will fartall be here\n\n3470\n\nrms. 1 | 81-- H & S 80)\n\nThis despatch calls\n\nfor no achen\n\niwat\n\ninval of the suspension Jopas\n\nam\n\nNtinate\n\nGur Jeb22\n\nMongheaded man.\n\nbeyond question.\n\nRm 22/2\n\nwat atown\n\nHeel feb 24",
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        "content_text": "433\n\npresent arrangement, the new barracks will have to be built objectionably close to the vertical cutting or cliff at the back of the premises, which will deprive them of any air from that quarter during the summer heats.\n\n5. Before I left the Colony, I learnt that the Military Authorities claimed certain rights to the ground where the present Police Station has been standing for over fifteen years (and which I now recommend as the proper site). And I therefore advised Governor Hennessy to investigate these claims before he proceeded to determine the position of the proposed new building, but I am not aware that any such investigation was ever made; at all events, the result was never communicated to me for record in the Land Office, and I presume therefore that, rather than raise the question, the alternative of building the Station was elected.",
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        "content_text": "## 11.\n\nA main magazine, laboratory, and Artillery stores have yet to be provided, as well as a guard room for men in charge of the battery, in time of peace.\n\nThe requirements necessary for the completion of the battery are laid down in the following extracts from paragraphs 70, 71, 72 of Capt. McCallum's report of 17th January, 1800:\n\n70.--The concrete escarp wall, as at present constructed, is of minimum section, and Chinese coolie labour at Singapore not being very good at any time, I would propose that a 2′ 6′′ facing should be given to it of Malacca stone, a cheap, tough conglomerate, which is taken out in handy blocks and becomes hard on exposure to the air. The present gorge parapet should be thrown forward into the hollow in front of the counter scarp and its place supplied by a loopholed wall. The ditches also should be generally improved. The escarp of the horn-work and its redan should be heightened and so constructed from re-entering angle to re-entering angle that a chemin des rondes may run all round, from which the hollows and slopes in front may be searched by musketry fire. The present gorge wall should be continued until it meets the cliff on the reverse of the \"gun emplacements\", and, in like manner, the loopholed wall should be carried round the cliff until it meets the flank parapet of the right 9\" gun.\n\n71.--Between the 9\" battery and the lower 7\" battery, should be constructed a main magazine, protected behind the cliff in front, when the present spacious ammunition stores could be strengthened from the inside and converted into expense magazines, with separate supply passages as at present designed.",
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        "content_text": "## \nposition of the battery, it would appear desirable to provide the heavier armament; to do so, it will be necessary to extend the work to the left as owing to the cliff having given way the gun will have to be removed on the right N°1. The work on the extreme Right should have a range wide enough to allow of its firing round to the South and South East Blakang Mati Island. \n\nThe further work required to complete this battery is described in the following extract from Capt. McCallin's report above referred to.",
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        "content_text": "## \n8\n\nalong the centre of the bottom of the ditch, and that flank defence be provided therein. I would also recommend that the southern part of this work should be cut off from the long straggling main work by a flanked ditch and wall. This interior retrenchment would not only serve as a redoubt for the whole work, from which an artillery fire could still be maintained on the town, but would provide for the probable contingency of its having to be defended by a small garrison only.\n\n## Fort Fullerton\n\nFort Fullerton, a weak battery à fleur d'eau, has been partially dismantled to make way for the Government Post Office, but it still has an armament of nine 68-pdrs, of 95 cwt., six of which are mounted. Eight of these guns, however, require re-venting and one is unserviceable. This work was formerly intended to assist in the defence of the roadstead, but its retired position and want of command render it very unsuitable for this object. Like Fort Canning, moreover, a fire from this work would draw the enemy's fire on the town. Fort Fullerton would, however, owing to its position, be a useful post in case of a rising of the native population, and I would recommend that it should be retained with reference to this contingency. With this view, the guns mounted on the sea-face should be removed, the embrasures filled up, and the parapet provided with a banquette. The gorge of the work should also be closed by a loopholed wall, in connection with the Post Office.\n\n## Painter Battery\n\nThis battery is constructed in the shape of an elongated horse-shoe, 100 feet in length by 10 feet in mean width, and is armed with five 56-pdrs., S. B. guns of 98 cwt., three of which only are now in position and these require re-venting; the remaining two are dismounted and unserviceable. There is no bombproof accommodation, and its magazine, which is situated in the gorge of the work close to the guns, is weak and much exposed. This battery occupies a commanding position, however, and was constructed with a view of bringing a cross fire to bear on the roadstead in connection with Forts Canning and Fullerton. Owing to its small extent, the guns are placed very close together, and but one 4-foot traverse is provided. This circumstance, taken in connection with its position on a narrow ledge on the face of the cliff, would always have rendered the service of the guns dangerous. The site is quite unsuited for the requirements of modern warfare, and I recommend that the armament should be removed, and the battery entirely dismantled. The summit of the hill, upon the slope of which it stands, presents, however, a very advantageous and commanding site for a work to aid in the defence of the roadstead and the New Harbour. I shall refer to this point hereafter.\n\n## Mount Faber Battery\n\nThis battery was constructed for two 56-pdrs., S. B. guns of 95 cwt., and designed to bear upon the eastern and western entrances of the New Harbour, which are distant 2,300 yards and 2,400 yards respectively, as well as to play upon any vessel that had succeeded in entering the harbour, in which the navigation is somewhat difficult. The armament of this work has, however, been removed and the work itself has not been kept in repair.\n\n## Mount Faber Mortar Battery\n\nThe two 13-inch mortars are still in position, but the work itself can scarcely be said to exist. The mortars were intended to play upon the deck of any vessel that may have entered the New Harbour, but it need scarcely be added that so small an amount of vertical fire would scarcely afford such protection.\n\n## \n9\n\nIt will be seen that the existing defences scarcely provide in any degree for the protection of New Harbour, and that there is nothing to prevent a hostile cruizer from entering, and destroying the shipping, wharves, docks, and establishments therein.\n\nI will now consider what defences are necessary to afford the required protection.\n\n## Proposed defences\n\nDistant as Singapore is from any great foreign naval centre of operations, from whence a possibly hostile maritime power could despatch an expedition in any great force, it is only necessary to defend it against the attack of a squadron which might consist of three or four vessels, one or two of which would probably be ironclad. 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        "content_text": "## (2)\n\nThe land for the firing station could be obtained from the Tanjong Pagar Dock Company, and, should it be their intention further to extend their wharf, some arrangement might be made with them as to the building of this firing station. The reason for which it is built should be kept as secret as possible, and it might be called an expense magazine.\n\nPosition above Teregah Point.\n\n6. There is another position which could be used as a firing station, namely, the hill above Teregeh Point, 140 high. The disadvantages of this position, as compared with the one proposed now, are:-\n\n(1) Being so retired, the observation mines could not be fired with accuracy, especially on a misty morning.\n\n(2) The cables would have to be longer, and would be more exposed to being cut by a party landing.\n\n(3) That it is not under such a heavy fire from the forts as the Tanjong Pagar spit, so that, if a party landed, it could find cover and could make deliberate preparations for cutting the cable or storming the firing station.\n\n(4) It would be exposed to fire from a distance.\n\nAdvantages of Station behind Breakwater.\n\n7. The advantages of the Tanjong Pagar Station are:\n\n(1) That its position would be impossible for an enemy to make out, and being behind the breakwater, and being bombproof, it would be safe from distant fire, and only when the line of mines was passed would it be exposed to direct fire.\n\n(2) The cables being led in under water, it would be very difficult for a landing party to find them; they would be exposed to a heavy fire during the search.\n\n(3) The breakwater forms a very good protection to the cables, and the cables would be protected from any creeping operations by it.\n\n(4) That the station shown in drawing could not be taken or destroyed by a sudden rush.\n\n(5) With the alterations as shown in the drawing, it could be used for firing locomotive torpedoes, which would add greatly to the defence of this entrance.\n\n8.\n\nProposed Addition to Mines.\n\nIn addition to the mines already laid down for the defence of this entrance, I would propose two groups of four E. C. mines, each 200 yards in advance of the present line, on the main line of ships entering the harbour, and would suggest also a third line, 150 feet in front of the present double line of E. C. mines.\n\nIt should be in convenient ...\n\nThe proposed work in the \"shocks wats\" might be framed useful here.\n\n## (8)\n\nPassive Obstructions.\n\n9. Dummy mines and heavy chains to protect the cable would also be plentifully used, and a passive obstruction might be made of rafts and the harbour buoys to prevent an enemy steaming straight into the New Harbour, which he would perhaps try if he had information of the passage defended by observation mines only.\n\nThe Beran Darat Passage.\n\n10. The narrow passage between Blakang Mati East and the Beran Darat reef could be closed by passive obstructions without difficulty, and temporary mechanical mines might be used here.\n\nSinki Strait.\n\n11. The Sinki Strait, which is never used by vessels, could also be closed easily by sunken vessels or piles.\n\nThe Western Entrance.\n\n12. The Western entrance is about 280 feet broad, and is defended by 8 500-lb ground mines and six E. C. mines.\n\nThe ground mines are arranged to be fired in the same way as those at the Eastern entrance.\n\nThe six E. C. mines form one group. These mines are connected by a four-cored armoured cable to the firing station, which is situated in an excellent position on an almost vertical cliff, 60 feet above the level of the water.\n\nSuggestion as to Defence.\n\n13. I would, on account of the rate at which the tide runs at this entrance—sometimes four knots—propose that it be defended entirely by ground mines, and as the firing station is directly above the mine field, I think pairs or even single mines could be fired with great accuracy. This method of firing would require special sanction of the home authorities.\n\nTo carry out the defence in this way, six extra ground mines would be required, and the six E. C. mines could be used some 800 yards in advance of the present line, where the strength of the tide is considerably less.\n\nProposed Advance Line.\n\n14. In addition to the present defence, I would propose an advance line of two groups of four E. C. mines, as shown on plan, from 900 to 1,000 yards in front of the Mount Siloso battery and the proposed Tussir Panjang battery. This would assist these batteries immensely should an ironclad try to engage them at battering range, and would be very little extra expense.\n\nDefence of the Roads by Submarine Mines.\n\n15. As it is laid down in the new Manual that submarine mines should not be more than 1,000 yards in advance of the guns protecting the mine field, very little can be done for the defence of the roads.\n\nPage 540\nPage 541",
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        "content_text": "## Minite\n\n? send the deep. & Enclosures (10820)/I in original to Mr Price for observations, Mshantando as proposed in that paper.\n\nG.W.I. 26 Aug. aad. 26/8\n\nMr. Wingfield M. Meade recommended that paper. Mr. Price called today and was shown 10820 for his observations, which he has embodied in the minute attached to this paper.\n\n? Adopt Lot 832, as by Mr Price, for the site of the gaol, send copy of Mr Jonnochy's letter & Mr. Price's minute to the O.A.G. directing that he act accordingly. That plans be prepared for submitting by Mr Price on return, and that Mr. Jonnochy be asked for the statistics referred to in his letter; de & Carry out Mr. Wingfield's & Lt Kimberley's minutes. W.I. 28 Aug. aad 20/2\n\nThis is the description.\n\nPrice's description and in J. Hennessy 10820 - Minute\n\nThe Spinning, which is notably worth nothing, is strongly in favor of the site recommended by Mr. Price on the sur... The health of the gaol will be as 100 feet higher above sea level. Darky and leach below this almost on The Creek. Though itself flat has a 16 feet cliff on either side behind the Queen's Road. The Haffing Valley is spongy Prince of turf. (& fact it. Fuildly's which was once a marsh but for the canal in a wide ditch - Which drains it? Up to sunset the locality is good for nothing. Fetid in Perbully most unhealthly.\n\nEvening Opinion\n\nAs to number of cells - The result of Sin Sim Hennessy's Criminal reforms has been to nearly double the number of prisoners - and though we must on present numbers guess at 700 cells - it is quite on the card that a rational gaol system of punitive incarceration will bring down the numbers again - he might hint at this & suggest a plan of which one block might be shortened if the Prisoners decrease.\n\nM.29.8.\n\nI fear Mr. Tomoehy is very dangerously ill - his handwriting looks like it - but I have this from good authority (medical).\n\nMs. Grant as proposed. I do not provide... \n\n5 Sept /82",
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        "content_text": "impossible to undertake operations against it except during the \nSummer months.\n\nI have the honour to be, \nMy Lord, \nYour Lordship's Most Obedient \nHumble Servant, \n**5.M.Bowen**\n\n## Enclosure \n### THE FIGHTING AT KEELUNG\n\nThe Shanghai Courier publishes the following particulars of the fighting between the French and Chinese at Keelung received from the German steamer Welle:\n\nThe Welle left Shanghai on the 25th July with guns and munitions of war from the Kiang-nan Arsenal for the fortifications of Formosa, and on the 2nd inst, she arrived at Keelung, having called at Tamsui. Soon after anchoring in Keelung harbour, the commander of the French corvette Villars came on board the Welle and asked the captain if he had any news. The captain gave him all the news he had, and the commander of the Villars then went on shore. Three or four hours afterwards one of the officers from the Villars called upon the Captain of the Welle, and delivered to him the following letter:\n\nTo Captain of German ship Welle.\n\n**KEELUNG, 2nd August, 1884.**\n\nM. LE CAPITAIN,--I have the honour to inform you that the convention entered into between France and China, until the expiration of the time fixed by the ultimatum shall have expired, reposes principally on the maintenance of the statu quo, that is to say, that everything remains as it is. Your cargo consists of objects that are above all things considered as contraband of war, torpedoes and fire-arms destined for the forts of Keelung. At the moment I had ... now expected, arrived at: in any other case I had to find myself compelled to absolutely oppose the debarkation. I have no doubt but that you will not voluntarily undertake the responsibility of disturbing the peace existing at the moment, and that this affair may be arranged amicably between us is my most earnest desire.\n\nI am about to advise the general commanding the Chinese troops that it is by my set that you find yourself unable to execute your contract.\n\nAccept, M. le Capitain, the assurances of my most distinguished consideration.\n\n(Signed) Captain de vaisseau, \nCommanding the Villars, \n**VIVIELLE.**\n\nThe captain of the Welle went and had an interview with the commander of the Villars, and they afterwards met the same evening at the Custom House, and the question of the discharge of the cargo was discussed with the Chinese authorities, and it is said to have been arranged that the cargo should not be discharged. The Commander of the Villars was satisfied, but the Chinese authorities were not. A change soon came over the aspect of affairs, as will be seen from the following letter:\n\nThe Commandant of the Villars to the Captain of the German vessel Welle.\n\nM. LE CAPITAIN,--I have the honour to inform you that in spite of the resolutions mutually entered upon by the Chinese mandarins and myself at the conference held yesterday at which you were present, the mandarin Son has intimated to me that it has been decided to discharge from your ship the cannons and munitions of war of which you were the bearer to Keelung. It is with great pleasure that I acknowledge the correctness of the attitude you have maintained, and I have full confidence in your word of honour that nothing shall be discharged from your ship until the question now pending between China and France shall be settled, and on my side you have seen how desirous I am to use persuasion only rather than have recourse to more coercive measures which might complicate the situation.\n\nYou are of course conversant with the duties of Neutrals whose commerce is absolutely free as regards belligerents except in cases where contraband of war is carried, which is your case. It appears therefore to me desirable for us to arrive at a friendly understanding in case the Chinese should endeavour by forcible means to disembark, in spite of you, the guns and munitions which you brought to them.\n\nYou are covered by the Law of Nations and the conventions entered into by the European Powers, to guarantee you against the enforcement of the mandarin's orders. Such a delivery could alone authorise or warrant compulsory delivery. I hold myself at your disposal to maintain by force, if necessary, your rights of command: at your first requisition I will come to your assistance.\n\nPerhaps it might be preferable in order to calm the excitement existing at the moment that you should put to sea, but in any case I would willingly take charge, under formal receipt made out to your order, of all your apparatus for discharging, without which the Chinese could not proceed to disembark their munitions.\n\nI would also point out to you that if war was declared your flag would not cover your cargo, but that the same would constitute a lawful prize.\n\nI have placed before you all the eventualities that can occur, animated as I am by the most conciliatory intentions; and if it should happen, which I can scarcely believe, that you are unable to maintain your position as master of the vessel, come on board the Villars with all your staff and such material as you choose to bring, and you will find a most sympathetic reception, while as to your vessel I will take such steps as will prevent it remaining long in the hands of the Chinese.\n\n(Signed) Captain de vaisseau, \nCommanding the Villars, \n**VIVIELLE.**\n\nThe two letters given above were written in French, and we have translated them for the benefit of our readers.\n\nThere were further negotiations between the commander of the Villars and the Chinese Mandarins, and it was understood that the latter sent to Tamsui for advice, and the answer was that the Welle was to go to that port to discharge her guns and munitions of war. This decision was communicated to the captain of the Welle by the Chinese, and he accordingly proceeded to Tamsui. A difficulty was thus averted. In case the matter had not been arranged in this way the commander of the Villars had expressed his willingness to the captain of the Welle to take all responsibility for the non-delivery of the cargo, the safety of the steamer, &c., upon himself, and we believe he even went so far as to put this into writing, the arrangement come to being that the Welle was to steam out beyond the harbour limits and there await the orders of the commander of the Villars, who was scrupulously polite in his dealings with the captain of the Welle, and calm but determined in his negotiations with the Chinese Mandarins. He told the captain of the Welle that he did not wish to have the least trouble with the German authorities, and was most courteous to him, fulsomely thanking him for his readiness to comply with his wishes. The captain of the Welle could scarcely do otherwise, seeing that the commander of the Villars accepted the responsibility of the occasion.\n\nOn the voyage to Tamsui, the Welle met the German schooner Johann Carl, Captain Schwartz, bound into Keelung; and the French ironclad La Galissonnière, Rear Admiral Lespes, and the gun-vessel Lutin arrived at Keelung the same day as the Welle left. At Tamsui the Welle discharged her guns and munitions of war into a Chinese transport and cargo lighters.\n\nOn the 4th instant Rear Admiral Lespes gave notice to the Chinese Mandarins and Military Commanders that unless the forts were surrendered to him by eight o'clock the next morning he should take them by force. It was known at an early hour on the 5th that the Chinese had decided not to surrender the forts and the majority of the foreign residents—seven, we believe—accepted an offer of Captain Schwartz, of the Johann Carl, to take them on board. There were two ladies, Mrs. Bentley and Mrs. Jack, and five gentlemen, including Mr. Bentley, Mr. Jack, Mr. Grant, and two Customs' employés. Subsequently they were transferred to a steam launch which started with them for Tamsui, but about midway they met H.B.M.'s gunboat Cockchafer, which took them on to their destination.\n\n### THE BOMBARDMENT\n\nThere was no surrender by the Chinese and the bombardment commenced shortly after 8 a.m. on the 5th. Keelung harbour is a bay formed like an amphitheatre; it is entered through a strait with headlands on either side, capital places for forts, but there were none there on this occasion, and the country round is mountainous. There were four forts, all at the head of the bay, two on promontories on the east side, and two on promontories on the west side. The forts on the east side had Krupp guns, one five and the other three, and those on the west side had guns made in China, three each. The Galissonnière was stationed a little further up the harbour than the landmark known as the West Cliff and immediately in front of the five-gun fort, while the Villars and Lutin were anchored further in, almost between the west and east forts, but the guns in the east fort could not be laid on them, and those two vessels blazed away at the forts without receiving a shot in return. A red flag was run up on board the Galissonnière, and the challenge was returned by a red flag being hoisted at the five-gun fort. The three French vessels commenced the bombardment by firing almost simultaneously, and the fire was immediately returned by the two forts on the east side, the forts on the west being silent. Three rounds only were fired from the two eastern forts. One of the gunners in the five-gun fort made excellent practice, his three shots striking the Galissonnière within a few feet of each other, just above the water line, and the balls are said to have penetrated.\n\nPage 201",
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        "content_text": "## \n\n111 \n\nThe river separates the two shores, the land on one side being Chinese, and the Chinese side terminating in a steep cliff, which commands the opposite coast of Hong Kong. Consequently, while it is most important to have a fort erected at the Lyemoon Pass, to cover this entrance to the harbour, there is the difficulty to contend with that the position is commanded within 500 yards by foreign territory.\n\n8. Moreover, when a scheme for the defence, by submarine mines, of the entrances to the harbour was being considered last year, the Commanding Royal Engineer requested that I should apply diplomatically to the Chinese Government for permission to lay a line of mines across the Lyemoon Pass, and also from Stonecutter's Island, due south, to the Chinese shore. The latter is perhaps not so necessary, but the importance of the former cannot be overrated.\n\n9. I, however, refrained from making the application, fearing the awkward position in which we should be placed, if by raising the question of our right of water-way, we gave the Chinese Government an opportunity of giving a refusal - an opportunity of which I believe this Government would be only too ready to avail itself.\n\n10. I therefore directed the Commanding...",
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        "content_text": "## No259.\nGovernment House, Hongkong, 4th June, 1885.\n\nMy Lord,\n\nReferring to many previous despatches respecting the Defence of this Colony, I have now the honour to transmit, for Your Lordship's consideration, copies of a despatch from the Right Honourable The Earl of Derby, K.G.\n\n... \nit seems incipient, that in looks as if the penal, the CRS were devising of their own.\n\nApprove draft of a scheme $27/7.\n\n[I Gent. Cameron were allowed & would $100000 now, he would double the amount tomorrow] - Sheer bluff, though military authorities will want watching.\n\nRE: 14 JUL 25) \n400 \n\nIt is unclear how the initial text \"Citrum\", \"It sunne incudith\", etc., relates to the rest of the document. The main body of the text appears to start from \"No259. Government House...\". The initial text seems to be OCR errors or unrelated fragments.",
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        "content_text": "0.0129/227\n\nVolume I\n\nContents\n\nDespatch Date\n\nSubject\n\n  \n    1 Nov.\n    Violation of Hong Kong Jurisdiction by Chinese Officials\n    351\n  \n  \n    Z\n    22\n    Extension of the Praya Wall\n    354\n  \n  \n    Et\n    Memorial of European Constables\n    355\n  \n  \n    \n    Fylam Water Works\n    358\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    359\n    360\n  \n  \n    21\n    \n    361\n  \n  \n    13\n    \n    366\n    22\n  \n  \n    16\n    Opening of session of Legislative Council\n    \n  \n  \n    \n    Special votes during October\n    369\n    25\n  \n  \n    \n    Assistance of Commercial Officers in promotion of British Trade\n    \n  \n  \n    \n    Construction of retaining wall along face of cliff on which hospital lands\n    \n  \n  \n    \n    Proposal to erect a lighthouse on Gap Rock\n    340\n    24\n  \n  \n    \n    Constable Foord's Apply for married quarters\n    341\n    29\n  \n  \n    Wec\n    \n    374\n    345\n  \n  \n    2\n    \n    346\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    378\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    380\n  \n  \n    If\n    \n    \n  \n  \n    19\n    \n    \n  \n  \n    4\n    \n    383\n    13\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    384\n    16\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    385\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    386\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    387\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    388\n    my\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    394\n    20\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    395\n  \n  \n    \n    Claim of Chu - Ram fong to a shop in the market\n    \n  \n  \n    \n    Extension of the Praya Wall\n    \n  \n  \n    \n    Ordinance 18 of 1886\n    \n  \n  \n    \n    Df Wharry's Representations as to the amount of his work\n    \n  \n  \n    \n    Surrender of two criminals to the Chinese Government\n    \n  \n  \n    \n    Kidnapping of a Chinaman in Hong Kong\n    \n  \n  \n    \n    waters\n    \n  \n  \n    \n    charges before the Executive Council against Dt. Wharry\n    \n  \n  \n    \n    Post of Inspector of\n    \n  \n  \n    \n    brace 26 of 1856\n    \n  \n  \n    24\n    \n    78\n  \n  \n    29\n    Live stock and markets\n    4\n  \n  \n    \n    Proceedings against DF Wharry\n    \n  \n  \n    \n    Special votes during November\n    \n  \n  \n    \n    Appt of Mr CP Chater as unofficial member, Leg. Coun.\n    \n  \n  \n    \n    Plot to set fire to Victoria Gaol\n    \n  \n\nPage ...\n\n  // Removed as per instruction 12, but since \"Page XX\" lines are to be kept as per instruction 11, this line should actually remain if it was part of the \"Page XX\" format. However, the exact \"Page XX\" lines are not provided in the given text. Thus, it is assumed that the given text does not contain the exact \"Page XX\" format. Hence, no \"Page XX\" is added.",
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        "content_text": "effort to promote and cloud British trade.\n\nIn connection with this subject, it may, I think not inappropriately, be pointed out, that except ourselves, no British firm in China or Japan has stepped out of the ordinary groove, in the effort to enable British manufacturers to acquire, in the class of commodities now in request, that place in the competition to which they are entitled.\n\nWe have &\n\nJardine Matheson & Co.\n\nF C TILLY\n\nNo. h366\n\nDate. 1886 -22\n\nPrevious Paper.\n\nHong Kong\n\nNo. 100\n\nDESPATCH.\n\nC. C. 23243\n\nRECR\n\nVEC DEC\n\nRetaining wall along face of cliff on which Hospital stands.\n\nCouncil has voted £1500 for construction.\n\n(Minutes.)\n\nLakambige recapit and approve.\n\nBud Deerg\n\nAtone\n\nRM 31/12\n\n7\n\nAdar subsequent Paper.\n\nBuru\n\n[its",
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        "content_text": "102\n\nwall along a cliff upon the Northern face of which the Government Civil Hospital buildings stand, has been constructed and completed.\n\nA serious land slip took place in this locality after one of the heavy rain storms in July last, and the Surveyor General pointed out that it would be necessary to construct a granite retaining wall to put the Hospital as well as the buildings in Queen's Road below, beyond the risk of danger from a further land slip which might take place.\n\n1. A further land slip took place after another heavy rain storm on 4th October, 188... \n\n2. I annex a copy of the Surveyor General's report and of the estimate to Council. The work is being proceeded with.\n\nI have the honour to be, Sir, Your Most Obedient Servant,\n\nH. Spencer",
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        "content_text": "Copy.)\n\nEvictore 1.\n\nReport by the Surveyor General.\n\nTo : Colonial Secretary,\n\nAfter one of the storms of the season, C. O. 23243 103 of the Rector rain \" just closed, I had the honour to accompany His Excellency the Administrator on an inspection of the damages done by the floods, and amongst other places examined was the lofty cliff upon which stand the Government Hospital buildings and where a very serious landslip had taken place. I then pointed out that before the next rainy season it would be requisite to protect the buildings and road beyond the risk of danger from further landslips by building a granite retaining wall.\n\nUnless this recommendation be acted upon this winter I am still of opinion that an accident may occur during next rainy season.",
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        "content_text": "Enclosure\n\n104\n\nI recommend that a vote be applied for of $11,500 at the next meeting of the Legislative Council to defray the cost of a strong retaining wall along the face of the cliff which is now nearly perpendicular, and also to meet the minor cost of other contingent works in connexion with the site.\n\nIf there are completed, they will put an end to further landslips below the Hospital, and will place the latter and surroundings beyond risk of an accident.\n\n(Signed) J. M. Price,\n\nSurveyor General\n\n11th October, 1886.\n\n(Copy)\n\nMinute.\n\n(Signed) W. H. Marsh,\n\nThe Officer administering the Government recommends the Council to vote the sum of $11,500, the estimated cost of constructing a strong granite retaining wall along the northern face of the cliff upon which the Government Hospital buildings are built.\n\nThe last rainstorm having caused a serious landslip along the cliff, which is now nearly perpendicular, it is requisite to put the Hospital as well as the buildings and the road below beyond the risk of serious accident that might be entailed by another landslip.\n\nGovernment House,\n\nHongkong, 12th November, 1886.",
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        "content_text": "168\n\nbuilding.\n\nThe tracing shows the latter hinted Hack and the closet tinted red.\n\nThe three floors 4. By inspection of the tracing it will be are the Lee that nowhere in the building do the closets adjoin wards, but are separated by intervening ventilating lobby with cross air-current or verandahs.\n\n5. Having regard to the prevailing winds which blow during six months from the south west and the remaining six months from the north East which I would have preferred for the towers, had it been feasible, would have been at the extreme south-East and north-west corners of the building, owing to the extremely unfavourable configuration of the cliff, which comes close up to the building on the East, North and West sides, it was not possible to place the towers at these corners, and they had therefore to be built on the sites shown in the tracing.\n\n6. Nor is there any valid objection to the present position of these detached towers, for it so happens that during the six months of the year when all the doors and windows of the wards are kept open for coolness, the wind is steady from the south-west, the towers being therefore to leeward of the wards.\n\n7. It is true that on the other hand during the remaining six months of the year the prevailing winds are from the north East, this placing the towers to windward of the main building, but it so happens that during this season, i.e., the winter season, all the doors and windows of the wards are kept closed for the sake of warmth, thereby adding further to the improbability of any bad effect.",
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        "content_text": "416\n\nC.A.O.\n\n1262 of 1886.\n\n0.5,0.\n\n2595 of 1885.\n\nC.3.0.\n\n1376 of 1894.\n\nMa. Doc.\n\n1234 of 1886.\n\n(2.) Read the following Minute by His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government:-\n\nW. H. MARSH,\n\nThe Officer Administering the Government recommends the Council to vote the sum of $522 for the temporary employment of a Land Surveyor, for the purpose of obtaining particulars of the acreage of the ground, and nature of the localities, occupied by unlicensed Squatters as required by the Land Commission, viz.:—\n\nSalary at $150 per month, for 3 months.\n\nChair allowance at $24 per month for 3 months,\n\nGovernment House, Hongkong, 12th November, 1886.\n\n$450.00\n\n$\n\n72.00\n\n522.00\n\nAfter explanations by the Chairman, the Committee recommend that the amount be voted.\n\n(3.) Read the following Minute by His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government:-\n\nW. H. MARSH.\n\nThe Officer Administering the Government recommends the Council to vote the sum of $150 as a honorarium to Mr. BRUCE SHEPHERD, for services rendered to the Commission under the Chefoo Convention.\n\nThis honorarium is recommended by His Honor Mr. Justice RUSSELL, one of the Commissioners under the Chefoo Convention. Mr. BRUCE SHEPHERD having taken short hand notes of the proceedings, and performed a great deal of work of a very confidential nature, which could only be entrusted to a responsible person.\n\nGovernment House, Hongkong, 12th November, 1886.\n\nAfter explanations by the Chairman, the Committee recommend that the amount be voted.\n\n(4.) Read the following Minute by His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government:-\n\nW. H. MARSH.\n\nThe Officer Administering the Government recommends the Council to vote the sum of $11,500, the estimated cost of constructing a strong granite retaining wall on the northern face of the cliff upon which the Government Hospital buildings are built.\n\nThe last rain-storm having caused serious damage among the cliff, which is now nearly perpendicular, it is beyond doubt that the wall of retaining and the road before it might be threatened by another landslip.\n\nGovernment House, Hongkong, 12th November, 1886.\n\nAfter explanations by the Surveyor General, the Committee recommend that the amount be voted.\n\n(5.) Read the following Minute by His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government:-\n\nW. H. MARSH.\n\nThe Officer Administering the Government recommends the Council to vote the sum of $150 for the employment of a temporary Copying Clerk, to copy both Chinese and English, for four months, in connection with the valuation at present in progress.\n\nGovernment House, Hongkong, 12th November, 1886.\n\nAfter explanations by the Treasurer, the Committee recommend that the amount be voted.\n\nExtraordinary Public Works.\n\nThe Chief Justice draws attention to the fact that the Committee have not yet had placed before them the list of Extraordinary Public Works mentioned in their Report on the Estimates for 1887.\n\nThe Surveyor General states that the list is being prepared, and will be submitted at an early date.\n\nThe Committee is then adjourned sine die.\n\nRead and confirmed this 19th day of November, 1886.\n\nARATHOON SETH,\n\nClerk of Councils.\n\nFREDERICK STEWART,\n\nChairman.\n\nREPORT OF PROCEEDINGS\n\nOF THE\n\nFINANCE COMMITTEE,\n\nC.O.\n\n1526\n\nAT A MEETING HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, HONGKONG, On the 26th November, 1886.\n\nPRESENT:\n\nThe Honourable the Acting Colonial Secretary, (FREDERICK STEWART), Chairman.\n\nHis Honour the Chief Justice (SIR GEORGE PHILLIPPO, Knt.).\n\nThe Honourable the Acting Attorney General, (EDWARD JAMES ACKROYD),\n\nthe Colonial Treasurer, (ALFRED LISTER).\n\nthe Surveyor General, (JOHN MACNEILE PRICE).\n\nHENRY GEORGE THOMSETT, R.N.\n\nPHINEAS RYRIE.\n\nFREDERICK DAVID SASSOON.\n\nWONG SHING.\n\nALEXANDER PALMER MACEWEN.\n\nJOHN BELL-IRVING.\n\nThe Committee meet this day at the request of the Acting Colonial Secretary.\n\nThe Report of the proceedings of the last Meeting, held on the 19th instant, being taken as read, is confirmed.\n\n(1.) The Surveyor General reports with reference to the Minute of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government, dated the 16th instant, respecting a vote for $200 for repairs to the Police Rifle Range at Kowloon, that he has funds on hand for the work and that the work will be proceeded with at once.\n\nIn connection with this question Mr. MacEwen enquires whether any separate vote was taken to fit the place for the use of the Volunteers.\n\nThe Chairman says that he is unable at this moment to reply to the inquiry, but that the papers will be looked up.\n\n(2.) Read the following Minute by His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government:-\n\nW. H. MARSH.\n\nThe Officer Administering the Government recommends the Council to vote a transfer of the sum of $253 from the Registrar General's Department to the Treasury, to defray the expenses of collecting Municipal Rates at Villages.\n\nThis service which has hitherto been performed by the Registrar General's Department is now carried on by the Treasury; therefore a transfer vote is required, viz.:--\n\n2672 of 1885.\n\nAllowance to Collector,\n\nSalary of a Coolie,\n\nPetty expenses,\n\nGovernment House, Hongkong, 26th November, 1886.\n\n$120.00\n\n108.00\n\n25.00\n\n$ 253.00\n\nThe Committee see no objection to the transfer of this vote.\n\n(3.) Read the following Minute by His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government:-\n\nW. H. MARSH.\n\nThe Officer Administering the Government recommends the Council to vote the sum of $12,176 to pay the expenses incurred in making good the damages caused by the rain-storm of the 15th of July last, to roads, streets, bridges, and sewers.\n\nIn former years the practice has been to assess the damages at the time, and apply for a supplementary vote. This year, however, this practice has been deviated from, and the alternative adopted of seeing how far the ordinary votes for Public Works could be made to meet this extraordinary demand, leaving the balance only, which could not be met from ordinary sources, to be voted as Extraordinary Expenditure.",
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        "content_text": "371\n\n30\n\nbank of the Yung-ning River, here about 40 yards wide, a short distance above its junction with the Yang-tzu. This river is barred every few hundred yards by rapids, over which a boat would not be taken in any other country; but here imperturbable patience, and the uniform application of the first rule in arithmetic, overcome all difficulties and make good all deficiencies. If ten men cannot pull a boat over a rapid, try twenty, thirty, or forty. Do not alter your method—that would be complicated and fatiguing. But man is here a cheap and common animal, a fact which modifies many problems.\n\nThere is a remarkable lack of solidly-constructed buildings in this province. This may be due in part to the rareness of good stone in this immediate neighbourhood; but the great reason is that the people prefer to spend their money in ways that give a quicker return. They are well clothed; tobacco of good quality, opium, and spirits seem to be within the reach of every one. The greater number eat pork, and amuse themselves to a surprising extent. Lin Ta-jên's remark, that his countrymen live at home in peace and plenty, is no empty boast as far as Ssu-ch'uan is concerned. There is no doubt whatever that the mass of the people, although to a newly-arrived European they appear sunk in squalor, enjoy a considerable measure of comfort.\n\nAt the same time, in case of mishap, a paternal Government leaves them to take their chance with the other mammals. Thus, in the winter of 1884-85, when an army was recruited here to march into Tonquin, hundreds of workmen from the salt-wells came down to Lu-chou, and, not being accepted as recruits, died there of starvation.\n\nOn the road from Na-chi Hsien I noticed for the first time square pillars of stone, carved at the top to represent the head of Amita Buddha. At a distance they look just like terminal statues, but a closer view dispels all thought of classical sculpture. They are the most grotesque and hideous images. Many were loaded with straw sandals, the votive offerings of porters whose prayers for the relief of sore feet or aching backs had been answered.\n\nFor some 10 miles before Chiang-mén is reached the country is most picturesque. The river here flows between the red sandstone slopes of mountains that rise from 1,000 to 2,000 feet above its level. The sides are too steep for terrace cultivation, and are abandoned to a most luxuriant wild vegetation, the whole surface being covered with a profusion of ferns and flowers watered by cascades that tumble over the tilted strata. The boats add a touch of fairyland to the picture, for they are long, curved structures, floating high on the water, with an immense bow, sweep-shaped like an ancient halbert. Seen from the cliffs above they suggest some strange, unwieldy water-monster, who has strayed into a narrow stream and has much difficulty in getting out.\n\nAbout 6 miles beyond Ma-ling, on the right of a narrow valley, down which the road passes, a sandstone bluff comes into view presenting the interesting spectacle of about twenty Man-tzŭ caves. Most of the entrances, 3 to 4 feet square, are cut in the vertical cliff some 10 feet above the ground, so that they are not to be reached without a ladder, and we had no time to wait. These caves may richly reward the otiose explorer, for no Chinaman would ever think of taking the trouble necessary to disturb what they contain. The face of the cliff, beside the portals, is adorned in one or two cases by sculptures in relief, the most striking being a round human face, which at once recalled to my mind a print in Smith's Classical Dictionary, representing the sun (from a coin of Rhodes). Other caves were accessible, and proved to be cut in the solid rock (sandstone) about 8 feet square, with a domed roof some 5 ft. 6 in. high in the centre. These caves are cut on exactly the same plan as those described by Mr. Baber, common in South Ssu-ch'uan, and are called by the same name, i.e., \"Caves of the Man-tzu.\" My hopes were raised by a heap of earth in one cave, that had evidently been deposited there with a purpose, and was considering how to get the earth turned over without attracting the attention of the neighbours, when a villager remarked, \"We buried a beggar there last year. There was no coffin for him, so we put him in the cave and covered him with earth.\" This valley was, no doubt, formerly the head-quarters of a Man-tzu tribe, for some miles lower down the site of the castle of a Man-tzu Chief (Man-tzu Wang) is pointed out. Not one stone remains upon another; but the sculptured blocks that lie about the garden of a farm-house, just built over the site, bear witness to a considerable advance in civilization. There was a stone lintel, measuring 5 feet by 1 ft. 6 in., by 9 inches, very evenly cut and adorned with a simple pattern much resembling that figured Mr. Baber (p. 137).\n\nOn the 5th November we reached Yung-ning Hsien, an important trading entrepôt fifteen years ago, when the Kwang-si and Kuei-chou routes were blocked by rebels, for\n\n* See \"Nineteenth Century,\" October 1880, p. 615.",
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        "content_text": "EXTRAORDINARY EXPENDITURE.\n\nCost of constructing a retaining-wall along the northern face of the cliff upon which the Government Hospital buildings are built,\n\nVoted in November, 1880,\n\nExpended in 1886.\n\nBalance to be re-voted,\n\n$11,500.00 2,550.00\n\n$ 8,950.00\n\n(\n\nNo. 1.\n\nEnclosure.\n\nC.O.258\n\n6594\n\nRESP\n\nREPORT OF PROCEEDINGS\n\nOF THE\n\nFINANCE COMMITTEE,\n\nAT A MEETING HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, HONGKONG,\n\nOn the 7th January, 1887.\n\nEnclosure.\n\n2\n\n2. Copies of the Minutes of the Finance Committee containing my minutes asking the Council to vote these sums and the recommendations of the Committee are annexed in explanation of those votes.\n\nI have the honour to be,\n\nSir,\n\nYour most Obedient,\n\nHumble Servant,\n\nMurch\n\nC.O.\n\n1716 of 1886,\n\nC.O.D.\n\n66 of 1888.\n\nPRESENT:\n\nThe Honourable the Acting Colonial Secretary, (FREDERICK STEWART), Chairman.\n\nHis Honour the Chief Justice (Sir George PHILLIPPO, Knt.).\n\nThe Honourable the Acting Attorney General, (EDWARD JAMES ACKROYD).\n\nthe Surveyor General, (JOHN MACNEILE PRICE).\n\nHENRY GEORGE THOMSETT, R.N.\n\nPHINEAS RYRIE.\n\nWONG SHING.\n\nALEXANDER PALMER MACEWEN.\n\nCATCHICK PAUL CHATER.\n\nABSENT:\n\nThe Honourable the Colonial Treasurer, (ALFRED LISTER), on leave.\n\nJOHN BELL-IRVING, on leave.\n\nThe Committee meet this day at the request of the Acting Colonial Secretary. The Report of the proceedings of the last Meeting, held on the 26th November last, being taken as read, is confirmed.\n\nTelegraph Line connecting Observatory with Time-Ball.\n\n(1.) Read the following Minute by His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government:-\n\nW. H. MARSH.\n\nThe Officer Administering the Government recommends the Council to vote the sum of $300 for the erection of a detached Telegraph line to connect the Observatory with the Time-Ball Tower.\n\nThe Director of the Observatory having represented that the present line, which is affixed to the same posts which carry other lines for Police Telegraph, is sometimes defective for the purpose of dropping the Time-Ball, a new line well insulated and supported on separate poles is now proposed.\n\nGovernment House, Hongkong, 7th January, 1887.\n\nAfter some explanation by the Acting Colonial Secretary, the Committee recommend that the amount be voted.\n\nIncrease to Salary of Inspector of Schools,\n\n(2.) Read the following Minute by His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government, and the papers in connection therewith:\n\nW. H. MARSH.\n\nThe Officer Administering the Government lays before the Council an application for increase of salary by the Inspector of Schools, who has represented that, as shown by the published Annual Reports on Education, his duties have been doubled since 1878, when he joined the service; whilst his emoluments are smaller than those of the Second Master of the Central School, and are not larger than those of the Third Master.",
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        "content_text": "The Secretary of State to whom this application has been referred, recognizing that the work of the Inspector of Schools has considerably increased, is prepared to approve an increase not exceeding $600 a year to the salary of his appointment, and the Officer Administering the Government requests the Council to vote this amount for 1887.\n\nGovernment House, Hongkong, 7th January, 1887.\n\nAfter some explanation by the Acting Colonial Secretary, the Committee recommend that the amount be voted.\n\nList of Extraordinary Public Works.\n\nMr. MACEwen enquired whether the list of Extraordinary Public Works for this year, promised by the Surveyor General, was ready.\n\nThe Surveyor General replied that the list was ready, and that a copy of it would be sent to each Member of the Finance Committee before the next meeting.\n\nThe Committee then adjourned sine die.\n\nFREDERICK STEWART,\n\nChairman.\n\nLaid before the Legislative Council on the 14th January, 1887.\n\nRead and confirmed this 21st day of January, 1887.\n\nARATHOON SETH,\n\nClerk of Councils.\n\nNo. 2.\n\nC.5.0.\n\n28 of 1886.\n\n0.3.0.\n\n151 of 1887.\n\nREPORT OF PROCEEDINGS\n\nOF THE\n\nFINANCE COMMITTEE,\n\nAT A MEETING HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, HONGKONG, On the 21st January, 1887.\n\nPRESENT:\n\nThe Honourable the Acting Colonial Secretary, (FREDERICK STEWART), Chairman.\n\nHis Honour the Chief Justice (SIR GEORGE PHILLIPPO, Knt.).\n\nThe Honourable the Acting Attorney General, (EDWARD JAMES ACKROYD).\n\nthe Colonial Treasurer, (ALFRED LISTER).\n\nPHINEAS RYRIE.\n\nWONG SHING.\n\nJOHN BELL-IRVING.\n\nALEXANDER PALMER MACEWEN.\n\nCATCHICK PAUL CHATER,\n\nABSENT:\n\nThe Honourable the Surveyor General, (JOHN MACNEILE PRICE), by leave.\n\nHENRY GEORGE THOMSETT, R.N., by leave.\n\nThe Committee meet this day at the request of the Acting Colonial Secretary.\n\nThe Report of the proceedings of the last Meeting, held on the 7th instant, being taken as read, is confirmed.\n\nSteam-Launch Victoria.\n\n(1.) Read the following Minute by His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government:-\n\nW. H. MARSH.\n\nThe Officer Administering the Government recommends the Council to re-vote the sum of $19,000, for the construction of a Steam-tug to remove rubbish.\n\nThis sum was voted in last year's Estimates, but not expended, as the work was not then finished. Accounts have been presented for the payment of a portion of this work, and the balance will be required in March.\n\nGovernment House, Hongkong, 17th January, 1887.\n\nAfter explanation by the Acting Colonial Secretary, the Committee recommend that the amount be voted.\n\nRetaining Wall, Civil Hospital.\n\n(2.) Read the following Minute by His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government:-\n\nW. H. MARSH.\n\nThe Officer Administering the Government recommends the Council to re-vote the sum of $8,950, being the balance of $11,500 voted by the Council on the 19th of November last for the construction of a retaining-wall along the northern face of the cliff upon which the Government Hospital buildings are built. Only $2,550 of this vote were spent during last year. A further sum of $5,000 is now due, and the remainder will be required shortly.\n\nGovernment House, Hongkong, 20th January, 1887.\n\nAfter explanation by the Acting Colonial Secretary, the Committee recommend that the amount be voted.\n\nThe Committee then adjourn sine die.\n\nFREDERICK STEWART,\n\nChairman.\n\nLaid before the Legislative Council on the 28th January, 1887.\n\nRead and confirmed this 11th day of February, 1887.\n\nARATHOON SETH,\n\nClerk of Councils.",
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        "content_text": "# \nHead-quarter House has been freely exercised, but in an unostentatious manner characteristic of the frank, bluff soldier, while Mrs. Sargent has presided over the numerous pleasant gatherings there with a charm and grace which have won the suffrages of all hearts. The friendly feeling and general sympathy they have won have called forth the expression of cordial respect and the sincere utterance of the good wishes contained in the address which will be presented to the General this afternoon.\n\nAt the moment when General Sargent is leaving the colony, a brief review of his long and honourable career, compiled from the Army List, may not be uninteresting to his numerous friends and well-wishers. Lieut.-General John Neptune Sargent, C.B., was born on the 18th June, 1826, and received his commission as ensign in the 95th Regiment on the 19th January, 1844. He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant on the 11th September, 1846, served with his Regiment in China, and obtained his company on the 18th November, 1853. He accompanied the 95th Regiment on the Eastern Expedition of 1854, and was recommended for the Turkish medal for the Danubian campaign by General Beatson, to whom he volunteered his services while on leave to assist in searching for boats to cross the river and attack the Russians. Captain Sargent served in the Crimean campaign in 1854-55, and took part in the Battle of Alma, where he was wounded. For his conduct in this action he was specially mentioned in the Commanding Officer's official report for \"determined bravery while leading the attack of the right wing\" of his Regiment up the heights of Alma. He was also engaged in the repulse of the powerful sortie on the 26th October. In the Battle of Inkerman he signally distinguished himself. In this famous battle he succeeded to the command of his Regiment and brought it out of action, and at a crisis when every rifle was of vital importance he used one with remarkable effect, especially when cut off from the British position by the Russian Column that occupied the ground whence the 95th Regiment had charged.\n\n## \nHe was engaged in the siege and was present at the fall of Sebastopol, on which occasion he was wounded. He was most strongly recommended for promotion for his services at Inkerman as a \"most zealous, meritorious, and brave officer,\" and as a result received the rank of brevet-major, while he was also awarded the Medal with three clasps, 5th Class of the Medjidie, the Turkish medal, and was created a Knight of the Legion of Honour. He joined The Buffs on the 25th August, 1857, and was gazetted lieut.-colonel on the 29th July, 1859.\n\nHe served with The Buffs in the campaign of 1860 in China, including the action of Sinho, in which he commanded the advanced guard, and the taking of Tonghoo. He was placed in permanent command of the outpost towards the Taku Forts, and was twice mentioned in despatches. Subsequently, he was appointed Commandant of the Taku Forts and Allied Commissioner. For his conduct in the China war, he was commended by Sir Robert Napier for \"good judgment, determination, and high military qualities,\" and was recommended to the Commander-in-chief by Sir Hope Grant in the following terms:-\" I would most strongly recommend this officer to the favourable consideration of His Royal Highness. He was one of the most active and useful officers in the field, who was in a position of great responsibility, and who performed his duties to my entire satisfaction.\" The reward of these services was a medal with clasps and the Companionship of the Most Distinguished Order of the Bath. He was made brevet-colonel on the 29th July, 1864, and promoted to the rank of major-general on the 11th January, 1877. General Sargent was appointed to the command of the Troops in China and the Straits Settlements in February, 1882, arrived in Hongkong on the 31st March following, and he was gazetted lieut.-general on the 18th October, 1884. This is a lengthy and brilliant record, and its subject would be a fitting recipient of the order of knighthood at the hands of Her Most Gracious Majesty, to whom he has been so loyal and zealous a servant.\n\nPage 240",
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        "content_text": "413 \n\nto the dimensions shown in the drawing and will be toothed in with the ashlar fur. The concrete as well as the bedding and grouting of ashlar blocks will be done with a falling tide so as to secure setting. Behind the concrete backing will be carried up a backing of small rubble.\n\nFilling \n\nThe Embankment or filling in behind the breach wall will be begun when the pure perdue mound has reached the level of low water and will be continued as much as possible simultaneously with the progress of the wall itself. The filling in will be of red loam obtained from cliff excavations at Kennedy town suburbs situated at the extreme west of the City.",
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        "content_text": "422 \n\n(4) \n\n13. The scheme does not present any serious engineering difficulty. The design of the proposed new breast-wall may be the same as that adopted in 1877 when the Praya was re-built. Pierre-perdue foundations may be used provided the blocks on the outer slope average at least a yard cube. This form of foundation would be inadmissible if the work were exposed to the impact of ocean waves, but the harbour of Victoria is land-locked, and in the absence of any offing or reach of sea, there is no undue exposure to high waves capable of clawing down the rubble mound. An embankment-wall on pierre-perdue foundation that in England might be classed as a better sort of river-wall, may, as far as I am able to judge at the moment, be ventured on, but this point will require careful investigation. It is an important point, for the adoption of the expensive form of ordinary foundations for sea-walls exposed to the ocean, i.e., piles with concrete in mass, or concrete in blocks lowered into place would so seriously add to the cost as to discourage the Marine Lot-owners from embarking in the scheme.\n\n14. In 1865 this Government built a short section of 900 feet of Praya wall in the vicinity of Wing Lok Street, and founded the masonry in 20 feet of water on a pierre-perdue mound. This wall has stood over 20 years, without so far indicating any sign of weakness. Settlements there have been as was to be expected. This wall withstood the great typhoon of 1874, and was one of the few sections that showed no injury to the foundations, and it may be accepted therefore as practically demonstrated that the storm-waves in the harbour of Victoria have not the force to undermine the pierre-perdue substructure if built to an adequate slope with large blocks. An additional circumstance favourable to pierre-perdue foundations is the fact that the sea-bed is silting up by reason of the great quantities of detritus washed down every year (during the tropical storms of summer) from the mountain range behind the town, and that there are no tidal currents in the harbour likely to be induced by the change of coast line or likely to scour out the sea-bed.\n\n15. The Lot-owners expressed wish to be allowed to carry out the reclamation themselves through their own Engineers cannot be entertained. The Government must insist on the work being executed by its own Engineers for the reason that the subsequent maintenance of the structure will remain as a permanent charge on the Government and not on the Marine Lot-owners. It is the Government therefore that is most interested in securing a degree of stability that will preclude any later recurring outlay in maintenance.\n\n16. The great business activity of the port, and the yearly increasing shore traffic require that a wide marine roadway should be made. I would stipulate for nothing less than 75 feet of width, but of these 75 feet I would allow the owners of frontage to utilize 10 feet with their verandahs and arcades over the public foot-path (e.g., Government land) leaving 65 feet for vehicular and chair traffic and for the landing and embarking of cargo.\n\n17. The proposed City tramways could not be conveniently built along the proposed new embankment, for the cars would have to run athwart an incessant cross traffic between the lighters and the warehouses. The trainways would be far better placed along the present Praya which would become an inland thoroughfare. To admit of double-lines of tramway without danger of inconvenience to the public a minimum width should also be stipulated for in respect of this thoroughfare. I would insist on a width of 75 feet again allowing the frontagers on both sides 10 feet for their verandahs and arcades over the public footpath, and leaving 55 feet from kerb to kerb for the tramways and carriage traffic.\n\n18. A glance at the map will show that the proposed new reclamations will form nothing less than a new town, and the repetition in this new town of the narrow lanes that disfigure the old town should be carefully avoided. We want wide streets for light and ventilation and to prevent the spread of fires. Wide streets are all the more a necessity to us, that there is a tendency now among builders, owing to the increased value of ground, to add to the height of houses, and it is certain that four and five storied houses will become the rule. In laying out new streets these eventualities should be considered. Taller houses and increased traffic demand that no main artery of traffic be less than 75 feet wide and no cross street of any importance less than 40 feet wide.\n\n(5) \n\n19. The length of the proposed sea-wall will be 3,400 yards or nearly 2 miles. Of this length the frontagers will have to pay for 2,800 yards and the Government 600 yards. These 600 yards represent the frontage of the Crown lots tinted yellow. I am informed that if the Government would not care to go to the expense of embanking the 600 yards the Lot-owners themselves would be glad to relieve the Colonial Treasury of this charge on condition of their keeping the land reclaimed. Such a relinquishment of its own rights, however, on the part of the Government, would be equivalent to making the frontagers a present of no less a sum than one and a half million dollars.\n\n20. Mr. CHATER who has gone very minutely into the matter calculates the cost of the sea-wall, including sewer extensions and all contingent masonry-work at $300 per yard lineal of sea-frontage. My own opinion is that the cost will be more like $360 per yard lineal, and at this higher figure, I estimate the 600 yards of wall would cost the Government $216,000. From this I deduct $50,000 for the stone available from the present old wall, reducing the Government outlay on masonry works to about $166,000.\n\n21. With regard to the cost of filling in behind the 600 yards of wall for the formation of the five sites shown tinted yellow on the map, and which comprise an aggregate area of 300,000 square feet I am of opinion that it will not exceed $179,000, or say in round numbers $180,000 making a total Government outlay on works of $346,000.\n\n22. A light railway may be laid along the Praya from the Sulphur Channel to the Gas-works, at which point the new reclamation begins. The Kennedytown cliffs and steep hillsides fronting the Sulphur Channel may be excavated down and the material (red loam) used for the filling in, the cliff excavations along Sulphur Channel being so conducted and finished off as to leave level building sites for auction sale on the completion of the works. In this way I calculate that an area of 300,000 square feet of hillside may be excavated down and levelled at Kennedytown and left available for auction sale after the reclamation works are finished. The sale of these additional 300,000 square feet of levelled sites would at $1 a square foot yield the Government another $300,000 in premiums and $7,200 a year in Crown Rent, and to the latter figure may be added subsequently about $10,000 more for rates and taxes on buildings. The total profits to the Colonial Treasury from Kennedytown excavations will be therefore as follows: proceeds from land sales $300,000, and subsequent yearly revenue $17,200. These profits are of course additional to those set forth in paragraph 5.\n\n23. It should be made clear to the promoters of this scheme that although the Government will carry out the works, the cost of administration, of railway, plant and rolling-stock, machinery, and all contingent expenses must be borne by them and the Government respectively in the relative proportions of the areas which it will fall to each to reclaim, and that any stone and old building materials available from the present wall will be retained for itself by the Government and utilized on those sections of the proposed new wall which the Government will build on its own account. This arrangement is only fair, since it was the general rate-payers who paid for the old stone and who are therefore entitled to the benefit of it in the new works.\n\n24. In this Colony extensions to marine lots have always been allowed by reclamation from the sea provided the lot-owner carried out his reclamation in accordance with plans approved by the Government. No premium has ever been charged for such extensions. The Government has always contented itself with the increased Crown Rent corresponding to the area reclaimed. Sir HERCULES ROBINSON and Sir JOHN BOWRING dispensed with money premiums, and deemed it best to satisfy themselves with the yearly Crown Rents. The largest reclamations were made during the administration of these two Governors, and their policy seems to have been adhered to and continued by their successors.\n\n25. But though premium may have been dispensed with in money, it has in reality always been claimed in land as an equivalent of money, and the frontagers have been permitted to make sea reclamations only on condition of their surrendering to Government a portion of these for public use in the shape of roads and streets.",
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        "content_text": "253 \n201 \n\nwhich it would certainly be desirable to utilize if possible. \n\nA Military Prison to replace the Provost Prison in North Barrack would have to be built, and also a Hospital at Kowloon, sufficient for the force to be stationed there, and capable of extension in case the Hospital Ship should be done away with in time to come.\n\nThe War Dept. property at the South East Point of Kowloon might be a site for the Hospital, if the ground is good and if the area between the War Dept. boundaries and the edge of the cliff could be obtained either free from the Colony or at a moderate cost. \n\nThe War Dept. property on the South West point, near the Police Barrack might afford a site for the Military Prison, though it also might require some additional land. There would remain to provide outside Victoria, a small barrack for about 10 men at",
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        "content_text": "69 \n\n17. Although more or less damage occurred in almost every street and road in the Colony, the chief scenes of disaster were (1) the Albany Nullah, from its commencement downwards (2) the Glenealy Nullah (marked respectively A. and B. on plan) and (3) the heavy landslips which, having their origin in the steep slopes above the Tytam Aqueduct, swept down the mountain side, carrying away the masonry of the Aqueduct itself in three places. In the case of the heaviest of these slips, the torrent carried the debris straight through the Public Cemetery, and landed the greater part on the race-course in the Happy Valley below. I propose in the first place to describe these principal accidents with some amount of detail, and for further particulars, and a full description of damage outside the City and in Kowloon, I beg to refer to Mr. COOPER's reports.\n\n## Damage in the Albany or Military Nullah\n\n18. I have already alluded to the very serious damage which occurred on the morning of the 29th May to the service tank and filter beds of the Tytam Waterworks, situated at C. on plan. On further investigation, the cause was obvious. Excavations on a large scale were carried on during the past year in preparing a site for a house on the summit of the ridge above the service tank (at D. on plan, Rural Building Lot No. 7). A large portion of the debris was deposited on a very steep slope immediately below the house. On the morning of the 29th (I am informed at 11:40 A.M.), a great mass of this spoil bank, amounting at the lowest estimate to 10,000 tons, became detached and was precipitated down the ravine. This mass started from an elevation of about 1,400 feet above sea level and must have travelled with fearful velocity down slopes varying from 1 to 1, to 3 to 1, until its course was arrested by the obstruction formed by the service tank, which had been constructed across the bed of the valley, a passage for storm water being provided by means of a great culvert or tunnel carried under the bed of the reservoir or service tank. The distance traversed horizontally by the avalanche before its course was arrested was about 2,200 feet; the fall vertically was about 1,000 feet. It naturally swept everything before it, clearing a passage through pine woods and scrub, from 150 to 200 feet in width, and leaving the hill side, previously covered with luxuriant vegetation, as bare as a ploughed field. Huge boulders strewn in the bed of the nullahs and on the mountain side were swept down, and it was one of these, measuring 350 cubic feet and weighing about 25 tons, which effectually blocked the tunnel mouth.\n\n19. At about one-third of its downward course, the path of the avalanche crossed the line of the tramway which connects the City with the Peak district. The tramway, including two bridges and other works, was swept clean away for a length of about 100 yards, and the rails and girders were twisted and contorted in a very remarkable manner. The cars could only have completed their last journey a few minutes before the catastrophe occurred. The greater part of the ironwork was subsequently recovered from the debris lodged on the upstream side of the service tank. Photograph No. 1 gives some idea of the course of the avalanche.\n\n20. At the service tank itself, this vast mass of rocks and earth first filled up the bed of the valley above the tank to the level of some 20 feet above the coping. It would then appear that the rush of water down the nullah burst this temporary obstruction and caused a great wave to sweep over the service tank and some of the filter beds. To this great and sudden rush of water may be attributed much of the damage sustained by the Bowen and Garden Roads and the earthen embankment outside the masonry walls on the downstream side of the tank and filter beds.\n\n21. The yet heavier rainfall during the night and early morning of the 30th caused a very heavy rush of water across the service tank and over the wall on the north or downstream side, which had now to serve as an overfall or weir, a purpose for which it is hardly necessary to observe it was not designed. This great flood brought down with it enormous quantities of sand and other material. During the 29th and 30th, about 18,000 cubic yards of earth were washed away from the slopes of the service tank and filter beds, and probably an equal quantity from the banks of the nullah below the tank, the bed of which has in consequence been greatly enlarged. The rush of water also carried away the bridge over the nullah on the Kennedy Road. During the night of the 29th and 30th, a formidable slip had occurred in the lower part of the nullah. A mass of earth fell from the cliff at the northwest angle of the Head Quarter House onto the open space east of the Officer's quarters at the Murray Barracks (at E. on plan). This dammed the valley; the large open masonry conduit, 22 feet wide and 12 feet deep, was filled up, and the flood of water carrying mud and sand spread along the Queen's Road right and left, flooding the ground floors of the barrack rooms and leaving a solid deposit, consisting chiefly of clean quartz sand, on the roads and barrack yards adjoining, to a depth of from two to four feet. From 15,000 to 20,000 cubic yards of debris were here deposited, and a far larger quantity was carried into the Harbour and formed a formidable bank at the mouth of the nullah. The effects of the flood in the neighbourhood of the Murray Barracks are shown in Photograph No. 3.\n\n* Photograph No. 2 shows damage below service tank.\n\n## Damage in the Glenealy Nullah\n\n22. The water of this nullah discharges into the Harbour 700 yards west of the mouth of the Albany Nullah. It is a natural ravine down to the point marked B. on plan. From this point, the water is carried to the sea through a masonry culvert varying in sectional area from 12 to 26 square feet. This culvert passes down Wyndham and Pedder's Streets, of which it forms the main drain. The gradients are very rapid; the fall from the upper end of the culvert to the Clock Tower being 200 feet in a horizontal distance of 1,400 feet, average gradient 1 in 7. The first damage which was reported during the storm occurred to this culvert. The volume of water on the morning of the 29th being greater than could be discharged through the culvert, the hydraulic pressure blew up the crown of the arch in several places. Large quantities of debris were deposited in Queen's Road and Pedder's Street, and the ground floor of several buildings was flooded. But during the greater downpour in the early morning of the 30th, some heavy landslips occurred in the ravine just above the upper end of the culvert. These dammed up the flood waters in the valley until their accumulated force broke through the temporary barrier, and they swept down towards the sea, damaging the culvert more or less throughout its whole length. Huge stones of all sizes up to a ton were transported by the force of the water to the level portion of the culvert in Pedder's Street, where, owing to want of fall, the heavier masses of the debris were arrested, thus effectually blocking the drain, so that the water had to be discharged along the surface of the streets. Stones of at least a ton weight were lifted about 10 feet from the bed of the culvert and deposited on the side path in Pedder's Street. The valley above the bridge on the Caine Road at F. on plan, which had been terraced and laid out with great taste by my predecessor as a public garden, was completely wrecked, and trees, shrubs, flower beds, flights of granite steps, and entrance gates were swept clean away. In the road at G. on plan, the bursting of the drain formed a huge hole in the centre of the roadway, 55 feet in diameter and 19 feet deep. Photographs Nos. 4, 5, 6, 7 show the destruction wrought by the flood along the line of the Glenealy drain. During the night, a portion of the Glenealy flood water forced a new channel for itself down Zetland Street into the Queen's Road at H. on plan, where its onward course was blocked by the houses on the north side of the road. A considerable deposit of sand was here formed, and the neighbouring premises were flooded.\n\n23. On the 29th, when the first damage occurred to the Glenealy drain, it was evident that the culvert was completely blocked for a considerable length by the debris of rocks and building material. As the removal of these obstructions must necessarily occupy a considerable time, my first care was to make such temporary provision for the passage of storm waters along the surface of the streets as to prevent, if possible, any further damage to neighbouring buildings by flooding. This was effected by forming protecting banks of stone on either side of the stream. I was not free from anxiety as to the effect a further heavy rush of water down such steep declivities might have on the foundation of the houses. In Zetland Street, the torrent tore up the roadway and ploughed up the bottom to a depth of 5 or 6 feet in a very short space of time. Instructions were given accordingly to watch the line of the Glenealy torrent night and day, and arrangements were made that should serious damage threaten the buildings in one street, to divert the flood in another direction or to divide it, and thus minimize its destructive action.\n\n24. Owing to the precautions taken, no further injury occurred through the flooding of the basements of buildings in this locality, and although some dissatisfaction was expressed at the length of time the debris was allowed to remain in some of the streets, it is obvious that the slight inconvenience arising from this cause was as nothing to the serious consequences that must have resulted had the banks been removed before the culvert was completely cleared. This was effected, and the debris removed from Pedder's Street and Queen's Road on 26th June.\n\n25. In connection with the flood in the Glenealy Nullah, I should explain that it was found on examination that the quantity of water coming down this ravine was considerably augmented owing to the works in progress in connection with building operations on Building Lots 1146 and 1147 at J. on plan. A catch-water drain had been constructed many years ago along the line marked J.K. on plan to divert the water from the upper slopes, which would naturally find its way down the Glenealy Nullah, into the Albany Nullah. But during the progress of the building operations referred to and the construction of an aqueduct to take the place of the original open drain, which traversed the site sold as building lots, it was found impossible to carry the intercepted water into the Albany Nullah, and it therefore had, previous to the storm, been diverted into its original discharging channel, i.e., the Glenealy Nullah, and thus necessarily tended materially to increase the flood volume.\n\n26. It is, I think, apparent even to a casual observer that the development of the City was not foreseen by the Government of the Colony during its earlier years, nor by its technical advisers. Situated as the City mainly is on a strip of low-lying land overhung by steep mountain slopes, liable to excessive rainfall, it would appear obvious that a primary element of safety was to convey the water from the various nullahs through the habitable area by open masonry channels constructed along the natural course of the torrents. Instead of this, however, the water courses have, with few exceptions, been enclosed in culverts carried down the main streets, and when thus covered over, have been converted into sewers for the discharge of house drainage, a purpose for which they are obviously unfitted, and instead of the natural and straightest course having been adopted, these subterranean",
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        "content_text": "70 \n\nTorrents have in numerous instances been violently diverted to avoid interference with public or private property, and in some cases, instead of following the line of the street, the culvert passes by an indirect route under houses and occupied areas. Recent experience has afforded convincing proof that the natural order of things cannot thus be departed from without the risk of serious damage from flood. Unfortunately, some of the mistakes of the past are not susceptible of an easy remedy.\n\nOther damage within the City.\n\n27. Besides the serious damage in the Albany and Glenealy Nullahs, the Tsing Kai Lane culvert in Wanchai was blocked and the neighbourhood flooded. A considerable landslip from the cliff on which the Naval Hospital stands completely blocked the road to Bowrington and the Cemeteries, and another slip on the north side of the same hill destroyed the back premises of some Chinese houses. On the south side of Queen's Road East, the back premises of several Chinese houses were destroyed by landslips from the steep hillside which rises immediately at the back. The approaches to the Bowrington Bridge (L. on plan) were carried away.\n\n28. In the western districts of the City, considerable damage, though not of a serious nature, was done on the lines of the Po Yau Street, Richmond Nullah, and Shek Tong Tsui drains. At Kennedy Town, the nullah which discharges into a culvert immediately above the Cattle Market overflowed, and the water swept through the market, destroying the boundary wall. A number of minor casualties from landslips and flooding occurred, but none calling for special notice.\n\nTytam Water-works (Reservoir and Aqueduct.)\n\n29. The nature of the accident to the service tank in the Albany Nullah has already been described. Some 21,000 cubic yards of debris were deposited in the tank itself during the storm. The tank averages 230 feet in length and is 200 feet wide, and 30 feet deep. It has therefore a gross capacity of about 46,000 cubic yards. This solid deposit tended to reduce the pressure on the sides. Immediate steps were taken to further relieve the pressure by lowering the water level in the tank. It is satisfactory to be able to record, after careful examination, that no settlement whatever can be detected in the concrete structure, nor was there any leakage from the tank.\n\n30. Along the line of the aqueduct, which is carried under the surface of the Bowen Road, several landslips took place between the service tank and the mouth of the tunnel, a distance of about three miles. Of these, three were of formidable dimensions. They occurred on the steep hillsides above the level of the aqueduct where it overhangs the Happy Valley (at M, N, O on plan). The debris swept across the road and aqueduct, carrying away the roadway and the superstructure of the aqueduct for a length of about 120 yards. Fortunately, the foundations remained intact, and consequently, the repairs of the aqueduct present no great difficulty, either as regards time or cost, and are in fact now nearly completed.\n\n31. Mr. COOPER estimates that during the storm, at least 30,000 cubic yards of earth were carried by these landslips across the line of the aqueduct. This included, besides earth, a large proportion of huge granite boulders, dislodged from the mountain sides, some of them many tons in weight. After crossing the aqueduct, the course of the principal landslips followed ravines which traverse the Public Cemetery in the Happy Valley. The bridges and part of the boundary wall were destroyed, the bed of the nullah was choked, and about 5,000 cubic yards of sand were carried through the Cemetery and deposited on the Race Course below (at P on plan), but fortunately, not a single grave was in any way injured or disturbed.\n\n32. The great Reservoir at Tytam, and the works connected therewith, suffered no serious injury. The toe of the slope of the overflow weir, and some of the earth slopes below the concrete dam were washed away. It is satisfactory to be able to record that the manner in which the Tytam Water-works generally (i.e., the great reservoir, the aqueduct, and the service tank and filter beds) have stood the severe test to which they have been subjected speaks well for the quality of the material and workmanship, and for the care bestowed on their construction.\n\n33. It will thus be seen that of the three grave cases of damage resulting from the storm, in two instances, viz.: (1) the Albany or Military Nullah (including the Tytam service tank) and (2) the Glenealy Nullah and culvert, the cause of the accidents may be traced, in part at least, to the operations of man, while on the other hand, the great landslips along the line of the Tytam aqueduct above the Happy Valley were entirely due to natural causes.\n\nDamage to roads and other works outside the City and at Kowloon.\n\n34. As already stated, there was hardly a road or street in the Colony that did not suffer more or less. Landslips occurred in numerous cases, and many were on a considerable scale. Bridges were also either damaged or destroyed. For full details respecting these injuries, I beg to refer you to Mr. COOPER's report dated 26th ultimo (`Appendix 19`).\n\n35. To give some idea of the extent and number of the landslips throughout the Colony, I may cite as an illustration the view which presented itself from the house in which I was staying as the storm cleared on the morning of the 30th May. The view embraces the mountain side from the Victoria Gap to East Point, and may include a superficial area of from two to three square miles. The hill slopes, which before the storm were covered with verdure, were now scarred in all directions by landslips. Of these, I counted about thirty, and since others on the area indicated are concealed by the valleys and the folds of the hills, it is probably considerably under the mark to estimate the number of slips in this locality at fifty. Assuming the same proportion over other parts of the Colony, we should have a total of some hundreds, varying in mass from a few tons to several thousands.\n\nOperations for repair of damage.\n\n36. Immediately after the storm, arrangements were made for repairing the damage, especial regard being had to the relative importance of the localities concerned.\n\n37. Temporary works to allow of the supply of the Tytam water to the town, which had been entirely cut off by the effects of the storm, were at once commenced and completed in a few days, and the repairs to the aqueduct have since been pushed on and are now approaching completion.\n\n38. The repairs to the Tytam service tank and filter beds are progressing favourably. The principal obstructions in the streets and roads caused by landslips and debris brought down by torrents have been removed, and the repairs to the culverts, especially that of the Glenealy Nullah, are being pushed forward, although the progress made has not been so great as it would otherwise have been, owing to frequent interruptions from the flooding of the work.\n\n39. The following is a summary of the estimated cost of repairs to Government property caused by the late storm. The detailed estimates prepared by Mr. COOPER and Lieutenant-Colonel CHAMPERNOWNE, R.E., are given in the Appendices D and E.\n\n## ESTIMATE OF STORM DAMAGE\n\n| Item | Cost |\n| --- | --- |\n| Aqueduct and Bowen Road, Service tank and filter beds, Tytam Reservoir, Tytam Water-works | $42,000 |\n| 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        "content_text": "575\n\nthey had anchored, in the harbour\n\ngig, he would be unable to near them, but the peoples\n\nget\n\naboard\n\nwere in the uniform worn by the Customs beaten, white with narrow sashes.\n\nThey saw the lights of the steam launches\n\nand\n\nclearly, of the bay\n\nthey patrolled the entrance\n\non the night of the 9th/10th instant apparently just without the fishing stakes. The distance from the Police Station at the bottom of the bay to a line drawn from\n\nBluff Head to the northern extreme\n\nof Musking Island, which passes well outside the fishing stakes is\n\nslightly over one nautical mile\n\ncable and a half of\n\nand within\n\nthe West point of Stanley Bay.\n\nI spoke with the\n\nmasters of the junks who in\n\naddition to Sergeant Hausor's report\n\nstated that on\n\nthe night in question,\n\n020",
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        "content_text": "Stanley Harbour Master's Station\n\n24th June, 1890.\n\nSir,\n\nI have the honour to report that at 8. A. M. to-day, Chinese Customs people boarded the Kan Wo Li junk, one Fokien junks, concerning which I have reported to you on the 10th instant, at West Point, Stanley, within a line drawn between it and Bluff Head and within the fishing limits in this bay. I went off to the junk, on board of which the Revenue officers were about a quarter of an hour, and was told by the master of the Junk that a European and six Chinese were on the launch, several of whom, including the European, had searched their junk.\n\nI have &c.\n\nLo. J. Murray Rumsey\n\nHarbour Master.\n\n(a) Copy of the detailed report of the Officer in charge of the Station.\n\n(b) Copy of the Assistant Harbour Masters report.\n\n(c) Chart showing the position as fixed by the Assistant Harbour Master.",
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        "content_text": "Junk. The launch had left the \n\ndunk, which continued to back in this bay, before I could \n\nget \n\nto her. \n\nAb 10 A. M. this pinnace \n\nsteamed \n\n0 \n\nthis \n\nbay \n\n10 midway \n\nbetween our boat and the \n\nthree Frokien junks lying at their old anchorage, turned towards them, the Europeans viewing \n\nthem with binoculars, and then went f. the Kann Wo Li which was then \n\nin towards the land on \n\nstanding the East of this bay. The was boarded by from the launch and the latter dropped astern. The Junk was then near the land, about a third of the distance between this station and Bluff Head from here. When I was nearing the junk the launch steamed alongside of it, two Europeans got into the latter, \n\nsteamed \n\naway \n\ntowards and round \n\nBluff Head and I did not see it \n\nagain. \n\n579 \n\ncruized off Bluff Head until 12.30p.m. in company with the Junk, which pounded it at about 2. p.m. The pinnace did \n\nnot return this \n\nway. \n\nAb 8. A. M. \n\nI \n\nback towards the \n\nthree-masted Cruizer lying at Lamma Island. The master of the \n\nJunk told me on \n\nthe \n\nsecond visit \n\nthat the Europeans of the launch who boarded this vessel had again searched his Junk, moving the coffin containing captain who died here on the 22nd instant to thoroughly search under and around it. He had no \n\ncargo, having transhipped his saltpetre to another junk which was towed by the Po Hing ferry launch to Victoria to day. He took \n\nthe \n\nsick \n\nfrom all the \n\nwith her to Fookies. There \n\nwas again ...",
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        "content_text": "17\n\n445\n\n: \n\n16\n\ntrade between their own ports, and from those ports to the mother country. These ports differ, therefore, from those of Hong Kong and Singapore, in so far as they are not merely naval bases and harbours of refuge for the trade which passes them in its transit between the United Kingdom and foreign countries.\n\n10. Unless this distinction is kept well in view, no proper and fair consideration will be given to the conditions which govern the defence of these eastern coaling stations. It is of course reasonable and just that the mercantile community and alien inhabitants of Singapore and Hong Kong should bear their full share of the cost of protecting the ports in which they carry on their business, and of the security which they enjoy. The amount which they should contribute is a subject for careful examination and discussion, but as regards Hong Kong, Lord Knutsford must observe that the discussion was closed for the present by the conference of himself and his colleagues, when the contribution was fixed for five years, at £40,000 a-year.\n\n11. Their Lordships being dissatisfied with the conclusions of a Committee, to which their own representative was a consenting party, caused the matter to be referred to the two Secretaries of State and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and, according to Lord Knutsford's distinct recollection, the result of this meeting was that the recommendations of the Committee were accepted, so far as regards Hong Kong. He cannot, therefore, adopt the view apparently underlying your letter under acknowledgment that this conference was merely of a preliminary character, designed to clear the ground for subsequent discussion; and should the Secretary of State for War concur in this recollection of what passed at that meeting, Lord Knutsford trusts that their Lordships will reconsider their present decision, and agree to this contribution of £40,000 for the five years, from 1st January last.\n\n12. As regards the sum of about £9,000 for submarine mining works, which their Lordships desire should be demanded from the colony, Lord Knutsford would point out that when the conference accepted, as according to his recollection was the case, the recommendations of Sir Arthur Haliburton's Committee, no exception or reservation was made in respect either of this sum or of the payments on account of the new barracks. And in any case he would deprecate any demand on account of this sum, not only because no similar demand has been made upon any other colony, and no objection has been raised in Parliament, but also because the Colonial Legislature, in 1886, when voting a sum of £60,375 in addition to the original estimate of £55,625 for works, making together the sum of £116,000, did so on the distinct understanding that \"this vote shall be final for the military and defensive purposes of the colony,\" and although Her Majesty's Government never formally accepted this condition, yet if the demand for this £9,000 is pressed, the colony would naturally point to the resolution, and the difficulty would be considerably greater of obtaining the increased annual contribution, and the money necessary for the new barracks.\n\n13. For it must be remembered, that hitherto all barracks at Hong Kong have been built by the military authorities, and any demand upon the colony on that account will be unexpected, and give rise to much opposition. And there is a matter of considerable importance to which Lord Knutsford desires to draw their Lordships' attention. The colony has recently carried out, at enormous cost, certain large works for bringing into the town a copious supply of fresh water, of which the military and naval departments enjoy the benefit, without contributing to the cost of the works, and the colony may claim to set off a portion of this expenditure against demands which they consider unjust, seeing that the War Office and Admiralty pay only half rates for the water they use, and it is understood that the Admiralty have objected even to this. No such suggestion has yet been made by the Governor, and very possibly never will be made, but the circumstance should not be overlooked when considering the demands which it is judicious for Her Majesty's Government to put forward.\n\n14. It only remains to notice the 8th paragraph of the letter under reply, and to observe that if the Straits contribution has not been paid in sterling, this is due to the Treasury having refused to accept sterling in the first instance, and afterwards when the exchange turned in favour at the colony, to its having for years omitted to deal with a proposal from the Colonial Office, submitting a scheme, which, whatever may have been its merits, was at any rate an honest attempt to come to an arrangement upon the subject. Upon this question I am to refer you to the letter from this department of the 18th of September.\n\nI am, &c.,\n\nThe Secretary to the Treasury.\n\nJ. BRAMSTON.\n\nWar Office to Colonial Office.\n\nWar Office,\n\n30th November 1889.\n\nSir,\n\nWith reference to your letter of the 17th October 1889, respecting the provision of additional barrack accommodation at Hong Kong, I am directed by the Secretary of State for War to transmit herewith, for the information of Lord Knutsford, a copy of a letter* which has been addressed to the Treasury in regard to the sale of land in that colony, and I am to state that no trustworthy estimate of the cost of the barrack accommodation can yet be furnished, nor is it expected that a complete estimate can be so furnished for some length of time, as the amount of building will be considerable, and its plans, &c., will take a long time to prepare. Nor does the Secretary of State for War conceive that it will be possible to bind himself absolutely that the estimate will not be exceeded, though every effort will be made to adhere strictly to the figures quoted.\n\nThe variations in prices, and the necessary modifications of the plan in execution, render it impracticable to give an undertaking beyond this.\n\nThe plans, however, will be prepared and revised in this office upon the information available at the latest date, and with due regard to economy. The War Department also will have to bear half the cost beyond the proceeds of the sale of property, and it is clear that it will be to the interest of the War Department as much as to that of the colony, to keep the cost as low as possible.\n\nThe Under Secretary of State, Colonial Office, S.W.\n\nSir,\n\nI am, &c.,\n\nRALPH THOMPSON.\n\nColonial Office to War Office.\n\nColonial Office, Downing Street,\n\n16th January 1888.\n\nWith reference to your letter of the 8th December, I am directed by Secretary Hong Kong Sir H. Holland to acquaint you that Captain Morant, R.N., has attended at this office, and with Colonel Locock, R.E., and Mr. Bramston, of this department, discussed the questions connected with the proposed extension of the Hong Kong Praya, and received such valuable information from Sir George Phillippo, Chief Justice of the Colony, who, as chairman of a land commission, which has recently reported to the Governor, is well acquainted with all matters relating to land in Hong Kong.\n\n2. The position of affairs, as Sir H. Holland understands it, may briefly be stated as follows:-The population of the colony, which is almost entirely concentrated in the town of Victoria, numbered, according to the census of 1881, 160,402 persons, of whom no less than 150,690 were Chinese. This number is now very much larger, and is increasing at the estimated rate of some 10,000 a year; nearly all Chinese; and very great difficulty is found in providing them with house room. This difficulty is increased by the circumstance that the town, which extends in a long line along the harbour, is occupied about the middle of the line by the naval yard, and the barracks and other military buildings, which practically cut the town in two.\n\n3. The only communication between the eastern and western halves of the town is by the Queen's Road, a thoroughfare of moderate width, passing behind the naval yard and some of the military buildings, others of which are on the other side of the Queen's Road, some on the same level, some on a cliff which here abuts on the road, and effectually prevents any second road from being made there for relief of the traffic.\n\n4. For many years the Colonial authorities have desired to obtain such relief by reclaiming a portion of the harbour and building a sea wall and road on the harbour side of the naval and military establishments; but all negotiations on the subject have hitherto failed, the Admiralty and War Office refusing to contribute to the expense, and at the same time objecting to being deprived of their water frontage, which would necessarily follow if the land reclaimed from the harbour were retained by the Colonial Government and utilized for building purposes.\n\n5. The necessities of the colony have now become so urgent that a proposal was made to the Admiralty to accept a larger site at Kowloon in exchange for the present yard, which is already too small for naval requirements, and in front of which the water\n\n(217)\n\n*For copy of letter\n\nsee page 13.",
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        "content_text": "! \n\nthe case as or understand it _ 1.s in the papers.\n\nis I \n\nhave Marked _ & then ask 25.0. Whether they have\n\nNeuro\n\nany shred from fend. Wward & what they\n\nthink of it\n\nBy it-\n\n2. Query send a duplicate letter & Admiralty\n\n162.\n\nJamb to\n\nM. 7.5\n\n\"could to procce, [Seal Bwards's porn\n\nof sing the common\n\nsense of these question will not have the\n\nHunt\n\nMust\n\nSymbols of om Built they 7 fighting Depts.]\n\nCopy\n\nConfidential.\n\nSir G. Desvœux to Colonial Office\n\n757\n\nSir,\n\n6 South Cliff,\n\nEastbourne.\n\n18 April 1890.\n\nin\n\na\n\nThough\n\ncondition.\n\nbusiness,\n\nnot yet altogether\n\nto take up important.\n\nI nevertheless feel it\n\nright\n\nto\n\nlose\n\nno\n\ntime\n\nin making\n\na Communication\n\nto you,\n\nfor the\n\nthe Secretary of State,\n\ninformation\n\nof\n\nwith\n\nto\n\nreference\n\nA\n\nsubject\n\nwhich,\n\nto\n\nmy regret, I was prevented\n\nfrom reporting before my departure\n\nfrom Hong Kong; it being impracticable",
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        "document_key": "CO129-252 - Acting Governor Barker & Governor Sir Robinson & Public Offices - 1891 [12]",
        "page_number": 116,
        "title": "CO129-252 - Acting Governor Barker & Governor Sir Robinson & Public Offices - 1891 [12]",
        "content_text": "113 \n\nSee plan page 284. \n\nSee plan page 29. \n\nappropriated to the erection of a battery. No cutting, therefore, by which this would be jeopardised, could possibly be sanctioned. \n\nThe portion resumed ran up almost perpendicularly forty feet, and a very small cutting would have brought down the War Department stones, which were close to the edge of the cliff. The ground, therefore, being wholly unavailable, and at the same time carrying a Crown rent of $52.54 per annum, was not only absolutely valueless, but an encumbrance. It also constituted an element of danger to buildings in front upon which a landslip might at any time descend, destroying the houses thereon. This must have occurred sooner or later from the inveterate habit of the Chinese to undermine hills of this red earth to obtain material for mortar used in building; and for safety, it would have been indispensable to employ a watchman constantly. This would have cost $72 per annum, which, added to the Crown rent of $52.54, would be $124.54. This amount capitalised at 5%, would be $2,490 making, with the allowance of $0.40 cents, a total advantage to Mr. Chater of $2,490 + $0.40 = a price per foot comparable to the $2.82 cents per foot. This was exactly the price which the balance of the lot fetched when sold by auction by the Mortgagee on 27th August following. Mr. Chater, moreover, being a Mortgagee in possession, was anxious to close his account, and being able to realise the balance of his mortgage money by the sale of the remainder of the lot, accepted the offer of the Surveyor General. \n\nThe case of Inland Lot No. 671 is altogether different. This was originally sold on 28th of June, 1861, and the buyer having refused to pay the premium and repudiated his bargain, the lot was offered again on the 7th January 1862 when, not only was the plan of the road at the south of the lot exhibited at the auction by the auctioneer Mr. Norris, but the Surveyor General, the Hon. C. St. G. Cleverly, who attended officially at the sale, took great pains to assure the public and especially the purchaser that the road would certainly be made by the Government. Had this not been made clear, the purchaser would not have paid $2,000 for the piece of ground which had no level area at all. The same promises had been made by Mr. Cleverly, the Surveyor General, when the Marine Lots Nos. 177 to 183 were sold on 28th June 1861, viz: that the filling in would be permitted to be made from the hill Lots Nos. 670 to 676 simultaneously sold. Had not this clear undertaking been given by the representative of the Government, neither Marine nor hill lots would have found a buyer. See dotted lines in tracing of Government Sale Plan No. 48 of 28th June, 1861, page 10. \n\nThis was again and again repeated years afterwards. Of these facts, your Petitioner is able to bring the evidence of those who were present with him on the occasions above referred to, and who, from having been formerly interested in the properties in question, have good reason clearly to remember the circumstances. \n\nSee plan page 22A. \n\nA portion of the road was eventually made in 1866. Subsequently, it was prolonged. Upon Mr. Sharp's remonstrance dated 1st October 1875, fresh orders were issued by the Government, men were once more set to work, and the Colonial Secretary, the Hon. C. C. Smith, wrote by direction of the Government on the 11th October that \"the road, on the absence of which you base your claim, is at the present moment being made.\" From time to time since, a little further work has been done. No sooner, however, was formal notice given of the intention to cut the hill, than notice was immediately served upon Mr. Sharp of resumption of the land. \n\nHad the Government performed their promise of making the road at the South of Inland Lot No. 671, Mr. Sharp could have levelled his ground back to the road and thereby doubled its value to $3 per foot. At the very time also of the resumption, the Crown Lessee was in the most urgent need of the material of which the hill is composed.\n\n30",
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        "content_text": "Sir R. Meade\n\nMonykong-Wm. 596\n\nThe extension of the Praya in front of the Naval Yard Military building, & Sharp's lots is much more to the advantage of the adjoining property then a question of having a beautiful Esplanade, as the Admiralty seem to suppose. It means that if the Scheme is prosecuted the Colony will be cut in two at this point, allowed only one line of communication from East to West, & that line a single roadway of at most 30 feet wide. This road passes behind the Naval Yard, lies between it and a cliff, upon which the Military Barracks are placed. The cliff abuts on the street at one point of the roadway at an angle to avoid this obstruction.\n\nThere is no other way of getting from the front of the town to the other side along the sea as the naval and military buildings have stopped the expansion of the business part of the town to the Eastwards, the Chinese have been driven to live in the hilly half to be near their work, & the overcrowding is very serious. The Praya extension will be a great relief.\n\nLord Ripon. May Jashape like to let Lord Spencer know that the question",
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        "content_text": "# The \"Hyenik\" was on the berth for the mid-August trip, and I took passage by her on the 18th instant. I found, however, that, despite the announcement in the Gazette that she was bound for Fusan, her agents here had altered, at the last moment, her destination.\n\nShe would, I was informed, call at Kunsan, Mokpo, and Chei-ju, but on quitting Chei-ju would proceed, not to Choa-sei Yêng and Fusan, but to Chennampo, on the Ping-yang inlet. The change, embarrassing as it might have proved, was not unwelcome, as it gave me an opportunity of again examining Chennampo, the other suggested Treaty port.\n\n## Departure from Chemulpo and Journey to Kunsan\n\nWe left Chemulpo on the afternoon of the 19th instant for Kunsan. A month earlier, on the occasion of a further experimental cruise round the coast, special correspondents of the local Japanese newspapers, the \"Kanjo Shimpo,\" of Seoul, and the \"Shin Chosen\" of Chemulpo, had accompanied the steam-ship \"Hairiong.\" The results of their inquiries are now appearing in their respective journals, and as they represent the views of those not least interested in the Corean coast trade, I shall have frequent occasion to refer to them. Mr. Osborne, moreover, the Commissioner of Customs here, who visited Mokpo at the same time as Mr. Kodera, has kindly placed at my disposal his most useful notes.\n\n## Kunsan\n\nIn common with all the ports (Chemulpo hardly excepted) on the west and south coasts of Corea, Kunsan cannot be entered except by daylight. There are no lights along those coasts, or for that matter elsewhere in the peninsula. Recently, it is not clear on whose initiative, a small Japanese Government steamer has arrived in these waters, and has commenced to make note of the various points at which lighthouses or beacons should be erected. Their erection, if it is really contemplated by the Corean Government, must in any case be a matter of time, as sufficient funds for the maintenance of the forty or fifty lights which the \"Shin Chosen\" calculates to be needed can hardly be provided out of the present tonnage dues.\n\nThe absence of lights obliged the \"Hyenik\" to anchor, or at least lie-to, until daybreak before attempting to enter the successive ports. Further delay is caused on this west coast by the obligation to wait upon the tides. Kunsan cannot be approached at dead low water, while Mokpo, as will be explained, for a few days in each month, is only safely to be entered at slack water.\n\nWe anchored, then, at 1 A.M., off the mouth of the Keum Kang, North Brown Island, bearing east, and Helen Island, north-north-west. At 9-30 we weighed, as the flood was beginning to make, and steamed up the channel. Captain Benzenius, of the \"Hyenik,\" pointed out to me, as we proceeded, certain rocks which are not marked in the Admiralty charts. Two of these are of importance, as they are close on the fairway (126° 36′ 5′′ east, 35° 59′ north). A third higher up, also on the south edge of the channel, is of less consequence, since it lies off the track, and the same may be said of a fourth on the north shore opposite Kunsan. The rock in Kunsan Harbour shown in the charts is actually some way further east. In any case, Kunsan should not be entered without a pilot or very explicit sailing directions, and it would be, even with these, a difficult harbour to navigate for vessels of any considerable size.\n\nTo the north of the channel stretch mile-long sand-banks, over which the sea breaks heavily in the winter monsoon. The port itself is formed by the Keum Kang or Satin River, flowing here east to west. The river forms the boundary between the two Provinces of Ch'ung-ch'èng and Chulla, and is the waterway by which the important cities of Kong-ju in the former province and of Chên-ju in the latter are approached. Properly speaking, the town, which is on the south or Chulla shore, is a \"chin\" or guard-station in the Prefecture (\"Kun\") of Ok-ku, in the new department or county of Ch'ên-ju. It has hitherto been the residence of a \"Sei-kun Ch'emsa,\" or naval Captain, whose public office is picturesquely situated on the top of a wooded bluff facing the river.\n\n\"The present Ch'êmsa,\" says the \"Shin Chosen,\" \"is, for a Corean official, not a bad fellow, and has undertaken to do his best for the regular steamers.\" His office, however, is in a sad, but by no means unique, state of disrepair, \"worse than many an old temple in the hills.\" I saw nothing of it, or him, for we only stayed long enough to land four passengers. It was high noon, and, as far as I could observe, neither the inhabitants at large nor the accommodating Ch'emsa took the slightest interest in our proceedings. This insouciance is characteristic of the Corean, in office or out.\n\nAs long as he has rice to eat, tobacco to smoke, and a \"gesang\" to sing to him, the Corean would rather not be troubled with trade, still less with steamers, and time-tables are a mystery and a weariness. This disposition of his, antiquated but enviable, is the great hindrance to the development of the coast trade, which, with a more vigorous race, would long ago have attained noteworthy dimensions, where both fields and waters are so prolific.\n\nIt would be a mistake, however, to despair of the future of the many ports of the peninsula, especially when regard is had to the growth of Chemulpo during the twelve years it has been opened. Kunsan, though offering no great facilities for steamer traffic, is the port for the two most fertile provinces of Corea. At present, it is practically a storehouse for Government rice, which, until the changes of the past twelve months, had to be sent hence on Government account in bulk to Seoul.\n\nSome 30 miles up stream, at a point accessible by junks of 800 piculs (50 tons) burthen, is the entrepôt of Kang-Kyeng, a place even now of considerable trade. It is, it may be remarked, a noteworthy feature of Corea that all, or almost all, of her chief towns are situated some miles from the sea, so that a very imperfect idea of the commerce or population of the country could be gathered from a review of her coasts, the only access possible till two decades ago. In this lies, indeed, hope for the future prosperity of her ports, which, however unfrequented now, may be expected under favourable conditions to attract what traders there are from the inland cities to the coast.\n\nThe present population of Kunsan is set down as seventy or eighty households, or some 350 souls. \"The people,\" says the \"Shin Chosen,\" \"are mild and tractable in disposition, and submissive to foreigners, towards whom they indulge in no vituperation or abuse.\" The staple article of export, as has been said, is rice; other goods are screens (from Ch'ênju), fans, paper, and hempen cloth.\n\n## Pêpsêng and Mokpo\n\nThe next place of importance along the coast to the south of Kunsan is Pêpsêng, which is not on the list of ports visited by the regular steamers. The town is, nevertheless, a busy centre of native trade, and a congregating place for fishermen. The anchorage, however, is bad, as there is not sufficient water for steamers to approach the shore.\n\nI may remark, in passing, that the anchorage is not situated off the \"Popsong\" of the charts, but by two islets west-south-west of Mujang. We did not visit it, but pursued our way southwards, anchoring for the night between Fire Island and the Clump group. Weighing at daybreak (4·30) we reached Mokpo at 9 A.M.\n\nThe course followed has only been surveyed as far as the South Tivin, and even where it has been surveyed, the charts leave certain dangers still unmarked. The approach, of which a more reliable survey has been made, that through Lyne south to the south of Mokpo Forks, I shall have occasion to refer to later.\n\nWhat, through ignorance of its native name and self-restraint, or failing imagination on the part of the Hydrographers, I have called \"Mokpo Forks,\" is a narrow and deep cleft which forms the only steamer entrance to Mokpo. The south bank is the mainland, lofty hills covered with pines; the northern is an island almost equally beautiful, the larger of two which shut in the Mokpo River. The strait is only some half-mile long, and 500 yards or so in breadth, but it is the main exit for the waters of the Yong-san-kang, and the wide basin into which they empty.\n\nThe tides at Mokpo, 7 miles from the Forks, rise 12 feet at springs, and all the vast body of water such a rise implies, or nearly all of it, has to find its way twice a-day through that narrow channel. The consequence is, that for some four hours for two or three days after each full and change, a current races through the Forks which a steamer of 12 knots can hardly stem. Once through, close attention to the sailing directions of the China Sea Directory will bring the vessel by a zigzag course to Mokpo.\n\nThe chief, if not the only, danger is a shoal, marked on the chart, near the northern end of the bend above the Forks, formed doubtless by the swirling of the water round the remarkable wall of cliffs opposite to the Mokpo Peninsula.\n\nThe chief feature of that peninsula is the hill of Yu-tal, 750 feet in height. Round this, as a centre, the river winds through an arc of 90 degrees until, at a point some 2 miles south-east of the hill-top, it is joined by a creek from the north. At the junction of the two is the tiny walled town of Mokpo.\n\nThe accompanying sketch plan will give some idea of the surroundings of this townlet. Mokpo is built upon two boulder masses, which together must have at one time formed an island. The erstwhile island is now connected with the peninsula by two causeways, one running, roughly speaking, north from the north-west angle of the town, the other west from the south-west angle. All between these two causeways, that is, all space west of the town, but east of the mainland hills, is reclaimed or reclaimable ground, covered, as I saw it, with paddy, except that just above the southern dyke are the usual waterpools and beds of rushes. South of that dyke, which is some 300 yards long, stretches at low water a bank of mud, but at high water the whole of this is covered.\n\nThe creek east of Mokpo town is a most promising element in the port, for even at low water springs it is, in the reach alongside the town, from 20 to 30 feet deep. The one drawback to Mokpo as an anchorage—a drawback it shares with all ports on the east coast—is the strength of the tide, particularly the ebb-tide. But in the creek this is less felt. 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        "content_text": "# HONGKONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL\n\nYesterday a meeting of the Hongkong Legislative Council was held in the Council Chamber at the Government Offices, there being present:\n\nHis EXCELLENCY the **ACTING GOVERNOR**, Major-General BLACK, C. B. (Officer Commanding the Troops).\n\nHon. T. SERCOMBE SMITH (Acting Colonial Secretary).\n\nHon. R. MURRAY RUMSEY (Harbour Master).\n\nHon. F. H. MAY, C.M.G. (Captain Superintendent of Police).\n\nHon. A. M. THOMSON (Acting Colonial Treasurer).\n\nHon. R. D. ORMSBY (Director of Public Works).\n\nHon. C. P. CHATER, C.M.G.\n\nHon. Dr. Ho Kai.\n\nHon. E. R. BELILIOS.\n\nHon. J. J. BELL-IRVING.\n\nHon. WE A. YUK.\n\nMr. J. G. T. BUCKLE (Clerk of Councils).\n\nThis being the Acting Governor's last appearance at the Council meeting, a number of ladies and gentlemen belonging to the outside public attended.\n\n## THE ACTING-GOVERNOR'S FAREWELL\n\nHis Excellency MAJOR GENERAL BLACK, before the commencement of the ordinary business, said: -- All business firms, whether large or small, take stock once a year, and call a momentary halt to see how they stand before girding up their loins for the work of the coming year. Governments, which are but large business firms working for the public weal, in the same way review each year their position, and not only put forward their balance sheet but indicate with modest satisfaction schemes which have run smoothly and well, and gloss over those which, however well laid, though they may have gone agley. I take, then, no unusual course in asking you to listen while I briefly touch upon some of the events which have made the ten months I have had the honour to hold the reins more eventful than many like periods of your past history.\n\nAlthough less severe than in 1894, the Plague has this year claimed 1,163 victims out of 1,320 stricken. Wisely abandoning the too stringent application of Western methods, the Government erected suitable hospital buildings at Kennedytown, placed them in charge of the Tungwa Hospital, and induced the Chinese to carry their sick to that benevolent institution. While deeply deploring the loss by this dread visitation, I am glad to congratulate the medical profession, and the other Government officials whose duty connected them with the suppression of the plague, for the strenuous and unselfish efforts with which they carried out their humane duties. Three of the sisters caught the infection at the post of duty, of whom two died, giving up their lives as nobly as men who die on the field amid the din and excitement of battle. (Applause.)\n\nThe outbreak of war between Spain and America --- two countries in friendly relations with England --- threw on this Government the onerous task of maintaining the laws of neutrality. A little island stored with good coal, and all the munitions of war in great abundance lying off a coast indented with harbours, is naturally a convenient spot where belligerents might replenish their stores of coal and food, and it is a source of satisfaction to this Government that, thanks to the energy and tact with which the officials carried out their duties, the laws of neutrality were strictly enforced, and yet the end of the war found us on as friendly terms with either belligerent as at the beginning. The changes that this war may bring may deeply affect this colony, but they still lie in the future and are not yet within our ken.\n\nA social incident not without its bearing on a great national movement was the arrival in Hongkong of a German Prince charged for the first time with high command in Eastern waters. The Prince of Prussia would have found a welcome for his own sake. Courteous, kind, and capable, yet every inch a Prince, he was welcomed by the whole community of Hongkong, and the English inhabitants did not forget in their welcome that he and his wife are grandchildren of our beloved Queen. (Applause.)\n\nHongkong has long felt the anomaly of its position, with the northern side of its magnificent harbour actually belonging to another power, its forts at the eastern entrance commanded at short rifle range by the Devil's Peak, and the end of its mine fields almost touching the Chinese soil, the Bay of Kowloon within the precincts of its harbour but outside its jurisdiction. In June last, a Convention was signed by which our boundary line is pushed some 13 miles to the north, thus sweeping away these anomalies, giving Hongkong room to expand, and more than all presenting the passing into other hands of the roads of Lantau, and the spacious harbour of Mirs Bay. (Applause.)\n\nMuch interest is naturally felt in Hongkong as to the position of the stations of the Maritime Customs. It seems to me only just and necessary that these should recede with the new boundary --- (Applause) --- for it would be an abdication of sovereignty if a foreign power were allowed to exercise control within British waters. At the same time, I recognise that it is right that we should aid the friendly Government of China in her task of protecting her revenue, made so difficult by the indented nature of the coast line, and to this end, I have suggested that opium should be stored in Government Godowns, and only issued on Government permit.\n\nIn legislation, much useful but unobtrusive work has been done. I may instance --- The Trade Marks Ordinance. The Liquor Licences Ordinance. The Bank Note Ordinance. The increased issue of Bank notes has, from causes well known to you all, been long demanded, and the enlarged circulation is proving a great boon.\n\nThe Queen's Recreation Ground Ordinance is the last in which I have taken a great interest, and I have some right to look upon it as a bantling of my own. The recurrence of the plague has forced on every thinking man the need of letting light and air into the blocks of Chinese houses, which, full of human beings in many cases, literally stand back to back in the City of Victoria, containing rooms into which the sun never enters, and where the fetid air has no motion. Doctors and physic, good though they be by themselves, are powerless to cure, while sun and air are a sure preventive; and great as the task may be of bringing these natural agents into this reeking mass of humanity, their admission must be secured by law. A bill is now before you which I admit does not go far enough, but it will at least be the beginning of a great reform.\n\nMany complaints have been made as to the shortcomings of the Post Office; a great deal of the confusion comes from retrenchment having been carried too far, and from the business having outgrown the building. I have submitted recommendations to the Secretary of State which will, I trust, produce great improvement in the department, in whose well-being every individual is concerned.\n\nNearly allied to the Queen's Recreation Ground is the reservation of the rocky bluff on which stands the boulders called Sung Wang Toi or the \"Watch Towers of the Sung\", which, as far as I can gather, is the only historical monument which links modern history with the old-world time. To make its reservation more certain, I applied to the Secretary of State for leave to bring in a bill to this end, and his permission is now on the sea. I regret that I will not have the pleasure of giving assent to it.\n\nA survey has been made of the Jubilee Road round the Island; it has been traced with gradients easy and offers, in the section between Aberdeen and Deep Water Bay, an important sanitary reform, for part of the scheme is to fill up and turf over the festering inlet to which the leading medical men of the colony point as the source of the malaria which has so long marred the health of Aberdeen and the neighbourhood of Magazine Gap.\n\nI have nothing but the good of the community at heart, and I emphatically state that if you believe medical testimony, it...",
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        "content_text": "## computes ratione & health, in for the \n\nming interest reffend why mount to defend her? bin dud night am wed \n\nthat her application has Even \n\nAman General to within \n\ninstant I wanted in that tice, to reach at once \n\n## \n\n**Application for Nurse Position**\n\nArgo 23 JAN 1899. Squeral Hospital \n\n82. Bluff haa Yoko \n\nfear Ser Uurse Maad forece rrlef of the fover went (will ko jee tal was inwalided home in \n\n1896, wishes to reapply for the post of nurse at Civil Hospital in Hong Kong. The returned to the back after a few months, and during that time, two letters were sent to Hong Kong, hoping it would be possible to readmit her to the post. In the meantime, she was working in the Yokohama Hospital. If the request could be granted, she would feel relieved. Needless to say, her health has been restored. \n\nI remain, your obedient servant, \nM. E. Mead.",
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        "content_text": "Entrance to Amoy Harbour is marked by a line of rocks and islands that extend across the mouth, leaving a channel about 1000 yards wide on the Western side. Further to the East, there is a smaller channel practicable for ships but never used by them. The width of the harbour varies from 9000 yards at the mouth to 4500 near the entrance to the inner harbour. The inner harbour is entered by two channels, one on the South of Kulangsu, used with an ebb tide, and the other round the Northern end of the same island, used with a flood tide. The rise and fall of the tide is 21 feet, and the depth of the channel varies from 17 to 10 fathoms. The width of the channel between the 5-fathom line at the entrance is 5200 yards and at the entrance to the inner harbour, 4200 yards. The trade of Amoy is almost entirely tea, brought over from Formosa. The bulk of the mercantile firms are British, one being German.\n\nThe defences of Amoy consist of six forts, four being on the island of Amoy and two on the mainland on the Western side of the harbour.\n\nThe four on Amoy Island comprise:\n\nFort Rehshik, situated at the Southernmost end of Amoy Island, immediately opposite the entrance to the outer harbour. It is armed with one 17-centimetre Krupp breech-loader and one English gun by Blakesby & Co., apparently an 8-inch, but it is out of repair and unserviceable. The Krupp gun is in good condition and quite serviceable, with 200 rounds of ammunition. The fort is built on the edge of the water at an elevation of about 50 feet. The distance to the entrance is 7000 yards, far too much for the present type of gun to be of any use. There is also barrack accommodation for the troops and water in the fort.\n\nFort Fowleso is situated on a point called Cliff Point at an elevation of about 60 feet. It is entered on the North side through a gate in a castellated wall. The road then turns down the hill and passes through a gate at the bottom into the inner fort where the barracks for the troops are situated. Its armament consists of two 28-centimetre breech-loading Krupp guns and two 12-centimetre breech-loaders by the same maker and dated 1875. The two 28-c.m. guns are mounted on barbettes in circular pits about 8 feet deep. The traversing and elevating numbers also, all the higher numbers, work in the pit, but the gun is loaded from the parapet. The guns are 25 yards apart and are flanked on each side at a distance of 7 yards by the 12-c.m. guns.\n\nThe guns seem to be in good condition; there are 130 rounds. The range to the entrance is about 8000 yards and to the centre of the channel, about 3000 yards.\n\nThe barracks were clean and seemed large enough to accommodate 300 men. The 12-c.m. guns would only be of service in case of a boat attack. The front of the fort is unprotected and could be easily taken from the South side. The depth of the ditch is about 6 feet. The stores and ammunition are well protected in bomb-proof casemates. Each gun has 320 rounds, and the 28-c.m. takes a charge of 350 lbs. One shot was fired from this gun at a range of 10,000 metres. The line was good. The loading and firing were done expeditiously and well. There is a French Range finder in the Fort, but apparently, no one knows how to use it.\n\nPwan Shok fort is a mile from Fowleso and is situated at an elevation of 30 feet close to the water's edge. It is armed with two 21-centimetre Krupp breach-loaders pivoted on front pivots. The guns are placed on a parapet and have a low parapet of masonry in front of them. They are clean and in a serviceable condition and likely to be of use if properly handled.\n\nLiau Kan Yong Fort is about 400 yards from Pwan Shek and armed with old...\n\nPage 352\n\n22305\n\nRECEIVED\n\n21 AUG 19...\n\n \n \n\n \n\nPage 353",
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        "content_text": "2\n\nSandy, Taihowan, and Kellet Bays. \"These would be quickly reinforced by the infantry companies (240) or the Volunteers (164) from the Peak Section, and the whole Victoria Reserve (376 infantry), as well as, if necessary, by the Kowloon Reserve (251 infantry), which would move either by the main road by Belchers to Sandy Bay, or by Victoria Gap to Pokfulum, or both, as might be required.\"\n\nThe Defence Scheme also states that a company from the Reserve can reach Sandy Bay within an hour of being summoned by telephone from Belchers, \"an addition clearly needed when so important a point has to be held by so small a garrison,” and it lays down that a Cossack picket is sufficient on the shores of Sandy Bay to give warning of the approach of boats at night, and that at night a section is to bivouac in the cable house at Taihowan Bay to prevent a boat stealing up to cut the seven cables which connect Hong Kong with the rest of the world, and are all landed at this point of the island.\n\n5. The only landing places contemplated in the Defence Scheme on that part of the coast affected by the western section of the proposed new road are Kellet Bay, Taihowan Bay, and Sandy Bay, and as far as can be judged from the map a landing is impossible on the rocky shore between these places. The proposed new road would offer no advantage to a landing party at any of them unless it was proposed to advance round the foot of Mount Davis instead of through Victoria Gap. From Sandy Bay the road through Victoria Gap is somewhat shorter than the proposed road. On the other hand, it is not so level, and can be barred by troops posted on the hills which flank it on both sides. It would also undoubtedly be an advantage to an enemy to be able to attack by alternative or by two routes.\n\nBut the new road round Mount Davis, cut out of a steep hill side and with slopes on either side impassable for formed troops, would be a bad line of advance, and a small body of troops posted on Mount Davis should be able to deny it to an enemy, and would also be available to oppose an advance along the existing road through Victoria Gap. Both the new road and the existing road are within 700 yards of the top of Mount Davis. Again, unless an enemy were advancing by both roads, it would be possible for the reinforcing defence force provided for in the Defence Scheme to attack him in flank or rear by the road he was not using.\n\n6. On the whole, it appears to the Committee that the military disadvantages of the road would be obviated if instead of being taken immediately along the top of the cliff its trace were to follow generally the 150-foot contour, and that by building up the revetments on its outer side to form a 3-foot parapet, by making the platforms of the bridges over nullahs easily removable, and by forming projections at points suitable to serve as gun positions the road might be made a distinct military advantage. The Committee accordingly recommend that its construction should be allowed to proceed under these conditions which will neither interfere with its main object of providing a level drive for the residents of Hong Kong nor add appreciably to its cost.\n\n7. There is no military telegraph or telephone to either Sandy Bay or Taihowan Bay, and it is not known how far the civil systems assist communication from these points to the headquarters in Victoria. The Committee take this opportunity of recommending that arrangements should be made for enabling the parties watching these bays to communicate by telegraph or telephone to the position of the Reserve forces that might be required to assist in their defence.\n\nM. NATHAN, Secretary,\n\nJanuary 9, 1900.\n\nColonial Defence Committee.\n\n3\n\nAPPENDIX.\n\nDespatch of Governor.\n\nSir,\n\nI HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch No. 153 of the 11th ultimo, with reference to the expenditure of the funds subscribed for a memorial of Her Majesty's Jubilee in 1897.\n\nGovernment House, Hong Kong, September 27, 1899.\n\n2. The money was placed in the hands of trustees, to be devoted...\n\n(1.) To the construction of a road round the island.\n\n(2.) The building of a hospital for women and children, and a nursing institute.\n\n3. The plans for the hospital have been prepared, and the site acquired from the Government, and it is being proceeded with. The construction of the road has not been undertaken as yet for the following reasons:-\n\n4. Immediately after my arrival in the Colony I was addressed by the Director of Public Works by a letter, dated the 20th November, 1898, in which he urged that some understanding should be arrived at with the Jubilee Committee on the subject of the Jubilee Road, about which there was a deadlock, and suggested that the opinion of the Major-General, who had administered the Government previous to my arrival, should be asked for. The question at issue was whether the road was to be commenced at the west or the east of the island. The westernmost section from Kennedy Town to Aberdeen would absorb all the funds subscribed, while many more miles could be made for that money round the east.\n\n5. The trustees hold that they are bound by a Resolution that the money was to be devoted to the construction of a road round the island, the first section of which was to be from Kennedy Town to Aberdeen, round the western promontory of Mount Davis. The Government bound themselves to continue the road until its completion after the money subscribed was exhausted, and some of the money subscribed was so subscribed after the Resolution so binding the trustees had been published.\n\n6. As previous Minutes showed that Major-General Black had, while administering the Government, expressed himself as opposed to this section on military grounds, I referred the question to him on that point, and received his answer, dated the 2nd December, 1898. It is to be regretted that Major-General Black did not urge this military objection when the proposition was made, or before the laying of the memorial stone at the point at which the road was to begin by my predecessor, at which ceremony General Black was present.\n\n7. However, a short time after the arrival of Major-General Gascoigne, I submitted the papers to him with a Minute, dated the 12th January, 1899, and on the 17th January I received his answer, in which he agreed with Major-General Black that a road round Mount Davis near the sea-level would be highly undesirable in a military sense.\n\n8. As there is a considerable difference of opinion in the Colony as to the advisability of this road apart from the military aspect, I allowed the matter to rest in the hope that the trustees might see their way out of the difficulty by calling a meeting of the subscribers; but in the beginning of August I was informed that the Committee were preparing a statement to be submitted to you, which statement I received a few days after the receipt of your despatch. As the opinions of Major-General Gascoigne and of the Director of Public Works were mentioned, I sent copies of the letter of the Committee to them for their observations. You will observe that Major-General Gascoigne's views are materially modified, and his last Minute does not convey to me that there would be any serious military objection to the road.\n\n9. Personally, as I have stated in my Minute, apart from military consideration, I see no reason why the road should not be first made in accordance with the resolution, especially as the Government is bound to continue the road until its completion round the island; but, as the question has been submitted to you, I think it better to forward with the letter of the Committee all the correspondence and Minutes in the case, that you may have an opportunity of seeing it all its bearings. And, as Major-General Gascoigne intimates the probability in his last Minute that the construction of the road may probably necessitate some alteration in the scheme of defence, you may consider it advisable to have the views of the Defence Committee on the subject.\n\nI add that the statement in the letter of the Committee as to the position of the proposed road and the extremely rugged character of the shore is quite correct.\n\nI have, &c. (Signed) HENRY A. BLAKE, Governor, &c.\n\nThe Right Honourable Joseph Chamberlain, M.P.,\n\n&c.\n\n&c.\n\n&c.\n\n*Only those letters and Minutes referring to the military aspect of the question have been printed.—(Secretary, C. D. C.)",
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        "content_text": "In reply to your Telegram of the 18th of January last,\n\nI am to state that the questions raised in the despatch therein referred to have recently been considered by an Inter-Departmental Committee, when the matter was still under consideration.\n\nI hope shortly to address a further despatch to you on the subject.\n\nDRAFT.\n\nYWO\n\nHay Kras\n\n43\n\n19252\n\n99\n\nGeagacopy\n\nInd 16 A, 99\n\nSi-\n\nThe Under Secretary of State\n\nWar Office\n\nMr.\n\nMINUTE.\n\nFiddian 12/8.\n\nSir W. Hamilton\n\nMr. Antrobus.\n\nMr. Cox.\n\nMr. Lucas.\n\nMr. Graham.\n\nSir E. Wingfield.\n\nEarl of Selborne.\n\nMr. Chamberlain.\n\n3621/00 829772-61\n\nOrder 23 of 1889\n\n2 dfts\n\nCopy to Gov. 156. 17 Aug\n\nI am directed by Mr. Secretary Chamberlain to acknowledge the receipt of your letter (266/Hong Kong/28/) of the 22nd instant, forwarding a plan showing the land which it is anticipated the War Department will require at the Bluff (or Peak) for the new barracks for defence purposes at Hongkong.\n\n2. A copy of this letter has been sent to the Treasury for their information in regard to...",
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        "content_text": "The Daily Press.\n\n**HONGKONG OFFICE:** 9, PRAYA CENTRAL. **LONDON OFFICE:** 181, FLEET STREET, E.C.\n\nHONGKONG, October 4th, 1900\n\nREFERRING to the attack made by the Chinese on the British steamer Lungkiang, we now learn that H.M. gunboat Robin, with the Consul from Samshui on board, went to Luklao (the place where the outrage occurred), where she too was stoned by the people of the place, whereupon she fired some shots into the bank. Later, a petty official was got hold of, who regretted his inability to restrain the people, but promised to bamboo someone. With regard to the Lungkiang herself, we understand the Customs at Canton threatened to fine her for passing Luklao at all, and her captain was instructed, under orders from H.M. Consul-General in Canton, that he had better not go there again. A British merchant vessel is fired at; a British gunboat is pelted with stones, and what happens? The merchant vessel is threatened with a fine by the Chinese Government, and the captain is warned by the British Authorities that—like Sam Weller in the Bardell case—he had better be careful; while the gunboat fires at a mud bank and gets a coolie bambooed. A truly logical, dignified, and strong attitude!\n\nIt is, of course, necessary that H.M. Consuls should do their best to preserve order and peace in the southern provinces if possible, but it is doubtful if an exhibition which is characterised by neither dignity nor force can be calculated to increase the chances of this. Firing into a mud bank as a method of impressing the Chinese is doubtless effective, but whether the impression made tends to increase that respect for England's power with which it is so necessary the Chinese should be inspired, and upon which depends the lives of hundreds of foreigners in China, is a matter on which the ordinary man can have no doubt whatever. With regard to the threat of the Customs officials to fine the Lungkiang, this can be taken for what it is worth. It can only be regarded as an attempt at \"bluff,\" undertaken on behalf of the local officials in order, if possible, to complicate and evade the very plain question of their responsibility for an unprovoked outrage on a British vessel. The Customs are perfectly well aware that in passing Luklao—which is in one of the delta channels joining Canton with the West River—the Lungkiang was only doing what she and all other vessels have been doing with their (the Customs') full knowledge and consent for the past three years; although to do so may be contrary to the letter of certain regulations which were drawn up under conditions now no longer existing. But whether the vessel's presence at that particular spot was or was not in accordance with some restrictive and absurd regulation, it cannot be allowed to cover or in any way hide the point at issue. A wanton attack is made on a vessel under the British flag, and it is plainly the duty of the British Government to take some more effective steps to obtain redress than can be obtained by firing at a mud bank; and it is equally plainly the duty of the Chinese Government to offer some other reparation for the outrage than is contained in a threat of the infliction of a fine—on the outraged vessel. Piracy, murder, and outrage have, however, become so common that a little more or less does not seem to affect our Government, but there is a power arising slowly but surely which will sooner or later make itself felt----the power of public opinion and public indignation. The public indignation of the world, it may be; but that of Britain certainly. The cup is nearly full, and it will be well for the Chinese that the last few drops are not added to make it overflow.\n\nClosely connected with and forming part of the same restrictive regulations which the Chinese now advance in an attempt to palliate their attack on the Lungkiang, is the reason for the withdrawal and sale of the Shipping Companies' vessels from the West River trade. After two years of representation and petitioning against these restrictive regulations, which only resulted in polite acknowledgments from the British Government and in active resistance on the part of the Chinese, they have been compelled to withdraw their vessels, with the result that the British Flag is now practically unrepresented on the West River, as far as trade is concerned. Abstract reasonings on the right of the Chinese to make what regulations they see fit are interesting when one's pocket is not affected, but we cannot help wondering whether, if our representatives from the Minister downwards to the Consuls at the various ports----had been financially affected by the result, they would not have introduced a little more practical energy into the performance of their duties and made some more efforts to secure the recognition of equality of opportunity for British ships than will ever be accomplished by discussions as to the exact meaning to be attached to some abstruse Chinese hieroglyphic.\n\nPage 200",
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        "content_text": "## Desp Ho\nDole\n\n| Number | Reference |\n| --- | --- |\n| 114 | 14 ch.23 |\n| 1125 |  |\n| 1161 |  |\n| 117 |  |\n| 118 |  |\n| 122 |  |\n| 123 | 28: |\n| 124 |  |\n| 120- | 126 |\n| 1271 | 130 |\n\nTelegram are i \n132 \n-137 \n141 \n144 \n\nCongel \n146 \n147 \n148 \n149 \nTelizzoni \n151 \n152 \n159 \n160 \n\nCompl \n162 \n102 \n100-1 \n13 \n18 \n22 \n27 \n\nSubpe. \nMos Grumble. assistance \nLand office. \nLetter sales from Chinese Post Offices \nChari allee to re-moder Gine \nshes Reprod. 1900. \nMr. Chatham. Appt. to Council's \n\nDodée 19, 1901 \n12 \n13 \n** \n६ \n\nChinese mes,pation temmigration 1900 \nJ. M. Gutierrez. Transpec Reinstatement of yache-Club. \nHannah. Retirement: \n\nв хоти \nn \nNaval \nyo \nMasters Malè dc. \nExtension. \nEl. Decy's office. Claff \nB. W. Grey Salary, \nI wench influence in d. China. Captive sentence Commertation Staff of Botanical Dept. \nDecond Magidraté \n7. Browne. Memorial \nRelations of \nnew Dock \nItalians & Chinese. \nDurvey of How Termory. \nmedical Report 1900. \nI nancial Returns, 1900. \nI voresings of Russian destroyes. \nstones für down. Dept. zzydim of accounting for. \nFive Bangade. \nShipment of revolvers, \n\n| Number | Subject |\n| --- | --- |\n| ape. 29 | King's Counsel. |\n| 2. | Chapman, appen |\n\nDesh Iyo. \nDode \n166 \nCompe \n167 \n30 \n170 \nin and surveyor. \nIanitary Board.",
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        "content_text": "# The Bluff, Peak, 12th March, 1901\n\nThe Honourable  \nThe Colonial Secretary.\n\nDear Sir,\n\nAt a General Meeting of the Residents of this Colony held in the City Hall, on Saturday, the 9th instant, it was unanimously resolved to establish a Nursing Association in Hongkong, for the purpose of providing Private Nurses who shall be available for the Community. Such an Institution cannot be self-supporting, owing to the distance of this Colony from home, which will entail on the Association the cost of passage-money, in addition to the salaries and maintenance, when unemployed, of the Nurses engaged.\n\nAs has been pointed out by His Excellency the Governor, the establishment of such an organization, supported and controlled by the Community, is likely to effect a considerable saving of the Public Funds.\n\nI am directed by the Committee of the Hongkong Nursing Association to ask you to be good enough to bring these facts to the notice of His Excellency the Governor, in the hope that His Excellency may see fit to recommend a grant to the funds of the Association.\n\nI have etc.,  \n**(Sd.)** Catherine Gibb,  \nHonorary Secretary, Hongkong Nursing Association.",
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        "content_text": "DRAFT.\n\nAgts. 31649 Hayking Gen 425 10 Sept\n\nI am directed by Chamberlain to forward for...\n\ndirected by M-See?\n\nMINUTE.\n\n2.2. T. 10/1x6\n\nMr. Antrobus. Mr. Cox. Mr. Lucas. 10 Mr. Graham. Sir M. Ommanney. Earl of Onslow. Mr. Chamberlain,\n\nA. Blake 5th July 27 2357\n\nthach. para 13 open back to me I from as chuff has been dealt\n\nWhy to low 300. 13 Lep\n\nComma an Exliach from a despatch from Sir Henry Blake on the question of the best means of obviating plague in Hong Kong; and I am to ask you to ascertain from Mr. Albert Chadwick whether he would be willing to proceed to Hongkong at an early date to examine and report on the present",
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        "content_text": "# From the General Officer Commanding \n## To H. E. the Governor.\n\n### BEADQUARTER OFFICE.\nHong Kong, 28th September, 1892.\n\nSir,\n\nWith reference to your letter No.100/3, dated 24th June last and subsequent correspondence, I have the honour to inform Your Excellency that I have in conference with the Commodore carefully considered the demands of the Naval Authorities in the matter of Rifle Range accommodation as bearing upon Military requirements and the expectations of the Rifle Association with the following result:-\n\n## A. The Kowloon Peninsula\n\n1. There is no Military objection to permission being given to the Navy to occupy whether by lease or otherwise and to improve, as proposed in the correspondence, the eastern Range subject to the following conditions:-\n\n(a) The 900 yards firing point to be accepted as the extreme length and to be moved about 30 yards to the eastward of its present site to as near the edge of the cliff as possible, the 800 yards point being moved to correspond.\n\n(b) The right of the Military Authorities to be reserved",
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        "content_text": "cliffs, to the sides of which clung coniferæ, while at their feet were rich forests of bamboo. On every side was heard the gurgle of mountain streams, while, here and there, were grottos full of great icicles. After three hours' march we crossed a low col and came to an open patch in the forest where the salt caravans rest, and soon after reached the crest of the range, and descended along a deep cleft in the west flank of the mountain, whence occasional glimpses of the trans-Mekong range were to be had. At 8,500 feet we emerged into more open country, between two vast cultivated spurs, with villages of mud and wattle huts perched on impossible ledges, and accessible only by paths fit for goats. A succession of bold and magnificent mountain views was unfolded, until from the gorge far beneath us we saw a column of smoke rising up from the salt wells of La Shi, to which we descended, and put up in a temple commanding a view of the little town situated in the depths of the gorge, and containing about 400 houses. Some eighty families are engaged in cooking the salt, and each can produce about 550 lbs. per day. The transport of these and other wells near is in the hands of Pei Ti Ping mule-owners, who are, in many cases, of the gentler sex. At La Shi there is one small street of shops, supplied by Szechuan pedlars. A stream runs down the bottom of the gorge, and the wooden huts of the salt boilers cling along its sides.\n\nFrom Lashi we continued along a narrow path on the south side of the gorge, sometimes by the stream and sometimes high above it, and sometimes making detours to the left to get round side ravines. Soon after passing the Minchia village of Wan Ten, we caught sight of the Mekong, and descended to the little market of Ying Pan Kai. There is no ferry to the other side (west or right bank), but only a bamboo rope sling.\n\nThe sons of the late General Yang Yi Kuo live and rule at Ying Pan. Their attitude was so unfriendly that we moved a mile to the south of the market and camped by the farmstead of a hospitable Minchia, some 500 feet above the river, which is here ... feet broad, of a rich deep blue, and with a strong, but not violent, current. On the opposite side of the river, no less than seven great spurs, any one of which would be considered a first-class mountain in Europe, descend sheer to the river. The little villages, half hidden in their folds, looked like rabbit-hutches. Nature here works on her grand scale, and man and his works are reduced to insignificance.\n\nYing Pan and the Lashi Wells are under the direct control of the Lichiang Magistrate, whose ordinary jurisdiction also extends down the east or left bank of the Mekong to Hsiao Tsa Tsu, 13 miles south of Ying Pan. The fringe of villages on the lower slopes of the mountains on the west or right bank, together with the left bank south of Hsiao Tsa Tsu and north of the Yün Lung Chou boundary, are under the control of a t'u ssu or hereditary Chief, known as Lo t'u kuan. He is a native of Lan chou and a Minchia, but his official residence is at Tu Wo (see below) on the right bank. The upper slopes of the great range on the west of the Mekong, opposite Ying Pan, are inhabited by Lou Tzu, a tribe described by the Chinese officials as utter savages, who live by rapine, and nothing else. But the mandarins commonly speak in these terms of any non-Chinese who object to being controlled or squeezed by the Celestial Government. The Lou Tzu enjoy a wild independence in these inaccessible mountains, and are not above an occasional raid. Last year they crossed the Upper Mekong and looted the Wei Hsi official when he was on his way to his post. The Lou Tzu, the Lisaw, and the Minchia on the banks of the Mekong use cross-bows which shoot a poisoned arrow about 1 foot long. The poison looks like putty, and Chinese informed me that it is a species of \"u t'ou\" or taro, which causes paralysis and speedy death if it enters the blood. To be efficacious the poison has to be gathered at the tops of the mountains and in the dead of night, \"light Hecate's root of hemlock digged in the dark.\"\n\nWhen I passed by, Lo t'u kuan (the Minchia hereditary official) was on the war-path against the Lou Tzu, but his attempts to bring them under control were meeting with no success save that he had burned one village which had refused to accede to his extortionate demands for tribute; it seems that a sort of \"war\" is always going on in these hills, yet Chinese traders occasionally penetrate into them, and the Lou Tzu occasionally come out to the Ying pan to exchange gold, drugs, beeswax, skins, hemp, and lacquer against salt, cottons, tobacco, &c.\n\nFrom Ying pan down the banks of the Mekong to the Fei Lung Bridge is a march of five days (64 miles) along the precipitous sides of the river bank, between the vast ranges which press close to the water on both sides. On the first day we reached the village of Hsiao Tsa Chu (12 miles) the narrow path leading up and down high above the river through magnificent scenery, bare and imposing. We met several bands of Lisaw women in their shell-embroidered caps and hempen kilts; they live chiefly on the west bank, the few villages on the east bank being Minchia. Just before reaching our stage progress was blocked by a formidable razor-like ridge of limestone projecting into the Mekong, and round which the river makes a bend and forms a rapid. This obstacle was only passable by a narrow and dizzy path, and the mules had to make a detour round the hills at the back. Hsiao Tsa Tsu consists of a dozen log huts, situated on a slope steep as the roof of a house, and we only just found room for a tent by a small temple built in Chinese fashion and dedicated to \"the Black God of the Hills.\" The Headman was friendly, and, after a day's rest, he guided us along a path which ascended through a wilderness of mountains till we were 1,600 feet above the river, while above us were vast slopes and precipices with their summits crowned with snow; then descending past the log huts and narrow rice terraces of Shi Ping, we descended to a comfortable camp by the banks of the river near the village of Lamati. Here we found a double bamboo rope sling across the river, and a primitive \"dug-out\" or rather \"burnt-out\" boat made of the trunks of two trees hollowed out by fire and lashed together. A number of Minchia women crossed in the evening with loads of salt and tobacco on their backs, for villages on the west side. On the following morning the water was so cold that the mules refused for a long time to cross, and we were not all landed on the west bank till 10 A.M. At this point we joined Prince Henri of Orleans' route from Fei Lung Bridge north to Atentse.\n\nFollowing the narrow path down the west bank, through a fringe of trees about 50 feet above the river, we soon reached a difficult corner, where to encourage us the guide informed me that Prince Henri had lost two mules overboard into the river. 3 miles from La Mati the country on the west bank opens out a little and forms the valley of Tu Wo, where there is considerable padi cultivation. The few places available for rice terraces along all this part of the Mekong are carefully cultivated, and the rice is of excellent quality.\n\nThe village of Tu Wo, the capital of Lo t'u kuan, consists of about 100 log huts, and a small yamên built on a ridge in the valley. The population consists of Lisaw, Minchia, and a few Chinese. In the afternoon's march the mountains closed in again to the riverside, and we had to feel our way along and round the edge of a beetling cliff. It was like walking round the neck of a champagne bottle; the loads had to be carried on men's backs and the mules led. It was with a feeling of relief that we reached our camp at the little village of Ku Li. After passing Tu Wo we constantly met bands of traders, some of whom had been among the Lou Tzu and the Lisaw of the Upper Salwen, and some of whom had been to Teng Yueh. From Tu Wo there is a path leading west into the hills; indeed, difficult though the country is, there are communications in all directions, and the natives seem to consider any slope less than 45° as level-going. The Tu Wo traders clad in hemp, armed with broad swords in univalve scabbards, and cross-bows with quivers of poisoned arrows, look far more ferocious than they really are. Many wear haversacks like the Kachins, but without the embroidery, people here know the Salwen not as the Lu Chiang, the ordinary Yünnan name, but as the Hei Lung Chiang (\"Black Dragon River\").\n\nAfter edging round a difficult cliff just south of Ku Li, we got into more open country, where the river makes a series of majestic curves, and horse-shoe shaped valleys on the west bank admit of cultivation.\n\nThe most considerable of these is the Valley of Piao Tsuen. The village is situated 1 mile back from the river and has 150 mud and log huts, enclosed by an old mud wall.\n\nWe here passed out of the jurisdiction of Lo t'u kuan and entered that of the Yun Lang Sub-Prefect. From Piao Tsuen there is a well-beaten track west up into the hills past the village of Sung Ping, and so to the Salwen at Luku, the wild Lou Tzu not extending so far south as this.\n\nIn the afternoon we got round another formidable cliff, and camped at the little river bank hamlet of Tsao Yao, where we saw Chinese Proclamations for the first time since leaving the salt wells. One poster by the Provincial Judge was noticeable. It warned the non-Chinese inhabitants of Yunnan generally against practising the gentle arts of witch-craft and poisoning.\n\nThe people of Tsao Yao go to market at the Fei Lung Bridge, but for our tired caravan it was too long a march, and after passing through forest and long grass along a fair track high above the river for 15 miles without seeing a human habitation except the deserted guard-house of Tie Men, perched on the top of a cliff, we camped at Iron gate. Miao Wei, a village of some fifty houses, situated on a broad cultivated terrace high above the Mekong, and commanding a superb view of the great precipices which hang over the east bank.\n\n[2021 A-1]",
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        "content_text": "4.\n\n751 reference by Mr. May in Par.4 of his letter of Feb. 27 (Incl.E.) to 简帛 threats on my part a term which could not possibly be applied with any justice to anything contained in any of my letter to the Hongkong Government.\n\n13. Whilst regretting very sincerely the necessity which compels me to refer this matter for your consideration I feel that I am taking the most proper step to secure redress for what I am bound to consider discourteous and unfair treatment at the hands of the Hongkong Government.\n\nI beg to remain,\n\nYours most respectfully,\n\nÜlley us Irrland.\n\n5 inclosures.\n\nEndorsement A. Copy of a letter from H. H. May, C.M.G to Cliff Ülleyne dieland, dated Hongkong, 24. Oct 1902.\n\nEnclosure B. Copy of a letter from Ülleyne Ireland to H. H. May (in reply to Enclosure A) dated Singapur die. 21. 1902.\n\nEnclosure C. Copy of a letter from H. H. May to Ülleyne Ireland (in reply to Enclosure B.) dated Hongkong, Jan. 17. 1903.\n\nEnclosure D. Copy of a letter from Ülleyne Ireland to H. H. May (in reply to Enclosure C.) dated Rangoon, Feb. 3. 1903. [2 sheets]\n\nEnclosure E. Copy of letter from H. H. May to Ülleyne Ireland (in reply to Enclosure D.)",
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        "content_text": "Erected and Supported by Voluntary Contributions. Delightfully situated on the Cheshire bank of the River Mersey, between Egremont and New Brighton.\n\nOPENED BY H.R.H. THE LATE DUKE OF EDINBURGH, 16th DECEMBER, 1882.\n\nTHE CENTRAL BUILDING, or \"CLIFF HOME,\" erected at the sole cost of the late Mr. W. CLIFFE, provided for the entire maintenance of Aged Mariners (Shipmasters, Officers, and Seamen), as the funds will permit. There are now 66 inmates.\n\nTHE COTTAGE HOMES, in the same grounds, viz. The \"SLACE Cottages,\" the \"DIXON Cottages,\" the \"KELLOCK Cottage,\" the \"SANDER Cottage,\" the \"REYNER Cottages,\" the \"FORWOOD Cottages,\" the \"AURANTA and ETRURIA Cottages,\" the \"BACON Cottages,\" the \"PICKUP Cottages,\" \"ASHTON Cottages,\" the \"BROCKLEHURST Cottages,\" the \"MCINNES Cottages,\" the \"POTTER Cottages,\" \"Chaddock Cottages,\" and the \"HARLING Cottages,\" are for Aged Mariners who have Wives or other suitable Relatives to live with them, or as may be determined by the Council. Here they have a comfortable home, firing, gas, water, and taxes free, and a small pension, with liberty to engage in shipkeeping or other suitable employment.\n\nTHE PARK will admit of additional Cottages being erected and endowed.\n\nOUT-PENSIONS, for Aged Mariners who have friends they prefer to reside amongst, but who cannot support them altogether, and CASUAL RELIEF TO THE WIDOWS OF MARINERS, are also included among the objects of the Institution, as the funds are provided.\n\nDONORS of £5,000 may name a Ward, and Donors of £1,000 may name a Cabin in the Main Building.\n\nMr. ALEXANDER SPEIRS, Mrs. W. WRIGHT, the late Miss MARTHA RIDGWAY, and Messrs. RANKIN GILMOUR & Co., have each endowed a Cabin.\n\n1904\n\nAged Merchant Seamen and Widows Fund, 19 Feb\n\nFor affording pecuniary relief to Aged and Poor Shipmasters, Officers, and Seamen of all ranks, and the WIDOWS and Children of Mariners, who are in circumstances of distress. Four-fifths of the Income is derived from Annual Subscriptions, Donations, and Collections—a small Invested Fund yielding the only reliable income.\n\nPensions were granted to 126 aged Mariners and Widows, and casual relief was given to aged and distressed Mariners and Widows in 862 instances during the past twelve months; over £24,700 paid in Monthly Allowances and Casual Relief, since its formation in 1870, by the Mercantile Marine Service Association.\n\nLiverpool Seamen's Pension Fund.\n\nFounded by the late Mr. T. H. ISMAY, in June, 1887, by a Jubilee Gift of £20,000.\n\nSince augmented by Gifts from other kind Donors to a total of nearly £48,000.\n\nThe income of which permits 110 Aged Mariners receiving a pension amounting to £20 per annum each.\n\nThe late Mr. Ismay also laid down the following basis for the fund:-\n\n1. The object of the fund is to provide pensions for British sailors who have sailed out of Liverpool or in Liverpool-owned ships, and who have been unable to make adequate provision for their declining years.\n\n2. The pension, which it is proposed shall be fixed at £20 per annum, will not be granted to any person other than a British sailor, and will be continued at the absolute discretion of the Committee.\n\n3. No person shall be eligible for a pension who is able to serve at sea, or who has not attained the age of fifty years.\n\n4. Those persons only will be admitted as Candidates, who can prove twenty-five years of service at sea in the mercantile marine as Captain, Deck Officer, or Seaman.\n\n5. The Fund may be invested in the name of the Mercantile Marine Service Association, who will have the power of selecting suitable Candidates for the pension.\n\nThe \"MARGARET ISMAY\" WIDOWS' FUND, established by Mrs. ISMAY, with a Donation of £10,000.\n\nProvides Grants of £10 per annum to Widows of Pensioners of the Liverpool Seamen's Pension Fund.\n\nThe above Institutions are under the management of the COUNCIL OF THE MERCANTILE MARINE SERVICE ASSOCIATION, (incorporated by Special Act of Parliament.)—See opposite page.\n\nHon. Treasurer—J. H. STOCK, Esq., M.P.\n\nSecretary—C. P. GRYLLS.\n\nOFFICES—67 & 68, TOWER BUILDINGS, WATER STREET, LIVERPOOL.\n\nHere Contributions may be paid in between the hours of 9 and 6; Saturdays 9 to 2, or at the Bank of Liverpool, Water Street.\n\nNo. 6022\n\n(Subject.)\n\nFood supply in\n\nDOMESTIC.\n\nC. O.\n\n6022\n\nPage 20 FEB 041\n\nWar time\n\nLast previous Paper.\n\nDesp to for\n\non\n\nsubject\n\nTo for Sur Canada, con le cais 207\n\nFurther\n\nAnso 12 May 16:30 SHAY\n\naned to they\n\n76 & 1. (75) —13388–20700¬Z!· S\n\nNext subsequent Paper.\n\nYou\n\n16530\n\n(Minutes.)",
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        "content_text": "Maurandum.\n\nto the Pension of fire to thaple\n\n41230\n\n14\n\nGoodman\n\nCliff Fustice of tungking\n\nFor permain purposes my\n\nLewice in laughing began.\n\n1H\n\nI left Feb 1890 when\n\nBritish Umdwas\n\nIn thoughing direct, as ordered by the Secretary\n\nof state, to later up my apprinitument as Celtrucy Sennal of Ungking\n\n(Lee as to recarce \"en zoute-\n\nCorintup, Deof alet\n\nSecutary of\n\n218\n\n18\n\nPage #\n\nJuly 1902 Jun\n\nthe\n\nState to Houghing in Sir John Carringlum\n\nCase)\n\n2\n\nWhere\n\nan\n\nas\n\noffien has shewed the Crown Elsewhere\n\nwell as in thing kamy,\n\ntw made of dealing with\n\nhis pension for Rewine in Angking differs\n\nLabor\n\nacending to the length of that Rewice\n\nhowed in thunghting\n\nIf the\n\nover\n\nLen years\n\nbe is wo\n\ndealt with under Rule 17 but cruder miles &\n\nSee Rule 1 (6). My Case is that of \"A hudge\n\n4\n\n\"of the Supreme Const who before thing\n\nAmade a\n\n17\n\n4\n\nIndse has served the Government\n\nanother Capacity\n\nf\n\nthe Colony in\n\n\"\n\nYear\n\nand who has not len Mar 10\n\nLewice in the Colony in all (including dis\n\nM\n\nPervec ar\n\na\n\ntude)\" who mast\n\nchain cillin xxxxx\n\n\"\n\nC\n\nin\n\npension at ordinary rates in accordance with\n\ndances 1 and 3 of the Persin why?\" See Rule 2 (2)\n\nUpon reviewing the provided text and applying the given rules for OCR proofreading, here is the corrected version in HTML format as requested:\n\nMemorandum.\n\nTo the Pension Office to supply\n\n41230\n\n14\n\nGoodman\n\nCliff Justice of tungking\n\nFor pension purposes my\n\nService in Hong Kong began.\n\n1st\n\nI left Feb 1890 when\n\nBritish Under\n\nInstructed direct, as ordered by the Secretary\n\nof state, to take up my appointment as Clerk Senial of Ungking\n\n(Lee as to receive \"en route-\n\nCorrupt, Deof late\n\nSecretary of\n\n218\n\n18\n\nPage #\n\nJuly 1902 Jun\n\nthe\n\nState to Hong Kong in Sir John Carringlum\n\nCase)\n\n2\n\nWhere\n\nan\n\nas\n\nofficer has shown the Crown Elsewhere\n\nwell as in Hong Kong,\n\nthe mode of dealing with\n\nhis pension for Service in Hong Kong differs\n\nLabour\n\naccording to the length of that Service\n\nrendered in Hong Kong\n\nIf the\n\nover\n\nTen years\n\nhe is so\n\ndealt with under Rule 17 but under miles &\n\nSee Rule 1 (6). My Case is that of \"A Judge\n\n4\n\n\"of the Supreme Court who before being\n\nAppointed a\n\n17\n\n4\n\nJudge has served the Government\n\nin another Capacity\n\nin\n\nthe Colony in\n\n\"\n\nYears\n\nand who has not less Mar 10\n\nService in the Colony in all (including dis\n\nM\n\nPrevious or\n\na\n\nJudge)\" who must\n\nclaim pension xxxxx\n\n\"\n\nin\n\npension at ordinary rates in accordance with\n\nclauses 1 and 3 of the Pension Rules?\" See Rule 2 (2)\n\nHowever, to follow the instructions precisely without making significant changes to the original text except for minor corrections, the first HTML version is the accurate representation.",
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        "content_text": "14. Febr. 1890.\n\nMy Salary\n\nGeneral\n\n£400\n\nMy Salary was ... as Chief Justice £6000..\n\nand any Salary\n\nIt is the Chief Justice's salary in dollars hit the ...\n\nI joined the ... for ... dollars\n\nand ... dollars\n\n... half my salary of $5000\n\n... at the rate viz\n\nEquivalent to $2500 was paid\n\nI have not the British Regulations that presume each year of service ...\n\n£500 ... two years\n\nDecember 54, 1904\n\nDRAFT.\n\nHongkong 41299.\n\nW. M. Goodman\n\nBY 672\n\ny Collins b.\n\n5 Pafers in 40145.\n\nMy draft have been sent off.. 2 drafts.\n\n146\n\n8 Dec 1907.\n\nI am directed to ask: the receipt letter\n\nof Your ...\n\nthe inst ...\n\nTo express his ...\n\nreport that the enclosures to the letter from this dept ...\n\nthe ...\n\n... in advertently omitted.\n\nPage ...\n\n...\n\n \nhas been re-written according to the rules to best fit the context. Here is the revised response in HTML format as requested:\n\nand Cliff Justice from 16 March 1886 to ... \n\n14. Febr. 1890.\n\nMy Salary\n\nGeneral\n\n£400\n\nCA\n\nMy Salary was ... as Chief Justice £6000..\n\nand any Salary\n\nIt is the Chief Justice's salary in dollars hit the ...\n\nI joined the ... for ... dollars\n\nand ... dollars looked upon half my salary of $5000\n\nA ... at the rate viz\n\nEquivalent to $2500 was paid\n\nthe Amount\n\nI have not the British Regulations that presume each year of service ...\n\n£500 ... two years\n\nDecember 54, 1904\n\nDRAFT.\n\nHongkong 41299.\n\nW. M. Goodman\n\nBY672\n\ny Collins b.\n\n5 Papers in 40145.\n\nMy draft have been sent off.. 2 drafts.\n\n146\n\n8 Dec 1907.\n\nI am directed to ask: the receipt letter\n\nof Your ...\n\nthe inst ... To express his ...\n\nreport that the enclosures to the letter from this dept ...\n\nthe ... was in advertently omitted.",
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        "content_text": "6 \n\nof the Canton-Hankow (or Yueh Han) railroad. The \"Robin\" anchored here for half an hour, and two of them came on board. They informed me that the main line from Canton will join the North River at Pakkong-hau, just above the Fi-loy-tze gorge, and thence follow the river as far as Shao-chou-fu. The survey was commenced last February, and the work, hitherto carried on intermittently, is now being pushed on at the rate of about a mile a day. The actual construction of the line would, they said, be commenced as soon as the branch line to Samshui had been completed. The party, six in number, was accompanied by a Chinese official and a strong military guard; the country people were now on the whole friendly, and placed no serious obstacles in their way.\n\nAbove Wong-shek both banks of the river are lined with bamboo groves, as far as the Taimin-hap (\"Great Temple Pass\"), where the stream again winds between high hills and precipitous cliffs. Passing a few miles further on the Censer gorges, we reached at 1 o'clock the entrance to another famous pass, the Mong-sai-hap or Blind Boy Pass, so called from the striking profile of a face visible from certain points of view on a cliff at the left-hand side. Here the Lienchou River, the second principal tributary of the Pakkong, joins the main stream. At the junction lies the busy shipping port of Kong-hau.\n\nThe Lienchou River rises in the north-west corner of the province, near the Hunan border, and flows for some 120 miles through a mountainous country, inhabited by the Miao-tze aborigines, who still, to a great extent, secure in their inaccessible mountain homes, defy all the efforts of the Chinese to control or civilize them. They seldom come down to the North River, but they have been visited on several occasions by missionaries who speak well of their hospitality to foreigners.\n\nThe principal towns on the river are Lienchou, a prefectural city of some 50,000 inhabitants, the centre of trade in north-west Kuangtung, situated in a fertile plain; Yung-shan, district city; Taiwan and Howkong, the latter a large li-kin station with a bridge of boats.\n\nThe Roman Catholic missionaries have for some years past had stations all along the river, and recently the American Presbyterians have established themselves at Lienchou.\n\nAt 5 P.M. we passed the large limestone quarries of Lau-ti-wan, where blasting operations were in full swing. The stone is run down the sloping banks in wheel-barrows and discharged into junks, some thirty of which I counted moored along the river bank. Shortly afterwards, having successfully found our way through a shallow crossing opposite the quarries, we came in sight of the Yingtak pagoda on the right bank, and turning a corner to the left we steamed up to the district city of Yingtak, where at 6 P.M. the \"Robin\" anchored for the night.\n\n## Yingtak\n\nYingtak, a small walled town on the left bank, is picturesquely situated in an amphitheatre of rugged hills, just above a range of limestone cliffs, which, jutting out into the stream, form one of the numerous gates of the North River. Opposite the town, the Yung-yuen, or Copper River, joins the main stream: this tributary is navigable only for small boats, numbers of which, laden with charcoal, came floating down on the evening of our arrival and anchored in rows close by us. Yingtak was formerly the seat of the Government for this part of the province, and a noted Buddhist centre. It is now a busy shipping port, the present limit of regular steam navigation on the North River. Launches drawing not more than 4 feet can reach Yingtak under normal conditions from May to September. Below Yingtak the river, although shallow in places, presents no exceptional difficulties: navigation is not hampered by rocks and rapids as on the West River.\n\nI consider that two small light-draft stern-wheelers, able to carry about 200 passengers on a 3-foot draft, would pay well if placed on the run between Canton, Tsing-yuen, and Yingtak. They could, if necessary, run in connection with the Canton-Sanshui Railway, transferring passengers at Sainam.\n\nAbove Yingtak the river narrows considerably, and its navigability, even for native craft, depends entirely on the rainfall. We found a bar about a mile above Yingtak with less than 3 feet on it; on my return a week later, after a day's heavy rain, there was at least 10 feet in the same place. I do not think, therefore, that it would be possible to maintain a regular service to any point above Yingtak on remunerative lines; there seems to be no reason, however, why the Yingtak boats, of the type I have indicated, should not run to Shao-chou whenever the water permits, as the West River launches run to Nanning. Even when the railway is completed, I consider that river steamers will have a fair chance of holding their own. I am quite sure that these stern-wheelers would be well patronized by foreign passengers; many people in Hong Kong and Canton have assured me that they would jump at the chance of escaping from the heat of the delta and spend a few days among the breezy North River gorges. The Hong Kong, Canton, and Macao Steam-ship Companies, who are each year meeting with stronger competition on the Hong Kong line, might, I think, do worse than turn their attention to the North River.\n\nYingtak is a much smaller town than Tsing-yuen, but has some fair shops in the main street. Prominent among the foreign goods I noticed condensed milk, canned fruits, Japanese beer, and cigarettes, all imported from Canton. The district—a poor one, according to the Magistrate—produces rice, sugar, and bamboo. We were unable, as I shall explain later, to proceed the next day, so I took the opportunity to call with Captain Vaughan on the district Magistrate, Shih Yün-tuan, a native of Shansi. He sent his own chair and red umbrella to take us to the Yamên, returning our call immediately after in full uniform. He was very cordial in his manner, and evinced an intelligent interest in the \"Robin\"; as, however, he had only been a month at his post, the information I obtained from him on local affairs was not of much value.\n\nThe following morning, the water having fallen slightly during the night, we made an early start, but were obliged to return, as the \"Robin,\" drawing 2 ft. 8 in., was unable to cross the bar about a mile above the town. At the time we stranded, and throughout the day, large salt junks, drawing at least 3 feet, found their way across the bar, but our pilot being obviously unused to steamers, Captain Vaughan deemed it prudent to remain at Yingtak until a rise occurred. I took advantage of the delay to explore the town and surrounding country, meeting with no incivility from the people.\n\nDuring the night of the 9th July the clouds which had been gathering all day burst in a thunderstorm, followed by three hours' heavy rain. Next morning the river had risen 15 inches, so we made a fresh start, and this time succeeded in crossing the bar without difficulty, although the pilot twice put the \"Robin\" ashore a few miles higher up. For some miles above Yingtak the river flows between high banks through a fertile country, sown with rice and sugar cane. At 10 A.M. we passed Mong-fu-kong, a village with a pawnshop on the right bank. On the summit of a hill behind the town there is said to be a small lake, indicating the crater of an extinct volcano. Another hour's run brought us to the celebrated Kuan-yin-shan, and the cave temples dedicated to the Goddess of Mercy. On the left bank a wall of rock, covered with dense foliage, rises almost perpendicularly from the water's edge to a height of some 600 feet. At the foot a stone stairway leads into the caverns which pierce the cliff in all directions. The main shrine of the temple is visible some 100 feet up the face of the cliff. We had no time to visit this interesting spot, but steamed on past a series of limestone quarries, the largest at Pak-shek-hui on the right bank.\n\nAt Sha-hau, 22 miles above Yingtak, the Canton salt junks tranship their cargoes for Shao-chou during the low-water season. At 6.30 P.M. we anchored for the night amid really magnificent mountain scenery, just above the small town of Wu-shek. Starting again at 6 o'clock on the morning of the 11th July, the river slowly rising, we passed through another striking gorge, called the Tantze-ki or Cannon Ball barrier, where the cliffs rise even higher than at Kuan-yin-shan. Here man has not interfered with Nature—there are no shrines, and the tall cliffs afford a nesting place to innumerable birds.\n\nAt Pakto, a large village on the left bank, the Yü-yuen or Lung-kwai River joins the main stream. This river flows down through a mountainous region inhabited by several large tribes of aborigines. An interesting account of the people will be found in Dr. Henry's \"Ling Nam,\" above referred to. The principal productions of the Lung-kwai district are maize, bamboo, and charcoal. In the hills above Pakto coal can be seen outcropping in many places; the deposits were formerly worked, but have now been abandoned.\n\nAt 1 P.M. we reached Shao-chou (locally known as Shiu-kuan), the principal city in Northern Kuangtung, and our destination on the present occasion. The \"Robin\" anchored opposite the West Gate (on the left branch of the river) about half a mile above the ruined fort which lies at the junction of the two streams.\n\nThe prefectural city of Shao-chou is finely situated in the angle formed by the junction of the Ching or Clear River with the North River. The former stream leads to Lok-ch'eng and the Chi Ling Pass into Hunan; the latter to Nam-heung, and the Mei-ling Pass into Kiangsi. Both waterways, being impeded by rapids, are unnavigable for any but light-draft junks. Shiu-kuan has for centuries been an important Customs barrier: a bridge of boats stretched across the river on both sides facilitates the collection of duties.\n\nFrom an intelligent employé of the native Customs (Ch'ang-kuan) I learnt that the receipts from both li-kin and native Customs have greatly fallen off during recent years, partly owing to the diversion of trade to the sea route, partly owing to the increased use of transit passes for articles such as kerosene oil and cotton yarn. My informant estimated the annual...\n\nPage 360\nPage 361",
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        "content_text": "## (2.) Reserve Division (Saigon)\n\n\"A mere bluff\"; it is composed of four armoured vessels-\n\n1. \"Redoutable\"-armoured cruiser of 8,000 tons, 14 knots; the only one of fighting value.\n\n2. \"Vauban\" almost past use; cannon thirty years old; hardly do 8 knots; best not spoken of.\n\n3 and 4. \"Styx\" and \"Acheron,\" gun-boats; equipment not complete; would do very well in the Deltas.\n\nThis division costs 542,000 fr. a year.\n\n## (3.) Mobile Defence (Saigon)\n\nSeven or eight torpedo-boats and destroyers, some of which are old and useless, and two river gun-boats, useful only for police work.\n\n## (4) Local Station of Annam-Tonkin\n\n(a.) \"Kersaint,\" small cruiser of only 14 knots, 1,200 tons, not protected; good, but insufficient, artillery.\n\n(b.) Two river gun-boats, \"which cannot come out of the Baie d'Along.\"\n\n### 3. M. Deloncle's Proposals\n\nOn the 13th April the Deputy of Cochin-China, M. François Deloncle, submitted to a Parliamentary Commission a report on the defences of Indo-China, and a vote was taken, with the result that his proposals have been adopted practically in their entirety. The principal points, according to the \"Courrier Saigonnais\" as quoted by the \"South China Morning Post,\" are:-\n\n1. Indo-China must be put in a position to defend itself long enough to allow a French fleet to come out sufficiently powerful to defeat the enemy and retain command of the sea. A common plan of operations should be established between the Colonial, Naval, and Military Departments.\n\n2. \n| Point | Description |\n| --- | --- |\n| (a) | The bases at Saigon and Cape St. James should be consolidated, and new bases created at Along Bay, Kamranh, Fort Dayot, and Pulo Condore. |\n| (b) | All the old armoured vessels of no value in the reserve division should be discarded. |\n| (c) | The establishment of a second naval base at Hongay should be given up and a mobile system of defence created. |\n| (d) | The permanent stock of coal at Saigon should be increased. |\n| (e) | The floating dock now in construction should be used pending the establishment of a second dock for repairs. |\n| (f) | The maritime defence in Cochin-China should be reorganized and one in Tonquin organized. |\n| (g) | Wireless telegraph stations should be organized. |\n\n3. A sanatorium for European troops should be established.\n\n4. Recruits should be enlisted locally to act as reserves.\n\n5. The necessary expenses for the work must to a large extent be borne by Indo-China itself.\n\nAccording to an article in the \"Petit Journal,\" M. Deloncle estimates the expense of carrying out his proposals at 210,000,000 fr.\n\n**(Signed)** **GEORGE COMBE**\n\n## Inclosure 2 in No. 1\n\nSketch of Old and New Proposed Routes of the Yünnan Railway.\n\n[Not printed.]\n\n## Inclosure 3 in No. 1\n\nMap of Railway Systems of Indo-China, June 30, 1905.\n\n[Not printed.]\n\nPakhoi, June 30, 1905.\n\nPage 345",
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        "content_text": "## 12 \n\n2. It will be observed that, in addition to increasing the number of fighting levies in each State to 250 men, I recommend the establishment of a post of ten men at Murkushi, which is situated at the junction of the tracks leading from the Killik and Mintaka Passes, and an increase to the bodyguards of both Chiefs, and a discontinuance of the term \"civil levies,\" except in Gujbal, the upper district of Hunza, where the people, owing to intermarriage with Wakhis, are thought to be inferior as fighting men to the men of Lower Hunza.\n\n3. The number of Jamadars and Section Commanders now proposed by me may appear excessive, but I consider that they are required in order to provide for men of good family, some of whom are already in receipt of allowances under the old scheme. I would also explain that if this portion of the new scheme is approved it will ensure small increases to the allowances hitherto drawn by men who served as Section Commanders in the Chitral campaign, in which they rendered valuable services.\n\n4. Both the Mir and the Wazir of Hunza strongly advocated the establishment of a permanent levy post at Murkushi, and I agree with them in thinking that an outpost at this place is really required.\n\n## 13 \n\nThe Wazir does not propose to go to Matamdas himself, but will send one of his numerous sons.\n\n6. In conclusion, I would urge that the State Council be moved to pass a resolution allotting the Matamdas lands to the Hunza people with as little delay as possible.\n\n## Inclosure 21 in No. 1.\n\n**Captain Gurdon to Mr. Colvin.**\n\nGilgit, May 31, 1904. WITH reference to your Office indorsement dated the 1st November, 1904, regarding the proposal to settle some of the people of Hunza at Matamdas in the Gilgit Wazarat, I have the honour to inform you that the Mir has now written to me saying he gratefully accepts the conditions set forth in the letter dated the 28th October, 1901, from the Vice-President of the State Council to the address of the Assistant Resident.\n\n2. With his letter the Mir incloses a list of 180 names of men who are desirous of taking up land at Matamdas, among them being his son Shah Baz Ali Khan and Wazir Humayun Beg and other influential men.\n\n3. The Wazir Wazarat informs me that some families from the village of Nomal and other hamlets in the vicinity are also desirous of acquiring land at Matamdas.* In view, however, of the fact that there is only room at Matamdas for about thirty holdings, I would suggest that this land be set aside for the Hunza people; and that the Nomal people be given land near the mouth of the Bagrot Valley or at some other place (in this connection see paragraphs 6 and 7 of Major Manners-Smith's letter dated the 8th November, 1900) further down the valley. I understand that the Nomal people are not really urgently in need of land at present, whereas the Hunza people are. It is most important to encourage emigration from Hunza, and in order to accustom the people gradually to the idea of leaving their country, it is desirable that the first colony should be established at a place within easy reach of their old home. Later on when emigration becomes more popular land might be found for the Hunza people in the Yasin Valley.\n\n4. I inclose a note, dated the 26th May, 1904, submitted to me by Mr. Stainton, from which it will be seen that that officer recommends that, in order to ensure the construction of a satisfactory irrigation channel at Matamdas, a certain amount of blasting, the cost of which he estimates will amount to 800 rupees, should be done under his supervision. Mr. Stainton suggests that this expenditure be met from the annual grant given by the State for the maintenance of irrigation channels in the Wazarat. I have assented to this suggestion in anticipation of the sanction of the State, as it is most desirable that the work should be started as soon as possible. I am consulting the Wazir Wazarat as to whether he can conveniently spare such a large proportion of his annual grant for Matamdas; and if he cannot do so I propose to ask for a special grant which might be provided by reappropriation from other allotments in the Budget.\n\n5. As regards the Mir's request for a grant of land to his son, I would explain that he understands that his son will be treated exactly in the same manner as other settlers.\n\n* Matamdas is on the left bank of the Hunza River, and nearly opposite Nomal, which is on the right bank of the river.\n\n## Inclosure 22 in No. 1.\n\n**Mr. Stainton to Captain Gurdon.**\n\nGilgit, May 26, 1904. YOUR demi-official of the 7th May from Camp Minappin.\n\n1. I inspected and made a survey of the Matamdas nullah on the 24th and 25th instant with a view to seeing if the kul can be restored by blasting the rocky parri in the nullah.\n\n## 388 \n\n2. The kul can be restored for a cost of 800 rupees on the following assumption, i.e., that all blasting work with pacca walling and revetments in the rocky parri are executed by Public Works Department so that the full amount of water flows into the existing main kul on the down-stream side of the parri, while the leading of the water into the rocky parri channel from the nullah bed (or, as we would technically call it, \"the head works\") would be executed by the zamindars.\n\n3. The kul has been twice constructed in this rocky parri on economical but unsound principles, first by Wazir Ghulam Haidar, by heavy walling in the nullah bed, which was continually washed away by flood and deep scour, and, secondly, by Captain Lothbinière by a wooden trough line suspended from jumpers fixed in the rocky cliff. The latter was entirely washed away by a mud flood some nine years ago, since which the Kul has not been used.\n\n4. The only permanent way of overcoming this is by blasting the kul in the vertical cliff and constructing a 2 ft. 6 in. kul with pacca wall to prevent leakage. Water can always be easily led into this kul from the nullah bed by zamindars.\n\n5. The actual face of rocky vertical parti to be blasted is 250 feet long, with some pacca revetment walling.\n\n6. The zamindars need only go 198 feet beyond the rocky parri inside the nullah bed for a water channel to get sufficient \"head\" for water to flow easily into the kul. I have taken the levels myself and marked with red paint the exact positions on large boulders in the nullah bed.\n\n7. The construction of pacca \"head works\" would be prohibitive and unnecessary, owing to the very heavy annual mud floods in this nullah, and moreover the zamindars can very easily lead the water into the channel and if necessary rebuild this channel in the nullah bed each year according to the action of the floods.\n\n8. There is a State annual repair grant of 1,000 rupees for maintenance of kuls in the Gilgit Agency which I hand over each year to the Wazir Wazarat, Gilgit, for executing the work under district works rules, but if you wish this kul to have priority of all other kuls, which I would strongly recommend, I will get the work done by Public Works Department before the end of the coming autumn, and hand over 200 rupees to the Wazir Wazarat for other kuls' repairs.\n\n9. This kul will irrigate all the cultivable land at Matamdas, which is not less than 80 acres, after deducting stone walls and débris.\n\n[2167 -1]",
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        "content_text": "## MINUTE BY HIS HONOUR THE CHIEF JUSTICE.\n\nHis Excellency the Governor,\n\nSupreme Court, 26th August, 1905.\n\nI have read the minutes of the Hon. Colonial Secretary and the learned Attorney General with great care, and submit the following remarks upon them for Your Excellency's consideration. These remarks must necessarily be very lengthy for the subject is both important and complicated, and I propose to analyse these minutes sentence by sentence; but speaking broadly I venture to think that both my friends have devoted their attention too exclusively to one aspect of **Article 23 of the Treaty of Tientsin**, and in so doing have misconceived both the object and scope of my proposal.\n\n2. It will be convenient to start this minute with the text of the Article which is as follows:-\n\n\"Should natives of China who may repair to Hongkong to trade incur debts there, the recovery of such debts must be arranged for by the English Court of Justice on the spot; but should the Chinese debtor abscond, and be known to have property real or personal within the Chinese territory, it shall be the duty of the Chinese authorities on application by, and in concert with, the British Consul, to do their utmost to see justice done between the parties.\"\n\n3. Now putting all questions of strict construction on one side it is I think clear that the drift of this Article is to provide for the recovery of debts incurred in Hongkong, by Chinamen trading in Hongkong: and it does so in two ways: it recognizes first the right of the English Courts to \"arrange for the recovery of debts in Hongkong\"; secondly it provides that when the Chinese debtor has absconded from Hongkong the Chinese authorities, on the application of the British Consul, shall do their utmost to see justice done between the parties. But this absconding may occur either before action, or after judgment. These two points are not kept distinct in the Colonial Secretary's minute, but they must obviously be governed by entirely different principles. It will appear from the analysis of the Minute Papers put up in which applications under the Article have been made, that the Colonial Secretary's remarks are directed almost entirely to cases where the absconding has been before action in the Hongkong Courts, whereas my suggestion relates almost exclusively to absconding after judgment. And speaking generally I think his criticisms of the various memos, which were annexed to my letter have been based on his experience of applications for Consular assistance before action. The proper way of dealing with absconding before judgment, is an entirely different question, which forms the subject of my letter in `Minute Paper No. 4871/1905 C.S.O.`, and which I am dealing with in a separate minute.\n\n4. In this minute I shall confine my remarks almost entirely to the cases where the Courts of Hongkong have been resorted to and judgment has been given. This being so I find some difficulty in dealing with the Colonial Secretary's minute, for in some cases what appear to be criticisms of my proposals, may only be criticisms of those proposals as he views them, and might not have been made had he approached the question from my standpoint. I think it better however to deal with them as if they were intended to apply to my proposals to give greater efficacy to judgments of the Hongkong Courts.\n\n5. It will however be convenient if I deal at once with the procedure by way of Consular assistance before action brought: in doing so I must consider the very old-fashioned provision (drafted when the Common Law Procedure Act had not long been in force, and when the procedure in Hongkong was in a most primitive condition) by the light of the modern science of procedure.\n\n6. It was assumed, and rightly, in the first part of **Article 23** that a Chinaman in Hongkong could be served with a writ and sued in the Hongkong Courts.\n\n7. It was assumed in the second part, and speaking very broadly the assumption was correct, that when once the Chinaman returned to China he could not be sued in the Hongkong Courts. The modern procedure against absent defendants was then in its infancy even in England, consequently a provision was inserted in the Article dealing with this case. There being no remedy in Hongkong, recourse could only be had to the Chinese Courts; but as there existed doubts as to the efficacy of these tribunals the assistance of the Consul-General was allowed to be invoked, and in order to give back-bone to the Chinese Courts, they were enjoined to act in concert with the Consul-General.\n\n8. Now, an action can be brought in the Hongkong Courts against absent Chinamen in certain defined cases: and I should say that the rules governing the practice would apply in nine cases out of ten. In the summary of the Minute Papers put up, which is attached as an appendix to this minute, it will be seen that an action could, in practically every case, have been brought in Hongkong, which could have been prosecuted to judgment.\n\n9. My own opinion is that it would be much better for all parties if this procedure were made compulsory by withdrawing the unusual Consular assistance; that this would save much trouble, annoyance and expense: that fraudulent claims would be as easily detected by the Supreme Court as by an extemporised tribunal composed of the Colonial Secretary, Registrar General and Consul-General: that such claims are less likely to be brought before a regularly constituted Court: and above all, that it is more orthodox procedure in these days, as the Courts have from time immemorial expressed disapprobation at the ousting of their jurisdiction. But I am not pressing this opinion for acceptance now. I am quite content to let the old cumbersome procedure exist side by side with the regular procedure by way of action. It has this advantage that it recognizes the alternative remedy which every plaintiff has of suing in the Courts of the country where the defendant is resident.\n\n10. The point I am insisting on is that the judgments of the Hongkong Courts should have more vitality given to them in China than they have at present, and should be enforced by the Chinese Authorities with the assistance of the Consul-General if necessary, but without further formality or examination of the claim. When once this is done, then I have little doubt that the procedure of the Courts would be resorted to in nearly all cases; and the old-fashioned procedure now in use would die a natural death.\n\n11. I do not think that the answer given by the merchants to Lord Charles Beresford can be taken at all to conclude the question I have raised. It was a broad general answer to a bluff question. The particular issue now raised is not likely to have been present in the minds of the persons to whom the question was put: it was obviously not a time to go into details—more especially somewhat technical ones.\n\nThis question moreover is one which though it concerns the merchants, is more prominently in the minds of their legal advisers. But, put at its lowest point, the question raised does in fact come within the expressed wish to \"see our rights under the Treaty enforced\". It appears clearly from the papers attached to my original letter that this is fundamental to the whole case, that the rights under the Treaty are not enforced. I make bold to say that if this question were put to the lawyers in the Colony—\"What improvement is necessary to put the commercial relations between Hongkong and China on a surer basis than it is at present?\" the unanimous answer would be: \"Amend **Article 20 of the Treaty of Tientsin**.\" \n\nPage 279",
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        "content_text": "## \npopular view\"-in other words, to convince myself of the reality of the alleged desire on the part of the Yunnanese for exclusive Chinese construction of the Tengyueh Railway.\n\n## 23\n\nWhen telegraphing this to you I stated that I proposed to answer in the sense of the second paragraph of my telegram No. 31 of the 24th--that is to say, that I could not but regard the establishment at this crisis of the so-called \"exclusive Chinese Company for the construction of the Tengyueh Railway\" as an affront to my Government, and must therefore decline to recognize any such Company. I added, that the true popular desire in Yünnan is for construction by the British, but that it would be useless to affirm this, as the \"Directors\" would promptly manufacture false evidence to the contrary. Since delay only encourages their pretensions, while withdrawal would seriously impair our prestige, I ventured to yet again earnestly submit that we ought to at once insist on complete equality with the French. The insensate opposition of these short-sighted literati is playing altogether into the hands of our trade rivals, though I do not for one moment insinuate or believe that French influence has been brought to bear against us. The fact nevertheless remains that if we now yield and abandon our right to construct, should we choose, a British railway from the Burmah frontier to Yunnan-fu, French influence will become paramount in Yünnan.\n\nThe telegram of the \"Directors\" to the Wai-wu Pu professed to be signed by, among others, Ting Yen and Wang Hung-t'u. Now, the latter has been away for some weeks at his family cemetery, eleven days' journey from Yünnan-fu, and does not return till to-morrow. The authors of the telegram could therefore not possibly have obtained even his sanction to their signing in his name. Ting Yen, again, was at the time (and still is) at Tengyueh. He might, it is true, have been consulted by telegraph, though I could hardly believe that a man of his experience (he was Salt Intendant in Chekiang) would be foolish enough to put his name to a threat. In any case, I telegraphed to Mr. Ottewill, quoting the Chinese text of the most objectionable passage. Mr. Ottewill replied on the 26th that he had written to Ting Taotai saying that he had heard that he, Ting, had telegraphed to the Wai-wu Pu in the words I had quoted. Ting Taotai answered that he had only associated himself with a Petition to the Governor-General asking his Excellency to move the Wai-wu Pu to consult with you, and that he had had nothing to do with the telegram in question.\n\n## 30\n\nIn short, it is abundantly clear that the authors of this effusion--who, I may say at once, were Yang Chintung and Li K'un--had no right to make use of the names of Wang Hung-t'u and of Ting Yen, and that the statement that it was, in addition, signed by \"300 Delegates from all Yünnan\" is a deliberate falsehood. As regards the unfortunate Tengyueh Sawbwas, who are also dragged in, I am told that even the feeble Governor-General has been roused to object. I am in hopes that he will further...\n\nAfter sending off my own telegram of the 24th, I discovered that the telegram of the \"Directors\" had actually been published, verbatim, in the \"Tien-nan Chao-pao,\" the semi-official Yünnan Gazette. (I inclose the issue of the 21st containing it, and also my translation.) I accordingly again telegraphed to you, quoting the Chinese characters for the scarcely veiled threat \"should they\" (the surveyors) \"be allowed to cross the frontier, it is to be feared that a grave calamity will ensue.\" I reported that I was warning the Governor-General, who is playing a double game; and I submitted that his Central Government should be moved to reprimand him for allowing this incitement to appear.\n\nAt the same time nothing perhaps could have served us better than this step of the \"Directors.\" Once before had they tried the device of a threat of mob violence; but that was in the Governor-General's note (of the 20th October) which I was obliged to refuse to receive, because it contained his denial that he had agreed to the reconnaissance. The \"Directors\" evidently imagined that the Government of India would take alarm at their threat--which they know themselves to be mere bluff--and would recall the orders of Mr. Lilley. They never seem to have anticipated our very obvious move--to accuse them, vis-à-vis of the Governor-General, of inciting to a breach of the peace, and by demanding their punishment for contravention of the Treaty, to put them out of court. This I naturally proceeded at once to do. I wrote to the Governor-General the note, of which I inclose copy and translation, attaching it to a postscript calling for the punishment of the signatories to the telegram. In my note I showed how the establishment of their so-called Tengyueh Railway Company was an affront to my Government, while the unaccountable opposition to a third reconnaissance impaired friendly relations. In the postscript I warned the Governor-General of the seriousness of any attempt to attack British subjects travelling under passport, and let his Excellency know that I had reported the threat to yourself.\n\n## 3\n\nThe result has been almost all that could be wished. The Governor-General sent Tson and Yen, his latest intermediaries, to see me, and to say that instructions should be telegraphed to Tengyueh to protect Mr. Lilley and his party. In order to save his Excellency's face, Mr. Lilley was to be regarded as travelling under passport, but it was understood that he comes to make a reconnaissance. The Delegates at the same time begged me to ask that his following should, if possible, not include any natives of India, and that the number of Burmese might be limited to ten or a dozen. There would not be the same objection to Englishmen--I presume because it is known that we never contemplated sending more than seven. If, again, Mr. Lilley would not, at any rate in the towns, make a parade of his surveying instruments, the pretence of a travelling tour could be better maintained. A copy of the telegram would be sent to me in the course of the afternoon. They incidentally let fall that it was to be concocted with a view to perusal by the \"Directors.\"\n\nI did not think it was worth while to stand out for something more formal. My own despatch and note are on record, clearly stating that Mr. Lilley's purpose is to make a reconnaissance from Tengyueh to Tali. In the absence of any rejoinder to my note, and in presence of the fact that orders have been telegraphed to protect the surveyors, we may assume that Mr. Lilley is at liberty to conduct operations as in 1905. Nevertheless, I think it would be as well, at any rate at first, that those operations should be as little ostentatious as efficiency may permit; for example, he should avoid concentrating the party into one large camp. Its numbers could, later on, be gradually increased, should the nature of the work so require--as it almost certainly will.\n\nIf, in the meantime, His Majesty's Government has decided to insist that British enterprise in Yünnan shall, in accordance with the Agreement of 1902, receive equal privileges with French enterprise, the right to survey for a line of railway from our frontier to Yunnan-fu will accrue, to the very full extent exercised by the French between 1899 and 1903. That is, our surveyors will be at liberty to examine all possible approaches from Burmah towards Yünnan-fu. Should the result of the present reconnaissance be, as there is too much reason to fear, to confirm the view of Major Davies that an extension of the railway eastward of Tengyueh is hopeless, we should have, unless we are prepared to yield up all central Yünnan to French influence and trade, to fall back upon the Kunlong-Mita trace, which the same authority has pronounced to be feasible. But we could not make out so good a case for the Kunlong-Mitu survey as we have been able to do for the Tali reconnaissance. At the least hint of our purpose we should find ourselves confronted with another Chinese paper railway Company, closing to us this time the Namting valley.\n\nEven if we decide that it would be preferable that the main line from the Burmah frontier to Yunnan-fu should be built by the Chinese, we ought, I submit, to begin by insisting on our own right to build it. Then, as a concession to China (for which we could claim an equivalent elsewhere), we should agree to its being constructed as a Chinese enterprise, on condition that British engineers be engaged, a British loan effected, and a time limit fixed within which the railway must be completed.\n\nI have, &c.\n\n(Signed)  \n**W. H. WILKINSON**\n\n## Inclosure 2 in No. 1\n\n**Governor-General Ting to Consul-General Wilkinson**\n\n(Translation.)\n\nDecember 25, 1906.\n\nTHE Governor-General has the honour to acknowledge receipt of the Consul-General's despatch stating that he had received on the 9th December a telegram from His Majesty's Minister at Peking saying that he was desired by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to instruct the Consul-General that the present reconnaissance forms an integral part of last year's survey, and is not a new departure, and that protection ought to be accorded as on previous occasions. The Consul-General accordingly asks that instructions may be telegraphed to the Taotai at Tengyueh against the day earlier fixed for the start of the engineers, to direct the local authorities to afford protection as on the two previous occasions. An acknowledgment is requested.\n\nThe Governor-General would observe that as a railway Company has been established for exclusive construction of the Tengyueh line, the situation is not the same as before; of this the Consul-General is well aware. On receipt of the despatch...  \n`[2368 q-1]`  \nB 2  \n425",
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        "content_text": "## CONFIDENTIAL\n\nMuch that I could have wished to know. Like most of his countrymen, he is extremely reserved and reticent by nature, and only once during all our acquaintance have I ever seen him excited, and that was the night of the first landing of Japanese troops in Corea. Our relations here are necessarily somewhat different from what they were in Corea. There our interests were generally identical; here in commercial questions they occasionally clash, but Mr. Hayashi always contrives to be reasonable even when giving effect to the provokingly deliberate methods of his Government. He is greatly disappointed with the Chinese and pessimistic about the future.\n\nM. Bapst, the French Minister, is something of an enigma to most of his colleagues. He came here with a reputation for ability, but for some reason does not display it to the best advantage. He occasionally absents himself from meetings of his colleagues without giving any reason, and affects the same conduct in his dealings with the Chinese. For instance, he did not attend Prince Ching's birthday reception because he disliked going out to lunch. On the other hand, he is extremely agreeable, and our personal relations are very friendly. But he gives one the impression of a man who is inclined to be a stickler about small points, and who sometimes takes up a position on hasty or imperfect information and then stubbornly adheres to it. He is unmarried.\n\nThe German Minister, Count Rex, who is also a bachelor, is a comparatively recent arrival. He is a bluff, hearty Saxon of an impetuous temperament which cannot brook the delays of Chinese official procedure. In other days he would have been an admirable exponent of the mailed fist policy, and even as it is he finds some difficulty in repressing his natural inclination to resort to forcible measures. He is obliged to content himself with threats, which, although they have not the effect they once had, are still not quite lost on the Chinese. Altogether, Count Rex is the type of man for whom the Chinese official has a genuine dislike, but withal a certain amount of wholesome awe.\n\nThe Austrian Minister, Ritter von Kuczynski, is a most amiable and courteous man, but so fussy as to be a mild terror to his colleagues. He interests himself chiefly in the municipal affairs of the Legation quarter, and claims for such questions a degree of attention which some of his colleagues consider incompatible with the discharge of their other duties.\n\nBaron Grenier, the Belgian Minister, is a man about whom there is a considerable difference of opinion. He has only been here a few months. I have rather a personal liking for him, but people who know him better do not share this view, and his private life is said, with what truth I know not, to bear some resemblance to that of his Russian colleague.\n\nI have, &c.  \n(Signed) **J. N. JORDAN**\n\n[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.]\n\n## CHINA RAILWAYS\n**CONFIDENTIAL**\n\n[18822]\n\n### No. 1\n[June 8.]\n\n#### SECTION 2\nC. 0.  \n656  \n29968  \nRECEIVED 21 AUG 07\n\n**Sir J. Jordan to Sir Edward Grey.—(Received June 8.) (No. 102.) (Telegraphic.) P.**\n\nPeking, June 8, 1907.  \nWITH reference to the query in the last paragraph of your telegram No. 63 of yesterday's date, the reply is in the affirmative. Mr. Hillier proposes that Japanese tenders for construction work on the railway should be accepted to the extent mentioned, and that the Chief Engineer should be authorized to do so.\n\n[18831]\n\n### No. 2\n**Sir J. Jordan to Sir Edward Grey.-(Received June 8.) (No. 103.) (Telegraphic.) P.**\n\nPeking, June 8, 1907.  \nPLEASE see your despatch No. 83 of the 25th February and my despatch No. 207 of the 28th April.\n\nLord Li assured me to-day that, in view of the attitude of the Anhui gentry, no other solution was possible save the surrender of the concession by the Syndicate. He said that he was very anxious to make an attempt to settle the question before his departure for London, and pressed me to ascertain privately for him what sum the Syndicate would accept. No large claim for compensation could be entertained, but out-of-pocket expenses would be paid.\n\n[2525 h-2]",
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        "content_text": "# Inclosure 12 in No. 1.\n\n## Sir J. Jordan to Prince Ch'ing.\n\n**(This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.)**\n\n### AFFAIRS OF CHINA, CONFIDENTIAL.\n\n[September 9.]\n\n### SECTION 8.\n\nCO 35776 Rece 249 The P OCT O\n\nYour Highness,\n\nPeking, July 16, 1907.\n\nI AM informed by His Majesty's Consul at Changsha that on the 19th May the agent of the British-American Tobacco Company reported the stoppage at the west gate of the city of six cases of cigarettes, pending payment of dues (\"lo ti chuan\") to the Li-kin Office.\n\nHis Majesty's Consul thereupon wrote to the Taotai, giving notice that the goods would be sent into the city on the following day, to which the Taotai replied that, while the Tobacco Company had the right, under Treaty, to send its goods into the city to be sold by native firms, they should be ordered to pay the \"lo ti\" tax according to the Regulations.\n\nIt was then explained by His Majesty's Consul that these goods, having paid customs duties, were not liable to any further charges whatever within the limits of the Treaty port.\n\nThe Taotai answered to this that when Changsha was opened as a port a site outside the North Gate was fixed upon as the foreign Settlement, and that it was not admitted that the city was included in the Treaty port. The goods of foreign merchants, therefore, though they might be sold in the city, were liable to the consumption tax.\n\nA few days later the Taotai wrote again, demanding that the native firm, Yuan T'ai, who were the consignees in the city, should pay the tax, but to this His Majesty's Consul could not agree. The Taotai, however, would only admit that foreign goods were exempt from li-kin and other imposts within the Settlements of Treaty ports. The city of Changsha, he contended, was outside the Settlement, and foreign merchants could not be permitted to establish business premises therein, nor could foreign goods sent into the city be exempted from the consumption tax. On three grounds, therefore, these goods were subject to the payment of li-kin: First, the locality was not within the Settlement; secondly, the goods had passed into the hands of native merchants; and thirdly, no additional special surtax of one and a-half times duty has been levied.\n\nThe question as to whether the city of Changsha is included in the Treaty port has been gone into thoroughly between your Highness' Board and this Legation, and I do not propose to go over that ground again. The Board has admitted that there was no intention of making limitations and of not permitting foreign merchants to open business establishments in the city; yet the local authorities defy this decision of the Central Government, and still contend that the city is to be considered as a place in the interior.\n\nI have the honour to request that urgent instructions may be sent by telegraph to the Governor to cease all such attempts to levy any taxation other than customs duty on foreign goods in the city of Changsha, whether in foreign or native hands, and to issue a clearly-worded Proclamation to this effect.\n\nShould this step not be taken, I must presume that the Wai-wu Pu is not in a position to enforce the observance of Treaty rights by the provincial authorities, and that the Central Government regards the Province of Hunan as beyond its control. If His Majesty's Government is to adopt this view it will be difficult to avoid serious consequences, and I therefore take this opportunity of declaring to your Highness that further interference with British goods at Changsha will not be tolerated.\n\nAwaiting the honour of an early reply, I avail, &c.\n\n(Signed)  \nJ. N. JORDAN.\n\n[30106]\n\n# No. 1.\n\n## Sir J. Jordan to Sir Edward Grey.-(Received September 9.)\n\n**(No. 349.)** Sir,\n\nPeking, July 21, 1907.\n\nSINCE the receipt of your despatch `No. 105` of the 11th March last, I have continually discussed with my French colleague and Major Nathan the question of the land belonging to the Chinese Engineering and Mining Company which has been occupied by the French authorities at Chingwantao.\n\nAt the first interview which I had with M. Bapst it was agreed that the French Consul at Tien-tsin should be allowed to inspect the title-deed of the Company covering the land in dispute, which was deposited at His Majesty's Consulate-General. At the same time he maintained that the land was occupied in 1900, nearly a year before the first protest was made by the Company in October 1900.\n\nAs this statement did not seem to tally with Major Davies's Memorandum, which formed one of the inclosures in your despatch `No. 105`, I instructed Mr. Consul-General Hopkins to inquire of Major Nathan whether the date of occupation could be definitely fixed apart from that Memorandum. I also requested him to give the French Consul-General every facility for the inspection of the deed.\n\nIn his reply Mr. Hopkins informed me that the land along the bay was divided up among the Powers by a Commission appointed by the various Admirals in October 1900 and January 1901, but no written Agreement on the subject could be found. The title-deed for the land on the bluff was in perfect order, but no further evidence of the date of seizure was procurable.\n\nIn a subsequent telegram, dated the 28th May, Mr. Hopkins stated that the French Consul proposed to ask the Viceroy to depute an official to examine and pronounce on the authenticity of the Company's deed and the seals thereon. In reply to my inquiry as to whether he saw any objection to the French Consul's proposals and whether the deed was originally sent to the Chinese authorities prior to registration at His Majesty's Consulate-General, Mr. Hopkins informed me that Major Nathan saw no particular objection to the proposal, though he thought that there was probably a desire to draw the Chinese into the dispute. The deed had not been sent into the Chinese authorities before being registered, because at that date (August 1901) they had not yet returned to Tien-tsin.\n\nOn the 9th June I received a letter from M. Bapst, copy of which I have the honour to inclose, sending me a communication from the Viceroy Yuan Shih-k'ui, in which his Excellency declined to appoint Delegates to examine the title-deed in question.\n\nTo this I replied in a letter, copy of which is inclosed, reminding him that, as he had expressed a doubt as to the competence of the French Commission which had examined the title-deeds in 1903, we had agreed that he should appoint a fresh Commission for the purpose. I added that I should be greatly obliged if he would arrange for the examination to take place at an early date.\n\nAt the same time I sent copies of the correspondence to Mr. Hopkins and requested him to find means to point out to the Viceroy that the Chinese could gain no advantage by supporting the French claim, as the permanent occupation of the land by the French authorities would only be more fully insured by the elimination of the British element.\n\nSome correspondence, copies of which I have the honour to inclose, then ensued between M. Bapst and myself in regard to the procès-verbal signed by Admiral Bayle on the 19th October, 1903, in which it was stated that the title-deeds had been examined by a French Commission and admitted to be \"assez sérieux.” M. Bapst maintained that this procès-verbal had been disavowed by the French Government, and I requested him for information as to when this disavowal took place, as it appeared from M. Pichon's note to Sir F. Bertie of the 25th February, 1907, that the French Government had no knowledge of the document in question. In reply, M. Bapst furnished me with copies of correspondence between the French Legation and the French Government, from which it appeared that the French Minister had declined to...",
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        "content_text": "## 2\n\nagree to the arrangement come to by Admiral Bayle and the Company's agent on the 19th October, 1903, and recorded in the procès-verbal. Of this I was already aware from Mr. Wynne's letter to Sir Ernest Satow of the 30th December, 1903, extract from which was inclosed in your despatch No. 105, but the French Minister's attitude towards the actual arrangement proposed did not affect the fact that the deeds had been examined by a French Commission and recognized as **assez sérieux**.\n\nIt did not seem, however, that it would serve any useful purpose to pursue the question further, and the matter was allowed to drop.\n\nAfter a further delay of a few days a French Commission, consisting of M. Claudel, the French Consul; M. Lépice, of the French Consulate; Captain Marchand, French Naval Representative at Chingwantao; a M. Blanchet, and the French Consulate Chinese writer, called at His Majesty's Consulate-General and, in the presence of Mr. Hopkins and Major Nathan, examined the original Chinese title-deed of the land in dispute, situated on the Bluff, the large plan of the whole of the Chinese Engineering and Mining Company's property at Chingwantao, the original Chinese deed of transfer of the 26th August, 1901, confirming the deed of the 19th February, 1901, the entry of the whole of the above property in the land register of the Consulate and the English deed of transfer of the 19th February, 1901. The Commission took copious notes, but in spite of repeated requests, I have been unable to obtain from M. Bapst any information as to the result of their enquiries. On the 3rd July I received from the French Legation the inclosed draft Agreement which had been drawn up by Captain Marchand, and which I duly communicated to Major Nathan for his observations. The latter declined to accept it on the grounds:\n\n1. That it gave more land to the French below the Bluff than they actually occupied; and\n2. It allowed the French Government free right to dispose of the land to traders and merchants.\n\nI did not fail to inform my French colleague of Major Nathan's views in a note, of which I inclose a copy, and on the 10th instant he called upon me to discuss the question. In regard to the first point, he maintained that the statement of land contained in the draft Agreement was the same as that communicated to his predecessor by Major Nathan himself two years ago.\n\nAs regards the second, the French Government, in view of Article XIV of their Tien-tsin Treaty of 1858, were unable to admit that a whole port could be monopolized by a privileged commercial Society. Sir Robert Hart had, he said, arranged directly with the Chinese Government for customs accommodation at Ching-wantao, and he saw no reason why the French Government should not do the same. I replied that as French Representative he could of course take any steps he pleased with the Chinese Government. He had already, while we were endeavouring to come to a friendly understanding, written direct to the Viceroy. I thought it right, however, to say that any attempt on the part of the Chinese Government to deprive the Company of the property which it held under title-deeds registered in His Majesty's Consulate General would be strenuously resisted by His Majesty's Government. My instructions were to do my utmost to arrange the matter amicably with my French colleague, and this I was most anxious to do.\n\nI may here say, with reference to M. Bapst's statement in regard to Sir Robert Hart, that I had asked Major Nathan some days previously in connection with an inquiry from M. Bapst, whether the Japanese and the Imperial Maritime Customs had not received facilities from the Chinese Engineering and Mining Company, the former for the accommodation of their troops, and the latter for that of their Customs and Postal Administration. Major Nathan replied that the Japanese received similar facilities for the accommodation of their troops as were agreed upon between M. Dubail and himself in the Agreement cancelled by the French Government. The Imperial Maritime Customs were given land for their buildings in accordance with an understanding of many years' duration with the old Company. Subsequent to our interview of the 10th July, M. Bapst addressed to me the inclosed note containing the substance of our remarks. You will see that in the third paragraph he made an important error in regard to what I had said to him, and I hastened to point this out in a note dated the 11th July, a copy of which is also inclosed.\n\nThe remaining points I referred to Major Nathan, and on receipt of his reply (copy annexed) I addressed a further note to M. Bapst, in which I endeavoured to convince him that no monopoly within the meaning of the Treaty of 1858 was exercised at Chingwantao, and again pressed him for information as to the results of the examination of the title-deeds.\n\n## 3\n\nI inclose a copy of my note and also of M. Bapst's reply of the 18th July, from which you will see that he considers that the seat of negotiations has been transferred from Peking to Paris, and that he regards himself merely as \"Agent de renseignement,\" whose utterances can only have such value as may be conferred upon them by his personal authority. For the rest he practically ignores the arguments contained in my note, and contents himself with referring to a note which was addressed to Sir F. Bertie by M. Pichon on the 4th June last, a reply to which is now being awaited at Paris, the result of the examination of the title-deeds at Tien-tsin, he still gives me no information, but he again holds out the threat of coming to an arrangement with the Chinese Government.\n\nAs to ...\n\nI may add that M. Bapst has more than once in his conversations with me insisted that he was only an Agent of his Government with no authority to settle this question which was being negotiated in Paris. In the circumstances, and in view of the nature of the correspondence which has already passed, I have, with regret, arrived at the conclusion that it would serve no purpose to continue the discussion here. I have done my utmost to arrive at an amicable arrangement, but the attitude adopted by my French colleague has rendered my efforts abortive.\n\nMy own private opinion is that the French Government are aware of the weakness of their case from the point of view of justice and equity, but that, relying upon the advantage which their actual occupation of the land gives to them and upon the hostile attitude adopted by the Chinese towards the Company, they desire to utilize these to the full with a view to obtaining such Concessions as they can. This view is strengthened by the nature of the arguments which they use to support their case.\n\nI have already endeavoured to show that no monopoly within the meaning of the French Treaty of 1858 is exercised by the Company at Chingwantao. I now notice in a \"Note sur le port de Ts'in Quang Tao et sur la propriété des terrains de la baie,\" which M. Bapst has communicated to me, and which he informed me has been sent to Sir F. Bertie, the extraordinary argument is used that merely the date, the 30th July, 1900, of the contract between the old and the new Companies invalidates it, in view of a decision of the Corps Diplomatique at their sitting of the 5th November, 1900, that \"aucun achat de terrains aux Chinois depuis le commencement du siège ne saurait être valable sans l'assentiment des Ministres étrangers.\" The annexed extract from the procès-verbal of that sitting shows conclusively that the decision referred solely to purchases of land in the neighbourhood of the Legation quarter at Peking—the important words \"dans le quartier dont il s'agit\" and the whole context have been omitted from the above quotation, which cannot possibly have been intended to apply to purchases of land outside Peking.\n\nI have, &c. (Signed)\n\nDear Sir John,\n\nInclosure 1 in No. 1.\n\nM. Bapst to Sir J. Jordan.\n\nPeking, June 9, 1907.\n\nI HAVE not this week heard anything about the examination of the deeds which Major Nathan states to own. But I have received from his Excellency Yuan Shih-k'ai a letter, of which I think expedient to communicate at once to you a translation.\n\n(Traduction.)\n\nYours, &c. (Signed)\n\nEDMOND BAPST.\n\nInclosure 2 in No. 1.\n\nGovernor-General Yüan Shih-k'ai to M. Bapst.\n\nPékin, le 7 Juin, 1907.\n\nJE viens de prendre connaissance de la lettre que vous m'avez fait remettre par M. Claudel, votre Consul à Tien-tsin.\n\nLa nouvelle Société de Kaiping n'a pas encore été reconnue par le Gouvernement Chinois, et les terrains de Tsinwangtao dont elle a pris provisoirement charge sont la propriété de l'ancienne Société.",
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        "content_text": "# Inclosure 7 in No. 1.\n\nM. Bapst to Sir J. Jordan.\n\n## M. le Ministre et cher Collègue,\n\nPékin, le 11 Juin, 1907.\n\nJE viens de recevoir votre lettre en date de ce jour et ne puis qu'être peiné de vous voir encore revenir sur l'initiative prise en 1903 par M. l'Amiral Bayle.\n\nCelui-ci pouvait avoir des raisons particulières pour entrer en composition avec \"Engineering and Mining Company\"; mais il n'avait aucune autorité pour agir ainsi, et il a été formellement désavoué.\n\nJe ne puis donc que vous répéter qu'il est impossible, aussi bien à la Légation de France à Pékin qu'au Ministère Français des Affaires Etrangères, de laisser faire état dans une discussion de la pièce signée par M. l'Amiral Bayle.\n\nVeuillez, &c. (Signé)\n\n## Inclosure 8 in No. 1.\n\nSir J. Jordan to M. Bapst.\n\nEDMOND BAPST,\n\nMy dear Colleague,\n\nPeking, June 12, 1907.\n\nYOU will, I feel sure, not fail to understand my position with regard to the procès-verbal of the 19th October, 1903, when I explain that I have no information of its having been disavowed by the French Government.\n\nThe latest information I have on the subject is contained in a note from M. Pichon to His Majesty's Ambassador in Paris, dated the 25th February last, in which his Excellency says ----\n\n\"Pour ce qui concerne le procès-verbal que votre Excellence m'a communiqué le 17 Décembre dernier, et qui avait trait à un examen des titres de propriété de ''Engineering,' mon Département n'ayant pas connaissance de ce document, j'ai interrogé à son sujet notre Légation à Pékin, dont je n'ai pas encore reçu la réponse.\"\n\nI should be grateful therefore if you will inform me when the formal disavowal of Admiral Bayle's procès-verbal was notified by the French Government, and in the meantime I should be glad if the examination into the Company's titles can be proceeded with.\n\nI avail, &c. (Signed) J. N. JORDAN.\n\n## Inclosure 9 in No. 1.\n\nM. Bapst to Sir J. Jordan.\n\nDear Sir John,\n\nPeking, July 3, 1907.\n\nHERE is the sketch of a draft which has been made by the agent of the French Marine in North China. Of course a good many things can be modified.\n\nYours, &c. (Signed) EDMOND BAPST.\n\n# 7\n\n1. Les terrains actuellement occupés à Tsingvantao par l'armée et la marine Françaises indiqués en rouge sur le plan ci-annexé.\n2. Une parcelle sise au nord de ces terrains et contiguë à ceux-ci, parcelle bornée des bornes tricolores et indiquée en rouge sur le plan ci-annexé.\n\npar\n\n3. Une bande de terrain dont la marine Française a toujours eu l'usage comme voie d'accès de ses établissements à la mer entre la voie ferrée et les terrains Anglais et Allemand.\n\nCette bande est indiquée par deux bornes aux couleurs de France,\n\n4. Un terrain situé sur la butte et délimité le 19 Octobre, 1903, en présence du Vice-Amiral Commandant en chef l'Escadre Française d'Extrême-Orient et portant un mât de signaux permettant de communiquer avec la rade ainsi qu'une voie d'accès à ce terrain.\n\nLes terrains ci-dessus spécifiés sont indiqués sur le plan ci-annexé.\n\nLe Gouvernement Français déclare abandonner toute prétention sur les terrains actuellement bornés par des bornes tricolores à Tsingvantao, autres que les terrains faisant l'objet du présent bail.\n\nLe Gouvernement Français se réserve le droit de concéder tout ou partie des terrains qui lui sont loués à ces ressortissants, commerçants ou industriels.\n\nLa Compagnie accordera toute facilité pour débarquer et embarquer aux appontements de Tsingvantao tout matériel et tous approvisionnements destinés soit aux troupes Françaises de terre ou de mer, soit aux autorités civiles Françaises, et en assurera, le cas échéant, le transport à Tangho et réciproquement par la voie ferrée. Pour les transports dont il s'agit, la Compagnie n'appliquera que son tarif minimum.\n\nLa Compagnie s'engage à faciliter l'accès de ses quais de débarquement aux navires de commerce Français qui relâcheront à Tsingvantao et à les autoriser à user du wharf moyennant le paiement d'une redevance équitable, calculée sur la moyenne des redevances dans des conditions analogues dans le port de Tien-tsin.\n\nperçues Il reste entendu toutefois que, par suite des moyens restreints dont elle dispose, la Compagnie se réserve de faire bénéficier ses propres navires d'un droit de préférence pour l'usage de ses quais,\n\n## Inclosure 11 in No. 1.\n\nSir J. Jordan to M. Bapst.\n\nDear M. Bapst,\n\nPeking, July 9, 1907.\n\nDID not fail to communicate to Major Nathan a copy of the draft Agreement inclosed in the letter which you were good enough to address to me on the 3rd instant for the settlement of the outstanding land difficulty at Chingwantao between the Chinese Engineering and Mining Company and the French Government.\n\nI have now received a reply from Major Nathan expressing his regret that the draft Agreement is not acceptable to the Company on the following grounds-\n\n1. That it gives more land to the French Government below the Bluff than they actually occupy at present;\n2. It allows the French Government free right to dispose of the land to traders and merchants.\n\nIn connection with this question, should feel greatly obliged if you would inform me of the result of the Commission of Inquiry appointed to examine the title-deeds of the Company to the land in dispute, should you now be in a position to do so.\n\nI avail, &c. (Signed) J. N. JORDAN.\n\n## Inclosure 12 in No. 1.\n\nM. Bapst to Sir J. Jordan.\n\n**Draft Agreement**\n\nLA Compagnie cède à bail au Gouvernement Français, sans limitation de durée, moyennant une redevance nominale de 1 piastre par an:\n\nM. le Ministre et cher Collègue,\n\nPékin, le 10 Juillet, 1907.\n\nJ'AI l'honneur de vous remercier de votre lettre d'avant-hier relative à l'affaire de Tsingvantao, et je m'empresse, en réponse, de vous soumettre les remarques suivantes :-",
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        "content_text": "# Inclosure 13 in No. 1\n## Sir J. Jordan to M. Bapst\n\nMr. Minister and dear Colleague,\n\nPeking, July 11, 1907.\n\nI HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 10th instant relative to the land in dispute at Chingwantao, and I hasten to point out to you a misunderstanding which appears to have arisen in regard to our conversation of yesterday.\n\nIn the third paragraph of your note your Excellency represents me as having said that His Britannic Majesty's Government considered that the Chinese Engineering and Mining Company had established their right to the land round Chingwantao Harbour, and that they would oppose \"toute revendication élevée par d'autres sur ces terrains.\"\n\nYour Excellency will recollect that our conversation referred to the action of Sir Robert Hart, who, you stated, had arranged directly with the Chinese Government for customs accommodation at Chingwantao, and that you indicated the possibility of the French Government doing the same.\n\nIn reply, I thought it right to say that, though the French Government might, no doubt, take what steps they pleased with the Chinese Government, any attempt on the part of the latter to deprive the Company of the property which it held under title-deeds registered in His Majesty's Consulate-General would be strenuously resisted by His Majesty's Government.\n\nMy statement did not go further than this, but I added, and I have the honour to repeat now that my instructions are to do my utmost to arrange the matter amicably with your Excellency, and this I am most anxious to do.\n\nThe remaining points in your Excellency's letter I shall not fail to communicate to Major Nathan for his observations.\n\nI avail, &c.\n\n(Signed) J. N. JORDAN.\n\n## Inclosure 14 in No. 1\n### Major Nathan to Sir J. Jordan\n\nDear Sir John,\n\nTien-tsin, July 12, 1907.\n\nI HAVE to thank you for your letter of the 11th July, on the subject of the French seizure of land at Chingwantao. As M. Bapst says, the statement of land to be leased to the French Government, which is contained in the draft Agreement, is copied from the original draft Agreement of M. Dubail.\n\nM. Bapst's assurance that the French Government will make no difficulty about ratifying any delimitations which may be agreed upon between the British and French Legations, as I do not presume that the French would attempt to seize any more land, and the amount they at present occupy below the Bluff is not of very great commercial importance.\n\nI fail to understand how the pretext put forward that, in accordance with the Tien-tsin Treaty of the 27th June, 1858, no monopoly could be exercised with regard to commerce has anything whatsoever to do with the case, or how a provision, that the French should have the right to lease a small portion of the land at Chingwantao to private individuals for commercial or industrial enterprises would in any way rectify the breach of this Treaty.\n\nThe land in question belongs to the Mining Company, and there is nothing in the Tien-tsin Treaty to preclude the Chinese Government from selling or disposing of land to any particular Company. The ownership of the land does not give a monopoly of the port. What does give a monopoly of the port, however, is that the pier and breakwater have been built at the expense of this Company. There is, however, nothing to preclude the French Government from buying land further along the coast, for instance at Rocky Point, where there are several suitable spots for building wharves at their own expense. I am also quite prepared to sell land to the French Government or to French commercial individuals at a reasonable tariff if they want to purchase it. The commerce of the port is in no way monopolized by the Mining Company, as witness the fact that at the present moment the only ocean-going line trading to Chingwantao regularly is the \"Chargeurs Réunis,\" an entirely French Company.\n\nThe same arguments would in fact apply I think to the French Government, as were brought forward in my letter to His Britannic Majesty's Consul-General, dated the 25th November, 1905, copy of which I inclose, in answer to the claims of the other Shipping Companies with regard to the port.\n\nThe question now is whether the French have a right to hold the land on the Bluff, and it seems to me that M. Bapst's arguments entirely ignore this question and are principally concerned with other irrelevant matters.\n\nYours, &c.\n\n(Signed) W. S. NATHAN.\n\n## Inclosure 15 in No. 1\n### Major Nathan to Consul-General Hopkins\n\nChinese Engineering and Mining Company (Limited),\n\nDear Sir,\n\nNovember 25, 1905.\n\nWITH further reference to our various communications and conversations on the subject of the position taken up by the Chinese Engineering and Mining Company (Limited), vis-à-vis to the other British Shipping Companies trading to Northern China with regard to the port of Chingwantao, I now beg to forward a few remarks which I hope will elucidate this position.\n\nAs you are aware, the Chinese Engineering and Mining Company (Limited) took over certain lands and property at Chingwantao from a former Chinese Company whose property was purchased. The actual value of this property, as inventoried at the time of taking over and as now borne on the books of this Company, amounted to $600,000, which may be said to be represented by an issue of shares to that value, a proportion of the $1,000,000 which formed the capital on which the Company was started.\n\nSince that date, a capital expenditure of $1,554,665 has been incurred.",
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        "content_text": "## 12\n\nview, taking all these points into consideration, the Company is, and must be until the port has advanced far further than it is at present, in a worse position with regard to general trade than outside Companies.\n\nIt has, I believe, been stated that the giving of the concession of low rates by the Imperial Chinese Railways is wrong in principle, and that consequently the concession should be withdrawn. This is not so, and abundant examples can be given where railways in other countries assist firms and Corporations in this manner for work undertaken by which the railways benefit. In this case, the Mining Company has drawn to the Railway, by the outlay at Chingwantao, a large body of traffic, to have attracted which the Railway would have had to incur the expenditure itself. Not having participated in the outlay, the Railway has sought in part to meet the obligations imposed on it by granting preferential rates, which in fact may be considered as their contribution—a small one, be it remarked—to the Company, in lieu of a direct supply of capital. That this arrangement is equitable and absolutely defensible is beyond dispute, and I consider that any attempt to interfere with it by political or other influence would be an unjust act.\n\nI regret that the importance of this subject to the Company which I represent has necessitated my dealing with this matter at some length. To my mind, stated in as brief terms as possible, the position may be summed up as follows:-\n\nThe Mining Company has incurred a heavy expenditure which, so far as results show, was not commercially justified. This has been of considerable benefit to the Railways, who have attempted to a small extent to reimburse the Company by allowing preferential rates. Other Shipping Companies, or persons acting on their behalf, appear to have approached the Foreign Office with a view to obtaining the advantages that the works afford for nothing, on the pretext that a port should not be controlled by a private Company. The remedy for these Companies is obvious; they should either subscribe the necessary amount of capital to purchase part of the Mining Company's interests in the works, proposals for which I am prepared to consider and recommend to the Board of the Company in London, or they should make arrangements for the erection of their own accommodation.\n\nYours, &c.  \n(Signed)  \n**W. S. NATHAN**,  \nAgent and General Manager.\n\n## 13\n\nland at Chingwantan itself to the French Government or to French commercial individuals at a reasonable tariff, if they desire to purchase it.\n\nThe commerce of the port is in no way monopolized by the Company, as is proved by the fact that the \"Chargeurs Réunis,\" an entirely French Company, trades to Chingwantao regularly at the present moment. The Mining Company's berths and godowns and the railway are open to the traffic of all shipping and trading firms, & a moderate charge being made for the use of the conveniences established at the Company's expense.\n\nThe Company do not claim to have any prior right to the port itself, but they do claim the right to exercise control over property purchased or paid for out of the funds of the shareholders. They have built wharves and a branch railway line, and have purchased land, a proceeding open to any other commercial concern. There is no reason why other Companies should not expend capital at Chingwantao itself in the erection of their own piers, railway sidings, and godowns.\n\nSo far as I can understand the situation at present, it is that the French Government occupied certain land belonging to a British Company for reasons of military necessity, and they now desire to justify its retention and even its disposal to others, on the ground that its possession by the original owners would constitute an infringement of the French Treaty with China of 1858.\n\nI have endeavoured to show that no infringement of Treaty has taken place, but it appears to me that in any case the two questions are distinct. The real question at issue is the ownership of the land, and to decide this, your Excellency and I agreed that an examination should be made of the title-deeds registered at the British Consulate-General in Tien-tsin. I would remind your Excellency that I have not yet had the honour of receiving any communication as to the results of that examination, which was held on the 17th ultimo.\n\nI trust that your Excellency will take the above observations into your favourable consideration with a view to arriving at the amicable settlement of this question, which is so greatly desired by His Britannic Majesty's Government, the Company, and myself.\n\nI avail, &c.  \n(Signed) **J. N. JORDAN**,\n\nInclosure 16 in No. 1.  \nInclosure 17 in No. 1.\n\n**M. Bapst to Sir J. Jordan.**  \n**Sir J. Jordan to M. Bapst.**\n\nMr. Minister and dear Colleague,\n\nPeking, July 17, 1907,\n\nWITH reference to my note of the 11th instant, I have the honour to inform your Excellency that I have now received a reply from Major Nathan to my letter asking him for his observations on the note which you were good enough to address to me on the 10th instant, in regard to the Chinese Engineering and Mining Company's land at Chingwantao.\n\nMajor Nathan agrees that the statement of land to be leased to the French Government which is contained in Captain Marchand's draft Agreement is the same as that contained in the original draft communicated by him to your Excellency's predecessor. He does not, however, fully appreciate your assurance that the French Government will make no difficulty about ratifying any delimitation which may be agreed upon between our two Legations, as he does not presume that your Excellency's Government desire to occupy any more land, and that which they have at present below the Bluff is not of very great commercial importance. As regards your Excellency's contention that the Company's position at Chingwantao constitutes an infringement of Article XIV of the Treaty of Tien-tsin of the 27th June, 1858, I trust that the following observations will serve to convince you that no such infringement has taken place, and that no monopoly in the sense of that instrument can be held to exist.\n\nThe land at Chingwantao was acquired by the Chinese Engineering and Mining Company from the old Chinese Company in a regular way which was held valid by the British Courts after full and due consideration. The possession of the land in itself constitutes no monopoly. It is open to any Government or any Company to buy land further along the coast—for instance, at Rocky Point, where there are several suitable spots for building wharves. Apart from this, the Company are quite prepared to sell...\n\nM. le Ministre et Cher Collègue,\n\nPékin, le 18 Juillet, 1907.\n\nLA lettre que vous m'avez fait l'honneur de m'adresser hier, et dont je m'empresse de vous remercier, appelle tout d'abord une remarque.\n\nL'an dernier, lorsque j'étais muni de pleins pouvoirs pour traiter de la question de Tsingvantao avec la \"Chinese Engineering Company (Limited),\" l'agent de cette Compagnie refusa d'entrer en rapports avec moi, et préféra porter plainte à Paris au Ministère des Affaires Étrangères contre mes actes par l'intermédiaire de l'Ambassade Britannique. Vous savez quel a été le résultat de cette démarche du Major Nathan; elle a déplacé de Pékin à Paris le siège de la négociation; et je ne suis plus dans cette affaire qu'un Agent de renseignement, dont les dires ne peuvent avoir de valeur que celle que peut leur conférer son autorité personnelle. A ce point de vue, M. le Major Nathan est parfaitement en droit de ne pas partager la confiance que je vous avais exprimée et de me refuser à Paris le crédit nécessaire pour y faire ratifier une délimitation qui aurait été préparée d'un commun accord entre nos deux Légations.\n\nCeci dit, j'ai l'honneur de confirmer à votre Excellence la nouvelle que je lui ai donnée verbalement, à savoir, que le 4 Juin dernier, M. Pichon a adressé à Sir Francis Bertie une note donnant la théorie du Gouvernement Français au sujet de la situation légale des terrains de Tsingvantao et proposant, d'autre part, une transaction pour sortir de la difficulté. 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        "content_text": "# AFFAIRS OF CHINA\n## CONFIDENTIAL\n\n440 \n502 \nNovember 17 DEC 07 \n## SECTION 1.\n\n[36641] \n\nSir, \n\n### No. 1. Chinese Engineering and Mining Company to Foreign Office.-(Received November 6.)\n\n22, Austin Friars, London, November 5, 1907. REFERRING to your letter of the 18th July last, on the subject of the occupation of land by the French at Chin Wang Tao, and inclosing a copy of a letter of the 4th July from M. Pichon, the French Foreign Minister, and a Memorandum on the subject. My Directors have been in communication with the Company's representative in China, and I am instructed to reply as follows:- \n\nM. Pichon's letter might give the impression that this Company has adopted an unconciliatory attitude in dealing with the question of the French occupation. I am therefore desired to point out that, so far from this being the case, the Company has throughout expressed its willingness to concede to the French Government exactly the same advantages which have been accepted by the German and Japanese Governments. The Company, in fact, expressed its willingness to meet the demands made by the French Minister for land for naval, military, and Government purposes, although these demands exceeded those of either the Japanese or the German Governments. Moreover, the Company's proposals were accepted as satisfactory by M. Dubail, the former Minister at Peking, who concluded an Agreement accordingly on the 5th October, 1904. It was only after a lapse of eighteen months that the Company received information that this Agreement was rejected by the French Foreign Office.\n\nM. Pichon's letter proposes as an equitable compromise the very conditions which from the first have been rejected as unacceptable to this Company.\n\nThe French Memorandum may be divided into four sections :--\n1. The justification of the French action and position.\n2. The alleged history of the port and the Company, and a discussion of its rights.\n3. A threat to take action with the Chinese Government hostile to the Company.\n4. A reiteration of proposals for a settlement which from the first have been rejected by this Company.\n\nThe French Government are at present in occupation--\n* (a.) Of certain lands near the railway station.\nThese lands were occupied by the French Government at the end of 1900 or the beginning of 1901, simultaneously with the temporary occupation of land at Chin Wang Tao effected by other Powers. This area of ground in the occupation of the French authorities is far greater than that occupied by the other Powers, and only a small portion of it is actually required for their naval and military depôts. The Company has always expressed its willingness to the retention of this extended area by the French Government for Government purposes.\n\nThe only issue with respect to these lands, therefore, is their assignment by the French Government to their nationals for private or trading purposes. This is dealt with later, where it is shown that the Protocol of the 7th September, 1901, Article 9, on which the French Government's claim is based, expressly recognizes \"le droit d'occuper certains points pour maintenir les communications libres entre la capitale et la mer,\" but only for that special purpose.\n\n* (b) Of certain lands on the bluff at Chin Wang Tao.\nThese lands were forcibly seized by the French Government in October 1901, at a time when they were indisputably in the possession of this Company, and some time subsequent to the signing of the Peace Protocol of the 7th September, 1901. It is surprising that the French Memorandum makes no reference to this, nor affords any justification of their action.\n\nCompletely independent and reliable evidence of this seizure and its date is to be found in the Report of Captain H. W. Cruddas, Officer Commanding Chin Wang Tao, addressed on the 20th October, 1901, to the Chief Staff Officer of the British China Field Force in Tien-tsin.\n\n[2732 f-1]",
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        "content_text": "## Inclosure 2 in No. 1.\n\n## Statement by Chinese Engineering and Mining Company.\n\nM. Pichon's letter might give the impression that this Company has adopted an unconciliatory attitude in dealing with the question of the French occupation. So far from this being the case, the Company has throughout expressed its willingness to concede to the French Government exactly the same advantages which have been accepted by the German and Japanese Governments. The Company, in fact, expressed its willingness to meet the demands made by the French Minister for land for naval, military, and Government purposes, although these demands exceeded those of either the Japanese or the German Governments. Moreover, the Company's proposals were accepted as satisfactory by M. Dubail, the former Minister at Peking, who concluded an Agreement accordingly on the 5th October, 1904. It was only after a lapse of eighteen months that the Company received information that this Agreement was rejected by the French Foreign Office.\n\nM. Pichon's letter proposes as an equitable compromise the very conditions which from the first have been rejected as unacceptable to this Company.\n\nThe French Memorandum may be divided into four sections:--\n\n1. The justification of the French action and position.\n2. The alleged history of the port and the Company, and a discussion of its rights.\n3. An announcement of possible action with the Chinese Government hostile to the Company.\n4. A reiteration of proposals for a settlement, which from the first have been rejected by this Company.\n\nThe French Government are at present in occupation--\n\n(a) Of certain lands near the railway station.\n\nThese lands were occupied by the French Government at the end of 1900 or the beginning of 1901, simultaneously with the temporary occupation of land at Chin Wang Tao, effected by the other Powers. This area of ground, in the occupation of the French authorities, is far greater than that occupied by the other Power, and only a small portion of it is actually required for their naval and military depôts. The Company has always expressed its willingness to its retention of this extended area by the French Government for Government purposes.\n\nThe only issue with respect to these lands, therefore, is their assignment by the French Government to their nationals for private or trading purposes. This is dealt with later, where it is shown that the Protocol of the 7th September, 1901, Article IX, on which the French Government's claim is based, expressly recognizes \"le droit d'occuper certains points pour maintenir les communications libres entre la capitale et la mer,\" but only for that special purpose.\n\n(b) Of certain lands on the Bluff, at Chin Wang Tao.\n\nThese lands were forcibly seized by the French Government in October 1901, at a time when they were indisputably in the possession of this Company, and some time subsequent to the signing of the Peace Protocol of the 7th September, 1901. It is surprising that the French Memorandum makes no reference to this nor affords any justification of their action.\n\nCompletely independent and reliable evidence of this seizure and its date is to be found in the Report of Captain H. W. Cruddas, Officer Commanding Chin Wang Tao, addressed on the 20th October, 1901, to the Chief Staff Officer of the British China field force in Tien-tsin.\n\nCorroborating this is the protest addressed by the then Manager of the Company, Mr. Dugan, to the French Admiral, dated the 27th October, 1901, and his reply dated the 1st December, 1901, expressing himself unable to deal with the matter, and referring the former to the French Minister in Peking.\n\nM. Dubail, the French Minister, withdrew all claim to these lands, and caused the French boundary-posts to be removed and the lands returned to the Company. After a period of eighteen months' undisturbed occupation by the Company of the same, the land was again forcibly seized by the French Government. The justification advanced in the French Memorandum is to be found on pp. 11 and 12, and reads as follows:-\n\n\"En fait, la situation de la France à Ts'in-ouang-tao est nette et son droit sur les terrains qu'elle occupe fort bien établi; d'accord avec les autres Puissances, elle détient, en vertu du droit de guerre et en exécution de l'Article IX du Protocole de 1901 relatif à l'occupation des points nécessaires pour assurer les libres communications entre Pekin et la mer en toute saison, une partie des terrains de Ts'in-ouang-tao, au même titre que divers autres emplacements situés sur les lignes d'étapes entre Pekin et la mer, et nul ne peut légalement l'en déposséder.”\n\nThe \"droit de guerre\" could give no right to the French Government to seize the private property of the subjects of a friendly Power six weeks after the final Peace Protocol with the Chinese Government has been signed.\n\nArticle IX of the Protocol confirms to the use of the Powers certain lands, the occupation of which had been ceded by the previous Protocol of the 16th February, 1901, for the purpose of maintaining free communication between the capital and the sea. It affords no justification for the subsequent seizure of private property.\n\nExcept for the alleged \"droit de guerre\" no justification is offered by the French Memorandum beyond occasional references to the Tien-tsin Treaty of 1858, and an argument that the possession by this Company of its land constitutes a breach of that Treaty.\n\nThe Directors of the Company cannot understand how Clause No. XIV of the Treaty of 1858 forbidding \"toute coalition organisée dans le but d'exercer un monopole sur le commerce\" can have any bearing on the case, or how, if a right were accorded to the French Government to lease a small portion of land at Chin Wang Tao to private individuals for commercial or industrial purposes, it could remedy a breach of this clause. The ownership of the land by this Company gives no monopoly of commerce, nor does the Company claim any. What gives this Company a special position at Chin Wang Tao (apart from its legal title) is the fact that the port has been created by the Company, that no natural port whatsoever existed there, but an artificial harbour has been created as the result of the expenditure of large sums of money by this Company in the construction of a pier and breakwater, &c. But for this expenditure the land would be worthless, as it was when first acquired by the Company.\n\nNo commercial monopoly is sought or exercised by this Company at Chin Wang Tao. The Agreement made with M. Dubail accorded to French nationals and shippers the same facilities at moderate rates as to those of any other Power, the same Agreement having been entered into with the German and Japanese Governments. In proof of this we need only mention that half-a-dozen different shipping lines, including the French \"Chargeurs Réunis,\" are now running to the port. The Company is, moreover, quite prepared to sell to French nationals as much land as they may require on exactly the same terms as are accorded to any others.\n\nAs regards the rights of this Company to its property at Chin Wang Tao under the Agreement of Purchase with the old Chinese Engineering and Mining Company, the Directors of the Company do not consider that they are called upon to enter into any discussion, but I am to point out that Chang Yen Mao, in entering into the Agreement, acted, not only as Director-General of the old Chinese Engineering and Mining Company, but also as Director-General of Mines of the Province of Chili, in which capacity he was second only to the Viceroy in rank and power.\n\nOn pp. 6 and 7, however, a definite pretext is assigned for taking the view that the Company's rights are open to question. It runs as follows:-\n\n\"La date seule du 30 Juillet, 1900, fait d'ailleurs tomber le contrat sous le coup d'une décision du Corps Diplomatique de Pékin (procès-verbal de la quatrième séance, le 5 Novembre, 1900), d'après laquelle aucun achat de terrains aux Chinois depuis le commencement du siège ne saurait être valable sans l'assentiment des Ministres étrangers. Cette mesure, qui visait spécialement les spéculations dolosives dans l'enceinte du quartier des Légations de Pékin, répondait à la préoccupation générale d'empêcher les ventes fictives ou léonines. Ainsi le contrat provisoire du 30 Juillet, 1900, conclu sans titres suffisants, est des plus contestables, en raison de sa date, qui le rend légalement sans valeur.\"\n\nIn reply, it is only necessary to point out that this decision of the Diplomatic Corps referred exclusively to land at Peking, as is well known to all concerned.\n\nThe fact remains that this British Company has twice been forcibly dispossessed, while in actual possession and occupation, of certain lands, by the French Government, and that no satisfactory explanation is as yet advanced.\n\nPage 531",
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        "content_text": "411\n\n**subject** \nviz.:- the expediting of the contract work. He then describes the interview in which he repeatedly told Mr. Orange that his arguments were \"childish and absurd\", and \"told him certain facts which reflected badly on his professional ability\", that I was prepared to turn him out, and that \"this sort of bluff was no good\" &c. \"Some days after this (he adds) Mr. Orange asked for an official letter on the subject and wrote him the enclosed.\" Thus although only authorised to \"sound\" the Contractors he delivered an ultimatum to them in my name, and never informed me of the fact or of the interview.\n\nMessrs. Leigh and Orange were not unnaturally indignant contending that such an intimation within the first 6 months of a 2 years' contract was unjustified and unprecedented. In the result the letter was withdrawn, and I personally saw Messrs. Leigh and Orange on the subject of the contract and informed them that the letter had been sent without my knowledge and apologised for it.\n\n(c) \nAnother matter in which I have been making full enquiry was as follows:- Shortly before my arrival here the work at the Tunnel had progressed extremely slowly, only a very few feet a week being added to the",
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        "content_text": "378 \n\nLenoy said he hoped that the troublesome question of the Reservation Ordinance would never be revived, and he trusted that I should not, as Chief Justice, be the person to revive it. As the question of buying the house when Mountain Lodge was built had been mentioned, I mooted the question of making it the official residence of the Chief Justice: and His Excellency replied that he would not be surprised if something of that sort were the result of the present difficulty. I said it would be certainly a satisfactory outcome of it. I said I should destroy the letter I had written, which I did without showing it to Sir F. Lugard.\n\n16. On the following day I replied officially to His Excellency's letter above referred to, pointing out however that for the reasons indicated in our conversation in my view the action taken by the Government was illegal. I have not a copy of the letter on the file, but His Excellency answered that the matters to which I had referred, one of which was the question of making the house the official Residence of the Chief Justice, would receive his best consideration.\n\n17. After I returned from leave, I wrote to enquire if His Excellency had arrived at any conclusion on the subject of the Chief Justice's Official Residence. The reply pointed out a variety of reasons why it could not be considered. The price of the property was also referred to as being too high. Neither then nor at any other time since has the agent been approached to ascertain what the price of the house would be supposing the owners were willing to sell. I had discussed the matter privately with the agent and it appeared not impossible that a purchase might be effected of the house independently of the Cliff Garden. The lease of that part of the property being for about 900 years is considered by the owner as exceedingly valuable, as he might decide at any time to build a terrace of houses on it. The high price which it is rumoured would be asked for \"The Eyrie\" depends mainly on the inclusion of this garden.",
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        "content_text": "## Enclosure 8 (2)\n\n**REPORT BY DISTRICT OFFICER, TAI PO**\n\nThere seems to have been absolutely no loss of life ashore; one Ping Hoi junk was sunk off Bluff Head, and (probably) two lives lost. The rescued members of the crew took the first opportunity of returning to Ping Hoi by another junk, and no further information can be gleaned. There was a rumour of another Ping Hoi junk sunk in Mirs Bay, but we have failed to discover anything definite about it, and I think these rumours referred to the wreck off Bluff Head.\n\nThere was a further rumour that all the men from a village in Sha T'au Kok District had been drowned in a salt junk in Deep Bay, on a voyage to Canton. Also not substantiated, and no cases of destitution have come to the notice of the Police.\n\nAs for the boats blown ashore around Tai Po, the boats have been damaged but in no case do the owners seem to have been left destitute. They have of course been to the Station, to see if anything was being given away.\n\nSan Tin District suffered in the matter of crops—as usual. I gather however that the state of things compares not unfavourably with other years; the harvest was to have been very good, and became about normal. We are having no trouble with the Crown Rent, and no appeals for help.\n\n20th August, 1908.\n\n## Enclosure 9\n\n**E. R. HALIFAX, District Officer**\n\n**REPORT OF GOVERNMENT MARINE SURVEYOR**\n\n**GOVERNMENT MARINE SURVEYOR'S OFFICE, HONGKONG, 21st August, 1908**\n\nSIR, I have the honour to report as follows with reference to damage sustained by Government launches during the typhoon of the 27th July :-\n\n| Launch | Cost of Damage |\n| --- | --- |\n| 1. Stanley | $1,209.00 |\n| 2. Sybil | $832.60 |\n| 3. Daisy | $358.00 |\n| 4. Despatch | $188.30 |\n| 5. C. 2 (acting for Lily) | $123.00 |\n| 6. No. 1 Police Launch | $50.00 |\n| 7. No. 2 Police Launch | $600.00 |\n| 8. No. 7 Police Launch | $599.00 |\n| 9. No. ... Police Launch | $96.50 |\n| 10. Lily | $50.00 |\n| **Total** | **$4,106.40** |\n\n(No. 58.)\n\n## Enclosure 10\n\n**REPORT OF REGISTRAR GENERAL**\n\n**REGISTRAR GENERAL'S OFFICE, HONGKONG, 31st August, 1908**\n\nSIR,—As directed, I have the honour to report on the relief which it is desirable to extend to the victims of the recent typhoon.\n\nFollowing the procedure adopted in 1906, I called a meeting of the Tung Wa Hospital Committee on 8th instant, and a Typhoon Relief Committee was formed, consisting of the present directors of the Tung Wa, together with a few gentlemen outside that body, whose assistance it was considered desirable to secure. I give in Enclosure A the names of the Committee. At the first meeting it was arranged that only such cases should in the first instance be considered as had been forwarded by myself, or through me by the Police and Harbour Departments. The object of this precaution was to check the rush, which was sure to be made, and was indeed made, to secure compensation by people, who neglected to report their losses at once. Such late reports need very careful scrutiny; and it is fair and convenient that they should be dealt with last.\n\n2. At a second meeting of the Committee, on the next day, the following further general principles were agreed to :-\n\n(1) Big junks and fishing junks, which are financed on methods approximating to an insurance, and which contemplate loss by storm as a risk of the trade, should receive no compensation. This was the course followed after the typhoon of 1906. Charity should however be extended to necessitous survivors of such wrecks, especially to widows and orphan children.\n\n(2) A sub-committee was appointed to enquire into cases referred to them by the Registrar General, and to report to the General Committee.\n\n(3) The Committee further recommended that a letter should be addressed to the Government to be forwarded to the proper quarter, expressing the thanks of the community for the action of the crew of H.M.S. *Astron* in rescuing certain Chinese. A translation of this letter is attached, Enclosure B.\n\n3. The sub-committee sat regularly, and made an interim report to the General Committee at a third meeting held on 18th instant, and a final report on 29th instant.\n\nThe recommendations of the sub-committee which were adopted, are as follows:\n\n(a) $6,645 to be paid to the owners or crew of 75 craft, given in Enclosure C.\n\n(b) $500 to be paid to the victims of the collapse of houses, as given in Enclosure D.\n\n(c) $1,000 to be subscribed to the Blindenheim, Kowloon.\n\n4. Claims raised in connection with 44 craft were disallowed. Besides these, 116 cases of loss or damage were reported; but the sufferers in these cases have failed to appear, although notices have been posted up five times calling on them to do so, and other steps taken to find them. The great majority of these cases are either bogus, or cases where the injury inflicted is trifling, or where in no case could compensation be awarded. The Committee now recommend that the enquiry be considered to be closed.\n\n5. As regards the third recommendation, on which the Committee laid great stress, you are in a better position than the Committee or I to judge of the necessities of the case. But so far as our information goes, this institution, which does good work as is well known, suffered considerable loss in the typhoon. The roof was blown off, and temporary quarters have had to be engaged.\n\n6. The sums detailed in Enclosures C and D of the Committee's report should be paid at once. They can in part be met by the interest on the 30,000 taels now with the Tung Wa; and the balance can be provided from the balance of the 1906 typhoon fund now with the Government together with the interest which has been accrued thereon.\n\nI have, &c.,\n\n**EDWARD A. IRVING, Registrar General**\n\nTo **Mr. F. H. MAY, C.M.G., Colonial Secretary**",
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        "content_text": "392\n\nj\n\n2\n\nIt would be altogether a mistake to believe that the people of Yunnan are opposed to a British railway from Burmah to this city. There is not the slightest reason to apprehend in this province any such struggle as that which you speak of as provoked in Chekiang. Everything, indeed, points the other way. The handful of pestilent literati here, after two years of agitation, have failed to arouse among the people of Yunnan any sort of enthusiasm for a Chinese railway to Szechuan, still less for one from Tengyuel to Burmah. As I have shown from their own published accounts, scarcely any private individual has been found willing to subscribe. On the contrary, the call to pay some 6 per cent, more for land tax in the form of railway subscription, coming as it does on the top of the suppression of opium, has roused very considerable discontent. I may mention that in this district the Governor-General has, despite the Edict allowing ten years' gradual suppression, and his own Proclamations allowing three years, caused all poppies to be forcibly destroyed. Were the Yunnanese not by nature a peaceable and submissive folk, there would be a strong provincial opposition, not to railway construction by foreigners, but to the proceedings of the present Governor-General and the small reactionary gang of soi-disant Railway Directors.\n\nAs regards our Tengyueh Railway scheme in particular, the Taiping Valley, through which the line would run, is inhabited almost entirely by Shans, while the Chinese traders of Tengyueh town, who constantly visit Bhamo and often Mandalay, would seem to be altogether in favour of its construction. They certainly are not in favour of the Chinese Company, for, as far as I can learn, they have not bought a single share in it.\n\nI have not, however, been advocating at this stage the demand from the Chinese Government of a definite Railway Concession, so much as insistence on their formal recognition of our right to absolutely equal treatment with France in Yünnan. I venture, with the utmost diffidence, to dissent from the view that the enforcement of that right could not now be attained by diplomatic methods. I am convinced that if His Majesty's Government were (let it be said, by communication through the Chinese Minister in London) to firmly insist on such recognition the Chinese Government would certainly yield. Quite apart from the most-favoured-nation clause of the Burmah-China Treaty, and the correspondence of March 1902, the principle that we are entitled to equal treatment with France in Yunnan is so obviously just that China could look in no quarter for support should she deny or oppose it. If, moreover (as I have said in an earlier despatch), the Chinese Government could be led to understand that, the principle once conceded, we should be ready to consider modifications in its practical application, that Government would be still less likely to hold out.\n\nYou do not refer in this despatch to the fact (as reported in my Confidential despatch No. 14 of the 29th November last) that the Throne has instructed Governor-General Hei that it has called for a report from the Cheng-wu Ch'u and the Wai-wu Pu on our claim to construct a railway in Yünnan; nor do you allude to the growing distrust and distaste said to be expressed by the Central Government for so-called “demonstrations in the provinces.” If the former (as I have no doubt) is correct, and the \"popular\" latter story well founded, then it would seem that the Peking Government would not be indisposed to make a compromise with us, preferring to transfer his Excellency Hsi-liang and to snub the literati rather than to run the risk, however remote, of a collision with India.\n\nIn this connection you will have noticed that in the Army Scheme for all China lately presented by the Lu-chün Pu and approved by the Throne it is proposed that within five years the forces in this province (computed in the Memorial to consist of one brigade of drilled infantry and two battalions of artillery) shall be raised to two “chen,” or army divisions. The reason given is that \"Yünnan controls the frontier posts of the south-west, and it is of the utmost importance to collect there a strong military force to co-operate in the scheme of defence.\" If we continue to delay, and do not now firmly require recognition by China of our right to equal treatment with France in Yunnan, then some future Governor-General of his present Excellency's type will, encouraged by what he will believe to be an overwhelming force, commit such actions—as, for example, ostentatious administration west of \"Scott's line\"—as will oblige us at length to maintain our prestige by force of arms.\n\nIn the meantime that prestige is being very seriously affected by the delay of the Indian Government to insist firmly on its right to build the Tengyueh Railway and to extend it, if the Government sees fit, to Tali and Yunnan-fu.\n\nWe have gone just far enough—in our surveys to Tali and our proposals of 1906 for the construction of a railway to Tengyueh—to make our present inaction appear a victory for the impudent \"bluff\" that inserted the words \"and Tengyueh\" in the title of the exclusively Chinese Yunnan-Szechuan Railway Company. We have swallowed this affront, and we are therefore, here in Yunnan, of no account. The result is that this Consulate is no longer consulted, as was the case when Ting Chih-t'ai was contemplating a railway to Szechuan and an international Settlement at Yunnan-fu (see my despatch of the 11th March, 1905), and it is hopeless to expect—for the matter has a commercial side also—that any contracts for the supply of machinery for mints, arsenals, or other public works, or proffers of engagement as instructors or engineers will come our way.\n\nThe \"friendly co-operation of the province,\" of which your despatch speaks, cannot be attained through any efforts on the part of this Consulate as long as the incumbent appears to be left without support from the Indian Government, on whose behalf he has been maintaining, vis-à-vis of the provincial Government, that British railway enterprise in Yunnan is entitled to equal privileges with French. It may be that the Government of India is waiting for the conclusion of the Thibetan Agreement before turning attention to its eastern frontier, but no intimation to that effect has reached me. It is more than two months since I submitted to Simla, by telegram through Maymyo on the 2nd December, the proposals set out in my despatch to you No. 46 of the 18th December. Those proposals, I cannot but believe, are practicable and such as should commend themselves to the Indian Government, yet they have not been even acknowledged, except in so far as the Government of Burmah have informed me of their due transmission.\n\nIf those proposals are favourably received at Simla, and if—for that, I submit, is the key to the problem—His Majesty's Government will formally require from China recognition of our equality with France in Yunnan, then I do not think that the prospect of overtaking our rivals need be regarded as remote. We should, once we began, work faster, and with less friction; and I am confident that our light electric railway would reach Yunnan-fu in ample time to take a full share in what is the real object of the French line, the traffic and trade of Szechuan.\n\nI have, &c.\n\n(Signed) W. H. WILKINSON.\n\nP.S., February 8.—It is reported here among the Chinese that the French Government has agreed to sell the railway for 25 million taels (say, 85 million francs). This is less than the amount already spent on earthworks, tunnelling, and masonry. My colleague of France, whom I questioned yesterday on the subject, replies that it appears to him altogether unlikely, but that in any case he knows absolutely nothing about the matter.\n\nW. H. W.",
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        "content_text": "also endeavour to keep the handling of them in their own hands, and this is evidently what Mr. Wright is complaining of.\n\nThe Japanese, as buyers of three-fourths of the output of the beans, are no doubt exerting, by monetary advances and forward contracts, a controlling influence over the bean brokers up-country. They can therefore more or less dictate whether the beans shall go to Newchwang or to Tairen. They thus induce most of the beans to go to Tairen. Perhaps the railway rebates, which apply to freights exceeding 100,000 yen per annum, induce the Japanese to try to carry all the beans under their own name. Once at Tairen, the beans go either to Japan or to South China in the proportions above mentioned. To judge from Mr. Wright's language, a steamer to Japan will be served first from the warehouses (which belong to the Railway Company), and the foreign steamers, wishing to get their beans for South China, must await the convenience of the Railway Company, or else employ Japanese to do the work for them, thus realizing Mr. Wright's apprehensions that the bean trade is being forced into Japanese hands. By harassing the Chinese buyers as well, the Japanese may induce them to ship in Japanese boats, of which several have recently gone to South China, or even try to get them in time to buy their beancake from Japanese firms at the ports of consumption.\n\nThis position is the result, not so much of an active policy to ruin Newchwang, but rather due to a number of negative situations owing to a want of Chinese initiative. Premising the fact that the bean trade and Newchwang are mutually dependent on each other, as about 72 per cent. of Newchwang's exports are bean products, a decline of the one will entail a decline of the other.\n\nThe negative situations are, briefly stated, firstly, the want of independence of the Chinese producers in so largely placing themselves in Japanese hands, a position perhaps induced by their dependency on a Japanese railway and the want of a competing line such as the proposed Fakumen extension would have supplied. The second difficulty is the absence of any attempt to improve the navigation of the Liao River, which at present is to a great extent too shallow, especially after a dry season, to allow fully-laden bean boats to come down from Tiebling in their thousands as they used to do formerly. Half-laden boats do not pay, and many are being broken up.\n\nThis Liao River improvement question, though much discussed, has too strong an opposition to materialize. The active opposition would come from the Japanese Railway, and the Chairman of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, who is supposed to be pro-Japanese, recently stated that the agitation for the Liao River improvement would come to nothing. The passive opposition would come from the Chinese Railway through official obstruction, for purely selfish reasons. The want of a strong central and independent policy, unhampered by petty mercenary self-interests, is particularly felt here, where improvements of this natural highway would do much to restore Chinese independence from Japanese hegemony.\n\nA third difficulty is the absence at either railway terminus of warehousing facilities with proper jetties and wharves. With the Japanese railway, it is natural that there should be no urgent desire to improve this defect. But, with its earnings, it should be the policy of the Chinese railway to improve its terminus, and adopt every means in its power to develop on modern lines a system of wharves, jetties, and warehouses, so as to be able to compete successfully for the bean trade.\n\nThe impression of Japan's supposed designs on Newchwang's premier position are to some extent due to a want of appreciation of the fact that, up to within the last two years, Newchwang had the monopoly of the export trade of the bean products of Manchuria. Tairen, under Russian régime, and during the war, did not compete. It is only natural, therefore, that, with Tairen now taking an active interest in the Manchurian export trade, the volume of the Newchwang exports should decline until Newchwang finds its level. And the time required to reach such level will depend on China's future commercial policy.\n\n* I have, &c. (Signed)\n\nR. T. TEBBITT.\n\nP.S.-A letter on the subject from B. and S.'s agent is inclosed herewith.\n\nR. T. T.\n\nInclosure 2 in No. 1.\n\nMr. Harley to Acting Consul Tebbitt.\n\nDear Tebbitt,\n\nNewchwang, May 25, 1908. I RETURN herewith the extract you left with me on the 22nd instant.\n\nIt is difficult to supply any concrete and specific complaint against the Japanese on the point you raise, they are so wily and \"gradual\" in their modus operandi; but their general aim appears to me to be to divert the major portion of Manchurian exports to Dalny by means of railway and wharf and storage facilities, and, once this is accomplished, they will by degrees force it into Japanese hands throughout, from place of production in the interior to place of consumption in Central and South China. This is my purely personal impression, and I do not here refer to exports to Japan, which have always been more or less in their hands for some time past.\n\nThey could so delay the loading of our steamers, for instance, and place so many difficulties in the way of those using them, as to disgust our Swatow constituents and other supporters and drive them to ship by Japanese steamers, and ultimately give up sending buying agents up here from the south to buy and ship for them, and let the Japanese do the whole thing. What object but one such as this can have induced the South Manchuria Railway to include in its projects the application of a sum of 10,000,000 yen for the \"capitalization of its marine transport service\"?\n\nI consider that 30 per cent, at least of cargo shipped to South China from Newchwang last year is now going viâ Dalny--it may quite possibly be 40 per cent.; and of Newchwang's total exports for 1907, China must have had the lion's share in value by a long way, as the 30 per cent, which has been deviated means a lot.\n\nYours truly, (Signed) W. F. HARLEY.\n\n(Confidential.)\n\nInclosure 3 in No. 1,\n\nMemorandum respecting Manchuria.\n\nMilitary Policy.\n\nTHE Japanese policy in Manchuria is guided by two distinct influences, one military and one civil, and this must be borne in mind in any endeavour to fathom that policy.\n\nThe military policy, the policy of the party in power in Japan, requires such steps to be taken in Manchuria as will strengthen Japan's strategic position vis-à-vis the Russians in the north, and therefore to prepare everything for the eventuality of another war.\n\nThe civil policy, on the other hand, is guided by an endeavour to either modify the military policy so as not to conflict with the various Treaty obligations entered into by Japan or else to assist it diplomatically by asking for Concessions or making Agreements-by a policy of bluff or of give-and-take.\n\nThe possibility of another war is always at hand. The proposed doubling of the Siberian track, the projected Amur Railway, together with the administrative claims of the Chinese Eastern Railway, all show that Russia's Far Eastern policy is not necessarily one of retrenchment.\n\nJapan, on the other hand, by the absorption of Korea, had extended her boundaries and thus made herself more vulnerable, and the question of their defence is vital to the nation. To strengthen her position, Japan must regard the South Manchuria Railway as primarily strategical, in the same way as the Russian lines are regarded by Russia. She has therefore to enlarge her holdings at the various stations en route for the purposes of military necessities. This policy is being carried out along the whole route, and the inherited areas are said to have increased by over 100 per cent. by purchase or encroachment.\n\nSuch parts of the railway Settlements as are not set aside by the army for barracks, warehouses, or drill grounds will be sublet to civilians for the purposes of encouraging Japanese emigration into Manchuria. As the settlers are not being attracted, further inducements, according to Baron Goto's speech, will be offered by the building of houses for them, and, if even this does not work, it has been decided to invite Chinese to settle there, subject to Japanese railway regulations.",
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        "content_text": "-288 \n\n2 \n\nreceived by Liang Tun-yen. After a short wait we were summoned by the Prince, who gave me a most courteous and kindly reception, referring to the fact that he had known me ever since he had been connected with the old Tsung-li Yamên. After the usual complimentary remarks, he went on to say that I had been asked by the Chinese Government to enter their service as an earnest of their sincere desire to get into close relations with Great Britain, upon whose friendship and support they set the highest value. He referred to the alliance between England and Japan, and suggested in a vague and cautious way that China wanted the friendship of England just as much as Japan did. He made no reference to the special nature of the duties which I should be called upon to perform, beyond saying that it would be a satisfaction to himself and his colleagues to feel that I was on the spot and ready to lend a hand. \n\nFrom the Prince's house I went on to see Yuan Kung-pao. Here we had to wait a little while, as Yuan was engaged at a meeting of the members of the Wai-wu Pu hard by, but he telephoned to say that he would come as soon as he could, and hoped I would not mind waiting. I employed the interval in talking to Liang on various subjects, but I could get no information out of him as to the special nature of the work I was expected to do, beyond an intimation that I should not be required to attend at the Wai-wu Pu, and that my relations would be almost entirely with the Prince, Yuan Kung-pao, Tang Shao-yi, and himself. After about half-an-hour's wait, Yuan came in and greeted me in his old bluff and breezy way, telling me how glad he was to see me, and apologizing for the delay in greeting me, which was due to a row he had been having with his colleagues at the Board meeting—a row in which, judging from his cheerful appearance, he must have come out top. He also alluded, in similar terms, to those employed by the Prince to the value which China placed upon the close friendship of England, and was good enough to say that they had asked me to accept service with them because they knew I was a friend of China and was trusted by my own people as well as by themselves. All this, of course, is the usual sort of talk, but there was no special necessity to tell it to me if it was not more than mere politeness. But I am sure that it was not merely politeness. It was meant, and seriously meant. Yuan did not refer to Japan, but what has struck me much during the few days I have been here is how greatly Japan is getting on Chinese nerves. \n\nSeveral people are looking out for a house for me, and I hope before very long that a suitable place will be found. It is to be a Chinese house, I am glad to say, as I infinitely prefer a good Chinese house to a gimcrack foreign one, which is all I could expect to get. \n\nI forgot to mention that I have been given the names of various high officials upon whom I am asked to call. \n\nYours sincerely,\n\n(Signed)\n\nWALTER C. HILLIER. \n\nP.S.—I have written you this formal letter in case you want to write anything to the Foreign Office about myself and my work. As I told you the other day, I will keep you informed of anything I can legitimately tell you; but I think, perhaps, it will be better for me not to write. I will be round to see you as soon as I can get this round of Chinese visits worked off. \n\nW. C. H. \n\nC n. This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government. \n\nAFFAIRS OF CHINA. \n\nCONFIDENTIAL. \n\n[25990] \n\nNo. 1. \n\n[THIS 243 AUG 08 \n\nSECTION 2. \n\nSir J. Jordan to Sir Edward Grey.—(Received July 27.) \n\n(No. 255.) Sir, \n\nPeking, June 5, 1908. WITH reference to my despatch No. 204 of the 11th ultimo, respecting the navigation of the Poyang Lake by His Majesty's ships of war, I have the honour to transmit to you herewith copy of a despatch which I have received from His Majesty's Consul at Kiukiang, reporting upon the circumstances attending the visit of His Majesty's ship \"Nightingale\" to those waters. \n\nIt will be seen that Mr. Werner sent a verbal notice of the visit to the Kiukiang Taotai in accordance with my instructions. \n\nThe Germans and the Japanese, both of whom had refrained from entering the lake in deference to the protests of the Chinese, will doubtless now take advantage of our action to enforce their right of entry. \n\nI have, &c. \n\n(No. 10. Confidential.) \n\n(Signed)\n\nJ. N. JORDAN. \n\nInclosure in No. 1. \n\nConsul Werner to Sir J. Jordan. \n\nSir, \n\nKiukiang, May 22, 1908. WITH reference to your despatch of the 8th instant, on the subject of the navigation of the Poyang Lake by His Majesty's ships of war, I have the honour to report that on its receipt I read the despatch and its inclosures to the Commander of His Majesty's ship \"Nightingale,\" the gun-boat which was about to cruise in the Poyang Lake with the object of visiting various places on its shores and calling upon the Governor at Nan Ch'ang. \n\nLieutenant-Commander Roy had communicated to me his intention of visiting the lake, and it was because the matter had been referred to your decision when His Majesty's ship \"Teal\" had attempted to enter the lake on the 14th April last that I deemed it advisable to inform you by telegraph of the proposed visit. \n\nActing on the precedents of the last five years I have, when the Commanders of His Majesty's ships of war have consulted me on the matter, stated that, as far as this Consulate was concerned, the protest always made by the Commander of the Hu K'ou forts should be disregarded, since the right to navigate the lake had the support both of precedent and Treaty, and had been consistently acted upon by His Majesty's Government ever since the question was first raised in 1903. \n\nLieutenant-Commander Roy, on learning the contents of your despatch, informed me that he would leave on the morning of the 21st May. I accordingly sent verbal notice to this effect to the Kiukiang Taotai. He replied requesting that the gun-boat should not enter the lake, as the natives would be frightened. \n\nThe \"Nightingale\" left Kiukiang at 6:30 A.M. on the 21st May. About noon I received from Lieutenant-Commander Roy the following telegram: \n\n\"Hu Kou, 21st May, Official refused permission proceed lake, waiting orders Taotai. Inform Taotai. \"Remain here await reply. NIGHTINGALE.' \n\nOn receipt of this telegram I sent a message to the Taotai requesting him to telegraph instructions to the official to permit the gun-boat to enter the lake. He, however, declined to do so. I ascertained privately that no resistance was to be made if the vessel entered the lake, and telegraphed to the Commander as follows:- \n\nKiukiang, 21st May. Your telegram of to-day. Taotai declines to issue instructions. \n\nI learn privately that though official sanction is withheld, no resistance \n\nPlease telegraph from next station.—CONSUL.” \n\nwill be made. \n\n[1865 dd-2] \n\nΓ",
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        "content_text": "## HONG KONG \n**DESPATCH.**\nC.O. 13570 \n**REGY 21 APR OC**\n\nGovernor. No. ...\n\nLast Previous Paper: No. 39286 copy 420 25 May 12799. Aird Couff 8 Oct 70 32131\n\nRecovery of debts of absconsing blenive Leuss \n\nIt has been suggested that remedy this in a reciprocal arrangement bet: bol for Guthat.\n\nB. Fiddes \nSee on Red Beanitia sa 12799 584127/6 -A. & E. W.-20962/27 --- 25000-31-08.\n\nxt subsequent Paper 3.0. 18535\n\nfor the \nof them, \ncash intrusted appear have been followed by the Lewis \nWhen ha acted Postmaster General. \nin You not give his your resh. \nI explanation to follow his failure \nThese instruct but unless a lows. \nSatisfactory is forthcoming it would that he or ob to toy (say Required one 4 Shortage. be explanation Convider I Part fropation to make good half) of the \n\nWhen ha acted Postmaster General, I explanation to follow his failure. \nThese instruct but unless a satisfactory explanation is forthcoming, it would appear that he or others have failed to follow instructions (say one to four shortage). \nConsider I part fropation to make good half of the cash intrusted.\n\nIt appears the text was originally in a more structured format with clear sections or possibly tables, but the OCR output has jumbled the order and broken sentences. The above is an attempt to reconstruct the text based on the given rules.\n\n\n## Reconstructed Text with Proper Formatting\n\n### Despatch Details\n| Label | Value |\n| --- | --- |\n| C.O. | 13570 |\n| Registry Date | 21 APR OC |\n| Governor No. | ... |\n\n### Last Previous Paper\n| Label | Value |\n| --- | --- |\n| No. | 39286 copy 420 |\n| Date | 25 May 12799 |\n| Reference | Aird Couff 8 Oct 70 32131 |\n\n### Content\nRecovery of debts of absconsing blenive Leuss. It has been suggested that remedy this in a reciprocal arrangement bet: bol for Guthat.\n\nB. Fiddes See on Red Beanitia sa `12799 584127/6` -A. & E. W.-`20962/27` --- `25000-31-08`.\n\nxt subsequent Paper 3.0. `18535`\n\n### Postmaster General's Issue\nWhen he acted Postmaster General, I will give an explanation to follow his failure. These instructions but unless a satisfactory explanation is forthcoming, it would appear that he or others have failed to follow instructions (say one to four shortage). Consider part appropriation to make good half of the cash intrusted.\n\n### Metadata\nPage ... (original page number not clearly identifiable)",
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        "content_text": "-16- \n\n59 lives, and damage was done to 77 Government buildings with a loss of one life. The river steamer Ying King foundered with a loss of 424 lives, including those of the Master and 3 European passengers. Inside and outside the harbour limits 17 European and 123 native craft were sunk, many more being wrecked or damaged. The loss of Government property alone was estimated at $100,000. The storm swept on to Canton where great destruction of river craft and much loss of life occurred,\n\nUnder instructions from Your Lordship a bill was introduced into the Legislative Council to provide for the Transfer to the Government of Hongkong of the Widows' and Orphans' Pension Fund and of the Management and Control of the Pensions of Widows and Orphans. The bill was passed on the 30th July and the fund amounting to a sum of $371,321 was transferred to the general revenue of the Colony, out of which the pensions in question will in future be paid.\n\nA riot broke out in the town of Victoria on the 1st and 2nd of November in connection with a boycott of Japanese goods by the Cantonese. This boycott was due to the feeling excited in China by the Talsu Maru affair, and was actively organized by the \"National Disgrace Society\" at Canton. It soon spread to Hongkong, where the Government from the first took active steps to combat it with the result that by the autumn several Chinese merchants in the Colony had again begun to trade in Japanese goods. This gradual failure of the boycott movement in Hongkong dissatisfied the more violent agitators in Canton, who, thereupon, made this Colony the scene of an organized riot, which had for its object the destruction of the shops and goods of such Chinese merchants as had abandoned the anti-Japanese boycott. The affair was arranged with such secrecy and skill that the Police of the Colony were completely taken by surprise, and for the purpose of restoring law and order it was necessary to call upon the Military Authorities for assistance. A proclamation was forthwith issued declaring the Colony subject to the provisions of the Peace Preservation Ordinance and with the help of the troops order was restored by the evening of the 2nd November. After that date there was no further outbreak and drastic steps were taken to deal with the instigators of the outrage. In no instance was a Japanese shop or a Japanese subject attacked.\n\nI have the honour to be,\n\nMy Lord,\n\nYour Lordship's most obedient,\n\nhumble servant,\n\nGovernor, &c.\n\n#612.2\n\nSa-tsing\n\nHONG KONG,\n\nKOWLOON AND ADJACENT TERRITORIES.\n\nTUNGShak KWAN\nPiang tidKon Lan\nAaong tuhoTong-lak\nLung koagHsin hi\nTai-Tong-tu KU ISHA N\nTong poiCheng-hang\nkungShaktboug tea\nBIASWo-shak gain\nApo kiLong-heu\nFule-yunYong tai shan\nLunga sin:Wang-kong\nl'an-tonSa wen\n5 Tai-wb - chumanMa-ham\n3 Lok-shule-trenyTong hang\nShong-tung \"Kaicking ByFeñ-tea-sha\nPa kongTison kui -chun.\nTAI-PUNG-SANGSa-ng-chung\nWong muTiptun\nPallashaPichau\nBVKI ANG\n\nCANTON RIVER\n\nSai fleungFa-trai\nNAM-/TAOs TACHM\nBAYRing Cheng\nTai-Kwaimiu\nNo chuLin-tin\nChak-won!Luna\nTai-oMoi-fim\nPuhakHS IN\nAMNGAN Low-long (SUN-ON Sone con Jam\nSha-tauLongtounty\nORE P\nBAFHAU - HOI\nYan-haShui wan ten.\nFTai, shut hang\nPing-shayZo Shui-leu.\nPet long, Chin shanĹSu-chav\nNam-longLe ChaBy\nChulu kakIdin ten a\nMiguChui-yen\nTu longLe-man\nLin-chancJ£ ¢\nKane KinKagi Shni Hun\nSha tagYam ten &\nMKath Croolgi\nSong chauSha-iauskok\nLakes Criscont. I.Puing twat ezu\nSheung Shui Fan-hugShou-wang\nTai-no- shanAsin-wau\nWa-hangWary-ling-turi\n3 TingkatTOLO\nLik To HapPlover Dove\nHARBOUR HeadTelo Changel\nBluff HiK\nJ.Port Island\nGrass Ichap mun\n~~} Tany› Tun-kawan.\nTai longChong\nLai Cu-Korkbug Chering the mine\nShatinLan-lang-shar\nKOWLOON CITYSham-Shui The Hig\nStonewater Funding. Twee menIsland\nReveling homKOKO\n祝Green ingr\nKory ChuteVICTORIA\nTai-shui hangPet hone\nPak-sa wayA\nShaik kangShalter Tai-pu. Jaui\nCheung Kamant.Tsim Sha Tsur Lyou.\nPing Pong-wintKon-wig Hang Ha\nSkau kuwashHONG - KONG\nAberdeeng\nLANTAN M.L.2Tutku chau\nTaiwanLamma I (Pok-Lin\nShik-paiSr. war Tut-tamuk\nHay Wong ma kokLAMMA CHAN.\nSkak-ku wanGun Jin veur\nBayF\nthak kang~ Lung Head llai won\nPcha hany Fang Bay$Lam Jompl\nTong ChanTai tong Hond @Aguilar) Bury, Hocke\nLa-chau\n-7Lawaal ward\nShe verWag tar Baghthobac\nTowndBasniti\nSinepin.Group\nPing PTung chung\nLANTA O{TAI Ở SHAN)\nHolyPing-chan C.\nLANTAD M L. JCheung-Chau\nfie A Chose\n0Jurist-Chau\n-10Lap-sap mi\nI\n22 9 N. LAT.\n25Iz Pinkoghi das,raphiesi Iurante\n:\nChi chau XLEMA\nCHANNEL\nDrawn and Engrand fe Gin Durnestory & Caronánde\n15Mirs P\n1E LONG OF\nBAYKak tere\nNOTE Territory under Convention of 1860 Boundary under Convention 1898...\nFish Miles (18%)\nSunmuro\n\n168\n\nJohn Bariatre & Co",
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        "content_text": "## 4\n\nFa-ku-men and Tiehling, the answers being that many of the carts which carried bean-cake to Tiehling in winter returned empty.\n\nThe distance from Fa-ku-men to Tiehling is given by the Chinese as 90 li, and may be estimated at approximately 28 miles. On leaving Fa-ku-men the road soon enters the hills to the east, and after a gentle rise descends into a narrow valley bounded by low, grass-topped hills partly cultivated. At 10 miles from Fa-ku-men the valley ends, the hills on the south side retiring in a south by east direction, and giving place to an undulating country over which the road passes eastwards. The village of Tiao-ping-shan marks the eastern end of the valley. The country is more broken than between Hsin-min Fu and Fa-ku-men, and several nullahs with ruined bridges had to be negotiated. The crops were the same, but upland rice was more in evidence. There are twelve hamlets and villages on the road, some of them such as Yung-an-p'u and Wu-chia-hsin, being of considerable size, and we struck the river, about 400 yards in breadth, at the ferry of Shung-ch'a-k'ou in a sandy cove under a low rocky bluff rising sheer from the river. There was only one long, broad, flat ferry boat, which had just started when we arrived, and night was falling before we were poled and yuhloed to the further bank.\n\nAs we were waiting at the ferry and the animals in our carts were being unyoked preparatory to boarding the boat, several heavy junks, each with sail up and crew of three men straining at the oars, passed down river under the right bank, where the water was from 10 to 12 feet deep. Owing to the late rains of the present year there were no shallows at the bifurcation of the Liao just above Tiehling, and the junks were taking advantage of the swollen river to hurry on to Newchwang. It was dark before we reached a Chinese inn within the city walls of Tiehling; but, with the assistance of the landlord, I succeeded in having an interview with several merchants, who fully corroborated all that I had heard at Fa-ku-men, that the import trade of Tiehling and Hsin-min Fu from Fa-ku-men in winter depends largely on the market at the two places, that the trade with Hsin-min Fu is always greater in volume, and that the imports into Fa-ku-men from Tiehling are inconsiderable. At Hsin-min Fu and Fa-ku-men there was little evidence of Japanese activity, only a few small shops being observable; but at Tiehling it is otherwise. Two roads leading from the railway station, or rather from the eastern boundary of the railway reserve to the west gate of Tiehling, were almost entirely given up to small Japanese shops, but within the railway reserve itself there were many red brick houses, while similar and one large grey, more pretentious two-storied buildings were in course of erection. A brick two-storied building with a central square and two side wings particularly attracted my attention. It was standing in ample grounds surrounded by a low wall with iron railings. Over the doorway in Chinese characters was the inscription \"Commercial Exhibition.\" A poster at the door read \"No Admittance\"; but as the door was open, no objection was raised to my entrance. The central square contained a large entrance hall on the ground floor with a staircase leading to the first floor. The exhibition consisted of four long, broad rooms fitted with glass-fronted show cases arranged along the walls and along the centre of each room; in one or two rooms the exhibits, of every conceivable character and all of Japanese manufacture, were already arranged to please the eye, while in the others men and women were unpacking cases and spreading out their goods. The exhibits were many of them pure Japanese in type, but I could not help noticing that many were imitations of foreign goods, and in a quiet corner I took the opportunity of committing to my notebook the following labels on sundry bottles:\n\n| Label | Description |\n| --- | --- |\n| Worcestershire Sauce | prepared and sold by Barishiu and Co., London, N. |\n| Fine Old Highland Whisky | Malcolm, Barcelona, and Co., London and Glasgow. (Priced 1 yen.) |\n| The Mon Old Scotch Whisky | bottled and guaranteed by B. B. Woompang. By special appointment purveyor of whisky to A. F. W. the Prince of Wales. |\n| Scotch Whisky | A. F. Wine and Co., Japan. (Lion holding Axe, trade-mark.) |\n| Vieux Cognac | L. D. Piccardo, Geneva. (Priced 1.35 yen.) |\n\nA few hundred yards to the south-west of the Tiehling railway station, there is a Japanese flour-mill, belonging to the Manchurian Flour-Mill Company, which commenced work in June, and is reported to be turning out 1,200 50-lb. sacks of flour per day from local wheat. The flour, which is made in four qualities, is said to be 20 sen cheaper in each grade per sack than flour made in Japan, and the Company propose to erect similar mills at Newchwang, Mukden, and Antung.\n\nI left Tiehling on the afternoon of the 28th September and reached Mukden the same evening, travelling in one of the new American second-class carriages fitted temporarily with red plush seats as a first-class car. The workmanship of the car was somewhat rough in appearance, but the running was perfectly smooth. The young conductor was exceedingly civil and obliging.\n\nI remained at Mukden over the next day and called at \"Government House,\" the Governor-General's offices built in foreign style inside the city, over which the Chinese flag was flying. The Governor-General's residence, also in foreign style, is in course of erection next to \"Government House\"; but the most imposing foreign building I noticed lies between the city and the railway station, where the British-American Tobacco Company have put up an enormous factory for the manufacture of cigarettes. Its completion was expected towards the end of October.\n\nNext morning I left Mukden for Peking, joining the train of the Imperial Railways of North China at the South Manchurian railway station, the actual joining of the two lines being at present under discussion at Dairen (Dalny). The Chinese railway station, where the tickets are sold, is 2,000 yards distant from the Japanese station. When the new Japanese station is completed twelve months hence, they will be 2,500 to 3,000 yards apart.\n\nThe last girder of the twenty-span bridge now in course of construction across the Liao between Mukden and Hsin-min Fu will be placed in position in November. The chief central spans are 40 feet above high-water mark—much higher than the old bridge built by the Japanese still in use; but they are not sufficiently high to admit of the passage of junks without unshipping or lowering their masts.\n\nThe Chief Traffic Inspector of the Chinese railways outside the wall (i.e., north of Shan-hai-kuan), who travelled in the same train from Mukden to Kou-pang-tzu, the junction of the Hsin-min Fu and Newchwang lines, where he resides, informed me that duty-free goods (such as flour) arriving from a port are no longer taxed at Kou-pang-tzu, which was his complaint to me when I last visited Manchuria. He said, however, that many imports still come forward unaccompanied by exemption certificates and are duly taxed. This is, of course, in accordance with the Customs Regulations for Manchuria which came into force last year, and it is a curious fact that merchants at Hsin-min Fu and Fa-ku-men whom I met had never heard of the issue of such certificates and were incredulous of my statement that they are obtainable from the Customs if applied for in due form; and they appeared still more incredulous of my statement that a Chinese custom-house was established at Dairen on the 1st July, 1907, being under the impression that goods passing through that port are still duty-free.\n\nThe traffic on the Chinese Railway is undoubtedly heavily handicapped by the presence of li-kin or other tax stations along their lines, where all exports and uncertificated goods are taxed. Such tax stations are not permitted on the South Manchurian Railway, and when the Imperial Railways of North China have endeavoured to compete by lowering freights, the taxes have been proportionately raised, the profits going to the tax stations, and not to the railway. Under these circumstances, the railway has given up in despair the attempt to compete by lowering rates.\n\nThe conclusion at which I have arrived after visiting Hsin-min-t'un (Hsin-min Fu), Fa-ku-men (Fu-min Ting), and Tiehling, is that Fa-ku-men is much more intimately connected commercially with Hsin-min-t'un than with Tiehling, and that an extension of the Imperial Railways of North China from Hsin-min-t'un to Fa-ku-men would serve a rich agricultural area and its hinterland, which has at present only a very limited connection with the South Manchurian Railway, whether at Tiehling or any other station to the north or south of it.\n\n## 5\n\nPage 306",
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        "content_text": "## \nmost of Section 6, and I am told that the bridgework is not likely to retard the advancement of the road. With regard to the question of embankments the following figures may be of interest as showing the exceedingly high embankments that are necessary to clear the flood level. The figures refer to cubic yards of embankment per section of 10 miles. As the embankments exceeded the cuttings by a large proportion—five or six to one—the figures of course incidentally represent the total amount of excavation, earth and rock, done. I would here refer to the paragraph \"Floods\" in my previous Report of the 15th September, 1908. The first column contains the estimate previous to the flood there mentioned (these figures are exact). The second column is the hasty estimate calculated to show the increase that would result from raising the grade, and was done in order to compute whether the extra cost would be worth while. The third column is the exact estimate as checked by taking cross-sections.\n\n### Cubic Yards of Embankment\n\n| Section | Original Estimate | Revised Estimate | Final Estimate |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n|  | 1,383,686 | 1,581,578 | Not ready |\n|  | 1,507,986 | 1,408,912 | Not ready |\n| 5 | 920,515 | 827,762 |  |\n| 7 | 750,684 | 563,484 |  |\n| 8 | 1,423,830 | 1,452,928 |  |\n\nThe final figures for Sections 6 and 8 are not yet ready, but it will be seen that in these four sections, which are the ones at present under construction, there is the altogether unusual average of 145,000 cubic yards of embankment per mile.\n\nMost of the earthwork is also finished on the first half of Section 7, and even some of the rip-rap on the slopes that run into the river. The tunnel at Tai Miu Hop, at mile 65, is making good progress. This tunnel is 270 feet long (not 160 feet as previously reported). The headings are now some 100 feet apart. The hill is of hard sandstone rock, so that little or no timbering is necessary.\n\nThe bar to further progress in actual tracklaying at present is an embankment at the beginning of Section 6, a short distance before the Kong Hau bridge, at Mile 51, is reached. Portion of this embankment, laid across an unexpectedly swampy paddy field, has sunk to a somewhat serious extent, and is now being filled in. When bottom is reached and the embankment settles finally, the way will be open to Kong Hau near the North River. Two months is now estimated for the opening of this station, and August or September for the opening of Wong Shek, at Mile 59.\n\nBy far the most interesting work is now proceeding on the Mang Tsai Hop (Blind Boy Gorge), in Section 8. This gorge is about 3 miles in length. Here the line, which hitherto has been able to take advantage of a break in the hills to run on a high embankment 200 or 300 feet from the river, has perforce to stick to the rocky cliff side. Bearing in mind that the line has to clear by some feet the level of the flood, which last year rose 65 feet in the gorge, the difficulty of the construction can best be imagined. As an illustration I may mention that during my visit the Resident Engineer was staking in the centre line, and at certain points had to be lowered by ropes from higher ledges. Photographs of this are inclosed.* At particularly steep points where the natural slope of the embankment would run out into the river, retaining walls are to be put in to hold up the side.\n\nThree tunnels are to be bored through overhanging cliffs, their length being 350 feet, 140 feet and 350 feet respectively. Work has been commenced on all three. The first two are so close together that they are generally spoken of as one. The last is 2 miles from these two, and it is for this 2 miles on the gorge that M. Barres, referred to in Mr. Porter's Intelligence Report for the December 1908 quarter, has obtained the contract. The history of this, as gathered from Mr. Carr-Harris, one of the engineers, may be of interest. In September last the Company called for tenders. M. Barres, alleged to have the backing of the `Banque de l'Indo-Chine`, tendered, but his tender was not one of those considered. The Tai Miu Hop tunnel contractor, to whom belonged the lowest tender, having been found by experience to be unsatisfactory, was rejected and the next tender accepted. The agitation made by the lowest tenderer was such as to induce the Company to call for new tenders, with, however, very stringent conditions. This time M. Barres, having quoted through a Chinese firm, his, the lowest tender, was accepted. The competition on the second call for tenders, was, I am told, so keen that the Company must have saved some 30 per cent. of the cost. Mr. Carr-Harris, however, is of the opinion that M. Barres will lose money by his venture. He has collected several assistants, mostly Greeks, and of course he has sub-let most of the work.\n\nThe most northerly point at which construction is now proceeding is at the 80th mile at the north end of the Blind Boy Gorge, near the junction with Section 9.\n\nI understand that the Company who have hitherto adhered to the practice of erecting temporary structures to open up the line as quickly as possible, have decided to do this no longer. The line is expected to reach Wong Shek in the course of the coming summer. As this is a village of some size on the opposite bank of the North River, the Company calculate that from this point they will tap as much of the river traffic as they are likely to get until Ying Tak, at Mile 87, is reached. They hold therefore that, when Wong Shek is reached, there will be no special advantage in pushing the line through before it is ready in its permanent form.\n\nA branch line connecting with the district city of Ching Yuen on the North River is contemplated, but the Company are apparently precluded from constructing branch lines until their trunk line is completed.\n\nA branch of traffic which I am told is likely to be of value is the tobacco trade at Yuen Tam. Yuen Tam is the collecting centre for the tobacco grown in the surrounding country, which is shipped there for Canton by junk. This trade, which will commence in a few months' time will almost certainly be diverted to the railway. A note of this traffic will be made in the next report on the railway. A large trade in live-stock, such as pigs, chickens, &c., appears to be already carried on by means of the railway.\n\nThe following blue prints supplied confidentially are inclosed:*\n1. Map of the railway as far as Ying Tak.\n*Not reproduced.\nNote. The figures beneath the line indicating the railway, are in hundreds of feet from Wong Sha, i.e., Ying Tak, 4,600 x 100 feet, 87 miles from Wong Sha.\n2. Standard section of embankment on the North River.\n3. Plan of Yuen Tam Station.\n\nIn conclusion, the following details, mostly gleaned from the standard plans decided upon by the Company, may be of interest:\n\n- Rails Weight, 85 lb. per yard; height, 5 inches; distribution of metal: head, 42 per cent.; web, 21 per cent.; flange, 37 per cent.\n- Fishplates: Standard of American Society of Civil Engineers. Weight, 52 lb. per pair.\n- Sleepers: Generally 8 feet by 9 inches by 5 inches.\n- Number of sleepers per mile: 2,288, i.e., 13 ties to rail length of 30 feet. Depth of ballast: 13 inches to base of rail.\n- Width of embankments: 18 feet.\n- Width of cuttings: Earth, 24 feet; rock, 22 feet.\n- Height of top of rail above highest known flood level: Minimum of 3 feet.\n- Slope on embankments: 1 horizontal; 1 vertical.\n- Slope on cuttings: earth, 1¼: 1; rock, ½: 1.\n- Rock slopes: ¼: 1 to ½: 1.\n- Rate of grade; maximum of 4 (i.e., %) foot rise or fall in 100 feet. In some cases, however, it has been found necessary to use a rate of 7.\n- Degree of curve: maximum of 4° (i.e., radius 1,432 feet). The exigencies of the Blind Boy Gorge have, however, necessitated a curve of 9° 30′.\n- Tunnels: horse-shoe type; height, 18 feet from top of rail; width, 12 feet at base and 15 feet in the widest part; lining, concrete; cost, 93 dollars to 115 dollars per lineal foot.\n- Stations: Canadian practice; platform, 16 feet wide; top of coping 14 inches above top of rail; edge of coping 5 ft. 6 in. from centre of track.\n- Cost of line: Mr. Carr-Harris estimates this for Division 2 (Sections 5, 6, 7, and 8) as approaching to 100,000 dollars per mile, inclusive of land and construction, but exclusive of rolling-stock.\n\n**(Signed) R. S. PRATT**\n\nCanton, March 10, 1909.\n\n241",
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        "content_text": "# AFFAIRS OF CHINA.\n## CONFIDENTIAL.\n\nNo. 1.\n\n### SECTION 1.\n\nSir J. Jordan to Sir Edward Grey.-(Received June 14.) \n**(No. 159. Confidential.)**\nPeking, April 17, 1909.\n\nIN compliance with the instructions contained in your circular despatch (B) of the 9th April, 1906, and in continuation of my despatch No. 267 of the 1st June, 1907, I have the honour to offer the following observations regarding the heads of the foreign missions in Peking.\n\nThe doyen of the diplomatic corps, M. de Carcer, has already been described in the last report. He is an extremely agreeable good-natured man and performs his duties as doyen in a careful and conscientious manner and with as great a degree of efficiency as is possible considering that he has no staff.\n\nMme. de Carcer has been an invalid for some time past.\n\nMr. Rockhill, the United States Minister, who was also noticed in the last report, is credited with pro-Chinese and somewhat anti-Japanese sentiments, and has played a considerable part during the year in endeavouring to influence Chinese policy in Manchuria. His advice is often sought by the Chinese on general questions of foreign policy, and is occasionally too favourable to the Chinese point of view to meet with general acceptance from his colleagues. He has had much experience as a traveller and is a man of wide culture and extensive reading, but these advantages are counter-balanced to some extent by a certain lack of reticence and a tendency to vacillation in his judgment. Both Mr. and Mrs. Rockhill are very popular and highly esteemed members of Peking society.\n\nCount Rex, the German Minister, is a bluff hearty Saxon, who has no great liking for work and only a very superficial knowledge of China. He is usually invisible from 2 to 4 every afternoon in winter and spends his summers at Peitaho. In dealing with public affairs he trusts to bluster rather than argument to carry his point, and is certainly deeply imbued with a sense of the predominant importance of his own country. Germany profits by the fact that she is the only Power which has entered into no political arrangements with regard to China, and Count Rex is not slow to exploit this advantage. He is, on the whole, fairly popular with the community and well liked by his own nationals.\n\nMr. Ijuin, the Japanese Minister, may be described as a solid hard-headed Japanese, with a good deal of quiet determination and rather less than the usual Japanese secretiveness. He came here with a good reputation which he had acquired as consul-general at Tien-tsin, but found that times had changed during his absence and that the Chinese had become much more difficult to deal with. So far he has had but meagre success in the settlement of outstanding questions, but relations have improved between the two neighbouring Empires during the time he has been here.\n\nM. Korostovetz came here as Minister for Russia in September 1908, but had had previous experience of China as second secretary of the Legation in 1893-4 and again as political adviser to Admiral Alexieff at Port Arthur in 1900. His frankness almost borders on indiscretion, but he is, so far as my experience of him, which is considerable, goes, perfectly honest and straightforward. He was never an advocate of the adventurous anti-British policy pursued by the Russians in China, and is therefore better adapted than his predecessor for playing the somewhat subordinate rôle now assigned to the Russian Minister at Peking. Both he and his wife are unpretentious people, thoroughly kind and hospitable, and generally respected by the community.\n\nM. Boissonnas, the French chargé d'affaires, who is now acting in that capacity for the second time, is a thoroughly sensible practical man with whom it is a pleasure to transact business. He is moderate in his attitude, but by no means wanting in firmness, and possesses what his predecessor, M. Bapst, lacked—the spirit of accommodation necessary to get on with the Chinese. Mme. Boissonnas is an extremely charming and popular lady and immensely wealthy, judged by Peking standards.",
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        "content_text": "## SECTION V.-ÜLIASSUTAI TO KOBDO\n\nThere is an important trade route between Uliassutai and Kiachta. This track runs down the valley of the Selenga, and avoids Urga. It was explored last year on behalf of the Russo-Chinese Bank by the present Manager at Urga, M. Stephanow.\n\nAnother important track from Uliassutai is one which runs in a north-west direction to Ulankom on Ubsa Lake. Ulankom is said to be six days away. There are Government stages along the road. There is said to be a Chinese colony living there, and it would be interesting to know how long they have been settled there and how the policy of the Central Government is being carried out in those districts into which Dr. Gatrell stated in 1902 it was only in 1901 that Chinese were allowed to penetrate though Russians had travelled and traded there for years.\n\nThe only track to Kobdo runs due west from Uliassutai, and by it we started on the 19th August.\n\nKeeping down the valley of the Bogdin Gol we reached Alder Tai camp after 15 miles. Here we halted for the night. We found a small official at the Tai in charge of 120 ponies from Ili to Peking. A Chinese merchant had also, for a sum of money, attached himself to the party, and was taking his merchandise down to the capital free of charge and immune from li-kin charges, thanks to the display of the small yellow flag which denotes Government property.\n\nAugust 20.---Continuing down the valley we kept slightly above the bed of the river which is full of low scrub and small trees among which the river wends in a delightful way. After some 6 miles the road bends away from the river to rejoin it again at mile 14. By this time the valley has become very broad and the mountains more detached and considerably lower. During our absence from the river it has been joined by the stream which passes Shuruk (15th August), the combined streams taking the name of the Uliassutai. This flows in a series of channels spread over a wide valley with a great deal of verdure and small trees on the islands formed by the channels. We reached Borok at mile 14. Leaving the Uliassutai Valley we turned over a low ridge and reached the Jabkon Valley and camped 50 yards from the water's edge at Hottonlan. The scenery now changed: to the north the mountains had come to an end and low grassy hills had taken their place to be succeeded by low detached ridges; to the south of the river were sand-hills some 80 feet high, stretching for many miles east, west, and southwards.\n\nThese appeared to be as bleak as the worst sands of Alashan, except for a little vegetation close to the river's bank. Though the soil north of the river is sandy and the track inconveniently so at times for wheeled traffic the country is wholly covered with grass, and there is not a single bare sandy patch except for the road. This makes the sudden sandy desert across the water all the more remarkable. The sands are blown about into weird shapes in the same way as are those of the Ordos.\n\nAt Hottonlan the river is 250 yards broad and very swift, the water is very muddy. The banks are inclined to crumble away like those of the Hoangho.\n\nAugust 21.-Keeping alongside the Jabkon we reached Iche Djiss after 12 miles; here the sands of the south side have begun to invade the north bank. The river is crossed anywhere by natives on horseback, but the pony has to swim vigorously for the stream is both swift and deep. Continuing down the river we reached Bagar Djiss after another 14 miles. We were glad to rest here from the midday heat, for the bitter cold of the mountains had been succeeded by a burning August heat on the plains. We slept at Dzur camp after another 11 miles.\n\nAugust 22.-Moving westwards for 4 miles along the cliff above the river we descended to the valley again and kept over green turf for 1½ miles to the ford of the Jabkon. Here some little time was wasted discussing the cart and the possibility of its being submerged. We crossed, however, in perfect safety, the greatest depth being never more than 2½ feet of water. The soft sandy bed and the existence of submerged sandbanks against which the cart might have fallen over and the rapidity of the stream were the chief difficulties. The river must be at present at its summer height, for its waters cover a quarter of a-mile at this point. The natives who act as ferrymen have marked out a course for themselves with stakes so as to avoid possible shoals, but I imagine that as the Jabkon is continually bringing down sand the course of the ford has to be changed periodically. The sand-hills on the south recede here and merge into a ridge of mountains to which they impart their character to a certain extent. In places the sand-hills come down to the river, the land not encroached on by them being bays of green pasture land at this time of the year marshy in places, and to a large extent covered with saline efflorescence. In these bays a number of cattle and sheep graze, and in one of these is the Bogue camp, some 8 miles from the crossing and 14 from the last Tai. The country to the north of the river is now covered with low mountain ranges in compact form again. They are bleak and rugged and slightly sand-silted. During the march the deep snows of the range of mountains which divides the two lakes to our west become visible.\n\nContinuing down the valley the road becomes very difficult for carts in summer because of the amount of water in the river which comes right up to the sand-hills on our left. The whole valley is a home for every kind of wild fowl including swans. We reached the station of Argalanta after 17 miles. Here, the river turns in a north-westerly direction, being diverted from the west by a low ridge of hills running south-east to north-west practically buried in sand.\n\nAugust 23.--Leaving the river the track runs over low hills to the west; after 16 miles we looked down on to the small lake of Baganoor. Turning south-west we reached the Tai of the same name after another 7 miles. The whole 23 miles' march had been unusually difficult travelling for the cart on account of the sands.\n\nDuring the morning another mob of ponies passed us bound for Peking. There were, I think, 1,600 in all.\n\nLeaving Baganoor in a southerly direction we skirted the small lake lying in its setting of bleak sands which seem to be rapidly encroaching on it, and turning to the south-west kept over a terrible stretch of sand-hills for some miles. These resemble in every way those that lie between Porobalgasson and Hsiaochiaopan, and are bare and bleak and blown about by the winds into the strangest hollows and hills. They are difficult and dangerous for caravans to cross being composed entirely of loose drift sand. It was with the utmost labour that we got my small cart across, and it would be useless for a cart of the Peking pattern to attempt the crossing. From the highest point we looked down on to the Turgen moor. The sand-hills are some 7 miles broad where the track crosses them. A mile from their foot the edge of the lake is reached,",
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        "content_text": "## influence and to loosen the British hold upon the trade of the Empire. For some reason or other the Chinese are working in many ways with them in this undertaking.\n\nWhen I was in Tien-tsin, the general manager of the Company, with whom I was discussing the situation, showed me his letter file in connection with a certain transaction which well illustrates the above statement. It appears that the Tien-tsin-Pukoe Railway northern section required 30,000 tons of coal to be delivered along the canal for burning bricks for the use of the road. The Company tendered 6 dol. 70 c. per ton delivered. The German-Chinese Ching Ching Mines tendered 5 dol. 50 c., and their contract was accepted. The Chinese in their official letter to the Company, which I saw, stated that they had accepted the higher offer as the coal was 25 per cent. better value.\n\nHe states that the coal is mined in the same geological field, and that the shafts are practically sunk on the Company's fields. He submitted samples of both coals for analysis. The report stated that both samples were practically the same, but there was a very slight advantage in favour of the Company's product. It is reported, moreover, that the Chinese are giving the German-Chinese combination favoured rights on the railway, and are carrying their coals over the same route for cheaper rates than the British company.\n\nHere in Shanghae upon my return I find considerable controversy on the subject of the supplies of railway material for the southern railways which are under the British influence. Tenders were asked for locomotives, and it was subsequently stated that only tenders for German locomotives would be received. One manufacturer's agent discovered that the advertised specifications for an engine required that it must be German built, in the works of the firm for which Carlowitz and Co. are the agents. The advertised specifications turned out to be Carlowitz and Co.'s own tender. Finally, after much opposition, the Chinese announced that British specifications might also be put in. It is confidently reported that at the moment the tenders were opened the engine being tendered for was actually through the Canal at Suez, en route to Shanghae, and that the asking for tenders and opening of the same was bluff pure and simple to conceal a transaction already completed.\n\nAnother curious phase of the situation seems to be that the Germans are able to obtain contracts where the British fail. Several instances have come to my knowledge where the Germans have tendered in opposition to the British and in order to get the business promise anything the Chinese wish and more than the British dare to do as to output and terms, their object being to get the contract by hook or by crook and put their own interpretation upon it afterwards. The Germans take their chances when the works are complete of being able to get their money, whether the work is according to contract or otherwise. They seem to be backed up by their officials regardless of the conditions of the contract. There are two or three cases now being fought out where the Chinese appear determined that they will not accept anything the Germans like to give them. In the end they are likely to succumb to the German view. This method of doing business would seem under ordinary circumstances to bring its own punishment, but so far Germans do not seem to suffer from a loss of orders as a consequence.\n\nDiscussing this question recently with some British residents they said they were satisfied that the Germans by the use of money made it worth while for many of these contracts to be settled quietly. You will perhaps be led to say upon the above that the two positions are mutually destructive, that if the Germans are forcing the Chinese to pay for contracts only partially carried out that this should lead to a suspicion of German methods, and that it is difficult to account for the fact that in the face of this state of affairs the Chinese are content to work with them as against the British. All I can say is that this is a country of anomalies. It is certain that some of the British disputes over the railway loans have left bad feeling and some orders have been given to Germans or anybody other than British out of pure spite.\n\nIn conclusion, there is no doubt that Chinese thoughts and methods are rapidly changing, though there is the same dishonesty and the same hatred of the foreigner. They have lost their fear of the foreigner, whose prestige has been largely reduced. The Chinaman is learning that it is comparatively safe to take his own line of interpretation of any contracts entered into much as the Germans as instanced above. I feel sure that a great deal of the supposed commercial integrity and honesty of the Chinaman which has been so much written about, and which has just been repeated in the Earl of Ronaldshay's recent book has been very much exaggerated. The Chinaman stood by his contract with the foreigners because he was afraid of them. All along he has repudiated with his own countrymen the contracts that do not suit him when he saw any chance of getting out of them. Foreign traders in Shanghae have found in hosts of instances that Chinese contracts are exceedingly dangerous things to enter into. Under present conditions of the country it is doubtful how far a Chinaman can be held to the carrying out of the terms of his contract, if he finds it to his advantage to shirk.\n\nOn my visit to Peking this last occasion a high British official confirmed this opinion, and stated that whereas in previous years the word of a Chinese official when it has once been passed could be relied upon, now all that is changed and no promise can be trusted. He agreed with me that a very great change has come over the Chinese people and officials in their relations to foreigners.\n\nGiven favourable conditions with an enlightened Government setting trade free in the Empire a magnificent prosperity awaits both the foreign and Chinese merchants and manufacturers. The great problem is how to get the conditions mentioned above into working order. A faithful adherence to the provisions of the treaties would help materially, but this has long since been given up as a vain hope.\n\nPage 636",
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        "content_text": "# CHUKIANG (CANTON) RIVER\n\nHONG-KONG, KOWLOON AND ADJACENT TERRITORIES.\n\n| Location        |                |\n| --------------- | -------------- |\n| Pianti          | Tung           |\n| Shak-by KWAN    | Ling to he     |\n| Lung-kuk        | Tai-Tang-tu    |\n| Sa-tsiang       | 1lsin hi       |\n| KU J            | Kon            |\n| Wu-shak-cgam    | Shak-kong      |\n| Ten-teu         | HAN            |\n| → Tong-poi      | BIAS           |\n| 2               | Chong hung-kang|\n| Fuk yun         | Apo            |\n| Loze her $      | Lung fa        |\n| Yong-laschen    | Wang konge     |\n| \"Pan-ter        | Lr-lopp        |\n| STRig chun      | Ma-h           |\n| Paki-shak-lung  | Pu-kak         |\n| Yam-tend        | Sini-Heung     |\n| NAM-TAO         | o Moulin       |\n| He-tsai         | TALCHAM BAY    |\n| HSIN NG A/Nealong o | (SUN-ON)     |\n| Ping Chang      | Lengtsuchy     |\n| Sha-tapi        | Tsien          |\n| kwsimsO         | Me-chau        |\n| Wan-had         | DEEP BAY       |\n| HAU-HG1         | hak-wan        |\n| Shui-wan-ter    | Pain-ten Shang Shy |\n| \"Laung-kyrût-tog | uk-pan'        |\n| Tiu-kokt        | Shon wa        |\n| Lnfongo         | Hai-           |\n| Crooked 1.      | Sha-tau-kok    |\n| Pa-song         | -Visam-kai     |\n| Ki-chee         | Shong-tungs    |\n| TAL-PUNG-SANG   | Sa ng-chung    |\n| 2 AY            | Wong-mu        |\n| Tipjuk...       | Hesha          |\n| tt-chau         | Song-shau Creacent 1. |\n| Namo            | -hung          |\n| Tai-shui-heng   | Shui-led       |\n| Lung-ku         | Chin-shan      |\n| \"Pet-long       | Nam-long       |\n| Kam-tio         | Um in          |\n| Talebui hang    | Tai-mo sis     |\n| Lo Lo           | Put-long       |\n| Wang Jing-iau   |                |\n| Plover Cove     | YARBOUR        |\n| Changi          | Tem            |\n| Ko-tagor        | Chakkang#      |\n| Pehin-bong      | Port Island    |\n| Cross 1. Tap-mun | Ten-ka-An      |\n| Tai-long        | Shak-hang liai-wang |\n| Sai- und        | Fung Head      |\n| Fung Bay        | Ping Pt        |\n| Bluff Hu        | Kalt-ren       |\n| 3amuo           | Mire PA        |\n| (Sa-chau        | Chr-tu-kok     |\n| Tung-chutiy     | 2              |\n| Clau-Run        | LAN-TAO (TAI-U SHANI) |\n| Silver Mire     | Tsin-wan       |\n| Chunk           | Lai Chi Koka   |\n| Kow             | Shelter        |\n| Mahu tanio      | Sham Shui Pu   |\n| HONG            | Ping-char Lighthools |\n| Green Bowen projsem on HAI | VICTORIA    |\n| Chen 1774       | \"Shazz-ki war  |\n| Pak tur         | Aberdeen HONG-KONG S |\n| ng home Kon     | Te             |\n| tong            | wa Ha-yong     |\n| -DJ-Wan         | High 1.        |\n| Fawr i.         | Beanit 1.      |\n| Niaepir         | A Group        |\n| Lam-long i      | Tai-ku-chau    |\n| tong            | Chanog Chath   |\n| Taiwan Lamma    | (Pak-Lip       |\n| LAMMA CHAN      | Lo-chau        |\n| Wong-ma         | Cha            |\n| Tai kongan      | -kak Fury Hooks|\n| Wag-tan Sati-kous Lighthou | G         |\n| 0               | -lo 13         |\n| Dryla           | Siu-A-Chau     |\n| Tal-A-Cha       | Lap-gap-mi     |\n| [Chhobart 15    | LEMA           |\n| CHANNEL         | 1              |\n\nNOTE  \nTerritory under Convention of 1860  \nBoundary under Convention 1898 --  \nEnglish titles (53-16m 11  \nBechance barwny Galing, Smuthangdon, 1909.",
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        "content_text": "## Enclosure 3.\n\n375\n\nActual Expenses, whilst occupying \"The Bluff\" during the summer of 1906 which is a small house, the rent and taxes consequently being low for self, wife and daughter.\n\n| Item | Per Month |\n| --- | --- |\n| (1) Rent and taxes | 150 |\n| (2) Household accounts, inclusive of liquors fuel and light | 180 |\n| (3) Household servants' Wages no chair coolies... | 58 |\n| (4) Tramway tickets (season).. | 17 |\n| (5) Club subscription | 17 |\n| (6) Linging lessons for daughter | 20 |\n| (7) Pin money for wife and daughter | 40 |\n| (8) Board and Education, &c. of 3 sons in England | 275 |\n|  | 747 |\n| (9) Balance available on average salary to defray cost of clothes, all subscriptions, incidental expenses, doctors' and dentists' accounts,&c. |  |\n| Total average salary per month | 180 | 927 |\n| Highest monthly salary | 907.60 |\n| Lowest | 863.31 |\n\nPractically no alteration has occurred in any of the above items up to the present time and, as my average salary for the past three months has been $871, the balance available for item (9) has shrunk to $124. No provision is made for passages.\n\nLiving in the Hongkong Hotel and occupying two rooms at monthly rates costs almost exactly the same as the above, the difference being only a few dollars. The rent and taxes of \"Lewknor\" which I occupied for 6 months, amounted to $216 per month and the same rent was asked for \"The Neuk\", which is a small house, somewhat inconveniently situated.",
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        "content_text": "CO 88257\n\n119\n\nRees Rre 9 SEP 10\n\nEstablishment of Crown Solicitors Office.\n\nSubmits recommendations. Proposes amalgamation of Land Office, Registrar's Office with new Dept. Land Officials.\n\nAust Con 1080\n\nIn absence of Crown Solicitor, salary should be not less than £900 to fill vacancy. Suggests Mr. S. 9.1. Bowley, Mr. 9. 14. Kamp, and Mrs. G. 14. Wakilan respective qualifications. Asks to be wired decision by tel.\n\nBezemer thinks...\n\nAust Couff 11 Oct\n\nWr. 81 £30—1. 40,000, 11. A.&E,W.\n\nSubsequent Paper.\n\nIf Collane.\n\nPhone release 28058.\n\nIt saves quite clear that the Crown Solicitor wants some help in the work.\n\nLunself.\n\nIm 0.1.9's scheme provides for the amalgamation of the Land Office, Bankruptcy business with the Crown Solicitor's Dept., but it appears from 28058 that even this may not suffice.\n\nIf the extradition cases are to be managed by the Crown Solicitor...",
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        "content_text": "This last statement inspired the artist of the paper to a small cartoon, a few days later, representing a foreigner dangling a dollar at the end of a fishing-rod, and a Chinese as a fish in the water approaching it.\n\nOther cartoons represent a big foreigner dragging a Chinese lad by a rope, while a mandarin sleeps in the foreground. Or, in a third native paper, a foreigner kicking a ball labelled China over the edge of the cliff, below which faithful China is assembled in a crowd with a large dish labelled \"Quickly open the national Parliament\" to catch and save the ball when it descends.\n\n1899 and 1909.\n\nyoung\n\n3-(a.) On the 5th of November, 1898, the Empress-Dowager put forth an edict ordering in every part of the land the formation of volunteer bands to turn the whole nation into an armed camp in case of need. This, with special nursing developed in northern provinces into the actual \"Boxer\" bands, of which, by the way, the \"Universal Gazette\" had sixty-three notices of warning, and many leading articles of deprecation, before the end of 1899--months before any credence had been given to the matter in the Legations.\n\nC\n\n65\n\n(b.) On the 2nd December, 1903, the same \"Universal Gazette,\" in view of the Russian developments at Mukden, published a leading article calling on China to quickly drill populace-troops in all provinces,\" advocating the enrolment of at least 4,000,000 men specially picked-one man in every 100, selected by each 100-from the 400,000,000 of the populace. This was to resist Russia. But the article was retraced the next day, the paper then being under foreign ownership.\n\n(c.) A similar and more drastic article has appeared quite recently, the 19th November, 1909, in the \"Eastern Times\"-unsigned, and therefore by the editor, for it is the modern custom to indicate other writers on the staff of a paper by a little character underneath the title.\n\nThe title reads: \"The nation should demand the formation of trained bands so as to make the whole realm an army of reserves,\" the term for \"trained bands\" being identical with that of the Empress-Dowager's edict of the 5th November, 1898.\n\nThe argument was that the present movement to quickly wipe out the Boxer indemnity was not in itself a complete scheme, but must be accompanied by the enrolment of volunteer forces to the number of 10,000,000.\n\n\"If we ask how our realm came by this debt (the Boxer indemnity), it was because our soldiers (the Boxers) were defeated in battle; and the reason why their warfare was followed by defeat was because they were untrained. Further, the reason why we have remained in a defeated condition ever since, with no power of recovery, has come from our merely trusting to our regular army and having no populace troops to reinforce them. They of the West are powerful, and therefore victorious in a hundred battles, and have their colonies spread over the five continents; and they do not trust in their regular troops alone, but in their agriculturists, workmen, and traders being enrolled as soldiers also. And this in times of perfect peace, so that when any national emergency arises there is not one of them who cannot handle spear and halberd for national protection. Fortunately, we have now an army worthy to be compared with those of Europe and the West, and with a regular army of 300,000 or 400,000, together with a whole nation of reserves, there would be no doubt which side would be strong and which weaker, which many and which fewer.\n\n\"And now, fortunately, owing to the united heart of virtue in the nation, there is the effort to lift the thousand million burden of foreign debt, and settle it off at one stroke. But with the fierce competition of foreign diplomacy, the foreigners strive to add to our debts, ignoring the limitations of the people's power of paying, and if they see the people refund the indemnity thus quickly and easily, our powerful foes will be sure to give full vent to the wildness of their hearts.\n\n\"The project is a good one, but needs supplementing with a further counsel of perfection, and I profoundly hope my brothers of the same womb will be careful to look ahead, weighing all consequences.\"\n\nThen he reckons up the populace at 400,000,000, deducts 200,000,000 women and girls, and a further 100,000,000 of old and weak, which leaves 100,000,000, from which every tenth man could be a trained volunteer, which volunteer forces of 10,000,000, added to the regulars, \"would be amply adequate to resist the combined armies of the world.”\n\n9\n\n\"The difficulty is that, though our people have been zealous for the national welfare, they are not readily credited by the Government, which, for ten or more years lately, has been moved by this mistaken policy of guarding against internal insurrectionaries,' and has statedly weakened the popular spirit to enhance its own despotic authority. Statesmen have requested the Government to forbid the storage of fire-arms in the people's houses and the establishment of military drill in private schools.\n\nAnd unless extraordinary measures are taken to delight the heart of the Government, there will be no relieving of its suspicions.\" The rapid raising of the indemnity will win over the Government, which, it is hoped, will then quickly open a national Parliament; but an integral part of the scheme must be the raising of the \"populace troops,\" as aforesaid.\n\nOf the Shanghae papers, the \"Eastern Times\" is regarded as the direct organ of the ultra-Reformers remaining from 1898, of Young China, and of the provincial assemblies.\n\nThe \"Universal Gazette\" is more staid, and partly under official control-an organ for the gentry.\n\nThe other three leading papers do not aspire to the originality of these two, but follow in their wake, more or less, in matter and policy.\n\nEnclosure 3 in No. 1.\n\nExtract from the \"Eastern Times\" of January 10, 1910.\n\nOn the necessity of the People having strength enough to protect themselves.--(By \"DEMOGNOST.\")\n\n(Translation.)\n\nIn the ancient barbaric ages, there was no all-controlling Government to afford protection in time of need.\n\nThat was an age of fierce beasts and virulent monsters which were a plague to men.\n\nRobbers, banditti, floods, and droughts proved the harshness of the times. The men of those days fought with the fierce beasts, fought with the virulent monsters, fought with the robbers, floods, and droughts.\n\nHe who best defended himself conquered and lived. He who failed died and was lost forever.\n\nIn due course, Governments arose, and the Governments took over the responsibility of protecting its members, and it was no longer necessary to personally defend life and property.\n\nI often think that the origin of Governments arose from the desire of the people to disburden themselves of some of this necessity of self-protection, that they might turn to all manner of other occupations, that they were willing to pay contributions from their land to maintain Government soldiers, and that in the hope of an equivalent recompense. Otherwise, why should they pay this subsidy: why should they give all this substance to the Government? If the Government cannot defend the lives and property of its people, the reason for its existence is gone, and the Government fails its people in their need. When the raison d'être of the Government is gone; when it proves unworthy of its people's trust, the people need no longer recognise it. But if the people do no longer recognise it, what then? Supposing they shatter the Government to pieces, then the bitter need that the absence of rule will produce will be even more unendurable than the uselessness of the Government.\n\nMy opinion is that not recognising the Government does not necessarily mean destroying it. The people establish Governments to disburden themselves of some of the load of self-protection. If the Government cannot afford them protection, and thus allow its people leisure to turn to other matters, then the only course is for them to resume their duty of self-protection.\n\nBut if their strength be sufficient for their protection, what is the use of this “goitre” of a Government? but to dissipate the produce of our people's toil. Were it not better to dash it in pieces? Not so, for the protection of oneself by oneself can be but a temporary arrangement, and cannot be continued forever.\n\nThis private self-defence is not only impossible, but also undesirable, but it is...\n\n[2751 -1]\n\nD\n\n73",
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        "content_text": "nature. The latest accounts indicate that the town is once more quiet, although no information has been received to say that foreigners have returned from the vessels to their houses.\n\nFrom the information supplied by the Chinese officials themselves, to which reference is made below, it is evident that an anti-foreign movement was in preparation throughout Hunan. It has partly miscarried, owing to the premature outbreak of riots in Changsha over a grievance between the people and the officials. But directly trouble had arisen the hostility of the populace is turned, as by command, against foreigners.\n\nIt will be found that the following letter from our Changsha correspondent embodies the most authoritative account that has yet been received of the riots in Changsha :-\n\nA Graphic Account.\n\nChangsha, April 19, 1910. Wednesday, the 13th April, to Friday, the 15th April, were days that will long be remembered in Changsha. The riots will be marked from the fact that a governor's yamên has been sacked and burnt, and a very extensive series of looting and burning of foreign property has been carried out as almost a by-play of the main aim of the riot.\n\nThat aim was to cheapen rice. It is the old, old story that our history books show us as occurring in the lands of the Mediterranean, and that Carlyle has so picturesquely taught us to connect with the French Revolution—a hungry mob is dangerous. Rice has been, of course, dearer and dearer on account of the Yang-tsze floods. For the same reason the caters of rice have been more numerous, for the refugees from Hupeh have been numbered by the thousand. The forbidding of export from Changsha had not the desired effect of dropping prices—if that effect was really desired by those who forbade the export. Promises of opening Government granaries were not fulfilled, and as the prices crept up disappointment and anger grew. On Wednesday night a rise from 82 cash a-pint to 84 cash provoked the gathering of an angry mob. Some four or five officials were sent to speak good words. But one of the speakers resorted to that last refuge of a weak man—bluster and bluff: \"Rice is not so dear here as at Hankow or Canton, or in foreign countries.\" A howl of derision greeted the untimely speech. \"Seize!\" shouted the official, and the order was left-handedly obeyed by the seizing of him on the part of the mob, instead of the seizing of the shouters by his runners.\n\nThe official, who was of no less rank than a taotai, was dragged by the mob right through the city to the governor's yamên with a crowd that grew rapidly. Soon after 8 P.M. all the immense space in front of the yamên was packed with people, and the first two series of doors and wooden divisions had been burst in. Messages were handed to and fro, until at last the military were called into action. There was certainly some stabbing with bayonets—that deaths resulted is both asserted and denied. At any rate, messengers and fragments of the crowd broke off and scattered in all directions. Then followed beating of gongs and shouting of orders. Every house door was set open and every lamp lighted. The city gates were all shut.\n\nThe Work of Destruction.\n\nThe crowds that went south divided into two main streams. The western one reached the Wesleyan Methodist Mission, perhaps a little earlier than the eastern one would reach the Norwegian. The Methodist Mission door had not been opened at the first gong beating, so it was hammered at by the crowd. As soon as it was opened attention was concentrated on the buildings rented by the Imperial Post Office and the Imperial Bank a little further on in the same street. The post office door was too substantial for such weapons as the crowd possessed. Not so the bank doors and windows. Showers of shattered glass were followed by showers of broken tiles, as the mob leaders got on to the roof. One huge stroke, followed by a loud yell, announced that the doors were burst in. Then there was comparative stillness on the night air. It was only comparative, and it only lasted while the maddened crowd could retrace the 50 or 100 yards back to the mission. The mission windows and lamps followed after the manner of the bank, and the largest chapel in the city within two minutes was a wreck. The missionaries, who had all got dressed, were able to leave quietly by the back door, while the crowd streamed across the lawn and looted, and made a bonfire of the loot on the lawn. The missionaries—five ladies and four men—walked quite unmolested through the 200 yards of back streets between the compound and the city gate. Then there was a delay of twenty minutes or so while the keys were being fetched. The refugees were taken into the shop that is used by the guard. While they were there a police-box was smashed up; but no attempt was made to molest them. The gates were opened, and the missionaries went at once on to the C. N. steam-ship \"Siangtan.\" News was taken to the British consul (whose temporary consulate has been outside the gates, with telephonic communication to the city).\n\nWith the missionary in the house, telling the tale of the looting and burning, the Customs taotai telephoned out that the premises were adequately guarded!\n\nThe eastern crowd had first reached the Norwegian Mission. There the same story of looting of houses and escape of missionaries was repeated. The Norwegians were in a much less convenient position for reaching safety. They spent some hours on the city wall, and were well cared for by the official in charge at the North Gate. He himself helped in the cooking of some refreshments.\n\nThe nearest foreign neighbours were the doctor of the Yale Mission and his family and one of the professors at the Government College with his family. Their house was rented, and was overlooked by the crowd. The two families were received first into the house of a Chinese gentleman, and after dawn made their way through the Eastern Gate to a camp under the command of a friendly colonel.\n\nNot much farther on was the China Inland Mission compound. There the crowd made rapid destruction, but once more the missionaries escaped.\n\nAs the day wore on refugees came from one place and another, until every European and American had left the city.\n\nAbout 11 A.M. the mob fired the governor's yamên, and for the rest of the day volumes of smoke rose up as building after building caught fire. Rumour was busy; the governor had been murdered, had committed suicide, was in hiding. Assuredly there was but little space for him to hide in his own extensive compound by nightfall. At 2 o'clock a column of smoke rose over the Norwegian Mission, and a little later another marked the site of the China Inland Mission. There was no mistaking that mob rule was the only rule in Changsha.\n\nThat night the river side was attacked; the custom-house not held by the mob to be Chinese property; the wharves and godowns of Messrs. Butterfield and Swire and Jardine and Matheson were all burned down. So was the Catholic Mission outside the North Gate, the Japanese consulate inside the city, and the Normal College outside the South Gate.\n\nOn the Steamers.\n\nDuring the night the C.N. steam-ships \"Kian\" and \"Siangkiang\" arrived, and early on Friday morning a number of the ladies and others left for Hankow by the I.-C. steam-ship \"Changwo.\" The three British steamers had been chartered by the consul on behalf of the Government. Still, that does not alter the indebtedness of all on board to the great courtesy of the captains, officers, and not least the heavily overworked staff of Chinese servants.\n\nThe boats were first anchored about a mile or two below the city and were able to see and were seen by the looting crowds. Some of the best of the military officials—men who had some claim to be listened to, if only on account of their great help in guiding parties of refugees to safety—hazarded the opinion that the military would more quickly regain control if the boats would drop 10 miles or so further down out of sight. That there was a turn in the tide was shown by the fact that two looters caught in setting fire to a Chinese-owned hotel (which was patronised by foreigners) had been promptly bayonetted and hanged. So the consul gave orders for our boats to get out of sight.\n\nThe Japanese community (with the exception of one or two who could not be reached) had gathered in the compound of the \"Nisshin Kisen Kaisha,\" and with the help of 200 soldiers—who had been drilled by Japanese instructors—held the compound safe and sound. They were now all on board the \"Siangkiang.\"\n\nOn Saturday morning, the \"Siangtan\" and \"Siangkiang,\" both crowded with foreign passengers, left for Hankow, and the \"Kian\" stayed on alone. During the day reassuring reports came from some of the interior cities connected by telegraph with Changsha. But at 10 P.M. the whole missionary community at Siangtan, with the exception of two gentlemen, arrived on board the governor's tender which had\n\n[2751 2-4]\n\nD\n\n218",
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        "content_text": "2\n\nan effective control across the watershed from the direction of the Salween, as the first step in which they authorised the Tengkeng Sawbwa to advance into the country and take vigorous measures to exact obedience, at the same time laying plans for a After some definite administrative effort before the close of the winter season. opposition the Sawbwa, with from 400 to 500 men, succeeded in reaching the group of Lashi villages lying nearest the frontier, Upper Pienma (Hpimaw) was burned, the submission of the four other villages was ensured, and representatives were left to enforce the payment of all outstanding tolls. In order to ascertain the facts of this raid and the actual conditions prevailing in this inaccessible territory I was instructed by His Majesty's Minister to proceed to Tengkeng on a tour of enquiry, and with this object I left my post at Tengyueh on the 7th April, 1910, accompanied by an escort of ten soldiers from the regular Chinese army which was considered necessary for my safety by the Taotai, as the route ran through the ill-reputed country of the Lisu tribesmen. It may be presumed that the Taotai had reported to the Viceroy at Yünnan-fu the representations which had been made through me regarding the raid, and his refusal to consider the request of the Government of Burmah for the punishment of Tengkeng and the payment of compensation to the villages; in notifying my departure he ventured the suggestion that, although my journey might have been planned merely for purposes of mahseer fishing, he had shrewd suspicions of ulterior motives, as the Salween Valley could scarcely be regarded as a pleasure resort at this season of the year.\n\nJourney through Mingkuang.-On leaving Tengyueh a series of long and narrow valleys, divided by steep and well-defined ranges, and watered by branches of the Taping and Shweli Rivers, run in a due northerly direction till they are blocked at their ends by the range, which strikes east from Manung Pum till it joins the main Irrawady-Salween Divide, and which itself forms the watershed between the N'Maikha and Shweli systems. After reaching Kutung Kai I advanced along the route through the Mingkuang Valley, which rises in a chain of cultivated and well-watered \"patzu\" or plains of gradually increasing altitude till it meets the cross range at its northern extremity. The consulate writer, who accompanied Mr. Litton in 1905, did not cease to exclaim at the progress made by the Chinese settlers since his previous journey; flourishing markets have sprung up along the route, every available acre is under cultivation, and there remain but a few miles to the extreme north where the original Lisu population retain possession of the land, and where grazing grounds are still available for the wandering herds of cattle, sheep, and ponies. The remaining four valleys to the north of Tengyueh are thickly populated and cultivated to the limit of the frontier line, but, although Mingkuang is advancing more slowly in agricultural development, it is undoubtedly the richest of the five belts, and the recent journeys of Mr. Coggin Brown of the Geological Survey of India prove that it is an intensely mineralised area, rich deposits of gold, silver, iron, and copper lying in close proximity to the frontier range, and in many places these are now being worked with Chinese labour and native methods. At the head of this valley one passes from the zone of bare, treeless hills and intense cultivation to a country in which the masses of limestone cliff rise from the pines and evergreens of forest-clad slopes, the foaming torrent of the Mingkuang stream winds a white course through the bracken, the calls of pheasant, sambur, and barking deer break the silence of the morning, and rhododendrons of rich red and white, briar roses, and pyrus japonica, gleam out with a wonderful brilliancy of colour from the grey mists that herald the coming rains, whilst in the forest clearings the ground is carpeted with a purple glow of dainty primulas and ground orchids, raising their heads above the tawny masses of last year's bracken. Even the Chinese were moved to wonder at the beauty of the land, and they twined garlands of flowers in the bridles and packs of the mules, or round the muzzles of their Mauser rifles, which have fallen sadly from their high estate since they were issued new and bright in the year of our Lord 1871.\n\nTa Chu Pa. The fifth day's march brought us to the end of the valley at Ta Chu Pa, where a scattered population of eighty Lisu families eke out a scanty subsistence, and five strongly stockaded Chinese houses form the head-quarters of a thriving trade in coffin planks, which are brought from the forests beyond the range. Here we halted for a day in the hope of getting some information regarding the recent raid, and Hsü Linhsiang, one of the Chinese timber merchants, informed me that he was in part responsible for the petition for assistance, reported in my despatch of the 24th February, but that he could add nothing to his original information as the Tengkeng Sawbwa had threatened to behead him, and that he was therefore banished from his home in the N'Maikha Valley. On the following day the son of the Pienma headman arrived at Ta Chu Pa, and sent a message that spies of Tongkeng and the Pao-shan magistrate were in the village, and had threatened his life if he had any dealings with me; during the night the Chinaman Hsü was kidnapped by these men, and hurried away to Yungchang-fu, and I realised that, as the Chinese had taken such precautions to block my enquiries in Ta Chu Pa, it would be of little use to proceed to Tengkeng. I decided therefore that my only hope of ascertaining the true facts of the case would be to make a forced march across the passes to Pienma, and see for myself what had actually happened. It appeared unwise to proceed into the unadministered territory with a Chinese escort, and in view of the fact that the expedition of 1905 had lost thirty mules on the first day's march, the road was proved impossible for a heavily equipped party. The escort was therefore dispatched in charge of all heavy baggage by the road running through Chinese territory to Tengkeng, and I managed to engage a number of Lisu porters to carry sufficient kit for a week for myself and my personal servants; there was little enthusiasm for the journey, and it was difficult to decide who felt the more aggrieved, the escort who were \"being deserted,\" and left to face the terrors of the road alone, or the men who were to penetrate the \"inner land,\" relying on the protection of a shot-gun, and an assortment of various medicines, the latter of which I have found an unfailing passport to the affections of the frontier tribesmen, the application of salts and embrocations ensuring perennial mental gratification even if their virtues were somewhat misapplied for purposes of physical relief.\n\n3\n\nJourney to Pienma.-On the seventh day we commenced the ascent of the range, the track lying through miles of tangled bamboo brake and dense forest jungle, through which an advance guard of Lashi Kachins hewed a way with their dhas, whilst the ponies struggled and slipped on the steep mountain paths, scrambling over the trunks of great fallen trees, and wading through the rocky torrents. This track is regularly used for a few months of the year by Lisu and Lashi porters, carrying coffin planks from Kangfang down to Mingkuang, but their path was scarcely discernible in the jungle, and the heavy rains which had fallen for several weeks had made of the low-lying portions a hopeless morass. After a long climb we reached the Pass of Ten Shui-ling, and here I was somewhat surprised to find that the tribesmen had a very clear and definite idea of the principle of the frontier. Pointing to the two streams which trickled in opposite directions down the mountain sides they explained that the parting formed the border line between Great Britain and China, and gave me such an insight into the practical meaning of a Divide, as would have proved a liberal education to those distinguished officers of the Chinese Government who in 1904 committed themselves to the statement that in this district the watershed lay at the foot of the mountains. Then with a certain courtesy that went to the heart of the situation, the Lisus handed me over to the Lashis as their guest, and we continued our journey down into the valley of the Ngawchang Kha (known by the Chinese as the Hsiao Chiang). On arrival at the first camp the weather broke, and for five days and nights the rain poured down in ceaseless torrents. The little single-fly tents could not resist the storm, clothes and bedding were sodden, the weight of the porters' loads was greatly increased, and the poor fellows spent their nights in the open, with no protection from the wet ground, or from the beating rain, save a layer of palm fibre. After seeing the hard lives that these tribesmen lead, and the triumph of the elements in their mountain homes, one wonders little at the animism forming the basis of all their faith, or at the fact that the rain and thunder, the lightning, the wind, the forest, and the mountains are all held by demons of malice, whose wrath can only be appeased by offerings and sacrifice. On one day we were obliged to march from dawn till dark without a halt for rest or food, as we found no clearing in the jungle, and the country was reported by the natives to be full of poisonous herbs which the ponies would eat if they halted, with fatal results, and it was therefore with intense relief that we at last saw the Pienma villages on a distant hillside, and felt that the worst of the journey was past. For one brief moment a glimpse of a magnificent snowy range to the north-west marked the division of the Lashi country from that of the Wild Marus, and shortly afterwards we were met by a number of headmen and villagers from Pienma (Hpimaw), who had come out in spite of the storm to offer a welcome.\n\nThe headmen had heard of my approach and evidently believed that Litton had come back, for they said they had waited five years for my return, and there was evident disappointment when they found that there was no army of occupation at my back. They poured forth their grievances at once, however, stating that there were twenty Chinese soldiers in Pienma, that two deputies of the Yungchang prefect were ...\n\n324",
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        "content_text": "Page 6\n\napprobation pour qu'on agisse d'après l'exemple des villes du Chantong et du Hounan. Les règlements de Yao-tehéou et de Tsi-nan visent les locations de terrains; le Gouverneur du Chan-tong a délibéré à ce sujet avec les fonctionnaires étrangers et a fait des proclamations. Cela est dans les archives. Si des commerçants étrangers ont acheté secrètement auparavant des terrains les autorités chinoises ne reconnat-tront pas ces achats; il faudra se soumettre absolument aux règlements fixés pour les cités commerciales.\n\nSi pour faciliter l'application locale des règlements ci-dessus il y a lieu d'y apporter des modifications, on les fixera par la suite.\n\nEnclosure 3 in No. 1.\n\nMr. Max Müller to Consul-General O'Brien-Butler.\n\n(No. 9.)\n\nPeking, August 20, 1910.\n\nSir,\n\nWITH reference to my telegram No. 7 of to-day, instructing you to protest against the trade-mart regulations enclosed in your despatch No. 27 of the 23rd ultimo, I transmit to you herewith, for your information and guidance, the copy of a despatch which I have addressed to His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs on the subject.\n\nWithout criticising the regulations in great detail in that despatch I have drawn attention to some of the principal clauses which, in my opinion, render the regulations unacceptable as they stand. The French Minister informs me that M. Wilden has already protested against them and that he will be instructed to discuss this question with you.\n\nYou should formally protest against the regulations and if, after conversation with French colleague, such a course seems advisable, you should urge on the Chinese authorities the desirability of amending the regulations in a manner acceptable to British subjects. In their present form they are likely to defeat their own object and repel foreign residents and foreign trade from Yunnan-fu rather than attract them.\n\nI am, &c.\n\n(In the absence of His Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires),\n\nERNEST SCOTT.\n\n[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.]\n\n[B]\n\nAFFAIRS OF CHINA.\n\nCONFIDENTIAL.\n\n[33918]\n\nNo. 1.\n\n30791 September 19.] REG\n\n117 10 1 SECTION 1.\n\nMr. Max Müller to Sir Edward Grey.-(Received September 19.)\n\n(No. 251. Confidential.)\n\nSir,\n\nI HAVE the honour to transmit to you herewith the accompanying memorandum.\n\nPeking, July 29, 1910.\n\ncontaining my observations on the heads of missions in Peking.\n\nI have, &c.\n\nEnclosure in No. 1.\n\nW. G. MAX MÜLLER.\n\nMemorandum on the Heads of Missions at Peking.\n\nAustria-Hungary.-M. de Kuczynski, the Austrian Minister, became deyen of the diplomatic body on the recall of M. de Carcer last summer.\n\nM. de Kuczynski has been described by Sir John Jordan, in his despatch No. 267 of the 1st June, 1907. He is a man of agreeable manners, good intentions, and limited capacity. It is thus pleasant to dine with him, but very wearisome to have any work to transact with him. As Austrian Minister his work was practically nil, but the assumption of the \"décanat\" has opened up fresh fields to his activity. Unlike his predecessor, who looked upon his position of doyen as purely honorary, M. de Kuczynski takes his duties most seriously, and as all his little fishes are big whales, the most trivial question--such as the completion of a new list of the diplomatic body, or a proposal that a path shall be laid out on the international glacis-is of sufficient importance in his mind to induce him to call upon some foreign colleague and discuss the matter in all its bearings, with a consequent waste of time not at all welcome to the overworked heads of some of the other missions, meetings of the diplomatic body M. de Kuczynski often acts as the spokesman of the views of the German Legation which the German Minister is unwilling to advocate openly himself. I do not think, however, that this is due to any duplicity on the part of M. de Kuczynski, who is a man without guile, means thoroughly well by everyone, and has shown himself particularly friendly to me since I have been in charge.\n\nAt\n\nMme. de Kuczynska is a pleasant-looking lady of the German bourgeoisie, who makes up in amiability and vivacity of manner what she lacks in tact and discretion. She has literary tastes, and is at present engaged on the composition of a drama which, according to her husband, will make a sensation in the Germanic world. She spends as much of her time as possible in Europe.\n\nGermany.Count Rex, the German Minister, conceals under a cloak of bluff heartiness and apparent indifference to anything except a good dinner, a considerable amount of ability and astuteness. He is of imposing proportions, and his physique is a great help to him in the role which he plays as a representative of the Bismarckian policy of \"action not words.\" His national fondness for food and the good things of this life have not really made him slothful or neglectful of his country's interests. He has, I am assured, a good position with the Chinese. He never worries them over trifles, but speaks out when necessary, and certainly is fairly successful with them. He is distinctly anti-British, but I am all the same on excellent terms with him. He is a little apt to overreach himself when he attempts too much diplomatic finesse, and after comparing notes on one or two occasions the French Minister and I have discovered that he is not trustworthy.\n\n[2893 t-1]\n\nPage 156",
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        "content_text": "## \nammunition, together with his equipment of blankets and waterproof, which weighed about 50 lb. They marched smartly in four companies, with bugles and drums: discipline was excellent throughout the march: the colonel and three other officers and the clerical staff rode, but the non-commissioned officers walked with the men.\n\n## Transport\n\nThe transport for 530 men consisted of 47 mules, 30 of which carried the tents and kit, whilst 17 were loaded with ammunition; there were no guns. With camp followers and muleteers the party comprised about 600 men, and all camped at night. The men wore blue native cloth kit with socks and grass sandals, and arrived looking quite fresh. Eight armourers with portable forges accompanied the party.\n\nOn arrival at Tengyueh they were quartered in the forts outside the city, built about four years ago, but they promptly branded this accommodation as a “pig-sty\", and the next day took possession of the Merchant Guild, the best building in the place, much to the indignation of the local officials and gentry. The behaviour of the troops, indeed, has provoked a good deal of comment, as they will give way to no one in the street and are very over-bearing in manner, nor is the recent incident forgotten when the Prefect of Talifu, meeting them on a narrow road, was deposited in a ditch with his sedan-chair on top of him.\n\nThey are commanded by Colonel Tu Fang La (known in the new army as a \"Tung-tai\" or \"Piao-tung\"), whom Captain Pritchard met. He has not called on any foreigner here, so I have had no opportunity of hearing his views on the situation. The taotai hinted very plainly that he considered him an \"unbearable puppy,\" but these new troops do not fit very smoothly into the Chinese scheme of things, and there is a good deal of jealousy amongst the civil officers and the old military party on account of their regular pay and many privileges. The usual pay of the men is increased by 1 tael (2 rupees) a-month whilst on special service, but this will cease as soon as they receive instructions to remain permanently at Tengyueh; when actually on the march, each man receives 2 mace a-day for food, bringing his pay and allowances up to about 22 rupees a-month. The men and officers are generally bright-looking lads and are evidently very keen; they sing daily and well, but they are too busy surveying the city and the consulate—which does not appear to present any marked strategical points—to be much worried about drills. It is not yet known whether they will remain in Tengyueh, but I think that a permanent garrison of modern troops is now probable.\n\nShould an opportunity occur it would, I think, be a sound thing for a British officer to gather some idea of the Chinese activity both in the Sip Song Panna and the district about A-tun-tze and Likiang, though a journey to either district would be difficult for an officer who did not understand Chinese, and who was unaccustomed to the tribesmen of the frontier. Captain Pritchard made a very good impression on the Chinese during his tour in the summer; they liked his bluff, genial way, and they have grown accustomed to him at the frontier meetings. Should an officer be needed for Yunnan I think he would be very suitable. I would again suggest, too, the advantage to officers in the military police of spending three months' language leave in Tengyueh, where they have opportunities of learning the manners and customs of the country, which are almost as useful as the actual language. I have noticed that those officers who have actually been in China can always make themselves understood in simple ways, and that they have a good, practical grounding in the language, which it appears to be difficult to acquire in Burma.\n\n## Transport in Upper Burmah\n\nOne other point which is worthy of consideration by the military authorities is the question of transport in Upper Burmah. A considerable number of Yunnanese mules are used every year for the ordinary district work, but the engagement of 2,000 animals during the present season for the Myitkyina column was sufficient to cause a marked effect on the supply available from the frontier districts. The mules were fortunately engaged this year through the Tengyueh firm of Chun Yen-chi, which is the strongest and best established house in the Yunnan side of the frontier, and is well backed by the entire Merchant Guild, but even so, it has required all my efforts to keep the head of the firm from imprisonment, and from the embarrassments which the local officials have constantly endeavoured to bring home to him, in spite of the fact that he had no knowledge that the mules would be used for purposes \n\n## Page 442",
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        "content_text": "their courage during the year by an active interest in their affairs, but they are thoroughly alarmed. The Yunnan-fu papers fortunately threatened the life of one big mule owner, Shang, and Hertz tells me that this man has applied for letters of naturalisation, and that he will probably defy Chinese officialdom from his home in Myitkyina. The entire business operations of the Tengyueh contractors, however, were upset throughout the past open season in consequence of the frontier agitation, and they will probably be very shy in making further tenders. I can only suggest that the contract should be worked next year through this man Shang in Myitkyina, and we could probably help him in a quiet way at Tengyueh. The mule owners are generally small men, and the contractor is really a broker, so that he could probably work from British territory without great difficulty. A number of mules might also be collected through a substantial Chinese merchant, who is now living in Lashio, and sent up by rail to the Myitkyina district.\n\n16. We are in the unfortunate position of having practically no transport in Burmah either for military or administrative purposes beyond the Chinese mules. The authorities are now anxious to form a mule corps (with a basis of Chinese mules if they could be obtained), and it seems important that this should be done, with a view to making the movements and rationing of the military police in the Bhamo and Myitkyina districts independent of Chinese aid. A large number of mules have recently been thrown upon the market in consequence of the substitution of the Tonquin-Yunnan-fu Railway for mule transport in the east of the province, and the present season would probably be a favourable one for making purchases. I am reluctant to accentuate the difficulties of this question, as the military authorities are inclined to take a somewhat serious view of the Chinese problem, and it appears unwise to make statements which might create unnecessary alarm.\n\n17. It was difficult to break down the idea that China could be entirely neglected on the north-east frontier, but the pendulum has swung heavily since the march of Chao-Ehr-feng's troops to Lhassa, and the possibility of a strong Yunnan army in the near future has now been foreseen, whilst the military unpreparedness of Burmah has been recognised, especially in the way of transport. It seems only right and sound that the real military position in Yünnan should be watched, but I feel very strongly that there is no menace to us from that direction for some years to come, and that by a stiff back and a little bluff now we can establish our frontier position without the least risk of serious opposition, whilst every year of delay will make it harder to secure a satisfactory border-line. The Yunnan authorities are too dependent on the prestige of the new army to risk a defeat, and I do not believe for a moment that they would even allow a conflict until they have established the new troops a little more firmly and have furnished adequate supplies of ammunition and taught their men to use it.\n\nPowang Raid.\n\n18. Since leaving Tengyueh I have had an opportunity of seeing Thornton's report of this incident. There seems little doubt that the trouble arose out of an internal dispute in Burmah as to the office of headman in a notoriously unruly district, and that the Chinese Kachins came in to help the rioters. The trouble has been settled for the time being, but that corner of Yunnan is ruled by dissolute and irresponsible sawbwas, and may give trouble at any time unless the Chinese will take it in hand. Thornton recommends—\n| Num | Recommendation |\n| --- | --- |\n| (1.) | That a claim of 5,776 rupees be presented for property stolen and destroyed; |\n| (2.) | That a claim of 2,300 rupees be presented for loss of life and grievous hurt in accordance with frontier law; |\n| (3.) | That the offenders should be punished by the Chinese; and |\n| (4.) | That the stolen animals and property should be recovered by the Chinese authorities and returned. |\n\n19. I concur most fully in Thornton's view that the violation of the frontier was a very serious affair; points 3 and 4 appear to demand vigorous action by the Chinese in the Kachin country, and they could be pressed to take such action from Tengyueh; these points could probably be settled locally. With regard to points 1 and 2, however, I see no possibility of obtaining compensation from the Chinese unless you saw your way to making representations at Peking, and I do not think that our case is sufficiently strong to warrant us in asking you to do this. There is no doubt that the trouble originated in our own country, and that numbers of our own people were concerned with the deaths and the loss of property, and it would be very difficult to proportion the blame and the retribution between the British and Chinese Kachins. The Yunnan-fu authorities have taken a very decided attitude in refusing compensation, and I see no chance of enforcing payment from them locally. As we are unlikely to obtain compensation, therefore it seems sounder not to present a definite claim, but to confine ourselves to a general line of protest.\n\n20. At the same time this has been one of the most serious raids in recent years; but for the intervention of the Chinese Kachins the local trouble could have been quelled without difficulty, and if the taotai had taken ordinary precautions there would have been no such intervention. I think, therefore, that this case would justify a demand for the removal of the taotai. Taotai Liu Chun held a durbar of all the Shan sawbwas and tribal chiefs, and he told them that frontier trouble at any point would mean the removal of the tribal authority, hinting at the same time that such removal would be permanent, and that the Chinese would undertake the administration of the State in future. During the whole of that year we had not one instance of serious trouble on the frontier, proving the great moral influence which is wielded from the Tengyueh head-quarters.\n\n21. Since the arrival on the frontier of Taotai Keng the position has been reversed. Throughout the troubles in the British Shan States last summer he sent messages to the Chinese Shans which were provocative in character, and at one time he circulated a report that the British had been wiped out in the northern Shan States and that eighty had been killed. During the frontier meeting last January he received from us a general official warning that his attitude was a direct incitement to border troubles in the Kachin country, and a special call to prevent a raid on Powang. His failure to take action precipitated this violation of the frontier, and his retention in office will be a constant menace, as is proved by the recent report of a raid on the Bhamo district, and the massing of Kachin rebels in stockades between Nantien, Lungchuan, and Mengmao.\n\n22. It is unlikely that the Chinese would appoint a friendly taotai to the frontier at the present crisis, but Chinese officials do not like losing their billets, and a successor might be a little more careful and a little less ill-balanced if the tradition of the dismissal of an anti-British taotai was substituted for the elevation to high office of the Taotai Chin. I believe that the removal of the present taotai would incidentally strengthen our position in arranging for the supply of mule transport next autumn.\n\nBhamo-Tengyueh Road.\n\n23. Howell travelled with me for a few days from Tengyueh, and we examined a stretch of mountain country with a view to discovering a possible new route for the third section of the road up to Tengyueh, which will be constructed next year if mule tax funds are available. We found a feasible track over the hills which could be made safe and satisfactory throughout the rains, though I think that on general principles we should not too greatly lengthen the road in an effort to obtain good gradients. A safe dry track is the main need; mules do not mind steep gradients, and only make short cuts across them if they are too much prolonged. Howell takes a different view of the matter from Carey, and he is willing to advise the Chinese that the construction of this most difficult stretch with amateur supervision would be a waste of public money and a responsibility which the road committee should not properly incur. With his concurrence, I have approached the Government of Burmah with a request for assistance in obtaining trained supervision, and the Public Works Department have very kindly undertaken to find us three men, a native engineer to align the road, and two supervisors of labour. Their wages would be about 150 rupees, 60 rupees, and 50 rupees a-month respectively. Their engagement would of course be subject to the approval of the taotai, but Smith might make this a condition of any new agreement in regard to the mule tax. Mr. O. C. Lees of the Public Works Department, who has been good enough to promise his advice and assistance in this matter, tells me that he could probably arrange for three good men whose services are being dispensed with on a reduction of the Public Works Department staff, and such an arrangement would avoid the necessity for a formal application to the Government of India, whilst their monthly wages would be lower than those of officers detached for foreign service. It is probable also that the Chinese might not object to the supervision of natives of India, provided that they were not actually in the employ of the Government of Burmah.",
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        "content_text": "# Enclosure 2 in No. 1.\n\n## Consul Wilkinson to Sir J. Jordan.\n\n**(No. 52.) Sir,**\n\nNanking, October 9, 1912.\n\nI HAVE the honour to enclose copies in English and Chinese of the letter which I addressed on the 20th ultimo to Governor Cheng, protesting, in the terms laid down in your despatch of the 12th September, against the proposed opium monopoly in this district and the forcible prohibition of all opium smoking at the end of the present year. To this communication I have received no reply; on the contrary, since I dispatched it, the governor has issued circular instructions to all civil administrators under his jurisdiction reminding them that the time limit fixed for the eradication of opium smoking is the 31st December next, and ordering all raw and prepared opium shops to be closed down by the 30th of next month.\n\nAccording to the local newspaper the governor is acting in the matter under direct instructions from Peking.\n\nI am writing to Mr. Cheng to-day expressing my surprise at this circular, in view of the protest which I had addressed him, and requesting a reply, for your information, at his earliest convenience. I propose, too, to call on him as soon as the festivities celebrating the anniversary of the republic are over.\n\nI may mention that the poppy was freely grown in the north of this province last spring, and that the import of native opium into Nanking continues.\n\nA house-to-house search for opium and opium smokers was carried out in Nanking at the end of last month. The residences of opium smokers are now placarded with notices announcing the fact, to the great disgrace, from a Chinese point of view, of the occupants. The general opinion appears to be that the authorities are not really serious in their intention to prohibit smoking totally at the end of the year, and that the present campaign is in the nature of a bluff to frighten smokers into giving up the habit. The result is expected to be very lucrative in any case for the police, to whom the duty of enforcing the prohibition has been entrusted.\n\nI have, &c.\n\n## Extract from Instructions\n\n\"You should inform the governor that Indian opium is a legitimate article of import into China, that the importer thereof has a right under treaty to dispose of that opium to whomsoever he pleases in the port of import, and that the closing of opium shops and the establishment of official bureaux, with the exclusive privilege to sell at Nanking or elsewhere in the province would be an infringement of that right. You should also inform him that the republican Government undertook to uphold all treaties and agreements with foreign Powers, that by the Opium Agreement of last year the British Government agreed, on certain conditions, to diminish annually the export of opium from India to China till its extinction in 1917, that the export of opium from India should cease in less than seven years if clear proof were given of the complete absence of production of native opium in China, and that Indian opium should not be conveyed into any province in China which could establish by clear evidence that it had effectively suppressed the cultivation and import of native opium, but that there is nothing in that agreement to indicate that the import of Indian opium into China must cease at the end of the present year, and that Indian opium will continue to be a legitimate article of import and trade until the conditions named in the Opium Agreement have been fulfilled by China.\n\nYou should at the same time remind the governor that by the Opium Agreement all laws dealing with the retail trade in opium must be made by the Chinese Government, and that provincial regulations on the subject are irregular and invalid.\"\n\nWith reference to the question of the production of native opium I would add that I recently made a journey up the Tien-tsin-Pukow Railway as far as Linhuaikuan, in the course of which I ascertained that last spring opium was freely grown along the entire route of the line, from which the fields were plainly visible. I was also informed that there is a considerable illicit trade now going on with other provinces. In view of these facts, it would seem that it cannot even be claimed by this province that the cultivation of opium has been suppressed within its borders.\n\nI have, &c.\n\n**F. E. WILKINSON.**\n\n## Enclosure 2 in No. 1.\n\n### Consul Wilkinson to the Governor of Kiangsu.\n\nNanking, September 20, 1912.\n\nTHE attention of this consulate was recently drawn by the British merchants at Shanghai engaged in the Indian opium trade to the proposed establishment by the chief police administration in Nanking of a bureau with the exclusive right of selling both raw and prepared opium, and also to a proclamation issued by the same administration totally prohibiting the smoking of opium after the end of the present year. It was pointed out by the merchants that the establishment of a monopoly would be at variance with the existing treaties, while the forcible prohibition of opium smoking at the end of the year was a violation of the Opium Agreement of 1911. They therefore requested me to make representations to you on the subject so that the proposed monopoly might be prevented and the proclamation withdrawn.\n\nYour Excellency will, of course, recollect that when you called at this consulate the other day I referred to the question of this proposed monopoly, of which I had already heard, and that you assured me in reply that the scheme, being undoubtedly at variance with the treaties, would not receive your sanction. In view of this assurance, which I duly communicated to the merchants, it is unnecessary for me to raise the question again. But of the issue of the proclamation fixing the end of the present year as the limit of time within which the consumption of opium must entirely cease I was not then aware. If such a step is really contemplated it cannot but very seriously affect the interests of all British merchants engaged in the Indian opium trade, and for this reason, before addressing you on the subject, I deemed it my duty to apply to my Government for explicit instructions as to the action which I should take.\n\nThese instructions have now been communicated to me by His Majesty's Minister at Peking, and are to the following effect...\n\n## Enclosure 3 in No. 1.\n\n### Extract from \"Shen Pao\" of October 1, 1912.\n\n**FURTHER RIGOROUS PROHIBITION OF OPIUM BY THE SOOCHOW GOVERNOR.**\n\nGOVERNOR CHENG has issued circular instructions to the civil administrators of the various districts in the following terms:\n\n\"On the creation of the republic the most important task is to eradicate the opium poison. I have already fixed the end of the year as the time-limit by which the people of this province should have entirely given up smoking the drug, and this order is on record in the twenty-seventh issue of the `Official Gazette`.\n\nNow a prohibition of this sort, to be effectively carried out, requires the greatest energy on the part of the civil administrators, who should prepare various schemes, either for persuading the people or for restraining them forcibly. If the officials will co-operate with the guilds, and be active in making up for lost time, they will not be behindhand when the time-limit expires. Up to the present, various magistrates have reported that the really effective steps which they have been able to take to improve matters have been very scanty. They lay stress, however, on the difficulties to be met with, and they request me to indicate a procedure which may be promulgated for general observance. This is really a most unreasonable attitude, and amounts to a mockery of the important work of government.\n\n\"I have already received reports from various places, but only the districts of Hua Ting and Chang Shu and the central police bureau at Nanking have settled on a scheme and avoided empty talk in their reports. The method adopted by the district of Hua Ting is fair and easy to put into operation successfully. I have therefore combined together the methods adopted in these three places, and I hereby issue circular instructions to all magistrates to act in accordance therewith after a careful study as to which method is most applicable to their district.",
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        "content_text": "## C. D. \nA 3DEC \n**DRAFT.** \n10. \n36716/12 \nIhSqS: \n**Revenue Dept.** \n**India Office.** \n**MINUTE.** \n\nMre Robail on 3//2 Mr. Stubb \nSir G. Fiddes. \nSir H. Just. \nSir J. Anderson. \nLord Emmoit. \nMr. Harcourt. \n\nEn Couff: 23 the \nelnyy \n29573 \nDo En Conf 20098) \nser minute on 37982, \nLov: \nq \n525 \nsee 12 \n\nI am directed to acknowledge the letter (No. ROS. 3620) of the 20th instant, with regard to the legislation contemplated by the Government of Hong Kong to regulate the importation of opium intended for Formosa. \n\n2. I am to request you to lay before the Marquess of Crewe the accompanying copy of the draft bill, together with the Governor's despatch of 10th December, and a memorandum by ... \n7.",
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        "content_text": "## \nL. 166 \nAkong. 15094/12 \n**DRAFT** \nHong Kong Cauff. `(10665)` \nImots \n**MINUTE** \n\nMr. Robinson 28/5 \nMr. Shibas 24 \nSir G. Fiddes. 24 \nSir H. Just. \nSir J. Anderson. \nLord Emmott. \nMr. Harcourt. \n\n344 \n345 \n13407 \n\nFor 2. Lugard 26th stil \nSundhorgard guy `(12 330)` \nInd \n25th May 12 \n\nI have the honour to ack the receipt `(Si 7. Lugard's deep N. 9)` by the 15thgsmanh, & yf. deep Me 124 of the 19 April of compte dup / `(13581)` the 12th April with regard to the purchasers & it pon the termenis & the fat In Fath (an ton Kowloon hai long.\n\n2. Informed you by tibgraph an Sistinged lothby `(150g)` the 23rd May that I approved the proposal to acquire the land agmied for the station by purchase, \nI have ht to compin that",
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        "content_text": "## KOWLOON AND ADJACENT TERRITORIES\n\n|  |  |\n\n0 \nSa-tsiang \nFuk-yun \nHONG KONG, \n114' \n\nFOR CORRECTION AND RETURN WITH ANNUAL REPORT; See Circular of 30 April, 1903.\n\nCHUKIANG \nCANTON \nRIVER \n16' \n22' \n65\" \n\n### Territory under Convention of 1860 Boundary under Convention 1898\n\n| Location         |              |\n| ---------------- | ------------ |\n| Piang-ti         | TUNG         |\n| Shan             | Shak-ky WAN  |\n| Ten-ter          | Liong-tu-ho  |\n| Tong-poi         | Lung-kong    |\n| KUI              | Tong-lak     |\n| Kon-lan          | Hsin-hi      |\n| Shak-kong        | VoTai-Tong-tu|\n| Chong-hang-kang  | Wang-kong    |\n| Pan-ten          | \"Li-long\"    |\n| Shong-tung       | chun         |\n| Keishung         |              |\n| Pak-ahak-lung    | Pu-kak by    |\n| Mai m            | Wu-shak-ngam |\n| Apo-A            | Long-heu     |\n| Lung-fad         | Yong-tai-shan|\n| 30               | 55           |\n| BIAS             |              |\n| Pa-kongo         | Tiaam-kai    |\n| Ki-chun          |              |\n| TAI-PUNG-SANG    | Sa-ng-chung  |\n| BAY              | Wong-mug     |\n| Tiptuk           | Peng-shows   |\n| R                | Pit-chau     |\n| Namo             | Sai Houng    |\n| NAM-TAO          | Ha-tani      |\n| BÔ TẢI CHẠM      | Tai-san      |\n| Tai-san          | Ma-chau      |\n| Lin-tin          | Ping Cheng   |\n| BAY              | Wan had      |\n| Chak-wan         | HSIN NGA N   |\n| Lon-tong         | Lofong       |\n| Sam-chun         | (SUM-ON)     |\n| Lungteubhy       | Sha-tau      |\n| DEEP BAY         | OR HAU-HOI   |\n| Hein-ten         | Mi-pizo      |\n| Sheang           | chuk-yeng    |\n| Lim-shuto        | Pingshan     |\n| Kam-tin          | Lung-ku      |\n| Tai-shui-hang    | Chin-shan    |\n| O                | Pet-long     |\n| Nam-long         | YefShui-Jou  |\n| (Sachau          | ROAD         |\n| Song-chau        | Creasent 1.  |\n| Sha-to           | Yam-ten &    |\n| Sha-aukk         | Kat          |\n| Crooked I.       | okuk-pu      |\n| Wo-hang          | Wang-ling-tau|\n| Plover Cove      | 4            |\n| Tin-kok          | Shon-wana    |\n| Tai-po           | La-10        |\n| RAKWA            | Tai-mo-shan  |\n| Lok Lo           | 3            |\n| TOLO HARBOUR     | Talo         |\n| Channel          | Tai-shui-hang|\n| Tam-tea          | Ko-tongo     |\n| Bluff Hd         | ~* Chak-kanga|\n| Port Island      | Grass 1.     |\n| Tep-mun          | Tan-ka-wan   |\n| Mire             | Shak-hang    |\n| Hai-wang         | Pet-kong     |\n| Sai-kung         | Poke         |\n| fai-lam-chung    | Tsin-wan     |\n| Chun             | Ma-wan       |\n| Lai Chi Kok      | Kau-lung.    |\n| -hue             | -Be wand     |\n| Tai-             | Hapu-teaio   |\n| KOWLOON CITY     |              |\n| Sham Shui Po     | Mongriak     |\n| shan             | Tai-long     |\n| Fung Head        | Pchin-hang   |\n| Fung 3ay         | 1            |\n| Las-nai-wa       | Ping Pt      |\n| She wan          | High L       |\n| ter              | {wen-O       |\n| p-ong-wan        | Town 1.      |\n| 3 Basalt I.      | Triand       |\n| Chu-lu-kok       | HONG         |\n| Lighthouse       | Ping-chau    |\n| Green            | MOR          |\n| -KONG            |              |\n| \"sim-Sha         | Taiz         |\n| HAR              | Chau         |\n| VICTOR           | Tung-ahung   |\n| Chau-kung        | LAN-TAO      |\n| (TAI-U SHAN).    | Silver Mine  |\n| Aberdeen         | HONG KONG    |\n| Bay              | Tai-ku-abaw  |\n| Cheung-Chau.     | A-Chau'      |\n| Taiwan           | Lamma 1)     |\n| (Pok-Liu         | oShak-ku-WRI |\n| BAST             | LAMMA CHAN.  |\n| Ta-tong          | Yong-ma-kok  |\n| Fury Roaks       | Tai-long     |\n| Head             | [¿'Aquilar)  |\n| Chan             | Lo-chau      |\n| Wag-lan          | Sun-kong     |\n| Lighthouse       | Bu-doi       |\n| Ninepin Group    | Lam-tong 1.  |\n| Lap-sap-mi I     | 14           |\n| 27% K. LAT.      | LE MA        |\n| CHANNEL          | Chi-chau II  |\n| 114-             |              |\n| Kak-ten          |              |\n\nNOTE \nTerritory under Convention of 1860 Boundary under Convention 1898 \nEnglish Miles (00-18m \n1 \nSamun \nOrdnance Survey Office, Southampton, 1912.\n\nPage 60\nPage 61",
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        "content_text": "## \nBritish Companies other than China Companies and Hong Kong Companies within the meaning of this Order.\n\n18. This Order shall come into effect on ...\n\nAnd the Right Honourable Sir Edward Grey, Baronet, K.G., one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, is to give the necessary directions herein.\n\n**DRAFT**\n\nMMS. IS.\n\nMein Office \n`JR27/5` \nMe Griffin `27/` \n\n15401/13 \nAlong \n455 \n`C.D, #23MAY` \n\n7. Water (`N° 136:9/13`) 1st shidday with regard to the draft China (Companies) ... \nInder informail of schiet zou dich dent 4. Edward Grey that he \nconeurs in the view that \nthe deputy Registrar to be \nan Imperial Officer ...\n\n| Copy Cart: | Kur cons of couff. sintined at Shanghaion |\n| --- | --- |\n| Copy You. Conf | 30 May ... |\n\nX \n2. M. Anecount coneurs \nwith dff O. m C \namended, outjat Lowerin ...",
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        "content_text": "FAK.\n\n27/3/x\n\nPLOVER COVE\n\nJOLEJ MAAS ONE\n\nno\n\nMIRS BAY\n\nTOLO CHANNEL\n\nFondosure 2.\n\nTAMPUNG HARASSME BAY\n\nQ STOLLE MIDDLE GROUP\n\nBLUFF OKAUP ISLAND\n\nTUMI ANG ISLAND\n\nBO TRIPLE COMEND;\n\nBIAS BAY\n\nHARLEM BAY\n\nMENDOZA ISLAND\n\n184\n\nA. Position of ship when seized at sea, by pirates.\n\nwhen left.\n\nB.",
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        "content_text": "NX\n\nR\n\nJay Mony\n\n31831 et\n\nC.O.\n\n31831\n\nPEC?\n\nRFC 24 AUG 14\n\nA\n\n\"Wit's\n\nMay Couff Seditions Indian Surpapers\n\n1914\n\n17th Huby\n\nLast previous Papar,\n\nWy19596\n\n(ofry (with ingt anctomies) to 1.0. in/12/a 26 thing\n\nA\n\nReports sigures of copies of \"Shadar\" \"Kansi-jong\n\nspil's\n\n\"je Domo Dept. HR275/14\n\nYom Supp\n\n7\n\ncopy\n\n1.0.4\n\n25/8/144\n\nRus\n\nwiell\n\n2578/14\n\n+ sendo\n\nUN 25-8-14\n\nIhave spoken & Mr. Dan's: melomnes ind\n\nM\n\nHext subsequent Paper.\n\n2 8761\n\n165) Wt.31,086—13, 15,000. 12/13. A &E.W.\n\nmigt. Ribs/14-\n\npo\n\n83\n\nPage 90\n\nPage 91\n\nF\n\ni\n\nす",
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        "content_text": "CHUKIANG \n\nOR \n\nCANTON RIVER \n\nSa-tsing \n\n*Fuk-yun \n\nFOR CORRECTION AD RETUR \n\nWITH ANNUAL REPORT; \n\nSee Circular of 30 April, 1908. \n\nHONG-KONG, KOWLOON AND ADJACENT TERRITORIES. \n\n114 \n\n15/ \n\nPiang tid \n\nHAN \n\nTan-tou Tong-pai \n\nShak-kai \n\nTUNG \n\nSK WAN \n\nLingtoho \n\nLung kong \n\nTong-lak \n\nHein-hi \n\nVoTai-Tong-tu \n\nKUI \n\nKon-las \n\nWu-shak-ngam \n\nShak-kong \n\nChorig-hang-kang \n\nA. po-ki \n\nLong-hau 8 \n\nLung-fa \n\nYong-tai-shan \n\nSin hi \n\nOpen ten \n\nWang-kong \n\nLi-Jozp \n\nShang-tungs \n\nTai-wa-chun \n\nHe \n\nPak shak-lung \n\nPu-kak \n\nKaichung \n\nSha-tao \n\nYam-ten & \n\nMoj-lim \n\nÁ Sai-Heung \n\nHa-Ceai \n\nTAI-CHAM BAY \n\nNAM-TAO \n\nPing Chang \n\nLongtaubhy \n\nHSIN NG A/N tong \n\nLoJant (SUM-QN; Sam-chuo \n\nSha-tau \n\nMa-shau \n\nWao-ha DEEP BAY HAU-HOI \n\nChak wan \n\nSan-tin \n\nSha \n\nMi-puo \n\nWang-ling-tau \n\nChuk-yen \n\nTin-koko \n\nShon-wan \n\nPlover Cove \n\nLim-ahun \n\nTolo \n\nPingshan \n\nTOLO HARBOUR \n\nKam-tin \n\nTai-shui-hang \n\nLin-tin \n\nKi-chun \n\nPa-kong ¿Tisam-kai \n\nSa-ng-chung \n\nCrooked I. \n\nSang shan \n\nHarbe \n\nCrescent !. \n\nRo-tongo \n\nBluff Hd \n\nChak-kang \n\nPort Jaland \n\nGrass I Tap-mun \n\nTan-ke-wan \n\nShair hang Hai-wang \n\nChin-bang \n\nBIAS \n\nTAI-PUNG-SANG \n\nBAY \n\nWong-mu \n\nTipfuk \n\nHasha \n\nPeng-cha \n\nPit-shuu \n\nMira \n\nTai-long \n\nShui-lov \n\nTai-mo-shan \n\nChin-shan \n\nLok Lo \n\nPat-long \n\nTai-shut-hang \n\nPat-kong Sai-kung \n\nLan-Dei-wad \n\nNam-Jong, \n\nYam-ten \n\nFung Hend \n\nFung Bay \n\nPing Pt \n\nLung-ku \n\nSa-shau \n\nTai-lam-ahung \n\nTsin-wan \n\nShatia \n\nJung, \n\nChun \n\nhue \n\nLai-Chi-Kok \n\nHigh L \n\nShelter \n\nKOWLOON CITY \n\nTown \n\nSham-Shui-Po \n\nBasalt \n\nChi-ja-kok \n\nFaim-She Tea \n\nPing-chan Green \n\nTung-hung \n\nRow Chad \n\nThưChâu \n\nShaw-ki-waro \n\nChau-kung \n\nPokulum \n\nLAN-TAO TAI-U SHANI \n\nSilver Mine \n\nAberdeen HONG-KONG \n\nSpilt pat \n\npilabad \n\nNinepin \n\nA Group \n\nLam-tong \n\nTaiku-chau \n\nTai-wand \n\nCheung-C \n\nA-Chau \n\nLamme I) osh-ku-wan (Pok-Liu \n\nEAST I AMMA CHAN., \n\nTa-tong \n\nTel-longhan \n\nHead \n\nWong mula \n\n-kok Fury Rocks \n\nZochau \n\nWag-lan Sun-kong hugen Pu-toi \n\nOTY10 \n\nLap-sap-mi \n\nLEMA \n\nCHANNEL \n\nChi-obau \n\nKakten \n\nNOTE \n\nTerritory under Convention of 1860 Boundary under Convention 1898 \n\nIndah Miles (101) \n\n30 \n\nSamun \n\nOrdnance Survey Office. Southampton, 1912 \n\nPage 270\n\nPage 271",
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        "content_text": "## Senior Naval Officer, West River, to Commander-in-Chief, China Station.\n\n589  \nH.M.S. \"Moorhen\"  \nat Canton,  \nSir:-  \nMay 5, 1914.\n\nIn accordance with Art. 536, C.S.O.B., I have the honour to submit the following remarks and suggestions for the checking of piracy amongst British ships running between Hongkong and the West River ports.\n\nIn view of the recent piracy on S.S. \"Tal On\", I trust that these may prove of some use. Incidentally this piracy having occurred outside the West River, did not come under the sphere of patrol of the West River Flotilla.\n\n### District Covered by Pirates.\n\nThe districts in which the pirates reside are Chek Kai Tong, Houng Shan and the adjacent islands. The main estuary running through these districts, viz., from Kongmoon to Macao, is little touched by pirates as the foreign shipping is only of a very inferior type and probably not worth pirating. Whereas in the main route of steamers, viz. First Cliff and Wan mun the piracy is kept down partly by the irregular but frequent movements of H.M. Torpedo-boats - the knowledge of the said movements being confined to the Commanding Officers only but they are chiefly kept in check by the very vigorous steps taken by the Chinese gunboats, armed launches and troops.\n\nI feel sure that in many of the wilder places practically all the inhabitants would, if the occasion occurred, be pirates, especially in the Fu Tiu",
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        "content_text": "592 \n\nA year ago I started a system of signalling between H.M. Ships and British steamers on the West River, but partly owing to the lack of enthusiasm displayed by both parties, and partly owing to frequent changes in officers, those signals have not been a success, and I think that a special code drawn up, published and strictly adhered to is necessary.\n\nAt present some difficulty is experienced in making steamers dip their ensigns, no doubt they also have complaints to make re the answering dip.\n\nThe advisability of keeping the movements of West River Flotilla confidential is in my opinion essential, especially in view of the fact that compradores both at Hongkong and other ports always evince great interest in learning our probable movements. A memorandum to this effect has been promulgated by me to all Commanding Officers of Gunboats and Torpedo-boats.\n\nWith the addition of the two vessels mentioned in my suggestion No. 1, and with my suggestion No. 2 being brought into force, the West River shipping would, in my opinion be sufficiently secure to allow the torpedo-boats to escort the Canton steamers, one of the smaller gunboats being stationed between Jang-mum and First Cliff to assure the Chinese patrol in this district being kept up to the mark.\n\nThe Canton-Fuchow steamers have up to lately been effectually escorted by Chinese torpedo-boats, but within the last week or two these have been withdrawn, I am going to bring the matter before the Consul-General.\n\nI have &c.,  \n(signed) A. Dixon.  \nLieutenant & Commander  \nS.N.O. Canton & West River.",
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        "content_text": "611 \n\nto allow the torpedo-boats to escort the Canton steamers, one of the smaller gunboats being stationed between Wangun and First Cliff to assure the Chinese patrol in this district being kept up to the mark.\n\nThe Canton-Wuchow steamers have up to lately been effectually escorted by Chinese Torpedo-boats, but within the last week or two these have been withdrawn. I am going to bring the matter before the Consul-General.\n\nI have, etc., \n(Signed) A. DIXON. \n**Lieutenant and Commander** \nS.N.O. Canton and West River.\n\n1",
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        "content_text": "## List of Shareholders\n\n| Name | Address | Occupation | No. of shares |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Andrews, Henry William | 1050 Bluff, Yokohama | Merchant | 3 |\n| George, Ernst Watson | do. | do. | 740 |\n| Fischer, Carl Ludwig Bodo von | 14 Siccawei Rd., Shanghai | Merchant | 323 |\n| Colton, George Willis | 2170 Bluff, Yokohama | Merchant | 2 |\n| Dougal, Robert Spence | 1 Foochow Road, Shanghai | Merchant | 740 |\n| Seitz, Johann P. F. | 16 The Bund, Shanghai | Broker |  |\n| Raddatz, Eugene M. H. | 33 Bund Road, Shanghai | Merchant | 1,814 |\n| Seitz, Mrs. Blith | 16 The Bund, Shanghai |  |  |\n| Andrews, Mrs. Elizabeth Smith | 1050 Bluff, Yokohama |  |  |\n| Arlt, Hermann | 1 Foochow Road, Shanghai | Merchant |  |",
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        "content_text": "# \n\n401 \n\nI have accordingly to request your kind offices in the matter of obtaining for Mr. Neville admission into some suitable Institution. It is possible that the Home for aged Mariners, founded by Mr. W. Cliff at Egremont, Cheshire, might be able to receive him.\n\nI have the honour to be,\n\nSir,\n\nYour most obedient,\nhumble servant,\nArmagh\nGovernor, &c.",
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        "content_text": "## LIST \nto facilitate etc. at the end of our now to ToravoD enT. asinolo sud Tot (Cliff ylut nöër „m.q 18.3 c1110 Isirolo Devisoef)\n\n## JEI VALL\n\nCIST_ēlst vinē ri Jnino ni enened med ent To eno ni ydil noiden ymans to ancereq İlsætulori ‚msi2,enino) yrend and naiv missyt edt nenW\n\n.maiz BoToŤ OJNÍ Bomoo diti noite:sfoort (0900401 won BİB19¶ emse ens ni sỞ ENINO ni snemeð [liw yiul noVC and, no DALXII,O TO Jnesiaar anosreç as adosquez lís ni moitiaoq anext seond vino Iliw to YISM/00 ymane ni saeniaud ro ,noicausisori ni betreinora yllsortidega 97s noinw anoitos anoiJesup zniwollot en .lngelli ed esrot ni Jnese10 Ja\n\n## COFCIB OVAN\n\nYlæelli 90 9ewoozejni yaIDSIC-non lateneg [IN\n\nof eloBil ed snino ni ansarted 10 ydreqong [[i¥ .II\n\nDeilis (B braço no bruct ii noicerrabroo bre STS198 ai ci 11 „JrOG OMOHONOH mi to saạ de leasey JMANSTOM ferstrajni of glossivos Jİ Bİ‚elosil to atosIJnco aiseixe lo conenatriem and IIIW .III evad snino ni anamed) fizzelli emocea vonegs bns 9OLVI98 yu bayolçme Sis soilog meloni nesjayid .èèvolque naIJгtä deititä woznali,noisasonoú married to liomol legroİN...... as asd ynsquoð narcind erd .abyoleme named evad amrit OVİJLJNORS7qət geodw nesijio aejudā bedink notnsƆ ni Jnsge tleemirí nesičio nejst2 petim are ons nameð ei nojna) is\n\n887\n34168\n65\n\nwas formerly agent New York of a German firm carrying on business in Hongkong and China. Prohibition against making payments may decide some of these cases practically. Another question is whether allowed to board British ships in Chinese ports should be boarded by German shipping custom house officers in employment of Chinese Government. **[This case is stopped]**\n\nWill leases by British subjects to Germans in China be terminated? In the case of leases by Germans in China to British subjects payment of rent will be illegal; but will leases be terminated or will lessors be able at the end of the war to sue for rent.\n\n**[Will German cases be (illegible)]** Transactions with companies carrying on business \n\n## IV.\nin Shanghai which are German in all but their Hongkong registration. Will these be legal?\n\n## V. \nCami\n\n## VI. \nWill correspondence which does not relate to transactions specifically prohibited be transmissible to Germans in China (a) if it is from neutral countries (b) if it is from British Dominions.\n\n725\n? No\n\n## VII. \nWill liquidators of German firms in Hongkong be able to correspond with Germans in China with regard to liquidation and will it be possible for persons in British Dominions to correspond with Germans in China with regard to suspension of contracts or other arrangements in the case of unfinished transactions. There appear to be no local powers as there are under the former Proclamation to grant licences.\n\n## VIII. \nProclamation primarily concerns the British authorities in China but it also concerns this Colony where in many cases the directions have to be given for acts.",
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        "content_text": "# HONG KONG \nMay 15 1915 \n38643 \n\nWith reference to landing up of meats \n\n**REC** 38643 \n103 \n**REG 20 MG 151** \nLading up of mess to Cauff 60 July. Hair information respecting \n\nCare Bunje \nLast previous Paper. \nGos 38634 \nwy Terpay som Jolen's \nMappin \n* Webb 1 sept \ncom 40?, Sept 4?? 2. Dept Oct 20 16 \nto 70. \n\nNext subsequent Paper \n4861 \n\nI think we might send copy of that derp & Maffin \nWell. M. \n? Copy of 3823 Now to to Home Offic \nmit 28 Rasssses. under \nI don't quite position stand \n(85,105), WL31,868-13, 25,000. 12/18. A.LE.W. (107,000 £1,997–51. 45,000 21/14 \n\nThe ...",
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        "content_text": "# 373\n\nAnd we knew we could not pay, we should have told Krupp and asked for a respite exactly as if it had been the acceptance of a bill by a bank. It is to be hoped that you succeeded in making amends with the half of an advance from the **R.A.B.** (Russo-Asiatic Bank) in Tientsin, which I arranged so that they will not bear a grudge against us in this matter. In future, nothing of a similar nature should occur, as it can easily be avoided, because all such obligations are dealt with in themselves exactly as acceptances and are entered in the bill-book.\n\nThen we could confidently leave it to Krupp as to whether they had determined to withdraw the representation from us. I can hardly imagine that. For my part, I think it is bluff when the people in Essen now talk of new contract conditions. See that we do not allow ourselves to become anxious but let us keep our end up, and then the decision will be postponed for a year in order to see how things turn out in China. For nobody in Essen really believes that they can manage without Carlowitz and Co. We must therefore conduct ourselves properly but should put up with no bad treatment from Essen. I find that the things which Essen has been doing lately go somewhat too far. In my answer of the 18th instant re the **Inhui loan**, I have referred to the unwarranted attacks which are contained in Krupp's letter to you. I also regard the attitude of Krupps (according to their letter of October 5th) as very mean in the question of interest re the **Nanking battery**, in which Krupp makes an extra profit of **H. 20,000** (presumably at our expense, since we cannot treat the Chinese so unfairly) so that he makes 8% per annum on the whole amount of the order from and after the day on which the order was placed. Unfortunately, I cannot do anything in this matter, for Hamburg has already agreed to it. Baur is also beginning to act like Essen but as he is quite wrong in this case, I wrote to him yesterday re enclosure (original goes direct to Kiel).\n\nAs regards Krupp, we must show more spirit and not put up with such treatment as without Krupp's agency we stand as the first firm in the East. It is exclusively Government business.",
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        "document_key": "CO129-429 - Public Offices & Others - 1915",
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        "content_text": "BIT. W kong\n\nC. D.\n\nA.\n\n47015715\n\nJ\n\n108\n\n22 Oct 1815\n\nX\n\nHhong\n\nConf. бы\n\nBeckert oct 20\n\nZer Albion 21/10\n\n* 2. Tennyson 21. 2015.\n\nM. Collins 21 fs.\n\n? This should you Couff!\n\nCity\n\ngo\n\n6.\n\ncust. 10 BQT. 1/10/25 47015-\n\nbbass\n\nfin\n\nWith ref\n\nuf s\n\nне\n\nmy\n\nal of\n\nthe 20th Ret. I have to\n\nto hansmit to\n\nace. copy of\n\nचीन\n\n16 certain\n\nfouis\n\nyou\n\nColl &\n\nThe\n\nrelating..\n\nCr China\n\nwhich has been intercepted\n\nby the Russian Military Cuan..\n\nり\n\n2. Eu view\n\nThe wife.\n\nto our Cheetham given of This?\n\ncru a\n\nI have son to reffest\n\nfor your\n\nwly\n\ncrason\n\ntot s\n\nhe\n\nbe dominate that the Cheethin\n\nshould as longer be allowed\n\nAW",
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        "document_key": "CO129-433 - Governor Sir May - 1916 [5-6]",
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        "content_text": "## CHUKIANG\nC.O. NO 49\n\nQ R  \nCANTON  \nRIVER  \n\n*Sa-triani  \n*Fuk-yun  \n\nFOR CORRECTION AND RETURN IN ADVANCE OF ANNUAL REPORT fee Circular of 4th February, 1915.\n\nHONG-KONG, KOWLOON AND ADJACENT TERRITORIES.\n\n| Location        |              |\n| --------------- | ------------ |\n| Piang-ti        | o Tri-Tong-tu |\n| Ten-tou         | Shak-ky      |\n| Liong-tu-ho     | Lung-kong    |\n| Tong-lak        | Hain-hi      |\n| Kon-lan         | Wu-shak-ngam |\n| Shak-kong       | Ghong-hang-kang |\n| A po ki         | Long-hau     |\n| Tong hang       | Hsin-hi      |\n| Lung-f          | Yong-tai-chan |\n| Wang-kong-e     | Pan-ten      |\n| Li-long         | Taiwo-chun   |\n|                 | Pak-sbak-lung |\n| Pu-kak          | Mai-lim      |\n|                 | Shong-tung   |\n| Keichung        | Tong-poi     |\n|                 | Pa-kong-o    |\n| Tizam-kni       | Sa-ng-chung  |\n| Wong-muo        | Tipfuk       |\n| Hasha           | Pong-share   |\n|                 | Pitch        |\n| Namo            | Mire P       |\n| Ha-toai         | Sai-Heung    |\n| Ping Cheng      | Lan-tongo    |\n| Lofong (SUN-ON) | Sam-chun     |\n| Lungtaubhy      | Tai-zan      |\n| Sha-tau         | Ma-chau      |\n| Kwaimiso        | Wan-had      |\n| Chak-wan        |              |\n\n## DEEP BAY OR HAU-HO!\n| Location   |         |\n| ---------- | ------- |\n| San-tta    | Shear   |\n| Sha-tao    | Yam-ten |\n| Kat-o      | Crooked |\n| Song-chau  | Sha-tau-kak |\n|            | Crescent |\n| Wo-hang    | Bluff Hd |\n| Wang-ling-tau | shai-wan-tau |\n| Lim-chun   | Kam-tin  |\n| Un-m       | Lin-tin  |\n| Farshui-hung | Chin-shan |\n|            | Shui-leu |\n| Tai-mo-shan | Lok Lo Ha |\n| Pet-long   | Nam.long  |\n| Tai-thui-hàng | Pet-kong |\n| Sai-kung   | Vaca-tac&M |\n| Lung       | Se-chau  |\n|            | Tai-lan-chung |\n| Ma-W       | Tain-wan  |\n| Shatip     | Chung    |\n| Chu-lu-kok | Island   |\n| Kau-lung-  | KOWE     |\n\n## KOWLOON\n| Location        |              |\n| --------------- | ------------ |\n| Sham Shui Po     | Mongok       |\n| Stonecutter      | au           |\n| Lai-Chi-Kok     |              |\n\n## TOLO HARBOUR\n| Location    |              |\n| ----------- | ------------ |\n| Plover Cove | Tin-kokt     |\n| Shon-wan    | TOLO         |\n|             | HARBOUR      |\n| White       | Tolo Channel |\n| Tam-teain   | Ko-tongo     |\n| Grass       | Tap-mun      |\n| Tan-ka-wal  | Tai-long     |\n| Chak-kang   | Shak-hang    |\n| Heiwang     | PChin-hang   |\n| Fung Head   | Fung Bay     |\n| Lan-nai-wart | Ping Pt      |\n| She-wan     | Shelter      |\n| High        | Town I.      |\n| Tai-pu-tonio | Cheung Kwan O |\n| Ping-ong-war | Baskit       |\n| Tung-chung  |              |\n\n## LAN-TAO (TALU SHAN)\n| Location   |              |\n| ---------- | ------------ |\n| Silver     | LANTISM.     |\n| & Kow-Chad | Ghay-kung    |\n| HONGire    | She          |\n| Teni Kandy | YONG         |\n| SiPing-chau | Green Im     |\n\n## VICTORIA\n| Location    |              |\n| ----------- | ------------ |\n| Hau L5      | Ha-yong      |\n| Poldalon    | Shin-pat     |\n| Tai-ku-thau | Aberdeen     |\n| HONG-KONG   | si......D}    |\n| Aplishack   | Ninepi       |\n| Gro         | Lam-tong I   |\n| Ta-tong     |              |\n| Chsung-Chau | Siu-A-Chau   |\n| Tai-A-Chau  | Lap-sap-mi   |\n|             | Tai-wen?     |\n| Lamma (Pok-Liu | Oshik-ku-wan |\n|             | Tai-long     |\n| Hond        | Agullar)     |\n| Wang-ma-kol | Fury Rocks   |\n| Chan        | to-chau      |\n| Pu-toi      | Wag-lar      |\n| Sun-kong    | Lighthouse P |\n\n## LEMA\n29'0 M. LAT.  \nCHANNEL  \n114′20′′E_LONG_OF_GREENWICH\n\n## NOTE\n| Description                         | \n| ----------------------------------- |\n| Territory under Convention of 1860  |\n| Boundary under Convention 1898-     |\n| English Miten (11)                  |\n| Ordnance Survey Office.Southampton, 1915. |",
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        "content_text": "# CHUKIANG OR CANTON RIVER\nC.O.N° 49.\n\n## FOR CORRECTION AND RETURN\nIN ADVANCE OF ANNUAL REPORT  \nCircular of 4th February, 1915.\n\n### HONG-KONG, KOWLOON AND ADJACENT TERRITORIES.\n\n114\n\n| Place Names          | \n|---------------------|\n| Piang-ti            |\n| Shak-kai            |\n| TUNGK' WAN          |\n| Liong-tu-ho         |\n| Lung-kong           |\n| Tong-lak            |\n| Hain-hi             |\n| Sa-talang           |\n| Vo Tai-Tong-tu      |\n| KUI                 |\n| Wu-shak-ngam        |\n| Shak-kong           |\n| 7S HAN              |\n| T'en-tau            |\n| Tong-poi            |\n| BIAS                |\n| Chong-hang-kang     |\n| Fuk-yun             |\n| A po-kai            |\n| Long-hey            |\n| Lung-fa             |\n| Hip-hi              |\n| Yong-tai-shan       |\n| Wang-kong           |\n| Pan-tem             |\n| Li-Iong             |\n| Tai-mo-chun         |\n| Ma                  |\n| Pak-abak-lung       |\n| Pu-kak              |\n| Sai-Houng           |\n| NAM-TAO             |\n| Mai-lim             |\n| M 1                 |\n| Ki-chun             |\n| Shong-tung          |\n| Keichung            |\n| Sa-ng-chung         |\n| TAI-PUNG-SAN        |\n| Sha-tac             |\n| Yam-ten             |\n| Wong-muo            |\n| Tipfuk              |\n| Pa-kong             |\n| Tieum-kai           |\n| Ha-trai             |\n| TAI-CHAM BAY        |\n| Ping Chang          |\n| Tai-san             |\n| Kwaimiao            |\n| Ma-shau             |\n| Wan-had             |\n| HSIN NGAN           |\n| Len-tong            |\n| Lofong              |\n| (SUN-QN)            |\n| Sam-chun            |\n| Lungtsui            |\n| Kato                |\n| Crooked I.          |\n| Sha-tau             |\n| Chak-wan            |\n| DEEP BAY OR HAU-HOI |\n| Shukwan tou         |\n| k-yan               |\n| Lim-chun            |\n| LOON                |\n| Kam-tin             |\n| Un-iu               |\n| She teu-kok         |\n| Song-chau           |\n| Crescent I.         |\n| Kuk-p               |\n| Harbour             |\n| Wo-hang             |\n| Bluff Hd            |\n| Wang-ling-tau       |\n| Tin-koko            |\n| Shon-wan            |\n| AV                  |\n| No                  |\n| Hash                |\n| Pang-ohav           |\n| Namo                |\n| Pit-chau            |\n| Plover Cove         |\n| TOLO HARBOUR        |\n| Whity               |\n| Tolo Channel        |\n| Port Island         |\n| Grass I.            |\n| Tap-mun             |\n| Tan-ka-wen          |\n| Mirs P              |\n| Kak-ten             |\n| Samun               |\n| Lin-tin             |\n| Tai-ahui            |\n| Shui-lou            |\n| Ko-tong             |\n| Chak-Hang           |\n| Shak-hang           |\n| Taishui-hang        |\n| Pet-kong            |\n| Tai-long            |\n| Haiwan              |\n| PChin-hang          |\n| Fung Head           |\n| Fung Bay            |\n| Stan-nai-wan        |\n| Ping Pt             |\n| Tylo                |\n| Lung-ku             |\n| Chin-shan           |\n| Pot-long            |\n| Nam-long            |\n| Sa-shau             |\n| Tui-lam-chung       |\n| Ma-war              |\n| CNT-hue             |\n| Chung               |\n| Tai-mo-shan         |\n| Tain-wan            |\n| Lok Lo H            |\n| Lai Chi Kok         |\n| Kau                 |\n| Sham-Shui-Po        |\n| Stogepu             |\n| Teland              |\n| Ping-chau           |\n| Green               |\n| Silver Mina         |\n| Tai-zu-chau         |\n| Shatig              |\n| Jung th             |\n| ROAD                |\n| Sai-kung            |\n| Yam-tas             |\n| Jak-e wand          |\n| She wa              |\n| High                |\n| KOWLOON             |\n| Shelter             |\n| Tai-pu-tsai         |\n| -Hwan-0.            |\n| Che                 |\n| -Ping-ong-wan       |\n| Town I.             |\n| A                   |\n| Beseit I.           |\n| tong                |\n| Junk Bay            |\n| He-yong             |\n| Chau                |\n| Yau!! 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        "content_text": "# India's Appeal to Canada \nor \nAn Account of Hindu Immigration to the Dominion \n616 \n\nBy \n**A HINDU-CANADIAN** \n\n## WHAT COULD YOU DO? \n\nIf you don't find your kind of work in the list below, keep thinking and asking and hunting till you do, then do it. \n\n* Form an Association for bringing about a better understanding between Canada and India. \n* Buy some literature on the question and give it to friends, clubs, libraries, debating societies, at meetings and in letters. \n* Write a letter, or better still, an article to the press about this cause. Ask your minister to preach on it. \n* Speak if you can, or get up a meeting, and thus introduce the subject to all organizations. Interview or write to the legislators for an equitable adjustment of this case. \n* Help and give something, Time, Service or Money. \n\n**PRICE FIVE CENTS** \n\nFor further information and literature please apply to the Secretary, India Association, `630 Speed Avenue, Victoria, B.C.`, or Sunder Singh, `P.O. Birch Cliff, Ont., Canada`. \n\n1915",
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        "content_text": "340\n\n38\n\nBRITONS V. GERMANS IN CHINA\n\nnow perhaps be too late to take any action at all. As it is, we can afford to wait calmly for the return of our enemies, either to our Colonies, or the Coast and Treaty ports of China. It is possible that many will feel so aggrieved at what they consider our bad treatment in liquidating their firms that they will not desire to continue \"raising our colonies to a position of eminence\" for us, in which event so much the better, for in any case it is unlikely they will in future be allowed such commercial freedom in our lands as they enjoyed previous to the war. Their efforts in the past must not be despised, and, on the other hand, they must on no account be imitated by the British.\n\nWhether the Government will publish complete results and figures of the liquidations remains to be seen, but sufficient proof from all sides points to the undeniable fact that the British have made an infinitely better\n\nBRITONS V. GERMANS IN CHINA\n\n39\n\njob of their trade than their enemies, although equal opportunities have been available for both sides. It now remains for us to consolidate the ground gained, and not rest on our laurels, but rather, by renewed efforts and vigour, put a greater distance than ever between ourselves and our most serious European competitor.\n\nIt is open to almost anyone to obtain capital by dishonest means, and also to sell articles at a loss. The only man in history who found any difficulty about the latter process was the crank who stood on London Bridge offering sovereigns for nineteen shillings each.\n\nBut perhaps only German \"Gründlichkeit\" and \"Ausdauer\" could have carried on their huge bluff for so long without discovery, and at the same time have mesmerised British bankers and Manchester men into an infatuation for dealing with them, which has without doubt reacted adversely.",
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        "content_text": "305\n\n18\n\nadvanced; but the weather was by no means hot, and I was everywhere assured that the season was a late one.\n\nAt Nan-lung, Mr. Jamieson, of the China Inland Mission, gave me the same story that I had heard on other points of my journey; a considerable amount of poppy-seed had been sown in the autumn, but in January, following the instructions from Peking, proclamations were posted ordering the total eradication of the crop. According to Mr. Jamieson, the proclamation stated that the eradication was insisted on by Great Britain, and it conveyed the impression that the British inspecting officer would himself punish any person found with opium plants in his field. I tried to obtain a copy of this proclamation, but was informed that all had been destroyed, even the magistrate's own copy! The eradication had been carried out with official energy as great as that reported to me at other places. Punishments were freely inflicted on the recalcitrant - Fines, confiscations, imprisonment (in one case a sentence of ten years), and in some districts death by shooting.\n\nAlthough the streets of Nan-Jung were beflagged and decorated in honour of the visit of inspection, the symbols of joy scarcely reflected popular opinion. Opium-growers had lost a considerable amount of capital by the destruction of the crop, and their indignation was greater in that the local officials had permitted them to sow in the autumn, without any suggestion of possible interference. In fact, in order to test the magisterial view, a small plot near the magistrate's yamén was tentatively sown, and, no objection being raised by the authorities, it was taken for granted that opium cultivation was to be permitted in that locality. It was owing to this, no doubt, that the magistrate decided to throw the onus of responsibility for the destruction of the crop on Great Britain, in his proclamation. Destruction of poppy-crop had been carried on from January right into March, the last fields to go being at Mutsu, a village some 5 miles west of Nan-lung-Haingy main road, near the Kuangbisi border. There was very little opium grown in the Nan-lung district in the 1915–6 season; and the bulk of the seed for the 1916 autumn sowing was brought from Kuanghsi province. Kuanghsi opium was being sold in Nan-lung at 3 dollars per oz.; it was all being smuggled over the provincial border.\n\nMany opium-smokers had fled from Nan-lung a day or two before my arrival, fearing that I might detect them by their visages and inflict summary punishment.\n\nI received proof of the unpopularity of my visit the day after my departure from Nan-lung, when a letter which had been left for me at the China Inland Mission compound was sent after me. It was an abusive and threatening letter, accusing me of coming thither in order to spy out the wealth of the country, and stating that if I had really been in search of opium I should have stayed some days in San-lung and thoroughly searched the China Inland Mission premises and the magistrate's yamén; it ended with an impolite request to me to get out of China. I handed the letter to the Nan-Jung magistrate, who was travelling with us through his jurisdiction and requested him to return at once to discover the writers of the letter and to punish them adequately. I heard later from Mr. Jamieson that the magistrate did so, most if not too-adequately.\n\nBetween Nan-lung (former name Ising-yi) and Hong-yi (former name Huang-taao-pa) - 5 miles - I had some altercation with the Chinese delegates regarding the route. They were very anxious to keep to the main road, while I wished to take a less frequented route of which I had learnt through overhearing a conversation among some of our escort. I had my way, but only after considerable objection and opposition, of which I soon discovered the cause. The military official at Hsing-yi was General Liu, the elder brother of the Governor of the province, and the Chinese were expectant that he would come out to meet us. Their fear of the Governor made them anxious to do nothing at which the military brother might take umbrage; and the possibility of missing the General on the road, if my proposed route were followed, made the delegates very nervous. However, all went happily; the General, a rough and bluff person of the old Chinese school, had not come very far out of his town to meet us, and we converged to his temporary encampment without difficulty. The obsequiousness of the Chinese delegates to the Governor's brother was ludicrous, the more so as the General himself was most hearty and informal.\n\nPere Julien, of the Roman Catholic Mission at Hsing-yi, told me that in the Hsing-yi district, as I had heard in other parts of the province, opium crops had been sown, and had been stringently uprooted and destroyed in the early part of the year, in obedience to instructions from Peking through the provincial capital - instructions issued in consequence of the pending visit of inspection. Some opposition to the destruction of the crop had been raised in Hsing-yi, the chief offender being the Governor's own mother, an old lady 96 years old, who had vigorously urged the owners of opium crops to resist the instructions for the eradication of their property. This was corroborated to me by the Chinese delegates, who seemed to appreciate the humour of the situation caused by the aged dame setting herself up in opposition to the official orders issued through her son.\n\nFrom Hsing-yi to Chiang-ti, the small village on the river forming the frontier line between the provinces of Kueichow and Yunnan, was 23 miles of very rough country, with little cultivation. We reached Chiang-ti in the evening of the 1st May, and the Kueichow portion of my journey was ended. During the evening I received a message from Mr. Jamieson at San Lung (75 miles distant) warning me that he had reliable information that certain influential opium dealers of Nan-lung had arranged for my assassination: I was to be stabbed in the back with a long dagger. I carried this cheerful information with me across the province of Yunnan, and at Hakow received a further letter of explanation that my demise had been included in the programme by the authors in order to score off certain of their enemies, whom they hoped to implicate as the real plotters against me, and thereby to obtain their severe punishment.\n\nI append a map and an itinerary of my journey across Kueichow province. My caravan mileage through the province was 517 miles, but I myself covered much more ground than this. My methods of progression were three - walking, where the road was very rough or dangerous; riding, where the road was convenient; and sitting in a chair, carried by four coolies, in bad or very hot weather. On arriving at our destination for the night there was usually an hour or two of daylight left, if not more, during which I travelled on foot or on pony in the surrounding country, selecting high points from which I could cover a large expanse with my field-glass.\n\nI did not see a single opium poppy plant in my journey through the province of Kueichow. The letter of the opium agreement of 1911 has therefore been observed by the province. [But I am satisfied, from the information I have gathered, and from my observation of empty fields bearing out the destruction of the opium crops which the Chinese delegates in conversation did not attempt to deny - that had the visit of inspection not taken place, the Kueichow opium crop of 1917 would have been a large one, and would have shown no signs of diminution in accordance with the terms of the 1911 Agreement. Thus it would appear that any real desire to keep the spirit of the agreement or to abolish Chinese opium is entirely absent. The local officials, practically without exception, did nothing to suppress the cultivation until they were expressly ordered to do so by the higher authorities, under promise of severe penalties to themselves if the instructions were not rigidly carried out. And the local magistrates are the appointees of the provincial authorities. Any the least sincere desire to suppress opium would have curbed the crop at its inception, without waiting for the incentive of an official visit of inspection.]\n\nIn conversation with the Chinese delegates I did not detect any real desire for suppression of opium cultivation in China. They were rather hazy as to the 1911 Agreement, and seemed to be under the impression that the arrangement of the Shanghai opium combine with the Chinese authorities, fixing March 1917 as the last date for the sale of stocks into China, had superseded all treaties and agreements on the subject. Mr. Shen, the senior delegate, naively asked me whether - if the term set by the 1911 Agreement expired at the end of 1917 - Great Britain was precluded from sending an inspecting officer to the provinces after that date.\n\nI enquired of Mr. Shen why no practical steps had been taken to encourage farmers to reduce their opium cultivation and he informed me that the Governor of Kweichow had this spring distributed 10,000 packets of flax-seed among the magistrates in the province, with a view to encourage a cotton industry in place of opium. Those magistrates to whom I mentioned this, however, appeared to know nothing of the distribution of the flax-seed.\n\nOne point is worth noting here, with regard to any inspection carried out in Kueichow province. The northern parts of the province are much lower than the centre and south, the country sloping up southwards from the Yang-tze Valley. A traveller might reasonably expect, more especially in late spring, that the climate would become much warmer as he progresses southwards; but owing to the altitude of the highland plateau in the centre and south of Kueichow - an altitude ever increasing into Yunnan province - this is not the case in Kueichow. The season is later in the south than in the north; the crops I saw in northern Kueichow in the first days of April were more advanced than similar crops which I saw in the south a month later. It is advisable, therefore, that a journey of inspection in Kueichow should be taken from north to south in order to obtain the least variation of season through the province.\n\n19",
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        "content_text": "# STS 273\n\n## Jespon crt zetjal s brewco) dilwaran I \n\nSAO JONAmber driw „gnitiupas,titllad basÏ JN 7197CC to moitantni edt al di Tarded .(1) YTTWP # 6 zateu visti:itekuk auniinos of Ir ye? tast te Vuit of all STABIW JA -Atove” [Ilw „00 11.(11) ARCI TO 9915 long ff* zet mid strane qmos #I TTIPUp add to an e$t mort gaitwaet JB Ju€ JOI bamfni trgrod ycloak,TV batoare al 30* S .8.SI et ne doitcus ɔtɔdug !? Iash oldu? 9.3) 19bnu beititz95 saw dishw‚†i mo .SIÐI,yul, deve ade no sonanibíð egatblivđ betet! P → Biteż,yados! .7h yd state 1200,010 vin ̧uur mbi jaoɔ bed Wingony stijas adt tarit ,200,0£$ 3. Ji b5, Isv next ad jedt bebba ek ni moitieog - at boteins Vizmp -- . ned\" SIVI TRIGGń oś zotrą 82897 Yasm Tot not- .8301 tol EnginI Jdavoď veioяM .2973- BAR JNDANISVOð yf Tovo nedesp group abst „Jkartzeqs? sidd gf me it soute bedrow road and DONIE 1 need evet anoitersgo the uteroð yď rave and{at sew ti July NOT TACNOT JAAzy??it ylletot at bstoubnoo Tatak juft of zotig szəm yarij at 10 talq qala bne Feffetont mond over BIOJAVS IS Balllit to Javome sit bas mebso0 zat to actŞ STANƏTÇ mattazago ant .beceroni vitaetz and quitanid bas ban taub to Less 12 295MBO CIENTO snoja add to .etain of Iftesog ton si t? dɔlifwaston .Y 100\n\n4. Inland Lot 1925 is situated near the top of a cliff, which has resulted from quarrying operations in the past, and is well above the level at which such operations are now in progress. I am informed that Mr. Stevenson, who at present occupies Mr. Mackay's house, does not complain of any annoyance from the operations carried on, notwithstanding what I have mentioned.\n\n5. The property has been valued by Mr. Wright, who reports that, based upon the rental at present received, its value is $12,000. Proceeding on other lines, he arrives at a value of about $11,000, but, for present purposes, the income derived by Mr. Mackay from the property is the correct basis upon which to proceed.\n\nAfter making the necessary deductions in respect of Crown rent, Insurance, Repairs, &c., the return derived by Mr. Mackay on his capital expenditure ($12,000) amounts to 7%. I do not therefore see that Mr. Mackay has any grounds for claiming compensation from Government on account of the quarry having prejudiced his property.\n\n7. Having regard to possible, future developments in connection with this Department, I am of opinion that the best course would be for Government to resume Mr. Mackay's house. The Officer who succeeds Mr. Thomas in charge of the quarry might be required to occupy the house. So long as Mr. Stevenson occupies it, the Government would save his present house allowance ($45 per month) and could impose a charge for rent.\n\nThe total rent paid by Mr. Stevenson at present is:\n| Category | Amount |\n| --- | --- |\n| Rent | $85.10 |\n| Ordinary rates | $3.50 |\n| Total, per month | $88.60 |\n\n(Signed) **W. Chatham**, \n**Director of Public Works**, \n18, 1, 18.",
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        "content_text": "# Account of a Journey Down the Magdalena River, Through the Magdalena Province and the Peninsula of Goajira (Colombia)\n\nBy M. T. DAWE, F. L. S.\n\n## LOWER MAGDALENA\n\nI left Bogotá on 21st August, 1916, for the Coast, and on the way visited various ports along the lower Magdalena river, the first halt being made at Puerto Berrio.\n\n### Puerto Berrio\n\nThis town is chiefly of importance as being the river port for Antioquia and the terminus of the Medellin railway. It has been rather aptly described by a distinguished foreign visitor as a \"village of vultures,\" and certainly these birds, from their very number, are the first thing to attract one's attention on arriving at the port. The special object of my visit to Puerto Berrio was to make an examination of the forest resources of that locality, but daily torrential rains and the flooded state of the country prevented me from doing any detailed forest survey. The land in this neighbourhood is broken in character, there are many lagoons and swamps, and the interior of the forests we found alive with mosquitos and other biting insects. I formed the impression that the lands are less fertile than those of the opposite side of the river in Santander. The forests near the Magdalena appeared to me of poor timber value, but I was informed that much useful timber abounds further in the interior. I observed a valuable timber being employed locally in the construction of a new hotel which is known locally as Comune and botanically as *Aneba perulitis*, Hemsl. This timber is also employed very largely for sleepers on the Medellin railway, and is said to be very durable, lasting for many years. The tree is said to be abundant in the higher and drier lands of the interior, and the timber is certainly one that should figure amongst the possible classes for export.\n\n### Balsam of Copaiba\n\nI noticed in these forests the Canime or Copaiba tree (*Copaifera officinalis*, L.) which yields the Balsam of Copaiba. This important oleo-resin is contained in secretion ducts throughout the entire length of the tree. It is collected by cutting a V-shaped incision into the trunk of the tree near its base, penetrating to the centre of the tree. Into the plate-like cavity thus made is discharged the oleo-resin which is transferred to kerosene tins. From three to four kerosene tins are frequently collected from a single tree, the yield is, however, very variable and some trees yield but little. A tree does not yield this valuable product but once, as the incision made reaches the heart of the tree and prevents it secreting balsam the second time.\n\n### Noli Palm\n\nPalms of considerable grace and beauty are abundant in the vicinity of Puerto Berrio. I noticed the graceful and slender faluriche palm growing in large clusters in swampy lands. The Noli palm, a species of *Eloris* allied to the West African oil palm of commercial fame, is here found in abundance. The kernels of this palm, which are produced in large erect bunches within a few feet of the ground, afford an oil which is extracted locally and employed for a variety of purposes. As this palm is found in many parts of the lower Magdalena region, and in great abundance, a sample of the kernels has been forwarded to Europe for examination to ascertain if the oil may have any value in commerce.\n\n### Cattle\n\nAttempts are being made in cattle farming in the vicinity of Puerto Berrio, and the cattle I saw appeared healthy and in good condition, although I noted that ticks (*Boophilus australis*, Fuller) were fairly abundant. As the forest lands become cleared, drained and replaced with artificial pastures, this locality should increase in importance from a cattle raising point of view.\n\n### Carare\n\nFrom Puerto Berrio I proceeded on the 27th down the river to Carare, a journey by boat of about four hours. Carare is a small village lying at the junction of the river of the same name with the Magdalena. It consists of a single street of small houses, the walls of which are built of the reeds of a grass known as caña brata, and the roofs are thatched with leaves of palms. There are about two hundred inhabitants altogether, and the chief occupations are the collection of the ivory-nut and the cultivation of maize along the banks of the Carare river.\n\n### Balata\n\nOn the 28th I made an excursion by canoe to a large lagoon known as Cienega del Clavo, which we reached by ascending some little distance the Carare and thence through caños. We here came across a tree (*Sapota...*) which yields balata, but it does not appear to exist, at least in this locality, in sufficient abundance to be likely to prove of much commercial importance.\n\n### By Canoe Up the Carare\n\nOn the 29th I left for a journey up the Carare river, in company with Señor Dr. Paulo Vanegas, the genial chief of the survey in progress for the proposed new railway from Puerto Parra to the interior of Santander. The river was much swollen and we had a difficulty to persuade the canoe men to undertake the journey, owing to danger from whirlpools and the difficulty of punting due to the dense vegetation overhanging the banks. Having to hug the banks, not a little fear was exhibited from possible attacks by savage Indians, who now and again cause trouble to canoe parties ascending the river. At dusk we camped on the bank for the night in a leaky rancho under conditions far from pleasing; it rained incessantly throughout the night until 10 o'clock the next morning. We then continued our journey and camped the evening of the second day under conditions even less congenial. The river here being on a level with the banks, necessitated the arrangement of our beds on raised platforms. Early in the afternoon of the third day we arrived at Puerto Parra, having taken about three days to cover seventy-five kilometers. Of course Puerto Parra is only a port in name, there is a little cliff on which the survey party have their grass huts, beyond which there are no habitations, there being nothing but forest all around. The river, I was informed, had not been known so high for many years, and this was in conformity with information I received later regarding other affluents of the Magdalena. The following day we left Puerto Parra about noon on the return journey for Carare, reaching there late in the evening of the same day.\n\n### The Forest Along the Rio Carare\n\nWhile at Puerto Parra I had an opportunity of examining the forest through which the railway survey is being conducted, and although there are many species of important timber value, their distribution is poor; the composition of the forest being mixed and the more valuable species few and far between. The larger and more outstanding trees of the forest which clothes the banks of the Carare are the Ceibo and Higuerón; the former is a species of *Bombar* and yields a soft and useless wood, and the latter is a species of *Ficus*, the timber of which is also of little or no value. There are mahogany (*Sweitenia makagani*, L.), cedar (*Cedrela glasiovii*, D. C.) guayacán and other trees of timber value throughout these forests. The more accessible parts, however, have already been largely denuded of their mahogany and cedar timber, which has been extracted by various parties for sale at Barranquilla or for export; without, I fear, any attention whatever having been given to the replanting of these valuable species.\n\n### Cacao\n\nThere are a few cacao plantations along the Carare, and I was impressed by their general appearance in spite of the little attention which they appear to receive. The cacao-beetle seems to cause very little trouble to the trees, and the plantations are said to yield good crops. I believe there to be a promising future for cacao along the Carare, given the plantations are established with selected seed and well cultivated and cared for.\n\n### Sugar\n\nThe rich, fertile, alluvial lands along the Carare should prove suitable for the cultivation of sugar, which could be grown on a large scale. The great drawback is that there is very little local labour, and labour for sugar planting would need to be drawn from other sources.",
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        "content_text": "## 64\n\nThe personality of the Anshun magistrate, Mr. Wang, whom I found to be a superior type of magistrate.\n\nFrom Anshun, I took a devious route to Nan-lung (formerly called Hsing-yi); the distance was 141 miles and took one week. I particularly wished to visit Nan-lung to meet Mr. Jamieson, a Chinese inland missionary who had recently been writing letters to the Shanghai press on the subject of opium cultivation in the Nan-lung district.\n\nFor the first 70 miles from Anshun, the country is high and covered with rugged hills. I was not keeping to any recognized route, and on one or two days, the going was very difficult; on occasions, we were obliged to find a track by keeping up or down the dry bed of a mountain torrent. There are many aboriginal tribes, Miao and Lolo, in this part of Kueichow; they live by agriculture. Their villages are invariably placed a little way off the path or track, no doubt owing to their suspicion of the Chinese and possibly of each other. A fair amount of the hill land is under cultivation.\n\nAt Chen-ning, 20 miles from Anshun, I called on Père Roux of the Roman Catholic Mission. Père Roux has been forty-eight years in Chen-ning and is almost the oldest inhabitant of the town. He told me that strongly-worded proclamations for the suppression of the opium-poppy crops were posted in Chen-ning and district in January of this year, and that special deputies were despatched from the capital of the province to assist the local officials in seeing that the orders in the proclamations were carried out. Crops were accordingly uprooted and destroyed, and the fields were ploughed up so as to remove every trace of poppy. One man was shot because his ploughing was deemed insufficient. After the destruction of the poppy crops, the magistrate offered a reward of a dollar a plant to anyone who could discover a poppy plant in the district; he ordered every man, woman, and child to go out and search. Schools (including the Roman Catholic Mission school) were closed to permit the school children to go out and assist in the search. A few stray plants were found in this way, and the owner of the land on which they were found was fined to provide money for the promised rewards. The magistrate had shown himself almost too energetic in his measures of suppression; in cases where a poppy plant was found in a field of other plants, such as rape or barley, he had the whole field destroyed. He had prohibited all opium smoking and had closed the opium shops. Such opium as was sold in Chen-ning was Kuang-hsi opium, and the price was excessive — 4 taels per oz.\n\nNearing Nan-lung, the country became more rough and not so fertile; there was scarcely any cultivation on the hill slopes at all, while the red sand and earth, which is a feature of the south-west corner of China, began to appear. Crops were poor and consisted chiefly of peas and barley. Some rape, about 4 feet high, was well advanced, but the weather was by no means hot, and I was everywhere assured that the season was a late one.\n\nAt Nan-lung, Mr. Jamieson of the China Inland Mission gave me the same story that I had heard on other points of my journey; a considerable amount of poppy-seed had been sown in the autumn, but in January, following the instructions from Peking, proclamations were posted ordering the total eradication of the crop. According to Mr. Jamieson, the proclamation stated that the eradication was insisted on by Great Britain, and it conveyed the impression that the British inspecting officer would himself punish any person found with opium plants in his field. I tried to obtain a copy of this proclamation but was informed that all had been destroyed, even the magistrate's own copy! The eradication had been carried out with official energy as great as that reported to me at other places. Punishments were freely inflicted on the recalcitrant. Fines, confiscations, imprisonment (in one case a sentence of ten years), and in some districts death by shooting.\n\nAlthough the streets of Nan-lung were beflagged and decorated in honor of the visit of inspection, the symbols of joy scarcely reflected popular opinion. Opium-growers had lost a considerable amount of capital by the destruction of the crop, and their indignation was greater in that the local officials had permitted them to sow in the autumn without any suggestion of possible interference. In fact, to test the magisterial view, a small plot near the magistrate's yamên was tentatively sown, and, no objection being raised by the authorities, it was taken for granted that opium cultivation was to be permitted in that locality. It was owing to this, no doubt, that the magistrate decided to throw the onus of responsibility for the destruction of the crop on Great Britain in his proclamation. Destruction of the poppy-crop had been carried on from January right into March, the last fields to go being at Mutsu, a village some 5 miles west of the Nan-lung-Hsing-yi main road, near the Kuanghsi border. There was very little opium grown in the Nan-lung district in the 1915-16 season, and the bulk of the seed for the 1916 autumn sowing was brought from Kuanghsi province. Kuanghsi opium was being sold in Nan-lung at 3 dollars per oz.; it was all being smuggled over the provincial border.\n\nMany opium-smokers had fled from Nan-lung a day or two before my arrival, fearing that I might detect them by their visages and inflict summary punishment.\n\nI received proof of the unpopularity of my visit the day after my departure from Nan-lung when a letter that had been left for me at the China Inland Mission compound was sent after me. It was an abusive and threatening letter, accusing me of coming thither to spy out the wealth of the country and stating that if I had really been in search of opium, I should have stayed some days in Nan-lung and thoroughly searched the China Inland Mission premises and the magistrate's yamên; it ended with an impolite request to me to get out of China. I handed the letter to the Nan-lung magistrate, who was traveling with us through his jurisdiction, and requested him to return at once to discover the writers of the letter and to punish them adequately. I heard later from Mr. Jamieson that the magistrate did so, most — if not too — adequately.\n\n## 65\n\nBetween Nan-lung (former name Hsing-yi) and Hsing-yi (former name Huang-tsao-pa) — 50 miles — I had some altercation with the Chinese delegates regarding the route. They were very anxious to keep to the main road, while I wished to take a less frequented route of which I had learned through overhearing a conversation among some of our escort. I had my way but only after considerable objection and opposition, of which I soon discovered the cause. The military official at Hsing-yi was General Liu, the elder brother of the Governor of the province, and the Chinese were expectant that he would come out to meet us. Their fear of the Governor made them anxious to do nothing at which the military brother might take umbrage, and the possibility of missing the General on the road, if my proposed route were followed, made the delegates very nervous. However, all went happily; the General, a rough and bluff person of the old Chinese school, had not come very far out of his town to meet us, and we converged to his temporary encampment without difficulty. Père Julien of the Roman Catholic Mission at Hsing-yi told me that in the Hsing-yi district, as I had heard in other parts of the province, opium crops had been sown and had been stringently uprooted and destroyed in the early part of the year, in obedience to instructions from Peking through the provincial capital — instructions issued in consequence of the pending visit of inspection.\n\nFrom Hsing-yi to Chiang-ti, the small village on the river forming the frontier line between the provinces of Kueichow and Yunnan, was 23 miles of very rough country with little cultivation. We reached Chiang-ti in the evening of the 1st May, and the Kueichow portion of my journey was ended. During the evening, I received a message from Mr. Jamieson at San Lung (75 miles distant) warning me that he had reliable information that certain influential opium dealers of Nan-lung had arranged for my assassination: I was to be stabbed in the back with a long dagger. I carried this cheerful information with me across the province of Yunnan, and at Hokow received a further letter of explanation that my demise had been included in the programme by the authors in order to score off certain of their enemies, whom they hoped to implicate as the real plotters against me, and thereby to obtain their severe punishment.\n\nMy caravan mileage through the province was 517 miles, but I myself covered much more ground than this. My methods of progression were three: walking, where the road was very rough or dangerous; riding, where the road was convenient; and sitting in a chair carried by four coolies in bad or very hot weather. On arriving at our destination for the night, there was usually an hour or two of daylight left, if not more, during which I traveled on foot or on pony in the surrounding country, selecting high points from which I could cover a large expanse with my field-glass.\n\nI did not see a single opium poppy plant on my journey through the province of Kueichow. The letter of the opium agreement of 1911 has therefore been observed by the province.\n\n*Not reproduced.*\n\n`[6032]`",
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        "content_text": "Shipping to Europe, Australia, and other Ports.\n\nP.&O.-BRITISH INDIA, APCAR\n\nAND\n\nEASTERN & AUSTRALIAN LINES.\n\n(COMPANIES incorporated in ENGLAND)\n\nTO\n\nBURMA, CEYLON, INDIA, PERSIAN GULF, WEST INDIES, MAURITIUS, EAST & SOUTH AFRICA, AUSTRALASIA, INCLUDING NEW ZEALAND & QUEENSLAND PORTS.\n\nRED SEA, EGYPT, EUROPE, ETC\n\nPENINSULAR & ORIENTAL FORTNIGHTLY DIRECT ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS (UNDER CONTRACT WITH H. M. GOVERNMENT.)\n\n  \n    S.S.\n    Tons\n    From Hong-kong (about)\n    Destination\n    Miles\n  \n  \n    MACEDONIA\n    11,000\n    27 Sept. 11 am\n    'pore, P'ang, C'ho & B'bay\nB'bay, M'les, L'don, A'werp\n    6,696\n  \n  \n    KALYAN\n    9,000\n    11th Oct.\n    B'bay, M'les, L'don, A'werp\n    \n  \n  \n    MANTUA\n    11,000\n    25th Oct.\n    M'les, London & Antwerp\n    \n  \n  \n    DONGOLA\n    8,000\n    8th Nov.\n    \n    \n  \n\nBRITISH INDIA-APCAR SAILINGS (South)\n\nTORILLA 15,205 24th Sept. 11 a.m. | Singapore & Madras.\n\nJANUS 4,824 29th Sept. | Calcutta via S'pore, Penang.\n\nEASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS (South)\n\nARAFURA 4th Oct. | Manila, Iloilo, Sandakan, Thurs. Is., Tville, B'bane,\n\nSydney and Melbourne,\n\nFrequent connections from Australia with the following:-\n\nThe Union S. S. Co's steamers to the United Kingdom via New Zealand, Vancouver, San Francisco, etc\n\nThe P.&O. Royal Mail steamers to London via Suez Canal\n\nThe P&O Branch Service of steamers to London via the Cape\n\nThe New Zealand Shipping Co's steamers for Southampton and London via Panama Canal.\n\n  \n    S.S.\n    Tons\n    From Hong-kong (about)\n    Destination\n  \n  \n    ST. ALBANS\n    6,052\n    22 Sept. d'light\n    Amoy, Y'hama & Kobe\n  \n  \n    MANTUA\n    10,902\n    25 Sept. d'light\n    S'hai, Moji, Kobe, Y'hama\n  \n  \n    DONGOLA\n    8,083\n    7th Oct.\n    Shanghai & Japan\n  \n\nSAILINGS TO SHANGHAI & JAPAN.\n\nAll dates are approximate and subject to alteration without notice\n\nWIRELESS ON ALL STEAMERS.\n\nParcels Measuring not more than 2ft x 2ft. x 1ft. will be received at the Company's Office up to noon on the day previous to sailing.\n\nFor Passage Rates, Handbooks, Freights etc., apply to\n\nMACKINNON, MACKENZIE & CO\n\n22, Des Voeux Road Central.\n\nGLEN\n\nAND\n\nSHIRE.\n\nJOINT SERVICE OF STEAMERS.\n\nU.K., STRAITS, CHINA & JAPAN Service.\n\n  \n    Vessel\n    OUTWARDS\n    HOMEWARDS\n  \n  \n    S.S. GLENOGLE\n    Leaves Hongkong... 22nd September\n    Discharges G'OA, L'DON, A'WERP, R'DAM, H'BURG\n  \n  \n    S.S. GLENAVY\n    5th October\n    \n  \n  \n    S.S. GLENAPP\n    5th October\n    \n  \n  \n    S.S. GLENADE\n    24th Sept.\n    G'OA, L'DON, A'WERP, R'DAM, H'BURG\n  \n  \n    S.S GLENARIFFE\n    18th Oct.\n    G'OA, L'DON, A'WERP, H'BURG\n  \n\nMovements are subject to change without notice. For freight or further particulars please apply to:-\n\nJARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LTD.\n\nTHE GLEN LINE, LTD.\n\nAGENTS\n\nTelephone Central No. 215, sub-ex. 23 and 3696\n\nJAVA-CHINA-JAPAN LIJN.\n\nREGULAR FORTNIGHTLY\n\nSERVICE BETWEEN\n\nJAVA, CHINA and JAPAN.\n\n  \n    Steamer\n    From\n    Expected on or about\n    Will leave on\n    in port\n  \n  \n    Tjikini\n    Java\n    21st Sept.\n    23rd Sept.\n    Shanghai\n  \n  \n    Tjisondari\n    Java\n    \n    21st Sept.\n    Japan\n  \n  \n    Tjisalak\n    Japan\n    23rd Sept.\n    \n    Java\n  \n\nThe steamers are all fitted throughout with electric light and have accommodation for a limited number of saloon-passengers\n\nAll steamers carry a duly qualified Surgeon.\n\nCargo taken with through rates to all ports in N., Frlands-India and Australia.\n\nFor Freight and Passage apply to the\n\nJava-China-Japan Lijn.\n\nYork Buildings.\n\nTelephone Central No. 1574.\n\nHONGKONG, CANTON & MACAO\n\nSTEAMERS.\n\nJOINT SERVICE OF THE HONGKONG, CANTON AND MACAO STEAM-BOAT CO., LTD., AND THE CHINA NAVIGATION CO. LTD.\n\nHONGKONG-CANTON LINE.\n\nSailings: To Canton daily at 8 a.m & 10 p.m. (Sun. 10 p.m. only)\n\nFrom Canton daily at 8 a.m. & 5 p.m. (Sundays 5 p.m. only)\n\nSERVICE OF THE HONGKONG, CANTON & MACAO\n\nSTEAMBOAT CO., LTD.\n\nHONGKONG-MACAO LINE.\n\nSailings to Macao Daily at 8 a.m. & 2 p.m. (Sundays at 9 a.m. only)\n\nSailings from Macao Daily at 8 a.m. & 2 p.m. (Sun. at 5 p.m. only)\n\nFurther information may be obtained at the Company's office, 4A Des Voeux Road Central, Messrs. Thos. Cook & Son or the American Express Company, Hongkong.\n\nTHE\n\nHONGKONG\n\nTELEGRAPH.\n\nFRIDAY.\n\nShipping to Europe, Australia, and other Ports.\n\nN. Y. K.\n\nSAILINGS SUBJECT TO ALTERATION,\n\nVICTORIA, SEATTLE & VANCOUVER via S'hai & Japan ports\n\nThrough Bills of Lading issued to all Overland Common Points in U.S.A & Canada\n\n  \n    Steamer\n    Sailing\n    Destination\n  \n  \n    SHIDZUOKA MARU\n    Saturday, 30th Sept., at 11 am\n    \n  \n  \n    YOKOHAMA MARU\n    Monday, 23rd Oct., at 11 am\n    \n    KASHIMA MARU\n    Friday, 29th Sept. at 11a.m.\n    MARSEILLES, LONDON & ANTWERP via Singanore, &c.\n  \n  \n    HAKONE MARU\n    Friday, 13th Oct. at 11 am\n    \n  \n  \n    MATSUMOTO MARU\n    Thursday, 28th September.\n    LIVERPOOL via MARSEILLES\n  \n  \n    TOYOHASHI MARU\n    17th Oct. at 11 a.m.\n    SYDNEY & MELBOURNE via Manila, &c.\n  \n  \n    YOSHINO MARU\n    Tuesday, 26th Sept. at 11 a.m.\n    \n  \n  \n    AKI MARU\n    Tuesday, 3rd Oct. at 11 a.m.\n    NEW YORK VIA PANAMA\n  \n  \n    SANUKI MARU\n    Monday, 25th September.\n    CALCUTTA via Singapore, Penang & Rangoon\n  \n  \n    MORICKA MARU\n    Friday, 29th Sept.\n    BOMBAY via Singapore, Penang & Colombo\n  \n  \n    AKI MARU\n    Friday, 13th Oct. at 11a.m.\n    NAGASAKI, KOBE & YOKOHAMA\n  \n  \n    TOTTORI M.\n    Saturday, 23rd Sept.\n    SHANGHAI, KOBE & YOKOHAMA\n  \n  \n    FUSHIMI MARU\n    Thursday, 28th Sept. at 11 a.m.\n    \n  \n\nFor further information apply to Tel. Central Nos. 292 & 293.\n\nNIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.\n\nK. H. KAMEI, Manager.\n\nSEPTEMBER 22, 1922.\n\nCOASTAL\n\nSHIPPING.\n\nINDO CHINA STEAM\n\n309\n\n11\n\nSHIPPING NEWS.\n\nSYDNEY'S PILFERAGE LOST\n\nThe annual loss at the port of Sydney through pillaging of cargo\n\nNAVIGATION CO., LTD.\n\nSAILINGS SUBJECT TO ALTERATION.\n\n  \n    Steamer\n    Sailing\n    Destination\n  \n  \n    Yuensang\n    Sat. 23rd Sept. at 3 p.m.\n    MANILA\n  \n  \n    Chipshing\n    Tues. 26th Sept. at 4 p.m.\n    TIENTSIN\n  \n  \n    Wingsang\n    Tues. 26th Sept. at noon\n    T'TAO via S'tow & S'hai\n  \n  \n    Drufar\n    Tues, 26th Sept. at noon\n    BANGKOK via Swatow\n  \n  \n    Mingsang\n    Wed. 27th Sept. at 8 a.m.\n    HAIPHONG via Hoihow\n  \n  \n    Fooksang\n    Wed. 27th Sept. at 3 p.m.\n    STRAITS & Calcutta\n  \n  \n    Yatching\n    Thurs. 28th Sept. at noon\n    T'TAO via S'tow & S'hai\n  \n  \n    Mausang\n    Sat. 30th Sept. at 2 p.m.\n    SANDAKAN\n  \n  \n    Hangsang\n    Sun. 1st Oct. at noon\n    T'TAO via Stow & S'hai\n  \n  \n    Kutsang\n    Tues. 3rd Oct. at 3 p.m.\n    STRAITS & Calcutta\n  \n  \n    Laisang\n    Thurs. 5th Oct. at noon\n    KOBE\n  \n\nCALCUTTA LINE:-This Line now affords regular sailings to Calcutta, Penang and Singapore; Returning from Calcutta steamers proceed via Straits and Hongkong to Japan occasionally calling at Shanghai.\n\nfrom ships is considered to be not less than £500,000 yearly.\n\nSECOND MATE'S CERTIFICATE\n\nDuring the year ended June 30 last 1,974 candidates were examined at Home for certificates of competency as second mates. 829 were successful.\n\nSOOCHOW SHIPPING. A total of 4.293 vessels, aggregating 188,948 tons, entered and cleared at the Custom House during 1921 as compared with 4031 vessels, aggregating 189,859 tons, during 1920.\n\nGERMANY BUYS JAPANESE STEAMER.\n\nThe Japanese s. Shimpo Maru, 4,392 gross tons, has been purchased by Messrs. Schroser, Holcken and Fischer, of E\n\nSHANGHAI LINE: Sailings approximately every three days between Canton and Shanghai, sometimes calling at Swatow. Through Bills of Lading are issued for all to Northern and Yangtsze Ports via Shanghai.\n\nAll steamers have excellent passenger accommodation, are fitted with Electric Light & Fans and carry a fully qualified Surgeon.\n\nstated to have been re-christened the Harald.\n\nMANILA LINE-A weekly service is maintained with Manila by vessels with good passenger accommodation, sailing from both ports every Friday.\n\nHAIPHONG LINE:-Sailings, approximately weekly for passengers and cargo, calling at Hoihow when inducement offers.\n\nBORNEO LINE:-Fortnightly sailings to and from Sandakan by two 5,000 ton steamers s.s.\" HINSANG\" & \" MAUSANG \"\n\nboth steamers having excellent passenger accommodation.\n\nCargo taken on through Bills of Lading for Kudat, Jesselton, Labuan, Tawao and Lahad Datu.\n\nDODWELL & CO., LTD.\n\nTIENTSIN LINE-A regular service is run from March to Nov.\n\nREGULAR SAILINGS TO NEW YORK & BOSTON\n\nFOR NEW YORK & BOSTON.\n\nLLOYD TRIESTINO.\n\nTaking cargo on through Bills of Lading for Levant. Black Sea and Danube Ports.\n\nFIUME having been re-opened for traffic, cargo is also accepted for this port on through Bills of Lading.\n\nFOR SHANGHAI.\n\nS.S. \"TRIESTE “\n\nSailing on or about 5th October.\n\nFor BRINDISI, VENICE & TRIESTE.\n\nVia Singapore, Penang and Colombo.\n\nS.S. \"PERSIA \"\n\nS.S. \"TRIESTE\"\n\nSailing on or about 22nd September.\n\nSailing on or about 22nd October.\n\nPassengers Luggage can be insured at the office of the Agents.\n\nNATAL LINE OF STEAMERS.\n\nRegular Passenger and Cargo Service.\n\nFROM CALCUTTA TO SOUTH AFRICAN PORTS.\n\nS.S. \"UMLAZI \"\n\nSailing on or about 31st October.\n\nThrough Bills of Lading issued from Hongkong.\n\nFor Freight or Passage on any of the above Lines apply to:-\n\nDODWELL & CO., LTD.,\n\nAgents.\n\nTelephone Central 1030.\n\nAUSTRALIAN ORIENTAL LINE.\n\nHONGKONG TO PHILIPPINES & AUSTRALIAN PORTS.\n\nSAILING (SUBJECT TO ALTERATION)\n\n  \n    Steamer\n    Arrives Hongkong from Australia\n    Leaves Hongkong for Australia\n  \n  \n    TAIYUAN\n    28th Sept.\n    3rd Oct.\n  \n  \n    CHANGSHA\n    15th Oct.\n    20th Oct.\n  \n\nThis steamer is fitted with Refrigerating machinery, ensuring\n\nbetween H'kong & Tientsin calling at Weihaiwei & Chefoo, plan. The Shipping Board suggested the plan to preserve the rates after the recent disruptions and disorganizing of the Eastern freight shipments. when the Atlantic Conference declare i open rates. A later report av that fourteen steamship es. plying between American N Atlantic and Far Eastern ports, have drawn up a schedule f freights, which is stated to b higher than the present rate. They have also agreed to deposit a sum of $25,000 each as a guarantee of the maintenan the schedule.\n\nCREW'S \"SMOKE-ABLES\"\n\nRecently in the House of Commons a member asked the President of the Board of Trade a question relative to the prices charged to ships' crews for cigarettes and tobacco. According to this querier, there \"M certain stij masters who compel those on board to\n\nSHANGHAI LINE.-PASSENGERS, MAILS AND CARGO.\n\nExcellent Saloon accommodation amidships. Electric Fans in Saloon and State-rooms. Regular schedule service between Canton, Hongkong and Shanghai (thrice weekly) and Tsingtao (weekly), taking Cargo on through Bills of Lading to all Yangtsze, and Northern China Ports. Passengers are Landed in Shanghai avoiding the inconvenience of transhipment at Woosung.\n\nBANGKOK LINE.-Weekly service to and from B'kok via 'tow.\n\nFor Freight or Passage apply to\n\nBUTTERFIELD & SWIRE, (John Swire & Sons, Ltd.)\n\nAGENTS.\n\nTelephone Central No. 36. Cargo and baggage can be insured at the above office.\n\nDOUGLAS STEAMSHIP CO. LTD.\n\nand\n\nHONGKONG & SOUTH CHINA COAST PORTS SERVICE.\n\nRegular Service of Fast, High Class Coast Steamers having a plentiful supply of ice, fresh provisions etc. and has superior good accommodation for First Class Passengers. Electric Light throughout and Electric Fans in the State-rooms. A duly qualified Doctor is carried. Reduced Fares. Cargo booked through to all Australian. New Zealand and Tasmanian ports.\n\nFor Freight and Passage apply to\n\nTelephone Central No. 36.\n\nButterfield & Swire. JOHN SWIRE, & SON, LTD.) Agents.\n\nFor Swatow, Amoy and Foochow and Returns, (Occupying 9 to 10 days,) Steamships.\n\nCaptain. Leaving. Haiching... J. S. Thomson ... | SUN..\n\n24th Sept. at 11 a.m. Haihong .. W. C. Passmore\n\nFRI, 29th Sept. at 1 p.m. Haifoong... W. S. Turnbull... | FRI., 29th Sept. at p.m.\n\nArrivals and Departures from the Co's Wharf (dear Blake Pier.)\n\nFor Freight and Passage, apply to\n\n\"ELLERMAN\" LINE.\n\n(Ellerman & Bucknall S. S. Co., Ltd.)\n\nUNITED KINGDOM & CONTINENT SERVICE.\n\n  \n    Vessel\n    OUTWARDS\n    HOMEWARDS\n  \n  \n    \"City of Tokio\n    S'hai, Kobe & Yokohama. 20th Oct.\n    \n  \n  \n    \"City of Sydney\"\n    \n    10th Oct. L'don, Alwerp, R'dam, H'burg. G’gow\n  \n  \n    \"City of Paris\"\n    Mid. Dec.\n    Marseilles & London\n  \n  \n    \"City of York\"\n    Beg. Feb.\n    \n  \n  \n    \"City of Simla \"\n    Mud, March.\n    \n  \n  \n    \"City of Poona\"\n    Mid. April.\n    \n  \n\nPASSENGER SERVICE.\n\nSubject to change without notice.\n\nFor further particulars apply to\n\nREISS & CO.\n\nCANTON.\n\nDouglas Lapraik & Co., General Managers.\n\nbe left to shipowners and masters to take action.\n\nAN OLD-TIME CAPTAIN\n\nThe following is culler ** the Syren anul Shipping The late Captain \"Tom \"Dutton mas in his day one of those tine a men whose sterling chara ter and sound navigational ski...com tributed so largely to the enviable reputation which the hard Line enjoys Atlantic voy acers. We made several passages ar ago with Captain Dutton in the old Umbria, and have Many pleasant recollections, both of the ship and her commander. He was a typical British sailo bluff, courteous, and cool an emergency. During his 32 rear of service with the Cunard Cor-pany he commanded many of their well-known liners, and h was in command of the inhr when he retired some 20 -\n\nOld Cunarders will re bar the late Captain Drzys famous \"mosquito net,\" was one of the institutions tr Umbria. Many tales are tid o\n\nago.\n\nNANYO YUSEN KAISHA.\n\nthis old sea.dog. One fine ...\n\nThe South Sea Mail S.S. Co., Ltd.)\n\nREGULAR FORTNIGHTLY SERVICE between\n\nJAPAN, HONGKONG & JAVA.\n\nFor Batavia, Samarang & Sourabaya.\n\nS.S. SAMARANG MARU\n\nSailing on or about 26th Sept.\n\nFor Moji, Kobe & Yokohama.\n\nS.S. CHERIBON MARU\n\nSailing on or about 24th Sept.\n\nFor further particulars please apply to:-\n\nTHE BANK LINE, LTD.\n\n(Tel. Central 80).\n\nTel. Central No. 2206. Second Floor, Prince's Building.\n\nK. SUZUKI, Manager.\n\nday morning in mid-Atlan: fe appeared on deck in full rezal -white cap cover, white trou etc. A lady passenger meeting him said: 'Good morning Captain, I see you've got clea white trousers ou.\" madam,\" was the reply, and i hope you have, too.\"\n\nKIANGSU EDUCATORS'\n\nAPPEAL\n\nTO PEKING,\n\nThe Educational Association of Kiangsu has sent a telegraphic appeal to the Peking Government asking that a stricter enforcement of the Presidential Mandates against lotteries be made. These Mandates prohibiting lotteries : China bave not been obeyed the merchants of Kiangsu a they have even gone to the ends of requesting the local authorities to suspend the operation of the..",
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        "content_text": "2014 12 Europe Australia, and other Ports \n\nP. & O.-BRITISH INDIA, APCAR \n\nANA \n\nFASTERN & AUSTRALIAN LINES \n\nCOMPANIES incorporated in ENGLAND) \n\nΤΟ \n\n*TRAITS ★ BURMA, CEYLON, INDIA PERSIAN GULF, WEST INDIES MAURITIUS EAST & SOUTH AFRICA, AUSTRALIA, &c. \n\nNCIUDING, NEW ZEALAND & QUEENSLAND PORTS. RED SEA, BÜLLET RODE PTC \n\nPENINSULAR & ORIENTAL FORTNIGHTLY DIRECT ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS (UNDER CONTRACT WITH H. M. GOVERNMENT.) \n\nYAN \n\nSICILIA MANTUA DONGOLA \n\nJANUS EGRA \n\nTana \n\n19,000 6,702 11,000 \n\n8,000 \n\n\" \n\nFrom Hong-kong (about) \n\nDestination \n\n11 Oct 11 a.m. Mles, London & Antwerp \n\n16th Sept 1 S'pore, P'ang, Cbo & B'bas 25th Oct. B'hay, Mles, L'don, A'werp \n\n8th Nov. M'les, London & Antwerp \n\nBRITISH INDIA, APCAR SAILINGS (South) \n\nTHE \n\nHONGKONG \n\nTELEGRAPH. \n\nSATURDAY, \n\nSEPTEMBER 30, 1922. \n\nShipping to Europe, Australia, and other Ports \n\nN. Y. K. \n\nSAILINGS SUBJECT TO ALTERATION \n\nVICTORIA, SPATTLE & VANCOUVER via Shanghai & Japan ports. Through Bills of Lading issued to all Overland Common Points in U.S.A. & Canada. \n\nSHIDZUOKA MARU (Calling Keelung) Sat., 30th Sept., at 11 a.m. \n\nYOKOHAMA HARU...... \n\nMonday, 23rd Oct., at 11 a.m. \n\nMARSEILLES, LONDON & ANTWERP via Singapore, &c. \n\nKASHIMA MARU, \n\n29th Sept. at 11 a.m. 13th Oct. at 11 a.m. \n\nHAKONE MARU \n\n--- \n\nFriday, \n\nFriday, \n\nAMBURG via LONDON, ROTTERDAM. \n\nLIVERPOOL via MARSEILLES. \n\nTOYOHASHI MARU \n\nSecond half of October. \n\n... \n\nAKI MARU \n\nSYDNEY & MELBOURNE via Manila, &c. \n\nYOSHINO MARU....... \n\nTuesday, 17th Oct. at 11 a.m. Tuesday, 14th Nov. at 11 a.m. \n\nNEW YORK VIA PANAMA. \n\nEnd of October. \n\nMAYABASHI MARU... \n\nRIO DE JANEIRO, SANTOS & BUENOS AIRES via Cape. \n\nBOMBAY via Singapore, Penang & Colombo \n\nAWA MARU \n\nThursday, Penang. BALCUTTA via Singapore, Penang & Rangoon. \n\nMORIOKA MARU NAGASAKI, KOBE & YOKOHAMA, \n\nAKI MARU SHANGHAI, KOBE & YOKOHAMA. \n\nMISHIMA MARU \n\n| 30 Sept. I p.m. ↑ Calcutta via S'pore, 5, 08 \n\n8th Oct. Singapore. EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS (South) \n\n(Manila, Iloilo, Sandakan, | 6,000 | 4th Oct. 11 a.m. \n\nThurs Is., Tville. B'ban \n\nSydney & Melbourne. \n\nARAFURA \n\nFrequent connections from Australia with the following:- The Union S.S. Company to the United Kingdom via New Zealand &c. \n\nThe P & O Branch Service of steamers to London via the Cape \n\nThe New Zealand Shipping Co's steamers for Bordeaux &c. \n\nFGR \n\nSAILINGS TO SHANGHAI & JAPAN. \n\nAnong. \n\n*n* Canal \n\nSICILIA \n\n5,108 670 DONGOLA 18,084 \n\n4th Oct. \n\n5th Oct d'light \n\n7th Oct. \n\nST. ALBANS | 6,000 \n\n9th Oct. \n\nAmoy Shanghai. Shanghai & Japan. Japan. \n\nAll dates are approximate and subject to alteration without notice \n\nWIRELESS ON ALL STEAMERS. \n\nParcels measuring not more than 2ft x 2ft x 1ft, will be received at the Company's Offices up to noon on the day previous to sailing \n\nFor Passage Rates, Handbooks, Freights etc., apply to \n\nMACKINNON, MACKENZIE & CO \n\n22, Des Voeux Road Central. \n\nCLEN \n\nAND \n\nAgent- \n\nSHIRE. \n\nJOINT SERVICE OF STEAMERS \n\nO.K., STRAITS, CHINA & JAPAN Service \n\nVessel. \n\n9.S.S. \n\nGIENAVY \n\nS.S. \n\nGLENAPR \n\nSS. \n\nCARNARVONSHIRE \n\n$S. S.S. \n\nGLENUARY\": \n\nOLENIFFER \n\nVessel. \n\nS.S. GLENARIFFE \n\nS.S. GLENOGLE \n\nOUTWARDS. \n\nHOMEWARDS. \n\nLeaves Hongkong. \n\nDue Hongkong. \n\n5th October. 5th October. 19th October. 2nd November \n\n16th November. \n\nDischarges. \n\n18th Oct. LONDON. A'WERP & HAMBURG 23rd Oct. L'DON, A'WERP, R'DAM, H'BURG, \n\nMovements are subject to change without notice. For freight or further particulars please apply to:- \n\nJARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LTD. \n\nTHE GLEN LINE, LTD \n\nAGENTS' \n\nTelephone Central No 215, sub-ex 23 and 3696 \n\nJAVA-CHINA-JAPAN LIJN. \n\nSteiner \n\nREGULAR FORTNIGHTLY \n\nSERVICE BETWEEN \n\nJAVA, CHINA and JAPAN. \n\nFim \n\nor about \n\nW1il Trave \n\nnz about \n\nExpected D \n\nTjikembang Java 30th Sept. Tjitaroem...Shai, N.C. | 2nd Oct. Tjiliwang... | Japan Amoy 7th Oct. \n\nJapan Amoy 15th Oct. | 17th__ Oct. \n\n7th Oct. 4th Oct. 9th Oct. \n\nFor \n\nFor further information apply to Tel. Central Nos. 292 & 293. \n\n10th October. \n\nFriday, \n\n29th Sept. \n\nFriday 13th Oct at 11 a.m. \n\nThursday, \n\n12th Oct. at 11 a.m. \n\nNIPPON YUSEN KAISHA. K. H. KAMEI, Manager, \n\nDODWELL & CO., LTD. \n\nREGULAR SAILINGS TO NEW YORK & BOSTON \n\nFOR NEW YORK & BOSTON, \n\nS.S. KENDAL CASTLE\" Sailing on or about 15th Nov. \n\nLLOYD TRIESTINO. \n\nTaking cargo on through Bills of Lading for Levant, Black Sea and Danube Ports. \n\nFIUME having been re-opened for traffic, cargo is also accepted for this port on through Bills of Lading. \n\nFOR SHANGHAI. \n\nS.S.TRIESTE ̈ \n\nSailing on or about 14th October. For BRINDISI, VENICE & TRIESTE. Via Singapore, Penang and Colombo. \n\nwww \n\nS.S.TRIESTE \" Passengers' Luggage can be insured at the office of the Agents, \n\nSailing on or about 31st October. \n\nNATAL LINE OF STEAMERS \n\nRegular Passenger and Cargo Service. \n\nFROM CALCUTTA TO SOUTH AFRICAN PORTS \n\nSailing on or about 31st October. S.S. \"UMLAZI\" \n\nThrough Bills of Lading issued from Hongkong. \n\n*** \n\n*** \n\nFor Freight or Passage on any of the above Lines apply to:- \n\nDODWELL & CO., LTD., \n\nAgents. \n\nTelephone Central 1030, \n\nAUSTRALIAN, ORIENTAL LINE. \n\nHONGKONG TO PHILIPPINES & AUSTRALIAN PORTS. SAILING (SUBJECT TO ALTERATION). \n\nSteamer. \n\nTAIYUAN CHANGSHA \n\nArrives Hongkong from Australia. \n\n2nd Oct. \n\n15th Oct. \n\nCOASTAL SHIPPING. \n\nINDO CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD. \n\nSAILINGS SUBJECT TO ALTERATION \n\nMon. Tues. \n\nTues. \n\nThurs. \n\nThurs. \n\nSailing \n\n1st Oct. at 10 a.m. 1st Oct. at noon. 2nd Oct at 4 p.m. 3rd Oct. at noon. 3rd Oct. at 3 p.m. 5th Oct. at noon. 5th Oct. at 2 p.m. 6th Oct. at 8 a.m. 6th Oct. at 3 p.m. \n\nnoon. 8th Oct at \n\nSHIPPING NEWS. \n\nC.S, MERCANTILE MARINE \n\nRATIONING PLAN, \n\nThat steamship operating at New York approve in principle the rationing plans being worked out by the division of operations of the United States Shipping Board is indicated not only by their expressions of approval, but by active co-operation in working out details. The Standing Committee of managing agents of the Shipping Board and representatives of thirty-eight steamship companies operating Government vessels met in the Whitehall Building, NY, says the New York Maritime Recorder, to discuss details of the rationing plan. \n\nDestination \n\nSteamer BANGKOK via Swatow Drufar Sun. TAO via S'tow & S'hai Yatshing Sun. OBE....... \n\n......Laisang TTAO via Stow & S'bai Hangsang STRAITS & Calcutta... Kutsang ANTUNG via Shanghai Loksang SANDAKAN \n\nMarsang HAIPHONG via Hoihow Leesang Fri. | MANILA \n\nYuensang Fri. TT Ovia Stow & S'hai Kwongsang Sun. KOBE via Yokohama...... Namsung Tues, 10th Oct. at noon. BANGKOK via Swatow Childar Tues, 10:h Oct. at noon, ~ALCUTTA LINE:-This Line now affords regular sailings to \n\nCALCUTTA, PENANG and SINGAPORE; Returning from Calcutta steamers proceed via Straits and Hongkong to \n\noccasionally calling at Shanghai, \n\nJapaustenance, repairs, stores and \n\nfuel. The rationing of the latter, the most they say, presents difficulties. A fixed allowance for sustenance is already in force, the Government allowing 65 cents a day for each member of the crew of a Shipping Board \n\nAll steamers have excellent passenger accommodation, are fitted \n\nwith Electric Light & Fans and carry a fully qualified Surgeon. SHANGHAI LINE: Sailings approximately every three days between \n\nCanton and Shanghai, sometimes calling at Swatow. Through tickets can be obtained and through Bills of Lading are issued all to Northern and Yangtsze Ports via Shanghai.\" MANILA LINE:A weekly service is maintained with Manila by vessels with good passenger accommodation, sailings from both ports every Friday. |HAIPHONG LINE :-Sailings approximately weekly for passenger and cargo, calling at Hoihow when inducement offers- BORNEO LINE :—Fortnightly sailings to and from Sandakan by two 5,000 ton steamers S.S. \"HINSANG\" & \"MADSANG \" both steamers having excellent passenger accommodation Cargo taken on through Bills of Lading for Kudat, Jesselton, Labuan, Tawao and Lahad Datu. \n\nTIENTSIN LINE:-A regular service is run from March to Nov. between H'kong & Thentain calling at Weihaiwei & Chefoo, BANGKOK LINE:-A weekly service is provided between Hong \n\nkong and Bangkok, via Swatow, by five steamers fitted with \n\nup-to-date passenger accommodation. \n\nCALCUTTA LINE. S.S.\"Kutsang\" will be despatched on or about Tuesday, † 3rd Oct., at 3 p.m. for SINGAPORE, PENANG & CALCUTTA. \n\nThrough Bills of Lading issued to RANGOON, PORT SWETTENHAM & MADRAS & DUTCH EAST INDIES \n\nFor Freight or Passage apply to: \n\nJARDINE MATHESON & CO., LTD. \n\nTelephone Central No. 815. \n\nGeneral Managers. \n\nC. N. C. \n\nCHINA NAVIGATION CO., LTD. SAILINGS SUBJECT TO ALTERATION \n\nSteamers. \n\nFor SWATOW & BANGKOK ...Kiangsu SHANGHAI & TSINGTAO...Szechuen W’WEI, CHEFOO & T’TSIN Kuzichow [SWATOW & SINGAPORE „Kaying \n\nSHANGHAI & TSINGTAO... Kanchow HAIPHONG \n\n.Chinhua \n\nMO & SHANGHAI ......Suiyang SHANGHAI & гSIN ITAO...Sinkiang \n\nH’HOW. PHOI, H'PHONG. Kalong [SWA POW & BANGKOK ...Chengtu \n\nW WEI, CHEFOO & T’TSIN Huichow \n\nTo Sail. 1st Oct. at 1st Oct. at 1st Oct. at 2nd Oct. a. 3rd Oct. 1 4th Oct. at 5th Oct. at .. 7th Oct. at ..10th Oct. at .,10th Oct. at .10th Oct. at \n\n... \n\nnoon.. 4 p.m. 4 p.ni, 2000. \n\n+ p.m. * 8.11. 4.p.m. \n\n4 p.m. ↑ a.m. \n\nnoon. \n\n4 p.m. \n\nBUTTERFIELD & SWIRE, (John Swire & Sons, Ltd.) \n\nAGENTS. \n\nTelephone Central No. 36. Cargo and baggage can be insured at the above office. \n\nyat arranged is the amount of vessel. One of the details not \n\nthe allowance for passengers carried by Shipping Board freighters. The cost of meals for passengers is above that of rations for the crew, the operators contend, and the adjustment of the rate because of this \n\nis being discussed by Shipping Board officials and the representatives of the companies concerned. There also has been some discussion of a more elastic allowance to provide for adequate payment where rationing necessitates the carrying of food in launches to vessels anchored midstream or in out-of-the-way \n\nplaces. It is understood that the Shipping Board has decided to permit operators to arrange for minor repairs without the specific approval of the board. Minor repairs in this case considered to be all those costing less than $5,000. The bill in each case is subject to checking up by a representative of the Government. Repairing costing more than $5,000 will have to be approved by the division of construction and repair, headed by Commander R. D. Gatewood, before ordered by the operating \n\ncompany \n\nBREAKDOWN OF JOB CONTROL UP\" \n\nTHE COMMONWEALTH LINE, A correspondent writes to the.. Journal of Commerce:--As I \n\nreported in my last letter, rather' than agree to the demands of the Seamen's Union to appoint the \"bo'sun\" of the Largs Bay the Commonwealth Line management, under instructions from the \n\nPremier, ordered the vessel to be \n\nSHANGHAI LINE.—PASSENGERS, MAILS AND CARGO, withdrawn from the sailing schedule and laid up, and further. \n\nExcellent Saloon accommodation smidships. Electric Fans in Saloon and State-rooms. Regular schedule service between Canton, Hongkong and Shanghai (thrice weekly) and Tsingtao (weekly), taking Cargo on through Bills of Lading to all Yangteze. \n\nAustralian ports should also be laid up as and when they arrive, avoiding the inconvenience of transhipment at Woosung. \n\nThis very quickly resulted in a BANGKOK LINE.—Weekly service to and from B'kok via S'tow. \n\npartial climb down of the union. \n\nthough \n\nWilliam \n\nFor Freight or Passage apply. \n\nMorris Hughes is regarded by Labour as one big bluff, unfortunately not. until the Largs Bay had actually been withdrawn and anchored at an Admiralty buoy in Farm Cove, \n\ndays later the union announced that Daley, the bo'sun bone of contention, had resigned, and the matter might be considered as ended. This of course was an ingenious method of saving face, but not enough to satisfy Billy \n\nHaving thrown his chest once, and not had it burst in, he threw it again and called for unconditional surrender of the union, in the form of an undertaking that there should be no further attempts at job control, either on the Largs Bay or on any other vessel of the line \n\nIt has taken a fortnight to get this well home into Tom Walsh's head, and now the undertaking has been given. It may be assumed that job control is now ended, but the situation as regards the private lines is unchanged \n\nNegotiations are, however, proceeding, and will translate in the \n\nLeaves Hongkong \n\nDOUGLAS STEAMSHIP CO. LTD. \n\nfor Australia. \n\n6th Oct. 20th Oct. \n\nHONGKONG & SOUTH CHINA COAST PORTS SERVICE. Regular Service of Fast, High Class Coast Steamers having \n\nShanghai. \n\nThis steamer is fitted with Refrigerating machinery, ensuring good accommodation for First Class Passengers, Electric Light and Fans in state-rooms and Saloon and \n\nBanka, Batavia. a plentiful supply of ice, fresh provisions etc. and has superior Cuisine. \n\nFor Swatow, Amoy and Foochow and Returns. Macassar. S'ban accommodation with Electric Light throughout and Electric Fans in \n\nBilliton, Batavia the State-rooms. A duly qualified Doctor is carried. Reduced Fares. \n\n(Occupying 9 to 10 days.) Cargo booked through to all Australian, New Zealand and Tas- \n\nCaptain. \n\nLeaving. ¦ Haifang... | W. S. Turnbull... TUES. 3rd Oct, at \n\nHaichine... J. S. Thomson ... FRI., Haibong W. C. Paramore | TUE., 19th \n\nThe steamers are all fitted throughout with electric light and have accommodation for a limited number of saloon-passengers All steamers carry a duly qualified surgeon. through rates to all ports in Netherlands-India and Australia. \n\nFor Freight and Passage apply to the \n\nTelephone Central No. 1574. \n\nCargo taken s \n\nJava-China-Japan Lijn. \n\nYork Building.. \n\nPACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP CO. \n\nOFFERS \n\nSPECIAL THROUGH FIRST CLASS RATES \n\nHONGKONG TO EUROPE \n\nvia SAN FRANCISCO and NEW YORK \n\nU. S. $120.50 \n\nwhich includes \n\nMINIMUM BERTH TO SAN FRANCISCO FIRST CLASS RAIL ACCOMMODATIONS \n\nSAN FRANCISCO TO NEW YORK \n\nWITH STOPOVER PRIVILEGES, BERTH AND ACCOMMODATIONS ON ANY ATLANTIC OCEAN STEAMER VALUED AT U.S. $49. $205.00 \n\nBUT DOES NOT INCLUDE BERTH AND MEALS ACROSS AMERICAN CONTINENT. \n\nFOR FULL INFORMATION apply to \n\nPACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP CO. \n\nManaging Agents. \n\nUNIT D STATES SHIPPING BOARD. \n\nUNION BUILDING, HONGKONG \n\nCable Address \"SOLANO\" Cinton Agents, REISS & CO. \n\nSteamships. \n\n1 p.m. I p.m. 1 p.m. \n\nFor Freight and Passage apply to \n\noth \n\nOct. al Oct. al \n\nTelephone Central No. 36, \n\nButterfield & Swire. (JOHN SWIRE & SON, LTD) Agents. \n\n‡ Calling at Amoy for Passengers only. Arrivals and Departures from the Co's Wharf 'near Blake Pier.) \n\nFor Freight and Passage, apply tō“ \n\n\"ELLERMAN\" LINE, \n\n(Ellerman & Bucknall S. S. Co., Ltd) UNITED KINGDOM & CONTINENT SERVICE. \n\nOUTWARDS. \n\n\"City of Tokio \" \n\n20th Oct. \n\nHOMEWARDS. \n\nS'hai, Kobe & Yokohama. \n\n\"City of Sydney\" 10th Oct. L'don, A'werp, R'da 'n, l'burg, G'gow. PA-SEN ER SERVICE. \n\nMarseilles & London. \n\nCity of Paris' City of York \" \"City of Simla “ \"City of Poona\" \n\nMid. Dec. \n\nFeb. Beg. Mid. March. Mid: April. Subject to change without notice. for further particulars apply to REISS & CO. \n\n14 \n\nCLETON. \n\nTHE BANK LINE, LTD. \n\n(Tel. Central 80). \n\nDouglas Lapraik & Co.. General Managers. \n\nNANYO YUSEN KAISHA. \n\nceeding, and will translate in the \n\nThe South Sea Mail S.S. Co., Ltd.) REGULAR FORTNIGHTLY SERVICE \n\nbetween \n\nJAPAN, HONGKONG & JAVA. \n\nFor Batavia, Samarang & Sourabaya. \n\nS.S. BORNEO MARU Sailing on or about 12th Oct. \n\nFor Moji, Kobe & Yokohama. \n\nS.S. MACASSAR MARU Sailing on or about 10th Ost. \n\nFor further particulars please apply to:- \n\nsame manner without doubt. The success of the Commonwealth \n\nLine is a matter of great importance, because ever since the war labour tactics in this country have been developing almost on the lines of Sovietism. Industry was to be run by and for the benefit of those engaged in it \n\nThe nation was to be regarded \n\nly as the source from which tribute should be paid to Labour, which would decide exactly what should and should not be produced, and how much should be demanded for the production. \n\nX \n\nTel. Central No. 2206. Second Floor, Prince's Building. \n\nK. SUZUKI, Manager. \n\nPEPYS'S CURING WATER. For many years Pepys's curing water, sold at Banner, N London, is to be cleaned and repaired. Samuel Pepys records frequent visits there.. \n\nis \n\nn",
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        "content_text": "THE RECORD OF QUALITY.\n\nThe \"OKEH\" has come to stay. That's a fact, Get acquainted with it to the strains of the latest musical Master-pieces as rendered by the World's greatest artists or to the strains of the latest Fox Trots and Waltzes as played by America's leading orchestras and bands. Do not forget that the \"OKEH\" is original and refined and that it pleases and satisfies. So says everybody who has heard it and there can be no better recommendation than this.\n\nHaven't you got a Talking Machine? Then let us name for you your own requirements in selecting a Phonograph. It must be a musical instrument first of all and it must have faultless tone—clear, round, true. It must be not only pleasing in design but correct. Its proportions must be exact, its wood and metal perfect, its workmanship beyond criticism: and, more than ever before, its price must be reasonable. We have such an instrument in the “STRAND\" CONSOLE—worthy of the place of honour in any room of any home. Let us demonstrate it to you. You must see the \"STRAND\" and hear it to appreciate what has become possible in 1922.\n\nOKEH STUDIO. 4, DES VOEUX ROAD CENTRAL (CORNER OF ICE HOUSE STREET). TEL. NO. CENTRAL 4453.\n\nJust Received:- MANILA HATS for LADIES. Popular Designs and Various Colours at ATTRACTIVE PRICES. Early Inspection Solicited. SWATOW DRAWN WORK CO., 16, Des Vœux Road Central. Hongkong. P.O. Box 445. Telephone No. 2860.\n\nAILSA CRAIG MARINE MOTORS. A first-class British-made Motor at a reasonable price. 1 Cylinder to 6 Cylinders. 4 B.H.P. to 50 B.H.P. Prices and particulars from SOLE AGENTS: DODWELL & CO., LTD., Telephone C. 1030.\n\nASAHI BEER. SPECIALLY BREWED FOR EXPORT. DAI NIPPON BREWERY CO., LIMITED. TOKYO, JAPAN. SOLE AGENTS: MITSUI BUSSAN KAISHA, LTD. HONGKONG.\n\nHONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, MAY 25TH, 1935.\n\nA BANDIT'S PRISONER ON PAROLE.\n\nBELIEVES THEY WOULD NOT HESITATE TO KILL.\n\nBY THE NORTH CHINA DAILY NEWS SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.\n\nTSAOCHUANG, May 18th. M. Marcel Olivier Bérubé, the French prisoner, still wearing the ribbon of the Croix de Guerre in his buttonhole, awarded for his exploits in the 113 Flight Escadrille in the French Army, arrived late this afternoon, from the bandit camp at the foot of Paotzeku, on a \"leave of absence\" of 24 hours. He gave a graphic account of the trials and sufferings of his companions at the hands of the bandit hordes during the past ten days.\n\nMrs. Verea arrived exhausted and soaked with rain. She says: \"It is all a nightmare too terrible for words. They took me away from my husband at first but when I begged to remain with him, they allowed me to do so. His hair gone white and he was on the verge of a collapse. We were separated from the others after the first night, then forced to march day after day, sometimes all night. The first three nights we were huddled with the bandits and slept on a dirty floor, infested with vermin, but hardly asleep when we were ordered on. They pushed and kicked us to make us go fast. I was clothed only in stockings and a heavy coat over my nightdress, with only the bandits' slippers.\n\nFOREIGNERS' COURAGE SPLENDID.\n\nOn the second day a Chinese ahead of us slipped and fell over the cliff. In the hill camp we were alone but never had privacy. The bandits caroused, drank and smoked opium.\n\nThe first week we were fed twice daily but were too afraid to eat. Then when the food from the Rescue Mission came it was like food from Heaven. The courage of the foreigners was splendid. They tried to make light of the most perilous times and smile.\n\nI came to tell you all that the troops have not withdrawn as had been promised, and as a result, the bandit chiefs are threatening serious reprisals. During the past two days we marched day and night, and have only rested for very brief intervals. The bandits are desperate, especially when we are on the march, and if we do not walk fast enough we are prodded either with the rifle butt or bayonet. Even now many of the men are without shoes, while others have their feet so swollen that marching is torture.\n\nDuring the past three days we have covered about 30 miles and are encamped within the walls of an ancient Taoist temple, which is situated at the base of Paotzekou but at an elevation of about 800 ft. above sea level. On the mountain across the valley may be seen large numbers of troops continually on guard, and the bandit chieftain told me before leaving this morning, that the soldiers out-number the bandits about ten to one, and as a result the bandits are about at the end of their patience.\n\nTHE BANDITS WOULD SHOOT.\n\nI asked Mr. Bérubé to tell me how he knew that the bandits were desperate and he replied that he was sure that the bandits would not hesitate a moment before shooting any of the foreigners.\n\nOn Wednesday last five of the Chinese captives were lined up and shot, merely because they refused to obey the bandits' commands quickly enough, when the order was given to move on, and, it was said afterwards, attempted to offer resistance.\n\nMr. Bérubé then described the state of the individual captives. He stated that Mrs. Verea had borne up remarkably well under the continued marches, and had remained continually at her husband's side despite several offers of release. She now wears foreign clothes and appears in good spirits.\n\nMajor Pinger, U.S.A. has been elected senior commanding officer. He is wearing a pair of Mr. Musso's trousers which are several sizes too large for him.\n\nMr. Bérubé stated that Mr. W. Smith, of Manchester, who is 63 years of age had a narrow escape from death on Sunday, when he nearly slipped over a narrow path which spanned a deep chasm. He is clothed in flannel pyjamas, and wears a large straw hat and carries continually a broken walking stick.\n\nMR. MUSSO SUFFERING.\n\nMr. Musso is suffering more than any of the others and has to be moved in a sedan chair. During the march he fainted twice and was revived with difficulty. His left leg has been paralysed owing to a severe fall last Monday, when he lost his eye glasses.\n\nThanks to the ministrations of Dr. Martens, Mr. Musso has recovered much of his strength but still is regarded as being in a serious condition.\n\nThey were terribly angry and threatened reprisals if the firing continued. After the parleys with the Government agents the bandit chiefs were furious. They ordered the Americans to the summit of Paotzekou and ordered the others to follow today. Then the foreigners urged my husband to make me return and gave me great cheers as we said goodbye. But I am desolate. Please ask all foreigners in China to insist on the release of their comrades in Paotzekou before it is too late.'\n\nMrs. Verea is dainty and charming, an aristocrat. Her emotion is too deep for tears.\n\nBANDIT CHIEF AS REFORMER.\n\nA Special Chinese Correspondent, who has been to the scene of the bandit outrage for the North-China Daily News sent the following telegram to his office in Peking:\n\nPEKING, May 19th. I have interviewed the bandit leader, Sun Mei-yao, who says that the action taken by the bandits is honest and honourable with the wish to better the country's condition. He says that the bandits will hold their prisoners until the Government shall abolish the Tuchunships, disband superfluous troops, adjust the country's finances, declare a condition of internal peace, and issue a future programme with regard to troops.\n\nThe bandits, he says, demand that they shall not be interfered with by the regular army, and freedom of action for the betterment of China. They do not want enrolment in the regular army, and are willing to surrender their prisoners if the Government will accept these terms; otherwise, they will continue to hold the prisoners captive.\n\nThe bandits state that the country's future must be protected if they are to live and China to stand. Among the bandits are many prominent Chinese, including a number of returned students from America.\n\nThe Premier, Chang Shou-tseng, states that there are only 1,200 tufei, but the leader whom I interviewed says that there are no fewer than 3,000. The Premier is optimistic as to an early settlement of the matter and thinks that Wu Yu-lin, the Minister of Communications, should offer himself as a hostage. He states that in order to protect the foreigners, the troops have been ordered not to fight and the aviators not to drop bombs. However, the bandits are surrounded on a plateau.\n\nMr. Bérubé said that Messrs. Powell, Rowlatt and himself were in the best of health and that they had suffered but comparatively little from swollen feet.\n\nThe Premier says that Dr. Wellington Koo will immediately assume office, but Dr. Koo refuses to accept the post until Parliament confirms the appointment. Dr. Koo realizes the importance and gravity of the situation, but has seen too many of his predecessors fail, and therefore will not assume office until his appointment is confirmed.\n\nPlans are seriously being considered to send General Feng Yu-hsiang's Christian troops to fight the bandits and drive them away or suppress them altogether, as was done by Feng's troops in Honan last year. Chang Hsueh-liang, the son of Chang Tsu-lin, is reported to have offered to take troops personally to fight the bandits. Chang is a man of courage, firmness and determination and, although only 23 years of age, has taken part in several wars, not to mention many fights with bandits. He is probably the most promising leader in the North at the present time. The people in the North love him and swear by him.\n\nThe present camp is situated in three pagodas of a Taoist temple, but all the pagodas, though at a small distance from each other, are intercommunicating and the captives are allowed to pass freely from one enclosure to another. Major Allen commands one group and Mr. Young J.B. Powell another. The life is in a sense pseudo-military in character, and the captives are forced to eat and sleep with their own group. They are divided as follows:\n\nPagoda No. 1: Major Pinger, Solomon, Bérubé, Rowlatt, Chang (Interpreter).\n\nPagoda No. 2: Mr. Powell, Friedman, Henly, Musso, 2 Chinese.\n\nPagoda No. 3: Major Allen, Genshurger, Saphier, Elias, Mr. and Mrs. Verea.\n\nMr. Bérubé is leaving about noon tomorrow to return to camp before sundown, when his parole will elapse. He appears in vigorous health and little the worse for his experience, stating that long service in the trenches during 1914-15 fitted him for anything.\n\nMRS. VEREA'S EXPERIENCES.\n\nThe President's Office is angry with the North-China Daily Mail and refuses to make any comment on its statement. The President is accused here of lack of interest and action in connexion with the outrage at Lincheng.\n\nFIEUZAL GLASSES.\n\nOut of doors there is nothing so restful and comfortable for the eyes as the light reflected from green fields and trees, the absorption of the ultra-violet and orange rays by the chlorophyll of the leaves. Hence the introduction of Fieuzal Glass, yellowish green in colour, which is produced in several shades, and lenses made of this may be worn as a protection by over-sensitive eyes where it is desirable to tone down excessive light and glare. Fieuzal lenses of any prescription, either regular or Toric forms are manufactured by the Hongkong Optical Co., successors to Clark & Co., Manufacturing and Refracting Opticians, Queen's Road Central.—ADVT.\n\nPage 160",
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        "content_text": "47\n\n# HONGKONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL\n\nfortunately it gives it at such a late stage as to be practically of little use to the tenant who, of course, has to make his arrangements for new premises at a very greatly increased rent.\n\nTo a\n\nWhat is the\n\nreason for demanding more than the standard rent? What sympathy can possibly be extended to anybody who says to a tenant—who perhaps has been a tenant for some years \"I am going to raise your rent\"? The tenant objects that he is a poor man and cannot pay more and is then told \"Well, if you do not want to pay more, there is someone round the corner who will pay it.\" The position of the lessor under the law as it stands at present is that although the law says he cannot receive more than the standard rent, he can bluff more rent out of the old tenant or get more rent from the new. He knows that he has no right to demand more rent, but yet he bluffs it out because it is a safe proposition to do so. There is absolutely no penalty. If the bluff comes off he gets so much more rent, but if it does not come off he gets off scot free without any penalty. Surely, Sir, that is not just, and it is with a view to remedying an injustice like that that we consider this clause should be put in.\n\nNow, Sir, I come to the second amendment which it is proposed to move in Committee, that is that clause 9 of the Bill be amended as follows:-\n\n(i) By substituting \"sections are\" for \"section is\" thereof; and\n\n(ii) By inserting at the end of clause 9 the following:-\n\nIt is to be hoped, Sir, that when this clause is inserted, as we trust that it will be, that it will be made widely known by the Secretary of Chinese Affairs, and that the tenants who have this kind of bluff tried upon them—of being told they must leave the premises or face a rent increase—will go to the Secretary of Chinese Affairs. Every lessor who demands or receives more than the standard rent for any domestic tenement shall, unless he proves to the satisfaction of the Magistrate that he acted in good faith, be liable upon summary conviction to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars.\n\nI submit that this clause is a very useful and a very necessary one. I would remind the Council that a lessor includes not merely the first landlord but the principal tenants of premises or the lessor of two or three cubicles; the lessor of any portion of the building from the whole building down to bedspace, and that it is proposed to make it a penalty if he demands or receives more than the standard rent for any domestic tenement, which I have explained includes every kind of lessor and every kind of division or sub-division of a domestic tenement. It makes the lessor liable to a penalty for demanding or receiving more than his due under this Ordinance. What, Sir, can be fairer than to subject a man to a penalty under the Ordinance? I think it is a pity, Sir, that that is not more widely understood than it is at the present moment.\n\nI have been very much struck, as Chairman of the Housing Commission, in finding out that people are extraordinarily ignorant of the protection accorded to them by this Rents Ordinance, even as it stands at present in their favour.\n\nThere is another subject, Sir, which I should like to refer to and that is the question of the establishment of a Fair Rents Board. In connection with this subject, I should like to point out that as regards new buildings, which have had an occupation certificate granted since the passing of the Rents Ordinance 1921, they are entirely outside the Rents Ordinance. That was pointed out by the learned Attorney General in the first reading of the 1921 Bill, when he said, on page 79 of Hansard: \"Such new buildings will be entirely free from the restrictions of the Ordinance and the owners will be entitled to charge whatever rents they can obtain.\" Therefore, as regards new buildings which have received occupation certificates since 19th July, 1921, it is quite clear that the Government have definitely taken up that position.\n\n49\n\nassess the rent as being fair all round. It would have to be fair, amongst other things, from the point of view of the outlay which the landlord had expended, first in buying premises and secondly in reconstructing the building at the high prices which prevail at the present time. Therefore, I must confess, Sir, although I have taken a great deal of trouble considering this point, that I think it would be a doubtful policy if a Fair Rents Board were established, and I have only come to that conclusion with the very greatest reluctance, because my sympathy in this matter is entirely on the side of the tenant.\n\nAnother kind of difficulty, perhaps, which might be created by a Fair Rents Board, if established, is that you might cause a certain amount of dissatisfaction in the mind of a landlord of an old building. You might have all sorts of inequalities. Of course, if you were to adopt the suggestion I have seen given of making the fair rents of reconstructed buildings the same as the rents of any other building in the same block, that would be a very simple rule of thumb to go by, but it would hardly give an equitable return to the person reconstructing his building.\n\nI thought, perhaps, as I have considered this matter at some length, it would interest the Council to hear my views on that point. I must apologise for having taken up so much of the time of the Council.\n\nHON. MR. KOTEWALL - Sir, during the last fortnight my Chinese colleague and I have received numerous communications from Chinese property-owners and tenants in regard to the working of the Rents Ordinance, the former complaining that the measure has wrought hardship on a large number of good landlords, and the latter urging more stringent provisions for their own protection. I need not trouble the Council by repeating what these people call each other. As regards the suggestions embodied in the communications my Chinese colleague and I have brought to the notice of the Government, through the Honourable Secretary for Chinese Affairs.\n\nWith regard to reconstructed buildings, I think there are considerable difficulties in the way of the establishment of a Fair Rents Board. One of the difficulties that I see is that if the return is to be eight per cent upon the total outlay we might possibly, in these boom times, find that the fair rent amounted to rather a staggering high figure. I am afraid that some tenants are disposed to interpret \"fair rent\" as amounting to a low rent, or fair to the pocket of the tenant.\n\nOf course, it has no meaning of that sort in ordinary parlance. If you are going to have a Rents Board, you would have to have a Board which would assess the rent as being fair.\n\nPage 360\n\nPage 361\n\n353",
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        "content_text": "## MINUTES\n\nThe University and thus become a given $100,000 to of the Count memba ...\n\n## MINUTES NOT TO BE WRITTEN ON THIS SIDE\n\nNemarie's brother in Singapore has also been concerned in a common practice. For the obis Traffic from foot mastit Persian Gulf has been to Pril Hik. a Singapore as The ports of restrú ativ He demarations of The Stuff Indone thin dented ebwhee balcon masing Vlasivatoru sti,\n\nThe action taken in this particular Care stated 20235, The action to deal with Fate The Persian Sulf Traffic generally is as follows:-\n\nI (41559/22) In Sept. last, arrangements were made for B., Corrubs to report direct to S.S. &K, all corriguments of opium shipped setincibly to ports; the Gove. to report all Cater in wh. there consignments did not actually reach thre pati.\n\n(12741) We have suggested to the For. of H.K. that the viportation of Persian Opin (other than on a through Bill C suvila procconig Ludo China (on 26573) of having 736 a place into wh. it may legally be mipated) sad be prohibited by An Anand and haw. [the lawibes already of the quite strmigent].\n\n(10906). We have suggested that the #HK. Grut. and aquine by legislation powers recently Baken by the Ent. in County this in the Dangerous Drugs Amendment Act. purpose\n\n(a) It is person From Hi the cluif pornorswim are pannirkable Offener make for any this country to aid, abet, counsel or procuu the commis i'm place. owtr'de pushable conerpontig in an, of an offence pindle law mi The That place; or te doto anything рватыў preparatory N in furtherance An act wh. ich of any act committed in Constitute this county wo offence.\n\n(b) Very Mantic power of panch The Art The application of suggested Hak. why by Sri M. Delenigne specially to deal with people who weing Am Kui HQ. do me nothing illegal in ith itself,",
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        "content_text": "## 7. Schools\n\nIn order, West Norwood Collegiate School, giving dates of entry and leaving. Dulwich College Preparatory School, 1902 (?) — Dulwich College, 1903-05. The late A. H. Gilkes, Head.\n\nMention any distinctions gained in school work, school societies, etc., and positions of responsibility held. Give the names of your Headmaster or Housemasters.\n\n## 8. University, with dates of entry and leaving\n\nNone. Degree (stating class) or other distinctions gained. Dec. 1905 - (articled for one year to learn librarianship to) Sir J.Y.W. Macalister, Sec. & Consulting Librarian of the Royal Society of Medicine. For this year working in the Library of the Royal College of Surgeons.\n\nGive the name of your Professor or Lecturer who knew you best.\n\nDec. 1906 - Nov. 1909, Assistant in the Library of the Royal College of Surgeons.\n\n## Personal References\n\nGive the names and addresses of two referees. They should be responsible persons who know you well, either in private life or in business; and one at least should be well acquainted with you in private life.\n\n1. Name: Lt. Col. G. Mackinlay, R.A.  \n   Address: Clovelly, Theobald's Road, West Norwood, S.E.  \n   Occupation: Officer, Regular Army.  \n   Period during which he has known you: From childhood.\n\n2. Name: Charles Edward Oldham, Esq.  \n   Address: Mayon Road, Sydenham, S.E.  \n   Occupation: Private Secretary to the Receiver General of the Land Revenues of the Crown.  \n   Period during which he has known you: From my childhood.\n\nYou should submit not more than six testimonials, to cover as far as possible your education and each subsequent stage of your career. The original testimonials and one copy of each should be sent. The former will be returned after inspection. Copies may be in MS., in print, or typewritten; and it is desirable that they should be on foolscap paper not larger than this form.\n\n## Testimonials\n\n| Name | Address | Occupation | Period Known | Capacity |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Desire Waller | Physiological Library |  |  |  |\n| A.H. Gilkes | Master of Dulwich College |  |  |  |\n| Sir J.Y.W. Macalister | Sec. & Consulting Librarian, Royal Soc. of Medicine, London, W. |  | Dec. 1905 - Dec. 1906 |  |\n| Sampson, E. Wyndham | University Librarian, Liverpool |  | 1909-1919 |  |\n| Lechmere Cliff | M.B., Ch.B., Emmanuel Mission Hospital |  | 1921-1922 |  |\n| Reginald A. Rye, Esq. | Goldsmiths' Librarian, Univ. of London, S.W. |  | 1906-09 |  |\n| Lt. Col. C.H. Lindsay, C.M.G., D.S.O., M.D. | Roselands | C.O. from Gallipoli to July 18 |  |  |\n\n## Civil employment or experience from completion of education\n\nDec. 1909 up to the war (Aug. 1914 I joined up), and again after. University Library, Liverpool; 1909-12 as Assistant; 1912-14 as Senior Assistant. In 1919 my chief put forward my name for the chief librarianship. This set me free to leave the University Library and carry out my pre-war project of coming to China. I worked in-land with a friend who was doing medical work in N.W. Kwangsi. He became ill, & is now very unlikely to continue.  \n1920 studied Chinese in Nanning, while awaiting my friend.  \n1921-22 worked with Dr. Clift, Emmanuel Mission Hospital.  \n1923—24; Supplementing my R.A.M.C. experience with hospital work in Hongkong.\n\n## 10. Professional qualifications (if any), and the date at which each was obtained\n\n## 11. State here any knowledge you possess of any language other than English\n\nGreek, Latin (at school); French (at school & after by private study); German (private study); Chinese.\n\n## 12. Give here full details of your service in H.M. Forces\n\n31 Aug., 1914, joined the R.A.M.C. (T.F.), 1 W. Field Ambulance, which became the 8th Field Ambulance, 29th Division. Was a stretcher bearer at the Gallipoli Landing. Promoted to be \"Nursing Orderly\" in 1916 led to large experience with all kinds of ailments & wounds. Mentioned in Despatches.\n\nState rank held, regiment, promotions, and any decorations, mentions in despatches, and certificates, with dates. Periods of service overseas to be clearly given, stating country and nature of appointment held.\n\nEach period of your service should, as far as possible, be covered by a report from, or a reference to, senior officer under whom you served.\n\n## 13. Give particulars of any physical impairment from which you may have suffered (including shell-shock, nerve strain, etc.)\n\nBefore coming to China had an operation for appendicitis. (I helped Dr. Clift with patients during my year of language study (1920) but from July 1921 - Aug. 1922, lived at the Hospital. See Dr. Clift's letter.)",
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        "content_text": "THE CHINESE FERMENT.\n\nFENG'S ANTI-BRITISH OUTBURST.\n\n\"FIGHT TO THE DEATH,” (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)\n\nPEKING, JUNE 30.\n\nThe police have stopped a procession which was prepared to march through the city to-day, and as far as active manifestations are concerned the situation here has improved. The Press agitation, however, continues to be virulent and obnoxious placards still figure in public places.\n\nFeng Yu-hsiang chose yesterday to circulate a telegram so bellicose in character that rumour is once more busy with impending military strife. He said :-- \"I swear to exhaust all my force to dig an outlet for the indignant sentiment of the people\" and I would fight to the death rather than live to be controlled and ill-treated. Wherefore would I like to wage a war of revenge. Irrespective of success or failure I will not desist from the fight till every one of our men perishes.\"\n\nThese terrible words are interpreted in the vernacular oracles as meaning that the \"Christian\" General is taking the side of the outraged people, and they compare his action with that of the Mukden War Lord, \"who, by repressing public ebullitions at this time of agitation, ranges himself with the foreign oppressors.\"\n\nMeanwhile, Chang Tso-lin's plan for the military occupation of Peking remains incomplete, whether because he does not like the look of his evangelical rival or because he is delaying his effort until he is round the political Tattenham Corner as represented by the forthcoming endeavour to settle the Shanghai case by diplomacy is not yet apparent. Jockeying for a good place in public opinion is probably all there is in it.\n\nBut the case of the Canton Government in demanding the evacuation and the surrender of Shameen is bluff with a fierce meaning behind it. The extremists of the Kuomintang Party, urged to frenzy by their Moscow abettors, are determined to keep popular excitement alive by spectacular gestures; mischief may be expected from them wherever it can be compassed.\n\nTHE STRIKE AT HONG-KONG.\n\nSUCCESSFUL MEASURES. (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.)\n\nHONG-KONG, JUNE 30. The position here is unchanged; few more workers have gone out on strike and a few have returned to their employment. Some of those applying for work have been rejected, forfeiting many years' pension and seniority. Their rejection is an expression of the determination of the foreign communities to discourage striking as a political weapon.\n\nThe steamer Empress of Canada came here with some White Russians on board to man the Empress of Asia. The two vessels met outside the harbour, where the transfer was effected. The Empress of Asia's crew also includes university Shipping students and professional men. Arrivals and clearances have fallen off considerably. Coolies are escorted daily by police to their work of handling cargo, but in the meantime the warehouses are becoming congested.\n\nThe restrictions have been removed from the Chinese banks, which are paying withdrawals in full. They are no longer \"run.\" The successful working of the tramways and ferries by volunteers and British seamen is having a sobering effect on the Chinese.\n\nSOVIET INCITEMENT OF STRIKES.\n\nDISCLOSURES AT SHANGHAI TRIAL.\n\n(FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.)\n\nSHANGHAI, JUNE 30. The Bolshevist agent Dosser, who, with his wife, had been deported from Hong-kong and brought before the Mixed Court here yesterday, was again before the Court to-day. The wife was discharged yesterday.\n\nThe police produced the following important document found among his effects. It is headed \"Certificate Number Forty-three,\" and reads:-\n\n\"The bearer of this, Comrade Dosser (Communist Party Ticket No. 493), is sent by the Agitation Department of the South Section of China to Hong-kong and Canton for organization of strike committees. All members of the Russian Communist Party are to give him every assistance in his work. This is certified by the seal of the Agitation Department, June 16, 1925, Shanghai.\n\n\"Agitation Department, R.C.P.\"\n\nThe value of Dosser to the Russian Communists can be estimated from the fact that though his bail had been fixed at the enormous sum of 20,000 taels (over £3,000), his counsel produced the money. In view, however, of the gravity of the case, the bail was cancelled.\n\nThe strictest precautions were taken here to avert trouble during the demonstration to-day in commemoration of May 30. The day was uneventful except for the usual stone-throwing. The students held a memorial service for the martyrs outside the native city and the usual intemperate speeches were made, but the weather was so hot and the Fengtien [Chang Tso-lin's] troops watchful that the celebration failed.\n\nCOMMUNISTS ARRESTED AT TIENTSIN.\n\nTIENTSIN, June 30.-Li Ching-lin's troops [of Chang Tso-lin's Army] have made nearly a hundred arrests of Communists, principally in the former Russian and German Concessions, and among them five servants employed at the Soviet Consulate. The Consul has protested, but without avail. The authorities allege that the prisoners engaged in subversive Bolshevist activities, and state that they are determined to stop such propaganda at a time of national stress. -Reuter\n\n\"GERMAN\" SAFETY BADGES.\n\nCANTON, June 30.-On the strength of a guarantee of safety and protection given by the Provincial Government, the main Customs House and wharf have been re-opened. It is understood that German merchants urged this action. The latter, who have re-opened their offices, against the advice of their Consul, are wearing an arm-band inscribed with the word \"German.\"\n\nThe defences of the British Concession here have been greatly strengthened.- Reuter.\n\nBaron Hayashi, the Japanese Ambassador in London, saw Mr. Chamberlain at the Foreign Office yesterday.",
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        "content_text": "an argument which has coercive force.\n\nBut so long as H.M.G. are not prepared to defend the Customs Alma. by force, with or without the cooperation of the Powers, I am afraid that the day for a policy of \"firmness\" has gone past.\n\nObstruction would be sporadic and won't constitute any real resistance without force backing it up, and would be acquiesced as bluff and almost an invitation to seizure.\n\nEstablishment of a separate Canton Customs House (see (2) (c) below) would be almost equally grievous to the prestige of the Customs administration.\n\nMoreover, their policy, as described above, is so obviously futile to strongly welcome the Canton proposals which more or less play into their hands.\n\nAnd the latter at least has the advantage of distributing the burden over all foreign Powers instead of placing it on British shoulders alone.\n\nIn the circumstances, I see no real alternative to the F.O. proposal which is low at present and satisfactory.\n\nI doubt if we will need a lengthy reply, but I have alluded to this point in view of immediate action called for them.\n\nThe only course of action is (1) to telegraph as in d.h.; (2) to distribute copies of this reply; and (3) to ask F.O. to convey our views to the Admiralty.\n\n...\n\nPara. 2 of tel. of 22 Sept. (17936) to F.O. Wo. Admy. A/M. Dec. L.F.F.\n\nIt is agreed that after Oct 10th, an agreed plan of action for P.A.C.(H.K.) 23.9.26 should be put into effect.\n\nThis is satisfactory, showing that the Gov. had independently arrived at the same conclusions as we did.\n\nAs regards the extra taxation, I understand the F.O.'s view to be that they avoid international protests and discussions for long enough to tide us over the acute crisis.\n\nTel. of 5th October about removal of boycott, which is of course our main concern. Once \"off\", it will not so easily come \"on\" again, whatever the upshot of a diplomatic wrangle about customs dues.\n\nG.G. 23.9.26",
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        "content_text": "It is evident that the military forces I would require to be sent to garrison Kowloon could, in case of necessity, be withdrawn; (b) the proposal entails a willingness to have resort to the bombing or bombardment of Canton as the only possible answer to a determined attack on Shameen; (c) in default of willingness to resort to this measure the plan is a mixture of a bluff; (d) there is no sufficient guarantee that the play would be efficacious.\n\nThe unanimous opinion of those here is that given the present situation, no active steps can be taken beyond the measures against boycotts which have already been adopted, combined with a show of force in Canton harbour.\n\n(4) In these circumstances, unless some suggestion can be made by Acting Consul-General at Canton or Governor of Hongkong of a practicable nature, we must leave it to the former to continue the efforts he is already making to get the boycott removed on whatever lines he thinks best, subject to the instructions he has already received.\n\nRepeat to Canton, Hongkong, Tokyo.\n\nPage 360\n\nPage 361",
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        "content_text": "Page 344\n\nof the concession from Hongkong. The Admiralty had considered these proposals very carefully and were not prepared to recommend their execution. Their two chief objections were:\n\n(1) it was in their opinion impossible to guarantee the safe withdrawal of the Shameen garrison;\n\n(2) the Commodore's proposals implied a willingness in the last resort to have recourse to the bombing and bombardment of Canton, an operation which they could not recommend to His Majesty's Government.\n\nThey also thought that in default of willingness to resort to such a measure the plan was in the nature of a bluff and that there did not seem to be sufficient guarantees that the plan would prove efficacious.\n\nThey accordingly informed the Commander-in-Chief that the Commodore's proposals had been carefully considered and that for the reasons given above they could not be recommended to His Majesty's Government.\n\nSir G. Grindle asked why the adoption of the Commodore's proposals would necessarily lead to bombardment.\n\nCaptain Egerton said that in the probable event of an attack upon Shameen following the action against the junks it would be absolutely essential to retaliate and the only possible way of doing so in the circumstances would be to bomb or bombard the town. Canton was a very closely populated and highly inflammable town and such a measure of frightfulness was out of the question.\n\nSir G. Grindle said that of course a bombardment had never been contemplated.\n\nCaptain Egerton however said that unless we were prepared...",
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        "content_text": "TELEPHONE: 180.\n\nTELEGRAMS: \"Yo Hongkong & Shangtra!\" Banking Corp?, 9 Gracechurch Street, LONDON EC.3.\n\nSIVE, BOURNEMOUTH, ONE MINUTE FROM CLIFF LIFT AND SEA.\n\nChin, Bournemgath, 3rd March, 1926.\n\nYear M: Juntain, Re development.\n\n364.\n\nI have been informed by D. Bryson-Idigham, Editor, \"Work & Harbour Authority\", Thill Street, Westminster, N. Victoria 5541) that the article - being really a summary report - will appear in instalments in the issues of that Journal published on 7th and 11th May.",
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        "content_text": "is fairly well illustrated photographs, maps, plates diagrams the god instalment accompanied by \"Illustrated Supplement\" contained a map the harbour suspence large #shew clearly, The clearly general Coasters and al Cicer TELEPHONE: 180. TELEGRAMS: LUSIVE,\" BOURNEMOUTH ONE MINUTE FROM TCLIFF LIFT AND SEA. Harbour article. an WESTMINSTER \" a East Cliff \n\n363 Bournemouth Reading He Jou will remember becking it in sou Youn ine but it could not be Mis rconds. development. Shmed you hand amongst your fuo copies for recura for de spills of t In spille of these vay decided please communicate lockhmions of Su RE. Stutts and W. Byron Cummingh a... Ihe C. Severn it is rather informed M. Fennelly, secretary pificant that seldom does an the I.S. Committee who has add ch fut as the subject. on the situation in It China now appear in By the boy I managed to st the for in a picuds Loure press without some reference in Muswell Hill (in fact from Davy mach to the development wood lente Seph of Astort, P.W.D. Campoa in ob partem to haughing would are the photographe (panoramic) of tohirigh from the artist in thes\n\nPage 363",
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        "content_text": "68\n\nI\n\nprivileges of a civilised nation and refuse the responsibilities. Mr. Wu said the circumstances were unique. Hong Kong happened to be British, but the inhabitants were practically all Chinese and the strikers were not back in their own homes. agreed, and said that the Hong Kong Government had no objection to their stopping their homes, and it had no intention of trying to force them to come back. What it did object to was the action of the Canton Government in allowing these men to use their territory as a base for an attack on Hong Kong's trade. There might be no exact parallel, but suppose the foreigners in Shameen had come to Hong Kong and had used it as a base to blockade the Pearl River and destroy Canton's trade, what would the attitude of the Canton Government be? It was, of course, inconceivable that the Hong Kong Government should allow such a thing. If there was to be any blockade it would shoulder the responsibility itself, and would not pretend that the Shameen people were legitimately entitled to war on Canton from Hong Kong. The discussion was continued at some length, and I got the definite impression that, with the exception perhaps of Mr. Wong Ching-wai, the council was quite sincere in its desire to settle, but that it was impossible for it to coerce the strikers beyond a certain point. I had suggested that the people in Canton and Hong Kong desired a settlement and that most of the strikers wished to get back to work. It was absurd in such circumstances that a comparatively small body of strike pickets should be able to stand in the way, however powerful they might be politically. It was suggested to me that the outside world failed to realise the immense power which labour was beginning to wield in China, and it must be remembered that the Kuomintang, which was now practically the only political party in China, was the people's party. The discussion ended with a statement by myself that, if the strikers insisted upon discussion of the political terms, the negotiations were at an end. I must warn Mr. Wong Ching-wai and his council that they must give their most serious consideration to the responsibility which they must incur for any consequences that might ensue. Mr. Wu here said that they had not the slightest wish for war. They had had much more than enough of it. I replied that I had not the slightest intention of even hinting at war. I regarded them as sensible men of the world, and I fully sympathised with their difficulties. My only wish was to advise them as a friend how the Hong Kong Government viewed the situation, and how, in my opinion, the outside world would view it. Mr. Wong Ching-wai said that they would consider very carefully whether some way could not be found out of the impasse, and we would resume the discussion in the evening. I then returned to Shameen, informed the consul-general of what had transpired and telegraphed to the Governor.\n\nOn thinking the matter over further, a suspicion deepened in my mind that the political terms difficulty was a bluff engineered by Mr. C. C. Wu, and, as we left for dinner, I suggested to the vice-consul that this was the case. We dined with Mr. Foo Ping-sheung and Mr. Wong Cheung-kuk at the Foreign Office, the same party, with the exception of Mr. Wong Ching-wai, being present. Mr. C. C. Wu came at once to business. They had found a way round the impasse. The Government would be able to persuade the strikers to waive the political terms, but a formula would be necessary. I replied that in that event I would stay on and get this formula definitely settled. Mr. Wu said it would take some time and it would be better for the merchants to come and discuss the crucial questions of reinstatement and strike pay.\n\nI said that I must know the terms of the formula first. The Hong Kong Government could not allow the merchants to enter upon protracted negotiations if at the end a formula was to be put forward to which the Hong Kong Government could not agree. Mr. Wu then gave me to understand that the matter depended upon the settlement with the merchants. If this was satisfactory, there would be no necessity for a formula, but the strikers would not abandon any part of their position until they were sure of their main point. We then proceeded to define the position. I pointed out that on Mr. Sung's original argument it was the Chinese merchants of both places who received benefit from the strikers' patriotic sacrifice, and the British merchants were therefore not concerned in the question of compensation. Mr. Wu replied that, in the first place, nothing was to be expected from the Canton merchants. They were even appointing delegates to sit with the strikers. Canton was very prosperous, shipping was increasing daily, and a large volume of trade was being successfully diverted from Hong Kong to Canton. The West River trade, for example, used to be entirely in Hong Kong hands, and Canton merchants had now got it. It was the same with regard to the shipping with Shanghai. A large number of the merchants were now opposed to a settlement.\n\n69\n\nregarded the British merchants, taking the longer view they were ultimately benefited by the strike, as it would hasten the independence and so the prosperity of China, with consequent increase of foreign trade. At any rate the British merchants were interested in the question of reinstatement. I replied that the question of reinstatement had been fully discussed. There was no rancour against the strikers personally, and I felt sure the large majority would take their men back if they had vacancies for them. The commodore, as I had already told them, was prepared to take back his skilled men in the naval yard in proportion as the work expanded and provided vacancies for them. It seemed to me that the reinstatement question resolved itself into one of payment, and that there was no ground for the British merchants to come up specially to discuss it. If the British merchants stood aloof and did not pay, would the strikers on that ground refuse to negotiate? The council agreed that they would not refuse, but that the negotiations would be considerably more difficult. A settlement was, however, quite possible if the Chinese merchants would meet the strikers in a liberal spirit. The council had put to the strikers my earlier query as to the amount of the strike-pay claimed, but they could give no answer. They were working out the figures. Mr. Sung had suggested to me on board HMS Tarantula that the figure would run into several millions. In the course of the discussion Mr. Sung said that he wished to correct a wrong impression which he had given at the last meeting. It was not correct that the Government was not firmly in the saddle, and that it would fall if it coerced the strikers. It was in a position to impose its will absolutely, but if it was to coerce the strikers against popular sentiment it would lose, and rightly lose, the support of the people. I replied that if the Government had complete control, the least it could do was to see that all within its jurisdiction were compelled forthwith to conform to the civilised usages which were universal in the intercourse of friendly Powers.\n\nWhen the discussion was ended, I said that I wished to make a very serious and carefully-considered statement. The council had informed me that they were in complete control of the situation. What was the logical conclusion? Canton was maintaining a complete boycott of all British shipping and it was refusing all trade facilities to ships of other nations which touched at Hong Kong. This was contrary to all international law and custom, and such a state of affairs could only obtain between civilised nations when they were at war. The Canton Government must very shortly decide whether they would accept the responsibility for this state of affairs, or whether they would repudiate it and put an end to it. If the strike negotiations failed, I felt sure that the British Government would call upon them to make this decision.\n\nThe council, in conclusion, promised its most cordial assistance in promoting every means of enabling the merchants and strikers to arrive at an amicable settlement. Mr. Sung reminded me of the Chinese proverb that a match-maker could bring the parties together, but could not guarantee that children would result. They would keep in close touch with the Hong Kong Government, and officials would exchange informal visits, if it should appear that this would help the situation in any way. I expressed my very great obligation to them for the friendly manner in which they had received me; the frank manner in which they had discussed the problem; and for their kind hospitality. I would inform the Governor. Mr. Sung asked me to express to the Governor his appreciation of the latter's hospitality.\n\nAs we were leaving I returned and asked if I might speak privately with Mr. C. C. Wu. I said that, as a newcomer to Shameen, I was impressed by the extraordinary state of affairs. It seemed to be in the position of a beleaguered fortress, a position which was at least anomalous, appeared to be quite unnecessary. As our Governments had arrived at a friendly understanding, could not Mr. Wu meet the consul-general half-way and arrange for Shameen to be opened up for ordinary ingress and egress? I was not suggesting a lifting of the boycott. It would of course be a necessary condition that the Canton authorities should effectively control the strike pickets so as to prevent any possibility of an incident. Mr. Wu replied somewhat bitterly that the fault was entirely the consul-general's with his absurd wire and sandbags, for which there never had been any necessity; this had disappeared months ago. He would, however, meet the consul-general half-way in the establishing of friendly relations, and he would guarantee that the strikers' pickets would be effectively controlled. I informed the vice-consul of this conversation, and on my return I reported it and all that had transpired to the consul-general, who agreed that he would get into immediate touch with Mr. Wu.\n\nDuring my long tour through the city and on the voyage up and down I took\n\n529\n\nPage 540\n\nPage 541",
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        "content_text": "322\n\n-2-\n\nthis measure the plan is in the nature of a bluff;\n\n(d) there is no sufficient guarantee that the plan\n\nwould prove efficacious.\n\n(3) The unanimous opinion of the experts here\n\nis that, given the non-evacuation of Shameen as an\n\nessential premise, no effective action can be taken\n\nbeyond the preventive measures against pickets which\n\nhave already been adopted, combined with a show of\n\nforce in Canton harbour.\n\n(4) In these circumstances unless any fresh\n\nmeasures can be suggested by H.M. Acting Consul-\n\nGeneral at Canton or by the Governor of Hongkong\n\nor a practicable nature we must leave it to the\n\nformer to continue the efforts he is already making\n\nto get the boycott removed on whatever lines he thinks\n\nbest subject to the instructions he has already\n\nreceived.\n\nRepeat to Canton, Shanghai, Hongkong, Tokyo.",
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        "content_text": "I understand it is to warn the Canton authorities without waiting for a piracy, not to wait for the next act. Some lessons learnt from that we shall do something next time. But it is very desirable that our plan should be ready and proved that punitive action might be ruled out. And even as naval patrolling is considered inexpedient, the FO might find themselves debarred from even making representations. That is the position of being a fortified port. Ikon circumstances would be in the nature of stuff (sine qua non for action). WC would be before the warning is given. Although there is always the chance the next piracy may take place before we are ready to act, our warning will be shown up as mere bluff. If this was not understood at the meeting, we might put the point to G.G. on 8.11.26.\n\n521 My aid. To say Major Macdonald at Bias Bay and in no house. I sent first request in 15383. This was on the agenda for the Cabinet meeting at 11:30 with Mr. Hankey. With regard to Sir R. Grindle's mail, our point was which would prevent FO from acting until a definite plan of action had been prepared and approved. Some result, it is dead certainly that passive acquiescence with piracy means nothing.\n\nI see how far para 12 comes to the direct question whether representations to the Canton Fort should be made dependent on the preparation of a plan of punitive action. I had hoped that it would be possible to avoid asking this question, and if the answer lands by much trust in FO ingenuity, difficulties in getting out then. I rather doubt whether para 62 (6) goes far enough for F.O., who want to make sure of the corporal arrangements in principle reference home should be made on the occurrence of piracy before the plan is actually put into operation.\n\nPage 364",
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        "content_text": "24. A memorandum by Mr. Pratt on the position of the Customs Administration in regard to the new taxation proposals is annexed.*\n\n25. The possibility of taking other measures at Canton short of a blockade in the event of the Cantonese Government having failed to carry out their assurances on the 10th October was carefully considered by the Departments concerned at a meeting on the 4th October, and they had in particular under examination the proposal of the Commodore at Hong Kong, which was to contain Chinese cargo junks in a state of inactivity under threat of seizure, an essential feature of his plan being that Shameen should not be evacuated. This plan was found to be open to the following grave objections:\n\n(a) No guarantee could be given by the naval authorities that the military forces which would have to be sent to garrison Shameen could in case of necessity be safely withdrawn.\n\n(b) The proposal entailed in the last resort a willingness to bomb or bombard Canton, i.e., as the only possible answer to a Cantonese attack on the Shameen garrison.\n\n(c) In default of willingness to resort to this measure the plan was in the nature of bluff.\n\n(d) There was no sufficient guarantee that the plan would prove efficacious.\n\n26. It was therefore the unanimous opinion of the naval and military experts that, given the non-evacuation of Shameen as an essential premise, no effective action could be taken on the 11th October beyond the preventive measures against pickets which had already been adopted, together with a show of force in Canton harbour. It was decided, therefore, that unless the Governor or Mr. Brenan could suggest any fresh measures it would be necessary to leave Mr. Brenan to continue the efforts he had already made to get the boycott removed on whatever lines he thought best, subject to the instructions he had already received. A telegram to this effect was sent to Sir R. Macleay and to Sir C. Clementi on the 7th October.\n\n27. On the 9th October Mr. Brenan reported that the Minister for Foreign Affairs had communicated to all the foreign consuls the text of a mandate introducing the new taxes. According to the terms of this mandate the internal taxes were to be levied on consumption or production of articles of trade between the two provinces of Kwangtung and Kwangsi on the one hand and other provinces of China and foreign countries on the other. The rate was to be half the maritime or native customs tariff on general articles and the full tariff on articles of luxury such as silk, toilet articles, fur and leather articles, decorations, precious stones, &c. Tobacco, imported wines, kerosene, and gasoline, being subject to other special taxes, were to be exempt from this new taxation. The taxes were to be collected at or near the customs barrier. The mandate was to come into effect on the 11th October.\n\n28. The note transmitting this mandate emphasised that the new taxes were internal taxes and that the Canton Government had no intention of interfering with the maritime customs, though friction would be avoided if the Customs would co-operate in the collection of the new taxes by the fiscal authorities appointed by the new Government.\n\n29. Mr. Brenan did not send any written acknowledgment to this note, but told the Minister for Foreign Affairs that the taxes were a clear violation of existing treaties, and that His Majesty's Government were waiting to see the extent to which the boycott would be removed before indicating their attitude in the matter.\n\n30. On the instructions of the Acting Inspector-General of Customs at Peking, the Commissioner of Customs informed the Cantonese Government that the customs administration would be unable to assist in the collection of the new taxes without the acquiescence of the Powers.\n\n31. Mr. Brenan reported at the same time that there had been no recent change in the boycott situation beyond a slight slackening in picket activity. Anti-British agitation still continued; but the Minister for Foreign Affairs had emphatically assured him that the boycott would be publicly declared at an end at noon on the 10th October. Mr. Chen also promised to deal with any cases of intimidation of British employees which might be brought to his notice.\n\n32. The question of the new taxation was discussed by the diplomatic body in Peking on the 7th and 8th October. Sir R. Macleay reported that the unanimous view of his colleagues was that the taxes were a clear violation of treaties and that the proposed action of the Cantonese Government raised very grave issues. It was thought that tacit acquiescence might lead to eventual provincial or regional tariff autonomy, and that separate negotiations with the Canton Government with the object of regularising the situation would amount in practice to the recognition of their independence. They considered that a joint protest should be lodged, but Sir R. Macleay made it clear that, in view of his instructions, he could not join in any such protest without further reference to his Government. A draft protest for presentation to the Peking Government was, however, prepared and telegraphed by the foreign representatives to their Governments. In the course of the discussion upon this draft, it became clear that the Japanese Government would oppose any attempt to identify the new taxation with the Washington surtaxes, the true, if unavowed, reason for their objection being that such identification would imply a readiness on the part of the Powers to grant the Washington surtaxes unconditionally. This would, of course, render impossible the devotion of the proceeds to debt consolidation, a point to which the Japanese attach the highest importance.\n\n33. Some of the foreign representatives decided to protest individually through their consuls at Canton without waiting for an agreement upon a joint protest.\n\n34. On the 13th October Mr. Brenan sent two telegrams, in which he reviewed the situation up to that date. The substance of these telegrams is as follows:\n\n(1) The promised declaration of the termination of the boycott and blockade was issued on the 10th October, not by the Canton Government itself, but by the Strike Committee and the Central Executive Committee of the Kuo Min-tang. The declaration, however, added that an intensive anti-imperialist struggle would be continued on a national scale until the independence of China was completely secured.\n\n(2) Pickets were no longer functioning, and the strike examination shed had been dismantled. Chinese were coming back to Shameen in large numbers, and British firms were getting back most of their native staffs. No cases of intimidation had been reported.\n\n(3) The strike and blockade were over, but it was still uncertain to what extent the agitation against British trade would prove effective. Chinese merchants were hesitating to resume shipment to Hong Kong, but it was hoped that a start would soon be made.\n\n(4) The Canton Government had opened a tax office near the Customs and were levying the 2½ per cent. duty. They were not yet collecting the 5 per cent. duty, owing to technical difficulties.\n\n(5) No protests against the taxation had yet been made by the foreign consuls. In fact, the consular body, the foreign chambers of commerce, and the Commissioner of Customs were all of the opinion that the tax, if levied at all, should be collected by the Customs, otherwise the Government would set up an organisation of their own composed of officials who would merely be strike pickets in disguise.\n\n(6) His own opinion was that, if the Powers protested against the taxes without backing their protest up by force, they would merely be encouraging the establishment of a separate customs organisation, and this would jeopardise the existence of the maritime customs organisation.\n\n35. It remains to record two démarches made by the Peking Government in regard to the relations between His Majesty's Government and the Government of Canton. Early in August, the Peking Government became alarmed at the possibility that His Majesty's Government might recognise the Canton Government, and made an official enquiry as to our intentions. They were informed that no question had arisen of recognising the Canton Administration as other than the Provincial Government of Kwangtung. A few days later, a note was received from the Chinese Government, expressing the hope that no funds would be provided directly or indirectly to the Canton Administration so as to enable them to prolong the struggle against the Central Government and thus delay the reunification of China. His Majesty's Government replied that they had no intention of furnishing Canton with funds for military purposes, but that they must be guided by the circumstances of the situation as to the means which could best be adopted for a settlement of the anti-British boycott in South China.\n\nW. STRANG.\n\nForeign Office, October 13, 1926.",
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        "content_text": "Dear Sir Cecil,\n\n2\n\nEnclosure 2 in No. 1.\n\nActing Consul-General Brenan to Sir C. Clementi.\n\nCanton, October 1, 1920.\n\nYOUR letter of the 27th September. I have sent you by naval bag a copy of my telegram to Peking No. 86 (to Foreign Office No. 46), from which you will see that I have not yet made any verbal intimation committing His Majesty's Government to the proposed new taxes, but that I intend to use the discretion given me to make a more definite statement if I think the circumstances require it.\n\nI would ask you to believe that I am trying desperately hard to get this boycott removed with the least damage to our general position in this country. I am giving the most careful consideration to your views, but I must be guided by the instructions of the Foreign Office that \"the overriding consideration is to terminate the boycott,\" and much regret that I cannot altogether see eye to eye with you in the method by which this result is to be obtained. After all, what is this naval action regarding which I am to keep the Canton Government in a state of wholesome alarm? A scheme has been proposed by Hong Kong, but so far as I can see it has been rejected by the home authorities who, obviously and rightly, have no intention of taking any warlike action out here if it can possibly be avoided.\n\nI have already put up a pretty good bluff about what we might do in that line, and have apparently got away with it, but it is a dangerous game to continue if there is nothing behind.\n\nThese modern Chinese with their Russian advisers are not like the old-time mandarin, who could be frightened with a river gunboat. They have a very shrewd idea of how far we can and will go in the matter of coercion. They are in personal correspondence with members of the British Labour party; they read the home newspapers and modern political literature, and some of them are much better informed about world conditions than, say, the average English official in the East.\n\nEugene Chen said to me the other day that we could doubtless inconvenience their northern campaign very seriously, and therefore they did not desire a conflict with us, but, if the worst came to the worst, they could also make things extremely uncomfortable for us, and that we could not wage effective war on even South China without landing a large military expedition, which, of course, is the plain truth.\n\nAs regards the proposed taxes, I quite agree that it would be better that they should be levied as the result of an agreement with us, rather than in spite of us, although in any case it is useless to pretend that the boycott has not secured our acquiescence in the taxation. The point is, how are we to force the Cantonese to come to an agreement on the subject? The Canton Government intend to levy these taxes anyway; you may be sure of that. They have already for months past been collecting extra treaty taxes on wine, tobacco, silk, cement, alcohol, oil, and other articles, without any effective protest by the Powers, and if necessary they will apply the revenue stamp system or establish their own custom-house and levy the new taxes themselves.\n\nIf we protest ineffectually and are hostile, we run the serious risk of falling between two stools and having the taxes plus boycott. The taxes will be levied in a manner causing the greatest amount of inconvenience to trade and the boycott will be continued, without pickets, but by secret terrorisation of merchants, and it will be very difficult for us to seize on anything for which the Government can be held responsible.\n\nI think you are taking the tax question too seriously. As I have said, extra treaty taxes are already being levied, not only here but all over China. The oil companies tell me that before kerosene reaches inland places in the Yang-tsze Valley it has to pay illegal dues amounting to anything up to 150 dollars a case. Moreover, the Powers have already agreed in principle to give China tariff autonomy within a few years.\n\nThe important thing is that the taxation should be fixed and certain in amount and be levied by the Customs without discrimination and in a manner convenient for trade. That I hope we may get in Canton.\n\nWhat I am worrying about a great deal more than the taxes is the anti-British trade agitation, which I fear the extremists will endeavour to continue after the pickets are removed. One cannot stop that sort of thing by war. It can only be overcome by patience and tactful conduct.\n\nYou say that there is a danger that the boycott may at any time be reimposed. There is indeed, and it will be, unless we make a great effort to place our relations with the Canton Government on a more friendly footing, and meet them in matters which are not vital to our existence out here, but which they regard as of great importance.\n\n11/10)\n\nFOREIGN OFFICE.\n\n24th November, 1926.\n\nWith reference to your despatch No. 1 of the 1st ultimo, enclosing copy of semi-official correspondence between yourself and the Governor of Hongkong regarding the situation in Canton, I am directed by Secretary Sir Austen Chamberlain to convey to you an expression of his entire approval of your reply, dated October 1st, to Sir C. Clementi.\n\nYour obedient Servant,\n\n(Sd.) GEORGE MOUNSEY.\n\nTo\n\nJ. F. BRENAN,\n\nActing British Consul-General,\n\nCanton.",
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        "content_text": "422\n\n2\n\nlowered in the eyes of the Chinese by a successful boycott, and also on the assumption that the garrison would enjoy the support of naval vessels. He considers also that a larger force would only tend to increase the number of casualties, should the Cantonese employ artillery or aircraft against Shameen (see paragraph 3 (d) below).\n\n3. It is submitted that this estimate is quite inadequate, for the following reasons:--\n\n(a) It is known that the efficiency of the Cantonese army has increased during the last year under the control and training of Russian advisers.\n\n(b) Shameen is an island 1,000 yards long; and, although there are only two bridges connecting it with Canton, yet the waterway which divides it from that city is only 100 feet wide; an attack could thus easily be made on any selected part of the 1,000 yards front.\n\n(c) In view of (b) above, the Cantonese mob should be able to overwhelm such a small garrison, if the attempt were really determined.\n\n(d) It must moreover be remembered that it is not only the mob which has to be taken into account; it would be necessary also to prepare for attack by the organized Cantonese military forces which might be supported by artillery and aircraft. Although at the moment these forces are mostly far away from Canton, yet they could, in time, be brought back in sufficient numbers to deliver an effective attack, supported by artillery and aircraft, against which it might be difficult for an isolated infantry garrison at Shameen to put up an effective resistance.\n\n(e) The garrison at Shameen could not rely on continued support by H.M. ships. Unless the defences of Bocca Tigris and Danes Island had been first reduced, these ships would have to sail up channels which could very easily be blocked by sunken junks; considering the fact that the Cantonese army has a Russian backing, it is very probable that these channels would be so blocked. The garrison would, in such a case, have to face the probability of being marooned and left to its own resources.\n\n(f) There remains the moral factor to be considered. Would the Cantonese actually dare to attack the British? Local opinion in China considers that they would not do so, and that, for this reason, a small force locked up in Shameen would be safe. In other words, the Cantonese would not call our bluff. It must, however, be realised that, if they did choose to call our bluff, the consequences might be very serious and far-reaching unless we had made adequate preparations beforehand. The recent incident at Wanhsien shows that the Chinese troops there overcame their reluctance to come to grips with us, and further that they found out that British personnel were not invulnerable. This episode, coupled with the increased efficiency of the Cantonese army referred to in (a) above, indicates that it would be most unwise for us to rely entirely on the moral superiority which we have, up till now, possessed.\n\n4. In view of these considerations it is probable that two companies and a section of machine guns is the smallest garrison which could safely be placed in Shameen in the event of it being decided to institute a blockade, and it would be desirable that they should be supported by at least two sections of pack artillery.\n\n5. But the provision of the force mentioned in the previous paragraph would not necessarily complete our military commitments. Even allowing that such a force could maintain itself against any attack which the Cantonese would be likely to deliver, it does not appear that it would be a very difficult task for the Chinese to isolate this garrison in the manner described in paragraph 3 (e) above. If the garrison of Shameen were marooned and the channel which avoids the river forts were effectively blocked, it would become imperative to restore communications with Shameen by forcing a way up the main channel to Canton. This would involve the capture and destruction of the river forts at Bocca Tigris and Dane Island. These would, no doubt, be adequately manned as soon as the blockade was instituted, and their capture would necessitate a combined operation in which the Navy, Army and Air Force would all be concerned. It has been difficult to obtain recent information as to the state of these defences, and it is therefore not easy to estimate accurately the military force required to deal with them. But in view of the fact that all chance of failure must be eliminated, it is considered that the military force required for the purpose would be at least one infantry brigade, with artillery and engineers; a force which is stronger than could be found from the present garrison at Hong Kong. The provision of such a force from India would take some four or five weeks, and the delay involved before its arrival would give the Cantonese the opportunity of further strengthening the defences at the river forts as well as of attacking the Shameen garrison. There is moreover no certainty that once we were compelled to land on Chinese soil our commitments would not be still further extended. It would consequently only be prudent to have that force available before the blockade was instituted, and in this connection the possibility of French co-operation from Tonkin should be explored.\n\n6. It must be remembered that operations undertaken against the river forts, not to mention the actual institution of a blockade, would in reality be acts of war against China, the resulting effects of which are impossible to gauge.\n\n7. In view of the above considerations, and in spite of the unanimous opinion of the Political, Naval and Military representatives at Hong Kong, in which, it must be noted, the Naval Commander-in-Chief, China, does not concur, it appears that, from a military point of view, any blockade which the Government may decide to institute should be put in force only after the Europeans in the Shameen Concession have been evacuated, and in this the French are concerned as well as are we ourselves.\n\n8. The following is a summary of the conclusions come to above :--\n\n(a) Any action taken with regard to Shameen which involves military consequences will have to be taken in co-operation with, and with the prior agreement of, the French, who have a definite share in the foreign concession.\n\n(b) The evacuation of Shameen will almost certainly involve its looting and possibly its destruction by the Cantonese.\n\n(c) The institution of a blockade without the evacuation of Shameen will almost certainly produce a demand for military protection. If this demand is to be met, a garrison of two companies of infantry, with machine guns, and two sections of pack artillery is considered the minimum that could safeguard itself and also the concession.\n\n(d) Owing to navigational difficulties, a garrison in Shameen could quite easily be cut off and marooned.\n\n(e) If Shameen is cut off from the outside world, a combined naval, military and air operation would have to be undertaken to relieve it. It is not impossible that such an operation would land us in extensive commitments. The operation described in (e) would constitute an act of war against China.\n\n(f) Unless H.M. Government is prepared to face the above liabilities, the evacuation of Shameen should be a necessary preliminary to the institution of a blockade.\n\n3",
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        "content_text": "The Course lut consisdus that it and be adiically that Efusal rad be besed on some ground leas to give offenc Them bringing the Cadet, who is a British subject by birth, under the category of foreign offiens.\n\nAs regards France, it seems if the French authorities act without consulting Hong Kong.\n\nThe vay is doubtful boy the facilities so perhaps we wed wh So out of way to put a spoke in wis whet. Anyhow, the suggestion may have been have bluff.\n\nBetter do this privality. \n\n2/12/26 \nJer and Wotel. Whe tourh Rd. N.O. what the rules are as to admission of furrms as honorary cadets at Norwich and Sandhurst during that poffound couple with this. \n\nI have dift requding the admissin. \n4 can be tracce.\n\nHo Twang Nitter \nWalter 11. Ellis \n3/12 \nG. G. 4.12.26 alowe",
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        "content_text": "132А \n\nI advised them as a friend how the Hongkong Government viewed the situation and how, in my opinion, the outside world would view it. Mr. Wong Ching-wai said that they would consider very carefully whether some way could not be found out of the impasse, and we would resume the discussion in the evening. I then returned to Shameen, informed the Consul-General of what had transpired, and telegraphed to the Governor.\n\nOn thinking the matter over further, a suspicion deepened in my mind that the political terms difficulty was a bluff engineered by Mr. C. C. Wu, and, as we left for dinner, I suggested to the Vice-Consul that this was the case. We dined with Mr. Foo Ping-sheung and Mr. Wong Cheung-kuk at the Foreign Office, the same party, with the exception of Mr. Wong Ching-wai, being present.\n\nMr. C. C. Wu came at once to business. They had found a way round the impasse. The Government would be able to persuade the strikers to waive the political terms but a formula would be necessary. I replied that in that event I would stay on and get this formula definitely settled. Mr. Wu said it would take some time and it would be better for the merchants to come and discuss the crucial questions of reinstatement and strike pay. I said that I must know the terms of the formula first. The Hongkong Government could not allow the merchants to enter upon protracted negotiations, if at the end a formula was to be put forward to which the Hongkong Government could not agree. Mr. Wu then gave me to understand that the matter depended upon the settlement with the merchants. If this was satisfactory, there would be no necessity for a formula, but the strikers would not abandon any part of their position until they were sure of their main point. We then proceeded to define the position. I pointed out that on Mr. Sung's original argument...",
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        "title": "CO129-502-8 China- general situation 27-4-1927 - 15-9-1927",
        "content_text": "## \n(3). Are resistance should be offered firstly because in no other way can the Nanking government be made to listen to representations on the subject and secondly because only the certainty of being involved in much trouble and agitation will keep the demands of the Chinese authorities, both now and in the future, within bounds. Are the merchants at Shanghai prepared to run the risks involved in a concerted refusal to pay knowing that they will be supported by all means at our disposal short of the use of force? (See your telegram No. 1124). If so, should we not encourage them to do so, holding ourselves in readiness to compromise at the psychological moment?\n\n4. You now revert to the proposal previously criticised in your telegram No. 1124 that vessels should proceed to sea without customs clearance papers, but as you also advocate \"going slow\" until we know the attitude of other Powers and especially Japan, it is not clear what exact significance should be attached in connection with this proposal to the phrases \"stand firm\" and \"show the Nanking government that we mean business\".\n\nIs not this a resort to the form of bluff which you rightly deprecate in paragraph 6 of your telegram under reply? If, however, the Shanghai proposals are, as your telegram No. 1211 strongly suggests, impracticable and if you concur in the reasoning of paragraph 3 above, then I agree that British ships might initiate concerted resistance by refusing to pay these increased tonnage dues in the manner suggested.\n\n5. Please consult Sir S. Barton on this suggestion and telegraph your considered views.\n\nRepeat to Peking, Tokyo, Shanghai, Commander-in-Chief, Hankow, Canton for Hongkong.\n\nPage 70  \nPage 71",
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        "content_text": "# \n- 3 - \n\n## 90 \n\nThe situation is on the verge of collapse. Additional charges may be the last straw. Our first duty is surely to protect their interests, seeing that we are only in China for trade.\n\n(5) Japan at least is most unlikely to agree to such a surrender; even Washington surtaxes have not yet received her imprimatur.\n\n(6) Finally, may I put in a special plea against resort to the form of bluff towards the end of paragraph numbered 2 of your telegram? It would almost certainly be called, and we should merely look foolish. Also, would it be fair to our traders to say we will support them, knowing in our hearts that we do not, in the last resort, mean to do so?\n\nI am convinced that if we did mean business, it would be best to guarantee against having to take strong measures, but I am equally convinced that mere bluff with nothing behind it is false policy, especially with an Oriental race.\n\n(7) One further point; I fear His Majesty's Government misread the position if they look for anything in the nature of a conference on tariff matters at Shanghai. The day for such things is over. Chinese now take what they want unless prevented from doing so; they do not stop to debate the point.\n\nTo sum up, I would strongly advise that we go slowly as regards the general question until we know the attitude of other Powers, and especially Japan. If Japan is not ready for strong action, I can quite see that there are arguments against our taking it alone, though I should prefer...",
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        "content_text": "69\n\nBRITISH SHIP PIRATED. (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.)\n\nHONG-KONG, MAY 28.\n\nThe British steamer Tean was seized by pirates, who came on board as passengers, while in Hoihow harbour, and taken to Bias Bay, where the booty was discharged. Two officers were taken ashore and held as hostages, but were later released.\n\nThe only casualty was a pirate, whom his colleagues mistook for a member of the crew and shot dead.\n\nAfter the Tean had reached Bias Bay a British destroyer appeared, and put a party ashore in pursuit of the pirates. The pirates had taken with them eight Chinese passengers, one of whom fell from a cliff and was found dead.\n\nThe Tean is a steamer of 2,202 gross tonnage, owned by the China Navigation Company, and built at Greenock in 1904.\n\nTimes\n\nMay 29\n\nM. Ellie\n\nJirs.\n\nBrindle\n\nLears\n\nTo vu.\n\nWait a\n\ntr. Itk\n\nday\n\n1000\n\nTal 29/5\n\nfor\n\n9.8.29.8.15",
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        "title": "CO129-508-4 Cases of attacks by pirates 6-11-1927 - 23-11-1928",
        "content_text": "Dear Sir,\n\nCHINA NAVIGATION COMPANY'S\n\nS.S. \"Tean\"\n\nHongkong,\n\n28th May, 1928.\n\nPage 68\n\nOn Sunday 27.5.28 at 4.15 A.M. while at anchor in Hoihow Harbour my ship was seized by pirates. I was lying asleep in my cabin and was awakened by shots and men running. I jumped up and was just going to open the door when it was burst in and four pirates entered who demanded my arms. I was then taken to the Chief Officer's cabin and remained there about two minutes when we were ordered to get the ship underway and to proceed to Swatow, which was done.\n\nAfter clearing the Hainan Straits I was ordered to steer for Little Hongkong and later for Bias Bay. We had some freedom of movement, an armed man following everywhere and food and drink could be obtained. At 10.30 A.M. 28.5.28 when in a position about four miles south of Bate Island, Bias Bay, H.M.S. \"SOLLE\" was sighted lying at anchor to the North of Bate Island: instantly the pirates ordered me to alter course to run for the opposite side of the Bay and they prepared to lower two lifeboats on the port side. When a mile off Bola Bluff Pt. at 11.05 A.M. we stopped and they lowered the boats and rowed ashore with the Chief and 2nd Officers, eleven Chinese crew, and seven Chinese passengers.\n\nThe boats were smashed in landing and the officers and crew were on the beach until 3.00 p.m. when they were taken onboard the Chinese Maritime Customs Launch \"Yeung Shing\" and at 4.30 p.m. brought back to me by H.M.S. \"Somme\". I then got under way.\n\nMessrs. Butterfield and Swire,\n\nHongkong.\n\nPage 68\n\n \n \n\n \n\n ",
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        "content_text": "Enclosure No. 9.\n\n154\n\nExtract from \"Hong Kong Daily Press\", May 29th, 1928.\n\nBUTTERFIELD & SWIRE STEAMER PIRATED.\n\n66\n\nDARING ATTACK ON S.S. \"TEAN\"\n\nIN HOIHOW HARBOUR.\n\nSECOND OFFICER'S ORDEAL.\n\nBRITISH AND CUSTOMS CRUISERS TO THE RESCUE.\n\nPIRATES TORTURE THEIR CAPTIVES.\n\nBias Bay pirates on Sunday morning carried out a daring attack on the Butterfield and Swire steamer Tean while she was lying in the harbour at Hoihow. They successfully seized the ship and took her to Bias Bay.\n\nDuring the voyage to the pirates' lair, the second officer of the s.s. Tean, Mr. J. G. Forster, went through a gruelling ordeal. He very pluckily fought his captor and directly caused the pirates to fire at one of their own men, who was shot through the heart and died instantaneously.\n\nMr. Forster was taken ashore at Bias Bay by the pirates, who intended to kill him out of revenge. He was fired at once at close range, but fortunately for him the pistol mis-fired. He then broke free and climbed onto a boulder and another pirate, who was about 40 or 50 yards away from him, fired at him several times. The shots all went wide, but Mr. Forster, who showed the greatest coolness, dropped into the water just as if he were shot and swam to safety.\n\nAmong the pirates taking part in the attack, one man boasted of having taken part in the Sunning and Hong Peng piracies. From a description given of this man by the third engineer, Mr. J. J. Thompson, he resembles one of the men who were acquitted here.\n\nA very pathetic story was told to a Daily Press representative by Mr. J. J. Thompson of a Chinese passenger who met his death by being thrown over a cliff some three hundred feet high. The Chinese steward of the ill-fated vessel was tortured for four hours. His hands were tied behind his back and it is also understood that he was beaten.\n\nOne peculiar point in connection with this piratical attack was that after the free-booters had left the ship, the holds were found to have been fumigated with some acid. The whole of the paint work had turned black and some silver dollars which the deck passengers had thrown into the holds were found to be discoloured. It is believed that the pirates used some kind of acid to smoke out anyone who might be hiding there.",
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        "content_text": "The Tean left Haiphong Thursday last and arrived at Hoihow on Saturday. It was at this port that the pirates embarked as passengers. The vessel was scheduled to leave Hoihow on Sunday morning at 5 a.m., but the free-booters did not wait till then but attacked the officers and captured the ship at about 4.15 a.m. They held the officers up with their weapons and ordered the ship to be taken to Bias Bay.\n\nIn an interview a Daily Press representative had with Mr. J. J. Thompson, third engineer of the ill-fated vessel, a most graphic story was gathered. It appeared that Mr. Thompson was sleeping on the poop with the other officers, who all sleep up on deck during the summer when the steamer is in port. He was suddenly and roughly awakened by the second mate, Mr. Forster, who said \"Get up, the ship is pirated.\"\n\nMr. Thompson started up and on looking forward he saw the Indian guards, all disarmed. He asked them what had happened and the Indians told him that there had been a fight. Mr. Thompson was naturally rather hazy at the time but he saw that the second mate was in a very excited state.\n\nHe ran to the boat deck, closely followed by Mr. Forster. At the boat deck, Mr. Thompson was seized from behind by three armed men, one of them stuck a gun against his stomach. Almost at the same time, Mr. Forster was also seized. They were taken back to Mr. Forster's cabin, where the pirates ordered them to surrender their arms. Having no alternative, they told the pirates where the ship's armament was kept. They were led out of the cabin and while passing the chief officer's door, the latter also came out and was seized and taken away by the pirates.\n\nMr. Thompson and the second officer were led past the captain's cabin and there they saw the skipper with his hands up and a pirate keeping guard over him. At that time the second engineer was supposed to be on watch at the engine room, but Mr. Thompson also found him in the mess room a prisoner.\n\nAt this stage, all the European officers having been accounted for, the pirates were in a hurry to get off. They shouted out to \"make steam\" and the second engineer was ordered down to start the engines.\n\nMr. Thompson and the chief engineer were imprisoned in the latter's cabin while an armed man kept guard over them. Later the chief engineer asked the No. 1 pirate to allow them to carry out their usual routine, explaining to him that it would be hard to make one man do all the watches. The chief pirate appeared to be a very reasonable man who spoke fluent English and he assented to the chief engineer's request. From that time, the officers were allowed to go about their duties under guard. They had breakfast and permission was also obtained to feed the three European passengers on board.\n\nTHE CAPTAIN'S STORY.\n\nThe police were in charge of the vessel from the time of her arrival and nobody was allowed on board. However, later the Captain (Mr. E. H. Histed) landed and very kindly gave his story to our representative. They were at anchor in Hoihow Harbour on Sunday morning, when at about 4 a.m. the Captain was aroused by the sound of shooting and general pandemonium. He rushed out of his cabin, but was confronted by a pirate who levelled his revolver at him. Soon after other pirates came along, and also covered him with revolvers.\n\nThey looted his cabin, and later he met the other deck officers who were also prisoners under cover. They were sent to the bridge, while the engineers were kept prisoners in the engine room. Resistance was impossible, and although treated civilly they were warned that any attempt to regain possession of the vessel would result in their being shot immediately. The No. 1 pirate spoke very good English. His orders were to take the vessel to Bias Bay, and Captain Histed said that he was closely watched during the whole of the voyage.\n\nWe were very surprised he continued to see H.M.S. Somme lying at anchor just outside Bias Bay, and when the pirate chief saw her, he immediately turned the vessel around and made for the nearest land—a little cove between Bluff Point and Lok Siu Point. We had another surprise when we saw the Yueng Shing overtaking us. The pirates lowered two lifeboats, and taking seven passengers, the first and second officers (Messrs. A. Mills, and J. G. Forster) and their loot they made for the shore. It was rough at the time, and one of the lifeboats was dashed on the rocks. The pirates were pursued by armed parties from H.M.S. Somme and the Chinese Customs launch. They were followed for about four miles inland and one of the captives was pushed over the cliff.\n\nWe were treated alright, but our revolvers were taken from us. I believe the passengers were badly treated. I heard that they hung several up by their wrists and beat them so as to extort money from them. They ransacked every cabin and where they could not steal, they wilfully broke the furniture. They broke open all the cargo, and took two pigs, killed and fried them, and made merry. \"The Tean will leave Holt's Wharf at 10 a.m. this morning and will tie up to a buoy in mid-stream,\" concluded the Captain.\n\nCaptain Histed has been in command of the s.s. Tean for over 3 years, and this is his first experience of pirates.\n\nPage 155",
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        "content_text": "One peculiar thing happened at this stage which alarmed the officers considerably. They saw that the pirates ordered the crew to bring out a coffin which the vessel always carried in case of a death on board during a voyage. It later appeared that the coffin was brought out for a pirate who was accidentally shot by the gang.\n\nThe captured officers went about the watches as usual and while Mr. Thompson and the chief engineer were resting in their own cabins, their guard asked them to produce whatever money they had with them. This was done and, after the money had been produced, the pirate gave it back to their respective owners. Instructions were given by the chief pirate not to rob the personal property of the officers, and this order was carried out. All the pirates had from the officers was cigarettes, and these they consumed freely.\n\nA Cornered Man. Reverting to the story of the man who was eventually killed by falling off a cliff at Bias Bay, Mr. Thompson said that the man was a returned emigrant from Australia. Evidently he was marked down by the pirates from the very beginning, but somehow he managed to elude the robbers. He made himself known to Mr. Thompson while the latter was on watch at the engine room. Mr. Thompson said that the man suddenly came out from a stokehold and offered $1,000 if Mr. Thompson could hide him and bring him to Hong Kong safely.\n\nThe Officers' Plans. I must also tell you this. The very day the pirates captured the ship, they asked for kerosene oil and they got it. We did not like this because we feared that they might set fire to the ship,\" Mr. Thompson said.\n\nThe Tean was nearing Bias Bay and the pirates had expressly told the officers that they would fire the ship and shoot everyone on board if they should see a British gunboat come across. The officers then planned to keep watch throughout the night. The Captain, mate and second officer decided to remain on the bridge and Mr. Thompson took up his watch in the mess room. He was to warn the engine room if anything untoward happened. They would then go down below where they could get a better chance to put up a fight as the ladder leading to the engine room could only admit one man at a time, so that if the pirates were to come down, those down below could account for each one of the robbers as they came alone. Nothing, however, happened. But the officers who were down below had taken the precaution to arm themselves with bolts and nuts.\n\nAt Bias Bay. The Tean then arrived at Bias Bay and the pirates ordered two life-boats to be lowered. They also took a number of the crew to row the boats and placed the chief in one and the second officer in the other. While the two officers, pirates, crew and some of the passengers captured for ransom were being rowed ashore, the remaining officers and the passengers went up to the bridge to watch for developments.\n\nThey then saw H.M.S. Somme, Mr. Thompson said, who, scenting that something was wrong, steamed up to the Tean. The Somme came alongside and a lieutenant and some men boarded the Tean. At the same time the Customs cruiser Yung Shing also hove into sight. When the situation was explained to them, the Yung Shing at once despatched a pursuit party after the fleeing robbers.\n\nMr. Thompson, while feeling sorry for the man, dared not do anything as he knew that pirates were watching him from different points and once they knew that he was aiding a passenger, he would probably be shot. He therefore told the man \"No savvy.\" The hunted emigrant returned to the stokehold.\n\nMr. Thompson went off duty and while he was in his cabin, he again saw this man passing outside his cabin door. The cornered man looked very pathetic. \"My heart went out to him, but I was not able to save him,\" Mr. Thompson said. That was the last time he saw the man alive.\n\nThe pursuers returned after some time with the chief and second officers, a Chinese passenger who had been taken for ransom, the crew taken by the pirates to man the boats and a corpse. This was later identified to be the man who had offered Mr. Thompson $1,000 to hide him. The poor man's head was battered beyond recognition. Coming back to Hong Kong, the Tean met with H.M.S. Wanderer who escorted the pirated vessel back here.\n\nPage 66\n\n156",
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        "content_text": "INTERVIEW WITH SECOND ENGINEER.\n\nMR. D. S. GOLDIE.\n\nThe Second Engineer, Mr. D. S. Goldie, was seen leaving the ship in company with Mrs. Goldie who had come to meet him, and very kindly gave a few interesting facts to the Daily Press reporter. He was in a hurry to get home, and could not say very much. He was down in the engine-room at the time, and a little after eight bells in the morning watch, when he was due to be relieved he came on deck, only to be confronted by a pirate with a revolver. Resistance was useless. He was taken to the mess where he found his fellow officers in the same predicament. The pirate who covered him with the revolver, spoke Chinese and later made signs which Goldie finally understood meant that he wanted his revolver. The pirate ransacked the cabin and found it. He also helped himself to other articles in the cabin. Later Mr. Goldie was sent down to the engine room with the other engineers, and saw little of what happened after that. However, he remarked that the Second Officer (Mr. J. G. Forster) was rather lucky. He was shot at on several occasions by the pirates, but fortunately all the shots went wide. Mr. Goldie said that he met the pirate chief who spoke excellent English.\n\nHOW THE \"YUENG SHING\"\n\nFOUND OUT.\n\nSecond Officer P. F. Shaw, of the Yueng Shing said that their launch was at anchor in Samun Bay just off Bias Bay, when the signalman at the Signal-Station on shore informed them that the s.s. Tean was heading towards Bias Bay in a suspicious manner. They immediately weighed anchor, cleared for action, and pursued the s.s. Tean to Bias Bay. On drawing close to the Tean they noticed that H.M.S. Somme was there at anchor. The Tean suddenly swung right around, and headed for a little cove between Bluff Point and Lok Sui Point. There she stopped and as the Yueng Shing came up they fired several shots across the bows of the pirated ship. The pirates lowered two life-boats and made for shore. The Yueng Shing then came alongside the Tean and took control of her. Meanwhile two armed parties under Capt. W. H. Poole and Mr. Shaw were landed and pursued the pirates. It was rough at the time and one of the stolen life-boats was smashed while being beached. A suitcase, which contained the loot sank with the boat but was later salvaged. The pirates herded their captives ashore, and tried to escape inland. One of the passengers was unable to keep up with them and he was pushed over a cliff, and fell to the bottom, a distance of 300 feet. He was found later by Mr. Shaw and taken back to the s.s. Tean. Meanwhile the pirates were pursued and shots were exchanged. The pirates saw that they were being overtaken and left their prisoners and fled, dispersing in all directions. Most of the loot was recovered and the passengers and officers were taken back to the ship. The s.s. Yueng Shing then accompanied the s.s. Tean to Hong Kong.\n\nSUPERINTENDENT OF CHINESE CUSTOMS.\n\nAmong the passengers aboard the s.s. Tean, who were taken ashore by the pirates was Mr. Ping Kwan Foo, Superintendent of Chinese Customs at Hoihow. He was accompanied by a friend at the time, who was also taken prisoner. These two gentlemen were rescued by the party under Mr. P. F. Shaw.\n\nThe Loot.\n\nThe pirates were not very satisfied with the loot they made. It is estimated that the robbers' total haul was something about $12,000, of which $4,000 was in cash. The balance was made up of jewellery and clothing. When they were chased by the pursuit party from the Yueng Shing the pirates dropped a suitcase containing $3,000 which has been recovered.\n\nThe European Passengers.\n\nAmong the three European passengers were Mr. and Mrs. Drummond. Mr. Drummond is connected with the A.P.C. at Hoihow and was coming to Hong Kong with his wife. It is understood that Mr. Drummond had been through a piracy ordeal previously. He was asleep last night and as our representative was told that he and his wife also had a very trying time, he was not disturbed.\n\nSeveral Suspects Detained.\n\nIt is understood that several men were detained by the Police on suspicion.\n\nThe s.s. Tean, is one of the China Navigation Steamers, and has for years plied between Haiphong, Hoihow and Hong Kong. At the time she was carrying a cargo of cattle and general merchandise. The local Agents of the vessel are Messrs. Butterfield & Swire. She is commanded by Captain E. H. Histed, with Mr. J. Roberts as Chief Engineer. Other officers are: Chief Officer, Mr. A. Mills; 2nd Officer, J. G. Forster; 2nd Engineer, D. S. Goldie; and 3rd Engineer, Mr. J. J. Thompson.\n\nPage 158",
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        "content_text": "(4)\n\n162\n\nrecovered and taken on board the Tean, except the Commissioner for Foreign Affairs and another hostage and the recovered loot which were brought to Hong Kong by the Customs Cruiser \"Yeung Shing\". One of the hostages, a Chinese who had returned from Australia, was found dead at the foot of the cliff over which he had fallen or was pushed over by the pirates.\n\nThe Cruiser also landed men who searched for the pirates but I have no further information on this point. The Cruiser Storm also came on the scene after the pirates had landed.\n\nThe pirated vessel arrived in the harbour and berthed at Holts Wharf at 7 p.m. on 28/5/28. A large number of European and Chinese boarded the ship and instituted investigations which were concluded at midnight. We have been unable to find any evidence in support of possible collusion between the ship's crew or passengers and the pirates. The Police withdrew from the ship at 9 a.m. this morning.\n\nThere was no Bullion carried on the ship; none of the cargo was stolen. The ship or tackle was not damaged. None of the passengers or crew were injured by the pirates (except the passenger who lost his life on shore).\n\nThe pirates boasted that they had taken part in other piracies; also that they would not have pirated the Tean but for the fact that all their Capital, of from $5000.00 to $6000.00, had been spent in staging a piracy that had not materialised.\n\nThe pirates landed immediately to the East of Bold Bluff - about 3 to 4 miles from the entrance of the Bay and not far from Tai Pung Harbour. The Pirates mentioned \"Ping Hoi\", \"Sam Mun\", \"Bias Point\" and \"off...",
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        "content_text": "giving him all my information, and informed him that I would land a party to recover the prisoners and boats if possible. He told me that he would land a party as soon as possible. Both ships (\"Somme\" and \"Yeung Shing\") proceeded close in-shore off the rocky beach a mile south of BOLD BLUFF, where the lifeboats were seen to be stranded, with some of the Chinese crews standing by them. It appeared probable that the pirates had retreated westward, so both ships rounded BOLD BLUFF and closed the sandy beach 1⁄2 mile westward of it.\n\nI landed an armed party under the command of Lieutenant M.H. HARDCASTLE R.N. on the western side of the beach, the Customs Cruiser landing two parties on the eastern side of it: the latter were the first to land. It was my intention that the primary object of the landing party was to recover the captured Officers and crew. One party of Customs men proceeded eastward over the high land south of BOLD BLUFF, and the other party (under the Commander) proceeded up the valley running southwestward from the beach. This latter party came in touch with retreating pirates and fired on them at long range. No casualties were observed and the pirates did not return the fire. H.M.S. Somme's party at this time were proceeding up the valley some few hundred yards behind the Customs men.\n\nThe pirates, on being fired on, abandoned the three passengers they had with them. On recovering these, the Customs men returned towards the sandy beach, the pirates scattering over the hills. Both Officers and the Chinese crews of the life-boats had been abandoned near their boats, and three more passengers on the high ground eastward of the valley mentioned.\n\nH.M.S. Somme was standing close inshore at this time, and I was prepared to open fire if I found a definite target. One or two men (who might have been pirates or merely peaceful natives) were seen on the hillsides",
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        "content_text": "(3)\n\n167\n\nwestward of the valley.\n\nLieutenant HARDCASTLE and his party returned to the ship bringing the 2nd Officer of the s.s. TEAN with him. The First Officer, boats crews and six passengers were taken to the Customs Cruiser. The Commander of the Customs Cruiser who had now returned to his ship (about 1400) considered that the pirates had scattered in such a manner that their capture was beyond the resources of his Cruiser. I concurred in this. He requested me to cooperate in the recovery of the seventh passenger who was believed to have been wounded and abandoned by the pirates.\n\nMy armed party again landed under Lieutenant HARDCASTLE in company with the Customs men, and the passenger's body was found, together with one valise of loot. The man was dead: according to the statements of native onlookers the pirates had pushed him over a cliff as he could not keep up with them. Both lifeboats of the TEAN were wrecked on the rocky beach where they had been run ashore.\n\nI transferred the First and Second Officers, five passengers and the dead passenger to the TEAN, ordering her to proceed to Hong Kong. The valise of loot was taken to the Customs Cruiser: one passenger also remained on board her: he was the Chinese Superintendent of Customs at Hoihow, and the Commander of the Cruiser informed me that he would take him to Hong Kong. s.s. TEAN and the Customs Cruiser proceeded in company for Hong Kong about 1545. I informed them that they would probably meet H.M.S. WANDERER on the way, as she was proceeding to join me in Bias Bay.\n\nMy landing party returned about 1530, and at 1600 I proceeded and anchored northwestward of Bate Island.",
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        "content_text": "Enclosure to my K07/107\n\nPiracy of s.s.TEAN.\n\n169\n\nSignals made and received.\n\nTO...Com and C-in-C.\n\nFROM...Somme\n\nImportant. s.s.TEAN entered Bias Bay 1115 anchored off TEYI Point. Have closed ship. Captain reports 2 deck Officers taken ashore as hostages in ships cutters by pirates. Propose to recover cutters if possible. Request instructions. 1147.\n\nTO...Com and C-in-C\n\nFROM...Somme.\n\nImportant. Customs Cruiser \"YEUNG SHING\" has arrived. Request permission to land in support if necessary. 1158.\n\nTO...Somme repd C-in-C\n\nFROM...Com.\n\nImportant. Your 1147. Use every endeavour to recover cutters. Are Officers British.\n\nTO...Somme.\n\nImportant.\n\nFROM...Com.\n\n1228.\n\nSignal full report as soon as possible as to piracy of s.s.TEAN and where pirates landed and at what time. 1232.\n\nTO...Com.\n\n...\n\nFROM. Somme.\n\nImportant.\n\nCustoms Cruiser \"YEUNG SHING\" has landed armed westward of BOLD BLUFF. Consider that pirates have retreated westwards towards PATCHAU. 1232.\n\nTO...Somme rpd C-in-C.\n\nFROM...Com.\n\nImportant. Your 1158. Yes on request from Chinese cruiser unless C-in-C directs otherwise. 1305.\n\nTO...Com.\n\nFROM.\n\n...Somme.\n\nImportant.\n\nYour 1232. Captain of TEAN reports pirates boarded ship at Hoihow apparently intending to take her to Fan-lo-kong. On entering Bias Bay from westward H.M.S. Somme was sighted off Bate Island. Ship was anchored as soon as possible about 1100 2 miles 045 degrees from TEYI Point and pirates landed on sandy beach south of BOLD BLUFF about 1115 in two ships boats taking two deck Officers and boats crews as hostages. Somme reached TEAN about 1135. Both Officers are now safe. Further details will be communicated shortly.\n\nTO...Somme repd C-in-C.\n\n1312.\n\nFROM...Com.\n\nImportant.\n\nKeep me informed of action you are taking. No men are to be ashore after dark. Wanderer proceeding to join you. 1329\n\nPage 170\n\nPage 171",
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        "content_text": "173\n\nThe pirates then ordered him to sail for\n\nAberdeen but when outside the harbour they ordered course\n\nfor Samun as they were afraid of the alarm being given\n\nby the junks at Aberdeen.\n\nAt 1030, 28th May 1929, ship was at entrance\n\nto Bias Bay when the stern of the \"SOML\" was observed\n\nbehind Bate Island.\n\nThe pirates immediately ordered course for\n\nCliff Bay and prepared to leave the ship. The new course\n\nmade it appear that the \"TEAN\" was taking the inshore channel.\n\nWhen one mile from the shore ship was stopped\n\nand the pirates lowered the two port lifeboats. At about\n\nthis time, a Chinese Customs launch was observed. This\n\nlaunch had been sent by orders of the Police at Samun. On\n\nthe boats being lowered the \"SOMME\" weighed and closed,\n\nsending a landing party to intercept the pirates. In the\n\n\"TEAN'S\" boats were the Chief and Second Officers and seven\n\nChinese passengers for ransom. The Captain of the \"TEAN\"\n\nwarned \"SOMME\" not to open fire on boats as two of his\n\nOfficers were in them. The \"TEAN'S\" boats landed in the\n\nsurf and the occupants got ashore.\n\nThe Customs Launch and \"SOMME'S\" party went round\n\nthe headland to avoid destruction of boats. The\n\npirates released their hostages to delay the pursuit in\n\norder to escape. The Second Officer, against whom the\n\npirates had a grudge, escaped by jumping overboard before\n\nlanding and was fired on. This Officer was thought to have killed a pirate (a brother of the Chief Pirate). This pirate however was actually killed by one of his confederates.\n\nOne of the seven Chinese passengers was killed ashore by falling or being pushed over a cliff.\n\nThe",
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        "title": "CO129-508-4 Cases of attacks by pirates 6-11-1927 - 23-11-1928",
        "content_text": "Fo. 19.\n\n1９\n\nAdmy 20,\n\na.12.\n\n21.\n\n4.0.\n\n22.\n\nгоро\n\nA\n\n23,\n\nD.N.I. 24\n\n、ན༩་\n\nTelegram from the Officer Administering the Government of Hong Kong to the Secretary of State for the Colonies.\n\nDated 29th May, 1928.\n\nReceived Colonial Office 2.1 p.m. 29th May, 1928.\n\n18\n\n192\n\n? \n\nAddressed to Secretary of State for the Colonies repeated to Pekin Telegram No. 17. Steamship Tean Butterfield coasting vessel was seized by pirates in Hoihow harbour at 4 a.m. May 27th and taken to Bias Bay yesterday. One pirate accidentally killed by Pirates on board one Chinese passenger either thrown by pirates or fell over high cliff and killed after landing at Bias Bay. H.M.S. Somme & Customs cruiser both closed ship while pirates were landing at Bias Bay and enabled chief and second officer both British and some passengers who were being taken away by pirates to escape. Landing parties followed pirates several miles but pirates scattered and escaped. Loot partly recovered loss estimated at 10,000 dollars Tean returned to harbour undamaged.\n\nI am pressing through Consul General for action authorities offering full co-operation and am consulting Minister at Peking as to possibilities of further action if Canton takes no satisfactory steps.",
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        "document_key": "CO129-513-4 Land leases in the new territories 8-11-1928 - 29-7-1929",
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        "title": "CO129-513-4 Land leases in the new territories 8-11-1928 - 29-7-1929",
        "content_text": "17 \n\nthe life of the present Government when they may have ample opportunities to find ways and means to arrange for the return of Hongkong to China. In the case of the leased territory of Kowloon or New Territories, the Baldwin Government had given a definite promise in 1926 to arrange for its early retrocession and we expect the Labor Government will tackle the job when it gets more firmly seated on the saddle. It is our sincere wish and hope that the British Government under the Labor regime will do much to cement the good relations now happily existing between this country and Great Britain. And we on our part will endeavor to do likewise\".\n\n2. From this and other articles of Chinese Nationalist propaganda it is evident that if and when the Concessions at Treaty Ports are retroceded we shall have to face an intensive Nationalist campaign, and possibly economic pressure, for the retrocession of Kowloon and of Hongkong itself.\n\n3. Recently at an official dinner-party I was asked in a bantering tone whether the British Government would be likely to wish to retain Hongkong if Shamien and the International Settlement at Shanghai were retroceded. In a like bantering tone I advised my Chinese questioner, who was slightly flushed, to \"wait and see\", adding that he doubtless knew that Gibraltar had been successfully defended by war more than once. That was the only time that the question has been forced on my attention and it passed off with laughter. There is however no doubt in my mind that the retrocession of Hongkong is considered as not being beyond the bounds of the successes hoped for through insistence in a campaign of Nationalist bluff and propaganda.\n\nThe Nationalists...",
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        "document_key": "CO129-520-6 Railway development- Canton-Kowloon Railway 5-11-1929 - 5-11-1930",
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        "title": "CO129-520-6 Railway development- Canton-Kowloon Railway 5-11-1929 - 5-11-1930",
        "content_text": "250\n\nTHE CHINA\n\nCRITIC\n\nMarch 13, 1930\n\nMarch 13, 1930\n\nTHE CHINA CRITIC\n\n251\n\nand commerce will be seriously handicapped, and the livelihood of the people will be affected.\n\nIt is estimated that the Ministry of War now owes the Ministry of Railways about $12,930,000 for subsidies paid to various army groups and $3,250,000 for military transportation charges within a period of slightly over a year. The Ministry of Railways has sent a bill to the War Department, but the bill remains unpaid.\n\nIt will be recalled that at the Second Plenary Session of the Central Executive Committee of the Kuomintang, it was decided to appropriate two-thirds of the entire Boxer-Indemnity Funds for railway construction in China. Sometime ago, a petition was presented to the Administrative Yuan of the National Government suggesting that two-thirds of the Sino-British, Sino-Russian, and Sino-Italian Boxer Indemnity Funds be first appropriated to the Ministry of Railways for the completion of Canton-Hankow, Lunghai, and other lines. If negotiations with the British and Italian Governments had not been completed, it was further suggested that two-thirds of the Sino-Russian Indemnity Funds be handed over to the Railway Ministry. It has been discovered that the Peiping Universities continue to get $350,000 each month from the Sino-Russian Boxer-Indemnity Funds. As it has been decided by the National Government that the Sino-Russian Indemnity Funds shall be used for the completion of the Lunghai Railway, there will be no funds left for the railway construction, unless the Peiping Universities get their funds from some other source.\n\nAs the preliminary part of the Ministry's railway construction program, a number of men have been sent out to do surveying work in different provinces. The men assigned on the proposed Nanking-Canton line have been unable to do any work in Kwangtung and Fukien Provinces on account of bandit activities. Military operations in Kwangsi, Kweichow, and Yunnan provinces have also interfered with the work of the Ministry's staff. Mr. Chao Ya-chen, an expert of the Ministry, was killed last December by bandits at Ta Kuang, in Kweichow Province.\n\nThe debts of the railways run up to a stupendous total of $559,000,000. The loan agreements with various parties differ, and unless steps are taken to reorganize the railway debts, the actual financial condition of the country's railways cannot be ascertained. The creditors repeatedly go to the Ministry of Railways and ask for information regarding the payment of these debts. As the prestige of any government is largely determined by its ability or otherwise to meet its obligations, it is of great importance that the National Government should devise some means for the reorganization of the country's debts.\n\nThe Kiao-Tsi Railway, popularly known as Shantung Railway, has to pay $40,000,000 (Yen) to the Japanese Government within a period of 15 years, beginning from January 1, 1923. For seven years, the railway has paid up regularly the annual interest of $2,400,000 (Yen), but the principal remains unpaid. Before 1938, China must pay up that amount, and so far, nothing has been done towards meeting this obligation. The only thing the Kiao-Tsi Railway can do will be that of cutting down its expenses and of setting aside every year a certain amount of money for that purpose.\n\nTransportation undoubtedly has a lot to do with the development of a country's industries and commerce. While the railways want to increase their revenues, they must in the meantime take into consideration the business condition along the lines. Steps ought to be taken to facilitate the distribution of foodstuffs throughout the country and to encourage the development of native industries, so that severe famines in certain parts of the country can be prevented and the native commercial interests may compete on even terms with foreign business concerns.\n\nMeasures have been adopted for the taking over by the government of the Canton-Hankow Railway. This line was formerly financed by private interests with a capital of approximately $20,000,000. The Ministry of Railways recently submitted a proposal to the National Government suggesting that $20,000,000 worth of bonds be floated using the revenues of Canton-Shaokwan and Canton-Samshui sections of the Canton-Hankow Railway as securities. The proposal was approved by the National Government. The regulations governing the issuance of these bonds were promulgated by the Ministry of Railways on January 1, 1930. Beginning from April 1, 1930, the proposed bonds will be issued by the Ministry.\n\nIn spite of the unsettled conditions throughout the country, the following reports regarding the revenues for 1929-30 of various railways may prove interesting:\n\n  \n    \n    Revenues\n    Increase over 1928-9\n  \n  \n    Tientsin-Pukow Railway\n    $10,315,000\n    $6,143,000\n  \n  \n    Nanking-Shanghai Railway\n    $12,328,000\n    $1,811,000\n  \n  \n    S.H.N. Railway\n    $5,959,000\n    $1,959,000\n  \n  \n    Chengtai Railway\n    $5,134,000\n    $535,000\n  \n  \n    Kiao-Tsi Railway\n    $2,153,000\n    $1,213,000\n  \n  \n    Lunghai Railway\n    $447,000\n    $211,000\n  \n  \n    Hunan-Hupeh Railway\n    $1,075,000\n    $705,000\n  \n  \n    Canton-Kowloon Railway\n    $12,569,000\n    $610,000\n  \n\nThe Pei-Ning Railway, formerly known as the Peking-Mukden Railway, has been instructed to conclude a contract with the Netherlands Harbor Works Company of Amsterdam, Holland, for the development of the Port of Hulutao. Actual engineering work is to start this year as soon as weather permits.\n\nMukden is situated like the hub of a wheel, where a great deal of traffic must pass through. The distance from Mukden to Hulutao is 186 miles, and the distance from Mukden to Dairen is 246 miles. After careful study by experts, Hulutao has been regarded as a natural outlet to the sea for Manchuria and Inner-Mongolia. A proper port development at this place and a consistent rail development of the Three Eastern Provinces must create an enormous traffic for shipment through Hulutao.\n\nRailway development, unlike the activities of most of the other departments of the Government, is a profit-making proposition. Not only it brings larger revenues to the Government treasury, it represents one of the most important factors in the improvement of the economic condition of any country, and in the promotion of general welfare. The later the Government carries out its railway construction program, the greater difficulty it will have in its attempt to bring prosperity to the undeveloped regions in far-off provinces.\n\nThe existing railways can never be run on a business basis if the local military authorities are permitted to interfere with the administration of these lines. Drastic measures must be taken by the Central Government for the suppression of such irregular activities. The road is difficult but it is not impossible.\n\nAttitudes Toward China\n\nBy Hugh McL. Gilmore\n\nThe new and more orderly regime in China is regarded by most foreigners with disfavour. The reason is simple. Great changes have taken place abroad; younger countries have acted energetically and with vision to expedite economic and other \"progress.\" Chinese efforts to effect rehabilitation of her scattered fortunes seem, they think, in comparison, futile and ill-directed.\n\nTo a certain extent, this attitude is excusable. Foreign critics of an Eastern country, who belong to a totally different order of civilisation from those whose weakness they would appraise, cannot keep their minds free from purely national bias of the unreasoning sort; they naturally search for such attributes as are prized among themselves and feel disgusted if these are not in evidence. The result is they see specific faults too plainly while overlooking the very qualities on which greatness is mainly based. China, therefore, has suffered extremely from the stupidity, misstatement, and misrepresentation, from the lack of sympathy and generosity, and principally from the pure ignorance of her critics.\n\nIn the West, Might connotes Right. Western revenues, accordingly, are spent on war, past and to come, and only the residue on useful objects. The people are, have been, and always will be loaded with taxation for the construction of guns, battleships, poisonous gases, and aeroplanes for the purpose of killing each other wholesale.\n\nUntil comparatively recently, China had none of these things. Ergo, China is uncivilised, unworthy of consideration. The West, enforced by those selfsame armaments and gases, calls for \"law and order\" in a country whose efforts to enforce \"law and order\" are hindered by Western pugnacity.\n\nChina, unfortunately, is unable to offset the insinuations of these more pugnacious nations in the only way which they understand and appreciate. She believes in a progress of her own definition. Her belief is fortified by daily illustration of how the West protects \"progress\" with battleships and bluff and frames its ideals, not according to the measure of its altruism, but according to the measure of its ambitions. Hence, China has adopted, mistakenly it is true, a conversational attitude, thinking that constant iteration of her requirements would find a receptive ear.\n\nBut iteration, like friction, is likely to generate heat rather than progress. This has happened in China. Unfamiliar with the intrigue which for centuries has supported Occidental diplomacy, her statesmen have more or less relied upon the \"honourable obligations\" of the West; they have spoken when they should have acted, reposed confidence where confidence is adjudged an indication of weakness. \"Honourable obligations,\" unknown to them, have long been buried under a pall of hypocrisy. Iteration of such \"obligations\" has engendered naivete and helped to cloud the issue where a little judicious action would have induced favourable consideration of inherent rights.\n\nIt does not logically follow that China, to attain her rights, should similarly put bloodshed and blood lust before civilisation. The world, happily, is awakening to a realisation of the futility of war and warlike methods and is in a fit state now, after centuries of morbid hate, to recognise that seeds of death planted in a loam of artificial hate have thrust their black heads above the earth all too often. Aggression is receding before world reason. China, accordingly, should so plan her future so that the surfeit of speech which hitherto has hampered her striving after autonomy should be abandoned in favour of pre-conceived and practical action. Speech, as a famous diplomat tells us, is after all but a form of innocuous gas. This innocuity, in China at least, has served to \"Make men lose the good they oft might win by fearing to attempt.\"\n\nIt is strange that no effort has been made to put the proper interpretation on the chief Western argument against Chinese autonomy, the lack of \"law and order.\" It is stranger still that no native statesman has expressed its true meaning. While banditry and disorder exist in every country in the world, China has been singled out for obloquy on that very count. It is natural that disorder in a country of 400,000,000 souls, hampered by foreign jurisdiction, should be greater than in a country of 40,000,000 free from alien restrictions.\n\n85",
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        "document_key": "CO129-521-13 Chinese Customs- proposed agreement with Hong Kong 27-8-1930 - 16-10-1930",
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        "content_text": "76\n\nexceptional compensatory advantages.\n\nI cannot resist the\n\nsuspicion that much of the talk on Mr. Maze's part of the\n\nrevival of the blockade, and consequent damage to the trade\n\nof Hong Kong, is of the nature of a bluff, and it is possible\n\nthat, if the matter could have been taken up in the first\n\ninstance directly with the Minister of Finance, a settlement might perhaps have been found without insistence upon\n\nsuch unwise issues as these. While I am convinced that\n\nMr. Maze thoroughly believes in the justice of his cause,\n\nand has the interests of the administration of which he is\n\nthe head entirely at heart, his methods frankly do not appeal to me and I feel that in this matter, as in his recent\n\nattempts to browbeat the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank to\n\nfollow the line of action desired by the National Government\n\nover the question of the Tientsin Customs revenues, (see\n\nHis Majesty's Minister's Representative's telegrams Numbers\n\n45 and 46 of 15th May, 1930) he is adopting an attitude\n\nwhich does not tend to smoothe away the admitted difficulties of his task in its relation to foreign interests.\n\nhandling of these questions seems to me to contrast unfavourably with the tact and ability he has shewn in preserving and consolidating the powers and functions of the Customs Administration vis-à-vis the other departments of the\n\nNational Government.\n\n7.\n\nIt is not my object in writing this despatch to\n\ncall attention to any particular angle of the question, or\n\nto dogmatise on what is admittedly a most complicated and\n\nhighly technical matter, demanding all the resources of\n\nwide",
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        "content_text": "207 \n\nexceptional compensatory advantages. \n\nI cannot resist the suspicion that much of the talk on Mr. Maze's part of the revival of the blockade, and consequent damage to the trade of Hong Kong, is of the nature of a bluff, and it is possible that, if the matter could have been taken up in the first instance directly with the Minister of Finance, a settlement might perhaps have been found without insistence upon such unwise issues as these. While I am convinced that Mr. Maze thoroughly believes in the justice of his cause, and has the interests of the administration of which he is the head entirely at heart, his methods frankly do not appeal to me and I feel that in this matter, as in his recent attempts to browbeat the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank to follow the line of action desired by the National Government over the question of the Tientsin Customs revenues, (see His Majesty's Minister's Representative's telegrams Numbers 45 and 46 of 15th May, 1930) he is adopting an attitude which does not tend to smooth away the admitted difficulties of his task in its relation to foreign interests. The handling of these questions seems to me to contrast unfavourably with the tact and ability he has shown in preserving and consolidating the powers and functions of the Customs Administration vis-à-vis the other departments of the National Government.\n\n7. \n\nIt is not my object in writing this despatch to call attention to any particular angle of the question, or to dogmatise on what is admittedly a most complicated and highly technical matter, demanding all the resources of wide",
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        "document_key": "CO129-526-3 Harbour Department staff- preliminary training of marine surveyors 16-4-1930 - 5-1-1931",
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        "content_text": "M/457.\n\n**IMPRESSED STAMP. 10/-.**\n\n**CERTIFIED TRUE COPY.**\n\nAGREEMENT made this 20th day of October, One thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight,\n\nBETWEEN SYDNEY ASHWORTH, of \"Elm Hurst,\" Park Road, Newton-le-Willows, and W. J. B. Bellis, of 3 Cliff Road, Wallasey, and John Bellis, of 68 Perskett Road, Wallasey, of the one part, and the undersigned on behalf of the **CROWN AGENTS FOR THE COLONIES**, London, for and on behalf of the Government of Hong Kong of the other part.\n\nWHEREAS SYDNEY ASHWORTH has been provisionally selected for appointment as an Assistant Government Marine Surveyor (Engineer) in the Marine Department of Hong Kong and is required to undergo, as a condition of his final selection, a course of training under the Department of the Board of Trade for a period between twelve and eighteen months which period may be curtailed at any time at the option of the Secretary of State for the Colonies, and may be paid an allowance at the rate of £460 per annum, and may be refunded 1st class railway fares necessarily incurred in travelling on duty.\n\nNOW the said SYDNEY ASHWORTH and W. J. B. Bellis and John Bellis in consideration of the premises do hereby agree with the said undersigned on behalf of the Crown Agents for the Colonies that should the said SYDNEY ASHWORTH (a) fail to complete satisfactorily the period of training or be reported on with regard to character or conduct during training in such terms as would, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, render it impossible for him to approve of his final selection or (b) having been finally selected fail to sign an agreement with the Crown Agents to serve as an Assistant Government Marine Surveyor (Engineer) in the Marine Department of Hong Kong for three years residential service or (c) having signed the agreement fail...",
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        "content_text": "fail to take up his appointment when instructed to do so or (d) resign from or be dismissed from the service of the Hong Kong Government within three years of his arrival in Hong Kong on first appointment then the said SYDNEY ASHWORTH and W. J. B. Bellis and John Bellis or either of them, or any two or more of them, or their executors or administrators, will refund and repay to the Crown Agents for the Colonies in London the sums paid for the said allowances or fares.\n\nPROVIDED always that nothing herein contained shall bind or oblige the said parties to this agreement to repay the aforesaid amounts if the said SYDNEY ASHWORTH is either (a) reported by the Medical Adviser to the Crown Agents at the completion of the period of training, to be physically unfit for service in Hong Kong such unfitness not having been caused by his own negligence or misconduct, or (b) retired from the service of the Hong Kong Government upon a report of a Government Medical Officer, or the Medical Adviser to the Colonial Office, that he is unfit for further service therein, such unfitness not having been caused by his own negligence or misconduct.\n\nAs WITNESS our hands the day and year above written.\n\nSIGNED, sealed and delivered by the said SYDNEY ASHWORTH in the presence of \n| Signature | Witness Details |\n| --- | --- |\n| (sgd) W.J.B.Bellis | Name: W.J.B.Bellis<br>Address: 3 Cliff Rd. Wallasey<br>Occupation: Builder & Contractor |\n\n(sgd) S.Ashworth.\n(Seal)\n\nSIGNED, sealed and delivered by the said W. J. B. Bellis. \nIn the presence of \n| Signature | Witness Details |\n| --- | --- |\n| (sgd) John Bellis | Name: John Bellis<br>Address: 68 Perskett Rd., Wallasey<br>Occupation: Decorator & General Contr: |\n\n(sgd) W. J. B. Bellis.\n(Seal)",
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        "content_text": "164\n\n1\n\nWEI-HAI-WEI-BIRD WATCHING.\n\nMAY TO SEPTEMBER—1932.\n\nE. A. AYLMER.\n\nHaving arrived at Wei-hai-wei on the 30th April bird watching was commenced earlier than usual. After a less severe winter, the country was found to be more forward generally and corresponded to like conditions three weeks later last year. The lack of water and drinking places for the birds was again noticeable owing to the drought, in this respect the situation was similar to the spring of 1931.\n\nThe first nests found, were those of the Hawks. A pair of Sparrow Hawks (Accipiter nisus nisosimilis) nested on the island, on the cliff overlooking Four Funnel Bay; by mid-May the eggs had hatched, unfortunately before the end of the month, the nest was discovered and taken off wholesale by Chinese boys. A pair of Kestrel Hawks (Cerchneis tinnunculus) were found nesting in a tall tree on the outskirts of the village by the First Lagoon. The nest was not interfered with in any way by the villagers, in consequence the birds became comparatively tame. Whilst snipe shooting at the Third Lagoon on the 30th April, several Swinhoe's Yellow NibTM Duck (Anas poecilorhyncha zonorhyncha) and Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca) were found. On the same day several Solitary Snipe (Capella solitaria japonica) were shot. These birds were flushed singly, the birds appear to adopt to some extent, the habits of the woodcock, being found in a country one would expect woodcock to frequent. They were large birds in fine condition. But once on the wing, they flew off for a considerable distance. This is the first time we have recorded the species at Wei-hai-wei. Both the Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa milanuroides) were found in the lagoons between the 8th and 15th May. A few geese, unidentified, were seen on 3rd May,\n\nSnipe by the 30th April Pintail, Spring and Fantail snipe had arrived though not in large quantities, mention has already been made of the Solitary snipe. By mid-May the snipe had practically all moved on. The beginning of the second week in August saw them returning, this time in larger numbers and several good bags were made. However, with fine weather and favourable winds, the birds did not remain long and by the end of the month, practically all were gone. Remarkably few Fantail snipe were shot this season which looks as if this species did not call a halt at Wei-hai-wei on their passage South.\n\nThe Hill Rock Dove (Columba rupestris) was fairly plentiful especially on the mainland, only two pairs were seen on the island in May, these birds nested on the cliffs. On the 17th of May last year, a nest with fully fledged youngsters was found. A large number of Whimbrel (Numenius phoeopus) were found about the island and mainland throughout May, they fed largely on the cultivated parts of land adjacent to the shore, rarely venturing more than a hundred yards inland. By the end of May, they had all left.\n\nA Black-naped Oriole (Oriolus chinensis indicus) was seen on 21st May for the first time, one or more of these birds were observed for a few days but none remained to nest in the island. Last spring the first oriole was seen on 20th May.\n\nThe Hong Kong Naturalist\n\nWei-hai-wei, Bird Watching\n\n165\n\nThe Eastern Hoopoe (Upupa epops saturata) four of these birds were seen on the island 1st May but they were not seen again. However one pair remained to nest in a garden on the mainland, three young birds were hatched out and the family of five was seen about together in July and August. There appears to be no difference between these birds and the European species. The bird has been established as a resident at Amoy. It is unfortunate that such a beautiful bird is attracted to and feeds on the most repulsive rubbish and dirt. This is the first record we have made of the Hoopoe nesting at Wei-hai-wei.\n\nA large party of Turnstones (Arenaria interpres interpres) was seen on the island on 23rd May, they could be observed at a distance of a few yards. When in flight they flew in close formation swinging and wheeling until again alighting on an adjacent part of the foreshore. When on the beach the birds could be watched turning over stones in search of food.\n\nDuring the Spring migration, four thrushes were identified—these were:\n\nThe Dusky Thrush (Turdus naumanni eunomus) several of these birds were found haunting the hillsides amongst the firs, seen on 19th May and for a few days, very shy habits.\n\nThe Grey-headed Thrush (Turdus obscurus obscurus) of similar habits and frequenting the same localities as Turdus n. eunomus: seen on 18th May for a few days.\n\nThe Japanese Brown Thrush (Turdus chrysolaus). A few were seen in the woods on 18th May, rather shy seen feeding on the ground in the wooded areas. They may have been confused with Turdus o. obscurus as a specimen was not obtained, but the red of the tail not noticeable in the Grey-headed thrush was clearly seen.\n\nThe Red-bellied Rock Thrush (Monticola philippensis) had already arrived and paired by 30th April. Some six pairs were watched nesting at intervals along the cliffs on the north side of the island. After the nesting had commenced the male birds were occasionally seen fighting, presumably this occurred when one bird invaded the other's territory. These fine songsters could be heard vying with each other along the coast throughout the nesting season. The bird will sing whilst in the air or when at rest, when it usually perches on the topmost point of a rock. It also takes food either on the ground or on the wing. This thrush can be called the best of the song birds of Wei-hai-wei.\n\nThe Flycatchers.—During the third and fourth weeks of May, many of these birds arrived, this corresponded exactly to their arrival the previous year. Five species were identified, the most interesting of these being Ince's Paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone incei): this is an addition to our records. A pair of birds was watched at some time at close quarters on 19th May. In this case, the male bird was short-tailed but otherwise in full plumage, the upper parts below the neck being a rich chestnut red. Other flycatchers observed were:\n\nThe Chinese Broad-billed Flycatcher (Alseonax latirostris poonensis) easily the commonest of the flycatchers; first seen on 18th May.\n\nDecember 1932.\n\n142",
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        "content_text": "218\n\nD. J. FINN, S.J.\n\nof shore the great bulk of the finds made by Professor Shelishcar were made. Evidently these objects were the sediment, as it were, or the rejecta of the sand-getting operations. Even now the same thing happens; when the sand junks have been there, one finds always a few bits of broken pottery left about near the place they have dug, and the junk people say that more things used to turn up about two years ago. I watched operations one day recently and saw a regular amazon of a woman sweeping the sand into the coolies' baskets which were ranged at her feet in front of the sand-face: the work is done very rapidly and there is no concern for what may be mixed up with the sand unless it gets in the way: thus small objects such as the bits I pick up at Aberdeen can only by the merest luck escape removal and dispersal. That day, the woman's shovel revealed at one sweep a clump of fragments: had I not rescued them, they would have been either pitched aside or gone into the next basket. Now this makes certain difficulties as to the determination of the find-spots. In the ridges that divide the shore, a certain number of things have been found, mostly larger fragments (e.g. fragment 37 below which was dug up near the foreground of Plate 32, figure 5): this would seem not to have been the original site of the objects but they probably came there through being cast aside in the digging and then being later on covered in with the earthy soil which the sand-coolies skim off when they begin a new patch. In the general view Plate 32, 1 and 3, the untidiness of the shore as a result of the digging and banking can be easily detected in the shore views Plate 32, figures 4 and 5, it is this that produces the billowing surface.\n\nLandward from this strip comes the face of the sand-back from which sand is now being taken. On top is a turfed strip between the edge and the fields. The level of the turf, Plate 32, (figure 5, top), is just about 13 feet above the foot of the present sand-slope. The sand is very hard and fine (quartz in great part) so that it slides easily. Thus a clear vertical face on the sand cliff does not exist for long after a digging; there is sooner or later a collapse and a quantity of material slides down from the top to re-establish the slope which is some 18-20 feet along its inclined surface. Obviously it will happen that an object which is found some ten feet or more down this surface and even some inches deep in the sand has come down with the slide from higher up of this I have had personal experience when our party was digging, as I felt with my bare foot in the sand some inches deep when I was half-way down the slope a piece of pottery which had escaped the notice of the person digging above and of which he at that moment secured another fragment that fitted, showing that my piece had come down all unnoticed in the sliding sand. I have endeavoured to control this by digging for my personal inspection a series of steps from bottom to top of the slope making sure to reach into virgin ground each time. This has confirmed me in the view that the \"rich vein\" is only from about one foot and a half to four feet beneath the present turf level: below that fewer sherds are found and even these cease at about six feet. However it would require systematic lifting of the sand, level by level, as well as careful shoring up of the cuts to counteract these difficulties—a task requiring much labour and consequent expense. Such digging as I have attempted has necessarily been economical to the limits.\n\nThe Hong Kong Naturalist.\n\nJ.\n\n3.\n\nThe Hong Kong Naturalist.\n\nPlate 32.\n\nVol. III, Nos. 3 and 4.\n\n218\n\n4.\n\n228",
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        "content_text": "## \nContinuation of (36).\n\n(36)\n\nNothing has been received from the FO.\n\nWe should first ascertain if the FO. have received anything further and if not: \n\nTelegram to 184 asking what reply the FO proposes to make to Governor has made.\n\nFile No. `5271` from the Minister at Peking (Second End, to (36)).\n\nH. E. Bader `2/10/3`.\n\nFor about any further tel on 36.\n\nThat π Cowell in the balance time. \n\nIn Peking.\n\nThis may be much inspired by the evicted Line the derive to is nothing. The FO. \n\nand any \n\n21/9/34 a wit-of bluff get better terms for Cowell from Sir Cadogan.\n\ntrampling that there is 4 HK W.\n\nA cared to August.\n\nRef 27 desp. chioc Pu.\n\nH. E. Bader fuels. copy sul. legation 22 14.9.34 Peking unith même. desp. \n\n31 as directed Morell hotel 25/9. \n\n37 36 on return. What 2519 am Received 20 anected.\n\n1130- for Wai.\n\nx X 37 3.0. ú ? Put 4.\n\nbat meire т \n\ndesp. \n\n> Ranasled \n\nó fu \n\nIn Sant.\n\nPel in \n\nThis be mesch \n\nthe evicted Zine \n\nany \n\nAunetu bout",
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        "content_text": "28\n\n100\n\nW. RAE SHERRIFFS\n\nThe Hong Kong specimens came from (1) Kowloon City and (2) Shau-ki-wan and were both captured in August 1931.\n\nThis species has a wide distribution in the East Indies viz;- whole of Malaya, Sumatra, New Guinea, Burma, Ceylon and India. Not unnaturally therefore there are several synonyms, cf. bogoriensis, submucronata and Khandarensis.\n\nThe male is much smaller than the female and was described by Thorell under the name of Epeïra caestata (1890).\n\nFamily THERIDIIDAE.\n\nGenus ARGYRODES, Simon 1864.\n\n8. Argyrodes fissifrons, O. Pickard-Cambridge.\n\nFirst described in \"The Journal of the Linnean Society\" Zool. X, p. 380 (1869).\n\nThe genus Argyrodes includes a number of small so-called parasitic spiders because they live on the big webs of other larger spiders such as Nephila, Cyrtophora, Psechrus, etc. These spiders were first noticed by Dr. Vinson in the Island of Reunion and described in his \"Araneides des Iles de la Reunion, Maurice et Madagascar\" 1863 pp. 268-276. He first noticed their small webs placed between the strands of the large web and found them eating the young of another species.\n\nThese parasitic spiders evidently escape the notice of the bigger spider and take food that she finds too small to bother with. Vinson called his first species Linyphia parasitica.\n\nThe species fissifrons derives its name from the male where the fore part of the head is prominent and divided horizontally by a deep fissure into 2 lobes, the lower one being the stronger. Both lobes have strong, prominent hairs on them, but especially the upper one. In spirit specimen the colours are as follows:- cephalothorax yellow brown: legs of same colour with darker bands and not very hairy: abdomen oblong rounded in front and produced behind over the spinnerets which are prominent. Abdomen dorsally is pale yellow brown with two longitudinal silvery lines meeting behind; these lines branch at the sides and become margined with deep red brown approaching black. Both sexes have the same colourings and the abdomen may have scattered silvery spots in addition to the lines. Tip of abdomen in the female is distinctly pointed as compared with the projecting bluff end in the male. She has not the deep cleft in the head so characteristic of the male. The female has a characteristic dark brown spot on the tip of the abdomen and another of the same kind and size low down behind the spinnerets.\n\nThe female measures 5 mm. long and the male about the same. The cocoon containing the eggs has a characteristic shape like a pear or globular with a blunt tip downwards: at the top end there is a long stalk which divides at its upper end into two diverging branches which attach the cocoon to the strands of the big web of the host (see figure).\n\nThe Hong Kong Naturalist.",
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        "content_text": "33\n\n[105]\n\n# HONG KONG HILLS.\n\n## PART II.\n\n### MA ON SHAN (2,261 feet), and some neighbouring hills.\n\nG. S. P. HEYWOOD.\n\nOf all the Hong Kong hills Ma On Shan is my favourite; its steep wooded slopes falling straight to the sea and the graceful curve of the skyline between its two peaks make it the most beautiful of our mountains. It is a fine climb by any route, and on a clear day the view from the summit is unsurpassed; to the west Tai Mo Shan shows its full height; to the east, seeming almost beneath one's feet so steep is the slope, lies Port Shelter, and beyond it are blue hills and blue water along miles of coast to Bias Bay in the distance. Even on a cloudy day it is worth a visit; a mountain never looks so impressive from below as when its slopes disappear into the mist, and the imagination is left to picture fantastic peaks above.\n\nThe mountain has been happily described in an article by Mr. Gibbs in H.K.N. Vol. II, p. 214; his sketch map shows all the paths referred to below.\n\n### The Hunchback Ridge.\n\nThe south and west sides of Ma On Shan can most easily be reached by taking a sampan from Lok Lo Ha, about a mile and a half beyond Shatin on the Tai Po road; the voyage across Tide Cove takes twenty minutes or so, and is a pleasant way of beginning and ending a day's scrambling. The sampan lands us at Tai Shui Hang, and we take the path which turns uphill to the left behind the last house in the village; the path winds along the side of a valley some distance above the stream until it joins the Iron Mine road near Ma On Shan village. The road is followed for a few hundred yards westward to the foot of the Hunchback ridge; a faint track can be discovered winding steeply up the ridge, which provides a most airy and exhilarating climb to the summit. The top of the first hunchback is a delectable place for the lunch halt; here the climber can recline on sun-warmed rocks, while dangling his feet over the edge of the cliff a hundred feet or so above the tree-tops.\n\nThe way up the second hunchback is steep and slippery; nailed shoes give a sense of security which the handholds of straggling grass fail to provide. The third and highest hunchback (2,226 feet) is reached in about 2 1/2 hours from Tai Shui Hang, and 20 minutes more are needed for the walk along the narrow ridge of the saddle to the top of Ma On Shan.\n\nThe short cut directly down the S.W. face towards Ma On Shan village looks simple but is not to be recommended; I have vivid recollections of a nightmare struggle to reach the stream through thick scrub, where spiders of incredible size would appear with startling suddenness a few inches in front of my face. A better way is to continue along the ridge and so down to the Iron Mine by the route described in the next paragraph.\n\n### The South Ridge.\n\nThe easiest way up the mountain starts from the Iron Mine about half a mile S.E. of Ma On Shan village. Fortunately for the walker there are at present no signs that this secluded bit of country will become a smoky industrial area. Peace reigns, and the lorry which used to jolt up and down the road between the mine and the jetty appears to have made its last journey. Beyond the mine a path crosses a shoulder of the hill into a narrow valley which descends from the high ground im-\n\nJuly 1935.",
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        "content_text": "130 \n\nD. J. FINN, S.J. \n\nwhich has been trimmed by a primitive technique into a mallet-like shape it suggests that it is a preliminary stage in the making of a shouldered axe or adze, for the \"active\" part though roughly rounded in cross section seems to have an indication of definite sides, as if it would make one of the shouldered axes belonging to the \"vierkantbeil\" series. At first sight it suggests a much older type of implement, a rough beater or hammer, but I think its real significance is in showing a deliberate shouldering to provide a handle.\n\n5. cms.\n\nS\n\nx\n\nS. A shouldered stone implement from Tai Wan, probably a “blank\" for a neolithic axe, but looking like some older type.\n\nBefore concluding, I wish here to quote from a physiographical history of the Lamma sites kindly given me by Dr. Lees who was with me there on the day I found the piece figure K: thus he had a clear idea of the circumstances in which things are found.\n\n\"Culture found in beach sand; top of level 1 to 3½ feet below the present level surface.\n\n(1) Deep depression of the land forming a \"Ria shore-line of submergence\". (2) Elevation at intervals permitting terraces to form.\n\n(3) 2000 years ago (archaeological data) a slightly raised beach; slightly eroded; on which culture found with an occasional boulder probably brought in use by the inhabitants.\n\n(4) Slight depression, 3½ feet, permitting that amount of beach sand to be deposited on culture.\n\n(5) Elevation to present level 13 feet above high water.\n\n(6) Erosion by sea and formation of wave-cut terrace with cliff-front. (7) Slight erosion by present stream of small valley in present surface in effort to bring beds to grade with sea level.\"\n\nDr. Lees had examined Hong Kong and the New Territories at the time he wrote this.\n\nI must now conclude with the pleasant duty of recording my obligation of gratitude to Mr. Schofield for permission to refer to his important find, to Professor Shellshear and Dr. Van Stein Callenfels for important help towards the above, to the geologists Drs. Brook and Lees for their guidance—and especially to Dr. Herklots who has made such a valuable contribution to this\n\nThe Hong Kong Naturalist.\n\nPage 60\n\nPage 61",
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        "content_text": "## MERCHANT SHIPPING \n### No. 10 of 1899 \n#### Table No. 18.\n| Registered Length of Ship (In Feet) | Minimum Number of life-buoys |\n| --- | --- |\n| Under 32 |  |\n| 32 and under 40 | 5 |\n| 40 \" 48 | 6 |\n| 48 \" 56 | 8 |\n| 56 \" 64 | 9 |\n| 64 \" 72 | 11 |\n| 72 \" 80 | 13 |\n| 80 \" 88 | 14 |\n| 88 \" 96 | 16 |\n| 96 \" 104 | 17 |\n| 104 \" 112 | 19 |\n| 112 \" 120 |  |\n| 120 \" 128 | 20 22 |\n\n### No. 10 of 1899 \n**(b) The Port Shelter Area.** \n**MERCHANT SHIPPING** \nBounded on the South by a line drawn from the North West corner of Bluff Island through Table Island and continued South Westward to the coast of the Mainland. \nBounded on the East by a line drawn from the North West corner of Bluff Island to the North East corner of Town Island thence due North to the coast of the Mainland. \n\n**(c) Mirs Bay Area.** \nBounded on the East by a line drawn from the S.E. extremity of Port Island due South to the Mainland, and by a line North West from Port Island through Round Island to Sha Tau (Im Tin). \n\n## PART VI. \n85. **LIFE-JACKETS**:-Life-jackets are to be stowed in approved positions and in no case below the weather deck. \n\n86. For the purposes of this Part and for the interpretation of the description in regulation 1 of ships of Group II, Class 2, the expression partially sheltered waters (specified areas) means waters in the areas and within the boundaries specified in this regulation, that is to say- \n**(a) Hong Kong Area.** \nBounded on the West by a line drawn from Brothers Point to the North extremity of Lantau, thence to the North West extremity of Mah Wan Island, thence to the North East point of Chung Hue; thence to the South East point of Chung Hue, thence to the western extremity of Green Island, thence to Boulder Point, thence, following the eastern coast line of Lamma Island, to Ngai Tau Point, (Wong Chu Kok) thence to Chung Am Kok. \nBounded on the East by a line drawn from Cape Collinson to Slope Island thence by a line drawn N.N.E. to the Mainland. \n\n**Availability and adequacy of Lifeboats and Buoyant Apparatus.** \n87.—(1) The lifeboats and buoyant apparatus in a ship shall be readily available in case of emergency and shall be adequate. \n(2) To ensure that they are readily available, the lifeboats and buoyant apparatus shall comply with the following conditions: \n**(a)** They must be capable of being put into the water safely and rapidly even under unfavourable conditions of list and trim. \n**(b)** It must be possible to embark the passengers in the boats rapidly and in good order. \n**(c)** The arrangement of each boat and article of buoyant apparatus must be such that it will not interfere with the operation of other boats and buoyant apparatus. \n\n38",
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        "title": "CO129-559-2 Defences (Firing Areas) Ordinance 1936 5-2-1936 - 8-7-1936",
        "content_text": "## Exemptions \n\n## Commencement\n\n(iii) any person authorised in writing under the hand of the said officer in charge of the batteries; or \n\n(iv) any police officer. \n\n10. This Ordinance shall not apply to-\n\n(a) any vessel entering or passing through the areas affected in the ordinary course of navigation from one port to another. \n\n(b) any vessel compelled to enter or unable to quit the areas affected by reason of the exigencies of navigation. \n\n(c) any vessel when racing, provided due notice of the racing fixture has been given not less than forty-eight hours previously to the Officer Commanding, Royal Artillery, at Military Headquarters, China Command, Hong Kong. \n\n(d) any vessel employed in tending, placing or replacing mark buoys or other aids to navigation within the areas affected. \n\n(e) His Majesty's Ships of War, His Majesty's Aircraft, or any vessel or aircraft employed under Admiralty, War Office, or Air Council Authority or under the Government of the Colony. \n\n(f) any aircraft compelled to alight on or unable to quit the areas affected. \n\n(g) any foreign vessel when outside territorial waters. \n\n11. This Ordinance shall not come into operation until such date as the Governor shall notify by Proclamation as the commencement of this Ordinance. \n\nPassed the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, this 30th day of January, 1936.\n\nH. R. BUTTERS, Deputy Clerk of Councils.\n\n## FIRST SCHEDULE\n\n[s. 3.]\n\n### Firing Areas\n\n| Area | Description |\n| --- | --- |\n| (a) Firing Area A | The sea area included in this Firing Area is bounded as follows:- By a line starting from High Water Mark at light marking Harbour Boundary (latitude 22° 17′ 23′′-longitude 114° 14′ 03′′), thence following High Water Mark along western shore of Junk Bay to latitude 22° 18′ 24\"-longitude 114° 15′ 05\", thence across Junk Bay to latitude 22° 18′ 44′′-longitude 114° 15′ 45\", thence following High Water Mark along eastern shore of Junk Bay to latitude 22° 16′ 46\"-longitude 114° 16′ 28′′, thence to Junk Island at latitude 22° 16′ 46′′-longitude 114° 16′ 18\", thence following High Water Mark along southern shore of Junk Island to latitude 22° 16′ 38′′ longitude 114° 15' 44\", thence across to Lao Shui Pai (latitude 22° 16' 36\"-longitude 114° 14′ 23′′), thence following High Water Mark northward to light marking Harbour Boundary (latitude 22° 17′ 10′′-longitude 114° 13' 57\"), thence across Lyemun to starting point. |\n| (b) Firing Area B | The area included in this Firing Area is bounded as follows:- By a line starting from High Water Mark at Cape Collinson (latitude 22° 15′ 48′′-longitude 114° 15′ 48′′), thence across to Slope Island (latitude 22° 15′ 50′′-longitude 114° 16′ 21′′), thence following High Water Mark along southern shore of Slope Island and northern shore of Tai Miu to Fo Tau Point (latitude 22° 15′ 42′′-longitude 114° 17′ 53′′), thence on a bearing of 98° to latitude 22° 14′ 48′′-longitude 114° 25′ 15\", thence on a bearing of 218° to latitude 22° 08′ 42′′-longitude 114° 20' 00\", thence to the northern end of Waglan Island (latitude 22° 11′ 25\"-longitude 114° 18′ 14′′), thence to Tai Long Head (latitude 22° 12′ 33′′-longitude 114° 15′ 38′′), thence northward following High Water Mark to starting point. |\n| (c) Firing Area C | The area included in this Firing Area is bounded as follows:- By a line starting from High Water Mark at Bluff Point (latitude 22° 11' 46\"-longitude 114° 12′ 42′′), thence following High Water Mark along the southern shore of Tai Tam Peninsula to latitude 22° 11' 50\"-longitude 114° 13′ 15\", thence to Beaufort Island at latitude 22° 11′ 22′′-longitude 114° 14′ 32\", thence following High Water Mark along the western and southern shores of Beaufort Island to latitude 22° 10′ 52\"-longitude 114° 14′ 48′′, thence across to Pu Toi Island at latitude 22° 10′ 00\"-longitude 114° 15′ 08′′. thence across to North East Head on Tamkan Island (latitude 22° 04' 00\"-longitude 114° 19′ 10′′), thence following High Water Mark along northern shore of Tamkan Island to latitude 22° 01' 32\"-longitude 114° 18' 02\", thence across to Lingting Island at latitude 22° 06′ 52′′-longitude 114° 02′ 30′′, thence across to Un Kok Point on Lamma Island (latitude 22° 11′ 00′′-longitude 114° 09′ 00′′), thence across East Lamma Channel to starting point. |\n| (d) Firing Area D | The area included in this Firing Area is bounded as follows:- By a line starting from High Water Mark at Shiktongtsui (latitude 22° 16' 36\"-longitude 114° 07′ 00′′), thence following High Water Mark southward to Waterfall Bay (latitude 22° 15′ 02′′-longitude 114° 08′ 15′′), thence across East Lamma Channel to Boulder Point on Lamma Island (latitude 22° 14′ 35′′-longitude 114° 07′ 04′′), thence following High Water Mark along the western shore of Lamma Island to Tai Kok Point (latitude 22° 10′ 48′′-longitude 114° 08′ 16′′), thence on a bearing of 180° to latitude 22° 06′ 44′′-longitude 114° 08′ 17′′, thence on a bearing of 270° to latitude 22° 06′ 44′′-longitude 113° 56′ 28\" thence to Chang Chau Island (latitude 22° 11′ 54′′-longitude 114° 01′ 16′′), thence following High Water Mark along the eastern shore of Chang Chau Island to latitude 22° 13′ 32\"-longitude 114° 02′ 03′′, thence across to Papai Island at latitude 22° 14′ 36\"-longitude 114° 02′ 40′′, thence following High Water Mark along the eastern shore of Papai and Chau Kung Islands to latitude 22° 15′ 56′′-longitude 114° 03′ 09\", thence across to Kau I Chau Island at latitude 22° 17′ 00′′ longitude 114° 04′ 48′′, thence across to starting point. |\n| (e) Firing Area E | The area included in this Firing Area is bounded as follows:- By a line starting from High Water Mark at western end of Stonecutters Island (latitude 22° 19′ 10′′-longitude 114° 07′ 48′′), thence across to Green Island (latitude 22° 17′ 14′′-longitude 114° 06' 36\"), thence across to eastern shore of Lantau at latitude 22° 17′ 40′′ longitude 114° 01' 32\", thence following High Water Mark along the eastern shore of Lantau to latitude 22° 20′ 14′′-... |\n\nPage 5\nPage 24",
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        "content_text": "## Exemptions\n## Commencement\n\n(iii) any person authorised in writing under the hand of the said officer in charge of the batteries; or  \n(iv) any police officer.\n\n10. This Ordinance shall not apply to-  \n(a) any vessel entering or passing through the areas affected in the ordinary course of navigation from one port to another.  \n(b) any vessel compelled to enter or unable to quit the areas affected by reason of the exigencies of navigation.  \n(c) any vessel when racing, provided due notice of the racing fixture has been given not less than forty-eight hours previously to the Officer Commanding, Royal Artillery, at Military Headquarters, China Command, Hong Kong.  \n(d) any vessel employed in tending, placing or replacing mark buoys or other aids to navigation within the areas affected.  \n(e) His Majesty's Ships of War, His Majesty's Aircraft, or any vessel or aircraft employed under Admiralty, War Office, or Air Council Authority or under the Government of the Colony.  \n(f) any aircraft compelled to alight on or unable to quit the areas affected.  \n(g) any foreign vessel when outside territorial waters.\n\n11. This Ordinance shall not come into operation until such date as the Governor shall notify by Proclamation as the commencement of this Ordinance.\n\nPassed the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, this 30th day of January, 1936.\n\n(a) Firing Area A:—  \nThe sea area included in this Firing Area is bounded as follows:-  \nBy line starting from High Water Mark at light marking Harbour Boundary (latitude 22° 17′ 23′′-longitude 114° 14′ 03′′), thence following High Water Mark along western shore of Junk Bay to latitude 22° 18′ 24′′-longitude 114° 15′ 05′′, thence across Junk Bay to latitude 22° 18′ 44′′-longitude 114° 15′ 45′′, thence following High Water Mark along eastern shore of Junk Bay to latitude 22° 16′ 46′′-longitude 114° 16′ 28′′, thence to Junk Island at latitude 22° 16′ 46′′-longitude 114° 16′ 18′′, thence following High Water Mark along southern shore of Junk Island to latitude 22° 18′ 38′′-longitude 114° 15′ 44′′, thence across to Lao Shui Pai (latitude 22° 16′ 38′′-longitude 114° 14′ 23′′), thence following High Water Mark northward to light marking Harbour Boundary (latitude 22° 17′ 10′′-longitude 114° 13′ 57′′), thence across Lyemun to starting point.\n\n(b) Firing Area B:-  \nThe area included in this Firing Area is bounded as follows:-  \nBy a line starting from High Water Mark at Cape Collinson (latitude 22° 15′ 48′′-longitude 114° 15′ 48′′), thence across to Slope Island (latitude 22° 15′ 50′′-longitude 114° 16′ 21′′), thence following High Water Mark along southern shore of Slope Island and northern shore of Tai Miu to Fo Tau Point (latitude 22° 15′ 42′′—longitude 114° 17′ 58′′), thence on a bearing of 98° to latitude 22° 14′ 48′′ longitude 114° 25′ 15′′, thence on a bearing of 218° to latitude 22° 08′ 42′′-longitude 114° 20′ 00′′, thence to the northern end of Wagian Island (latitude 22° 11′ 25′′-longitude 114° 18′ 14′′), thence to Tai Long Head (latitude 22° 12′ 33′′-longitude 114° 15′ 38′′), thence northward following High Water Mark to starting point.\n\n(c) Firing Area C:-  \nThe area included in this Firing Area is bounded as follows:-  \nBy a line starting from High Water Mark at Bluff Point (latitude 22° 11′ 46′′-longitude 114° 12′ 42′′), thence following High Water Mark along the southern shore of Tai Tam Peninsula to latitude 22° 11′ 50′′-longitude 114° 13′ 15′′, thence to Beaufort Island at latitude 22° 11′ 22′′-longitude 114° 14′ 32′′, thence following High Water Mark along the western and southern shores of Beaufort Island to latitude 22° 10′ 52′′-longitude 114° 14′ 48′′, thence across to Pu Toi Island at latitude 22° 10′ 00′′-longitude 114° 15′ 08′′, thence across to North East Head on Tamkan Island (latitude 22° 04′ 00′′-longitude 114° 19′ 10′′), thence following High Water Mark along northern shore of Tamkan Island to latitude 22° 01′ 32′′-longitude 114° 13′ 02′′, thence across to Lingting Island at latitude 22° 06′ 52′′—longitude 114° 02′ 30′′, thence across to Un Kok Point on Lamma Island (latitude 22° 11′ 00′′-longitude 114° 09′ 00′′), thence across East Lamma Channel to starting point.\n\n(d) Firing Area D:-  \nThe area included in this Firing Area is bounded as follows:-  \nBy a line starting from High Water Mark at Shiktongtsui (latitude 22° 16′ 36′′-longitude 114° 07′ 00′′), thence following High Water Mark southward to Waterfall Bay (latitude 22° 15′ 02′′-longitude 114° 08′ 15′′), thence across East Lamma Channel to Boulder Point on Lamma Island (latitude 22° 14′ 35′′-longitude 114° 07′ 04′′), thence following High Water Mark along the western shore of Lamma Island to Tai Kok Point (latitude 22° 10′ 48′′-longitude 114° 08′ 16′′), thence on a bearing of 180° to latitude 22° 06′ 44′′-longitude 114° 08′ 17′′, thence on a bearing of 270° to latitude 22° 06′ 44′′-longitude 113° 56′ 28′′ thence to Chang Chau Island (latitude 22° 11′ 54′′-longitude 114° 01′ 16′′), thence following High Water Mark along the eastern shore of Chang Chau Island to latitude 22° 13′ 32′′—longitude 114° 02′ 08′′, thence across Papai Island at latitude 22° 14′ 36′′-longitude 114° 02′ 40′′, thence following High Water Mark along the eastern shore of Papai and Chau Kung Islands to latitude 22° 15′ 56′′-longitude 114° 03′ 09′′, thence across to Kau I Chau Island at latitude 22° 17′ 00′′-longitude 114° 04′ 48′′, thence across to starting point.\n\n(e) Firing Area E:-  \nThe area included in this Firing Area is bounded as follows:-  \nBy a line starting from High Water Mark at western end of Stonecutters Island (latitude 22° 19′ 10′′-longitude 114° 07′ 48′′), thence across to Green Island (latitude 22° 17′ 14′′-longitude 114° 06′ 36′′), thence across to eastern shore of Lantau at latitude 22° 17′ 40′′ longitude 114° 01′ 32′′, thence following High Water Mark along the eastern shore of Lantau to latitude 22° 20′ 14′′- \n\n## Page 32",
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        "document_key": "CO129-560-15 Traffic of arms to China 18-2-1937 - 15-11-1937",
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        "title": "CO129-560-15 Traffic of arms to China 18-2-1937 - 15-11-1937",
        "content_text": "## \n87. \n\nF.o. \n\n64. \n\nF.7531/130/10 \n\n(his copy of tel from Lokys. \n\n(two \n\nO.A.G. \n\nHas forbidden conveyance of \n\n89. Mathesons \n\n90. Fo. \n\nune \n\ntel. 222 \n\n7.10 \n\n10.37. \n\n500 \n\nof 7/10. \n\n7.10.37 \n\nof British rolling stock for \n\nmunitions over \n\nChinese section. \n\nof rly, \n\n7.10. \n\n9.57. \n\nwar material to \n\nSupply of \n\nyour.) \n\nthinks \n\nF7882/120/10 Lokyo, \n\n(to copy of tel to \n\n8.10.3 \n\n10.37. \n\n275- \n\nx of 7/10.) \n\n87, 88 and 90. \n\nIt is clear that the Japanese will press strongly their effort to force an embargo on the export of munitions to China from Hong Kong, or in the absence of such an embargo that they may then take the extreme step of destroying the Canton-Kowloon railway. The seriousness of such a step to the interests of the Colony is obvious, and from a short view appears disastrous, since the whole of the rail-borne traffic between the Colony and China would be cut off.\n\nThe question now appears to be whether we should submit to the Japanese threat, which may or may not be bluff, and impose an embargo, or whether it would not in the long run be more in the interests both of the Colony and of British trade in China to maintain the export of munitions and submit with what grace we can to the destruction of the railway. This is scarcely a matter for Departmental decision, and in any event the rising tide of public opinion in this country would apparently",
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        "title": "CO129-563-17 Sino-Japanese War- attacks on shipping. For extracted photographs see CN 3-12 27-9-1937 - 17-1-1938",
        "content_text": "## \n\nby the Japanese would be the end of British prestige in the Far East. It was left to be understood that the Admiralty would take this up.\n\nI must say that in my view the whole discussion and the conclusions reached on the particular issue of the present instance of the infringement of Hong Kong's sovereignty by the Japanese warship, which fired on the \"Chah Sing\" while in Hong Kong waters and then proceeded to send in a party of armed men to take the vessel off Hong Kong soil and remove it to the high seas after having done a little looting of property near the foreshore, were unduly defeatist. While it was at least generally admitted that the Japanese had no right to take the law into their own hands and act as they did, the fear of provoking the Japanese and the ignominious prospect of one of H.M.'s ships in Hong Kong waters having to decline any risk of conflict with an invading Japanese warship were accepted as justifying a fairly invertebrate conclusion. It seems to me to assume that the Japanese are looking for the first excuse to pick a serious quarrel with Great Britain, whereas our information does not in fact bear this out. In the general opinion of the meeting, anything in the way of \"bluff\" on our part was out of the question. There is, of course, a certain element of risk in asserting the British position at Hong Kong or anywhere else in present circumstances, but I cannot believe that either the Japanese or the Chinese are likely to be impressed, or British prestige in",
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        "document_key": "CO129-563-18 Sino-Japanese War- stopping of British shipping by Japanese 11-9-1937 - 29-12-1937",
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        "title": "CO129-563-18 Sino-Japanese War- stopping of British shipping by Japanese 11-9-1937 - 29-12-1937",
        "content_text": "# British Interests in Formosa\n\n2 and all these narrow streets are in a chronic state of being blocked to traffic as a consequence. To what extent, if any, similar benevolences are paid by native firms is unknown.\n\n## Impact of Sino-Japanese Conflict\n\n6. The Sino-Japanese conflict has brought a new difficulty. In all the foreign firms, the most valuable technical experts are Chinese nationals who have been employed by the firms for a great many years. These at first wished to remain and have so far stayed, but the tendency to seek repatriation increases rapidly, and it is problematical whether many will be here by next tea season. If many are gone, the blow will be exceedingly severe.\n\n7. Messrs. Carter Macy and Jardine Matheson have also suffered directly from the campaign of spy-mania directed against British shipping, reviewed elsewhere. The main reason why the foreign firms have not been forced out sooner is that the tea trade in England and America is highly organised, and the foreign firms here represent powerful interests, with which, in their capacity as consumers, Formosa is bound to reckon. Messrs. Jardine, Matheson and Co. are considerably more vulnerable than the others since, alone of the four, they do a good deal of export to miscellaneous buyers abroad as well as to their principals. Even with this bargaining power behind them, however, the position of the local firms is increasingly difficult, and if they went, British shipping interests would also suffer a blow.\n\n8. Apart from tea, there are two British commercial ventures. Mr. S. Elphinstone, a British subject, controls the Tokki Gomei Kaisha, which has a monopoly of the Formosan sulphur output and also has some interest in coal. In April 1937, an attempt was made by the Taiwan Mining Company to bluff him into selling his interests at a low price on the ground that otherwise he would be expropriated by the military. Mr. Elphinstone refused to sell and went off on a world tour, from which he was forced to return in September by the threat caused to his interests by the Sino-Japanese conflict. Since his return, he has again received tentative approaches, but a more immediate danger to his interests is his inability to export his products. The local authorities are maintaining an unofficial but nonetheless effective control over exports to Hong Kong, and sulphur and coal are both treated as contraband. If the struggle is prolonged, it would appear that Mr. Elphinstone's position will become very difficult.\n\n9. The Rising Sun Petroleum Company has an installation at Tamsui and a sales office at Taihoku. They have so far been well treated in regard to quotas, but since the conflict, their sales have severely fallen. The firm is also being caused some anxiety by a sustained effort on the part of the Shinchiku police to involve native members of the staff on a charge of procuring information of military value. In the middle of October, the theatre of investigation was transferred to Taihoku, and leading members of the native staff were examined on successive days for nearly a week. It is hoped, however, that the case will not develop seriously, as the military police in Taihoku are aware of the matter and apparently consider that Shinchiku is making a fuss about nothing.\n\n## Religious Missions\n\n10. The Canadian Presbyterian Mission is centred at Taihoku, and the English Presbyterian Mission at Tainan. Both have been in serious trouble during the past four years and have been compelled to dispose of their educational interests, but neither is in special trouble at the moment. The Canadian Mission has a hospital in Taihoku, and Dr. Gushue Taylor, a member of the mission, runs a leper home in the country south of Tamsui.\n\n## Perpetual Leases\n\n11. Various British firms, missions, and individuals (some of them absentees) hold land in Formosa under perpetual lease. Perpetual leases in Formosa do not come under the settlement recently made in Japan because they have not been the subject of controversy. Neither His Majesty's Government nor the leaseholders have maintained that these leases enjoyed privileges in regard to taxation, and the Foreigners' Land Ownership Law has never been extended to Formosa. Consequently, while so far there is no controversy, there is also no prospect of the termination of this peculiar form of tenure, and the existence of these rights in land, some of which is not being occupied or developed, holds the seeds of possible trouble. Messrs. Jardine Matheson are at present trying to sell such a plot to a Japanese concern, which squatted on it unlawfully, and the latter are trying to force a sale at a nominal figure on the ground that it is inexpedient for a foreign firm in Formosa to go to law.\n\n## British Shipping\n\n12. There have fortunately been no more of the controversies over entry into \"unopened ports,\" which have caused such serious difficulty and suspicion during the past three years. During the period of good relations in the spring, British salvage companies were allowed to salvage two wrecks on the Formosan coast without any contretemps more serious than being mulcted in one case of nearly 5,000 yen for customs duty on salvage gear that was re-exported as soon as salvage was finished. The peculiar difficulties, however, to which British shipping, and those who act as agents or stevedores, are subjected can be seen from the review of the `City of Pittsburg` and `Alice Moller` cases made elsewhere, and by the fact that a master of a British ship in Tamsui was refused permission to visit the consulate until His Majesty's consul intervened in a manner which forced the Japanese authorities to give way.\n\n13. This review should suffice to show that while British interests in Formosa are few, every one of them is in continual need of consular advice and protection, and if such assistance were not freely given, it may be surmised that, in the conditions of to-day, they would be forced to withdraw from the island within a very short time.\n\nPage 25\nPage 3\nPage 26",
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        "content_text": "## 3.\n\n42 ports entirely on sufferance. Failing determination in concert with other Powers to maintain our rights in China and to take all necessary steps to that end at all costs it is useless to talk of principals of \"calling their bluff\" or to make threats which they know we cannot carry out. Therefore in South China we have to make the best of the situation on basis of realities and of de facto position as opposed to treaty rights.\n\n5. If we expect concessions with regard to Canton we must be prepared to give in return concessions in Hongkong in spite of natural sympathy of the Colony for China (which I personally share) and of any risk of repercussion after hostilities have finished (which is small) under existing circumstances any danger of a serious strike at Hongkong is surely unthinkable. Threat to deport leaders would be quite a sufficient deterrent. If Hongkong is not prepared to take the initiative towards any single concession they must envisage at least granting to Japanese in future promptly and unconditionally a proportion of those facilities formerly granted to Chinese authorities and to make return for any concessions the Japanese grant to us.\n\n6. Unless of course we are prepared to retaliate with all its consequences.\n\nRepeated to Foreign Office No. 164, British Embassy Shanghai No. 319 and Tokyo No. 84.",
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        "content_text": "# International Situation\n\n## HOUSE OF COMMONS\n\n[Mr. Adams.] International Situation\n\nEven the Times asserted two or three days ago that the Czech fortifications surrendered to Germany were impregnable to shell-fire; when to-day Hitler, whom many of us regard as the enemy of civilisation, controls the finest armament works in Europe, might not have pursued the course of suicidal indecision which they, in fact, pursued. I believe we might have arrested the shameful retreat started by the Times, which has recently acted like an English edition of the `Angriff`. I only wish to mention the past in so far as it may enable us to apprehend the future. I ask leave to quote from three letters from a Czech friend who fought on our side under General Sirovy against the Germans and then against the Bolshevists across Siberia.\n\nThis man, a fine scholar, and an ex-soldier, has regarded England with something like idolatry. Here are two or three sentences from a letter of 19th September last:\n\n\"Shall we be let down as in 1618? How criminal even to think of disrupting the old Kingdom of Bohemia! It would place us at the mercy of the darkest reactionaries in history. But your Empire is equally threatened.\"\n\nHere is a sentence from another letter dated 2nd October, after the Agreement:\n\n\"England, the cradle of democracy, the promoter and helpmate of brown Fascism. It seems a nightmare! This is the bitterest day of my life. On my birthday my native Bohemian forest was presented to Germany by that England that I have loved all my life so much.\"\n\nHere is an extract from a letter dated 10th October:\n\n\"To-day also the other bank of the Danube, which had never belonged to Germany, was occupied by German forces. One can see the swastika flags from our side. The last outpost of democracy is no more, destroyed - a paradox of history - by our allies and friends.\"\n\nNo wonder that the message from the Czechoslovak Parliament to the House of Commons and the French Chamber of Deputies, which was not read to us, ended: \"We bequeath our sorrows to the French and English people.\"\n\nThe House will understand that, since having that last letter from my friend, I have been too ashamed to write to him. This then, is **\"peace with honour\"**, when Munich exceeds Godesburg; when young women Jewish refugees are, I am told, lying exposed to pneumonia on the damp ground between Sudetenland and the new unfortified Czechoslovakia, and I do not know from the Prime Minister's speech whether the Government intend to guarantee the new Czechoslovakia; when...\n\nThe Prime Minister said he was sure the alternative to his action was war. It is, surely, open to us to ask whether we are always to submit to injustice when force is threatened; because we shall soon be faced with fresh dilemmas and new alternatives. I wonder if it can really be said that the alternatives since March have been war and surrender. I am virtually quoting from the speech of the right hon. Gentleman the Member for St. George's Division of Westminster (Mr. Cooper) when I say I believe that the alternatives since March were surrender and firmness. Or it may be, of course, that the Government always intended to bewilder our friends and to strengthen our enemies. I feel somewhat fortified in that conjecture by certain memories. One of them was a rare smile which crossed the face of the Prime Minister when I had the hardihood to refer to Czechoslovakia during Question Time as \"a bastion of democracy.\" I am the last to grudge the Prime Minister his little joke. In all conscience the life of a Prime Minister to-day must be bleak enough. But I do not think that phrase about Czechoslovakia was very grossly inaccurate. She was a self-governing community, resolute, determined to defend herself and well-armed for the purpose.\n\nAnother memory which unfortunately confirms me in this conjecture is the Biggleswade speech of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary to the Ministry of Labour. There was, again, the elaborate vagueness of the Prime Minister's speech in March, which now seems to have been so two-faced that it might have been drafted by the Chancellor of the Exchequer.\n\nBut suppose that theory is wrong and that the Prime Minister regrets what has happened. His action can then only be explained by knowledge which he had that we were too weak to win or not powerful enough to deter. Whose fault is that? For three years the Government have been pouring out our treasure on rearmament. [Interruption.] As there are only two Members of the Cabinet present, I wonder if I might have the attention of both of them.\n\nIn our policy, there is absolutely nothing to show for it. [Interruption.] Does anyone deny that, although we have spent so much on rearmament in the last three years, during that period matters in the international sphere have steadily deteriorated? We were not even able to call the bluff of the most evil Government in Europe, although that Government had been successfully isolated by the mobilisation of the British Fleet. [Interruption.] If we do not at some moment stand firm, we have only before us a procession of surrenders until we finally reach a position where we are faced not only with war but by inevitable defeat as well. I believe, too, that there is abundant evidence that the German confusion during the crisis greatly exceeded our own.\n\nThe same excuse that we were unprepared was made for our behaviour towards Mussolini at the end of 1935. It was then studiously whispered that the Navy had only enough ammunition for one first-class battle in the Mediterranean. Since that day, we have voted upon rearmament hundreds of millions of pounds. Where has the money gone? The House and the country are entitled to know.\n\nI feel that we have not only been diplomatically defeated but that we are impoverished and weakened as well. If, as the Government must think - because there could not be any other motive for our rearmament - that we are in danger from contemporary Germany, I should have thought that it was the policy of common sense to have on our side all the friends we can possibly muster. But the Chancellor of the Duchy lately chose to criticise the alleged weakness of Russia, which is by land by far the greatest single deterrent factor against German aggression.\n\nI can only say how glad Dr. Goebbels must be when his work is so faithfully done for him by an Irish peer.\n\nHaving successively peeled off our outer coverings, the Government say their future policy is one of appeasement. I listened with great attention to the Prime Minister for a clear definition of what appeasement might mean in terms of practical politics. What exactly does it mean? Does it, for example, mean more concessions of other people's territory? Does it mean the permanent exclusion from our Government of our most courageous and competent statesmen? I do not know that the right hon. Gentleman the Minister of Labour need mind that implied comparison between himself and the right hon. Gentleman the Member for Epping (Mr. Churchill). Does it mean our accepting a condition in the air of enduring inferiority to the Nazis? Or, most probable of all, I suppose it may mean colonies. For this reason, more than any other, I am heartily glad that Parliament is together.\n\nWhen separated in July, I feared that a colonial surrender was in the air. Instead, we have been made parties to the parcelling out of other people's property. But no doubt Hitler, who is nothing if not cunning, will now begin to sustain his demand for colonies by this kind of argument - \"You have given us Czechoslovakia, which never belonged to you or to us. Now hand over something that you are entitled to dispose of.\" If we are minded to use his own language, we are able to retort that, if we can dispose of something, we are also entitled to keep it; and hope we shall make that the answer.\n\nBut if it is now the purpose of the Government to begin the dismemberment of the British Empire - because that is, I believe, what colonial concessions will eventually mean - why were not colonies given to Stresemann or Bruning? Why not give colonies to Russia or the United States or to Poland, which, I understand, has lately uttered a desire for colonial territories? Why was not this whole policy of appeasement adopted before the bully in Germany jumped into the saddle? Colonial concessions will not make things a jot better. They will only make things worse. Before the War, the same Germany which is now threatening civilisation had 3,000,000 square miles of African territory and yet she went to war. No one is going to say that Germany was guiltless of what happened in 1914, although I understand it has become rather unfashionable to say that she was wholly to blame; but at least she bears a pretty heavy portion of the blame for that catastrophe. And does the House really imagine that if Germany gets one single token colony, she is going to rest content? I believe that if she gets one, she will immediately proceed to a demand for parity of colonies, and why should she not, so strengthened, demand parity at sea with ourselves? I earnestly... \n\n1 NOVEMBER 1938\n## International Situation \n\nPage 113\nPage 114\nPage 67\nPage 68",
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        "content_text": "# International Situation\n## HOUSE OF COMMONS\n### International Situation\n\n[Mr. Astor.]\n\nVengeance would be summarily punished by the military authorities. It was said, though I cannot personally vouch for this, as I can for all the other statements, that when some Henleinists at Aussig took an opportunity to beat up the Czechs, they were summarily shot by German troops for their conduct.\n\nMay I mention the question of refugees from that area? The position is that the Germans are encouraging the rank and file of the Social Democrats to remain or return. That is not from any altruistic motive, but from the fact that in Germany there is not a surplus of labour as there is in this country, but a shortage of labour. This year they imported 30,000 Italian workers, and it is to their interest that the industrious and skilful Sudeten German, whatever his political beliefs in the past may have been, should be encouraged to remain or return. It would be most unwise for their leaders to return, but they believe that, when there has been a distressed area in the past, so distressed as to cause the Quakers in this country to conduct relief among Sudeten Germans for the last few years, if they can provide work, they need not fear disaffection in the future. Similarly, they tried to encourage the Czech mineworkers, and certainly for the moment, though this may not be permanent, Czech agricultural colonists to remain.\n\nThe refugee problem where there is the most need is that of the Social Democrat leaders and the Jews. Most of the Jews of that area fled long before the German troops arrived, and rightly, too. It was the most awful tragedy, because that was in an area where there was no anti-Jewish feeling at all until the last few years, when it was worked up. It will be a difficult question for this country to help those Jews, because they are mainly small shopkeepers. For instance, the Czech relief authorities told me they thought there were something like 6,000 Jewish commercial travellers as refugees, and to colonise a commercial traveller, whose main stock-in-trade is his tongue, in an area where he does not understand the language, will be extraordinarily difficult and will need the greatest help on our part.\n\nIt is tragic that the unwise policy of the Czech Government in the past has resulted in the cutting-up of the historic Kingdom of Bohemia. Bohemia has always been a mixed German and Slav State. If you take the feathers and motto of the Prince of Wales, they are the feathers and motto of the Kings of Bohemia, which the Prince of Wales assumed because he captured the King of Bohemia at, I think, the Battle of Crécy. That motto is not in the Czech language but is in German—\"Ich dien.\" It has always been a mixed State, and if the emphasis had been laid on the historic past, you might never have had the present situation. It was the excessive racial feeling of the post-war Czech Governments which produced the racial reactions of the Germans, and it is tragic to see how many were the small vexations that created discontent. In the War, the Austrian equivalent of a V.C. was won by a certain resident in the Sudeten area. He has not been allowed, under penalty, to wear his medal for 20 years, and when he was asked to join the Reserve of the Czech Army and he offered himself, he was immediately reduced to the ranks—not that it mattered, because he was not called up for training, but it is that sort of insult which did more than anything else to create the present situation. I went from Sudetenland to Prague by car, and there are no troops on the frontier, which is quiet. There were about five or six German police and Customs men and the same number on the Czech side. You could have crossed quite easily by walking 200 yards off the road across a field. There was no barrier of any sort.\n\nA few days spent in Prague fills one with admiration for the way in which the Czech people have gone through the present ordeal. They have shown an immense pluck, calm, and discipline, and they are facing their problem in a realistic way. One of the Ministers of the Czech Government said they must go back to the policy of that great Saint and King whom we commemorate at Christmas time, Wenceslas, and realise that it was impossible that Bohemia should be in a permanent state of hostility to the surrounding Germany. On the whole, the relations between the new Czechoslovakia and Germany have not been so bad. At the beginning, in the International Commission's deliberations, the Germans were asking for a rigid interpretation of their claims, but since then, the German Army have evacuated many villages where they found themselves unable to understand a word said by anybody in the villages. There have been rectifications in favour of the Czechs.\n\nOn the economic side, the Germans have been, on the whole—I am only quoting what the Czechs said to me—reasonable in their demands. There has been no demand for a Zollverein, and they have left Sudetenland and the new Czech State tariff-free for the present, before working out an equitable system of preference. I hope we shall not assume that because of the new conditions, we must wash our hands of the new Czech State on the ground that they have become a province of Germany, as the Leader of the Opposition thought might have to be the case. They are facing their task with realism. They are now a homogeneous State. They are going to maintain their democratic system. There is a rallying to the new Czech State of the ancient families of Bohemia, which have in the last 20 years been left aside. Although they felt no particular loyalty to the new Czechoslovakia, when the crisis came, they felt loyalty to the ancient frontiers of the kingdom of Bohemia, and they are now rallying round the new Government. They are making a gallant and a realistic effort.\n\nEnglish prestige has been increased by the Lord Mayor's fund for the relief of refugees, but that is only a palliative, and they are asking that we should take their claim for financial help, not on a sentimental basis, but on its merits. They point out that they have been excellent debtors in the past whenever they have had to borrow money. They maintain that with the £10,000,000 and further sums, they can get their railway communications readjusted and their roads altered, that they will be able to get the necessary raw materials to keep their economic life going, and that they can give the necessary financial assistance for the new autonomous Slovak Government to prevent that Government and the Ruthenian Government submitting to the tempting attractions which certain of their neighbours are offering to them now. They do not desire to go back to a state of permanent hostility to Germany, but they believe that they can be a neutral, independent, and good-neighbourly State. I hope we shall not wash our hands of them, but that, in a time of need for reconstruction, we shall help them on a strictly business basis, which is all that the new Czech State desires.\n\nBefore I went there, I spent a few days in Germany, and the main sentiment one found there was relief. One found no expression of vain-glory, but the deepest relief that peace had been preserved and extraordinary gratitude towards the Prime Minister. I think one cannot take an exaggerated optimistic or pessimistic view. Nothing that I saw contradicted the assumption of the hon. Member for East Aberdeen (Mr. Boothby) that the effort we have to make to get equality in armaments has to be deep and strenuous. Nothing that I saw in Germany made me believe that there was any bluff on their side. I found no evidence whatever to support that. One has only to see the thoroughness of their preparations. When you can see that since March, every bridge between Austria and Czechoslovakia, however modern and new, has been pulled down and a new and wider and stronger bridge built in order to take the heaviest tanks and guns, one can see that they are people who are not preparing merely for a demonstration of force, but for its use. But we must not talk of inevitable war. During the nineteenth century, two wars were thought to be inevitable. In the time of Napoleon III, a war with France was thought inevitable, and yet it was averted. During the time that Kipling was writing his early stories in India, everyone thought that a war with Russia was inevitable, and yet it never took place.\n\nHerr Hitler has done one thing for this country. He has imbued us with some of the qualities he has given to his own people; he has made us defence-conscious and has made us keener to perform national service in the defence of this country. I am sure that any demand that the Government make on the people will be joyfully borne. I have been immensely impressed by the numbers of people who have written to me asking that there shall be some form of national register and voluntary service. I have had more letters on this subject than on any other since I have been a Member of the House. I welcome what the Prime Minister said about the importance of the Anglo-German declaration. Let us not make the mistake we made with the Italians. Ill-feeling between England and Italy became much greater after sanctions than during... \n\nPage 155\nPage 156\nPage 157\nPage 158",
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        "title": "CO129-575-15 Traffic of arms to China 24-1-1939 - 4-12-1939",
        "content_text": "## 51. Col. Sec.\n517 Lakyo\n\nReturns for period 26.3.39. to 17.4.39, 8.4.39. .39. \nPress reports that carriage of arms are without foundation.\n\nNo. 51 \nCanada sent 17 complete aeroplanes to China via Rangoon & Hong Kong.\n\n## 52\nApparently the Japanese, having taken the \"Sagres\" into custody, are attempting to justify their action by circulating rumours to the effect that the carriage of arms through HK. is increasing.\n\nI assume the hausorean telegrams to be disseminated by the German Transocean News Service Agency. NYSA 506011\n\n## \nAs proposed; and I think we might have a copy of (52) put on the Straits file about this German news service as a specimen of its activities.\n\nA.N. Salsworthy \n6/5 \n\nNisi Andrews \n17. v. 39 at once \n362. ted =143 \nb \n3.pn. \nYes \nI ? Distribute us in 44-49 Cauff. Aff \nPutly 52.",
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        "document_key": "CO129-579-11-1 Sino-Japanese War- seizure of unauthorized wireless transmitting apparatus 13-2-1939 - 7-5-1940",
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        "title": "CO129-579-11-1 Sino-Japanese War- seizure of unauthorized wireless transmitting apparatus 13-2-1939 - 7-5-1940",
        "content_text": "47.\n\nEXTRACT FROM LETTER FROM SIR GEOFFRY NORTHCOTE (HONG KONG)\n\nTO MR. GENT, COLONIAL OFFICE, DATED\n\n14th OCTOBER, 1939.\n\nSECRET.\n\n(27) The affair of the Central Trust Offices (see Secretary of State's secret telegram No.250 to me) is worrying me a bit. The facts are that on information received Police and Post Office Officials raided three offices in Kowloon where they found not only a W/T installation being operated but also a large number of cyphers and codes. So much for what has been made public in the Magistrate's Court. The Chinese Government are trying alternatively to make light of the affair, or to bluff us out of the occupied premises: I am also receiving a good many requests and suggestions that the arrested men should not be punished with imprisonment.\n\nSo far as the unpublished side of the affair goes, I think that the flurry which they are in is due to fear that we may discover still more 'dirty work' on the part of David Kung and the Central Trust. We have already found a considerable number of copies of secret documents, obviously procured from within the British Embassy at Shanghai, and we have the clearest proof that David Kung was directing an assassination organization from here. The following quotation from a precis made by the police of certain of the documents found in David Kung's inner office is particularly enlightening.\n\n\"The object of the squad (in Shanghai) is to assassinate Japanese Army officials, damage their espionage system, and assassinate Chinese traitors. The French concession to be the base of operations\n\nPage 80\n\nPage 81",
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        "document_key": "CO129-585-5 Sino-Japanese conflict- shipping on Pearl River 3-1-1940 - 25-8-1940",
        "page_number": 91,
        "title": "CO129-585-5 Sino-Japanese conflict- shipping on Pearl River 3-1-1940 - 25-8-1940",
        "content_text": "(F3214/26/10)\nColomins Oppis 53838/14/638\n29/6\nSeen by Dept 1/6. 29\n7/6.\n14/6\n21/6\n\nDear Howe,\n\nWith the Compliments copy sent to\nof the\nUnder Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs,\nMy of Shipping\n\n13 MAY 1940\n8 Billiter Square,\nE.C.3.\n\n3rd May, 1940.\n\n91\n\nCanton Trade.\n\nI attach copy of Hong Kong letter of April 23rd.\nI do hope you will not get sucked in by this very\ntypical piece of Japanese bluff, which our people\nmust resist, if we are ever going to get Canton opened\nagain. As you know, it is a case not only of the\nCanton/Hong Kong trade, but also of the Canton/China\ntrade, which is much more important.\n\nR. G. Howe Esq., C.M.G.,\nForeign Office,\nWhitehall,\nS.W.1.\n\nYours sincerely,\n(sa.) G. W. Swire.",
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        "document_key": "CO129-585-5 Sino-Japanese conflict- shipping on Pearl River 3-1-1940 - 25-8-1940",
        "page_number": 129,
        "title": "CO129-585-5 Sino-Japanese conflict- shipping on Pearl River 3-1-1940 - 25-8-1940",
        "content_text": "# \nDear Caine,\n\n8 BILLITER SQUARE.  \nE.C.3.  \nMANSION HOUSE 3041.  \n3rd May 1940  \n\n53828/34  \n\nCanton Trade.  \n\nI enclose copy of Hong Kong's letter of 23rd April, from which you will see that the Japanese are rather cunningly trying to put across a very one-sided arrangement. I hope the Colonial Office will tell the Hong Kong Government to stand firm on this, in case during Northcote's absence their bluff seems to be succeeding.\n\n1631  \n(DE)  \n\nYours sincerely,  \nCaine Esq.,  \nColonial Office, Whitehall. S.W.1",
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        "document_key": "CO129-585-9 Sino-Japanese conflict- Chinese custom stations 14-7-1940 - 17-12-1940",
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        "title": "CO129-585-9 Sino-Japanese conflict- Chinese custom stations 14-7-1940 - 17-12-1940",
        "content_text": "## 4.\n\nIt is confidentially and authoritatively disclosed that the Kowloon Customs issue is essentially political, that the importance the Japanese place on gaining immediate recognition of their \"control\" over the Head Office in Hongkong of the Kowloon Customs is in some extraordinary and unexplained manner connected with a desire that such an event should play a part in a general scheme to demonstrate effectively to Great Britain at an opportune moment that Japan has completed her conquest of China and is determined to brook no interference with her plan for the New Order in Asia\"; and that delay cannot be tolerated, lest by the autumn Great Britain should be in a position to assume a stronger attitude in the East.\n\nHow far the Japanese arguments and threat are merely bluff intended to induce the Inspector General to submit to their demands, and how far they are prepared to go at the moment in the actual execution of their threat, it is not possible to gauge. In the manner of presentation of their demands there is a ring of greater force and determination than was the case last autumn, and the Inspector General (who is generally regarded as a sort of international trustee for certain foreign trade, shipping, and financial interests in China or what is left of them) cannot afford to disregard these demands in their entirety. Since the commencement of the \"China incident\" the preservation of the Customs Service and the so-called Inspectorate system has been maintained more or less by argument and persuasion, and temporising and bending somewhat where non-essentials are concerned and where it has been within the competence of the Japanese to meet actual refusal with force. In the present case of the Kowloon Head Office refusal cannot be met by force, it is true, but disruption of the Customs Service as a whole in occupied areas is threatened instead. Obviously, therefore, if the integrity of the Service is to be maintained it is essential that some sort of formula be devised calculated to satisfy to some extent the Japanese exorbitant demands as outlined above, without unduly upsetting Chungking. Possibly a solution may be found in the appointment to the Kowloon Customs Head Office in Hongkong of a Deputy Commissioner (or Officer of lesser rank) of Japanese nationality to act as a liaison-officer and interpreter in connection with the Frontier Stations situated in the \"occupied area\". But even if this solution is accepted as a compromise by the Japanese Authorities (and provided, of course, that the Hongkong Government offer no objection) it is likely to incur criticism from the Chungking Government; and there also remains the possibility of a withdrawal of the Japanese occupying forces from the whole Frontier after such an appointment has been made, thus giving rise to an awkward situation.\n\nThe Customs position generally has become more serious and complicated of late, and while it is realised that existing world conditions may render...",
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        "content_text": "# SAIHEUNG \n## LILONG \n### OMAHOM \n#### PAKSHIKLING \n+KUT \nNAMTOW \nTAISHAN BAY \nTAISHAN \nCHEKIN \nSIGNAL \nLINTIN \nPAKLONG, \nNAMLONGO \nDEEP \nCHULUKJK, \nLAPSAPMI ISLANDS \nBAY \nMUILUM \nLUNGSU NHƯ \nMIPU \nо \nCHUKYUN \nUNLONG \n10 \nPINGSHAN \nTAISHUIHANG \nSHUILAU \nCHONM \nTAILAMEN \nMAWA \nSHUMCHUN \nSHUME HUA \n\n\"AIWOH.. \nSHAWAN \nLINTONG \nLOFONG \nPATROL \nSHATOWKOK, \nLOWU FERAT \nLOWU \nRIVER \nSANTING \nSHEUNGSHUI \nFANLINGTON RAILW \nOKAMTIN \nTUNGCHUNG \n❤ \nPINGCHAU \nLANTA O \nCHEUNGCHAL \nSIUACHAU \nTAJACHAU SCHAU \nTAIPO \nIS SHATOWKOK \nWOHANG \nWANGLINGTAD \nKWAUGHING \nKAIL HUNG. \nSHAUCHUNG \nTAIPANG \nSIUMUISHA \nWONGMO \nYIMTIN \nTIPFUK \nTAIPANG HARBOUR \nHASHA \nROAD \n\nB I AN \nATROJKED I \nKATO) \nR A Υ \nSONGCHAU \nCRESCENTI. \nMIR S \nBLUFF HEAD \nPENGCHAL \nSPUTCHAU \nINAM \nBAY \nPORTI \nKAKTIN \nGRASS I-(TAPMUN) \nSHUNWAN \nARBJUR \nTAIMO SHAN \nL SINWAN \nCHAKKANG \nTAISHUINANG \nUNG BA \nSHATIN \nPARSHAWAN \nKEU \nHIGH IN \nTOWN I. \nLAICH.NOK \nKOWLGON \nCHUNGRUE \nSTONECUT TERS 1. \nKONTON \nKOWLOON RAILWAY STATIUNI \nGREENAO \nWEST LAMMA CHANNEL \nATWAND \nLAMMA \nHONGKONG \nABERDE \nLYE EMERMANNEL \nTATONG CHANNEL \nTAITAMI \nTAITAM \nEASI LAMMA CHANNEL \nS ALF \n\nGeographical Miles 5 \n\n✓ BASALT I. \nSLAMTONG 1. \nJNINEPIN GROUP \nBAY \nFURY ROCKS \n**WAGLAN LIGHTHOUSE** \nPUTO1 \n10 Geographical Miles \nSAMUN \nMIRS POINT \nKOWLOON \n\n## CONVENTIONAL SIGNS \nO District (Hsten). \nA Other important Towns and Markets (Chên). \nO Large Village. \nSHARCHUNG \nTIFFUR \nAtoms Station. \nCustoms Barrier. \nConstructed Railway Lines. \nMain Tra Roads. \nMotor Road. \nBoundary of Area Leased to Great Britain \nd \n29 \n\n## Reconstructed Table\n| Location        | \n|-----------------|\n| SAIHEUNG        |\n| LILONG          |\n| OMAHOM          |\n| PAKSHIKLING     |\n| +KUT            |\n| NAMTOW          |\n| TAISHAN BAY     |\n| TAISHAN         |\n| CHEKIN          |\n| SIGNAL          |\n| LINTIN          |\n| PAKLONG         |\n| NAMLONGO        |\n| DEEP            |\n| CHULUKJK        |\n| LAPSAPMI ISLANDS|\n| BAY             |\n| MUILUM          |\n| LUNGSU NHƯ      |\n| MIPU            |\n| CHUKYUN         |\n| UNLONG          |\n| PINGSHAN        |\n| TAISHUIHANG     |\n| SHUILAU         |\n| CHONM           |\n| TAILAMEN        |\n| MAWA            |\n| SHUMCHUN        |\n| SHUME HUA       |\n| SHAWAN          |\n| LINTONG         |\n| LOFONG          |\n| PATROL          |\n| SHATOWKOK       |\n| LOWU FERAT      |\n| LOWU            |\n| RIVER           |\n| SANTING         |\n| SHEUNGSHUI      |\n| FANLINGTON RAILW|\n| OKAMTIN         |\n| TUNGCHUNG       |\n| PINGCHAU        |\n| LANTA O         |\n| CHEUNGCHAL      |\n| SIUACHAU        |\n| TAJACHAU SCHAU  |\n| TAIPO           |\n| WOHANG          |\n| WANGLINGTAD     |\n| KWAUGHING       |\n| KAIL HUNG       |\n| SHAUCHUNG       |\n| TAIPANG         |\n| SIUMUISHA       |\n| WONGMO          |\n| YIMTIN          |\n| TIPFUK          |\n| TAIPANG HARBOUR |\n| HASHA           |\n| ROAD            |\n| SONGCHAU        |\n| CRESCENTI       |\n| MIR S           |\n| BLUFF HEAD      |\n| PENGCHAL        |\n| SPUTCHAU        |\n| INAM            |\n| BAY             |\n| PORTI           |\n| KAKTIN          |\n| GRASS I-(TAPMUN) |\n| SHUNWAN         |\n| ARBJUR          |\n| TAIMO SHAN      |\n| L SINWAN        |\n| CHAKKANG        |\n| TAISHUINANG     |\n| UNG BA          |\n| SHATIN          |\n| PARSHAWAN       |\n| KEU             |\n| HIGH IN         |\n| TOWN I          |\n| LAICH.NOK       |\n| KOWLGON         |\n| CHUNGRUE        |\n| STONECUT TERS 1 |\n| KONTON          |\n| KOWLOON RAILWAY STATIUNI |\n| GREENA          |\n| WEST LAMMA CHANNEL |\n| ATWAND          |\n| LAMMA           |\n| HONGKONG        |\n| ABERDE          |\n| LYE EMERMANNEL  |\n| TATONG CHANNEL  |\n| TAITAMI         |\n| TAITAM          |\n| EASI LAMMA CHANNEL |\n| BASALT I        |\n| SLAMTONG 1      |\n| JNINEPIN GROUP  |\n| BAY             |\n| FURY ROCKS      |\n| **WAGLAN LIGHTHOUSE** |\n| SAMUN           |\n| MIRS POINT      |\n| KOWLOON         |",
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        "content_text": "**LIMITED DISTRIBUTION**\n\n151\n51\n\n**Decypher**\n\nSir A. Clark Kerr (Shanghai)\n30th July, 1940\n\nD. 7.25 p.m. 30th July, 1940\nR. 9.00 p.m. 30th July, 1940\n\nNo.649\n\nFollowing is continuation of my immediately preceding telegram.\n\n6. There is an element of bluff in Japanese attitude, but the position of customs has only been maintained by much ingenuity and the position is undoubtedly serious. Inspector-General of Customs, in order to strengthen his hand, has appealed to the United States Government through the United States Consul-General here to make some statement reaffirming their interest in integrity of customs. Meanwhile he is considering the possibility of appointing a Japanese official as deputy commissioner or lesser rank at Hong Kong office; but this solution, even if acceptable to Hong Kong authorities, would be criticized by the Chinese Government and might give rise to an awkward situation if the Japanese forces withdraw from the border areas. Inspector-General of Customs considers that unless he can get some outside support his position will become even more difficult than it is at present.\n\n7. I assume we are not in a position to do anything much at present and our support might even do more harm than good. Successful intervention by United States Government might possibly ease the situation a little.\n\nRepeated to Washington telegram No.8 and saving to Tokyo, Chungking and Hong Kong.",
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        "document_key": "CO129-588-25 Sino-Japanese War- Attacks on shipping 14-11-1940 - 2-12-1941",
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        "title": "CO129-588-25 Sino-Japanese War- Attacks on shipping 14-11-1940 - 2-12-1941",
        "content_text": "29\n\nP.8.A.185 J.F. GALVIN, states :-\n\nI am O.C. TAI O station. At 14.45 hours on 12.9.41 I saw from my verandah a motor boat, going at a very fast speed approaching PO TE TAM, from a south-westerly direction. As it came closer I saw that it was a decked-over motor boat flying the Japanese Naval ensign. My own motor boat was alongside at the time, so I decided to put off immediately. When going down to my own boat I noticed that the Japanese boat was about half a mile off Bluff Point. As soon as I was clear of the Pier and in view of the other boat, it immediately put about and headed south. I followed for about a mile and then the other boat turned south. I kept a parallel course for about half a mile at a distance of about 2 miles. She then turned north and I also went about. Then I was due west of the station, the Japanese boat was well ahead of me and going north, so I decided to come in and report. I reported to the O.C.P.X. at about 15.15 hours.\n\nWhen finishing my report I was called by some Indians outside and on rushing out I saw that the Japanese boat had taken in tow a two-masted junk. Then I saw the motor boat and the junk; they appeared to be between YIN PAI ROCK and TAI O Point. In fact, they must have been on the Tai O side of a line drawn between these two points because they passed outside the rock and then altered course to west. I again reported to O.C.P.X. and received certain instructions from him.\n\nThe rock mentioned is known to Chinese as the YIN PAI ROCK. According to chart No.1180 \"Approaches to HONG KONG\", this rock is about 1 nautical mile from Tai O station and about 3/5 of a nautical mile from TAI O POINT, 2/5 nautical miles inside territorial waters. I kept the Motor Boat and junk under observation until shortly after 17.00 hours. Both were headed for UMANO until I lost sight of them. Between 15.45 and 16.45 they passed in close proximity to a Japanese trawler and two motor junks (presumably Japanese) which did not interfere with them. Up to date I have been unable to trace the junk or its occupants etc. It seems probable that the junk was on its way into Tai O, but I have been unable to find anyone who took any particular notice of it until this incident took place. I have pointed out to O.C. No.3 Launch P.8.A.48 MAX the place where the junk was taken in tow, and he says that if I am showing him the correct spot, it is well inside territorial waters.\n\n(sd.) J.F. Galvin, P.8.A.185.\n\n12.9.41.\n\nI am Coxswain on Bossi No.H.D.15 Launch.\n\nCOXSWAIN HO MOK FAT states:-- I am attached to Tai O Police Station.\n\nAt about 14.45 hours I was lying off the Police Pier when the O.C. signalled me to come alongside. He then came down and boarded. On clearing the Pier I saw a large Motor Boat just turning around about a mile off TAI O POINT (also known as BLUFF POINT in some parts of the document, but here it is referred to as TAI O POINT or simply as being near YIN PAI ROCK). It went west first and O.C. instructed me to follow. It was a very fast boat. When we had followed for about a mile, the motor boat turned south; the O.C. told me to turn south also. After about five minutes the other boat swung around and headed north. We again followed. At this time the boat was about 2 miles away. When we got opposite Tai O, the O.C. told me to go back to the Pier. When the O.C. went up to the telephone, I remained on the verandah outside the Charge Room. The Japanese stopped on the sea side of the YIN PAI ROCK. There was a two-masted junk going out between the rock and point. As the junk approached the rock, the Japanese motor boat came in to meet it. The motor boat did not go alongside the junk but went about and sailed... \n\nPage 30\nPage 31",
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        "document_key": "CO129-589-13 War taxation- exemption and evasion 1-2-1941 - 10-9-1941",
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        "title": "CO129-589-13 War taxation- exemption and evasion 1-2-1941 - 10-9-1941",
        "content_text": "# 5.11 Narration\n\nThe Acting Governor has sent us this account of correspondence between the Canadian Government's Commissioner of Immigration resident in Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Government relative to the former's liability to Salaries Tax under the War Revenue Ordinance.\n\nBriefly, the position appears to be that Colonel Doughty is not liable to income tax in Canada, and, therefore, strictly speaking, not entitled to exemption from the Hong Kong Salaries Tax. In 1939, however, he suffered a deduction from his salary equivalent to the payment of Canadian income tax, and furnished proof of this deduction. The Hong Kong authorities were prepared to use their discretion to grant him exemption in respect of his 1940 salary if he would produce similar proof for that year, instead of which he took the line that he had been involved in expense through the evacuation of his wife from Hong Kong, and that until she was brought back at the expense of the Hong Kong Government, he would pay no taxation either to the Hong Kong Government or the Government of Canada. The evacuation issue is a complete red herring, but it is unpleasant to see an official representative of a Dominion Government defying in this manner the policy which the Colonial Government put into effect on the instructions of the War Cabinet here as being a necessary step in the interests of Imperial strategy in the Far East.\n\nThe Hong Kong authorities are obviously reluctant to take legal proceedings against Colonel Doughty because of his official position. He is bluffing, however, and I think his bluff can and should be called, and that we should pass the correspondence to the Dominions Office (Mr. McLeod) and ask whether they would be prepared to send it to the High Commissioner at Ottawa to bring the case to the notice of the Canadian authorities. This will probably mean that Colonel Doughty will be compelled to pay his equivalent deduction from his salary to Canadian income tax and will in effect be exempt from the Hong Kong Salaries Tax, but in view of their general attitude, the Hong Kong authorities are not likely to object to that. It is the principle with which they are concerned.\n\nWBW  \n15.5.41.\n\n... deal with this  \n...  \n21/5  \n1575-  \n... Ingres. it man haverers is nothl  \ntraemo  \ncom  \nMe W.K. Thigh Cert a of the crop. Menunderts, with copy. Of the tungom, archit, for his mnym.  \ndrackard 20/5x1",
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        "content_text": "# \n\n127 \n\nwas called to see him but on returning to the Camp in the company of this officer, a general panic occurred in the Police block and rapid measures were taken to conceal the pilfered property. George Hoan of the Police started to carry a case of tinned goods across the open, suddenly saw three Japanese soldiers standing about, panicked, dropped the case behind a bush, and ran off. His suspicious conduct led to his immediate arrest by the Japanese soldiers. The Japanese Officer was still content with a mild line and turned Moss over to be dealt with by the Camp Authorities. In the meanwhile, most of the property asked to be returned was handed back; in some cases, more than was asked for. Moss was charged with receiving stolen property before **The Chief Justice Sir Atholl MacGregor**, to whom he pleaded guilty and was remanded for one week under open arrest.\n\nHe had no legal representation.\n\n4 \n\nIn the meanwhile, the general looting of the Godowns had come to the ears of Cheng Kwok Leung, and he demanded from Pennefather-Evans and Fraser a full report within one week with the names of all those implicated, backed by the threat that if the matter was not fully disclosed, he would call in the Gendarmerie to search the Camp and remove all food stocks and also to turn Moss over to the tender mercies of the Gendarmerie. My own personal opinion is that this demand was no more than a bluff on Cheng's part, as the requisitioning of food stocks by the internees seriously incommoded his own interest in the Canteen. Sheftein (one of the Police Superintendents) was detailed to prepare a report. A day or two before we left the Camp, I heard from Sheftein that the report had been prepared and forwarded to Cheng. I have no knowledge of the nature of the report.\n\n### \n\nAbout the 10th March, Moss was brought before the Chief Justice on remand and sentenced to 4 months imprisonment. Also charged was St. Fyffe of the Police on a similar charge, but I am not cognizant with the circumstances of his case. It was not in the general mind of the Camp that Moss's sentence was anything but a sop to Cheng and the Japanese (who appear to have lost interest once the missing property was returned), and few dreamed that his imprisonment would be anything but formal, allowing him the liberty of the Camp. However, a small room adjacent to the Police block kitchen was prepared and a grille door installed, in which Moss and Fyffe were subsequently imprisoned. Personally, I was so disgusted with the quisling attitude of those responsible that almost the last thing I did before leaving was to place Moss's care in the hands of Brooks and Davidson of Messrs. Heatings and Co. (Solicitors). They undertook to do what they could.\n\nThe following points were uppermost in my mind: \n(a) Whether former Hongkong Government property recovered under risk from Japanese could be described as Stolen Property.\n\n(b) While no specific authority to punish had been delegated to any person by the community, I entirely felt that such authority was necessary to deal with purely Camp offences against the community. I strongly question, however, the authority of any Britisher in the Camp to punish any person for a deed originating out of an action against the enemy. I regard the action of the Chief Justice and Pennefather-Evans as constituting assistance to the enemy. In the absence of delegated authority, I question their right physically and actually to imprison Moss.\n\n(c)",
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        "content_text": "128\n\n(c) The threat to turn Moss over to the Gendarmerie was in my view a bluff on Cheng's part. If he was conscientiously concerned the gendarmes would have been called in in the earliest stages of the case.\n\n(a) Moss has been severely punished for an action in which he was in any case only one out of many party to the \"Looting\" purely to placate the Japanese who, as I have pointed out above, did not take a strong line in the matter, and Cheng, who came into the picture late for what he could get out of it. While there may have been reason to placate Cheng and the Japanese, the actual carrying out of the sentence and the creation of a prison within a prison under these circumstances constitutes a disgracefully humiliating attitude towards the Japanese and Cheng.\n\nNotwithstanding Moss's case, the looting of the Godowns continued in a milder form. Certain persons in the Camp took it upon themselves to watch for and report attempts on the godowns. Pennefeather Ivens's attempts to stop Police looting the stores were of no avail, and his attitude subsequently changed to one of condoning the offence. Under a later paragraph, I have much to write on the subject of Pennefeather Evans.\n\nOn the night we left the Camp, the Japanese Superintendent recently appointed reported to Pennefeather Evans that food stuffs were still being taken from the godowns and that he had traced a trail of peas and had evidence pointing to a specific Police Officer unnamed. His attitude was sympathetic to the effect that he stated he realised that the looting was due to lack of food in the camp, but that it must be stopped. Pennefeather Evans admitted that he could not control the Police in the matter, and suggested that Japanese Guards should be placed on the Godowns. Prior to leaving, I had information that such guards had been placed.\n\nAs a matter of fact, it was most convenient for our escape as the Japanese were very busy guarding the Godowns on one side of the Camp, and we slipped out of the other side.\n\n## Paragraph 25\n\nLaw in Camp.\n\nAs indicated above, no specific authority has been delegated to the Committee to administer law within the Camp. A Watch Committee has been formed with Pennefeather Evans as convener. I do not know what the Watch Committee is up to. Camp life has brought to light a number of latent instincts in surprising instances, and it is necessary to keep a sharp look out for petty pilfering. Such should and probably will be dealt with under Camp discipline in due course. The American block and certain of the British blocks maintain a permanent guard on communal property.\n\n## Paragraph 26 - R. Pennefeather Evans.\n\nThompson in his letter to me says:\n\n\"I want this to go forward but leave it to your discretion when and how - In the meantime, keep it pretty confidential.\"\n\nI shall have to think about this.",
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        "content_text": "2\n\n27\n\n8.\n\nshape of $4 to each junk master to enable him to obtain supplies to put to sea, together with an advance of $50,000 to finance wholesale marketing of the fish when caught.\n\n(7) Advance of $1,000,000 as a loan to be handled by the Chinese Chamber of Commerce or other approved body to enable subsidiary importers and distributors of food temporarily stalled for lack of cash to resume business.\n\nThe C.-in-C. approved this frankly palliative programme and all except (7) (which failed to secure endorsement in London and the need for which lessened more quickly than at one time seemed probable) have been put into effect. The problem was to find a balance between what was immediately necessary to prevent a complete breakdown and what would push inflation beyond control. Ad hoc devices to force the circulation of the re-established currency tended inevitably to increase prices and none except (6) touched the real basis of the problem, which was scarcity of supply.\n\n9.\n\nThe price of rice was fixed at 20 cents a catty by means of a subsidy estimated to cost the Administration in the neighbourhood of $150,000 per day. Maximum prices for half a dozen other basic commodities were also fixed by order, and the export of foodstuffs from the colony forbidden.\n\n10.\n\nExcept in the case of rice, where the bulk of the stock was under official control, the price-fixing orders were largely bluff, since the Administration lacked the staff to enforce them. The calculation, however, was that the orders would tend to steady prices, and this, after a few days, in fact proved to be the case.\n\n11.\n\nThe measures referred to above can, on the whole, be regarded as successful. The threatened crisis over circulation of money may now be said to have passed, and prices, though still dangerously high, are perceptibly on the down grade.\n\n12.\n\nCredit for overcoming the problems of these first five nervous weeks belongs probably less to the resource of the Administration than to the resilience of the Chinese.\n\n13.\n\nOn October 6th, the banks were authorised to make a further advance of $200 to each customer and were permitted to receive deposits of cash. On October 17th, the banks were reopened for local current account business.\n\n14.\n\nFrom the moment of arrival, C.A.S. have engaged in a desperate search for supplies. Rice, peanut oil, and vegetables have had to be purchased piecemeal in the Delta at ruinous prices. Lt. Col. Bass, designated S.O.1 (Immigration), had to be detached from a police force already 85% under strength and sent to Borneo to look for firewood. Major Holmes had to leave the hard-pressed Secretariat to go to Shanghai in the hope of closing a possible deal in coal. A small Hong Kong ship proceeded to Kwong Chow Wan at the risk of seizure to try to load coal with a C.A.S. representative on board. The results of these forays are not yet known.",
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        "document_key": "CO129-592-24 Future immigration control policy 10-10-1945 - 19-12-1945",
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        "title": "CO129-592-24 Future immigration control policy 10-10-1945 - 19-12-1945",
        "content_text": "PERSONAL.\n\n30\n\nEND\n\n10th October, 1945.\n\nMajor Gen. F. W. Festing, C.B.E., D.S.O., HONG KONG.\n\nDear General Festing,\n\n1.\n\nI feel that perhaps I ought to clear up the discussion we had late last night at Government House about immigration policy. The morning ceremony had played havoc with my day, with the result that by 11 p.m I was very tired and perhaps did not make the position as clear as it might be.\n\n2.\n\nAs you know, H.M.G. policy, as laid down in the directives to the C.-in-C. and to myself, is to limit the influx of civilian population. There is already in the statute book an ordinance forbidding entry into Hong Kong without a permit or duly validated passport. That ordinance remains effective until formally repealed.\n\n3.\n\nLimitation of immigration (in 1941 the population of this Colony touched the 2,000,000 mark) was carried out by a staff of, I think, half a dozen European officers and about 80 subordinates.\n\n4.\n\nOwing to acute personnel difficulties, we cannot attempt actual or active immigration measures for the time being. We have resorted instead to bluff. If all the supplies in sight materialised (a somewhat optimistic premise), we could support a population of about 800,000. Movements of population in South China, once they start, are apt to be on a large scale; pre-war it was estimated that about 500,000 people came and went each month to and from Hong Kong.\n\n5.\n\nThe fact that Chinese are making enquiries in Canton and in Macao shows that they are still to some extent restrained from entry by reason of the immigration regulations still on the statute book. My own estimate of the numbers who have been, as it were, bluffed out of starting for Hong Kong would be in the neighbourhood of 100,000. Were any hint given that official policy here tended to abandon limitation of immigration then I know from experience that we would be swamped in no time.\n\n6.\n\nMovements of a thousand or so a day, such as take place now do not worry us over much: but when the population touches the million mark then, unless the world supply situation (and ours with it) has spectacularly improved, we shall have to limit the influx by means more effective than mere provisions on the statute book. I pray that by then we shall have staff available for the job.\n\nI attach a copy of a message sent to Lt.-Col. Hooper in Canton and a copy of a notice which is being issued to the press.\n\n7.\n\nMr. Reeves from Macao is arriving at the week-end I understand, and so the Macao thing can be fixed direct with him.\n\n8.\n\nYours sincerely,\n\nsgd/- D. M. MacDougall",
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        "document_key": "CO129-592-6 Reports on current situation- including weekly intelligence reports 18-9-1945 - 20-12-1945",
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        "title": "CO129-592-6 Reports on current situation- including weekly intelligence reports 18-9-1945 - 20-12-1945",
        "content_text": "105\n\nbut some of these chaps would have you fawning all over the Chinese. The Chinese are like any other people, and within limits they will like us only insofar as we are useful - and that can be very, very useful indeed. The sooner we realise this and work at the job the better. The lighter forms of the gesture and protestation of friendship are a pre-war luxury. The 1941 technique no longer serves.\n\n7.\n\nThe pace of the work here continues killing. Today, at one fell swoop I have decided the scope and principles of a Rent Restriction Proclamation, the scope and principles of a Vegetable Marketing Scheme similar to Herklots's Fishing Scheme, the necessity for recommending the creation of a Port Director (subject to London and Coleman's approval), met the Governor of Macao, discussed principles with the Chinese Banking Commissioner for Kwangtung, Kwangsi and Fukien, and heaven knows what else besides. I will not pretend that I am not enjoying myself, but I am very tired and I hope relief comes soon. I know that everything possible is being done from the London end, but we are still having to do the best we can with less than 20% of our establishment. The mistakes we have committed will be obvious enough in due course: I need not describe them to you just now, and in any case I am not very sure what they are.\n\n8.\n\nRelations with the Services are excellent. In more than the conventional sense the Colony has been lucky in Admiral Harcourt and General Festing. I have crossed swords heavily with the A.O.C. on air policy, and this is the only issue in sight upon which I may have to use my right of direct communication with the Colonial Office, if pushed to it. A.O.C's tough policy of bargaining and reciprocity will leave Hong Kong with an empty airport.\n\n9.\n\nThe Follows has arrived and will be a great help, but it will take him a couple of months at least to find his feet. What one likes about him at first sight is that he is completely undismayed by the amazing tangle with which he is faced.\n\n10.\n\nOn the whole I think things go not too badly. I have taken large chances and used much bluff on immigration (see attached), price control and the like. I have backed Herklots to the limit on the fish business and though it is early days yet it looks as if the gamble had come off. If there are any honours or decorations going for work in the Colony by released internees, I hope Herklots and Butters will be at the top of the list. A full report of the fish scheme is on its way home.\n\n11.\n\nI have had to overwork my meagre staff most cruelly. The mainstays are of course Thomson, Hazlerigg (who has had to give full time to the potentially explosive repatriation business), Strickland (a god-send!) and Sansom who continues in some fashion of his own to make bricks without straw. Delamaine has been invaluable also - would you thank Dunn for putting us in the way of getting him?\n\nYours,\n\n(sgd.) D.M. MacDougall.",
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        "document_key": "CO129-594-6 Brigadier D M MacDougall- letters to Gent on civil affairs administration 15-9-1945 - 24-12-1945",
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        "title": "CO129-594-6 Brigadier D M MacDougall- letters to Gent on civil affairs administration 15-9-1945 - 24-12-1945",
        "content_text": "(C.A.A.1)\n\nNo. 2\n\n17\n\n**CIVIL AFFAIRS ADMINISTRATION,**\nHong Kong & Shanghai Bank Building,\nHong Kong.\n19/10/45.\n\nww friends: now she has more candidates for friendship than she knows what to do with. Our cards now in Hong Kong are the same as they always were - courtesy, efficiency, and usefulness but some of these chaps would have you fawning all over the Chinese. The Chinese are like any other people, and within limits, they will like us only insofar as we are useful - and that can be very, very useful indeed. The sooner we realise this and work at the job, the better. The lighter forms of the gesture and protestation of friendship are a pre-war luxury. The 1941 technique no longer serves.\n\n7.\n\nThe pace of the work here continues to be killing. Today, at one fell swoop, I have decided the scope and principles of a Rent Restriction Proclamation, the scope and principles of a Vegetable Marketing Scheme similar to Herklots's Fishing Scheme, the necessity for recommending the creation of a Port Director (subject to London and Coleman's approval), met the Governor of Macao, discussed principles with the Chinese Banking Commissioner for Kwangtung, Kwangsi, and Fukien, and heaven knows what else besides. I will not pretend that I am not enjoying myself, but I am very tired, and I hope relief comes soon. I know that everything possible is being done from the London end, but we are still having to do the best we can with less than 20% of our establishment. The mistakes we have committed will be obvious enough in due course: I need not describe them to you just now, and in any case, I am not very sure what they are.\n\n8.\n\nRelations with the Services are excellent. In more than the conventional sense, the Colony has been lucky in Admiral Harcourt and General Festing. I have crossed swords heavily with the A.O.C. on air policy, and this is the only issue in sight upon which I may have to use my right of direct communication with the Colonial Office, if pushed to it. The A.O.C's tough policy of bargaining and reciprocity will leave Hong Kong with an empty airport.\n\n9.\n\nFollows has arrived and will be a great help, but it will take him a couple of months at least to find his feet. What one likes about him at first sight is that he is completely undismayed by the amazing tangle with which he is faced.\n\n10.\n\nOn the whole, I think things go not too badly. We have taken large chances and used much bluff on immigration (see attached), price control, and the like. I have backed Herklots to the limit on the fish business, and though it is early days yet, it looks as if the gamble had come off. If there are any honours or decorations going for work in the Colony by released internees, I hope Herklots and Butters will be at the top of the list. A full report of the fish scheme is on its way home.\n\n11.\n\nI have had to overwork my meagre staff most cruelly. The mainstays are, of course, Thomson, Hazlerigg (who has had to give full-time to the potentially explosive repatriation business), Strickland (a god-send!) and Sansom, who continues in some fashion of his own to make bricks without straw. Delamaine has been invaluable also - would you thank Dunn for putting us in the way of getting him?\n\nYours,\nM.M. Murth",
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        "content_text": "# 18 \n## 10th October, 1945. \n\n**PERSONAL**\n\nMajor General F. W. Festing, C.B.E., D.S.O., HONG KONG.\n\nDear General Festing,\n\n1. I feel that perhaps I ought to clear up the discussion we had late last night at Government House about immigration policy. The morning ceremony had played havoc with my day, with the result that by 11 p.m. I was very tired and perhaps did not make the position as clear as it might be.\n\n2. As you know, H.M.G. policy, as laid down in the directives to the C.-in-C. and to myself, is to limit the influx of civilian population. There is already in the statute book an ordinance forbidding entry into Hong Kong without a permit or duly validated passport. That ordinance remains effective until formally repealed.\n\n3. Limitation of immigration (in 1941 the population of this Colony touched the 2,000,000 mark) was carried out by a staff of, I think, half a dozen European officers and about 80 subordinates.\n\n4. Owing to acute personnel difficulties, we cannot attempt actual or active immigration measures for the time being. We have resorted instead to bluff. If all the supplies in sight materialised (a somewhat optimistic premise), we could support a population of about 800,000. Movements of population in South China, once they start, are apt to be on a large scale; pre-war it was estimated that about 500,000 people came and went each month to and from Hong Kong.\n\n5. The fact that Chinese are making enquiries in Canton and in Macao shows that they are still to some extent restrained from entry by reason of the immigration regulations still on the statute book. My own estimate of the numbers who have been, as it were, bluffed out of starting for Hong Kong would be in the neighbourhood of 100,000. Were any hint given that official policy here tended to abandon limitation of immigration then I know from experience that we would be swamped in no time.\n\n6. Movements of a thousand or so a day, such as takes place now, do not worry us over much: but when the population touches the million mark then, unless the world supply situation (and ours with it) has spectacularly improved, we shall have to limit the influx by means more effective than mere provisions on the statute book. I pray that by then we shall have staff available for the job.\n\n7. I attach a copy of a message sent to Lt.-Col. Hooper in Canton and a copy of a notice which is being issued to the press. Mr. Reeves from Macau is arriving at the week-end, I understand, and so the Macau thing can be fixed direct with him.\n\n8. Yours,\n\nD.M. Viantout",
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        "document_key": "CO129-598-1 Tai Lam Chung Reservoir Project 19-12-1945 - 23-6-1948",
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        "content_text": "## Amy King Water Supplies Jai Lam Chung Valley Scheme\n\nCol. Apci Ref. `53687/39`\n## References\nAk Ref. NO `539 TL.C.`\n\nLt. Col. Tie,\n\n## Timeline\n\n| Date | Description |\n| --- | --- |\n| 8.8.39 | Despatch from A. Sai GAS, Workcote quoting authority for Consulting Engineers (`304`) to cost Colony & Report on Scheme for water supply at Jai Lam Chung valley. |\n| 25.1.40 | Letter from Consulting Engineers giving revised terms for making report & designing & constructing works. |\n| 21.2.40 | Letter from H.S. accepting terms (`3000+`) for Scheme wind 'belong & Report |\n| 27.12.40 | Letter from B.D. Enclosing 3 copies of their Report on above Scheme |\n| 3.1.41 | CAA requesting 2 copies of above Report & funny comments (12-18 months to prepare drawings etc.) |\n| 1961 | BBS's Report sent with... |\n| 27.12.45 | Letter from D.J. CAO(4th) Thomson & CAS/4th (J.M. Kenrick) inclosing Lt Col Forbes' (Acting Waterworks by Major) Report & CA(works) S/M. dated 29.12.45 re water supply works (see para. 15) & requesting assistance of Gelemworks by... (Woodward). |\n| 28.2.46 | Report by Woodward to Kenrick CAS.AK, giving details of action in England with CER. & Lefrand & Butcliff (paras. 2, 13-18) |\n| 20.1.46 | Letter from Kenrick CASNR & Hansen (`8`) CA.O/44) inclosing Woodward's Report / `28.2.46`, endorsing action & requesting authority requested. |\n| 5.4.46 | Send Report by Woodward to Kenrick in further activities with Cake & Lepandful cliff: Handed formally by Kenrick & the Govt. during his visit to HK. Mar-Apr 1946. |\n| 3.6.46 | Letter from Woodward cast to Thomson DDCAO/HK involving recommending acceptance of the Grand's tender for the Geophysical Survey & suggesting regularising matter now with Col. Office VRAA |\n| 3.6.46 | Telegram for `182`, `4k` to Col. Office requesting authority & proceed with further investigations Th.C. & for Lefrand's Geophysical Survey & Bring forward.",
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        "document_key": "CO129-600-4 Salaries Commission- comments on report 12-10-1947 - 15-12-1947",
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        "content_text": "## Th. Rats. Wy \nCh. Wallace's \n\nSir,\n\nThank you for my comments on the Amy Kay flames Commission Report. As you know, the recommendations were in line with the views you held. We saw that we thought the Prisoner's recommendation of 7th Oct, 1946, should be accepted. As regards the floating cliff of the time brigade, the Prison's views should be sought - whether an exception should be made and ratios pertaining to firing to 23 July, 1946.\n\nDiscussion has shown that there will be great difficulty in getting the Treasury to agree, even to some extent, to that recommended by the Commission (viz. 6 Jan, 1947). The point in the wording consists of a constitutional document.\n\nWe have sufficient share in this proposal to return it.\n\n4/11",
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        "document_key": "CO129-604-6 Immigration- control over entry from China 1-1-1947 - 4-1-1950",
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        "title": "CO129-604-6 Immigration- control over entry from China 1-1-1947 - 4-1-1950",
        "content_text": "Original despatch at \n\nEnclosure \n\nM 2 \n\n(81) \n\non 94001/28/49 Part II \n\nli Top fee, \n\nSECRET from you. \n\nDespatch N°/5 \n\n4/3/5/49 \n\nHK \n\nEFFECT ON TRADE OF IMMIGRATION CONTROL \n\nIN HONG KONG. \n\n162 \n\nEvery month Hong Kong handles about H.K.$300 millions worth of goods, of which it consumes or produces less than three per cent. In other words, Hong Kong's business is bringing in other people's goods and sending them out again. It provides storage, insurance, banking and shipping facilities for this transit trade, and the Colony has no other major economic role. Its $190,000,000 annual revenue is based on the prosperity arising from the efficiency with which this role is played. \n\n2. \n\nIn broad outline, a sizeable proportion of Hong Kong's trade consists of big ships bringing in big cargoes which are then stored, broken up, and distributed outside the Colony by small ships and small men carrying small bundles; or of infinite numbers of small men and small boats bringing in small packets of goods or materials which are then assembled into big consignments and taken to the ends of the earth by big ships. \n\n3. \n\nWhichever way you take it, at one end of the line you have the vast cargoes of ocean-going liners; and at the other the multiplicity of parcels carried by junk, sampan, travelling trader and the irrepressible smuggler. The two ends are in mutual relation; the one depends on the other so that the holds of the ocean-going ships would be empty but for the warren of small traders and smugglers and the swarm of sampans and junks. This is the broad trade picture which must be kept always in mind. It could be called the splinter method, since its essence is to assemble large consignments from, or distribute them by, splinters. \n\n4. \n\nHong Kong licensed small craft operate to and from Canton and the West River Delta, north to Swatow and south to Kwongchowwan. They make close to 150,000 recorded movements in a year, with an aggregate of over 3,500,000 gross tons carrying nearly 6,000,000 people across our maritime boundaries. On the railway, every express to or from Canton carries between 500 and 600 travelling traders each with his bundle of goods: 3,500,000 rail passengers cross the frontier at Shum Chun annually. Over the land frontier on foot and by unrecorded movement of small craft in the vicinity of Mirs Bay and Deep Bay, no estimate can be given; but, to take one commodity alone, at the moment 10,000 tons of rice reach us every month from China, which officially prohibits the export of rice. \n\n5. \n\nIn this whole pattern of mass movement, note that it is all strictly business: there are no tourists or sightseers. Each mover stopped or delayed represents a direct trade loss. There is no complicated economic theory about this loss: we lose exactly what each traveller carries and each of these myriad travelling traders carries something in and takes something out. The aggregate, if it could be weighed and counted, would be very substantial. \n\n6. \n\nTo restrict movement is to restrict trade. Apart altogether from that undisputed fact, what would result if Hong Kong imposed immigration restrictions? \n\n7. \n\nFirst of all, the trains to and from China would have to be held on the frontier for checking. The average train carries 1,400 passengers and there are four in and four out every day. The most cursory inspection of individual travel documents could possibly be done at the rate of 300 an hour. This would represent immigration control on the level of bluff but even so it would impose a delay of over four hours on each train. The journey between Canton and Hong Kong on a non-stop train is...",
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        "document_key": "CO129-607-1 Enquiry into loss of public money 22-5-1948 - 26-10-1948",
        "page_number": 7,
        "title": "CO129-607-1 Enquiry into loss of public money 22-5-1948 - 26-10-1948",
        "content_text": "M[n] Whittle \n\nI should be \n\nIf you would look it- \n\nvery grateful \n\nthis. in view \n\nof your pull- \n\nexperience, which I \n\nmyself \n\n...\n\nPrima facie \n\nthe craft does \n\nfive \n\nthe \n\nimpression complained of you like botham, be it \n\nof comme important to \n\npreserve a \n\nproperly judicial procedure where punishments are in question. \n\nDo \n\nin \n\nYou think we ought to telegraph just as chuff- \n\n2.5825 \n\n20710 \n\nMr Williams \n\nIf the punishment proposed \n\nhad been something more severe \n\na \n\nSimple reprimand I sh'd have \n\nThan \n\nagreed",
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