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        "document_key": "CO129-018 - Others - 1846",
        "page_number": 489,
        "title": "CO129-018 - Others - 1846",
        "content_text": "REPORT ON\n\nThe constant garden cropping—the deep green of the large rice plains, and the cultivation climbing the hills—give great beauty to the scenery. And at early morn, the singing of the birds in the groves; the murmuring rivulets through the valleys; and the fresh breeze from the mountains, enhance the charms of the landscape, and renovate the health of the debilitated resident of a tropical climate.\n\nWere Chusan a British colony, its hills and vales would be adorned by charming villas, rich orchards, and luxuriant pasturages. English town, with all the advantages of modern civilization, would become an example to the Chinese; and in the improvement of our own position, we should materially aid in the social advancement of the imitative nation contiguous to our shores.\n\nTinghae city, in length from north to south about 1200 feet, and in breadth about 1000, is surrounded by a stone wall of two miles and three-quarters in length, nearly fifteen feet in height, thirteen feet in thickness, surmounted by a strong brick parapet of four feet and a half high, and two feet thick, with small embrasures for matchlocks or arrows. The gateways, four in number, east, west, north, and south, are double, and placed zigzag as in India. The walls are strengthened by square bastions well placed. At intervals around the city, the wall ascends a steep mound, now called the Cameronian Hill (the 26th Regiment being encamped there after our first attack on the island); part of this hill is therefore included within the city bounds. A canal (see map), thirty-three feet wide by three deep, runs parallel to the city wall, about thirty yards distant, except on the western side where it ascends the Cameronian Hill, and enters near the south gate. The level space at each side of the city walls is covered with rice fields, almost continually under water, and of difficult passage to an invading force. The flat country around is a succession of rice fields, bordered with the lofty Barbadian millet, which rises ten feet in height.\n\nThe city of Tinghae is extensive, and, like all Chinese towns, the streets are narrow (about twelve to fourteen feet), irregular, and flagged with large slabs of different kinds of stone. Almost every street has a covered drain, which communicates with a canal. For a Chinese city, it is kept extremely clean; the houses are generally of one story, but the tenements of the richer classes are very extensive, and form three sides of a square, with a lofty wall in front. Sometimes there are two or three inner courts. The shops are numerous, and there is a minute division of employment. In many respects, there is a resemblance to the tradesmen of Europe; persons of the same trade frequently congregate in the same street or neighbourhood. The shops have a long and broad counter, effectually separating the purchasers from the shopmen, with a money-till at one end; there are neatly-labelled drawers, or commodious shelves, and back warehouses for the careful disposition of the goods; a reel of twine hangs from the ceiling, close to wrapping-paper cut of various sizes ready for use. Various articles of such goods as may attract the notice of customers, with the prices affixed on labels, are hanging partly on the outside, in some instances in such characters as are only known to the shopmen. Everything is sold by weight. Silversmiths in Tinghae now make spoons, forks, goblets, branch candlesticks, and various other articles of domestic use. The artisans are extremely expert. The tailors are excellent and cheap workmen, and to the English, are known by their respective cognomens of Stultz, Nugee, &c. The supply of every article of provision, including meat, poultry, fish, vegetables, fruit, groceries, &c., is most abundant, and not one-half the price of very inferior articles at Hong Kong, where, indeed, it is often impossible to get beef or mutton of any description. Let but a European want be known in Chusan, and it will be very extraordinary if it be not supplied by a Chinaman.\n\nA European or Indian soldier is stationed at each gate of the city, but no difficulty is interposed, and no tax levied on perfect freedom of ingress or egress to or from the city. Many of the European officers, including that distinguished soldier, Brigadier Campbell, the Commandant of Chusan, reside in various parts of the city, perfectly isolated from each other, and with as much confidence and security as if they were residing in an English town. The 2nd Madras Native Infantry are quartered in the city, and their place d'armes is a remarkable temple, filled with numerous human figures, of full size, admirably carved in wood, painted, and representing the human countenance and form in every expression and attitude of passion and affection—of grief and joy, of sensibility and intelligence. I have seen nothing equal to the artistic skill and true taste exhibited in this temple in any other part in China. The inhabitants do not seem to take umbrage at its occupation by our troops, who scrupulously preserve it from injury.\n\nHer Majesty's 18th Regiment are quartered outside the city, in some two-storied houses which face the sea close to an extensive bund or embankment, which was erected with marvellous rapidity during the period which intervened between our first and second occupation of the island in 1840-1. This bund extends for nearly three miles along the sea front of Tinghae and Chusan harbour, and forms a fortified earth wall, pierced at short and regular intervals for cannon; and during our second attack on the island, about 150 pieces of artillery of various calibre (many of them however unserviceable) were placed in the embrasures. The bund now forms an excellent promenade for the garrison. The parade of the 18th Regiment is large, dry, level, and in the midst of the barracks, officers' quarters, commissariat and naval stores. Contiguous to the parade, our Government have built an excellent two-storied hospital facing the sea, at an expense of about 10,000 dollars. The European artillery are quartered in comfortable barracks on Joss-House Hill (see map), where a few guns command the whole harbour, the city, and the surrounding plain.\n\nGeology—Chusan appears to have been upheaved by a submarine convulsion, or to have been left dry by the receding ocean. A porphyritic clay-stone, assuming in some places a columnar and in others a laminated structure, appears to constitute the main portion of the island. Occasionally, a compact porphyritic stone of coarse conglomerate, capable of being split into large slabs, or formed into pillars, is found and quarried for various purposes. The soil in the valleys is a rich, dark, alluvial mould. There is no limestone on the island. None of the rotten granite found at Hong Kong or Amoy, and which yields such a deleterious gas, is perceivable at Chusan. About the centre of the island, and at a height of 700 feet, our surveyors found the com-",
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        "document_key": "CO129-031 - Public Offices - 1849",
        "page_number": 67,
        "title": "CO129-031 - Public Offices - 1849",
        "content_text": "34\n\nOberland China Mail.\n\nYu Heica ship lontana was lurted, and driven ship Frebella Holtron was driven under the bows, in alcat two freers.\n\nto 24 Jch's Idal, aut eary all since 2 a lingkung by ring forest Ferr\n\n[No. 9, StarEBek 23, 1848.\n\nNo. 9, SurreMBER 28, 1848.]\n\nThe big neder was disrated at Miccha: Not having abserved dus dey could not long bold Maniamen adition, appearet the Cen the confidence of perse! security. Teol firogduet bis progress & perpetual care of\n\n1LENGE into its harur, ita pur! of 3: Derga\n\nange: 100 dièste fear: to be paid by\n\nAfter this no tidingen were v'y it coul what is Excellogg hoe vot biomela son when soiling bad con spred that would is the unanf the Fugle, crying away her bows and land om met de atentoon of the 24 instreated, peerde aru now more disposed to appere-tead to aut to their splendour, only seen to have\n\nCapa ett of the inter vessel wlion Acting Sergeant 8, are rander by foorest, fria the absence of petty simoyances, tad nagues to the Ambasaduc's difficulties, and w ut, and one or other mast sus, Captain Kelly and Station, haligong the ardanely intelligence czes were of cowing the same in finner thnos, objeum on the pars of the dancing. The replied that os bis burmaneter was rising, he that the bons had sund, and that he believed he but people duvet hardly were not Beyond the question of the verinamotal de la aliservert sa pre-\n\nthe ascentsy of Land Macurtuzy, Glowki they having replica the hero completely ex Patari Bodiety may have him pessozied as ately afterward thực chting of the Bugle parted,\n\nalso somon athaus uforming to it; word the and she gifted out through the passage du tine, haieta, after being in the water two hours. He many bramurai Attractions but my we\n\nnever hour of people being stacked anul rubies | Vierry of Mongella Lecordingly sent a deputa eastward van upon the beach; but on the reported that ou leaving the harbour of A Lorioen, way in a mud the Nay both got find off they stool over towards the Lens, when finding in resing the se in which the building stance.\n\ntion tooking for instructions as to the terms on A propos of that Sortety, we wonki beg to hint: which the misden siid be suffered so parroccl.\n\nbah, carrying gang fur traitoast and bulwarks. Die wind inverse very much, they run before it, The drifted the sun nac ter the Eagle, and itionately mochowed in Cheang-show lay, to occasions! visitora, dat is the resident members The WHY by the effect, that the Viceroy aliend are not resores, dut exposez rght not to Lo juvite the Russian envoy to a feast in the aura of thrown open cher enly in the few strangers the Einger, al then weyala sa performance of the nine pirsutions before a serech and bje who have joined thune; and if the lails, deste bithard-rom, ul reaching-won, are to les kejt covered with alath of Imperial Yollow. This\n\nOs phore, very few houses entirely escaped, in sup the stern would som abete nues his companions wen: de only setİvors towar bu çujoy them; and we do not leny that the sanation having wet wartly series derring\n\nthose which revived the greatest disuap were,\n\nH. the Greer's, Maye Chine', 't, aut Impala, damaged as size role, veliaus, au\n\nver\n\nTou Did Naval tree partly Wow duwa, az 1 New ichtiged\n\nRiga hauserity dust.\n\nClarge very much Ganangel.\n\nAle McKnight withewey and ik dust.\n\nAs yon fi Taeyang-svog much injusal\n\nOf Clans the worse,\n\n2.1.\n\nBars of the silk of clue Sea Hunted Hom, and Joe Hathan 'n toerenguel Jur35.\n\nCebie nape keto die Mügikonte 'n buurt Le, so we ar; batedrags.\n\nYer Paints: Cemal\n\nNatian khen to proces\n\nRolice Sculous mercoled, acil\n\nFat Feet Hasion kaudens quite uninhabitabile.\n\n--, Wong-c-ebone. Ahurdce, Stapley, sunt mood la gary village on line and, ang buwes are blot nucled.\n\nAlt wird-\n\nand also a shore. Upon Bauling in her clit a few miles in the westward Hongkong it was found that the michors tad parted. Babamong a number of Chinu bonds, where they en- the Keyland Belph were totally dismasted, but eidered themselvas paerty se. taring two loma- were got a next juorning, and towed in Camboo cables and a chain \"cable cunt. any dug too, where their eyes were discharged night a large runk ran ford et vient and books coups it is only fair that those who participate sand Gatos refsed to comply with, and an order\n\nlightly desing. The Sylph has since been of faz hauskoo cables, shortly after which the ectribute levarin die opensus. We are there. i for his return was shortly afterwards vivid. • ught into Hongkong karbone by the Steuer other parted. The clein esie was then run out fore miler glad to nedering that the Directors He had arrived at the frontier on the atlanary. Chorale, but the Zoglo is condemned.\n\n1 is whole extent (10 thoma) the end being lave it in contemplation to limit dhe tations and departed homeward, without having roacti\n\nPeking on the Ferb of Fchenary, 1866, At dayght ali shat could be seen of the Froelia stene rod the site, and secured which have liturto been so freely given, so that Robertion what: top of her mainmast, the verse stoppers, About the mainurast foll, carry- kay ng bank near the re at the ewnanec le Chung away tie taffail and gig. In its fall the sing on. The garner and four loses were must probably tussen kome of her plauka, na Curred inging to the mast, and wore savel shorty afterwards the boss was served to be by the buite of the U. s. S. Mgmatik. Tlegumer] Alling, and at lodīgast 23 ring soulled down by die report shortly alter ping from the Buyin, bead. Those on boned then got upon the acain- Captain Kelly had the pumps secoed, and friwill cost and wood stil, and funded vicar of the work. the vast was sinking. He was last seen in the Aber as they went to have loen washed away cabin, and is supposed to have gone down with one by one til early the revived--tree her. The args as voluble in, couesting of others having rear die shore, one in sup 70 cheats of Oplont, of which about 500 were which was floating by, pure on a tan, and a Jed Palve and 200 Faster minuted at little on a piece of weed how six tarded with short of hafa mim of defines, of which it is bort istane uteelcher, and on the bencla not move than two-thirds were inaned. With interved eue of their comrades, a Manilaman, the assistance of divers, about 250 chests have lying dead. On cimbing the hill, they cane slave bico recovered, and are advertised to be upay a Chine hus, the owner of which stewed them great kiminosa, in supplying them with sail by aetion.\n\nclothes and such refreshments as i la to oßen, He subgently sermnpanier ten neras the\n\nHongkong.\n\nAt Mace, the auther througlint the day was disagreeable, but the new approach at a severe Tifongs at apperheaded The Barometer flint out at which the one of rather a high curge bood at 22.08. At *. it was 2, and at midnight it felt in No Dalen nur to 28.42, after which gale moderatet, d the quicksilver ruse apidly Bus de calin was of blef duration, he about a 1. the smeared, blowing tously from W. W.N.W. About agrar ter to there was another aim of about an hour. after which the star werease, and then uns, destruction was ransed in the harbo\n\nThe de contacted, ncs blowing hand how every 20 N., Soon veering to N, NW. and W.N.W., nbsided at W.X. W. Un Tour! Toome stood at de to k dung the wight; fall at the Barometer an inch and one south.\n\nThe greatest image seems to have been so tained in the Inner Harbour, and of this we have, been dvome with an edicial reyk-\n\n11. J'ast ex\n\nBong\n\nding tanta.\n\n3 Fastige Binti\n\nFuel Bout\n\nA Bezvanger F0243.\n\n44 Terka mal scherm\n\nMonte,\n\nLe Sol Durk Game Julistee, Parhguasa laly Genergan, My Headsplanner Stagfors r', wenn daven or shan. were they still remain\n\nThe\n\nwhales Del-prist weil in sore, but qui al\n\nwith 1ng dan aga,\n\nShalang scheme Sultricks, was thewise on situ tuturing tus oll, with us! The Dokaz de vs Wivested in the Typm, a the\n\nthe Portuguese government Schooner som Face Typ Fort will de reg on imand, who were A i daggereil\n\nStruan sunk at girl the fo. Farben.\n\nBar Linches Sylph notu ies\n\nThe loss of jeals is very great, and upwards of 100 Chinese were drowned in and about the han bour; and a Chinese bat in which young ou had yet a pleasure trip was caper near the Typa, and two perished, one of what was Mr Jaues Macmurray, long known in this colmy a kuker mid re-keeper and the ether Mr Award Reds, Farrerly send me uí! the trend na\n\nTimber of homes destroyed a used\n\nNo--\n\n23 Chirgan ham. Meena,\n\n非 \"\n\nla\n\nA Wooden Trees,\n\ndumiling no the river.\n\ni\n\nThe Norjalk and Sidney were entirely dimuat ert; and the British tuig ddmor, recently arrived with 560 elests of Patna, went on shore; but her carga is uninjured, and her eyew were saved, for which they also are indebted to the boats of the Pigmort\n\nThe British bargar Ewily got on shore, but her cargy, consisting of Cotton, is understood to have received little injury.\n\nThe vessels that held on wars--the reviving hips Valeon, Ruparel, Lady Hages, Sea-horse,\n\nit they tell in with a bust on its way to The following is a list of the persons missing—\n\nStr Bathers, and his son; Acting Sergeants Nii, zeid seyr, Poses Constable Taylor, Stuffunt, chase, War- rimandarii: Pie Marie doing to tha Water Pole Flur Chinese do: There also evoke; rad & Pataguse Su\n\nShortly after the cand news rouched this place Lane, and the Sir Ilaved By The the brather of Mr Sinishers started of towards who endy vesac! Fiat moped wiiant any\n\nChang-dow, in hyes that we now of the she had two dr-hors out with rem might ince reached the land alive; ut eerises damage; | 200 fathoms of chain cable to unch.\n\nalter au msibas search, they only felt with Fight or nine Chinese parks suck, and most of\n\nthe bodies of tavo Boghshuch, to Maufammen, their crews parished, na did also titat of a smag.\n\nauda Chim boy, Baving on at my curses gling out, sonstating of upwards of 10ft man.\n\nof Chinese who had perished in the suami toading A son as daylight appeard, Capizio Gedney about; and digit be continued his search for of the wrath ordered low hans out to rene assistance, and save the lives of sanse who were the bodies of five Englishanen, one of whom was inging to the weeks, or were alwise in dugu his epluw, sed four Milsten, he was unt of perinuing. The officer on deck at fast told oratul in Gauting that brother. By Captain Gelury thus the boats esult of live paying the Chinese, lie gut graves dug, and buried; upon which he was ordered to oral for volunteer te he fell in will. When 20 of the sailas offered themselves, and\n\nmaneis boat four Cutter, the Launelt, and the Dig Assistance was offered wherever it\n\ni\n\nvy who is not a menter cam se admitted i Pls was the last Fukasay from Rusia to more flatua onun during the season. The micrip- | China, for the insists of 1898 und 1820 wore tion korever is so withing (43 per month) that undertaken prozvesndly to keep up the communica tion with Peking, but prokably net loss to barve probably the Dirustore bave themselves in wor\n\nWheelstend the country and judge of its resources. gasar to blate for at soubering among beir members about every monour visitors Macary The mission of 1890 was conducted by Timkow- of whom, iî npplied to, would radier attend ski, wie has written an interesting account of it A secret mission under Wasigen la said, on as a matter of right than of favour.\n\nIf it be consist with the rules of the Society, the authority of the Courrier Français, u have we would suggest that Anul Subscribers of a boca projecte in 1940. We know nothing of ins certain amount should be considered Members, ubjects or not; but we do know that the Chinese that Susilors of Six Dollars sield bothritis pareanptorily yelse to allow the Prins admitted to the netary privileges for Three Monchs-hira Mait, September 21.\n\nThor who have kamen Mreau in former times, and lent heen there during the last three years, tould hes appreciate, thus services of Senhor at Amal by taking un gaming stroll along the fampt load as th\n\nThe Barrier, which locks as crowind and gay, with epipages, bones, and pediatrtaux as the messican able wering place. Wirin the Ita fortnight the Barrier Gate no longer presença an obstacle to Uko pa sugu of alpinges, His Exceligney, to me, bring removes then sapestment, after vals ondeovutas 19 inless the Chinese authorities to do to.\n\nTOMARY OF KLAKTOU.\n\ncuchiko to ulscharge her cargo at any of the poets, holding that the Russian who rusticted to the provisions of the Kiaksa Trusty China Jail, Septzaiber 21.\n\nSout. -Acording to war Chipping Report, the Pa ty hat bulang and procedit to her mark of us. Was this really a The Fur Claus, ur Daviy kick for\n\nexpertovat in a Riglos gimate j\n\nEMPLOYMENT OF THE POLICE. 1x our last Overland paper we mentioned that its extent of sokucus alang de Europan Tr RUSSIAN INTERCOURSE WITH CHINA.\n\nand the quartering so large a portion of the Sta Regiment on board ship, had throws tonn We had recently (No. 188) eusion as refer to\n\nde hea on the Ceylon Riden, mu rendered acte- the state of commercial rokdions between tusse and Chim, and regretted the wart of a copy of\n\nsary the withdrawal of several of the guards, in- cudiar, koridun the Governor's and the General's, the Trony of Kiakten, by which tiny are regulat\n\ndie Treasury, the thaol, and the Navd Storak Tus ward has now been supplied by the\n\nThe last dire ars enlicited is the paboe, au vas kiostuces uľa friend, to whom we ar indebted for dgnificant addition to which force has been a French vorsion, nade from the caiga! Mustised from wavy different materials. chon, of the Treacy in question, which wo now pablish, accompanied to an Bagish translation†othes, for, while a guard of five disciplined sul- opinion of them, unwever, must be entertained by\n\nIt is curious and important, as leing ila\n\ndiers was tonerly considered accessly for the\n\nA better\n\nfuar days, during with a discovered alugekar | by China with an European sete en termo estive polieva is a destand suficient.\n\noldest axising Treaty of Corammere entered tuto protection of the Naval Stover, a less mumber of equality; in that of 1689, the result of p longed negotiations, trade i enly incidentally re- ferro to, and restrissed to duss who have port, by which it gara, dey come with pu missir.\" whale the poornble sets forth in objects he \"in order to repress the insoleace vi vortan oven, who, paving beyond the brands of their kudis & innt, rubled, muriced, and amitted other outrages; as also for settling the bouls between the two Expires of China and Russia and in short, to caraldish an everlasting Collectors of this sessie, for which, it le po good understanding,\"\n\nMy Smities the public have met annat efficient officer, whoar zeal ant activity were an\n\nnitting. Als espemeure Lad been sepiped' seed cry, and upards of ty during Twenty years' service in the London Folion (Chinese and foreigners) were saved but\n\nwhich Boty he was selectal as the most likely man to zesiel Ale May in parkening the duties [hers in a satisfactory manner; and to lús exer\n\nof the ships dechued the proffered aid from dread of salvagn, which book flies never bocu dreams of\n\nby Captain Gedney, who seems to leave tons may be atted is no sul degree, the actuated by the sings desire of alding me inery life and property enjoyed by the rest distress. We do not see however why he should des since la arival in de colong the pure not clima salvage, wyecially in cases where is services were asked for after being offered gradace of his experiors, as well as the exterm ago. Mr Staithere merited and concerned the surtously,\n\nand respect of those ter him, Chine Mul, September 7.\n\nà correspondent of the Friend of Clawn, speak\n\ning of the exertions made by the Captains of the receiving Ships, says,\n\nLOSS OF BIA KARIN CRISP,\n\ntee of site trupes any an art www.deThe Bruna Brett, foore Sway River, arrived on\n\nTeff donors sens byrgja un grabs, too notwithstarglice\n\nfatizante, and the weder a bear tailneny do the windvoe\n\nsudo cpirlity of Cantato di the pen for the actra anty vhcob te exercises in rareuing several 4.'hommen Sein the mrzechy, màn pebernian woki have mal wall unitary gras 19\"\n\nif we cannot be spared, it is high time the Ciel of the Face should imitals the Chief nf the Governcient al of the Military, by dispensing with the services of du en adring bu what is absolutely indispensable. We have for sonun sime past olaserved, whitt now forces itself move particularly an sur unties, that policemen are enpleed in collecting de Foam Tax, other. wise called the Police Rute. Mr May, it seen. and a clerk in die Land Offer, are wondínally the\n\nFused, des are said; bath we are not ware that\n\nEnt if these men are\n\nThis Treaty did not redound to the cruilit! tenet of county, and 6. wus was of greater im of Numa, which gava op its labos a large the work them,\"\n\nobjects for which it had waged a border way for portaus, the concord of wat niver Acur—\n\nny years.\n\nthey are thorized to soy Peter Constabl,-5\n\nto be employed, let them in the first place be pait for it, and the balance of the allowances apar plied to oviding additional privezomst to make As an accompaniment to the present Treas, the complement of efficient -Chime\n\nMetik, Argan 91. a brief way of the several Embossies from\n\nwe are kidly ludebe\n\nhero sta arge in the Colenia) Arcanul of 475 for a utile. Wo run only allons he ungod the Asta de la Société Quientale,\" and \"Mailia, mgh for the sales and the moment of paire portons be endre duty, thonga keperant, dies quite Hire Générale de la Chine.\"\n\ntamen to somiai hau da poncinały suchu ale at tight be The First Embassy Dog Kawia to the cut after to ache wit of au nd-mane and wider\n\npaid service. Peling, was in 1656, and nd for its nisject to\n\nif the night wadetronom zoop to buze kazn establish freedom et romaneres between two very inuet extended Poly, and moperly reg sen Fomin lea The Emperor (Slam elf diverted died less secure by jd n which we burn that a Store in de gaten of the sewu wan endotel last night--\n\nthe 16th, having picked up and brought to Hong kong the remainder of the crew of the large Sarah Crisp, which vegal wok fire 999) was afte mards cupstadt in lab. 10.56 Ny lưng, 114 20 By in her passage from Meulachi to Hongkong, with This strened with pepeks of 40ing ants and vargu ♬ Teuk ümber. The master and then i thas the Barcsinus slichki be seated with Low; the glass basing Gut this tee rentiss\n\nwere Be days on the wreek, with scarcely and and hedgaard placed over dur use appro- broken glas of a window a spot the Bevera provisions, and only a very litate rain water.\n\ned in with livin Thirteen of their wi ber perished-Chine Milied wirever they went-attenti hich\n\nsqetulla vigouJS September 14.\n\nAnd fartier aids,—\n\nown\n\nJurica, ned etary of the soles opposite to the slapping, belongiora izbe Capens the receiving tops, we d. It was a meat fearfu! and destructive Taifong \"\n\nWang At night the loner cheya waka sad) and heavy, with a great carry Hying fast in At 9 P.A blowing fresh, the upper sustum, with heavy gusts having a tendency eastward; nypesete' Vib A 11, 20.29. 28. 26.00 envy guns, with much rain and locked lighting. At 4, bluing a gale, with heavy rain-\n\nThe gardens bare safired grsally, During Thaesday and Friday to Brile alumn was felt the Goveitor of Macao, wiw And xal ou iu tue murang accompanied by a party. of ladies and gentlemen, on a plenos ip t the Nine Jaluids, as he did not retor that night, great fes were entertained for his safety, which were considerably augmented when, atte the storm hal moderated next day, there was still no appearance of diy bacellency in the course ofthe evening, after every sumaisu bad been exhausted, the party was descried in the Tana Fur, and before sightful they Innded anfuy from a Chinese hat. It was then explained, having made this sitempt to ever for Niine fatit they had to give it up after one or two moke; bui the boas being crable to eat the Playa Grates by blowing very heavy: Syupesameter 28.LU proceeded Typa, and the party buton at the Arieving hanler. At 1 29.20. A 12 Fort, where the whole of that day and the next 3.86 wind of moderate, guate oven were spent. They suppose the marions of the has it have been observed; but whetherally or not, it was hoposible to luvu made Macao The following Barometrical observatione, male during the storia, duure been obligingly placed at our dispost\n\nentil Friday sitewioon.\n\nFull advise the Barometre at Negão devise the Tangler Fist Agment, 1848 (The Instrumen during fine sather range from 133.)\n\nWied M\n\n2.35\n\n30.40\n\n1st Sept. 1. A.S\n\n130\n\n2.70\n\nThe Wind wuddenly calmed and the rule stopped.\n\n..\n\nIt wind\n\nDar still\n\n\"\n\nPreus ombe WAR do\n\nno wid Bar beglas LO LÁSC\n\nizrini.er et\n\n4.2\n\nSt galt fra the agni and\n\n425\n\nFar.\n\nBar\n\nOxle Icing and mucis vain,\n\n0.00\n\n2.in\n\n8,00\n\n$50\n\nx\n\nAnd mate cra.W\n\nWind\n\nGale mateù.\n\n59\n\n96.00\n\n08\n\nA CEM-33 N-Woon, the Taitoong ennineneed nu\n\n... the wind blowing from the North. The\n\nkların senas be have been at its light about day-\n\nlight, when the barometer had led to\n\nDuring the interval the wind shifted, but we have:\n\nnot ablained very precise information on the poin\n\nwada E.N.E. at 7, wind chopped sound te\n\nShipping, dongh a great many China are were The storm dora pet seem to live injured time destroyed, and the annoyed list shown that the\n\nhop onts uffered considerably : --\n\nLORD PALMERSTON'S DESPATCH ON ME ALCOCK AND THE TSING-POO AFFAIR, ¦\n\nSom cariosity has saturally been felt regueding the views for blajesty's Government wean tuin af Mr Alene vaares in relation to the\n\nBish\n\npeal to them, by wlisan dey were to be necan! Regularly the\n\nMANUFACTURM AND SALE OF GUNPOWDER\n\nSome months go, (China Mail, No. 165,) we had upension to rall ́atibution to the danger to which Cho Hinges were exposed from the existenca u Gunpowder mactories in dwelling-konses t public doughfare, and have been in hope that the foots then pihiced would had to better enforcement of the existing law, which we een erived to be seiflcient to aneac uie avil and ti\n\nwould probably have been willingy dispeased with. As a preliminary to negotiatioon, ja ww required and the Fussian monarch should te acknowledged on the vassal of China, and the presents had sent accepted as telate. To these conditions the Russian Ambassador would not accede, and he was therrione compelled to return one without having recomplished my Tring-pon affair, at as the local Government bas, thing, except to find us the kanpaior of China tol thought fes untie any nanou vennent en the. i was regarded as the supreme ruter of all the bjers were glad to have it in car power stations of the world. Niculoff, who was the et andereal dat Lori Palmersking in Peking steel to the Entele Minion, sintes et incline to think so, along it tach otherwe conademtion all the circumstances of the Êuse\"\n\nit was not bear the Rusiasts to know appoured to our Legislative Come we have as lid veleve him, approves of the subsfactory Jedge Dir ozuvchi to be the vassal China, ¦ debuutis special Ordîmenes to be called for. D sorbentent faitair which, in tess able hauls, that they were not received, bat beeze they der its provisions Gangwader is no longer to he might have taveled the country in enviours dif- wonisl not submit to the ceremony of invostituré, ¦ manufactored within iso mdes of the town of fenities at wala dins his Lordship does fall which lever amounted to the same thing, as Vietoria, ner within half a mile of any publicad justice to the fitness and address with which that would is offers luss boon the acknowledge and tus person is to keep in store over Twú Me Alesek cried out his mesures, he gives\n\nment of vassalage or dependence.\n\nPounds, if dre same bë not juported frota no enphatic warning against the presend uscep tional rasa long regarded as a pendent; and takes occasions to enjoin nou v Alevel and alt sher Consula a atriz maternity to the regula¦ tions laid down for their guidanc in such mati\n\nAs we have all along expressed, and still cut- unin, Coplas vegassing the soundices of the policy AL CANTON, the gale commented about 10 eu du posted by Mr Alevel, under all the circum- and inversed in Vistence ti è nes mcg stances of the case we um the move ceny to when it was at its height. Judang by the hammer the decision of iler Majesty's Goren urter, which did not felt below 1.16, the storms, which, qualified though it be, het begaly does it seem to have imen su violenta a Hongifig to the Cousal hins it, and satisfactory Roug, facau, and Can-slag moon; throgh of to the an eiled in his views.\n\nWith ward to the daree wv.rand emplahunta, course in the crowded river there was a fifni\n\nDr Salle, C.\n\nDe Se mye, in the outside di tut, and otherwise bach damage, buying dritted from her mooringa. Di Lowers, Instander, and house merried away. Di kryes, drilled bee tasks up the river-Gamaged. Il not a Tales's, she shigde of the lauqunuðir evening di the horried Lady.\n\nMoczny Cars walkinget! moms whin saving autern of\n\nthe s\n\nfor an extinto of\n\nbut we are mislite told not, inking for granted they had not Juss of tc at her, some accomɔis stating seeded the jucevrild Andel, noverthekas re numbers who perished at hundreds and others qrices of the Court to impress pha, and Diss. de ferter witten en the uning of possil who make ecurions into the couple ne sürer:ful, a whole the bases atmost dranspection the Ter describes de sorme. rerer being covered with the wrecks of the fragile: Seeing the conquences which many Row from Hower-one and smak raft, gust numbers of gorance, mismanagement, or was of presence mind, is the event of getting involved in al ! whitel were dashed to picces by the large jaaks,\n\nwhich, after being funest frein their crings, offray at a distance from the consults--flow were driven Fariously long by die wind and side, eff. September 1. destroying evore thing dat same in their way.\n\nSeveral Chinese sal wells in espised status were blown down, and die ravages the ardre were considerable; but upon the I whale we consider Canton we net exposed to the strength of the ilong The tide overflowed the gurdim, but it was not so high as has been ch served in June Poods.\n\nf the beautiful private Cutters on the riven\n\nMACAO, AND ITS SOCUZZTV.\n\n\"DA MAC,\" a venerable friend, scavely moro velebrated as do Arish than for his son- versational power, terms due tols cits, has boot\n\nHugh, le ofer fastall partitimere, quite as many of his visitors are been pleasure-seekers as patients. But to both he prescribes with\n\nThe Spend Baubossy, under. Thondure Alesies ¦ Burg viez biolowin, arrived'st Peking in Läië, dering the vigs of the Fanperor Kangels, and bad sor da sele objeen the settleman of the Frontier us\n\nhas been ready mentione\n\nThis is limiting, not extending the law of Eng land, to which such an exception as the one above quoted is unknown, and might navor to have been ikuntaven here The Governor and Compil The Third Mintas, under labente tilta, ar cannot surely be aware that in the event els dive rived at Peking in November. 1893, after a accidenta) explosion, much more danger is 14 journey through\" Siberia and Tartary of eighteen he sporel rozled frina stocks of ingrated Gwapo. months. Theobieta of the Early were chiefly der heid by inbriidal Lauropods within deci egnanc veini, hot it does ant appear to have con premises, than from all the rest pat together nail saceful, atthough lebeauty, in his out of his thus the erection of a magazine the engulary Embassy, alleges that i was received with the reception of such socks is quite as unich edled ceremonial observed in Faron; and tips, lactonday a rostrictions in Chinest dealer of unpasiting his credentials upo Teie nu\n\nthe sain of Cheapgwder, however, is a d'fferent sely prepared, he placed them upon the Thurs, affair from its juannfectare 5 anal while the fortune fuck in the presence at the Papazior. fun, it i shod be subject to regalation: whjel. have been rempehulde that this convession on a pubist of proved to be efficiout at home and in other onde creamy annust have been the only advantage ties, dus katur me rougie, ought to have ben gained by the Aubondo\n\nentively praibited in Sin claid. For thoug The Fourth Embassy was that of Tanneuff in sibi pejnice to see uny Manel of honest in 1720, rendered famous, wat so much by its edustry eneralaged, the manukastaro of Gaga, Helens bet ne wader that cargory. Blig cessful tits, an by dia ndanivable seront of is given by John Bell of Autamm, the calcied as selgively by despernes, who attendat, and in das Jaune Lange, she Secay of the mission, who continued as c'e sident at Peking he nearly two youn, mit the clear at the lung and enlightened wign of Rasghi. The boy was that ' Windlielawitele, deepatolod in the fast year of the reign of the\n\nbe permitted to eres powder skif day could suffered to live- Trey come here neause hidhurts they sta Teen Interfere with, and their only must Jove on pinggir, f. test encourages thus fordel to such\n\nsacation\n\nit ngre than: csual request during this summer, Kaspress Catherine of Russia Alter arranging to rework to Hongkong has been even\n\nthe important renty of Klakin, tue Araneador dost expo, in luch for proceed to Peking, where he arrived a 1728, on useless Aves love one bor during the reigns of Yungeling of China and Indeed, Int for sub wings, j\n\nwould either lave Lego enforcod, w not one has to us ape, an the foll equal succus aforeing cool litoses ant pleasrat Peter 11. of Resia, Five grani saptansy, an\n\ndrives by the one, and picnics, escais en fact Mandarins with &maneens actingo made\n\non busine, and evening guities, for the easy 8 Porskega precelent promegalo\n\nPo many of these sufrentages, we need which has not keen since followed with Tires, or waverly say the community is indebted to the any other emetry Pent invernor, who has done nence for the\n\ning zomeration will shew:-\n\nat song-The thing and Dragon alterated, and\n\nCynha 15 pic\n\nAt My act sand, the Mrytower distanzzed,\n\nwid tying \"gh and dry the Na Tu Ajda\n\nJost.\n\nA Cupha-singe (moza- Tire Fille and Wizard illam na\n\n-\n\nLOSS OF THE GUNBOAT.\n\nNEATH OF JASPROTON SEPTHERS AND OTHELS.\n\ntruly\n\nThe extent of damage sustained was very as the morning of the Stat sits, the Unit\n\nand the following notes on the subject we gire with a minber of convalescent police on board der charge of Mr Smithers, the Juspoetoe, MAS\n\nnearly no sent to us --\n\nPs in\n\nDu several important respteis l'it's That now a not some ti The Sixth fanbasar was that of Ripolall, who i view or whieht at any rate onght o place in is adversity. Ihan ever did any rifle i obtained an audience, it is said, sulanising to view-unless indeed in Colonial predecessors 10 ils ont jalmy days of pusties pertueen the Katow, but wilhant offeesing the exercise of the extenordaang diserta\n\neununercial objects of his roission. The Seven sabagay was that of Golowkin in the dv The ever you of\n\nIn allting in the Brasty of Macas, the paluations, to calls balvined, glet to be specially mentiunt. Touto ata ai preseus, or were the early part of the ani, de the\n\nToner, Spankh Planetertiary, and a Fronti Fury, with Cursule me than we can read an e Dean he English Plenipostiary,min_lies a\n\nuse dister of the Feuvinte, sa American Cor\n\nDuring the night evarul vessels drifted and especcited for a craizo round the istamil, on this which is was exportal wou's bars whim how\n\ncame into collision. After midnight the receiving otarial Socommendation that the Bish\n\nTo will be obterved that chuse obstactone on the should have the best of a charge of suiche Liesonant Governus uf 31- p-wan, and sailed again with a light breeze\n\nileenses\" altoptike.\"\n\n\"sebeze\n\nin the ma\n\ncharitie\n\n-, the reizas the Emporero Alexciler, fran: the recriptines of persalis stungileen mission that had ever bun des plients For the ren pooried to Peking; but sinc\n\nof Busula nel saking of China. This w19 bo not Legalistet is to donor dues per\n\n赤\n\nsumbuking aswynesia of Tronne.ill ebjost je ks halding such stents passiesin\n\njudividual, which, scised at they give in\n\n1 In Chan, No. 188, S. 21, weekly in 199 Ten- Sha, the Fon of sitario? Man Ven sing, or Buup, and foun her of the rest synasty not act hisa only the world.\"\n\ncourse of the wind, da cut eailedly euincila theAtner of the saine day Ge uscitared at Shark- sudicions se form a Cangram, whom the athias of me praming the throne, pro kammed Taspirar.\n\nTabia given below\n\nCentor wenid jeubsidy bo prisely Discusand an al resin in any Capital et 11: Cot head of Furie\n\nupon perusal olservation, uni ühte wor\n\nfinal through the agency ten, m25 20-7\n\nIt is the is at Kochant, we\n\n· 1971, 1\n\ncards fure, is lonistkeen it plicare te doliches.\n\nin eating amoy of what ought und dụ kun silent to exist at all, and whien, wa shwarve, fo not intended to augment the rovare of the Colony-Chine Mof, September 7.\n\nCONVOY.\n\nExpetency jy is per\n\nOverland China Mail.\n\njust in from the falls of the rat preling that this general law for th wiale of tissement\n\nCina Proper is slightly modified in its total ap war how more nei cerk of such force, that day ¡iorura su i vestonelladry by all an is of whatrasver d plication, Me Mews illustrates this vi\n\negy mi ar se ruployment of conveyn, the legelg\n\nFATE OF 1. & M. RUSTOMJER & Che\n\nby wklition to the Brig Cursair, which was toll\n\nJ\n\n70\n\n::\n\nDIEN-UNION 50%, took al 24:43 werly at 56 and upwards un teu- Kaunas Krag-- imer's rws all out the heavy ring Eply, when prices docu materialy. To day rates o. Patirt\n\nHere 406, wild where acllers than balbers\n\nKXPORTS\n\nCeston Instruti Ciapunyih mom the sme[aprovement in the\n\nhis subjurt by ample references to a Ciness work for $100, the flowing Shares Volonging to the (wat deel is to allow twich of authority, titled The Provisional orkestate of D. & M. Rustomjee & Company were\n\nwestriery under, both faz suctions and Regulations of a Proviner of a disposed of by the nation today abel for low casetion ece which may in fa\n\nenglished so recently as 1848, by the chief- un\n\nFun Sannes sha Cufon. Inntrare tiompany of infracluf time owns and mastery flamebox, mathorities of that province. These extracts\n\n10 per cent premium and tre estos interester, LELS Kacolle love sug this throw ach light on the uusi interesting bench desene, which will be posted! as the mural places “\n\nof the say, which well deserves the rive -Chimes #au, September 7.\n\neversideration of states Gugland, who will\n\nworkable all fair the as of they now presed conferring tenant-right on the calvat, ame\n\nNa 130 le pon them by patriotic theoriska. tual remedy for the exits of Ireland costki he de- vel ban for one government to carry out the branch of their sales, which was to able ma to dent with wasto and neglected property in that\n\nTw\n\nhere fud a pin for rendaiting waste lands, al pail thurell\n\nANOTHER OU PRAGE COMMITTED BY A\n\nis offering some remarks upon the Convays of the Chinese juides, (Chion Mus!, No. 173, June 1,) we addvevd several instaneca of \"acts of prescimaudite Begality denounced in a recent Proclamation of Z de Plenipotenary, one of them referring to the master at a Porlangese lorelki, why wa presume, is also the hero of the following narra Live:-\n\n\"About the middle of July, (the 18th) an Italian, belonging to Macan, and Jean Baptison Balilo, tetas constituting into the highest mastup of the Paringaese force No. 30, explayed watch a despot cand inwow. Those to convos jauks between-cow-food made the greatest progress in Riversture, and scout-5, ut non allow it to be altivated and men were considered mnat slig ble for office, who\n\npo, appeared at the Purelor consulate vi ledge\n\nPURCHASED RANK IN CHINA. The Chinese Goverment, instead of promoting a privilege clasee of tukility to permanent rank In the site on arennat of Bluetions Ules, vol.\n\nexpected that individuals should toil for years\n\nàomplaint against the inhabitants of Kwen-toll, hy competition proved titis, it could not be aired in the same way on is done in ('am.\n\nin to try study of Chore liceatus, without property by reclatning uticalitate! But, in very\n\nTrouble.\n\nThere the low as to the aequsition of landed\n\nin the ontkowy de lintin Steam Facket\n\nC\n\n150\n\nTXA-site for tongue was exceedingly dul uncil arest of the Sunior, since wichtige zon. rection has taken place, and to shop ch 1ied as the above the current ratca of last one: This may be or\n\nt, comeined whth the boroflu despatch. The quits of pa estined left. I shout, 100, wo-thirds being Tichows DA Meaiad, the balan Kaira sd Singhs- dexiptons Quotations dr Tachish tear and Moning te 10 a 20 tele: flows 135; ha\n\nand Simbakes at 13 a 17 Of old Tetings taken at 12 Cuk; 14 or 5 semai Kavel un chens mettle at 2450 ls, Ib yai seld. Flowery Pekoe mkages add a 31 62\n\nChange Plus 18\n\nestad Teas sins of its passtee\n\n22 1\n\nir cominal; good to superfue at a 39: F owns Cuper, 2000 trazity boxes ady tacks, Plain Orange Pease and Caper, Su bar choes of the Serie America & I tela D' the later one chra 850 Le racy texes bas sen\n\n[ k sh bag to market whi\n\n14 cacle to or key, (71) Ning Yongs, V., the market pretty firm, though Rostams roths easier 12 have been sub ted to; and toned, there accros but lile Joues that the Tesation will coat lower prices: full supply it is thought will come forward. The quantity id this month 100 packages Ankel\n\n1213 acis in Yors and Kaleo teas 23 in for the rond Reversion of slegs 20\n\n10\n\n--China Mail, Beptoraker 21\n\nNEWS OF TE DAY. a village about swenty mais distant from Fon- (Chiefly from the Peking Gazais. } chow\n\nHe stated that on the Cay previous, bis forcha oking for sine rantation for their insan iborat. The calvatur pays nothing for it, and is ordered to give in a daily report th\n\nCANTON, By ew owlinance, every innkeeper the mraugy being anchored off the village, six of his Chinese\n\nWhilst this arrangement therebre en is even allowed to enjoy the profice of the set! for who lodge with him, specifying their empley and er went on shore to make parehases, taking sure to lend me employmen, in the publisters of years, before he is called u to entzia oder irticas. is regulation is pro- with Gora alone 10 or 12 dollars. Upon tour service, it kept alive as emulation to become\n\nbute to the revenue of the country i land tax, pusty enforend, it will greatly assist in driving ing payoent for what they bough, the villagers acquainted with the works of the ancients, there\n\nthe sanates as proprietors who have inherited away the vagabonds a rulliane from the pace. refused to take die dollura, alleging they did not pecorating cute principles, and supporting or purchased their lands. Those who have fee rabbers have tasty so funch increased, inat\n\nGeir systara as du malterable isis of society know their proper value. This gave occasion to\n\ncursions up antea river many have obsered the Prefect has called apn the intubilants to and upwards is rugam The lock of all kinds, The descevi. angry works, and a soulle onseed, get up, Baliclo well as of wininistration.\n\nmirers of marsh and on allevial banks in the ranize a system of self-protection. professed to believe, for the purpose of sing the meritoriyas hearins night however likewis\n\ncourse of being galed from the river-passages avilnes. His men had the worst of the tray, but share in the higher expoluments; while tho\n\n1c96 Sea, the new governor, has been raised five Bribordinate oiliers were fille by met wito head\n\nin the manner saertoned by these laws.\n\nBras and recorded three times, for having sent a two of them crespol and reported the cimum- Rent in Me and Youniaga wil and fellow. The next division of Mr Meadows paper patriotic contribution of 10.00 trucks to relieve stanede in their clamander telling him that their peut greater part of their lives in uflicial describes that tear by which the win,\" compsations were in imminent danger. Upon this, Altre high and intial situation, he prople, as distinguished in the marine of that wines.\n\nthe starring people of Ho-nas, he being native Balioto armed himgoit with a musket and beams? with how exceptions in favour of the Manschoos, and soldiers, hold the great bulk of the real pro- were awarded to use who had proved themselves pert contains in the eighteen prices of sued a very severe proclamation age: the while provincial judge of Kwang-tung to the stove, where, ou attempting to land, he was asle by the villagers with kuihoos, swurde,\n\nman of antiving dingence and folid sequiremen China Proper.\" This, At Meadows kas maradile estem of drowning turale auss, and and swach. I order so intimidate the crowd, be\n\nin librature. Suli was the theory-China w\n\nIt is very simple, the thened to visit the perpetrators of suen deals be ruled by scholars and savaA. sired over their heads, hat din fablog to produce\n\nFran this fundamental principle, a great devices sulely, of the payment of an anausia, modered a sun or grandson.\n\ndeaus caning chiefly, and is the studio pass with the atmost penalty of the law, ta if they had the desired effect, he tool: aim and fired a scom time, but cute not say whether or not the ahotiation is now made, thu consequences of which and of fees or alisaation; the latter being of Chung, the ngistrate, ins issued several pie mast sooner or lator clage the wile face of the course only payable when the property is first bitious against kidnapping and syliig children, kiled or woude any one. He however contriv\n\n\"Common Tenure.\"\n\nconsisting\n\nBuy\n\nonly transactions have been to Centon\n\ngisters of up wet, ht 200 15.2% ai Neb\n\nF of one sisell dip of the new Tanging bare ben HAWTc possa care, Tries about 200 bales, eldar Sig for os, and not frow I'm a bake, held a The prices of to have advanced in need of a parsint is in the cup-we jote No. 1, 2918:2, 2304; 3, 13:2\n\nSeo-See No 1. S down to 15 for o Caverjar Candy 69507935\n\nIn other Export cling toug EXQUANGE\n\nfl. Loxtos, utlening. A l'ew go\n\n2019 at 6 th\n\nsich have bags dizel of of 4/1 4/2.\n\nO Ia Compay sacepusil, 213 214. f.co, 21983. Stue, & per cent. FREIGHT.\n\nTo fato, ekipe abundant a £4 Ta PosIDAY, 20 cente per pic for dead weight\n\nFONGRONG. ORIENTAL BANK BATES OF EXCHANGE OR LAND, & mor thự sight 3,144\n\nÚALGUTT Rd Pharma S days sight 216\n\nપ્રા.\n\ny\n\nZHANGHAL MARKET.\n\net tu carape to his niche clong with his men, to entry, si produce radical location in the bined. Els from the local mandamas ro\n\nthe worst description llave trade. à regaine whom were Roverely wanted; and upon his Gevnument. For talent, money bas gradually garding this x are occasionally alfabed in\n\nteath of this kind is carried on to a great extent. been baituted, and aportan appointments This Mural under the head of Chinese Dar- arrival at Fou-buw, having no representative of his own country to apply to, he tartrated the fall to the bigest bidder; wealth is now more responden\n\npowerlini han birth and nesor listments, and British Culto take down his statement, in\n\nMr Meadows then proceeds to Alienation.\n\nKris-To prevent inroads in their country, order to meet any entry cue that might after- the custrine of the realm will beneforth be a being the dard and last of sin divisions of the Kircus duserted the whole aorth western warda be mule où, the part of the Chinese, plutary. The transition has been graded at Busjesz. It is, however, ut conectand is the trac: which borders spet Matcheria. The\n\nSucks Batiola's account of the atlair; but\n\nfirst randored absolutely necessary by the s\n\nChinese government appears aarious to meet writer's remarin on this point he wishes of the reclase people, by prohibiting present all of a drycription of the end of of the exchequer. Office were sold, fav lirought farther information gave a very different aspect\n\na rury kuge sum into the treasury: The reven both to its origin and to the part acted by himself.\n\nSale, of which a translation as well as facsimile is\n\nvagabonds from multivaning the land, se squatters failed, stone were disgond of for money to The Chinese Disicist blagistrate, having learned fill my the deficit; in case of an exigeasy, cucharist document giver by the seller, specifying bees on the barren wille, to cultivate the virgin on the frontiers Buder these the poor Shin-se given. Il consists of two parts; the fret, a mn- that he had been at the Comsalute, caine hærs to\n\npantry are comprehender, who leave their war, irodatiet, or starvation, the Guvertacus the causes of the sale, the nature of the property, wil of Kirs. They are however too explain that Balida and his red were sinne to blame, and therefore begged that he might be had rose to the sale of res; unier all and the terms of the ugreement; the second, and persevering to be replied by mere prohi- desained until tail investigation was nizde. The\n\nfinancial difficulties, this was the grand panaces. printed form attached to the other by the logissey enactments. There is auther ordinanc In the course of time the system has buen esta magisarate. It is this, with the official sela in wien forbids them to clear the wil na the Consol gave vie Magistato understand Cazzi lio\n\nblishing, a detailed list of regulations is a pressed on the two at gives legal validity a border Fast of Kirin and Le-awa-tong. The had no power tu da ho, as none of the parties ty Paated wors Buitish subjects; but he agreed to\n\nput forward, assigning to the Mandarins by pur the transaction. The two together,\" says Mr Jatter district, though the patrimony of the vding Send for Haltolo, who came and repeated his evner\n\nchase their proper position. The rules fil an teadowform the only Title Feed Tegally no lauteten dynasty, is now untirely in the possessi Patire Pekin Gazette, red if carried out to the scary of tus property careyed by the hat of Clingsu agriculturists. These Be injuctions will ary. Next day the Curse Magistrate reburned the Consulate, charged with a palis meusage\n\nlester, will undermine tin whole theory of Gea facite sourity against depute, the per-probably rogain and letter, as great masse goods are quoted at 7915 a 25- from his super love. w leg of Mc Jackson to i-\n\nvernment. The rh the cational examinations chaser usually demands fies the salter the end of string human being pour mainly into th shillarity; but dat gentleman could\n\nfor singling out talent tor da publie acyvize stil of Sale executer when the property was eca only repeat Must as British Causul lie was proclud-\n\nexist, and though men who have distinguished themselves are promoted even to this day, yswners frequently, these ne fe set of dende in into a garden. At the splitting of the Magistrate, ha vever, he consented to take down the evidence enflected by\n\nas oficial, which vets to this eff\n\nalloy is the most powerful lever a lift them and winoul it die most perfert scholar way never\n\nTrain clerkship.\n\nIt is not exactly a new mode, having been o\n\nall had resurse win gases of ergency; be in so farmer period of Chiuess history was it\n\nAz ailway took place at a village cubed. Kwon- Ton, which is situated arear the sater's edge, and beg oly a sides distance from the opŕuni ships, is lequently visited by their evos Buzopositaet ever reduced to so complete a system: as at the are therefore conman visitors, and the pressure prosent day, Any hedy may purchase in the pened no selvation or unfriendly feciagnitaries, sud the mat inworthy strive for the was unlikely, therefore, thing the viitagern would, gliest distretiens Men of scobity have e\n\nmustrated against such prcecodinga, asachvers ve withnet, offer helt stilo resis of all gust dreymeal, and introducing\n\nthus often collected in the bands of the existing propriewe.\"\n\napite of the government, soon change the dai\n\n(September 6, 1648) INYOHTS BAS STINGS- the let alinan the Asian have coon about 30.900 ! OLO im.\n\n25,000 piss Frith Their presun salud 20.500\n\n28705\n\nfo 67 catly Grays, and 22905 be good ident\n\nWhite.\n\nA xvs-- Of Datinge 9,000! prears of sũ yửa, goods as a sold this man se 1995, 2b. hase were sold, 2018 153 easy Sheet picers still fee light gouds, vod 250 2520 for the heavy . The demand fully suplied for the present.\n\nCoron Yaxs-Has been Rold lately to some extent, it being used with Silk for manufaccúm of a\n\n3ve us Nos. 184 SI Ave Lezght falvi tor\n\nIn limite demand at NA Ord. Salz of abrip Enriel nor reported vi our quotation.\n\nSeaman Syatees -The sales cons to 9300 pieses 18:05 to 1975 pood.\n\n470 piecsa sold at 205.30, which is then pre- METALAI-Notes, dut at 350. Lek-$10\n\nPIRACY. We tend a long memorial from the It is pretty well known here that Chinese in ans, are in the hair of depositing the Tite which he represcuts the meritorious effort of embarrased circumstances, or who want to raian Governor-Gearral of Fahon nad Che-keaug, in Deers of their real property as security for money, several naval heroes for the suppression of piracy foreigners being sindira the depositarian the cost of the latter province. Judging froun Motulows's papce, therefora, especially wish the tone of the paper, he wishes in encourage adition of the facsimiles, presses some stiers to similar exploits. There is little drakt practical value for the meantile members of thie hat the Englian cruizers have a great share in these trips, for which the Celestials receive | all the credit.\" In reading stel, a representation, Man mauso drwy from it for the Wassiles at refer to the rare the world imagin that zones is done to put a Custom is worte. 250, actions. No snad diffieslty wns experienced in stap to the evil whilst it is in realty word tan geting the excented, and so many of the best, and increasing to a lenchalantent. Tie von\n\nsentences will soon be seen, in the total ruin of Bok-entres in the City refused the employment,\n\nBad ise kui experiencel Met the fact and rapacity: you thob vesis dipity; althougù, we conez:52, men more\n\nbenra\n\nSOCIETY\n\nMR. VELOTUS'S JAFAR ON LAND TENUDE IN CHINA.\n\nwas, that the seamen of tim kural, instead of pur midst the general scramble for purchased erui- closing proviskonts had gone to honso of li! Br, in there created a law, which the pale the true 1vors of their comry for with\n\nThe result ca only be detrimental, onl ¿ttempted to quent, and would have succeeded, And the master the torch, acengal by lengken to the future.-Chian Heil, Sept.\n\ntwo or three orige armed Eispeans, not il-\n\nnarut. The villages were abarmen as their, CHINA BRANCH OF THE ROYAL ASIATIC eprengaver, amk avapted to pet them of Pos instead of retreading and sing the seamen Tartine Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society with them, which ting til det easily bare doue, ha med i Transcretions for the first year good deal employed by foreigners, had the pacerse Cinese bave recently adopted measures fur they feed they maskets in the air. This valy casperated the people, who attempted to beat off! the mailusta, while Baiolo, having reloaded, kim and fired offence think anse, by which one was kiki mul noster desperately wearebod. The party then went on heard their tored\n\nHaving stated these efremstances as the result adus inuigations, the Chinese Magistro wea deeirona cart the offenders should, i' possibla, be take to Macro in a British versel of War; bib AS\n\npicts sold; present quotation ea 6810, T- thecanner 213: Straits 188.\n\nSex Wales of 1000 picats. Straight sticka at work). per pul\n\n542966 AD-th Fes Island good 75; ordinary 15* és por ticut.\n\n23s; Vanila AASIA & 4005 for common to bat\n\nPeren-Salas of Mac. at 5649 per piel.\n\nZebe 247, and Trai\n\nOrux-Tiere has been a large busines? one during the past onlb. l, watol was as low at 7-2g, Ta ray to 770 and 7909, at which it\n\nmated sterd;. Paina has bion feels\n\ntitle\n\npast week has bought a decline and $5196 i now the art pica The aport Yau been a chests of all kinds, and the clearances rather more than Es; to ha÷the stocks are reduced sororwhat mou fast munih's stali\n\nEXPORTS. TEAR-About 2 elops of Conzon have been settled 5 19.25\n\n19 al fur the best of 102 The Tay for isown, and 10 x 13 19 aumptious,; bu 6000re wastly o\n\nthat is was hard that ude of executing them the wide varias convience; even now nas nge- half of the junks that formerly navigated the must be abandoned; but at lengli one an un- tortor the work for 2 large price. At the end coat, are to be seen, and even these carry only of a week, however, he als reined the peers, cheap and bully articles, the loss of vassche by blocks. Ultimately an outside man, who is a Raying that he dared not the say money cat the ends of the baniers being so very gmat. that no valuable cargoes can run the gundet.\n\nand although the volume is not a very bully one, jint into his hands, and weld what he was 20, the suppression of pincy, but without foreign aid the contents say of au interesting nature, affords without asking in whether he was willing or\n\nthen sus tay be donated). valuable information on subjects raportens in\n\nSa-pong-tuan, the daging pirate from Chek ehu, not. He was penbably more under the feas of themselves, and duct which He is known offending a gondenser than of being dete^keů who took possession of several forts on the exEL among foreigners. For the sake of those who by his own country; int though he did ex- near Toupas, with all the guns in thena, F: are not members of the Society, we subjoin a sure this cutting, he would not print off the delics the local government. The natives Lave Table of Cuteuts\n\nengine, or even sund hone the block, wach row been prointed from fersishing him will PRELIMINARY ADDRESS: by the Iridaat, SAB\n\nsupplies, in order to starve him into submission. wero got only by being sent for. Jalan Pearen Day. Barnet, F.R.S. THERE AND A\n\nNo autopt was he got stamps executed He will however with his wild camarades try MARK ON THE BENUISITION, COMMON-in imitation of the erals, of which unpress likely help himself, and make an obsinat resize the uning kas yat budu doar preter to H. 11. Consulate, Canton.\n\ni market\n\nbent 00 pachugus Crter, Traverted, mostly Teping and enter sherbet 2 48 65 cars for fine Grunder, 26ncials and 9-1 for\n\nmarket at been maite for the 2 superial Young Hysany of the Twsday kind: 24628 tacks for fair Single Gaupowders For the Angri\n\nin\n\nይ) .ii\n\nThis could not be done, le paposed to convey the 13 C, 15 PROPERTY, appear on the avigno! Deed-Ford, where it kiss snes, unless bought over. He is well kran. A RAW St.-So 10 contrusts are reported. Abent\n\nprincipata by chair overland. Upon meewashiuya- lu No over, it was thoughts et excitement night | rinna íe eroded ating to route which would expose the prisoners danger, and he was there- Fere wing allow them to proceed to Maeso in tanie own Toren, the Chinees placing a guard on Boord. An alternative was suggested, ad peristips! the most satisfactory arrangement under the cir ethnames, thak Mainio, ni beu of other procecil- ings adust hun, should be called agon to unke some provision for the family of the man he had killed\n\nOn the 15 the Magistrale returned, and re- ported that the higher anthorities were dispose:l to deal leniently, but in Bue present size of oxcite mont, puemniary compenastion was out of the question. But if Haliole would agree to go over- 11, he alwall be esrayed under safe candnet, and not weabed as a criminal and be prosecdeá in has own vessel, it would be proper at an officcy and attendants shool Lavonny lim. The f gistrate als required she of thể thi tese crew in Le sont un glure, in order to compare his cvilince with that of the villagers.\n\nnesaswa, Bag., Interi\n\nOn the Acquisition of itgal Prunerty-Rognitions For the Cultivrition of Alla stat Tevaloids the fold vation of Werte Govciment lands: Da Commun Teen: Q ARenation -Deed of Sale- Pord-od. A MIORT ACCOUFT OF A VISIT TO THE HOT PGINGH OF YONG MAR; by J. C, Bawang, Esq.\n\nAnalysis of the Water.\n\nA TREATISE ON THE GONEAR SYSTEM OF ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOOY by W. A. Han\n\nPart), Anator-Part 2, Physiology.\n\n.D.\n\nNOTRE ON THE TSIRN, OR GOPPER CASH OF THE CHINESE: SC. B. Housa. Ten, Chef Magis- Trade of Hongkong.\n\nLe minst ForgNTS\n\nON THE MINEN OF THE ORINESE PAPIRE: the the AA GUT, Churae try to\n\ndocere\n\nierendene!: China Proper-Go Minas River Ninesfran Maos Copper Mine-nick- silver and above Clanahar Min\n\nOF PROCEFHINOS\n\nAng Amicie Socrity of Chinn-Office-bearen\n\nfor 847-fur 1848.\n\nREPORT OF THE COUNOH\n\nAPPENDIX.\n\nthe counterpart; and it would certainly save waters as a desperate vagabond. been unsuccessful, as persona farging such scala are punishable by dongation, immediately upon receiving the confirmation of the sentence by the | Criminal Board, which must be specially applied! for. It would therefore be highly biamentie to\n\nCANTON MARSET. (September 27, 1848) IMPORTS. Dorotðar sket eligws au adarce in the voice | of siis article,\n\nbuy cause! by ans\n\nan increased demand for Foreign\n\navo nave, to parade any as a little, it seemed of the pactal fellure of the active in work of this description. In enitting the\n\nDan during tuvath have boos,—2,400\n\nusing are, there was nothing striedy illegal, bulion Monday, and a 7 0 for old, and to 4 8.3 for new\n\n1,000 barus Bëngui, al 8.2 u R1 for all. 8si a 0.3 for new hut time toumaction if detector big involve and 2,400 Faders, 615385 for old, nu 973 an in serious difficulty. I would look suple now. Tho g is our osnal monthly statement ~ ¦ efoun, and the cirenmatter of the employer being a foreigner would not probably un iegarded my excurs. --China Mau, September 14.\n\nUNITED STATES CONSUL\n\nJ. N. A. Gaworu, Esq., has been appointed Consul for the United States at Shanghoë, in the room of Caleb Lyam of lyonsdni, hug, resigned, --China Mall, September 21.\n\nSustains for Perure Disoussion: List of Members MATTER EXTRACTED BY THE LEADING LONDON JOURNALS FROM NEWSPA PURS IN THE EAST,\n\nthe Society in 1817.\n\nThe panor by Mr Meadows which stands at\n\nFORD\n\nNesty 2015 September\n\nkey limg\n\nSk\n\nBetul,\n\nRocha. Bulc, 7,4\n\nMadras,\n\nរូ6,-i ឬ\n\n44.8 €3,77\n\n7,6\n\n2.0INI\n\n1,376 2,\n\nAmerican, u nea Shanghas,,\n\n2,370\n\n2,\n\n100\n\n모유\n\nTO\n\n..-.-\n\n----.\n\nWitch in the interior go forward per e\n\nAunts of a short orop are cârra. ed, and escalinae firm in their demands to high prices\n\nEXCHANGE.\n\nOn ESGANG, nominal «4 42 10 4/5.\n\nFREIGHTS.\n\nTo Exalu, nominal at 4/16. bips would ined full cargo gladly at less\n\n•\n\nFrem our MANILA Correspondent. September 17, 1818.;\n\nIMPORT\n\nAt this season of the year tas market is commonly in 40 377 a raty dull stato, but as present it is more than mua!} Ew the cavy stocian care costiarily re 5,167 ceirley didous. The Yuencia Tom Singapore 175 Line of British gods, and the Concurd and St Pavaro the United States have the into ste markyta lieagy lot of 16 pics AUSKICAN BROW SI 400 ps of Darte, part of which have ben sokk ut $94 in 10 yds of the frier, and $2 for 2 yils of the liter; and a father recessio 13 expected per Propratt9. Hair 2 CECTUS --\n\n555 1,181\n\nTotal Bale, 1,438 2020 57.619 77,437 69,113 Sport kan verehressa in blog ofte by improvers don In the math he is elit, he Time Then the digkeiten Sah on the now, s, ir lie il trejur , del pike Stel ja mina inanajer 2 Pack itu saya, sahil nani kawęd |___Bose Chopra--In Betle desand at ageren:ed mates. for Tely, vix-16,600 plecus Grere at fur emang, 2.30 Tio vady salon which have been made were excite\n\nre 25-10); 02. a Oik weight.1g7 catii. 230 20: and 75%, 975028 lindres hice have bood dioned of at 915 3855 for con, 250 2970 for\n\nsales are reported of\n\nsome 200 pu» z+§3a $35. axording to youli'yi tor\n\nstar respos the inpert arket is dull, and the sy cecite of ajnost every article of consequenc\n\nEXPORTS\n\nSome port and perchases have hech made of Current Wayne at 53 aid at $35, deliverable within a short time, and the dealyts, in condequeue ef these car suctions, diansol to halit out for\n\nwho are asking\n\nall\n\nATE i was on nnivated by the Coosal to the nester of puncher lovela, No. 13, who came to the\n\nthe head of the Bat is a masterly mac, written 1s turning over some old numbers of the Bombay 661 and R 280 for 7 day for intelligence, and to state that his friend with great precision of myle and chee adherence Saliole had determined to posed to Maces to the street, the nority of which is wis mate has reference to a portion of 1845, bus what par- and aaolib in Ali to 27.063 paces, at 28 a 250) kr 20 in Jantalons There is a nud\n\nAMMAN DosThe sales at Strille during the muath Times, we came upon the following Table, while | having already lifted his chor and dropped down\n\nhave been chify to speculators, sist at reddoud cas, beinn the Chinese slipping. He declined to sedemies meal facts or elstituting me writing for\n\nthe occasion for building ignory theorica on tin dues not appear: we presume the second yards, and Ste 8 for 40 yards ads. Jeans in deal of Zeb stored by the hoitors, wh in of be wrew on shôn, thas hicing meressary, So, through his end of No. 18, he admitted the account of what occurred as given by the villagers to be the correst one, Balíolo profossing to have been fortarly misle by us men, whic\n\nder to adnit their having originatel tie bmw! to explain ia cause addo that the fact of having been accompanied by other foreigners when he wont ca love, we quite true. Hugh he paser entire, instead of setveting extracts,\" Do future occasion we shall rotund to the Trimes died to ten it in Instant to the tone, which contaio, jesides a peer on the Cons?\n\nquarter. Fet however that my be, the Table is exacu-10 pieces sold a 24 Sheraz no. 92, and me purchases have been made for the gland shows the fuss Mail to have even then kedator Ya Phu sales of English have been 1,500 beets 4293 per post; but the demand for\n\nthing doinu-prices nominal ut 2875.\n\nat $1- and titereabouts Pampanga ustayed haw fourth aring thirteen Oriental Papers published holes-N 10 24, 25869308.30 24 a 53, 3154 Aussaat stack at present, and my voels loading fac\n\nand 2389 h 348 Prosent etiel: 214 bales. 1583 gameICT.\n\nsubstantial informou, after a fashion to com- mon with contributors to leaned Sueleties. In the hands of a more dxcursiva writer the matter of the present Esny would probably have van tiscale to the reader. spne out to twice the extent, withag! being so s\n\nAnether advantage of\n\nthis condensation is that it alles us to give the\n\n1 baca of 13lan Toy My Gutelaff, nahor on a sud\n\nOf course the authorities Have heard nothing jeet still lesa hiwe, by Dr Hesland, Chisere ince of Balin, who is not at all likely bentory and Phyridongy, which deserves more his purse to lacan, where the Governor of that Province would doubtless take the opportunity\n\nChua euch a cursory notice as we coull now give it clear up the ocenities of the Probation Medines prices to dab of the Acquisiting of After intercinetory crvation Me pomulgated in the Buiesim do Governo, about retine sa sinar waning was kained by the British Penitentiary. Gdy stray anherz\n\nin India, China, and the Straits.\n\nProportion of Mulder extreeter tos: forces\n\n·291530: 98 n\n\nagain bal at the slave Salsa rebutted of avern: thousand pieuse at $56 factiu leur than . A quantity is d by the agent of the Proridin wines, whie cold sobald he bought at tia fast gantalin, although half\n\nreal atov: iced.\n\nTIG: last year. 500 les Amerings Ware sold in the mara of bugs the monais at 278 21350 for No. 15 25. WOODLES% little macul-2000 CDs States STRIFE have been told als\n\nIhre 16-20\n\nNarning Wipers in the west of the Judía, la volează, (Auvny a portion of 1849.)\n\n(Fam \"De Benley Tim, Dersler 13, 1917.)\n\nReal Property in Chine?\" and apon this point Bombay Times. states, that \"real property can at pressul only bo\n\nTelegraph & Courlo\",\n\nCalzata Englishman. Bungal (erkara-\n\n*\n\n5\n\n161\n\n210\n\nCaldarts Star,...\n\nf\n\n201\n\n+\n\n39\n\nKornelion Adverker\n\n고금\n\n11\n\nPolestar reis us, and the one coursising acquiend in three ways: first, be cultivation of deteran's Garaute. e last we ever saw, but the following which is include the acquisiti at uredeene\n\nundecuplet land; Borondly, by peclan in Pelli Ovetto... cantation appeared some tee sgu in the long kong Register :--\n\nhaving ge in the age of groeihener the Durer of the Province that in the service with at tantras fion this plats are ongesel, of co- jader in vessels traslug to the porta the thing, for the past of delending in Pro. die wurks of g\n\nChina Mail.\n\nmortgagel property); and thirdly, by her Madras Atheneum, tance. Leaving the sued and third \"modes of ! acquisition to be trwalod of separately, under the bead of * Alienation,\" he proceeds to give soul of Chien,\n\nHongkong Register, hatance of the general law of China (extracto from various edes published under Imperial Barton Times...\n\nwhich are not actionlead he lay, and Pales have givet e.\n\nfpirates, cords have bras exited authority), m Aequisition by Culfiration. After\n\n* In Chian Kril, No 197. Sept. 14, wer'sly invite.\n\n! China Mail, September 7.\n\nA 5 -- 90 per plaerd at 1850 a 2800. Im Knave deed. We queurial 08701 SP, A390 ta ya The salos Save beat 1930 Pea, of the farmest, and Yana a latur\n\n\"Nasking driers nominal 4 205\n\nTA, and 225 209 far week. Its gada log.\n\nBOBALPVEU06 13535.\n\nALEPAT TROY Xatrod and Jiren 45203 N§; Bar, 3830 m\n\nas wort 78 TIX AT-88850 AR-5.\n\nGemasan.de ius a Kp. Ciarhed 1255 a 15§. CORRAL Large alankuminal at 1663 3 Java, Hd 170 for 3 aniran\n\nBain\n\nmal 9,000 plead at 2420 5 HATTAN--Saosing-imports beavy petendo! In Log-fanjarawing 38 - 3950; Stratis 2930 u 3520:\n\nTater %%n@.”\n\npics have been sold at 10 a 3550 Jo is sxluble.\n\nPercur§51) er. 85.\n\nCurcu-24 a 550\"\n\nSANDAL Wonoce have boon heavy riports, but\n\nSAWAY WOO-Good straight wood has born lakes at $5 per perl, but fur lately. nat.\n\nnta $15 le askot. There Jvc bc reosive.i fron, in Pravdary ¿e le les active it was",
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        "title": "CO129-056 - Sir Bowring - 1856 [6]",
        "content_text": "SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.\n\nThe Hongkong Register.\n\nFLAS & AR\n\nLATE NAVS\n\n4 st Sp.\n\nHongkong (Mar. 25)\n\nMacau\n\nWhang\n\n25 Concis\n\nFROM TO CAPTAIN\n\nARRIVED,\n\nSAYLKU CAHLO\n\nMar, 22\n\nMartice\n\n10p¡ Welsit Formnes\n\n¡Mantl bgi Sarria 35 Tubal Cais B. Le 147 Sloggett\n\ng. 4Dencher\n\n25 Sarah Armitage Brit. sc. 185 Wooden\n\nTim and 208Kie\n\n23. LackroaND [ g. 400 Stereking\n\nH. 202 Broken\n\nSp. al. Caldin\n\nE of landwicke Brit\n\n26 Mathilde\n\n26 Scrutina\n\n27 Nankin\n\nri, se 8.\n\nSemut\n\n28 Leopard\n\nBrit. ek.\n\n206 Richards\n\n28 Ragla\n\nra\n\n25 Vanuetrop\n\nZai Lootse\n\n27\n\n291ADIN Suenam\n\n30 Fiery Cross\n\n30 June\n\n30 Rochapter\n\n30 Lanek\n\n30 Encounter\n\nBrit. Mr. 1832jCaldwell\n\ncmus\n\nShangbai\n\nArany\n\nMar. 15 Rico\n\nMar. 120eneral\n\nM 20 Rice Niakpo Man 143mdeles Caletta Jan. 30 Rice, 8cc. Nugpo Bar Sandria Bluniis\n\nSingapore\n\nRico\n\nBio 11\n\nMar. 16 Rico\n\nCONSIGN BEN\n\nRobert S. Walker J. sierre Williama, A. Ch Jardine. M. and Co Jobu Bu and Co John Bard and Co W. Pozlan and Co Turner and Co Orler\n\nLiverpool Der. 288ondries, Wise and Co. Christ\n\nDan. Uk, 291 Simes. Siugpo\n\nBan.sch. 149Kess\n\nVingpa\n\nHam, k, 216 Christiansen Nigo Brit. bk.! 472 Amirew\n\nBeit. stri 444 Watte\n\nHaro. 288 Joyan Jam,bk. 199 Bradshaw Brit. g. 265 Crocket ET M.S\n\n30 Queen Margarnt Belo, bk, 524 Spmano\n\n36 Madra\n\n30 Berwickshire\n\nso Tiger\n\n30 Courser\n\n27 Yocana\n\n27 Safelito\n\n¡Brat. str. 1250 Down\n\n118!!\n\nBelt. g. 142 Wohnenn\n\nBril. bk. 225 Day\n\nSiam\n\nMar. 15 Suuddeles Mar. 16 General De: 31Sundries Caleutia N160pium S.Francisco Zel Baftast Calestra an. 29Cotton Shanghuse Mer, sisilk Caletta\n\nM\n\nNingpo Ma 19 Rico Barabay,&\n\nShangae Nr. 24undries\n\nBombay\n\nIsitmssen and Co\n\nJohn Burd and Co jim. Eustan and Co John Burd and Co A. Head and Co Jardine, E. sai Co Wm. Pusau and Co\n\nxder\n\nJardine, M. and C5\n\nJardins, M. and Co\n\nSECT\n\nErition\n\nMariner's Hope, brig Hencius, sligi Mix, brig\n\nPrinces, ship\n\nRoyal Jaly, barque Sex Witeb, barque Star of the Hast, ship Terror, becqno Unicorn, steamer Water Witch. barqua\n\nPortuguese Clara, beig Laba barga Emigreto, ship Ensaio Make, barg, Sophis, arque Syenu, barne Tremeiga. barque\n\nFranch Joaquim, atı\n\nAmps Buckan, ship Benjamin Blorgan, ship Black Warrior, ship Golden West, silip\n\nP. & 0.8. N. Co.ussar, shrp Order\n\nWilliams, A. and Oo\n\nGibb, J. and Co\n\nBonnay\n\n24 Cotton\n\nDe Cation\n\n3. 20 Rice\n\nM16 Bice\n\nCotton Rive\n\nTail and Co\n\nSp. g. Pempreco Sual\n\nSp. ch. 89Govorda ¡Manila\n\n360 Mackozaic Caleutia\n\n41\n\n25 ('earl\n\nApar\n\nDarie\n\n15\n\nb\n\n4. Gscreta\n\n¡¡, Guita\n\nBrandan raul Co\n\n¡Msaila\n\nSAILED.\n\nFun\n\nDat%\n\nNAMA\n\nFLAG &\n\nCAPTAIN\n\nFor\n\nCARGO\n\nCONSIGNEES\n\n10\n\nSchaefer and C's\n\nHongkong Mar. 254 Jacoba Coruchia\n\n25 Banxhoo\n\n25 Marra\n\nJJ\n\nH\n\narty Hayes\n\n26 Kuterne\n\n20, Faust\n\n26 Amistad\n\n2 netinu\n\n27ly M. Wood\n\n27 Mor\n\nDut. bk.\n\n492 Rosenboom Be hk. $35, Vincent Rria. arh. 139 Dokon Brisk 284 Walliamson Dot. bk. 403 Kuipers\n\nlau.sc 143 Subberg\n\nbg. 205 Domingues\n\nDut. bk. a Lewis\n\nBrit. 3. 655 Callesk Brit. g. 179\n\n27 Waldemar Dan. k. 261chmidt\n\nCanton Packet m bk. Berden\n\nDu bk 607 Weber\n\n271 rouw Johanna hk. 520 urriaanse\n\n26 Argo\n\n28 St. Helena\n\n28-Juno\n\n29 Aar\n\nzy rota\n\n30 City of Sydney\n\nWasimpo tel. 7\n\nMar. 22Chia Chin\n\n231.4 Houriah Jari. Confucius Feb. 22Santa Lucia\n\nSwator Aməy\n\nHELL\n\n40ces Queen\n\nJ\n\nShangli\n\n7azy! Carim\n\nHope\n\namict\n\nDutch Testarkenburg\n\nDat k 441 Klant Bril. Nr. 210 Welsh\n\nBrit. g. 203 Taloy\n\nBrit. bg. Idenersu\n\ne:100 McCaus\n\nBrit. k. 310 Cairns\n\nBM. bk, 536 Uklejama\n\nBeit. b. 175 Peny\n\np. 335 Arrigoitia\n\nsi. sh. 500 Coniers\n\nBrit. E\n\nBrit. al 10 Dewar\n\nBrit. bl. 42% Young 15. Marquard Brit. eh. 209(Calling\n\n15 Singapore Bets 74May 12Aug. Melino ¡Bro. 5k. 306Luebko\n\nLinde Jucaries Edel Coari Sundries 3. Stations\n\nSundries\n\nPart Philip Sundries Adelaide\n\nاهان را این بردار\n\nSundries Sundries\n\nMaula Sand:ins Amay Sundries Calcutta Sundries Stangliae Suudries\n\nShangha\n\njoxotk\n\nSundries\n\nBallant\n\nBandries\n\nSundries\n\nAinoy\n\niSundries\n\nEast Coast\n\n¡Sundries\n\nAdolside\n\nFat Cowet\n\nWalparden\n\nSundries\n\nThas\n\nAustralla\n\nNew York\n\nSundries\n\nHan org\n\nSingapore\n\nFuntries\n\nSundries\n\nJurdina, M. and On\n\nHardin, M. and Co 'G. Daddell\n\nSheaffer and Co\n\nWm. Pasta Gd Co\n\nW. M. Robinet and Co\n\nF. Edger\n\nP. & 0, S. N C\n\nJohn Bord and So\n\n¡Dryer and Co\n\nOrder\n\n¡Y. J. Murrow\n\nOrlan\n\nik S. Walker ¡Y, J. Murrow\n\nt. Walker\n\nA. Berenbari\n\nJardinc, M. and Co.\n\nNye Brothers and Co\n\nP. F. Cama au Co\n\nDreyer and Co\n\nnlries Order\n\nSonides. F. Syme and Co\n\nSundries\n\nManila\n\nSa\n\nSingapore\n\nSundriss\n\nSantries\n\nSingapore\n\nandries\n\nMontal\n\nTaga\n\nMERCHANT VESSELS.\n\nSusp\n\nAn\n\nDuto of Arrival\n\nTONS MARTENS\n\nFeb. 57Ball\n\nFea\n\nP. O. Sync and Co\n\nTait and Co\n\nF. D. Syme and Co\n\nandersion and Co\n\nSanderthau and Co Mait and Ca Wm. Pusiau and Co\n\nJamestown, ship\n\nKit Carson, elig\n\nLucknow, ship\n\nSarah Warren, barque\n\nSirovcu, chip\n\nBray Hound, ship\n\nStarr King, ship\n\nTatar, ehin\n\nTuakina, ship\n\nArgonaut, ship\n\nBayard, barque\n\nBarrida Brothers, ship\n\nLuniest, ship\n\nHound, ship\n\nJames Marshall, brig\n\nLemisiana, kargus\n\nMaria, arque Metro, Larque Mic scener\n\nPenguin, weloener\n\nSes Nymph, berquo\n\nFiorid, ship\n\nMERCHANT VESSELS. -Contiennent.\n\n[No. 14-APRIL 1, 1855.\n\nShanghae Feb. 10 280gers\n\nDate ut\n\nAT\n\nAriva MARELAS\n\nCONSIGNEXY\n\nUJESTINATION\n\nIntended Dumpat-ly\n\nJA. Connolly\n\nSwatow\n\nFarly\n\nShaw, Blant and Uu\n\nJader\n\nLiverpool\n\nEarly\n\nLoudon\n\nEarly\n\nSwatow\n\nEwatow\n\nFly\n\n!London\n\nEarly\n\nEyduey\n\nFor Sute\n\n2\n\nFeb. 10 310 Quirk Mar. 178 Cav\n\nMu, 19 154 Trocar FU, 21 464 3hrewbery POL, 2400 Peutruath Web. 81291 Christian Fol. 26 377 M Far. 10 786 Brown Feb. 28 263 Lewis\n\nHongkong Feb. 22 294\n\nFeb 8 520Ch Macao far. 703 Guterres\n\nMacao Fou. 11 277 Luz Mar 240, L-z\n\nDunt, Beale and Co Rasselt und Co\n\nJames Bowman and o G, Livingston and Co Bella Co\n\nDent, Bible and Co\n\nBrawlao aul Co\n\nJames Stephensca J.V. Jarge\n\nA. A, de Mello and Co\n\nadoro d'Almeida\n\nJayah. Still and Cu\n\n4.\n\nGlan 18 2721) Agalia\n\n376 Marve\n\nL. Harones\n\nWhampoa Mar.\n\n606 Delhomme Wm. Fusta and Co\n\nlongkong Feb. 17 530Smith\n\nMar 30, 468 Killing atar. 151900Murphy Mus500Tatusan Mar. 6 720 Wingar Fel, 14113 Canjage Bet. 111,20 Cowell\n\nMax 89 Paner\n\nMer 11 340 Gore\n\nMar 7570 Mix\n\nSept. 842Jones\n\nWhaipos de 25 175 ale\n\n+\n\nAmoy\n\nGeneral Piern, ech.\n\nSnute\n\nWaverley, ag\n\nWar flawk, ship\n\nCautan, ship\n\nScience, Lonyes\n\nAntelope, satorer\n\nAriel, ship\n\nfebn Wade, ship.\n\nWilmington, honner\n\nCarlow, brig\n\nMoury, bagre\n\nN. B. Palmer, ship\n\nDutch\n\nAlbaneerwaard, barque Boilers, chip\n\nCristina, barque\n\n3. Elizabeth, barque\n\nJan Hendrik, barque\n\nMar. 13 180 Peete\n\nFab.\n\nlan.\n\n1100 rewater\n\nStar. € 713 Stevens\n\nKussell and Co Order\n\nRussell and Co Rose Go Russell and Ca Russell and Co Jane Steplu rson\n\nAdel&Philtill\n\nSingapore\n\nSingapore\n\nInd.\n\nWheming\n\nPeight ur Char!\n\nSan Francisco April 10\n\nAdel. & Mel. Tad,\n\nSan Francisco April 17\n\nSan Francisco\n\nCaly\n\nAugustine ford and Co Wi Win. tusla and Co\n\nWhens, Anthou and Coban Francisco! Wilms, Anthon and Co Hondur\n\nJames Stephie:ZON\n\nMarford\n\nOvde\n\nSan Francisco April 18 Adel, & Syduty A\n\nMaz. 111185 West\n\nMa\n\n135 Lamilton\n\nMar 4117 Turner\n\nY. J. Muriou\n\nY, J. Murrow\n\nAustralia\n\nKtor and Ce\n\nBuston\n\n239 Graham\n\nRussell and Co\n\nNew York\n\nBarly\n\nPudon and Cu\n\nNow York\n\nFeb.\n\nCrosby\n\nMar. 8 $75 Peterson\n\n¡Alvoid and Co\n\nSn Prausias Ind.\n\nAugustine Heard me Co\n\n300 Pasiphor\n\nNge Brothers and Co\n\nFeb. 11 45% Whoever Jan. 28 900\n\nShangha Repairing Havana\n\nEarly\n\n¡Hevada\n\nNo. 8 188 Dyer\n\n2248 Willian\n\nMax. 6 209 Monta Mar.\n\nJan. 19 689 Nicholson\n\nMar Dee. Formona Fel\n\nNov.\n\nFuh-chau Mar. Niugpo Mar.\n\n750 Aytun\n\n150 Badger\n\n1000: siromans\n\n417 Worth\n\n400 Potter\n\n479 Mellus\n\n269 Cher\n\nMet. ¡600 peroor\n\nJac We\n\nFou\n\nShanghae Mar. 9 2 Gregory\n\nFol. 24 450 Fletcher Bet. 5/2006 Lowe\n\nHongkong Mar. 15) 730 Linduan\n\n33\n\n15\n\nKongu lamelaar, ship\n\nNeerlands Indie, siaip\n\nSamat, ship\n\nMar. 13 322 Teu Har\n\nMar. 14 350 Krauer\n\nMan Tomp\n\nMar. 2614. De Jong\n\nRussell and Co\n\nS. E. Burrows\n\nTail and Co\n\nW. M. Robinet and Co\n\n1. Pustau and Co\n\nRussell and C\n\nUnder\n\nKyu Brothers and do\n\nKussell and Co\n\nKell and Co\n\nAugustine Heard and Co\n\nRugseil und Co\n\nW. M. Rotinet and Co Russland Co\n\nRussell and Ca\n\nOnier\n\nShaffer and Co\n\nSchaefer and Co\n\nJames Stephenson Jim. Pistac and Co\n\nPub, 9698 Lindermance Stephenson\n\n3ar\n\nJan.\n\nAlbrecht Beyling, barq Whampoa Mar Aline, arqua\n\nBintang Anam, barque\n\nBroedertrouw, ship\n\nArgo, Imarque\n\n143\n\nDESTINATION\n\nIntended Thatch\n\nFatal Hair, barque\n\n34. Eulema, shooner\n\nJustine, barque\n\nProvests, barque\n\nVrouw Jotina, bq, Mercurius, barque Westkappelle, barque Beauty, torque Zuid Holland, ship\n\nDanish\n\nDannebrog, barque Lente, schooner Svendborg, Larquy Aernet, szig\n\nConm Heinrich, bg.\n\nJohannes hand\n\nUto, bu que\n\nWaldemar, herque\n\nHenbury\n\nAutralia\n\nIS. Trancisco\n\nIxel.\n\nAmoy\n\nAdel & Sydney Trid.\n\nSingapore\n\nInd.\n\nWhen pus\n\nsrdce, Matheran and Co Schaeffer and\n\nLondon\n\nAdsiaide\n\nFuruins. Matteson aud Co\n\nHavaus\n\nTernor and Co\n\n¡Turner and Co\n\nCape & Longga\n\nT. & U. S. N. C.\n\nShaughne\n\npill &\n\nPhillips, Moors Co Kurder\n\nAustralia\n\nLondon\n\nBariy\n\nand Co Holliday. Weed Co\n\nway sund\n\nRepairing Bonjay\n\nApril 15\n\nTarer, beg\n\nTubal Cain, ig\n\nWilliams, Anthon and Co\n\nPant, schooner\n\nAfghan, slip\n\nWhampoa Mar. 20 670debank\n\nLondon\n\nArturo, que\n\nFab,\n\noClarke\n\nCarlines, ship\n\nMar.\n\n370 Ferensor\n\nCELIST:L, ELERIEur\n\nMar.\n\n750 Curling\n\nD'Almeida Family, hg.\n\nNov.\n\n250\n\nEaglet, seamer\n\nMai.\n\n145 Caldwell\n\nMainas, stramer\n\nCage. Mangarel, batą.\n\nBritish\n\nAlireal, ship\n\nAfro the Great,\n\nAlligator, lig\n\nAnglia, barque\n\nA. P. Sharp, barke\n\nle\n\nMock River Jacket, bq.!\n\nCarible ship\n\nCrishan, banque\n\nDuke of Portland, ship\n\nEamon, rezoaner\n\nEmma, achooner\n\nFanny, ban\n\nForm, camer\n\nFriedrick, belg Jamiitan, slip Hazard, schocier Julinder, Jacque\n\nLuorink, big\n\no Iurie\n\nLy, thou\n\nBart of Maulwicke, by\n\nHornet, sooner\n\nLouisa Baillie, sup\n\nMalebr\n\nNina schooner\n\nPearl, stip\n\nSarai. Armitage, ship\n\nTravancare, ship\n\nVigilant, arque\n\nMazeppa, schooner\n\nFlongkong sb. 26 790 Browning\n\nReh. 13, 846 Mefntyr\n\nFeb. 26 sindi\n\nMar 989.Sharp\n\nMar. 12' 265 Sich\n\nMar. 20, $74 Winchester\n\nFeb. 1272 Tuscolt\n\n21 533 Sumor\n\nMar. 30 149ring\n\nMar. 19 120 upper\n\nMor. 5 Prasmith\n\nMar. 11 750regear\n\nJan. 16 990 Neville\n\nMar. 15 433[Fare\n\nMar. 20 184eary Jan. 24530 Bolto Mar 30 289 Crocket Mar 29 3-har's [Mar. 131 180Makelier Mar. 30/1250 lowe\n\nSaj 533 Spence ar 30 148\n\nMar. 25190leggett\n\nMar, 26247)ncher\n\nFalk, 27 168 Nordqvist\n\nMar.\n\n464 Legoe\n\nMar. 22 115 Rayer\n\nMar. 23 605 Macker.zie\n\nMar. 160-te\n\nMar. 9 582 Towa Tea\n\nS Station Mar.\n\n5953\n\n163 Button\n\n142 Marios\n\nTan Berd at Co Vacs Stephenson\n\nGrind, Fivlagston and Co\n\nY. J. Murr\n\nArmstrong and Lawrence Uriur\n\nDent and Co\n\nY. J. Murrow\n\nTurner and Co Jardins, Mathe\n\nP.&O. 5. N. Co\n\nJarl, Mathos and Co\n\nwitanie, Anthen and\n\nFlescher and Co\n\nRaseuli and Co\n\nardine, Mathagon and Co\n\nP. & S. N. Co\n\nosvenor and de Siemsson and Co\n\nOrder\n\norlowitz and Cə\n\nder\n\nNathaly and Co\n\nJohn Burd at\n\nBrandao antil Ca\n\ndarling, tiles and Co\n\nTurner and Co\n\nJ. C. Confor\n\nMarine, Mathew, and Co\n\nDent and Co\n\nJamine, Matheson and Co\n\nDent and Co\n\nOrder\n\nZephyr, schooner\n\nAmin, staler\n\n\"\n\nDas.\n\nFeb.\n\n\"\n\n346\n\nEited up\n\nisitangha\n\npore and Cal, and.\n\nLes Imm\n\nFreighbor Char\n\nCelibri, big\n\nLima, bargre Mathilde, brig\n\nNicoline, whip Quaries Ross, banyoo Qusmine Lac\n\nEnterprise, schooner\n\nPodveta, quo Crnar, barne Hularich Gustav, brig Handilai, sek\n\nFARME\n\nLevaut, xhip General laro, ship En ship\n\nL'erviun\n\nJose C. Ugarte, ship Petion, barque Carinen, barye\n\nLinin, skip\n\nMicano, banque\n\nUgaris y Santiago,\n\nCriani, dig\n\nCatalin, ship\n\nRasita, scrooner\n\nAutenia Terry, hip\n\nJ. Terry, ship\n\nAANIGRA\n\nGelender, baryas\n\nSpesiali\n\nCosta, tig\n\nDenia, echuuler\n\nScratina, sup\n\nby.\n\nV. Kinavia, bug\n\nNarciss. brig\n\nReculito, souber\n\nYlesno, trig\n\nNeptus, rig\n\nSalve, brig\n\nDurdo, brig\n\nMar\n\nKar.\n\n1 609 Wagner\n\n1780mvei\n\n507 Mubar\n\n472fheon\n\n292day\n\npar: 221 70uillardsk\n\nEnst Coast Mar.\n\n600; Weber\n\nSupt. 8 401 Thamns\n\n14\n\nMar.\n\nAmoy ¡Mar\n\nMac.\n\nד'\n\nWm. Pastu aid to\n\nJLunes Stephenson\n\nSchoofter and 6\n\nSchaefer and Co\n\nOrder\n\nHungkung\n\nNpo & 'kong Perly New York\n\nAustralia\n\nSai: Francisco\n\n1.d.\n\nSydney & Melbmd. Shanghe\n\nLord\n\nAdol&P.Phillipmd.\n\nEast Coast\n\nardino, Malleson and Co Batavia\n\nOrder\n\nOrder\n\n8 Starkenburg Order\n\n234 Lewis\n\nFeb. 21 324 kút\n\nSwating Mac\n\nOrder\n\nOrder\n\n50Jurriaanse Order\n\nSnimith Oxier\n\nFvb-chan Pah. 425 Bonderkiak'Order\n\nShangban Feb. 30 411 Verachoor Deal, Beals and Co\n\n15\n\nFeb. 28 582 Boar\n\nHongkong Mar. 22 410 Sir Ben\n\nMar. 29 180 Krase\n\n31\n\n36ar. 13 33olgensen\n\nBaal Coast Mar.\n\nShanghae Web. 10 339 Thiessen\n\nMar. Mar\n\nW sau and Co\n\nTuhchac ¡Bvalow\n\nInd Early\n\nJohn Burd sei c\n\nJardine, acheson and Co κέλτικες\n\nCowes\n\nEarly\n\nWm. I'usiau and Co\n\nWm, Ruslan and Co\n\nikeres not Co\n\nCarlowitz and Co\n\n300 Allebar\n\n264 Salmidt\n\nCharler\n\nHongkong Mar. 25 200 Kier\n\nMar\n\nJohn Burd and Co\n\n18 Christiansen John Burd and Co\n\nMar 28 202 Broken\n\nFeb. 9; 162 Wallenen Whampoa Fah. 22 230|lie Fol\n\n400 thieveking Mar. M137 Uulivenda East Coast Peh 440 Jessen\n\nMac Pcb\n\nSwator Mar\n\nMac Sanghan Mar\n\nHer and Co\n\nWin. Pusa and fa Siemasza and Co Win. l'estes and Co Wm. Pastau and Co Augustino leard and Co 148 Suhit erg Win. Pustan and Co 450ngsiboch der 238 verge Drier\n\nal Ca Lindsay at Co\n\n160 Kreutzfeldtems 110 Reiner\n\nHongkong Mar. 1 283 Couper\n\nMacao M\n\nMax.\n\nHongkong Nos. 14 589anama\n\nArmstrong and Lawrance\n\nSan Francisco\n\nHamburg\n\nส\n\nUnder seinare\n\n450 Gill\n\nAsatrug and Lawrence\n\nAustralia\n\njlund.\n\n8 244: Defervari 35oj Baker\n\nVardine, Matheson and De jamay W. M. Rubinst and Cɔ\n\nNov. 13 250 Barry\n\n21\n\nW. M. Robinet and Co Under\n\nEast Coast\n\nFeb. 16' 199!Arnie\n\nItepairing\n\nMar.\n\nWhampoa Mar.\n\nMar. 10 29Mazeres\n\nPast Const Mar\n\nSwarow\n\nDec\n\nFul-chan Mar.\n\nAugustine Heal and Co\n\nRobinct and Co 21Savason. M. Cobinet a Co\n\n600 Wilso\n\nOrder 201,Juder word, Augustin? Heard and Co\n\nShanghae Pen $2200 Giganter Russell and Co\n\nJau 1004 Cortina\n\nHongkong Feb. 17340) Hongkong dar. 25 140 Sarria\n\nStr. 225kil Mar. 28 415adiz Mar. 126arcia\n\nMaceo\n\nMar 19 150luma Mar. 13srors\n\n11 27 46empere\n\nWampon Ma Sel-Suveven\n\nW. M. Roisina 20:4 Co\n\nUnder\n\nJ. V. Torge\n\nOrder\n\nHongkong\n\nBangkok\n\nEarly\n\n!L. J. Gulierenz\n\nvall, St and Co\n\nRail\n\nR. Garreta\n\nKantla\n\nGarreta\n\nYiocos\n\norder\n\nManila\n\nTait and Co\n\nVider\n\nJ. V. Jorge\n\nMar 15 131 Summers Kinder Amoy Mar 7\n\nMar.\n\nBest Coast Mar.\n\n240 Welsh\n\n¡P. D. Syme and Co\n\nMar\n\n465 Vineent\n\nMar\n\n274jitall\n\nSwarow\n\nJan,\n\n29 Fice\n\nMar\n\n149 Mooney\n\nOrder\n\nマジョル\n\n952 Raver\n\nOrder\n\nWaton and Co\n\nShanglue\n\nder\n\naddine, Math and Co\n\nUnder\n\nOnder\n\nShangbas\n\nRussell and Co\n\nAugustine Flourd and Ca\n\nadine, Matlicon and Co Wetnore and\n\nAustralia\n\nExcu\n\nJarlie, Matheson and Co Dant and Ca\n\nSwith. Keanely and Co\n\nFreight or Char\n\n10100, Livingsted and Ch\n\nEarly\n\nEast Cuasi Fol\n\n148 Prowes\n\nReis and Co\n\n226, alerte\n\nOrder\n\nShanghe ar\n\nit. & 0. 8. X. Ch\n\nShaw, Bland and Co\n\nAustralia\n\nEarly\n\nLizzie Jarvis, ship\n\nWhan pos Mar. 11\n\nIng Crosby\n\n550 Set, www\n\nde Burcowa\n\nSyviuey\n\nChinese\n\nPretighter Char\n\nlenkin, Faraon and Co\n\nLondon\n\nsealed\n\nBaty\n\nCoz facing, steamer\n\nWan, Pustuu and Co\n\nS. E. Inerows\n\ntient, Beale and Co\n\nTotdea\n\nal\n\nBause arque\n\nLouisa, harqe\n\nCity of London, bq.\n\nForerunner, selcounter Dealong, barque Sarah Lucy, ebiy\n\nFortas, brig\n\nAt Key, Behconer\n\nEllou Oliver, barque\n\nGazelle, seboouer\n\nWhampica, barguo\n\nExcellent, brig\n\nAfrica, are\n\nAntipodes, arquc\n\nJane. Mishall, slip\n\nKolt-on, up\n\nSex, ship\n\nWild Darrell, cl\n\nAgra, ship\n\nBlenheim, ship\n\nDuck, sclismer\n\nEllen, barque\n\nErin, steamer\n\nFormass, ship\n\nHistle, Ach.\n\nJane Maria, orig\n\nLady kingson, ab.\n\nLord of the lea. ship:\n\nMori, plep\n\nJan.\n\n450 Day\n\nChinniew Jan. 28orst\n\nAmey Mar 5 121 Wilson\n\nTait and Go\n\n083 Henderson Fisicher and Co\n\n11 Fax\n\nFeb. 17 876 Gale Ningpo Feb. 335 Curtis Ful-chau Mar. 615 Woot\n\nFeb. 24, 420 Turboil Yor.\n\n98% Young\n\nFeb. 11 846 Pant\n\nFeb. 16 D Seal\n\nWonging Mar. 190 Farlane\n\nShanghac Feb. 23 714 Bulgo\n\nFeb. 24 300 Walker\n\nEeb. 22 809iSanks\n\nMar\n\n$59 Jamieson\n\nJan. 25 40 Rollason\n\nFor 11 50Cces\n\nFair. 25 226 Bovey\n\nFch. 81200 Wilson\n\nMar. 13 sataxi Peb.\n\npremier\n\nLindras and Co.\n\nDent, Beale and C\n\nAnn, ship\n\nfar\n\nFe.\n\nMarine. Matheson and Co Lendon\n\nella Co\n\nSwedish Chieftain, burque\n\nKramn Augusto, brig\n\nChilias Frolic, hin\n\nOudenbury Schlosser, barque\n\nNew Grenadian\n\nWhatupo Mar 1 298 gera\n\nWhempos Mar. 20 250 Hasselhoff Dreyer and Co\n\nOrder\n\nShaughse Mar. 430 Gough\n\nEdited, Printed, sud Published by ROBERT STRACHAN, at the longlowy Register Office: Dage Ste\n\nVictoria, Hongkuag. Tuesday, April 1. 1889.\n\n188\n\nThe Hongkong Register.\n\nVol. XXIX. Na. 23.\n\nINTIMATIONS.\n\nNOTICE.\n\nATHEREAS the Firm of NYE BROTHERS & ..\n\nWo Cuntat, Chica, did, on the 11th day of March,\n\nVICTORIA, TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 1856.\n\nNOTICES OF FIRMS.\n\nNOTICE.\n\nE have established at Hongkong, under the same\n\nstyle, a branch of our business. MR. LUDWIG WIESE is admitted a Partuer in our\n\n1866, at the Office of the United States Cosmulate in tlanton, execute an Assignment of all their Property, real¦ Firm. and personal, in trust for the benefit of their Creditors, to the undersigned: We hereby give notice to all cuncorn ed to make payment to us of all uns de te, and to present to us any claims against the arid Firm.\n\nRUSSELL & 670.\n\nCanton, 18th March, 1556.\n\nJAMES PURDON & O»,\n\nNOTICE\n\nSeamen's Hospital.\n\nTrustees JARDINE, Esq., C. D. WILLIAMS,\n\nSIEMSSEN & Ca,\n\nCanton, 31st March, 1855.\n\nNOTICE MRJ MACKRILL SMITH is authorised to Sign the\n\nKING & Co.\n\nMane of our Firms in China per peenrastin,\n\nCanton, 13th March, 1856.\n\nNOTICE.\n\nKey. Hon. W. T. Maxes, Fag., R.S. WALKER, E. Ma\n\nSuperintendent of the P. & U. Steam Navigation Com pany, (ex officio)\n\nPreueurer, MANIAC, Esq.\n\nBaristent Surgeon-RARD, JAOX.\n\nConsulting Surgeon W. A. HARLAND, M.D.\n\n75 cents per day.\n\ndoilar\n\nTERMS OF ADMISSION.\n\nPublic Warda,...\n\nIntermediate Wards,\n\nPrivate Rooms,..\n\n2 dullars\n\nPatients are also admitted on deposits, at the following rates, renewable one day previour to the amount depozited baving been expended,\n\nPublic Wards,\n\nintermediate,..\n\nPrivate Rooms,\n\n$15\n\n$20\n\n$30\n\nThe Captains or Consignees of Vessels must be respon sible for the expense of Patients sont by them to the Hospital.\n\nMB-A Hospital Bills to be reneipted by the Erasurer only.\n\nTHE\n\nSHIPPING.\n\nERPULAR\n\nSTEAM COMMUNICATION\n\nLytworn\n\nHONGKONG AND CANTON.\n\nTHE WILLAMETTE, Captain W. Conss.\n\nFrum Honyhang to Canton,\n\nwary MONDAY & THURSDAY, at è s'elock s.M. From Canton a laughong,\n\nevery TUESDAY & FRIDAY, at 10 o'clock a.m. For further particulars, apply to the Agents,\n\nROBERT S. WALKER, Hongkony, MAXIMILIAN FISCHER, Canton. Hongkong, 20th May, 1856.\n\nREGULAR\n\nSTEAM COMMUNICATION batwest\n\nHONGKONG AND CANTÓN.\n\nLE SIN CHARLES FORBES,\n\nTHE\n\nFrom Mongkong in Ornton,\n\nOVORY FUSSDAY and FRIDAY, at Pelock ..\n\nfrom Canton w Hongkong,\n\nevery WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY at 8 o'clock ..\n\nFo further particulers, apply to the Agents,\n\nROBERT S. WALKER, Hangbong, K.ROTTUNJKE & Co., Canë\n\nHongkong, 20th May, 1856.\n\nNOTICES OF FIRMS.\n\nNOTICE\n\nHE interest and responsibility of Mr. J. F. B. TRAUTMANN Firm ceased by his retire- iment therefrom on His March fast, and our Business will be sonducted nonauforward under the maponsibility of the remaining Partuen Mx. G. C. SCHWADE and M. FREDNIK BOWER\n\nShanghu, 10th May, 1850.\n\nM\n\nG. C. SCHWABE & Co.\n\nTHOMAS 1 WALKER.\n\nArchitect and Surveyor,\n\nQueen's Road, Victoria, Hongkong.\n\nNOTICE\n\nE undersigned have established themselves as Mer\n\nchures üşü Ayenis in this place, je Copartnership, Wider the style and Firm of FRAMJEE BOMANJEÉ CAMA & Gill,\n\nBOMANJEE FRAMJEE CAMA. FRAMJKE EDULINE.\n\nCanton, 1st May, 1836.\n\nNOTICE\n\nJAMES CROSSLEY saved to be a partner in\n\nMore on its dugast lost, on which date his\n\nJuverest and responsibility termuntert,\n\nG. C. SCHWARE & Co. Shanglue, 27th March, 1856.\n\nNOTICE.\n\nTHE Business of the late MR. JOZE VICENTE\n\nJORGE will from this riste de encried on by the undemned under the name of JUZE JUROE & Co. All outstanding accounts of the Estate will be received aud settled by the new firm.\n\nR. N. WEISMANN, in this day admitted a Pattuor\n\nin our Pure in Chius.\n\nREISS and Cu.\n\nCanton, 1st May, 1885.\n\nNOTICE\n\nTR. LUGH BOLD GIBB sa admitted a Partner\n\nGIBB, LIVINGSTON & Co.\n\nMin our Firma ou let Jetz. 1855.\n\nHongkong, 27th July, 1855.\n\nHOUSES.\n\nTO BE SOLD OR LET.\n\nITE imodisto passession, as SHANGHAE, The DWELLING Ilouse and BUSINESS PRE- MISES of the undersigned, together with the adjoining LAN in the roar of the Godowna, situated in a most con bral position, and fronting the River.\n\nApply to\n\nDIRON, GRAY & Co. Shaughse, 16th February, 1855.\n\nFOR SALE. HOSE Two HOUSES, with excellent Crowns, LAND- Wawel, as present in the op- tion of Messrs. LVAL, SL & Co. and símated on part of Marine Lot No. 10.\n\nFor particulars apply to\n\nJARDINE, MATHESON & Co.\n\nHongkong, 7th March 1855.\n\nFOR SALE.\n\nFOR SALE.\n\nUST received by the undersigned, ---- 100 Barrels Hall FLOUR.\n\n1,000 51th-bags Chili\n\n6,000\n\nRAISINS.\n\nAles, on hand,-\n\nINSURANCES,\n\nUNIVERSAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. ESTARIISAB 18 LONDON AND Calcutta, 1834. CONFIRMED BY SPECIAL ACT OF PARIJAMENT\n\n-\n\n6 William VI. Chap. 54. Invested Capital, B HUNDRED & FIFTY THOUSAND Pounds Sterling, of which Fry Lacs of Rupers are held by the Tian Branch,\n\nLondon Offics, No. 1, King William Street.\n\nChairman,\n\nSIR RENAY WILLO, KLS.\n\nINDIAN BRANCH, Directors,\n\nCHARLES R. PRINGLE, FL ALEXANDER WALLAGA, DE,\n\nWILLIAM B. SHOUL, E\n\nGEORGE BARZON Esq.,\n\nE. MACDONALD STEPHENACY, Esq.\n\nPhysician,\n\nAWAN WEEB, Bag, M.D.\n\nAgents and Sereiaris, M. BRADDON & Co\n\nMadras Agents,\n\nMessi BAINURADOK & Co.\n\nBombay Agents, Mears. LECSIR & Co.\n\n1. The marked success which has attended the opera tions of this society, justits the Directors in calling the ottention of the Public to the peruliar advantages held oul by this Luutitution to sil clag-en desirous of effecting\n\nBUTANCE Apor lives.\n\n2. The Tabies of Premium have been framed with the greadust cars. Toone applicable to India Eves have been Especially prepared from the experience of Indian mortal ity, and from the records of the Bast Indian Govern sent, and are an poderate as is deemed oonsistent with perfosi security.\n\n3. Proposals are received for Insuranets for the whale term of Life, either on a participating scale or ou & TUR parte puting scale at a lower rate of premium. Also for short perivda varying from one to seven years on very modcrate terms,\n\n4. An Annual division is made of One-fifth of the ascertained profits of the five preceding years, the other Pensfifth being set upart to enter into the average of of acreeding years.\n\n5. Of the gura annually divisible, heventy-five per cent\n\nINSURANCES.\n\nNo. 1,329\n\nRELIANCE MARINE INSURANCE SOCIETY. THE undersigned having been appointel Agonie Š\n\nPOLICIES, payable in loNDON, CALCUTTA, BOMBAY, KANGOON, PENAS, and SINGAPORK.\n\nCIBB, LIVINGSTON & Co. Hongkong, 26th April, 1856\n\nTHE LONDON AND ORIENTAL STEAM TRANSIT INSURANCE OFFICE 1 Established in 1849.,\n\nTHE findersigned are prepared to accept RISKS (covered by protecting POLICIES at bors and the varigan LoNON INUAR COMPANIES, by the PEN. INSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAMERS from Can con und Bangkung, u Amoy, Shungiae, the Straits, Ceylon, the Prendencies of Iulia, Sues, and England.\n\nThe interest in the protecting Pocies is aseigned to be P. and 0. 5. N. Company for the purpose of their becoming the Medium of Paytast in the event of 1,000, For RATA OF PERICH and other information, apply fo\n\nROBERT & WADAs, Bmyksng.\n\nMATHILIAN FIS, C\n\nK. WABLES, Shangkur.\n\nH. T. Mansa, Singapore.\n\nA. P. LOVELL, Calcura.\n\nHORT FRANK, Madras, or\n\nJONN RI, Banbay.\n\nJAMES HARTLEY & Co.\n\nLondon, Bih January, 1851.\n\nALLIANER FIRE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF LONDON.\n\nTHE Undersigned having hotel uzat\n\nCure for the above COMPANY, are prepared to aucept ASSURANORS at Hongkong, as under\n\n1st-On Buildinga ot Brick or Stune, covered with Tiler, States, Metal, or other combustible Material, together with their Contents, when such Buildings are isolated from all others,-Kute of Pranium, per vend per Annua\n\nad-on ench Buildings and their Contents, when not so isolated, at the Rate of 1 per cent per Atore.\n\nAuces for 5 Months, and for 3 Mouths, of the Awal date will be churyou.\n\nOf the 1st Class-Assurances, for the present, will be accepted to the extent of £13,000 only vn og Risk. And of the 26 Class-To the extent of £8,500. A Building and its Contents taken together form oue Risk. Thus the above Smas may be udurwritten either on a Building alone, or the Contents alone; or, part on the Building, and part on the Contenta.\n\nNo Arazce is to be considered a force until the Premium be paid.\n\nAmongst other advantages of the Company, the As- eured will be natitled to participate in the Fronts alter Five successive payments.\n\nParties applying for ASSURANCES will please send\n\nis apportiosed to polley holders on the participating in full particulers of the Rish to be taken; any Deviation scale, we have paid six annual premiuus, and thans from which is one of the Company, wi profie can be applied either in reduction of subsequent visate the Policy. 40,000 Frach-baked NAVY BISCUIT, made of Chiti premiums, or usa Bouse to the original amount of the Flock, and guaranteed to keep weli.\n\nHongkong, 7th May, 1850.\n\nFOR SALE,\n\nESING\n\npolicy.\n\n3. The Annual redustion has averaged considerably | above 40 per cent, and in no one year as Ellen below\n\nthat sonnt\n\n7. The following table will shew the result of the last\n\nDORT WINE in Botle, SHEKEY in Bottle and Wood, divisita of profits as declared on the 9th May, 1855, at\n\naud BEER in Bottle.\n\ntan rate of 40 per cent, on the original manual premium:—\n\nReduced Original!\n\nAnnual Reduction. Annual Prynism\n\nApply\n\nALEX. WILSON. El Polar Godowns, 15th april, 1856.\n\nFOR SALE\n\nApply to\n\nBRST AN COAL\n\nHongkong, 7th April, 1855.\n\nFOR SALE.\n\nAge.\n\nDate of Sam As\n\nPolicy.\n\nsurof.\n\nPresi\n\n30\n\nOu cr\n\n10,000\n\n120\n\nCold Ro It-\n\n30\n\nbefore\n\nLINDSAY & Co.\n\n40\n\nthe 9th\n\n10.020\n\n590\n\nC\n\nMay,\n\n10.000\n\n150)\n\n10,000\n\n740 1,000\n\nREST Labuan STEAM COAL. PRICE, &350 per Ton.\n\nApply to\n\nHongkong, 7th April, 185tì.\n\nTRENCH CORKS.\n\nFOR SALE\n\nLINDSAY & Co.\n\nCHAMPAGNE, BRANDY, PORT WINE, PALE ¦and Gezper SHERRIES.\n\nCLARETS of Superior quailty. Chaters. Maxg 2, Moviny, St. Cslepke, St. Julien, and Lesviite.\n\nApply in HongKong and CANTON to\n\nLYALL, STILL & Co. flongkong, 7ih September, 1855.\n\nFOR SALE. CUPERIOR MADEIRA in Pipes, Half and Quarter?\n\nPipes, apply to\n\nALEX. WILSON, Menar. Jannis, Mayurson & Co.\n\nGallorans. East Point, 31st October, 1853.\n\nINSURANCES,\n\nNOTICK\n\nLONDON & ORIENTAL STEAM TRANSIT INSURANCE OFFICE, undersigned has received authority by the last bail to make all LOSSES ON POLICIES issued JOZE JORGE.\n\nhere by tbo above filice, payable in THREE MONTHS ZIDURO ANTONIO DE ALMEIDA. after oties, in place of six Months Macao, 3d April, 1956,\n\nROB. 3. WALKER, Agrante\n\nM\n\nNOTICE.\n\nFR JAMES McCORMICK is authorised to sigu vut\n\nFm per procuration.\n\nALVORD & Co.\n\nCanton, 12th Jannary, 1856.\n\nNOTICE.\n\nFR. THOMAS D. BOYU is authorized to sign our Mr Ficto\n\nP. D. SYME & C\n\nAmoy, 12th May. 1855.\n\nMR\n\nNOTICE.\n\nR. GRAHAM ANDERSON foinet me as a Partner on the 1st of January lušt. The buginese will be cried an in the base of D. W. MACKENZIE & Co.\n\nD. W. MACKENZIE.\n\nCanton, 5th Muralt, 1860.\n\nM. JAMES BROWN, Notary Public, MESURS, GASKELL & BROWN, Solicitora, Notaries Public, de\n\nQueen's Road, Victoria.\n\nHongkong. 6th Jan, 1855\n\nheretofore.\n\nNOTICE. LONDON ASSURANCE CORPORATION, Established by Charter 1720. E undersigned, Agouts at Hongkong for the above Corporation, Are prepared to grant POLICIES AGAINST FIRE, to the extent of £10,000, on any Huilding or Murthandize in the same.\n\nDENT & Co.. dynie\n\nIlangkung, 12th Aprit, 1855.\n\n------\n\nLONDON AND ORIENTAL STEAM TRANSIT\n\nINSURANCE OFFICE. and after this way, ir. MAXIMIZA FISCHER of and after this waves det sks\n\nof this Office.\n\nBOBERT S. WALKER,\n\nHongkong, 3 March 1854.\n\nAgent.\n\nof\n\n25%-0\n\n459 9?-> 298-0 296-0 851-0 444-C\n\n26-18\n\n112 0 618-0\n\na. Following in an Extract of the rates of Precium\n\nAnnual Premium for an Assurance on Rs 1,000.\n\n8858 1 Feer.\n\n98% 3 Fears.\n\nCIVIL\n\n128823\n\n*R\n\npete Profs.\n\n22\n\nના\n\nMr.\n\nEnglish\n\nJitter\n\n£ 18 %\n\nAge. 1 Year 3 Years5 Fears 7 Faith with life with-\n\n32588+\n\n38899\n\n45\n\nJARDINE, MATHESON & Co., Agema in Chron.\n\nHongkong, 1st January, 1845.\n\nMISCELLANEOUS.\n\nBREAD AND BISCUIT BAKERY, SINO, Bread and Biscuit Baker, and General Store Leper, bega to intimate, that he has consented arogiments to establish a Branch of his House at CANTON, in New French Hong, sud will be happy to supply Ladies and Gentlemen of the latter plac with that great Gesideralno-z superior article of Bread He Daltora Linsel that, from his long experience in sale, siness, and trom the facilities he posts of procuring, Et all times at finest brand of American Flour, viz., Gallego, he will be able to give a better article to int | furuishod by any rival establish uc\n\nBar wo keep constantly on hand, an assort ment of the best WINES, LIQUORS, BEER, sud PORTER in Quars and Pinda, OHMAN'S STORES, PERFUMERY, and STATIONERY, K., &c.\n\nHongkong, 1st May, 1956.\n\nSAN MIGUEL BRASS AND IRON FOUNDRY.\n\n\"NDER the Superlateniques of an Experiched Ba\n\nGILEER Orlere for all kinds of MACHINERY exented with despatch. Erxam ENGINES & BOILERS repaired. SHAFTS of the best Englen Tron from 5 to Orders to be aduresed Mussre. 9 inches diameter. 3. A. BARRETTO & Co., Maurier.\n\nA Cuniors LOT ATPAL-Dr. Wallis, while re siding near the Mississippi, married his landlady, an intercating young woman, aged twenty-sighs; after which he sled in Washington, a short distance from Columbia, where he enjoyed all the happiness that a worried man could desire.\n\n38\n\nBut his happiness was to be of short duration. Une morning a middle-aged ma waited upon him, and after some questions upon ja.\n\nPrijes.\n\n27\n\n28\n\n17\n\n33\n\n34\n\n40\n\n**\n\n55\n\n48\n\n13\n\n64\n\nJ5\n\n-------\n\n45\n\nIf that\n\ndifferent matters, he axited him he was married? The doctor replied \"yes\" \"And to a lady of colour 9. On return of Aesuere to Eatope for a permanent residing foredly in a town on the Mississippi\"\n\n\"Yea. Well that is my slave, and, although she is residence, their Premiums are immediately reduced to\n\nworth 2.000 dollars, I will only ask 300 for her, the English rate, hath on the participating and ou\n\nsum he not paid within an hour, I will advertise her as participating scales. If the Policy be according to the\n\nTUNAWAY. During the tour, the husband asked his participating scale, the reduction arising from profine ja allowed on the English race, thus admitting of a con-\n\nwife if she were a slave, and the property of the man tinuance of the Asserance in Europe on most moderate who had just left the buse?\" Yes,\" replied the wife, while teurs rulled down her cheeks; \"I am a slave, thus\n\nLerms.\n\n10. Military Officers holding Civil appointments are property of that man, who is my father.\" The busland allowed to subscribe at the Civil rates of Premium.\n\nkissed har, wiped away her tears, forgare the deception the bad practiced, to which love had instigated her, and then paid the required sun which made her his für life.\n\n11. Premiuma are payable citberannually. hall yearly, or quarterly, or monthly, and a guare of 28 days in allow- ed for such payment.\n\n12. Melical referees se renerated by the Society.\n\n---\n\nA SHORT PARLIAMENT.-The shortest parliament an\n\n13. At she period of last annual valuation, the Aseta record was that of 1390, which had but one session of\n\nof this Society were ascertained to be upwards of £550,000. a single day, and during that short space contrived to The amount of Potieres in force about £2,003,000 and upset one king and set up another.\n\nthe annual income arising frora przesiums thereon 200,099, exclusive of Interest ou the invested Capital.\n\nTables of ales, forma and instructions for cffecting Assuraneva, can be obtained un application to the Secre torics, or to\n\nROBERT S. WALKER,\n\nAceni.\n\nHangkong, 20th March, 1866.\n\nNOTICE\n\nHe undersigned, having heen appointed Agents for the CALCUTTA MERCANTILE MARINE INSURANCE SOCIETY, aro zady to save Policies in behalf of that Orbice, payahie in SINDACH, Penang, RANGOON, CALCUTTA, BONDAY, LORDON, and in CHINA.\n\nDAVID SASSOON, SONS & Co.\n\nCanton, 231 Jannury, 1856.\n\nMYSTICAL POLYGAMY.-The King of the Ashantees is allowed by law 3333 wives-at being the precise mystical number on which, it is said, the prosperity of the native depends.\n\nTRE\" AULING Passion.\"-On his death-bed a dia. tinguished humorist requested that no one might be Javited to his funeral, \"because,\" gasperl out the dying man, it is a civility I can never repay.\"\"\n\ndefire that officers of the Lavy should not wear bearda An admiralty circular may :-\"It is their furdships'\n\nof moustaches on board Her Majesty's ships.\n\nIn consequence of the probability of peace, an order\n\nhar beco already sed prohibiting nsval otcets from wearing moustaches while on full pay.",
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        "title": "CO129-101 - Sir Robinson - 1864 [10-12]",
        "content_text": "Lieut. St John, R. N., to Senior Naval Officer, Hong Kong.\n\n1 Coly.)\n\n194\n\nForwarded\n\nfor\n\nthe information of\n\nHis Excellency The Governor\n\n(Signed) M. E. Nocton,\n\nCaptain\n\n- Letter of Precedings. —\n\n15 October, 1884.\n\nFrom intelligence I received Saturday 29th August I forwarded up Channel Division Alers Day /-\n\nCaptain M. I. Vollock,\n\nH. M. S. \"Princess Charlotte.\"",
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        "document_key": "CO129-103 - Others - 1864",
        "page_number": 46,
        "title": "CO129-103 - Others - 1864",
        "content_text": "8\n\nAdvocate-General, received a step of promotion and the honour of a C.B. for China.\n\nAt the time of Lord Gough's leaving Madras for China, he was in command of a division at that Presidency where my chief, Sir Samford Whittingham, was Commander-in-Chief, and who particularly requested Lord Gough “to look to the interests of his late Aide-de-Camp, Captain Caine, who would be found active, willing, and useful,—the latter particularly with the native troops of India, with whose language he is considered conversant.”\n\nSurely, with this strong recommendation, had I not been detained, as I have already shown, Lord Gough would have had the opportunity of serving me, and I have always considered myself hardly used in this particular instance, from not being rewarded in either department.\n\nIn April, 1847, when the then Governor, Sir John Davis, proceeded with Major-General D'Aguilar, with your Majesty's forces to Canton, I was appointed in the public gazette Acting Governor, and by the Major-General as Commandant of the garrison of Hong Kong. I commanded that garrison for seven days, and for the last two days a Major of the 42nd Madras Native Infantry was in the garrison; I exercised the necessary military control over the garrison, issued garrison orders, and superintended all its military details, having made the required measures, offensive and defensive, for meeting an enemy.\n\nMy conduct elicited the commendation of the Major-General as well as the Governor, Sir John Davis; vide this Memorial. Lieutenant-General Sir William Brereton and Colonel Clarke Kennedy, commanding the Military Train, are aware of these facts.\n\nIn June, 1854, I had to prepare the colony of Hong Kong to resist Russian invasion, much alarm existed among the inhabitants as no intelligence of any authenticity could be obtained of the whereabouts of the Russian squadron. From the senior naval officer, Captain Sir William Hoste, Bart., every possible assistance was afforded, and but for that officer's ready zeal and prompt help, I should not have been able to carry out the necessary measures for offence and defence against the enemy. I would here beg to remark that on this occasion the responsibility of the means adopted rested solely with me; these, with the necessary extra expenditure, were approved by the Secretary of State for the Colonies. Sir William Hoste, being one of your Majesty's household, might, if required, be questioned hereon. A corps of volunteers was raised, and I was unanimously elected its Colonel.\n\n9\n\n44\n\nIn November, 1856, I had to quell a grave émeute at Hong Kong, among the Chinese, some 15,000 or 20,000 having tumultuously assembled, driving away the police from their posts, stopping the markets from selling, and closing the doors of all the shops, and the multitude filling the streets. Feeling that I was well known and respected by the populace, I proceeded, with a very inefficient Chinese interpreter to address the mob, and with the presence of 100 men, from the 59th Regiment, who reached me about half-an-hour afterwards, and the willing assistance of Colonel Dunlop, Commandant of the Garrison, who kept in readiness all the troops, with artillery, the mob was awed, and by the following evening order was perfectly restored, and then the stated grievances of the populace looked into and redressed. Happily no lives were lost; but I feel it due to myself to observe, that the least hesitation on my part, or one false step, would most inevitably have led to great loss of life, and destruction of property. Upon Sir John Bowring's return the next night from Canton, his Excellency was pleased to thank me in the presence of the Secretary of the Superintendency, \"for quelling the mob, and preventing the effusion of blood in the city.\"\n\nIn 1857, the Horse Guards, through the Secretary for War, permitted me to sell out of the army, but I only received the price of my company, and though the majority was sold, its amount went to the State. The reason stated in Sir Charles Yorke's letter (as per Memorial) for the price of the Majority not being granted was, \"that I had not served as Major.\" This was to me a most grievous blow. I was then verging on my 60th year, and felt compelled to accept the offer made even in the face of having commanded the garrison of Hong Kong, in May, 1847, as a Major. Had Lord Raglan, to whom I was well known, been alive, I venture to assert that my original military services would not have been forgotten, and that the result would have been different; and this I say without prejudice to Sir Charles Yorke, or any of the Horse Guard authorities. That I received a legitimate military command over the garrison of Hong Kong, in 1847, is a fact not to be controverted; I say legitimate in consequence of the order for my doing so being from the senior military officer commanding your Majesty's troops in China, and sanctioned by the Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Sir John Davis.\n\nIn addition to my Report of April, 1847, to the Honourable the Major-General commanding in China, I now append, in further confirmation of my claim to the full amount of the Majority, a present state of the troops at Hong Kong, before",
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        "document_key": "CO129-106 - Acting Governor Mercer - 1865 [8-9]",
        "page_number": 341,
        "title": "CO129-106 - Acting Governor Mercer - 1865 [8-9]",
        "content_text": "## The Daily Press, Tuesday, August 1, 1865\n\n### HONGKONG AND WHAMPOA DOCK COMPANY\n\nTHE DAILY PRESS TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1865.\n\n\"DAILY PRESS\" OFFICE, \nWyram Sta.\n\nDuring the past year the new Railway was tested and registered with great success, having carried 50——which certain 200 units.\n\nAnd I'mma men j NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY.\n\nThat the said Quadration Courtenis walor We insentinel.\n\nThe meal was proved against Ne, iter wischen marenbat in the Supreme Court of Hongkong.\n\nAs we said, as evil was his in a case, that he plain was hot as wedded the per depart of the swath testirang of other tess priced be defombret, M. Cum Pring a mor THE \"DAILY PRESS\"\n\nMr. Whyte ut us buyers sal in M. Kentoy Taie ou jwent i APALY PAPER, Sam Logos stulag sonde is decid sa Teseu of the city.\n\nThe Run submitted for 16 laferia Pitz of Veseria un e.\n\n**tra - 4 cm ma ishoracolinquateris in anection is erroting for web the ate (MT. Nil**\n\nCondition (White by war weselny barathe 12 sagen T20, 23 Kläneet my Ma writ me M: Gry's tee, which www.a\n\nThe cka me passed on 11 Mung.\n\nBubs of Urnaith 3 but The Mohs Sur unit of wines in the pertinents of the Shipurishi, Beckers, a filer.\n\nDear Bacha Kuon 15.\n\nThe Stones below Built of Page... Jenelia Broth Better at Springtider Warp Wider von bed | dda sem flangiai, mlich, mar les supplied sa panlede kayaman, phám, cat size, katere ni ate up.\n\nVice on tin ngayi masamble Te ez ails o ungernd Lifting Shear PA..\n\nThis Teanga onder gnurse of cost.\n\nBOUR 1. \nWAMEGA DOCKS \nBebt of P barth Readth ¿u. \nWear Spring idea 539 KJ \nResets so al a leaky, tres of wage, and will dim Rath. \njiteng Gwon, aga baut to apply for a Depan Wire in and this create. \nkimiawna, Offices, old, the bed.\n\nCHOMAS & CA Age North Bitch and Yercantile \nTuranus spority.\n\nTÄNULISÃO INSPIRINGHE LÄSOLĀ. PIN E SHANGGAL \nIntimations.\n\nHODOWAYS OLVEMENT & POLEN [POLLORY'S PHLS and CFTSZAT SATA Mapa zile si nay Mekking in dig.\n\nOf Noni Purifiers wil Lown. They rulediy sones all disseders of the Sixer and Serviced, ATS inalena case or Duterters, and as a esmi pile Melins have no and uneens i que any oil woui, Pors vici. if of areny vônes medang, Nat In all snart of vakin disgoren, bemeyer mdignarha with se lepra, saamy, jets, and nilalkan yang vitship of atis, it man cred.\n\nM. BIROTING, \nBM Mavity, induzi noting hur dess va henni, sud zapalile of taking in VindOns, leva of resBany Pars timids, sequrietate will capodane with digimonda zizom-dig waved tin thun de werkd CAR NEW APA, all the 2015 thus of big ass cute for his six, but hir, domy, would mos LA Times.\n\nThe cedut- Aistrating tictonia setian, still it hard hit the Limite was stungis pies against awyer's cul bring then informed in that he des Aruire, and Fool-shagailte Holismiss this PAT Vivartishizeng mat of tập mode treden worst is a Cane Low, while leedut was alnus 19 Jure the Burge MA Pris Tulpeolpnad keine vu unerlof S.\n\nof rain assume ure? Pator! Yeal sinn Vent in Stan, Pekin, me crankier and 14 dp, rental gay hora as party both is simply and hady, dented Mr. Deen the bir elamu ked on action creates to Policies on Stanse stinginghai, unet in fact Alergict the whole.\n\nA winking suster the alishanty Womble and the attention or Ship to imposto curry facility for th: DOTHING CH.\n\nThe Company's Bear (when retinut Mr. story nos served with 2hu write the car ap's in spel somporis is the the doors, C | Aunt 19, and eztainly rettelse.\n\nKingenii are an oppriztuce, Secure the man i paid him dojiet les bed any peddutch.\n\nIramble by out, necem aura's Siemarora, I.\n\n### STEAM TO CANTON, \"Kiymenit Buch,\" Bordity, at Na Tiwhite lined\" to a TM, 9.1. What Shan,\" maanomos, at flamm.\n\nFor Freight or barter.\n\nAgret H ESTERN LEERAPP Berlin Pd. Tha CONRGY, wit ready xut separd -11, 1 de la 1 lich Ruge, or vine sve, har Indre una tyle of wapen low, we ay ginning & they d The me.\n\nA dhe Buvices wal, quentes on in tants by No - Gain 15th April, 1905.\n\n### UNION DOCK COMPANY OF HONGKONG AND WHAMPOA\n\nTER, \nda me Nyir di Kutada 2 4 40 \nW. B. KINFRAIL INTOW, AMY, . F.Chr. et Burnie, 1st Juganny, Tacin.\n\nAUMAS MERAN Parities, the plan i ages hitherta mengnated 15 due at No. 2 Disl Tre pretimiņam uzņis tɔ the Comptaie am Board | Cheathris, will in faturu be married on kolm riv.\n\n### NOTICES OF FIRMS\n\nLa Ja At - tipo le va per permutation, \nUna \nA. WATHỤY & D \n1935 among And Apr 1915. \n\"MAIN\" Wheelwrigu, Muter, 1191 aus Register.\n\nQuick, dispar gkong jämand & Co \nRais patoİ. Whetsgune Head & Ches \nLO. F. NO-day, al \nbicy \ndito. \nktisat bi uning Jinonici.. \nRob Givingston & \n• Maga Taking.. Mungking rige. sfdesek diepustn Dewengkong. Reynoso proces & Cuik tash. Multi kroondy & Quick disposade. ...yg-P. & . . M. Co..... \nty, at Nu.\n\nFor Sale, Freight or Charter.\n\nFOR HALK \n\"FORTUNA,\" \nFiber partsalera apods in \nDENTA 121914 Tongong, 25th Juan A ARE Speich Ship \nBENVOIRLICH.\" \nTe pasar, Optuju Jaukiza, \nAngry \nNOLLIDAY, WJAR & O *7285! Hougtong, láth Jimm, 1995.\n\n### Vessels on the Berth\n\nTU New With Schooter \n“ALBATRUS.\" \n2. \n* \nKruger, Where, vine that I BATE \nthis \nFull her three angaje, ill \nFor night uppes lo \n15 Rungame, ad July, 198 \nON THE HUMET TON NATANÄÏ). \nEntis tegne \n“QUEEN'S OWN,\" Chin Suundur, nasing hest rate at yo coderinge, will now with quick dropatch | \nthe save and t \n\"JOSEPHINE AMEDEE.\" evas Rogies, and 170 Then a! All Tank) --- Empathy.\n\n### POST-OFFICE NOTIFICATIONS\n\nThe Me, Prise, and T. -125 ** Sp>u!,” in cor pù sat la nata, 461 x \nBany of Fra \n1 Manti-Mer parking, the \nCakung a.. \nFor Stake Amor, and functus, -$10 Tân - marr, in a 2. vgust, w: Itam, \n4. Most will di Bor has rubelse.--Vera Bag Shy im August, at 3 \ny dinis with th \npus PA & S. Gremory Fan, CHA Bur- \nStare, Mertua dago, até a \nfor Musty's Maile, I do ispers, Marins! Come will have this for the H \nRATTRAY, 125 Augu AT 2 15. DANENT he georived in bari nga i \n..oe 30th: SPECIE N jos tur 1: E PARCHES Tug the 200 \nYou Puchtendre gandire Vapory han \n·PORAR. Hele vie Ponasniva Š ČV eated em Nangolion Canapark Diline, Hanglong CONTEN AND VARDE OF PAGRAGES APP 802!!#215 a of prizes tecturation of the Cape V.\n\n### SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE\n\nPORT OF AMOY \n12 reken, 2009 fmlar ber \nAYALL, KE, is eve \nP113 48HOKAMOS, \nhe Bally Press. \nda se vorm 1, 1865. \nKonsult ut bill the press any way for the time whe setthet water between tour, he plowed b \nI singular vi e decided mutako te asterise that My Epi amil tone podamo jber, Ms. Livay way to Hagler), Mr. Exprone here for an old uw the Dis daan, mà ses one abo tempek a settir 12 in asturies, wa ch wont be trace the DPC 92 ¦ \nerd en beta. I \n1Jn Movember 10, Hong | Costs to 2AA25 der et en Demag. 7) coleged baring hone syncluent agente \nV në tha aiure demagilns at Ílongkong, mudi reached a his essay, saniil ne exosanan ļetens \nde dokorna will be land de reparti ya faken ant agwiss bean, not even for ski \n12. saber \nSALE DAYE. \nPami drives gait and was allowed meg! \n*The jeb mint una din nou gen motum fugnal¦ \nof two car which were that the hugger's we on the other site. Mr. King Tuis wash linteatte When the in Arus doart of any tends then inter M. 2. that the case \nArchi Bin 1962 (msuzzanato Theco praliady dial the ends marks for thed, allanagh in his bit of once gra \nLerveis series, markings of that means frnd 42 blared the suis hot hear and swa, mouths Dietsele kami sannindumpoline; poika j SCENTE, and Cougar mom in as per contracthe public de vigantine Onlineman This the prons in the free third To the d \n'nud team bavio Bestessary to division of be (in the shun afore, Noonge the appeal kaning | Me. Silau sala dent was in ding my parity au \nHæren öntidel ognaret Me Hong them was us | Privat \nwe informed that the Box Ched hair \npagne BucaME INDIENIA, Anthe above Per, afford Other Gull epises cool + sprog Berlegenen La Berpizze, dieng theichengen, itp. Hoppy zemained, hunt la mezaike.\n\n### LIVERPOOL, LONDON AND GLOBE INSURANCE COMPANY\n\nTHE Souars Jaicina Con il dose Refolliot. That weve geniusas for newly for \nfor Ayan, palem #1. \nIRA Gorgaz 1sque, Depot, Home) & (TRATO POP, W \nnock e \nFngth, \n111 last c \nDepth be Maier as dyzing Thier, \n10. \nIGOR R \nLength, \nTrepit if Ward 19pting Views \nJ. \nE \nBOUND VOLCHES of the UVANLANDSHME WWW Bagni Pentorno al Thunden, wel za ube by staring \nredny be these ni Kemping. Food the increio aunt in se pole te lung 42 in jur dign \nFor Fumig. Jinks shtet w he deduarit dupire! wis Tonwers acted MM Hoy's up is trea. Whilst de apar bias Finition rate CHANTS MANUAL bu uglier een nach w pding-need ou douche e neliston shat Kasa sisi tie a praxin miducia Purpo \n1. Tet Aperi Tings, he was saved shower cama, which sur vet me Parciprocaļ pas Pursesatina \nths of His Wifest Celivery of the Durga in Fanden, and criter signed ruled, or cheria, and reset on person th port to have move out of the fies of the \n4,5 \nChelam \n1 ye \nN \nF. Puter. Ey \n* Nowe Kan. Many Cices \nbotinated the Plantin \nChinese Vocabulary, moon s \nLane Coals. Dvigron & \n4. %. Progo ¿Momany. \"Shape, Benigna \nMy Mad Backe svinzial key for viral ¦ fi. 1. Tezno, ki. Megumi, Olyphanuman Ge verneir, 27 vest laer nadie, \nWEXSHOPS. \nTu Wezkahnya an Be Premier, but \nAberdeen and posess every, Implan A Devesary for the Bepair of ships \nFree Mariners.\" \"Nie) Kaglabar's Shupa ar Amplied wil Lathes. \nPA... \ndi n.1 \nAgnelabitshed 3-An overal laut dag, \nاليل الى حالى كون ان لو \nL JOSEAS, \nBunabii, War hagust, imesh. \nLARSCRIES GRAMMAR, D party, prica si. \nCara \nTOSTON RATES axe man ĮTARIAN De 18uja, în saty, nemate Lou \nbetri, 1 \nHoaglens. Trek Juanure. 1990, \nالله بذا \n***** ROZICE. \nFrommenish the rule mall and won \nA \nJawyer which means was titached in it. That Vanek Komptuario Los Rokára tetamber theRTE 10: | ho deverasized to take ne nolis, whrimos oli ne. Yek, danas he mig \nThe real M. Kings attempted file, are cry of the sam \nBlanding en vrgo5. \n- ཕ :; \na fruit? an \n-; \n! \n5 \nCL \nfrighton hem into doing see in contant the Hobar Cherige given admizures in the can in the hours The Ki il as an innere to stay was and we put the Deity Preadwill be in all with rele heel towel Lense of fund which down, Jerk in the \nLE HEADING Wien, \nTAMBURI, WRREOS FIRE\" ENTRANCE |der strangest prox ching Machines, &c. &c of sensi pal's Madera noter que abariton weg! Mangkang, #1st July, 19A \nww mihi fargent scale, and then waram apt Rite as Flangerie and it) pomme my **com, The Shipærigas's and 130 km wwel ple what is open ports in Chios to the abstin o \npluri, wack the Mediena podbari za ang dilak \nwith a tiny onrried on vizena the Butteiviaino) \nfagetlenmilTM repears, \nPower Gil Tafta Shears sinó con drang, alam ¦ Bonetuses said Manchu Loti \nnee whint, sergels man the in 29 Des with \ntake ja oy bot boilers, etcats, ka \nTAGULIWMAKERS DEPARENANTS, \nAnd \nTHE MOHYNSTEN INSPRANGE *** \nNAHGTASS \nMr Kinganvill to seville in the Hates were the my art agriart sing mucil my \n| appeal abral t be decide \nMe Fingers on the liver that degree Mr Sonny suddents left the ecieng and väitel Banque, aur a, ... my pear we su tinuturs puit, apoi An \n!corng faz de ayers of \nthe peel and I paid hind we \nan air vape mea sapien. Kuzma \nprea de tar dus. 55. R. Als Calebte for his appeame to the sub- dra Vices Prague. by ill. W. W 341 bong lee decimal time for went ane Acting Linebat splet sur SHAND \nA San Tan be useifel-rank we had done so used Burton, Seaman Lutefiugly and her ran a bit 475.15 colic the \nBuses, daughter of de tre Wil- when les now sand.\n\n### PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY\n\nSUTHROP KEOFOTION OF PAR \nSUN MONEY. \nbar na geser \nbe given thin ich Levize, suniek in an b❤. \npassed of the port th \nİy, will be retirand uncis after the chaing af de \nMart \nPle Pretagestampashnoid be plackyline thingper pright hand gemist of inc dicreapetilmas, azérte Talwarz wame Key sang he wand in pasturated \nwhen the \niin tan funt reparoull be pinged the Cupid quence of the vortanpånd mes. \nAİ \nFrostian art of a ter will be endotel in Mie Coine vreazibat ly th \nsid they end \nAFE YEAR IHSS che indif he ma \nA reduce in die arany's cry. 1881, wait to othvir wat big Praze Money, what's in specified will bar by erind un pirmą \nI that your wing to the exccdinary man in langs ne fractional parts l'a www.rine at wit Jeausiptions of Nazi Scanda \n2 long, 26 May, The \nface den der enabled self as the day what i pokig is Mamer, in Cice Barrying apps Hutter. 755 Cona Ecgister, wiil last forį tarpu \nSMITH, ARONER, \n21 1706 bongkg, 3rd July, 1863, \nPages Anebengë, « Marme surrzow woul \nHeneral Germanum gr. \nJOHN C. HAYNTUN, PagdatabingTe \n291 Penhur, 1999 July, Lesh \nBeat PumpyA leather with lennies de conduct: wider! the Stylo CLAY 159 Stevano praten Alien Egiver, arkilecu, kovanicul \nJOHN GLAY, Lemost dam, Candeal. bir kazhabet ingerla er Putte \nphun zink July, leas Tea Ferns and Goutal login Mormant, stii'ur, moder ihm my aud Mamre to the alone we will save y WGENDRY & C \nALPINIZA AL VANEMON. \n! \n1Ế 15°1 – Shanghai, 199 June, 1936, \nHintersexpornbility of 3m. 2. P. \n147, 1913. \nMod M. 1, P. Wann is condo, tad to sim de Born in Skargimit \nTab. BEST du fich \n1999 v. 27th Mil \n200 \nkan' Jautri Eskaya gentai \nGAY & KTHYERS. \nwy za \nwil deel \n* Resurs \nXump 11 February, isil. \nDe Flant in se bira whaon, planiran \nThe bis das exublished macien es la de bipyrɔte Pew, admi \nThe Part andere rite of Kaseses, Mo Itsune Sein, Agrass & Co, a Marchanda mall dogarighe \nBULBS & O 17 Adune, kot dolg, bal Elesta spate died & Besgos of watermat \nAzrais \nP. RAI ROA EN \nW. HEPORN. \nNo sie scout, muchos of Tanjir procura that place, \nor Streat \nfengkong, tat duly, D \nrian \nke \nbest mogeęthalle te marty also be in pogrand in alert entsad va laia mata in a hand Zain quasig at quasi tually axinani privat.\n\n### LIVERPOOL, LONDON AND GLOBE INSURANCE COMPANY\n\nand a \nNa te \npeel, and their mentenle Coulonne does, Fame, žr. null | \nElyor the the TICAL\" \ngaven. ERNSTEAD gute Faserkt, kandel, nag sřiche \nImp Camus AJ \nAutimations. \n.. \nMANCHA MICAS BANKRY QUISAST Teys Ware, Hoomans no \nFrom \nPa samforudged baring 19 ngpoleted Azotts the about compre satis her, as frepared en Pailies Nulis, Ripe da bas padour of £14,090 on teiltä pesertasuna? \nsoned stripio, SUPPO KENANDY M Dongkong, Aih Mench 786. \ning line infernoi me to the amprend of! GAY HASH YOUR \nSalam Troup of Chive white sa notepa¦ \nJamey J'ayisäising Const.. \nToday, 25th July, 1sts, \nmen van testak, A. C. Miran se. Ab \nKONVILLE ZORY \nThe plotnim a fezrinter para sie delend any fo \nie, na zame bied the song than af Hommun Pups. To turen feeling lane for the rating \nrito olmuga what he tiene un con un tas de Ma anhall shown Pau Sam 14 15 \nPurther panelárulta ay be homes by Lodge Evo 12%. Prepoigal 3 House, wing and Como het aansien. He made batre Kid \nFinants in \ndong, 305) Kesenten, imen \nImigrana and anticuario et Brindis qu WANGFA1, paren of Gudson in feciętnog alu hraun laattin \nB TALMUF rose di a \nETF the ging the lining anmel| WHAM AKERY COMPANY, 7 m padient to pa a Secunt & Young Prellas, Dad dream human wond i brows the fig Rate wit me te Para Tomane, in yoursitis to vaik, ne pidi pur tou \nI mean to Thor Has En alleging it to the ente sal imponera sart of or panik sa may be marked be le BLA \n¦Buradal & meditacid Dwell) \nThe Burve Leuntis then Town Da por Cars.) and bude gratteste \nKits 2475 by eleg to ear for Earvels tens out in 4, 3, Spa, ka, si 1 ich it sur Mr Huey at his side it's woonwall.\n\n### VESSELS ON THE BERTH\n\n\"ELGIN,\" \nali lund fit the slovo pots and batu \nFighter jamas apmls \nBOGAT 9AYAN & 4752 Hangay, July, 1545 \nFOR LONDON, \n(limarate deseiten) \n22 13 years witish Copaci Sup \n\"BCAWFELL..\" \naptain Bongo, sveg past \nwith Jod 24 urgent and Mary (ebould with \nident induce » uYer: \nPige Fraghs of pain \nNogg. Sed last, tid. \n****POR CONTIIN. \nnisi \n478,4 \none o \nwell and \nPor frog, spermie sppies de \nSMETŲ, KUNNADIG \nsexy swaghoa, 31st July, 1884 \nYOU OR YOU ARE TIENTSIK \nPAYSOR & CO. THE Franck Schemer \n93 Bongbong, tri day, 1835. \nscibili u want it and nailiy in war Fin de verhot up due abam Pool & \nthe state hache wa con- tetas 28 egte \nIRST & C jälmar su sebeg, che inter pers of the promises ir lalekung. 1746 Zug, ist The quen's Rund and that Flange of true Save: Randy of Neural i sit well enoid way market, A. Arcach, in our Sipes the ate prim, Warden'e anly, 1 พะเย \nTware C \nJ. MAESIT. \n#1891 Hogese Ny Jane IRKJ \nPENK & De \nStats Banglang, Takama, JoA T \n\"MOUETTE,\" \nmia Denia, of 300 s ateis quic porch, to tad de Wavopes and Hongkong. \nRim freight apply t \nREYNVAAR KAR \n2047 Wankly, 18 *******PORTAL.4) 20. 199ÑOLA LE \nBeigh dis \n'MANDARIN,\" \n& O \nqu CONSTANCE\" captain. Riidan, will leta gaier L-paton Kit London, budding here sed at Whop, estling i \nORIENT \nISING VONG VERANG. \nS \nGALA DAN, SEW, Malva, \nSKULLE & SOUTHAMPTON \n· BOMBAY, MADRAS & CALAMITA, \n338 \nPost-Office Notifications.\n\n### THE DAILY PRESS TUESDAY, AUGUST 1 1865\n\nVessels Loading.\n\nDANANATION \nANAL'S NA \nAT ! My Fradat ArcLA ME \nMenuch of Aktu \npratite \n•Allendale.. \n1.nspru \nhampone Lovin 3 tunyong inanan & Co... Thompson Thespon Hirlag & Cu drag it \nJums INTE \nMatosin ......beer.. \nNice Supply \nSM-........ \nSAK PRANUSTU. \nVAGARAK \nmės sk• suple 21 Jarasterisku, Ağıēt: MELROOTENE BYONKY... \n3. ZANZIN, \n14 VANNER. \nTa fan, sin dude. INGA. \nsong idea parra- o \nNg YOPE......... \nunderizmi Dievu and MANIDA Roma S, Habu, Cheesia SINGAPORE PANAN \nA visine pyle of travie, Tumpingtow Kas he barelvad 1 wÁPOL. \nKEWARD TOWYEND, \nMANADA & BATAVIA \nNA & HAGASAKI- \nps Monkou, prisoprenal, 1999 rahisi Dominoes of the select an arte PATH HOMY D \n... \nQueue's crudo... \nTot astarTURITY \nQuick dec Guick ferstel. \nAugint, presiu \n...Foaching. Water & \nMarinates, Bourjan Mubear to dismanlı www.ongking Augários Relay. i dr. \nQuiel Pegaz laik \n..........mgmt & Quich al-mutek, Home Cueror.Quick chapwach. - Parket it '....... \nifbeiral.. Marin 95539kg Park & Tap \nBudustatud fartuch \nsydle & Nursilina.... \nchise. Andutus, \nRaian, \nShipt \nBabmea, \nIdagens \nArmenia. \n•Mondare, at a \nHavin \n(1 bot \nThe Exo vya Coolziona kabar į 20k 2105200 @ TENTAN... MORE............. \nIntimation. \nthis dut \nUNION DOK COMPAST OF MINOXG \nAND WHAMPUA \nTER, \nda me Nyir di Kutada 2 4 40 \nW. B. KINFRAIL INTOW, AMY, . F.Chr. et Burnie, 1st Juganny, Tacin.\n\n### Page 363\n\n### Page 364\n\n### Page 365\n\n### Page 366\n\n### Page 367\n\n### Page 368\n\n### Page 369\n\n### Page 370\n\n### Page 371\n\n### Page 372\n\n### Page 373\n\n### Page 374\n\n### Page 375\n\n### Page 376\n\n### Page 377\n\n### Page 378\n\n### Page 379\n\n### Page 380\n\n### Page 381\n\n### Page 382\n\n### THE DAILY PRESS TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1865\n\nVessels Loading.\n\nDANANATION \nANAL'S NA \nAT ! My Fradat ArcLA ME \nMenuch of Aktu \npratite \n•Allendale.. \n1.nspru \nhampone Lovin 3 tunyong inanan & Co... Thompson Thespon Hirlag & Cu drag it \nJums INTE \nMatosin ......beer.. \nNice Supply \nSM-........ \nSAK PRANUSTU. \nVAGARAK \nmės sk• suple 21 Jarasterisku, Ağıēt: MELROOTENE BYONKY... \n3. ZANZIN, \n14 VANNER. \nTa fan, sin dude. INGA. \nsong idea parra- o \nNg YOPE......... \nunderizmi Dievu and MANIDA Roma S, Habu, Cheesia SINGAPORE PANAN \nA visine pyle of travie, Tumpingtow Kas he barelvad 1 wÁPOL. \nKEWARD TOWYEND, \nMANADA & BATAVIA \nNA & HAGASAKI- \nps Monkou, prisoprenal, 1999 rahisi Dominoes of the select an arte PATH HOMY D \n... \nQueue's crudo... \nTot astarTURITY \nQuick dec Guick ferstel. \nAugint, presiu \n...Foaching. Water & \nMarinates, Bourjan Mubear to dismanlı www.ongking Augários Relay. i dr. \nQuiel Pegaz laik \n..........mgmt & Quich al-mutek, Home Cueror.Quick chapwach. - Parket it '....... \nifbeiral.. Marin 95539kg Park & Tap \nBudustatud fartuch \nsydle & Nursilina.... \nchise. Andutus, \nRaian, \nShipt \nBabmea, \nIdagens \nArmenia. \n•Mondare, at a \nHavin \n(1 bot \nThe Exo vya Coolziona kabar į 20k 2105200 @ TENTAN... MORE............. \nIntimation. \nthis dut \nUNION DOK COMPAST OF MINOXG \nAND WHAMPUA \nTER, \nda me Nyir di Kutada 2 4 40 \nW. B. KINFRAIL INTOW, AMY, . F.Chr. et Burnie, 1st Juganny, Tacin \n+ \nfile was hurt. My dad tod His findin buri vecin this branden, og sky th \nAUMAS MERAN Parities, the plan i ages hitherta mengnated 15 due at No. 2 Disl Tre pretimiņam uzņis tɔ the Comptaie am Board | Cheathris, will in faturu be married on kolm riv \nA. 9. RNDPOVE, \nsen targ \nngkeng News June, 1995. \nYCAMEONG. \nBT KAR \nJautis je jajaran sise, e muite fin de fact 1 seived a sappho New Seasons Tau, marija Ahling, Teken stad. Hemelsdag- \nH Horng th July, 12, PALJOTRAPH ANONY, POINT DE GARDE \nBatyle med Mr RAWLAND. Brouss & 4, ceai i Bigilem, architeca, saj bgasnyok. \nDAWANO, 1949 Herking. Shi Apal. 1. \n***NOTTEN, \ndiza mną. Piran named at the bath Nappi for done vise fat boy, intr. Biz, dasme Whaktsi Sono wakiporty to plan der Pirun \nPAWISTH & Co. \nNOCTUR \nKYSS CLATER to act tba sari bergnis : sibiskan vizing teram's \nSTEAM TO CANTON, illun \"Kiymenit Buch,\" Bordity, at Na Tiwhite lined\" to a TM, 9.1. What Shan,\" maanomos, at flamm \nSTEAM TO MACAO, \"Flames, and mor The Deuce To warmer. at i pow.\n\n### Page 383\n\n### Page 384\n\n### Page 385\n\n### Page 386\n\n### Page 387\n\n### Page 388\n\n### Page 389\n\n### Page 390\n\n### Page 391\n\n### Page 392\n\n### Page 393\n\n### Page 394\n\n### Page 395\n\n### Page 396\n\n### Page 397\n\n### Page 398\n\n### Page 399\n\n### Page 400\n\n### Page 401\n\n### Page 402\n\n### Page 403\n\n### Page 404\n\n### Page 405\n\n### Page 406\n\n### Page 407\n\n### Page 408\n\n### Page 409\n\n### Page 410\n\n### Page 411\n\n### Page 412\n\n### Page 413\n\n### Page 414\n\n### Page 415\n\n### Page 416\n\n### Page 417\n\n### Page 418\n\n### Page 419\n\n### Page 420\n\n### Page 421\n\n### Page 422\n\n### Page 423\n\n### Page 424\n\n### Page 425\n\n### Page 426\n\n### Page 427\n\n### Page 428\n\n### Page 429\n\n### Page 430\n\n### Page 431\n\n### Page 432\n\n### Page 433\n\n### Page 434\n\n### Page 435\n\n### Page 436\n\n### Page 437\n\n### Page 438\n\n### Page 439\n\n### Page 440\n\n### Page 441\n\n### Page 442\n\n### Page 443\n\n### Page 444\n\n### Page 445\n\n### Page 446\n\n### Page 447\n\n### Page 448\n\n### Page 449\n\n### Page 450\n\n### Page 451\n\n### Page 452\n\n### Page 453\n\n### Page 454\n\n### Page 455\n\n### Page 456\n\n### Page 457\n\n### Page 458\n\n### Page 459\n\n### Page 460\n\n### Page 461\n\n### Page 462\n\n### Page 463\n\n### Page 464\n\n### Page 465\n\n### Page 466\n\n### Page 467\n\n### Page 468\n\n### Page 469\n\n### Page 470\n\n### Page 471\n\n### Page 472\n\n### Page 473\n\n### Page 474\n\n### Page 475\n\n### Page 476\n\n### Page 477\n\n### Page 478\n\n### Page 479\n\n### Page 480\n\n### THE DAILY PRESS TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1865\n\n#1891 Hogese Ny Jane IRKJ \nPENK & De \nStats Banglang, Takama, JoA T \n\"MOUETTE,\" \nmia Denia, of 300 s ateis quic porch, to tad de Wavopes and Hongkong. \nRim freight apply t \nREYNVAAR KAR \n2047 Wankly, 18 *******PORTAL.4) 20. 199ÑOLA LE \nBeigh dis \n'MANDARIN,\" \n& O \nqu CONSTANCE\" captain. Riidan, will leta gaier L-paton Kit London, budding here sed at Whop, estling i \nORIENT \nISING VONG VERANG. \nS \nGALA DAN, SEW, Malva, \nSKULLE & SOUTHAMPTON \n· BOMBAY, MADRAS & CALAMITA, \n338 \nPost-Office Notifications.\n\nThe Me, Prise, and T. -125 ** Sp>u!,” in cor pù sat la nata, 461 x \nBany of Fra \n1 Manti-Mer parking, the \nCakung a.. \nFor Stake Amor, and functus, -$10 Tân - marr, in a 2. vgust, w: Itam, \n4. Most will di Bor has rubelse.--Vera Bag Shy im August, at 3 \ny dinis with th \npus PA & S. Gremory Fan, CHA Bur- \nStare, Mertua dago, até a \nfor Musty's Maile, I do ispers, Marins! Come will have this for the H \nRATTRAY, 125 Augu AT 2 15. DANENT he georived in bari nga i \n..oe 30th: SPECIE N jos tur 1: E PARCHES Tug the 200 \nYou Puchtendre gandire Vapory han \n·PORAR. Hele vie Ponasniva Š ČV eated em Nangolion Canapark Diline, Hanglong CONTEN AND VARDE OF PAGRAGES APP 802!!#215 a of prizes tecturation of the Cape V.\n\n### SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE\n\nPORT OF AMOY \n12 reken, 2009 fmlar ber \nAYALL, KE, is eve \nP113 48HOKAMOS, \nhe Bally Press. \nda se vorm 1, 1865. \nKonsult ut bill the press any way for the time whe setthet water between tour, he plowed b \nI singular vi e decided mutako te asterise that My Epi amil tone podamo jber, Ms. Livay way to Hagler), Mr. Exprone here for an old uw the Dis daan, mà ses one abo tempek a settir 12 in asturies, wa ch wont be trace the DPC 92 ¦ \nerd en beta. I \n1Jn Movember 10, Hong | Costs to 2AA25 der et en Demag. 7) coleged baring hone syncluent agente \nV në tha aiure demagilns at Ílongkong, mudi reached a his essay, saniil ne exosanan ļetens \nde dokorna will be land de reparti ya faken ant agwiss bean, not even for ski \n12. saber \nSALE DAYE. \nPami drives gait and was allowed meg! \n*The jeb mint una din nou gen motum fugnal¦ \nof two car which were that the hugger's we on the other site. Mr. King Tuis wash linteatte When the in Arus doart of any tends then inter M. 2. that the case \nArchi Bin 1962 (msuzzanato Theco praliady dial the ends marks for thed, allanagh in his bit of once gra \nLerveis series, markings of that means frnd 42 blared the suis hot hear and swa, mouths Dietsele kami sannindumpoline; poika j SCENTE, and Cougar mom in as per contracthe public de vigantine Onlineman This the prons in the free third To the d \n'nud team bavio Bestessary to division of be (in the shun afore, Noonge the appeal kaning | Me. Silau sala dent was in ding my parity au \nHæren öntidel ognaret Me Hong them was us | Privat \nwe informed that the Box Ched hair \npagne BucaME INDIENIA, Anthe above Per, afford Other Gull epises cool + sprog Berlegenen La Berpizze, dieng theichengen, itp. Hoppy zemained, hunt la mezaike.\n\n### LIVERPOOL, LONDON AND GLOBE INSURANCE COMPANY\n\nTHE Souars Jaicina Con il dose Refolliot. That weve geniusas for newly for \nfor Ayan, palem #1. \nIRA Gorgaz 1sque, Depot, Home) & (TRATO POP, W \nnock e \nFngth, \n111 last c \nDepth be Maier as dyzing Thier, \n10. \nIGOR R \nLength, \nTrepit if Ward 19pting Views \nJ. \nE \nBOUND VOLCHES of the UVANLANDSHME WWW Bagni Pentorno al Thunden, wel za ube by staring \nredny be these ni Kemping. Food the increio aunt in se pole te lung 42 in jur dign \nFor Fumig. Jinks shtet w he deduarit dupire! wis Tonwers acted MM Hoy's up is trea. Whilst de apar bias Finition rate CHANTS MANUAL bu uglier een nach w pding-need ou douche e neliston shat Kasa sisi tie a praxin miducia Purpo \n1. Tet Aperi Tings, he was saved shower cama, which sur vet me Parciprocaļ pas Pursesatina \nths of His Wifest Celivery of the Durga in Fanden, and criter signed ruled, or cheria, and reset on person th port to have move out of the fies of the \n4,5 \nChelam \n1 ye \nN \nF. Puter. Ey \n* Nowe Kan. Many Cices \nbotinated the Plantin \nChinese Vocabulary, moon s \nLane Coals. Dvigron & \n4. %. Progo ¿Momany. \"Shape, Benigna \nMy Mad Backe svinzial key for viral ¦ fi. 1. Tezno, ki. Megumi, Olyphanuman Ge verneir, 27 vest laer nadie, \nWEXSHOPS. \nTu Wezkahnya an Be Premier, but \nAberdeen and posess every, Implan A Devesary for the Bepair of ships \nFree Mariners.\" \"Nie) Kaglabar's Shupa ar Amplied wil Lathes. \nPA... \ndi n.1 \nAgnelabitshed 3-An overal laut dag, \nاليل الى حالى كون ان لو \nL JOSEAS, \nBunabii, War hagust, imesh. \nLARSCRIES GRAMMAR, D party, prica si. \nCara \nTOSTON RATES axe man ĮTARIAN De 18uja, în saty, nemate Lou \nbetri, 1 \nHoaglens. Trek Juanure. 1990, \nالله بذا \n***** ROZICE. \nFrommenish the rule mall and won \nA \nJawyer which means was titached in it. That Vanek Komptuario Los Rokára tetamber theRTE 10: | ho deverasized to take ne nolis, whrimos oli ne. Yek, danas he mig \nThe real M. Kings attempted file, are cry of the sam \nBlanding en vrgo5. \n- ཕ :; \na fruit? an \n-; \n! \n5 \nCL \nfrighton hem into doing see in contant the Hobar Cherige given admizures in the can in the hours The Ki il as an innere to stay was and we put the Deity Preadwill be in all with rele heel towel Lense of fund which down, Jerk in the \nLE HEADING Wien, \nTAMBURI, WRREOS FIRE\" ENTRANCE |der strangest prox ching Machines, &c. &c of sensi pal's Madera noter que abariton weg! Mangkang, #1st July, 19A \nww mihi fargent scale, and then waram apt Rite as Flangerie and it) pomme my **com, The Shipærigas's and 130 km wwel ple what is open ports in Chios to the abstin o \npluri, wack the Mediena podbari za ang dilak \nwith a tiny onrried on vizena the Butteiviaino) \nfagetlenmilTM repears, \nPower Gil Tafta Shears sinó con drang, alam ¦ Bonetuses said Manchu Loti \nnee whint, sergels man the in 29 Des with \ntake ja oy bot boilers, etcats, ka \nTAGULIWMAKERS DEPARENANTS, \nAnd \nTHE MOHYNSTEN INSPRANGE *** \nNAHGTASS \nMr Kinganvill to seville in the Hates were the my art agriart sing mucil my \n| appeal abral t be decide \nMe Fingers on the liver that degree Mr Sonny suddents left the ecieng and väitel Banque, aur a, ... my pear we su tinuturs puit, apoi An \n!corng faz de ayers of \nthe peel and I paid hind we \nan air vape mea sapien. Kuzma \nprea de tar dus. 55. R. Als Calebte for his appeame to the sub- dra Vices Prague. by ill. W. W 341 bong lee decimal time for went ane Acting Linebat splet sur SHAND \nA San Tan be useifel-rank we had done so used Burton, Seaman Lutefiugly and her ran a bit 475.15 colic the \nBuses, daughter of de tre Wil- when les now sand.\n\n### PENK & De \nStats Banglang, Takama, JoA T \n\"MOUETTE,\" \nmia Denia, of 300 s ateis quic porch, to tad de Wavopes and Hongkong. \nRim freight apply t \nREYNVAAR KAR \n2047 Wankly, 18 *******PORTAL.4) 20. 199ÑOLA LE \nBeigh dis \n'MANDARIN,\" \n& O \nqu CONSTANCE\" captain. Riidan, will leta gaier L-paton Kit London, budding here sed at Whop, estling i \nORIENT \nISING VONG VERANG. \nS \nGALA DAN, SEW, Malva, \nSKULLE & SOUTHAMPTON \n· BOMBAY, MADRAS & CALAMITA, \n338 \nPost-Office Notifications.\n\nThe Me, Prise, and T. -125 ** Sp>u!,” in cor pù sat la nata, 461 x \nBany of Fra \n1 Manti-Mer parking, the \nCakung a.. \nFor Stake Amor, and functus, -$10 Tân - marr, in a 2. vgust, w: Itam, \n4. Most will di Bor has rubelse.--Vera Bag Shy im August, at 3 \ny dinis with th \npus PA & S. Gremory Fan, CHA Bur- \nStare, Mertua dago, até a \nfor Musty's Maile, I do ispers, Marins! Come will have this for the H \nRATTRAY, 125 Augu AT 2 15. DANENT he georived in bari nga i \n..oe 30th: SPECIE N jos tur 1: E PARCHES Tug the 200 \nYou Puchtendre gandire Vapory han \n·PORAR. Hele vie Ponasniva Š ČV eated em Nangolion Canapark Diline, Hanglong CONTEN AND VARDE OF PAGRAGES APP 802!!#215 a of prizes tecturation of the Cape V.\n\n### Page 363\n### Page 364\n### Page 365\n### Page 366\n### Page 367\n### Page 368\n### Page 369\n### Page 370\n### Page 371\n### Page 372\n### Page 373\n### Page 374\n### Page 375\n### Page 376\n### Page 377\n### Page 378\n### Page 379\n### Page 380\n### Page 381\n### Page 382\n### Page 383\n### Page 384\n### Page 385\n### Page 386\n### Page 387\n### Page 388\n### Page 389\n### Page 390\n### Page 391\n### Page 392\n### Page 393\n### Page 394\n### Page 395\n### Page 396\n### Page 397\n### Page 398\n### Page 399\n### Page 400\n### Page 401\n### Page 402\n### Page 403\n### Page 404\n### Page 405\n### Page 406\n### Page 407\n### Page 408\n### Page 409\n### Page 410\n### Page 411\n### Page 412\n### Page 413\n### Page 414\n### Page 415\n### Page 416\n### Page 417\n### Page 418\n### Page 419\n### Page 420\n### Page 421\n### Page 422\n### Page 423\n### Page 424\n### Page 425\n### Page 426\n### Page 427\n### Page 428\n### Page 429\n### Page 430\n### Page 431\n### Page 432\n### Page 433\n### Page 434\n### Page 435\n### Page 436\n### Page 437\n### Page 438\n### Page 439\n### Page 440\n### Page 441\n### Page 442\n### Page 443\n### Page 444\n### Page 445\n### Page 446\n### Page 447\n### Page 448\n### Page 449\n### Page 450\n### Page 451\n### Page 452\n### Page 453\n### Page 454\n### Page 455\n### Page 456\n### Page 457\n### Page 458\n### Page 459\n### Page 460\n### Page 461\n### Page 462\n### Page 463\n### Page 464\n### Page 465\n### Page 466\n### Page 467\n### Page 468\n### Page 469\n### Page 470\n### Page 471\n### Page 472\n### Page 473\n### Page 474\n### Page 475\n### Page 476\n### Page 477\n### Page 478\n### Page 479\n### Page 480",
        "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-106 - Acting Governor Mercer - 1865 [8-9].txt",
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        "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案",
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        "document_key": "CO129-113 - MacDonnell - 1866 [5-6]",
        "page_number": 451,
        "title": "CO129-113 - MacDonnell - 1866 [5-6]",
        "content_text": "part of the Acting Viceroy for cooperation \nin this respect. \n\nI learn that troops to the number of 1200 have been detailed for this undertaking, \nwhom the principal division will, I believe, proceed down by the river waters towards \nthe mouth of the River behind the piratical haunts at Past ohuei and Sam Isc. A \ndetachment of two or three hundred men, under the command \nof a Lieutenant Colonel, \nwill be in readiness to proceed by Junks \nfollowed by the P&O's steamer; the \nrendezvous being \ndetermined upon. \n\n450 \nwill be associated as Civil Commissioner with the Lieutenant Colonel Commanding, and, at the request of the Acting Viceroy, I have instructed Mr. W. J. Mayer, Acting Vice Consul and Interpreter at this Port, to accompany that functionary for the purpose of lending his official \nservices in case of need. I have to request that His \nExcellency the Governor will be \ngood enough to \ncause instructions to be \nissued \nto the Officer commanding H. M's. Naval forces on this \nstation to receive and \naccommodate Mr. Mayers on board his \nsuitable \nVessel \non \nthis occasion.\n\nI have, too, \nintelligence is received of readiness on part of H. M's. Vessels to meet them at the appointed spot. \n\nThe Prefect of Kuang-chow-foo \n(signed) D.B. Robertson",
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        "id": 267471,
        "series_id": 27,
        "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine",
        "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案",
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        "document_key": "CO129-116 - Sir MacDonnell - 1866 [11-12]",
        "page_number": 416,
        "title": "CO129-116 - Sir MacDonnell - 1866 [11-12]",
        "content_text": "In moving about the Harbor he will observe if any of the European vessels, &c., are out of place, or have their cables foul, directing them to move or clear hawse as the case may require.\n\nHe will encourage the Masters of Junks to take out Licenses informing them that their vessels must come round to Victoria to be registered.\n\nDirections for the Boarding Officers.\n\nThe Harbor, in reference to Boarding Vessels coming in, is divided into two Divisions, Eastern and Western, the line is to be one drawn from this Office to the N. W. boundary of Kowloon. They will take weekly turns with each division. On Sundays, after the morning report is completed one officer, in rotation, may have the remainder of the day to himself, the other is to continue on duty. At 9 A.M., 1.30 and 4 P.M., any intelligence that has been gathered is to be given to the Coolie in attendance, the former for the Morning and the latter for the Evening Papers, respectively as has been hitherto usual. Vessels arriving between that hour and Sunset are to be boarded on arrival. Lists of the ships in Port are to be kept corrected daily, a list of all arrivals and departures since the sailing of the previous European Mail is to be made out for the Editors corrected up to the day previous to the departure of the outgoing Mail. On the arrival of any steamers with Mails on board whether day or night they are to be boarded if between 4 A.M. and 10 A.M. by both Officers, the West division Officer will collect the reports, list of Passengers, &c. for His Excellency the Governor, the other one will receive and land without delay the parcels of \"Straits' Times\" and \"China Express.\" If between 10 P.M. and 4 A.M. the West Division Officer will do both duties. In the event of there being no letters or papers for the local journals a report of her arrival is to be sent to them. Men of War are to be boarded by the Officer in whose division they may anchor. As the Gun-boats are much alike in appearance a correct account of the number in Port on each evening must be borne in mind, that in the morning no mistake shall be made as to an arrival during the previous night. All Gun-boats are to be boarded on anchoring and any intelligence which they may bring is to be carefully noted.\n\nThey will board every Vessel arriving within the limits of their respective Divisions of the harbor, if the vessels' number is not up it is to be hoisted and remain so until the Captain shall have reported himself at this Office. A copy of the Harbor Regulations is to be given to each ship. A proper berth is to be pointed out for the ship to moor in, observing that, except in very few cases, Merchant Vessels are not allowed to anchor on the Men of War ground. They will report any Vessels shifting berth without permission and the Masters of any having a foul hawse are to be requested to clear their chains. Vessels clearing out are to be boarded to see that none are fitted without sanction for the carriage of Chinese Passengers, acquainting me with the result. They will take special care that the Steamer's Fairway is kept clear and that all the Buoys in the Harbor are kept in their places and properly painted. They are to come to me for orders at 10 A.M., 1 P.M. and 4 P.M. unless from circumstances they are unable to do so. At 7 P.M. a report, to be made out by the West Division Officer, is to be sent to me of all Vessels arrived or sailed during the day, this will be returned and it is to form the original report for the following morning, after filling in arrivals and departures during the interval. On boarding Vessels enquiries are to be made as to the state of Health of the Passengers and Crew, if there is small Pox or other infectious disease, the Quarantine Flag is to be hoisted and the Master is to be told not to communicate with the shore but is to await orders from me. Ships having Powder on board are not to anchor in the vicinity of other Vessels until the Powder is stored, special report of such Vessels arriving is to be made. A special report also to be made of any Chinese Passengers arriving at this Port.\n\nOn boarding newly arrived Vessels they are to gather what news they can such as weather, Vessels fallen in with, places touched at, and any other intelligence which it is important that the Government should be acquainted with. In the case of Mail Steamers, dates of leaving Suez, Galle and Singapore. With respect to other Vessels the date at which last place touched at should be noted. Immediate report of the arrivals of all Men of War, including all Gun Boats, is to be made to His Excellency the Governor and to myself. The Commandant of the Garrison to have foreign Vessels only reported to him. After Office hours these reports are to be sent to the residences respectively. They will find out from Masters of ships arriving from Ports in China or Manila if they have destitute seamen on board and if they have, from what Port and by whose order they were shipped, making immediate report to me of the circumstance.\n\nAs each wears a uniform by which he is recognized as an Officer of this Government, I must impress on them the necessity of preserving a respectful and proper bearing towards all those with whom they may come in contact.\n\nOn finding any unlicensed Junk at anchor at any other place than the \"Junk Anchorage,\" they will immediately seize and give her into the Custody of the Police. During the day they will each board at least Ten Junks making an entry in the book supplied for that purpose.\n\nDuties of Officers in Charge of Harbor Master's Stations.\n\nTo board all Junks arriving at the Station and twice during each day, and twice during the night in each week at uncertain times to visit the \"Junk Anchorage\" demanding to see the \"Anchorage Passes\" of at least Ten Vessels on each occasion and to satisfy themselves generally that there has been no breach of the Law.\n\nTo bear in mind that any unlicensed Junk anchoring in the Waters of Hongkong at any place other than a \"Junk Anchorage\" is strictly prohibited, and any Master of a Vessel infringing this Law is with his Vessel to be detained until the usual visit of the Harbor Master or his Assistant.\n\nGreat care is to be taken to enter in the Register all the particulars required by Section XI of the Ordinance; Licensed Fishing Boats and Special Permit License Boats are not required to report on arrival, but these Vessels are to be frequently boarded to see that they do not engage in any other business than that for which their Licenses are issued, and any Vessel found doing so is to be detained.\n\nTo be very careful of the Custody of \"Anchorage Passes,” “Special Permits,” and “Clearances.” As they will be supplied and their value charged to the Station, at the end of the month those remaining, and those soiled (which must be produced) together with the \"Receipt of Fees Book\" will be required to agree with the Number in charge or the deficiency will be an imprest against the pay of the Officer at fault.\n\nAll Junks, except Special Permit Licensed Junks and Licensed Fishing Boats, must have \"Anchorage Passes.”\n\n'Special Permits\" may be granted to unlicensed Junks for certain purposes such as going to wharfs to discharge or take in Cargo, to haul up for cleansing the Boats' bottoms, or undergoing repairs, or for any other good reason which the Master may give rendering his removal from the \"Anchorage for Junks\" necessary.\n\nNo Junks except Special Permit Licensed Junks and Licensed Fishing Boats are to leave the Stations without either a \"Day\" or Night Clearance;\" when the former is applied for it is only to be given in exchange for the \"Anchorage Pass\" (issued at the Station from which the Clearance is demanded) and should the Master of a Vessel be unable to produce one, she is immediately to be given into the Custody of the Police. The same Rule is to apply to \"Night Clearances,\" but in addition the Master is to be narrowly examined as to his reasons for desiring to leave the Station after dark and unless they are satisfactory the \"Night Clearance\" is to be withheld. No Junk whatever is to proceed to Sea during the prohibited hours without a Night Clearance\" for which the proper fee is to be paid.\n\nIn the case of applications for Licenses, the Applicants are to be desired to convey their Junks to Victoria and the Masters thereof must appear at this Office.\n\nThe Officer at Sowkewan will visit Sy-wan Bay once a week, and any Vessel, other than Special Licensed Boat or a Licensed Fishing Boat, found at anchor is to be seized.\n\nThe Officer at Stanley will visit the Creek at the head of Tytam Bay and West or Sogcow Bay once a week, and any Vessel found at anchor, other than a Special Permit Licensed Boat or a Licensed Fishing Boat, is to be seized.\n\nThe Officer at Aberdeen will visit Deep Water and Repulse Bays once a week, and any Vessel found at anchor, other than a Special Permit Licensed Boat or a Licensed Fishing Boat, is to be seized.\n\nDuties of Inspector and Assistant Inspectors of Junks and Cargo Boats.\n\nTo be up at Gun fire and report their presence to the Assistant Harbor Master and to execute whatever orders he may give; to board all Junks seen to be coming in and make entries in the Book supplied for that purpose; of the Junks at anchor to board at least Twenty each day and see that all ...\n\nNo Officer to tout for any Tavern, Boarding House, or Store.",
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        "content_text": "# 11. Your Memorialists would remind Your Lordship of the severe strictures on the Hongkong Police Force passed by SIR RICHARD GRAVES MACDONNELL, in his earlier despatches and public addresses, in which he described it as thoroughly corrupt, and in which he urged that corruption and the necessity of removing some, at least, of the temptations to which the Force was exposed, as the strongest possible argument in favor of his system of Licensed Gambling Houses. Again, in 1869, after much had been done to remedy the corruption complained of, His Excellency, in his Despatch No. 831 of the 13th December, 1869, addressed to Your Lordship's predecessor in office, says \"the Police of the Colony has never been so effective as is desirable and means of improving it would be a great boon.\"\n\n## \n\n12. No man laboured more strenuously to raise the character of the Force than did SIR RICHARD GRAVES MACDONNELL. He gave constant personal supervision to its working, yet within twelve months after his departure from the Colony, Mr. DEAN's Report, already referred to, was published.\n\n## \n\n13. Your Memorialists would further call Your Lordship's attention to a paragraph of the Report by Acting Captain Superintendent Caldwell, of the 30th March, 1870, already referred to, and to the case mentioned in that paragraph, commonly spoken of as the \"Showkewan Murder Case.\" That was a case to the investigation of which the whole force and intelligence of the Police was directed, and neither time nor money was spared in the effort to bring to justice the guilty parties. Four men were arrested and, after a lengthened investigation, were committed, tried, and convicted of the capital offence, but, before the day fixed for the execution, facts were brought to the knowledge of the Executive, which threw grave doubts on the evidence which had induced the verdict. The witnesses were put on their trial for perjury, and so much came out in the course of the preliminary investigation, and in the Supreme Court, to the disadvantage of the Police, that a Commission of Inquiry was nominated and appointed by His Excellency the Governor. The Report sent in by that Commission has never been made public, was never communicated to the members of the Legislative Council, nor even privately to the Chief Justice, as whose suggestion and on whose statements it was appointed. Your Memorialists gravely doubt if it has ever been forwarded to the Department over which Your Lordship presides, but enough was made public in the course of the two trials and of the hearings at the Magistracy to convince the Chief Justice, the Honorable JOHN SMALL, and Your Memorialists, that the Police were, as a body and individually, rash, ignorant of their duty, open to corruption, utterly wanting in discretion, without discipline, and in a state of disorganization and division most painful to contemplate.\n\n## \n\n14. Your Memorialists beg to remind Your Lordship, in reference to that case, that Mr. SMALL, in his place as a member of the Legislative Council, handed in a Minute dated the 11th November, 1870, which was placed on record as of that date, in which he urged the appointment of a Committee of the Council to inquire into the state of the Police Force, pointing out the very serious deficiencies in its constitution and organization, and complaining at the same time of the suppression of the Report of Messrs. MAX, MITCHELL, and SMITH, above referred to. He proposed that a resolution embodying his suggestions should be put to the Council, and, if approved of, that the consideration of the vote for the Police Department, the Estimates for 1871 being then before the Council, should be postponed until after the Committee had reported. A copy of this Minute would appear to have been forwarded to Your Lordship under cover of a Despatch, No. 29 of the 6th March, 1871, from the Officer Administering the Government of this Colony.\n\n## \n\n15. Your Memorialists complain bitterly that the questions raised by the Chief Justice in his Minute above referred to were never submitted to the Council; His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor refused his permission for the introduction and discussion of Mr. SMALL's Resolution, and a vote of $172,395.20 for the Police Expenditure of 1871 passed sub silentio.\n\n## \n\n16. Your Memorialists are now reaping the fruits of the indifference of the Executive to Mr. SMALL's remonstrance, and have the most ample proof that he understated rather than overstated the case against the Police. Not a night now passes without a burglary. Hardly a day without its report of someone having been knocked down and robbed, and this not in the lower parts of the town and in the back streets, but in the public thoroughfares, in the most central parts of the city. ... was recently the victim of a brutal outrage committed almost in broad daylight and at a point where, if anywhere, a Policeman ought always to be on duty. The criminals, said to be four in number, are still at large and unknown. One night a Chinaman was knocked down and plundered on the Parade Ground, and with impunity. An assistant in a German house was the next victim. His assailants are still at large. The Superintendent of the Gaol, arresting a well-known bad character, was set upon in open day, his prisoner rescued, and he himself badly beaten. The criminal and his rescuers are still free. Within the last month, the private houses and godowns of many of the principal merchants in the Colony have been broken into and robbed. Stores have been entered and plundered with impunity. None of the property has been recovered. Only one of the criminals has been captured, and that by mere chance.\n\n## \n\n17. Mr. George L. Thomas, of the Surveyor General's Department...\n\n## \n\n18. It is now dangerous to go out without arms after dark. Burglaries have become so frequent that the first question in the morning is for the names of the sufferers of the previous night. The Police are powerless to protect Your Memorialists from robbery and violence, and they have never pretended to any skill as detectives.\n\n## \n\n19. Why do Your Memorialists call Your Lordship's attention to all these things? To convince Your Lordship that the Police Force of the Colony is most inefficient. To prove that there is something radically wrong in the system on which the Police Force here has been organized, and that no mere addition to the number of men enrolled, no increase in the extent of the appliances placed at their disposal, no legislation merely punitive, nor all these things combined, can effect any permanent improvement, for all these measures have been tried and found useless. To satisfy Your Lordship that a close and searching inquiry is needed into the constitution and working of the Police Force, into the causes that have contributed to its inefficiency, and into the history and circumstances of crime in the Colony, with a view to discover the defects of the present system, the remedy, and the best means of applying it.\n\n## \n\n20. Your Memorialists pay heavily for the maintenance of a Police Force. No remonstrances from the Community as to its inefficiency, and as to the increased expenditure, have been heeded by the Executive. The occupant of the high office of Chief Justice has in vain called attention to the defective organization, corruption, and ignorance of the Force, and illustrated his case by the results of his judicial experience; his mouth was shut in the Council Chamber, and his representations were ignored.\n\n## \n\n21. Your Memorialists beg leave to annex hereto a copy of the Resolutions passed at a Meeting of the non-official Justices of the Peace held at the Club House on the 30th day of August last, when, alarmed at the state of the Colony, and indignant at the inertness of the local Government, they determined to petition the Lieutenant-Governor for a Commission of Inquiry into the state of the Police and the causes of the increased prevalence of serious crimes. Your Lordship will find annexed a copy of their address to His Excellency, a copy of the reply, and a copy of the Resolutions come to by the Justices at their Meeting on the 11th instant, to take that reply into consideration.\n\n## \n\n22. At a Public Meeting held on the 25th day of September instant, at the City Hall, Resolutions were passed, copies of which are annexed hereto.\n\n## \n\n23. In conclusion, Your Memorialists pray Your Lordship's most earnest consideration for these their representations. They pray Your Lordship to disregard any errors of detail they may have unintentionally fallen into, but to go at once to the pith and marrow of their complaint. They pray Your Lordship to move Her Most Gracious Majesty The QUEEN in Council to appoint a Commission composed principally of non-official members of the Community to inquire into and report on the past history and present state of the Colony as regards crime, to examine into the Police law of the Colony, and into the composition, organization, and actual cost of the Police Force, with full powers to examine witnesses and call for papers. Your Memorialists representing to Your Lordship that thus only will Your Lordship arrive at a knowledge of the remedies to be applied to the admitted evils of the present state of affairs.\n\nAnd Your Memorialists, as in duty bound, will ever pray,\n\nHONGKONG. 25th September, 1871.\n\nDaley  \nRacher  \nW. Kartenge  \nCyril  \nJurner  \nHoliday Miser  \n...  \n75",
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        "content_text": "## THE GLOBE. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1870.\n\n**OPINIONS OF MORNING PAPERS**\n\nThe Bombardment of Paris. The Times thinks that \"the fury and rapidity with which the batteries at Mont Avron were overpowered was in no small measure due to the fact that the spot had not yet been armed with the heaviest guns.\" There is, perhaps, closer resemblance between the besiegers' reliance on overwhelming force and the former's pause, though the latter's mode of attack was more steady and deliberate. The besiegers, however, says the writer, were less successful. The French resistance was more stubborn and more pacific than the authors of the bombardment had expected.\n\nSeizing the Opportunity. The Standard remarks that the war has reacted on prices, not in the shape of invading armies or hostile declarations, but on the sale of champagne and other luxury goods. Your regular wine merchant has not increased his prices due to an enormous stock in hand. The war is simply an excuse for extortion.\n\nTHE COURT.\n\nOSBORNE, December 19.\n\nThe Queen and her Royal Highness Princess Beatrice drove out yesterday afternoon, attended by the Hon. Mrs. Macdonald; and her Majesty walked in its grounds this morning accompanied by Princess Louise. Prince Arthur and Prince Leopold also went out.\n\nThe Marquess and Marchioness of Ailesbury are entertaining at Savernake Forest. Burgundy, Claret, and the better growths of the Bordeaux wines have not been affected at all by the struggle now raging.\n\nTHE SEIZURE OF THE FRENCH CABLE.\n\nThe Standard says — The more closely the matter is looked into, the more egregious appears the blunder of supposing that the recent act had any bearing upon the war. The Hoegh International is a telegraph, not built or equipped for warlike purposes, but for peaceful use.\n\nTHE PRUSSIANS.\n\nThe cause of the seizure of the English vessels Duclair, &c., is divulged in a letter from Rouen to the Times.\n\nTHE WANT OF FORTRESSES.\n\nA correspondent (\"W.P.\") writing from the Army and Navy Club to the Times advocates the construction of fortifications which would deter an enemy from making a raid upon this country.\n\nTHE CONFERENCE.\n\nThe French Government is reported to be negotiating. The Nizam Government has recognised the French Government.\n\nMILITARY OPERATIONS.\n\nThe gap between Bourbaki's forces will tell whether he plans to make a dashing 'raid' on the undefended districts or whether he means to follow up Werder's success and fight wherever found. The former seems the more likely plan.\n\nTHE MILITIA ARTILLERY.\n\nThe noble Earl says:-\"I think it would be difficult to point out a more glaring instance of false economy.\" The money expected on the pay, equipments, and billets of the militia artillery might just as well have been thrown into the sea.\n\nNOTICE—HINDOO'S IL Whisky Depot.\n\nKiddaban and Co. herewith announce their New Spring Stock, S. Great Tower-street, London.\n\nSNOW MISERIES.\n\nThe misery caused by the snow fall in the central parts of the metropolis cannot be appreciated by those who live there. It is in the suburbs specially that the ordinary channels of communication are stopped up.\n\nAMERICA.\n\nNew York, December 29. Gold closed at 110; the highest quotation during the day was 110%, the lowest 110g; sterling exchange on London, 109.\n\nHOMEWARD CAPE MAILS.\n\nForcargo, December 30. The Union Company's Mailer Shawn arrived in Plymouth Sound to-day at 7 a.m., with the homeward Cape Mails.\n\nOUTWARD INDIA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS.\n\nThe P. and O. Company's steamer Tanjore, from Suez, arrived at 7 and leaves at 11 this morning for Alexandria. All well.\n\nINVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES.\n\nSince Variety is charming, notably in ladies' attire, we make no apology for our notice of Le Follet. Very best colours, either plain or mixed, are much worn for covering dress.\n\nFASHIONS FOR JANUARY.\n\nColours are diversified with black, or shades of the same. Neutral tints are also tried. The velvet badges for visiting dresses are profusely trimmed with fan, jet, and feathers.\n\nSTAMINA.\n\nThe Law Times says: The death of Mr. William Brandthis is by no means a loss to the legal profession, but he was a distinguished scholar.\n\n## THE GLOBE. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1870.\n\nTHIS MORNING'S WAR NEWS.\n\nThe Prussians are reported to be advancing. General von Gablenz to the 18th Division to change front to their right Bank.\n\nTHE FRENCH BLOCKADE.\n\nThe Prussians are very weak before Quarrieux, and the French artillery retreated.\n\nTHE REFUGEES.\n\nA letter from Rouen of the 26th to the Times says, with time, to the right, the village of Dar, Vau, &c., were repulsed, the greater part being killed.\n\nTHE SITUATION IN PARIS.\n\nA letter from Paris, hearing date the 28th, has been received, and the news was not encouraging. On Wednesday we received definite intelligence that General Bourbaki, who was in another part of France, had reached Bapaume.\n\nGERMAN VALOUR.\n\nA correspondent of the Times has sent here a description of the fighting at Querrieux. At 4.45 I started Quarrieux for the purpose of bringing a message to a wounded friend.\n\nARTILLERY FOR THE FRENCH.\n\nIt is stated in a telegram from Marseilles that 37 batteries of 34-pounders, and 28 batteries of 7-pounders, 300 pieces in all, are being manufactured at La Seyne and other places in France.\n\nMILITARY MOVEMENTS.\n\nThe Count of War of Bourges which was transferred to Issoudun between 1000 and 1,800 killed were found.\n\nAN EXTRAORDINARY PERSONAGE.\n\nA resident in Paris describes a woman who was wounded at Le Bourget. She was transported to Warsaw, where she joined her father in a convent boarding school.\n\nTHE BATTLE OF PONT NOYELLES.\n\nA correspondent of the Lyraph, writing from the German head-quarters at Amiens on Christmas Eve, says that the morning of the 3rd of December was bitterly cold—the frost out intense.\n\nTHE ARMIES OF THE LOIRE.\n\nA French reconnaissance from Havre. Last Friday morning (writes the Havre correspondent of the Times), M. Nucelle was good enough to send me intimation of his intention to take reconnaissance of the enemy's positions.",
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        "content_text": "TESTIMONIALS.\n\nFrom Major-General GEORGE NAPIER, C.B., lately Commanding a Division in Canada.\n\nMY DEAR MOLLAN,\n\nCAMP, ALDERSHOT:\n\n5th August 1856.\n\nI cannot give up my command here without offering you my best thanks for the valuable assistance I have always received from you during the time you have been my Brigade-Major, and I can only say that I trust you will be kept on for the good of the service, as well as your own, and I feel quite sure your new Brigadier will be as sorry to lose you as I am.\n\nPray let me know if I can be of any use to you at the Horse Guards at any time, and I shall be very glad indeed to do all in my power to forward your views.\n\nMajor Moran,\n\nBrigade Major.\n\nBelieve me, dear Mollan,\n\nEver yours sincerely, (Signed)\n\nGEORGE NAPIER, Col.,\n\nCommanding 3rd Brigade.\n\nALDERSHOT:\n\n9th June 1857.\n\n3\n\nFrom Major-General the Honourable Sir A. A. SPENCER, K.C.B.\n\nGOVERNMENT HOUSE, DEVONPORT! 2nd February 1867.\n\nMY DEAR MOLLAN,\n\nFrom my long acquaintance with your military acquirements both as a Staff and Regimental Officer, I can with much pleasure safely give my opinion as to your fitness for the appointment of Chief Constable, which you tell me you are anxious to obtain.\n\nWith our united kind regards,\n\nLieut-Col. MOLLAN, C.B.\n\nYours very truly,\n\nAUGS SPENCER,\n\nM.-General.\n\nFrom Brigadier-General Sir ALFRED HORSFORD, K.C.B., Commanding the Dublin Division.\n\nDUBLIN:\n\n10th February 1867.\n\nMY DEAR MOLLAN,\n\nI sincerely hope you will succeed in your wishes; and what is more, I can surely say that should you be appointed, those who have the power of naming you will never regret their selection.\n\nHaving known you as a Staff Officer at Aldershot, and having also had you for some time on my own Staff in India, I may be permitted to say that I know no man better fitted for the situation of Chief Constable.\n\nBelieve me\n\nYours very sincerely, (Signed)\n\nA. HORSFORD.\n\nFrom Major-General the Honourable Sir A. A. SPENCER, K.C.B.\n\nMY DEAR MOLLAN,\n\nI have very great pleasure in giving my testimony of your efficiency as a Staff Officer. During the time you were my Brigade-Major I was particularly well satisfied with your attention, and capability; and as you were, I think, at Aldershot at the first formation of the Camp, I am aware that your duties then must have been more arduous and requiring much greater intelligence and activity.\n\nYours very truly,\n\nMy dear Mollan. (Signed)\n\nAUGS SPENCER,\n\nM.-General.\n\nFrom General W. T. KNOLLYS, lately Commanding the Aldershot Division.\n\nDEAR MAJOR MOLLAN,\n\nALDERSHOT!\n\n13th June 1857.\n\nIt gives me sincere pleasure to state, in the event of such a statement being of any use in forwarding advancement in your profession hereafter, that I had the greatest reason to be satisfied with the manner in which you performed your Staff duties during the time you were under my command at Aldershot.\n\nOn my first assuming it, you were the only Staff Officer attached to the Command, and as the regiments of Militia successively arrived in Camp, your duties, as a matter of course, became more laborious. They were, however, performed with the greatest zeal and cheerfulness, as well as satisfactorily in every other point of view. I considered myself much indebted to you for your exertions; and should be truly pleased if this acknowledgment of them led to anything of more substantial value.\n\nBelieve me\n\nYours very truly, (Signed)\n\nW. KNOLLYS.\n\nLieut.-Col. MOLLAN, C.B.\n\nFrom Colonel the Right Honourable W. F. TIGHE, of Woodstock, County Kilkenny, Lieutenant of the County.\n\nROSSANA, WICKLOW:\n\n3rd February 1867. DEAR COLONEL MOLLAN,\n\nUnderstanding that you are a candidate for the office of Chief Constable of Glamorganshire, which is now vacant, I sincerely hope that you may succeed in obtaining the office, as I feel sure, from your efficiency as a Magistrate in the County of Kilkenny, and from the numerous testimonials that you possess, that you will be a very proper person to hold such an office.\n\nWe came here yesterday on our way home.\n\n(True copies.)\n\n(Signed)\n\nBelieve me\n\nYours sincerely,\n\nW. F. TIGHE.\n\nW. C. MOLLAN, Lieut.-Colonel.\n\nSpottiswoode and Co., Printers, New-street Square, London.\n\nPage 236",
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        "content_text": "304\n\n(28)\n\nment of others than Chinese, as it would be absurd for a moment to expect the native portion of the force to act in any way as a preventive in the case of riots, open violence, or political treachery on the part of their countrymen; on the contrary, it is known from experience they would certainly sympathise with and probably directly or indirectly assist them. I contend that there may exist at any moment the same necessity as at any previous time, that the force should not have in it what would be under the above circumstances an element of the greatest danger to the safety of the Community; and I think that for the above reason alone the employment of any large number of Chinese as constables is most undesirable.\n\nFrom my own experience, and from the opinions of many well-informed native residents, I am convinced that only men of similar character to those now in the force could be induced to serve, as respectable men can invariably get employment more profitable and more congenial to their nature and habits, and it must be clear to anyone who has had but a little experience of the natives in the force, that they are but a part of the admirably organised system which from time to time plunders the Colony. The respectable Chinese, I know, have the greatest contempt for their character (or want of it), while the shop-keepers and lower orders have the greatest fear of their squeezing capabilities.\n\nThe character of the Chinese does not display sufficient energy in employment of this kind, but on the contrary, their natural temperament and habits unfit them for a zealous discharge of any such active duty, into the spirit of which they do not in the least enter; their want of physical courage too is a most urgent objection.\n\nIt is sufficiently clear to all that, in the detection of crime, they are worse than useless, as, although possessing the intelligence necessary for its discovery, it is entirely opposed to their interests to give information that would lead to the detection and prevention of what, it is well known, is in most instances a source of considerable profit to them. I entirely concur in the opinions of the Honourable CHARLES MAY given in his evidence, which I think should carry the greatest weight, as he has a far greater Police experience than anyone in this Colony, and is therefore well able to judge of the best material for the composition of the force, being a good judge of character and having a considerable knowledge of that of the Chinese; and, with all due deference to the opinions and evidence of Dr. LEGGE, must be far better able than most people here to form an estimate of the qualities likely to form a good or bad constable, let them exist in whom they may.\n\nAs to their employment as special detectives, I can conceive nothing more dangerous. While feeling convinced they are the only means that could be used successfully here to cope with the subtle cunning of those by whom the bulk of crime in this Colony is committed, at the same time almost all who have had any experience of Chinese character would shrink with a similar horror to that expressed by the Honourable CHARLES MAY from investing them with the slightest semblance of a power that they could not fail to exercise in a manner most prejudicial to those of their fellow countrymen who declined complying with their demands. I am convinced that the natives would look with the same distrust and suspicion on them as they do on the understrappers of their own officials, as they would soon have experience of their exercising a similar course of oppression which no controlling power here could in the least prevent.\n\nMr. Leman.\n\n(29)\n\nThe foregoing expresses all I need say, I think, against the employment of Chinese; while the only arguments I can adduce in their favour are that they do not drink and can stand the climate, both of considerable importance, but nothing as compared with their utter incapacity and uselessness in every other respect.\n\nAlthough objecting so strongly to Chinese in any number in the force, I quite agree with Dr. LEGGE that the Native Community might be made of considerable use in assisting to preserve order in the city, more especially in their own portion of it, and I would suggest that the division of the city into wards be revised, and more responsibility thrown on, and more use made of the head-men or district watchmen. These might be elected by the ward itself, care being taken in suspicious districts that a man of bad character is not put forward, and if these men did their duty and were careful as to who reside in their ward, no thief would remain long undetected in the Colony, as every native here knows thoroughly how his neighbour gets his living, and someone or other could at any moment point out where the various thieves are. SIR EDMUND HORNBY's remarks cannot in any way apply to this Colony, as the natives of the North of China, against whom the Shanghai Police is employed, are by nature and character entirely different from the turbulent people of this Colony and the adjacent provinces.\n\nWith regard to West Indian or other negroes, their habitual drunkenness, want of truthfulness, and proverbial stupidity should be sufficient to prevent even the consideration of their employment as constables; as warders or guardians of convicts in the gaol or chain-gangs on the road they perhaps do good service.\n\nI would recommend, even though the cost of the force would thereby be much increased, a greater number of European constables for night duty, and that the remainder of the force should consist of a few Sikhs, Bombay men, and a few Chinese, but that neither of the last three named should ever rise beyond the rank of constables; all these make sufficiently good patrols during the day when the sun is too strong for Europeans, and would soon become more efficient were they oftener visited on their beats by a European Sergeant. It is but natural they should patrol in the languid, vacant way now exhibited when they feel tolerably safe from the visit of any superior officer.\n\n(Signed)\n\nII. LOWCOCK.\n\nIn receiving the following remarks, the Commission must bear in mind that I left Hongkong on 30th April, 1872, before completion of the sittings of the Commission, and that in the consideration of the Draft Report, I have not had the advantage of being on the spot, or of personal discussion of the different points with my co-members of the Commission.",
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        "content_text": "# 262 \n\n(28)\n\nThe employment of others than Chinese, as it would be absurd for a moment to expect the native portion of the force to act in any way as a preventive in the case of riots, open violence, or political treachery on the part of their countrymen; on the contrary, it is known from experience they would certainly sympathise with and probably directly or indirectly assist them. I contend that there may exist at any moment the same necessity as at any previous time, that the force should not have in it what would be under the above circumstances an element of the greatest danger to the safety of the Community; and I think that for the above reason alone the employment of any large number of Chinese as constables is most undesirable.\n\nFrom my own experience, and from the opinions of many well-informed native residents, I am convinced that only men of similar character to those now in the force could be induced to serve, as respectable men can invariably get employment more profitable and more congenial to their nature and habits, and it must be clear to anyone who has had but a little experience of the natives in the force, that they are but a part of the admirably organised system which from time to time plunders the Colony. The respectable Chinese, I know, have the greatest contempt for their character (or want of it), while the shopkeepers and lower orders have the greatest fear of their squeezing capabilities.\n\nThe character of the Chinese does not display sufficient energy in employment of this kind, but on the contrary, their natural temperament and habits unfit them for a zealous discharge of any such active duty, into the spirit of which they do not in the least enter; their want of physical courage too is a most urgent objection.\n\nIt is sufficiently clear to all that, in the detection of crime, they are worse than useless, as, although possessing the intelligence necessary for its discovery, it is entirely opposed to their interests to give information that would lead to the detection and prevention of what, it is well known, is in most instances a source of considerable profit to them. I entirely concur in the opinions of the Honourable **CHARLES MAY** given in his evidence, which I think should carry the greatest weight, as he has a far greater Police experience than anyone in this Colony, and is therefore well able to judge of the best material for the composition of the force, being a good judge of character and having a considerable knowledge of that of the Chinese; and, with all due deference to the opinions and evidence of Dr. **LEGGE**, must be far better able than most people here to form an estimate of the qualities likely to form a good or bad constable, let them exist in whom they may.\n\nAs to their employment as special detectives, I can conceive nothing more dangerous. While feeling convinced they are the only means that could be used successfully here to cope with the subtle cunning of those by whom the bulk of crime in this Colony is committed, at the same time almost all who have had any experience of Chinese character would shrink with a similar horror to that expressed by the Honourable **CHARLES MAY** from investing them with the slightest semblance of a power that they could not fail to exercise in a manner most prejudicial to those of their fellow countrymen who declined complying with their demands. I am convinced that the natives would look with the same distrust and suspicion on them as they do on the understrappers of their own officials, as they would soon have experience of their exercising a similar course of oppression which no controlling power here could in the least prevent.\n\n**Mr. Lemann.**\n\n(29)\n\nThe foregoing expresses all I need say, I think, against the employment of Chinese; while the only arguments I can adduce in their favour are that they do not drink and can stand the climate, both of considerable importance, but nothing as compared with their utter incapacity and uselessness in every other respect.\n\nAlthough objecting so strongly to Chinese in any number in the force, I quite agree with Dr. **LEGGE** that the Native Community might be made of considerable use in assisting to preserve order in the city, more especially in their own portion of it, and I would suggest that the division of the city into wards be revised, and more responsibility thrown on, and more use made of the head-men or district watchmen. These might be elected by the ward itself, care being taken in suspicious districts that a man of bad character is not put forward, and if these men did their duty and were careful as to who reside in their ward, no thief would remain long undetected in the Colony, as every native here knows thoroughly how his neighbour gets his living, and someone or other could at any moment point out where the various thieves are. **SIR EDMUND HORNBY**'s remarks cannot in any way apply to this Colony, as the natives of the North of China, against whom the Shanghai Police is employed, are by nature and character entirely different from the turbulent people of this Colony and the adjacent provinces.\n\nWith regard to West Indian or other negroes, their habitual drunkenness, want of truthfulness, and proverbial stupidity should be sufficient to prevent even the consideration of their employment as constables; as warders or guardians of convicts in the gaol or chain-gangs on the road they perhaps do good service.\n\nI would recommend, even though the cost of the force would thereby be much increased, a greater number of European constables for night duty, and that the remainder of the force should consist of a few Sikhs, Bombay men, and a few Chinese, but that neither of the last three named should ever rise beyond the rank of constables; all these make sufficiently good patrols during the day when the sun is too strong for Europeans, and would soon become more efficient were they oftener visited on their beats by a European Sergeant. It is but natural they should patrol in the languid, vacant way now exhibited when they feel tolerably safe from the visit of any superior officer.\n\n(Signed) **H. LOWCOCK**.\n\nIn receiving the following remarks, the Commission must bear in mind that I left Hongkong on 30th April, 1872, before completion of the sittings of the Commission, and that in the consideration of the Draft Report, I have not had the advantage of being on the spot, or of personal discussion of the different points with my co-members of the Commission.",
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        "content_text": "# STEWART SCHOLARSHIP\n\n## Elocution\n\n| Name | Composi Dictation | Grammar | History | English to Chinese | English | Chinese | Total |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| 1. Le Sing-latt | 58 | 85 | 30 | 48 | 49 | 58 | 376 |\n| 2. Cheang Tsoi, | 57 | 99 | 49 | 66 | 56 | 55 | 974 |\n| 3. Lam Tsun Kwai | 42 | 29 | 47 | 50 |  |  | 300 |\n| 4. Lam Wing Kwai, | 45 | 18 | 44 | 07 | 61 | 844 |  |\n| 5. Wong Hing Yau, | 48 | 16 | 45 | 58 | 46 | 339 |  |\n| 6. Lo Kit, |  | 87 | 48 | 54 | 38 | 833 |  |\n\n## BELILIOS SENIOR SCHOLARSHIP\n\n### FIRST CLASS\n\n| Name | Reading | Grammar | Composition | Dictation | History | Total |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| 1. Lo Kit, | 29 | 87 | 30 | 50 | 60 | 988633 |\n| 2. Lam Tsun Kwai, | 28 | 82 |  | 52 | 62 | 88888 |\n| 3. Cheung Tsoi, | 30 |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 4. Lo Sing-lax, | 30 |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 5. Sin Tseung-pan, | 27 |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 6. Wong Hing Yan, | 20 |  |  |  |  |  |\n\n## BELILIOS JUNIOR SCHOLARSHIP\n\n### SECOND CLASS\n\n| Name |  |  |  | Total |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| 1. No Man Ying.. | 43 | 54 | 243 |  |\n| 2. Wong Fau, | 66 | [236] |  |  |\n| 3. Tum Tok,.. | 47 | 49 | *99389 |  |\n| 4. Ng Chak Tong, | 30 | 48 | 42 | 235 |\n| 5. Wong Kat, | 30 | 57 | 219 |  |\n| 6. A. Alarakia,. | 16 | 45 |  |  |\n\n## GENERAL INTELLIGENCE\n\n### FIRST CLASS\n\nSaturday, 9–12.\n\n1. Multiply 878426 by 29997 by the quickest method you can.\n \n| Name | Reading | Composition | Dictation | Grammar | History | Total |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n|  | 30 | 60 | 28 | 55 | 30 | 388888 |\n|  | 27 | 46 | 48 | 209 |  |  |\n|  | 30 | 43 | 49 | 207 |  |  |\n|  |  | 48 |  | 939758 |  |  |\n|  | 20 | 27 | 27 | 20 | 58 | 188 |\n|  | 27 | 41 | 44 |  |  |  |\n|  | 45 | 30 | 40 | 47 | 198 |  |\n|  | 01 |  |  |  |  |  |\n|  | 48 | 204 | 199 |  |  |  |\n|  | 30 |  |  |  |  |  |\n\n2. By what simple method would you propose to calculate the vertical height of a paper kite in the air?\n3. Explain the various functions of judge, barrister, solicitor, jury.\n4. What are the meanings of the following words: visor, purvey, reverberating, volition, apparatus, burgesses, niggardly, sanitary, colossal, vibrating.\n5. Write the adjectival forms corresponding to the following nouns: benefit, squalor, surface, tribute, giant, humour, circle, opportunity, enemy, brother.\n6. State the past and present relations between China and Annam, with special reference to Tonquin.\n7. Quote (translating into English) a passage from the Chinese Classics showing that there is something men value more highly than life.\n8. Write in English the story which gave rise to the phrase.\n\n## ARITHMETIC\n\n### FIRST CLASS\n\nMonday, 9-12.\n\n1. How much 3 p. c. Stock had I, if selling at 96 I was able to purchase £800 of 4 p. c. Stock at 105?\n2. What is the difference between True and Mercantile Discount? Illustrate the formula you would apply in each case.\n3. How much a yard did a man give for 36 yards which he sold for £5. 9.4 gaining as profit the cost price of 5 yards.\n4. In how many years and months will a capital increase itself by one half at 5 p. c. Comp. Int.\n5. A and B are partners, A contributes 4/7 of the joint capital for 6 months and B receives 3/7 of the profit, how long before the division of profits was B's money invested.\n6. One hundred men can together do a job in 40 days, but 4 men leave at the end of every fourth day; how many days will be now taken over the job and how many men will be at work when it is finished.\n\n## EUCLID\n\n### FIRST CLASS\n\nFriday, 9–12.\n\n1. Upon the same base and on the same side of it there cannot be two triangles having their sides terminated in one extremity of the base equal &c., &c., &c.\n2. If from the ends of a side of a triangle there be drawn two straight lines to a point within the triangle, these shall be less than the other two sides of the triangle but shall contain a greater angle.\n3. (a.) Prove that the angles made by the sides of a regular hexagon with each other are each equal to 120°.\n3. (b.) Prove that the angles made at the intersection of the diagonals of a regular hexagon are each equal to 60°.\n4. (a.) To a given straight line apply a parallelogram which shall be equal to a given triangle and have one of its angles equal to a given rectilineal angle.\n4. (b.) The greater side of every triangle is opposite to the greater angle.\n5. (a) Parallelograms upon equal bases and between the same parallels are equal to one another.\n5. (b) If a straight line falling on two other straight lines make the alternate angles equal to each other these two straight lines shall be parallel.\n6. (a.) If in the triangle A B C; B C be bisected in D, A D joined and bisected in E, B E joined and bisected in F; and C F joined and bisected in G then the triangle E F G will be equal to one eighth of the triangle A. B. C.\n6. (b.) Write out the Enunciations of XI, XIII, XX, XXVI.\n\n## ALGEBRA\n\n### FIRST CLASS\n\nThursday, 9--12.\n\n1. Find the value of $\\frac{a^2bc}{(a-b)(a-c)} + \\frac{b^2ca}{(b-c)(b-a)} + \\frac{c^2ab}{(c-a)(c-b)}$.\n2. Find that number the third part of which added to its seventh part makes 20.\n3. Find the value of $\\frac{x-a}{x-b}$ when $x = \\frac{a-b}{a+b}$.\n4. Find the G. C. M. of $4x^3 + 9x^2 + 2x^2-2x-4$ and $3x^3 + 5x^2-x + 2$.\n5. (a.) The sheet of a newspaper contains a certain number of letters, columns, lines in each column, and letters in each line. If there were one column less there would be 12 more letters in a line. If there were 22 lines less there would be one more column. If there were 11 less lines there would be 4 more letters in each line. Find the whole number of letters.\n5. (b.) Express in factors $a^2-3ab-10b^2$; $x^2-ac+ax-cx$.\n6. (a.) Solve $(3x-5)(2x-5)-(x+3)(x-1)$.\n6. (b.) Multiply $x^2 + xy + y^2$ by $x-y$ and $xy(x+y)$.\n\n## MENSURATION\n\n### FIRST CLASS\n\n1. What is the diameter of a circle equal in area to a triangle the length of whose sides are 24 yards 0 ft. 9 in; 25 yds. 2 ft. and 20 yds. 2 ft. 3 in.?\n2. A floor measures 20 ft. by 18 ft. what would be the dimensions of a similar floor the area of which was 562 sq. ft.?\n3. What is the volume of the largest cone that can be cut out of a pyramid 2 ft. high with a square base the side of which is 30 in. long?\n4. An iron pipe is 3 in. in bore, half an inch thick and 20 ft. long. Find its weight if a cubic inch of iron weighs 4.526 ozs.\n5. ... \n6. One hundred centesimal grades make one right angle. Divide a quarter of a right angle into two such parts that the number of degrees in one part shall be to the number of grades in the other as 9:40.\n7. What is the length of the side of an equilateral triangle in which can be inscribed a circle whose diameter is 10 ft.?\n8. A room is 183 ft. by 25 ft., and 10 ft. high. Find the area of a partition from floor to ceiling, placed parallel to the diagonal of the room and at 4 ft. from it.",
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        "content_text": "# Prize Distribution Event\n\nThe intelligence shown by the answers was extraordinary, and the knowledge likewise. They were not show papers, meant to mystify the public by appearing more difficult than they are. They are thorough testing papers, and evidently written with the view of testing the common-sense and intelligence of the boys as much or even more than their scholastic knowledge, which is a great point. The most interesting of the ordinary papers were those on history, geography, arithmetic, and grammar; but there was one extraordinary paper, the like of which I never saw in any school or college but one; it was headed \"**General Intelligence Paper**\". You might judge from that that the questions not only were not based on ordinary scholastic teaching or to test how much a boy knew, but rather his common-sense and his power to apply what he had been taught. I will just give you two questions, if I can remember them, which struck me very much. One was: \"Describe and distinguish between the functions of judge, jury, barrister, and solicitor.\" I am told the Chinese are very well aware that there is a great deal of law in Hongkong one way or the other, and it is rather important that the Chinese should grow up with intelligent ideas on that subject. Another was intended evidently to see if a boy could apply his mathematics, and was: \"If a kite were in the air and you wanted to ascertain its height, how would you go about it?\" This does not require any very abstruse calculations, but I am afraid many mathematicians would fail in it. I am detaining you too long, but I can say that if the work of the school can be at all fairly gauged from what I saw in cursorily going through the papers, you Hongkong people and you Chinese boys and men are most immensely to be congratulated. I say without hesitation, if I may venture upon such an assertion, that the education given here will compare favourably with the education given in the best schools and colleges in the old country. (Applause).\n\nAlthough the composition was poor as composition, it was wonderfully good for Chinese, far better than we can write in Chinese, and if the Head Master will allow me, I will have much pleasure in offering a prize next year to the boy who comes out top in English Composition.\n\nMr. WRIGHT - Mr. Bain of the *China Mail* gives a prize for that subject.\n\nMr. SHARP - Then may I change it to the other paper, that of \"**General Intelligence**\"? Would you kindly give the prize to the boy who comes out highest in that paper?\n\nMr. WRIGHT - With pleasure.\n\nMr. SHARP - And possibly I may be allowed the favour of putting in a couple of the questions myself?\n\nMr. WRIGHT - Certainly.\n\n...\n\nMr. SHARP - I have no more to say except one word to my English friends round me. Good Hongkong people are choosing to give such a wonderfully good education to the Chinese - and I should be the last to take exception to it - but if you are doing it - and you are - what are you going to do with your own sons to keep them abreast of it, and who ought ever to be ahead of it? And you Chinese men and boys, for I see there are both among you, may you prove worthy of this very grand education you are receiving. (Applause).\n\nHis EXCELLENCY then distributed the prizes, and at the conclusion of the distribution, said - The boys, I understand, will now go for their holidays, and return after the Chinese New Year. I take this opportunity of informing the visitors that they see present only a portion of the boys attending the school. This room will not accommodate more than 180, whereas there are 412 attending the school, so that you only see a small portion of those who are receiving their education here. When the new building is completed, I believe the Hall will be sufficiently large to admit of the whole of the pupils assembling.\n\nCheers for the Queen, the Administrator, Mrs. Marsh, the Head Master, Visitors, and Donors of Prizes brought the proceedings to a close.\n\n## Prize List\n\n### SPECIAL PRIZES\n\n| Prize | Winner |\n| --- | --- |\n| Morrison Scholar | Chaung Tsoi |\n| Stewart Scholar | Lo Sing-lan |\n| Senior Belilios Scholar | Lo Kit |\n| Junior Belilios Scholar | Ho Man Ying |\n| Translation into English | Lam Tsun Kwai, watch, by the Hon. T. Jackson |\n| Translation into Chinese | Li Tak Yung, Dictionary, vol., presented by Mrs. Y. J. Mucrow |\n| Composition, Class I | Tsang Kit Shang, Shakespeare and History, by Mr. Geo. Murray Rain |\n| Composition, Class II | Ho Mau Ying, Shakespeare, by Mr. Geo. Murray Bain |\n| Composition, Class III | F. Cordeiro, Discoveries and Inventions, by the Government |\n| Composition, Class IV | Leung Ping-tai, Wood's Natural History, by the Government |\n\n### GENERAL PRIZES\n\n| Class | Rank | Winner | Prize |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Class I | 1 | Chenng Tsoi | Scholarship |\n| Class I | 2 | Lo Sing-lea | Scholarship |\n| Class I | 3 | Lo Kit | Scholarship |\n| Class I | 4 | Mok Lai Chi | watch, presented by the Hon. P. Stewart, LL.D |\n| Class I | 5 | J. Remedios | Thrift, by Mr. Ed. Sharp |\n| Class II | 1 | Wong Kut | watch, by Mr. Ed. Sharp |\n| Class II | 2 | Ho Man Ying | Scholarship |\n| Class II | 3 | Ng Chak-tong | pencil case, by Mr. J. D. Hutchison |\n| Class III | 1 | Ip Tsung Ki | watch, by the Consul-General for Portugal |\n| Class III | 2 | Wan Chung-in | Motley's Dutch Republic, by the Government |\n| Class III | 3 | A. Hoosin | \"Masterman Ready,\" by the Government |\n| Class IV | 1 | Chan Taun Ying | watch, by the Consul-General for Portugal |\n| Class IV | 2 | Cheung Yan Chi | Green's Shorter History, by the Government |\n| Class V | 1 | IU Keng-ching | watch, by the Government |\n| Class V | 2 | Tong Hing-tso | Binocular, by Messrs. Gaupp & Co. |\n| Class VI | 1 | Lo Man Yuk | watch, by the Government |\n| Class VI | 2 | Ng On | Binocular, by the Government |\n| Class VII | 1 | Tai Tin-pui | watch, by the Government |\n| Class VII | 2 | Leung Shi-nam | pencil case, by Mr. Jordan |\n| Class VIII | 1 | Chan Ting-kwong | watch, by the Government |\n| Class VIII | 2 | Chau Kam-chi | chain, by Mr. Nowrojee |\n| Class IX | 1 | Kong Lin-hing | watch, by the Government |\n| Class IX | 2 | Pun Ming-kwai | pencil case, by the Government |\n| Class X | 1 | Chau U Chun | pencil case, by the Government |\n| Class X | 2 | Wat Ka-ying | pencil case, by the Government |\n| Class XI | 1 | Pang Yuk-kwong | pencil case, by the Government |\n| Class XI | 2 | C. Henriques | pencil case, by the Government |\n\n### CHINESE CLASSES. Fortnightly\n\n| Class | Winner | Prize |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Class I | Tai Tin-nui | Merit |\n| Class II | Chan Kam-chi | watch, presented by the Head Master |\n\n### CHINESE CLASSES. Ordinary\n\n| Class | Rank | Winner | Prize |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Class I | 1 | Tai Tin-pai | Merit |\n| Class I | 2 | Lo Shin Oi | watch, presented by Mr. Nowrojee |\n| Class II | 1 | Wong Ping | Self Help, by the Head Master |\n| Class II | 2 | Chan Shi-ki | pencil case, by Messrs. Gaupp & Co. |\n| Class III | 1 | Fung Shing-im | clock, by Mr. Ho Tang |\n| Class III | 2 | Ho To-shang | pencil case, by the Government |\n| Class IV | 1 | Chan Mau-cheuk | watch and chain, by Mr. Nowrojee |\n| Class IV | 2 | Loung Oi-sui | Robinson Crusoe, by the Government |\n| Class V | 1 | Loung Fu-chu | pencil case, by the Government |\n| Class V | 2 | Yan Hung-fat | pencil case, by the Government |\n| Class VI | 1 | Mak Kan-chang | clock, by Mr. Ho Tang |\n| Class VI | 2 | Ng Kan | Wood's Natural History, by Mr. Ho Tang |\n\n### ANGLO-CHINESE CLASSES\n\n| Division | Winner | Prize |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Division I | Ab. Gazee | P. P. Annual, presented by the Government |\n| Division II | A. Hoosin | Natural History, by the Government |\n| Division III | R. Kow | Cantonese Made Easy, by Mr. J. D. Ball |\n| Division IV | C. Henriques | Cantonese Made Easy, by Mr. J. D. Ball |",
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        "content_text": "Enclosure\n\n233\n\n12\n\nNo.\n\n87.\n\nHONGKONG.\n\nANNUAL REPORT OF THE HEAD MASTER OF THE GOVERNMENT CENTRAL SCHOOL FOR 1886.\n\nC O.\n\n586\n\nRECP\n\nREGO 4 APR\n\nPresented to the Legislative Council, by Command of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government,\n\non the 4th February, 1887.\n\nNo. 4.\n\nGOVERNMENT Central SCHOOL,\n\nHONGKONG, 17th January, 1887.\n\nSIR-I have the honour to forward the Annual Report on this School for 1886.\n\n1. The total number of boys on the Roll for the past year was 610. Every endeavour is being made to keep the school as full as possible, with a view to having a large number of fairly educated boys to transfer to the new building. With the same object, special attention is devoted to the Upper and Middle Sections of the School, some 270 boys; that there may be a goodly number ready to occupy some of the 330 seats in the Upper Section of the New School.\n\n2. To illustrate the condition of the School during the last five years, the following table is annexed:\n\n  \n    YEAR.\n    Total Number of Scholars.\n    Number of Monthly Enrolment.\n    Average School Days.\n    Daily Attendance.\n    Maximum.\n    Minimum.\n  \n  \n    1882\n    572\n    241\n    443\n    372\n    390\n    \n  \n  \n    1883\n    556\n    236\n    460\n    378\n    394\n    \n  \n  \n    1884\n    558\n    236\n    462\n    362\n    411\n    \n  \n  \n    1885\n    596\n    238\n    499\n    382\n    437\n    \n  \n  \n    1886\n    610\n    238\n    507\n    419\n    446\n    \n  \n  \n    YEAR.\n    Number of School Boys Examined.\n    Percentage of Passes.\n    Actual Nett School Fees.\n    Expenditure.\n    Average Expense of each Scholar per Average Daily Attendance.\n    \n  \n  \n    1882\n    363\n    91.18\n    $4,084\n    $10,995.35\n    $28.20\n    \n  \n  \n    1883\n    365\n    96.98\n    $4,121\n    $13,109.51\n    $33.22\n    \n  \n  \n    1884\n    379\n    95.58\n    $4,981\n    $13,378.62\n    $32.48\n    \n  \n  \n    1885\n    412\n    95.38\n    $5,273\n    $12,885.00\n    $29.45\n    \n  \n  \n    1886\n    405\n    94.81\n    $5,422\n    $11,680.41\n    $26.17\n    \n  \n\n3. The percentage results of the Prize Examination in English are in Classes IV, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI considerably above the average; the intelligence and special neatness of work in these classes is also a noticeable feature. The results in Classes V and VI in the important subjects of English Grammar and Arithmetic are appalling, both classes failing utterly to evince the least intelligent acquaintance with the work supposed to have been taught in the year. In the Upper School, the fact that the school is in a transitional state is made very apparent by the good results obtained in Class II, and the senior division of Class I, as compared with the poor results in Class III and the junior division of Class I, for on these naturally fell the greater strain in the severer test applied. The total result of the Examination of the School is 94.81 per cent. passed, which is a slightly lower figure than has been attained during the last three years. This is, however, due to the steady, marked, gradual elevation of the standard, year by year, with a view to qualifying the scholars for the pursuit of higher studies in the New School; a comparison, based on percentages alone, would therefore convey an erroneous impression, for, with the exception of Classes V and VI, I can conscientiously affirm that, in no year, since my arrival, has the examination given me such unqualified satisfaction, while inspecting the papers.",
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        "content_text": "312 \n\n11. In the case of the Government Central School, the result of the year's work has been tested as usual by means of a joint examination conducted by the Head-Master and myself. The general value of the year's work, as ascertained by these examinations, will be found summarized in the Head-Master's Report, but I subjoin the usual statistical tables which indicate, in detail, the progress made in 1887 by the several divisions and by each of the eleven classes of the School.\n\n## GOVERNMENT CENTRAL SCHOOL - NUMBER OF BOYS PASSED IN EACH SUBJECT IN 1887\n\n## GOVERNMENT CENTRAL SCHOOL - CHINESE EXAMINATIONS, PERCENTAGE OF PASSES IN EACH SUBJECT, IN 1887\n\n### Anglo-Chinese Division\n\n| Class | No. of Boys Examined | Copy Writing | Reading | Dictation | Chinese Characters | Translation | Total Percentage Passed |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| I |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| II | 23 | 27 | 44 | 43 | 56 | 47 | 41 |\n| III | 18 |  |  |  |  |  | 28 |\n| IV | 34 |  |  |  |  |  | 44 |\n| V |  |  |  |  |  |  | 43 |\n| VI |  |  |  |  |  |  | 55 |\n| VII |  |  |  |  |  |  | 46 |\n| VIII |  |  |  |  |  |  | 23 |\n| IX |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| X |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| XI |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| Total | 384 | 375 | 372 |  |  |  |  |\n\n| Class | Examined | Total No. Passed | Reading | Writing | Dictation | Arithmetic | English | Chinese | English into Chinese | Chinese into English | Grammar | Geography | Map-drawing | Composition | Euclid | Algebra | History | Latin | Intelligence | General Mensuration |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| I | 16 | 20 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 23 | 26 | 26 |  |  | 17 | 19 |  |  | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 8 |\n| II | 20 | 19 | 17 | 19 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 12 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 100 |\n| III |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 11 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 5 |\n| IV | 21 | 21 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 39 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 73 |\n| V | 21 | 20 | 23 | 19 | 24 | 23 | 35 | 42 | 31 | 49 | 40 | 42 | 41 | 41 |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| VI | 14 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 39 | 39 | 36 | 33 | 31 | 38 | 30 | 20 | 23 | 19 |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| VII | 17 | 16 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| VIII |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| IX |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| X |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| XI | 23 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| Total | 325 | 292 | 222 | 233 | 230 | 103 | 92 | 222 | 23 | 98 | 48 | 51 | 45 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n\n### Chinese Class\n\n| Class | No. of Boys Examined | Essay | Letter | Prosody | Total Percentage Passed |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| I | 41 | 37 | 35 | 11 | 67 |\n| II | 28 | 59 | 54 | 60 | 71 |\n|  |  | 66 | 39 | 58 | 66 |\n|  |  | 38 | 34 | 27 | 24 |\n|  |  | 40 | 36 | 28 | 33 |\n|  |  | 82 | 19 | 16 | 16 |\n| Total |  |  |  |  |  |\n\n## GOVERNMENT CENTRAL SCHOOL - PERCENTAGE OF PASSES IN EACH SUBJECT IN 1887\n\n| Class |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| I | 85.71 | 89.28 | 57.14 | 71.43 | 75.00 | 89.28 | 85.71 | 82.14 | 89.28 | 92.85 | 57.14 |\n| II | 100.00 | 82.61 | 82.61 | 82.61 | 86.95 | 86.95 | 91.30 | 91.30 | 95.65 | 95.65 | 82.61 |\n| III | 100.00 | 100.00 | 83.33 | 61.11 | 77.77 | 88.88 | 94.44 | 88.88 | 94.44 | 66.66 | 77.77 |\n| IV | 97.55 | 97.55 | 56.10 | 63.41 | 92.68 | 95.12 | 95.12 | 87.80 | 92.68 | 92.68 | 85.36 |\n| V | 100.00 | 97.05 | 76.47 | 50.00 | 91.17 | 97.05 | 91.17 | 97.05 | 88.23 |  |  |\n| VI | 92.59 | 96.29 | 77.78 | 70.37 | 74.07 | 85.17 | 70.37 | 77.78 | 85.17 |  |  |\n| VII | 97.72 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 79.55 | 90.91 | 95.45 | 93.18 | 93.18 | 86.36 |  |  |\n| VIII | 100.00 | 100.00 | 97.67 | 72.09 | 93.02 | 95.34 | 76.79 | 90.69 | 86.04 |  |  |\n| IX | 98.35 | 98.85 | 88.50 | 90.14 | 91.78 | 93.43 | 100.00 |  |  |  |  |\n| X | 100.00 | 97.87 | 93.61 | 89.36 | 95.74 | 82.98 |  |  |  |  |  |\n| XI | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 95.65 | 78.26 | 91.30 |  |  |  |  |  |\n| Total | 394 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n\n12. Comparing the results of the year 1887, as tabulated above, with the results exhibited by the previous year's examinations, it is evident that the Government Central School not only maintains its high standard successfully, but continues making solid progress year by year. As to the comparative results achieved in the several sections of the School, Classes II, III, VII, X and XI distinguished themselves particularly by a high average uniformly secured in almost every subject, excepting only Reading in Classes II and X and Arithmetic in Classes III and VII. Compared with last year, Class I did better in every subject with the exception of Euclid, History and Map-drawing, and the progress made in Dictation was specially to be appreciated. Classes IV and V appeared to be rather weak in Dictation and Arithmetic, but exhibited in all the other subjects sensible improvement, which was specially noticeable in the case of Class IV in Composition and Euclid and in the case of Class V in Grammar. Classes VI and VIII showed good progress in the subjects of Dictation and Arithmetic but slightly poorer results in Translation. Class VII did very well in Reading, Dictation and Translation, but there was some falling off in Arithmetic and Map-drawing. Class IX did in most subjects better than in the previous year, with the exception of Dictation and Translation. The Chinese Classes of the School showed on the whole satisfactory results, but especially so the Anglo-Chinese division where very marked progress has been made. The addition of Latin to the list of higher subjects taught in the Government Central School is a noticeable innovation, characteristic of the year 1887, which has added new subjects to the program of a number of other Schools in the Colony. In the early years of the Government Central School, anything beyond a partial mastery of the English language was viewed by the Chinese boys of the School as an irksome burden and as a waste of time, but after a while, little by little, they came to appreciate Mathematics also and Chemistry, and at one time (1870) even the Theory of Music and Drawing were included among the subjects taught in the School. Chemistry, which for some years dropped out of the program, and Book-keeping, which has been taken up in several of the Grant-in-Aid Schools, are at the present day making their claims felt. But there is a danger of over-burdening youthful brains and teaching multa instead of the better multum. School-hours have already reached the limit of what is safe to health. Home-lessons, indispensable as they are, are already dangerously encroaching upon the time needed for exercise. The remedy appears to me to lie in forming a higher division over and above that which now includes the first class of the Government Central School. If scholars can be induced to stay in School a year or two longer, all the higher subjects like Chemistry, Book-keeping, Latin and Mathematical Drawing, and so forth, might be relegated to this senior division which eventually might be affiliated with some English University.",
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        "content_text": "In Graham.\n\nThe question of the Kannel Suwez Canal was dealt with.\n\nThere remains the clerical staff and an Assistant Clerk at $2400 and an Accountant and Store Keeper Combined at $2660 to $3330, making a total of $5880.\n\nIt is understood that the Clinical Assistant is needed and it is apparently to be obtained locally. There will, I imagine, be very little difficulty in finding such a man as the Broughton wants, namely one who has had long experience of work in connection with affairs of Broughton's habits and intelligence.\n\nThere is, I have reason to believe, an excellent man available.\n\nI would like to comment on the Surveyor General's office and his chief assistants' tendency to offend against the better division of executive and clerical work.\n\nThe combined appointment of Accountant and Storekeeper is objectionable in principle, as it allows an Executive Officer directly concerned with Expenditure, such as a Store Keeper, to have control over the Accounts that are a means of checking that Expenditure. On this ground alone, the joint appointment is open to question.",
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        "content_text": "## Intelligence Division 48 Queen Anne Gate\n### 27th April 1891\n\nThe Director of Military Intelligence presents his compliments to the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, and with reference to a request from the Crown Agents for the Colonies, (`Hong Kong: 13,922`) of 16th April 1891, in which an application is made for six copies of Collinson's four-sheet Map of Hong Kong, 1845, Scale 4 inches to 1 mile to be supplied on payment, begs to state that this map is not on sale.\n\nGeneral Chapman, however, had the pleasure of forwarding six copies of the map in question, for the use of the Government.\n\nIt has been decided to abandon the survey this year, but it may probably be begun next year.\n\n### Note\nIt is too cold and wet this year to expect much progress from C. Wilson. But in a month or so, he might be finished if he has not written to them.\n\nBring it up again.\n\n`Rus.8/5` is better still than the draft. I say that he suggests that it will be done if the new survey is not abandoned but that we are waiting to begin recruiting before moving again in the matter.\n\n`REG 28 APR 31`, `C.0. 8516`, `157`\n\n### Later Note\nSo inform Intelligence Department and ask whether they can still wait for the desired correction here. `2 Sep. 91`",
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        "content_text": "99\n\nTo the Chinese studies of the Normal School Students the same observations apply as those which I made above with reference to the Chinese Classes of the Central School. All that can be expected, in view of the limited time available for Chinese studies, is that the standard of Chinese attainments acquired by the Students before entering the Normal School be maintained and deepened. So far the result of the Chinese teaching of the Normal School has been highly satisfactory. I subjoin the details of the Chinese examination.\n\nfailed 1 passed 7 Students.\n\nEssay writing, Letter\n\n\" \n\nProsody (odes),\n\nTotal number examined,\n\npassed,\n\n>> \n\n15 \n\n8 \n\n\"} \n\n} \n\n4 \n\n4 39 \n\n..8\n\nApart from the above mentioned eight Students, secured by Bonds, two Probationers were received a few weeks before the close of the year, subject to three months' trial, but it is doubtful whether they can eventually be enrolled.\n\n10. The smaller Government Schools and the so called Aided Schools (in the villages) have gone their usual course in 1882 and do not call for special remarks. A growing demand for English teaching manifests itself now in the outskirts of the town and in the larger villages, and English teaching has shown satisfactory results in Saiyingp'ún, Wántsai, Wonguaichung, Stanley and Yaumati. In Stanley especially good progress has been made in 1882 as compared with the state of things there in the previous years. The Anglo-Chinese teacher at Shaukiwán had to be dismissed and purely Chinese teaching has been temporarily substituted there for Anglo-Chinese teaching, owing to the present impossibility of finding a trained or competent Master for such an out-station. In some few of the Aided Village-Schools, which give a purely Chinese education of a low class—Schools in which occasionally children do not learn writing because the parents are too poor to buy pen and ink—the results of the annual examination came near the average results of the corresponding class of Grant-in-Aid Schools. But in a vast majority of cases these Aided Government Schools in the villages are far below the lowest standard of education given in the Grant-in-Aid Schools. A comparison between those Aided Government Schools and the Denominational Grant-in-Aid Schools tends to impress upon the observer the desirability of encouraging the attempt which, I understand, is about to be made by some Grant-in-aid School Managers, to introduce in the villages also the Grant-in-Aid system which hitherto was confined to the city of Victoria and Yaumati. I can well remember the low stagnant condition in which the Denominational Schools of Hongkong were engulfed before the Grant-in-Aid Scheme, with its system of payment by results, was introduced and raised them gradually to the high educational standard they now occupy. I would fain see the same reforming influences brought to bear on the Government Aided Schools of Hongkong. Although the Grant-in-Aid Scheme affords material aid only to Schools which enjoy a large attendance and is therefore inappropriate to some of the smaller villages of Hongkong, which will ever require a continuation of the present system of Aided Schools with its fixed monthly payments, the Grant-in-Aid system might beneficially and successfully be introduced in a considerable number of the villages of Hongkong.\n\n11. With reference to the Denominational Grant-in-Aid Schools, all the details, such as I have given above with reference to the Central School and the Normal School, will be found collected in the Tables accompanying this report, viz.: in Table XIII showing the number of scholars who passed and failed in each standard, as well as the amount of grant earned in each case, in Table XIV, which exhibits the percentage of scholars who passed in each School, and in Table XV, which shows the percentage of passes obtained by each of those Schools in English reading, writing (or composition), arithmetic, grammar, geography, history, and in Chinese reading, repetition, writing, explanation, geography and composition. There are only a few of the English teaching Schools, which call for special remarks.\n\n12. St. Joseph's College was moved during the year, first into temporary mat sheds and subsequently into a splendid new building for which a Building Grant is now applied for. These changes in the locality of the School-rooms might have been expected to impair the efficiency of the teaching of the year, but the result of the examination has been highly creditable to the excellent organization and discipline maintained at this School by the Christian Brothers. The Chinese Division indeed has not been as successful as in former years, owing to the fact that the staff in this Division is inadequate now for the annually increasing number of classes into which the scholars in this Division have to be sub-divided. In former years, when there were only two or three classes in this Division, it was quite possible for the one Master to teach the whole Division single-handed, but to teach effectively 55 boys divided between 5 different standards, as was the case in 1882, was beyond the range of possibility for one Master, even assisted as he was by a Chinese pupil teacher. I mention this, in justice to the Master in question, in view of the fact that in this Division, out of 53 boys examined, 45 only passed, or 84.9 per cent., being a decrease of 13.12 per cent. as compared with the results of the previous year. Portuguese Division of St. Joseph's College passed very well, as out of 105 boys examined in the various standards of the Code, as many as 100 boys or 95.24 per cent. passed, which is a result reflecting the highest credit on the Head-Master and staff of the College. It will also be noticed that the number of days, during which this School was taught in 1882, has been increased to 234 days, whereby a defect has been remedied to which I drew attention in my last Annual Report. Another defect of this School remains, however, still to be remedied, viz., the irregularity of attendance on the part of the Portuguese scholars. Now, since the number of school days has been brought up to a satisfactory standard, the blame for failures in making up the 200 daily attendances required by the Code rests almost entirely with the parents of the children. The College itself suffers severely under this apathy of the parents, as out of 342 boys on the roll of St. Joseph's College in 1882, only 158 could be allowed to compete at the examination for the annual grant, which is paid by the Government on the basis of a minimum of 200 daily attendances during the year.\n\n13. The Victoria Schools suffered, in the boys' division, a considerable decrease in the number of scholars attending this School, but the Tables appended to this Report will show that the efficiency of the teaching given in both divisions, that for girls and that for boys, has but slightly decreased as compared with the very high standard obtained in former years. As many as 94.74 per cent. of the scholars passed in 1882 in the girls' division and 86.66 per cent. in the boys' division.\n\n14. The Italian Sisters are beginning to come to the front in their efforts for the improvement of the standard of education formerly available by the Portuguese community. In the Bridges Street Poor Schools as many as 91.66 per cent. of the children passed, being an increase of 52.77 per cent. over the result of the first year's examination. In the Italian Convent School, which has been examined for the first time and was accordingly under considerable disadvantages, as many as 86.48 per cent. of the children passed. The Portuguese division in St. Francis' School has also been highly successful, but the English division of the same School is too poorly attended to do credit to the excellency of the teaching of the Italian Sisters.\n\n15. The Hongkong Public School has evidently been much improved by the present Master, as the general range of intelligence displayed by the boys, and the excellent method and discipline of this School amply testified. I have also above referred to the praiseworthy addition of extra subjects included in the programme of this School in 1882. But as the increase in the work of the School was not accompanied by a proportionate increase of time devoted to schooling, the result has been disappointing as far as a mere pass examination is concerned. Although, out of 4 boys, 3 boys passed in Euclid, 2 boys in geology and 2 in physical geography, yet only 2 passes could be counted for a grant in these extra-subjects, as there were failures in the ordinary subjects (arithmetic and geography). These details will explain the decrease of 7.15 per cent. in the passes obtained by the School, but I must further mention that, in my opinion, the boys did not do justice either to themselves or to their Master because, having been separately examined by the Manager of the School for purpose of the annual prize giving but a few days before the Government examination, the boys saw no immediate purpose served by a renewed examination and did not work, therefore with a will when examined once more. It is but due to the Master, of whose efficiency I have the highest opinion, that I should mention these facts.\n\n16. The vernacular Grant-in-Aid Schools in Class I of the Code, which give a Chinese education, combined with Christian teaching, in the Chinese language, call for no individual remarks, as the results of the examinations are sufficiently illustrated by the details which will be found in the Tables appended to this Report. I may allude, however to some points of general interest.\n\n17. When referring, in my last Annual Report, to certain evil tendencies arising from some of the provisions of the Grant-in-Aid Scheme, I ought to have also pointed out, at the same time, that, whatever evil tendencies are called forth, for instance, by the high personal bonus paid to Masters of Schools in Class I, the good effect which these same provisions exercise may be considered as more than counterbalancing the mercenary spirit and the subterfuges arising among Chinese Masters through the system of payment by results which forms the quintessence of the Code. Falsification of the daily attendance roll, which is one of the commonest subterfuges adopted by that mercenary spirit alive among the Chinese Masters, will be effectually checked to a great extent by enforcing the rule which for years past has been enforced in the Government Schools of the Colony, viz. that the daily attendance roll should be filled up punctually at 11 A.M. and that the slightest deviation from this regulation be treated as a serious breach of order and unsparingly visited with a fine. I found last year that some of the Chinese Masters in Grant-in-Aid Schools persisted in filling up the daily attendance roll during the recess for the noon-day meal, making it thereby impossible for me to detect one special form of falsification of the roll, whether I inspected a school in the forenoon or in the afternoon.\n\n18. From premature applications made, at the close of the year 1882, by some Chinese Masters for new schools to be opened in 1883, I obtained renewed proof of the tendency existing among Chinese Masters to take advantage of the liberality of the Grant-in-Aid Scheme for the furtherance of private purposes. They sought to secure a promise on the part of the Government to receive, under the provisions of the Code, Schools which profess to be bona fide public Schools but which are in reality private Schools intended for private emolument.\n\n19. As a curious illustration of the continued prevalence of kidnapping practices in Hongkong, mention that I noticed in 1882 several cases in which Chinese girls, living at a great distance from school and having to traverse on their way to and from school the most crowded portion of the town, were dressed like boys and attended, all through the year, Girls-schools in boys' dress.\n\n20. I enclose the usual Tables, I to XVI, containing the Educational Statistics for the year 1882.\n\nI have the honour to be\n\nSir,\n\nYour most obedient Servant,\n\nE. J. EITEL, PH.D.,\n\nInspector of Schools.\n\nThe Honourable F. STEWART, LL.D.\n\nActing Colonial Secretary.",
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        "content_text": "## INTELLIGENCE DIVISION\n18, Queen Anne's Gate, S.W.\n\n**C. O.**\n16th April, 1895.\n\n6624\n**RECO**\n**REC 17 APR 95**\n\nThe Director of Military Intelligence presents his compliments to the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, and begs to forward for his information, copies of two letters received from the British Military Attache to the Japanese Army in the Field, dated 10th and 27th February 1895, respectively.",
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        "content_text": "546 \n\n**RES** \n\nC. O. \n\n7927 \n\n**Rect 8 MAY 95** \n\n**INTELLIGENCE DIVISION** \n\n18, QUEEN ANNE'S GATE, S.W. \n\n6th May 1895 \n\n\"The Director of Military Intelligence presents his compliments to the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, and begs to forward herewith for his information a copy of a letter which has been received from the British Military Attaché to the Chinese Army in the Field, dated Tientsin, 15 March 1895.",
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        "content_text": "## 557 C.C. 8140\n\n**INTELLIGENCE DIVISION.**\n18, QUEEN ANNE'S GATE, S.W.\n9th May 1895\n\nThe Director of Military Intelligence presents his compliments to the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, and begs to forward herewith for his information a copy of a letter received by General Chapman from the British Military Attaché in China, dated Tientsin, 23rd March 1895.",
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        "content_text": "$195.\n\nfice\n\nCoupl\n\n266\n\nREC?\n\n9308\n\nRed 30 APR 96\n\nINTELLIGENCE DIVISION,\n\n18, QUEEN ANNE'S GATE, S.W.\n\n29th April, 1896.\n\nThe Director of Military Intelligence presents his\n\ncompliments to the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies\n\nand begs to forward herewith a copy of a map of the Adjoining\n\nProvinces of Russia, China and Japan No. 1102 (Copy 203) for\n\nfavour of transmission to H.E. the Governor and Commander-in-\n\nChief, Hong Kong, if there is no objection at the Colonial\n\nOffice.\n\nGeneral Sir John Ardagh would be obliged if, when for-\n\nwarding the map to the Governor, that he would be requested\n\nto return the secret copy (No. 22) of the previous issue which\n\nhas become obsolete.\n\n2.99\n\nHowever, to follow the exact output format requested (HTML using  for paragraphs), the revised response is already in the correct format. To improve it further according to the given instructions, let's refine it:\n\n1. Rejoin broken sentences and correct minor errors.\n2. Ensure proper formatting.\n\nHere's the refined version:\n\n$195. fice Coupl 266 REC? 9308 Red 30 APR 96\n\nINTELLIGENCE DIVISION,\n\n18, QUEEN ANNE'S GATE, S.W.\n\n29th April, 1896.\n\nThe Director of Military Intelligence presents his compliments to the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies and begs to forward herewith a copy of a map of the Adjoining Provinces of Russia, China and Japan No. 1102 (Copy 203) for favour of transmission to H.E. the Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Hong Kong, if there is no objection at the Colonial Office.\n\nGeneral Sir John Ardagh would be obliged if, when forwarding the map to the Governor, that he would be requested to return the secret copy (No. 22) of the previous issue which has become obsolete.\n\n2.99\n\nThis version corrects spacing issues, rejoins broken sentences, and maintains the required HTML format.",
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        "content_text": "The Daily Press.\n\nHONGKONG, JUNE 26TH, 1889.\n\nTHE CHINESE RENDITION ORDINANCE.\n\nThe ACTING ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved the third reading of the Chinese Rendition Ordinance.\n\nThe Colonial Secretary seconded.\n\nHon. P. RYRIE--Your Excellency, I beg to say that my opposition to this Bill still remains, and from what I heard from the Chinese, only as late as yesterday, they are as strongly against it as ever, particularly with regard to this provision:\n\n\"Provided always that whenever the Governor shall, from the Magistrate's report or otherwise, have reason to suppose that any fugitive criminal, who has been committed to the Victoria Gaol to await the further order of the Governor, has been resident in the colony for one year or upwards, the depositions and evidence taken before the Magistrate on the investigation of the case shall, together with the Magistrate's report thereon, be considered by the Governor in Council, who shall be assisted in such consideration by the Chief Justice of the colony, and the Governor in Council shall decide whether such fugitive criminal shall be surrendered or not.\"\n\nthat there is a reason for making this change in the law, but candidly speaking, I cannot see the least believe that there is the slightest danger.\n\nFOR.\n\nHon. C. P. Chater\n\nThe Surveyor-General\n\nAGAINST\n\nHon. J. J. Kale\n\nHon. B. Lay\n\nHon. Wong\n\nThe Acting Registrar-General\n\nThe Acting Colonial Treasurer\n\nHon. P. RYRIE--If this law rendered it more easy on the whole to get people away, which was, I must say, the original intention of the Bill--there might be something to be said in favour of the hon. member's motion, but nobody can pretend that any such outrage has been attempted here for many years past.\n\nHon. P. RYRIE--One occurred within the last few days, I am informed.\n\nHis EXCELLENCY--Do you mean to tell me that such a person will not be in the position of making the Government alive to the real reason of his being demanded, and do you mean to say that the fact of the Government being so made alive will not cause the most stringent measures to be taken to prevent the man being given up if he is really innocent? Unless it was strictly guarded against, the provision you propose would make it impossible to get rid of the worst criminals. The restrictions, as it is, are sufficient to render me doubtful whether in some respects there won't be much more difficulty in getting rid of those I had hoped to do--I cannot exactly explain myself--but I may say that I fear already that the loopholes made for the innocent may be availed of by the guilty, and I am not sure that it would be exceedingly difficult to make them larger in the way the hon. member suggests, without also making them much larger for those whom we desire to get rid of.\n\nHis EXCELLENCY--The Chinese don't consider that sufficient, more especially those Chinese gentlemen and merchants who come here occasionally from the Straits Settlements and protected States. They perhaps become residents only for two or three months, perhaps only one; they come here generally with funds, and have assisted in raising the value of property very much by investing their funds here. That class of visitor is one that attracts the particular attention of the runners of the Chinese mandarins, who consider them worth looking after, and if they can't bring a crime against them, will manufacture one.\n\nSince this Council last met, I had a conversation with a gentleman who understands the subject pretty well, and he said no Chinese should be extradited who had been longer than two or three months in the Colony. Even that would not be sufficient for the class of people I have referred to. He says if a Chinaman has been here for a year or two and has advanced in prosperity and has acquired goods or property, he may be wanted afterwards, but if he has not been prosperous and is really an offender of a rather serious character, they will leave him alone. If any amendment could be made in the clause which I have read, so that Chinese visitors to the colony who may or may not have been guilty of an offence in past times, but who when they come here have a good position, should be protected, it would be a good thing.\n\nHon. P. RYRIE--My informant is one of the most intelligent Chinese in the Colony. He is well known to many of those here.\n\nHis EXCELLENCY--All the intelligence in the world won't upset my belief in British Governors and British Governments, to the extent that a person of the class you motion is likely to be extradited as a criminal.\n\nHis EXCELLENCY--Do you move that the third reading be opposed?\n\nHon. P. RYRIE--If you will allow me, I would propose that this Bill be re-committed. That would give us time to think over the matter. I have not yet considered it myself. It was only yesterday that I was visited by this Chinese gentleman, and I have therefore had no time to consider any amendment. I propose, therefore, that this Bill be re-committed with a view to introducing some such clause as a protection to the parties I have mentioned.\n\nThere being no seconder to this motion, the COLONIAL SECRETARY, at the request of His EXCELLENCY, formally seconded.\n\nHis EXCELLENCY--The objection of the hon. member is one which I do not think will bear investigation. It is perfectly monstrous to suppose that a Chinese merchant coming here from the Straits or elsewhere could, under this Ordinance, be extradited under such circumstances. While certain provisions have been put in for the satisfaction of hon. members, I do not believe that without these, there would be any such opportunity for so gross a miscarriage of justice as sending away people because they have committed some offence in years long past or because it is desired to obtain their property or that of their relations.\n\nHon. P. RYRIE--But it gives opportunities for threats. You must know that there are emissaries of the mandarins in Canton by hundreds in this Colony.\n\nHis EXCELLENCY--If you are going to guard against threats, I do not know of any human institution which will do that. We cannot pass any law which will prevent that. If it is perfectly well understood--I take this opportunity of saying this, as the Hon. Wong Shing and the Registrar-General are present--that the utmost attention will be given to any case where a man is leading a respectable life, and that they must resist to the utmost any attempt to blackmail them, I think they will see that they are in perfect safety here.\n\nHis EXCELLENCY--If the hon. gentleman had thoroughly thought out the matter and had put his amendment into words, we should have something to discuss. At the present moment, it is in a somewhat vague form because he does not suggest any form of words which could possibly include such persons as he mentions in the Ordinance without including the blackguards we all desire to get rid of.\n\nHon. P. RYRIE--I have had no time to do so. It was only yesterday afternoon that I got my information.\n\nHis EXCELLENCY--I think, under the whole circumstances, I feel so absolutely safe with regard to these people and can give such an absolute assurance of safety until this Ordinance comes into operation, that I may say, at all events, there is not the least danger in allowing it to pass. I shall give the fullest consideration to what the hon. member may suggest on a future occasion, and if anything can be devised with his assistance, by which these people can be covered and the villains excluded, no one will be more willing to entertain it than myself.\n\nHis EXCELLENCY then put the question that the third reading do pass, and declared it passed.\n\nHon. B. LAYTON asked whether there was not going to be a division taken on the third reading. He wished to record his vote against it.\n\nHis EXCELLENCY said there could be no division really, as there was no motion of opposition to the third reading, but if hon. members desired it, a division could be taken.\n\nA division was then taken with the following result:\n\nNo: 292\n\nEnclosure\n\nColonial Secretary to H.B.M. Cowell,\n\nCanton.\n\nSir,\n\nColonial Secretary's Office, Hong Kong, 22 February 1897.\n\nI am directed to inform you that your Memorandum of December last on the subject of the extradition of Chinese criminals from this Colony has received the careful consideration of this Government.\n\nHis Excellency the Governor is advised that under the existing law, a request by telegram is sufficient to warrant the Governor ordering the Magistrate to issue a warrant for the arrest of a Chinese fugitive criminal; such telegram should, however, furnish sufficient...",
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        "content_text": "# AFFAIRS OF CHINA\n## CONFIDENTIAL\n\nNo. 1.\n\n-349 \n9545 \n[August 23,] \nSECTION 22 JEP J8]\n\n**Intelligence Division to Foreign Office.-(Received August 23.)**\n\nTHE Director of Military Intelligence presents his compliments to the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and begs to forward, with the request that it may be returned when done with, some correspondence respecting the present rebellion in Southern China.\n\n18, Queen Anne's Gate, London, \nAugust 23, 1898.\n\n### Inclosure 1 in No. 1.\n\n**Mr. Long to Colonel McSwiney.**\n\nDear Colonel McSwiney,\n\nI inclose herewith a copy of a Report from the Officer Commanding Her Majesty's ship \"Tweed\" at Wuchow to the Commodore in charge here, which the latter very kindly gave me. I dare say that in due course it would reach you from the Admiralty Intelligence, but it saves time by my sending it on to you direct, and, also, that I think it desirable to draw particular attention to this so-called rebellion. The general impression here by all those in a good position to judge, such as Bell-Irving, the head of Jardine, Matheson, and Co., &c., is that the French are at the back of this rebellion; that they have practically created it, or stirred it up, so that later on, as events develop, they may have an opportunity for interfering. They have already come forward with an offer of assistance in the way of troops.\n\nSound opinion is unanimous that the riot which has just taken place in the French Concession at Shanghae over the Ningpo goss-house has been deliberately started by the French, as it was a foregone conclusion that any interference there was bound to lead to trouble, and that this action of the French was premeditated seems fairly proved, when one remembers that similar interference in the past had caused serious trouble.\n\nIt is strange that we should now get wires from the north reporting that there are troubles of risings on the northern Chinese frontiers, and the opinion here is that at all these places—Kwangsi, Shanghae, and the north—France and Russia are working hand in hand. The very \"man in the street\" now talks of Hankow as an object of Russian absorption in the near future, and cannot understand how blind Great Britain is to the bear's rapid and far-reaching advance.\n\nIn October last year I wrote to Napier re the massing, or rather storing, of huge quantities of supplies at Vladivostock, and pointed out that everything indicated an early move on Russia's part. His letter of reply stated that you did not think so, as the supplies were required for the employés on the railway. Before this letter reached me Russia had actually got on the move.\n\nThe Colony is much excited over the extension of its boundaries, and, needless to remark, is vigorously protesting against effete and powerless China being allowed to retain any voice or authority over the ceded territory. Might I make a suggestion as regarding the policing of the new territory, and that is, that on Imperial grounds the Colonial authorities be urged to form a police battalion on semi-military lines, as I feel certain that this would be a step in the right direction, and might form a nucleus for the eventual formation of a regular British-Chinese force, which would be available for future contingencies.\n\nThere is a fairly general opinion that some portion of the Chinese, well drilled, officered, and led, would make excellent fighting material.\n\nYours sincerely,\n(Signed) S. S. LONG.\n\n(1562 (~2]",
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        "content_text": "More telegrams to the W.0. as the fighting is over. We see had be left to settle with the Jetta.\n\nGovernor\n\nIf the D.0. What claim should be made on the north, & not bring more complications arise when on porter. may find it desirable to require the boundaries Extension.\n\n26.Moril De Frisch Kant fir I Ardagh-but J\n\nBacking for the husent. porther complications arise wh\n\nSW 26 M\n\nThe shortest this is the any ty best.\n\nL Chines ops the 70 But the react achos y paiges new. questions for I has lisapert fur et story & hows expressed my desires to get the Chines alsynker Karleus demanded This my bill Compactin fr tour day be is ins\n\nIn general Chinese policy Corr ar by afride wbride. as word Conver Northern Sonday it.\n\n...\n\nINTELLIGENCE DIVISION, 18, QUEEN ANNE'S GATE, S.W,\n\n21st April, 1899\n\nThe Director of Military Intelligence presents his compliments to the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies,\n\nand has the honour to submit the following observations on the present situation at Hong Kong:\n\nFrom the telegrams of the Governor to the Colonial Office, of the 15th and 16th instant it would appear highly probable that the local Chinese authorities have instigated, or at least connived at, the opposition to our assumption of authority over the leased territory. If this should prove to be the case, Her Majesty's Government will no doubt desire to exact reparation from the Chinese Government of a nature which will bring home to the latter, that such incidents cannot occur with impunity. The mere infliction of personal punishment on the subordinates concerned will hardly affect this in a country constituted so peculiarly, as China. Sir John Ardagh would therefore suggest for Mr. Chamberlain's consideration that one or...",
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        "content_text": "21199\n\nINTELLIGENCE DIVISION,\n\n18, QUEEN ANNE'S GATE\n\n10th August, 1899.\n\n63\n\nThe Director of Military Intelligence presents his compliments to the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies and requests that he may be allowed to see a copy of the despatches dealing with the delimitation of the Northern boundary of the newly leased territory near Hong Kong.\n\nA map showing the boundary provisionally delimited in March, 1899 was recently prepared by the Intelligence Division to illustrate C.O. 10053.99, but Sir John Ardagh has received no further information on the subject.\n\n90-003",
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        "content_text": "## \n\nover until the \nremoval of diplomatic relations with the Court of China.\n\n2. Mr. Chamberlain has no objection to this suggestion for the present. Concurrence, and with Lord Salisbury's phrases it would be well that the Director of Military Intelligence should be informed, with reference to my letter of the 11th January last, and subsequent correspondence, that at present it should not be placed on sale to the public.\n\n| No. | Reference |\n| --- | --- |\n| 550 | Intelligence Division |\n| 1393 | 128719 |\n\n3. I ask that the map enclosed in the letter from this office above referred to may be returned with your obs. James CPL 4.\n\nCorrespondence that an forwarding herewith is a sequel to rectify the anomalies of the extended revision. It would be advisable not to place on sale to the Author under these circumstances.",
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        "content_text": "## \nwith the boundary list traced on it being placed on sale,\n\n37. As regards the Exertion of the exact land-frontier of the Colony, as extended, I am to state that the boundary is that indicated on a map, prepared by Mr. Lockhart, who superintended the Colonial delimitation concession. That map is enclosed & I am to add, that it may eventually be returned to this Office. I am also to add, that the map was lithographed by the Intelligence Division in July last.\n\nIt would be well, in Mr. Chamberlain's opinion, to send the proof of the map, before it is actually published to the Colony for final verification.\n\nI Am,  \nTop Lincas  \nSa Sub Poster  \n\n32  \nDRAFT.  \nThe Director of  \nINTELLIGENCE  \nWAR OFFICE  \nHong King.  \n-4332-  \n359  \nHISTITARY INTELLIGMER.  \nMINUTE.  \n\nMr. Stabby 23/1  \nMr. Johnson - 23  \nMr. Antrobus.  \nMr. Cox.  \nMr. Lucas.  \nMr. Graham.  \n23  \nSir E. Wingfield.  \nEarl of Selborne.  \nMr. Chamberlain.  \n\n7.0.6 2.0. 11/1/00  \nTo Fo  \nJainfo  \n(Oh 18827  \ná mamber  \nthe  \n7.0.  \nIntelligence Dept. Should be placed  \nJaur  \n7  \nDo Jaw 1900  \n\nThe Secretary of State for the Colonies presents his complements to the Director of Military Intelligence, & begs to enclose copies of correspondence, with the Foreign Office, as noted in the margin, for a map showing the recently delimited boundary of Hong Kong.\n\nIn personal communication with this Office, Sir Edward Wingfield would suggest that their Lordships should be informed of the preparation of `XCR(85)72` draft map with a view to the submission of the matter.\n\nPage 359",
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        "content_text": "430 \n\nBritish sovereignty under the lease extended to high water mark in these Bays. Of course, it was conceivable that there might be on the foreshores in question as on the rest of the ceded territory rights of private property, and possibly also rights of access over the Chinese territory above high water mark, which would require consideration before any fresh rights were granted.\n\n4. It follows from this opinion of the Law Officers that the Chinese Government has no power to grant leases on any portion of the foreshore in Mirs and Deep Bays.\n\n5. I enclose a copy of Intelligence Division Map No.1393, copies of which have already been forwarded to you. You will observe that the boundary of the new territory has been marked on the enclosed copy, and",
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        "content_text": "## \n1. Sale to the objection to the Mah being handled publicly, as originally broached & the Draft of Military Intelligence, subject to rundown regarding machinery as suggested in paragraph 5 of the letter from this Dept of the 18th August last.\n\ngdd\n\n3. I am informed that Mr. Chamberlain proposes to present to Parliament a report on the two recent leased territories. Chamberlain is anxious that the publication of the Intelligence Division may not be delayed.\n\nThe report is already in proof; and will be issued with a new title, including it in the Parliamentary ...\n\n793 ..., which will be of little value unless reliable food machinery is included.\n\n6. I am to ask that you will cause an early and revised return to this ... better. \nJames Allan \nA",
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        "content_text": "## the Intelligence Division Mak No. 1393.\n\nSir Montagu Orumanney begs to ask that the Western Boundary marked upon the chart may be confirmed, viz., along the meridian 113° 52' E. marked A, which is immediately to the west of the westernmost point of the peninsula which forms the western boundary of Deep Bay; and from the point A a line running due East until it meets the coast line of the peninsula to the south-west of the southerly, south-westerly point of the peninsula by He Majesty's Ommanney suggests that a note should be placed upon the map, stating that until the compilation of the detailed surveys has been completed, the Northern Boundary can only be shown provisionally.\n\nAs regards the question of rectifying the boundary for fishing, it is considered that the present moment is not opportune for the publication of a rectification of boundary favouring China; and the map should not, therefore, be made available to the public until...",
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        "content_text": "## 152 \n1332 \n18, QUEEN ANNE'S GATE, S.W. \nC.O. \n**INTELLIGENCE DIVISION**, \n3388 \nRECO \n... \nTec 31 JAN OC \n\n29th January, 1900. \n\nThe Director of Military Intelligence presents his compliments to the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies and, with reference to his letter of January 26th adverting to the question of the publication of a map of Hong Kong and the neighbouring country, now wishes to inform Sir Edward Wingfield that Captain Hills, the head of the topographical section of this office, has been instructed to place himself in communication with the Colonial Office and to arrange that the necessary alterations and additions are made to the map in question before it is placed on sale to the public.",
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        "content_text": "**INTELLIGENCE DIVISION,**\n18, QUEEN ANNE'S GATE, S.W.,\n28 June 1900\n\nThe Director of Military Intelligence presents his compliments\n\n1. The Under Secretary of State for the Colonies and begs to inform him, that H.M. Consul General at Antwerp, has reported to the Foreign Office that the Japanese S.S. Kawachi Maru sailed from that port on the 23rd inst., carrying, amongst other things, 65 cases of carbines, supposed to be consigned to Shantung.\n\nPage 197",
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        "content_text": "# WAR OFFICE\n## C.O.\n### 27108\n**Intelligence Division**  \n16 AUG 00  \n\n18. Queen Anne's Gate, S.W.,  \n17. August 1900.  \n226  \n\nThe Director of Military Intelligence presents his compliments  \nto the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, and begs to  \nforward, for his information, a copy of a letter dated 4th Inst.  \nwhich has been received from the Marine Department of the Board  \nof Trade relative to a contemplated shipment of explosives to  \nKorea by s.s. \"Bodlewell\".  \n\nSir John Ardagh has been given to understand by the Foreign  \nOffice that, since, by the Treaty of Shimonoseki, May 1895,  \nChina renounced all claims to suzerainty over Korea, the export  \nof arms and ammunition to that country is not affected by the  \nrecent Proclamation.  \n\nHe desires, however, to point out that, in any case,  \nas the goods in question may not be really destined for Korea, or  \nbeing so destined, may be transhipped in that country for a  \nChinese port, it would be well to keep the Vessel under  \nobservation. He therefore ventures to suggest that the Governor  \nof Hong Kong should be instructed accordingly.  \n\nThe",
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        "content_text": "## INTELLIGENCE DIVISION, \n18, QUEEN ANNE'S GATE, S.W., \n1900 Mar 28.\n\n240\n\nDear Mr Johnson,\n\nWith reference to the Hangshang map sent to you on 24/12, I note that by an oversight the northern part of the boundary was not correctly shown where the river is depicted making a loop to the north instead of flowing to the south.\n\nWould you please return the tracing to me.\n\nYours very truly,\nJ. Hills.\n\nI have told Atchley that they are **Confidential** and are to be treated as such. I now submit a draft to Government for forwarding. Such correspondence as he has not yet had is referred to above.\n\n12/XI\n\nWe need not send all the correspondence. \n\nJuly 15 at River...",
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        "content_text": "## \n241 \n38800 \n2.N007 \n\n**INTELLIGENCE DIVISION**, \n18, QUEEN ANNE'S GATE, S.W., \n26th November, 1900. \n\nThe Director of Military Intelligence presents his compliments to the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, and with reference to his note of the 12th instant referring to the question of the Hong Kong Map, `I.D.W.O. No 1393`, begs to forward herewith 6 copies of the map in question with the suggested additions and corrections inserted,",
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        "content_text": "## MAP OF HONG KONG AND OF THE TERRITORY LEASED TO GREAT BRITAIN UNDER THE CONVENTION BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND CHINA\nsigned at Peking on the 9th of June 1898\n\n|  | REFERENCE |\n| --- | --- |\n|  | Large Market place |\n|  | Sunal ruiken place |\n| • | Villages |\n\n**Key**\n\n* Paquila ocupartenon\n* FatBoada\n* Meiche Rauda\n* Ceamage Roads proposed\n* Tranente\n* *>Yashoks\n* Navigable for Lazgehaas\n* Beigioso fret sheve Son Level\n\nThis map has been compiled from various intelligence sources. \nRevision made of Hong Kong, Auswaïty Charla and a map of the Sur: On Disret computed in 1966 from the véservatione of an halen WingroOKEN.\n\n**Boundary Information**\nThe Boundary along the Shores of Mus Bay and Leap Day to the High Water Mark.\n\n**Provenance**\nHelmisangraphed at the Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton, FSTS.  \nC.O. 123/303  \nRECORD OFFICE, LONDON  \nREPRODUCED PHOTOGRAPHICALLY WITH COPYRIGHT PHOTOGRAPHS NOT TO BE...\n\n## KOWLOON\n12% \nBong \nChimer? \nDear \n\nSturdy ha \nTitan Hav \nBut t \nSuikamg \nJy hang \nB. Jurk \nSicpe \nListionar \nShelter \nTai aiu \nChannel. \nhive head \nshing shi-mun \nSot kongr \nProi \nRoux H \nShenin \nBocky Huthour \n-- \nSittaked \nBaba J \n\n4211 \nGreen/ \nFriz \nYear tau \n& Hinep \nse, \nMere Huck \nBaron \nSzepan Group \n\n Intelligence Division, War Office. No 1352 \n114 Lungau de East of tremwich \nThe Amer \nKOWLOON \n$0 \nTang \nLAMMA ISLAND \n\nPage 363",
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        "document_key": "CO129-305 - Governor Sir Blake - 1901 [5-7]",
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        "content_text": "Draft submitted for consn. I\n\nhave not thought it recesso.\n\nхочу\n\nto read coty if deck to 30/and ifdesh\n\nve therefore not alluded\n\nI have\n\nto par 2.\n\nGer. J +ps.\n\nC.Pd. Jum Jan\n\nat once\n\nDear Mr. Johnson,\n\n722\n\nINTELLIGENCE DIVISION,\n\nWINCHESTER HOUSE,\n\nST. JAMES'S SQUARE,\n\nS.W.\n\nHong Kong Map.\n\n30th December, 1901.\n\nThe copies supplied in April last were of the latest edition, in fact that is the only one now in existence, the alterations to the boundary were made on the actual plate so that the older edition has, ipso facto, ceased to exist.\n\nI am sorry that the paragraph in your note of 20th March 1901, specifically asking for the older edition, was overlooked at the time, otherwise I should have drawn attention to this.\n\nAs regards the question of treating the map as confidential I am afraid there has been some misunderstanding. Colonial Office note of 12th November 1900 states that the map is not to be placed on sale to the public but it was never understood from this that it was to be treated as confidential.\n\nThe map is our standard one of the country and has\n\nThe initial part of the text appears to be a jumbled collection of words and phrases, likely due to OCR errors. The coherent text begins with the letter addressed to Mr. Johnson.\n\nCorrected version in HTML format as per the instructions:\n\nDear Mr. Johnson,\n\nINTELLIGENCE DIVISION,\n\nWINCHESTER HOUSE,\n\nST. JAMES'S SQUARE,\n\nS.W.\n\nHong Kong Map.\n\n30th December, 1901.\n\nThe copies supplied in April last were of the latest edition, in fact that is the only one now in existence, the alterations to the boundary were made on the actual plate so that the older edition has, ipso facto, ceased to exist.\n\nI am sorry that the paragraph in your note of 20th March 1901, specifically asking for the older edition, was overlooked at the time, otherwise I should have drawn attention to this.\n\nAs regards the question of treating the map as confidential I am afraid there has been some misunderstanding. Colonial Office note of 12th November 1900 states that the map is not to be placed on sale to the public but it was never understood from this that it was to be treated as confidential.\n\nThe map is our standard one of the country and has",
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        "content_text": "INTELLIGENCE DIVISION,\n\nWINCHESTER HOUSE,\n\n723\n\nST. JAMES'S SQUARE,\n\nS. W.\n\nalways been issued freely to officers and others who require\n\nit for the public service. If the Colonial Office desires the map shewing the boundary to be kept as a confidential issue we must prepare another edition, without the boundary,\n\nfor general use.\n\nThis would not be very laborious and if you will let me\n\nknow that it is required I will have it taken up at once.\n\n3.Johnson Esq.\n\nColonial Office.\n\nYours very truly,\n\nCH. Hills.",
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        "content_text": "stating that it was not then considered desirable to publish a map involving a rectification of the boundary and requesting for that reason that the map should not be placed on sale to the public; a copy of the map was sent at the same time to the Sor with the request that he should treat it as strictly confidential.\n\n[on 25800] 730\n\nSubsequently the Gov. of Hong Kong asked for further copies of an earlier edition of the same map on which the boundaries were marked less completely, but the Division Intelligence Office furnished copies of the revised edition of the map which were sent out to the Colony without any intimation that the",
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        "content_text": "map was still to be regarded as confidential. On this point Dom to enclose copy of a soi official note from the Intelligence Division,\n\nmor.\n\nNo\n\nJels 2.\n\n901\n\n731\n\nDESPATCH\n\nJuly\n\nprevious Paper.\n\nCopy 7.0, 22 July 25338 Acks, See & Conf. avg.\n\n19656\n\nNo. 25446\n\n(Subject.)\n\nC.O.\n\n25446\n\n22 JUL 31\n\nSubstance of let\n\nVisit of Prince Chun\n\nSatow resty\n\nMr. Luces\n\nConson\n\nCopies of telon to and from\n\n(Minutes.)\n\nI have introduced a for for into aft\n\nAF\n\non 25338\n\n22/7\n\nsubsequent Paper.\n\n21548",
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        "content_text": "but for the whole atlas.\n\nBesides we might very\n\n305\n\npossibly have similar applications from other firms\n\nwhich it would then be difficult to refuse though\n\nit might be desirable to do so.\n\nA somewhat similar case arose in 1895.\n\nIn that year Messrs. Cassell and Company published their Universal Atlas and they requested the\n\nColonial Office to check the lines of frontier to\n\nbe shown on the Colonial sheets.\n\nSir Robert Meade was anxious to have this done\n\nby the Intelligence Division but on the latter\n\npointing out the objections to such a course and\n\noffering to indicate to Messrs. Cassell and Company\n\nthe published Documents containing the information\n\nthey",
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        "content_text": "306\n\nthey were anxious to obtain, the Colonial Office wrote to Messrs. Cassell and Company declining to correct the maps as desired, and acquainting them with the offer of the Intelligence Division.\n\n(Signed)\n\nForeign Office, 3rd September, 1901.\n\nR. W. Brant.",
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        "content_text": "307\n\nSir Thomas Sanderson\n\n207\n\npresents his compliments to the Under\n\nSecretary of State for the Colonies and, in\n\nreply to his application of the 11 instant,\n\n(No 31445) for\n\na reference to the correspondence\n\nof 1895 relative to Mr. Barrett's Universal Atlas, is directed by the Marquess of\n\nLansdowne to transmit to him, herewith,\n\ncopies of the correspondence.\n\nSir R. Meade private January 17, 1895 Intelligence Division private Jan. 25 Sir R. Meade private (with enclosure)\n\nJan. 26, 1895.\n\nForeign Office,\n\nSeptember 18, 1901.",
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        "content_text": "WAR OFFICE\n\nC.O.\n\n7707\n\nIntelligence Division,\n\n18, Queen Anne's Gate, S.W.\n\n28th February, 1901.\n\n496\n\nThe Director of Military Intelligence presents his compliments to the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies and would be much obliged if he could be informed as to the present state of affairs with regard to the survey of the new territory at Hong Kong.\n\nSir John Ardagh would particularly like to know when the survey will be completed, where the resulting map is to be printed, and when copies of it will be obtainable.",
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        "content_text": "whether it is still anticipated that it will \n\nbe finished by December \n\nnext. \n\n3. I assume \n\nthat a man of the \n\nstaff as furnished will \n\nbe published on the Colony; \n\nterritory \n\nultimately be published and I shall be glad \n\nafter \n\nthe completion of the \n\nsurvey \n\nthe map is \n\nlikely \n\nGold assured. \n\n36 \n\nYou will \n\ncope of the map resulting from \n\nThis Survey \n\nsend \n\ndoubt under cover to the home office open to thing \n\nin due cause for \n\nthe \n\nof this Dept and the Intelligence \n\nDivision \n\nhave rich \n\nand I shall be glad to know whether your proposal \n\nis to be ultimate \n\nin the Colony \n\nor Individual. \n\nVar \n\n901 \n\nMar \n\nerious Paper. \n\n9129 ta \n\nDOMESTIC. \n\nCONG \n\n499 \n\n10887 \n\nM \n\nx. \n\nNo 10887 \n\n(Subject.) \n\nUnless urgently necessary \n\ntroops will not be \n\nsent out to this country till S. African claros Markess: \n\nMr. Lucas \n\nmusread \n\n(Minutes.) \n\nI think they have our letter; but I put by. \n\nI think they \n\nA-F-27/3 \n\nmean that which is intended \n\n(importantly at least, to reduce the Garrison at Hongkong. \n\nE \n\nPutoly CPD. \n\n27 \n\nat once",
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        "content_text": "597\n\nINTELLIGENCE DIVISION, 44400\n\nWINCHESTER HOUSE,\n\n1800\n\nST. JAMES'S SQUARE,\n\nREG\n\nS.W.\n\n16th December 1901.\n\nThe Director General of Military Intelligence presents his compliments to the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies and begs to enclose for his information an Extract from the Hong Kong Daily Express, dated 12th November 1901, on the measures to be adopted by the U.S. Commission in the Philippines against treason, rebellion and sedition in the archipelago.",
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        "document_key": "CO129-314 - Public Offices - 1902",
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        "title": "CO129-314 - Public Offices - 1902",
        "content_text": "## DRAFT.\n\nThe D.M.I.\n\nFO 7414\n\nHay Kany 145\n\nMr. MINUTE.\n\n14/1 Fiddian, Johnson, Jo Mr. Antrobus, Mr. Cox, Mr. Lucas, Mr. Graham, Sir M. Ommanney, Earl of Onslow, Mr. Chamberlain.\n\nJuly D.S. 17 Jan, 02\n\nThe U.S. of S. fathe Colomis presents his complements to the D.M.I., and with reference to the notes from the Intelligence Division, 4 November, Blake Conf. 18 of the 26th November, Sin (29166) and H. To F.U. 6 Jun (on 29164) F.O. 10 Jan, 114141 7.0. 13 Jan Offlake Conf. Jan To Suff (dftherewith) 2df5 1900, and the 10th April, 1901, respecting the Hong Kay Hay Kay Mlak J.D. No. 1393, Mp\n\nW.G. Nicholsan begs to forward for Sie information scoby of conestandence,",
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        "document_key": "CO129-324 - Governor Nathan - 1904 [10-12]",
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        "content_text": "623 \n\nThe Harbour Office to the Naval Yard and to arrange at the expense of the Admiralty for a separate Naval wire from Cape D'Aguilar to the Naval Yard.\n\n2.\n\nThese arrangements differ from those suggested in your letter in so far as they avoid division of responsibility. All work within the Naval Signal Stations will be done by the Navy with their own staff. The communications will be maintained by the Colonial Government.\n\nAs the Harbour Master contemplates employing Naval pensioned or time-expired men as telegraphists at the Harbour Office as soon as financial provisions can be made for them, it would appear unnecessary to provide for a Naval Staff to be accommodated at that Office, an arrangement which would tend to confusion.\n\nAs it is proposed that communications from the Signal Stations not be taken over by the Navy and of a proposed new Signal Station at Cape Collinson should concentrate at the Harbour Office, it would be inconvenient if the wires from Cape D'Aguilar and the Peak did not also go directly there. The addition to the system of a direct naval wire from the former place to the Naval Yard would obviate any delay in the receipt of Naval intelligence by wireless telegraphy. The wire between the Harbour Office and Naval Yard would be used for communicating to the latter place news of incoming vessels from wherever they may be signalled.\n\n3.\n\nI enclose a sheet of directions which shows",
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        "content_text": "## Government's Loss of Control Since 1900\n\nGovernment has lost upon the provinces since 1900 is the notable feature of the present situation in Peking.\n\nI have, &c. (Signed)  \nJ. N. JORDAN.\n\nP.S.---Since writing the above I have received an Intelligence Report from the Acting British Consul at Hangchow, of which I have the honour to inclose an extract. In view of what Sir Robert Hart told me, and of the universal vigilance of the Customs' inspection, information of which reaches me from several quarters, there can be no doubt that the Viceroy of Chilli, and probably also the Central Government, are apprehensive of an anti-dynastic movement, and that foreigners are in some way suspected of being connected with it. For this suspicion there is not, so far as I know, a particle of evidence.\n\n(No. 186.) Sir,\n\n### Inclosure I in No. 1\n\nConsul-General Sir P. Warren to Sir J. Jordan.  \nJ. N. J.  \nShanghae, December 24, 1906.\n\nI HAVE the honour to inclose herewith, for your information, copy and translation of an extract from the \"Nan Fang Pao\" of the 15th instant, being instructions from his Excellency Chang Chih Tung on the subject of rebellious Societies, giving particulars as to their methods and organization.\n\nI have, &c. (Signed)  \nPELHAM WARREN,\n\n### Inclosure 2 in No. 1\n\n(Translation.)  \nExtract from the \"Non Fang Pao\" of December 15, 1906.  \n**Confidential Instructions from the Hukuong Viceroy.**\n\nTHE foreign adviser reports as follows:-\n\nOf the large rebellious Associations one is the Kolao Hui, which exists in a secret manner in the Yang-tsze region, and of which the head is one Wang Sheng; another is the Triad Society, which exists in the Two Kuang, Kueichou and Fukien, of which Sun Wen is head, and these two Associations have in the course of time united, and now form the Tung Meng Hui (Alliance Society), and Sun Wen is the head, Wang Sheng the second. Their cry is \"Down with the Manchus!\" and \"Revolution!\" They establish branches everywhere, and men of all provinces join them, 60 per cent. of the Hunan men being members. The Kolao Hui in Hunan is in three divisions--the red division, consisting chiefly of rowdies; the blue and black divisions being mostly men of rank and merchants. The Ch'ang Sha leader is Tsung Huang, a wealthy leader, who is also known as Hsia Ming, 40 years of age; 500 of the Chang Sha garrison are members, and 500 of the police force of Yochou, as well as 3,000 men of the provincial army. The head in Hupei Province is one Lin Chia Yun, and at Wuchang and Hankow a younger brother of Ho Taotai, Commander of the Kueilin new model forces. At Shahshih, a rich merchant named Tsao Yu Ying, 39 years old. A third of the officials, troops, and men in the arsenal at Wuch'ang are members.\n\nA meeting was held in July, at which twenty-five military officers and many soldiers were present. Before the union of the two Societies, the leaders asked for help from Great Britain, France, and Japan, and sought their recognition. Certain foreigners concerted with the heads of the Societies at Wuch'ang, Chang Sha, Kiukiang, Nan Chang, Nanking, Foochow, Canton, Kueilin, Kueiyang, and Sun Wen collected 3,000,000 taels from the Chinese merchants at `Singapore`, `Kalumpor`, `Hong Kong`, &c., and this was deposited chiefly with the ... Bank, and large quantities of munitions were purchased. The original idea was to take the opportunity of the autumn manœuvres for a rising; but Wang Sheng altered the time to the end of the year, as the Yang-tsze leaders were not ready. I cannot say if this be a fact or not.\n\nA Chinese officer reported to the same effect. He says:-\n\nThe Ko Ming Society in Hunan was broken up the year before last, and was converted into a \"Secret Society,\" the objects of which have been anarchical, and its beginnings were in Tokio. It gradually spread into the inland parts of China. The officers of this Society belong to the waterway districts, and they busy themselves with cementing the relationships of the branches; but the Settlements at Shanghae and the Kiangnan Arsenal (`Kao Chang Miao`) neighbourhood are their biding-places; their head-quarters are Hunan and Hupei, these being in reach of Kiangsi on the east and Canton Province on the south. The idea was to command Szechuan, and so move north, while a force was to go by Shensi, thus rendering complete defence impossible. The capital of Hunan was to be their head city, and a central house was to be established there, and there were in addition four lodges, each with its own organization, east, west, south, and north.\n\nThe seat of the south branch was at Linchou, in Hunan, in direct communication with Loch'ang and Ping Shih, in Kuangtung, Shao Kuan, and Canton Province, and also in control of the Pao Ching and Yung Chou Prefecture organizations.\n\nThe east lodge has its seat at Hsiang Tung, in Liling district, to be in direct communication with Yuan Chou and Lin An Prefectures, the chief points being Kiukiang and Huk'ou (this part of the scheme involves extreme danger). The seat of the north was at Ch'ing Chiang, south of Yochou, in Hunan, in close communication with Wuch'ang and Hankow. Drilling went on as of village militia, and under this guise desperate enterprises were prepared. At a moment's warning they were to rise and make a determined effort to seize the Tungting Lake.\n\nAnother branch came into existence in Hupei, of which the objective was Tion Chia Chen, in Wu Hsueh, with the purpose of holding the key to the northern approach. There was to be no immediate attack upon the Lower Yang-tsze for fear of opposition on the part of Great Britain, and although there were many confederates at Tungehou, Ta Tung, Hsiang Yang, and Chinkiang, these were only to serve as hindrances to any forces sent out against the movement; those places were not the important ones.\n\nThe seat of the west lodge was to be at Hang Chou, in Hunan, in connection with Kuanghai, and the disbanded soldiers and the bad characters there, and with the Miao and Yao tribes in Kueichou, in Hunan, and Chang Chou and Li Ling Prefectures, in Kuanghsi, were under them.\n\nThis fire has been smouldering many a day. All the officials of the Association are divided into two sections, the Wai Pu and the Nei Pu. All of these Wai Pu made their arrangements in the Straits, &c., and of these Sun Wen is the head, men like Huang Ta Wu and Liu Lin Sheng being his lieutenants, and they are the chief plotters. These are the people by whom the Chinese merchants in foreign countries, enraged at the failure of their Governments to protect them against oppression, are influenced and subscribe to their schemes, in the hope that when the plot has succeeded they may be granted some better kind of protection. [This is a note of the official making the Report.] They (the Wai Pu) purchase and ship munitions. I hear that the munitions and dynamite are purchased from a certain country and stored in `Singapore` with the idea of shipping them to the Indian Railways, then to Chen Nan Kuan in Yunnan, and so conveying them into the interior. Great Britain has not allowed this, and it has not been possible to convey them by this route. I shall report further when I have found out actually about this.\n\nThe Wai Pu also makes Agreements with foreign Powers. Three Powers have already consented to recognize the Independent State, and have made Agreements with them, by which when the success is assured twenty and more new mercantile ports are to be opened, and a guarantee has been given for the protection of the property of foreign merchants and the churches, and for recompense in case of any damage or destruction. These matters are under the Wai Pu's direction. members do not come into China.\n\nThe Nei Pu members are all distributed along the Yang-tsze, and there make their secret dispositions. Such as these are Cheng Hsien Sheng, Li Hsieh Ho, ...  \nPage 3",
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        "content_text": "## \nChu Tzu Lung, Hsiao K'e Chang, Lu Chin Piao, &c. There is another branch in league with the mounted bandits of Manchuria, and abroad with the Nihilists of Russia. They have also an understanding with them for mutual aid for anti-dynastic movements.\n\nTheir official duties are divided into four Departments—viz., a Department of Ways and Means, Intelligence Department, Military Organization Department, and Department for Communications.\n\nApart from the permanent store-houses of the various branches of the commissariat branch of the Ways and Means Department, the other officers have no definite head-quarters, and their appearance and movements are secret, and there is no means of knowing them.\n\nThe officers of the various branches of the different lodges can be roughly divided into four grades. Each lodge has one Grand Master (with full powers as regards his own lodge), six deputy Grand Masters who are—\n\n1. The General Manager of the affairs of the whole district.\n2. The Councillor, who is the officer for the improvements of methods in his own particular lodge.\n3. The Financial Manager, who is specially in charge of the transport, and pays for his own particular district.\n4. The Manager of religious matters. He opens inns in the port to attract recruits of all classes who may pass through, to afford protection, and to afford means of communication. This system is called a method of indirect correspondence. As an example of this, an agent of another lodge, or a recruit from any place whatever, is not allowed to have a personal interview with an agent of the same lodge. However important the subject of discussion, it must be dealt with entirely through the medium of this \"religious manager,\" who is the mainspring of the organization of the lodge, and acts as a screen for its secrets.\n5. The Proctor, whose business it is to select and send deputies, to place the members of all the Societies. As an instance, he sends so and so to manage a certain school, another to stay in a certain mining district, another to some railway, another to some body of modern drilled troops, another to some of the meeting places, another to watch the waterways, &c. These men are, as a rule, in great numbers in the schools of various places, and on the Yang-tsze in the An Yuan mines. This is their chief head-quarters, and there are about 10,000 there. The rest are in the various other mining districts, but they are most common in Liu Yang and P'u Chi districts in Yunnan Province. There are others, but not so many, in all the districts in Kiangsi, in Hunan, and, not so many at Nan Chou, and others among the salt smugglers on the Yang-tsze. They are the Black Division, and are in connection with the Red Division in every district. Again there are the boatmen from all directions, and the sampan men, who are told off throughout the waterways to pirate boats. These are called the Green Division.\n\nAll the above elect from time to time men of any prominence to go amongst the new model troops of various localities, especially among the Hupei regulars, and, in lesser numbers, among the Nanking troops. There are many others among the Yang-tsze guardships, and others, but fewer, among the other regiments and the Fukian and Chekiang guardship men, and many among the troops of the two Kuang Provinces and in Kiangsi and Hunan, but these are fewer than among the literate classes. All these are under the direction of the Managing Proctor.\n6. The Recorder. He is specially told off to deal with the correspondence from all the lodges, and the lists of members and account books.\n\nThese six officials are all specially responsible for their own duties, and cannot put them on to other shoulders or depart from their own special functions.\n\nThere are twelve junior masters distributed to serve under the Deputy Grand Masters, all acting as Heads or Directors of the various Secret Societies in the interior. Their ways are secret, and they are everywhere, but mostly in South Hunan, Hsiang T'an, Li Ling, Liu Yang, Ping Chiang, An Hua, Hsin Hua, Nan Chou, and Kiangsi, An Yuan, Ping Hsiang, Wan Tsai, Fen I, Nan K'ang, Hu K'ou, Kiukiang, and in Hupei, at Huang, and the Lower Yang-tsze, most being in Ch'inkiang, Ta Tung, &c. They are also among the pirates of Fukien and Chekiang, the Manchurian mounted bandits, and members of the white religion of Honan and Chihli. They are all seething with rebellion, which once broken out would be impossible to suppress.\n\n## \nWe have discovered that the original intention was to bring in munitions of war through Yunnan, but Great Britain would not allow this, so the project was dropped, and we now hear that the Society has changed its plans, and now intends to gradually smuggle the stuff in on trading vessels, and send it to the interior. They hollow out the inside of books and conceal revolvers, knives, and explosives in them. Then they replace the covers. There is no clue to the contents from the outside. Since the books are classed as \"educational works,\" according to the practice of the Customs, which has obtained for a long time, when being examined they are simply counted and not carefully inspected. The long rifles are taken in two pieces, and are packed in foreign cement and wrapped in bales of cloth. The ammunition, powder, &c., is concealed in bales of cotton yarn, and so can easily escape observation.\n\nThe ways of the Society are dark and secret, and it is impossible to find out the dates when these goods are transported. Instructions should be issued to the customs and li-kin stations that whenever goods of the above description are seen they must be most careful in their examination of them. If there is the least thing suspicious about them, samples should be at once taken out from them and examined as a measure of precaution. As a matter of fact the Society has established agreements, and merchants of all nationalities are in collusion, and take part in these malpractices. For example, this summer sixteen bales of foreign cloth went into Changsha. On the first occasion they were brought into the Ta Hsi Men, and were stopped by the guard for examination. The men carrying the bales were all members of the Society, and would not agree to the examination. They made a fuss and menaced the guard, saying that these goods were the property of a certain firm, and had already passed the Customs. If they were not allowed to enter the city they would take them back again to the foreign firm, and that they themselves could not be responsible for the opening for inspection. The guards thereupon allowed them to carry them away, but seven bales had already entered the city earlier. A careful search was made in all directions, but not a trace of the goods could be discovered. It afterwards appeared that five bales had been taken in by the Hsiao Hsi Men, four by the Tsao Ch'ao Men.\n\nOrders are accordingly being issued to the higher provincial authorities to send instructions to all officials, military and civil, to take stringent and secret measures of precaution against the Society, and to prevent the escape of its members through remissness. **Important**.\n\n## \nDear Sir John,\n\nInclosure 3 in No. 1.\n\nConsul Ker to Sir J. Jordan.\n\nNanking, October 30, 1906.\n\nI delayed replying to your telegram about the reported disaffection amongst the troops until I could get hold of the official on whom I depend chiefly for information. I managed to see him yesterday, and sent the result by telegram this morning. He particularly asked that his name should not be mentioned to Peking, so I can only say that he is in a position to have trustworthy information, and that I see no reason why he should want to mislead me. He speaks English.\n\nThere is practically no standing army in these parts now, and the whole situation depends on how far Tuan Fang, who is said to be thoroughly alive to the danger, may succeed in instilling a spirit of discipline into the \"Cheng Ping \"the \"modern troops levied locally in the last two or three years to take the place of the disbanded Hunanese. The recruiting of these was accompanied with a great flourish of trumpets. They were to be of a higher class, true patriots, and so on, and there was said to be a good deal of grumbling amongst them when, after being welcomed by school processions, waving banners, and chanting of patriotic odes, they were set to do the ordinary coolie work of soldiers in peace time. Praschma, German instructor in the Military College, who sees something of the military element here, tells me the feeling is much better now, but my Chinese informant denies this, and points to the rioting that took place last July on the occasion of a quarrel between soldiers and... \n\n## \nPage 467",
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        "content_text": "520 \n\n: \n\n2 \n\n5. This reduction in the foreign establishments was the cause of the abandonment in whole or in part of various posts along the Peking-Tientsin-Shanhaikuan Railway, which had been garrisoned previously in order to prevent the destruction of the line by the Chinese, should disturbances of a serious nature again arise. But, owing to the reduction of certain posts to the extent of 970 men, the British detachments at Lutai, Tongshan, and Shanhaikuan have become more isolated. They consist of 258 all ranks at Lutai, and of 311 at Tongshan, while there are 477 at Shanhaikuan, but none of them would be in a position to support the others in a case of serious disturbance. At Tientsin there are 2,700 troops of all nationalities other than Chinese, of which 800 are British; there are 1,100 (569 of them are British) between Tientsin and Shanhaikuan, and less than 800 (477 British) at the latter station, the distance from Tientsin to Shanhaikuan being 192 miles. In the event of a general disturbance such as might arise either on the death of the elderly Dowager-Empress, on that of the Viceroy, Yuan-Shi-Kai, or from some other cause, the small posts would be exposed to needless risks, while the force which I have at Tientsin would be very meagre indeed for the work to be performed.\n\n6. If, on the other hand, I can concentrate my two Indian battalions at Tientsin, with the exception of one company, which I think it important to station at the port of Chingwangtao, I would then have a force sufficient to deal effectively with any trouble at this vice-regal capital at the outset. In fact, it would be one of those cases where a pail of water may, by timely application, extinguish a fire which would otherwise become a general conflagration demanding vastly greater resources. Had I the means at my disposal to effect the concentration which I desire, I would have already carried out the change; but, at present, want of barrack accommodation provides an insuperable obstacle, as there is no accommodation in Tientsin of any kind to be had where I could house another company. For the same reason, I cannot increase the strength of the troops at Lutai, Tongshan, or Shanhaikwan; indeed, matters at the last-mentioned place are such that the four and a-half companies there must be divided into detachments, one of which is separated by a distance of 3 miles from its nearest neighbour.\n\n7. Shanhaikwan has other grave defects. My senior medical officer has protested strongly against the very bad and quite inadequate accommodation for the followers there, and, after personal inspection, I entirely agree with him. Cases of plague have occurred lately in the Chinese city at Shanhaikwan, and the condition of the followers' quarters may predispose to its appearance among the Indian troops or their followers. There is no accommodation available at Shanhaikwan for a regimental schoolroom, although this is a very real necessity, as educational tests are now insisted on in the Indian army before native soldiers can obtain permanent promotion. The pupils attended school in tents until winter set in, but these would be far too cold now, and there is no longer even a shed to be had for the purpose; nor have the troops there, who are very strict Hindoos, a prayer-room; the space is so cramped that the soldiers cannot be more tightly packed.\n\n8. The remedy for this very unsatisfactory and, indeed, hazardous state of affairs which I propose for consideration is that cheap but suitable barracks for ten Indian companies should be erected at Tientsin, and rented from the contractors, as is done in the case of the barracks already constructed there. The rent for the first three years would be 3,000 dollars per mensem from the date of completion; for the next three, 2,500 dollars per mensem, or for two years at 2,700 dollars per mensem; at the expiration of the sixth year the rent for a further period of three years would be 2,800 dollars per mensem, or for two years a rental of 2,500 dollars. In addition to these amounts the housing of the extra number of British officers would be 10,000 dollars per annum, while the cost of the increased accommodation required for transport and followers would amount to 1,500 dollars annually, besides which it might cost 3,600 dollars a-year to hire accommodation at Chingwangtao for the one company which I propose to station there, as it is an important port for Tientsin. The total annual cost, therefore, would be for the first three years 51,150 dollars per annum (about £6,000 at the present high rate of exchange, which will probably fall later); for a second period of three years, 45,150 dollars (47,550 dollars for two years); and for a third period of three years, 42,750 dollars (45,150 dollars for two years). The General Officer Commanding would have the right to cancel the agreement at the end of the second year of the period upon giving one clear calendar month's notice, and, in addition, paying six months' rent in advance as compensation. He would also have the option, should the agreement be renewed for a second or third period of three years each, of cancelling it at the expiration of the second year in either term upon giving one clear calendar month's notice, and, in addition, paying six months' rent in advance as compensation.\n\n9. I have proposed the erection of new barracks in Tientsin for ten Indian companies purely on strategical grounds, after coming to the conclusion, from my own personal observation, that the present system of scattered posts is hazardous. There also remains the fact that I have heard no suggestion in any official quarter in North China that there is any probability whatever of the foreign troops being withdrawn for years to come, while, in business circles, such a suggestion would be very strongly resented. In stating this I should add that I have heard several individuals, who are heartily sympathetic towards China, speak in this sense.\n\n10. There is also another reason in favour of my scheme-namely, the increase in the efficiency of the troops due to concentration as opposed to dispersion. Under existing circumstances the Commanding Officer of a battalion does not have the practice he requires, because he can rarely get his men together during their stay in North China.\n\n11. It now remains for me to put forward my final argument in favour of my proposal, namely, the saving which may be effected in the North China Command, firstly, by the abolition of certain expenditure due to the present dispersion of the troops, and, secondly, by the economies which may properly be carried out in connection with some other Departments in this Command.\n\n12. A yearly sum of 18,818 dollars (£2,192) would be at once saved, if the forces be concentrated, in connection with Royal Engineer expenditure at Lutai, Tongshan, and Shanhaikwan. In other words, the net annual increase by my scheme, taking the Royal Engineer branch alone into consideration, would be £3,800 for the first period of three years, as compared with the gross increase of £6,000, and it would be, as already shown, less in subsequent periods.\n\n13. The concentration of the troops would enable me to dispense with the medical staffs at Lutai and Tongshan, which cost altogether £1,660 per annum, and which could then return to India. I have also come to the conclusion that a senior medical officer is not required as such in the North Sea Command. He costs £873 annually, and his duties could with benefit be performed by the senior medical officer in Tientsin in addition to his very light regular work. Nor can I find any good reason for maintaining a medical quarter-master, who costs £890 a-year. By this effecting a total annual saving of £2,923 in the Medical branch, the public service would suffer in no way.\n\n14. In my opinion, the expenditure on the Intelligence branch of my staff might also be diminished without detriment. The pay and allowances of this branch amount, at present, to £2,781 annually, and are, I think, out of proportion to the results obtainable. I appreciate very highly indeed the services of Major H. R. Davies, of the Oxfordshire Light Infantry, who is my Chief Intelligence Officer; and I believe that his assistant, Captain Hilton-Johnson, is likewise a very zealous and efficient officer, although I have not yet seen him, as he is travelling in China. I am very anxious to retain Major Davies as my Intelligence officer, but I confess I am of opinion, considering the amount of information now available, that his branch might be reduced by one officer and one European clerk, while the annual grant of £250 might be reduced to £150 annually. These reductions would effect a further yearly saving of £887. Comparing the expenditure on the General Staff proper of the North China Command, which is £1,287 a-year (inclusive of £300 for military training and staff rides), with that of my Intelligence branch, which amounts to £2,871 annually, it might be thought that reconnaissance work in the North China Command is rated at a higher value than the training of the troops for service. Having served for over ten years as a Military Attaché, and also in the Intelligence Division of the War Office, I think the Intelligence branch work in the North China Command is maintained on too lavish a scale, having regard to any probable military eventualities, especially as the distribution, strength, and training of the Chinese army are studied by the Military Attaché at Peking, and are not chargeable to the expenses of my Command.\n\n15. The concentration of troops, which I propose, would also enable me to effect an annual saving in the Supply and Transport branch of about £2,400 by abolishing the Tongshan Supply Depôt (say, £200 per annum), besides which the railway expenditure on men and stores, due to the present system, would, it is estimated, be diminished by about £1,500 a-year; there would further be an estimated saving of £400 in fuel and light owing to the evacuation of small quarters, each of which has now to be lighted and heated. A rearrangement of the transport system would effect an annual saving of some £300.\n\n16. Lastly, the abolition of the \"garrison\" command pay and of the Treasure Chest officer at Shanhaikwan, consequent on its abandonment as a station, would save another £200 annually.",
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        "content_text": "## Kiungchow\n\nThe Acting British Consul reported that, in the quarter ended the 31st December, piracy was still rife, thanks to the supineness of the local officials. Pirates in one instance boarded a cargo boat under the very guns of a Chinese guard-boat permanently stationed at the entrance of the channel.\n\n## Nanking\n\nThe chief event in the quarter ended the 31st January was the change of Viceroys. The new Viceroy, Tuan Fang, succeeded to an almost empty treasury, and as he had at once to deal with famine in North Kiangsu and insurrection in West Kiangsi, his initial difficulties were very great. Progressive, and fond of spending money as he is, his position must be somewhat irksome, and his reputation as a \"pro-foreigner\" in the present wave of jealous concern for Chinese self-dependence, does not tend to smooth his way in the direction of popularity. A correspondent states that Tuan Fang came back from abroad full of ideas of reform, but that he has altered his opinions in accordance with the change in the direction of the wind at Peking. Thus it was originally at his Excellency's instance, a year or two ago, that the movement for enlistment of territorial troops was started, but since his appointment to the Viceroyalty he has got rid of all the strong members of the Army Reorganization Bureau, substituted creatures of his own, and is in every way discouraging the new army. His object is to keep up the distinction between Manchus and Chinese, as is shown by his leaning on Manchu advisers, to whom the recent innovation of a Manchu bodyguard is due. Such a bodyguard for Viceroy or Governor is said to be an unprecedented step. The Viceroy is also reported to be desirous of raising a foreign loan, in order to form a second army division at Nanking, but that it is not yet known for what amount or from what country the loan is to be.\n\n## Chengtu\n\n### Hankow-Szechuan Railway\n\nThe accounts for the period, 16th November to 15th December, 1906, balance at 1,756,524 Kuping taels & m. 7 c., the balance carried forward being 1,747,748 Kuping taels 6 m. 4 c.\n\n## 3\n\nOn the 22nd January a Hankow native newspaper announced that the officer in command of a regiment of the 31st Brigade had been arrested on account of his connection with a rebel Society, and was being detained in prison. Frequent interrogation showed that he had had no dealings with the rebels.\n\nHis Majesty's Consul-General learnt privately that, at a magic lantern show some months ago given by a Missionary Society, a number of officers and men of the drilled troops were present in uniform, and when a picture of the Emperor of China was shown there were cries of \"We don't want that man!\" from the military.\n\nA teacher, who is now imprisoned on suspicion of being a head of a Secret Society, was a secretary to the General before he joined the college, where he had special charge of this Society, and confesses that he had relations with members of the brigade who belonged to anti-dynastic Societies; he is said to have been tortured in prison.\n\nHis Majesty's Consul-General wrote on the 22nd January that there was a regular reign of terror in the cities of Hanyang, Wuchang, and Hankow over arrests for complicity in revolutionary Societies.\n\nA Hankow native newspaper announced on the 6th February that the police had unearthed a seditious book of a rebel Society. The book contained a number of unprincipled statements; its authorship is unknown.\n\n## Nanking\n\nThe authorities are vigilant in their search for members of anti-dynastic and Anarchist Societies. Four such persons, discovered by accident as the result of a petty squabble in a tea-house which led to police intervention, were beheaded on the 12th December, and three others, an expectant Taotai and two students, were arrested recently with bombs in their possession, and are now being tried.\n\n## Memorandum\n\n### Hankow\n\nHis Majesty's Consul-General wrote, on the 14th November, 1906, that, as the result of careful inquiries on the part of the Japanese officers employed by the Viceroy, he had learnt that there was no proof of many, at least, of the foreign drilled troops being affiliated to any Secret Society, but that all the Chinese officers, from the General down to the most junior subaltern, suspected the men and each other of being tainted with disloyalty.\n\nOn the 17th December a Hankow native paper published a statement that, influenced by the abundant rumours, and fearing lest either students in the military schools or Secret Society men might be lurking in the schools, the Viceroy had ordered a secret investigation of them all.\n\nHis Majesty's Consul-General reported early in January that the Concession Deputy had informed him in December of the receipt of alarming intelligence as to foreigners having joined Sun Wen's Secret Society; the Deputy inquired what the French and German law was in regard to abetting rebellion. The British Regulations were translated to him, and at his request His Majesty's Consul-General agreed to order the British police to co-operate in arresting Chinese suspects on the British Concession, even before a regular warrant had been backed by him, and holding them for inquiry before His Majesty's Consul-General, in order that a prima facie case for rendition to their authorities might be established. No such cases had up to the 9th January occurred, and the orders to the Customs to exercise special care against the smuggling of munitions were reported to have been fruitless; several Secret Society men had been, however, seized in Hankow and Hanyang.\n\nPage 360",
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        "content_text": "This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.\n\n**CHINA RAILWAYS.**\n\n**CONFIDENTIAL.**\n\n[June 29.]\n\n## SECTION 3.\n\n[22282]\n\n**(No. 216.)** Sir,\n\n## No. 1.\n\nSir J. Jordan to Sir Edward Grey.—(Received June 29.)\n\nPeking, May 13, 1908.\n\nI HAVE the honour to transmit to you herewith copy of an extract from the Intelligence Report from Canton for the quarter ended the 31st March, 1908, which deals with the progress made in railway construction in that Consular district.\n\n### Inclosure in No. 1.\n\nI have, &c.\n\n(Signed) J. N. JORDAN.\n\n**(Extract.)**\n\nIntelligence Report for the Quarter ended March 31, 1908.\n\n### The Canton-Hankow Railway.\n\nTHE line is now open to Tai Kan K'iu, a distance of 24.4 miles. Two trains run daily the whole distance, while a third runs as far as Sun Kai, 19 miles.\n\nThe first 80 miles are now under construction. These are divided into eight sections, each under the charge of an engineer, as follows:\n\n| Miles | Engineer | Nationality |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| 0 to 9.8 | Ts'ai (Chye) | Chinese |\n| 9.8 to 19.9 | Yamamoto | Japanese |\n| 19.9 to 31.9 | Sherven | Norwegian |\n| 31.9 to 40.0 | Sasao | Japanese |\n| 40.0 to 50.0 | Li | Chinese |\n| 50.0 to 60.0 | Wahr | Swiss |\n| 60.0 to 70.0 | Bodwell | Canadian |\n| 70.0 to 80.0 | Harding | English |\n\nMr. Carr-Harris, Canadian, is division engineer in charge of the last-named four sections.\n\nThe survey of the line from mile 80 to the frontier of the province is now being conducted by a party of four engineers, Burnside, Baby, Macdonald, and Jordan, under the leadership of the first-named, all four being Canadians.\n\nAn American mechanical superintendent, named Riley, has further just been engaged, as also two American engineers, named Williams (formerly in the employ of Chang Pi-shih on the Canton-Amoy line) and Goodell. The former is to take Burnside's place at the head of the survey party, while Burnside is to be division engineer of sections 9 to 12. It is stated that the chief engineer, Kwang, is partial to Canadians, but that the new President, Liang Ch'eng, lately Minister to the United States, favours the employment of Americans.\n\nBeyond mile 24.4 most of the earthwork on sections 3 and 4, and even on part of 5, has been completed, and another 2 miles of line will be opened to traffic shortly. Indeed, the principal obstacles to the completion of the line as far as the middle of section 5 are a number of formidable embankments and cuttings at the end of section 3 and the beginning of section 4. It is now proposed to begin the laying of rails from near Kong Hai in section 5 as well, so that when the embankments are finished, in September or October, the line will be ready for opening up to mile 45, close to the North River.\n\nWork has recently been begun on sections 6 and 7. In the latter there are a couple of tunnels, and construction will be more difficult, from the nature of the terrain.\n\n[1814-3]\n\nPage 92",
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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": "**CONFIDENTIAL**\n\nSir,\n\nYour 22409  \n2417498.  \nC  \n33004  \n310  \nRec Real 12 OCT\n\nGOVERNMENT HOUSE,  \nHONGKONG, 6th September, 1911.\n\nIn reply to your Confidential Despatch of the 26th of last July, I have the honour to inform you that the volume in question was not printed at Government expense.\n\n2. Mr. C. Clementi forwarded on the 21st June a copy of the volume to the Deputy Assistant Quarter Master General \"R\" Section, Intelligence Branch, Division of the Chief of the Staff, Simla: and has sent his plans to the Royal Geographical Society.\n\n3. Upon the receipt of your Confidential Despatch of the 8th of last June, steps were taken to prevent in future any such oversight as that pointed out in the 3rd paragraph of your Despatch under reply for which I have to express my regret. I may, however, point out that there is nothing of a confidential nature in this correspondence, as Mr.\n\nThe Right Honourable  \nLEWIS HARCOURT, M.P.,  \n&c.,  \n&c.,  \n&c...\n\nClementi's",
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        "content_text": "## Military\n\nHsun Fang Tui (Old Troops).—No changes have taken place since my last report. The Tengyueh garrison, however, has been practically depleted. Numbers of men have been scattered about the district, as the taotai is in constant anticipation of trouble, especially in the Shan States. Two hundred men have also gone north in consequence of the Chungtien affair, which has disorganised all the troops of the district.\n\nTali-fu (New Troops).—Captain B. E. A. Pritchard, of the Indian army, has visited Tengyueh, Tali-fu, and Yunnan-fu with a view to reporting on the new troops of Yunnan. I understand that he estimates their efficiency quite as highly as I have done. I note with surprise, in one of Dr. Morrison's letters to the \"Times\" on his recent journey through China and Turkestan, that so keen an observer should throw ridicule on these new troops of Yünnan. From a comparative standpoint their arms and equipment are incomparably superior to the old provincial troops, and I understand that they are better armed than the Burmah military police. At the same time, I do not think that their presence presents any immediate menace to us on the frontier. No steps have been taken to garrison any of the new troops at Tengyueh, and, if my information is correct, there will be insufficient funds for the raising of a second division, or even the completion of the first division in the near future. Heavy expenditure has been incurred in erecting good barracks at Tali-fu, and it appears probable that their head-quarters will remain there for the present. I much regret that I am unable to give more detailed information at present in regard to the work which is being done at Tali-fu. I have no satisfactory source of intelligence there just now, and it would require a man on the spot to obtain reliable information. I shall look forward, however, with much interest to the report of Captain Pritchard, who was untiring in his work of enquiry during the short time at his disposal.\n\n## Frontier Forts\n\nIn my last frontier report (3rd March), I mentioned that five new forts were in course of erection along the Chinese section of the frontier between the British posts of Bhamo and Myitkyina. Rumours now reach me that the construction of these forts has been very unsatisfactory, and that the officer responsible for them has been summoned to Tengyueh, but dare not come. Old-fashioned opinion, which is led by the retired commander-in-chief and others who have done sterling work on the frontiers and is generally sound, ridicules the positions which have been chosen for their erection. The older and more experienced men advised that the military posts should be near populous frontier markets as a protection from brigands and border thieves. The more advanced modern men, however, have insisted that they shall be on hill tops, wind-swept and waterless. \"Bad sites, bad plans, bad materials, and shoddy work,\" says the old general; \"they stand on a hill and look for attacks from across the frontier whilst the real enemy is running about just below them and eating up the country—they have bought a new hat and think it is a new head.\" I hope to pass near these forts during my next frontier tour, and I will make a point of seeing them and reporting.\n\n## Roads and Telegraphs\n\nThe only recently built road of which I have any information is that from A-tun-tze to Chamutong (on the Salween, latitude 28°). The remainder of the roads in the frontier districts are mere tracks, where men and mules must march in Indian file, generally with very steep gradients. This applies to the main road from Bhamo to Tengyueh and on to Tali-fu; even on this road animals constantly fall over the narrow tracks, and within the last few days the mail courier from Tali-fu fell over a precipice and was killed.\n\nA telegraph line has been constructed from Tali-fu to Likiang, and the Chinese have just arranged to continue the telegraph line from Tengyueh towards Bhamo along the new road, instead of by the old road through Manwyne.\n\n## Chinese Officials\n\n### The Tengyueh Taotai\n\nThe old taotai, Liu Yuan-pi, expired on the 4th July, as a result of malaria contracted at last year's frontier meeting. He was a genial and amiable colleague, and our social relations were very cordial; he was, however, too weak and vacillating to be a satisfactory frontier officer. He was greatly mourned by his people, who were much attached to him, chiefly, I think, because he left them to their own devices, and he was known to be entirely honest. He was succeeded by a young man, Keng Pao-kuei, who has had a meteoric career, and is believed to be Yungchang prefect for seventeen days, and acting taotai at Tengyueh all within a year. His recommendation to his superiors appears to be the fact that he forwards large sums regularly to the provincial treasury, and the Yunnan-fu authorities recognise that he is \"fierce\" (\"li-hai\"), and therefore presumably a suitable man for the frontier. He has descended upon Tengyueh like a whirlwind, and this very old-world, slow-moving place is still breathless with his impetuous presence. He not only determined to reform his own subordinates, but endeavoured to extend the process to the British officers within his sphere of activity. I have constantly been obliged to advise a little more care and a little less impetuosity before committing himself, and our relations in consequence have occasionally been somewhat strained. The experience of the past has unfortunately fostered the belief that frontier taotais must be violently anti-British in order to get on, and the taotai Keng, by the very force of his character, has managed to overstep every bound. He shows signs, however, of desiring that the past should be forgotten, and I am not unwilling to meet him, as he is sufficiently courageous and independent to be a good frontier official if once he realises the responsibility of his position. At the same time I am reluctant to discuss with him any question of importance until he has given some assurance of more reasonable behaviour in any future dealings.\n\nonly 30 years of age. He was pa hsien at Chungking, acting Chungking prefect,\n\n### The Yungchang Prefect\n\nChiang Wen-ch'en, ex-Ting of Tengyueh, has recently been promoted to this post. His principal recommendation appears to have been his obstructive attitude at the last frontier meeting. He is not a clever man, but is obstinate and uncompromising, and the old taotai was entirely in his hands. I consider him the worst official in the district from our point of view, but he will not affect us in any way if the taotai can be brought to reason. I trust that Mr. Chiang will not attend the frontier meeting.\n\n### Salt Commissioner\n\nPeng Chi-chih, the old Yungchang prefect, lost his post for destroying the Lungchuan pillar. He is an amiable old gentleman with a good knowledge of frontier affairs, and he acted foolishly in the matter of the pillar owing to the weight of advice behind him. He now warns young officers to move very slowly in international affairs, and points to his own fate as the awful consequence of unappreciated zeal. He has now been appointed special salt commissioner, with instructions to keep foreign salt out of Western Yunnan at any cost. He is deeply \n\nPage 7\nPage 133",
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        "content_text": "In any further communica…tion on this subject, please quote\n\nNo. 125461/1915\n\nand address..\n\nThe Under-Secretary of State\n\nForeign Office,\n\nLondon.\n\nC.O\n\n49577\n\nRec 1928 OCT 15\n\nThe Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs presents\n\nhis compliments to the Under-Secretary of State for The\n\nColonies\n\nand, by direction of the Secretary\n\nof State, transmits herewith copy of the under-mentioned\n\npaper.\n\nForeign Office,\n\nOctober 24, 1915.\n\nto\n\nReference to previous correspondence:\n\nLetter Foreign Office:\n\nfrom\n\n587\n\nName and Date.\n\nDescription of Inclosure.\n\nSubject.\n\nCommunicated\n\nby the Director of Intelligence Division, Admiralty\n\nSeptember 3\n\nCensored correspondence\n\nvin Siberia.\n\n[12]\n\n(Simatlar better sent to\n\nF...",
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        "content_text": "C.O. 5:3\n\nOHDE GRAL (0381A1 HONG KONG 49582\n\nAUDIO ESI ISI IFTIH*\n\n,ⱭMAISON Tic CORGI NA PAMOR, 2 XLados18. nov. EWGTONA\n\nBEN 10 HEIJN TIJoni end of TITTO9Z\n\npuntang Ow anido oð aðnemqiit: oJ SVIJEÍST 190\n\ndojot, chamo Will gaiareɔnçɔ galbui lo Dios\"... Teq BJnanaBİðisvha sazo são bas yɔainw\n\n„Todosyao ndos al doit to stub adt Hi Aat soll1. mietol edt 1o notasikinių jasuper\n\nTofiq sham a9ed yaiværi Jasıqtıla atrit to JoeqSer 3dt ng bewolle ad yam yrevileb notjamsijo14 ext of\n\n.♪ .♪ .Ib3 al sulav sɔtoval ani. „Beemiano)\n\nOn 19 m a‡neavɔob adt sibman of beautet etexna ď »Iudzajqaß d‡bs to mokriminosi 9.t to auT BJ\n\n..ođe,aquoY .Losimid pöt 6 OLBUM antyst .Tajaque) .OOD\n\nיו (bensla) .metrol\n\n40. 27 1915 Ot\n\nLast previous Paper. 7.0 49577 Put by. 01 73/\n\nNext subsequent Paper. 47582\n\nCensored correspondence from Russian Censor.\n\nTransmits copy of letter communicates by Director of Intellegence Division, Admiralty of M Tonell\n\nLu ales 90/49577. ako be here already has all this (49582) come from the 10.18. (47015)\n\n1 Cany out minuteron 47729 Pably this\n\nJR 3/1/05 (J 3401-b.) Wt. 14242-19. 28,000. 7/16, DS. el 4.11.15 atonce\n\nP.7.0.",
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        "content_text": "Zur Robinson\n\nTramyson has spoken as to the position of Cheetham\n\nIn any further communication on this subject, please quote\n\nNo. 146733/1915\n\nand address-\n\nThe Under-Secretary of State\n\nForeign Office,\n\nLondon.\n\nto me he thinks it desirable that we should know what the Governor is doing and...\n\nJak hes uphy...\n\ndid not and for dest. of the 22nd Oct (1979/47015)\n\nI submit aft klegram. 19/14/15\n\nTel. passed by te Robinson, paraphrase attacked.\n\nC.O 49582 603 RECE (RrGE 28 OCT 15)\n\nThe Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs presents his compliments to the Under-Secretary of State for Colonies\n\nand, by direction of the Secretary of State, transmits herewith copy of the under-mentioned paper.\n\nForeign Office,\n\nOctober 24, 1915.\n\nReference to previous correspondence:\n\n  \n    Lotter Foreign Office:\n    from\n    Name and Date.\n    Description of Inclosure.\n    Communicated by\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    Director of Intelligence Division, Admiralty Sep. 28. 1915\n    [ 12 ]\n    \n  \n\n(Similar letter sent to ...)\n\nSubject,\n\nCensored correspondence received from Russian military Attache...",
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        "content_text": "## Confidential\n\nIn any further communication on this subject, please quote `No.62186/1967` and address The Under-Secretary of State, Foreign Office.\n\n16816 Raged 7. Afer 1916. 192\n\nThe Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs presents his compliments to the Under-Secretary of State for Colonies and, by direction of the Secretary of State, transmits herewith copy of the under-mentioned paper.\n\nForeign Office, 6. Abril 1916.\n\n| Reference to previous correspondence | Name and Date | Description of Inclosure | Subject |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Foreign Office: 30. March 1916. 14870/196 | Intelligence Division 31. March 1916. To Foreign Office | Enemy subjects taken on the \"China\". | Secret |\n\n(no further text is properly formatted, the rest appears to be a jumbled continuation)",
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        "content_text": "COPY N.I.D.(62188).7631.195\n\nThe Director of the Intelligence Division presents his compliments to the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and in reply to the letter No. `48656/T` begs to say that he has no information incriminating the individuals in question. There are, however, good reasons for regarding all German missionaries with strong suspicion, and there can be little doubt that many of them are nothing more nor less than German agents. According to an unofficial communication from the Colonial Office, the name of the man alleged to be over 55 years old is Siemssen.\n\nIt is, however, observed that in the telegram from the Governor of Hongkong of 8th March, the third person mentioned is said to be a German agent, while the fourth is said to be also suspect, and it is suggested that it would be undesirable to release these men until these charges have been investigated.\n\n`Gov-14235`\nAdmiralty War Staff,\nIntelligence Division,\n`O12`.\n31st March, 1916.",
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        "content_text": "## N.I.D. (62186.7631)\n**The Director of the Intelligence Division** presents his compliments to the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and in reply to the letter No. 48856/T begs to say that he has no information incriminating the individuals in question. There are, however, good reasons for regarding all German missionaries with strong suspicion, and there can be little doubt that many of them are nothing more nor less than German agents. According to an unofficial communication from the Colonial Office, the name of the man alleged to be over 55 years old is Siemssen.\n\nIt is, however, observed that in the telegram from the Governor of Hong Kong of March 11th, the third person mentioned is said to be a German agent, while the fourth is said to be also suspect, and it is suggested that it would be undesirable to release these men until these charges have been investigated.\n\n**Admiralty War Staff, Intelligence Division, 31st March, 1916.**",
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        "content_text": "Any further communication on this subject should be addressed to— \n\nThe Under Secretary of State for India, \nPublic Department, \nIndia Office, \nLondon, S.W. \n\nand the following reference quoted :— \n`J.Eu.752/16`. \n\nSir, \n46 37941 \n\n## INDIA OFFICE, \nWHITEHALL, \nLONDON, S.W. \nREC`READ 11 AUG 16` \n\n10th August, 1916. \n\n**Secret** \n\nIn continuation of my letter of the 24th May 1916, \nI am directed by Mr. Secretary Chamberlain to send for the \ninformation of Mr. Secretary Bonar Law a copy of the letter \nreceived from the Government of India accepting liability \nfor the rewards paid in Hong Kong for information regarding \nthe smuggling of arms from China to India. \n\nA copy is also being sent to the Foreign Office, \nthe Director Military Intelligence and the Director Intelligence \nDivision. \n\nThe Under Secretary of State, \nCOLONIAL OFFICE. \n\nI have the honour to be, Sir, \nYour obedient Servant, \nM.C. Setalv.",
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        "content_text": "## Secret\n\nSir,\n\nWith reference to the Foreign Office memorandum of the 13th instant, No. `247574/45/h`, I am directed by the Secretary of State for India to transmit for information a copy of a telegram which he has sent to the Government of India on the subject of closer co-ordination of Intelligence in the Far East.\n\nA copy is being sent also to the Foreign Office, the Director of Military Intelligence, and the Director, Intelligence Division.\n\nMr. Chamberlain presumes that under the revised arrangements the Government of India can count upon being at once advised by the Governor of Hongkong of any action taken in that Colony with regard to Indians despatched under arrest. The Government of India reported that they were left without official information of the despatch to Rangoon from Hongkong in February of the Indians taken off the \"Tenyo Maru\". This point is being discussed with the Admiralty.\n\nI have the honour to be, Sir,\nYour obedient Servant,\n\nThe Under Secretary of State,\nCOLONIAL OFFICE.\n\nAny further communication on this subject should be addressed to:\nThe Under Secretary of State for India,\nPublic Department,\nIndia Office,\nLondon, SW,\nand the following reference quoted -- `J. & P.(5.)1112/16`.\n\nTelegraphic Address: RETAXANDUM, LONDON,\n`BE 61345` 54 Reg $ 22. Dec^t 1916.\n\nINDIA OFFICE,\nWHITEHALL,\nLONDON, SW.\n21st December, 1916.",
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        "content_text": "# CHINA COMMAND INTELLIGENCE DIARY\n## December 1915 2nd Instalment\n### 356\n## EXTRACTS FROM NEWSPAPERS\n\n(a)\n\n(b)\n\nCanton 18/12/15. General Lung proposes to build a fort on Dog Head Hill near the five storeyed Pagoda, Canton, also one at Tai Sha Tau and Chai Pao Station on the Kowloon-Canton Railway.\n\n\"Hongkong Daily Press\" dated 23/12/15.\n\n\"Railways in China.\n\n\"It is reported by the Ministry of Communications that in the next year the following five railways will probably be constructed:-\n\n| Railway | Miles |\n| --- | --- |\n| Chang Sui Railway (from Kalgan to Suiyuanchen) | 317 |\n| Chang Ku Railway (from Kalgan to Urga) | 800 |\n| Lan I Railway (from Langhow to Ili) | 2500 |\n| Sining Railway (from Sianfu to Nanning) | 600 |\n| Si Lan Railway (from Sianfu to Lanchow) | 500 |\n\n\"The total length of the proposed railways amounts to 4017 miles\".\n\nThe \"Manila Times\" of the 13th December states that the General Staff has just made public its plans for a mobile army in the Philippines, increasing the number of troops there by more than 100%. The future strength of the Philippine establishment will consist of an American force made up of a full division of Infantry, two regiments of Cavalry and one regiment of heavy Field Artillery.",
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        "content_text": "# DIARY: 383\n## CHINA COMMAND INTELLIGENCE\n### January 1916 - 1st Instalment.\n\n## EXTRACTS FROM NEWSPAPERS\n\n\"The Honolulu Star Bulletin\" of the 30th November 1915 states that another step in the carrying out of the Government's Pearl Harbour Defence Schemes was taken on the 30th November, when a condemnation suit involving 20.05 acres of land situated at the North end of the Waipio peninsula, Waipio, and Waikele, was filed in the federal court by the United States Government, it being the purpose of the Government to secure the land for the erection of a military post and fort and army station for the public defence.\n\nThe petition, among other things, states that the land is wanted for the military protection of the harbour and the city and county of Honolulu.\n\nCanton, 31st December 1915, It is ascertained that two forts are being built in the Civil Governor's Court, Canton, one being situated to the West and one to the east of the city.\n\nThe \"Manchuria Daily News\" of the 20th December 1915 reports that Shanliaikwan, which is situated on the boundary of Chihli Province and Manchuria at the eastern end of The Great Wall, is to be more strongly guarded as the key to communication between Peking and Mukden. General Tuan at Mukden, after consulting Governor Chu of Chihli, has decided to reinforce the Chinese guard there with the 39th Brigade of the 20th Division, supplemented with two companies of the 78th Regiment and three Machine Rifle Corps, Lieutenant General Fan, in command of the Division, will assume command of the reinforced garrison.",
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        "content_text": "N.I.D./N.L.1/31888.\n\nConfidential.\n\nC.O\n\n5\n\n10469\n\niRrot 27 FEB./\n\nThe Director of the Intelligence Division\n\npresents his compliments to the Under Secretary of\n\nState for the Colonies, and begs to forward for his\n\ninformation the attached copy of correspondence re-\n\nceived from the Commander-in-Chief, China Station,\n\nrelating to the firm of Hang Mow, Hong Kong.\n\n1\n\nCopies have also been sent to the Chief\n\nPostal Censor, Cable Censor, War Trade Intelligence\n\nDepartment and Foreign Trade Department.\n\nAdmiralty War Staff,\n\nIntelligence Division,\n\n25th February, 1917.\n\n012.",
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        "content_text": "I \n\n62 \n\nto a few brief conclusions which are the result of my own personal knowledge of the conditions prevailing in the port. I have not deemed it expedient to consult any of the Hong Kong merchants, as I spent two months in Hong Kong in the summer of 1915, and am well acquainted with their views, and, furthermore, as there is no purely British Chamber of Commerce yet established in the colony.\n\nI would submit the following general conclusions:-\n\n1. The trade of Hong Kong is almost entirely transit trade. The colony is the great transhipping port for the foreign commerce of South China, and to a lesser degree of the Philippine Islands and French Indo-China.\n\n2. The prosperity of the colony has been built up on a system of complete freedom of trade, both as regards imports and exports. It is in the highest degree essential that this freedom of trade should continue after the war.\n\n3. The present official commercial intelligence system is vested in a Board of Trade Correspondent, who is engaged in business as a chartered accountant, and who, with the greatest of goodwill, can only devote a very small portion of his time to the work. This system is manifestly inadequate.\n\n4. Inasmuch as Hong Kong is the market for the foreign trade of South China, the duties should be performed by a Trade Commissioner resident at Hong Kong. His sphere of activity would include the provinces of China commercially dependent on Hong Kong, viz., Kuangtung, Kuangsi, Yunnan, and Fukien; and periodical visits should be made to French Indo-China and the Philippine Islands. This division of territory is made purely from the point of view of trade requirements. It should be mentioned, however, that under such a scheme this officer would be working in co-operation with the representatives of two departments of State, viz., the Governor of Hong Kong and the Colonial Office on one hand, and H.M. Minister at Peking and the Foreign Office as regards work on the mainland of China. The officers in the Philippine Islands and French Indo-China would, naturally, also come under the control of the Foreign Office.\n\n5. While deprecating any restriction on the freedom of the port by tariff or otherwise, it is felt that some control should be exercised by H.M. Government upon the activities of aliens in the colony. It should be clearly stated, however, that in view of the dependence of the trade upon Chinese activity and industry, and in view of the deep-seated oriental dislike of restriction, such measures of control should not be applied to Chinese subjects.\n\n6. The measures suggested are as follows:-\n\n(a) The compulsory registration of all alien individuals and firms, other than Asiatics, residing or carrying on business in the colony.\n\n(b) The levy of an annual tax on the turnover of all alien firms, other than Asiatic, conducting business in the Colony.\n\n(c) The prohibition of the appointment of a foreign subject to the post of pilot in British waters, or to any other position affecting imperial defence or economic independence.\n\n7. I would recommend that a purely British Chamber of Commerce be formed in Hong Kong at an early date.\n\n8. In view of the fact that no statistics are kept as to the origin and destination of goods entering or leaving Hong Kong, it is strongly recommended that a comprehensive and effective system of port statistics should be drawn up, and in this connection it would appear advisable that the system of classification adopted should coincide, if possible, with that of the statistical department of the Chinese Maritime Customs, so that an accurate estimate of the foreign trade of China may be secured. Under the present lack of detailed returns in Hong Kong it is impossible for the Chinese Customs to trace the origin and destination of goods transhipped in the colony.\n\n63\n\nSECTION 7. China.\n\nInasmuch as the general condition of the foreign commerce of China is a matter of common knowledge, and furthermore, as many of the special features of the trade are dealt with in some detail in the report of my recent mission to the country, it is not considered necessary in this section to give that general sketch of the trade situation which has been outlined in the case of the other Far Eastern markets.\n\nI propose, therefore, strictly to confine my attention to those basic questions which are the foundations of the strength and weakness of the British trade position in the country as regards international competition, and which have been thrown into deep relief by the fierce light of war.\n\nA brief questionnaire dealing with these points, copy of which will be found in the appendix, was circulated to the British Chambers of Commerce at Shanghai, Tientsin, Hankow, and Canton, to the China Association in London, and to the British Engineers' Association, Westminster. Very full replies were received from all these bodies, which have been summarised in the following pages. For the sake of convenience I propose to divide this report under three main headings :-\n\n(a) A summary of the opinions of the principal British interests in China on the various points raised in the questionnaire;\n\n(b) My own views as to the post-bellum trade situation in the country and the special needs of the market; and\n\n(c) A general summary of conclusions and recommendations.\n\nA.\n\nSummary of the Replies to the Questionnaire.\n\n1. Information with regard to the measures which are being adopted during the war by competing nations (taking advantage of our temporary disabilities) to strengthen their hold on the market under review.\n\nFrom a commercial point of view the most noticeable effect of the war has been the stimulation of all interests-belligerent and non-belligerent to renewed efforts. The belligerent nations have been severely handicapped in most branches of trade by inability to supply goods owing to Government control of industrial activities in the homeland and the shortage of shipping for purposes of transport to the Far East. This handicap, however, has not been so pronounced in the case of Japan. Proximity to the market, and only a slight advance in the cost of production, has enabled her to compete most successfully in a steadily widening range of articles. countries, however, have been handicapped to a greater or lesser degree.\n\nNeutral Competition, in this connection, may be divided under three headings German, Japanese, and American as these are the only three nations which seriously compete with the British Empire for the China trade.\n\nGerman Competition.-Prior to the outbreak of war the keenest competitors to British firms in China were the German houses. These houses acted to some extent as distributors of British goods, and their business was generally conducted on lines similar to those of their British neighbours. They dealt in Manchester piece goods, in metals, hardware, sundries, machinery, and in export produce. Their activities have been largely suspended during the war, owing to the fact that they have been unable to obtain supplies from overseas. reduced considerably by the internment of a large number of their younger men in Their expenses, however, have been Japan after the hostilities at Tsingtao. The remainder have devoted their energies to liquidating the large private loans outstanding with the Chinese Government and to clearing their heavy stocks of piece goods and aniline dyes, some of which have realised handsome profits. It cannot be safely assumed that these German firms will be materially weakened at the conclusion of the war. firms have sustained heavy losses owing to detention of cargoes; other firms will Some of the purely export have difficulty in reinstating themselves on their former basis, chiefly in consequence of the depreciation of their credit with the British and Allied banks, as a result of irregularities in the conduct of their business which have been exposed by war conditions.\n\nThey have been greatly embarrassed by the legislation of the Allied Governments during the war, and some of them have been obliged to make inroads on their capital. The majority of the German houses, however, are still possessed of sufficient capital\n\n628",
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        "content_text": "Mliste a list is weloved,\n\nChuicu degation\n\nlie\n\nSecretary, to H. B. M. Peking, bey\n\nanefiled for the purpose of contribucting the beachouse\n\nfacilitating\n\n'Cantonese\n\nthe study the\n\nand allied stalecto, rendering of\n\nate these publications are Ꮽ\n\nbelieve, standard works, and have been and are\n\nthe\n\nthe leknine text\n\nof a phron book, compiled by\n\nlie Salter on\n\nthe\n\nbehalf of raval Staff. (Intelligence Division)\n\ngreatest asistance to students he also worked for 16 monttis\n\nako wild\n\nat Wie Postal Cecesorate\n\nthe customes and lacequage user of Cuisse coreso pondere - of thing, bening, for\n\ntext books\n\nthe livi\n\nauch often examing\n\nHong Kong, the S settlements and Iming and the\n\nhusband has. War, volenctard\n\nwhich be was paid. refer to Professor\n\nyor of\n\nChiese at\n\nMacchester and quished selcolar Gills and\n\nte of Cambridge\n\nAnsg\n\nNext!\n\n(201\n\nB/12829/19 Hong Kong\n\nM\n\npup\n\ni\n\n51\n\nDRAFT.\n\nJ.D. Bull\n\nMadam,\n\nMINUTE.\n\nMr. Juestion\n\n24.3.47%\n\nMr. Beckett 25\n\nMr.\n\nMr. Grindle.\n\nSir H. Lambert.\n\nSir H. Read.\n\nSir G, Fiddes,\n\nCol. Amery.\n\nLord Milner.\n\nthick\n\nyour\n\n29.\n\nRan 'in.\n\nse. to act. the receipt\n\nfatten\n\nof\n\nthe 7th March, requesting\n\nmight be recommended\n\nfor a Persion from the Burl List\n\n2. 2. wew of the fact that\n\nList Pensions are\n\nbiit\n\ngranted only\n\nthe most exceptional circumstances,\n\nLord Milun (gels), which\n\nthe value of your\n\nKims3}\n\nwomey\n\nfully aware of\n\nKate Kudbrand's\n\nthat he cannot see this\n\nto accede to\n\nyour request\n\nfed) b. bands\n\nHere is the corrected version in HTML format as requested:\n\nMister a list is well loved,\n\nChinese delegation\n\nlie\n\nSecretary, to H. B. M. Peking, by\n\nfiled for the purpose of contributing the beach house\n\nfacilitating\n\nCantonese\n\nthe study of the\n\nand allied subjects, rendering of\n\nthat these publications are\n\nbelieve, standard works, and have been and are\n\nthe\n\nthe learning text\n\nof a pronunciation book, compiled by\n\nLieutenant Salter on\n\nthe\n\nbehalf of Naval Staff. (Intelligence Division)\n\ngreatest assistance to students he also worked for 16 months\n\nalso worked\n\nat Wei Postal Censorate\n\nthe customs and language user of Chinese corresponding - of things, being, for\n\ntext books\n\nthe live\n\nalso often examining\n\nHong Kong, the Settlements and I-ming and the\n\nhusband has. War, volunteer\n\nwhich he was paid. refer to Professor\n\nof\n\nChinese at\n\nManchester and distinguished scholar Gills and\n\nof Cambridge\n\nAnsg\n\nNext!\n\n(201\n\nB/12829/19 Hong Kong\n\nM\n\npupil\n\nI\n\n51\n\nDRAFT.\n\nJ.D. Bull\n\nMadam,\n\nMINUTE.\n\nMr. Question\n\n24.3.47\n\nMr. Beckett 25\n\nMr.\n\nMr. Grindle.\n\nSir H. Lambert.\n\nSir H. Read.\n\nSir G. Fiddes,\n\nCol. Amery.\n\nLord Milner.\n\nthick\n\nyour\n\n29.\n\nran 'in.\n\nsecretary to act. the receipt\n\nof\n\nthe 7th March, requesting\n\nmight be recommended\n\nfor a Pension from the Burl List\n\n2. In view of the fact that\n\nList Pensions are\n\ngranted only\n\nin the most exceptional circumstances,\n\nLord Milner (gels), which\n\nthe value of your\n\nwork\n\nfully aware of\n\nKate Kudbrand's\n\nthat he cannot see his way\n\nto accede to\n\nyour request\n\nfailed) by hands",
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        "content_text": "NID.10715.0/L636\n\n24\n\nC.0\n\n19943\n\n4\n\nRES [REG! 20 APR 20\n\nThe Director of Naval Intelligence presents his compliments to the Secretary of State for the Colonies and with reference to the reported Japanese intention to establish fisheries in the Paracels Islands, begs to enclose a paraphrase of a telegram which has been received from the D.I.O., Hong Kong.\n\nCopies of this letter with its enclosure have been sent to the F.O. and W.O.\n\nIH.\n\nNaval Staff,\n\nIntelligence Division,\n\nAdmiralty.\n\n14 April, 1920.",
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        "content_text": "Tel: 888\n\nNAVAL STAFF,\n\n326\n\nINTELLIGENCE DIVISION.\n\n11th March, 1920,\n\n1\n\n21\n\nJabe (9904)\n\nDear Beckett,\n\nIn reply to your letter of March 10th.\n\nYou have no doubt seen F.O. telegram of 2nd February in which Jordan was instructed to encourage China to exert her sovereignty over the Paracels. It seems to me that if the light question is to be tackled at all it would provide a good opportunity for China to take action in the direction desired.\n\nThe light question itself is one for the Hydrographer who has not, I understand, seen the papers. Would you in your reply to the F.O. suggest that the papers should be referred to the Admiralty?\n\nI attach a copy of a note on the Japanese side of the question which was circulated recently to our Intelligence Officers on the China...",
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        "content_text": "N.I.D. 6726/25. D.LIČ\n\n13742\n\n25 MAR 25\n\nThe Director of Naval Intelligence presents his compliments to the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies and has the honour to forward for his information the accompanying copies of the undermentioned reports\n\n(a) Report on Piracy in the Canton district during the month of January, 1925.\n\n(b) Report on Piracy of S.S. HONG HWA.\n\n(c) Report on proceedings against HONG HWA Pirates.\n\n27\n\nIntelligence Division, Naval Staff, Admiralty.\n\n4.3.25.",
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        "content_text": "N.I.D. 7157/26.\n\n5./05242/234\n\n23254\n\nThe Director of Naval Intelligence presents his\n\ncompliments to the Secretary of State for the Colonies\n\nand has the honour to forward for his information the\n\nattached copy of Record of Piracy perpetrated on the\n\nChina Station during March, 1925.\n\nIntelligence Division,\n\nNaval Staff,\n\nAdmiralty, S.W.1.\n\nMay, 1925.\n\nPage 33\n\n21 MAY 25\n\n \nPage 33",
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        "content_text": "therefore clear that the system is the worst enemy of the foreigners themselves, since it is an obstacle to perfect friendship between them and the Chinese and because it may bring on consequences which make the innocent suffer as well as the guilty. It is hardly necessary for me to add that there is no hint of xenophobia in the movement. To try to give it a bad name by calling it anti-foreign is merely an evasion of the issue and, what is more, a confession of weakness. The world-wide expressions of sympathy received by the Chinese people from even the homes of the system show that the true character of the movement is rightly understood.\n\nI have written at some length in order to remove what I believe to be misunderstanding of the nature of the issue on your part. I trust I have made it clear. Should you still desire to see me, Mr. Sung will arrange a convenient time.\n\nI am, &c.\n\nCHAO CHU WU\n\nhowever, being taken to guard against acts of mob violence, such as have occurred at Chinkiang, Kiukiang and Hankow, and, should unfortunately they occur here, the blood of those who call upon crowd psychology to commit deeds of violence will be upon their own heads.\n\nI write in this serious strain so that it may not be said hereafter that brutal Imperialist rifles wantonly massacred non-offending Chinese youth. (A copy of this despatch is being sent to quarters where it will remain on record.)\n\nI would in this connection call your attention to the urgent matter of clearing the Shaki Creek, with regard to which representations are being made to the chief of police, and would ask you to be good enough to support them in so far as you may be able to do so.\n\nI have, &c.\n\nJ. W. JAMIESON.\n\nEnclosure 3.\n\n[F4367/194/10]\n\nANNEX V.\n\nConsul-General Sir J. Jamieson to Mr. Wu.\n\nDear Mr. Wu,\n\nCanton, June 22, 1925.\n\nOn getting back after my interview yesterday with you I found an official wireless message from Shanghai stating that the delegates of the Chinese Chambers of Commerce there have decided to substitute British and Japanese boycotts for the general strike and that native banks and shops will reopen to-day.\n\nIf this information be accurate, it makes the local strike all the more ludicrous. The place which may be described as the fons et origo mali has called its strike off: here only where foreigners are completely innocent of aggressive action are they to be strafed.\n\nBy all means substitute a boycott. Let the righteously indignant abstain from purchasing British goods, from accepting British bank-notes, from travelling by British steamers or trains and, above all, refrain from using British cables for the purpose of transmitting mendacious propaganda.\n\nAll steamers suspend their sailings to-day and transmission of mail matter, foreign as well as Chinese, will be considerably hampered.\n\nYours sincerely,\n\nJ. W. JAMIESON.\n\nConsul-General Sir J. Jamieson to Mr. Wu.\n\n(Enclosure from Canton Despatch No. 45.)\n\nCanton, June 23, 1925.\n\nI learn from sources, which I have every reason to believe to be trustworthy, that, in the course of a patriotic demonstration arranged for to-morrow, the student element intend to make martyrs of themselves by attacking the bridges leading on to Shamien. I am informed that they went to the length of drawing lots as to which association should have the honour of sacrificing itself first in its country's cause, and that the winning number was drawn by the University of Kuangtung.\n\nThis story may, of course, be the figment of a fertile imagination, but if, on the other hand, it have any solid foundation in fact and should action of the kind be contemplated and take place, I have the honour solemnly to warn the Government of Kuangtung, through you as their Foreign Secretary, that any attempt to penetrate on to the British concession on Shamien will be resisted by force of arms, and that for the consequences the Government will be held individually and collectively responsible. As I had the honour to inform you yesterday I do not, nor have I the right to, protest against any demonstrations which Chinese citizens in Canton may choose to organise, and if there be such I have warned all my nationals to be very careful not to mix themselves up therewith, and in general strictly to refrain from provocative action of any kind in order that the present situation be not exacerbated. Due precautions are,\n\nAdmiralty to Foreign Office. (Received September 4.)\n\nThe Director of Naval Intelligence presents his compliments to the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and has the honour to forward for his information the attached extracts from Hong Kong Monthly Intelligence Summary for June 1925.\n\nIntelligence Division, Naval Staff, Admiralty, September 4, 1925.\n\nEnclosure.\n\nExtracts from the Hong Kong Monthly Intelligence Summary No. 7, 1925.\n\n12. POLITICAL AND NATIONAL\n\nEvents leading up to the Present Situation in South China.\n\nAfter the strike of workers in the Japanese cotton mills at Shanghai, the students started propaganda against both the British and Japanese in China.\n\nThe first incident of importance was the attempt to rush the Nanking Road police station, Shanghai, on the 30th May. The deaths of a few of the rioters were made an excuse for increased propaganda against the British and Japanese.\n\nThe trouble eventually spread from Tsingtao in the north, as far as Chungking (Szechuan) in the west, to Hoihow in Hainan Island in the south.\n\nAgitators were sent from Shanghai to stir up strife in Foochow, Amoy, Swatow, Hong Kong, Canton and Hoihow; their appeals for the moment, however, fell on deaf ears, as the Cantonese had their hands full in trying to oust the Yunnanese from Canton. This military activity had its effect on Hong Kong also, as prospective strikers were disinclined to leave the colony until the situation in Canton became more assuring.\n\nNothing untoward happened until the Yunnanese were routed; then the agitators again got busy, and rumours of a general strike in Hong Kong and South China ports were current.\n\nIt is reported, from a fairly reliable source, that the crew of the Russian steamship \"Kolyma\" were heard boasting that they had been poisoning the minds of Chinese in Hong Kong against the British. This Russian merchant-ship arrived at Hong Kong on the 18th June from Odessa and sailed the following day for Vladivostok.\n\nOn the 29th May an officer on the staff of the Yunnanese General Yang Hsi-Min called on the Consul-General, Canton, and informed him that the Cantonese were going to attempt to drive the Yunnanese out of Canton. He stated that if the Yunnanese were defeated, the extremists in the Cantonese ranks would get the upper hand and, as a whole, the position of foreigners in Kwangtung Province would be most unenviable. He further stated that Yang Hsi-Min would protect foreigners, their",
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        "content_text": "C.O.S. 44.\n\n4\n\n# APPENDIX I.\n\n## Chiefs of Staff Sub-Committee.\n\n### HONG KONG-Defence of.\n\n#### Interim Report by the Joint Staffs Sub-Committee.\n\n1. The Joint Staffs Sub-Committee on the Defence of Hong Kong has taken note of the conclusion reached by the Chiefs of Staff Sub-Committee at their 32nd Meeting, held on the 3rd June, 1926, when it was agreed\n\nTo approve in principle the proposal of the Chief of the Air Staff to take such preliminary steps as may be necessary to acquire ground for an aerodrome at Hong Kong.\n\nThe Sub-Committee has further taken note of Colonial Office letter No. C.7237/26, dated the 15th May, 1926, forwarding despatches by the Governor of Hong Kong, and suggesting that the points raised should be examined, in the first place, by the Joint Staffs Sub-Committee.\n\n2. The proposals put forward were that\n\n(a.) The Kai Tak reclamation area should be acquired as an aerodrome site.\n\n(b.) A small local unit for police work should be formed.\n\n3. As regards (a), a decision as to whether it is possible and desirable to station regular air forces at Hong Kong in peace time depends on a number of factors which have not yet been fully investigated. In certain eventualities, however, such as might occur during trouble in Canton, the despatch of air forces to Hong Kong, perhaps only as a temporary measure, might be desirable.\n\nTo provide for such a contingency, it is essential that an aerodrome, with facilities for seaplanes as well as for landplanes, should be available. The Kai Tak reclamation area on the Kowloon peninsula is not only the best site, but practically the only suitable site, and if it were built over, the potential use of aircraft for defence in the future would be seriously restricted. In addition, the present time appears to be favourable for purchase, and delay in acquisition now might result in heavier expenditure at a later date.\n\nThere appears to be no possible reason from the Treaty aspect against the acquisition of this aerodrome site. A levelled area of ground cannot be interpreted as an increase in coast defences. It is only when buildings are erected and aircraft actually located on the aerodrome that the question of legality appears to arise.\n\nThe Sub-Committee is therefore of the opinion that the Kai Tak site should be acquired at an early date, and recommends that the Governor of Hong Kong should be given authority to proceed with the necessary purchase.\n\n4. With regard to (b), i.e., the formation of a local police air unit at Hong Kong, it is considered that the proposals put forward will require considerable investigation, and that the question could more appropriately be dealt with by the Local Forces Sub-Committee of the Oversea Defence Committee.\n\nThere does not appear to be any particular urgency for the formation of this unit, and the Sub-Committee therefore recommends that the Governor be informed that the matter is being further investigated.\n\n## Conclusion.\n\n5. The Sub-Committee recommends:\n\n(a.) That the Kai Tak reclamation area should be acquired without delay.\n\n(b) That the formation of a local police air unit, being less urgent, should be referred for further investigation.\n\n(Signed) W. G. S. DOBBIE, Colonel, G.S. (Chairman), Directorate of Military Operations and Intelligence, War Office.\n\n(Signed) WILFRED A. EGERTON, Captain, R.N., Plans Division, Admiralty.\n\n(Signed) B. E. SMYTHIES, Wing-Commander, R.A.F, Directorate of Operations and Intelligence, Air Ministry.\n\n5\n\n# APPENDIX II.\n\n## Governor, Hong Kong, to Secretary of State for the Colonies.\n\nHong Kong, February 18, 1926.\n\nI HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your secret despatch of the 10th December, 1925, covering a copy of a letter with enclosures in original from the Air Ministry. The enclosures deal with a suggestion for the provision of an aerodrome site in the Colony, and the despatch calls upon me to furnish a report upon the practicability of the proposals of the Air Ministry and the cost involved. You enquire further whether the arguments adduced in Sir R. E. Stubbs' secret despatch of the 13th October, 1925, on the subject of expenditure for the increase of the Garrison of Hong Kong apply equally to the question of Air Defence.\n\n2. I welcome the opportunity of expressing my views, as since my arrival in the Colony in November 1925, the question of providing aircraft for Hong Kong has been continuously pressed on my attention, and I have had it under the most careful consideration from every aspect. The requirements of the Defence of the Colony, the possibilities of Police aviation, and the probable development of civil commercial aviation have all been passed under review and fully discussed; and the matter of aerodrome accommodation has inevitably arisen in considering any aspect of the question.\n\n3. The first experience of the Colony in aviation for Defence purposes has been provided during the last six months by the presence of H.M.S. \"Hermes\" with a flight of seaplanes; and the experience has been important as foreshadowing the value of Police aviation in a Colony where natural obstacles to rapid communication are unusually serious. For purposes of defence the Air Patrol of the Frontier maintained by the seaplanes of H.M.S. \"Hermes\" has been of great value as a deterrent to the operations of strike pickets which I have described in my despatch No. 72 of the 18th February, and has demonstrated the necessity of providing an Air Force Arm for any complete Scheme of defence that may be devised.\n\n4. In this connection, I request your attention to the article extracted from the \"Hong Kong Daily Press\" of the 9th February, 1926, which forms the first enclosure to this despatch. The development of aviation in Canton in an organised manner has been under consideration for a long time past, and the rapid march of events in the Province (especially in military matters) augurs the early establishment of such an arm. Aeroplanes have already been used in the recent fighting in Kuang-tung, and, though they are probable, as yet, of little material value, their development may be expected. In any case, the fact that they could, even now, fly over the Colony of Hong Kong with complete impunity must be a source of anxiety. H.M.S. \"Hermes\" utilised seaplanes only, but the Naval Authorities found it necessary to provide some accommodation ashore for her land machines, and this was found on the West portion of the Kai Tak reclamation, near Kowloon City, on which temporary sheds (so marked on the plan which forms enclosure 2* in this despatch) were erected. The Admiralty ordered on the 17th November that these sheds should be abandoned by the Naval Authorities, and I directed that they should be taken over and maintained at the expense of the Colonial Government. The area on which the sheds stand and the open ground in front of them constitute an important part of the complete scheme, which I put forward in paragraphs 12, 14, 15 and 16 below.\n\n5.\n\n6. In formulating the scheme, I have not overlooked the policy outlined in \"Notes on Proposals for Air Base at Hong Kong,\" of which a copy was received from the General Officer Commanding the Troops, China Command, under date the 4th December, 1925. It runs as follows:-\n\n\"It is not considered that any air menace to Hong Kong exists at the present time from China, since the Chinese only possess a few aircraft which could be kept in check by our machines flown off Carriers as soon as such vessels are stationed on the China Station. Should, however, developments of Chinese Air Forces occur, or the present situation in China be materially altered, the Government might deem it necessary, in order to safeguard our interests in China, to establish an Air Base in Hong Kong, in spite of the difficulties and great expense involved.\n\n[14922]\n\n*Not reproduced.\n\nB 3\n\n381",
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        "content_text": "5\n\n389\n\nC.O.S. 44.\n\nAPPENDIX I.\n\nChiefs of Staff Sub-Committee.\n\nHONG KONG - Defence of\n\nInterim Report by the Joint Staffs Sub-Committee.\n\n1. The Joint Staffs Sub-Committee on the Defence of Hong Kong has taken note of the conclusion reached by the Chiefs of Staff Sub-Committee at their 32nd Meeting, held on the 3rd June, 1926, when it was agreed-\n\nTo approve in principle the proposal of the Chief of the Air Staff to take such preliminary steps as may be necessary to acquire ground for an aerodrome at Hong Kong.\n\nThe Sub-Committee has further taken note of Colonial Office letter No. C.7237/26, dated the 15th May, 1926, forwarding despatches by the Governor of Hong Kong, and suggesting that the points raised should be examined, in the first place, by the Joint Staffs Sub-Committee.\n\n2. The proposals put forward were that—\n\n(a) The Kai Tak reclamation area should be acquired as an aerodrome site.\n\n(b) A small local unit for police work should be formed.\n\n3. As regards (a), a decision as to whether it is possible and desirable to station regular air forces at Hong Kong in peace time depends on a number of factors which have not yet been fully investigated. In certain eventualities, however, such as might occur during trouble in Canton, the despatch of air forces to Hong Kong, perhaps only as a temporary measure, might be desirable.\n\nTo provide for such a contingency, it is essential that an aerodrome, with facilities for seaplanes as well as for landplanes, should be available. The Kai Tak reclamation area on the Kowloon peninsula is not only the best site, but practically the only suitable site, and if it were built over, the potential use of aircraft for defence in the future would be seriously restricted. In addition, the present time appears to be favourable for purchase, and delay in acquisition now might result in heavier expenditure at a later date.\n\nThere appears to be no possible reason from the Treaty aspect against the acquisition of this aerodrome site. A levelled area of ground cannot be interpreted as an increase in coast defences. It is only when buildings are erected and aircraft actually located on the aerodrome that the question of legality appears to arise.\n\nThe Sub-Committee is therefore of the opinion that the Kai Tak site should be acquired at an early date, and recommends that the Governor of Hong Kong should be given authority to proceed with the necessary purchase.\n\n4. With regard to (b), the formation of a local police air unit at Hong Kong, it is considered that the proposals put forward will require considerable investigation, and that the question could more appropriately be dealt with by the Local Forces Sub-Committee of the Oversea Defence Committee.\n\nThere does not appear to be any particular urgency for the formation of this unit, and the Sub-Committee therefore recommends that the Governor be informed that the matter is being further investigated.\n\nConclusion.\n\n5. The Sub-Committee recommends :-\n\n(a) That the Kai Tak reclamation area should be acquired without delay.\n\n(b) That the formation of a local police air unit, being less urgent, should be referred for further investigation.\n\n(Signed) W. G. S. DOBBIE, Colonel, G.S. (Chairman), Directorate of Military Operations and Intelligence, War Office.\n\n(Signed) WILFRED A. EGERTON, Captain, R.N., Plans Division, Admiralty.\n\n(Signed) B. E. SMYTHIES, Wing-Commander, R.A.F., Directorate of Operations and Intelligence, Air Ministry.\n\nAPPENDIX II.\n\nGovernor, Hong Kong, to Secretary of State for the Colonies,\n\nHong Kong, February 18, 1926.\n\nSir,\n\nI HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your secret despatch of the 10th December, 1925, covering a copy of a letter with enclosures in original from the Air Ministry. The enclosures deal with a suggestion for the provision of an aerodrome site in the Colony, and the despatch calls upon me to furnish a report upon the practicability of the proposals of the Air Ministry and the cost involved. You enquire further whether the arguments adduced in Sir R. E. Stubbs' secret despatch of the 13th October, 1925, on the subject of expenditure for the increase of the Garrison of Hong Kong apply equally to the question of Air Defence.\n\n2. I welcome the opportunity of expressing my views, as since my arrival in the Colony in November 1925, the question of providing aircraft for Hong Kong has been continuously pressed on my attention, and I have had it under the most careful consideration from every aspect. The requirements of the Defence of the Colony, the possibilities of Police aviation, and the probable development of civil commercial aviation have all been passed under review and fully discussed; and the matter of aerodrome accommodation has inevitably arisen in considering any aspect of the question.\n\n3. The first experience of the Colony in aviation for Defence purposes has been provided during the last six months by the presence of H.M.S. \"Hermes\" with a flight of seaplanes; and the experience has been important as foreshadowing the value of Police aviation in a Colony where natural obstacles to rapid communication are unusually serious. For purposes of defence the Air Patrol of the Frontier maintained by the seaplanes of H.M.S. \"Hermes\" has been of great value as a deterrent to the operations of strike pickets which I have described in my despatch No. 72 of the 18th February, and has demonstrated the necessity of providing an Air Force Arm for any complete Scheme of defence that may be devised.\n\n53\n\n4. In this connection, I request your attention to the article extracted from the \"Hong Kong Daily Press\" of the 9th February, 1926, which forms the first enclosure to this despatch. The development of aviation in Canton in an organised manner has been under consideration for a long time past, and the rapid march of events in the Province (especially in military matters) augurs the early establishment of such an arm. Aeroplanes have already been used in the recent fighting in Kuang-tung, and, though they are probably, as yet, of little material value, their development may be expected. In any case, the fact that they could, even now, fly over the Colony of Hong Kong with complete impunity must be a source of anxiety.\n\n5. H.M.S.\" Hermes\" utilised seaplanes only, but the Naval Authorities found it necessary to provide some accommodation ashore for her land machines, and this was found on the West portion of the Kai Tak reclamation, near Kowloon City, on which temporary sheds (so marked on the plan which forms enclosure 2 in this despatch) were erected. The Admiralty ordered on the 17th November that these sheds should be abandoned by the Naval Authorities, and I directed that they should be taken over and maintained at the expense of the Colonial Government. The area on which the sheds stand and the open ground in front of them constitute an important part of the complete scheme, which I put forward in paragraphs 12, 14, 15 and 16 below.\n\n6. In formulating the scheme, I have not overlooked the policy outlined in \"Notes on Proposals for Air Base at Hong Kong,\" of which a copy was received from the General Officer Commanding the Troops, China Command, under date the 4th December, 1925. It runs as follows:-\n\n\"It is not considered that any air menace to Hong Kong exists at the present time from China, since the Chinese only possess a few aircraft which could be kept in check by our machines flown off Carriers as soon as such vessels are stationed on the China Station. Should, however, developments of Chinese Air Forces occur, or the present situation in China be materially altered, the Government might deem it necessary, in order to safeguard our interests in China, to establish an Air Base in Hong Kong, in spite of the difficulties and great expense involved.\n\n[14022]\n\nB 3",
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        "content_text": "The Committee are of opinion, however, that before authority could be given to the Governor of Hong Kong to proceed with the necessary purchase, certain aspects of the proposal require further investigation.\n\n7. In the first place, the Committee, whilst holding the view that the mere purchase of the site in question cannot be held to constitute an infringement of Article 19 of the Washington Treaty, nevertheless feel that a definite expression of opinion should be obtained from the Foreign Office with regard to the legality of the proposal. They accordingly recommend that the Colonial Office should consult the Foreign Office whether exception could be taken to the acquisition of the area in question under Article 19 of the Washington Treaty.\n\n8. Secondly, the Committee observe that the Governor's proposal, that the necessary funds for the purchase of the site should be obtained by means of a loan to be raised locally, was made in February 1926, at a time when it was hoped that the boycott at Canton would not be of long duration. It has been pointed out to the Committee that the prolonged deadlock must necessarily have a serious effect on the financial position of Hong Kong, and accordingly they recommend that the Colonial Office should obtain further information from the Governor with regard to the financial aspects of the scheme.\n\n9. The Committee desire to call attention to the fact that, under the existing laws of the Colony, it is possible to acquire the site in question by compulsion at any time. They recognise, however, that the present time appears to be favourable for purchase, and delay in acquisition now might result in heavier expenditure at a later date.\n\n10. Finally, the Committee submit the following Summary of their conclusions for consideration by the Committee of Imperial Defence :—\n\n(i.) That, from the defence point of view, the acquisition of the Kai Tak reclamation area is desirable, and accordingly recommend that approval in principle should be given to the proposals on that subject made by the Governor of Hong Kong in his despatch dated the 18th February, 1926, which were recommended in the Interim Report by the Joint Staffs (Appendix I), and to which commendation was given by the Chiefs of Staff Sub-Committee at their 36th Meeting.\n\n(ii) That, owing to the continuance of the boycott at Canton and its resultant effect on the financial position of Hong Kong, conditions may have changed since the above-mentioned proposals were put forward, and accordingly recommend that the Colonial Office be requested to obtain further information from the Governor with regard to the financial aspects of the scheme.\n\n(iii) That the Colonial Office be requested to consult the Foreign Office whether exception could be taken to the purchase of the area in question under Article 19 of the Washington Treaty.\n\n(iv.) That the formation of a local police air unit, being less urgent, should be postponed for further investigation by the Sub-Committee on the composition and organisation of local forces when that body deals with the local forces of Hong Kong.\n\n(Signed)\n\n2, Whitehall Gardens, S.W. 1,\n\nAugust 1926.\n\nL. A. CLEMENS, Secretary,\n\nOversea Defence Committee.\n\nC.O.S. 44.\n\nAPPENDIX I.\n\nChiefs of Staff Sub-Committee.\n\nHONG KONG-DEFENCE OF.\n\nInterim Report by the Joint Staffs Sub-Committee.\n\nThe Joint Staffs Sub-Committee on the Defence of Hong Kong has taken note of the conclusion reached by the Chiefs of Staff Sub-Committee at their 32nd Meeting, held on the 3rd June, 1926, when it was agreed-\n\nTo approve in principle the proposal of the Chief of the Air Staff to take such preliminary steps as may be necessary to acquire ground for an aerodrome at Hong Kong.\n\nThe Sub-Committee has further taken note of Colonial Office letter No. C.7237/26, dated the 15th May, 1926, forwarding despatches by the Governor of Hong Kong, and suggesting that the points raised should be examined, in the first place, by the Joint Staffs Sub-Committee.\n\n2. The proposals put forward were that\n\n(a.) The Kai Tak reclamation area should be acquired as an aerodrome site.\n\n(b.) A small local unit for police work should be formed.\n\nAs regards (a), a decision as to whether it is possible and desirable to station regular air forces at Hong Kong in peace time depends on a number of factors which have not yet been fully investigated. In certain eventualities, however, such as might occur during trouble in Canton, the despatch of air forces to Hong Kong, perhaps only as a temporary measure, might be desirable.\n\nTo provide for such a contingency, it is essential that an aerodrome, with facilities for seaplanes as well as for landplanes, should be available. The Kai Tak reclamation area on the Kowloon peninsula is not only the best site, but practically the only suitable site, and if it were built over, the potential use of aircraft for defence in the future would be seriously restricted. In addition, the present time appears to be favourable for purchase, and delay in acquisition now might result in heavier expenditure at a later date.\n\nThere appears to be no possible reason from the Treaty aspect against the acquisition of this aerodrome site. A levelled area of ground cannot be interpreted as an increase in coast defences. It is only when buildings are erected and aircraft actually located on the aerodrome that the question of legality appears to arise.\n\nThe Sub-Committee is therefore of the opinion that the Kai Tak site should be acquired at an early date, and recommends that the Governor of Hong Kong should be given authority to proceed with the necessary purchase.\n\n4. With regard to (b), i.e., the formation of a local police air unit at Hong Kong, it is considered that the proposals put forward will require considerable investigation, and that the question could more appropriately be dealt with by the Local Forces Sub-Committee of the Oversea Defence Committee.\n\nThere does not appear to be any particular urgency for the formation of this unit, and the Sub-Committee therefore recommends that the Governor be informed that the matter is being further investigated.\n\nConclusion.\n\n5. The Sub-Committee recommends :-\n\n(a.) That the Kai Tak reclamation area should be acquired without delay.\n\n(b) That the formation of a local police air unit, being less urgent, should be referred for further investigation.\n\n(Signed)\n\n(Signed)\n\n(Signed)\n\nW. G. S. DOBBIE, Colonel, G.S. (Chairman).\n\nDirectorate of Military Operations and Intelligence, War Office.\n\nWILFRED A. EGERTON, Captain, R.N.,\n\nPlans Division, Admiralty.\n\nB. E. SMYTHIES, Wing-Commander, R.A.F.,\n\nDirectorate of Operations and Intelligence, Air Ministry.\n\n$14922\n\nB 2\n\n395",
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        "content_text": "5.\n\nConclusion\n\nThe Sub-Committee recommends:-\n\n(a) that the Kai Tak reclamation area should be acquired without delay.\n\n(b) that the formation of a local police air unit, being less urgent, should be referred for further investigation.\n\n(Sgd.) T.G.S. DOBBIN\n\nColonel, G.S.\n\nDirectorate of Military Operations & Intelligence\n\nWar Office,\n\nChairman,\n\n(Sgd.) WILFRID A. EGERTON\n\nCaptain, R.N.\n\nPlans Division, Admiralty.\n\n(Sgd.) B.E. SMYTHIES\n\nWing Commander, R.A.F.\n\nDirectorate of Operations and Intelligence,\n\nAir Ministry.\n\n3.\n\n406",
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        "content_text": "## \n\n2 \n\n129 officers in the Military Department and should be brought up at the next meeting for propositions as to their amendment.\n\n(3) That advisors should be appointed to the following Departments: (a) Chang Kai Shek's Division, (b) Li Chai Sham's Army, (c) Chu Pui Tak's Army, (d) Hunan Army and (e) Wu Him's Division. Officers (Russian) from the Chinese Generalissimo's Headquarters should hold office as follows: - Advisor in Chang Kai Shek's Department, Cherepanoff; Tereshatoff to be Assistant Head of the Military Department and Assistant Chief of Staff; Advisor in Chu Pui Tak's Department, Llacei-lich; Rogacheff, to be Head of the Military Department and Chief of Staff; Advisor for Hunan Army, Eillbert; Advisor for Chan Ming Shu's Division or for Li Chai Sham's Army, Neioff. A lecture should be given once a week on peasant and political movements. Chubareva should be appointed Secretary of the Intelligence Section of the Military Department, and Stepanoff, Infantry Training Officer in the Generalissimo's Headquarters. Tereshchenho will be attached to Wu Him's Division and Komi will be appointed Chief of the Political Department attached to the Chinese Generalissimo's Headquarters. (a part omitted).\n\nFour resolutions were then passed:\n\n(1) Owing to the high cost of living and other circumstances, salaries of all the Russian staff should be increased by 5% from the 1st of July this year.\n\n(2) All Russian officers, who have been in Kwongtung for more than one year, shall be entitled to two months' leave",
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        "content_text": "CONFIDENTIAL.\n\nRECEIVED\n\n27MAR 1928\n\nCOL.OFFI\n\nM R., March, 1928.\n\n114\n\nAttention is called to the penalties attaching to any infraction of the Official Secrets Acts.\n\nConfidential Admiralty Monthly Intelligence Report No. 106. 15th March, 1928.\n\nIssued by the Naval Intelligence Division, Naval Staff, Admiralty, for the information of all Officers in H.M. Navy.\n\n&:\n\nMA\n\nSIGIL\n\nOFFI:\n\nMAGNI\n\nAD\n\nDISTRIBUTION.\n\nThe distribution is made upon the following basis:-\n\nFlag Officers and Staffs\nBattleships, Battle Cruisers\nCruisers, Destroyer and Submarine Depôt Ships Flotilla Leaders, Destroyers, Sloops, Monitors, Minelayers\n\nCOPIES\n4\n4\n3\n1\n\nCopies of this issue to be collected in each Ship or Establishment and burnt before the next issue is put into circulation, with the exception of the Flag or Commanding Officer's copy, which may be retained for reference. Personal copies are always to be burnt on receipt of a subsequent number. (Destruction certificate not required.)",
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        "content_text": "138\n\n24\n\nThe proposed new carriers would carry one squadron of bombers and three squadrons of fighting planes. They would not be able to operate the large bombing planes now in use, as these craft require about 3,000 ft. for the take off on account of their heavy load.\n\nVessels for Auxiliary Service in War. An important step in the organisation of the Mercantile Marine Reserve has now been taken by the enrolment of nine large combined passenger and freight liners operating in the joint service of the American Mail Line and the Dollar Steamship Line.\n\nThe Naval Reserve Act provides for certain officers and men to be trained in sea-going vessels of the Mercantile Marine for service in their own ships when commissioned by the Navy in time of war. The vessel is first designated by the Navy Department as suitable for service as an auxiliary and then, with the consent of the owners and the co-operation of the officers, the organisation of the vessel is proceeded with.\n\n#4\n\nThe vessels in question are of the President class with a speed of 17 knots, and tonnage of 14,000 gross.\n\nThe Matson Navigation Company's new liner Malolo, which commenced service on the San Francisco-Hawaiian route in November last, has been designed for conversion to an auxiliary cruiser in war time, being fitted with an unusual number of watertight bulkheads, and with reinforced decks for gun emplacements. Her tonnage is 17,200 gross, cruising speed 17 knots, and maximum speed 22 knots. The radius of action at 21 knots is 13,000 miles, and at 17 knots 20,000 miles, without the use of double bottoms for the stowage of oil.\n\nYUGOSLAVIA.\n\nAfter having carried out exercises at Portland for some weeks the new submarines Hrabri and Nebojsca, just completed by Armstrongs, left for Cattaro on 11th March, calling at Gibraltar and Malta en route. These vessels are similar to the L.50 class, but obtained a speed on trials of nearly 16 knots on the surface, and 10 knots submerged. The officers and petty officers have been in England for nearly a year, during which time they have been undergoing courses of instruction. The Senior Officer has reported most enthusiastically on the training that they have received, and on the splendid construction of the vessels. The fact that the further order for two more submarines for Yugoslavia has been placed in France is entirely due to political considerations, and is not at all popular with the Yugoslav naval officers.\n\n255\n\n25\n\nThe articles in this section are produced by Naval Officers or experts connected with the Naval Intelligence Division or other Government Offices, and include contributions from the Fleet. Although compiled from generally reliable sources of information, the opinions expressed merely represent the views of their authors, with which the Board of Admiralty do not necessarily concur. Flag and Commanding Officers are invited to suggest subjects for articles in this section.\n\nPIRACY IN THE WATERS OF SOUTH CHINA.\n\nIn view of the arrangements now made for co-operation between the British and Japanese Naval Forces in China in order to suppress piracy in the Bias Bay area, a brief survey of the anti-piracy work carried out in South China during the last few years may be of some interest.\n\nThe following account is, of course, not a complete history of events; to provide this would require more time and study than the writer can devote to it and more space than is available in the M.I.R. It follows, therefore, that some operations may have been given more attention than they deserve, while others, of equal or greater importance, may have been neglected. It has also been necessary to omit reference to many important points such as wireless organisation, fuel supply, treaty rights of British shipping, and the nature and value of the trade in the different districts of the Kwantung Province.\n\nPIRATE METHODS OF ATTACK.\n\nFrom the naval point of view, piracies in South China may be divided into two classes, piracies of ocean and coasting steamers and piracies in the rivers.\n\n(a) Piracies of Ocean and Coasting Steamers.-These piracies invariably originate within the vessel. The pirate gang enter the ship in the guise of ordinary passengers at any eastern port that suits their purpose, make a sudden attack at a favourable moment during the voyage, and after gaining control of the ship compel the master to steer for some convenient and sheltered place where they can dispose of their loot. After removal of the loot, and any passengers who may fetch a ransom, the ship is released. Naval protection against this form of piracy, which may occur anywhere in the China Seas, is in practice limited to two methods:--\n\n(1) Patrol in the vicinity of the place to which pirated ships are taken.\n\n(2) Attack on the pirates ashore and destruction of their villages.\n\n(b) Piracies of River Steamers and Tows.-The most common form of attack on river steamers is by a gang entering the ship as passengers, but there is also the danger of external attack in\n\n139",
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        "content_text": "27\n\nCONDITIONS IN SOUTH CHINA.\n\nPiracy has nearly always been a lucrative profession in China, where the feudal system and the division of provinces into small self-contained areas have encouraged the taxation of passing merchandise, just as a similar system had done in Europe in the Middle Ages along the banks of the Rhine. The pirate's lot only became a hard one when a system of ordered government was firmly established, and this had not occurred in South China for many years.\n\nFrom the end of 1920 down to the present time there has, broadly speaking, been no settled Government in Canton. Moreover, the four districts into which the Canton delta, with its network of river communications, may be divided—Shuntek with Canton at the north end, Heong Shan on the south, the East River district on the east and San Wei on the west—have been during this period under the partial control of different generals whose allegiance to Canton has often been little more than nominal. The local Chinese officials, while protesting their desire to suppress piracy and banditry, were usually too occupied with internal dissensions to press for action, and no military leader was willing, or dared, to detach any considerable number of troops for the purpose of preserving order in outlying districts. The Bias Bay area, to which pirated ocean ships were usually taken, was never really controlled by Canton; it was, in fact, more often under the jurisdiction of forces definitely hostile to that Government. The Russian report on the organisation of the Cantonese Armies (see M.I.R. for December, 1927) gives some idea of the uselessness of the various military bodies as supporters of law and order in the Kwantung Province.\n\nA description of the pirates' treatment of their captives will give the best impression of the terror which they inspired. Nearly every piratical attack would be accompanied by the kidnapping of all persons who looked sufficiently affluent to produce a ransom. The pirates' intelligence system enabled them to assess fairly accurately their victim's capacity to pay, and to ask as much as twenty thousand dollars was not unusual.\n\nIf the sum demanded was not quickly forthcoming, they would \"ginger up\" the relatives by the despatch of an ear or a finger; to be followed, if need be, by such other portions of the captive's anatomy as could be readily removed without danger to life. One can well imagine the victim's feelings while awaiting this final test of his popularity in the home circle, for should his friends fail to produce the dollars, his death was certain.\n\nExecution would be carried out in whatever way was calculated most to divert or satisfy the lusts of the pirate leaders. A method employed by a female leader with the euphonious name of \"One-eyed Ying\" was personally to lacerate and mutilate the captive and finally to cut out his heart; this she would then eat! Even the Chinese appear to have thought this rather monstrous.\n\n142\n\nPage 130\n\nPage 131",
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        "content_text": "N.I.D.0174/38.\n\n**Secret.**\n\n46 13\n\nSee `41042`.\n\nThe Director of Naval Intelligence presents his compliments to the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, and has the honour to forward for his information, the attached extract from Hong Kong Intelligence Report No. 1/38, dated the 4th of January, 1938, which has been received from the Captain on the Staff, Hong Kong.\n\nA similar extract has been sent to the Foreign Office.\n\nIntelligence Division,  \nDM  \nNaval Staff,  \nAdmiralty, S.W.1.\n\n8 March, 1938.",
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        "content_text": "**SECRET**\nN.I.D.01006/37.\n\n38.\n\n19\n\nThe Director of Naval Intelligence presents his compliments to the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies and has the honour to forward for his information the accompanying extract from Hong Kong Naval, Military and Air Force Intelligence Report dated 14th September, 1937, received from the Captain on the Staff, Hong Kong.\n\nVoola.\nIntelligence Division,\nNaval Staff,\nAdmiralty, S.W.1.\n9. November, 1937.\n\nPage 20\nPage 21\n\nDS.\n3.\nN.I.D.01006/37.",
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        "content_text": "**SECRET**\n\nThe Director of Naval Intelligence presents his compliments to the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies and has the honour to forward for his information the accompanying extract from Hong Kong Naval, Military and Air Force Intelligence Report dated 14th September, 1937, received from the Captain on the Staff, Hong Kong.\n\nW.L.G.A  \nIntelligence Division,  \nNaval Staff,  \nAdmiralty, S.W.1  \n9 November, 1937.",
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        "title": "CO129-563-16 Sino-Japanese War- attacks on shipping 6-9-1937 - 13-11-1937",
        "content_text": "The Director of Naval Intelligence presents his compliments to the Secretary of State for Colonial Affairs, and encloses the attached information, which has come from the Japanese Naval Attache.\n\nIntelligence Division, Naval Staff, Admiralty, S.W.1.\n\n8 October, 1937.\n\nPage 67  \nPage 34",
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        "document_key": "CO129-563-17 Sino-Japanese War- attacks on shipping. For extracted photographs see CN 3-12 27-9-1937 - 17-1-1938",
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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.I.D.2364/37.\n\nND\n\n**RECEIVED**\n77 - DEC 1937\n.D.REGY\n48 167\n\nThe Director of Naval Intelligence presents his compliments to the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, and has the honour to forward for his information the accompanying extracts from Japanese Naval Notes, dated 23rd October, received from the Naval Attaché, Tokyo.\n\nI.J.N. Hillen.\nIntelligence Division,\nNaval Staff,\nAdmiralty, S.W.1.\n6 December, 1937.\n\nJF.",
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        "document_key": "CO129-571-11 Sino-Japanese War- Japanese attacks on the south; fall of Canton and Hankow and visit to... 6-10-1938 - 5-1-1939",
        "page_number": 115,
        "title": "CO129-571-11 Sino-Japanese War- Japanese attacks on the south; fall of Canton and Hankow and visit to... 6-10-1938 - 5-1-1939",
        "content_text": "# SECRET CIPHER\n## TELEGRAM. SECRET.\n\nFrom:  \n**G.O.C. Hong Kong**\n\nTo  \n**Desp.2200 26.11.38. Recd.1510 26.11.38.**  \nThe War Office, Intelligence Shanghai  \nand Commander Tientsin Area, Tientsin.\n\n**4727 Cipher 26/11.**\n\n## A. South China\n\n(1) Chinese artillery officer arrived here confirms all Kwangtung anti-aircraft guns lost in campaign. Russian batteries abandoned in Canton and 12 Vickers guns caught on road by Japanese aircraft 21st October and destroyed. Colonel Yu now acting as infantry commander.\n\n(2) Japanese (?Guards Brigade) with Zentsuji (?in command) seen near Pingshan affording confirmation of part at least of 11th division in south China.\n\n(3) Japanese are trying to bribe Cheungshan authorities not to oppose their advance in that district implying occupation of Shekki in near future.\n\n(4) Japanese troops on border in contact with our posts at Shamchan.\n\n## B. Central China\n\nChinese report that 6th, 101, 106 and Formosan Brigade withdrawn for rest probably true as these divisions have borne the brunt of heavy fighting in Yangtse since capture of Anking in June and also many casualties from malaria and liver fluke. Second medium artillery brigade Colonel Aiada definitely identified at Shinyang in October.\n\n## C.\n\n| Copies to: | \n| --- | \n| S. of S. | \n| C.I.G.S. | \n| D.C.I.G.S. | \n| P.U.S. | \n| D.H.O. & I. | \n| D.D.M.O. | \n| D.D.M.I. | \n| M.0.1A. 2. 2A. | \n| M.I.2. 20. | \n| A.M.D.2. | \n\n| Recipients |\n| --- | \n| Mr. Howe (F.0.) | \n| Cdr. Loly (Admiralty) | \n| Sqn. Lar. Pelly (Air Ministry) | \n| Mr. Gent (C.o.) | \n\nPage 115",
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        "content_text": "# SECRET CIPHER \n## TELEGRAM. \n### SECRET. \n\nFrom: \n**G.O.C. Hong Kong** \nDESP. `0034` 25.11.38. \nRECD. `1130` 26.11.38. \n\nTO :- \nThe War Office, Intelligence Shanghai, \n**G.O.C. Malaya** and **S.N.O. West River**. \n\n`4725 Cipher 25/11`. \nP \n117 \n\nJapanese Consulate General announced 90,000 troops were undertaking drive against guerillas which might cause influx of refugees into Colony. \nThis operation started in a south-westerly direction from Lungkong and this morning 600 troops are reported in Wongkung with advanced elements 5 miles from our frontier at Shanchiak. About 12 miles up railway from Shumchun Japanese are in Pingtin.\n\n2,000 refugees mostly women and children have already been arriving at frontier and about 100 men who have got rid of their arms. \nGuerilla leader in this part is Lokuan who has about 1,000 men and a few of 151 Division. \nThese are poorly armed and have little ammunition.\n\n### C. 4. (Telegrams)\nCopies to:- \n- **S. of S.** \n- **C.I.G.S.** \n- **D.C.I.G.S.** \n- **P.U.S.** \n- **D.M.0. & I.** \n- **D.D.M.O.** \n- **D.D.M.I.** \n- **M.0.1A.** \n- **2. 2A.** \n- **M.1.2.** \n- `20` \n- Mr. Howe (F.O.). \n- Cdr. Loly (Admiralty) \n- Sqdn.Ldr.Pelly (Air Ministry). \n- Mr. Gent (Colonial Office).",
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        "content_text": "# SECRET CIPHER\n## TELEGRAM.\n### SE CRE T.\n\nA \n118 \n\nFrom: \n**G.O.C. Hong Kong.**\n\nDesp.2230 25.11.38. Recd.1600 25.11.33. \n\nTo: **The War Office and Intelligence Shanghai.**\n\n**IMPORTANT.**\n\n4724 Cipher 25/11.\n\n**Third Part.**\n\nFollowing identifications of units in South China are from two separate sources and believed exact.\n\n1. Koga and Kawazaki; mobile units of 104 division.\n\n2. Nagano, Hayashida, Yamaziwa and Katayama all 104 division.\n\n3. Yasuda, Oshima, Nishiyama, Doi, Kawazaki (two) form one brigade and attached troops of 5th division operating between Tsengshing and Tsungfa at end of October.\n\n4. Wada, Kamiya and Sakata, units of another brigade of 5th division employed in Bocca Tigris operations at end October.\n\n5. Fujii engineer regiment and Noda infantry regiment, division uncertain.\n\n6. Believed divisional mobile units consisting of one Cavalry and one motorized infantry regiment, apart from divisional tank units, but composition varies.\n\n**Last Part.**\n\nPresent mopping up operations between east river and Hong Kong border appear to be undertaken by 4 columns operating as follows:- 5th divisional unit driving south along Tungkun-Bocca Tigris road: Hasegawa infantry regiment of 18th division operating in area west of railway has occupied Lintsun:",
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        "document_key": "CO129-572-7 Application for permission to construct gunboats at Hong Kong for import into China 2-2-1938 - 27-9-1938",
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        "title": "CO129-572-7 Application for permission to construct gunboats at Hong Kong for import into China 2-2-1938 - 27-9-1938",
        "content_text": "**N.I.D. 2001/38.**\n`53904/38`\n\n**ADMIRALTY, S.W.1**\n\n26 14\n\nThe Director of Naval Intelligence presents his compliments to the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, and has the honour to forward, for his information, the accompanying extract from Naval Notes dated 11th August, 1938, received from the Naval Attache, Tokyo.\n\n(Ital.) \nIntelligence Division, Naval Staff, \nAdmiralty, S.W.1.\n\n27th September, 1938.",
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        "content_text": "## N.I.D. 2001/38\n\nThe Director of Naval Intelligence presents  \nhis compliments to the Under Secretary of State  \nfor the Colonies, and has the honour to forward,  \nfor his information, the accompanying extract  \nfrom Naval Notes dated 11th August, 1938,  \nreceived from the Naval Attache, Tokyo.\n\nIntelligence Division,  \nNaval Staff,  \n`Admiralty, S.W.1.`  \nSeptember, 1938.",
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        "content_text": "# N.I.D. 1527/38\n\n**CONFIDENTIAL**\n\n27 37\n\nThe Director of Naval Intelligence presents his compliments to the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies and has the honour to forward for his information the accompanying extract from Naval Notes (Japan), dated 31st May, 1938, which have been received from the Naval Attaché, Tokyo.\n\nA relevant extract has also been sent to the Foreign Office.\n\nIntelligence Division, Naval Staff, **ADMIRALTY, S.W.1.**\n\n13 July, 1938.",
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        "content_text": "## Distribution List\n\npossible, by measures that do not result in assistance to Chiang Kai Shek regime\n\n`1413/6`\n\n| Position | Initials |\n| --- | --- |\n| 1st Lord | 1st Lord |\n| 1st Sea Lord | 1st S.L. |\n| 2nd Sea Lord | 2nd S.L. |\n| 3rd Sea Lord | 3rd S.L. |\n| 4th Sea Lord | 4th S.L. |\n| Deputy Chief of Naval Staff | D.C.N.S. |\n| Assistant Chief of Naval Staff | A.C.N.S. |\n| Parliamentary Secretary | PARL.SEC. |\n| Civil Lord | CIVIL LORD. |\n| Secretary | SEC. |\n| Naval Secretary | NAV.SE.C |\n| Principal Assistant Secretary (Ships) | P.A.S.(S) |\n| Operations Division (3) | O.D.(3) |\n| Director of Naval Intelligence (6) | D.N.I.(6) |\n|  | M.36(14) |\n| Director of Plans (3) | D. of P.(3) |\n| Director of Signal Division 9 | D.S.D.9 |\n| Officer in Charge (4) | O.I.C.(4) |\n| Deputy Director of Local Defence Division | D.L.D.D. |\n| Deputy Director of Torpedo Division (2) | D.T.D.(2) |\n\n| Department |  |\n| --- | --- |\n| Foreign Office | Foreign Office |\n| War Office | War office |\n| Air Ministry | Air Ministry |\n|  | Co |\n|  | Prof T |\n\nTo be sent by M. Branch) `1413/6`",
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        "document_key": "CO129-585-1 Sino-Japanese conflict- attacks on shipping 25-1-1940 - 2-10-1940",
        "page_number": 347,
        "title": "CO129-585-1 Sino-Japanese conflict- attacks on shipping 25-1-1940 - 2-10-1940",
        "content_text": "50808/10/440.\n\nNaval Intelligence Division,\n\nAdmiralty,\n\nWhitehall, S.W.1.\n\n29th February, 1940.\n\nI enclose copy of the signal I rang you up about.\n\nMy reading is as follows:\n\n* C. in C. in his 02022/25, attached, refers to Chefoo telegram No. 8 and suggests to Shanghai that the incident is closed.\n\nShanghai, in telegram No.171 to F.O., agrees with C. in C's proposal and asks for instructions.\n\nMr. Graham of Hong Kong now forwards text of Chefoo telegram No.8 received today and marks it Important as he realises Admiralty has not until now received this telegram.\n\nI presume F.O. will make a reply. The Admiralty concur with C. in C's proposal to regard the incident as closed.\n\nYours sincerely,\n\nJ. M. Martin\n\nAfter speaking 15th Feb, I have informed P.O. by letter that Mr. Graham is at Chefoo, to have been in communication with Adly and no action by C.O. is required.\n\nJ. Martin\n\n4/3",
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        "content_text": "## 5\n\n(2) Secondary:\n\n-3-\n\n(a) European (Government)\n\n(b) Asiatic (Government, Grant aided and Private)\n\n(c) Vernacular (Government, Grant aided & Private)\n\n(d) Vocational (Technical Mission)\n\n(3) Post-Secondary:\n- Government and Aided\n  (a) Teacher Training College (Govt.)\n  (b) Rural Teacher Training (Govt.)\n  (c) Evening Institute (Govt.)\n  (d) Trade School (Govt.)\n\n5. Appendix 1 shows the number of scholars in each class of school. Appendix 2 shows the distribution of Government and aided schools throughout the Colony. Appendix 3 shows the \"Educational ladder\".\n\n6. Primary Education — Boys (English Schools)\n\nThe education of European children is dealt with separately (Page 9). There are seven Government English primary schools for Non-European boys, one of which is for Indians only, and in addition there are primary divisions in the two Government secondary schools for boys.\n\nAdmission to these schools is obtained by examination and the standard expected is that which should be reached after four years in a local vernacular school. Chinese, arithmetic, and general intelligence form the basis of the tests, and a knowledge of English is not expected. Successful candidates must be under 12 years of age, and they enter Class 8, the lowest division of the primary schools.\n\n(a) The average ages in primary schools are shown as:\n| Class | Age Range |\n| --- | --- |\n| Class 8 | 9-10 years |\n| Class 7 | 10-12 |\n| Class 6 | 11-14 |\n| Class 5 | 12-14 |\n\nAt the end of Class 5, there is a qualifying examination for those who wish to continue their education in Government or Aided secondary schools, and 35 scholarships are open for competition.\n\nIn some of these schools, English is taught as a foreign language up to Class 6, when it becomes the medium of instruction. In others, the medium of instruction is English, with suitable explanations in Chinese, from Class 8 upwards.",
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        "content_text": "## Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty, Whitehall, S.W.1.\n23rd July, 1942.\n\nDear Gent,\n\nThank you very much for your letter of the 22nd July, with the enclosure referring to conditions at Holt's Wharf, Hong Kong.\n\nWe are always very interested in any information which may help us to estimate the present value of Hong Kong to the Japanese, and I shall be very grateful for anything of this kind that you may be able to send me.\n\nYours sincerely,\n**C.M.B., D.S.O., M.C.**\n\nG.E.J. Gent Esq.,\nColonial Office, Downing Street,\nS.W.1.",
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        "content_text": "Hong Kong\n\n5. No. Tel. from bin b.\n\nno-300030/September.\n\n6. Annual Intelligence Division\n\nNote from Chief of Intelligence Staff,\n\nBritish Pacific Fleet No.\n\n264/06.2 of 1/10/45, covering report from Staff Officer (Intelligence) Hong Kong, on political situation in Hong Kong\n\nH\n\n2.10.45\n\n13.10.45\n\n5 have\n\ndread\n\nbeen\n\ncirculated\n\nSee\n\n3\n\n6\n\nCol. Sak, with\n\nher report\n\nMe Carns\n\nHow you\n\nto\n\ninter alia too\n\nf file\n\nThe\n\n6. Man with thanks tam shownia of\n\n24/10\n\nbefore he saw:\n\nKyle wich\n\n23/20\n\n10\n\n7.\n\nb. b., Hong Kong\n\nJet. No. 218 - 25.10.45.",
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        "content_text": "M-A. L. Scott\n\nFar Eastern Department\nForeign Office\n\nWith the compliments of the\n\nDirector of Naval Intelligence.\n\nIn view\n\nBy\n\n28\n\nYou may care to\n\nread the sections on \"Chinese\n\nOpinion in weekly Intelligence\n\nSummaries Nos. 5, 6, 7, 8.\n\nAn Scott 14/12 Thank you. Very\n\ninteresting\n\nNaval Intelligence Division.\n\n194\n\n945\n\nblue\n\ninfo\n\nMiss Huston Colonial Office\n\n(No need to send back).",
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        "content_text": "SECRET.\n\nWEEKLY INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY NO. 7.\n\n1.\n\nJAPANESE\n\n(i) A total of 271 JAPANESE are now under arrest as suspected war criminals. 262 of these are Gendarmes (officers 9, Warrant officers 16, other ranks 237) and the remaining 9 camp staff, judicial staff etc. On evidence collected to date, specific crimes can be attributed to 10 of the suspects. A further 11 Gendarmes are in hospital and have not yet been arrested.\n\n(ii) The two Gendarmes who escaped from SHAMSHUIPO on 26th October have so far not been recaptured. The Gendarme reported in Weekly Intelligence Summary No. 6 as having been recaptured has not yet been satisfactorily identified.\n\n(iii) It is anticipated that by 10th November the transfer of JAPANESE civilians to STANLEY will have been completed, leaving 2,000 Formosans and Koreans still in WITFIELD Barracks. It is hoped to clear WITFIELD entirely by moving these 2,000 persons to ARGYLE Street, provided a further move of JAPANESE from the latter address can be arranged.\n\n(iv) It is understood that the recent order by the General Officer Commanding, HONG KONG, on the subject of treatment of JAPANESE prisoners of war, has resulted in the cessation of complaints by the JAPANESE, who now appear satisfied.\n\n(v) On 5th November, five suspected FORMOSANS were apprehended by Commandos at SAI KUNG in the NEW TERRITORIES. They were sent to KOWLOON Police Station for interrogation, the results of which satisfied the police that there were no grounds for holding them and they were accordingly released. Before the war they were all five in the employ of the CHUNGWA Book Company, KOWLOON. When arrested at SAI KUNG they were on a foraging expedition for food.\n\n2.\n\nCHINESE.\n\n(i) Arrangements have been made for the remainder of the armed CHINESE guerillas to evacuate LANTAO Island by junks to SHA TAU KOK between 6th and 8th November. A force of Commandos will then carry out a search of the island with a view to rounding up possible stragglers and collecting any arms or equipment left behind by the guerillas.\n\n(ii) The disposition of the Chinese 8th Army was as follows on 5th November:\n\nKOWLOON - SHAN CHUN - Army H.Q. and the 308th Regiment of the 103rd Division.\n\nCANTON - 166th Division.\n\nThe 4,000 troops who had arrived in KOWLOON by that date belonged to the 103rd Division, having come from CANTON in a succession of junks which also brought their equipment.\n\nAll personnel of the 8th Army are being staged in GARDEN City, KOWLOON, prior to their embarkation for the North.\n\n(iii) Flag Officers of the Chinese Navy, and their respective areas of command, are known to be as follows:-\n\nSHANGHAI - Admiral CHEN SHAO KAN and Vice Admiral TSUNG.\n\nTSINGTAO - Rear Admiral C.E. SIE.",
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        "content_text": "92\n\nThe clash between the Communist New Fourth Army and the Central Government 70th Division in CHEKIANG, which was reported by YENAN radio on October 6th, is not the first to be reported from this province. CHEKIANG is considered by the KUOMINTANG to be their preserve, but some months previous to the Japanese surrender considerable Communist penetration took place, probably in anticipation of Allied landings on the CHINA coast. In July it was reliably reported that \"generally speaking, Central Government troops and puppets versus Japanese and Communists is a much truer line-up than Central Government and Communists versus Japanese and puppets\". The incident is in any case bid to have unfortunate repercussions in CHUNGKING.\n\nDistribution:-\n\nC-in-C. HONG KONG (1)\n\nCommodore-in-Charge, HONG KONG (5)\n\nG.O.C. Land Forces, HONG KONG (1)\n\nMilitary Administrator, KOWLOON (1)\n\nA.O.C. Air Forces, HONG KONG (1)\n\nChief Civil Affairs Officer, HONG KONG (2)\n\nFlag Officer, Western Area, British Pacific Fleet (2)\n\nF.O.C. 1st Battle Squadron, British Pacific Fleet (\n\nChairman, HONG KONG Joint Intelligence Committee (3)\n\nCol. G. SANSOM, Civil Affairs (3)\n\nLt. Col. P.D. DAVEY, Land Forces (5)\n\nW/Cdr. R.C. HAINE, Royal Air Force (3)\n\nSecretary, HONG KONG Joint Intelligence Committee (3)",
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        "content_text": "The Colonial spis 148\n\nA her san\n\n火\n\nE\n\n544-/42/37/45 7/1/11\n\nWith the compliments of the\n\nDirector of Naval Intelligence.\n\nMom Rusti\n\nim\n\nR\n\n17 OCT 1945\n\nO\n\nNaval Intelligence Division.\n\n13th Octovu 194N",
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        "content_text": "34.\n\nand from members of the Senior Clerical Service in regard to the small number of higher posts to which they can aspire. After considering these representations and obtaining evidence on the present organisation of clerical work within the public service and bearing in mind the policy contained in the Colonial Office White Paper we recommend the discontinuance of the present system of three separate clerical services, one staffed mainly by Chinese officers, one by local non-Chinese officers and one by European officers and the substitution therefor of a General Clerical Service open to candidates of all races. For this service we recommend that new candidates should be selected by competitive examination which should only be open to persons in possession of the Hong Kong School Leaving Certificate or some higher qualification. We consider that this competitive examination should include an intelligence test and should not be exclusively in prescribed subjects. We have proposed a two-year period of probation during which time probationer clerks should be given the opportunity of training both in clerical and accounting duties. On the clerical side probationer clerks would be required to have a reasonable knowledge of General Orders and of Governmental routine. On the accounting side they should be given the opportunity of learning the principles of bookkeeping and of the Government accounting system. At the end of their probationer period, we recommend that they should be required to pass an examination in these subjects before being admitted to the permanent establishment.\n\n82.\n\nWe recommend the division of the General Clerical Service into four grades: grade III on a scale rising from $1800 per annum to $2580; grade II from $2760 to $4200; grade I from $4500 to $6000; and a special grade from $6360 to $8160. Each grade should be separated by a promotion bar, but the ratio of posts in grades I and II to those in grade III should be such as to ensure that a clerk of reasonable efficiency could look forward to reaching the top of grade I before retirement even if he did not receive further promotion. We recommend that promotion to the special grade should be reserved for clerks of exceptional merit, including those with long service and excellent records who may not be suitable for promotion to the executive grade referred to below and those who have specialised in interpreting, shorthand or accounting. We anticipate that in the course of time the necessity for retaining this grade except for specialists will tend to disappear in view of the opportunity for promotion from the General Clerical Service to the executive grade.\n\n42",
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        "content_text": "`18152/17/49`\n\n**Colonial Office,  \nStatistics Department,  \nSanctuary Buildings, Great Smith Street,  \nS.W.1.**\n\n11th May, 1949\n\n18 2\n\nDear Brown,\n\nIn a letter of the 28th of April 1947, your reference `53823/2/47`, signed by Fenelon, your Department supplied certain information for transmission to Hong Kong. I have been asked to bring this information up-to-date, and I am writing to enquire if you could be kind enough to supply us with this.\n\nYours sincerely,\n\n(K. V. FRANCIS)\n\nC. J. Brown, Esquire  \nStatistics and Intelligence Division,  \nMinistry of Food,  \nPortman Sq., W.1.  \nPortman Court,",
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        "content_text": "# \nand \nand from members of the Senior Clerical Service in regard to the small number of higher posts to which they can aspire. After considering these representations and obtaining evidence on the present organisation of clerical work within the public service and bearing in mind the policy contained in the Colonial Office White Paper, we recommend the discontinuance of the present system of three separate clerical services, one staffed mainly by Chinese officers, one by local non-Chinese officers, and one by European officers, and the substitution therefor of a General Clerical Service open to candidates of all races. For this service, we recommend that new candidates should be selected by competitive examination, which should only be open to persons in possession of the Hong Kong School Leaving Certificate or some higher qualification. We consider that this competitive examination should include an intelligence test and should not be exclusively in prescribed subjects. We have proposed a two-year period of probation during which time probationer clerks should be given the opportunity of training both in clerical and accounting duties. On the clerical side, probationer clerks would be required to have a reasonable knowledge of General Orders and of Governmental routine. On the accounting side, they should be given the opportunity of learning the principles of bookkeeping and of the Government accounting system. At the end of their probationary period, we recommend that they should be required to pass an examination in these subjects before being admitted to the permanent establishment.\n\n## \nWe recommend the division of the General Clerical Service into four grades - Grade III on a scale rising from $1800 per annum to $2580, Grade II from $2760 to $4200, Grade I from $4500 to $6000, and a special grade from $6360 to $8160. Each grade should be separated by a promotion bar, but the ratio of posts in Grades I and II to those in Grade III should be such as to ensure that a clerk of reasonable efficiency could look forward to reaching the top of Grade I before retirement, even if he did not receive further promotion. We recommend that promotion to the special grade should be reserved for clerks of exceptional merit, including those with long service and excellent records who may not be suitable for promotion to the executive grade referred to below, and those who have specialised in interpreting, shorthand, or accounting. We anticipate that in the course of time, the necessity for retaining this grade, except for specialists, will tend to disappear in view of the opportunity for promotion from the General Clerical Service to the executive grade.",
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        "content_text": "## APPENDIX B\n\n## LIST OF FORMER LECTURERS AND STUDENTS OF THE SCHOOL OF ORIENTAL AND AFRICAN STUDIES MET ON THE TOUR\n\n### Abbreviations\n\n1. C.A.C: Civil Affairs Course\n2. C.C: Civilian Course\n3. S.C: Service Course\n4. S.S.C: State Scholarship Course\n\n| Name | Course/Position | Organization/Location |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Abdullah bin Mhd. Ali | Lecturer in Malay | District Officer, M.C.S. |\n| Akers, Captain R.L | C.A.C., Malay | Irrigation and Drainage Department, M.C.S., Krian, Perak |\n| Armstrong, Captain C. | S.S.C., Chinese | ALFSEA, Singapore |\n| Baker-Carr, D.A. | C.C., Chinese | British American Tobacco Co., Peiping |\n| Bell, F/O D.W.E. | S.C., Chinese | RAF Mess, Peiping |\n| Bentley, A. | C.C., Chinese | Hongkong |\n| Barnes, Lieutenant J. | S.C., Chinese | c/o Land Forces, Hongkong |\n| Blofeld, J. | C.C., Chinese | Chinese Government Scholar, Peiping and part-time British Council |\n| Blount, Captain J.D. | S.C., Japanese | Translator, International Prosecution Section, SCAP |\n| Brazier, J.A. | C.A.C., Malay | Trades Union Adviser, Malayan Union, Kuala Lumpur |\n| Brickley, Captain S. | S.C., Japanese | c/o War Crimes, Tokyo |\n| Brown, A.A.L. | S.C., Japanese | SEATIC, Johore Bahru |\n| Brown, F/O J.E.C. | S.C., Japanese | BCAIR, Iwakuni, Japan |\n| Brownrigg, Captain L.P. | C.A.C., Malay | Malay College, Kuala Kangsar |\n| Byrne, Lieutenant E. | S.C., Chinese Hokkien | Singapore |\n| Chambers, Mrs. W.B. | Lecturer in Malay | Sultan Idris Training College, Tanjong Malim, Malaya |\n| Cheeseman, S/Ldr. W.G. | S.C., Japanese | CSDIC, Kure, Japan |\n| Chua, Mrs. F. | C.C., Chinese Cantonese | Chinese High School, Singapore |\n| Clarke, Major W. | Instructor in Japanese | War Crimes, Tokyo |\n| Cooper, Major J. | S.C., Chinese | ALFSEA, Singapore |\n| Cortazzi, F/Lt. H.A.H. | S.C., Japanese | Area Security Office, Iwakuni, Japan |\n| Currie, Captain G. | S.S.C., Japanese | GSO III, Intelligence Corps, HQ, British and Indian Division, BCOF, Japan |",
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