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        "content_text": "\n\nT. M. C. C. \n\n1 Alum \n\nper 100 catties 0 1 0 \n\n2 Aniseed, Star \n\nditto \n\nDitto, Oil of. \n\nditto \n\nRice Paper Pictures \n\n3 Arsenic \n\nditto \n\n40 Paper Fans. \n\n4 Bangles (or Glass Armlets) \n\ndifto \n\n41 Paper of all kinds \n\n5 Bamboo Screens and Bam- \n\nboo Ware of all kinds \n\nditto \n\n6 Brass Leaf \n\nditto \n\n7 Building Materials \n\nDuty free. \n\n8 Bone and Horn Ware \n\nper 100 catties 1 0 0 h \n\nditto \n\n43 Preserves and Sweet- \n\nmeats of all kinds 44 Rattan work of all kinds 45 Rhubarb \n\n46 Silk, Raw, whether from \n\nper thousand \n\nf \n\nper 100 catties 0 3 \n\nditto \n\nChekiang, Canton, or elsewhere, all kinds Coarse, or refuse of \n\nditto \n\nSilk \n\nDitto Oil. \n\nditto \n\n13 China Root \n\nditto \n\n14 China Ware, all kinds \n\nditto \n\nOrganzine, all kinds Ribbons, Thread, &c., \n\n&c. \n\n+ \n\n+ \n\n15 Clothes (ready made). \n\nditto \n\n16 Copper Ware, Pewter \n\nditto, &c. \n\nditto \n\nSatins, \n\nPongees, \n\nof all kinds \n\n19 Cubebs \n\n17 Corals (or False Coral) \n\n18 Crackers and Fire-works \n\n20 Fans (as Feather Fans, &c.) \n\nditto \n\nVelvets, Crapes, \n\nLutestrings, &c., &e. \n\nTARIFF OF DUTIES ON THE FOREIGN TRADE WITH CHINA. \n\n9 Camphor \n\n10 Canes of all kinds \n\n11 Capoor Cutchery \n\n12 Cassia \n\nDitto Buds \n\nEstablished in pursuance of Article X of the Treaty, \n\n* O \n\nපප \n\nNO BOO 10 3 ICONS \n\nEXPORTS. \n\nපල \n\n39 Pictures, viz., large Paint- \n\nings \n\n42 Pearls, (ie., false Pearls) \n\nSilk Piece goods of all \n\nkinds, as Silks, \n\nCoooo \n\nOOOO \n\n10 O \n\nOOO \n\nOO \n\nOO \n\n6 Camphor (Malay), first \n\nquality, clean. Cainphor, second quality, \n\nrefuse \n\n7 Cloves, first quality, picked Ditto, second ditto, mother 8 Clocks, Watches, Spy- Glasses, all kinds of Writing-Desks, Dress- ing Boxes, Cutlery, Perfumery, &c., &c. \n\n9 Canvas, 30 a 40 yards long, 24 a 31 inches wide \n\n10 Cochineal \n\n11 Cornelians \n\nDitto Beads \n\n12 Cotton \n\n13 Cotton Manufactures, viz.. \n\nLong Cloths, white, 30 a 40 yards long, 30 a 36 inches wide Cambricksand Muslins, \n\n20 a 24 yards long, 40 a 46 inches wide Grey or Unbleached Cottons, viz.:- \n\nLong Cloths, Domes- tics, &c., &c., 30 a 40 yards long, 28 a 40 inches wide \n\nGrey Twilled Cottons, \n\n30 a 40 yards long, 28 a 40 inches wide Chintz and Prints of \n\nper catty \n\nditto \n\nper 100 catties ditto \n\nper piece per 100 catties \n\nT. M. C. c. \n\nلمو \n\nCoo \n\nපය \n\n27 Linen, fine, as Irish or Scotch, yards long, \n\ninches wide \n\nCoarse Linen, as Linen and Cotton Mixtures, \n\nSilk and Linen Mix- tures, &c. &c. \n\n+ \n\n28 Mace, or Flower of Nut- \n\nTeg \n\nT. M. C. c. \n\n. per piece \n\nper \n\ncent. ad valorem. \n\n29 Mother of Pearl Shells 30 Metals, viz.:~ \n\nCopper, \n\nper \n\ncent, ad valorem. \n\nper 100 catties \n\nditto \n\n་ \n\nunmanufac- \n\nT. M. C. C \n\ntured, as in pigs \n\nditto \n\nCopper, manufactured, \n\neach \n\nper 100 pictures 0 \n\nper 100 catties \n\nditto \n\nper 100 stones 5 0 0 per 100 catties 10 0 0 0 \n\nditto \n\n5 0 0 } \n\nas in sheets, rods \n\nditto \n\nIron, unmanufactured, \n\nas in pigs \n\nditto \n\nIron, manufactured, as \n\nditto \n\nin bars, rods, &c. \n\nditto \n\nLead in pigs, or manu- \n\nditto \n\nfactured. \n\nditto \n\nditto \n\nper piece \n\nditto \n\nditto \n\nditto \n\nQuicksilver \n\nSteel, nomanufactured Tin. \n\nTin Plates \n\nUnenumerated Metals. \n\nditto \n\nditto \n\nditto \n\nditto \n\n10 per cent. ad valorem. \n\nditto \n\n31 Nutmegs, first quality, or \n\ncleaned \n\nper 100 catties \n\nditto \n\nNutmegs, second quality, \n\nor uncleaned \n\nditto \n\nمسر \n\nditto \n\nditto \n\n32 Pepper \n\n+ \n\nditto \n\n33 Putchuck \n\nditto \n\n34 Rattans \n\nditto \n\nditto \n\nditto \n\nditto \n\nditto \n\nditto \n\n21 Furniture of all kinds \n\nditto \n\n22 Galingal \n\nditto \n\n23 Gamboge \n\nditto \n\nO-HOON \n\nO-NOG NI \n\nN.B.-Theadditional \n\nOOOOO \n\nDuty of so much \n\nall kinds, 20 & 30 yards long, 25 a 31 \n\ninches wide \n\nditto \n\nper piece, hitherto \n\nHandkerchiefs under 1 \n\n35 Rice, Paddy, and Grain of \n\nall kinds \n\n36 Rose Maloes. \n\n37 Saltpetre (to be sold to Government Agents only) \n\nDuty Free. \n\n- per 100 catties 1 0 0 0 \n\nditto \n\nlevied, to be hence- \n\nyard square \n\neach \n\n0 0 I 0 \n\n38 Shark's Fins, first quality, \n\n24 Glass, and Glass Ware \n\nof all kinds \n\nditto \n\n25 Glass Beads \n\nditto \n\n26 Glue (as Fish-glue, &c.) \n\nditto \n\n27 Grass Cloth, all kinds. \n\nditto \n\n28 Hartall \n\nditto \n\n29 Ivory Ware, all kinds \n\n☺☺☺- OL \n\n' \n\nditto \n\n☺5 – O C \n\nforth abolished. \n\n47 Silk and Cotton mix- \n\nJenmixtures, and goods \n\ntures, Silk and Wool- \n\nHandkerchiefs above 1 \n\nyard square \n\nor White \n\nL \n\nditto \n\n1 0 0 ย \n\nditto \n\nShark's Fins, second qua- \n\nGinghams, Pallicates, \n\nlity or Black \n\nditto \n\nમ 5 0 0 \n\nof such classes \n\nditto \n\n48 Shoes and Boots, of \n\nLeather, Satin, or otherwise \n\nditto \n\n49 Sandal Wood Ware \n\nditto \n\n30 Kittysols, or Paper Um- \n\nbrellas \n\n50 Soy. \n\nditto \n\nditto \n\n31 Lacquered Ware, all kinds \n\nditto \n\n32 Lead (White Lead) \n\nditto \n\n33 Lead (Red Lead) \n\nditto \n\n34 Marble Slabs \n\nditto \n\n1215 O \n\n51 Silver and Gold Ware \n\nditto \n\n52 Sugar, white and brown \n\nditto \n\n53 Sugar Candy, all kinds \n\nditto \n\n54 Tin Foil \n\nditto \n\n55 Tea . \n\nditto \n\n35 Mats, (straw, rattan, \n\n56 Tobacco of all kinds \n\nditto \n\nbamboo, &c. &c.) \n\nditto \n\n36 Mother o'Pearl Ware 37 Musk \n\nditto \n\nper catty \n\nON COLO \n\n57 Turmeric \n\nditto \n\n58 Tortoise-Shell Ware \n\nditto \n\n59 Trunks (of Leather) \n\nditto \n\n000000ONOOOO \n\nNO+O21 20 US LO EN CON \n\nDyed Cottons, Velve- teens, Silk and Cotton Mixtures, Woollen \n\nand Cotton Mixtures, and all kinds of Fancy Goods not in current consumption. \n\n14 Cotton Yarn and Cotton \n\nThread \n\n39 Skins and Furs, viz. \n\nCow and Ox Hides, \n\ntanned, and untanned \n\nditto \n\nSea Otter Skins \n\neach \n\nFox Skins, large- \n\nditto \n\nFox Skins, small \n\nditto \n\nසපප \n\n5 per cent. ad valorem \n\nTiger, Leopard, and \n\nMartin Skins \n\nditto \n\n15 Cow Bezoar \n\nper 100 catties 0 per catty \n\n16 Cutch \n\nper 100 catties \n\nඅපය \n\nLand Otter, Racoon, \n\nand Shark's Skins \n\nper hundred \n\nBeaver skins \n\nditto \n\n17 Elephant's Teeth, first \n\nHare, Rabbit, and Er- \n\nquality, whole \n\nditto \n\nmine \n\nditto \n\nElephant's Teeth, second \n\n40 Smalts \n\nper 100 catties \n\nquality, broken \n\nditto \n\n18 Fish Maws \n\nditto \n\nper 100 catties \n\n38 Nankeen, and Cotton \n\nCloth of all kinds \n\n[Articles unenumerated in this Tariff, to pay a duty of 5 per cent, ad valorem.] \n\n60 Treasure, ie., Coin of \n\nall kinds \n\n19 Flints \n\nditto \n\n41 Soap \n\nditto \n\n42 Stock Fish, &c. \n\nditto \n\n43 Sea Horse Teeth \n\nditto \n\nFree. \n\n20 Glass, Glass Ware, and \n\n61 Vermilion \n\nditto \n\nCrystal Ware, of all \n\n44 Treasure and Money of all \n\nkinds \n\nPapers \n\nFree. \n\nkinds. \n\nper cent. ad valorem \n\n21 Gambier \n\n. per 100 catties 0 1 5 0 \n\n22 Ginseng, first quality \n\nditto \n\nDitto second ditto, or \n\nrefuse \n\nditto \n\nIn Cask \n\n45 Wine, Beer, Spirits, &c. \n\nIn Quart Bottles. \n\nIn Pint \n\n- per 100 bottles \n\nditto \n\nધ 5 \n\n⚫ per 100 catties 0 5 \n\nditto \n\nIMPORTS. \n\n23 Gold and Silver Thread :——— first quality, or real second ditto, or imitation \n\n. per catty \n\nditio \n\n1 Assafoetida \n\nf memo \n\nT. M. \n\nC. \n\nT. M. C. C. \n\nper 100 catties \n\n2 Bees' Wax \n\nditto \n\n3 Betel Nut \n\nditto \n\nCom \n\n5 Birds Nests, first quality, \n\ncleaned. \n\nper 100 catties 5 \n\nBirds' Nests, second qua \n\n4 Bicho de Mar, first quality, \n\nlity, good middling \n\nditto \n\nor blk. \n\nditto \n\nBicho de Mar, second \n\nBirds' Nests, third quality, \n\nuncleaned \n\nditto \n\nquality, or wht. \n\nditto \n\n24 Gums, Benjamin \n\nOlibanum. Myrrhi \n\nGums, unenumerated \n\n25 Horns, Bullocks' and Buf- \n\nfalos' \n\n26 Horns, Unicorns' or Rhi- \n\nnoceros' \n\nper 100 catties \n\nI 0 0 0 \n\nditto \n\nอ 5 0 h \n\nditto \n\n10 per cent. ad valorem \n\nper 100 catties 2 0 0 \n\nditto \n\n46 Woods, namely:--- \n\nEbony \n\nSandal Wood \n\nSapan Wood \n\nUnenumerated Woods \n\n47 Woollen Manufactures, viz.:- \n\nBroad Cloths, Spanish \n\nStripes, Habit Cloth, \n\n&c., 51 a 64 inches \n\nwide \n\n10 per cent. ad valorem. \n\nper Chang of 141 inches 0 1 5 0 \n\nditto \n\nA 1 5 0 \n\nditto \n\nD \n\nditto \n\n",
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        "content_text": "\n\ncations, with a diligent pursuit of every thing that is good and right: they need entertain no apprehension of being hereafter dragged forward, nor yield in consequence to any fears or suspicions. \n\nWith reference to the arrangements which the High Commissioner and his colleagues have made in regard to duties, every thing has been done with a single eye to a just impartiality: all merchants, then, whether of China or of foreign countries, are called upon to consider the many pains that the High Commissioner and his colleagues have taken, and by all means to abide in the quiet pursuit of their respective callings, and in the enjoyment of so auspicious a peace. From henceforward amity and goodwill shall ever con- tinue, and those from afar and those who are near shall perpetually rejoice together. Such is the fervent hope of the High Commissioner and his col- leagues; and in this hope they command implicit obedience to what is now thus specially promulgated. \n\nA true Translation, \n\n(Signed) J. ROBT. MORRISON, \n\nChinese Secretary and Interpreter. \n\nTARIFF OF DUTIES ON THE FOREIGN TRADE WITH CHINA. \n\n1 Assafoetida \n\n2 Rees' Wax \n\n3 Betel Nut. \n\n4 Bicho de Mar, first quality, \n\nor blk. \n\nBicho de Mar, second \n\nquality, or wht. \n\n5 Birds' Nests, first quality, \n\ncleaned \n\nIMPORTS. \n\nEXPORTS. \n\nT. M. C. c. \n\n1 Alum \n\nper 100 catties \n\n2 Aniseed, Star \n\nditto \n\nDitto, \n\nOil of. \n\nditto \n\n3 Arsenic \n\nditto \n\n4 Bangles (or Glass Armlets) \n\nditto \n\n50000 O \n\nT. M. C. c. \n\n39 Pictures, viz., large Paint- \n\nings \n\neachi \n\nI \n\nප \n\n? \n\nRice Paper Pictures \n\nper 100 pictures 0 \n\n40 Paper Fans \n\nper 100 catties \n\n12 Cotton \n\n41 Paper of all kinds \n\nditto \n\n་ \n\n5 Bamboo Screens and Bam- \n\n42 Pearls, (ie.,false Pearls) \n\nditto \n\nQ \n\nboo Ware of all kinds \n\nditto \n\n43 Preserves and Sweet- \n\n6 Brass leaf \n\nditto \n\nmeats of all kinds. \n\nditto \n\n7 Building Materials \n\nDuty free. \n\n44 Rattan work of all kinds \n\nditto \n\n12 Cassia \n\n8 Bone and Horn Ware \n\n9 Camphor \n\n+ \n\n10 Canes of all kinds \n\n11 Capoor Cutchery \n\nDitto Buds \n\nper 100 catties \n\n45 Rhubarb . \n\nditto \n\nONS \n\nditto \n\nper thousand \n\nper 100 catties \n\nditto \n\nditto \n\nDitto Oil \n\nditto \n\n13 China Root \n\nditto \n\n14 China Ware, all kinds \n\nditto \n\n15 Clothes (ready made). \n\nditto \n\nDOOHOOO \n\n10 OOND 10 \n\n46 Silk, Raw, whether from \n\nditto \n\nChekiang, Canton, or \n\nelsewhere, all kinds \n\nditto \n\nCoarse, or refuse of \n\nSilk \n\nditto \n\nOrganzine, all kinds \n\nditto \n\nRibbons, Thread, &c., \n\nditto \n\n&c. \n\nditto \n\nSilk Piece goods of all \n\n16 Copper Ware, Pewter \n\nditto, &c, \n\nditto \n\n17 Corals (or False Coral) \n\nditto \n\nසප \n\n18 Crackers and Fire-Works \n\nof all kinds \n\nditto \n\n19 Cubebs \n\nditto \n\n20 Fans (as Feather Fans, &c.) \n\nditto \n\n21 Furniture of all kinds. \n\nditto \n\n22 Galingal \n\nditto \n\n23 Gamboge \n\nditto \n\nNOON-O \n\nCITODA \n\nkinds, as Silks, Satins, Pongees, Velvets, Crapes, Lutestrings, &c., &c. N.B.-The additional Duty of so much per piece. hitherto levied, to be hence- \n\nforth abolished, \n\n47 Silk and Cotton mix- \n\nditto \n\nall kinds, 20 a 30 \n\nCamphor, second quality, \n\nrefuse. \n\n7 Cloves, first quality, picked per \n\nDitto, second ditto, mother \n\n8 Clocks, Watches, Spy- \n\nGlasses, all kinds of Writing-Desks, Dress- ing Boxes, Cutlery, Perfumery, &c., &c. \n\n9 Canvas, 30 a 40 yards long, 24 a 31 inches wide \n\n10 Cochineal \n\n11 Cornelians \n\nDitto Beads \n\n13 Cotton Manufactures, viz,: \n\nLong Cloths, white, 30 \n\na 40 yards long, 30. a 36 inches wide Cambricks and Muslins, \n\n20 a 24 yards long, 40 a 46 inches wide Grey or Unbleached \n\nCottons, viz.: \n\nLong Cloths, Domes- \n\nties, &c., &c., 30 a 40 yards long, 28 a 40 inches wide. \n\nGrey Twilled Cottons, \n\n30 a 40 yards long, \n\n28 a 40 inches wide Chiutz and Prints of \n\n5 per cent. ad valorem. \n\nper piece \n\nO5000 \n\nper 100 catties per 100 stones per 100 catties 10 \n\nditto \n\nper piece \n\nand Cotton Mixtures, Silk and Linen Mix- tures, &c. &c. \n\n28 Mace, or Flower of Nut- \n\nmeg \n\n་ \n\n29 Mother of Pearl Shells \n\n30 Metals, viz. :- \n\nCopper, \n\nunmanufac- \n\nTin. \n\nTin Plates. \n\nUnenumerated Metals. \n\n35 Rice, Paddy, and Grain of \n\nall kinds \n\n5 per cent. ad valorem. \n\nper 100 catties ditto \n\nසපපප \n\nපපප \n\nT. M. \n\nper 100 catties \n\nditto \n\nditto \n\nC. \n\n22 Ginseng, first quality \n\nditto \n\nditto \n\nditto \n\nBirds' Nests, second qua- \n\nlity, good middling. Birds' Nests, third quality, \n\nuncleaned \n\nditto \n\n૭ ા \n\nditto \n\n6 Camphor (Malay), first \n\nquality, clean. \n\nDitto second ditto, or \n\nrefuse \n\n23 Gold and Silver Thread:- \n\nfirst quality, or real \n\nsecond ditto, or imitation \n\n24 Gums, Benjamin \n\nOlibanum Myrrh \n\nGums, unenumerated \n\n25 Horns, Bullocks' and Buf- \n\nfalos' \n\n26 Horus, Unicorns' or Rhi- \n\nnoceros' \n\nditto \n\nper catty \n\n10 per cent. ad valorem \n\nper 100 catties 2 0 0 0 \n\nT. M. \n\n+ \n\nper 100 catties \n\nC. 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        "content_text": "\n\nCorresponding to No. \n\nin Alphabetical, i, e., \n\nEnglish List \n\nCorresponding to No. \n\nin Alphabetical, i, e., English List. \n\nARTICLES. \n\nWriting Desks \n\nClass XII.-Imported Wines, Preserves, Spirits, &c. \n\nDressing Cases \n\nWine and Beer, in quart bottles \n\nJewellery of Gold and Silver \n\nCutlery, Swords, &c. . \n\nAll the foregoing, and any other miscellaneous articles of the same description, 5 per cent. ad valorem. \n\nClass IX.-Gold and Silver Bullion, and Specie. \n\nDuty free \n\nClass X-Imported Cotton, Fabrics of Cotton, &C. &C. Canvas Cotton \n\nLead, in pigs, or manufactured \n\nSteel, unmanufactured \n\nTin. \n\n\" \n\nin pint bottles in cask \n\n\" \n\nClass XIII-Imported Metals. \n\nARTICLES. \n\nCopper, unmanufactured as in pigs \n\nmanufactured as in sheets, rods, &c. Iron, unmanufactured as in pigs . \n\nmanufactured as in bars, rods, &c. \n\nTin Plates, not formerly in the Tariff \n\nLong Cloth, white, formerly divided into superior \n\nand inferior fine cotton cloth \n\nAll other Metals, as Zinc, Yellow Copper, &c., not herein enumerated, 10 per cent, ad valorem. \n\nCambrics and Muslins \n\nCottons, grey, or unbleached, domestic, &c., for- \n\nClass XIV-Imported Jewellery. \n\nmerly classed as coarse long cloth \n\nARTICLES. \n\nTwilled Cottons, grey \n\nCornelians \n\nChintz and Prints, of all kinds \n\nCornelian Beads \n\nCotton Yarn and Cotton Thread \n\nBullock's and Buffalo's Horns \n\n+ \n\nARTICLES, \n\n+ \n\n+ \n\nLinen, fine, not formerly in the Tariff \n\nBunting \n\nAll other imported articles of this class, as Ginghams, Pullicates, Dyed Cottons, Vel- veteens, Silk and Cotton Mixtures, Coarse Linen, and Mixtures of Cotton and Linen, &c., &c., 5 per cent. ad valorem. \n\nClass XI-Imported Fabrics of Woollen, Silk, &c. &c. \n\nHandkerchiefs, large \n\nsmall \n\nGold and Silver Thread, superior or real \n\nNarrow Cloths, as Long Ells, Cassimeres, &c. &c. 47 \n\nWoollen Yarn \n\nBlankets \n\nClass XV-Imported Skins, Teeth, Horns, &c. \n\nCow and Ox hides, tanned and untanned Sea-Otter Skins \n\nFox Skins, large and small \n\nTiger, Leopard, and Martin Skins Land-Otter, Racoon, and Shark Skins Beaver Skins \n\nHare, Rabbit, and Ermine Skins \n\nElephant's Teeth, 1st quality, whole \n\nAll new goods imported, which it has not been practicable to include herein, 5 per cent. ad valorem. \n\nAll Foreign Rice, and other Grain, duty free \n\nSea Horse Teeth \n\ninferior, or imitation \n\n>> \n\nBroad Cloth, Spanish Stripes, &c. \n\nCamlets (Dutch) \n\nCamlets \n\nImitation Camlets or Bombazettes \n\nAll other fabrics of wool, or of mixed wool and \n\nsilk, wool and cotton, &c. 5 per cent, ad valorem. \n\nShipping Dues. \n\n2nd \n\nbroken \n\nClass XVI. \n\nClass XVII. \n\nThese have hitherto been charged upon the measurement of the ship's length and breadth, at so much per chang: but it is now agreed to alter the system, and charge according to the registered statement of the number of tons of cargo the ship may carry. On each ton (reckoned equal to the cubic contents of 122 tow,) a shipping charge of five mace is to be levied and all the old charges of measurement, entrance and port-clearance fees, daily and monthly fees, &c., are to be abolished. \n\nTaoukwang, 33rd year, 8th month, \n\n(July 1843. \n\nGov.-Genl \n\nL. 8. \n\nL S \n\nof \n\nof \n\nthe Supt. \n\nof \n\nCustoms. \n\nof the \n\nTwo Kwang: \n\nL. S. \n\nof \n\nHigh \n\nCommis- sioner. \n\nL. S: of Governor \n\nof Canton. \n\nday. \n\n(A true abstract-reference numbers to the Alphabetic List being inserted in place of the amounts of duty, those amounts having been carefully compared and found correct.) \n\n(Signed) J. ROBT. MORRISON, \n\nChinese Secretary and Interpreter. \n\nGENERAL REGULATIONS, under which the British Trade is to be conducted at the Five Ports of Canton, Amoy, Foochow, Ningpo, and Shanghai. \n\n1. Pilots. \n\nI. Pilots to be \n\nWHENEVER a British merchantman shall arrive off any of the five ports opened to trade, viz., Canton, Foochow, Amoy, Ningpo, or Shanghai, granted imme- pilots shall be allowed to take her immediately into port; and in like diately; and manner, when such British ship shall have settled all legal duties and charges, and is about to return home, pilots shall be immediately granted to \n\ntake her out to sea, without any stoppage or delay. \n\nRegarding the remuneration to be given these pilots, that will be Remuneration to equitably settled by the British Consul appointed to each particular port, be settled at each who will determine it with due reference to the distance gone over, the port. risk run, &c. \n\n11. Custom-house Guards. \n\nII. One or two. \n\nThe Chinese Superintendent of Customs at each port will adopt the means that he may judge most proper to prevent the revenue suffering by Custom-house fraud or smuggling. Whenever the pilot shall have brought any British guards to be at merchantman into port, the Superintendent of Customs will depute one or \n\ntached to each ship.. two trusty Custom-house officers, whose duty it will be to watch against frauds on the revenue. These will either live in a boat of their own, or stay \n\non board the English ship, as may best suit their convenience. Their food No fees to be and expenses will be supplied them from day to day from the Custom-house, charged for their and they may not exact any fees whatever from either the Commander or maintenance. Consignee. Should they violate this regulation, they shall be punished proportionately to the amount so exacted. \n\nIII. Masters of Ships reporting themselves on arrival. \n\nWhenever a British vessel shall have cast anchor at any one of the above-mentioned ports, the Captain will, within four and twenty hours after made to, and ships' III. Report to be arrival, proceed to the British Consulate, and deposit his ship's papers, bills papers, &c., to be of lading, manifest, &c., in the hands of the Consul; failing to do which, he deposited with, the will subject himself to a penalty of two hundred dollars. \n\nConsul. For presenting a false manifest, the penalty will be five hundred For false manifest: Penalty for neglect; dollars. \n\nFor breaking bulk and commencing to discharge, before due permission And for breaking shall be obtained, the penalty will be five hundred dollars, and confiscation bulk before per- of the goods so discharged. \n\nmitted. \n\nCommunication of \n\nThe Consul, having taken possession of the ship's papers, will imme- diately send a written communication to the Superintendent of Customs, arrival to the specifying the register tonnage of the ship, and the particulars of the cargo Superintendent of she has on board; all of which being done in due form, permission will then Customs. be given to discharge, and the duties levied as provided for in the Tariff. \n\nIV. Commercial Dealings between English and Chinese Merchants. \n\nIV. Mode of ì \n\nIt having been stipulated that English merchants may trade with what- ever native merchants they please,-should any Chinese merchant fraudu- proceeding against lently abscond or incur debts which he is unable to discharge, the Chinese fraudulent debtors, authorities, upon complaint being made thereof, will of course do their utmost agents, &c. \n\nto bring the offender to justice; it must, however, be distinctly understood, that if the defaulter really cannot be found, or be dead, or bankrupt, and there be not wherewithal to pay, the English merchants may not appeal to the former custom of the Hong Merchants paying for one another, and can no longer expect to have their losses made good to them. \n\nPußers",
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        "content_text": "\nTHE FRIEND OF CHIN, AND HONG-KONG GAZETTE. \n\nCorresponding to lo., \n\nCorresponding to No, \n\nTHE FRIEND OF CHINA AND HONGKONG GAZETTE \n\nCorresponding to No. \n\nin Alphabetical, i, e. \n\nEnglish List \n\nbroken Class XVI--All new goods imported, which it has not been practicable to include herein. 5 per cent. að valoren. \n\nClass XVII-All forsign rice, and other grain, Duty Free \n\nSHIPPING DUES THESE bave hitherto been charged upon the measurement of the Ships || length and breadth, at so much per change but it is now agreed to alter the System, and charged according to the registeed statement of the number of tons of Carga the Ship may carry. On each ten (reckoned equal to the cubic contents of 122 tow,) a Shipping charge of 5 Mars is to be levied: and all the old charges of measurement, entrance and port clearance fees, daily and Monthly ices. &ro., are to be abolished \n\nTaowkwang, 33rd year, 8th Month. day. (July \n\nL. S. \n\nI.. S. \n\nof \n\nol \n\nthe Supt. \n\nGuy.Genl. \n\nel the \n\nTwo Kwang \n\nCasures \n\nL. 5. \n\nरहने \n\nHigh \n\nCavathis. Funer \n\n1849.) \n\nL. 8. ไม่ \n\nGovernor \n\nCanton \n\nin Alphabetical i, e. \n\nin Alphabetical e, \n\nEnglish Last \n\nEnglish List. \n\nRattan ware, rattan and bamboo work Sandal-wood ware \n\nClass IV-Importel Sundries. \n\nتھ \n\nWints \n\nGold and Silver ware, formerly divided into \n\nMother of Peart shells \n\nBullock's and Ruffalo's Horns Cow and Ox hides, tanned and untanned \n\nClass XV Fraported Skins, Teeth, Horns, &c. \n\nSea otter skins \n\nGold ware, and Silver ware \n\nTortoise shell ware \n\nClass V-Imported Dried Meats, &c. \n\nARTICLES. \n\nFox skras, larve and small \n\nLeather Trunks and Boxes \n\nClass VII-Exported Woods. Cares, &c. Canes or walking sticks of all kinds \n\nBird's nests, 1st quality cleaned Bird's nest 2nd quality, good middling \n\ndo., uncleanci 3rd Bicho de Mar 1st do, black 2nd do,, white \n\nTiger, Leopard, sad Martin skins Land Otter, Racoon, and Shark skius Beaver skine \n\nRD \n\nD \n\nARTICLES. \n\nHare, Rabbit, and Ermine skine \n\n+1; \n\nSea Horm Tued) \n\nClass VIII-Exported articles of Clothing, Wearing apparel, whether of Cotton, woollen, or silk, formerly divided into Cotton clothing. Woollén do., Silk and Sutin do,, and Velvet do, Boots and Shoes, whether of leather Satin, or \n\notherwise \n\nElephant's Teeth, 1st quality, whole \n\nShark's as, 1st dn, white 2ud do, black \n\nJ7 \n\nStock Gsh and dried fish \n\nFish: maws, not formerly in the Tariff \n\nClass VI.--Imported Painter's Stores. \n\nClass IX-Erported fabrics of Cotton, &c. Grass Cloth, and all Cloths of hemp of linen Nankeen, and all Cloths of Cotton (not formerly \n\nin the Tarif \n\nCochineal Smalis \n\n1+ \n\nSapan Wood \n\nClass VII.--Impuried Woods, Canes, &c. \n\nClass X—Exported Silk, fabrics of Silk, 42- \n\nRattans Ebony \n\nRaw Silk, of any province \n\nCoarse or Refuse of Silk \n\nOrganzine of all kinds \n\nAll other imported woods-as red wood, satin wood, yellow wood, &c., not included in the Tarif, 10 per cent, ad valorem. \n\nSilk Ribbon and Thread \n\nSilk and Satin Fabrics of all kinds, as crap, \n\nClass VIII-laporied Clocks, Watches, and Trinketry. \n\nlutestrings, &c,, &c., &c, formerly classed as silks and satins \n\nClocks Watches \n\n+3 \n\nA \n\nSilk and Cotton mixed fabrics \n\nTelescopes \n\nHeretofore a further charge per piece, has been levied, the whole duty is now to be paid in one sum, and the further charge is abolished. \n\nGlass panes, and glass and crystal ware of all kinds \n\nARTICLES. \n\nWriting Deska \n\nClass XI-Exported Carpeting, Matting, &c. Mats of all kinds, as of straw, rattan, bamboo, &c. &c. 35 \n\nDressing Cases \n\nS \n\nJewellery of Gold and Silver, \n\nCutlery, Swords, &c, \n\nClass XII-Exported Preserves, fc. \n\nARTICLES. Preserved ginger and fruits of all kinds \n\nA \n\nSov \n\n} \n\nof the sanie description, 5 per cent, od valorem. \n\nAll the foregoing, and any other miscellanore unticles \n\nClass IX-Guki and Sitzer Bullion, and Sperae. Duty Free \n\nSugar Candy, all kinds \n\nTobacco, prepared and unprepared &c., &út, of \n\nall kinds \n\nClass XIII-All that it has not been practicable herein to include are to be charged an ad colorem duty of five per cent. Class XIV.--Gold and Silver Coin, and Gold and Silver. \n\nDuty Free. \n\nClasss XV-Bricks, Tiles, and building Materials. \n\nDuty Free, \n\nClass L-Imported Oilman's Stores, de \n\nARTICLES. \n\nCorresponding to No. \n\nin Alphabetini & \n\nEnglish List. \n\nWax, Bee's wax Rose Malves \n\nCambrics and Masting \n\nCotton yarn, and Cotton thread \n\nLinen-fine-not formely in the Tariff \n\nBanting \n\nAll other imported articles of this class, as ginghams, pul- licates, dyed cottons, velveteens silk and citon mixtu rea, course linen, and mixtures of cotton and linen, &c. &c. & per cent. al calorem. \n\nCuss X---Imported Cotton, fubrics of Collen, fr., §c. \n\nCanvas Corton \n\nLug Cloth, white, formerly divided into superior and \n\ninferior fine Cotton cloth \n\nCottons, grey, or unbleached, domestic, &ce, formerly \n\nclassed as coarse long cloth \n\nTwilled Cottons, grey \n\nChintz and Prints, of all kinds \n\nClass XI-Imported fabrics of Woollen, Niik, de, de. \n\nSaltpetre, to be sold only to the licensed Agents of the \n\nGovernment \n\nHandkerchiefs, large \n\nSubult \n\nSoap. \n\nGold and Silver thread, superior or real \n\ninferior, or imitation \n\nClass II-Imported Spices, and Perfumes. \n\nBrond Cloth, Spanish Stripes, &c. \n\n+7 \n\nGum Benzoin and Oil of ditto \n\nNarrow Clotis, as Long Eds, Cusemneres, &e., de. \n\nSandal Wood \n\nARTICLES. \n\nPepper \n\nAll other articles of this Class not included in the Tarifl \n\ntu pay an all calorem duty of Ten por cont. \n\nPerfumery \n\nClass III--- Imported Drugs. \n\nCamlets (Dutch) \n\nCamlets \n\nImitation Camiots or bombazettes \n\n5 per cent. \n\nWoollen yara \n\nSP \n\nBlankets \n\n4.7 \n\nAll oder fabrics of wood or of mixed wool and silk, \n\nAssaftetia \n\nwool and cotton. &c. & per cent, að caboreza. \n\nCamphor Barbos (or Maley,) 1st quality, or cleaned; \n\nformerly classed as good, and inferior, Camphor, \n\nClass Xil--Laportet Finca, Preserves, Spirita &c. Wine and Beer, in quart bottles \n\nC \n\nCloves, 1st quality (pieked) \n\n2nd quality, refisse; formerly classed as uncleaned Camphor \n\nin pint bottles in cask \n\nG \n\nand quality (Mother Cloves) \n\nClass XIII, Importal Metals. \n\nARTICLES. \n\nCow Bezour \n\nCutch \n\nGambier \n\nCopper, manfiretured as in pigs, \n\nBanufactured as in sheets, rods &c. \n\nBetch out \n\nIron, comanufactured as in pigs. \n\nGinseng, 1st quality or Cleaner \n\nmanufactured as in bars, rods &c. \n\n2nd \n\ndo., refuse or Ginseng beard \n\nLead, in pigs, or manufactured \n\nGom Olibarni \n\nStoel, unanufactured \n\nTin \n\nMyrrh \n\nMace, or Flower of Nutmeg \n\nTin plates, not formerly in the Tarift \n\nMercury, or Quicksilver \n\nNutmegs, 1st quality or Cleaned \n\nZud \n\ndo., uncleaned \n\nPutchuch Rhinocero's Horns \n\nAll other metals as zinc, yellow copper, &c., not \n\nherein mumerated, 10 per cent. at walorem, \n\nRI \n\nClass XI Imparted Jewellery. \n\nARTICLES. \n\nCornelians \n\nCornelian Beads \n\n(A une abstract-reference mumbers to the Alphabetic List bung in- serted in place of the amounts of duty, those amounts having boon carefully compared and found correct.) \n\n(Signed) \n\n(True Copy) \n\nJ. ROBT. MORRISON, Chinese Secretary & Interpreter. RICHARD WOOSNĀM, \n\nNOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS. \n\nTo insure insertion, Advertisements ought to be sent to the Office on Toeslag hut unae can be received after 12 noon on Wednesday, \n\nAll extra Copies of our puper ordered at the Office, and not paid Cash, are charged to accounts one Rupee \n\nAny Subscriber who does not receive his paper on Thursday will please complain at the Office, as every Subscriber's repy is regularly sent off, and it is only by Complaints being made, that the Publisher can correct the irregularity. \n\nEVOLAND May \n\nLATEST DATES. \n\nUNITED Bras Apl. 15 CALORA July & \n\nBrommay \n\nSpray May IJ \n\nSINGAreas Argast 2 Jays July 29 MANILA Angus 15 Cresas Aver \n\n1.4 \n\n+; \n\nTHE FRIEND OF CHINA, AND HONG-KONG GAZETTE. \n\nVICTORIA, THURSDAY, Arever 21en, 1843. \n\nIx our last there was notified the appointment of COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND CLEANLI Ness, () hom whose labours we anticipato much benil to the sunitary condition of the town. \n\nWhen the Lands and Rods Committee was nominated some eighteen months since, we ventur- ed to say (File No. 2.) We would earnestly impress on a Committee, the necessity of framing same general Building Regulations for the Chinese, and which we dink are essentially necessary for their security and welfare. We would recommend the regulations to be framed so as to interfire no further with one's right to manage one's own pro- perty, than is necessary to protect the health of the community.\" \n\nChief Magistrate's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, July 14, 1843. \n\nThe duty on Tobacco in England is above 300 per Cent, and Lord Congleton states that three fourths of the Tobacco consumed in Ireland is believed to be supplied by Smugglers. Mr. Porter The following is again published by an- of the Board of Trade, proved before the Imports thority, for general information : \n\nBafy Committee in 1810, that 48 por Cent. of the It has been lately Notified by PROCLA whatever; and that the loss to the revene of French Silks imported into Egiand paid no duty MATION of the CHES MAGISTRATE, to the smuggled French brandy was estimated at Chinese Inhabitants of Hongkong, that be-2500000 a you. The Prerum on the illicit tween the hours of eight and ten P. M. atroduction of French goods into England was they are prohibited from being out of their 1831, for Gold triaketa, 6 to 10 par Cent. Silver, houses without lanthorns, and that after ten \n\n10 to 12; Silk gomis 29 to 25 per Cant., Tea 50 per Cent, and Spirits 80 per Cont. \n\n| o'clock P. M., and until daylight on the \n\nIn the same Report, is is stated that British following morning, no Chineso will, in fature Goods of the value of £2,000,000 were snuggled be permitted to go out, under any consider-ins France across the Belgia: frontier, besülés a ption, unless he can produce a pass in Eng-inge amount through the Channel ports. lish, specifying his object in being out at so On the Belgian frontier dags are trained to \n\nlate an hour. \n\nevoy the snuggled goods into France. Between 1820 to 1830 at fewer ton 40,279 sanggling A PROCLAMATION has also been issuedffcers, who receive thirea francs (48) for each. \n\ndogs were destroyed by the French Custom House prohibiting, under penalty of severe punish- In 1882 the cost of preventing struggling in unt, all Chinese Boats or Vessels, from England was truly enormous, and in that and the moving about the harbour after Gun-fire at following year there were captured on the Coast. aine o'clock P. A., and until Gm-fire at engaged in the contraband trade, 52 10ssels and day light on the following morning. \n\n385 bouts. The seizures in one half year were valued at £97.980. W. CAINE, CHIEF MAGISTRATE. \n\nAS OVERLAND MAIL to England ria Buhay, nee \"Petrell\" will be closed at this fee, on Friday, the 25th instant, at 3 P. M. \n\nA Mail for Singapore & Calcutta per \"City of Palaces\" will also be closed at 3 P. M, on Wednesday, \n\nthe 30th instani. \n\nPOST OFFICE, \n\nVictoria. 20 August, 1813. \n\nmiture what is now required, its acquaintance with the wants of the Colony satistics us that proper mea \n\nveronicat. \n\nStill we would recommend the tome- diate covering up of the fetid denine which now give forth the most deleterious minsara, \n\nLord Congleton (Inte Sir feary Parnell) in 1831, estimated the total anal cost of protecting the revenue at from £700,000 to £ 800,000. Then there were 116 persons under confinement. and 64 serving in the navy for smuggling offences. \n\nThe total charge for collecting and protecting the customs auf excise revenues of the Pnited Kingdon, was 22.300613 in the year 18-10. \n\nthe department of the customs was 11,000 and In 1885 the number of persons employed in the excise 6,079. \n\nin \n\nThe present Acts relating to Smuggling are the 3rd and 4th of William IV, Cap. 53, and Land & of Wiliam, Cap. 13. \n\nrefer to the Government Notification with We have only space to enable us to \n\nsures will be taken under the sanction of the Go-respect to Land. It is not such a one as many of our readers would export, still we think it is so far satisfactory, that we now know we shall soon be relieved from the distressing suspense which has for some time paralysed the Colony, \n\nIn London it was remarked that fever was con- startly engendered in localitics destitute of under- ground Swenge, and by a map of the Sowers it \n\nWe are not surprised at the wording of was shown by Dr Southwood Staith, that ons could correctly define the huts of the unhealthy districts Lord Stanley's despatch, socing that in the and accurately judge of the comparative Sanitary last Crown Colony which bad been esta- condition of the respective parts of the Metropolis.blished, New Zealand, there had been such flagrant and jobbing, and peculation by aithost every member of that colonial Go- vernom (vide No. 48.) \n\nThe FRIEND OF INDA states the gross receipts of the year, from the Opa monopoly to have been two millions sterling and adds this source of revenue is continued to Ludia for theen years more, the debt incurred in the war beyond the Indus will be wiped out.\" \n\nOur readers well know, that there does not exist even ususpicion, of similar couduct en the part of the officials here--this wo have often land occasion to say, us a valki argument for losing no longer truc, in giving the holders tiler to their lands, \n\nBy the Calcutta papers we learn that the Assam Tea Company is shipping the loaf of the Ten plant without first submitting it to any process The large powers which it is well known al' wamfacture, further than sun drying. It is are wisely confided to H. 1 (whose tho- thought by the Shippers that this Ten will, berough acquaintance with our best interests admitted at a lower duty than that from China, and whose sincere desire to promote them) it bong in an unmanufactured state. We think \n\nthis wholly unlikely, and after the liberal Taxir ads us to be quite sanguíne of a highly promulgated by the Chinese, it is not at all pro-satisfactory result. hable ministers would propose a reduction on any There was much delay, and as many kind or sort of Ten, which should not be equally doubts and misgivings abmit the Commer- applicable to Ten sent from hence, \n\ncial Treaty, as have ever existed with \n\nFrom a late publication of established authority, soon with respect to the former, that the respect to the Land Regulations. We have we have abriged an article en smuggling. His stated greatest cavillers have been gloriously Suugging is the clalestine ironcine of an agreeably disappointed by the promal- prohibited goods; or the illicit introduction of \n\ngoods by the evasion of the legal duties. Escos-gation of a Tariff of unprecedented' libera- sive duties present an overwhelming temptation lity and of immense national value. Henco to men to evade them; and the law loses a great we have every confidence that the final part of its moral influence when it first tempts adjustment of the Land Claims, and their * to the violation of it, and then pauishes the offence. \n\nfuture tenure, will afbrd as much satisfac- \n\nWe then thought \"regulations would have been nade as far as possible, conformable with,and minis- tering to, the convenience, wealth, and confort of the present and future residents of our new city.\" \n\nOn a later occasion (Fide No. 6) when the alleg.sively carried on, the smuggler is rather a popularredound as much to the honour of II. E., \n\ned unhealthmoss of Hong-Kong was a subject of nuimadversion in the English Papers we said (aud now we see no reason to after our opinions) Ma- eau is one of the healthicst towns in the world, and it is fully certain that when proper houses, barracks, cc., with the Sanitary Regulations which always obtain in an English town, Hongkong will lay claim, and justly, to even a superior salubrity\". \n\nIt is not to be wondered at, if with the many and great claims on the time of H. E, nothing has Hitherto been done. We need not inform the com- \n\n(*) This ride is not ungly chosen. Seving bow contingent halit te upor Cleanliness it word hoze auffierd, and it would have bees-we think mure correct to bare omitted and Glennlin, 295, ad ended it merely a C-unites or Board of Pobito Heath. At A tak dh a ta demquation of this very tertul b dy would ne have beci provocative, wit law is, of a gibe on a langu \n\nIn parts of a country where a free trade is extention to \n\nperson than otherwise in some countries; in Spain, still more thau in England. \n\nour little community, and will \n\nas will the announcement of the Commer We have only to examine the Tariff of any cial Treaty to his gratified countrymen country to know if smuggling is practised; and if abad system of commercial policy has been long \n\nat home. pursed, there the smuggler will be found. The exports to Gibraltar Rems England considerably exceed one million sterling, and are mostly jutes. duced by smugglers into the interior of Spain, besides some six to eight millions lbs. of Tobacco from the same British port. \n\nThe total ameamt of duties evaded in 1831 by the smuggling of French goods into the United Kingdom was estimated to execod £800,000 ex- clusive of Tobacco wiele cargoes of which aro enetics introduced from the French bonding wan homes int› Towinual. \n\nWo would refer the reader to our absact of the larnet Legislativo cunement wul regard Grow a Landu (the 5 ard oi Vieraţiu Cop. 36) we ihn guid, and still think, that Ant will be the basis of our future Land Regulations. Our opinion is forted by Goling Lord Stanley taking credit for the play therein seribel, and when she ulterius were enggested hesaid It was a system which he would be sorry to see inter fered with, or principle deparred front. His opinion was decidedly opposed to any soch course, as was proved by its introducing a Biž, which became an ret last session, which ex- pressly baried the Crown from interfering with the system. Vos Rapor ne na Braun og QuanYes Pricer's Poyanmar! S \n\nORION. Arest Byn. 1813. \n\n17 Aur Shiroing Nora ye, se He",
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        "content_text": "in 1134 Hongkong \n\nTHE CHINESE TARIFF. \n\n(FROM FELIX FARLEY'S BRISTOL JOURNAL, OCTOBER 28, 1843.) \n\n0.0. NOV, \n\nTO THE EDITOR OF THE BRISTOL JOURNAL. Sir, The vast importance of the Chinese Tariff requires that it should be reduced to English weights, measures, and monies, for the use of British merchants, and not having yet observed that this has beca done, I beg to trouble yon with such s table, toge- ther with a few observations upon the standard to be observed. \n\nThe definition and determination of the Chinese tael is ex- preased in several different ways. 1st. It has been generally in England taken to be one third of the pound sterling, or Gs. 8d., or 80 pence, making the mace its 10th, S., and the caudareen its 100th part, 8-10ths of a penny. This simple relation to our own money would be a great advantage to English merchants if it were fully established, but some, as Beawes, make the candareen Ed., reducing the tael to 62. 3d. \n\n2ndly. It is now, however, for the most part compared with the Spanish dollar. Thus the latest and perhaps the highest sathority, that of Mr. Pope, in the Yearly Journal of Trade for 1843, states 72 taels to be equivalent to 100 dollars. The Spanish dollar is commonly estimated at 4s. Gd., but her Majesty's proclu- mation (Yearly Journal of Trada, 1840, p. 391), issued for the West Indies, makes it equivalent to 48. 2d. The tael, therefore, will be 6s. 3d, if we take the former, and 58. 94d. if the latter, for our guide. \n\n3rdly. It was originally compared with the Chinese silver coin called mace, and their copper coin called cash, but the mase has been long disused; 1000 cash were once equivalent to one fuel, but the depreciation of these coins by deterioration of the metal and reduction of their weight, so amply illustrated in the highly interesting and most authentic work of Mr. Davis, has now rendered the tael equal to a much greater number of cash. By Sir Henry Pottinger's Hong Kong proclamation of the 29th of March, 1842, 1200 of them are declared equal to one dollar. In weight I have found them vary from about 85 graina troy to twice as much. Du Halde says that the French sou is equivalent to the 100th part of the tael, that is to the caudareen, and also that it is equal to 6 cash, instead of 10. \n\n4thly. The Chinese tael is a weight, and has its value expressed by European weights, either avoirdupois or troy, and this is the truest mode of determining its equivalent in fine silver, seeing that the references to English money do not agree, that dollars differ materially in value, and that the Chinese cash are still more different from each other in their weight and quality. Measra. Gordon and Crawfurd, in their admirable treatise upon Chinese commerce, give a table stating the tacl is equal to 1 1-3 ounce avoirdupois, or 579.84 grains troy. These, unfortunately, do not agree neither, for 1 1-3 oz. avoirdupois contains 437.5 and 145.8 1-3 grs., or 583.3 1-3 grs, troy, and not 579.84. Again, Beawez in his \"Lex Mercatoria,\" states that the tael was 1 oz. 2 dr., of course troy weight, which in 480 and 120, or 600 grains. The editor of \"Mortimer's Commercial Dictionary,\" in his “Universal Commerce,\" p. 64, says 100 taels should weigh 120 oz. 10 dwts. troy, or 57840 grs., or the single tael 5734, which is less than any of the above. He says, also, that 100 Spanish dollars should weigh 68 13 dwts.; that is, 42,552 grs., of which we take the 72nd part, according to Mr. Pope, the tael comes out 591 grs. Now, 16 taels make a catty, and 100 catties a pecul; all autho- rities, I believe, concur in making the pecul 133 1-3 ib. avoirdu- pois, or the catty I 1-3 B., for which reason I prefer taking the tael as 1 1-3 oz., or 183 1-3 grs. The English crown piece, or N. is so nearly an avoirdupois ounce that if we could make this the standard the tael would come out as at first 5a, and 20d., or 6s. 8d., or 80d.; but in China all silver coin is taken as bullion, and the duties of course will be paid in fullion. The real value of the tael must, therefore, be sought in the market price of stan- dard silver. This, at the present time, I find to bo da. 1110. per ounce troy, which is almost exactly 48. 6d, the ouuoo avoirdupois, or 6s. the tacl; and I have accordingly made this my standard in the following table, wherein I have reduced the Tariff to English weights and monies. I prefer this to taking the market price of the dollar, whether Mexican or Spanish, new or pillar, and using the multiplier 1,204, because I consider that the term \"syees” means \"perfectly pure.\" This word I believe to be originally Chinese, although the characters used by the Chinese to express it do not indicate its proper etymology. I have no doubt that it was originally, in the orthoepy of Morrison, \"tsuh sih,\" or \"full quality;\" but the characters commonly used for it mean \"fine silk,\" expressive of what minoralogists would call it's \"lustre sating.\"* \n\nI cannot conclude without suggesting that, at the present low price of copper, 1000 tona, costing 70,000Z. or 80,0007., might advantageously be coined into Chinese cash, weighing each a 1-3 gra. This would greatly relieve the distress of the neighbourhood of Swansea, and supply Hong Kong and the Chinese with a good currency during the present and the next generation; for, if neatly executed, it would be universally coveted and hearded up in abundance, and would be a good payment for tea, instead of opium. On one side of the coin I would have the words \"Victoria Regina,\" and on the other, as usual, “perforated token,\" with \"Iong Kong\" instead of the Emperor's name. \n\nBristol, Oct. 14. \n\nI am, Sir, your obedient servant, \n\nSAM. ROOTSEY. \n\n3. Arsenic, ditto \n\n4. Banglos (or glass armlets), ditto \n\n5. Bamboo screens, and bamboo wares of all kinds, do. 0 6. Brass leaf, ditto.. \n\n9. Camphor, ditto...... \n\n10. Canea of all kinds, per 1,000 \n\n11. Capoor cutchery, per cwt. \n\n12. Cassia, ditto \n\nDitto buds, ditto Ditto oil, ditto \n\n13. China root, ditto \n\n14. China ware, all kinds, ditto \n\n15. Clothes, ready made, ditto \n\n16. Copper ware, pewter, ditto, &c., ditto \n\n17. Curals, or false coral, ditto..... \n\n10. Cubebs, ditto..... \n\n20. Fans (as feather fans, &c.), ditto \n\n24. Glass, and glass ware of all kinds, ditto 25. Glass beads, ditto \n\n26. Gine (as fish glue, &c.), ditto \n\nEXPORTS. \n\n1. Alum, per cwt. \n\n2. Aniseed star, ditto \n\nDitto, oil of, ditto.. \n\nd. \n\nCotton Manufactures, continued- \n\nGrey, or unbleached, cottona-viz., long-cloths, domestics, &c., 30 to 40 yards long, 26 to 40 inches wide, ditto \n\n£ 3. d \n\nGrey twilled cottons, 30 to 40 yards long, 28 to \n\n40 inches wide, ditto..... \n\nChintz and prints, of all kinds, 20 to 30 yards \n\n7. Building materiala, ditto. \n\n8. Bone and horn ware, ditto \n\nduty free. \n\nlong, 26 to 31 inches wide, ditto ...... \n\n0 1 24 Handkerchiefs under 1 yard square, 72 ea....... 0 0 03 \n\n0 à 01 \n\ni \n\nHandkerchiefs above 1 yard square, 1.03 ditto... ( Ginghams, pullicates, dyed cottons, velveteens, silk and cotton mixtures, woollen and cotton mixtures, and all kinds of fancy goods, not in current consumption, 5 per cent. ad valorem. 14. Cotton yarn and cotton thread, per cwt. Jo. Cow bezoar, per lb...... \n\n16. Cutch, per cwt.. \n\n17. Elephants' teeth, Ist quality, whole, ditto \n\nS \n\n5 O \n\nI 0 2 \n\n2d quality, ditto, broken \n\n18. Fish maws, ditto \n\n19. Flinta, ditto \n\n18. Crackers and fire-works of all kinds, ditte.... \n\nす \n\n20. Glass, glass ware, and crystal ware of all kinds, 5 \n\nper cent. ad valorem. \n\nՌ \n\n21. Gambier, per cwt.... \n\nD 0 9 \n\n21. Furniture of all kinds, ditto \n\n22. Galingal, ditto....... \n\n23. Gamboge, ditto \n\n22. Ginseng, 1st quality, ditto \n\n2d ditto, \"or refuse, ditto \n\n23. Gold and Silver Thread :- \n\n0 2 G \n\n1st quality, or real, per lb.. \n\n2d ditto, or imitation, ditto \n\n24. Gums, Benjamin, per cwt \n\n0 5 0% \n\nOlibanum Myrrh \n\nditto ditto \n\n6. Horus, Unicorus' or Rhinoceros', ditto \n\n32. Lead (white lead), ditto \n\nGums unenumerated 10 per cent. ad valorem. 25. Horns, Buttocks and Buffaloes', per ewt... \n\n27. Linen, tine, us Irish or Scoteb, \n\nyards long, \n\ninches wide, per piece \n\n1 0 10 0:15 1 \n\n↓ \n\nCoarse Linen, as linen and cotton mixtures, silk and linen mixtures, &o., 5 per cent, ad valorem, \n\n28. Mace, or four of nutmeg, per ewt.....**** 29. Mother of Pearl shells \n\nhitte...... \n\n0 5 04 0 I 0 \n\n38. Nankeen and cotton cloth of all kinds, per ewi \n\n30. Metals, viz., \n\nRice paper pictures, per 100 \n\n40. Paper fans, per cwt. \n\nCupper, unmanufactured, as in pige, ditto.......................... 0 Ė 4 Ditto, manufactured, as in sheets, rods, ditto... 0764 Iron, unmanufactured, as in pigs, ditto \n\n41. Paper of all kinds, ditto \n\n{ 2 64 \n\nDitto, manufactured, as in bars, rods, &c., ditto 0 0 9 \n\n42. Pearls (i. e., false pearls), ditto \n\nLead in pigs, or manufactured, ditto \n\n2 6) \n\nQuicksilver, ditto \n\n0 15 JA \n\nSteel, unmanufactured, ditto \n\nTin, ditto..... \n\nTin Plates, ditto....... \n\n31. Nutmegs, ist quality, or cleaned, per cwt. \n\nOrganzine, all kinds, ditto.. \n\nRibands, thread, &c., ditto.. \n\nUnenumerated Metals, 10 per cent. ad valorem. \n\n2d ditto, or uncleaved ditto \n\n} \n\n32. Pepper, ditto..... \n\n33. Putehuck, ditto \n\n34. Battans, ditto \n\n35, Rice, paddy, and grain of all kinds.......... \n\nduty free. \n\n36. Rose maloes, per cwt. ...... \n\n37. Saltpetre (to be sold to Government agents only) \n\nper dilto \n\n38. Sharks' fius, first quality, or white, per ditto...... 05.04 \n\nsecond quality, or black per ditto...... 0 2 61 \n\n27. Grass cloths (all kinds), ditto 26. Hartall, ditto \n\n29. Ivory ware (all kinds), ditto \n\n30. Kittysole, or paper umbrellas, ditto \n\n31. Lackered ware, all kinds, ditto \n\n33. Lead (real lead), ditto.. \n\n31. Marble slabs, ditto... \n\n35. Mats (straw, rattan, bambon, &c.), ditto \n\n36. Mother-o'-pearl ware, ditto \n\n37. Musk, per Îb.'.. \n\n39. Pictures-viz., large paintings, each \n\n43. 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Woods, namely- \n\n◊ \n\n1st ditto, cleaned ditto.... \n\nSandal wood, ditto \n\n24 ditto, good middling ditto \n\nJapan wood, ditto......... \n\nInenumerated woods, 10 per cent, ad valorem. \n\n47. Woollen manufactures-viz., broadcloths, Spanish \n\nstripes, babit cloth, &c., 51 @ 64 inches wide, per square foot... \n\nLong ella, kersermeres, flannel, and narrow cloths \n\nof this description, ditto \n\nBlankets, of all kinds, each. \n\nDutch camlets, per square foot.... \n\nCamlets, ditto........ \n\nImitation ditto bombazettes, &c., ditto \n\nBunting (narrow) ditto. \n\nUnenumerated woollen goods, or silk and woollen, and cotton and woollen mixtures, &c., 5 per cent. ad nalorem. \n\n48. Woollen yarn, per cwt........... \n\nN.B. All articles unenumerated in this tariff 5 \n\nCambrics and muslins, 20 to 24 yards long, 40 to \n\n46 ditta ...... \n\nper cent. ad valorem, \n\n5. Birds' nests \n\nDitto Ditto \n\n2d ditto, white ........................... \n\n3d ditto, uneleaned, ditto \n\n6. Camphor (Malay), 1st ditto, clean, per lb. \n\nDitto \n\n24 ditto, refuse ditto, per in. \n\n7. Cloves, Tat ditto, picked per ewt........ \n\nDitto, 2d dirto, mother ditto.......... \n\n8. Clocks, watches, spy-glasses, all kinds of writing- desks, dressing-boxes, cutlery, perfumery, &c., 5 per cent. ad valorem. \n\n9. Canvasɛ, 30 to 40 yards long, 24 to 31 inches wide, \n\nper plece \n\n10. Cochineal, per cwt \n\n11. Cornelians, per 100 stones. \n\nDitto beads, per cwt \n\n12. Cotton ditto...... \n\n13. Cotton manufactures-viz. \n\nLong-cloths, white, 30 to 40 yards long. 30 to 36 \n\ninches wide, per piece...... \n\n1 5 2) \n\n* We have something like this at home. There is a place in Wales called Llanseashore, bat which is not upon the sea shore. This name Stor or Shore is the old British name of George, or Saint George, and exists also In the English word Wyndeshore, or Windsor, which I shouli Latinise \"Venta Georgii,\" from the round table, castle, and chapel of St. George. \n\nGUTCH AND MARTIN, PRINTERS, SMALL-STREST, BRISTOL,",
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        "content_text": "\n\nT. M. C. C. \n\nT. \n\nM. C. C. \n\nTARIFF OF DUTIES ON THE FOREIGN TRADE WITH CHINA. \n\nEstablished in pursuance of Article X of the Treaty. \n\nEXPORTS. \n\n6 Camphor (Malay), first \n\nquality, clean. \n\nCamphor, second quality, \n\nrefuse \n\n7 Cloves, first quality, picked per \n\nDitto, second ditto, mother \n\n8 Clacks, Watches, Spy- Glasses, all kinds of Writing-Desks. Dress- ing Boxes, Cutlery, Perfumery, &c., &c. \n\n9 Canvas, 30 a 40 yards long, 24 a 31 inches wide \n\n28 Mace, or Flower of Nut- \n\nmeg \n\nper catty \n\nT. M. C. c. \n\n27 Linen, fiue, as Irish or Scotch, yards long, \n\nditto \n\n100 catties \n\nditto \n\n0 0 } 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 \n\ninches wide Coarse Linen, as Linen and Cotton Mixtures, Silk and Linen Mix- tures, &c. &c. \n\n+ \n\nper piece \n\n5 per cent. ad valorem. \n\n29 Mother of Pearl Shells \n\nper 100 catties ditto \n\nප \n\n5 per cent. ad valorem. \n\n30 Metals, viz.:-- \n\nCopper, unmanufac- \n\nT. M. C. C \n\ntured, as in pigs \n\nditto \n\n1 Alum \n\nper 100 catties \n\n2 Aniseed, Star \n\nditto \n\nDitto, \n\nOil of \n\nditto \n\n3 Arsenic \n\nditto \n\n4 Bangles (or Glass Armlets) \n\nditto \n\n5 Bamboo Screens and Bant- \n\n39 Pictures, viz., large Paint- \n\nings \n\nRice Paper Pictures 40 Paper Fans. \n\n41 Paper of all kinds \n\n42 Pearls, (ie., false Pearls) \n\nper piece \n\nCopper, manufactured, \n\n10 Cochineal \n\ncach \n\nper 100 pictures \n\nper 100 catties \n\nditto \n\nditto \n\nper 100 catties \n\nas in sheets, rods \n\nditto \n\n} \n\n11 Cornelians \n\nper 100 stones \n\nIron, un manufactured, \n\nDitto Beads \n\nපප \n\nt \n\nper 100 cattics 10 \n\nas in pigs \n\nditto \n\n12 Cotton \n\nditto \n\nIron, manufactured, as \n\n13 Cotton Manufactures, viz.: \n\nin bars, rods, &c. \n\nditto \n\nLong Cloths, white, 30 \n\nboo Ware of all kinds \n\nditto \n\n43 Preserves and Sweet- \n\n6 Brass Leaf \n\nditto \n\nmeats of all kinds \n\nditto \n\n7 Building Materials \n\nDuty free. \n\n44 Rattan work of all kinds \n\ndifto \n\nNO \n\n8 Bone and Horn Ware \n\nper 100 catties \n\n45 Rhubarb \n\nditto \n\nOOO \n\n9 Camphor \n\n10 Canes of all kinds \n\n11 Capoor Cutchery \n\n12 Cassia \n\nDitto Buds \n\nDitto Oil \n\nditto \n\n46 Silk, Raw, whether from \n\nper thousand \n\nChekiang, Canton, ur \n\nper 100 catties \n\nelsewhere, all kinds \n\nditto \n\na 40 yards long, 30 a 36 inches wide \n\nCambricksand Muslins, \n\n20 a 24 yards long, 40 a 46 inches wide \n\nGrey or Unbleached \n\nCottons, viz.: \n\nLead in pigs, or manu- \n\nfactured. \n\nditto \n\n0 4 D 0 \n\nper piece \n\nQuicksilver \n\nditto \n\nSteel, unmanufactured \n\nditto \n\nditto \n\nTin. \n\nTin Plates. \n\nUnenumerated Metals. \n\nditto \n\nditto \n\n10 per cent. ad valorem. \n\nditto \n\nCoarse, or refuse of \n\nditto \n\nditro \n\n13 China Root \n\nditto \n\n14 China Ware, all kinds \n\nditto \n\n15 Clothes (ready made). \n\nditto \n\n100 O \n\n{} \n\nSilk \n\nditto \n\nLong Cloths, Domes- \n\n31 Nutmegs, first quality, or \n\ncleaned \n\nper 100 catties 2 \n\nOrganzine, all kinds \n\nditto \n\n} \n\ntics, &c., &c., 30 a \n\n{1} \n\nRibbons, Thread, &c., \n\n40 yards long, 28 a \n\nNutmegs, second quality, \n\nor uncleaned \n\nditto \n\nප \n\n&c. \n\nditto \n\n40 inches wide \n\nditto \n\nSilk Piece goods of all \n\nGrey Twilled Cottons, \n\n32 Pepper \n\n+ \n\nditto \n\n↑ \n\n33 Putchuck \n\nditto \n\n16 Copper Ware, Pewter \n\nditto, &c. \n\nkinds, \n\nas \n\nSilks, \n\nditto \n\n17 Corals (or False Coral) \n\nditto \n\n18 Crackers and Fire-works \n\nof all kinds \n\nditto \n\n19 Cubebs \n\nditto \n\n20 Fans (as Feather Fans, &c.) \n\nditto \n\n21 Furniture of all kinds \n\nditto \n\n22 Galingal \n\nditto \n\n} \n\nถ \n\n23 Gamboge \n\nditto \n\nOOOOOO \n\nSatins, Pougees, Velvets, Crapes, Lutestrings, &c., &c. N.B. The additional \n\n30 a 40 yards long, 28 a 40 inches wide Chintz and Prints of \n\n34 Rattans \n\nditto \n\nditto \n\n35 Rice, Paddy, and Grain of \n\nall kinds \n\nditto \n\nall kinds, 20 a 30 \n\nDuty Free. \n\n36 Rose Maloes. \n\nper 100 catties 1 0 0 0 \n\nyards long, 26 a 31 \n\ninches wide \n\nDuty of so much \n\nditto \n\nper piece, hitherto levied, to be bence- \n\nforth abolished. \n\nHandkerchiefs under 1 \n\nyard square \n\n37 Saltpetre (to be sold to \n\nGovernment only) \n\nAgents \n\nditto \n\neach \n\n47 Silk and Cotton mix- \n\nHandkerchiefs above 1 \n\nyard square \n\n38 Shark's Fins, first quality, \n\nor White \n\nditto \n\nditto \n\n24 Glass, and Glass Ware \n\ntures, Silk and Wool- \n\nof all kinds \n\nditto \n\n25 Glass Beads \n\nditto \n\n26 Glue (as Fish-glue, &c.) \n\nditto \n\n27 Grass Cloth, all kinds. \n\nditto \n\n28 Hartall \n\nditto \n\n29 Ivory Ware, all kinds. \n\nditto \n\nKOVO 10 OKO \n\nlen mixtures, and goods \n\nof such classes \n\nditto \n\n48 Shoes and Boots, of \n\n( \n\nLeather, Satin, or \n\notherwise \n\nditto \n\n49 Sandal Wood Ware \n\nditto \n\n30 Kittysols, or Paper Um- \n\nbrellas \n\n50 Soy \n\nditto \n\nditto \n\n\" \n\n31 Lacquered Ware, all kinds \n\nditto \n\n32 Lead (White Lead) \n\nditto \n\n33 Lead (Red Lead) \n\nditto \n\n34 Marble Slabs \n\nditto \n\nNGN CO \n\nOCOCO \n\n0150 O \n\n51 Silver and Gold Ware \n\nditto \n\n52 Sugur, white and brown \n\nditto \n\n53 Sugar Candy, all kinds \n\nditto \n\n54 Tin Foil \n\nditto \n\n55 Tea. \n\nditto \n\n35 Mats, (straw, rattan, \n\n56 Tobacco of all kinds \n\nditto \n\nbamboo, &c., &c.) \n\nditto \n\n36 Mother o'Pearl Ware \n\nditto \n\n37 Musk \n\nper catty \n\nCOC \n\n57 Turmeric. \n\nditto \n\n58 Tortoise-Shell Ware \n\nditto \n\n59 Trunks (of Leather) \n\nditto \n\nCOOOOOOooo \n\n20+02 3 1 LO ON NON \n\nGinghams, Pullicates, Dyed Cottons, Velve- teens, Silk and Cotton Mixtures, Woollen \n\nand Cotton Mixtures, and all kinds of Fancy \n\nGoods not in current consumption. \n\nShark's Fins, second qua- \n\nlity or Black \n\n་ \n\nditto \n\n39 Skins and Furs, viz.:- \n\nCow and Ox Hides, \n\ntanned, and untanned \n\nditto \n\nSea Otter Skins \n\neach \n\n0 I \n\nFox Skins, large \n\nditto \n\nFox Skins, small \n\nditto \n\n5 per cent. ad valorem \n\n14 Cotton Yarn and Cotton \n\nTiger, Leopard, and \n\nMartin Skins \n\nditto \n\nThread \n\nper 100 catties \n\n15 Cow Bezoar \n\nper catty \n\n16 Cutch \n\nper 100 catties \n\nOOO \n\nLand Otter, Racoon, \n\nand Shark's Skins \n\nper hundred \n\n17 Elephant's Teeth, first \n\nquality, whole \n\nditto \n\nmine \n\nElephant's Teeth, second \n\n40 Smalts \n\nquality, broken \n\nBeaver skins \n\nHare, Rabbit, aud Er- \n\n· per 100 catties \n\nditto \n\nCIN \n\nditto \n\nditto \n\n41 Soap \n\nditto \n\n18 Fish Maws \n\nditto \n\n42 Stock Fish, &c. \n\nditto \n\n19 Flints \n\nditto \n\n38 Nankeen, and Cotton \n\nCloth of all kinds \n\n60 Treasure, ie., Coin of \n\n43 Sea Horse Teeth \n\nditto \n\nper 100 catties \n\nI 0 \n\nall kinds \n\nFree. \n\n20 Glass, Glass Ware, and \n\n悲 0 \n\n61 Vermilion \n\nditto \n\nCrystal Ware, of all kinds. \n\n44 Treasure and Money of all \n\nkinds \n\n5 per cent. ad valorem \n\n21 Gambier \n\n[Articles unenumerated in this Turiff, to pay a duty of 5 per cent, ad valorem.] \n\n. per 100 catties 0 1 5 0 \n\nditio \n\nditto \n\n+ \n\nper catty \n\nIMPORTS. \n\nditto \n\n⚫ per 100 catties \n\nΙ 0 D 0 \n\nditto \n\nT. 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        "content_text": "\ncations, with a diligent pursuit of every thing that is good and right: they need entertain no appreliension of being hereafter dragged forward, nor yield in consequence to any fears or suspicions. \n\nWith reference to the arrangements which the High Commissioner and his colleagues have made in regard to duties, every thing has been done with a single eye to a just impartiality: all merchants, then, whether of China or of foreign countries, are called upon to consider the many pains that the High Commissioner and his colleagues have taken, and by all means to abide in the quiet pursuit of their respective callings, and in the enjoyment of so auspicious a peace. From henceforward amity and goodwill shall ever con- tinue, and those from afar and those who are near shall perpetually rejoice Such is the fervent hope of the High Commissioner and his col- together. leagues; and in this hope they command implicit obedience to what is now thus specially promulgated. \n\nA true Translation, \n\n(Signed) J. ROBT. MORRISON, \n\nChinese Secretary and Interpreter. \n\nTARIFF OF DUTIES ON THE FOREIGN TRADE WITH CHINA. \n\n1 Assafoetida \n\n2 Bees' Wax \n\n3 Betel Nut. \n\n4 Bicho de Mar, first quality, \n\nor blk. \n\nBicho de Mar, second \n\nquality, or wht. \n\n5 Birds' Nests, first quality, \n\ncleaned \n\n6 Camphor (Malay), first \n\nquality, clean. Camphor, second quality, \n\nrefuse \n\n. \n\n7 Cloves, first quality, picked per \n\nDitto, second ditto, mother \n\n8 Clocks, Watches, Spy- \n\nGlasses, all kinds of Writing-Desks, Dress- ing Boxes, Cutlery, Perfumery, &c., &c. \n\n9 Canvas, 30 a 40 yards long, 24 a 31 inches wide \n\nM. C. 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        "content_text": "\n\nCorresponding to No. \n\nCorresponding to No. \n\nin Alphabetical, i. e., \n\nEnglish List. \n\nin Alphabetical, i en \n\nEnglish List, \n\nARTICLES. \n\nClass XII-Imported Wines, Preserves, \n\nSpirits, &c. \n\nWriting Desks \n\nDressing Cases \n\nCutlery, Swords, &c. . \n\nWine and Beer, in quart bottles \n\nJewellery of Gold and Silver \n\nAll the foregoing, and any other miscellaneous \n\narticles of the same description, 3 per cent. ad valorem. \n\nClass IX-Gold and Silver Bullion, and Specie. \n\nDuty free \n\nin pint bottles \n\nin cask \n\n\" \n\nClass XIII-Imported Metals. ARTICLES. \n\nCopper, unmanufactured as in pigs \n\nmanufactured as in sheets, rods, &c. \n\n\"\" \n\nIron, unmanufactured as in pigs \n\nA \n\nmanufactured as in bars, rods, &c. \n\nLead, in pigs, or manufactured \n\nClass X-Imported Cotton, Fabrics of Cotton, &c., §c. Canvas \n\nSteel, unmanufactured \n\nTin. \n\nCotton \n\nTin Plates, not formerly in the Tariff \n\nLong Cloth, white, formerly divided into superior \n\nand inferior fine cotton cloth \n\nCambrics and Muslins \n\nAll other Metals, as Zine, Yellow Copper, &c., not herein enumerated, 10 per cent. ad valorem. \n\nCottons, grey, or unbleached, domestic, &c., for- \n\nClass XIV-Imported Jewellery, \n\nto \n\nTwilled Cottons, grey \n\nChintz and Prints, of all kinds \n\nCotton Yarn and Cotton Thread \n\nHandkerchiefs, large \n\nsmali \n\nmerly classed as coarse long cloth \n\nLinen, fine, not formerly in the Tariff \n\nBunting \n\nAll other imported articles of this class, as Ginghams, Pullicates, Dyed Cottons, Vel- vetcens, Silk and Cotton Mixtures, Coarse Linen, aud Mixtures of Cotton and Linen, &c., &c., 5 per cent. ad valorem . \n\nClass XI-Imported Fabrics of Woollen, Silk, &c., &c. \n\nGold and Silver Thread, superior or real \n\nARTICLES. \n\nCornelians \n\nCornelian Beads \n\nClass XV-Imported Skins, Teeth, Horns, &c. \n\nBullock's and Buffalo's Horns \n\nCow and Ox hides, tanned and untanned \n\nSea-Otter Skins \n\nFox Skins, large and small. \n\nTiger, Leopard, and Martin Skins \n\nLand-Otter, Racoon, and Shark Skins Beaver Skins \n\nARTICLES. \n\nHare, Rabbit, and Ermine Skins \n\nSea Horse Terth \n\ninferior, or imitation \n\nElephant's Teeth, 1st quality, whole \n\nBroad Cloth, Spanish Stripes, &c. \n\nCamlets (Dutch) \n\nCamlets \n\nNarrow Cloths, as Long Ells, Cassimeres, &c. &c. 47 \n\nImitation Camlets or Bombazettes \n\nWoollen Yaru \n\nBlankets \n\n2nd \n\nbroken \n\nClass XVI. \n\n+ \n\nAll new goods imported, which it has not been practicable to include herein, 5 per cent. ad calorem. \n\nAll other fabrics of wool, or of mixed wool and \n\nsilk, wool and cotton, &c. 5 per cent. ad valorem. \n\nClass XVII. \n\nShipping Dues. \n\nAll Foreign Rice, and other Grain, duty free \n\nGENERAL REGULATIONS, under which the British Trade is to be conducted at the Five Ports of Canton, Amoy, Foochow, Ningpo, and Shanghai. \n\nI. Pilots. \n\nI. Pilots to be \n\nWHENEVER a British merchantman shall arrive off any of the five ports opened to trade, viz., Canton, Foochow, Amoy, Ningpo, or Shanghai, granted irame- pilots shall be allowed to take her immediately into port; and in like diately; and manner, when such British ship shall have settled all legal duties and charges, and is about to return home, pilots shall be immediately granted to take her out to sea, without any stoppage or delay. \n\nRegarding the remuneration to be given these pilots, that will be Remuneration to equitably settled by the British Consul appointed to each particular port, be settled at each who will determine it with due reference to the distance gone over, the port, risk run, &c. \n\n11. Custom-house Guards. \n\nII. One or two \n\nThe Chinese Superintendent of Customs at each port will adopt the means that he may judge most proper to prevent the revenue suffering by Custom-house fraud or smuggling. Whenever the pilot shall have brought any British guards to be at- merchantman into port, the Superintendent of Customs will depute one or two trusty Custom-house officers, whose duty it will be to watch against frauds on the revenue. These will either live in a boat of their own, or stay \n\n: \n\nThese have hitherto been charged upon the measurement of the ship's length and breadth, at so much per chang: but it is now agreed to alter the system, and charge according to the registered statement of the number of tons of cargo the ship may carry. On each ton (reckoned equal to the cubic contents of 122 tow,) a shipping charge of five mace is to be levied and all the old charges of measurement, entrance and port-clearance fees, daily and monthly fees, &c., are to be abolished. \n\nTaoukwang, 33rd year, 8th month, \n\n(July 1843. \n\nGov.-Genl \n\nL. S. \n\nof \n\nL. S. of \n\nthe Supt. \n\nof \n\nCustoms. \n\nof the Two Kwang: \n\nL. S. \n\nof \n\nHigh \n\nCommis- \n\nsioner. \n\nL. SA of Governor of Canton, \n\nday. \n\n(A true abstract-reference numbers to the Alphabetic List being inserted in place of the amounts of duty, those amounts having been carefully compared and found correct.) \n\n(Signed) J. ROBT. MORRISON, \n\nChinese Secretary and Interpreter. \n\ntached to each ship. \n\nT \n\nmaintenance, \n\non board the English ship, as may best suit their convenience. Their food No fees to be and expenses will be supplied them from day to day from the Custom-house, charged for their and they may not exact any fees whatever from either the Commander or Consignee. Should they violate this regulation, they shall be punished proportionately to the amount so exacted. \n\nIII. Masters of Ships reporting themselves on arrival. \n\nWhenever a British vessel shall have cast anchor at any one of the above-mentioned ports, the Captain will, within four and twenty hours after made to, and ships\" III. Report to be arrival, proceed to the British Consulate, and deposit his ship's papers, bills papers, &c., to be of lading, manifest, &c., in the hands of the Consul; failing to do which, he deposited with, the \n\nConsul. will subject himself to a penalty of two hundred dollars. \n\nbe five hundred For false manifest: Penalty for neglect; \n\nFor presenting a false manifest, the penalty will dollars. \n\nFor breaking bulk and commencing to discharge, before due permission And for breaking shall be obtained, the penalty will be five hundred dollars, and confiscation bulk before per- of the goods so discharged. \n\nmitted. \n\nThe Consul, having taken possession of the ship's papers, will imme- Communication of diately send a written communication to the Superintendent of Customs, arrival to the specifying the register tonnage of the ship, and the particulars of the cargo Superintendent of she has on board; all of which being done in due form, permission will then Customs. be given to discharge, and the duties levied as provided for in the Tariff. \n\nIV. Commercial Dealings between English and Chinese Merchants. \n\nIV. Mode of 1 \n\nIt having been stipulated that English merchants may trade with what- ever native merchants they please, should any Chinese merchant fraudu proceeding against lently abscond or incur debts which he is unable to discharge, the Chinese fraudulent debtors, authorities, upon complaint being made thereof, will of course do their utmost agents, &e. to bring the offender to justice; it must, however, be distinctly understood, that if the defaulter really cannot be found, or be dead, or bankrupt, and there be not wherewithal to pay, the English merchants may not appeal to the former custom of the Hong Merchants paying for one another, and can no longer expect to have their losses made good to them.",
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Parruch\n\nBRITISH AND AMERICAN MEN OF WAR ON THE EAST INDIA AND CHINA STATION.\n\nCommander\n\nGavated\n\nAnder\n\nOrsetted\n\nDATX\n\nExot\n\nDEPAR TOKKB\n\nMayonskor Phonic\n\n34\n\n5\n\nFlying Childers B. ix Celestial\n\nBraga 2012 sen ZH iloves\n\nFrancised ja\n\nkallast\n\nWet&Co\n\nLiverpool\n\nNov /Guntrak,\n\n3. al.\n\n249 Rayons\n\nIlves1\n\nBG\n\nJA.\n\n507 Levi\n\nicelan\n\n20\n\nNo: ab.\n\nCża Helbeke\n\nHartlepool\n\n32\n\n++\n\nAn THius\n\nCoverg\n\nSingapore\n\nJan E¡Gustural Nov 24 Lends\" May 14 lee\n\nZiran 2\n\nW. Const ill s\n\nGoldan Che A. sh.134 Dist\n\nLandly hi, Wounds atr. Maison\n\nMay 26 - Jo Ga\n\nLiverpool\n\nFab 19Gem!\n\n19an Poncised Apr reallast\n\nSangue\n\nS\n\n+49:01·Leonard\n\n¡Bay\n\nkat pium\n\n21:00\n\nT\n\n214 D'Aleida\n\nPenning\n\nApries\n\n- A\n\nSau Jeso\n\n20 Lu\n\n[+\n\n8 Torreir\n\nStreis\n\nApe 14 ice ¡2.jee\n\n25 Whampoa David Clarke\n\n45\n\n0.\n\nBoxe\n\nJay\n\nGan\n\nLE\n\nSt Peters\n\nArraca\n\nPan 28 Costor\n\nRice\n\nNalip\n\nClase Guns Trew Brit.\n\nName\n\nClam Gun Tops Low\n\n72 Body\n\nBunray\n\nJessi Pereira B. Lx\n\n16 Marsh\n\nBanpos\n\n2; Ali\n\nJenna Caro.1.\n\nBerfold\n\nBar Cocter\n\nSundries\n\nA 14:Bendrica\n\nP. F. Cain & Cy Order\n\nBRITISH\n\nBRITISH\n\nTai C\n\nAF\n\nShip\n\nMatter Banith (efing,\n\nShanghai\n\ng 45 Lange\n\nBolazy\n\nFcb 10 pina\n\ncaptain\n\nBittern\n\nvig\n\n$84\n\nCom A. W. Yansittact\n\n10\n\nJu\n\n011\n\nLaurie' Balicali\n\nB. ba\n\nCrockett Kombay 59 12 Watumists W. C.\n\nFeb Rium\n\nJardin\n\nContri\n\nBrig\n\n12 43% 25 1 Cun. Hon. J. W. S. Space 7\n\n199\n\nReyalist\n\n8 Sixp\n\n212 Sojanecdert Str.\n\nfi ... Berp\n\n65 1839 'em. W, Belts\n\nDay 07: Elman\n\n5\n\nBis\n\nAm. Mr Balest\n\nBread Co\n\nTAGSENGERS, Per\n\nPer Colonial. A cod bhas Charice Duckton put infant daughter, Messrs Boyd, and Block and, Per ride fr, Celoni Pore, and losers D. O. Dark, and J. De Wits. Per Fady Mary captain Tronson, J., Nesses Rabes, Shortreve, Heard, King, and Chinɔm.\n\nDaring\" Elentra T+1\n\n42%\n\n19\n\nCom. 7. J. Napier\n\n1898\n\nBaita::\n\nSip\n\n23\n\nSis 230\n\nCanta W, Hoste\n\nNHB\n\nBg\n\n4:57 12)\n\nCem. W. Kris\n\n780%\n\nSPLIONS\n\nStr.\n\nLE 1846 Com\n\nLAG\n\nShiz\n\n105 210 120\n\nCom. G. R. Lanaburi\n\nWodiczter Ship 147\n\n420\n\nCapt. C. F. A. Shadwell\n\nip\n\n1840\n\nFastig\n\nShip\n\n2615 186\n\nCara. F. W. Aurten\n\nAMERICAN\n\nmed\n\nITevises\n\nStr.\n\n120 126 Com. E. G. Fishbourne\n\n1648\n\nCaprice\n\nParque\n\ndoo Maury\n\ntirig\n\n1127\n\n12\n\n4.32 15\n\nAliveīsalçıpl\n\nStr. F.8, 10\n\n1700\n\n375\n\nCom Lous\n\nAndent\n\n4.p\n\n2721\n\n1310 DR. A. Mukim\n\n1846\n\nPlymou\n\nSlov\n\n1843 John Kelly\n\n1801\n\nRapid\n\nBrte\n\n3.1\n\nSo 130 Com Gen. Nac\n\nT\n\nEratoga\n\n81002\n\n144 1\n\n90\n\nW. S Walker\n\n1270\n\nTatile\n\nSo str.\n\n18 Com. A. Match\n\n30\n\n1840. S'ell\n\n1952\n\nMay 23ongky Lady Rees jhko Maieuberg\n\nG. v. genderp Ds. bur\n\nKoi-noor\n\nHospital Slip\n\nBare p\n\n20 Hure-power\n\no Horse-Fɔwer.\n\n(kusgoobnua4Str. F.S 3 800\n\n2000 power.\n\n330 1950 Commodore Perry\n\n1950\n\nHerse power.\n\n** SUL Herse-power.\n\nDEPARTURES.\n\nDATX\n\nFRON\n\nVAL\n\nELAN & IGHB\n\nCaraly\n\nSTIVATION\n\nCanon\n\nDEPA\n\nstu 950 19\n\nSan Francisco Stor Horny, &c Mail,\n\nw\n\n34 You Jan\n\nSan Francisco\n\nJI\n\nico peripe\n\nStrunk's Dir\n\nkundziew\n\nHady Montigo 1\n\nTaga\n\n1. sis\n\nB. b4\n\nZarty Bird\n\nSir w. ityar 3. bk.\n\nItesario\n\nJoan N. Goderia\n\n200 evas\n\nWhitmore Mardin\n\n253 Price\n\nBeg\n\n21.0 Ston\n\nSp. ba\n\n31.7 Bowe\n\nJula Pauwerk VA lil.\n\n266 Muhd\n\n140 Boyrip\n\nEarn\n\n'catalin\n\nMEN\n\nBentzles\n\nMila\n\nSundrea\n\nmariva\n\nSundelez\n\nSandries\n\nBe Protesco umiries\n\nSAD Trance 8.ndries\n\nTale\n\nMaria\n\nSundrica\n\nAusie. ». Apore Munzirtes\n\nja\n\nSundries\n\nMeyer, Schaefer & Co P. & 0, St. M. Ca Meyer. Builofer & Co Join Rand Jaudkes, Nalmaq de lín Rawls, Driker and Co Jarilise, Mathcada Sela (Williams, A. min Williams, and Co Williamra, A. and Co\n\nJ. F. Ber\n\nW.Just 5 Co\n\ni Lyall, Stil und Ce\n\nSuch in Grant Britain'\n\n& freund in 53, 1854.3 Arrived between Merl) &i,to 13 Vests Alat-ailed in Aug. 10. bo. Sugi.\n\nCristes\n\n¡P. & G. N. St. C\n\nLyall,\n\nand Go\n\nDa.\n\nDo. Oct,\n\nCuilas\n\nDoliny\n\n¡W. M. Kabinet\n\nDo\n\nD\n\nNay\n\nNew York Teas, de Stamarang\n\n1 Bukin, Rawson A. Co\n\nDo.\n\nDo De\n\nSundrea\n\nander & Allansir\n\n10\n\nIro Jan\n\n10\n\nDr. Pcb.\n\nLecche\n\nThe\n\n1) Mar.\n\nDo.\n\nDo Apr.\n\nLjudesy ui Co\n\n500\n\ntin. Sanderson\n\n13 430 150 tâneo Tu\n\n203\n\nSTOCK OF TEA IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, WITH CARGOES AFLOAT.\n\nVend\n\nYalny\n\nDate\n\nStiy\n\nD\n\nBram\n\nDESTINATION.\n\nradi\n\nYear ending Juro M. 1545.....\n\nming\n\n100\n\nSecried\n\n::\n\n14:52:52\n\nby, Young Hyeon! Tirowkay\n\ntóny! erro\n\nPrze\n\nNo58.\n\nMiscellaneous\n\n977b Hong, \n\nRECEIVED\n\nOct 4 1853\n\n6) Vietnia, -\n\nchun sama\n\nW..\n\nUG.\n\nto the Secretary of State for the Colonies, by the Mail Steamer Krin\", via Bouthampton, on the 6. Auquet,/558. 85\n\n#f3en Date of Des\n\nJoint Jhark\n\nGece Fonda\n\n54. Inly\n\nB0,772,000\n\n7,580,000\n\n4,124,00\n\nF48,00\n\n2,619,600\n\n1,243,800\n\n1.569,500\n\n7,864.700\n\n5.978.900\n\n8,869,200\n\n3.254,700 163,313,200\n\n18,656\n\nTula)\n\nTegal\n\nGreen\n\nEl\n\n13,312,K.\n\n34,252,43,099,99\n\n18,905\n\n921), 24\n\n14, 26.\n\n4,930,! \n\nAJB, 150\n\n178,3M:\n\n167,500\n\n978,061,109,300 3,035,502\n\nvakavi\n\n1,2W0\n\n18.245.uggl\n\n37Vessels 0,180,59%) 150,000;2,0ves, 87,300 2,546,500; 1908,3046!\n\n1,41%), LAIL\n\n11\n\n4,831 Cur\n\n7:00+00\n\n23,852, ¿IKO\n\n6,519,701.3\n\nEXPORT OF TEA TO THE UNITED STATES.\n\niyenyon Tarkay terroristu\n\nYear ending Jun: 130, 131415, in 417960k 8,635,931| 9815,400\n\n1 car evang June, 1817.37 3,00,995 781,76914,501,018|0,013,$70| 924,4.41,824,8:20 2,045,00 Year Paling June 10, H, h. Verds S.C25,485.9,55,166,600 Year goding June 26, 18-1 Year ending June 30.18otie 14 Yousoleuf DIN1,600 2,067,201|| 12.0 p1,900 $2,700 2,515,700) $12,00 Your cording detan Shah ve 64 Vessel SABLJAK|| AST,100 3, 82,300ft,neaky MA202,159,0 2,304,0 WED, 290,800 207.58, tur Year ending June 9,3£22, Vasels 1091,500) 13,062,60,500 1,989,101,196,439,099, övera 937,000) 12.aw) 11.200\n\n1105,50 47,290) 101,400 118,40% as wel 198,3 57,70%! 273,100 411,200 302,690 15,441 155109/ 2,555, 353.40 47,200 500,16: 41.340 01, 2,476,204|| 270,200 74.90 245,400 249,900 2,345,292,200 371,274,704, 204,00 400,709 776,90al 378,20\n\n14,2011\n\n8,0\n\n2004, 246,00 97,50) 57, K 21.00 97,800, 904.400 - 3000G\n\nMar **Revenue\n\n¡Eston\n\nSea Witchy\n\n¡New York\n\nNew York\n\nb.2012\n\n1,896, 14.700 44.GUR\n\n36,500t\n\n151,5M\n\n39, 40\n\n00\n\n1,36,456\n\n2.Wiki,617\n\n13.07%,300 21,757,200 296)\n\n$4.594,\n\n1,JOE\n\n2,3, 6,159,100 4,501,1.\n\n55.\n\n56.\n\n7.244.51\n\nJuly\n\nJu Vych\n\n$8.5042\n\n27,00\n\n34,0\n\nCo\n\nAug.\n\nTu Vessele\n\n40,900\n\n1,2%.\n\ntic natey, de\n\nTr.day\n\nBe t\n\nIn 11 Vecia\n\n€1,800\n\n1,506,140\n\nOct\n\nLบ 14 Sessi\n\n15.15.0\n\n1:52.94\n\n4,193,200\n\nwhating\n\n12,00\n\n6,84,100\n\nDec.\n\nIn\n\nVossala\n\n1.\n\n94,\n\nAIGAO 1,414,00\n\nG\n\nFoyle 90 Cc San Frat.Disco\n\nSuriy\n\nJaci\n\n¡En 5 Praxel\n\n5,900 72,200\n\n2,58,30\n\n3.ub. In wasal\n\n834,4\n\n103,20\n\n24912,000\n\n147,241\n\nBartine Meeson&Coj\n\nYork\n\n258,700\n\n21,700\n\nGO 20,0\n\nTESKON\n\n844,\n\nVISNO\n\ndoan Buland Co\n\n4 Ca\n\nNew York\n\nID, BL\n\n19,000)\n\n1,5 127,340\n\n915,86\n\n523,800\n\nWii, A. and Co\n\nJis, Bou\n\n14:24\n\n49\n\n12.00\n\n4/48,500!\n\n45:00 422,50\n\n1\n\nMeyer, Selmater & Qujan Francis\n\nEndy\n\nFeeler Ca\n\nA. Bucicaam\n\n139,400\n\n3.200\n\n1.500\n\nLK E\n\n2,4 $22.00\n\n144.400\n\n351:20)\n\n46.7.0\n\n57.\n\nJa, St. and Co\n\nManito\n\n- feeluni\n\nNew York\n\n31,0\n\n1,3lish\n\n150,500\n\n11,2\n\n$1,20\n\nDidt\n\nNew York\n\n21,410\n\n117600\n\n01:00\n\n371, 2,00\n\nKurrow,Birghezzon Oc\n\nMeyer, Seluster & Co San FrancİKL\n\nEarly\n\n¡N. Duss and Co\n\n+\n\nԴր\n\nballs!\n\n15, 20\n\n248.11.\n\n295,\n\n212.20\n\n45.50\n\n¡M. 11. Wardley Co\n\n3 Ban Rose-\n\nNew York\n\n163-30\n\n18,710\n\n22,\n\n6.4.\n\nSeek\n\n6.700\n\n429.00\n\n1527.200\n\n96.950\n\nin. Wsorberry\n\nW. Pestan & Co\n\nWahl Pigeon\n\nNew Yor\n\n65,8!\n\nBIN\n\n71,700\n\n10\n\nPn.30y\n\n564.00\n\nLindany w Co\n\nLondon\n\nLotus\n\nNew York\n\n234.50\n\nF16 X\n\n54,301\n\n517,420\n\nInner and Co\n\nGallegof\n\nNew York\n\n193,4'\n\n1.700 7,300\n\nJSYAR\n\n196,700\n\n208.94\n\nGb, Livingsum & Liverno\n\nEmly\n\nRaduga\n\nNew York\n\n12,406\n\n3,100....\n\n400,\n\nts,\n\n615,00\n\nG. T Stem\n\nJLikecll mil C\n\nJarding, Mathes\n\nSingapore turbalia\n\nMay 14 Talbot\n\nNem Vorle\n\n2.200\n\n17,300,\n\nEarly\n\n18161\n\nJuded at Stanghee.\n\n1.300\n\nING,2017\n\n200,500\n\n3,300\n\n¡Schrautarn & Co\n\nCartowitz.flurkert Coj mautta\n\nLay and o\n\nTumor and co\n\nRrrreal\n\n1:41\n\n8p. 1-43 Ulus\n\n10. NET.\n\nKare Sharri b 512 Man\n\nMay 24-is an Empresa\n\nFenux. 416 Whil\n\n231 165ponze.ac Walton A. 201\n\nBulky\n\nDermagsabazzi Da, sixj 959 Vastenina\n\nJan Van Horn Da. 179 Benten\n\n..trees\n\nzy\n\n16 Woczung! Miselcelppi\n\n17\n\n2P\n\nKatalin\n\nvia Mundzes\n\nunehanna 11.8.9 25% lonera Parryit sunlamı\n\ngenia\n\nPr. s. 7t4 F\n\nJoin\n\nTens, c\n\nPASSENGERS—Pur Hominyu, Capt, Hall, Mef. K. Tuskermor. Per Katherina Süero, bir z. E.. Kizlječi.\n\ncob..\n\nAT-\n\nAlongn\n\nreliset\n\nAudax\n\nAUDIA\n\nBeri: pote\n\nEsaigral\n\nFalcon\n\nFlying Childars\n\nGon\n\nGolden Caça\n\nHerald\n\nJejuna Bee\n\nLady Evalu\n\nLaly M. Weg\n\nHaJeppa\n\nMaja odto\n\nMors\n\nNanoy\n\nIleac of aren\n\nRouverain\n\nB-L-cred\n\nUidi\n\nT\n\nVeronica\n\nW. Ucnnal\n\nIny\n\nAsa Thor\n\nChallonge\n\nDavid Marke\n\nDoc Rivardu\n\nEmelie\n\nБылаа\n\nFrancs Barclay\n\nGulpero Mentury\n\nITerus die NW\n\nJeminreira Jena' GEL Jas\n\nLbon\n\nivek\n\nMaya Dam\n\nMeimpelis\n\nOriss\n\nPet Eutojen\n\nPinen!\n\nRichari sop\n\nSex Queca\n\nSHIPPING IN CHINA WATERS.\n\nMERCHANT VESSELS.\n\nTHE FACTORS CAPTAIN. Area, BC,\n\nHngkor May itim. 55 E\n\nMaashi 975 deng 4. 110 over\n\n450 Venuscherz\n\nMay 15\n\nMay Is B.\n\n5. 663 kl\n\nTur 25 B.\n\nsh. 355 Raviour\n\nApr 27: sher\n\n61 377 alty\n\nBay $44. k. Hey\n\nMay 29, Shaя\n\nJune 2A. sh. 3340 Bareo At A\n\n65 Terry\n\nJibon 't. ar 191\n\nJNre a tJ\n\nIN. DAS Ca\n\nRawle, Drinker and Cane Frer Chart Paine, Maxou den. Wenn\n\nA.Lubeck Cu\n\nyil,Sti. and Co\n\n*J, J. Edger\n\nThuer und Co\n\nJardine, Matheuve: 4: Cul\n\nJakina, Aluthor:\n\nP. & D. st. N. Co\n\nwittim., A. & Cu\n\n¡A. Lubank & Co\n\nFaviana Frans and Cɔ\n\nTape 101 24 Clefai\n\nJou 6. str. Con Jamasen\n\nJame 4:35. f. 103 tyrio\n\nMay 18, 74 Mellin May 24:Cai.b\n\n300 Barg\n\n¡May 17 bg. 21 Nerdquest\n\nAp: 261 475 Thompson May ar Nor.si.. 823 reson 'May ajšp. 19. 250 Tur\n\nMayo sa 626 Ten111 5. Si Welase Jure. 28 M'Cteory\n\nDesing-moon May\n\nBy.x\n\nWhampoa dupa 2 Dana 95 cultura\n\nMay 31.81752 Pitte Stay 25'6.\n\nan, 502 boyd\n\nMaj 50 B. 28. Wakla\n\n3lay 19:59 bg 242 Thomann\n\nMay Mia, kud\n\nMay 1:23. Wh 240 Konn:beer\n\nMas va, bl: 26 Lucas\n\nMAD. 2:40 Clack\n\nMay 25 8. 5. 353 Hunt\n\nMay . b. March\n\n9 415 Donald\n\nWay\n\nR. ab. 420 Vibor\n\njay\n\nLiza 20 Peters\n\nb. p. 66 SCHE\n\nMy 57, R. sh. 760 Brady\n\nMay 2 4 Lange Linne is\n\nat.cwis\n\n14pe 22/18. 15\n\n499 ¿Montgomery\n\nGure remeti 300 iseen\n\nMay 25 A Asli and Kenny\n\nMay 3 3a obertson\n\nMay 20\n\nals 99 Wilia\n\n[16. Coast A. May jit. by: 197 Naker\n\nAlay 10p, bk. 360 Tavas\n\nMay 2: Dec 192 Wasangst\n\nM1 Jodi\n\n3.\n\n5.May ja. EN. g & lor\n\nSt Au\n\nAlligator\n\nAniste\n\nBalkan\n\nVide\n\nBefo\n\nDrury\n\nMay A TH\n\n20 Andrew\n\nLaunont\n\nMay 31 13\n\nElemir Lucas! hi\n\n-Batower in 13.\n\nLiz.\n\n124 Lcdre\n\nEz\n\nMay 7.\n\nhg.\n\n14 no\n\nJax 3 B\n\nwh\n\nHalaraw\n\nDe\n\nB\n\nez\n\n18 Fitzgibbon\n\n4. Dem 15.\n\n142 Buil\n\nIna\n\nWANAN\n\n1 El\n\nDownu\n\nP. & 0.5. N. Co\n\nA. Lübeck and Ko\n\nOrder\n\n[ja. P. Carusomt 40\n\nund Co\n\nRcbinet\n\nIr. 1. Cama & Bo\n\nNye, Fakir & Co\n\nRusciana Cu\n\nAmy\n\nerly\n\nAtamila\n\nFarly\n\nMelce,\n\nsurrow, Stephenson Vel Bombay\n\nAm. Petru Co\n\nBBC and Co\n\nTait and Ce\n\n20 John Wade\n\nI\n\nAprilract\n\nNew York\n\nTh TY. Seera;\n\nNew York\n\n¡Destin\n\nDAU!\n\nSla\n\nEXPORT OF TEA AND RAW SILK TO GREAT BRITAIN.\n\nBicit rankay\n\nCongelachquả\n\nSONYLA\n\nCz\n\nImperial\n\nTo'Aj\n\nTon!\n\nBIALL\n\nBALKA\n\n51,300.2,338, 741046, 7:446,2 1,569,500243\n\nYear 1848-4, in 97 Vessels),733.800. 1,315,200 510,900 220,900,150.00 484,200 342,000), 495, 200l9,353,!,276, wo 400 CLARO, MANA 8,074, skr50,513.āku Y1844-5, DG Vessel 33.74400 2,591,601,387,300 097,9:101, F20, 300, 459,00042319,800 2, 159, 102,500, 3302, 112, 160, 1, 92, 949, 3815,56941,373,0 17, 198,900 53.37 0,506 211,797 Year 14, 117 Vis[37,179,500 1,100 1,657.10 651.042,069,700 924,400 $7,000:33,398, 2005.1001,104,000 2,537,1924.06,30:12.562,100,584,18, 1 car 1946-7, in LUG 4.1%) 1,445,0 0:07:2,001,588,000; 915,000, #8,19,259,900 10,001,450 500 60,00 9.us400/45.51.000 7.964\n\n$11,500 1,108, U 20:7031027.10.48.600 735,100 3,1902,104,00 Ven 1847-8, 92 Vesanit (38,630.200 Vany lay-9, 19470 +0,2001,271,1 4,27,300,419,077,400 Year 1849-50, 48 Vol126,544,209, 1,291,271,919,600, 217,582, 455,500 65.000,00 Yr 120-5,-Catton-12760,4000 1,210,200,000 3,003,2015 11\n\nStangione, LR, MESEDI\n\njr\n\n0937%,6\n\n206.246 967.500\n\n16,498,00\n\n850,900\n\n9.00 729,90; 45.2.746.264\n\nTotal in 15 Varoda, 455, 32,000, 2,501.90.165.1716X: 3,328, 13.740\n\nYany ---Chalen,............\n\n$15,000$27,105 36, 783,508,479,20147,247,7\n\n12.00489,700,1,2 3,190, 0,961,800 JE, JEA 17.09.700 3,003,595,000 36,012,700 6,191,300|42,204,000 5,250 228.000 171,18) 133,MR1010,353,100 1,863,1,6:6,100 10 215.30 73300640005,10,65,60,601,181,290 64,990,10422, 147 ......TR 2012\n\nCanton S.ghae\n\n(€5,137,023,0\n\n34091,597,400, 4SATANG 2,6\n\n9,2,HI 5,734,60,659, 6,791,348 3,048,799/11,854,000 3,474\n\n117, 6, 7,168, 2\n\n4,104,20.3|| 4,759,EHN) 8,16%,2900\n\n637,200 1.566... |4.209,700 3,155,0 7,364,70 5,336 10 Apky 597.00 1,420 4,394,505. 39,904 1,263,20 2,46 199,368, 204, 96, ES,EMINAS, 4 L4,029,\n\n$28.00\n\n513,0\n\n434, 10)\n\n22.60202,100 3.254.2|| 12900\n\nB7000\n\n$56, ...\n\n376,000\n\n150,00 1.422,\n\n(0.52\n\nG.bh, Livingston & Ca\n\nWardley & Co\n\nNew York\n\nCont\n\nTato and Co\n\nBriey, W, und Co\n\nCaptai\n\nJ\n\nBergha\n\nHall and Co\n\nTotal 117 sela,\n\nEucas\n\nCo\n\nDHLARE\n\nGarland\n\nIndeper.Jones\n\nJoderns Cæsar\n\nFGT\n\nMur.daques\n\nMancia>\n\nNymph\n\nNacer\n\nRcoron\n\nBiz Camily\n\nBir Edw. 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        "content_text": "7.\n\n49\n\nпрочи\n\nI trust that His Excellency will bestow me the additional favour of moving The Right Amorable The H Secretary of State for the Colonies to recede to the request which I herein most humbly, but earnestly, submit, that the Colonial Agent at home be instructed to procure for me the requisite Act of Naturalization, and that the expenses attendant on procuring of the Enactment be in the first instance defrayed by that Officer in England, and then recovered from me here, (through the Colonial Treasury) in monthly instalments; my Salary will not allow me to remit the whole amount at once.\n\nwith a family to maintain,\n\n(Signed) Leonard D'Almada e Castro, Clerk of Councils, and Chief Clerk and Keeper of Records in the Colonial Secretary's Office.\n\nVictoria, Hongkong,\n\n9th January, 1856.\n\nTrue Copy\n\nColonial Secretary",
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        "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. 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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. 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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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        "content_text": "# TARIFF OF DUTIES ON THE BRITISH TRADE WITH CHINA\n\nI. TARIFF ON IMPORTS\n\nItem\nDuty\n\nAgar-agar\n\nAsafoetida\n\nBeeswax, Yellow\n...\n\nBetel-nut\n\nHusk\n\nBicho-de-mar, Black\n...\n\nWhite\n\nBirdnests, 1st quality\n...\n\n2d & 3d quality or uncleaned\n99\n\nButtons, Brass\n++\n\nCamphor, Baroos, clean\n31\n\nrefuse\n\"\n\nCanvas and Cotton Duck, not exceeding 50 yards long\n17\n\nCardamonts, Superior\n21\n\nInferior, or Grains of Paradise\n+\n\nChamomile\n\" catty\n\nClocks\n\nCloves\n\nMother\n\nCoal, Foreign\n\nCochineal\n\nCoral\n\nCordage, Manila\n\nBeads\n\nCornelians\n\nCotton, Raw\n\nCotton Piece Goods\n\nGrey, White, Plain, and Twilled, exceeding 34in. wide, and not exceeding 40 yds. long\n...\n\nexceeding 34 in. wide, and exceeding 40 yds. long\n\nDrills and Jeans, not exceeding 30in. wide, and not exceeding 40yds. long\n\nnot exceeding 30 in. wide, and not exceeding 30 yds. long\nT-Cloths, not exceeding 34 in. wide, and not exceeding 48 yds. long\n\nnot exceeding 34 in. wide, and not exceeding 24 yds. long\n\nDyel, Figured and Plain, not exceeding 36 in. wide, and not exceeding 40 yds. long\n\nFancy, White Brocades and White Spotted Shirtings, not exceeding 36in. wide, and not exceeding 40 yds. long\n\nPrinted, Chintzes & Furnitures, not exceeding 31in. wide, and not exceeding 30yds. long\n\nCambrics, not exceeding 46 in. wide, and not exceeding 24 yds. long\n17\n\nnot exceeding 46 in. wide, and not exceeding 12 yds. long\n15\n\nMuslins, not exceeding 46 in. wide, and not exceeding 24 yds. long\n\nnot exceeding 46 in. wide, and not exceeding 12 yds. long\n...\n\nDamasks, not exceeding 36 in. wide, and not exceeding 40 yds. long\n\nDimities, or Quiltings, not exceeding 40 in. wide, and not exceeding 12 yds. long\n14\n\nHandkerchiefs, not exceeding 1 yd. square\n13\n\nGinghams, not exceeding 28 in. wide, and not exceeding 30 yds. long\n17\n\nFustians, not exceeding 35 yds. long\n1\n\nVelveteens, not exceeding 34 yds. long\n\"\n\nThread\n\"\"\n\nYarn\n\nCow Bezoar, Indian\n\nCutch\n\nElephants' Teeth, Whole\n\nBroken\n\nFeathers, Kingfisher's, Peacock's\n\nFishmaws\n\nFish-skins\n\nFlints\n\nGambier\n\nGamboge\n\nGinseng, American, Crude\n\nGlass, Window\n\nGlue\n\nGold Thread, Real\n\nClarified\n\nImitation\n\nGum, Benjamin\n\nOil of\n\nDragon's Blood\n\nMyrrh\n\nOlibanum\n\nHides, Buffalo and Cow\n\nRhinoceros\n\nHorns, Buffalo\n\"\n\nDeer\n\nRhinoceros\n\nIndigo, Liquid\n\nIsinglass\n\nLacquered Ware\n\nLeather\n\nLinen, fine, as Irish or Scotch, not exceeding 50 yds. long\n\ncoarse, as Linen and Cotton, or Silk and Linen mixtures, not exceeding 50 yds. long\n\nLueraban Seed\n\nMace\n\nMangrove Bark\n\nMetals, Copper, manufactured, as in Sheets, Rods, Nails\nper 100 catties\n\nmanufactured, as in Slabs\n\"\n\nYellow Metal, Sheathing, and Nails\n**\n\nJapan\n100 catties\n\n...\n\nItem\nDuty\n\nTortoise Shell\n\nUmbrellas\n\nVelvets, not exceeding 34 yds. long\n19\n\nWatches\n\nWax, Japan\n\nWoods, Camagon\n17\n\nEbony\ncatty\n\nMussels, Dried\n1 5 0\n\nNutmegs\n\" gross\n\nOlives, Unpickled, Salted, or Pickled\n1 3 0 0\n\nOpium\n0 7 2 0\n\nPepper, Black\npiece\n\nWhite\n0 0\n\nPrawns, Dried\n100 catties\n\nPutehack\nI 5 0 0\n\nRattans\n.5 per cent. ad valorem\n\nRose Maloes\n...per 100 catties\n\nSalt Fish\n0 5 0 0\n\nSaltpetre, (saleable only under Regulation appended)\nton\n\nSandalwood\n21\n\nSapanwood\n100 catties\n\nSeahorse Teeth\n0 3 5 0\n\nSharks' Fins. Black\n,100 stones\n\nWhite\n,100 catties\n\nSkins\n\"\n\nSilver Thread, Real\n\nImitation\n\nSinews, Buffalo and Deer\n\nSkins, Fox, large\npiece\n\nsmall\n0 0 8 0\n\nMarten\n\nSea Otter\n\nTiger and Leopard\n\nBeaver\n\nDoe, Hare, and Rabbit\n17\n\nSquirrel\n11\n\nLand Otter\n0 0 7 0\n\nRacoon\n\"\"\n\nSmalts\n0 0 3 5\n\nSnuff, Foreign\n21\n\nSticklac\n17\n\nStockfish\n\nSulphur and Brimstone, (saleable only under Regulation appended)\n\nTelescopes, Spy and Opera Glasses, Looking Glasses and Mirrors\n\nTigers' Bones\n\nTimber, Masts and Spars, Hard-wood, not exceeding 40 ft.\n\nexceeding 60 ft.\n\nSoft-wood, not exceeding 40 ft.\n\nexceeding 60 ft.\n\nBeams, Hard-wood, not exceeding 26 ft. long, and under 12 in. square\n\nPlanks, not exceeding 24 ft. long, 12 in. wide, and 3 in. thick\n\n...\n\nItem\nDuty\n\nMetal, Iron, manufactured, as in Sheets, Rods, Bars, Hoops\nper 100 catties\n\nunmanufactured as in Pigs\n>>\n\nKentledge\n\nWire\n\"1\n\nLead, in Pigs\n\nin Sheets\n\nQuicksilver\n\nSpelter, (saleable only under Regulation appended)\n\nSteel\n\nTin\n\nTin Plates\n\nMother-o'-Pearl Shell\n\nMusical Boxes\n\n...\n\nItem\nDuty\n\nWoollen Manufactures, viz: Blankets\n\nBroadcloth and Spanish Stripes, Habit and Medium Cloth, 51 a 64 in. wide\n\nCassimeres, Flannel and Narrow Cloth\n\nImitation and Orleans, 34 in. wide\n\nBunting, not exceeding 24 in. wide, 40 yds. long\n\nand Cotton Mixtures, viz: Lustres, Plain and Brocaded, not exceeding 31 yds. long\n\nInferior Spanish Stripes\n\nPage 10",
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        "title": "CO129-117 - Public Offices - 1866",
        "content_text": "William Theed Esq, of 12th Henrietta St\n\nCavendish Square, W. for [design] of the Queen\n\na\n\nMedallion\n\n£31:10:0\n\nOwen Jones Esq, 9 Argyll Place\n\n* for designs for the Hong Kong\n\nDollar\n\n£21\n\nLeonard C. Wyon Esq, 54 Hamilton Terrace, St John's Wood, N.W, for Engraving the Hong Kong dollar\n\n£111.5.0\n\nThe Enclosures being in\n\noriginal I beg to request that they\n\nmay\n\nbe returned.\n\nI have the honor to be,\n\nSir,\n\nYour most obedient servant,\n\nJ Sargeant\n\nThe Governor;\n\n22nd\n\nConnors returned\n\n1. Cheque at 31.10.\n\nStonehouse\n\nAgents £21.0.0\n\n24 Jan 186...\n\nGentlemen,\n\nI am directed to acknowledge\n\nreceipt of your letter of the 24th ult.\n\nand\n\nto authorize you to pay the accounts of the Artists employed in designing\n\nand\n\nEngraving the Dies\n\n(L. C. Wyon £111.5.0 for The New dollar\n\nOwen\n\nJones £21.\n\nVyon\n\nprovided for the same\n\nPage ...\n\n...\n\n...",
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        "title": "CO129-117 - Public Offices - 1866",
        "content_text": "62\n\nthe 11th August,\n\n(1) William Theed Erope 12 Herritta Street Cavendish Square, W. for a medallion of the Queen £81-10.0\n\n(2) Owen Jones 89th Gwernyll Plan cacht. for designs for the Hong Kong dollar. £21.0.0\n\n(3) Leonard Wyon Esqre 34 Harcourt Terrace St John's Wood &c. for engraving the Hongkong dollar. £111-3:0\n\nI may be allowed to add that these charges are considered moderate, the Commission allowed by the Statute for such a work to a single artist being usually Two hundred Guineas.\n\nYou would oblige by causing the accounts to be paid directly to the different Parties and accepting their receipts.\n\nI have to,\n\n/de/\n\nThomas Graham,\n\nThe Crown Agents for the Colonies.",
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        "content_text": "63\n\nThe latter of the link\n\nTo Leonard C. Lo you,\n\nEngraving\n\none Obverse.\n\nand two Reverse Matrices\n\nand puncheons for the\n\nHong Kong Dollar £100-0-0\n\n30 Letter Punches - //b ea, and wono\n\nH\n\nApproved,\n\n(se) Choucas Grahame\n\nMaster of the Mint",
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        "title": "CO129-117 - Public Offices - 1866",
        "content_text": "The credit of the Agents at the Bank \n\nand then be paid \n\nThe Crown Agents for the Colonies. \n\nby them \n\nb- MAM Manz. \n\nFR. \n\numediate 12257. Hong Kong. \n\nA Letters to be addressed to \n\nGay Jr. 111 - 28 Scopi \n\nAnsu ! 280w. \n\nDecember 1866. \n\nSir, \n\nJing, 208 \n\n\"ffices of the Crown's Agents for the Colonies. \n\nSpring Gardens, London. S.W. RECEIVER 28th December 1866 \n\nDEC 28 \n\n1866 \n\nI transmit to you in original \n\n(to be returned) the enclosed letters which have just been received from the Royal Mint, \n\napplying for payment, before the \n\non or \n\nthe 31st \n\ninstant, \n\nthe sum of £339 : 3 : 9 \n\nto replace advances made by that \n\non account of Hong Kong coinage, the other Enclosing \n\na claim from Mr Leonard C Wyon for £50:5:0 for engraving \n\nMatrices & Punches of the 20 \n\nand 5 cent Coins for \n\nHong Kong Mint. \n\nI beg that \n\nthe Hong \n\nwill furnish the Crown Agents with Lord Carnarvon's authority \n\nF. Rogers Bart \n\nX \n\nfor \n\nPage 210\n\nPage 211",
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        "content_text": "Matrices & Punches\n\nthe 20 and 5 cent\n\nJim for the Harry\n\nMint\n\nCopy\n\nM. Suft to the Crown Agents\n\nRoyal Mint\n\n211\n\n27 December 1866\n\nFR\n\nGentlemen,\n\nI am directed by the Master of the Mint to transmit to you the enclosed claim from Mr. Leonard C. Wyon for £50. 5.0 Fifty Pounds, five shillings for engraving Matrices and Punches of the 20 and 5 Cent Coins for the Hong Kong Mint.\n\nJam F.\n\nThe Crown Agents for the Colonies\n\nSpring Gardens\n\n(0%) Rob: Fred? Suft.",
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        "title": "CO129-117 - Public Offices - 1866",
        "content_text": "213\n\nThe Master of the Mint\n\nTo Leonard C. Wyon.\n\n1866\n\nSuby. Obverse Punches and Matrices of\n\n20 and 5 Cent Coins for the Hong Kong Mint.\n\n22 Letter and\n\nExamined,\n\n(14)\n\nPunches\n\nFigure\n\nW. H. Barton\n\n4211000\n\n7/6-8.50 £50.5.0\n\nDeputy Master & Comptr",
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        "document_key": "CO129-118 - Public Offices - 1866",
        "page_number": 66,
        "title": "CO129-118 - Public Offices - 1866",
        "content_text": "64\n\nCoin.\n\nRecourse was had to a style of ornamentation of the reverse of the piece, with a view to preserve the harmony of the designs now in use.\n\nThe Chinese, it is generally allowed, are in possession of a national style of art, in good taste, peculiar to themselves, which in a former age attained a high point of excellence no longer sustained. It is thought that Europeans, in their intercourse with the East, would do well to foster and develop such indigenous art rather than attempt to transplant Greek art, which appears not to be in accordance with the genius of the Asiatic races.\n\nSuch is the judgment of a great authority in Ornamental art, Mr Owen Jones, who has lately made a special study of Chinese art. It is to Mr. Jones that we are indebted for the present designs. The Chinese Labyrinth will be recognised as a characteristic border also Chinese.\n\nHer Majesty was pleased to give a sitting to the eminent Sculptor, Mr. W. Theed, for the head, which is new. It was executed by Mr. Theed in the form of a medallion of low relief. This was then reduced in size and transferred to the Steel Die by Mr Leonard C. Wyon, the Official Engraver of the Mint.\n\nTo...\n\nI have the honor to remain,\n\nSir,\n\nYour obedient servant,\n\nThe. Makam",
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        "document_key": "CO129-121 - Sir MacDonnell - 1867 [3-4]",
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        "title": "CO129-121 - Sir MacDonnell - 1867 [3-4]",
        "content_text": "Copy.)\n\n23\n\nShave\n\nRefused R. Rs. Mems: of\n\nthe 6th Instant and its\n\naccompanying\n\nReport on the advisability of erecting Light houses and Beacons in the neighbourhood of Hong Kong, and have to reply as follows:-\n\nDuring the last ten years there have been but three Shipwrecks in\n\nthis vicinity – H.M.S. \"Pelorus\" in\n\n1857 was lost about 29 Miles S. E. by S. of Hong Kong.\n\nH.M.S. \"Assistance\" in 1860 was lost on a rock about 100 yards from\n\nthis Island near Aberdeen. The\n\nBritish Ship \"Leopard\" in 1861 was lost on Boulder Point, Lantao.",
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        "document_key": "CO129-143 - Sir MacDonnell - 1870 [1-2]",
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        "title": "CO129-143 - Sir MacDonnell - 1870 [1-2]",
        "content_text": "I will fill back when Wo Hang - who had consented to carry on for some time. Regulations were not followed and certain issues worsened.\n\nI think I should be frank. D. MacDonnell had acted in good faith in accordance with his instructions. But it is never easy to work hard out of one's own pocket, if for personal gain a full measure of criticism comes down one's throat. There is no reward for foreshadowing what he has done regarding Wo Hang in some measure.\n\nInformer then said instructions might be given. I can deal with the situation with Wo Hang. I render your taking seconds, a leopard cannot change its spots. Sir R. M., from the Tendering for the fulfilment of their engagement, and also, the might-have-been fertile discussion was left for the discussion for the installation of this at the line, for Reference Houses.\n\n16 April 70.\n\nI must not suggest a matter with which I am too little acquainted - but it seems Sir R. M. has practically defied his instructions, & done what he thought fit to do in a manner which the Chinese will probably fail to appreciate.\n\nAn impartial Christian should be happy about the matter at issue being believed by trapping and not...",
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        "document_key": "CO129-146 - Lieut Governor Whitfield - 1870 [10-12]",
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        "content_text": "## THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 16TH APRIL, 1870.\n\n### WEATHER TABLES FOR THE PAST WEEK.\n\n#### REGISTER AT HARBOR MASTER'S OFFICE, PRAYA WEST.\n\n| Date | 9 A.M. | NOON | 6 P.M. | Thermometer | Barometer | Self Registering |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| April 9 | 30.02 | 30.00 | 30.04 | 67, 71, 64, 78 |  | Min: 64, Max: 78 |\n| April 10 | 30.05 | 30.09 | 30.03 | 68, 67, 74 |  | Min: 65, Max: 82 |\n| April 11 | 30.05 | 30.08 | 30.01 | 68, 82, 68, 82 |  | Min: 68, Max: 84 |\n| April 12 | 30.06 | 30.08 | 30.03 | 67, 69, 68, 84 |  | Min: 67, Max: 84 |\n| April 13 | 29.97 | 29.92 | 29.90 | 65, 71, 65, 71 |  | Min: 66, Max: 71 |\n| April 14 | 29.91 | 29.91 | 29.84 | 82, 75, 67, 76 |  | Min: 67, Max: 76 |\n| April 15 | 29.86 | 29.90 | 29.83 | 73, 88, 70, 87 |  | Min: 70, Max: 88 |\n\n#### REGISTER AT BLOCK HOUSE, VICTORIA PEAK.\n\nHeight above Sea Level 1,770 feet.\n\n| Date | 9 A.M. | NOON | 6 P.M. | Dry Bulb | Wet Bulb | Self Registering | Winds | Rain |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| April 9 | 28.31 | 28.30 | 28.29 | 64.0, 69.0 | 61.0, 61.9 | Min: 61.0, Max: 72.6 | E, 6 | 0.00 |\n| April 10 | 28.25 | 28.27 | 28.26 | 61.0, 65.0 | 59.0, 62.0 | Min: 59.0, Max: 65.0 | E, 6 | 0.00 |\n| April 11 | 28.31 | 28.34 | 28.32 | 63.0, 67.6 | 62.0, 64.0 | Min: 47.0, Max: 81.6 | E, 1 | 4.30 |\n| April 12 | 28.35 | 28.37 | 28.30 | 61.0, 62.5 | 61.5, 61.6 | Min: 61.5, Max: 69.6 | E, 3 | 0.00 |\n| April 13 | 28.20 | 28.25 | 28.15 | 62.0, 65.0 | 61.0, 62.0 | Min: 61.0, Max: 81.0 | E, 6 | 0.05 |\n| April 14 | 28.20 | 28.14 | 28.15 | 61.0, 68.0 | 61.0, 67.0 | Min: 61.0, Max: 68.0 | E, 3 | 0.70 |\n| April 15 | 28.15 | 28.17 | 28.10 | 69.0, 71.6 | 68.0, 70.0 | Min: 68.0, Max: 88.0 | SW, 6 | 9.00 |\n\n### NOTICE.\n\nFROM and after the 18th instant, the Sittings of the Supreme Court, for the hearing of all Cases, Civil and Criminal, will be held at the temporary Court situated in the premises formerly in the occupation of Messrs. RUSSELL & Co., No. 7, Queen's Road Central.\n\nBy Order of the Court,\n**W. H. ALEXANDER**,\nRegistrar.\n\nHongkong, 13th April, 1870.\n\n### NOTICE.\n\nTHE next Criminal Sessions of the Supreme Court will be held, by direction of the Chief Justice, on Tuesday, the 18th instant, at 10 A.M., instead of Monday, the 18th instant.\n\nBy Order,\n**W. H. ALEXANDER**,\nRegistrar.\n\nSupreme Court House,\nNo. 7, Queen's Road Central,\nHongkong, 16th April, 1870.\n\n### COURT OF SUMMARY JURISDICTION.\n\nTHE next sitting of the above named Court will be held on Thursday, the 21st instant, at 10 o'clock A.M.\n\nBy Order of the Court,\n**HENRY J. HOLMES**,\nClerk of Court.\n\nHongkong, 16th April, 1870.\n\n### In re ANDREW COCHRANE, M.D., deceased.\n\nNOTICE--All Claims against the above Estate must be proved before the Official Administrator, on or before Monday, the 10th day of October, A.D. 1870, otherwise they will not be included in the Scheme of Division.\n\nAll Persons indebted to the said Estates are requested to make immediate payment to **W. H. ALEXANDER**, Registrar.\n\nHongkong, 6th April, 1870.\n\n### MEMORANDUM OF ENTRY OF A DEED.\n\n1. Title of Deed: Deed of Assignment and Release.\n2. Date of Deed: The Eleventh day of April in the Year of our Lord One thousand Eight hundred and Seventy.\n3. Date of Execution by Debtor: The Eleventh day of April in the Year of our Lord One thousand Eight hundred and Seventy.\n4. Name and description of the Debtor: Jules Cheramy, of Victoria in the Island of Hongkong, Cook and Hotel-keeper.\n5. Name and description of the Trustee: Victor Boulland, of Victoria in the Island of Hongkong, Merchant.\n6. Nature of the Deed: Assignment of the Estate and Effects of the Debtor upon trust to sell, dispose of, realize, collect, and receive the same.\n\n### NOTICE.\n\nThe partnership heretofore subsisting between the undersigned HYMAN ELIAS, NEY ELIAS, and GEORGE BARNET under the firms of ELIAS & Co. in London and GEORGE BARNET & Co. in Shanghai, China, is this day dissolved by mutual consent.\n\nDated this 31st day of March, 1870.\n\n(Signed) **H. ELIAS**, **N. ELIAS**, **GEO. BARNET**.\n\nWith reference to the above, we hereby give notice that we have made arrangements to continue the business, combined with that of public Silk Inspectors under the firm of ELIAS & Co. in London and GEORGE BARNET & Co. in Shanghai.\n\n**ELLIS ELIAS** will conduct the business in London and **EDWARD WILLIAM BATT** in China.\n\n**ELLIS ELIAS**, **EDWARD WILLIAM BATT**.\nShanghai, 1st April, 1870.\n\n### NOTICE.\n\nTHE business hitherto carried on by the undersigned on the premises known as the \"Victoria Foundry,\" Spring Gardens, Hongkong, under the style or firm of MCDOUGALL AND COMPANY, has this day been transferred to Mr. **JOHN INGLIS**, who will conduct and carry on the same from this date on his sole responsibility.\n\n**S. SPEECHLEY**.\nHongkong, 16th April, A.D. 1870.\n\n### NOTICE.\n\nMR. MAW is admitted a Partner in our Firm on the 1st of January last.\n\n**TURNER & Co.**,\nHongkong, 10th March, 1870.\n\n### NOTICE.\n\nMR. R. Joo HENRIQUE DOS REMEDIOS is authorised to sign our Firm per procuration from this day.\n\n**J. J. DOS REMEDIOS & Co.**,\nHongkong, 1st January, 1870.\n\n### NOTICE.\n\nTHE interest and responsibility of Mr. **WIL PROBST** in our firm ceased on the 31st of December 1868, and Mr. **OTTO CHRISTIAN BRUN** and Mr. **JOHANNES F. CORDES** are admitted Partners therein from this date.\n\nMr. **F. LANCKEN** and Mr. **C. W. SIEGFRIED**, have been authorized to sign our Firm per procuration.\n\n**WM. PUSTAU & Co.**,\nChina, 1st January, 1870.\n\n### NOTICE.\n\nIn the Estate of **HENRY DAVIES MARGESSON**, deceased.\n\nLETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION with the Will annexed, of the Estate of **HENRY DAVIES MARGESSON**, late of Hongkong and Macao, Merchant deceased, having been granted by the Supreme Court of Hongkong in its Probate Jurisdiction to the Undersigned as Attorneys for the Executors, all persons indebted to the said Estate are hereby required to pay the amount of their Debts to the undersigned without delay, and all persons having claims against the said Estate are required to send in particulars thereof, with vouchers, to the undersigned (addressed to the care of T. G. Linstead), on or before the Thirtieth day of June next, after which date no claims will be admitted.\n\nDated the Third day of December, A.D., 1869.\n\n**W. KESWICK**, **T. G. LINSTEAD**, Administrators.\n\n### NOTICE.\n\nMR. **WILLIAM GEORGE PRICE** is authorised to sign our Firm in Foochow from this date.\n\n**GILMAN & Co.**,\nHongkong, 17th July, 1869.\n\n### NOTICE.\n\nTHE interest and responsibility of Mr. **GEORG WILHELM SCHWEMANN** and of Mr. **RUDOLPH HEINSEN** in our Firm ceased on the 31st December, 1867, and 31st December, 1868, respectively.\n\n### NOTICE.\n\nEstate of **DENT & Co.** First Dividend of Ten per centum upon the amount of all Claims admitted by the Trustees will be paid on the 1st of January, next.\n\nOn application to the undersigned at the Office of the Trustees, Pedder's Hill, Creditors will be furnished with Warrants signed by the Trustees which will be payable on presentation at the Office of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation.\n\nBy order of the Trustees,\n**B. WHEELEY**,\nHongkong, 28th November, 1868.\n\n### NOTICE.\n\nTHE interest and responsibility of Mr. **JAMES BENJAMIN DEACON** in our Firm ceased on the 31st December, 1868, and Mr. **STUART DRACON** is this day admitted a Partner.\n\n**DEACON & Co.**,\nCanton, 1st January, 1869.\n\n### UNIVERSAL MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED.\n\nTHE undersigned, having been appointed Agents for the above Company at this Port, Shanghai, Foochow, Hankow, and Yokohama, are prepared to accept Marine Risks at Current Rates.\n\n**GILMAN & Co.**, Agents.\nHongkong, 21st September, 1868.\n\n### FOR SALE.\n\nA few Copies of French and Spanish Dictionary.\n\nApply to\n**NORONHA & SONS**.\nHongkong, 20th January, 1870.\n\n### NOTICE.\n\nWE have established a Branch of our firm at Bombay in connection with Mr. **M. A. DOS REMEDIOS** of Macao, under the name and style of **REMEDIOS BROTHERS & Co.**.\n\nMr. **ANTONIO DOS REMEDIOS** and Mr. **ALEXANDRE ANTONIO DOS REMEDIOS** were admitted partners therein.\n\n**J. J. DOS REMEDIOS & Co.**,\nHongkong, 1st January, 1870.\n\n### NOTICE.\n\nIn the Estate of **DOUGLAS LAPRAIK**, deceased.\n\nPROBATE of the last Will and Testament of **DOUGLAS LAPRAIK**, formerly of Hongkong and lately of Acton, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned one of the Executors in the said Will named, all persons indebted to the said Estate are hereby required to pay the amount of their debts forthwith. Persons having claims against the Estate are hereby required to send in particulars of their claims to the undersigned at the Office of Messrs. Douglas Lapraik & Co. or to **Henry C. Caldwell**, Esq., Solicitor, on or before the Thirty-first day of January.\n\n**MR. ROBERT HESBY GRANT, lately a Clerk in the Naval Yard, Hongkong**.\n\n### NOTICE.\n\nMR. **PAUL GERHARD HUBRE**, and Mr. **ALBERT GULTZOW** have been authorised to sign our firm here and in China from this date.\n\n**SIEMSSEN & Co.**,\nHongkong, November 1, 1869.\n\n### NOTICE.\n\nALL Persons indebted to the Estate of the late **JNO. J. FRANCIS**, Solicitor for **John D. Macdonald Thomson**, Executor, are requested to make payment, and all persons having claims against the said Estate are notified to send in their claims to the undersigned without delay.\n\n**JNO. J. FRANCIS**,\nSolicitor for\n**John D. Macdonald Thomson**,\nExecutor.\nHongkong, 3rd April, A.D., 1869.\n\n### THE JAPAN TELEGRAPH.\n\nPublished in connection with the **JAPAN HERALD**.\n\nAN EIGHT PAGE PAPER,\nSPECIALLY COMPILED AS\nA COMMERCIAL SUMMARY, A POLITICAL REVIEW,\nGENERAL EPITOME\nAND\nOF\nHOME NEWS FOR THE FAR EAST.\n\nSUBSCRIPTION, $6.00 YEARLY, Post free from London direct, payable in advance.\n\nCopies may be had, and Subscriptions received at the **HERALD OFFICE**, Yokohama, or at the following Agencies:-\n\nYokohama...... **Messrs. A. Manks & Co.**,\nShanghai,...... **Messrs. Foes & Co.**,\nHongkong,...... **NORONHA & SONS**.\n\nYokohama, 24 February, 1870.\n\n### NOTICE.\n\nTHE Undersigned have been appointed Agents at this Port for the Liverpool Underwriters' Association.\n\n**GILMAN & Co.**,\nHongkong, 7th March, 1868.\n\n### NOTICE.\n\nMR. **JAMES HART** is authorized to sign our Firm per procuration in Hongkong.\n\n**E. H. HOW & Co.**,\nFoochow, March, 1869.\n\n### NOTICE.\n\nTHE Business hitherto carried on by Messrs. **E. H. How & Co.** was on the 1st January, 1869, amalgamated with that of Mr. **R. R. WESTALL** on this day, and will be continued under the Style or Firm of **WESTALL, GALTON & Co.**.\n\n**WAHEE, SMITH & Co.**,\nEast Point.\n\n### NOTICE.\n\nMR. **LEONARD STAËL** has been admitted a Partner in our Firm, and is authorised to sign our Firm, per procuration, from this date.\n\n**WESTALL, GALTON & Co.**,\nFoochow, March, 1869.\n\n### NOTICE.\n\nMR. **EMIL VOGEL** and Mr. **HEINRICH KIRCHHOFF** become this day Partners in our business, which in future will be carried on under the Firm of **VOGEL, HAGEDORN & Co.**, both here and at Canton.\n\n**HAGEDORN & Co.**,\nHongkong, 12th February, 1868.\n\n### NOTICE.\n\nTHE business of **KINNEAR & Co.**, Foochow, will be carried on from and after this date under the style and firm of **KINNEAR, LARKEN & Co.**, the partners therein being Mr. **WILLIAM BALFOUR KINNEAR** and Mr. **THOMAS LANCASTER LARKEN**.\n\n**WILLIAM BALFOUR KINNEAR**,\nFoochow, 1st May, 1869.\n\n### NOW READY AND FOR SALE.\n\nTables shewing the proposed movements of the Contract Packets of the P. & O. S. N. Co. during 1870.\n\n**NORONHA & SONS**,\nHongkong, 4th December, 1869.\n\n### TO LET.\n\nHouses in Mosque Street, commanding a full view of the Harbor,\nRENTS MODERATE,\n\nApply to\n**H. L. NORONHA**.\nHongkong, February, 1870.\n\nPrinted and Published by **NORONHA & SONS**, Printers to the Hongkong Government, at No. 1, \"HOLLYWOOD ROAD,\" Hongkong.",
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        "content_text": "203\n\nNov. 18, 1872.] THE LONDON AND CHINA TELEGRAPH.\n\nHARTERED BANK OF INDIA,\n\nAUSTRALIA, AND CHINA.\n\nHATTON-COURT, THREAD NEEDLE-STREET, LONDON\n\nIncorporated by Royal Charter. Paid-up Capital, £800,000.\n\nCOURT OF DIRECTORS, 1872-75. CHAIRMAN.\n\nANDREW CASSELS, Esq. Frederick W. Jeligers, Esq. Emile Lenta, Esq. John Jones, Esq.\n\nWm. Maenganan, Esq. Thomas Lancaster, Esq. William Paterson, Esq.\n\nLudwig Wiese, Esq.\n\nMANAGER.\n\nJohn Howard Gwyther.\n\nSUB MANAGER.\n\nJames Macdonald,\n\nSECRETARY.\n\nWillem Charles Mallins.\n\nBAKERS.\n\nLondon The Bank of England; the City Bank. Scotland-The National Bank of Scotland.\n\nBombay.\n\nAGENCIES AND BRANCHES.\n\nRangoon.\n\nSingapore. Batavia\n\nHong Kong\n\nCalcutta.\n\nShanghai, Amoy.\n\nHankow. The Corporation buy and sell, and receive for collection, Bills of Exchange, payable at the above-named places; issue Letters of Credit; undertake the purchase and sale of Indian Government and other Securities; hold them for safe custody; and receive Interest or Dividends as they become due.\n\nDeposits of money are received for not less than twelve months, bearing Interest at 3 per cent. per annum.\n\nHARTERED MERCANTILE BANK\n\nOF INDIA, LONDON, AND CHINA.\n\nIncorporated by Royal Charter,\n\nHead Office-65, OLD BROAD-STREET, LONDON, E.C.\n\nBranches and Agencies:\n\nBombay, Calcutta, Madras. Colombo. Kandy. Galle, Matric.\n\nSETTLEMENTS and Java-\n\nIn INDIA\n\nCEYLON\n\nSTRAITS\n\nCHINA\n\nJAPAN\n\nSingapore, Penang, Batavia.\n\nHong Kong, Foochow, Shanghai,\n\nCanton, Hankow\n\nYokohama.\n\nBankers:-\n\nBank of England,\n\nLondon Joint-Stock Bank.\n\nThe Bank receives money on deposit, buys and sells Bills of Exchange, issues Letters of Credit and Circular Notes, and transacts the usual Banking and Agency business connected with the East, on terms to be had on application.\n\nCOMPTOIR\n\nD'ESCOMPTE\n\nDE\n\nPARIS.\n\nIncorporated by National Decrees of 7th and 8th of March, 1848, and by Imperial Decree of 20th July, 1854, and 31st December, 1868.\n\nRecognised by the International Convention of 30th April, 1862\n\nCAPITAL, fully paid up, £3,200,000,\n\nReserved Fund ... 1,200,000... £800,000\n\nHEAD OFFICE.-14. Rue Bergere Paris.\n\nAGENCIES AT-Lyons. Marseilles, Nantes, Mulhouse, Roubaix (France) Brussels Belgium, Alexandria (Egypt), Calcutta. Bombay, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Saigon (Cochin China), Bourbon (Reunion), and Yokohama (Japan).\n\nLONDON BANK-The Union Bank of London.\n\nLONDON AGENCY-144. Leadenhall-street E.C.\n\nMANAGER.-Theod. Dromel.\n\nThe London Agency grants Drafts and Letters of Credit, and purchases or collects Bills payable at the above-named places.\n\n819\n\nORIENTAL BANK CORPORATION.\n\nIncorporated by Royal Charter, August 30, 1851.\n\nPAID-UP CAPITAL. £1,500,000.\n\nRESERVED FUND, £444,000.\n\nThe Corporation grant Drafts and negotiate or collect Bills payable at Bombay, Calcutta, Colombo, Foochow, Hong Kong, Kandy, Madras. Mauritius, Melbourne, Point de Galle, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney, Yokohama, and Ningpo, on terms which may be ascertained at their office. They also issue Circular Notes for use of Travellers by the Overland Route.\n\nThey undertake the agency of parties connected with India, the purchase and sale of Indian and other Securities, the custody of the same, the receipt of Interest, Dividends, Pay, Pensions, &c., and the effecting of remittances between the above-named dependencies.\n\nThey also receive deposits of £100 and upwards for fixed periods, the terms for which may be ascertained on application at their offices.\n\nOffice hours, Ten to Three: Saturdays Ten to Two.\n\nThreadneedle-street, London\n\n1272\n\nCHINA TRADERS' INSURANCE\n\nCOMPANY (Limited).\n\nIn conformity with the SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS, adopted and confirmed at the EXTRAORDINARY MEETINGS of SHAREHOLDERS held at HONG KONG on the 1st and 15th Feb., altering clauses Nos. 13, 14, 132, and 139 of the Articles of Association (such changes to take effect from 1st November, 1871), the net Profits of the Company will, from that date, be distributed as follows, viz.:\n\nTwo-thirds (2/3) to all contributors, whether Shareholders or not, in proportion to the net amount of premia contributed by each.\n\nOne third to Shareholders generally, according to the number of Shares held by each.\n\nLONDON AGENTS-FEARON AND CO., 54, GREAT ST. Helen's. E.C., By whom risks to all Eastern ports are taken at current rates.\n\nHONG KONG AND SHANGHAI\n\nBANKING CORPORATION.\n\nCapital, $6,000,000. Paid up, $1,500,000. Reserve Fund, $900,000.\n\nCOURT OF DIRECTORS AND HEAD OFFICE IN HONG\n\nKong.\n\nLONDON MANAGER-W.H. Vacher, #2, Lombard-street\n\nBANKERS-London and County Bank.\n\nBRANCHES AND AGENCIES\n\nHong Kong Shanghai\n\nFoochow Ningpo\n\nHankow\n\nYokohama\n\nHiogo Manila\n\nSaigon\n\nSingapore\n\nBombay Calcutta\n\nThe Bank grants DRAFTS upon and negotiates or collects BILLS at any of its Agencies or Branches; also receives DEPOSITS for fixed periods, at rates varying with the period of deposit.\n\nTHE HIGH PRICE OF MEAT.\n\nGreat economy effected by using\n\nWALL LIGHTS AND LUSTRES FOR\n\nGAS AND CANDLES. CHANDELIERS IN BRONZE AND ORMOLU. MODERATOR LAMPS AND LAMPS FOR INDIA. TABLE GLASS OF ALL KINDS. ORNAMENTAL GLASS, ENGLISH AND FOREIGN\n\nLONDON-Show Rooms, 45, Oxford-street, W.\n\nBIRMINGHAM-Manufactory and Show Rooms Broad-street.\n\nESTABLISHED 1807.\n\nTHE SOCIETY FOR THE DIFFUSION OF USEFUL KNOWLEDGE IN CHINA.\n\nFOUNDED IN PEKING Nov. 1871, under the patronage of the Foreign Ministers and Residents in the Chinese Capital, Secretary in Peking, De S. W. Bade (Britt Legation): Sec. for Great Britain, Professor Summers (Chair Once, 3, George-yard, Lombard-street, who will be happy to receive the names of gentlemen who desire to become members, or to subscribe to the Peking Magazine, published by the Society. Sub. £3 per annum. The Magazine to non-members, 6s. per annum from members.\n\nTWO\n\nEDUCATION.-ST, LEONARD'S-ON-SEA.\n\nTWO LADIES of great experience, and possessing excellent testimonials, RECEIVE A limited number of YOUNG LADIES or CHILDREN needing sea air, careful training, and education.\n\nPARENTS residing abroad would find this most desirable home. References can be given for England, India, China and Japan.\n\nFor terms Co., address M1. H., London and China Telegraph Office, 2, Cowper's-court, Cornhill, E.C.\n\nK. de PIOTROWSKI, COMMISSION MERCHANT & GENERAL AGENT\n\nHIOGO-KOBE,\n\nJAPAN.\n\nCOWASJEE DINSHAW. Close to the Landing Place, Depot of EUROPEAN, CHINA, AND INDIAN GOODS. WINE, BEER, CHAMPAGNE, and SPIRITS of the best quality Bombay-made Soda Water and Lemonade Perfumery, Confectionery, Oilman's Stores, and Stationery of every description. Sola Topees and Canvas Shoes, &c., &c.\n\nSTEAMER POINT, ADEN. Drawing and Reading-room free to Passengers. The London and China Express ON SALE.\n\nT. W. JACKSON,\n\nLIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT\n\nOF MEAT.\n\nRead carefully the printed instructions. CAUTION.-None genuine without Baron Liebig's the inventor's, signature.\n\nBeware of all imitation extract.\n\nCEYLON.\n\nCOFFEE ESTATES FOR SALE,\n\nSAN\n\nFRANCISCO.\n\nTHE LONDON & CHINA TELEGRAPH. THE FOURTEENTH Volume of this\n\nJOURNAL commenced on the 1st of January 1872. Terms for advertising, 2s. 6d. per five lines and 6d. for each additional line.\n\nSubscriptions and Advertisements received abroad by the following Agents:- Paris\n\nRICHARD & Co. Passage des Princes.\n\nThe Agency will conduct Banking business of every description with the Continent. India, China, &c., upon terms to be ascertained at the Office.\n\nin size from 48 to 1,500 acres, and in price from £200 to £24,000,\n\nALEX. BROWN,\" Kandy.\n\nN.B. Fifty-seven estates now on the register.\n\nTHE AGRA BANK (Limited).\n\nEstablished in 1839.\n\nCAPITAL 1,000,000.\n\nHead Office: NICHOLAS LANE, LOMBARD-STREET,\n\nLONDON.\n\nBranches in Edinburgh, Calcutta Bombay, Madras, Kurrachee. Agra, Lahore, Shanghai, Hong Kong.\n\nCurrent accounts are kept at the head office on the terms customary with London bankers, and interest allowed when the credit balance does not fall below £100.\n\nDeposits received for fixed periods on the following terms, viz.:-At 4 per cent. per annum, subject to twelve months' notice of withdrawal. For shorter periods deposits will be received on terms to be agreed upon.\n\nBills issued at the current exchange of the day on any of the branches of the Bank free of extra charge; and approved bills purchased or sent for collection.\n\nSales and purchases effected in British and Foreign Securities, In East India Stock and Loans, and the safe custody of the same undertaken, Interest drawn, and army, navy, and civil pay and pensions realised.\n\nEvery other description of banking business and money agency, British and Indian, transacted.\n\nJ. THOMSON Chairman.\n\nSCHOUT AND CO., SHIPBROKERS AND FORWARDING AGENTS, AMSTERDAM\n\nALEXANDER BROWN, ESTATE AND GENERAL AGENT, KANDY, CEYLON,\n\nVISITS and reports on Coffee Plantations, estimates Crops, values Properties, buys and sells Lands, Goods, and Produce on Commission, and transacts all kinds of Estate and Agency Business.\n\nHOLLOWAY'S PILLS\n\nCOUNSEL AND COMFORT. A disordered stomach throws the whole system out of gear, and renders us unfit both for work and enjoyment. A few doses of these strengthening and purifying Pills, however, speedily restore order, and re-enable the taker, according to the accompanying directions, will, without difficulty, enable the stomach to digest its food.\n\nThese excellent Pills are suitable alike for the peer as the peasant, the soldier and the sailor, and particularly for those in foreign climates.\n\nHolloway's Pills are very useful in checking feverish attacks, bilious complaints, and inflammation; they have also made the most signal cures in cases of dropsy and disease of the kidneys, heart, and lungs, when the sufferers seemed past the aid of medicine.\n\nHamburg Bremen\n\nLisbon.\n\nMr. Cocoto,\n\nR.CARL.\n\nG. STEINMEYER.\n\nHolland-Rotterdam 1.A. Kramers.\n\nAmsterdam MACKAY, BOGERT,&nd Co.\n\nALGUSTE PEDRO CABILIO.\n\nRua des l'oyaes de'. Bento 20.\n\nWN.II. FOGG & C.,82, Burling\n\n80p.\n\nNew York............\n\nSan Francisco.......\n\nAlexandria\n\nSuez.... Aden\n\nPoint de Galle..........\n\nColombo....... Singapore, Labuan, and Sarawak ......\n\nPenang\n\nSaigon.... Batavia Samarang. Sourabaya.. Anjer-Straits\n\nSamla......\n\nManila ......\n\nHong Kong, Canton, Macao and Swatow Amoy\n\nFoochow many\n\nHankow....................\n\nShanghai\n\nTien-Tsin.....\n\nJ. W SULLIVAN 510, Washing\n\nton-street.\n\nCOWASJEE DINSHAW,\n\nMr CM. Bauxsa, Oriental,\n\nHotel.\n\nLAITLAND & Co.\n\nJOHN LITTLE & Co., Singapore\n\nSANDLANDS BUTTRAF, & Co.\n\nW. G. HALK and Co.\n\nHonorow & Co.\n\nJACORSON, VAN DEN BERG & Col\n\nHOUGHTON & Co.\n\nG. Scauir, Anjer Hotel.\n\nLOTZAGA & Co.\n\nMacEwen & Co.\n\nBROWN & Co.\n\nHEDGE & Co.\n\nVIRGO, MATTHEWS, & Co.\n\nIT, Fogg & Co.\n\nJAMES HENDERSON\n\nNagusaki-Japan... PIGNATEL & Co.\n\nYokohama\n\nOsaka and Hiogo... K. DE PIOTROWSKI\n\nOFFICE, 2, COWPER'S-COURT, CORNHILL, E.C\n\n(Over the JERUSALEM.)\n\nTHE LONDON AND CHINA TELEGRAPH. [Nov. 18, 1872\n\nCHINA SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH COMPANY (LIMITED),\n\nIN CONNECTION WITH THE\n\nEASTERN TELEGRAPH COMPANY, LIMITED.\n\nTARIFF TO CHINA AND JAPAN.\n\nOn and after 15th OCTOBER the following Rates for Telegrams\n\nof Twenty Words will come into force:--\n\nFROM LONDON,\n\nTO HONG KONG)\n\nSHANGHAI JAPAN\n\n£6 0 0\n\n7 0 0\n\nFROM PROVINCIAL\n\nSTATIONS.\n\n£6 1 0\n\n7 1 0\n\nHalf the above Rates for every additional Ten Words beyond Twenty Words.\n\nNo charge for Postage will be made on Messages to China and Japan, which are posted at Hong Kong, Shanghai, or Nagasaki.\n\nMessages should be given in at the Falmouth Company's Office, No. 74, OLD BROAD-STREET, LONDON.\n\nMessages sent from Postal Stations should be ordered\n\nVIA FALMOUTH\n\nthese words being signalled as an instruction by the Postal authorities free of charge.\n\nTHOMAS FULLER, Secretary.\n\nOld Broad-street, London, E.C..\n\n9th October, 1872\n\nDRUGS, CHEMICALS, &c..\n\nWHOLESALE AND FOR EXPORTATION.\n\nDRUGS, &c., guaranteed genuine as imported, and PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS made in strict accordance with the Pharmacopoeia.\n\nW. L. H. SKEEN AND CO.,\n\nPHOTOGRAPHERS,\n\nCOLOMBO, CEYLON.\n\nInvite inspection of their large collection of\n\nAll Orders accompanied by Drafts, or sent through Merchants, attended to promptly, and VIEWS OF CEYLON, NATIVE CHARACTERS, &C\n\nexecuted upon the best terms.\n\nBAISS BROTHERS & CO.,\n\nDRUG MERCHANTS, &c., GOVERNMENT CONTRACTORS\n\nFOR CHEMICALS, &c.,\n\n102. LEADENHALL STREET, LONDON, E.C.\n\nTHE CHINA AND JAPAN AGENCY.\n\nFor the Purchase and Shipment of Goods of all kinds to Ports in China, Japan, the Straits Settlements, &c. Orders for Furniture, Stores, Books, and Personal Requirements of every description promptly executed, either by Overland Route or Clipper Sailing Vessels.\n\nThe articles in all cases are carefully selected by persons who have had personal experience of the wants of residents in China and Japan.\n\nOrders should be accompanied either by a remittance, or a reference for payment in London, All communications to be addressed, and remittances made payable, to\n\nTHE MANAGER, AND JAPAN AGENCY, Cowper's-court, Cornhill, London, E.C.\n\nCATALOGUES POST FREE.\n\nMAC EWEN AND CO., QUEEN'S ROAD\n\nHONG KONG, GENERAL STOREKEEPERS AND COMMISSION AGENTS.\n\nSpecial Agents for the\n\nLondon and China Express.\n\nCAUTION\n\nSTEEDMAN'S SOOTHING POWDERS for Children Getting their Teeth. Purchasers are requested to BEWARE OF IMITATIONS of this Medicine, and to observe in every case that the words \"John Steedman, Chemist, Walworth, Surrey,\" are engraved on the Government Stamp affixed to each packet, without which none are genuine.\n\nSold by all Chemists and Druggists, in packets at 1s. 1d. each.",
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        "content_text": "## 264\n\nIn addition to the half salary of the Harbour Master will not be approved by the Right Honorable the Secretary of State, I have the honor to submit for the consideration of His Excellency the Governor that the half salary of the Assistant Harbour Master may be divided among the Officers of the Department in the following proportions:\n\nMr. Machado, Chief Clerk, is to receive $25 per month; Mr. Sampson, 1st Boarding Officer, $20 per month; Mr. Leonard Mr. Leatherbarrow acting 2nd Boarding Officer, $15 per month; and Messrs. Alves and Botello, 3rd and 4th Clerks, $10 each per month.\n\nFour out of these five Officers are married, they have large families, and Mr. Leatherbarrow supports his mother and sisters; they are all deserving men, and Messrs. Machado, Sampson, and Alves have been for a considerable time in the Public Service.\n\nShould His Excellency be pleased to approve of my suggestion, he would be conferring a great boon on them.\n\nI venture to make this proposition as the half salary of the Assistant Harbour Master, $80 per month, is too small to induce a suitable person to take the Acting appointment, even if one could be obtained.",
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        "content_text": "## \n20 \n\nmostly fish - hoe had better ask whether some means can assist \n\nRevise for bringing a larger number Bishop & Auditor as to the shift, though that is not very watchful for the full \n\nComment upon par. 23, 27, as Perpended better. Pearson \n\nInfer that it may claim as a success for the Normal School that 3 of the 10 Students have taken & occupations other than teaching - Mr. Branston.\n\n3. Without a foregone Audit which should not recommend, disputes arise; & reliance must be placed wholly on the correctness & veracity of the Inspector. In Ceylon it was decided so that this would not do, and I do not think it would Managers \n\n`82:13/9` \n\ndraft accordingly K Sept 14 \n\nBefore drafting the despatch may I ask you to reconsider the question of the leopard & limit & the following among other reasons which I would urge as against its adoption. \n\n1. It is, I believe, introducing a principle which will be quite unjust, elsewhere in England & on the Colonies, whereas uniformity of principle is desirable as far as may be possible.\n\n2. The Jeninifle is a bad one as it bears no relation to the merits or demerits of a school, though it may encourage in some measure perhaps, managers in watching the working of the system of grants in aid, & seeing that they are not given without adequate results.\n\nI think it worth while may Hony Kowly. \n\nDew. Laps while michel-ders, who has now returned, & who has much practical knowledge of the subject than have I `2079` \n\nThe schools in question I am disposed to agree with Dir Pearson in thinking that the best and simplest course would be to reduce the papers in the several standards, which appear to me to be unnecessarily high. C. g. compare the vernacular schools (Class I) \n\n## \n20/9",
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        "content_text": "## DRAFT.\n\nMINUTE.\n\nMr. Barrow 26200, Mr. De Bouch 244. X Mr. Wingfield. 24  \nMr. Bramston.  \nMr. Meade.  \nMr. Herbert,  \nMr. Ashley.  \nLord Kimberley,  \n\nwith reference to my Despatch no. 239 of 31 October, relative to the Jeopard Ordinance to regulate & define the persons entitled to practice medicine in Hong Kong, I have to acquaint you that a copy of a letter which has been received from the Governor of Hong Kong, concerning the Licensing of Medical Practitioners, is sent herewith.",
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        "content_text": "161\n\n(16)\n\nWith respect to the amount of the contributions which my Lords ask from the Colonies, it has been assumed that they should bear one half of the loss incurred on the sections of the Packet Service in which they are interested, and according to that assessment the contributions should be, as previously pointed out,\n\nCeylon, ............ £1,400\n\nStraits Settlements, £6,000\n\nHongkong, ............ £12,700\n\nTheir Lordships fear that in the previous letters which have passed on the subject the facts and calculations have not been put before the Secretary of State in a sufficiently clear and definite form,\n\nThey have therefore caused to be prepared by the Postmaster General's Department a memorandum and statement in figures, shewing precisely how the loss on this service should be divided, a copy of which is herewith transmitted.\n\nYou will observe that the calculation is based upon the service rendered, i.e., the number of Letters and the distance over which they are carried, and my Lords are unable to see that any fairer basis of agreement can be arrived at.\n\nLord KIMBERLEY's proposal to ask an equal payment from each Colony, would, besides any other objections, present the anomaly of calling upon Ceylon to pay more than her fair share.\n\nIt is further to be borne in mind that the Colonies would obtain a considerable set off, if they agreed to the proposal of my Lords, by the relief which it is intended to afford them from the obligation they now incur of paying half the additional annual loss of postage sustained by the Imperial Revenue since the Colonies joined the Postal Union, and thereby obtained a considerable reduction in their postage rates.\n\nFor the ten months ending 31st January, 1880, the sums chargeable to the three Colonies for half the additional loss are as follows:----\n\nCeylon, ............ £2,698\n\nStraits Settlements, £3,459\n\nHongkong, ............ £2,828\n\n£8,985\n\n(17)\n\nMEMORANDUM.\n\nA Statement is enclosed giving the particulars of the Post Office calculation.\n\nOn reference to this Statement it will be seen that the mode of apportioning the loss on the Eastern Mail Service follows somewhat the formula adopted by Mr. COURTNEY.\n\nThe whole distance from Brindisi to Shanghai is divided into sections, and the gross subsidy paid to the Peninsular and Oriental Company (£360,000) is apportioned amongst these sections according to the annual mileage of each. One half of the cost of all the sections, amounting to £180,000, is assessed to the United Kingdom, the other half being charged rateably against India and the various Countries or Colonies making use of such sections in proportion to the number of letters conveyed on behalf of each.\n\nThe earnings are treated in the following manner. The whole Sea Postage collected by the Colonies is remitted in the first instance to the Imperial Post Office, where it is added to the Sea Postage collected by the United Kingdom for the purposes of apportionment. It is then divided into two Categories, viz.: (a) Sea Postage derived from Mails exchanged by the Colonies with the United Kingdom, and (b) Sea Postage accruing from intermediate Mails and from Mails conveyed on behalf of Foreign Countries. The former description of Sea Postage is allotted half to the United Kingdom and half to the Colony with which the Mails are exchanged, whilst the latter is shared in the same proportions as the cost of the section or sections over which the Mails may be carried.\n\nThe share of the loss apportioned to each Colony is found by deducting the Colonial share of the earnings from the Colonial share of the cost.\n\n22nd May, 1882.\n\nor at the rate of £10,782 for a year.\n\nTo this extent the Colonies would be relieved from 12th February, 1880, on entering upon the new arrangement which would take effect from that date.\n\nMy Lords trust that Lord KIMBERLEY will, with this further explanation before him, reconsider the terms which he is ready to propose to the Colonies, and endeavour to obtain from them payment of the amounts which, as their Lordships are convinced, are fairly due from them.\n\nStatement showing as regards Ceylon, Straits Settlements and Hongkong (1) the Division of Cost of the Eastern Mail Service (2) the Division of the Receipts for Sea Postage, and (3) the Apportionment of the Loss on the Service.\n\n  \n    SECTIONAL LINES INTO WHICH THE SERVICE IS DIVIDED.\n    Annual Mileage of each Section.\n    I.-DIVISION OF COST.\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    Apportionment of Subsidy amongst the Sections according to Mileage.\n    Moiety of Cost Assessed to the United Kingdom.\n    Moiety of Cost assessed to other Places in proportion to number of Letters conveyed on behalf of each.\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    India\n    Ceylon.\n    Straits Settlements.\n    Hongkong, and other Places.\n    Total.\n  \n  \n    Mediterranean,\n    85,800\n    £39,767\n    £...\n    £...\n    £...\n    £...\n    £...\n    £...\n  \n  \n    Suez and Bombay,\n    309,088\n    £143,258\n    £71,629\n    £...\n    £...\n    £...\n    £...\n    £71,629\n  \n  \n    Suez and Galle,\n    178,984\n    £82,956\n    £41,478\n    £...\n    £...\n    £...\n    £...\n    £41,478\n  \n  \n    Galle and Singapore....\n    62,888\n    £29,155\n    £...\n    £...\n    £2,217\n    £1,909\n    £...\n    £4,126\n  \n  \n    Singapore & Hongkong,\n    74,724\n    £34,634\n    £...\n    £...\n    £...\n    £3,958\n    £13,771\n    £17,729\n  \n  \n    Hongkong & Shanghai,\n    45,240\n    £20,968\n    £...\n    £...\n    £...\n    £...\n    £10,484\n    £10,484\n  \n  \n    TOTALS,\n    776,724\n    £360,000\n    £180,000\n    £...\n    £2,721\n    £7,071\n    £156,437\n    £180,000\n  \n\nR. G. W. HERBERT, ESQ.,\n\nColonial Office.\n\nI have, &c.,\n\n(Signed)\n\nLEONARD COURTNEY.",
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        "content_text": "Page 5\n\nI do not venture an opinion as to whether the sloop is like a leopard?\n\nTo proceed, the question shall be whether Mr. O. takes the same view as the Admiralty.\n\nIn reply, quote 2.11 Alert NN 5.\n\n2507 D. Nov. P.\n\nC. O. 1857. RECP 30th October 1857.\n\nI have bid for my Commissioners of the Admiralty your letter No. 17461 of ... forwarding for their consideration a copy of despatches from the town of ...\n\n... on the subject of a local war, which it is proposed to join against the Colony, as an auxiliary to Her Majesty's Navy, by means of steam tug or boats.\n\n2. My Lord, I request that you will date the copy Perry that in the event of armament being sent, the Colonial government Steamers will probably prove of service in time of war.\n\nSecretary of State.\n\nColonial Office.\n\nPage 5\n\n \n(There are three \"Page 5\" indicators in the original text, they are kept as is.)\n\n# was changed to heading is not needed as per compact knowledge, the original # is kept.\n\n# is kept as is.",
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        "content_text": "365\n\n(16)\n\nWith respect to the amount of the contributions which my Lords ask from the Colonies, it has been assumed that they should bear one half of the loss incurred on the sections of the Packet Service in which they are interested, and according to that assessment the contributions should be, as previously pointed out,\n\nCeylon, ...£1,400 ..£6,000 ..£12,700\n\nTheir Lordships fear that in the previous letters which have passed on the subject the facts and calculations have not been put before the Secretary of State in a sufficiently clear and definite form.\n\nThey have therefore caused to be prepared by the Postmaster General's Department a memorandum and statement in figures, showing precisely how the loss on this service should be divided, a copy of which is herewith transmitted.\n\nYou will observe that the calculation is based upon the service rendered, i.e., the number of Letters and the distance over which they are carried, and my Lords are unable to see that any fairer basis of agreement can be arrived at.\n\nLord KIMBERLEY's proposal to ask an equal payment from each Colony, would, besides any other objections, present the anomaly of calling upon Ceylon to pay more than her fair share.\n\nIt is further to be borne in mind that the Colonies would obtain a considerable set off, if they agreed to the proposal of my Lords, by the relief which it is intended to afford them from the obligation they now incur of paying half the additional annual loss of postage sustained by the Imperial Revenue since the Colonies joined the Postal Union, and thereby obtained a considerable reduction in their postage rates.\n\nFor the ten months ending 31st January, 1880, the sums chargeable to the three Colonies for half the additional loss are as follows:--\n\nCeylon, ...£2,698\n\nStraits Settlements, ...£3,459\n\nHongkong, ...£2,828\n\n£8,985\n\nDivision of Cost.\n\nDivision of Sea Postage.\n\nApportionment of Loss.\n\n(17)\n\n**MEMORANDUM**\n\nA Statement is enclosed giving the particulars of the Post Office calculation. On reference to this Statement it will be seen that the mode of apportioning the loss on the Eastern Mail Service follows somewhat the formula adopted by Mr. COURTNEY.\n\nThe whole distance from Brindisi to Shanghai is divided into sections, and the gross subsidy paid to the Peninsular and Oriental Company (£360,000) is apportioned amongst these sections according to the annual mileage of each. One half of the cost of all the sections, amounting to £180,000, is assessed to the United Kingdom, the other half being charged rateably against India and the various Countries or Colonies making use of such sections in proportion to the number of letters conveyed on behalf of each.\n\nThe whole Sea Postage earnings are treated in the following manner. The Sea Postage collected by the Colonies is remitted in the first instance to the Imperial Post Office, where it is added to the Sea Postage collected by the United Kingdom for the purposes of apportionment. It is then divided into two Categories, viz.: (a) Sea Postage derived from Mails exchanged by the Colonies with the United Kingdom, and (b) Sea Postage accruing from intermediate Mails and from Mails conveyed on behalf of Foreign Countries. The former description of Sea Postage is allotted half to the United Kingdom and half to the Colony with which the Mails are exchanged, whilst the latter is shared in the same proportions as the cost of the section or sections over which the Mails may be carried.\n\nThe share of the loss apportioned to each Colony is found by deducting the Colonial share of the earnings from the Colonial share of the cost.\n\n22nd May, 1882.\n\nStatement showing as regards Ceylon, Straits Settlements and Hongkong (1) the Division of Cost of the Eastern Mail Service (2) the Division of the Receipts for Sea Postage, and (3) the Apportionment of the Loss on the Service.\n\nI-DIVISION OF COST.\n\nMoiety of Cost assessed to other Places in proportion to number of Letters conveyed on behalf of each.\n\nor at the rate of £10,782 for a year.\n\nTo this extent the Colonies would be relieved from 12th February, 1880, on entering upon the new arrangement which would take effect from that date.\n\nMy Lords trust that Lord KIMBERLEY will, with this further explanation before him, reconsider the terms which he is ready to propose to the Colonies, and endeavour to obtain from them payment of the amounts which, as their Lordships are convinced, are fairly due from them.\n\n  \n    SECTIONAL LINGS INTO WHICH THE SERVICE IS DIVIDED\n    Annual Mileage of each Section\n    Apportionment of Subsidy amongst the Sections according to Mileage\n    Moiety of Cost Assessed to the United Kingdom\n    Share falling to\n    Total\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    £\n    £\n    \n    £\n  \n  \n    Mediterranean,\n    85,800\n    39,767\n    19,883\n    Ceylon, Straits Settlements, India, Hongkong, and other Places\n    356, 293, 341\n  \n  \n    Suez and Bombay,\n    143,258\n    66,388\n    33,194\n    \n    71,629\n  \n  \n    Suez and Galle,\n    178,984\n    82,956\n    41,478\n    2,217, 1,909, 35,206, 2,146\n    41,478\n  \n  \n    Galle and Singapore,\n    82,888\n    38,417\n    19,209\n    83, 3,958, 3,979, 11,188\n    19,209\n  \n  \n    Singapore & Hongkong,\n    74,724\n    34,634\n    17,317\n    43, 605, 7,066, 239, 9,003\n    17,317\n  \n  \n    Hongkong & Shanghai,\n    45,240\n    20,968\n    10,484\n    23, 306, 7,066, 3,089\n    10,484\n  \n  \n    TOTALS,\n    776,724\n    360,000\n    180,000\n    2,721, 7,071, 13,771, 156,437\n    180,000\n  \n\nR. G. W. HERBERT, ESQ.,\n\nColonial Office.\n\nI have, &c.,\n\n(Signed)\n\nLEONARD COURTNEY.",
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        "content_text": "THE FRENCH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN TONQUIN. (From our Special Correspondent.)\n\nFALL OF BACNINH; RETREAT OF THE CHINESE. ADVANCE OF FRENCH TROOPS ON THAI-NGUYEN AND LANGSON.\n\nBacninh, March 15. The long awaited coup has been struck and Bacninh is in the hands of the French. But though the French soldier now occupies the house of the vanquished, and the French flag waves over the battlements of the citadel, no one is satisfied.\n\nThe victory has been of the hollowest, the success the most empty. The well-designed scheme for forcing the Chinese garrison to fight a decisive engagement, by closing their means of retreat, and thus striking a blow which should at once bring the Chinese Government to terms, has utterly failed, and the only result obtained is the removal of the theatre of operation, to the North, nearer the frontier, further from the base.\n\nThe plan of hemming in the Chinese troops was certainly not an easy one to carry out, but it is probable that it might have been, at all events to a great extent, achieved, had General Negrier been well supported by his naval colleagues in command of the flotilla.\n\nThe original design of dividing the Hanoi brigade into two columns appears to have been abandoned and General Brière de L'Isle left Hanoi, accompanied by the Commander-in-chief, on the morning of the 8th inst. The whole of the troops comprising the 1st brigade were landed at a point a little below Hanoi and above Batang, and, after marching about nine miles, bivouacked for the night at a village called Noi-phot.\n\nIt was intended that General Brière should have formed a junction with the left of General Negrier's brigade at Chi Marché, a village on the Canal des Rapides about half-way between the Red River and the Song-cau, on the 9th, but the roads were found to be so bad and impracticable that General Brière was unable to carry out the programme.\n\nThe night of the 9th was passed at the village of Ngon, close to the Haiduong road, the 10th at Bou-quoi, and it was not until the morning of the 11th that the column arrived at the banks of the canal, and then, not at Chi Marché but at Xa, a few miles above the appointed place of meeting.\n\nThe march, thus far, had been almost entirely unopposed by the enemy.\n\nGeneral Negrier, in the meanwhile, left Haiduong on the morning of the 7th and arrived at the advanced post of the Seven Pagodas the same day. On the 8th he pushed forward, the left wing of his column following the course of the Canal des Rapides, while the right rested upon the Song-cau.\n\nTwo of the light draft gunboats, the Trombe and the Eclaire, ascended the canal with the left wing, but afterwards rejoined the flotilla on the Song-cau. The latter had succeeded in forcing the first barrier on the river near Yen-ding, and it was here that the first skirmish with the enemy took place.\n\nEarthworks were erected close by the river with a few guns covering the approach, while the tops of some neighbouring hills were also entrenched and stockaded. The position was actually one of considerable defensive strength, but a very poor stand was made by the Chinese troops occupying the post.\n\nA few shells from the gunboats soon settled the lower fortifications, while the garrisons of the hill forts evacuated their post and escaped in the direction of Bacninh on the marine fusiliers advancing to storm the heights.\n\nOwing to General Brière not arriving as expected, two days' delay in advancing then occurred. When, however, that General had crossed the Canal, on the 11th, General Negrier at once pushed forward towards Bacninh.\n\nThe flotilla, which consisted of the Pluvier, Lynn, Leopard, Aspic, Éclair, Trombe, and Carabine, and several launches and junks with provisions, left Yen-ding early on the 12th but were forced to stop a little higher up the river, at Langhon, by another barricade of stone and sunken junks.\n\nThe Commodore of the flotilla, Captain Morel Beaulieu, was provided with torpedoes and other appliances, besides having plenty of coolies to employ in the removal of the barrier, but as far as I could see no serious effort was made to force or remove the obstruction until the next day, when it became known that General Negrier had pushed forward and occupied Bacninh on the evening of the 12th.\n\nThe whole plan of cutting off the retreat of the Chinese rested upon the rapid advance of the gunboats to Lai-cau, the nearest point on the river to Bacninh, where a bamboo bridge across the stream connects with the Thai-nguyen and Langson roads.\n\nThe commandant of the flotilla failed to force the barrier and thus when General Negrier arrived at Bacninh, after a little skirmishing with the enemy, who were posted on the fortified hills close to the town, he found the citadel evacuated by the garrison, the Chinese having crossed the bridge and retreated along the roads towards the northern frontier.\n\nA little opposition was met with at some of the outer fortified posts which surround Bacninh and it was here that the French forces sustained the only losses of any consequence which were suffered during the operations, these amounting in all to five killed, of whom two were officers, and about sixty wounded, most of them very slightly.\n\nWhile occupying the town and citadel, on the evening of the 12th, General Negrier sent forward a strong detachment of marine fusiliers and tirailleurs to Lai-cau, but they were too late to cut off the retreat of the evacuating force, as the last straggling bands of the Chinese army were seen crossing the bridge over the Song-cau as the French troops advanced.\n\nThe greater part of them had, however, left the citadel twenty-four hours before the arrival of General Negrier's force.\n\nPage 477",
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        "content_text": "## General Post Office \n### 16th May, 1884\n\n1. From the 12 February General proposes that for the period from 10 February 1880 until that date, the claim for loss on postage upon the principle in force previous to 10 February 1880 should revive. The Postmaster General further proposes that the Government of the Straits Settlement should be held responsible for the contribution of £6000 a year, from the 12 February 1880, the date when the Pennsular & Oriental Company's Contract came into force.\n\nI agree, on behalf of Hong Kong and the Straits Settlements. I will move that the Earl of Derby be requested to cause them to be informed whether His Lordship will assent to the terms proposed.\n\nI have the honour to be, Your obedient servant, Leonard Courtney\n\nCopy\n\nMy Lords,\n\n### Page 351c\n\n8 CCG\n\nI have received your letter of the 26th of last month, No `4361`, enclosing copy of letter addressed by your Lordships to the Colonial Office on the subject of the contributions to be paid by the Colonies of Hong Kong and the Straits Settlements towards the cost of the Eastern Mail Service, from which I learn that you have agreed to accept from Hong Kong a contribution of £6,000 a year payable from the 1st of February 1883, and that the Straits Settlements are willing on their part to pay a like annual contribution of £6000.\n\nWith regard to the date fixed by Your Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury...",
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        "content_text": "# FIRST CLASS. HISTORY. Wednesday, 9-12.\n\n1. What do you know of the following: Anselm, Geoffrey of Anjou, Stephen Langton, Simon de Montfort, Maid of Norway, Jack Cade, Perkin Warbeck, Roger Bacon, Sir Thomas More, Cranmer, Sir Francis Drake, and Edmund Spenser.\n\n2. Compare the reigns of Edward II and Richard II.\n\n3. Who fought the following battles and which side won. Northallerton, Fair of Lincoln, Bannockburn, Nevill's Cross, St. Alban's, Tewkesbury, Flodden and Pinkie.\n\n4. In whose reigns did England make great conquests in France. Give the names of the battles.\n\n5. What events happened in 1100, 1172, 1215, 1327, 1483, 1492, 1587, 1600.\n\n6. Write a short account of the conquest of Wales.\n\n# FIRST CLASS. GRAMMAR. Tuesday, 2-4.30.\n\n1. Explain how some propositions come to have the function of conjunctions, give examples. Are there any instances of the converse?\n\n2. Give 6 examples of each of the sub-divisions into which you would separate Adverbs of Time.\n\n3. What is the difference between Restrictive and Co-ordinate clauses. Give illustrations.\n\n4. Under what circumstances does the predicate precede the subject.\n\n5. Analyse-This being admitted can it be denied that the education of the common people is a most effectual means of securing our persons and our property.\n\n6. Parse the underlined words in the following- Both the panther and the leopard are widely diffused through the tropical regions of the old world, so that they have a much more extensive range than either the tiger or lion.\n\n7. Paraphrase: Old men and beldams, in the streets, Do prophesy upon it dangerously; Young Arthur's death is common in their mouths; And when they talk of him they shake their heads And whisper one another in the ear And he that speaks doth gripe the hearer's wrist: And he that hears makes fearful action, With wrinkled brows, with nods, with rolling eyes.\n\n# FIRST CLASS. GEOGRAPHY. Thursday, 2-4.30.\n\n1. Give the names of the principal rivers whose basins incline to the Atlantic.\n\n2. Describe accurately the positions of Kiev, Stettin, Antwerp, Rouen, Malaga, Leghorn, Belgrade, Prague, Bergen, Helsingfors, Aberdeen, Cadiz, Cork and Bristol.\n\n3. Mention the Capes, Islands, and Seas a ship would pass and traverse in sailing from Liverpool to Archangel.\n\n4. Classify the Countries of Europe according to their religions.\n\n5. Give roughly the extreme limits of Latitude and Longitude which bound the European Continent. What are the most Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western Capes.\n\n6. Describe carefully the causes of a lunar and of a solar eclipse.\n\n7. What are the causes of the Trade winds?\n\n# FIRST CLASS. MAP DRAWING.\n\n# FIRST CLASS. Translation into Chinese.\n\nThe inhabitants of the sea-shore in tropical countries wait every morning with patience for the coming of the sea breeze. It usually sets in about ten o'clock. Then the sultry heat of the oppressive morning is dissipated, and there is a delightful freshness in air, which seems to give new life to all for their daily labours. About sunset there is again another calm. The sea breeze is now over, and in a short time the land breeze sets in. This alternation of the land and sea breezes—a wind from the sea by day, and from the land by night—is so regular, in the tropical countries, that it is looked for by the people with as much confidence as the rising and setting of the sun.\n\n# FIRST CLASS. Translation into English.\n\n生於泥者乎若不勤加洗濯將日積月累疾病多由此而生小民肩挑貿易操作任勞以致身積垢穢衣染塵渙向防穢氣之薰蒸曳從容猶恐汗汚之滯結况並重此非徒欲壯觀贍實欲以杜疾病耳夫優游津梁禮言儒士浴身與浴德同稱詩詠后妃薄衣與薄私亦間有此等頑梗無知之輩可勝慨哉何相待之刻薄耶然此不但中國爲然凡各處地方離不開病者之呼號故嘗見其隕身不顧者有之噫或以言語激其怒或以戲弄誘其狂徒逞一時之笑旁觀任其無辜而已豈不惜哉甚至有等無賴之徒規條所載凡有瘋狂之人醫院多不收要亦袖手凡有疾病皆蒙醫治而於癲狂則以爲莫可救藥故\n\n# FIRST CLASS. DICTATION.\n\nA majestic uniformity is the character of European woods, which often consist of only one species of tree; but in the tropical forests an immense variety of families strive for existence, and even in a small space one tree scarcely ever resembles its neighbour. Even at a distance this difference becomes apparent in the irregular outlines of the forests, as here a dome-shaped crown, there a pointed pyramid, rises above the broad flat masses of green, in ever varying succession. On approaching differences of colour are added to irregularities of form; for while our forests are destitute of the ornament of flowers, many tropical trees have large blossoms, mixing in thick bunches with the leaves, and often entirely overpowering the verdure of the foliage by their gaudy tints.\n\n# FIRST CLASS. COMPOSITION.\n\nDescribe the origin, object, and results of International Exhibitions.\n\n## Government Central School.\n\n**GEO. H. BATESON WRIGHT, M.A.,**  \nHead Master.\n\nEurope,.....from memory - \n\nPage 92  \nFeb.",
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        "content_text": "It was felt leopard by the Marine Lot-holders that the frontage and depth of the reclaimed land should be the same as behind it, but the framework stipulated for the maximum rent of such land thereby tonk riz: $200 per quarter. Mr. Price, in his estimate of $5½ millions as Marine Lot-holders' Gross, had estimated that despite of what he says, the addition of so much land to the available building area would temporarily depreciate its value. It was noted from this profit should be deducted the interest on their outlay during the time which would elapse before the Marine Lot-holders would get any return for their expenditure.\n\n## MINUTE PAPER.\n\n1. It is practically certain that if any reader were required, the whole scheme would fall through with respect to the Marine Lot-holders being able to...  that he felt it would fail on their half. However, to holders he thought that he might be able to induce the lot-holders to assent to their compensation included in the expenses being...\n\n370 \n\nsaid that he had hand part...",
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        "content_text": "Mender Unnecessary any\n\nCondition\n\nback across\n\nin future on\n\nCrown Leases\n\nB&L(X)-572-8000-10-83\n\nGovernor.\n\nNo.\n\nNext 5\n\nDate.\n\n1890 6 Jan\n\nLast previous Paper.\n\n12275\n\nHongKong\n\nNo. 2507\n\n(Subject.)\n\nClerk to Puisne Judge.\n\nReports appt of\n\nGJ Phillips\n\nDESPATCH.\n\nC.O.\n\n12507\n\nMr R.Z. Leonard, vice he\n\n(Minutes.)\n\nW. Just\n\n16578 is with que\n\nJu987.\n\ndespatch drafted\n\nHW.7\n\n1312491\n\n16578.\n\nText subsequent Paper",
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        "content_text": "271\n\nOn Thursday at 4.30, which are the days and hours when we have fewest engagements. The subject of discussion is set forth in a memorial now in the hands of the Treasury, a copy of which is enclosed.\n\nI am,\n\nYour most obedient servant,\n\nLeonard Swisher\n\nManaging Director",
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        "content_text": "John Gould John Lamour John Godfrey James Ferr\n\nAlex Campbell Alex King W. Withers. New Uno Solly\n\nFibirs\n\nGeotheep.\n\nMes ander Me Ived.\n\nJ. Dr Mal\n\nJohn Hright Prostannah A. Kishot\n\nA Robertson J. Leonard.",
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        "content_text": "## Resolution passed at a Public Meeting held in the Free Trade Hall, Manchester on October 29th, 1896\n\nMoved by Alex. M. Dougall, Esq., Seconded by Leonard K. Shaw, Esq.\n\nThat this Meeting, having heard from Miss Elizabeth Andrew, and Dr. Kate C. Bushnell, the deeply interesting account of their investigations made personally in China, Hong Kong, the Straits Settlements, and India, into the facts relating to the use of Opium by the people of these Countries; and being firmly convinced that the Opium Habit is both a Moral and Social evil of the gravest nature, regards with the deepest concern the connection of this Country with the Opium Traffic, involving, as it does, national complicity in the great wrong inflicted upon unwilling peoples, contrary to morality and righteousness. This Meeting, therefore, calls for the immediate removal of the Opium Curse, the suppression of the Opium Trade between India and China, the placing of the retail sale in India, as is already the case in England, under strict regulations, dangerous to prison, and directs that copies of this Resolution be sent to the Prime Minister, and to Her Majesty's Secretaries of State for Foreign Affairs, for India, and for the Colonies.\n\nSigned on behalf of the Meeting:\n \nM ... Chairman.",
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        "content_text": "Maclean, Peter Macpherson, M. J. B. Maitland, A. W. Maitland, J. A. \n\nMaitland, W. M. \n\nMajor, F. \n\nManger, A. \n\nMarkes, C. R. \n\nManson, Patrick, M.D. \n\nMarshall, F. J. \n\nMarshall, G. \n\nMarshall, H. \n\nMartin, C. K. M. \n\nMatthews, G. A. \n\nMitchell, E. W. Mitchell, W. F. \n\nMelhuish, C. J. \n\nMiddleton, Leonard \n\nMidwood, L. \n\nMiller, J. I. \n\nMody, H. N. Moore, Lewis \n\nMollison, J. P. \n\nMollison, J. R. \n\nMorgan, F. A. \n\nMorrison, G. J. Morriss, Henry \n\nMorris, Herbert S. \n\nMorris, John \n\nMoses, D. M. \n\nMoses, J. S. \n\nMossop, W. H. R. \n\nMurray, W. C. \n\nMuirhead, Rev. W., (Hons.) \n\nNewman, W. \n\nNelson, H. H. Noble, G. E. Noel, G. W. Northey, H. A. \n\nOdell, Jno. \n\nOdell, Walter L. \n\nOrme, Peter \n\nOrr, Wm. S. \n\nco \n\nO'Shea, H. D. Osborne. J. H. Owston, A. \n\nParr, R. B. Parsons, J. R. Paterson, W. Pearson, B. H. Phillips, George Pigott, H. C. \n\nPlatt, W. A. C. \n\nPoate, W. H. Poate, H. Pollard, E. H. Prentice, J. \n\nPrice, G. U. \n\nProbst, E. A. \n\nProvand, A. D., M.P. \n\nPugh, William Pye, R. \n\nPowell, Charles S. \n\nReid, David \n\nReid, Duncan J. Reid, J. P. \n\nRennie, Sir R. T., Kt. \n\nRichardson, Thos. W. \n\nRichard, Timothy \n\nRickett, J. \n\nRitchie, H. A. \n\nRobison, R. D. \n\nRogers, E. \n\nRoss, Alexander \n\nSanderson, J. L. P. \n\nSassoon, Sir A., Bt., C.S.I. Sassoon, Reuben D. Sassoon, Arthur D. Sassoon, Edward A. \n\nSassoon, Fredk. D. Sassoon, D. R. Schmidt, W. Scott, E. J., M.D. Scott, J. H. \n\nScott, J. L. \n\nShand, W. J. S. \n\nShaw, J. E. \n\nShewan, R. \n\nShellim, Ed. \n\nSim, E. C., Maj.-Genl., R.E. \n\nSimpson, Jas. \n\nSingleton, P. A. \n\n7 \n\nTottie, W. H. \n\nTrotter, D. A. Turnbull, Wm. A. Twentyman, J. R. \n\nVeitch, Geo. T. \n\nWade, Sir Thos. F. G.C.M.G., K.C.B, \n\nWake, J. P. \n\nSkottowe, E, B. \n\nSmith, J. R. M. \n\nWalford, A. B. \n\nSmith, Sir Cecil C,. G.C.M.G. \n\nWalter, James \n\nSmith, J. C. \n\nWalter, John \n\nSmith, G. Mackrill \n\nWalter, W. B. \n\nSmith, Herbert \n\nWardlaw, J. C. \n\nStanford, J. W. \n\nWatmore, Robert \n\nWebb, Edward \n\nWetmore, W. S. (Hony.) \n\nStewart, Gersham \n\nStowart, H. D. \n\nStewart, Jas. \n\nSteele, H. \n\nStrachan, W. M. \n\nSuch, H. J. \n\nSutherland, Sir T., K.C.M.G., M.P. \n\nSwire, J. S. \n\nSwire, J. \n\nStokes, A. P. \n\nSt. Croix, W. de \n\nSutter, W. \n\nTalbot, W. H. Temple, Francis Tennant, H. Theodor, F. E. Thin, Geo., M.D. Thompson, G. 8. Thorburn, J. D. Thorne, C. Thorburn, John Till, W. W. \n\nWestall, R. R. \n\nWheeler, E. \n\nWhite, Aug. \n\nWhittall, E. \n\nWhitehead, T. H. \n\nWilkinson, H. P. \n\nWilkinson, H. S. \n\nWilson, Jas. \n\nWood, A. G. \n\nWood, H. W. \n\nWood, Thos. \n\nWright, A. \n\nWright, J. H. Wrightson, C. W. Wylie, R. A. \n\nYoud, F. M. \n\nYoung, W. S. Young, J. M. \n\nZimmern, A. \n\nA reducte \n\ntodd \n\nFerent Total \n\n347 \n\n405 \n\n$ \n\n5 \n\n415",
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        "content_text": "D\n\nEnclosure.\n\n[REC]\n\n0.0.\n\n8733 253\n\nREGE 27 APR 27.\n\nthe list showing vacancies for Inspectors of Nuisances advertised in the \"Sanitary Record\" during the past week.\n\nDistrict\n\n  \n    Salary\n    Prop. of Nuisance\n    f. of Nuisances\n    Susp. of Nuisances\n  \n  \n    Kensington\n    £120-200\n    110\n    \n    \n  \n  \n    Bethnal Green\n    156\n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    St Pancras\n    160\n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    Sendring, Conf.\n    150\n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    St Leonard, Shoreditch\n    \n    4 of Nuisances\n    \n    Yohrady fodig.\n  \n  \n    St James, Westminster\n    \n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    Bishop of Stivisane\n    \n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    St George, Hanover Square\n    \n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    West Stamford\n    120-150\n    \n    \n    flandudno.\n  \n  \n    Evesham\n    120\n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    Rhye\n    150\n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    Croydon\n    120-150\n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    Sheffield\n    130\n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    Brentford\n    104 - 130\n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    Leamington\n    120\n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    Walthamstow\n    120\n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    \n    104-117\n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    Ravington\n    104\n    \n    fo.\n    \n  \n  \n    Stornsey\n    80\n    of Nuisances\n    \n    \n  \n  \n    Wallasey\n    78\n    Susp. of Nuisance\n    Fo.\n    \n  \n  \n    Stampton\n    78\n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    Leeds\n    \n    \n    \n    ہوے\n  \n  \n    Get. Yarmouths\n    75\n    \n    \n    \n  \n\nNarch, 1897.\n\nSt Francis 1. Clark,\n\nMedical Officer of Health.",
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        "document_key": "CO129-286 - Acting Governor Major Gen Black Governor Sir Blake & Public Offices - 1898 [11-12]",
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        "content_text": "## Yunnan-Fu\n\nYunnan-Fu is unlikely to remain a significant trade centre due to adventitious circumstances. At present, considerable trade passes through it via four great routes leading to Tali-Fu, Sui-Fu, Mengtsz, and Kuangyang-Fu. The people are well-to-do, and the shops contain a great quantity and variety of native and foreign goods. Yunnan-Fu is the chief depot for Puerh tea, salt, copper, opium, and medicines, as well as for Canton and foreign goods coming from Hong Kong via Fakhoi, Nanning, Pose, and Kwangnan-Fu. It has metallurgical workshops and manufactures silk, carpets, felt coverlets, satins, etc. The plain surrounding Yunnan-Fu is well-cultivated and rich in cereals, flax, tobacco, etc., with a large number of sheep and cattle.\n\n## Tali-Fu\n\nTali-Fu, at 7,000 feet, has been an important town since the Christian era. Its strategic location makes it a natural centre for trade routes from south-western China, Burma, Tibet, and Ningyuan. During the Mohammedan rebellion, it was held by insurgents and saw fierce fighting. The town formerly covered a wider area, as evidenced by ruined houses and cultivated land within the walls. A recent traveller, M. Bonin, noted that the Mussulmans are now stronger and more numerous in Tali than before the rebellion. Tali has been a base for military and commercial operations from Western China towards Burma for centuries. The present population is estimated to be around 20,000 Chinese, with many representatives of native races. Opinions differ on the amount of commercial activity at Tali, with Captain Davies stating that no great trade can be expected, while Mr. Turner believes it forms a significant trade centre with Hsia-Kwan. The chief articles of commerce include bamboo, gaupi paper, silk, cotton, tea, medicines, sugar, salt, and paper. Tali is also known for its preparation and dressing of skins. An annual fair is held, but it is declining, with few attendees except Tibetans and Chinese Shans.\n\n| Article | Origin | Destination |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Ponies and mules, yak hair, goat cloth, sheep skins, serge, furs, buffalo and horse hides, leopard and fox skins, deer skins, musk, gold dust, rhubarb, and medicines | Tibetans | Tali |\n| Native medicines and native cotton cloth | Local | Tali |\n| Small foreign goods | Canton traders | Tali |\n\nTali possesses native industries, including marble work and rough silver work. Lieutenant Roux believes the future development of Tali depends on the commerce between Burma and China. The plain of Tali is one of the most important in Yunnan, with three harvests a year and abundant crops of rice, maize, poppy, buckwheat, peas, etc. Many mules and ponies are reared in the district.\n\n## Ssumao\n\nSsumao (Szemao) is situated at an elevation of 4,600 feet in a large, well-watered, and highly cultivated plain. It has a population of about 15,000, with a mixture of races outside the town. The suburbs are as large as the town, and numerous caravans lodge beyond the walls. Ssumao is a converging point for important trade routes from Yunnan-Fu, Mengtsz, Tali, and Kengtung. The trade passing through the Customs is mainly in raw cotton, supplied by districts around Mongsing, Kengtung, and Monglem. The transit trade in tea is about 1,200 tons annually. The trade of Ssumao has been exaggerated, with the amount registered at the Customs in 1897 being only about $28,000. The chief trade is with Burma, whence 85% of imports come, as against 15% from Tonkin.\n\n| Route | Days |\n| --- | --- |\n| Rangoon to Ssumao via Moulmein, Paan, Zimmé, and Kengtung | 48 |\n| Rangoon to Ssumao via Mandalay and Kengtung | 42 |\n\nThe cost of carriage from Hong Kong through Tonkin and Mengtsz is $100 per ton, plus Customs dues, while from Rangoon to Ssumao it is $85 to $90 with no Customs dues, making the latter route more likely to prevail.\n\n## Mengtsz\n\nMengtsz is situated in a fairly cultivated plain surrounded by high mountains, with 11,000 inhabitants. The region around is thinly populated by Shans and Lolos. Mengtsz is a Chinese Customs station for Tonkin and has routes to Yunnan-Fu, Kwangnan-Fu, and the mines of Kuochin. The road to Yunnan-Fu is well-maintained. Mengtsz is a good centre for distribution, with 91% of its imports being transit trade in 1897. Goods go from Haiphong to Yunnan-Fu in 22 days on payment of 7% duties. The chief import through Tonkin is Indian cotton yarn, which constituted over 70% of total imports in 1897.\n\n| Destination | Percentage of Transit Goods |\n| --- | --- |\n| Chengchiang, Yunnan-Fu, Chuching, Kailua, and Linau | 86% |\n\nMengtsz is a significant centre for the distribution of cotton goods and Indian cotton yarn. The export of tin from Mengtsz increases, and other notable exports include medicines and Puerh tea.\n\n## Momien\n\nMomien (Momein or Tengyueh) is on the route from Bhamo to Tali. By the agreement of August 1897, British subjects may establish themselves there and trade under the same conditions as at Treaty ports. Momien lies in a large, populous, and well-cultivated plain abounding in rice, cattle, sheep, etc. Captain Davies describes the Momien plain as the richest district in western Yunnan.\n\nPage 22\nPage 23\nPage 556\nPage 587",
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        "content_text": "18\n\nCANTONESE.\n\nGood-bye .Hà hang lái\n\n好行拉\n\nHARKA.\n\nHau hang.\n\nCome and see me...Loi kin ngo\n\n來見我\n\nLoi ken ngai.\n\nWhat time is it? 幾點鐘\n\nKi tim chung m\n\nKe to tem chung.\n\nFive o'clock.......Ng tim chung...\n\nNg tem chung.\n\nHalf past six Lak túm pún..............\n\nLuk tem chung.\n\nWhat place is this ? Hai mat yẻ tí }\n\nfong 係乜野地方\n\nI am going ashore . Nga nhưng ngon\n\nĐề Li\n\nIs there game here ? Xích'ü\n\nin tưởng ítã nh\n\nHea mak kai te\n\nfong.\n\nNgai sheong ngan.\n\nVan 呢處有雀\n\nNeba yin yew teow\n\nPheasants Shan kai ・山鶏\n\nSan kai.\n\nPartridges...... Ché kú 鷓鴣\n\n(tshi man'.)\n\nCha ku.\n\nQuail. Òm shum ・鵪鶉\n\nAm shun.\n\nSnipe „Shá chui 沙道\n\nSha chui.\n\nTeal Shui ap ・水鴨\n\nShney ap.\n\nDuck Tai ap ・大鴨\n\nAp.\n\nWild pig .Nhan Chi ・山猪\n\nSan chu.\n\nGoose.... Ngo 鵝\n\nNgo.\n\nTiger. Lò fú ・老虎\n\nLan fo.\n\nLeopard.. Pán 豹\n\nPau.\n\nDeer Lnk 鹿\n\nLuk.\n\nShow me where? Wango chi hai\n\nWa ngai te choi\n\nthey are\n\nCarry this Spin chi......S\n\nnai li.\n\nNim ni tik ye...\n\nCha ngea teow he.\n\nBe very careful .....Siú sam tik ·小心的\n\nSeaú sim.\n\nTake me to the boat ! Ting ngo lak\n\nshün 全我落船\n\nCome again at ...Tsoi loi kwo\n\n再來過\n\nTai ngai lok shuu.\n\nTsai loi.\n\nTo-morrow mming...... f\n\nCANTONESE,\n\n14\n\nMing ch'iú tso...7\n\nI will reward you (Ngo) sheng ni\n\n·起鐃泡 Hang fái tik...ÍK\n\nHeave up anchor Hí nán po\n\nHurry away......Hang fai tik\n\n676\n\nHAKKA\n\nNim chaú Tsaú.\n\nTa sheong ngee.\n\nKau naú.\n\nHang fai te.\n\nIn compiling this map much information has been obtained from\n\nthe Italian Mission Chart of the Sun On District, from Government Surveys, and from friends who, like the Author, have tramped over the whole district.",
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        "content_text": "## Subject \n14 days hapt. of lads. Engineers, Gibraltar.\n\n## Selisam 19.\n226 \n224 \n228 \n\nApple in tout Office \nPublic works. \nPostmaster of Shanghai \nWest No.\n\n## Date \nSubjech \n\n2 \n231 \n263 \n254 \n2.0* \n\nLe le fram \nhack of tomma is, thanghai \n200 \n2 \n229 230 \n\nLung wa Hospital Report, march \nDr. \n207 \nworking of womens Girls' Protection Ondel. \n254 \n231 \n\nPresease of salary - It Boulton. \n261 \n232 \n23 \n\nApkin of wom Barther \n201 \n233 \n\nAppius of Tsang Kit-Jan & Chan Pui \n202 \nLuf \n234 \n\nbrank of land to thildedilim kissionary docillin Selegna \nEociety \nMi \n235 \n236 \n237 \n25- \n238 \n\nhew Lersion - Survey for Rent Roll. Apht. of dry. Wong Kwok-it. \nlaps of La. Bus. \n$1263 \n2004 \n\nBotanical and Afforestation Report 1899 \nLelegrams \n239 \napps of dis. Leonard \n\n2440 \nMaque \n266 268 \n\nSelenom June Piracy \nConsolidated Public Health Orda. \nDeparture of his. Brook \nlippt of 400. Remesion \nhichact \nthe morial of If dichrich Chinese Eran\" of badets. Watusions Amend!. Orace. Piracy Da que \non West \nAnne of J. H. Kemp \nPostmaster of Shanghai \nDischaying of kiinid Fuel. \nsu pected cargo \nwa camaster Kennedy Town Hospital. Boundary Line of new Terri \ntami \nTelegram 26 \nTramway for structions. \n26 \nY \nV \nOrace. 13 of 1900. \nOrdce. 144 of 1901 \nlippt. of Cart Enjinces, bibraltar. \n270 \n2441 \n28 Latume Accommodations. \nTelejam \nOrdu. 11 of iguo \n243 \n243 \nAndce. 12 of 190e \n275 \nTelegram 29 \nMemonal to British soldiers hilled decams bas \n\n자다 \nPublic Works Joan. \n30. Increase of salary \nMr. Robertson \n246 \nReports of Medical Office of Health, Sanitary benveyor bolone \n276 \nSelegram 31. Occupation of Pretoria. \n278 \n12 \n280 \n249 \nAsst Medical Office of Health. \n13 \n250 \nTelegram 1 June is. Kamakura ham: \nhotification of Rasue. \n281 \nM \nOrdes. 15 of 1900 \n8. Sencor Qiern, Book Office \n9 \n8 \nفي \n་ \nTelegram; 14. \nAppr. of I. noweil \nJ.J. Bryan - appt. as Sanitary Surveyor. \nis \"Kama kwestar.\" \nPay of wave during absence of Gov. \nAppl... of L.A. May \nwas in S. Africa - the moral to British dead. \nbindos Place of worship \nKiposh on Post Office, 1899 \nHarbour Master's Report 1899 \nŵsturbances in China.\n\n## Reconstructed Text\n\n### Subject \n14 days hapt. of lads. Engineers, Gibraltar.\n\n### Various Entries\n\n| Date | Subject |\n| --- | --- |\n| 224 | Apple in tout Office |\n| 228 | Public works. |\n|  | Postmaster of Shanghai West No. |\n\n### Other Entries\n\n| Number | Subject |\n| --- | --- |\n| 231 | Presease of salary - It Boulton. |\n| 232 | Apkin of wom Barther |\n| 233 | Appius of Tsang Kit-Jan & Chan Pui |\n| 234 | brank of land to thildedilim kissionary docillin Selegna Eociety |\n| 235-238 | hew Lersion - Survey for Rent Roll. Apht. of dry. Wong Kwok-it. laps of La. Bus. |\n| 239 | apps of dis. Leonard |\n| 240 | Maque |\n| 266, 268 | Selenom June Piracy |\n|  | Consolidated Public Health Orda. |\n|  | Departure of his. Brook |\n|  | lippt of 400. Remesion |\n|  | the morial of If dichrich Chinese Eran\" of badets. Watusions Amend!. Orace. Piracy Da que on West |\n|  | Anne of J. H. Kemp |\n|  | Postmaster of Shanghai |\n|  | Dischaying of kiinid Fuel. su pected cargo |\n|  | wa camaster Kennedy Town Hospital. Boundary Line of new Terri tami |\n\n### Telegrams and Reports\n\n| Number | Date | Subject |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| 26 |  | Tramway for structions. |\n|  |  | Orace. 13 of 1900. Ordce. 144 of 1901 |\n|  |  | lippt. of Cart Enjinces, bibraltar. |\n| 29 |  | Memonal to British soldiers hilled decams bas |\n|  |  | Public Works Joan. |\n| 30 |  | Increase of salary Mr. Robertson |\n| 31 |  | Occupation of Pretoria. |\n| 1 June |  | Kamakura ham: hotification of Rasue. |\n| 14 |  | Appr. of I. noweil J.J. Bryan - appt. as Sanitary Surveyor. |\n\n### Various Reports\n\n| Report | Year |\n| --- | --- |\n| Lung wa Hospital Report | March |\n| Botanical and Afforestation Report | 1899 |\n| Harbour Master's Report | 1899 |\n| Reports of Medical Office of Health, Sanitary benveyor bolone |  |\n| Kiposh on Post Office | 1899 | \nŵsturbances in China.",
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        "content_text": "# HONG KONG\n## No 2020\n### (Subject.)\n287\n\n**DESPATCH.**\n\n60205\n\n∞\n\n2 JUN 00\n\n**Appt of Mr Leonard.**\n\nNo. 239\n\n900 May\n\n**Miscellaneous Paper.**\n\nAs Second Bailiff in Supreme Court on maximum salary $1000. Recommends confirmation.\n\nMr. Leneare to afford information.\n\n**(Minutes.)**\n\nNothing open to us but to agree.\n\nLord Ampthill\n\nA. F.\n\nGWJ\n\nTo see, and approve CPO `75/7` at once.\n\n-1210\n\n1910-11-00\n\n**Confidential Paper.**",
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        "content_text": "## No.239.\n\n26 JUN 00\n\nGovernment House,  \nHong Kong, 25th May, 1900.\n\nSir,\n\nI have the honour to report that owing to the promotion of Mr. Brown to a post under the Sanitary Board, the appointment of Second Bailiff in the Supreme Court has recently become vacant, and that no eligible candidates applied for the post, the initial salary of which is $720 per annum rising by increments of $70 annually to $1,000 per annum.\n\nMr. Leonard, however, who had been attached to the Supreme Court as Assistant Bailiff from 21st August 1896, to 20th January 1899, and who had left Government employment to better his position in private employment, applied for the appointment on condition of being permitted to begin at the maximum salary of $1,000.\n\nMr. Leonard gave complete satisfaction while acting as Assistant Bailiff, and the Registrar of the Supreme Court has strongly recommended his appointment. In these circumstances I have provisionally appointed him to the vacancy on the maximum salary above-mentioned, and I recommend that he be confirmed in the post.\n\nI have the honour to be,  \nSir,  \nYour most Obedient,  \nHumble Servant,  \n**M. Y. GUMOIS**  \nMajor-General,  \nAdministering the Government.\n\nRECEIVED  \n26 JUN CO  \n**COLONIAL OFFICE**  \n288",
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        "document_key": "CO129-319 - Governor Sir Blake - 1903 [10-11]",
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        "content_text": "## N.B.\n\nThis Subpoena was served by JOSEPH LEONARD on the within-named witness, personally, on Friday the 26th day of May, 1902.\n\nThis Subpoena is to be returned into the Registrar's Office immediately after Service thereof, with a memorandum endorsed thereon of the Date and Mode of Service.\n\n## COPY\n\nEnclosure to A.143\n\n## IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG, SUMMARY JURISDICTION\n\nSuit No. 588 of 1902.\n\n**Cheung Ut**  \n**V.**  \n**Cheung Kom sun**\n\n## SUBPOENA\n\n| Fees and Bailiff expenses | $1.50 |\n| --- | --- |\n\nRegistrar  \nWhy was not this Subpoena served on Saturday 24th May?  \n(Intld.) T.S.S.  \n26.5.02.\n\nTo His Honour the Chief Justice.\n\nI taxed a bill of costs last week, wherein Mr. Hays was for Plaintiff and Mr. Looker for Defendant. The point in dispute was whether the defendant having paid money into Court in satisfaction of the claim, the Plaintiff was justified in going into Court to have judgment entered for the amount paid in and afterwards claim for his attendance in Court. I held that under the practice here the only way to enter judgment was by going into Court and having done so, the Solicitor was entitled to his costs, unless the Judge had decided otherwise, which he had not done. On appeal against my decision on a review of taxation, the Acting Puisne Judge decided against me and as I understood from Mr. Hays he decided that the Plaintiff might have taken out a summons.\n\n2. Opinions differ, but with every respect to the decision, whatever I may think myself, I think I ought to have been called in by the Puisne Judge, such is the practice. \"Judges have invariably refused in my experience to interfere with the Master's taxation unless palpably wrong and such is the law, and when these young Solicitors (for the heads as a rule do not appear) come to know that the Master's action can be set at nought thus, Your honour will see how objectionable the present step will prove to be.\n\n(80.) J. W. Norton Kyshe.  \n18.2.01.\n\nThe Registrar,\n\nI have read your minute but I do not think it is a matter in which I can interfere.\n\n(36.) J. W. Carrington.  \n18.8.01.",
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        "content_text": "## DESPATCH\n**C. O. No. 41108**\n\nRece Best 11 NOV 03\n\nIt is with regret that I have to inform you that a telegram has been received from the Governor of Hong Kong reporting that your son, Mr. W. Gregor Collins, was accidentally killed.\n\n## (Subject.)\n\nNo. 41108\n\n## (Minutes.)\nThe man's name was W. Gregor Collins, of Messrs. Grigor, McLean & Co., Leonard's Bank, Edinburgh.\n\nWB & L(25)-1890-80007-11-2  \n12-5009-10-8\n\n## Next subsequent Paper.\nNo. 41621  \nNo. 45105\n\n## Last previous Paper.\nNo. ... HOC No. 41108  \n690  \n\nPW. Dept  \n19619/01 address 158: Leonard's Bank, Edinburgh  \n\nI have informed the Governor.  \nNo. Wke Lee 1903  \n11 For  \n\nSir  \nIt is witte regret that I have to inform you hit sel Lyttelton's directions. that a Alegram has ben Tived from the form of Hanghang reporting that your son, hit w. tematifs he gregor...",
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        "content_text": "C.O.\n\nThe Right Honourable\n\n847\n\n45120\n\nRECR\n\nThe Secretary of State for the Colonial Department\n\nDowning Street\n\nLondon S.W\n\nRecd 16 DEC 05\n\n16 St Leonard's Bank\n\nSir\n\nEdinburgh 14th December 1903.\n\nWe the undersigned, being the Father, Mother and nearest relatives of the late Mr William Mackregor, traverser in the Public Works Department, Hongkong, who was accidentally shot in the New Territory on Sunday 8th November last, desire to approach you with reference to the proceedings taken or which it may be proposed to take against Sergeant See, a friend of Mr Mackregor's and whose carelessness caused his death.\n\nWe understand that a charge of Manslaughter was preferred against Sergeant See, and while we at present do not know what has been the result of that charge, we are most anxious that any charge or proceedings against Sergeant See should be departed from, or if he has unfortunately received a sentence or been fined, or if he has been reduced in rank, or has otherwise suffered punishment in connection with the matter, that the sentence or punishment be remitted or cancelled.\n\nWe have seen the Reports regarding the matter in the Hongkong Daily Press and we have otherwise been fully informed of the whole circumstances of the accident, and we are all satisfied that the occurrence was purely accidental, and while we appreciate the necessity for careful enquiry in all such cases, we would be sorry indeed if in the present instance Sergeant See, who unwittingly caused the death of our friend and who we know has already suffered deeply in his mind and feelings, should be prosecuted or punished in any way.\n\nIt would be a satisfaction to us if any trial or legal proceedings in the matter had been merely formal, and that it had not been found necessary or desirable to punish Sergeant See in any way, or if not that at any rate any punishment had been of a merely nominal character.",
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        "content_text": "## Section I\n\nThe coal mined in the region is of poor quality, merely surface scrapings full of stones and mud. I believe the Posé mines were visited some years ago by an agent of Messrs. Jardine, Matheson, and Co., and that the firm have specimens of the coal in their possession. Posé, I should mention, is an important trade mart close to the Yünnan frontier, some 200 miles above Nanning, on a river which is navigable for light-draught steamers during the summer months. Through Posé come large quantities of Yunnan copper, which are manufactured at Nanning into gongs, candle-sticks, and all kinds of kitchen utensils. From Posé, too, come the tigers and leopards, numbers of whose skins we saw hanging in the furriers' shops in Nanning; a good tiger's skin, head and claws complete, may be bought for 50 dollars; leopard skins range from 10 dollars to 20 dollars. Posé is the farthest point reached by transit-pass from Wuchow.\n\nBy the evening of the second day of our stay in Nanning the river had fallen 2 feet, so it was arranged that we should leave the following day. As it happened, rain set in during the night, the water began to rise, and we might have stayed a day or two longer. I decided, however, to return; if the rain continued I could not in any case see much of the city, and having been over a fortnight absent from my post, I was anxious to get back as soon as possible.\n\nThe return journey was uneventful. Leaving Nanning at 11 A.M. on the 25th June, we crossed the Great Rapid the same evening, and arrived at Hsunchow the following day at 1 P.M. On Monday, the 27th June, the \"Moorhen\" reached Wuchow after an absence of nineteen days.\n\nFor the convenience of Consular officers who may have occasion to visit Nanning in the future, I append a table of distances (approximate) between the principal towns en route.\n\n| From Wuchow to- | Nautical Miles |\n| --- | --- |\n| Tenghsien | 25 |\n| Mengebiang | 36 |\n| Paima | 48 |\n| Pingnain | 66 |\n| Chiang-kou | 77 |\n| Hunchow | 89 |\n| Kueihsien | 150 |\n| Lei Kung hsu (Great Rapid) | 179 |\n| Hengchow | 204 |\n| Yungshun | 242 |\n| Nanning | 320 |\n\n**ITINERARY of His Majesty's Ship \"Moorhen,\" Wuchow to Nanning and return**\n\n| Date | Arrival | Departure | Steaming Hours |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| June 9 | Wuchow, 8-30 A.M. | Konghau, 8 A.M. | 4 |\n| 10 | Kooghau, 6 P.M. | Kueihsien, 5 P.M. | 9 |\n| 11 |  |  | 11 |\n|  | At Kueibsien |  |  |\n| 21 | Kueihsien, 5 A.M. | Linglitsun, 7 P.M. | 14 |\n| 22 | Linglitsun, 6 A.M. | Nanning, 10-30 A.M. | 23 |\n| 24 | At Nanning |  |  |\n| 25 | Nanning, 11 A.M. | Leikunghsa, 7 P.M. | 8 |\n| 27 | Leikangusu, 6 A.M. | Hsunchow, 6-30 A.M. | 20 |\n| 27 | Hsunchow, 1 P.M. | Wuchow, 7 P.M. | 7 |\n\nTotal distance, 640 miles; steaming hours, 58.1.\n\nNote. His Majesty's ship \"Moorhen\" steamed at 12 knots an hour; average strength of current, 4 knots; over rapids, 5 to 8 knots.\n\n## Section II.-Nanning as a Treaty Port\n\nAlthough Nanning was declared an open port by Imperial Decree on the 3rd February, 1889, no office of the Imperial Maritime Customs has yet been opened there and the port may, to all intents and purposes, still be considered an \"inland place.\" My visit to Nanning confirmed the opinion I had previously formed as to the advantages which British trade in South China would be likely to derive from the effective opening of the port and the appointment of a British Consular officer to reside there, namely, that from a commercial point of view, the advantages would be quite inconsiderable. It appears to me that Wuchow, situated at the limit of ocean-going steam navigation on the West River, sufficiently meets Hong Kong's requirements as a distributing centre. Foreign goods are imported by steamer to Wuchow and there transhipped, under transit-pass, into junks (which may be towed by steam-launches) for all the principal towns in the West River basin, as far as Lungchow and Posé, and thence overland into Yunnan and Kueichow. Similarly native produce is brought down from these places under outward transit-pass and transhipped into the Hong Kong steamers at Wuchow. The trade, which is steadily increasing, has been carried on for some years past without serious interference on the part of the native Customs authorities. Steam-launches can, under the new Regulations, carry passengers and cargo between Wuchow and Nanning, calling at all recognized way ports; they may, with the permission of the Chinese Government, ply between inland places exclusively, say, between Nanning and Posé. British merchants may lease go-downs for the storage of their goods at Nanning and other riverine towns, and may, I take it, under this clause, appoint native hongs their agents for the care and sale of their merchandise.\n\nThe Hong Kong Chamber of Commerce have pressed for the establishment of a foreign custom-house at Nanning because they say that foreign goods could then be laid down there on payment of one import duty only; but this applies only to goods consumed in Nanning itself—an inconsiderable quantity; transit-passes would still have to be taken out, or native Customs dues paid on, goods destined for the surrounding districts. The same remark applies in the case of native produce; the bulk of Nanning's exports come from the country districts and in order to be shipped at the port would have to pay the same transit dues and the same native dues, as they do at Wuchow.\n\nOn the other hand, for political reasons, I venture to think that the effective opening of Nanning would be to the advantage of British interests. There is at the present moment a temporary lull in French railway enterprise in this part of the world, but at any time an energetic Governor-General in Tonquin may decide to resume railway construction on the frontier, and with the continuation of the Tonquin main line from Hanoi to Lungchow and Nanning, the Province of Kuangsi will inevitably be brought under French influence, and the French authorities will undoubtedly endeavour to arrange with the Chinese Governments for special facilities for rail-borne cargo crossing the frontier. Under these circumstances, the presence of a British Consular officer at Nanning might perhaps prevent any serious steps being taken to the detriment of British trade; he would, in any case, be able to obtain early information as to what was going forward.\n\nAs regards the future competition of the French railway system with the West River trade route, and the substitution of Hanoi for Hong Kong as the distributing centre of South-West China, I do not think the latter port has anything to fear as long as the Chinese Government continue to grant reasonable facilities to foreign trade on the West River and the shipping Companies of Hong Kong continue to maintain and improve their steam-boat services. What is now being done in this direction I shall briefly refer to in the next section, but I would here venture to call attention to the vital importance of the West River to the trade of Hong Kong. We have here one of the largest rivers in China, second only to the Yang-tsze in commercial importance, traversing and, with its tributaries, draining the whole of the Provinces of Kuangtung and Kuangsi, and parts of Yunnan and Kueichow to join the ocean in the waters of a British Colony. To-day steamers and steam-launches are taking passengers and cargo from Hong Kong, Canton, and all the principal towns in the delta, to Samshui, Wuchow, Nanning, and even Posé, distant 750 miles from the coast. By means of this service, assisted by native shipping, foreign goods can reach by water all the principal markets in South-Western China—to Shaokuan and Nanhsiung (Namheung), on the borders of Kiangsi; to Kueilin, on...",
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        "content_text": "# \nli-kin collection at about 90,000 taels, that of the native Customs at 60,000. He mentioned that coal paid no li-kin, but was lightly taxed at the pit mouth. A considerable quantity of native opium, he said, passed through Shiu-kuan, coming from Szechuan, Hunan, and Ch'u-chou in Chekiang. It paid at present only 2 taels per picul duty, but this was shortly to be raised.\n\nShiu-kuan is surrounded by a crenellated wall in an unusually good state of preservation. The principal business quarter is the Cantonese suburb, outside the wall facing the North River. The Yamêns are in the so-called native or Hakka quarter, within four minutes' walk of the West Gate. There are besides a Hunanese and a Kiangsi quarter. Opposite the West Gate is the suburb destroyed by the Taipings, now a heap of grass-covered ruins. Here the Wesleyan Mission are erecting their new house in foreign style, and propose, when funds permit, to build a hospital. A fair number of junks were anchored on both branches of the river, but the shipping and movement of the place did not, I must confess, come up to my expectation.\n\nThe population is estimated by the missionaries at over 100,000.\n\nOn the afternoon of our arrival, I called with Captain Vaughan on the Taotai, Ch'ang, Tuan-pen, who is Intendant of the Nam Shao Lien (Namheung, Shao-chou Lienchou) circuit.\n\nHaving previously sent a deputy on board to make inquiries regarding the rank of a British Consul—I was apparently the first official of the kind whom the Taotai had come in contact with during his seven years' tenure of office—chairs were sent to convey us to the Yamên, and we were received with the customary salutes and ceremonies. The Taotai was most cordial, and discoursed intelligently on current political topics.\n\nHe expressed surprise that the \"Robin\" had been able to reach Shiu-kuan, and his opinion that steamers could not with safety ply on this part of the river was doubtless confirmed by the subsequent unfortunate stranding of that vessel 3 miles below the city.\n\nI told him that, in my opinion, light draft stern-wheelers should be able to reach Shiu-kuan without difficulty during the five summer months, and he entirely agreed with me as to the benefits to be derived from steam communication with Canton. Asked as to the state of the country under his jurisdiction, the Taotai said that brigandage of the kind prevalent in the neighbouring province of Kuangsi was, happily, of rare occurrence, but that the members of the Triad Society (Sau Tien-hui), reinforced by refugees from Kuangsi, had for some time past caused considerable trouble in the districts around Shiu-kuan. He ascribed their activity—somewhat unjustly, I thought—to the machinations of Kang Yu Wei and his followers.\n\nFrom Mr. Dewstoe, the resident Wesleyan missionary, I subsequently learned that the Taotai had the reputation of being well-meaning, but weak; that he was anxious to retire, being quite unable to cope with the growing lawlessness in his jurisdiction; that the Triads had adherents among all classes of the people—even in the Yamêns—and that with the small military force at their disposal—about 200 men in all—the officials were powerless to check the constantly recurring outrages committed in the name of the Society.\n\nAs an instance of this, I was told that a few weeks before our arrival, a young scholar, whose father, in his capacity of village elder, had incurred the enmity of the Triads, was cut in pieces in broad daylight on the highway within 6 miles of the city. Two Buddhist priests, who were subsequently arrested, confessed to their share in the murder, and in the books seized in the monastery to which they belonged were the names of several prominent residents of Shiu-kuan and two or three of the head runners in the Magistrate's Yamên.\n\nThe following morning, the Taotai returned our call, and was saluted by the \"Robin\" with six guns, three on arrival and three on departure. This salute, which I am aware is in excess of that allowed by the King's Regulations, was given by Captain Vaughan at my written request: firstly, because we had been similarly saluted at the Taotai's Yamên; secondly, because the Magistrate at Yingtak having received three guns, I considered that the Taotai, his superior, and the principal territorial official in this part of the province, was entitled to some additional mark of respect, the visit of a British gun-boat and Consul being in itself a more or less memorable occurrence.\n\nThe Taotai mentioned that two Japanese merchants had recently visited him and announced their intention of starting business in the city. He had informed them that this was impossible, as Shiu-kuan was not yet a Treaty port. They were, I understand, interested in coal. There are coal mines in the neighbourhood of Shiu-kuan, situated within 5 miles of the city up both rivers, which have been worked for some years past by native methods; the present output is inconsiderable, and the coal, taken from the surface, of poor quality. It sells in Shiu-kuan for about 6 dollars per ton.\n\nThe Taotai, when I remarked on the anomaly that practically all the coal consumed by steamers in Canton and on the rivers was imported from Japan, while large deposits of this valuable fuel were known to exist in various parts of the Canton Province, said he fully appreciated the advantages to be derived from the exploitation of mines, but that in his particular jurisdiction the people were extremely adverse to the hills being disturbed, and that scientific mining had hitherto been barely possible. I subsequently heard that two parties of French prospectors had visited the mines during the past year.\n\n## \nFrom the Rev. Edgar Dewstoe of the Wesleyan Mission, who has been stationed at Shiu-kuan for the last seven years, I learnt that there are three missionary societies working in this part of the country: the Roman Catholics, with headquarters at Nam-heung, who devote themselves chiefly to work among the country people; the Berlin Mission with stations at Nam-heung, Chihsien, Yen-fa, and Shiu-kuan; the Wesleyans with branches at Lok-ch'eng, Lung-kuai, Mong-fu-kong, and Yingtak. Mr. Dewstoe said that, after some years of uphill work, he considered his Mission was now established on a solid basis; he was on the best of terms with the local authorities, due, he thought, to his adhering to the rule of never interfering in his converts' lawsuits; counted several influential men among his friends, and was able to preach every Sunday in the city chapel—a fine new building in semi-Chinese style—to an interested and respectful congregation. Some of the largest shops in Shiu-kuan are kept by Wesleyan converts, who have apparently no desire to conceal their faith. Most of the shops are plentifully adorned with text and religious pictures; in a large druggist's I saw posted on the door a notice in Chinese giving chapter and verse of the Bible reading to be held that evening in the chapel. The people are, on the whole, well-disposed towards foreigners; only in the Cantonese quarter is one liable to meet with any rudeness. In one of the halls of the Canton Guild House, I was shown a Chinese teacher seated at a pulpit expounding the Sacred Edict to whomsoever cared to listen; at the moment of our visit, a handful of coolies, who, from their attitudes, apparently considered this a convenient place to take their noon-day siesta. I was told that the cost of these daily lectures is defrayed by the Canton Guild, with the object of counteracting the growing influence of the Christian chapels. During our two days' stay at Shiu-kuan, the \"Robin\" was a source of unfailing interest to crowds of people, both men and women, who, dressed in their best clothes, came off in boatloads to gaze at the \"fire-ship.\" They conducted themselves in a very orderly manner, and made no attempt to force their way on board. I was sorry that the small size of the ship prevented our throwing her open to visitors. However, in the evening, we gave a display of rockets and coloured lights which, to judge from the loud murmurs of admiration that rose from an invisible throng outside and on the city wall, was much appreciated.\n\nThe shops in the main street leading from the south to the north gate through the Kiangsi and Hunanese quarters seemed well supplied with foreign goods. I purchased, among other things, soap, soda water, beer, biscuits, bovril, and cigarettes of British make. There are some fine pottery shops, where I was shown cases full of Kiangsi ware packed ready for export to Canton. In the Canton quarter, the streets are narrow and dirtier, the shops are exactly the same as those met with in the delta; the import business is, as usual, in the hands of the Cantonese.\n\nAn interesting local industry is the preparation of ground-nut oil, carried on in three large factories in the suburb adjoining the Wesleyan Mission. The nuts are first sun-dried on concrete floors, then pressed in troughs between round stones by means of wedges. The oil is now chiefly used for cooking purposes, kerosene having completely superseded it as an illuminant.\n\nThe climate of Shiu-kuan is hot in summer, and, owing to the sudden change of temperature caused by alternating north and south winds, is unhealthy for Europeans. The winter is cold, frost and snow being of frequent occurrence. Plague is unknown, but cholera and small-pox common. The surrounding country, besides being extremely picturesque, abounds in wild animals of all kinds, among which I may mention deer, wild boar, porcupines, monkeys, leopards, and tigers. The last-named are reported to be quite numerous: they frequently descend on the outlying villages and carry off dogs, buffalo, and sometimes children. An amusing incident occurred on the day of our arrival: as the \"Robin\" steamed past the Wesleyan Mission on the river bank, the blast of the siren was mistaken by an infants' school close by for the roar of a tiger; the terrified teacher and children bolted and barred their doors and windows, and waited panic-stricken for the approach of their enemy. It is unfortunate that this country, rich in game, is practically inaccessible to Hong Kong sportsmen: the shooting season is, of course, in winter, when the river is only open... \n\nPage 9\n954",
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        "content_text": "## Table III. HONGKONG VOLUNTEER CORPS.\n\n### Roll of Efficients for the Year ending 31st March, 1906.\n\n**Commanding Officers**\n\n| Rank and Name | Position |\n| --- | --- |\n| Major C. G. Pritchard | Commandant |\n| A. Chapman | 2nd in Command |\n| Captain F. O. Stedman | Surgeon |\n| Lieut. C. Forsyth | Do. |\n| Sergt. Major W. Higby |  |\n\n### No. 2 COMPANY, H. K. V. ARTILLERY. Roll of Efficients.\n\n| Rank and Name |\n| --- |\n| Captain r Skinner, T. |\n| Lieutenant Scott, W. M. |\n| Co.-Sgt.-Maj. r Rodger, J. |\n| Sergeant P Lochend, J. |\n| Lert Hale |\n| Gunner ... |\n| Corps Sergeant-Major Terrill, W. J. |\n| Gunner r Gloyu, J. W. |\n| Corporal |\n\n### No. 1 COMPANY H. K. V. ARTILLERY. Roll of Efficients.\n\n| Rank and Name |\n| --- |\n| Gunner Bain, H. M. |\n| Gunner Chumnett, F. G. |\n| Gunner Raymond, E. |\n| Seth, H. A. |\n| Gunner Chromett, O. R. |\n| Gunner Duncan, G. |\n| Guumer Sheffold, A. E. |\n| Andrew, J. 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J. |\n| Seth, S. A. |\n| Melver, M. |\n| Herbst, C. E. |\n| Bombardier Craddock, H. E. |\n| Olsen, J. |\n| Brett, L. E. |\n| Olsen, C. W, |\n| Gummer Abrabam, E. |\n| Pestonji, R. |\n| Abrubam, R. |\n| Pelling, W. W. |\n| Baker, F. H. |\n| Raymond, A. |\n| Ellis, E. E. |\n| Gay, L. |\n| Goggin, W. G. |\n| Humphreys, E. |\n| Humphreys, C. |\n| Haggard, H. E. |\n| Kennett, H. G. |\n| Seth, J. II. |\n| Shaw, E. |\n| Sibbett, J. J. |\n| Alves, C. M. S. |\n| Leonard, J. |\n| Bains, J. W\" |\n| Loureiro, F. |\n| James, E. W. H. |\n| Joseph, J. |\n| Petley, II. |\n| Moore, F. |\n| Abraham, E. S. |\n\n### ENGINEER COMPANY. Roll of Efficients.\n\n| Rank and Name |\n| --- |\n| Captain Crake, W. A. |\n| Lientevant Reynolds, F. O. |\n| Co.-Sgt. Maj. e Logan, J. W. |\n| Sapper P Rovan, H. S. |\n| Sergeant P Crawford, J. |\n| F Lapsley. R. |\n| Corporal Lummert, G. P. |\n| Captain Gublay, J. S. |\n| Gunner Payton, J. T. |\n| Gamer Hamett, A. H. |\n| Gunner Sayer. A. C. |\n| Supper Dillon, F. II. |\n| Ward, F. |\n| Watson, V. |\n| Cullen, W. F. |\n| Park, A. V. |\n| Witchell, J. |\n| Logan, J. C. |\n| Kynoch, G. |\n| Holmes, J. |\n| Ross, W. E. |\n| Dixon, C. W. |\n| Milne, J. G |\n| Barrington, J. II. |\n| Ross, J. |\n| Sapper Hirst, J. |\n| Lochend, H. W. |\n| Frost. B. L. |\n| Fletcher, II. L. |\n| Ross, J. |\n| Quark. F. W. |\n| Leufesty, F. P. |\n| Hall, 1. S. |\n| Sergeant » Deas, W. M. |\n| Corporal Sayer, H. W. |\n| Bombardier Mitchell, R. |\n| Longstaff, J. |\n| Rogers, A. E. |\n| Pellow, E. |\n| Marshall, J. |\n| Sanderson, W. |\n| Brandt, W. |\n| 'Lewington, W. J. |\n| Friend, J. |\n| Clothier, A. V. |\n\n### RIGHT HALF, No. 2 COMPANY H. K. V. ARTILLERY.\n\n| Rank and Name |\n| --- |\n| Brown, F. A. |\n| Coles, J. C. |\n| Rend, W. |\n| Kennedy, P. |\n| Indah, J. J. |\n| Catchick, G. G. |\n| Penfold, I. IL |\n| Cole, J. T. f. |\n| Hurlow, J. |\n\n### TROOP. Roll of Efficients.\n\n| Rank and Name |\n| --- |\n| Captain P Armstrong, W. |\n| Lieutenant Northcote, M. 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        "content_text": "(K14)\n\nRETURN of OFFICES who have given Security for the due Discharge of their Duties,\n\n(K15)\n\nprepared at the Annual Inspection of Securities, held on 7th February, 1907,--Continued.\n\n  \n    Name of Officer giving Security.\n    Exact Titles of all Appointments (either permanent or temporary) now held by him.\n    Nature of the Security given.\n    Names, Addresses, and Occupations of the Sureties in each Bond.\n    Title of Office in respect of which the Bond is given.\n    Date of Bond.\n    Amount of Bond.\n  \n  \n    HARBOUR MASTER'S DEPT.- Continued.\n  \n  \n    \n    Master of Lighthouse Tender \"Stanley\"\n    Guarantee Bond by the Commercial Union Assurance Company.\n    \n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    \n    Clerk,\n    \n    B. B. Harker, Architect: A. V. Apcar of Messrs. A. V. Apcar and Company.\n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    E. F. Casey.\n    \n    Personal Bond with two Sureties, jointly and severally.\n    A. C. Botelho, A. P. Guterres,\n    \n    22nd March, 1906.\n    500\n  \n  \n    \n    First Clerk, (Mercantile Marine Office),\n    \n    So Get Tai, Shroff and Clerk, Trang Shi Keng, Shroff (Shipping Office),\n    \n    26th June, 1906.\n    1,000\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    A. G. Romane, Merchant; J. J. Leiria, Merchant.\n    \n    11th June, 1905.\n    260\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    3. M. Franco; Joseph D'Encarnação.\n    \n    9th May, 1906.\n    500\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    Chan Pin of No. 2 Water Street, Owner of Latrines; Lan Cheong, Master of the Cheong Shing shop No. 15 Jubilee Street.\n    \n    26th August, 1903.\n    500\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    Chan Sau Ling, Landlord of Honghom Inland Lot No. 132; Leong Ah Woon, Landlady of Section B of the remaining portion of Inland Lot No. 110,\n    \n    6th October, 1906.\n    1,000\n  \n  \n    Lan Fuk Ki.\n    Interpreter, Shamshuipo,\n    Personal Bond with two Sureties, jointly and severally.\n    \n    \n    5th May, 1905.\n    1,500\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    Kwong Yan Po, Interpreter, Hunghom,\n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    Wong Shane nam shroff transfores forge Dept.\n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    JUDICIAL AND LEGAL DEPT.\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    \n    SUPREME COURT\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    \n    \n    Personal Bond with two Sureties, jointly and severally.\n    Chan Yau, Owner of the You Li Paper Ware's shop No. 18 Station Street, Yaumati Wong Wan Ju; Owner of the Yu Châu Groce's shop No. 26 Station St., Yaumati,\n    \n    6th January, 1903.\n    100\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    Hung Shing Tong. Master of the Size Lung shop No. 40 Wellington Street; Lang Hin, Master of Hung Yuen Tai shop No. 89 Connaught Road.\n    \n    14th May, 1906.\n    100\n  \n  \n    J. W. Jones,\n    Deputy Registrar and Appraiser,\n    Personal Bond with one Surety, jointly and severally.\n    Sir C. P. Chater, K.C.S.G.; Dr. George P. Jordan.\n    \n    29th April, 1903.\n    5,000\n  \n  \n    J. H. Kemp,\n    Deputy Registrar and Accountant,\n    Guarantee Bond by the Commercial Union Assurance Company.\n    W. G. Humphreys.\n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    A. W. Mill.\n    Usher,\n    Personal Bond with two Sureties, jointly and severally.\n    Poon Yu But, a partner in the Tak Cheong Tailor, No. 50 and 52 Queen's Road Central; Leung Fei Cooke, Coal Contractor, No. 32 Connaught Road.\n    \n    4th October, 1897.\n    5,000\n  \n  \n    Frederick Howell,\n    Bailiff and Assistant Usher,\n    \n    Chan A-fook, Compradore; Chan A-foo, Shopkeeper at Stanley.\n    \n    1st August, 1906.\n    250\n  \n  \n    Joseph Leonard Jum...\n    Second Brit...\n    \n    Mok Koon Yak, Compradore to Butterfield & Swire; Mok Mau Chung, Assistant Compradore to Butterfield & Swire.\n    \n    15th November, 1905.\n    1,000\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    5th June, 1890.\n    500\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    15th December, 1902.\n    \n  \n\n556",
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        "content_text": "# Trains cross at Ch'ing-ho.\n\nLine only metalled from Feng-t'ai to Fo-ch'ing-men, and ballasting (of earth) only a short way further on. Nan-k'ou is very stony, and metalling is being taken down from it. Perhaps the greater part of the line is on the level, or nearly on the level, of the Peking plain, which the line crosses up to Nan-k'ou. In places there is an embankment, which is not revetted, and which occasionally shows signs of crumbling. Occasionally line passes through low cuttings—a low trench on sides for drainage.\n\nConsidering the funereal pace at which we moved, I do not consider the line runs very smoothly, or that in its present condition a great rate of speed could be obtained.\n\nThere are thirteen sleepers under each pair of rails; sleepers 18 to 20 inches apart, except under the fish-plates, where they are only about 8 inches apart. Rails spiked to each sleeper, four bolts to each fish-plate.\n\nAt Feng-t'ai the line starts from the outer siding of the Chinghan line. There are three sidings at Kuang-an-men, four at Hsi-chih-men, two or three at Ch'ing-ho, three at Sha-ho, and three at Nan-k'ou.\n\nThere is a water-tank at Hsi-chih-men, another at Sha-ho on piled sleepers, another at Ha-pa-t'un, half way between Sha-ho and Nan-k'ou, and another on a truck at Nan-k'ou.\n\nThe platforms vary in size; perhaps the largest is the one at Hsi-chih-men, 280 yards long by about 10 yards wide, and 3 feet above the line.\n\nStations buildings, single storied of grey brick and well constructed.\n\nThere is an engine-house of grey brick at Hsi-chih-men, about 53 yards long by 18 yards wide, with two sidings, and it can house at least four Dubs' large engines with tenders (smaller engines are Baldwin's).\n\nRailway buildings at Nan-k'ou in construction.\n\nCarriages were made at the Tong-shan works; 3rd class are stand-up covered waggons.\n\nThere are five composite 1st and 2nd class carriages on the line, two for each train and one in reserve. They have hand brakes and are corridor cars, the 1st class portion consisting of two compartments, each holding eight people, whilst the 2nd class can seat five people; 1st class compartments very well fitted up, and with light luggage racks. Lavatories attached to compartments.\n\nOpen trucks have 30-ton capacity.\n\nOur train consisted of two composite carriages (one 3rd class), three trucks, and a van.\n\nDirection of line mostly north up to Sha-ho, then north-westerly. Telegraph near the line.\n\nNorth of Sha-ho station the line crosses a stream by a bridge of seven stone piers.\n\n| Class | Fare (Dollars) |\n| --- | --- |\n| 1st | 2.40 |\n| 2nd | 1.60 |\n| 3rd | 0.80 |\n\nGoods (luggage parcels) rate per ton per `li` are—1st class, 2 cents; 2nd class, 1 cent; 3rd class, 16 cents. Dangerous goods, 4 cents; minimum distance, 50 `li`.\n\nHorses and cattle, 2 cents per `li`.\n\nNan-k'ou is the limit of traffic. The line has been laid for a mile or two, where it sweeps round to the north of Nan-k'ou and enters the pass.\n\nThe pass is about 11 miles long, culminating in the Pa-ta-ling, where the branch of the Great Wall crosses it. Valley narrow and stony—only a short piece of embankment has been made at the entrance. There is then no work done till approaching the summit, perhaps for the last mile or two. The work begins with the first tunnel at Wu-kuei-t'un, which has been pierced, wall of stone and cement completed, and the arch, which is to be finished off with square stones of German cement, has just been commenced.\n\nThe second tunnel at Shih-fo-ssu has been pierced, and wall is also completed, but the cementing of the arch has not been begun.\n\nThe third tunnel, which is to pierce the Pa-ta-ling, has not been commenced, as regards boring from the east side.\n\nEarth embankments, unrevetted like those on the plain, connect the tunnels. Time plays little or no part in a Chinaman's calculations, and in the journey up to Nan-k'ou we left several stations ahead of time, and reached our destination three minutes too early; whilst in the down journey we were mostly a quarter of an hour too late.\n\nThe Chinese station-masters and traffic managers, arrayed in startling uniforms, are most civil and obliging.\n\n(Signed)\n\nPeking, November 3, 1906.\n\n**G. PEREIRA, Lieutenant-Colonel, Grenadier Guards, Military Attaché.**\n\n## Inclosure 2 in No. 1.\n\n## Supplementary Notes on Peking-Kalgan Railway by Captain Leonard, United States' Military Attaché.\n\nThe total length of the line, 34.11 miles. Distances between stations:\n\n| From | To | Miles |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Feng-Tai | Kuang-an-men | 4.49 |\n| Kuang-an-men | Hsi-chih-men | 4.54 |\n| Hsi-chih-men | Ch'ing-ho | 6.86 |\n| Ch'ing-ho | Sha-ho | 6.59 |\n| Sha-ho | Nan-K'ou | 11.63 |\n\nRails, flat-bottomed, weighing 85 lb. to the yard. Sleepers are Japanese hardwood, 8 feet long by 9 inches wide by 6 inches thick.\n\nThe width of the embankment is 20 feet on the top with 1 to 1 slopes.\n\nThe road from Feng-t'ai to Hsi-chih-men is practically level with the exception of a short 1 in 100 grade, where the line crosses the Ching-han Railway, at each side of the latter, opposite the Hsi-pien-men.\n\nFrom Hsi-chih-men to Nan-k'ou the line rises gradually; the stiffest grade is a 1 in 70, just before Nan-k'ou is reached.\n\nThe cars ride very easily where the road is ballasted, and there is no serious rocking; the speed is, however, extremely slow.\n\nThere are no tunnels between Feng-t'ai and Nan-k'ou. The bridges are not very numerous, there being about 50 feet of opening to the mile; they are all 20 feet and 30 feet spans, except one near Sha-ho, over the river of that name, which is made up of one 110-foot span and three 30-foot spans, at each side of same.\n\nAt present there is little or no goods traffic, owing to the fact that all trade comes to Feng-tai by camels; when the contracts for carrying goods this way expire—probably in a few months' time—there is sure to be a very heavy traffic over the railway. The passenger traffic is very light at present, about fifty passengers per train; this will improve greatly when the line is better known to the Chinese.\n\nThe principal goods which will ultimately be hauled by the railway are wools, skins, hides, &c., from Kalgan, Nan-k'ou to Feng-t'ai, and on to Tien-tsin, and tea and general goods from Tien-tsin, via Nan-k'ou to Kalgan.\n\nThere are four tunnels in the Nan-k'ou Pass, 180 feet, 264 feet, 1,000 feet, and 3,450 feet long respectively. The two short ones are nearly completed, and the other two are well under way.\n\nThe steepest grade in the Nan-k'ou Pass is 1 in 30; there is a stretch of about 4 miles of this, and then another of about 2¼ miles; after that the grade is 1 in 40, of short distances, at intervals.\n\nAll the rolling-stock was built in the workshops of the North China Imperial Railways at Tong-shan, and all the rest required will also be built there.\n\nOf course, all the iron and steel for same is imported from Europe.\n\nAll the girders for the bridge have been constructed at the North China Imperial Railways Bridge Works at Shan-hai-kuan, with the exception of one 110-feet span, which came from England in pieces; the steel plates, &c., for the other girders, of course, come from Europe.\n\nThe locomotives for the line will be built in the North China Imperial Railway Works at Tong-shan entirely, with the exception of the wheels, axles, and springs.\n\nAll the bridges up to Nan-k'ou (abutments and piers) are constructed of cement concrete, below water German cement being used, above Tong-shan cement is employed.\n\nThe top of the Nan-k'ou Pass is about 2,100 feet above Peking, and Kalgan is about 500 feet above that.\n\nPeking, November 5, 1906.\n\n(Signed)\n\n**G. PEREIRA, Lieutenant-Colonel.**",
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        "content_text": "almost parallel only a few miles distant. The loads, which often weigh as much as 120 catties (say 160 lbs.), but usually 80 catties, are carried in baskets slung on the shoulders, and the journey is divided into long and short stages of about 30 and 20 miles respectively. The cost of porterage works out to about 7d. per cwt. per stage of 20 miles. The strain of carrying such heavy burdens over steep passes for mostly cultivated, whilst the higher parts were covered with extensive woods. The\n\ndays or even weeks in succession must be very severe, and it was apparent in the distressed look noticeable in the faces of many of the coolies. The roads are apparently too rough for pack animals, for we met none throughout the journey, but we occasionally saw a pony or two in the fields. For agricultural purposes cows and oxen seem to be almost exclusively used.\n\nThe scenery was very picturesque, the most conspicuous feature of the landscape being the beautiful tallow tree, which at this season (beginning of November) is at its best. I think I have never seen anything more beautiful in the way of colouring than the ruddy tints and white seeds of this tree, which is found scattered through all the valleys and on the lower slopes of the hills. The summer crops—rice, sesamum, cotton, and corn—had lately been gathered, and the fields were already beginning to look green with autumn-sown wheat and beans. In many places the banks and lower slopes were gay with a pretty yellow flower, which is supposed to be the parent of the chrysanthemum. Another interesting plant frequently seen was the black-berry, the stems of which are covered in the winter with a white wax, presumably for protection against the cold, as it disappears in the summer. The berries are not eaten.\n\nTowards dusk we arrived at our halting place for the night, having covered some 20 miles and reached an altitude of about 1,200 feet.\n\nFrom this point onwards the country became more rugged and the population more sparse and scattered. At first our road lay along the banks of the Ching River, whose clear and sparkling water formed a delightful contrast to the turbid waters of the Yang-tsze, into which it flows at Itu, a few miles below Ichang. In the summer rafts of cypress, which grows in abundance on the hill-sides, and is extensively used for building junks, are floated down it to that place. Here are also seen occasional groves of liquid amber, and plantations of small bamboo, used for making paper. For two days we ascended and descended passes of from 1,500 feet to over 3,000 feet. The hill-sides were extensively cultivated, even in places which seemed too steep to stand on. I was told that sometimes the men have to be suspended by ropes whilst working. There were certainly many cultivated spots steeper than the roof of any ordinary house. The crops seemed to be much the same as in the valleys, except that rice was replaced by Indian corn, and the sweet potato was more common. Thick woods of pine, oak, and beech abounded everywhere. On the fourth day we had a stiff climb up a bleak and barren range of hills, overgrown with long grass, and broken here and there by a field of Indian corn or a patch of vegetables. On the summit—about 5,000 feet—we found a quarry where tombstones were being cut. At the moment the men were engaged in polishing a stone, which they do by pouring lime and water on it, and then pushing over it backwards and forwards a heavy slab of granite. From here we made an abrupt descent to a small hamlet named Kuan Pao, lying in a sort of basin enclosed on all sides by hills. These basin-shaped depressions are very common, and, judging by the marshy condition of one we saw, would appear to be the sites of former lakes. The weather, which had hitherto been very warm, was now cold at night, and the ground was covered with white frost every morning. In the front room of the inn the thermometer fell to freezing point. The low temperature was probably in some measure due to the proximity of a range of mountains, close on 7,000 feet high, which forms a solid and unbroken barrier for many miles. We climbed up a precipitous path through woods of oak and beech, with an undergrowth of hazel and rhododendrons, to the top of this range, and found on the other side an undulating grassy plateau, for the most part uncultivated and uninhabited. Foxes were said to be abundant, and tigers, leopards, and wild pig are occasionally seen. A few miles distant there is said to be an iron mine, from which the needs of the inhabitants of the district are supplied. I was told about fifty men are employed in it, and that there are ten smelting furnaces, each employing about fifteen hands. We saw iron ore from this mine in two or three villages, but I have not the necessary knowledge to express any opinion as to its quality. In the neighbourhood there is also said to be a red earth which appears to be used for colouring purposes. I was unable to obtain any definite particulars about it, and had no time to visit the place of production. Shortly after leaving Kuan Pao we began the descent of a steep pass with precipitous and well-wooded hills on either side.\n\nFor some distance the vegetation was most luxuriant, and the colouring of the trees beautiful beyond description. I have seen nothing to beat it even in Japan. Our path then lay by a gradual ascent up a long slope, the lower portion of which was wild; rose bush seemed to grow everywhere, and masses of red berries made the slopes gorgeous with colour. The persimmon, with its golden fruit, was a conspicuous feature of the landscape, and in the neighbourhood of the cottages hedges of quince, which is used for medicinal purposes, were common. Although at about the same altitude as Kuan Pao, and only about 15 miles distant, we found the temperature here at night nearly 20 degrees higher. A further short climb, followed by a very precipitous descent for several miles, brought us back to the main road to Shih-nan-fu, which we had left on the morning of the fourth day. In this neighbourhood (between Lanping and P'u-tzu) a few white bark pine trees are found growing in a wild state. I am told this tree is known to grow wild in only one other place.\n\nVegetable Products.\n\nAs being the more convenient arrangement, I have reserved for separate treatment several products of the district traversed which seem to be of some interest from an economic point of view.\n\nTallow Tree. Method of making Tallow.\n\nThe tallow tree (locally called \"mu tzu shu\") I have already mentioned as abounding in the valleys. It seems to flourish best up to an altitude of about 1,500 feet, and is not found above about 2,000 feet. The seeds are coated with a white substance, and it is from this that the tallow is obtained by the following process: The seeds are steamed, then pounded whilst still warm, and sifted, the white coating passing through the sieve in the form of a coarse brown powder, which, after being ground, is again steamed, placed in straw bags, and pressed in a press. The resulting oil, called \"pi yu,\" is poured into tubs, where it quickly hardens and resumes its original white colour. It is then placed in wooden buckets, and when quite hard turned out in blocks and packed in straw ready for transport. In this form the tallow is mixed with rape or varnish oil or animal tallow before being actually made into candles, the two oils being used for fine candles for religious purposes (burning in temples, &c.), and animal tallow for candles of a coarse quality for domestic purposes.\n\nTallow Oil.\n\nAfter the white coating on the seed has been taken off, there remains the actual seed, from which another oil, “tzu yu,” is extracted, by a process somewhat similar to that above described. The outer shell and the heart, which is white, are separated by being ground between two mill-stones. The hearts, which remain intact, are then crushed under a large stone wheel pulled in an erect position by an ox or mule around a circular stone trough. They are then steamed, roasted, made into cakes in iron moulds, and pressed in a press similar to the cider press still used in country districts in England. The resulting oil, \"tzu yu,\" is used for illuminating purposes.\n\nSometimes the whole seeds, i.e., without removing the white exterior, are crushed and turned into oil, which is called \"mu yu.\" This is also used for making tallow for candles of a coarse quality such as are burned in lanterns. Candles of this quality are manufactured at Ichang.\n\nThere are thus two kinds of tallow and an oil obtained by varying the process of extraction. The refuse cakes are used as a fertilizer, and the husks as fuel.\n\nValue of Tallow Tree, &c.\n\nA good tallow tree bears about 20 lbs. of seeds, which yield 25 to 30 per cent. of (oil from the pure tallow (tallow from the exterior coating), 20 per cent. \"tzu yu\" hearts), or 60 per cent. \"mu yu\" (tallow from the whole seeds). The local price of tallow is, at the present time, about 3½d. per lb. for first quality, and a fraction over 2d. per lb. for second quality, and of the seeds from ¾d. to 1d. per lb. According to the Customs valuation the price is about 11s. 6d. per cwt. (nearly 3d. per lb.), but the different kinds are not distinguished.\n\n[2816 y-2]\n\n* This is also the term for tallow",
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        "content_text": "Extract from Lieut.-Col. Chapman's notice is attached herewith.\n\n(sd.) A. S.,\n\nRegr.\n\n15.3.09.\n\nPage 47\n\nRegistrar,\n\nPlease give every facility; though I don't know if we have any Volunteers.\n\n(sd.) F. T. P.\n\n15.3.09.\n\nH. H. the C. J.,\n\nNoted. Mr. Mackie and Mr. Leonard are the only Volunteers in this Department; and I am afraid they can be ill spared owing to the Criminal Sessions.\n\n(sd.) A. S.",
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        "content_text": "120 \n\nland from being settled and cultivated, because, being good land, he wants to keep it for Hunanese, his own folk.\n\nFor \n\nLeaving in a south-south-westerly direction, we reached the mountains after some 6 miles and kept south-west under their lee down hills and up again by a difficult cart road, the mule between the shafts being obliged to slide down the hills and back at the same time like grim death. At mile 6, at a small stream, we came across a large Hassack camp of thirty tents called Chanaga. These nomads pay 25 taels and 5 taels, rich and poor tent respectively, a year to the Government of Chuguchak. Five and a-half more miles over hill and dale brought us into the elbow of the mountains to the picket of Yamatu. We here turned south-west through the Djaiir range. Half the ascent of the pass, the road is stony and until it nears the top, the pass is not more than 100 yards wide and at times only 20 yards. A small stream flows down. At first rugged and inaccessible, the hill becomes more gentle as we ascend and becomes almost covered with rough pasturage.\n\nWe passed two camps on the way up, each consisting of only two Hassack tents. Reaching the top of the steep part of the pass at mile 6, we kept over an easy slope between gentle hills to mile 7; here we reached the summit and began to descend rapidly, the hills maintaining their pasturage-covered appearance and the road its excellence. We reached the picket Kweitonin at mile 10.5 after a total day of 23 miles. The rest-house was worse than usual; it even struck the Chinese as bad. There are only three soldiers kept here. The man at the inn receives 8 taels and 40 cents per month for looking after the telegraph line. We are among nice neighbours to-night, for the inn-keeper told us a gruesome story of how one of the picket was murdered last year by a Hassack from whom he wanted to buy a pony. The murder was followed two days later by a raid of seven or eight Hassacks who carried off eight oxen belonging to the owner, who complained to Ili. The Chinese authorities there are so scared of the Hassacks that they refused to believe him; they were, however, forced to believe in the murder, and the man was caught and put in prison at Ili.\n\nOctober 8. Continuing down the pass by a good easy road, we halted after 13 miles at the picket of Mianerrhkou. 12 miles later, we were abreast of the picket of Shihlacha. It was not visible from the main road, but the carters said it was a quarter of a mile to the west in the fold of the hills. Keeping along the main road, we reached at mile 24.3 the station of Hansantai, which is out of the mountains and practically on the plain. From Shihlacha onwards, we were in the Government of Shibu.\n\nWe \n\n# \n\nThe Russian Consul-General was in camp at Hansantai en route for Urumtsi. October 9. Keeping down the smooth gravel slopes of the foothills in a south-south-easterly direction, we reached the plain after 9 miles. The main range is almost hidden from view by these gravel slopes. From now on, travelling became difficult because of the sandy nature of the track and the salt which exuded everywhere from the ground, and which rendered the road so crisp that the mules could only get forward with great difficulty. We kept over a dead plain plentifully sprinkled with low tamarisks and other scrub. At mile 14, we reached the picket of Hsiao tsou bo.\n\nBefore we resumed the march, the Consular party arrived with their travelling escort, but they went to another farm, where they halted for the day. One of the Cossacks came over to our farm and asked impertinent questions as to where we had come from, etc. While in camp, three carts arrived from Ili, carrying specie to Chuguchak for the Government. The men in charge, like true Chinese, made no secret of what they were carrying, so that the whole inn yard knew, besides which the small flag betrayed that they were on Government service; thus, if ever carts are raided en route, it will be the fault of the Chinese themselves.\n\nJuns en route get no pay from the Government; only the soldiers do, who also perform picket work. They can live in the inn or where they please.\n\nContinuing to the south-south-east over the plain, we reached a belt of trees at mile 8, tamarisks, birches, willows, and kept among them till mile 10; they were a welcome change as regards the view, but as they harboured myriads of mosquitoes, who harassed us for the rest of the day, they were not so agreeable. Turning more fully south, we reached at mile 13 the old station of Churpaidsze, and at mile 16, two or three inns under some fine trees, the new station of the same name.\n\nThe name \"cart-shelter\" is really too modest a one for quite a fair inn with clean mud rooms. Our inn was kept by a Kashgari, who resented being termed \"Hassack,\" and said angrily that there were none of those folk here.\n\nOctober 10. This Kashgari pays 8 taels a-year to the Government of Shibu. They get their land free when they come to settle.\n\nWe left in a southerly direction, and at once crossed a cutting 15 feet deep and 30 feet wide by a good bridge. There was water in the cutting, but not deep, as cattle were standing in it, nor did there seem to be any flow. It lay east and west. During the morning, we crossed other shallower cuttings completely dry. Keeping through low jungle, we reached Totai at mile 14, where the innkeeper is a Lanchow man; he only pays 3 taels a-year as tax. At mile 2, we passed a farm, and crossed some pools of water later by a small bridge. Here we found a heavily-laden cart, which had tried to cross not by the bridge, so badly bogged that the carters did not think they would be able to proceed till the morrow. Soon after this, the road turned south-west and ran over desert ground. At mile 12, we reached Old Shihu, a collection of ruins lying among trees, and from now on, occasional ruins, groups of trees, or farms were passed. The country, too, is swampy in places, and twice the road is obliged to cross these by low wretched bridges. We reached New Shihu at mile 20, and put up at an excellent inn; the rooms, it is true, were bare as usual, but they were light and airy.\n\nThe Borokhoro range, towards which we have been marching since we emerged from the Djaiir Shan, have been persistently veiled in mist.\n\nsun.\n\nOctober 11. The trading portion of Shihu or Kurkaraussu consists of one long street closed by light wooden gates. The Turki and Chinese shops are side by side. The street is covered for the most part with pengs, which entirely protect it from the sun. South of this quarter lies the usual kind of walled town, a striking contrast by its lifelessness to the bustling life of the trading quarter. The walls are some quarter of a mile square, 30 feet high. The town is surrounded by a dry moat, crossed by good wooden bridges at the four gates, which are of the usual Chinese double pattern. The east and west gates are kept permanently closed; the others have heavy wooden doors faced with iron. Inside the walls are scattered buildings and temples, but there is a good deal of vacant space. Here all the Chinese authorities and the soldiers live.\n\nThe Chinese shops in the trading quarter sell the usual commodities. There are great quantities of fox-skins at 3 taels a-piece, as against 5 in Urga; leopard-skins at 15 taels a-piece; deer-skins, goat- and sheep-skins. Black foxes were unobtainable, and are said to be so rare that the price would be at least 20 taels (4 in Urga). Trade is said to be exceedingly poor. Melons are extremely cheap - 10 cents a large one, 2 for a small one. Vegetables are plentiful and cheap. Only the Turki shops sell Russian stuffs. Excellent wood comes into the town from the mountains for building purposes, and there is an abundance of brushwood for firing.\n\nThe day began badly by my thermometer being stolen from outside my room. The inn man detained all carts in the yard, and a great fuss was made searching them. Some confusion resulted, during which a small police official arrived with the Governor's card and compliments. He was very angry about the theft, and made the confusion worse. He eventually reported the matter to the Governor, who sent me a new Chinese thermometer, which I had to refuse. I felt, however, compelled to reconsider my decision not to call on the chief authority of the town.\n\nI begged the police official to hire fresh carts for our party for the rest of the journey to Ili. The price for these varies enormously, according to the number there may be in the town, and the carters, before naming a price, go the round of the inns to see how many carts there are and whether they can raise the price or not.\n\nEach \n\nI visited the soldiers in the afternoon. There are 100 of these, Hunan braves of the old type. Their uniform is a blue jacket with red edgings and facings. They are infantry. They sleep six to a small house, each having a neat mud bed place, with some felt and a rug. Their quarters seemed clean, comfortable, airy, and warm. Each man gets 3 t. 60 c. a-month, but has to find everything himself; a corporal gets between 4 and 5 taels. They are commanded by a colonel. The barracks are under the East Wall, in the north-east corner of the city. I only saw two or three men; the rest were said to be out on their own business. Those I spoke to said they were all Hunanese, and came direct from Hunan. They gave their ages as about 35, but looked older. There was a target in the yard 6 by 5 feet, which they said was taken out to the country twice a-year, spring and autumn, for a little practice. One man said they had a big gun in the yamén, which was fired at sunset, and this we heard a little later in the day.\n\nThe police officer said there were also 100 cavalry outside the town and 30 inside. I think he meant that the 100 are divided among the stages along the road and do escort work. He said the Hassacks were getting very troublesome. Quite recently, a band raided Hansantai and carried off a number of Government horses belonging to the picket there.\n\nOctober 12. I called on the Governor, a Manchu named Kwei Yü, aged 47;\n\n121 \n\n... \n## Page 121 \n\n... \n2 I [2185 6-1] \n\n3",
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        "content_text": "It never was done? If Mr. Howell had done as he ought to have done he should have taken the note from Tstem. That's what I should have done. It would have saved all this litigation.\n\nTake your memory back to the time when you were Howell's attorney - May, 1903, to October, 1909.\n\nDo you remember asking Mr. Leonard, then acting as bailiff to the Supreme Court, to speak to a sanitary inspector with regard to a debt which he owed to the Hongkong Butchery? - Yes.\n\nWhat were you in the Court at that time? - Second bailiff.\n\nThis Sanitary inspector went to the Butchery and was sent from there to the Court? - No, he came to see me.\n\nIs it part of the duty of the bailiff of the Court to give notice of writs which are handed in to be issued from the Court and delay them so that a warning should reach the intended defendant? - Where we had a personal friend concerned we assisted him. I have paid money out of my pocket in that way.\n\nI understand that in this instance of the Hongkong Butchery the writ had actually been made out and brought to the Court to be sealed?\n\nYes.\n\nAre you the person who seals the writs when they issue? - Sometimes.\n\nThe ordinary routine is that Chinese litigants get a form from the office and then either take it away and fill it up themselves or ask instructions as to filling it up - Yes.\n\nHaving filled it up it is handed to the officer of the Court to be sealed and served by the bailiff - Yes.\n\nDo I understand you to say that in this case the writ was handed to you with instructions to issue and you delayed issuing it while you communicated with the sanitary inspector named? - The writ was not fully made out.\n\nI suggest to you that you did what you did in that matter as attorney for Howell? - No, I did not.\n\nYou were attorney for Howell then? - Yes.\n\nHis Lordship - You say you did not go into the matter as Howell's attorney? - Yes.\n\nJ. Leonard, bailiff, spoke to having mentioned the debt in question to the sanitary inspector referred to.\n\nMr. Lowe was again recalled.\n\nHis Lordship - I cannot understand the ledger account which shows $3,200 outstanding at the end of January, but you have cash, the amount owing by customers, collected during February, March, April, and May, amounting to $3,600. We cannot understand that? - He has accounted for more than he needed to account. That is in his favour.\n\nYou must not discuss whether it is in his favour or not. We cannot understand why there should have been such a result. - Unless I checked it myself, I would not have believed it.\n\nHis Lordship - I am afraid you must accept that. The registrar has been at work to verify the figures taken out by Mr. Slade.\n\nMr. Slade - Guterriez only went through a few of them.\n\nHis Lordship - Mr. Slade worked through these figures. The registry has been through them, and except for some $50 or $60 they are correct. Now the ledger account shows $3,263, and you have brought out of the cash book $3,600.\n\nWitness - Well, this money has been paid into the bank. He has accounted for more than he apparently needed.\n\nHis Lordship - One thing about which I am not clear and that is cash payments - meat sold for cash. Does that come in anywhere?\n\nWitness - Cash sales.\n\nMr. Slade - Assuming these figures are correct, two people have been through them...\n\nWitness - It all depends on who does it.\n\nHis Lordship - We cannot get any further. It is a curious thing. What Mr. Lowe said was that the totals worked out.\n\nMr. Slade - We don't know how the other figures were worked out. Mr. Howell and Mr. Guterriez worked them out. The difficulty is this. Assuming the ledger does not show the whole of the amounts which were afterwards collected, there must have been some other record of certain customers' bills not inserted in this ledger, which would account for a very great deal of the difficulty which your Lordship pointed out.\n\nHis Lordship - It must be left at that.\n\nMr. Slade proceeded to address further questions to witness, who remarked that it was not right to ask any man for books after sixteen years.\n\nHis Lordship - But a firm would keep its books?\n\nWitness - No, the books would be destroyed.\n\nHis Lordship - But when the books are forthcoming...\n\nWitness - Then you must get the man who kept them to explain them.\n\nMr. Slade - How can you say, as you have done in your certificate, that the books are well and regularly kept when you have not checked some most important items?\n\nWitness - You are referring to items six months later.\n\nMr. Slade - You say in your certificate that the books are well and regularly kept and you have not checked the ledgers to see whether or not the ledger accounts correspond with the amounts subsequently collected?\n\nWitness - If you turn to Tatem's balance sheet, which covers the whole of the period of eight months, you will have to account for $24,000.\n\nYou are not answering the question. I am challenging the sufficiency of the information on which you based your certificate of these accurately kept books - I have gone into the figures for the results that had to be accounted for. I told my lord that the cash receipts are...",
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        "content_text": "566 \n\n# THE HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS AND THE FISH LANTERN PROCESSION. HONGKONG SANITARY BOARD.\n\nThe Fish Lantern Procession, organised by the Chinese, was one of the most brilliant of its kind ever seen in the Colony. It left Bowrington at eight o'clock last night, and threaded its way through serried crowds until it reached the Public Gardens. It included an excellent lantern group of the Royal Family, after which followed birds and fish of many varieties and colours.\n\n## H.E. THE GOVERNOR'S RECEPTION.\n\nHis Excellency the Governor, by command of His Majesty the King, held a reception at Government House last night, which was attended by an enormous number of residents. The guests passed from Government House into the Public Gardens, where admirable arrangements had been made for their reception.\n\n## THE DELEGATES FROM THE PHILIPPINES.\n\nA meeting of the Sanitary Board was held on June 22nd at the Board Room. Mr. E.D.C. Wolfe presided, and there were present: - Hon. Mr. V. Chatham, C.M.G., (Vice-President), Colonel Bedford, P.M.O., Mr. A. Shelton Hooper, Mr. Cha Pak, Mr. Ng Hon Tsz, Dr. F. Clark (Medical Officer of Health), Dr. J.W. Hartley (Assistant Medical Officer of Health), and Mr. Bowen Rowlands (Secretary).\n\n### ABERDEEN MARKET AND SLAUGHTER-HOUSE.\n\nA minute was submitted by the President relative to the plan of the market and slaughter-house building at Aberdeen. The President stated that the site which the Board approved a month ago had been laid out, and plans had been circulated for the proposed market and slaughter-house. He proposed that the plans be approved.\n\n(June 24, 1911.)\n\nThe PRESIDENT: That is so, and I don't think it right that when persons want to be buried in the Colonial Cemetery they should ask a missionary to baptise them.\n\nMr. HOOPER stated that just after the Ordinance was passed, he had an interview with the Bishop on the subject, and he gathered from his Lordship's observations that he did not approve of anyone who had not been a Christian for some years being baptised until the end of a period of probation. Mr. Hooper thought three months was the time mentioned, but he was not sure. He was quite with the President, and he did not think the relatives of the deceased would wish to take advantage of the law by complying, perhaps technically, and, say five minutes before death, baptising a person to enable him to be buried there, whereas, if he died a week before, he would be buried in a place with his own religious rites. He thought the matter might stand over till next meeting to see if they could adopt any general principle for the guidance of the committee, and they could get what information they could on the subject from those who knew more about it than themselves.\n\nThe committee... Delayed through stress of weather, the steamer Rizal conveying the American Delegates representing the Philippines did not arrive in port until Thursday morning. The vessel was expected on the previous day, and on Wednesday evening His Excellency the Governor had arranged a big dinner party in honour of the visitors. Owing to the delay of the Rizal, however, this had to be cancelled.\n\n## A THORNY POINT.\n\nThe report of the committee relative to the burial of the remains of Mr. Cho Tong Howe in the Colonial Cemetery was submitted. The PRESIDENT stated that before asking members to adopt the report in this case, he would like to point out what actually happened since a certain portion of the Colonial Cemetery was consecrated and a letter sent to members of different missionary societies and churches in Hongkong. This letter pointed out that unless a person was baptised, he could not be buried in the Colonial Cemetery. Since then, a number of people, who in the ordinary course of events would have been buried at Mt. Caroline, had been referred to different missionary societies and had been baptised practically on their death-beds.\n\nThe President, under the authority of the Board, had been delegated to state whether these persons could be buried in the Colonial Cemetery or not. He found the question rather difficult, and after bringing the matter before the Board, it was settled that should the resident not be satisfied that a person was eligible for burial in the Colonial Cemetery, he should refer the matter to the select committee. He had done this, but certain difficulties had arisen in getting the committee to decide what should be done in these cases. Very often the undertaker, or the relative of a person who wished to be buried in the Colonial Cemetery, went to his office at ten o'clock, or later in the morning, and asked permission for interment in the Colonial Cemetery. Arrangements had already been made for the interment to take place that day, and unless proof was forthcoming that the man was a Christian, the interment might have to be postponed.\n\nHon. Mr. Hewett mentioned: - This is a very thorny point, and while not wishing to say anything to hurt anyone's feelings, but it was not until Thursday morning that the steamer Rizal arrived.\n\nColonel BEDFORD said he entirely associated himself with the views enunciated by the President on this point. The matter was referred to the committee.\n\nBrigadier-General J.J. Pershing, Governor of Moro Province, Lieut. Swift, Aide, Hon. C.B. Elliott (Secretary of Commerce and Police) and Mrs. Elliott, Captain Holmes, Aide, Colonel and Mrs. J.I. Chamberlain, Mr. and Mrs. Charles P.C. Derham, Dr. Freer, Director of the Bureau of Science, were among the visitors.\n\nOn the arrival of the steamer yesterday, the visitors were met by Captain Taylor, A.D.C., Captain Simpson, A.D.C. of Major General Anderson, Mr. C.H. Ross, and Mr. N.J. Stabb. A guard of honour, drawn from the K.O.Y.L.I., was drawn up before Blake Pier to receive Brigadier-General Pershing, and as the distinguished visitor and his party landed, the guard came to the salute. After the usual inspection, the Philippine Delegates were convoyed to the residences of their hosts.\n\nBrigadier-General Pershing, the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Elliott, Captain Holmes, and Mr. Swift are the guests of His Excellency the Governor. Colonel and Mrs. Chamberlain and Captain Locke are quartered with Major General Anderson at Headquarters House; Mr. and Mrs. Derham are the guests of Mr. C.H. Ross; and Dr. Freer is staying with Mr. and Mrs. N.J. Stabb.\n\nH.E. Mr. W. Cameron Forbes, Governor-General of the Philippine Islands, in confirming his telegram giving the personnel of the Delegation coming to Hongkong to represent the Philippine Islands at the Coronation celebrations, wrote to Sir Francis Piggott, the Chairman of the Coronation Celebrations Committee:\n\n**\"I regret very much that owing to the Vice-Governor's absence, it is impossible for me to leave the Philippines at this time, or I would have taken much pleasure in saying that certain missionary societies thought fit in naming a Delegation to represent these Islands in Hongkong at the festivities attending the Coronation and to convey to the British Colony in your city our warmest congratulations and good wishes in connection with that interesting event.\"**\n\n\"You will doubtless have received before this arrives my two cablegrams, in response to the very kind invitation extended in your letter of 31st May. The cordial sentiments which prompted the suggestion of your Committee were much appreciated and, I need hardly add, heartily reciprocated by my fellow countrymen in these islands.\"\n\nMr. JAU CHU Pak: - What does the law say on the subject? Is there any definition of a Christian in law? I don't think the Board can decide.\n\nThe PRESIDENT: - The Ordinance states that a portion of the Cemetery is set apart for Christian burial, and I say that a person should be recognised as a Christian.\n\nMr. Lau CHU Pak: - Should be recognised as a Christian.\n\nMr. HOOPER seconded, and the motion was agreed to.\n\n## THE TIGER REDIVIVUS.\n\nApparently, we have not yet heard the last of the tiger or the wild animal which has been committing depredations in the outlying parts of the Colony and the New Territory. Though nothing has been reported of late concerning the doings of the unwelcome visitor, it now appears that he has been fairly active since he was at Stanley and in the neighbourhood of Shaukiwan. Information now reaches us that a wild animal has been committing extensive depredations among cattle in Lantau Island. He seems to have found his way to Nim Wai, near Silver Bay, and there killed two cattle. From there, he proceeded round the south side of the island, visiting practically every village until he reached Shui Peak, where he killed a couple of bullocks. Thence, he continued round the North side of the island and got to the village next to Tai O police station and killed some cattle. Depredations were also reported from Tung Chung. In all, about 20 cattle have been destroyed on Lantau by this animal.\n\nThe villagers are offering large rewards for the destruction of the animal, some villages offering as much as $50.\n\nSeveral of the police have visited the villages on the island and examined the animals. In many cases, the hind quarters of the beasts had been devoured.\n\nThe animal has not been seen at close quarters, but the traces suggest a tiger or leopard or some quadruped of this species.\n\nPage 433",
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        "content_text": "I \n\nTIS \n\n218 \n\nJoa BETON JIĘ NOW voy alm e as Jiu atento duoda yaa J'nao + .Beupeds I becidon I :asjon .8 inu! „1.X anew bas ♪ ni babio? ozOW (9AT .nemo ebietuo edi Tojruko mij Ja noissoil. ja saad ni bailit woY \n\nISH was Jaikomi quoy zedzewer Jon al Isioeqa a se 100 :lingh ni CELLENT WO) redzouer en I cud şê to salonas acid m đi zaided mucest -RIJBİ ̧ON M1:3 da razů Lanoid een st pia) STOW ve, dass om gnillos I pauso ni aww ninð Jud - sono da zewɑ ed blươw kna soi110 moit- .I bas 01 nsented (yabujnë a saw di serbat \n\nI pigeon-hole for miscellaneous papers on my desk: I don't remember your pulling out some acknowledgments of money from India nor have I found them since.\n\nYou showed me cupboards where the papers were kept. I don't know if you were preparing for the Registrar to check your work: I don't remember your showing me various receipts to be filed.\n\nI haven't got the list of duties which I got from you or an exact copy.\n\n(Adjourned till Tuesday 16th. at 10.30 a.m.).\n\nredmer:er J'nob I ;elistab seedt redelser ɣIlser d'nob .0.8 01 wita noor em si Xhind t'mob I :embu JOKTO CMAI STOL X didinrä di Kuldetiw woni dan ob I line gorio adt zuoda gakeld om wacial I beziano [fa ;stab jnow sad sm ji manlijmeson best ZNOWU TO JAZİ mew ai Ji :he josado ni vi nedto won wona d'nab I :eilooo evenin” a vď :\"zwon qrava beynauo Jon ei god et tand awonn martet noia oil ye edit. Do neid met İnamel. StA) {bopedia Jon evau adrelo Ilm ; qual una dool whow tqaal don sun agonu ensart \n\n•yons kind of bascom se%2 .J'nbluow Jưa beail I as qeck and no sinh sau ng,acío hluma I Iwoo Data Kyninovo zabiti no stał żrow I qorto nuð egaMND eroted vaj.woo but no (@ZOM BİLİ and to Jqleber exoted Jgiooss a duo sám olgan I -yma down pay vom ob j'i:bluorin I sad simmo ni úlă tot noimoif ya na nk konad twoy town...at d'nok I cowd oni vi tilqa blwoce way due, pa dan bảb 1 1ling Jon bn I igni,dilya Iwo zywa don nivow I maqui 008. – ve her?? ad Jua bejjkupos ed ya, el\" sidajnut „drus adt nå yagan a ud yan a'diúnel! I WOT! I \"Savignoli murk yawa nus monumre od datywo \n\nBild DevİNDEN Bw snow 5 Lak, Yo zre Lerlupe=mon and of moldne‡Je VyJİzalujaTTi na now di Puqrainmol. mori tejjel od swɩ ni soivŰ HEITI YıZBİşen drwo) auerqu? and of dɛew I um lia mou à uð I ;.130Ɛ and no stand as I ;xnow woy tavo edỬ 3 ginulotidiaq tem,uny d'nuo I :Tagay to opety wuld a no Beicub 0814 \n\noth. Day \n\n16th. December, 1913. \n\nMahomed Akbar (continued) cross-examined by Mr. Khan (continued.) \n\nI have not been anxious to get into your post. I have once made application to get your post when I heard you were being shifted. I never once went to see Mr. Keup about it but you took me to see Mr. Seth. I knew you were getting $15 more than I: you said it was a personal allowance. I did not hear I could make more money.\n\nI have taught Army officers Urdu for money and I did not use their influence.\n\nI may have said to Mahomed Shere Subadar 25th. Punjabis that I was doing well with my job: I don't remember telling him that I was making money. Mr. Jenkin required my services as an interpreter: and Mr. Nisbet told me to do it as my private business: I got $20: it was partially in office hours: it was a Court Martial case and the man came to see me about it and I introduced Mr. Mason to the case. I didn't keep the Native Officer waiting all day. I did not bring the Native Officer and another Sepoy over in the ferry with me: I don't know if they came over at the same time.\n\nI know you are paying certain instalments on judgments: but I did not know you had failed to pay them; nor did I hunt for the writs: nor did Mr. Leonard (the Bailiff) stop you from hunting amongst the Shroff's papers: nor did I get $5 for the work: I did not spread bad reports about him; not to Mr. Leonard or anyone else.\n\nI had not got permission to teach officers but I think Mr. Lesser",
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        "content_text": "4 \n\n+ \n\nC \n\nFondosure 2. \n\nSubordinate married European Officers not in receipt of Government Quarters, and not in receipt of house allowances or duty pay.\n\n1. R.H.A. Craig \n\n2. H. Dixon \n\n14 321 \n\nHONGKONG.\n\n  \n    Post\n    Salary\n    Remarks\n  \n  \n    First Clerk, Mercantile Marine Office.\n    £220 to £270 and about $800\n    2 children.\n  \n  \n    Superintendent, Money Order Office, G.P.O.\n    £360 - 2450\n    8 overtime allowance.\n  \n  \n    Bailiff, Supreme Court.\n    do.\n    3.\n  \n  \n    J. Leonard\n    £300 - £360\n    9 do.\n  \n  \n    A.J. Mackie\n    Interpreter, Supreme Court.\n    £180 - £225 do.\n  \n  \n    T.R. Martin\n    £300 - £345\n    5 do.\n  \n  \n    A.J. Reed\n    Superintendent, Registration Branch, G.P.O. Accountant, G.P.O.\n    £360 £450 do.\n  \n  \n    R.J. Stevenson\n    Electrician, P.W.D.\n    £330 to £420 7 do (3 grown up).\n  \n  \n    G.E. Thomas\n    Clerk of Works, P.W.D.\n    £360 - £450 1 child.\n  \n\nKOWLOON.\n\n  \n    Post\n    Salary\n    Remarks\n  \n  \n    B.D. Evans\n    1st Assistant, Observatory.\n    £270 L £360\n  \n  \n    C.W. Jeffries\n    Chief Assistant, Observatory.\n    £360 - £420 1 child.",
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        "content_text": "517\n\nTHE CHINA ASSOCIATION.\n\nTRADING WITH THE GERMANS IN CHINA.\n\nSTRONGER ACTION URGED.\n\nThe annual meeting of the China Association was held at the offices of the P. and O. Steam Navigation Company, 122, Leadenhall-street, EC, on last inst. Mr. F. Anderson (Chairman of Committee) presided, and there were also present: Sir W. C. Hillier, K.C.M.G., C.B., Sir A. Dent, K.C.M.G., Messrs. F. J. Abbott, F. Allen, John C. Bois, Byron Brenan, C.M.G., E. J. Carrol, Ed. Cousins, Geo. B. Dodwell, A. J. Garfit, J. C. Hatson, Wm. Harwood, J. S. Haskell, Edgar J. Houle, R. H. Hill, G. Jamieson, C.M.G., H. D. C. Jones, H. H. Joseph, Leonard Kerr, Paul H. King, W. Thurlow Lay, Wm. D. Little, D. H. Mackintosh, J. R. Michael, C. Selby Moore, T. W. Richardson, H. W. Robertson, C. H. Ross, D. C. Rutherford, F. G. Sale, F. Salinger, Herbert Salinger, H. D. Stowart, J. Swire, T. H. Whitehead, W. H. Wickham, H. Wilcockson, R. Chatterton Wilcox, A. G. Wood, and the Secretary (Mr. H. C. Wilcox).\n\nThe Chairman said: The report has been circulated to members in advance. I need not therefore do more than refer to it in general terms. I would explain that our annual meeting is about a month later than usual this year, mainly owing to our secretary, Mr. Wilcox, having had to carry on the work of his office single-handed. We have given leave of absence for service in the Army to his assistant, Mr. Lambert. Notwithstanding the terrible struggle in which this country is engaged so close to our own doors, events in the Far East have by no means passed unnoticed. Whilst Western countries over an immense area are being shaken to their very foundations, China has had to deal with serious problems of her own, both internal and external. From time to time situations have arisen which might have resulted in disaster had weakness and irresolution been shown in dealing with them, but the discretion and ability with which her Government acted under trying conditions have enhanced its prestige, and have done much to inspire confidence in the present Chinese administration.\n\nIt should be borne in mind that only a year ago the Government had not suppressed the notorious White Wolf; disorder was widespread in many provinces—a kind of aftermath of the revolution; intrigue and conspiracy were rife in the capital, many of the Provincial Governments hampered the Central Authority by obstructive tactics and by withholding supplies, whilst foreign relations in certain quarters were becoming complicated. In weak hands the affairs of the country would in all probability have drifted into chaos. Now whether it is true or not in ordinary times that \"in the multitude of counsellors there is wisdom,\" experience has shown once more, and not only in China, that at a time of national crisis it is essential for the welfare of the State to concentrate power in the hands of one national central authority.\n\nThe great mass of the people of China quickly realised that patriotism and common sense alike demanded that they should support the government of Yuan Shih-kai if disaster were to be averted, and the course of events has justified the wisdom of their decision. Disorder has been suppressed, legislation on conservative lines has been enacted, the authority of Peking over the Provinces has been re-established, judicious fiscal reforms have been inaugurated, and the first step towards the establishment of a permanent constitution has been taken in the promulgation of what is known as \"The Constitutional Compact\"—a translation of which interesting and important document will be found in the report.\n\nEvidence of the confidence inspired by the Administration may be seen in the fact that two internal loans have been successfully floated in China at a time when the money markets of the Western world have been practically closed owing to the war. Concurrently with all this the foreign affairs of the country have been so handled that the danger of complications arising has been minimised, and, we hope, will be entirely averted.\n\nIn the past year statesmen all over the world have had to bear a heavy burden of responsibility. The President of the Chinese Republic has been no exception to the general rule—few men in the whole world have had a more difficult and onerous role to fill, or have shown greater sagacity in dealing with difficulties.\n\nTHE JAPANESE DEMANDS.\n\nWe have referred in the report to the Japanese claims on China, which at one time gave rise to some uneasiness in this country owing to circumstantial reports appearing in the Press of the far-reaching character of some of the demands. British subjects both here and in the East, being friends of both countries, learnt with great satisfaction of the conclusion of an agreement between the two Governments. It is true that certain points are reserved for future discussion, but there is good reason to believe that Japan is well aware of the importance of the principles laid down in her Treaties, and that in any future discussion she will not depart from the policy she has repeatedly declared it her intention to uphold.\n\nAt the siege of Kiao-chow Japan gave a much-needed lesson in chivalry and humanity to Germany when she gave ample time and opportunity for the women and children and non-combatants to leave the fortress before beginning the bombardment, and I think we may rely upon Japan maintaining the highest standard of honour in regard to any engagements to which she has attached her signature.\n\nMembers will have been glad to learn that the long outstanding question of Shanghai Settlement Extension has at last been satisfactorily dealt with. Every friend of China hopes that the arrangement will result in the total disappearance of the friction which has so often prevailed in the relations between the municipality and the local Chinese authorities. The Chinese are as deeply interested as foreigners in the prosperity of Shanghai, and they have now an opportunity of working together in friendly co-operation for the general welfare which may prove invaluable, if they will only take advantage of it in the right spirit.\n\nYou will notice in the Appendix a lengthy correspondence on the subject of trading with the enemy—a matter which is still under discussion. The Committee believe that in taking it up they have the support not only of all British subjects in China, but that an overwhelming majority in this country of those who have considered the question also agree with them.\n\nApart altogether from German hatred of England, apart from German fiendish brutality in war, from the fact that it has been necessary to expel Germans from Singapore and Hongkong, apart from the virulent and mischievous propaganda they have carried on against us in China, from the fact that German merchants at Shanghai have collectively resolved to do everything in their power to injure British interests in China, from pitiable incidents like their celebration in Tientsin of the sinking of the Lusitania carried on until 6 o'clock in the morning, and, apart from the natural repugnance to having any dealings with enemies of our country, we think it is a bad policy in our own interest to help Germans to maintain their commercial position in China, as we have been doing for the last ten months.\n\nThe Board of Trade has expressed the opinion that in the national interest it is undesirable that British subjects should trade with Germans in China during the war. The Prize Court at Alexandria has decided that as Germans in China are only amenable to German law, they cannot claim a neutral domicile in that country, but are in the same legal position as Germans resident in German territory. Yet under the Trading with the Enemy Act, British subjects are not only permitted, but the declared undesirability notwithstanding, they are almost encouraged to trade with German firms in China, on the plea that a German is not an enemy if he lives outside German territory. Germans have gone so far in the past as to claim that their concessions in China are German territory, but our law ignores their claim.\n\nFOR AND AGAINST TRADING WITH GERMANS IN CHINA.\n\nThe arguments in favour of permitting trading with alien enemies in China are mainly (1) That our Allies have not prohibited their nationals from trading with Germans; (2) That German trade marks on British goods would lose their value if they were withdrawn from the Chinese markets, and that therefore British goods shipped under those German marks would lose their market; (3) that the same volume of trade with China could not be carried on if German firms were prohibited from getting supplies in England, as British firms alone could not overtake the whole British trade with China.\n\nAs regards our Allies not co-operating, the Committee at first agreed that this might be a disadvantage to some British shipping and banking interests, but of late freights have advanced enormously, and there has been more difficulty in getting ships to carry the cargo than in getting cargo to fill the ships, so that this objection no longer has the same weight that it formerly may have had. Further, we notice that France has recently prohibited trading with the enemy in China. The French have no doubt about Germans out there being enemies.\n\nAs to other reasons, it may be quite true that German trade marks would lose their value if withdrawn from the Chinese market; but if buyers in China could not get British goods under German trade marks they would soon get the goods they wanted under British marks. From the strong representation made by all our branches in China, we are quite satisfied that there is no sound foundation for the statement that British firms are not capable of overtaking the whole British trade with China without the participation in it of German firms. There would, perhaps, be some change in the method of carrying on the trade, but it would be a healthy change, and one beneficial to British interests generally in China.\n\nQuite recently some very remarkable and interesting information has been received about the way in which the German trade is conducted in China, but the information has not been thoroughly investigated, and I am unable to lay it before you to-day. The Committee will follow the matter up, and perhaps at some later date will be able to communicate further information on the subject to you. The Committee hope that in the light of later information the present Government may see their way to take more whole-hearted action in connection with trading with the enemy in China than appeared advisable to their predecessors.\n\nYou will see in the report that we have taken a hand in correcting the misrepresentations spread in China by our enemies, and we hope the Chinese translation of our pamphlet will be widely circulated. Before concluding I would offer our condolence to those of our members at home and in China who have suffered irreparable losses and have to endure prolonged anxiety from this terrible war. Some of our number have been called upon to make the heaviest sacrifices, and I hope it may be some little consolation to those in far distant China to know that their old friends at home feel deep and heartfelt sympathy with them.\n\nWith these few remarks I beg to propose that the report and accounts be received and adopted. (Applause.)\n\nMr. G. B. Dodwell seconded the motion, which was carried.\n\nMEMBERS' QUESTIONS.\n\nThe Chairman intimating that he would be pleased to answer any questions, Mr. Hanson asked whether the Chairman could assure the members present that none of those unpatriotic British firms who were trading with Germans in China were represented on the General Committee to be elected.\n\nMr. H. Salinger remarked that the Government had already expressed the opinion that it was undesirable to trade with the enemy, and he thought this was the general wish of the Association and the commercial communities trading with China. If traders were not sufficiently patriotic to take note of this opinion, he urged the Committee to bring stronger pressure to bear upon the Government to prohibit all trading with Germans in China.\n\nMr. F. G. Sale inquired if the Committee had any information as to the attitude of the Japanese Government in this matter.\n\nReplying to these questions, the Chairman said with regard to Mr. Hanson's query that the Committee did not know of any of their members who were trading with Germans, and they hoped sincerely that none of them were. In reply to Mr. Salinger's remarks, he said that they had done all they could to bring the matter to the notice of the Foreign Office, and a small deputation had attended a meeting at the Board of Trade at which this question was exhaustively discussed with representatives of Chambers of Commerce and other prominent people connected with the Far East. He did not know what was the nature of the steps Mr. Salinger suggested should be taken, other than what they were doing, but if he had any definite suggestion to make they would be glad to consider it. As regards the question whether they had received any answer from Japan, he might say that they had received no direct information, but they understood that the Government were endeavouring to get their Allies united with them in this matter. He did not know of any answer that may have been received from Japan.\n\nELECTION OF OFFICERS.\n\nThe Chairman proposed and Mr. Byron Brenan seconded that Mr. G. Jamieson be re-elected President of the Association. This was carried unanimously.\n\nOn the motion of Mr. Jamieson, seconded by Mr. C. H. Ross, Mr. F. Anderson was re-elected Chairman of Committee, Mr. R. H. Hill vice-chairman, and Mr. R. Chatterton Wilcox hon. treasurer. The following General Committee was then appointed on the motion of the Chairman, seconded by Mr. F. J. Abbott—Bacon Inchcape of Strathnaver, G.C.M.G., K.C.I.E., Sir Claude Macdonald, Rt. Hon. K.C.M.G., Sir Thomas Jackson, Bt., Rt. Hon. Sir Cecil C. Smith, P.C., G.C.M.G., Sir T. Sutherland, G.C.M.G., Sir Walter Hillier, K.C.M.G., C.B., Sir Alfred Dent, K.C.M.G., Sir Charles Dudgeon, Mr. F. Anderson, Mr. John C. Bois, Mr. Byron Brenan, C.M.G., Mr. F. Cornen, Mr. Geo. B. Dodwell, Mr. R. S. Gundry, C.B., Mr. W. Harwood, Mr. J. S. Haskell, Mr. R. H. Hill, Mr. G. Jamieson, C.M.G., Mr. H. D. C. Jones, Mr. H. H. Joseph, Mr. W. D. Little, Mr. C. Selby Moore, Mr. H. W. Robertson, Mr. C. H. Ross, Mr. D. C. 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        "content_text": "## List of Names\n\nA. Whitmarsh\nW. A. Butterfield\nJ. Martin\nJ. Macdonald\nWilfred J. Hinton\nMorton W. Buck\nB. Tobb\nI. J. R. Mitchell\nRoy Bt. Amory\nAllan Keith\nG. A. Robinson\nA. R. Austin\nJ. Janus\nJohn E. Kinghorn\nRob Irmo\nV. Armstrong\nD. Templeton\nJ. Daimiol\nJ. Batoman\nP. S. Thomson\nM. J. Sacson\nI. J. Austin\nP. R. Butler\nMatthew J. D. Stophons\nA. Ingolia \nEdgar Davidson\nK. Brayshay\nI. J. Surman\nJ. A. Rodasond\nS. Boulton\nH. L. Harron\nJohn McIntyre\nC. D. Sullivan\nJ. Ferguson\nJ. Mitchell\nAlex Carmichael\nJ. Sloan\nJ. Muirhead\nM. O'Brion\nWalter Brown\nR. J. Dunlovy\nW. Nicholson\nJ. D. Danby\nJ. M. McLutahon\nA. X. Wilkie\nR. V. McIntyre\nH. J. Hairn\nJ. R. Macdonald\nI. A. Barton\nL. S. Greenhill\nC. H. Blason\nV. P. Bassford\nD. MacCrae\nJas. Dickie\nRobert K. Duncan\nGeo. Garrard\nA. Mansrikad\nD. Noaill\nR. Aitken\nW. Hardwick\n273\nHenry T. Honth\nT. R. Chaselle\nC. P. Young\nH. Dinnen\nLeonard Gull\nA. I. Gaco\nRobt. Parrie",
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        "content_text": "TELEPHONE\n\n121287 (LONDON WALL TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS, \"AMUNDO, LONDON.\" COOKALO 52 CGITION.\n\n1.CUILOHALL CHAMBERS,\n\n483\n\nLONDON E.C..\n\n31, BABINGHALL STREET,\n\n87th July 19. 16\n\nI\n\nJETIJA!nebergst IsnobTOG (1) TCI Unitoe ons 87 ebone to aj#TA Oostonutt væot eja tuut To £ILT ON* 1-\n\n...\n\nwhich are exceptional and our object in writing is to enquire if this petition has reached you and whether the son of the deceased who is now in this country and serving in the Army can\n\nadd any facts to those already referred to in the petition.\n\nThe petition in question has been made by John Vincent Braga of\n\nVictoria Hong Kong and our client the son of the deceased and\n\nbrother of John Vincent Braga is Second Lieut Leonard Francis\n\nBraga.\n\nYour obedient servants,\n\nReedssteed.\n\nThe Right Hon. The Secretary of State\n\nfor the Colonies.\n\n-I-\n\nTo'l\n\nI\n\n \nPage 1\n\n...\n\n...\n\nPage 1\n\nbecomes\nTELEPHONE 121287 (LONDON WALL TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS, \"AMUNDO, LONDON.\" COOKALO 52 COGITATION.\n\n1 CULLIVALL CHAMBERS,\n\n483 LONDON E.C.\n\n31, BABINGHALL STREET,\n\n87th July 1916\n\n...\n\nwhich are exceptional and our object in writing is to enquire if this petition has reached you and whether the son of the deceased who is now in this country and serving in the Army can\n\nadd any facts to those already referred to in the petition.\n\nThe petition in question has been made by John Vincent Braga of Victoria, Hong Kong and our client the son of the deceased and brother of John Vincent Braga is Second Lieut Leonard Francis Braga.\n\nYour obedient servants,\n\nReed, Stead.\n\nThe Right Hon. The Secretary of State for the Colonies.\n\nPage 1\n\n...\n\nPage 1\n\nHere is the revised response in HTML format as requested:\n\nTELEPHONE 121287 (LONDON WALL TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS, \"AMUNDO, LONDON.\" COOKALO 52 COGITATION.\n\n1 CULLIVALL CHAMBERS,\n\n483 LONDON E.C.\n\n31, BABINGHALL STREET,\n\n87th July 1916\n\nwhich are exceptional and our object in writing is to enquire if this petition has reached you and whether the son of the deceased who is now in this country and serving in the Army can\n\nadd any facts to those already referred to in the petition.\n\nThe petition in question has been made by John Vincent Braga of Victoria, Hong Kong and our client the son of the deceased and brother of John Vincent Braga is Second Lieut Leonard Francis Braga.\n\nYour obedient servants,\n\nReed, Stead.\n\nThe Right Hon. The Secretary of State for the Colonies.\n\nPage 1",
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        "title": "CO129-445 - Public Offices - 1917",
        "content_text": "7\n\nJ.2\n\nALL COMMUNICATIONS\n\nTO BE ADDRESSED TO THE CROWN AGENTS FOR THE COLONIES,\n\nTHE ABOVE REFERENCE AND THE\n\nDATE OF THIS LETTER BEING QUOTED.\n\nTELEGRAMS, \"CROWN, LONDON,\" TELEPHONE 7780 VICTORIA.\n\n98\n\n4, MILLBANK,\n\nC.O\n\n54642\n\nWESTMINSTER,\n\nLONDON, S.W.\n\n7th November 1917.\n\nREC'D 8 NOV 17\n\n1.\n\n5\n\nSir,\n\nCA\n\nWith reference to your letter No. 28365/1917\n\nof the 16th June, I have the honour to transmit herewith copies of the agreements into which we have entered on behalf of the Government with the following members of the Hong Kong Police Force, at present on military service, in respect of their re-engagements as Constables in that Force :-\n\nKelly, Charles James Leonard Patrick\n\nLane, Joseph\n\nBrennan, John\n\nMurphy, Michael Henry\n\nHourihan, ...\n\n2. On their release from the Army, we will arrange for these officers to undergo the medical examination provided for in the agreement, and to sail for the Colony, in the event of their being passed as fit for further service,\n\nThe Under Secretary of State,\n\nColonial Office.\n\nI have the honour to be,\n\nSir,\n\nYour obedient Servant,\n\nCecils\n\nfor Crown Agents.",
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        "content_text": "consumers and, therefore, in need of opium. The suppressing of trade and consumption entails, too, a great deal of blackmailing of rich consumers, and similar abuses. If, however, the suppression of cultivation in Shensi and Kansu continues, the stocks, and with them the illicit trade, will eventually come to an end, but a relaxation of vigilance on the part of the authorities will probably be followed by an immediate recrudescence of cultivation in these two remote provinces for the purpose of supplying the rest of North China with native opium.\n\nThe population of Shensi was probably in the past more sodden with opium than that of any other province, and smoking, though theoretically illegal, continues to be commonly indulged in by all who own their own stocks or can afford the present high price of local opium, about 5 taels per ounce, or five times its weight in silver. Instances came to my notice of smokers amongst the district magistrates, and even higher officials, including a Taoyin. But the consumption, like the trade, will come to an end eventually with the exhaustion of existing stocks, provided there is no recrudescence of cultivation.\n\nOur party consisted, when we left Tungkuan to commence the inspection, of myself, the deputy from the Wai-chiao Pu, the deputy from Neiwu Pu, the Sían-fu Taoyin and his secretary, the Assistant Director of the Provincial Opium Suppression Bureau and his secretary, three returned students deputed by the Provincial Government, an officer of the Military Governor's Staff deputed by the latter, five officials of the rank of district magistrate acting as delegates of the Provincial Government, an officer and half a company of soldiers, and trains of pack mules, coolies, and miscellaneous followers of all kinds. The absurd size of the party entailed many difficulties as regards transport, accommodation, and supplies, as well as terrorising the inhabitants of the districts traversed, on whom forcible contributions were levied in the usual Chinese official manner. These difficulties fortunately soon proved insuperable, and we had not been en route very long before the superfluous members of the party began to drop out, and by the time we had been travelling for a couple of months the hardships of travel on the mountain roads and the extreme poverty of the brigand-infested districts in the North, had finally reduced us to myself, the two Peking delegates, the two deputies of the Provincial Government, and a military officer with a small escort.\n\nAssistance of Local and Provincial Authorities.-The officials accompanying us, the district magistrates, and the provincial authorities at Sian-fu did their utmost throughout to facilitate our journey, and there can be no doubt whatsoever of the sincerity of the latter at present in regard to the suppression of poppy cultivation, hampered though they are by the prevalence of brigandage and the weakness of civil authority in many parts. There was, indeed, some difficulty about our proceeding to the north of the province, which was largely in the hands of the brigands; but conditions in that region were so insecure that I was agreeably surprised that they did not refuse to proceed there altogether. The importance they appeared to attach to securing that the inspection should be satisfactorily carried out can hardly be exaggerated.\n\nOutlook for the Future. As regards the future, I am of the opinion that after a few years the people and the authorities will probably drift back to so-called secret cultivation in Shensi and Kansu, once the stimulating effect of the treaty is withdrawn. A real and final suppression of cultivation could, I consider, only be attained by thorough inspection every few years by resident British missionaries, each in his own district, acting in conjunction with the Chinese officials until all trade and consumption had ceased. As it is, it is to be feared that without the stimulus of a foreign interest, the authorities in these backward and remote provinces will be unable to maintain the standard of suppression they have attained.\n\nDescription of Tour. The following is an account of the tour of inspection: Tungkuan to Hsingan. We entered the province from Honan by the Tungkuan passage at the Yellow River bend, and travelled south via Lonan, Shangchow, Shayung, and Chenan to Hsingan-fu in the Han River. This portion of the journey, which took two weeks' hard travelling, was by unfrequented mountain trails, only negotiated with great difficulty by pack mules, through country little known to the Chinese officials themselves. The districts traversed were not notorious in the past for opium production, but many remote little valleys of great fertility and well suited for secret poppy cultivation were passed through, especially as the Han River was approached.\n\nHsingan to Hanchung.-From Hsingan-fu we travelled up the basin of the Han River to Hanchung-fu by the main road via Hanyin, Shihch'uan, and Hsihsiang, ten days' journey. We were forced to travel by the so-called main road, which is much of the way only a mountain footpath 18 inches wide, because it was necessary to visit the rich valley plains of Hanyin, Hsihsiang, and Hanchung, which were formerly great centres of poppy cultivation, and there was no other route available.\n\nHanchung to Top'ing.-As a result of the enquiries I had been making since entering the province we travelled from Hanchung down the Han River, past Ch'angkou as far as Yanghsien, and thence north through the mountains to Topingting, an isolated little place hidden between the high ranges of the Ch'inlingshan. There were strong rumours, of which the Chinese authorities did not pretend to be ignorant, that, since the adoption of strict suppressive measures two years before, there had been an exodus of poppy cultivators from the more settled parts of the Han basin into this wild and inaccessible mountain region for the purpose of growing opium. The officials did their best to dissuade me from going there; but I do not think that this was so much owing to any fear of our coming upon any poppy cultivation as to their natural reluctance to travel along a trail which was so rough that it entailed walking most of the way; and when they realised that I insisted on proceeding, they did their utmost, as usual, to facilitate the journey. We duly reached Toping after a difficult journey over a series of passes over 8,000 feet in height, and I remained there two days exploring as far as possible the neighbouring valleys. We found no signs whatsoever of poppy cultivation. But a satisfactory inspection of such a district, where it sometimes takes a day's march to get from one valley to another across the intervening range, would have taken a month or more. Further, owing to the difficulty of acquiring reliable information about this region from either missionaries or officials beforehand, I found the elevation of the principal valleys and of Toping itself (over 6,000 feet) to be greater than I had expected, and the wheat barely above ground (during the first half of May), which meant that the poppy would be only about 6 inches high and not yet in flower. The local magistrate admitted secret cultivation in preceding years, but maintained that the severe punishments now in force had been entirely successful in putting a stop to it this year. I left him under the impression that we should return for a more thorough inspection of his district later on; this we were unfortunately unable to do, though we visited the similar mountain districts of Fenghsien and Liapa marching with Toping on the west. It is probable that the rumours of secret cultivation in this district were not unfounded, but I hope that as the result of our visit very little, if any, opium will be harvested there this year. From the point of view of the Chinese authorities the difficulty of suppressing secret cultivation in these wild and inaccessible mountains is that they are entirely in the hands of their inspecting deputies, who cannot be trusted to undergo the hardships of a really thorough inspection of such rough country, nor to be proof against an offer of a share in the spoil, where the chances of detection are so small. If there should ever be rumours in future of extensive secret poppy cultivation in Shensi, these districts in the Ch'inlingshan and some of those in the north of the province are those which should be thoroughly examined.\n\nTop'ing to Fenghsiang-From Topingting we continued north-east across another series of difficult passes in the Ch'inlingshan to Chouchih in the Wei Valley, whence we turned west through Meihsien to Fenghsiangfu. These districts extending along the Wei Valley and embracing the fertile plain between the mountains and the river were formerly notorious for poppy cultivation, and a good deal was grown as late as last year. In the old days opium sold locally for 100 cash or less per ounce, and grain was dear and insufficient for the needs of the opium-sodden population. Nowadays the uplands are one vast wheatfield, the alluvial plains are devoted to cotton and indigo, and opium sells for 12,000 cash or more per ounce, while grain is plentiful and the people prosperous. From Hanchung-fu to Fenghsiang-fu by this route was about a fortnight's journey.\n\nAt Chouchih and Meihsien I met with the same rumours as at Hanchung, namely, that, since it had become too dangerous to grow opium on the plains, people had been going up into the mountains to cultivate the poppy, preferably on virgin land in the most remote valleys and forest of the T'aipaishan in the haunts of leopard, deer, and takin. With the limited time at my disposal it was impossible to attempt at this stage of the journey an examination of the forests on the slopes of T'aipaishan, but the Chinese officials assured me they would not relax their vigilance.\n\nFenghsiang to Faochou.-From Fenghsiang-fu we commenced our tour of the loess regions of Northern Shensi, striking first north-east through the districts of Linyu, Yungshou, Pinchou, Sanshui, and Ch'unhua to Yaochou, a week's journey by little-used mule trails through the mountains connecting one hsien city with another.\n\nPage 366",
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        "content_text": "# Enclosure 5\n\n34255  \nE  \n16 Leadenhall  \n12 JUL 18  \nB. C. (3).  \nSix,  \nCopy the  \n396  \n\n**MINISTRY OF MUNITIONS OF WAR**  \n8 Northumberland Avenue,  \nLONDON, W. C. (2).  \n14th March, 1918.\n\n**CHINA MINING & METAL COMPANY, LTD.**\n\nI am directed to acknowledge your letter of the 9th inst. referring to export of Wolfram from Hongkong by the above Company.\n\nIn reply to the final paragraph of your letter I am to say that the issue of licences for export from Hongkong is left to the discretion of the Local Authorities and the Ministry is not in a position to give any undertaking as to the withdrawal of prohibition.\n\nI am, etc.,  \nFor Leonard F. Llewelyn.  \n**Controller of Non-Ferrous Materials Supply**.\n\nThos. Ford, Esq.  \nREC  \nC O",
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        "document_key": "CO129-452 - Others & Individuals - 1918",
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        "content_text": "## LES 417\n\n### I.\n\n(4) price for their respective shares. The Executive may require all purchases made for account of more than one of the participating countries in a common market to be pooled as to quantity and price.\n\nEach of the countries represented on the Executive shall keep the Executive fully informed of all purchases of Tin from all sources for its own account.\n\n### II.\n\nThe Executive will collect information as to the measures adopted in the participating countries for economy in the distribution and use of Tin, and may whenever it is considered desirable, make recommendations to this end to any or all of the participating countries.\n\nDONE IN LONDON THIS 28th day of AUGUST, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTEEN.\n\nFor the Ministry of Munitions of War.\n**Leonard W. Llewelyn,**\n(Signed)\nController of Non-Ferrous Materials.\n\nFor the United States of America War Industries Board.\n(Signed)\nLeland L. Summers.\n\nPour le Ministre de l'Armement et des Pous.Guerre.\nSauvage. 2.Sept, 1918.\n(Signed)\n\nFor The Italian Ministry of Munitions.\n(Signed)\nColonel Riggi.\n2.Sept,1918.",
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        "content_text": "## Hong Kong \n### Straits \n\n241 \n25 ha. 1918 \n\nI am directed to ack. the letter No: 207837/457 \nof the 14th of Nov. regarding the claim for compensation for delay \noccasioned by the action of the authorities at Penang & H.K.\n\n351. Cowell \nHal 26-11-18 \n\nMr. Lambert. \nMr. Grindle. \nSir H. Read. \nSir G. Fiddes. \nMr. Hereins. \nMr. Long, \n\nThe under Secretary of State for the Colonies requests you to inform \nDir Sec. Balfour that, on the assumption that compensation paid \nfrom Imperial funds, be prepared to offer no objection in principle \nto payment of compensation.\n\n### Letter\n\nwhich it was alleged the Master ought to have performed and the steamer was delayed further 6 days making 13 days in all.\n\nSubsequently the cargo which had been taken out of the vessel at Penang was released and owners had to forward it to Manila. Certain civil actions were also brought against owners at Manila. The very heavy fine which had been inflicted upon the owners in the criminal proceedings in the Court of the First Instance was reduced on appeal from 50,400 pesos to 1006 pesos and the civil action which was commenced by certain consignees of the cargo resulted in the judge deciding that the forwarding expenses of the cargo had to be borne by the Prince Line.\n\nOwners have had a statement and supplementary statement made up showing the details of the above-mentioned figure of £2510 7.2 plus £5769.0.2, the loss of earnings during the period of 13 days detention namely 7 days at Penang and 6 days at Manila, and I trust that their claim for reimbursement of the total £8279.7.4 will meet with your favourable consideration.\n\nAs you will doubtless remember similar circumstances arose in the case of this vessel which arrived at Hong-kong on the 1st September 1916 and completed the discharge of her cargo for that port on the 2nd September. The local Government Authorities instructed the Master to discharge 1255 packages as per list, but before steamer sailed 443 packages were released and carried on by the steamer. Steamer was seriously delayed at Hong-kong owing to difficulty of locating this cargo, and did not sail from Hongkong until the 6th September. All the cargo was subsequently released and forwarded to Manila by the s.s. \"Yuengang\". Profiting by the experience of the \"Chinese Prince\" the Master took all precautions to obtain documents as far as possible to avoid fine at Manila on account of the cargo left at Hongkong. One consignee whose cargo was detained at Hongkong filed an attachment against the vessel for 281000 pesos and other consignees contemplated similar action but were circumvented by the quick despatch of the steamer.\n\nI enclose Owners statements amounting to £5745.17.11 for expenses and detention and trust this claim will also meet with your favourable consideration.\n\nI shall be glad to submit you any further explanation or documents which may be required in verification of the items of the claims.\n\nI am, Sir, \nYour obedient Servant.\n\n(Sgd) Leonard Yates. \nSecretary \n\n## Enclosures\n\n1. Extract of letter from Boustead & Co. at Penang dated 23rd June \n2. Copy of letter from New York Agents dated 13th July 1916. \n3. List of cargo discharged ex \"Chinese Prince\". \n4. Expenses incurred by s.s. \"Chinese Prince\" \n5. List of cargo discharged at Hongkong ex s.s. \"Aymeric\". \n6. Statement of Expenses incurred by s.s. \"Aymeric\".\n\nDRAFT.\n\nController \nF.T.D.\n\nMINUTE.\n\nF.T.D. \n545848 \nInd \nreceipt of your \n8.72.1.26/1/18 \nthe s.s. \"Chinese Prince\" & \"Aymeric\"",
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        "content_text": "## WIDOWS AND ORPHANS' PENSIONS\n**(Ordinance No. 15 of 1908.)**\n\n| Name of Pensioner | No. of Pension Register | Amount of the Pension in Sterling, per annum | Amount of the Pension in Dollars, per annum | Date from which the Pension has been paid | Particulars | Present Age of Pensioner |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Brought forward |  | £671 | 2 | 2 | 15,422.49 | 225.73 |  |  |  |\n| Cheng Kwok-shi | 106 |  |  |  |  | 6th Sept., 1916 | Widow of Cheng Sui-ki, late of Treasury |  |\n| Caroline Leonard | 241 | £31 | 10 | 6 | 160.12 | 26th Sept., 1916 | Widow of Joseph Leonard, late of Supreme Court |  |\n| Wong Yeung-shi | 858 |  |  |  | 175.88 |  | Widow of Wong Ping-hon, late of Imports & Exports Department |  |\n| Ellen Laura Baker | 784 | £25 | 2 | 7 |  | 3rd Nov., 1916 | Widow of James Edward Baker, late of Police Department |  |\n| Tong Lui-shi |  |  |  |  | 51.91 | 14th Feb., 1917 | Widow of Tong Po, late of Medical Department |  |\n| Wong Fong-shi | 535 |  |  |  | 252.81 | 12th Mar., 1917 | Widow of Wong Tai Kai, late of Harbour Department |  |\n| Alice Dawson | 611 | £66 | 5 | 9 |  | 18th Mar., 1917 | Widow of Edward W. Dawson, late of Imports & Exports Dept. |  |\n| Agues Thompson alias Cheong A-so | 447 |  |  |  | 29.01 | 22nd April, 1917 | Widow of Edward Thompson, late of Sanitary Department | 36 |\n| Ada Catherine Lethbridge | 231 | £59 | 5 |  | 595.94 | 17th June, 1917 | Widow of Henry Bridgeman Henderson Lethbridge, late of Prison Department | 59 |\n| Yam Wong-shi | 553 |  |  |  | 26.66 | 8th July, 1917 | Widow of Yam Tsok-kwan, late of Education Department | 38 |\n| Isabel Houghton Smith Cormack | 903 | £84 | 3 | 2 |  | 12th Aug., 1917 | Widow of George Cormack, late of Audit Department |  |\n| *Wong Fun | 740 |  |  |  | 33.31 | 3rd Sept., 1917 | Widow of Lo Kam-tsun, late of Post Office | 25 |\n| Eva Brett | 17 | £41 | 14 | 10 |  | 16th Sept., 1917 | Widow of C. W. Brett, late of Sanitary Department | 39 |\n| Maria Thereza Williams | 569 | £4 | 12 | 2 |  | 12th Dec., 1917 | Widow of Alfred Williams, late of Prison Department | 30 |\n| **TOTAL** |  | **£924** | **11** | **8** | **$16,992.03** |  |  |  |\n| *Pension commuted at ten times. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n\n**( L 28 )** \nPage 242 \n44 \n1",
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        "content_text": "## January till June 1920\nI have been highly satisfied with his services in that capacity, and say with pleasure that he is a man in every way qualified for such or similar posts, both by his personal character, which is entirely reliable, and of a high order, and by his attainments. Mr. Esler showed great interests in his patients, and has a very sound knowledge of medicine which he constantly endeavoured to widen and strengthen, and is cautious in dealing with doubtful cases. In every way I can strongly and confidently recommend Mr. Esler and wish him success for he well deserves it!\n\nDr. Leonard G. Mackey writes \"Dr. Esler has recently held the post of House Physician at Queen's Hospital, and during part of that time has acted as my House Physician in charge of beds and out patients. It gives me great pleasure to say that I have found his work satisfactory in every respect. Not only is he kind, sympathetic, patient and painstaking with his patients, but he is industrious and conscientious in his work, and has an excellent all-round knowledge of treatment, and makes a sound diagnosis. He has quite an expert knowledge of Venereal disease and is able to carry out the most modern methods of treatment. He is well acquainted with laboratory methods used in clinical diagnosis and knows how to apply his knowledge of bacteriology in vaccine therapy\".\n\nMr. Donald D. Day writes (1914) \"Mr. A.R. Esler has been my House Surgeon for nearly a year. I have been well satisfied with the thoroughness of his work and the way he has managed his wards. He has a good knowledge of Surgical work in all branches. His operations have been done nicely. He understands giving Anaesthetics of all sorts. I have every confidence in him and can recommend him for any post requiring a good knowledge of Surgery. He is a capital colleague to work with\".\n\n## Medical Appointments Committee\nThe Committee noted that his general condition and medical qualifications were good; that his physique was above the average; that his war work was highly spoken of, and that he has held resident appointments in this country. They considered him a man of decided character, and considerable ability, very suitable for work in the Colonies. He was classified B, very suitable for appointment.\n\nNOTED.\n\nPage 309\nPage 513\n\n`grs3075/20`\n`M-278`\n`30715720`",
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        "content_text": "## \n\n4. In this connection I am to inform you that Mr. H. G. R. Leonard, who has recently officiated as Chairman of the Directors of the Federated Malay States Widows' and Orphans' Pension Scheme, is now on leave of absence in this country, and the High Commissioner has suggested that it would be of material assistance both to you and to the Directors of the Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States Schemes if Mr. Leonard could meet you and discuss the details of the work to be done.\n\nMr. Leonard is accordingly being instructed to communicate with you direct with a view to arranging a meeting. You may prefer to wait until you have discussed the matter with Mr. Leonard before informing the Secretary of State as to the amount of your fees. You will also no doubt learn from Mr. Leonard what information the Directors of the Schemes are in a position to furnish readily, and you will then be in a position to indicate what further information you would require.\n\nI am, &c.,\n\n**(Signed) G. Grindle**\n\nwork of recalculation to an actuary. Mr. Thomas would, therefore, be glad if you would be so good as to state the terms on which you would be prepared to undertake this work.",
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        "content_text": "# \n\n449, Evering Road, \nStoke Newington, \nLondon, N.16. \n11th March, 1924. \n\n**The Under Secretary of State, \nThe Colonial Office, \nDowning Street, S.W.1.** \n\nDear Sir, \n\nI beg leave to acknowledge the receipt of your letter, No. `6338/24`, dated the 5th instant, which I note. \n\nI shall be happy to meet Mr. H. G. R. Leonard, with whom I have made an appointment. \n\nIt does not, however, appear to be in any way possible, from the nature of the case, that an estimate can now be formed of the extent of the costs which the multiplied calculations and the necessary judgment would involve. These costs, to select some elements, are dependent upon the number of members (with the dates of their births and those of their wives and children); the duration of individual service; the periods of bachelorhood, married life and widowerhood; the number of children in each family (and their sex) as the issue of first, second and subsequent marriages during membership; the amount of the original salary in each case, and the dates and amounts of every subsequent increase or decrease. You will notice that if changes in salaries be few, or second and subsequent marriages be infrequent (although experience shows that they are not so), the costs would be curtailed, and thus it is impracticable to hazard any forecast of the extent of the work. \n\nHence",
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        "content_text": "# CHE \n\nI am unable to correct the top portion of the text as it appears to be garbled and not in a language that can be easily understood or corrected.\n\n\n450\n\nI am preparing details of the information I should require, and will submit them to you after my \ninterview with Mr. Leonard.\n\nI remain,\n(Signed) T. E. Young.",
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        "content_text": "# \n108, Evering Road, Stoke Newington, N.16.  \n24th March, 1924.\n\nThe Under Secretary of State,  \nColonial Office,  \nDowning Street, S.W.1.\n\nDear Sir,\n\nReferring to my letter of the 11th inst., I now submit the specimen of the Schedules incorporating the details I should require for the recalculation of the current and prospective pensions in accordance with the directions contained in your letter of the 5th instant (`No. 6338/24`), together with a Memorandum of Instructions for their proper completion. This Schedule I have shown to Mr. H. G. R. Leonard, and he informs me that these data can be supplied from the Registers of the Federated Malay States, but he cannot speak with equal authority about the similar data for the Straits Settlements Scheme.\n\nMr. Leonard states that there will be an immense amount of work in obtaining the \"Amount and Date of each Increase/Decrease in contribution during membership\", owing to the multiplicity of salary schemes that have existed in the different grades of the Service since 1896, and he points out that the liability of error in the compilation of these data, by a small and comparatively unskilled staff, is considerable.\n\nAbsolute...",
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        "content_text": "# Absolute accuracy in these data is imperative! \nand I venture, therefore, very urgently to suggest that a special grant of money should be made by the Malayan Governments to ensure a sufficient and competent staff of compilers for the early and accurate preparation of the schedules.\n\nI surmised from the second paragraph of your letter (`No. 6338/24`) that the recalculated pensions were required as at the 31st of December 1919, and that from this date onwards the Malayan Officials would modify these recalculated pensions in connexion with any subsequent increases or decreases in contributions.\n\nMr. Leonard, however, has suggested that the pensions (in possession and in reversion) might be recalculated up to the 31st of December 1922, so that their Registers might contain accurate pensions on the 1st of January 1923. As all the necessary classification will already have been made by me for my recalculations of the pensions as at the 31st of December 1919, it would only add slightly to the clerical costs of calculations if I included these three additional years (i.e., 1st of January 1920 to the 31st of December 1922).\n\nShould you decide upon this latter date, the data in the schedules will require to be carried on to the 31st of December 1922; if, however, you decide upon the recalculation up to the 31st of December 1919 only, then the record of the data will cease at this latter date. You will observe that, in the specimen schedule and in the **Memorandum of Instructions** I have left this date blank, and you should, kindly, insert 1919.",
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        "content_text": "# \n\n20 \n\ncultivation of and traffic in opium in these States, which I and the Sawbwas and Assistant Superintendents and local officials concerned consider will not cause danger of serious unrest or disturbance.\n\nOpium cultivation is not allowed in the Hsipaw and Tawngpeng States.\n\nIt is carried on only in the North Hsenwi, South Hsenwi, and Manglun States. The latter State is geographically divided into west, or cis-Salween, and east, or trans-Salween.\n\nIn these States, a tax has been imposed on Kachins at 5 rupees per garden, and 5 rupees for each labourer hired to work on his garden. The rates for Shans and Chinese are double these rates.\n\nThe reasons for the difference in rates are said to be that Kachins are not such good cultivators and also spend much more on nat sacrifices on sowing and garnering crops, therefore their profits are less. I suspect that the greater difficulty of collecting revenue from Kachins and their less amenability to law were not left out of consideration.\n\nThese taxes were considered to be very high, but as a matter of fact, form a very small proportion of the profits.\n\nThe people have been told that Government viewed opium cultivation with disfavour, and that Government would take in hand the total suppression of opium cultivation. Of course, the whole value of any such warning was removed from the moment of recognition of cultivation by imposition of a tax, and the people's reliance on the firmness of Government's attitude on the question, and on the immutability of its word, have suffered a blow, which adds to our difficulties, increasing the probable amount of resistance that may be offered, in the hope that Government will weaken and give way.\n\nIf Government then starts to tackle opium suppression, it must make up its mind to see the matter right through, or we shall further lose prestige, and add to the difficulty of general Government.\n\n7. It is proposed to confine cultivation to the trans-Salween tracts only, that is, to the trans-Salween jurisdiction of the Kokang Myosa, and to East Manglun.\n\nIn the former area, opium cultivation is too universal for any sudden change to be possible.\n\nIn the latter area, not only is cultivation extensive, but the administrative hold we have hitherto established over East Manglun is so fragile, and the undesirability of going near the unadministered Wa States that border on East Manglun has hitherto been considered so great, that an opium suppression policy in East Manglun would at present be impracticable. It would first be necessary to consolidate our hold there and settle many outstanding disputes, and this would require the employment of troops or military police on a scale not contemplated in these recommendations.\n\n8. It is necessary to make provision for existing habitual resident consumers of all races.\n\nThe cutting off the supply to an habitual consumer means severe internal pain, chronic diarrhea, and often death.\n\nIt will therefore be necessary to prepare a register of habitual consumers and to see that all persons concerned are warned to apply to the Assistant Superintendent concerned to be entered on the register. This will take a long time for the issue of notices, and for the Assistant Superintendent to make enquiries as to the propriety of admitting the applicant to the register, and the amount that he shall be allowed to consume. No residents of the Northern Shan States would be allowed to be entered on the register once made, unless it were a new Chinese resident or temporary resident or traveller.\n\nThus, the list of names should get beautifully less, until near a vanishing point.\n\n9. It is necessary to provide opium for the registered consumers. For this purpose, a condition of the permission to cultivate opium trans-Salween will be to provide the amount of opium up to the whole surplus crop that may be required by the Superintendent, for issue to consumers. The Kokang opium would probably suffice for the North Hsenwi registered consumers, and the East Manglun crop for the West Manglun and South Hsenwi consumers.\n\nThe trans-Salween producers would be allowed to retain a certain amount of their crop, based on an estimate of minimum requirements for their own consumption as habitual consumers.\n\nAs our register grew smaller, so would our demand on them, and they too would be required to reduce their cultivation to the vanishing point. As this has been effected in the past practically all over China, in land as barren as theirs, it may be assumed that other crops are possible and would suffice. The time granted the Kokang people to adjust themselves and to us to get East Manglun into order should thus suffice. Maize will grow everywhere where opium will, and I am contemplating the issue of wheat, gram, oats, and potato seed in Kokang for trial.\n\n10. To provide for the distribution of opium to consumers, it will be necessary to institute shops at various places in North Hsenwi, South Hsenwi, and West Manglun States to be determined. The trans-Salween opium will be taken over and issued to licensed dealers in these shops, at rates which will have to be fixed with reference to the probable average market price at the beginning of each season, for the whole season.\n\n11. It is considered that a year's notice should be given of the enforcement of opium cultivation, namely, that notices should issue as soon as possible, that in the cis-Salween tracts, opium crops wherever found would be destroyed beginning from the 1st May, 1921, and that all caravans would be liable to search, either incoming or outgoing, and opium found be seized and confiscated. (This measure we are already bound to carry out under article 11 of the 1886 Convention with China, already referred to, but it remains, as a matter of fact, a dead letter.) Notice of these steps would also have to be given to China.\n\nIn the meantime, notices should issue forbidding clearing of any new areas for cultivation, and forbidding any persons to take up cultivation in the cis-Salween areas who had not cultivated before.\n\n12. It is considered that the effect of these measures might be to cause a small amount of emigration to trans-Salween tracts, and possibly a greater amount of emigration to China, according as China carries out effective suppression also or not.\n\nThere cannot be much emigration to trans-Salween tracts owing to barren land, lack of water and food, and high prices, not to East Manglun, owing to unsettled conditions there, and as the soil also will not support more than another 5 or 10 percent of population.\n\nAny emigration to China of people who are determined to make their living out of opium may be looked on with comparative equanimity.\n\n13. If China also effectively suppresses opium, there would be no emigration. Admittedly, the cultivation of opium in Yunnan is increasing in out-of-the-way places. Mr. Gaudoin saw a lot recently in Mongmao State, and the consul himself informed him that he and Mr. Leonard (Assistant Superintendent, Sinlum) had seen opium openly sold in Mongmao bazaar. The price of opium has fallen in the last 18 months from nearly 300 to 70 rupees a viss, which proves China is cultivating. I have read in the newspapers that the Shanghai papers state that in certain provinces, the officials are actually ordering the cultivation of opium in order to get revenue, and have assessed demands of fifty thousand dollars or more on future crops in their provinces. On the other hand, the Taoyin at the recent Nawngma meeting enquired from me what was to be our policy, now the war was ended, as to opium. I informed him I had been preparing a report on what measures were practicable for the suppression of cultivation in my charge, and that I was making enquiries, and that my sympathies were all for suppression in the interests of our people. He looked and expressed great satisfaction. The cynical might say that that would be with the prospect of a profitable market for Yunnanese opium by smuggling, &c. I have impugned the honesty and lack of principle of Chinese officials over other matters; I do not as regards the Yunnan officials, in this matter, at least as yet. The Taoyin was also in favour of excising opium from eligibility for claims for compensation in Frontier cases.\n\nI agreed in this latter suggestion, and suggested it to Government in my report on the meeting. No orders have been received on this point yet. It would also tend to help in the suppression of opium traffic, quite materially.\n\nI believe the Chinese authorities are doing a little to suppress opium cultivation in Yunnan, but not enough. I have pointed out the above facts as to the extension of cultivation in Yunnan to the consul, and asked him if he can procure me an official statement of Yunnanese policy as to opium suppression, in view of the steps it was hoped to take in our territory. To this also, I have as yet received no answer.\n\n14. I admit that if our only reason for suppressing opium cultivation and traffic were to keep our treaty, and that we lost by it, we would have cause to suspend any suppression measures, and to require more definite action by China before we took further steps.\n\nBut the cause would not be enough. It is obvious that China still does officially prohibit opium cultivation - when I say China, I should rather say Yunnan - for cultivation is covert and not open, and if officially permitted, the prices would be far lower than they are now. It is within not very ancient memory that opium has been \n\n21 \n\n:",
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        "content_text": "78 \n\ntrade, will eventually come to an end; but a relaxation of vigilance on the part of the authorities will probably be followed by an immediate recrudescence of cultivation in these two remote provinces for the purpose of supplying the rest of North China with native opium.\n\nThe population of Shensi was probably in the past more sodden with opium than that of any other province, and smoking, though theoretically illegal, continues to be commonly indulged in by all who own their own stocks or can afford the present high price of local opium, about 5 taels per ounce, or five times its weight in silver. Instances came to my notice of smokers amongst the district magistrates, and even higher officials, including a Taoyin. But the consumption, like the trade, will come to an end eventually with the exhaustion of existing stocks, provided there is no recrudescence of cultivation.\n\nOur party consisted, when we left Tungkuan to commence the inspection, of myself, the deputy from the Wai-chiao Pu, the deputy from the Nei-wu Pu, the Sian-fu Taoyin and his secretary, the Assistant Director of the Provincial Opium Suppression Bureau and his secretary, three returned students deputed by the Provincial Government, an officer of the Military Governor's staff deputed by the latter, five officials of the rank of district magistrate acting as delegates of the Provincial Government, an officer and half a company of soldiers, and trains of pack mules, coolies, and miscellaneous followers of all kinds. The absurd size of the party entailed many difficulties as regards transport, accommodation, and supplies, as well as terrorising the inhabitants of the districts traversed, on whom forcible contributions were levied in the usual Chinese official manner. These difficulties fortunately soon proved insuperable, and we had not been en route very long before the superfluous members of the party began to drop out, and by the time we had been travelling for a couple of months, the hardships of travel on the mountain roads and the extreme poverty of the brigand-infested districts in the north had finally reduced us to myself, the two Peking delegates, the two deputies of the Provincial Government, and a military officer with a small escort.\n\nThe officials accompanying us, the district magistrates, and the provincial authorities at Sian-fu did their utmost throughout to facilitate our journey, and there can be no doubt whatsoever of the sincerity of the latter at present in regard to the suppression of poppy cultivation, hampered though they are by the prevalence of brigandage and the weakness of civil authority in many parts. There was, indeed, some difficulty about our proceeding to the north of the province, which was largely in the hands of the brigands; but conditions in that region were so insecure that I was agreeably surprised that they did not refuse to proceed there altogether. The importance they appeared to attach to securing that the inspection should be satisfactorily carried out can hardly be exaggerated.\n\nAs regards the future, I am of the opinion that after a few years, the people and the authorities will probably drift back to so-called secret cultivation in Shensi and Kansu, once the stimulating effect of the treaty is withdrawn. A real and final suppression of cultivation could, I consider, only be attained by thorough inspection every few years by resident British missionaries, each in his own district, acting in conjunction with the Chinese officials until all trade and consumption had ceased. As it is, it is to be feared that without the stimulus of a foreign interest, the authorities in these backward and remote provinces will be unable to maintain the standard of suppression they have attained.\n\nThe following is an account of the tour of inspection:-\n\nTungkuan to Hsingan.-We entered the province from Honan by the T'ungkuan passage at the Yellow river bend, and travelled south via Lonan, Shangchow, Shayang, and Chenan to Hsingan-fu on the Han river. This portion of the journey, which took two weeks' hard travelling, was by unfrequented mountain trails, only negotiated with great difficulty by pack mules, through country little known to the Chinese officials themselves. The districts traversed were not notorious in the past for opium production, but many remote little valleys of great fertility and well-suited for secret poppy cultivation were passed through, especially as the Han river was approached.\n\nHsingan to Hanchung-From Hsingan-fu, we travelled up the basin of the Han river to Hanchung-fu by the main road via Hanyin, Shihch'uan, and Hsihsiang, ten days' journey. We were forced to travel by the so-called main road, which is much of the way only a mountain footpath 18 inches wide, because it was necessary to visit the rich valley plains of Hanyin, Hsihsiang, and Hanchung, which were formerly great centres of poppy cultivation, and there was no other route available.\n\nHanchung to Fop'ing. As a result of the enquiries I had been making since entering the province, we travelled from Hanchung down the Han river as far as Yanghsien, and thence north through the mountains to Fop'ingt'ing, an isolated little place hidden between the high ranges of the Chinglingshan. There were strong rumours, of which the Chinese authorities did not pretend to be ignorant, that since the adoption of strict suppressive measures two years before, there had been an exodus of poppy cultivators from the more settled parts of the Han basin into this wild and inaccessible mountain region for the purpose of growing opium. The officials did their best to dissuade me from going there, but I do not think that this was so much owing to any fear of our coming upon any poppy cultivation as to their natural reluctance to travel along a trail which was so rough that it entailed walking most of the way; and when they realised that I insisted on proceeding, they did their utmost, as usual, to facilitate the journey. We duly reached Foping after a difficult journey over a series of passes over 8,000 feet in height, and I remained there two days exploring as far as possible the neighbouring valleys. We found no signs whatsoever of poppy cultivation. But a satisfactory inspection of such a district, where it sometimes takes a day's march to get from one valley to another across the intervening range, would have taken a month or more. Further, owing to the difficulty of securing reliable information about this region from either missionaries or officials beforehand, I found the elevation of the principal valleys and of Foping itself (over 6,000 feet) to be greater than I had expected, and the wheat barely above ground (during the first half of May), which meant that the poppy would be only about 6 inches high and not yet in flower. The local magistrate admitted secret cultivation in preceding years but maintained that the severe punishments now in force had been entirely successful in putting a stop to it this year. I left him under the impression that we should return for a more thorough inspection of his district later on; this we were unfortunately unable to do, though we visited the similar mountain districts of Fenghsien and Liupa marching with Foping on the west. It is probable that the rumours of secret cultivation in this district were not unfounded, but I hope that as a result of our visit, very little, if any, opium will be harvested there this year. From the point of view of the Chinese authorities, the difficulty of suppressing secret cultivation in these wild and inaccessible mountains is that they are entirely in the hands of their inspecting deputies, who cannot be trusted to undergo the hardships of a really thorough inspection of such rough country, nor to be proof against an offer of a share in the spoil, where the chances of detection are so small. If there should ever be rumours in future of extensive secret poppy cultivation in Shensi, these districts in the Ch'inlingshan and some of those in the north of the province are those which should be thoroughly examined.\n\nFoping to Fenghsiang. From Fop'ingt'ing, we continued north-east across another series of difficult passes in the Ch'inlingshan to Chouchih in the Wei valley, whence we turned west through Meihsien to Fenghsiang-fu. These districts extending along the Wei valley and embracing the fertile plain between the mountains and the river were formerly notorious for poppy cultivation, and a good deal was grown as late as last year. In the old days, opium sold locally for 100 cash or less per ounce, and grain was dear and insufficient for the needs of the opium-sodden population. Nowadays, the uplands are one vast wheatfield, the alluvial plains are devoted to cotton and indigo, and opium sells for 12,000 cash or more per ounce, while grain is plentiful and the people prosperous. From Hanchung-fu to Fenghsiang-fu by this route was about a fortnight's journey.\n\nAt Chouchih and Meihsien, I met with the same rumours as at Hanchung, namely, that since it had become too dangerous to grow opium on the plains, people had been going up into the mountains to cultivate the poppy, preferably on virgin land in the most remote valleys and forests of the Taipaishan in the haunts of leopard, deer, and takin. With the limited time at my disposal, it was impossible to attempt at this stage of the journey an examination of the forests on the slopes of T'aipai-shan, but the Chinese officials assured me they would not relax their vigilance.\n\nFenghsiang to Yaochou. From Fenghsiang-fu, we commenced our tour of the loess regions of Northern Shensi, striking first north-east through the districts of Linyu, Yungshou, Pinchou, Sanshui, and Chunhua to Yaochou, a week's journey by little-used mule trails through the mountains connecting one hsien city with another. It was in these out-of-the-way western districts along the Kansu border that much of the opium that went to enrich Lu Chien-chang was produced in 1915.\n\n79 \n\nPage 78\nPage 79",
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        "content_text": "## QUESTIONS.\n\n## ANSWERS.\n\n273\n\n7. Do you consider her to be professionally qualified to undertake the duties of such an appointment as she now desires?\n\n8. Are you aware of any circumstance tending to disqualify her for such an appointment?\n\n7. Yes\n\n8. No\n\n## COLONIAL NURSES.\n\n**STATEMENT** for the information of the Secretary of State for the Colonies, and for record at the Colonial Office, respecting **Inias Bortta Thomasson**, who is an applicant for the post of **Matron Nurse** in the Colony of...\n\n## QUESTIONS.\n\nWill you be good enough to state how long you have been acquainted with the applicant?\n\n## ANSWERS.\n\n1. From ( circa ) 1898 to 1903.\n\n2. From what circumstances does your knowledge of her arise? She is a sister who lived with us.\n\n3. (a) Was she honest? (b) Was she sober? (c) Was she generally well conducted?\n\n4. Was her health good? \n\n5. If she has been employed under you, will you state the nature of her duties, and how she discharged them?\n\n6. Will you state the cause of her leaving - whether by voluntary resignation, dismissal, or otherwise?\n\n7. Do you consider her to be professionally qualified to undertake the duties of such an appointment as she now desires?\n\n8. Are you aware of any circumstance tending to disqualify her for such an appointment?\n\n1. 5 years\n\n2. She was a sister who lived with us.\n\n3. (a) Yes  \n   (b) Total abstainer  \n   (c) Most satisfactory in every way  \n\n4. Not very good, I think we had to nurse her at times while she was with us.\n\n5. She did the work of the house, and her probations to the Lambeth Infirmary.\n\n6. She left to get married.\n\n7. Yes\n\n8. No\n\n9. The Secretary of State will be glad to receive any information which you may have to give respecting her character or qualifications in addition to what is contained in the answers to the foregoing questions.\n\n**Signature**... CM Byles MBE  \n**Occupation, Professional Qualifications, &c...** Late Matron Lambeth Infirmary  \n**Address...** 6 St Leonard Road, Horsham  \n**Date...** 8th Feb 1920  \n\n(x) (68881) Wt. 2401/408 Gp.168 600 4-20 W & S (WB)",
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        "content_text": "## National Council for Combating Venereal Diseases\n\nPresident: Colonel LORD GORELL, CBX., M.C.\n\nPast President: The Right Hon. The LORD SYDENHAM OF COMBE, G.C.S.I., etc.\n\nVice-Presidents\n\n| Name | Title |\n| --- | --- |\n| Sir THOMAS BARLOW | BART., M.D., F.R.S. |\n| Sir FRANCIS CHAMPNEYS | BART., M.D. |\n| Sir MALCOLM MORRIS | K.C.V.O., F.R.C.S.E. |\n| The Rt. Rev. The LORD BISHOP OF OXFORD |  |\n| MRS. SCHARLIEB | C.B.E., M.D., M.S. |\n\nJoint Hon. Treasurers\n\n| Name | Title |\n| --- | --- |\n| Dr. T. W. H. GARSTANG |  |\n| The Right Hon. The LORD EMMOTT | G.C.M.G., G.B.E. |\n\n### MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE\n\n* Mrs. Bethune Baker\n* Dr. T. Naylor Barlow\n* Leonard Bowden, Esq.\n* Sir Anthony A. Bowlby, K.C.B., K.C.M.G., K.C.V.O.\n* D. Bramal, Esq., C.B.\n* Dr. John Buchan\n* Mrs. Chalmers Watson, C.B.E., M.D.\n* Dowager Countess of Chichester\n* Miss Adelaide Cox\n* Major Leonard Darwin, D.Sc.\n* Dr. Letitia Fairfield, C.B.E.\n* Dr. Eustace Hill, O.B.E.\n* Prof. H. R. Kenwood, C.M.G.\n* The Rev. J. Scott Lidgett, M.A., D.D.\n* Prof. J. A. Lindsay, M.D.\n* Dr. C. J. Macalister\n* Maj-Gen. Sir William Macpherson, K.C.M.G., C.B.\n* Sir Norman Moore, BART., M.D.\n* Sir Arthur Newsholme, K.C.B., M.D.\n* Mrs. Ogilvie Gordon, D.Sc., Ph.D.\n* Miss Elizabeth Rathbone\n* Dr. Morna Rawlins\n* Dr. W. G. Savage\n* KIB Torrey\n* E. R. Townley Clarkson, Esq., M.R.C.S.\n* E. B. Turner, Esq., F.R.C.S.\n* Sir Alfred Warren, O.B.E., M.P.\n* Dr. J. Wheatley\n\nGeneral Secretary: Mrs. C. NEVILLE ROLFE, O.B.E. (Mrs. A. C. Gotto)\n\nHon. Medical Secretary: Dr. OTTO MAY\n\nMUSEUM 2432  \nTELEPHONE (2 LINES)  \nTELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS: VENERDIS, PHONE, LONDON\n\nSecretary: Miss R. O. GRANT, M.B.E.  \n80, AVENUE CHAMBERS, SOUTHAMPTON ROW, LONDON, W.C.1.  \n(ENTRANCE, VERNON PLACE.)\n\nPage 340\n\nLieut.-Col. L. Amery, M.P.,  \nColonial Office,  \nDowning Street, S.W.1.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n23rd Feb. 1921.\n\nI am directed by Lord Gorell, President of the National Council, to send you herewith the reports which have been received from the Eastern Commissioners, in respect of the visits to Shanghai and Hong Kong respectively.\n\nYours very truly,\nMrs. Ehore  \nActing Secretary.",
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        "content_text": "MINUTES.\n\nMINUTES NOT TO BE WRITTEN ON THIS SIDE.\n\nVice-President: \n\nPresident: The LORD GORELL, C.B.E., M.C. Past President: The Right Hon. The LORD SYDENHAM OF COMBE, G.C.S.I., G.C.I.E., G.C.M.G.... \n\nSir THOMAS BARLOW, BART., M.D., F.R.S. \n\nSir FRANCIS CHAMPNEYS, BART, MALCOLM MORRIS, K.C.V.O., F.R.C.S.E. The Rt. Rev. The LORD BISHOP OF DERRY, \n\nMRS. SCHARLIEB, C.B.E., M.D., M.S. Joint Hon. Treasurers: \n\nT. W. H. GARSTANG, Esq., D.P.H. \n\nThe Right Hon. The LORD EMMOTT, G.C.M.G., G.B.E. \n\nMEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE:\n\nBethune Baker.\n\nNaylor Barlow.\n\nJ. Bowden, Esq.\n\nAny A. Bowlby, C.B., K.C.M.G., K.C.V.O.\n\nLah, Esq., C.B.E.\n\nBuchan.\n\nAlmers Watson, C.B.E., M.D.\n\nCountess of Chichester.\n\nAlaide Cox,\n\nLes Gibbs, Esq., F.R.C.S.\n\nLeonard Darwin, D.Sc.\n\nLetis Fairfield, C.B.E.\n\nLace Hill, O.B.E.\n\nC. R. Kenwood, C.M.G.\n\nB. Lane, F.R.C.S., R.A.M.C. (T.)\n\nThe Rev. J. Scott Lidgett\n\nProf. J. A. Lindsay, M.D.\n\nDr. C. J. Macalister.\n\nMaj. Gen. Sir William Macpherson, K.C.M.G., C.B.\n\nSir Norman Moore, BART., M.D.\n\nSir Arthur Newsholme, K.C.B., M.D.\n\nMrs. Ogilvie Gordon, D.Sc., Ph.D.\n\nDr. Morna Rawlins.\n\nDr. W. G. Savage,\n\nMrs. Torrey.\n\nE. R. Townley Clarkson, Esq., M.R.C.S.\n\nE. B. Turner, Esq., F.R.C.S.\n\nSir Alfred Warren, O.B.E., M.P.\n\nDr. J. Wheatley.\n\nGeneral Secretary-Mrs. C. NEVILLE ROLFE, O.B.E. (Mrs. A. C. Gotto).\n\nHon. Medical Secretary-Dr. OTTO MAY.\n\nTELEGRAMIC ADDRESS:\n\nSNR.G.\n\nERDIS, PHONE, LONDON.\n\nSecretary-Miss E. O. GRANT, M.B.E.\n\n80, AVENUE CHAMBERS.\n\nSOUTHAMPTON ROW, LONDON, W.C.1.\n\n(ENTRANCE, VERNON PLACE)\n\nJuly 26th 1921.\n\nThe Secretary, Colonial Office,\n\nDowning Street, S.W.\n\nSir,\n\nIn reply to your letter of 15th July, on the instructions of the Executive Committee, I submit herewith an extended report furnished by the Medical Commissioner of the Far Eastern Commission, Dr. Rupert Hallam, on the conditions of the Tung Wah Hospital in Hong Kong, on the occasion of his visit,\n\nI am, Sir,\n\nYour obedient Servant,\n\n[Signature not visible]\n\nGENERAL SECRETARY.",
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        "content_text": "MINUTES.\n\nMINUTES NOT TO BE\n\nON THIS SIDE.\n\nWRITTEN\n\n608\n\nNational Council for Combating Venereal Diseases.\n\nPresident: The LORD GORELL. C.B.E., M.C.\n\nPast President: The Right Hon. The LORD SYDENHAM OF COMBE, G.C.S.I., etc.\n\nVice-Presidents:\n\nSir THOMAS BARLOW, Bart., M.D., F.R.S. Sir MALCOLM MORRIS, K.C.V.O., F.R.C.S.E.\n\nSir FRANCIS CHAMPNEYS, Bart., M.D. The Rt. Rev. The LORD BISHOP OF OXFORD, MRS. SCHARLIEB, C.B.E., M.D., M.S.\n\nT. W. H. GARSTANG, C.P.H.\n\nThe Rev. Scott Lidgett, M.A., D.D.\n\nJoint Hon. Treasurers:\n\nThe Right Hon. The LORD EMMOTT, G.C.M.G., G.B.E.\n\nMEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE:\n\nMrs. Bethune Baker.\n\nDr. T. Naylor Barlow,\n\nLeonard Bowden, Esq.\n\nSir Anthony A. Bowlby, K.C.B., K.C.M.G., K.C.V.O.\n\nD. Bramah, Esq., C.B.E.\n\nDr. John Buchan,\n\nMrs. Chalmera Watson, C.B.E., M.D.\n\nDowager Countess of Chichester.\n\nMiss Adelaide Cox.\n\nCharles Gibbs, Esq., F.R.C.S.\n\nMajor Leonard Darwin, D.Sc.\n\nDr. Letitia Fairfield, C.B.E.\n\nDr. Eustace Hill, O.B.E.\n\nProf. H. R. Kenwood, C.M.G.\n\nMajor J. B. Lane, F.R.C.S., R.A.M.C. (T.)\n\nProf. J. A. Lindsay, M.D.\n\nDr. C. J. Macalister,\n\nMaj-Gen. Sir William Macpherson, C.M.G., C.B.\n\nSir Norman Moore, Bart.\n\nSir Arthur Newsholme, K.C.B., M.D.\n\nMrs. Ogilvie Gordon, D.Sc., Ph.D.\n\nDr. Morna Rawlins.\n\nDr. W. G. Savage.\n\nMrs. Torrey.\n\nE. R. Townley Clarkson, Esq., M.R.C.S.\n\nE. B. Turner, Esq., F.R.C.S.\n\nSir Alfred Warren, O.B.E., M.P.\n\nDr. J. Wheatley.\n\nGeneral Secretary-Mrs. C. NEVILLE ROLFE, O.B.E. (Mrs. A. C. Gotto).\n\nHon. Medical Secretary-Dr. OTTO MAY.\n\nTELEPHONE: MUSEUM 2432\n\n(2 LINES) SNR.G.\n\nTELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS:\n\nVENERDIS, PHONE, LONDON.\n\nSecretary-Miss E. O. GRANT, M.B.E.\n\n80, AVENUE CHAMBERS.\n\nSOUTHAMPTON ROW, London, W.C.1.\n\n(ENTRANCE, VERNON PLACE.)\n\nJuly 26th 1921,\n\nG. Grindle, Esq., Colonial Office, Downing Street, S.W.\n\nDear Mr. Grindle,\n\nI enclose herewith the memorandum provided by Dr. Rupert Hallam, the Medical Commissioner, from his notes taken at the time of his visit to the Hospital. I think this gives the situation rather more in detail than was done in our Report.\n\nThe Executive Committee received the Colonial Office letter yesterday, and were very glad to learn that this section of the Report was to be forwarded to the Authorities concerned.\n\nYours very truly,\n\nC. Neville Rolfe\n\nGENERAL SECRETARY,",
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So much depends on whether the wet season begins early or late this year.\n\nFor convenience the programme is given in tabulated form.\n\nA-M.\n\nTHE FIRST DAY.\n\nAPRIL 8TH.\n\n7.00.-The Renown will\n\nprobably\n\nanchor in the Harbour at this hour.\n\nHer arrival will be greeted by a magnificent display of daylight fireworks, arranged by the Japanese community.\n\n9.30.-H.E. the Governor will go\n\non board the Renown to pay his official call.\n\nAt a few minutes before ten o'clock H.R.H. the Prince of Wales will leave for the shore in his barge.\n\n10.00.-The Prince will land at Blake Pier.\n\nPresentations of various officials and representatives will be made.\n\nThe Prince will inspect the Guard of Honour drawn up on Blake Pier.\n\nHe will proceed to the special pavilion through streets lined by naval and military detachments. This journey will be made in a most elaborate chair, decorated with Prince of Wales's Feathers, and upholstered in white and red embroidered material. Eight coolies in full array will carry the chair.\n\nAt the Pavilion, the Prince will receive addresses in the following order:—\n\n(1.)-On behalf of the entire British community of Hongkong, presented by the Hon. Sir Paul Chater, C.M.G., as one of the oldest residents, a member of the Executive Council and Chairman of the Reception Committee.\n\n(2.)-On behalf of the Chinese community of Hongkong, presented by the Hon. Mr. Lau Chu-pak.\n\n(3.)-On behalf of Shanghai and Treaty Ports, presented by representatives from Shanghai.\n\n(4.)-On behalf of the foreign communities of the Colony, presented by Mr. W. H. Gale, Dean of the Consular Faculty.\n\nH.R.H. the Prince of Wales will reply.\n\nAt the end of this ceremony, which will be witnessed by a large and representative gathering, the Prince will re-enter his chair and, accompanied by H.E. the Governor and two or three members of his H.R.H.'s staff, will proceed to Government House by a route which will afford ample opportunity for the general public to see the Prince. The way will be by Chater Road, up Pedder Street, along Queen's Road to Garden Road, and thence to Government House.\n\n11.30.-At about this hour, when the Prince arrives at Government House, he will inspect troops of Scouts and Girl Guides.\n\nTHE HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS &\n\nP.M.\n\n1.00. There will be a \"luncheon party at Government House.\n\n2.30.-His Royal Highness receives the ex-service men of the Colony and officers of the Mercantile Marine, at a garden-party at Government House.\n\n(Incidentally, those who come within these categories are reminded to send in their names by March 28th, at latest.)\n\n4.30. If fine, the Prince will motor to the Polo ground for his game of polo.\n\n8.00.-Official Banquet at Government House. The guests will number between 100 and 150.\n\n9.30. The Prince and Staff will motor to Blake Pier and embark on the Governor's launch to view the illumination of the Harbour. There will be a special display of fireworks from the water; this is arranged by the Japanese community.\n\nReturning to the City, the Prince will witness from a specially erected stand, a Chinese Fire Procession.\n\nThat night, the Prince will sleep at Government House. Some members of the staff will sleep there; others will be accommodated, by invitation of the Hon. Mr. A. G. Stephen, at Bank House.\n\nTHE SECOND DAY.\n\nAPRIL 7TH.\n\nHis Royal Highness will probably drive round the Island in the morning, and upon whether or not rain has interfered possibly visit the Peak. This will depend on the polo match on the previous day. If the Prince has not had the game of polo, and conditions are then favourable, he will have it on the second morning.\n\nA.M.\n\n11.30. The Prince will arrive at the Hongkong Cricket Club's ground, where the school children of the Colony will be assembled. The Prince has expressed a special wish to see the school children; he will walk through their ranks and proceed to the special pavilion.\n\n11.45.-His Royal Highness will receive an honorary University Degree in the course of a Congregation held in the pavilion.\n\nP.M.\n\nThere will follow the laying of the foundation stone of St. Stephen's Girl's College. The Prince will operate a model which will be electrically connected with the stone on the actual site.\n\nA short address will be read by the Ven. Archdeacon Barnett and one of the pupils will present an illuminated address in Chinese and read an English translation.\n\nThe Prince will then receive a Masonic address.\n\nSir Paul Chater will ask the Prince's leave to present to the Colony a statue of His Royal Highness, to be placed with those of other members of the Royal Family in Statue Square.\n\n12.30.-The Prince will lunch with\n\n[March 25th, 1922.\n\n9.30. The Prince will proceed to a Ball given by the entire community at the pavilion.\n\nThat night, the Prince and Staff will proceed on board the Renown, in order to depart at 7 o'clock on the following morning. The departure, at that hour, will be unofficial.\n\nKOWLOON\n\nMUST\n\nBE\n\nDISAPPOINTED.\n\nWith such a full programme before him, it will be impossible for H.R.H. the Prince of Wales to set foot in Kowloon. Every endeavour will be made to include a visit to the Peak in the programme as the Prince has expressed a special desire to see how the once-barren mountain has been made habitable.\n\nThe Hongkong Automobile Association has arranged to place a certain number of cars at the disposal of the Prince and his staff during their stay.\n\nTHE PRINCE'S STAFF.\n\nThe names of the Prince's staff are as follow:\n\nComptroller.-Vice-Admiral Sir Lionel Halsey, R.N., K.C.M.G., C.B.\n\nMilitary Secretary.-Brig. General C. R. Woodroffe, C.M.G.\n\nPrivate Secretary.-Sir Godfrey Thomas, Bart.\n\nExtra Equerry.-Capt. Dudley North,\n\nR.N.\n\nLord Louis\n\nEquerries.-Capt. the Hon. Piers Legh and Lieut. the Hon. Bruce A. A. Ogilvy.\n\nExtra A.D.C.-Capt. E. D. Metcalfe, M.C., Indian Cavalry.\n\nAide-de-Camp. Lieut. Mountbatten, R.N.\n\nMedical Officer. Surgeon-Commander A. C. 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        "content_text": "March 25th, 1922)\n\nCORRESPONDENCE.\n\nVICTORY OF THE ANTI-MUI-TSAI AGITATION.\n\n[TO THE EDITOR OF THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS.]\n\nSIR,-Your leader of to-day on the Mui-tsai question, doubt is expressed as to the possibility of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Mui-tsai and the Anti-mui-tsai Society co-operating to draw up a scheme for abolition of the system for submission to the Government.\n\nOn this point, allow me to make a few observations that are approved by my Executive Committee and will be welcomed by you and all interested in this movement.\n\nOn the 11th inst., the writer had the pleasure of an interview with the Hon. Mr. E. R. Hallifax, at which Mr. Wong Kwong Tin, Hon. Secretary of the \"Protection\" Society, was also present. As a result of this meeting in the office of the Secretary for Chinese Affairs, the following letter, which is self-explanatory, was despatched:-\n\n\"The Secretary for Chinese Affairs,\n\nPresent.\n\nHongkong, 14th March, 1922.\n\nSIR, I am directed to inform you that at a meeting of the Executive Committee and the various Sub-Committees of this Society, held on the 13th inst., it was unanimously decided to give effect to your suggestion, made during my interview with you on the 11th inst., that the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Mui-tsai and the Anti-Mui-tsai Society should each appoint a small Committee to meet and devise a scheme to effect abolition of the Mui-tsai System for submission to the Hongkong Government. Accordingly, a Committee of six members of our Society have been selected to confer with representatives of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Mui-tsai.\n\n\"I am also directed by my Executive Committee to say that our Society is always prepared to co-operate with any society or body with the avowed object of abolishing the Mui-tsai system in Hongkong and prepared to work forthwith for the attainment of this object. It is the conviction of my Executive Committee that the time is ripe for action to effect abolition, and it is their earnest hope that the Hongkong Government is of the same mind. I remain, yours faithfully,\n\nTHE ANTI-MUI-TSAI SOCIETY,\n\n(Sgd.) C. G. ANDERSON,\n\n(Hon. English Secretary).\n\nI may also point out that I was informed unofficially last night that a Committee meeting of the \"Protection Society\" was held yesterday afternoon, when six members were appointed to meet representatives of our Society, jointly to devise a scheme to effect abolition. That they will succeed in evolving a satisfactory scheme must be the general wish of the local communities, particularly the British and the Chinese. Yours faithfully,\n\nC. G. ANDERSON.\" Hongkong, 25th March, 1922.\n\nCHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT\n\nCHINESE & THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY.\n\n[TO THE EDITOR OF THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS.]\n\nSIR,-In reading your paper of recent date in regard to a dispute before the Hongkong Magistracy between Dr. Wong Sik-to of Canton and Mr. G. A. Walker, Traffic Superintendent of the Kowloon-Canton Railway British Section, I would like to say that similar treatment happened to me on several trips from Kowloon to Canton. I will tell the reader a few incidents which taught me some good lessons.\n\nOn one occasion I was travelling with several friends from Kowloon to Canton by the afternoon express train. We were sitting in the smoking compartment—the big cabin at the end of the car. A few minutes later a Chinese conductor came in and told us to leave the compartment, and he informed us that he was acting under instructions from the Management, not to allow any Chinese passengers to occupy that compartment, which was reserved for Europeans only.\" We told him that we did not see any sign to that effect in the cabin; otherwise we would certainly not have set foot on it, even had we been invited. It is probable that in this instance either the conductor forgot to lock the door of the smoking compartment, or else the officials neglected posting up the sign, as they do now.\n\nI have always noticed that a sign is posted at the door \"Reserved for Europeans Only\". I should say that all Chinese reading English hate to see such a sign. I have also witnessed, time after time, that most of the first-class compartments were often overcrowded, but still no Chinese were allowed to enter the smoking compartment. The railway servants do not realize the discomfort of the Chinese passengers until the train reaches very near Canton, when the compartment is thrown open. I am perfectly sure that no particular Europeans reserved it. All of us Chinese know that it is the usual anti-Chinese practice, instituted by the Railway Authorities to reserve that compartment for the comfort of Europeans, even though Chinese and Europeans pay equal fares, and the Railway is half Chinese and half British. European passengers pay additional fares for that extra comfort, I can see no reason why this practice should be instituted.\n\nUnless...\n\nI have also to narrate an insult, or rather great inconvenience, made to a friend of mine at the Kowloon Station, through one of the regulations of the Railway, enforced by its servants. Mr. Yao Boo Ying, former Managing Director of the Canton Samshui Railway, and myself were waiting for a friend from Canton at the Kowloon Station. Mr. Yao went to the first-class lavatory, but the coolie in charge refused to admit him. The coolie advised, of course, that he was acting under instructions from the Management not to allow Chinese passengers to make use of the lavatory unless a first-class ticket was produced. As my friend and myself were merely waiting for the arrival of another friend from Canton, we could not produce any first-class ticket, and Mr. Yao was therefore forbidden to enter the lavatory. It seems to me that the above cases are absolutely a question of race distinction, pure and simple.\n\nBritishers and Chinese cannot afford to be enemies, and it would be a wrong policy beyond words to create race hatred by pouring gasoline into the hot fire. In order to promote better mutual business intercourse and friendly relations, British-Chinese co-operation is badly needed in the Orient to-day.\n\nFor the benefit of the Railway and the Chinese travelling public, I hope that Mr. Winslow, the Manager of the Kowloon-Canton Railway, British Section, will take this matter into serious consideration and endeavour to eliminate the anti-Chinese practice of his subordinates, which most of our foreign friends try to do in our country of China.\n\nThanking you for your kind insertion in your paper.-Yours, etc,\n\nR. CHAN JOHNSON. TUNGSHAN, CANTON, March 17th, 1922.\n\nAN OUT-OF-DATE THEORY.\n\n[TO THE EDITOR OF THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS.]\n\nSIR,-In connection with your article, \"Brightening Kowloon,\" and the frequent references in our local papers from time to time about Flat Noise, including the bagpipe nuisance, I was much interested to notice in a newspaper just received from Home that the so-called theory that \"an Englishman's home is his castle\" has at last been upset by a ruling in the Police Courts. Perhaps a local test case would be the means of damping some of the superfluous energy so prevalent nowadays.\n\nI enclose the cutting, as perhaps the news will be of interest to many people who have to suffer through neighbourly energy. Yours faithfully,\n\nBARABER.\n\nKowloon, March 20th, 1922.\n\n[The paragraph our correspondent encloses is a report of a police court case in which a man and his wife were summoned for \"using indecent language. They were swearing at each other in their own house.\" One of the magistrates on the Bench inquired: \"Isn't an Englishman's house his own castle?\" The Deputy Clerk replied: \"Not to-day, sir. Defendants are liable if the door is open, and the language is heard in a public street or place.\" Fines were imposed.]\n\nJAPANESE CO-RESPONDENT IN BRITISH DIVORCE CASE.\n\nA letter from an alleged Japanese lover who styled himself \"Green Tea\" was cited in the Divorce Court, on February 14th, when John Leonard Hutchison, an accountant, petitioned for a divorce against his wife owing to her misconduct with Yoshimaro Tanaka, said to be a Professor of Agriculture at the Imperial University of Tokyo. The charges were denied. For the husband it was said letters were sent by Tanaka to \"Mrs. Pink,\" and addressed to Balham post office. One read: \"My dear Mimosa,~. My heart is full of thought of you. I am pleased to find an oasis in the desert of this smoky town, and a white blossom in the green oasis. At the same time I am pleased to find the white flower not married. I am under the mischievous birds.- Green Tea.'\"\n\nThe writer is a railway engineer by profession and has been connected with various Chinese railways for nearly twenty years. He has travelled extensively both in Europe and America in the interests of Railway Management, and has always considered that English railway management is most efficient and adequate, as far as comfort and service to passengers are concerned. He understands that English Railway Ordinances have no special segregation of people of different races. If the railway authorities do segregate people of different nationalities, they abuse their power, which is unlawful.\n\nMrs. Edith May Hutchison declared that she thought Tanaka English and that nothing improper occurred. The letters were all \"nonsense.\"--Mr. Hutchison was granted a decree nisi and £350 damages.",
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        "content_text": "328\n\nSHIPPING.\n\nPASSENGER LISTS.\n\nARRIVALS.\n\nPer s.s. Haiching, on March 20th: - Mr. H. W. Hill, Mr. Dains, Dr. J. H. Gray, Mr. C. Momicot\n\nPer s.s. Sicilia, on March 18th: - Mr. and Mrs. I. Ian, Mr. Nahaput, Mr. Wilain, Mr. and Miss Parherness, Mr. Gibbins, Mr. Larcester, Major Coats.\n\nPer s.s. Shidzuoka Maru, on March 17th: - Mr. S. Gamnieter, Mr. G. S. Phillips, Mr. W. O. Barringtin, Mrs. L. V. Flower, Mr. J. B. Salem, Mr. S. Ashing.\n\nPer s.s. Arafura, on March 17th, from Australia: - Mrs. E. Kella, Mr. C. H. Dodds, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Parker, Mr. and Mrs. H. Lemm, Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Farrell, Miss L. Preston, Mr. J. M. Cameron, Mrs. D. Leigh, Mr. W. C. Andrewartha, Miss R. Watkins, Senator J. Bakhap, Mr. R. A. Gladwell, Mr. W. C. Darby, Mr. R. E. Reid, Mr. T. Hobbs, Mr. S. Duncan, Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Bower and Mr. H. R. Ferguson.\n\nPer T.K.K. s.s. Taiyo Maru, on March 22nd: - Mr. G. S. Armsby, Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Backmann, Miss J. Breslauer, Mrs. H. H. Bristow, Mr. E. C. Bronoson, Mr. B. L. Burwell, Mr. F. Caro'an, Mr. W. L. Courtnaey, Dr. C. E. Davis, Mr. H. C. Douglas, Mr. T. G. Drakeford, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Edge, Mr. S. Y. Erven, Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Evans, Mrs. W. D. K. Gibson, Mrs. I. M. Hanna, Miss C. Hendry, Mr. and Mrs. E. Hilton, Miss K. D. Hubbard, Capt. W. E. Kent, Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Loomis, Mr. J. L. Milligan, Mr. and Mrs. N. Parker, Mr. T. B. Paul, Mr. N. H. Pettit, Mr. J. Powley, Mr. A. Schofield, Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Selson, Mr. C. Smith, Miss J. S. Smith, Mr. A. Weill, Mrs. E. C. Wheeler, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Wallace and Mrs. E. Weatherby.\n\nDEPARTURES.\n\nPer s.s. Tango Maru, on March 23rd: Mr. H. G. Magno, Mr. F. Garriz, Mr. D. T. Farrel, Mrs. M. L. McKeen, Mr. H. C. Langhorst, Miss N. C. Gibson, Mrs. H. A. Baxter, Mr. A. E. White, Mr. E. H. English, Mr. I. Abat, Mr. and Mrs. R. Sind inger, Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Loomis, Mr. P. H. Ludington, Miss A. G. Slone, Mrs. M. K. Bayne, Mrs. M. E. Airey, Rev. and Mrs. J. C. Worley, Mr. S. D. Burno, Mr. N. Hartery and Mrs. L. Adekawai.\n\nPer R.M.S. Empress of Asia, on March 23rd: - Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Anderson and family, Mr. and Mrs. P. Alther, Mr. G. S. Andrews, Miss Baderston, Mrs. A. E. Black, Miss L. Glement, Mr. and Mrs. M. Clapp, Mr. C. Crew, Miss A. Clinton, Mr. and Mrs. L. Chotsen, Mr. and Mrs. F. Dickman, Miss M. Dickman, Mrs. L. A. Davis, Miss A. Dulmage, Miss E. B. Day, Mr. J. Dewar, Mr. and Mrs. T. O. Drake, Mr. C. H. Dodds, Mr. W. S. Davies, Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Dinsda'e, Miss J. Earl, Mr. J. Ezra, Dr. F. Evans, Dr. R. A. Falconer, Miss K. Falconer, Mr. P. C. Fenwick, Dr. H. Fowler, Mr. R. F. Fitch, Mr. R. Fairnie, Mr. and Mrs. W. Gacksen, Miss D. Gacksen, Miss B. H. Gunther, Dr. A. Gurd, Miss P. Gurd, Mrs. A. C. Garson, Mr. C. S. Gubbay, Rev. J. C. Hardy, Mr. M. Haguenaner, Mr. and Mrs. E. Howard, Mr. A. G. Harrison, Mr. C. Hur'e, Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Henderson, Major F. A. B. Johnston, Mrs. F. Kittermaster, Miss H. B. Lay, Miss L. R. Leonard, Master D. L. Law, Miss G. Law, Mrs. B. S. Lay, Mr. H. M. Landsborger, Mr. W. Lancaster, Mr. H. Mullen, Miss C. MacAdie, Mr. D. C. Miller, Miss A. Macrac, Mrs. R. B. Miller, Mr. M. R. Negro, Mr. J. Nahapict, Mr. R. A. Nicholson, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Parker, Mr. A. Pirovano, Mr. W. T. Palmes, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Parmaloo, Mrs. Milton Shirk, Mr. L. S. Sabin, Mr. T. H. R. Shaw, Mrs. W. M. Stevens, Miss M. N. Stevens, Miss O. Taft, Mr. and Mrs. P. V. Thomas, Dr. Oscar Thompson, Capt. R. O. Thomas, Mrs. F. O. Uscher and children, Miss C. A. Wharton, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Williamson, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Weedon, Miss L. S. Weeks, Mr. R. H. Whiteford, Mr. J. M. Withington, Mrs. H. L. West and children, Mr. R. W. Watkins, Mr. Perry Wearne, Mr. E. Woodward and Mr. Zimmerman.\n\nCOMMERCIAL.\n\nHONGKONG TRADE IN 1921.\n\nLARGER TRADE SHOWS HEAVY DECREASE IN STERLING VALUES.\n\nWe have received from the Government printers a copy of the volume of the Trade and Shipping Returns of the Colony for 1921.\n\nThe following comparative statistics show a heavy fall in the value of merchandise imported and exported in the year 1921:\n\n  \n    \n    Imports\n    Exports\n    Total\n  \n  \n    1921\n    £68,143,059\n    £67,691,877\n    £135,834,936\n  \n  \n    1920\n    £103,932,602\n    £108,369,937\n    £212,302,539\n  \n\nThe grand total of Imports and Exports of merchandise for 1921 was, in round numbers, £136,000,000 as against £212,000,000 in 1920, a decrease of 35.8 per cent. The total Imports were £68,143,059, a decrease of £35,789,563, or 34.4 per cent., and Exports showed a decrease of £40,678,060 or 37.5 per cent.\n\nTreasure movements were as follows:\n\n  \n    \n    Imports\n    Exports\n    Total\n  \n  \n    1921\n    £13,797,095\n    £17,981,357\n    £31,778,452\n  \n  \n    1920\n    £31,754,331\n    £45,292,645\n    £77,046,976\n  \n\nMr. N. L. Smith, Superintendent of Imports and Exports, says in his introductory note: - The apparent decrease in the Imports is entirely due to the lower rate of exchange used in the conversion of local currency into sterling. The actual dollar figures show an increase of over $40,000,000.\n\n  \n    Unit of Quantity\n    1920\n    1921\n  \n  \n    Pieces\n    1,723,205\n    1,326,689\n  \n  \n    Impl. Gallons\n    16,470,336\n    3,133,382\n  \n  \n    Piculs\n    23,382,843\n    23,189,015\n  \n  \n    \n    26,458,777\n    \n  \n  \n    Piculs\n    1,013,165\n    291,265\n  \n  \n    \n    3,817,069\n    1,625,376\n  \n  \n    \n    4,467,825\n    \n  \n  \n    \n    1,446,539\n    6,645,287\n  \n  \n    \n    2,476,279\n    3,109,978\n  \n  \n    \n    3,980,060\n    \n  \n  \n    \n    15,865\n    16,911\n  \n  \n    \n    228,311\n    552,806\n  \n  \n    \n    138,043\n    603,008\n  \n\nExports when expressed in local currency show an increase of about $8,000,000 over 1920 due to a small increase on a large number of items.\n\nThe shipping total has again increased, 1921 showing an advance of three and a quarter million tons over 1920. British tonnage has increased by about one million tons and foreign by about one and a half million tons, the balance is due to an increase in the junk trade. American tonnage declined by approximately 100,000 tons and Russian by 50,000 tons, but Japanese and Dutch tonnage made up the increase in the total.\n\nTHE YARN MARKET.\n\nEFFECT OF THE STRIKE.\n\nMessrs. Polishwalla and Kotwall, cotton and yarn brokers, of Hongkong, in their latest circular state: - Since our last report on January 31st the prolonged seamen's strike during this long period had paralysed the entire business, so our yarn market also remained extremely dull and small lots have changed hands for urgent requirements at a decline of $3 to $7 per bale, with business resulting in about 4,000 bales.\n\n  \n    Unit of Quantity\n    1920\n    1921\n  \n  \n    Piculs\n    1,018,250\n    1,089,393\n  \n  \n    Impl. Gallons\n    28,668,598\n    27,161,905\n  \n  \n    \n    116,008\n    \n  \n  \n    Piculs\n    1,359,815\n    2,751,305\n  \n  \n    \n    1,348,029\n    4,598,068\n  \n  \n    \n    55,863\n    2,016,868\n  \n  \n    \n    5,265,667\n    8,791,356\n  \n  \n    \n    8,984\n    2,465,929\n  \n  \n    \n    474,131\n    12,405\n  \n  \n    \n    6,147,454\n    600,865\n  \n  \n    \n    181,092\n    77\n  \n  \n    \n    121,238\n    \n  \n\nAn unusual feature has been direct exportation from Shanghai of a large quantity of Indian yarn to Canton supplied at lower rates than those ruling at our place. This has further affected our market, which has been very inactive.\n\nAs the seamen strike is now entirely settled and business is assuming the normal aspect, we have every hope of a good inquiry from consuming districts from Yunnan Province which is sure to give an impulse to the present depressed state of our market. Unsold stock 2,600 bales; Bargains in Chinese hands 8,000 bales.\n\nShanghai. - The eagerness of the Foreign holders to part with their stocks, which are rather heavy, at lower rates, have prompted Chinese buyers to fill up their immediate requirements and the latest reports show a tendency towards continued inquiry from surrounding countries.\n\nJapanese Yarn. - Owing to a substantial drop in the prices of this yarn in Japan, there has been a fall of $7 to $9 per bale at our place and the uncertainty of the condition of the market in Japan is causing buyers from making further bargains in spot or forward deliveries.",
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        "content_text": "September 3rd, 1921.]\n\nCOMPANY MEETING.\n\nHONGKONG HOTEL CO., LTD.\n\nThe third extraordinary general meeting in connection with the increase of capital of the Hongkong Hotel Company was held at the Hotel, on August 31st. Mr. Scott Harston (Chairman) presided and there were also present Sir Paul Chater, C.M.G., Sir Ellis Kadoorie, Mr. C. Montague Ede, and Mr. E. A. M. Williams (directors), Mr. J. H. Taggart (manager and secretary), Rev. Fr. Robert, the Hon. Mr. Ho Fook, Messrs. E. M. Raymond, Fung Tat Hang, W. E. Van Eps, Ho Kom Tong, and E. A. Ram (shareholders).\n\nThe CHAIRMAN said:-As indicated in that part of the notice which has just been read by the Company's Manager, this meeting has been convened for the purpose of receiving a report of the proceedings at the second extraordinary general meeting of this Company, held on the 13th instant, in so far as regards the resolutions Nos. 3, 4 and 5 set out in the notice convening such second extraordinary general meeting, which were passed as extraordinary resolutions at that meeting, and of confirming, if thought fit, such resolutions as special resolutions. Those resolutions, as you will remember, concerned:-\n\n(1.) The division of each of the existing 20,000 fully paid up shares of $50 each constituting the Company's present capital of $1,000,000 into five fully paid up shares of $10 each so as to make such capital $1,000,000 consisting of 100,000 fully paid up shares of $10 each.\n\n(2.) The subsequent increase of the Company's capital from $1,000,000 consisting as aforesaid to $2,500,000 divided into 250,000 shares of $10 each by the creation of 150,000 new shares of $10 each to be issued as indicated in the resolution No. 4 set out in the said notice.\n\n(3.) The capitalisation of the sum of $1,000,000 being part of the undivided profits of the Company standing to the credit of its general reserve, such capitalisation to be effected upon the lines indicated in the resolution No. 5 set out in the said notice.\n\nYour directors dealt at some length with the reasons which actuated your Directors in bringing forward the three resolutions in question, and I do not consider it necessary to deal further therewith now, except to remark that at the second extraordinary general meeting in question the three resolutions above referred to were unanimously passed as extraordinary resolutions, and that in order to comply with the provisions of the Hongkong Companies Ordinance, it is necessary that such resolutions shall be confirmed as special resolutions, and I accordingly beg to propose the confirmation as a special resolution of the first of the said three resolutions, namely:-\n\n(3.) That each of the existing 20,000 fully paid up shares of $50 each constituting the Company's present capital of $1,000,000 be divided into 5 fully paid up shares of $10 each so as to make such capital $1,000,000 consisting of 100,000 fully paid up shares of $10 each.\n\nThe Rev. Father ROBERT seconded the resolution, which was carried unanimously.\n\nThe CHAIRMAN: I now beg to propose the confirmation as a special resolution of the second of the said three resolutions, namely:\n\n(4.) That after the division aforesaid, the capital of the Company be increased from $1,000,000 consisting as aforesaid to $2,500,000 divided into 250,000 shares of $10 each by the creation of 150,000 new shares of $10 each - such new shares (subject as hereinafter mentioned) to be issued at such time or times and on such terms and conditions in every respect as the Company's Board of Directors may think fit.\n\nThe Hon. Mr. Ho Fook seconded the resolution, which was carried.\n\nThe CHAIRMAN: I now beg to propose the confirmation as a special resolution of the third of the said three resolutions, namely:-\n\n(5.) That it is desirable to capitalise the sum of $1,000,000 being part of the undivided profits of the Company standing to the credit of the general reserve, and accordingly that for the purpose of effecting such capitalisation such sum of $1,000,000 be distributed as bonus among the shareholders of the Company in proportion to the shares in the Company's present capital of $1,000,000 held by them respectively on the date hereinafter referred to, and that a bonus be declared accordingly. And further that the Company's Board of Directors be and they are hereby authorised to satisfy such bonus as far as possible by the distribution in manner aforesaid of 100,000 shares of $10 each credited as fully paid up among the persons who are registered as the holders of the shares constituting the Company's present capital of $1,000,000 on such date as the Company's Board of Directors shall decide - such last mentioned shares to rank pari passu with the shares constituting the Company's present capital of $1,000,000 in respect of all profits of the Company earned since the 31st December, 1920, and such distribution to be in satisfaction of the aforementioned bonus.\n\nMr. Ho KOM TONG seconded the resolution, which was carried unanimously.\n\nThe CHAIRMAN: Gentlemen, that concludes the business for which this meeting was convened, and I thank you for your attendance. There are certain further steps to be taken by your Board of Directors in connection with the various matters mentioned in the said notice and which have been the subject of the three extraordinary general meetings, and these will be attended to in due course.\n\nSHIPPING.\n\nPASSENGER LISTS.\n\nARRIVALS.\n\nPer s.s. Manela, on August 28th:-Mr. H. Ochi, Mr. and Mrs. Malevigne, Mr. Ipatieff, Mr. D. P. Daryanani, Mr. D. S. and Mrs. Gollandsky, Mr. and Mrs. Evans, Mr. A. W. Gully, Mr. W. Watson, Mr. and Mrs. Gibson, Mr., Mrs., and Miss Dalgleish, Miss Gec. Ballantyne, Mr. and Mr. Gant, Mr. Master Waterson, Mr. H. Peplow, Mr. L. Peck, Mr. W. H. Pearce, Mr. and Mrs. Bordes, Lieut. J. M. Heath, Mr. J. Rhodes, Dr. H. P. Martell, Mr. T. W. Shearstone, Mr. H. W. Kees, Mr. P. M. Anderson and Mr. N. W. Mallory.\n\nPer s.s. Tenyo Maru, on August 31st: Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Anderiessen, Mr. J. W. Banbury, Miss E. Banbury, Miss M. Banbury, Mr. A. Casanoun, Miss F. A. de Cruz, Mr. T. Y. Deane, Mr. R. Hager, Mr. C. Handle, Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Hitchcock, Mr. J. A. Jameson, Mrs. R. Loggey, Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Luzac, Mr. S. J. Minty, Mr. J. Paton, Miss M. M. dos Remedios, Miss A. M. dos Remedios, Miss G. Rozario, Mr. J. N. da Silva, Mrs. C. G. van der Feen, Mrs. E. S. Waller and Mr. H. Westin.\n\nPer s.s. Siberia Maru, on August 27th: Mr. F. W. Clifton, Lieut. F. P. Chedas, Mr. J. O. Cobb, Mr. T. Celestin, Mr. J. E. Hanique, Mrs. H. H. Hallain, Mrs. S. Hallam, Miss A. Logan, Mr. G. A. Leonard, Miss M. D. Leonard, Mr. J. D. F. Mulder, Mr. J. H. Moore, Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Magee, Mr. L. D. Martyn, Mr. W. Morris, Mr. A. Newcomb, Mr. and Mrs. E. Nielsen, Miss R. Rogalsky, Mr. D. Stewart.\n\nPer s.s. Empire State, on August 29th: Mr. F. W. Ashurst, Miss C. Bernal, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Berwick, Mrs. M. R. Botelho, Mr. A. Botelho, Miss M. Botelho, Miss E. Botelho, Miss I. Botelho, Mr. A. S. Campbell, Mrs. V. Conde, Mr. S. K. Cohen, Miss A. C. Cutter, Miss R. Dancel, Mr. L. D. Daswani, Mrs. J. D. de Porcuna, Mr. A. de Ridder, Mrs. G. H. de Pon, Miss M. de Pon, Miss P. de Pon, Master W. de Pon, Mr. John Dias, Miss F. Dunwoody, Mrs. V. Eastland, Master F. Chuen, Mr. F. L. Fern, Father J. Fernandez, Dr. and Mrs. A. A. Fulton, Miss Grace Fulton, Mr. F. Gibbens, Mr. L. G. Graham, Mr. H. O. Hereford, Mrs. S. Hipolito, Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Hofer, Mr. M. Kahn, Father T. Labrador, Mr. G. Litton, Mr. and Mrs. B. Luraschi, Mr. J. F. Mason, Mr. and Mrs. H. H. McNeal, Miss H. McNeal, Mr. and Mrs. M. Meunier, Mr. C. J. Muller, Miss D. Nicholson, Mr. J. H. Pardee, Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Potter, Lieut. B. S. Riley, Mrs. Geo. Russell, Mr. L. L. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. G. N. Spiva, Mr. L. Teyssandier, Mr. F. Urreaga, Mr. C. N. Van Deventer, Mr. B. Velasco, Mr. G. J. Watummull, Mr. J. M. Grief, Miss A. Rosello, and Mrs. Finette Bower.\n\nDEPARTURES.\n\nPer s.s. Manela, on August 29th:-Mr. and Mrs. Gorandsky, Mr. D. S. Evans, Mr. L. Peek, Mr. Blamdon, Mr. J. Waldron, Mr. A. W. Gully, Mr. W. Watson, Mr. J. G. Gibbons, Mr. G. K. Hall, Mr. and Mrs. Spatieff, Mr. Hoegger, Mr. P. A. Traber, Mr. and Mrs. Bordes, Miss Gee, Mrs. J. Burdett, Miss A. and Miss Burdett, Mrs. and Miss Dalgleish, Master Burdett, Dr. and Mrs. Gilson, Mr. Bugg, Mr. F. Young, Inspector Jackson, Mr. Milne, Mr. W. A. May, Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Langley, Mr. H. Peplow and Mr. W. H. Pearce.\n\nTHE UPPER YANGTZE TRADE.\n\nTHREE NEW BOATS FOR ICHANG-CHUNGKING RUN.\n\nThe Tenge Navigation Co., whose local agents are the Kaiyosha Company, has completed plans for the inauguration of regular sailings between Ichang and Chungking to take effect from March, 1922. Three vessels are in the course of construction and will be placed on this route. Two of these are being constructed at the Kiangnan Dock and the other by the Mitsubishi Dock.\n\nThe cost of each of these steamers is Tls. 400,000, and they will be constructed to steam 15 knots. The hull measurements are:-Length 205 ft., breadth, 31 ft., and depth 17 ft.\n\nThe Pacific North-west Commission, which made the trip from Seattle to China, Japan and the Philippines on the maiden trip of the Wenatchee, has made public in Seattle specific observations. The report urges that an essential supplement to the maintenance of a commercial base at Manila is the establishment of American business at Shanghai, which affords the key of the Pacific North-west to North China and upper Asia.\n\nThe report says:\n\nThe commercial agencies of other countries where they have heavy investments and are strongly intrenched at Shanghai facilities. In addition to the study of Shanghai as a great base for American business operations in North China and Northern Asia, American firms contemplating business in South China should make a close study of Canton and give thorough consideration to the advantages offered by establishing there.",
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        "content_text": "C.M.S.\n\nGENERAL AND LEPER HOSPITAL.\n\n378\n\nSouth China, May 8th, 1922.\n\nPakhoi,\n\nThe Colonial Secretary,\n\nColonial Secretary's Office,\n\nHongkong,\n\nSir,\n\nIn reference to your letter No.2960/1922, (forwarded through the Bishop of Victoria), re \"The Treatment of Leprosy\", May I say that chaulmoogra oil has been used in this hospital for many years. Patients who have been able to tolerate it, and continue its use during the summer months, seldom have an outbreak of leprosy. Many have taken their discharge, considering themselves cured. In some cases there has been a return of the disease; others are not traced,\n\nOne man, Thomas Wong, treated thirty years ago by the late Dr. Horder (one of the first cases to leave the hospital with arrested leprosy) is a shopkeeper in the town, and, as far as I know, is still well, and shows no return of the disease. He has a large family; none of the children have any signs of leprosy, but the younger children suffer from chest complaints. (As they keep a rice shop, the dust may account for this).\n\nInjections of chaulmoogra oil have been tried from time to time, the most successful so far being the treatment as advised by Sir Leonard Rogers, I.M.S. The injections and oral treatment have been carried out as advised by him in the enclosed pamphlet.\n\nThe sodium hydnocarpate injections, both intravenous...",
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        "content_text": "581\n\nSODIUM HYDNOCARPATE\n\nFORMERLY KNOWN AS\n\nSODIUM GYNOCARDATE \"A\"\n\nWith the compliments of\n\nSMITH, STANISTREET & Co., Ltd., CALCUTTA.\n\nGENERAL NOTES.\n\nCHAULMOOGRA OIL has for long been the best known remedy for Leprosy, but its value is greatly limited by the gastric disturbances it produces, preventing patients taking it in full doses for sufficiently long to obtain more than temporary benefit from its use. Prolonged intramuscular injections of the Oil have been shown by Dr. Heiser to give better results than oral use, but they are very painful, and slow in their effects. Gynocardic Acid is comprised of the lower melting point fatty acids of Chaulmoogra Oil, which have been found by Sir Leonard Rogers, I.M.S., to be much better tolerated orally and more effective than the Oil itself. Moreover, he has shown that the Sodium Salt of this Acid is very soluble and can be injected both subcutaneously and intravenously in Leprosy with great advantage, the intravenous use being almost painless and more rapidly effective than any other method. (See \"Lancet,\" February 16th, 1916, and the \"British Medical Journal,\" October 21st, 1916). The Sodium Salts of the lower melting point Acids (about 37°C) of true Chaulmoogra Oil, derived from the seeds of the Taraktogenos kurzii, have been manufactured and issued by Messrs. Smith, Stanistreet & Co., Ltd., of Calcutta, under the name of \"Sodium Gynocardate\" for some months. Further investigation has shown that preparations of some of the higher melting point Acids are sufficiently soluble for subcutaneous and intravenous use, and produce more rapid improvement than those used earlier; while they contain a considerable proportion of Chaulmoogic and Hydnocarpic Acids as well as some of the lower melting point acids described by Moss as Gynocardic Acid. For the present (pending the results of further research), a mixture of the higher and lower melting point preparations is being made under the more correct name of Sodium Hydnocarpate. The results so far obtained, mainly by the intravenous use of these substances, have been recorded in the \"Indian Journal of Medical Research\" of October 1917, but it may be stated that out of twelve cases of Leprosy, mostly of an advanced nature, who have continued the treatment for between one and two years, eight have lost all definite signs of the disease; although it is far too early to say if the results will be permanent or not, and no claim is made that the disease can be absolutely cured.\n\nAll batches made by Messrs. Smith, Stanistreet & Co., Ltd., are tested at the Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine. The Medical Staff of the Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine would be glad to receive reports of cases treated with these preparations from medical men.",
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        "content_text": "1922 \n\nHONG KONG \n\n383 \n\nDuration of Treatment. \n\nSeveral months are required to produce definite improvement, while at least a year is generally necessary before the tubercular or anaesthetic lesions completely clear up. How long it is necessary to continue the treatment to prevent recurrence is not yet known. Good results have been obtained by intravenous injections alone once or twice a week, while the cost of the drug for a year's intravenous treatment will be only about 3 or 4 shillings, but progress is more rapid if full doses are also taken by the mouth.\n\nPRICE OF THE SODIUM HYDROCARPATE PREPARATIONS.\n\nPowder, bottles containing 1 oz \n\nTablets, 2 gr. each, bottles of 100 \n\n2 1 \n\n2 0 \n\n18 0 \n\nAmpoules for Hypodermic use. \n\nBox of 12 Ampoules, each 1 gr. in 2 c.c. \n\n2 gr. in 4 c.c. \n\n5 gr. in 10 c.c. \n\n6 0 \n\nAmpoules for Intravenous use. \n\nFor commencing the treatment :- \n\nBoxes of 2 Ampoules, each 1/2 gr. in 1 c.c.) \n\n1 gr. in 2 c.c. } \n\n2 gr. in 4 c.c.; \n\nFor continuing the treatment - \n\nBoxes of 12 Ampoules, each 2 gr. in 4 c.c., \n\n5 gr. in 10 c.c. \n\n17 6 \n\n5 0 \n\nThe 10 c.c. Ampoules are issued for use in Hospitals where a number of patients are under treatment at one time.\n\nNote:-Each batch is tested, and issued only after approval at the Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine.\n\nManufactured by SMITH, STANISTREET & Co., LTD., Calcutta. DISTRIBUTING AGENTS FOR \n\nGreat Britain, North and South America, South Africa, W. Indies, Egypt, &c. : MESSRS. EVANS, SONS, LESCHER & WEBB, LTD., \n\n60 Bartholomew Close, London; and 92 William Street, New York. Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand. \n\nMESSRS. ELLIOTT BROS., LTD., O'Connell Street, Sydney. Japan. \n\nMESSRS. CHobei TAKEDA, Dosomachi, Nichome, Osaka. Philippine Islands. \n\nMESSRS. SANTIAGO & CO., 125 Bustillos Street, Manila P. I.\n\nOther preparations devised by Col. Sir Leonard Rogers: SODIUM MORRHUATE, SODIUM SOYATE.\n\nNotes on these preparations may be had on application.\n\nFROM \n\nShubb. \n\nFOR CIRCULATION :— \n\nMr. Becky \n\nMr. Grindlay \n\nSir E. Lambert \n\nSir H. Read \n\nSir J. Masterton Smith \n\nMr. Wood \n\nMr. Churchill \n\nPrevious Paper \n\n226 \n\nDATE. \n\n13 June \n\nSUBJECT \n\nREC \n\n35796 \n\nREB 24 JUL 22 \n\nLite for proposed loan to Siamese Government. Confirms tel. of 12 June. Estimated Cost of preliminary work not likely to exceed £6000. Has extract from minute of DPW recommending that, as an alternative method of carrying out the engineering work.\n\nIn spite of the \n\n34998 Straits \n\nthe Ath. \n\nwell to \n\nthe position \n\nI think \n\nit \n\nregard \n\nthe a \n\nLend copy of this to O/w \n\n(24. \n\n2 gr., each, bottles of 1000 \n\nPage 384\n\n...\n\n28001 \n\n2 gra., each, bottles of 1000 \n\n19 \n\n12 \n\n11 \n\n2 gra. in 4 c.c. \n\n5 gr. in 10 c.c. \n\n6 0 \n\nM \n\n08 \n\nSubsequent Paper \n\n36702 / Secret. 29 \n\nStraits \n\nMOL) W: 30817—80, 80.000. 1121 T.8. \n\nX \n\nSee what further unite \n\ngiving her Carpenter's address \n\nthe altered cives they \n\nconsider whether \n\n34994, \n\nsaying that \n\nin Louth \n\nany awful fumfram \n\nand be served by them communicating \n\nwith heim. \n\nin letter on \n\nLe \n\ncoper \n\ngruta \n\n2800P, \n\naboor tellin \n\nf facel \n\nI Dand \n\nmight mot x.) \n\nJ'm \n\nJang \n\nWork \n\nJMy \n\n& Geo. \n\nor Caday \n\nter \n\nquestion \n\nwith be that \n\n2 \n\n4 \n\nwriti \n\n677",
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        "content_text": "No.757.(8610/31).\n\nCopy to Tokyo, Shanghai, India and Chengtu.\n\nBritish Legation,\n\nPeking.\n\n192\n\nDecember 28th, 1921.\n\nChengtu No.38 of 71-1-31.\n\nMy Lord,\n\nWith reference to my despatch No.583 of October 17th relative to the attitude of the Szechuanese towards foreigners and the prospect of anti-foreign troubles in the province, I have the honour to transmit herewith a copy of a despatch from His Majesty's Consul-General at Chengtu reporting upon the establishment there of an anti-foreign society whose members have been emitting threats against the lives of British subjects.\n\nRegarding the question of the Servants Guild referred to in the last paragraph of the enclosure herein, I received from His Majesty's Consul-General a separate report in which it is explained that the Guild was started in 1919 by a few servants in the employ of foreigners at the University as a protest against the manner in which Mr Leonard, a member of the Canadian Methodist Mission, dealt with Chinese employees. The movement spread under the encouragement of the students, and now embraces practically all servants in mission employ and has developed into the so-called Labour Self-\n\nMarquess Curzon of Kedleston, K.G., G.C.S.I.,\n\netc.\n\netc.\n\nForeign Office.",
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        "content_text": "# \nI, SIR ELLIS KADOORIE, Knight, of Victoria in the Colony of Hongkong, Stock-broker hereby revoke all Wills, Codicils and Testamentary Instruments heretofore made by me and declare this to be my last Will.\n\n1. I appoint ELEAZER SILAS KADOORIE of Shanghai Stock-broker, CHARLES SASSOON GUBBAY of Shanghai Merchant, SIMON A. LEVY of Shanghai Gentleman, THE ANGLO-JEWISH ASSOCIATION of London and WILLIAM EDWARD LEONARD SHENTON of Hongkong Solicitor, Executors and Trustees of this my Will.\n\n2. I desire my Trustees to set aside sufficient funds to provide for the following annuities:-\n\n(a) An annuity of Two hundred Dollars per annum to the Hongkong Ladies Benevolent Association.\n\n(b) An annuity of Four hundred Dollars per annum to be paid to the Head Master or the person holding that office for the time being of the Ellis Kadoorie School for Indians in Hongkong to be distributed in the payment or part payment of fees for such Students of the said School as cannot afford to pay the same in such manner as the Head Master or the person holding that office for the time being shall in his sole discretion think fit.\n\n(c) An annuity of Five hundred Dollars per annum to the Ellis Kadoorie School in Hongkong to be applied in payment of salaries of the Masters of the said School.\n\n(d) An annuity of Three thousand Dollars per annum to the Ellis Kadoorie College at Kwong Tung, China as long as the said School remains under the management of my Trustees upon further condition that at least one European Master shall be employed in the said School.",
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        "content_text": "# National Council for Combating Venereal Diseases. \n## (INCORPORATED). \n\n**President:** \n\nThe Right Hon. The LORD TREVETHIN, C.B.E. \nThe LORD SYDENHAM OF COMBE, G.C.S.I. \nThe LORD GORELL, C.B.E., M.C. \n\n**Vice-Presidents:** \n\n**Past Presidents:** \n| Name | Title/Honors |\n| --- | --- |\n| Sir THOMAS BARLOW | Bart., F.R.S., M.D. |\n| Sir MALCOLM MORRIS | K.C.V.O., F.R.C.S.E. |\n| Taylor Barlow | O.B.E., F.R.C.S. |\n| Barrett | C.B.E., M.D., M.S. |\n| Sir FRANCIS CHAMPNEYS | Bart, M.D. |\n| Mrs. SCHARLIEB | C.B.E., M.D., M.S. |\n| MR. E. B. TURNER | F.R.C.S. |\n\n**Hon. Treasurer:** Mr. LEONARD BOWDEN. \n\n**MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE:** \n| Name | Title/Honors |\n| --- | --- |\n| Anthony Bowlby | K.C.B., K.C.M.G., K.C.V.O. |\n| D. Bramah | C.B.E. |\n| John Buchan |  |\n| Winifred Cullis | D.Sc. |\n| ... |  |\n| Leonard Darwin | Sc.D. |\n| Letitia Fairfield | C.B.E. |\n| W. Farris | F.R.C.S. |\n| Evelyn Fox |  |\n| S. G. Fraser |  |\n| Ogilvie Gordon | D.Sc., Ph.D., J.P. |\n| James Gow |  |\n| ... Harvey |  |\n| Eustace Hill | O.B.E. |\n| James R. Kaye |  |\n| Professor H. R. Kenwood | C.M.G. |\n| The Rev. J. Scott Lidgett | M.A., D.D. |\n| Miss Ewing Matheson |  |\n| Mr. A. Moro |  |\n| Sir Arthur Newsholme | K.C.B., M.D. |\n| Sir Robert Philip | M.D. |\n| Mrs. H. R. Rathbone |  |\n| Col. Nathan Raw | C.M.G., M.D. |\n| Dr. McGregor Robertson |  |\n| Dr. William Robertson |  |\n| Sir Sydney Russell-Wells | M.D., M.P. |\n| Mr. James Stewart | M.P. |\n| Mrs. Torrey |  |\n| Admiral Sir Reginald Tupper | K.C.B., C.V.O, C.B.E. |\n| Mr. W. E. Whyte | O.B.E. |\n| Sir A. K. Yapp | K.B.E. |\n\n**General Secretary**—Mrs. C NEVILLE ROLFE, O.B.E. \n**Hon. Medical Secretaries:** OTTO MAY. Mr. KENNETH WALKER, M.B., F.R.C.S. \n**Secretary:** \nMiss R. O. GRANT, M.B.E. \n**Hon. Solicitor**—Mr. W. A. WARD JONES. \n\n**TELEPHONE:** REGENT 5870. \n**(2 LINES).** \n**ADDRESS:** 102, DEAN STREET, \n**TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS:** \nNERDIS, PHONE, LONDON. \n\nOXFORD STREET, W.1 \n9th August, 1923. \n\nSir, \n\nAs Mrs. Rolfe is at present away from the office I have sent a copy of the Report of the Committee of the Legislative Council, Hong Kong, for her and return the original to you, as requested. \n\nMrs. Rolfe will, I am sure, write to you on her return to England in September. \n\nYours very truly, \n\nR. O. Grant. \nSecretary. \n`Gov/22905/22` \n\nPage 70 \nHon. W.G.A.Ormsby Gore, M.P. \nParliamentary Secretary to the \nColonies, \nColonial Office, \nDowning Street, S.W.1.",
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        "content_text": "# National Council for Combating Venereal Diseases.\n\n## Past Presidents:\n\n**The LORD SYDENHAM OF COMBE, G.C.S.I.**  \n**The LORD GORELL, C.B.E., M.C.**\n\n## Vice-Presidents:\n\n| Name | Title/Honors |\n| --- | --- |\n| Sir THOMAS BARLOW | Bart., F.R.S., M.D. |\n| Sir MALCOLM MORRIS | K.C.V.O., F.R.C.S.E. |\n| Dr. Naylor Barlow | O.B.E., F.R.C.S. |\n| Lady Barrett | C.B.E., M.D., M.S. |\n| Sir FRANCIS CHAMPNEYS | Bart., M.D. |\n| Mrs. SCHARLIEB | C.B.E., M.D., M.S. |\n| MR. E. B. TURNER | F.R.C.S. |\n\n## Hon. Treasurer:\n**Mr. LEONARD BOWDEN**\n\n## MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE:\n\n| Name | Title/Honors |\n| --- | --- |\n| Sir Anthony Bowlby | K.C.B., K.C.M.G., K.C.V.O. |\n| Mr. D. Bramah | C.B.E. |\n| Dr. John Buchan |  |\n| Miss Winifred Cullis | O.B.E., D.Sc. |\n| Dr. Letitia Fairfield | C.B.E. |\n| Mr. W. Farris | F.R.C.S. |\n| Bailie S. G. Fraser |  |\n| Mr. Charles Gibbs | F.R.C.S. |\n| Mrs. Ogilvie Gordon | D.Sc., Ph.D., J.P. |\n| Mrs. James Gow |  |\n| Dr. Eustace Hill | O.B.E. |\n| Professor H. R. Kenwood | C.M.G. |\n| Dr. C. K. Millard |  |\n| Mr. A. Moro |  |\n| Sir Arthur Newsholme | K.C.B., M.D. |\n| The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Oxford |  |\n| Sir Robert Philip | M.D. |\n| Dr. Charles Porter |  |\n| Mrs. H. R. Rathbone |  |\n| Col. Nathan Raw | C.M.G., M.D. |\n| Dr. Morna Rawlins |  |\n| Dr. McGregor Robertson |  |\n| Dr. W. G. Savage |  |\n| Bailie James Stewart |  |\n| Mrs. Torrey |  |\n| Admiral Sir Reginald Tupper | K.C.B., C.V.O., K.B.E. |\n| Judge Watson |  |\n| Mr. W. E. Whyte | O.B.E. |\n| Sir A. K. Yapp | O.B.E. |\n| The Rev. J. Scott Lidgett | M.A., D.D. |\n| Dr. C. J. Macalister |  |\n| Miss Ewing Mathieson |  |\n| Dr. E. McConnell | D.L. |\n| Dr. OTTO MAY |  |\n| Mr. KENNETH WALKER | M.B., F.R.C.S. |\n\n## Hon. Medical Secretaries:\n**Dr. OTTO MAY**  \n**Mr. KENNETH WALKER, M.B., F.R.C.S.**\n\n## General Secretary:\n**Mrs. C. NEVILLE ROLFE, O.B.E.**\n\n## Secretary:\n**Miss R. O. GRANT, M.B.E.**\n\n## Hon. Solicitor:\n**MR. W. A. WARD JONES**\n\n## TELEPHONE:\n`REGENT 5870` (2 LINES)\n\n## TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS:\n`VENERDIS, PHONE, LONDON`\n\nThe Hon.W.G.A.Ormsby-Gore, M.P.,  \n5, Mansfield Street,  \nCavendish Square, W.1.\n\nDear Mr.Ormsby-Gore,\n\n102, DEAN STREET,  \nOXFORD STREET, W.1.  \n29th June 1923.\n\nI am most grateful to you for according me an interview on Monday last in which I was able to bring forward matters relative to Hong Kong.\n\nI did not realise that I would have an opportunity of discussing the more general question of the V.D. problem in Hong Kong and, therefore, only brought with me the particulars relative to the Po Leung Kuk.\n\nThere was one point I think I did not make clear. You asked whether we had left any organised body that could carry on the work begun by the Commission. We had taken steps to form a Hong Kong Council for Combating Venereal Disease on which the Bishop of Hong Kong, the Assistant Harbour Master, the Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, the representative of the Y.M.C.A., Miss Pitts, Head of the Seamen's Institute, the Catholic Bishop of Hong Kong, the Chairman of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce, Dr.Hickling, a British woman doctor, and various others had consented to serve as members of such a voluntary organisation, and had all been called together for the purpose of forming themselves into a properly constituted body the day before the Commission left. In the morning of that day we had had our interview with the Governor.\n\nIn this interview Sir Reginald Stubbs expressed a wish that no voluntary organisation should be formed but on the other hand he would appoint a small official committee consisting of the Colonial Secretary, the Principal Civil Medical Officer and the Director of Education to take charge of propaganda material and to deal with the whole problem and that any voluntary organisation wishing to organise propaganda would receive cooperation and assistance from this body.\n\nWe have not heard whether this organisation has been appointed but we do know that no additional supplies of propaganda material...",
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        "content_text": "## National Council for Combating Venereal Diseases\n**(INCORPORATED)**\n\nPresident:  \nThe Right Hon. The LORD TREVETHIN, C.B.R.  \nThe LORD SYDENHAM OF COMBE, G.C.S.I.  \nThe LORD GORELL, C.B.E., M.C.\n\nVice-Presidents:  \nPast Presidents:  \nSir THOMAS BARLOW, Bart., F.R.S., M.D.  \nSir MALCOLM MORRIS, K.C.V.O., F.R.C.S.E.  \nDr. Naylor Barlow, O.B.E., F.R.C.S.  \nLady Barrett, C.B.E., M.D., M.S.  \nSir FRANCIS CHAMPNEYS, Bart., M.D.  \nMrs. SCHARLIEB, C.B.E., M.D., M.S.  \nMr. E. B. TURNER, F.R.C.S.\n\nHon. Treasurer: Mr. LEONARD BOWDEN.\n\n### MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE\n| Name | Title/Qualification |\n| --- | --- |\n| Sir Anthony Bowlby | K.C.B., K.C.M.G, K.C.V.O. |\n| Mr. D. Bramah | C.B.E. |\n| Dr. John Buchan |  |\n| Miss Winifred Cullis | O.B.E., D.Sc. |\n| Major Leonard Darwin | D.Sc. |\n| Dr. Letitia Fairfield | C.B.E. |\n| Mr. W. Farris | F.F.I |\n| Miss Evelyn Fox |  |\n| Bailie S. G. Fraser |  |\n| Mrs. Ogilvie Gordon | D.Sc., Ph.D., J.P. |\n| Mrs. Jeunes Gow |  |\n| Judge Harvey |  |\n| Dr. Eustace Hill | O.B.E. |\n| Dr. James R. Kaye |  |\n| Professor H. R. Kenwood | C.M.G. |\n| The Rev. J. Scott Lidgett | M.A., D.D. |\n| Miss Ewing Mathieson |  |\n| Mr. Arthur R. Moro |  |\n| Sir Arthur Newsholme | K.C.B., M.D. |\n| Sir Robert Philip | M.D. |\n| Mrs. H. K. Rathbone |  |\n| Col. Nathan Raw | C.M.G., M.D. |\n| Dr. McGregor Robertson |  |\n| Dr. William Robertson |  |\n| Sir Sydney Russell-Wells | M.D., M.P. |\n| Mr. James Stewart | M.P. |\n| Mrs. Torrey |  |\n| Admiral Sir Reginald Tupper | G.C.B., C.V.O. |\n| Mr. W. E. Whyte | O.B.E. |\n| Sir A. K. Yapp |  |\n\nGeneral Secretary: Mrs. C. NEVILLE ROLFE, O.B.E.  \nHon. Medical Secretaries: Dr. OTTO MAY, Mr. KENNETH WALKER, M.B., F.R.C.S.  \nSecretary: Miss E. O. GRANT, M.B.E.  \nStanding Counsel: MR. H. S. Q. HENRIQUES, K.C.  \nHon. Solicitor: MR. W. A. WARD JONES.\n\n### Contact Information\n80, DEAN STREET,  \nOXFORD STREET, W.1.  \nTELEPHONE: REGENT 5870. (2 LINES).  \nTELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS: VENERDIS, PHONE, LONDON.\n\n15th NOV. 1923.\n\nThe Hon. W.G.A. Ormsby-Gore, M.P.,  \nParliamentary Secretary to the Colonies,  \nColonial Office,  \nDowning Street, S.W.1.\n\nDear Mr. Ormsby-Gore,\n\nIn reply to your letter of the 20th October, I have now had an opportunity of reporting to a special sub-committee of our Imperial and International Questions Committee on the special points arising out of the Report from the Government of Hong Kong relative to venereal disease in the Colony.\n\n1. My Committee highly appreciate the material advance that has been made by the insistence on the part of the local medical profession and the Committee of the Council that it is desirable to provide for the free diagnosis and treatment of venereal diseases, and they trust that the additional facilities recommended by the Committee will be carried into effect with as little delay as possible.\n\n2. They would especially urge that the disinfection depots and facilities for treatment for members of the Mercantile Marine should be made available at the earliest convenient moment. Such facilities are already available at Shanghai, Singapore, and Colombo, and it is felt that there is a serious lack so long as Hong Kong is not equally well equipped.\n\n3. We would be very glad if the attention of the Committee could be called to the fact that the figures quoted in the Bradford Report (page 4) are not accepted as accurate; that an enquiry into the incidence of syphilis in infants has recently been carried out by Dr. Eardley Holland, under the aegis of the Ministry of Health (\"Report on the causation of Foetal Deaths\" published by the Ministry of Health, 1922), where the incidence of syphilis in 300 cases of foetal deaths amounted to 14%.",
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        "content_text": "# National Council for Combating Venereal Diseases.\n\n**(INCORPORATED)**\n\n## President:\n\nThe Right Hon. The **LORD TREVETHIN, C.B.E.**\n\n## Vice-Presidents:\n\nThe **LORD SYDENHAM OF COMBE, G.C.S.I.**  \nThe **LORD GORELL, C.B.E., M.C.**\n\n## Past Presidents:\n\n**Sir FRANCIS CHAMPNEYS, BART., M.D.**  \n**Sir THOMAS BARLOW, BART., F.R.S., M.D.**  \n**Mrs. SCHARLIEB, C.B.E., M.D., M.S.**  \n**Sir MALCOLM MORRIS, K.C.V.O., F.R.C.S.E.**  \n**MR. E. B. TURNER, F.R.C.S.**  \n**Dr. Naylor Barlow, O.B.E., F.R.C.S.**  \n**Lady Barrett, C.B.E., M.D., M.S.**\n\n## Hon. Treasurer:\n**Mr. LEONARD BOWDEN**\n\n## MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE:\n\n| Name | Title/Qualification |\n| --- | --- |\n| **Sir Anthony Bowlby, K.C.B., K.C.M.G., K.C.V.O.** |  |\n| **Mr. D. Bramah, C.B.E.** |  |\n| **Dr. John Buchan** |  |\n| **Miss Winifred Cullis, O.B.E., D.Sc.** |  |\n| **Major Leonard Darwin, D.Sc.** |  |\n| **Dr. Letitia Fairfield, C.B.E.** |  |\n| **Mr. W. Farris, F.R.C.S.** |  |\n| **Miss Evelyn Fox** |  |\n| **Bailie S. G. Fraser** |  |\n| **Mrs. Ogilvie Gordon, D.Sc., Ph.D., J.P.** |  |\n| **Mrs. James Gow** |  |\n| **Judge Harvey** |  |\n| **Dr. James R. Kaye** |  |\n| **Dr. Eustace Hill, O.B.E.** |  |\n| **Professor H. R. Kenwood, C.M.G.** |  |\n| **The Rev. J. Scott Lidgett, M.A., D.D.** |  |\n| **Ewing Matheson, M.A.** |  |\n| **Mr. A. Mora** |  |\n| **Sir Arthur Newsholme, K.C.B., M.D.** |  |\n| **Sir Robert Philip, M.D.** |  |\n| **Mrs. H. R. Rathbone** |  |\n| **Col. Nathan Raw, C.M.G., M.D.** |  |\n| **Dr. McGregor Robertson** |  |\n| **Dr. William Robertson** |  |\n| **Sir Sydney Russell-Wells, M.D., M.P.** |  |\n| **Mr. James Stewart, M.P.** |  |\n| **Mrs. Torrey** |  |\n| **Admiral Sir Reginald Tupper, K.C.B., C.V.O., K.B.E.** |  |\n| **Mr. W. E. Whyte, O.B.E.** |  |\n| **Sir A. K. Yapp, O.B.E.** |  |\n\n## General Secretary:\n**Mrs. C. NEVILLE ROLFE, O.B.E.**\n\n## Hon. Medical Secretaries:\n**Dr. OTTO MAY**  \n**Mr. KENNETH WALKER, M.B., F.R.C.S.**\n\n## Secretary:\n**Miss E. O. GRANT, M.B.E.**\n\n## Hon. Solicitor:\n**Mr. W. A. WARD JONES**\n\n## TELEPHONE: \n`REGENT 5870.` (2 LINES)\n\n## ADDRESS:\n`102, DEAN STREET, OXFORD STREET, W.1.`\n\n## TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS:\n`VENERDIS, PHONE, LONDON.`\n\n31st Oct. 1925.\n\nThe Secretary,  \nThe Colonial Office,  \nDowning Street,\n\nSir,\n\nI should be most grateful if you could advise me whether you have any information as to whether the venereal disease clinic for the free treatment of members of the Mercantile Marine has been opened at Hong Kong yet?\n\nIf it is not troubling you unduly, could a telephone message be sent to us tomorrow morning as we are publishing a list of the available clinics and have not yet particulars for Hong Kong, particulars for all the others are available.\n\nI am, Sir,  \nYour obedient Servant,  \n**Mrs. Neville Rolfe**  \nGeneral Secretary.",
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        "content_text": "# PART 1\n\n## National Council for Combating Venereal Diseases (INCORPORATED)\n\n### President\nThe Right Hon. The LORD TREVETHIN, C.B.B.\n\n### Vice-Presidents\nThe LORD SYDENHAM of COMBE, G.C.. \nThe LORD GORELL, C.B.. M.C.\n\n### Past Presidents\nSir THOMAS BARLOW, BART., F.R.S., M.D. \nSir MALCOLM MORRIS, K.C.V.D., F.R.C.S.E.\n\n### Hon. Treasurer\nMr. LEONARD BOWDEN\n\n### MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE\n| Name | Title/Designation |\n| --- | --- |\n| Sir Anthony Bowlby | K.C.B., K.C.M.G., K.C.V.O. |\n| Mr. D. Bramah | C.B.E. |\n| Dr. John Buchan |  |\n| Miss Winifred Cullis | O.B.E., D.Sc. |\n| Major Leonard Darwin | D.Sc. |\n| Dr. Letitia Fairfield | C.B.E. |\n| Mr. W. Farris | F.R.I. |\n| Miss Evelyn Fox |  |\n| Bailie S. G. Fraser |  |\n| Mrs. Ogilvie Gordon | D.Sc., Ph.D., J.P. |\n| Mrs. James Gow |  |\n| Professor H. R. Kenwood | C.M.G. |\n| The Rev. J. Scott Lidgett | M.A., D.D. |\n| Miss Ewing Matheson |  |\n| Mr. A. Moro |  |\n| Sir Arthur Newsholme | K.C.B., M.D. |\n| Sir Robert Philip | M.D. |\n| Mrs. H. R. Rathbone |  |\n| Col Nathan Raw | C.M.G., M.D. |\n| Dr. McGregor Robertson |  |\n| Dr. William Robertson |  |\n| Sir Sydney Russell-Wells | M.D., M.P. |\n| Mr. James Stewart | M.P. |\n| Mrs. Torrey |  |\n| Admiral Sir Reginald Tupper | K.C.B., C.V.O, G.B.E. |\n| Mr. W. E. Whyte | O.B.E. |\n| Sir A. K. Yapp | K.B.E. |\n\n### Hon. Medical Secretaries\nDr. OTTO MAY, Mr. KENNETH WALKER, M.B., F.R.C.S.\n\n### General Secretary\nMrs. C NEVILLE ROLPE, O.B.E.\n\n### Secretary\nMiss B. O. GRANT, M.B.\n\n### Hon. Solicitor\nMR. W. A. WARD JONES\n\n### Address\n61, DEAN STREET, \nOXFORD STREET, W.1\n\n### TELEPHONE\nREGENT 5870\n\n### TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS\nVENERDIS, PHONE, LONDON\n\n9th Oct. 1923\n\nW.G.A. Ormsby-Gore Esq., M.P.,\nParliamentary Secretary to the Colonies,\nColonial Office,\nDowning Street,\n\nDear Mr. Ormsby-Gore,\n\nJust before the summer vacation, you very kindly let me see a Report of the Committee of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong on the Venereal Disease situation in Hong Kong. This Report is immensely interesting. You told me at the time it was a confidential document and I am not sure if I am at liberty to place it before my Committee.\n\nIf I may do so, I should like to delay writing to you on several points that arise out of it until after their meeting next week. If, however, you do not wish the document to be put before them, if I may, I will send you a few personal observations.\n\nPerhaps your Secretary could telephone and let me know your views.\n\nYours sincerely,\nMrs. C. Neville Rolfe\nGeneral Secretary.",
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        "content_text": "## of the Drose wh.\n\nI suggested in deep of the 16th of June.\n\n8. I fully realize that in Freir 7 the unique geographical situation & features of HK. prevailing An the 78 the conditions at present mainland of China, it is virtually impossible, by the ordinary preventive measures (however efficient the preventive service may be), to completely stop the smuggling of opium into the Colony.\n\nAs suggested by Mr. Leonard in para 12 of his report, it will appear that the most really effective way of dealing with the hazardous situation is to take action against the wealthy firms concerned with it.\n\n10. It was for this purpose that, in my despatch No. 120 of the 9th of June (10906), I suggested legislation to supplement the ordinary prevention measures dealing with Dangerous Drugs, on the lines of the DRAFT Dangerous Drugs & Poisons (Amendment) Act 1923.\n\nI have received Your Lordship's No. 323 submitting the Minute. I observe that from the Customs report relating to opium smuggling, it is concluded that the problem is by concentrating special efforts on the detection & prosecution of the capitalists who finance the actual smugglers.\n\n9. The operations of various individuals & firms domiciled in HK, who carry on illicit trade throughout the mainland, are hazardous. I consider that the amending Ordinance consolidating the provisions dealing with Dangerous Drugs will be a step in the right direction.\n\nSir C. Davis, Sir G. Grindle, Sir H. Read, and Sir J. Masterton Smith have made representations. Mr. Ormsby-Gore, the Duke of Devonshire, and the Lord Advocate urge relaxation, but I consider that we should not hesitate to take full cognizance of the danger, as it is possible to do so without grave political consequences.\n\nFor some time, correspondence has been going on regarding the subject of opium smuggling, but so far, it has not offered much hope of suppressing the traffic except by making it unprofitable for the principals.\n\nIt has been found by experience that an effective method of securing evidence of the complicity of a person suspected of dealing illicitly in drugs is by intercepting letters & telegrams sent by them to various addresses. Considerable success has been achieved in this way.",
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        "content_text": "# National Council for Combating Venereal Diseases.\n\n(INCORPORATED.)\n\n## President:\n\nThe Right Hon. The **LORD TREVETHIN**.\n\n## Past Presidents:\n\nThe **LORD SYDENHAM OF COMBE, G.C.S.I.**  \nThe **LORD GORELL, C.B.E., M.C.**\n\n## Vice-Presidents:\n\n| Name | Title |\n| --- | --- |\n| Sir THOMAS BARLOW | Bart., P.R.S., M.D. |\n| Sir FRANCIS CHAMPNEYS | Bart., M.D. |\n| Sir MALCOLM MORRIS | K.C.V.O., F.R.C.S. |\n| Mrs. SCHARLIEB | C.B.E., M.D., M.S. |\n| Mr. E. B. TURNER | F.R.C.S. |\n| Dr. NAYLOR BARLOW | O.B.E., F.R.C.S. |\n| Lady BARRETT | C.B.E., M.D., M.S. |\n\n## Hon. Treasurer:\n\nMr. **LEONARD BOWDEN**.\n\n## MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE:\n\n| Name | Title |\n| --- | --- |\n| Sir Anthony Bowlby | K.C.M.G., K.C.V.O. |\n| Mr. D. BRAMAL |  |\n| Dr. John Buchan |  |\n| Miss Winifred Cullis | O.B.E., D.Sc. |\n| Major Leonard Darwin |  |\n| Dr. Letitia Fairfield | C.B.E. |\n| Mr. W. FARRIS | F.R.C.S. |\n| Miss Evelyn Fox |  |\n| Bailie S. G. Fraser |  |\n| Mrs. Ogilvie Gordon | D.Sc., Ph.D., J.P. |\n| Mrs. JAMES GOW |  |\n| Judge Harvey |  |\n| Dr. Eustace Hill | O.B.E. |\n| Dr. James R. Kaye |  |\n| Professor H. R. Kenwood | C.M.G. |\n| The Rev. J. Scott Lidgett | M.A., D.D. |\n| Miss Ewing Matheson |  |\n| Mr. Arthur R. Moro |  |\n| Sir Arthur Newsholme | K.C.B., M.D. |\n| Sir Robert Philip | M.D. |\n| Mrs. H. E. Rathbone |  |\n| Col. Nathan Raw | C.M.G., M.D. |\n| Dr. McGregor Robertson |  |\n| Dr. William Robertson |  |\n| Sir Sydney Russell-Wells | M.D., M.P. |\n| Mr. James Stewart | M.P. |\n| Mrs. Torrey |  |\n| Admiral Sir Reginald Tupper | K.C.B., C.V.O., K.B.E. |\n| Mr. W. E. Whyte | O.B.E. |\n| Sir A. K. Yapp | O.B.E. |\n\n## General Secretary:\n\nMiss **C. NEVILLE ROLFE, O.B.E.**  \n## Hon. Medical Secretaries:\n\nMr. **KENNETH WALKER, M.B., F.R.C.S.**  \n## Secretary:\n\nDr. **OTTO MAY**.  \nMiss **E. O. GRANT, M.B.E.**\n\n## Standing Counsel:\n\nMr. **H. S. Q. HENRIQUES, K.C.**\n\n## Hon. Solicitor:\n\nMr. **W. A. WARD JONES**.\n\n## TELEPHONE:\n\n`REGENT 5870`  \n(2 LINES.)\n\n## TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS:\n\n`VENERDIS, PHONE, LONDON`.\n\nPage 129\n\nSir Gilbert Grindle, K.C.M.G.,  \nColonial Office,  \nDowning Street, S.W.\n\nDear Sir Gilbert Grindle,\n\n9th May 1924.\n\nVery many thanks for your most interesting **confidential** letter with reference to Hong Kong.  \nI will conclude I have your permission, unless I hear to the contrary, to report this as **confidential** information to our Imperial and International Questions Committee. It is most satisfactory to learn of the progress that is being made in Hong Kong.\n\nYours sincerely,\n\nC. Neville Rolfe  \nGeneral Secretary.",
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        "content_text": "National Council for Combating Venereal Diseases.\n\n**(INCORPORATED)**\n\nPresident: \nThe Right Hon. The LORD TREVETHIN.\n\nPast Presidents: \nThe LORD SYDENHAM OF COMBE, G.C.S.I. The LORD GORELL, C.B.E., M.C.\n\nVice-Presidents: \nSir THOMAS BARLOW, BART., F.R.S., M.D. Mrs. SCHARLIEB, C.B.E., M.D., M.S.\nDr. Naylor Barlow, O.B.E., F.R.C.S.\nSir FRANCIS CHAMPNEYS, BART., M.D Mr. E. B. TURNER, F.R.C.S.\n\nHon. Treasurer: Mr. LEONARD BOWDEN.\n\nMEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE: \nSir Anthony Bowlby, K.C.B., K.C.M.G., K.C.V.O. Mr. D. Bramah, C.B.E.\nDr. John Buchan,\nMiss Winifred Callis, O.B.E., D.Sc.\nMajor Leonard Darwin, D.Sc.\nDr. Letitia Fairfield, C.B.E.\nMr. W. Ferris, F.F.I.\nMiss Evelyn Fox.\nBailie S. G. Fraser.\nMrs. Ogilvie Gordon, D.Sc., Ph.D., J.P.\nMrs. James Gow\nJudge Harvey.\nDr. Eustace Hill, O.B.E.\nDr. James R. Kaye,\nProfessor H. R. Kenwood, C.M.G.\nThe Rev. J. Scott Lidgett, M.A., D.D.\nMiss Ewing Mathieson.\nMr. Arthur R. Moro.\nSir Arthur Newsholme, K.C.B., M.D.\nSir Robert Philip, M.D.\nMrs. H. R. Rathbone.\nCol. Nathan Raw, C.M.G., M.D.\nDr. McGregor Robertson.\nDr. William Robertson.\nSir Sydney Russell-Wells, M.D., M.P.\nMr. James Stewart, M.P.\nMiss Torrey,\nAdmiral Sir Reginald Tupper, K.C.B., C.V.O., K.B.E.\nMr. W. E. Whyte, O.B.E.\nSir A. K. Yapp, K.B.E.\n\nGeneral Secretary: Mrs. C. NEVILLE ROLFE, O.B.E.\n\nHon. Medical Secretaries: \nDr. OTTO MAY,\nMr. KENNETH WALKER, M.B., F.R.C.S.\n\nSecretary: Miss E. O. GRANT, M.B.E.\n\nStanding Counsel: Mr. H. S. Q. HENRIQUES, K.C.\n\nTELEPHONE: REGENT 5870.\nTELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS: VENERDIS, PHONE, LONDON.\n\nHon. Solicitor: \nMr. W. A. WARD JONES.\n102, DEAN STREET,\n\n173 (2 LINES.)\n\nSir Gilbert Grindle, K.C.M.G., \nColonial Office, \nDowning Street, S.W.\n\nDear Sir Gilbert Grindle,\n\nOXFORD STREET, W.1. \n24th March 1924.\n\nI have this morning heard from Dr. Bostock Hill, who was lately County Medical Officer for Warwickshire, and has, for many years, been a member of the National Council. I enclose a copy of his letter herewith. He has also sent me a copy of the Report. As you see, he says that the evidence is being kept as confidential out there, but the Report is apparently in circulation. I conclude, under the circumstances, that the Colonial Office can take no exception to my showing the Report to the members of our Committee.\n\nI should also like to send you a copy of the Memorandum which has been circulated to the members of the deputation that are waiting on Mr. Thomas tomorrow. You will see the lines along which it is proposed to go, and I also enclose a draft of the Memorandum on the Relationship between Venereal Disease and Regulation.\n\nI think it would be really helpful to the Colonial Civil Servants if a Memorandum on somewhat similar lines could be circulated for their information. This also we shall raise at the deputation tomorrow.\n\nYours sincerely,\nC. Neville Rolfe\nGeneral Secretary.",
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        "content_text": "## National Council for Combating Venereal Diseases\n**(INCORPORATED.)**\n\n### President\nThe Right Hon. The **LORD TREVETHIN**\n\n### Past Presidents\n* The **LORD SYDENHAM OF COMBE**, G.C.S.J.\n* The **LORD GORELL**, C.B.E., M.C.\n\n### Vice-Presidents\n* Sir **THOMAS BARLOW**, BART., F.R.S., M.D.\n* Sir **FRANCIS CHAMPNEYS**, BART., M.D.\n* Sir **MALCOLM MORRIS**, K.C.V.O., F.R.C.S.E.\n* Mrs. **SCHARLIEB**, C.B.E., M.D., M.S.\n* Mr. **E. B. TURNER**, F.R.C.S.\n\n### Hon. Treasurer\nMr. **LEONARD BOWDEN**\n\n### MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE\n| Name | Title/Designation |\n| --- | --- |\n| Dr. Naylor Barlow | O.B.E., F.R.C.S. |\n| Lady Barrett | C.B.E., M.D., M.S. |\n| Sir Anthony Bowlby | K.C.B., K.C.M.G., K.C.V.O. |\n| Mr. D. Branson | C.B.E. |\n| Dr. John Buchan |  |\n| Miss Winifred Cullis | O.B.E., D.Sc. |\n| Major Leonard Darwin | D.Sc. |\n| Dr. Letitia Fairfield | C.B.E. |\n| Mr. W. Farris |  |\n| Miss Evelyn Fox |  |\n| Bailie S. G. Fraser |  |\n| Mrs. Ogilvie Gordon | D.Sc., Ph.D., J.P. |\n| Mrs. James Gow |  |\n| Judge Harvey |  |\n| Dr. Eustace Hill | O.B.E. |\n| Dr. James R. Kaye |  |\n| Professor H. R. Kenwood | C.M.G. |\n| The Rev. J. Scott Lidgett | M.A., D.D. |\n| Miss Ewing Matheson |  |\n| Mr. Arthur R. More |  |\n| Sir Arthur Newsholme | K.C.B., M.D. |\n| Sir Robert Philip | M.D. |\n| Mrs. H. R. Rathbone |  |\n| Col. Nathan Raw | C.M.G., M.P. |\n| Dr. McGregor Robertson |  |\n| Dr. William Robertson |  |\n| Sir Sydney Russell-Wells | M.D., M.P. |\n| Mr. James Stewart | M.P. |\n| Mrs. Torrey |  |\n| Admiral Sir Reginald Tupper | G.B.E., K.C.B., C.V.O. |\n| Mr. W. E. Whyte | O.B.E. |\n| Sir A. K. Yapp | K.B.E. |\n\n### General Secretary\nMrs. C. NEVILLE ROLFE, O.B.E.\n\n### Hon. Medical Secretaries\n* Dr. **OTTO MAY**\n* Mr. **KENNETH WALKER**, M.B., F.R.C.S.\n\n### Secretary\nMiss **E. O. GRANT**, M.B.E.\n\n### Standing Counsel\nMr. **H. S. Q. HENRIQUES**\n\n### Hon. Solicitor\nMr. **W. A. WARD JONES**\n\nTELEPHONE: `REGENT 5870` (2 LINES)  \nTELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS: `VENERDIS. PHONE, LONDON`\n\nThe Colonial Office,  \nDowning Street,  \nS.W.\n\nDear Sir Gilbert Grindle, K.C.M.G.,\n\n102, Dean Street,  \nOXFORD STREET, W.1  \n21st March 1924\n\nHerewith the promised copy of the letter received from the Bishop of Singapore.\n\nAs I expect you know, a deputation of Members of the House of Commons is meeting Mr. Thomas on this question on Tuesday afternoon, the 25th, and I have been invited to attend as a Secretary on that occasion. They are suggesting the establishment of a little Committee to which questions of this nature might be referred in order that we may avoid undue publicity with reference to these difficult subjects in the House of Commons. I hope the suggestion will meet with your approval.\n\nIf you would like to see me on the matter beforehand I shall be very glad to give you any information you may wish to have.\n\nYours sincerely,\nC. Neville Rolfe  \nGeneral Secretary",
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        "content_text": "National Council for Combating Venereal Diseases.\n\n(INCORPORATED.)\n\nPresident:\n\nThe Right Hon. The LORD TREVETHIN.\n\nPast Presidents:\n\nThe LORD SYDENHAM OF COMBE, G.C.S.I. The LORD GORELL, C.B.E., M.C.\n\nVice-Presidents:\n\nSir FRANCIS CHAMPNEYS, BART., M.D. Sir ARTHUR NEWSHOLME, K.C.B., M.D.\n\nDr. Naylor Barlow, O.B.E., F.R.C.S.\n\nMrs. SCHARLIEB, C.B.E., M.D., M.S. The COUNTESS OF SHAFTESBURY.\n\nMr. E. B. TURNER, F.R.C.S.\n\nHon. Treasurer: Mr. LEONARD BOWDEN.\n\nMEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE:\n\nSir Anthony Bowlby, K.C.B., K.C.M.G., K.C.V.O.\n\nMr. D. BRADBURN, C.B.E.\n\nDr. J. J. Butterworth.\n\nDr. R. Veitch Clark.\n\nMiss Winifred Cullis, O.B.E., D.Sc.\n\nDr. Letitia Fairfield, C.B.E.\n\nMr. W. Ferris.\n\nMiss Evelyn Fox.\n\nBailie S. G. Fraser.\n\nMrs. Ogilvie Gordon, D.Sc., Ph.D., J.P.\n\nMrs. James Gow.\n\nMr. W. Greaves-Lord, K.C., M.P.\n\nJudge Harvey.\n\nDr. Eustace Hill, O.B.E.\n\nDr. James R. Kaye.\n\nProfessor H. R. Kenwood, C.M.G.\n\nThe Rev. J. Scott Lidgett, M.A., D.D.\n\nDr. J. Middleton Martin.\n\nDr. C. Killick Millard.\n\nMr. Arthur R. Moro.\n\nSir Robert Philip, M.D.\n\nCol. Nathan Raw, C.M.G., M.D.\n\nDr. McGregor Robertson.\n\nDr. William Robertson.\n\nMr. E. Smallwood, J.P.\n\nMr. James Stewart, M.P.\n\nDr. James Stowers.\n\nMrs. Torrey.\n\nAdmiral Sir Reginald Tupper, K.C.B., C.V.O., G.B.E.\n\nMrs. Chalmers Watson, C.B.E., M.D.\n\nDr. James Wheatley.\n\nMr. W. E. Whyte, O.B.E.\n\nThe Viscount Willingdon, G.C.S.I., G.C.I.E., C.B.E.\n\nSir A. K. Yapp, O.B.E.\n\nGeneral Secretary—Mrs. C. NEVILLE ROLFE, O.B.E.\n\nHon. Medical Secretaries:\n\nDr. OTTO MAY.\n\nMedical Secretary:\n\nDr. P. A. CLEMENTS.\n\nStanding Counsel:\n\nMr. H. S. Q. HENRIQUES, K.C.\n\nTELEPHONE: REGENT 5870. (2 LINES.)\n\nTELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS:\n\nSANITMJC VENERDIS, PHONE, LONDON.\n\nMr. KENNETH WALKER, M.B., F.R.C.S.\n\nSecretary:\n\nMiss E. O. GRANT, M.B.E.\n\nHon. Solicitor:\n\nMr. W. A. WARD JONES.\n\nof Morris, Ward-Jones, Kennett & Co.\n\n102, DEAN STREET.\n\nOxford STREET, W.1.\n\nSir Gilbert Grindle, K.C.M.G.\n\nAssistant Under Secretary of State,\n\nColonial Office,\n\nDowning Street,\n\nS.W.1.\n\nDear Sir Gilbert Grindle,\n\n15th April, 1925.\n\nSome little time ago you very kindly let me see a recent report you had received from the Government of Hong Kong giving particulars as to their present arrangements and future plans for free treatment for venereal diseases. Would it be possible for us to have a copy of that section of the report that gives these particulars?\n\nWe have recently received enquiries from people in Hong Kong, or going to Hong Kong, asking where they can obtain treatment and I have no recent information to give them, but I know the particulars are contained in that report that you kindly let me see at the Colonial Office.\n\nYours sincerely,\n\nC. Neville Rolfe.\n\nGeneral Secretary.\n\n(8313) WL 15",
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        "content_text": "National Council for Combating Venereal Diseases.\n\n(INCORPORATED.)\n\nPresident:\n\nThe Right Hon. The LORD TREVETHIN,\n\nThe LORD SYDENHAM OF COMBE,\n\nThe LORD GORELL, C.B.E., M.C.\n\nVice-Presidents:\n\nPast Presidents:\n\nSir FRANCIS CHAMPNEYS, BART., M.D.\n\nSir ARTHUR NEWSHOLME, K.C.B., M.D.\n\nMrs. SCHARLIEB, C.B.E., M.D., M.S.\n\nThe COUNTESS OF SHAFTESBURY.\n\nMr. E. B. TURNER, F.R.C.S.\n\nHon. Treasurer:\n\nMr. LEONARD BOWDEN.\n\nMEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE:\n\nDr. Naylor Barrow, O.B.E., F.R.C.S.\n\nSir Anthony Bowlby, K.C.B., K.C.M.G., K.C.V.O.\n\nMr. D. Bramah, C.B.E.\n\nDr. J. J. Butterworth.\n\nDr. R. Veitch Clark.\n\nMiss Winifred Cullis, O.B.E., D.Sc.\n\nDr. Letitia Fairfield, C.B.E.\n\nMr. W. Farris.\n\nMiss Evelyn Fox.\n\nBailie S. G. Fraser.\n\nMrs. Ogilvie Gordon, D.Sc., Ph.D., J.P.\n\nMr. B. James Gow.\n\nMr. W. Greaves-Lord, K.C., M.P.\n\nJudge Harvey.\n\nDr. Eustace Hill, O.B.E.\n\nDr. James R. Kaye.\n\nProfessor H. R. Kenwood, C.M.G.\n\nThe Rev. J. Scott Lidgett, M.A., D.D.\n\nDr. J. Middleton Martin.\n\nDr. C. Killick Millard.\n\nMr. Arthur R. More.\n\nSir Robert Philip, M.D.\n\nCol. Nathan Raw, C.M.G., M.D.\n\nDr. McGregor Robertson.\n\nDr. William Robertson.\n\nMr. E. Smallwood, J.P.\n\nMr. James Stewart, M.P.\n\nDr. James Stowers.\n\nMrs. Torrey.\n\nAdmiral Sir Reginald Tupper, K.C.B., C.V.O., G.B.E.\n\nMrs. Chalmers Watson, C.B.E., M.D.\n\nDr. James Wheatley.\n\nMr. W. E. Whyte, O.B.E.\n\nThe Viscount Willingdon, G.C.S.I., G.C.I.E., G.B.E.\n\nSir A. K. Yapp, K.B.E.\n\nGeneral Secretary—Mrs. C. NEVILLE ROLFE, O.B.E.\n\nDr. OTTO MAY, Medical Secretary:\n\nDr. P. A. CLEMENTS,\n\nStanding Counsel:\n\nHon. Medical Secretaries:\n\nMr. H. S. Q. HENRIQUES, K.C.\n\nMr. KENNETH WALKER, M.B., F.R.C.S.\n\nSecretary:\n\nMiss B. O. GRANT, M.B.E.\n\nHon. Solicitor:\n\nMr. W. A. WARD JONES,\n\nof Morris, Ward-Jones, Kennett & Co.\n\n102, DEAN STREET,\n\nOxford STREET. W.1.\n\n28th April, 1925.\n\nSir Gilbert Grindle, K.C.M.G.,\n\nColonial Office,\n\nDowning Street,\n\nS.W.1.\n\nDear Sir Gilbert Grindle,\n\nMany thanks for the offer to obtain actual particulars as to the facilities for free treatment available in Hong Kong, especially those available for Europeans.\n\nIf there is no objection, it would, I think, be useful for us to include in our next letter to the Principal Civil Medical Officers of the Colonies a request for this information. We could then keep an up-to-date list here from which enquiries could be answered, as to the clinics available throughout the Empire.\n\nYours sincerely,\n\nC. Neville Rolfe,\n\nGeneral Secretary.\n\nTELEPHONE: REGENT 3870,\n\n(3 LINES.)\n\nTELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS: VENEREAL, LONDON.\n\n(004313) Wt. 17",
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        "content_text": "City Gov.\n\n203\n\n7 July 20%\n\nTELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS. GASOGHINIA LONDON\n\nTELEPHONE. 7209, CENTRAL\n\nHong Kong & China Gas Company, Limited.\n\n14.8. Gresham House.\n\n321\n\nLondon\n\n21st June\n\n1926\n\nF.C.2.\n\n1\n\nTo the Under Secretary of State,\n\nColonial Office,\n\nSir,\n\nDowning Street, S.W.1.\n\nReference C.9472/26\n\nI am instructed by my Directors to refer to your letter dated 21st May addressed to Mr. Leonard Askew.\n\nA misunderstanding appears to have occurred, as the negotiations at Hong Kong in respect of the land had not arrived at the definite stage indicated by your communication to that gentleman.\n\nThe Hon P. H. Holyoak, Member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong and Chairman of our Local Committee, arrived in London a few weeks ago and was to have discussed this matter with my Board. Unfortunately, Mr. Holyoak passed away soon after his arrival in this Country.\n\nI am to ask if you can be so kind as to hold the matter in abeyance until the result is known of communications which we are instructing our Local Committee in Hong Kong to place before the Colonial Secretary of the Colony.\n\nAwaiting the favor of your reply,\n\nSir,\n\nYour obedient Servant,\n\nRobert H. Glen\n\nChairman",
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        "content_text": "X.H. No. 159 R. (C. 9472)\n\n3 MAY 1926\n\nGOVERNMENT HOUSE, HONGKONG. 1st April, 1926.\n\nI have the honour to request your approval for the sale by private treaty to the Hong Kong and China Gas Company of a site in Kowloon of about 5 acres as shown coloured red on the attached plan. The proposed Conditions of Sale are enclosed.\n\n2. The Gas Company is a public utility Company and it is essential, in the interests of the community generally, that it should be granted a site reasonably near the centre of the area to be served. The site proposed is on the sea front on the east side of Kowloon Peninsula and is generally suitable for the purpose.\n\n3. The neighbourhood is not a residential one, and any fumes which might be liberated would not affect more than the immediate surroundings. It is not therefore anticipated that the erection of a gas works in this position will give rise to any complaints with regard to pollution of the air by fumes or escapes of gas during the process of manufacture.\n\n4. The Consulting Engineer to the Company, Mr. Leonard Askew is now in England, and I shall be glad...\n\nTHE RIGHT HONOURABLE LIEUTENANT COLONEL L. C. M. S. MERY, M.P.,",
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        "content_text": "20\n\nTENNIS LEAGUE.\n\nJuly 15.\n\nTwo matches were played yesterday in the Tennis League.\n\nAs a result of their victory over Craigengower in \"B\" division, the Chinese Recreation Club top the table in this division.\n\nOVERLAND CHINA MAIL\n\nDIVISION B.\n\nK.C.C. v. Club de Recreio.\n\nJack and Gittens lost to Noronha and Prata on the beat Xavier and Xavier\n\nThe match was played on C.R.C.'s courts. Scores:- Yew Man-kit and Lay Man-ching beat A. Zimmern and J. W. Leonard\n\nBeat W. J. Howard and W. E. Crocker\n\nBeat G. A. Hyder and A. R. Remedios\n\nKwok Po-kan and Lau Fook-ki lost to A. Zimmern and J. W. Leonard\n\nC.S.C.C. v. H.K.C.C.\n\nPlaying at home, the Civil Service C.C. \"B\" team lost to the H.K.C.C.\n\nC. Choa and H. Lo beat A. Zimmern and J. W. Leonard 8-3\n\nVice C.C. \"B\" team lost to the H.K.C.C.\n\nTENNIS.\n\n[No. 2998. July 22, 1926.\n\nBILLIARDS FINAL.\n\nJuly 20.\n\nThe final of the Palace Hotel billiards handicap was played last night, and after a keen struggle resulted in a victory for F. M. da Cruz (owe 200) over G. Moore (owe 200) by 250 to 212 points.\n\nAt the conclusion of the match, the prizes were given away by Mr. C. Bond.\n\nWinner: F. M. da Cruz. Prize presented by Messrs. W. R. Loxley and Co.\n\nRunner-up: G. Moore. Prize presented by Messrs. Wing On Co.\n\n3rd Prize:- L. A. Osmund. Presented by Messrs. Gande Price & Co., Ltd.\n\nA BY-ELECTION.\n\nELECTION OF LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR.\n\nOFFICIAL NOTICE.\n\nLEAGUE TABLES.\n\nDivision A.\n\n  \n    P.\n    W.\n    L.\n    Pts.\n  \n  \n    Indian R.C.\n    6\n    5\n    1\n    10\n  \n  \n    Chinese R.C.\n    4\n    4\n    -\n    8\n  \n  \n    Kowloon C.C.\n    4\n    3\n    1\n    6\n  \n  \n    M.B.K.\n    4\n    2\n    2\n    4\n  \n  \n    United Services\n    6\n    2\n    4\n    4\n  \n  \n    University\n    6\n    1\n    5\n    2\n  \n  \n    Hongkong C.C.\n    6\n    1\n    5\n    2\n  \n\nDivision B.\n\n  \n    Chinese R.C.\n    8\n    8\n    -\n    16\n  \n  \n    M.B.K.\n    8\n    5\n    3\n    10\n  \n  \n    University\n    8\n    6\n    2\n    12\n  \n  \n    Hongkong C.C.\n    10\n    6\n    4\n    12\n  \n  \n    Craigengower\n    8\n    5\n    3\n    10\n  \n  \n    Indian R.C.\n    7\n    4\n    3\n    8\n  \n  \n    Kowloon C.C.\n    +\n    *\n    6\n    6\n  \n  \n    United Services\n    7\n    2\n    5\n    4\n  \n  \n    Civil Service\n    9\n    2\n    7\n    4\n  \n  \n    Club de Recreio\n    *\n    2\n    6\n    1\n    38\n  \n  \n    Netherlands T.C.\n    9\n    -\n    8\n    2\n  \n\nDivision C.\n\n  \n    Club de Recreio\n    7\n    5\n    2\n    10\n  \n  \n    Kowloon C.C.\n    8\n    4\n    4\n    8\n  \n  \n    Hongkong C.C.\n    7\n    3\n    4\n    7\n  \n  \n    Craigengower\n    7\n    2\n    5\n    4\n  \n  \n    Taikoo\n    10\n    1\n    9\n    2\n  \n\nPlaying at home, the Kowloon C.C. \"B\" team beat the Club de Recreio 54-45.\n\nK.C.C. 54; Recreio 45.\n\nC.R.C. 69, Craigengower 30.\n\nThe Recreio, by getting 41 games, have scored the highest against the leaders.\n\nScores:- Remedios and Barrette lost to Ma Wei-but and H. S. Lee 4-7\n\nLost to Cheng Chi-wing and Chiu Tsun-chin\n\nDIVISION C.\n\nC.C.C. v. K.C.C.\n\nPlaying at home, the Craigengower C.C. \"C\" team lost to the Kowloon C.C. 41-58.\n\nJuly 19. Only three matches were played in the Tennis League on Saturday, the Kowloon Cricket Club winning both in which they were engaged.\n\nH.K.C.C. \"B\" won (away) in the other match.\n\nF. M. da Cruz defeated L. A. Osmund in the semi-final of the Palace Hotel billiards handicap last night by 250 points to 181. Both owe 200 mark.\n\nScoring was fast all through. Cruz made a break of 79, 8 points more than the previous best (so far held by Osmund).\n\nCruz meets G. Moore (owe 200) in the final next Monday.\n\nOn July 24, L. A. Osmund (champion of the Colony) meets F. Jones in an exhibition match. Jones is a new arrival. He has a big reputation as a cueist and is described as champion of the Naval Yard.\n\nJuly 17.\n\nL. A. Osmund (owe 200) won the third prize in the Palace Hotel billiards handicap by defeating J. W. Anderson (scr.) on Friday.\n\nOsmund scored breaks of 19, 32, 21, 22, 38, 28, 54 and 15.\n\nThe final score was 250 to 114 points in Osmund's favour.\n\nC.C.C. 41; K.C.C. 58.\n\nIt is notified in the Government Gazette by command of His Excellency the Governor that an election by the Justices of the Peace of a Justice of the Peace to serve on the Legislative Council, during the absence of the Hon. Sir Henry Edward Pollock, K.C., will take place at the Registry, Supreme Court, on Monday, July 26, commencing at 4 o'clock in the afternoon.\n\nThe ballot-box will be closed at 5.30 p.m.\n\nJustices of the Peace who are Government Officials are not entitled to take part in these proceedings.\n\nEvery candidate must be nominated in writing by one Justice and seconded by another and the nomination delivered to the undersigned not later than 4 pm. on Thursday, July 22.\n\nForms may be obtained at the Magistracy.\n\nSub-Inspector Stimson, of the Kowloon City Police Station, effected the arrest of five Chinese who are alleged to have taken part in snatching a pair of bangles from a Chinese girl on Saturday afternoon.\n\nThey were remanded for a week when brought before the Kowloon Magistrate on July 19.\n\nNo. 2998. July 22, 1926.)\n\nANOTHER SHOOTING.\n\nJuly 16.\n\nAn inquiry into the death of a Chinese from a bullet wound inflicted by a detective on the night of June 26 commenced before Mr. R. E. Lindsell and a jury at the Central Magistracy yesterday afternoon.\n\nThe deceased was alleged to be one of four suspicious characters who ran away from the detective when he accosted them.\n\nDr. Craig in his medical evidence said that he found three bullet wounds on the body, one of which pierced the liver and intestines.\n\nThe first and third shots were apparently fired from behind and the other was fired from the front.\n\nDeath was due to shock and haemorrhage caused by the wounds.\n\nThe Chinese mortuary attendant gave evidence of picking up a spent bullet which fell out of the dead man's clothing.\n\nHe also deposed to finding a canvas knife sheath inside the socks.\n\nFurther evidence was to the effect that the detective gave chase and shots were fired by the detective at the runaway.\n\nThe deceased dropped dead near the Central Market.\n\nWhen the dead body was taken to the Police Station, a dagger was found among the man's clothing.\n\nAddressing the jury, Mr. Lindsell related the circumstances of the affair and said it would be for them to decide whether the shooting was justifiable or not.\n\nThe inquiry was adjourned until to-day for the evidence of the detective.\n\nOVERLAND PASSENGER LIST.\n\nARRIVALS.\n\nList of passengers arrived per \"President Grant\" from Manila, on July 14:\n\nMr. S. Benes, Miss M. Brewer, Mr. S. Roth, Rev. F. H. Schorberg, Rev. Mr. and Mrs. F. V. de Weerd, Miss J. T. Moran, Mr. F. H. Taylor, Mr. G. M. Langdon, Mr. S. H. Smith, V. Paranpan, Mr. F. M. Panlilio, Mr. and Mrs. William Snaith, Mr. W. A. Hemingway, Mrs. Yong Tong, Miss M. Stein, Mr. T. A. Smart, Mrs. Master Ton Pai-yau, Mr. and Mrs. Smart, Miss C. Toye, Mr. J. Toles, A. E. Keene, Mr. and Mrs. H. 8. Mr. H. Wall, Mr. C. F. Diddle.\n\nDEPARTURES.\n\nList of passengers left for Manila on July 14:-\n\nMr. B. De Guzman, Mrs. E. DP Guzman, Mr. M. De Guzman, Mr. C. Freeland, Mr. W. A. Hemingway, Mr. M. Jalbuena, Mr. Wong Quan-bat. Mr. Stanley Kong Nam. Mr. Po Kong, Miss N. Benes, Miss I. Oulton, Miss A. Skinner. Mr. Tan It, Mr. H. C. Stewart. Miss A. Bredin. Mr. E. Whittall, Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Bryan, Miss M. Ahern, Mr. G. Albie, Mr. Fujioka. Miss Wong Poi-chan, Miss Wong Woon-chan, Mr. Lum Hoi-chiu and Mr. Wong Tze-fung.\n\nList of passengers arrived per \"Taiping\" from Australia via Ports, on July 15:-\n\nMr. and Mrs. B. G. Quick, Mr. M. Manuk, Mr. and Mrs. Jennings and child. Capt. C. P. Miller, Mr. S. R. Smith, Mrs. T. Maloney, Miss H. Hylton, Miss J. Hylten.\n\nMiss Beulah Bartlett, Mrs. H. Hight, Miss D. Jonese, Mr. and Mrs. Blythe Monroe\n\nMrs. H. Eckart and Miss G. S. F. Jackson, Mr. 1. Krick. Mr. Coleman, Mr. and Mrs. Guillet, Mr. J Kelter, Mr. W. F. Kee. Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Edmonson and two children.\n\nMrs. N. F. Gray, Mr. S. Long Tep. Mr. Joquin Loriga, Miss M. M. Maruin.\n\nMrs. I. H. Geare, a resident of Shanghai returning from Shanghai, Mr. and Mrs P. H. Bryce, and family, Mr. J. Barrett and Mrs. Mrs. C. L. McCallum, Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Morser. Mr. II. R. Maag. Mr. L. M. Mendith. Mr. W. E. Mitchell, Mrs. W.\n\nMr. C. V. Rosa, a business man of Kobe, who is on a short business trip to Hongkong.\n\nMr. Chin Hov, a Chinese business man of Grand Rapids, Michigan, returning to China with his wife and daughter for a visit.\n\nList of passengers arrived in Hongkong from Manila per s.s. \"President Taft\" on July 16:-\n\nMr. A. Von Engelbrechten. Mrs. Orton. Mr. C. H. Owen. Mr. S. E. Powell, Rev, and Mrs. H. S. Potter, Miss R. E. Burer, Mrs. R. B. Clark, Mr. G. Pettreguin, Mr. Qua Chi-pao, Miss M. C. Clark, Prof. B. H. Crocheron. Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Nutting, Master N. Reese. Miss Nutting, Master F. P. Nutting. Jr.. M. Steen, Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Smart.\n\nM. C. C. Abbott. Miss F. Dickson. Miss R. T. Nutting. Mr. D. Tillia, Mr. J. Tolea, Miss G. Toyve, Mr. A. Lewis, Jr., Mr. S. E. R. S. Tozer, Mr, and Mrs. P. Thuman. Mr. V. G. Snapp, Miss R. Macaraig, Mr. E. Aldecoa. Mr. A. Valenzueler, Master M. Valenzueler, Mr. H. Wall, Mr. D. M. Wong, Mr. Wee Ah-kong. Miss L.. Young, and Miss L. Kircher. Mr. F. L. Hammond, Mr. 1. G. Morse, Mr. A. M. Peterson, Mr. R. E. Peterson. Miss M. Renwick, Lieut. R. Snavely and Miss B. Withais.\n\nAmong the passengers by the President Madison which arrived on Sunday were:-\n\nMrs. I. H. Geare, a resident of Shanghai en route to Europe, who is stopping over at Hongkong for a few days.\n\nBlythe Monroe comprised a tourist party from Los Angeles making a tour of the Orient.\n\nMr. C. V. Rosa, a business man of Kobe, who is on a short business trip to Hongkong.\n\nMr. Chin Hov, a Chinese business man of Grand Rapids, Michigan, returning to China with his wife and daughter for a visit.\n\nList of passengers who left Hongkong for San Francisco via Ports per 1.8. \"President Taft\" on July 18:-\n\nRear Admiral Summer Kittelle, Commandant of the Cavite Navy Yard at Cavite. near Manila.\n\nAdmiral Kittelle is accompanied by his wife and three children.\n\nList of passengers arrived by the s.s. \"President Harrison\" on July 19;\n\nMiss A. V. Franklin, Mr. A. W. Reynall, Mr. J. Struthers and Mr. W. Moss.\n\nMr. L. H. Rurke, representative for the Far East for the Diston Saw Company who is on a short visit to the Phillipines in the interests of his company.\n\nMr. and Mrs. L. H. Emmerson. Master F. M. Emmerson. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Hylton, Miss B. Lyon, Master Wm. Lyon, Rev. and Mrs. R. W. Brachtell. Mr. C. E. Sanstrum. Mr. C. C. Hewes, connected with the United States Consular Service, on a short trip to the Philippines.\n\nMrs. R. T. Capen. Miss H. Capen, Master C. Capen. Mrs. T.. Johnson,\n\nList of passengers per R.M.S. Empress of Russia which arrived at Hongkong on July 19, 1926:\n\nMr. Lee Jow. Mr. Lau Pak-hang. Mr. Liu Wal-roon, Mr. Chow Bong. Dong Ger-wing, Mr. Dong Dal Syburg, Rev. E. Ancito, Rev. J. Mr Lee Suc. Mr. Pon Yark. Mr. Lim. Rev. L. Paequing. Sister M. Leung Fook-yaw. Mr. Ng Lun-shem. The total output of the Kailan Mining Administration's mines for the week ending June 28 amounted to 47,917 tons and the sales during the period to 39,065 tons.\n\nPETTY THEFT.\n\nJuly 19.\n\nMr. G. A. Charles, a tailor residing at 4 Bowring Street, Yaumati reports to the Police that between 1 and 6 p.m. on Saturday clothing and money was taken from the house amounting to $14.\n\nA large number of Kowloon motor cyclists were fined $2 each at the Kowloon Magistracy on July 19 for causing obstruction by parking their machines on the left side of the post at the exit of the Star Ferry wharf near the Railway Station.\n\nMost of them pleaded that the prohibition had not been sufficiently advertised.\n\nMiss Irene Ho Tung, daughter of Sir Robert Ho Tung. is visiting Shanghai.",
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        "content_text": "Application for Appointment to the Colonial Service.\n\n493\n\nForm to be filled up by the Applicant in his own handwriting, and returned by post to the Assistant Private Secretary (Appointments), Colonial Office, London.\n\nIn normal circumstances a candidate should not call at the Colonial Office until he receives a written invitation to do so. Assistant Private Secretary (Appointments) cannot undertake to see anyone who calls without such invitation, though he will endeavour to do so if the matter is urgent. The hours for interview are — 2 p.m. on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.\n\n1. Name in full (Surname first in capitals.) State whether British-born or Naturalised; if latter, give particulars.\n\nMILLETT, Claude Albert\n\nBritish born.\n\nDay and year of birth: May 8, 1896\n\nA birth certificate must be enclosed: it will be returned.\n\nAge last birthday: 17\n\nPlace of birth: Comilla, Borrian, India\n\nAddress: S004 FAR doze koe\n\n2. Whether single, married, or a widower\n\nSingle\n\nWife's maiden name: \n\nNationality at birth and place of birth: \n\nNumber of children: \n\nSons: \n\nAged respectively: \n\nDaughters: \n\n3. Father's Name: Leonard Millett\n\nProfession or Occupation: Raval Dary\n\nNationality at birth and place of birth: Scotland\n\n(If dead the above questions should be answered nevertheless; if living his address should be given below.)\n\nAddress of Father: Buckworth Staw\n\n4. Mother's maiden name: Jacant Sands\n\nNationality at birth and place of birth: British, Spain\n\n5. *Appointment desired.\n\n[If you do not apply for a particular class of appointment, you should state to what Colonies you would go, and what is the lowest salary that you would accept.]\n\nDeputy Secretary, Hong Kong - Resident at Home, Kew.\n\nAbout how soon would you be available to proceed overseas if selected?\n\nApplications for more than one branch of the Service can be made if desired. If you have any preference as between different branches or different Colonies, etc., it should be stated here.\n\n[TUEN OVER.",
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        "content_text": "198\n\nThe primary object of Mr. Smith's mission was of course to determine whether the Indians in China and the Far East were being contaminated by Bolshevik influence. On reaching Hong Kong he was told that he had come on a wild goose chase, and so it proved.\n\nThe Indians abroad are out for money and while not particularly loyal they would not be likely, without very substantial inducement, to join seriously in an agitation which if successful would only result in depriving them of their means of livelihood. Moreover the Indians in China are mostly Sikhs and quite unsuitable for use as propagandists. (Mr. Smith describes the Sikhs in India as \"ignorant, stupid, pig-headed, quarrelsome, and usually addicted to liquor\" and it takes more than emigration to make the leopard change its spots). Finally, Russia has her hands too full with the Chinese to trouble about making expensive experiments with Indians.\n\nI attach a note (marked \"A\") showing those passages in the reports which are of interest to us.\n\nI am afraid that as a whole the reports are hasty and ill-arranged and contain little that is new. But Mr. Smith does render one valuable service from our point of view in that he lays particular stress on the inadequacy of the existing intelligence service at Canton and Hong Kong.\n\nThere has long been a desire in service quarters for improving intelligence at Hong Kong and I annex a summary of the correspondence on this subject (marked \"B\"). It will be seen that it was at one time proposed that a Bureau similar to that at Singapore should be established at Hong Kong. Sir E. Stubbs, however, did not take kindly to the proposal and felt that Hong Kong could",
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        "content_text": "## \nCopy to F.O.) \n\nC. D. \n\nR. 15 NOV. 0_16 \n\nMr. Bucite 10711 \n\nMr. Built I \n\nMr. E. J. Harding. \nSir C. Strachey. \nSir J. Shuckburgh. \nSir G. Grindle. \nSir C. Davis. \n\n39001 \n\nIt ring sett \n\nJuvet \n\nElay Hiking \n\n153 \n\nSir S. Wilson. \nMr. Ormsby-Gore. \nLord Lovat. \nMr. Amery. \n\nDRAFT. \n\nDicou 10° Dipe \n\n27 \n35 \n(2) 3 04.. \n--(1) \n2 d. C. Clemcalis leopa \n\nreporting affairs \nCons 1.2.3.4.U ?D \nrelation to the \nMhui F. LE. \nmation with China \n\n2 \nThan hoti ufer Who 5 on 30209 (in common with Lan Lun) \nerty of heated exhack from enet. 4 the alfached to Pragy file. \n\nfor action an \npounding \ntrese disps. \nmes of wh \n\nI has been sent \n\nLouti \nmuch \nminste \n\n## Reconstructed Text\n\nCopy to F.O.\n\nC. D.\n\nR. 15 NOV. 1916\n\nMr. Bucite 10711\nMr. Built I\nMr. E. J. Harding.\nSir C. Strachey.\nSir J. Shuckburgh.\nSir G. Grindle.\nSir C. Davis.\n\n39001\nIt ring sett\nJuvet\nElay Hiking\n153\nSir S. Wilson.\nMr. Ormsby-Gore.\nLord Lovat.\nMr. Amery.\n\nDRAFT.\n\nDicou 10 Dipe\nrecupi\n27\n35\n(2) 3 04..\n--(1)\n2 d. C. Clemcalis leopa\ntre reporting\nMoording affairs\nCons 1.2.3.4.U ?D\nrelation to the\nMhui F. LE.\nmation with China\n2\nThan hoti ufer Who 5 on 30209 (in common with Lan Lun)\nerty of heated exhack from enet. 4 the alfached to Pragy file.\n\nfor action an\npounding\nnewwody trese disps.\nmes of wh\n\npecori's sepravaté\n\nI has been sent\nLouti\nmuch\nminste \n\nReordering and reconstructing the text results in the following:\n\nCopy to F.O.\n\nC. D. R. 15 NOV. 1916\n\nMr. Bucite 10711\nMr. Built I\nMr. E. J. Harding.\nSir C. Strachey.\nSir J. Shuckburgh.\nSir G. Grindle.\nSir C. Davis.\n\n39001\nIt ring sett\nJuvet\nElay Hiking\n153\nSir S. Wilson.\nMr. Ormsby-Gore.\nLord Lovat.\nMr. Amery.\n\n**DRAFT**\n\nDicou 10 Dipe recuperi\n27\n35\n(2) 3 04..\n--(1)\n2 d. C. Clemcalis leopard reporting affairs Cons 1.2.3.4.U ?D in relation to the Mhui F. LE. mation with China\n\n2. Than hoti ufer Who 5 on 30209 (in common with Lan Lun) \nerty of heated exhack from enet. 4 the attached to Pragy file.\n\nfor action an pounding newwody trese disps. mes of wh...\n\nI has been sent \nLouti much minste",
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        "content_text": "Pi. f. Grindle\n\nAfter bathing to Mr. Bucks &\n\nbetter\n\nwith the four that it is\n\nWithin to freed by but s The would recognize - recognition\n\nsht. houroue be cut out ; the\n\nand other metallic words substituted\n\naft.\n\nThis is the line we jeopard to\n\npress on the F.O.\n\nprepor\n\n(Stri\n\nto\n\nnews both times\n\nMr Buthe that there is\n\nno extradition from\n\nTh. V. I\n\ndon't own\n\nto know it wither. fe Poons\n\nhund film young\n\nthen)\n\nWelle & Wir\n\n199\n\nJes. This must clearly be thrashed out-\n\nwith F.O.\n\nG.E.\n\n15.8.27\n\n8 70\n\nSien. The writer is under several apprehension.\n\nAlB\n\n19/2/27\n\n(two way of desk poor Han consul faced\n\nCuben).\n\nwish to see this before you\n\nYou may conference tomorrow\n\nMB er\n\nI made the following corrections:\n- \"sht. houroue\" -> no correction, but \"metallic wads\" -> \"metallic words\" (assuming it's a typo, though the original might be correct in a specific context)\n- \"muitally\" -> \"metallic\"\n- \"jepor\" -> \"jeopard\"\n- \"F.0-\" -> \"F.O.\" (standard abbreviation for Foreign Office)\n- \"cxtradition\" -> \"extradition\"\n- \"sht.\" and other unclear abbreviations were left as is or corrected based on context\n- \"1713 affrehension\" -> \"several apprehension\" (assuming \"1713\" is an OCR error)\n- \"two way of desk porr\" -> \"two way of desk poor\" (assuming \"porr\" is an OCR error)\n- Other minor spacing and punctuation corrections were made.\n\nThe output is in HTML format as requested, using  for paragraphs. I preserved the original content as much as possible while making necessary corrections.",
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        "content_text": "The University, Hongkong. 15 Oct. th, 1928.\n\nDe r Sir Michael\n\nAs you see from the address, I got back to Hongkong after a quite safely last month, a very hot journey. I was unable to get the visa, via Siberia, in spite of the fact that I was assisted by a Labour M.P., nor the Secretary of the Anglo-Russian Parliamentary Committee. As a matter of fact, I understand I would have succeeded, if I had applied through Muller, the German passenger agents in Harrow-on-the-Hill, or Haymarket, London. I waited till the last moment, hoping to get to Russia as I had a letter of introduction to a Russian Professor, which Leonard Woolf got for me. I had hoped to see something of the educational work.\n\nMy wife and two children are coming out in February. They are staying for the first term, to see the other two settled in school.\n\nBraine-Hartnell arrived safely on the Empress two or three days ago. He is a nice boyish fellow with a good sense of humour, a rather valuable asset out here. I had him up to dinner last night. He is living at the University, which is on the lower levels. I prefer to live 1400 feet up on the Peak, here it is always ten degrees cooler.\n\nHe will be happy, and will very quickly make friends.\n\nYours,\n...",
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        "content_text": "# LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, No. II.\n\n## Thursday, 19th September, 1929, at 2.30 p.m.\n\n### PRESENT:\n\n**HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR**  \n(Sir CECIL CLEMENTI, K.C.M.G.).\n\nHis Excellency the General Officer Commanding the Troops, (Major-General JAMES WALTER SANDILANDS, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O.).\n\nThe Honourable the Colonial Secretary, (Mr. WILFRID THOMAS SOUTHORN, C.M.G.).\n\nThe Attorney General, (Sir JOSEPH HORSFORD KEMP, Kt., K.C., C.B.E.).\n\nThe Secretary for Chinese Affairs, (Mr. ROLAND ARTHUR CHARLES NORTH).\n\nThe Colonial Treasurer, (Mr. MICHAEL JAMES BREEN).\n\nMr. HAROLD THOMAS CREASY, C.B.E., (Director of Public Works).\n\nCommander GEORGE FRANCIS HOLE, R.N. (Retired), (Harbour Master).\n\nDr. ARTHUR ROBARTES WELLINGTON, (Director of Medical and Sanitary Services).\n\nMr. THOMAS HENRY KING, (Acting Captain Superintendent of Police).\n\nSir HENRY EDWARD POLLOCK, Kt., K.C.\n\nSir SHOUSON CHOW, Kt.\n\nMr. ROBERT HORMUS KOTEWALL, C.M.G., LL.D.\n\nMr. ARTHUR CECIL HYNES.\n\nMr. WILLIAM EDWARD LEONARD SHENTON.\n\nMr. JOSÉ PEDRO BRAGA.\n\nMr. TS'O SEEN-WAN, O.B.E., LL.D.\n\nMr. BENJAMIN DAVID FLEMING BEITH.\n\nMr. EDWARD IRVINE WYNNE-JONES, (Deputy Clerk of Councils).\n\n1. The Council met pursuant to adjournment. His Excellency the Governor occupied the Chair.\n\n## MINUTES.\n\n2. The Minutes of the Meeting held on the 5th September, 1929, were confirmed.\n\n## PAPERS.\n\n3. The following papers were laid on the table :-\n\n| Paper |\n|------|\n| Order made by the Governor in Council under section 230 (1) of the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance, 1903, on 2nd September, 1929. |\n| The Mercantile Marine (Uniform) Order, 1918. |\n| Regulation made by the Governor in Council under section 3 of the Post Office Ordinance, 1926, on 10th September, 1929. |\n\n## REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.\n\n4. The Colonial Secretary laid on the table the Report of the Finance Committee (No. 11), dated the 5th September, 1929, and moved its adoption.  \nThe Colonial Treasurer seconded.  \nQuestion-put and agreed to.",
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        "document_key": "CO129-516-5 Policy of Hong Kong government on the purchase and supply of opium 25-2-1929 - 10-5-1929",
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        "title": "CO129-516-5 Policy of Hong Kong government on the purchase and supply of opium 25-2-1929 - 10-5-1929",
        "content_text": "## BRITISH BULLETIN, No 38.\n\nWhy do people waste their time in formulating silly and immoral plans for dealing with the drug curse, instead of, like reasonable beings, prohibiting the sale and use of the drug, except for medical purposes?\n\nThere is no other remedy but prohibition. Prohibition at the source will effect, in a natural order, prohibition in distribution and use. Publish to the world the Black List of the offenders—the manufacturers, the countries that permit illicit trade, the Governments that fail to deal with the evil. Carry out the Hague and Geneva Conventions to the letter. Persuade new-born Turkey to come into the League, and convince both Turkey and Persia that they must—for their own sake, as well as for the world at large—join the comity of nations in one of its most imperative efforts to save the world from the curse of narcotic drugs.\n\nThe recent issues of \"Opium, a World Problem,\" reveal not merely a continuance of the energies of the \"National Anti-opium Association of China,\" but a distinct advance in the enthusiastic zeal which the Association has manifested itself from the date of its inauguration. Their magazine is full of interesting points, even when we venture to think there should be some modification of statement. They are justified in saying that their own efforts are largely counteracted by the steady stream of such drugs as morphine, heroin, and cocaine poured in upon them from abroad. If opium-smoking is prohibited as the National Government proposes, opium addicts can easily obtain morphine and morphine pills supplied from abroad.\n\nWithin their own borders, the obstacle is always the military, as we have seen in recent incidents reported by China correspondents. Opium is at the bottom of most quarrels, such as the Szechwan war and the Yunnan-Kweichow dispute. Yunnan sends a good deal of opium into Kwang-tung, and the Kwang-si Government taxes it in transit, collecting £225,000 a month on Yunnan opium alone. Yunnan retorts by sending the drug by aeroplane. And always the military are the authors of the evil. They regularly fix the rate of transit, pocketing all but what they have to pay in 'squeezes' and bonuses to their agents.\n\nOne interesting point is suggested by our old friend, Dr. Wu Lian-Teh, who has always been an anti-opium enthusiast. He would like to see established an International Narcotic Factory to supply the world's legitimate needs—all other factories to be closed. That would no doubt be ideal, but its impossibility is obvious. There are other means within the power of the League of Nations, if only it would act up to the principles of the Hague and Geneva Conventions.\n\nWhat impresses us in the whole discussion as set forth in these instructive issues of \"Opium, a World Problem,\" is that, if the National Government can get the mastery over the military offenders, they will soon make a clearance of the poppy-fields, as was done between 1907 and 1916, before Yuan Shi-Kai divided the country into military zones, and handed the protection of China to the military rascals who did their worst to ruin the country for their own enrichment.\n\nWe venture on one suggestion—not a prophesy, for that would indeed be rash—that, if the National Government of China continues stable, we may, several years hence, find China to be the dominant and triumphant force in this great campaign. America and China between them may possibly succeed by practical effort where European schemes have largely failed.\n\n## Egypt\n\nWelcome news arrived from Egypt on March 21st that the Egyptian Government is determined to check the drug evil, and had just created a special Narcotic Bureau, under the direction of the Commandant of the Cairo Police. The police appear to have traced one of the chief sources of the supply of heroin, and have arrested two Polish Jews, who were deeply involved in the traffic. Both these Jews hail from Vienna, finding their supplies in the Austrian capital. The Austrian police seem to be actively tracking down their confederates in Vienna.\n\nWhat this means may be better understood from an article in a Cairo newspaper which has been forwarded to us, and which evidently is inspired by the Egyptian Government. Up to ten years ago, the only drug in use was hasheesh, and the number of persons addicted to it was very small. Then came cocaine, and multitudes of people used it, and big fortunes were made by its importers. It is said the vice has spread to every village in the country. In Cairo, in a single year, there were 5,570 convictions for the possession of narcotics. Heroin is bought in Europe at £20 an ounce, and by the time it reaches Egypt, it is worth £45, and the dealers retail it at a higher figure, after adulterating it with boracic acid powder. Of 20,000 persons in prison, 5,000 are drug addicts.\n\nIt is not to be wondered at that the Egyptian Government is alarmed at the prospect of its people being ruined by the drug evil. They estimate that, out of a population of fourteen and a half millions, as many as half a million are affected by it as more or less addicts. The increase of crime and the economic loss caused by the sapping of physical powers are sufficient to arouse the Government to a sense of its national peril. They are to be congratulated on their determination to crush the thing out. They want no monopoly, but absolute prohibition. Or, as we have said, to cut off the snake's tail just behind the ears.\n\nReceived since last acknowledgment—Miss Grey, £1; Miss Aldis, 2s. 6d.; Scottish L. of N. Union, 10s. 6d.; Leonard Wigham, 5s.; Miss Candler, £1.\n\nWe bank at Barclay's, 54, Lombard Street, E.C.3.\n\nAll communications to be made to Rev. E. J. Dukes, 2, Bethune Avenue, Friern Barnet, N.11.\n\nFinchley Press, East and North Finchley.",
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        "document_key": "CO129-518-3 Proposals to hold periodical conferences between principal British authorities in China- and the government in... 13-8-1929 - 31-12-1929",
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        "content_text": "21 \n\n3. \n\na conference of the principal British authorities, \nwhom I have named, would, I venture to think, be in \nBritish territory, and for that reason I propose that \nthe meeting place should be Hong Kong.\n\nI value very much your outspoken letter, and \nI shall reply with the same frankness. As you know, \nI wished to return to Hong Kong through Siberia and \nvisit you at Peking en route. Our Foreign Office, \nhowever, refused to give me a passport for the journey \nacross Siberia and, therefore, I was not able to \nconfer with you before resuming duty in Hong Kong. \nUpon my return to Hong Kong, I was faced with \nincessant anxieties, due chiefly to the drought in \nHong Kong and to the continual state of unrest in \nKwangtung and Kwangsi. I was, therefore, not able to \nleave the Colony at all until the 1st October, when I \npaid a long-promised visit to the Governor General of \nthe Philippine Islands. I had wanted to do this while \nMr. Stimson was there, and was again invited by Mr. \nDavis, and felt that I could not defer such a visit \nany longer without an appearance of discourtesy.\n\nGeneral Leonard Wood, Mr. Stimson (twice) and Mr. Davis",
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        "document_key": "CO129-519-2 Estimates for 1930 19-9-1929 - 19-9-1929",
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        "content_text": "# Enclosure No. 1.\n\n## REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE\n\n### AT A MEETING HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, HONG KONG, on the 23rd September, 1929.\n\n## PRESENT:\n\n* The Honourable the Colonial Secretary, (WILFRID THOMAS SOUTHORN, C.M.G.).\n* the Colonial Treasurer, (MICHAEL JAMES BREEN).\n* Mr. HAROLD THOMAS CREASY, C.B.E., (Director of Public Works).\n* Sir HENRY EDWARD POLLOCK, Kt., K.C.\n* Sir SHOUSON CHOW, Kt.\n* Mr. ROBERT HORMUS KOTEWALL, C.M.G., LL.D.\n* Mr. ARTHUR CECIL HYNES.\n* Mr. WILLIAM EDWARD LEONARD SHENTON.\n* Mr. José PEDRO BRAGA.\n* Mr. Ts'o SEEN-WAN, O.B.E., LL.D.\n* Mr. BENJAMIN DAVID FLEMING BEITH.\n* Mr. EDWARD IRVINE WYNNE-JONES, (Deputy Clerk of Councils).\n\nThe Committee met pursuant to summons. The Committee having considered the items of Supplementary Expenditure Nos. 73, 78, and 79 of 1929, in Message No. 13 of 18th September, recommend that Items Nos. 78 and 79 be authorised. The Committee by a majority of 7 to 4 declined to recommend Item No. 73. The total sum recommended was $10,092.00.\n\nW. T. SOUTHORN, Chairman.\n\nAdopted by the Legislative Council on the 24th of October, 1929.",
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        "document_key": "CO129-525-11 Appointments to Executive and Legislative Councils 19-3-1930 - 19-9-1930",
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        "content_text": "Enclosure 1.\n\n18\n\nCopy.\n\n(SD). W. PEEL\n\nGovernor, &c.\n\nBY VIRTUE OF POWERS vested in me, I, SIR WILLIAM PEEL, Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hong Kong and its Dependencies and Vice-Admiral of the same, do by these presents appoint you PAUL LUDAR provisionally, and subject to His Majesty's pleasure, to be temporarily an Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council in the place of the Honourable Mr. William Edward Leonard Shenton who is temporarily absent\n\nfrom the Colony.\n\nGIVEN under my hand and the Public Seal of the Colony, at Government House, Victoria, Hong Kong this 4th\n\nday of June, 1930.\n\nBy Command,\n\n(SD). W. T. SOUTHORN,\n\nColonial Secretary.",
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        "content_text": "Enclosure 1.\n\n21\n\n(SD). W. PEEL,\n\nGovernor, &c.\n\nBY VIRTUE OF POWERS vested in me, I, Sir WILLIAM PEEL, Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hong Kong and its Dependencies and Vice-Admiral of the same, do by these presents appoint you CHARLES GORDON STEWART RACKIE provisionally, and subject to His Majesty's pleasure, to be temporarily an Unofficial Member of the Executive Council in the place of the Honourable Mr. William Edward Leonard Shenton who is temporarily absent from the Colony.\n\nGiven under my hand and the Public Seal of the Colony, at Government House, Victoria, Hong Kong this 4th day of June, 1930.\n\nBy Command,\n\n(SD). W. T. SOUTHORN,\n\nColonial Secretary.",
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        "document_key": "CO129-527-17 Export of lard and ham from Hong Kong and China 10-9-1930 - 27-4-1931",
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        "content_text": "# AMERICAN CONSULAR SERVICE\n\n## Subject: \nAmerican Consulate-General  \nShanghai, China, August 20, 1926.\n\n### Inspection of Meat and Meat Food Products Shipped from China to the Philippine Islands.\n\nThe Honorable  \n**Leonard Wood**,  \nGovernor General of the Philippine Islands,  \nManila, P.I.\n\nSir:  \n\nI have the honor to enclose herewith a copy of a translation of a letter from Mr. Hsu Yuan, Special Envoy for Foreign Affairs, dated August 9, 1926, relative to the inspection and shipment of meat and meat food products from China to the Philippine Islands.\n\nI have, &c.,  \n(Sd.) **Edwin S. Cunningham**  \nAmerican Consul General.\n\n## Enclosures:  \nAs stated.  \n`£s`  \n22",
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        "content_text": "## \n\n10 \n\nThis, that here is a service of cardinal importance which \ncan be rendered better by the Inns of Court than by anyone \nelse if they are prepared to undertake it. \n\nWhen I was Leonard Courtney's secretary in the last \ncentury I used to hear more than I hear now of the importance \nof harnessing organisations, other than government departments, \nto carry out services for which they are specially fitted. I rather feel that nowadays we are not putting sufficient \nemphasis on this particular line of action. \n\nWith regard to the last paragraph in your letter I am always at your service, but I know that the Secretaries of State have not much time to spare for general conversation. \n\nYou must also remember that in the eyes of the Morning Post I am regarded as the âme damnée of three successive heads of \nyour office. \n\nYours very truly, \n\n(Signed) L. CURTIS. \n\nThe Right Hon. The Lord Passfield, P.C., \nColonial Office, \nDowning Street, S.W.1. \n\n1.",
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        "content_text": "# Enclosure No. 1.\n\n## Executive Council\n\n### OFFICIAL MEMBERS\n\n| Name | Date of Appointment |\n| --- | --- |\n| **H.E. Major-General James Walter Sandilands, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O.** | 7th March, 1929 |\n| **Hon. Mr. Wilfrid Thomas Southorn, C.M.G.** | Ex Officio |\n| **Hon. Mr. Edwin Richard Hallifax, C.M.G., C.B.E.** (acting) | 1st May, 1926, 25th June, 1930 |\n| **Hon. Mr. Chaloner Grenville Alabaster, K.C., O.B.E.** (acting) | 9th April, 1930 |\n| **Hon. Mr. Edwin Richard Hallifax, C.M.G., C.B.E.** | 5th Dec., 1912 |\n| **Hon. Mr. Alan Eustace Wood** (acting) | 1st Feb., 1930 |\n| **Hon. Mr. Charles McIlvaine Messer, O.B.E.** | 11th Dec., 1918 |\n| **Hon. Mr. Harold Thomas Creasy, C.B.E.** | 30th Aug., 1923 |\n\n### UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS\n\n| Name | Date of Expiration of Appointment |\n| --- | --- |\n| **Hon. Sir Henry Edward Pollock, Kt., K.C.** | 9th Mar., 1926 |\n| **Hon. Mr. John Owen Hughes** (acting) | 9th April, 1930 |\n| **Hon. Sir Shou-son Chow, Kt.** | 8th Mar., 1931 |\n| **Hon. Mr. William Edward Leonard Shenton** | 3rd April, 1928, 8th July, 1931, 2nd April, 1933 |",
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        "content_text": "# Enclosure No. 2\n\n## Legislative Council\n\n| Name | Date of Appointment | Date of Re-appoint | Expiration of Date of Appointment |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| **OFFICIAL MEMBERS** |  |  |  |\n| H. E. Sir William Peel, K.C.M.G., K.B.E., President | 5th March, 1930. (Date of Commission) |  |  |\n| H.E. Major-General James Walter Sandilands, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O. | 9th May, 1930. (Assumed Office) |  |  |\n| Hon. Mr. Wilfrid Thomas Southorn, C.M.G. | 7th March, 1929 |  |  |\n| Hon. Mr. Edwin Richard Hallifax, C.M.G., C.B.E. (acting) | 1st May, 1926 |  |  |\n| Hon. Mr. Chaloner Grenville Alabaster, K.C., O.B.E., (acting) | 25th June, 1930 |  |  |\n| Hon. Mr. Edwin Richard Hallifax, C.M.G., C.B.E. | 9th April, 1930 |  |  |\n| Hon. Mr. Alan Eustace Wood (acting) | 5th Dec., 1912 |  |  |\n| Hon. Mr. Charles McIlvaine Messer, O.B.E. |  |  | On ceasing to be D.P.W. |\n| Hon. Mr. Harold Thomas Creasy, C.B.E. | 17th Jan., 1906 | 17th Jan., 1928 | 16th Jan., 1932 |\n| Hon. Mr. Edward Dudley Corscaden Wolfe, C.M.G. | 30th Aug., 1923 |  |  |\n| Hon. Commander George Francis Hole, R.N., (Rtd.) | 23rd Feb., 1924 |  |  |\n| Hon. Dr. Arthur Robartes Wellington, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., D.T.M. & H., D.P.H. | 17th Jan., 1929 | 4th Feb., 1929 |  |\n| **UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS** |  |  |  |\n| Hon. Sir Henry Edward Pollock, Kt., K.C., LL.D. § | 11th Dec., 1918 |  |  |\n| Hon. Mr. Charles Gordon Stewart Mackie (acting) |  |  |  |\n| Hon. Sir Shou-son Chow, Kt. † | 1st Feb., 1930 |  |  |\n| Hon. Mr. William Edward Leonard Shenton. §† | 30th Aug., 1923 |  |  |\n| Hon. Mr. Robert Hormus Kotewall, C.M.G., LL.D. § | 2nd Dec., 1921 | 3rd April, 1928 | 4th Oct., 1927 |\n| Hon. Mr. John Owen Hughes. † | 4th Oct., 1923 | 2nd Dec., 1927 | 1st Dec., 1931 |\n| Hon. Mr. José Pedro Braga. † | 2nd April, 1932 |  |  |\n| Hon. Mr. Ts'o Seen-wan, O.B.E., LL.D. † | 3rd Oct., 1927 |  | 18th May, 1927 |\n| Hon. Mr. Benjamin David Fleming Beith. † | 17th May, 1931 |  | 17th Jan., 1929 |\n| Hon. Mr. John Johnstone Paterson (acting) | 15th March, 1930 |  | 16th Jan., 1933 |\n|  | 17th April, 1930 |  | 14th March, 1934 |\n\nThe Colonial Secretary, the Colonial Treasurer, the Director of Public Works, and all the Unofficial Members of the Council are Members of the Finance Committee. The Director of Public Works, the Colonial Treasurer, and all the Unofficial Members of the Council are Members of the Public Works Committee.\n\n§ Member of the Standing Law Committee.  \n* Nominated by the Justices of the Peace.  \n† Appointed by the Governor.  \n Nominated by the Chamber of Commerce.",
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        "content_text": "# REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE\n## At a Meeting Held in the Council Chamber, Hong Kong, on the 2nd July, 1931\n\n### PRESENT\n| Name | Title |\n| --- | --- |\n| **The Honourable the Colonial Secretary** | (Mr. WILFRID THOMAS SOUTHORN, C.M.G.) |\n| **The Colonial Treasurer** | (Mr. EDWIN TAYLOR) |\n| **Mr. HAROLD THOMAS CREASY, C.B.E.** | (Director of Public Works) |\n| Mr. WILLIAM EDWARD LEONARD SHENTON |  |\n| Mr. ROBERT HORMUS KOTEWALL, C.M.G., LL.D. |  |\n| Mr. TS'O SEEN-WAN, O.B.E., LL.D. |  |\n| Mr. CHARLES GORDON STEWART MACKIE |  |\n| Mr. JOHN JOHNSTONE PATERSON |  |\n| Mr. WILLIAM HENRY BELL |  |\n| Mr. ROLAND ARTHUR CHARLES NORTH | (Deputy Clerk of Councils) |\n\n### ABSENT\n| Name | Title |\n| --- | --- |\n| Sir SHOUSON CHOW, Kt. |  |\n| Mr. JOSÉ PEDRO BRAGA |  |\n\nThe Committee met pursuant to summons.\n\nThe Committee having considered the items of Supplementary Expenditure Nos. 20 to 34 of 1931, in `Message No. 7` of 27th June, recommend that they be authorised.\n\n**W. T. SOUTHORN, Chairman**\n\nAdopted by the Legislative Council on the 16th July, 1931. \n## Page 183",
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1931.\n\nCHINA UNITY.\n\nOrders to Wind Up Canton Government?\n\nSOUTH'S OPTIMISM.\n\nAnticipating Nanking negotiations for peace, making preparations for the dissolution of the Canton Government on November 1.\n\nCanton officials are said to be of success the\n\nNanking, Oct. 14.\n\nGovernment organs for the control of narcotic drugs are to be established by the Ministry of Interior, according to a resolution adopted at yesterday's meeting of the Kuo-Wa-Hui-I (State Council) pursuant to a recommendation from the National Opium-Suppression Commission.\n\nThe Wah Kiu Yat Po, which publishes a message to this effect from Shanghai, says that Canton Government departmental heads have been instructed to proceed with the work of winding up their departments within two weeks' time.\n\nThe unfinished work of these departments will be transferred to Nanking, where it is expected that several of the high officials of the Southern Government will be invited to administer departments in the new Government.\n\nSouthern Optimism.\n\nThe establishment of the proposed new organs is expressly provided for by Regulations governing the Control of Narcotic Drugs recently promulgated by the National Government.\n\nThe main function of these new organs will be to see that narcotic drugs are limited to scientific and medical uses and that the sale of narcotic drugs devoted to purposes other than the authorized ones is strictly suppressed.—Kua Min.\n\nTHE DRUG TRAFFIC.\n\nChina Makes New Plans for Suppression.\n\nNanking, Oct. 14.\n\n...\n\nSCIENCE CONGRESS.\n\nScientists to be Invited to China.\n\nTHE TSANG FOO VILLAS MURDER TRIAL.\n\nDISCHARGE OF TWO DEFENDANTS YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.\n\nVICTIM'S TERRIBLE INJURIES.\n\nTwo of the twelve defendants in the Tsang Foo Villas murder trial were discharged in the course of yesterday's proceedings before Mr. Fraser at the Kowloon Magistracy.\n\nThe evidence given against these two men was such, his Worship said, that no jury would convict.\n\nEvidence given of the injuries received by the Japanese showed that the bodies in all cases were mutilated.\n\nThe injuries received by the amah of sixteen were particularly brutal.\n\nFURTHER DECISIONS TO-DAY?\n\nRACIAL VIRILITY.\n\nSir L. Hill on Birth Control.\n\nSURNAMES.\n\nOur Own and Other Peoples.\n\nDOWNFALL OF EMPIRES. CURIOSITIES OF ORIGIN\n\nAt the annual conference of the Sanitary Inspectors' Association at Bridlington, Sir Leonard Hill, in his presidential address, said that the sanitary inspectors' Association at Bridlington, Sir Leonard Hill, in his presidential address, said that the birth rate was now the subject of intensive propaganda among the masses of the people, and the no-child or one-child home was becoming the rule.\n\nAlthough the unskilled continued as yet to breed more than the skilled, birth-control was practised in every class of society.\n\nIn consequence, between 1921-31 the population of Great Britain had increased hardly more than in the 10 years 1911-21, which included the War, when about a million young men were killed and several millions listed and were taken away from family life.\n\nThe infant mortality rate had fallen from 167 per 1,000 births at the end of last century to 60 in 1930, but the saving so effected compensated very little for the enormous drop in the birth rate.\n\nThe annual increase of births over deaths per 1,000 living was 12 at the end of last century, and in 1929 it was under three, so very shortly the population would be stationary; the proportion of older persons increasing as children became scarcer.\n\nThree children per family were required to make good the losses and keep up the population.\n\nOne-child families meant halving the population—\n\n(By Walter G. Bell, in the Daily Telegraph).\n\n\"John ate chyldren.\" So he did, did he? A husbandman was this John; one goes out to the Fen country around Huntingdon for \"Richard ate Forty\"—a ferocious monster when at table.\n\nReading old documents from days when villeinage flourished in England, one experiences shocks like these not infrequently.\n\nThen consciousness comes that all that is meant is \"at\" or \"off,\" and the ogre is really the quite inoffensive John at Chiltern.\n\nThe other is of Ford—to find him you at the ford.\n\nSpelling was apt to vary with each clerk who wrote, and much corruption crept in.\n\nBut can one account by geography alone for \"Thomas atte Hell,\" a Suffolk man? He was the man at the hill.\n\nBARONET WITH A WHIP.\n\nFined for Striking Two \"Noisy\" Young Men.\n\nROADSIDE GATHERING.\n\nSir Christopher Furness, Bart., of Netherbyres, Ayton, Berwickshire, was fined 10s. at Eyemouth on a charge of assaulting two young men by striking them with a whip.\n\nMr. A. Carnegie, prosecuting, said that on August 14, at night, a band of young men were congregated on the road between Eyemouth and Ayton.\n\nOne started to play a mouthorgan and the others started to dance, and no doubt they were a bit hilarious.\n\nSir Christopher approached them and struck George Todd Dougal, of Eyemouth, across the back with a whip.\n\nThe others, with the exception of George Collin, also of Eyemouth, ran away, and Sir Christopher struck Collin across the face with a whip.\n\nFor the defence it was submitted that Sir Christopher was ill and that the noise had so upset him that he had impulsively sought his own remedy.\n\nThe chairman said that this mitigated very much the seriousness of the offence, but there was no excuse for Sir Christopher taking the law into his own hands.\n\nSir Christopher is 31, and the third baronet.\n\nHis father, Sir Stephen Wilson Furness, succeeded Sir Christopher Furness, who was Chairman of Furness, Withy and Co., Ltd., and Liberal M.P. for Hartlepool 1910-14.\n\nAt this juncture, Mr. White-Smith asked for Richard\n\nOur forenames are mostly much older than our surnames.\n\nWhen the Domesday Book accounts for some 283,000 inhabitants in all of England that was surveyed—it sufficed to indicate John by his place of residence, or as John the son of Richard, or very frequently John the servant of his named master; often, too, as John Sessmith, distinguished by his trade.\n\nSince names of persons are of first importance, and their indication is no longer so simple as this, whom he succeeded in 1914, was\n\nLegal Attitude.\n\nOdd that while names are supremely important in the transaction of life, the law has paid little or no head.\n\nIt will offend a man's title to his own name when there has been fraudulent misuse, but in nothing else.\n\nMen and women may call themselves just what they please, change their names as often as they like; the law is not concerned.\n\nCustom ordains that on marriage a woman shall adopt her husband's surname, signing her patronymic at birth and on the marriage register, but there is no legal enforcement of it.\n\nThe first witness called yesterday was Dr. J. Smalley, who testified that certain Japanese were admitted to the Kowloon Hospital on the night of September 26.\n\nThe first to be admitted entered the hospital at about 11 p.m. and the last one at about 12.45 a.m.\n\nIn all cases, the Police brought in the arrested.\n\nThe eighth was arrested in a hut in Po Kong Village at about midnight.\n\nHe had a wound on his head, which he said he had received from the military.\n\nWitness examined Shiro Yamashita, the boy of four, whose skull was fractured.\n\nThere were multiple injuries, and although he was conscious, he was obviously dying.\n\nNothing could be done for him and he never recovered.\n\nHe was about 60 feet from the gate of Tsang Foo Villas.\n\nThis man was arrested about ten minutes after the eighth defendant was arrested.\n\nNiyoji Yamashita, the boy of nine, had multiple injuries, his skull and left thigh bone being fractured.\n\nHis condition was very bad.\n\nHe was given medical treatment, but passed away at 1 a.m.\n\nSumiko Yamaguchi, the Japanese amah of 16, had multiple injuries including a scalp wound, while her skull was fractured.\n\nShe had many bruises all over her body.\n\nDr. Smalley then described her other injuries.\n\nHer wounds were inflicted by blunt weapons such as sticks or poles.\n\nMiyo Yamashita, the old lady, had a fractured skull, while two irregular lacerated wounds were growing up in Africa with education of the native races.\n\nAlleged Street Incident.\n\nA Chinese constable, B632, said he was on duty between 6 a.m. and 10 a.m. outside Tsang Foo Villas on September 27.\n\nWhilst he was on duty, he met with three men, of whom defendant was one, talking near the wall of Tsang Foo Villas.\n\nTwo policemen had been posted there.\n\nEn-vene Chen asked why ten\", Tsai Yuan-pei, C. C. Wu (Western Hills clique) conferred to represent China at the Fifth Convention of the Pacific Conference to be held next May in Canada.\n\nSince the institute has been designated to represent China at the fifth convention, a preparatory committee of 11 experts has been appointed to attend to all preliminary matters.\n\nMr. Ewen cites the case, in the year 1857, of a Mr. Bedbug who changed his name to Bowditch.\n\nA Satisfactory Conclave.\n\nShanghai, Oct. 22.\n\nMarshal Chiang Kai-shek and Messrs. Hu Han-min, Wang Ching-wei, Sun Fo, Li Chi-sen, Li Shih-shan, Tsai Yuan-pei, C. C. Wu (Western Hills clique) conferred yesterday morning for two hours.\n\nThe entire peace mission proceeded to the residence of Mr. Hu Han-min immediately upon their arrival and it was while there that Mr. Wang Ching-wei and the peace delegates will leave for Nanking immediately after a meeting with General Chiang Kai-shek.\n\nStatements of Defendants.\n\nThe 12 defendants made various statements to Mr. Whyte-Smith, A.S.P., and Sub-Inspector Murphy.\n\nMr. Whyte-Smith said that was all the evidence against this defendant, your Worship.\n\nHis Worship said that the evidence is such that no jury would convict.\n\nHe accordingly discharged the sixth and twelfth defendants.\n\nThe fourth defendant said he went so near to Tsang Foo Villas because he saw his brother had been injured and he went inside the house to see what was going on.\n\nThe fifth defendant, a boy of 15, said he was there to pick him up.\n\nThe sixth defendant, another boy of 15, said he had nothing to do with the murder.\n\nThe seventh defendant referred to a bandaged arm.\n\nThe eighth defendant, who was arrested in his hut that night, said he had never been out of his hut that evening.\n\nThe ninth defendant, who was represented by Mr. F. X. D'Almada, Sr., said he knew absolutely nothing.\n\nThe tenth, eleventh, and twelfth defendants made the same statement.\n\nTo Leave for Nanking.\n\nNanking, Oct. 22.\n\nMr. Wang Ching-wei and the peace delegates will leave for Nanking immediately after a meeting with General Chiang Kai-shek.\n\nCanton's Reservations.\n\nCanton, Oct. 22.\n\nInterviewed as to the reliability of the report that the Canton Government will be wound up within two weeks' time, a certain member of the Council has remarked that this is premature.\n\nThe Government is still uncertain whether the overthrow of dictatorial government will be effected, and the Canton Government must remain until this end has been attained.\n\nConditional Dissolution.\n\nCanton Army Changes.\n\nGen. Yen Yin-nai, Commander of the 1st New Division has tendered his resignation, and asked for troops to be disbanded.\n\nThe Government has decided to comply.\n\nGen. Ye will be reappointed as a staff officer.\n\nGen. Chan Chatong has decided to enlarge the Peace Preservation Corps into a brigade with Mr. Chan Chang-po as commander.—Rensha.\n\nMr. Eugene Chen.\n\nCanton, Oct. 22.\n\nAn extraordinary session of the Kuomintang C.E.C. to-day formally appointed Mr. Eugene Chen as delegate to the Shanghai peace parley.\n\nMr. Chen will take a leading part in discussing Sino-Foreign relations, particularly Manchurian affairs.—Central Press.\n\nAll the Talents.\n\nShanghai, Oct. 22.\n\nGood progress is being made by the leaders representing the various factions of the Kuomintang for the formation of the new National Government at Nanking representative of \"all the talents.\"\n\nIn this connexion, Mr. Wang Ching-wei, the Kuomintang Leftist leader, who is heading the Canton peace mission of five members, conferred yesterday morning for two hours with Mr. Hu Han-min, the leader of the Nanking Conservatives.\n\nThe entire peace mission proceeded to the residence of Mr. Hu Han-min immediately upon their arrival and it was while there that Mr. Wang Ching-wei and the peace delegates held a lengthy discussion of possible cases, but as a critic has pointed out, the name appears to have had little or nothing to do with either \"shake\" (verb) or \"spear.\"\n\nMASSAGE.\n\nMR. & MRS. Y. MORI,\n\nCertificate.\n\nHolder of Japanese Government Certificate. Sprained Ankle and Wrist opp. \"South China Morning Post.\" 4, Wyndham Street. (1st floor). Telephone 26051.\n\n\"SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST\" is always on sale at SELFRIDGE'S London, W. 1.\n\nPage 15\n\nPage 15\n\nPage 15\n\nPage 16\n\nPage 16\n\nPage 16",
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        "content_text": "10 Hong Kong\n\nVol. III, No. 2.\n\n88\n\nPlate 14.\n\nUrocissa erythrorhyncha (Chinese Blue Magpie), on Sterculia lanceolata tree.\n\nTHE\n\nHONG KONG NATURALIST\n\nVol. III No. 2.\n\nMAY 1932.\n\nTHE BIRDS OF HONG KONG.\n\nPART X.\n\nE. A. AYLMER, Family CORVIDAE.\n\nTHE MAGPIES.—Two species are to be found, both are resident and nest in the colony.\n\nTHE CHINESE MAGPIE.-(Pica pica sericea).-This is the common bird of our plains and foot hills, in appearance so well known as to require no description. The Chinese Magpie closely resembles the European bird, though the former has steel blue colouring on the wings, which in certain lights appear tinged with purple and there is less white in the plumage. Length 18 inches. Male and female are alike in colour, the female being less iridescent.\n\nNESTING. These birds are almost our earliest breeders and may commence building as early as January. The first nest with eggs this year was recorded on the 15th of February. By mid-March most of the nests have young birds. The nest is a conspicuous object, to be found in almost any tree or shrub, though most birds favour a high tree in or nearby a village, often the nest is easy of access. It consists of thorny sticks arranged on a ground work of earth and mud, lined with roots, dried grasses and feathers. The nest is domed, the entrance being at the side, similar to the nest of the European species. Magpies' nests without domes have been recorded, but this is a rare occurrence. There are from three to six eggs in a clutch, they may vary considerably in colour and size, they are a pale greenish-blue, spotted brown to dark brown. The largest egg measured was 1.40 inches x 1.00 inch, the smallest 1.25 inches x 0.90 inch.\n\nHABITS. Free from persecution the bird is tame and confiding to a far greater degree than in other countries. The bird breeds commonly in Hong Kong and New Territories. It is considered by the Chinese to be an omen of good luck and a bird of joy. Hence the fact that every village invariably has its pair or more of birds nesting in the surrounding trees. In districts where tigers or leopards may be expected, magpies are said to betray the presence of the animals near a village by their incessant chattering, as they do a fox in covert in England.\n\nOn one occasion only was a nest found to have been molested, this was at the village of Wong Ma Kok in March of last year-1931. (Stanley Peninsula). On enquiry as to what the nest contained, the tree was climbed and one youngster brought down; three other eggs laid earlier the villagers told us had been taken and eaten.\n\n89",
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        "content_text": "209\n\nINDEX OF AUTHORS.\n\n \n\nArchaeological Finds on Lamma Island, Part I.\n\n210\n\nPage\n\n226\n\nAYLMER, E. A., Commander, R.N.\n\nPage\n\nThe Birds of Hong Kong.\n\nFOWLER, H. W.\n\nPart IX. The Falcons, Hawks, etc.\n\n3\n\nPart X. The Magpies\n\nA Synopsis of the Fishes of China.\n\nPart III. The Eels\n\n46, 126\n\n77\n\nPart IV.\n\nThe Nest of the White-bellied Sea Eagle\n\n80\n\nThe Cats, Lizard Fishes, Green Gars, Half Beaks and Flying Fishes\n\n247\n\nWei-hai-wei, Bird Watching, May-September 1932\n\n164\n\nGIBBS, L.\n\nNotes (Ornithology) Hong Kong Notes\n\n64\n\nMaps of Hong Kong\n\n116\n\nSwatow Notes\n\n66\n\nNotes (Ornithology) Bird Names\n\n283\n\nHong Kong Notes\n\n145\n\n(Botany) Phaius grandifolius, Lour.\n\n290\n\nNesting Notes\n\n149\n\nHERKLOTS, G. A. C.\n\nArrivals and Departures\n\n150\n\n(Mammalogy) The Barking Deer\n\n69\n\nThe Flowering Shrubs and Trees of Hong Kong\n\n16, 87, 194\n\nASCHERSON, S. R., Lieut.-Comdr., R.N.\n\nLilium Brownii var. colchesteri\n\n82\n\nBirds Seen at Wei-hai-wei\n\n6\n\nThe Birds of Hong Kong.\n\nPart XI. The Bitterns\n\nCALDWELL, H. R.\n\n155\n\nNotes (Ornithology) Eastern Oystercatcher\n\n67\n\nPart XII. The Falcated Teal\n\n162\n\nCROOK, A. H.\n\nSome Visitors which have come to stay, Part II\n\nThe Insect Menace\n\nII\n\nOrchidaceae of Hong Kong. Part V.\n\nNotes (Mammalogy) The Leopard\n\n170\n\n68\n\nIII\n\n(Botany) Isatis tinctoria\n\n71\n\nOrchidaceae..\n\n72\n\nEVANS, B. D.\n\nClimatological Data\n\n76, 154, 181, 182\n\n(Ornithology) Eastern Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava taivana)\n\n280\n\nFINN, D. J., S.J.\n\nThe Mongolian Eye\n\nSome Physical Traits of the Chinese of the Second Millennium, B.C.\n\nNesting Notes...\n\n281\n\n120\n\nSwatow Notes\n\n286\n\n222\n\n(Ichthyology) Eulamia melanopterus?\n\n287\n\n3",
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        "content_text": "70\n\nHONG KONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.\n\n(p) Where the court appoints a corporation as trustee, it may authorise it to charge remuneration (s. 43).\n\n(q) Power is given to the court to authorise trustees to do acts which are ultra vires but are in the opinion of the court expedient (s. 56).\n\n(r) Provisions are made for the appointment of a Judicial Trustee similar to the provisions of the Judicial Trustee Act, 59 and 60 Vict s. 35. (ss. 63, 64 and 65).\n\n(s) S. 17 of the new Ordinance which reproduces s. 31 (1) & (2) of the Trustees Ordinance, 1901, does not appear in the Trustee Act, 1925 but is retained as it appears in the Straits Settlements Ordinance No. 14 of 1929.\n\n(t) S. 61 of the Trustees Ordinance, 1901, which enabled Trustees to apply to the court for advice has been omitted. That section was founded on section 30 of the Law of Amendment Act, 1859, (Lord St. Leonard's Act) which was repealed by the Trustee Act, 1893. It is considered that the new Ordinance coupled with section 627 of the Code of Civil Procedure is sufficient.\n\n(u) Part VIII of the new Ordinance permits the formation of Trust Companies and is taken from the provisions of Ordinance No. 31 of 1926 of the Straits Settlements.\n\n3. Notwithstanding the inclusion in the new Ordinance (s. 62) of a provision relating to payment into court by trustees and to the inclusion in Part VI (ss. 63, 64 and 65) of provisions relating to judicial trustees, it has been considered desirable to retain the provisions of Part I of the Trustees Ordinance, 1901. This is effected accordingly by the inclusion of that Part as Part VII of the Ordinance.\n\n4. A Table of correspondence between the clauses of the bill and the sections of the Trustees Ordinance, 1901, and the Trustee Act, 1925, is attached.\n\nCROWN COUNSEL'S FEES AMENDMENT ORDINANCE, 1934.\n\nTHE ATTORNEY GENERAL moved the first reading of a Bill intituled \"An Ordinance to amend the Crown Counsel's Fees Ordinance, 1903\". He said: The nature and scope of the amendment of the principle Ordinance to be effected by this Bill are clearly explained in the Objects and Reasons.\n\nTHE COLONIAL SECRETARY seconded, and the Bill was read a first time.\n\n105",
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        "content_text": "70\n\nHONG KONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.\n\n(p) Where the court appoints a corporation as trustee, it may authorise it to charge remuneration (s. 43).\n\n(q) Power is given to the court to authorise trustees to do acts which are ultra vires but are in the opinion of the court expedient (s. 56).\n\n(r) Provisions are made for the appointment of a Judicial Trustee similar to the provisions of the Judicial Trustee Act, 59 and 60 Vict s. 35. (ss. 63, 64 and 65).\n\n(s) S. 17 of the new Ordinance which reproduces s. 31 (1) & (2) of the Trustees Ordinance, 1901, does not appear in the Trustee Act, 1925 but is retained as it appears in the Straits Settlements Ordinance No. 14 of 1929.\n\n(t) S. 61 of the Trustees Ordinance, 1901, which enabled Trustees to apply to the court for advice has been omitted. That section was founded on section 30 of the Law of Amendment Act, 1859, (Lord St. Leonard's Act) which was repealed by the Trustee Act, 1893. It is considered that the new Ordinance coupled with section 627 of the Code of Civil Procedure is sufficient.\n\n(u) Part VIII of the new Ordinance permits the formation of Trust Companies and is taken from the provisions of Ordinance No. 31 of 1926 of the Straits Settlements.\n\n3. Notwithstanding the inclusion in the new Ordinance (s. 62) of a provision relating to payment into court by trustees and to the inclusion in Part VI (ss. 63, 64 and 65) of provisions relating to judicial trustees, it has been considered desirable to retain the provisions of Part I of the Trustees Ordinance, 1901. This is effected accordingly by the inclusion of that Part as Part VII of the Ordinance.\n\n4. A Table of correspondence between the clauses of the bill and the sections of the Trustees Ordinance, 1901, and the Trustee Act, 1925, is attached.\n\nCROWN COUNSEL'S FEES AMENDMENT ORDINANCE, 1934.\n\nTHE ATTORNEY GENERAL moved the first reading of a Bill intituled \"An Ordinance to amend the Crown Counsel's Fees Ordinance, 1903\". He said: The nature and scope of the amendment of the principal Ordinance to be effected by this Bill are clearly explained in the Objects and Reasons.\n\nTHE COLONIAL SECRETARY seconded, and the Bill was read a first time.\n\n114",
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        "content_text": "# \n142. The staff worked hard and conscientiously in their endeavours to perform the duties that had been imposed upon them, but the conditions were such that it was impossible to carry out the programme laid down. The passengers could not be properly inspected and the decks, lavatories, and kitchens could not be properly made clean.\n\n143. Scrutiny of passengers arriving by train was carried out effectually and without inconvenience to passengers by agents travelling on the trains.\n\n144. The Infectious Diseases Hospitals together furnished accommodation for 100 patients, and there was room in the grounds for the erection of mat-sheds should this arrangement have proved insufficient.\n\n145. The Government nursing staff was supplemented by the addition of three Chinese nurses and three Chinese dressers lent by the Tung Wah Authorities.\n\n146. A Chinese Medical Officer was posted to the hospitals as a resident house surgeon.\n\n147. The original idea was to treat Europeans and better-class Asiatics in the Government Hospital and the Chinese of the coolie class in the Tung Wah. A European Medical Officer was placed in charge of the former, and a Chinese Medical Officer in charge of the latter. It was soon found that no sharp line of division could be maintained between the two institutions, and that both had to be treated as parts of one whole, the staff distributing their attention where occasion demanded.\n\n148. The maximum number accommodated in the hospitals in any one day was forty-one, so there was ample room.\n\n149. Every effort was made to give the patients and their friends the impression that this was a place for recovery and not a gaol. Arrangements were made for friends to keep in touch with the patients. Enquiries could be made at any time either by telephone or by person, and visitors were allowed under proper precautions.\n\n150. Each case received careful individual attention, and the treatment given was that recommended by Sir Leonard Rogers and other recognised authorities.\n\n## \n| Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Chinese | 178 | 98 |  |  |  |\n| Japanese | 1 |  |  |  |  |\n| European | 2 |  |  |  |  |\n| Total | 181 | 99 |  |  |  |\n| Enteric |  |  | 55.05 per cent | 100.00 | 0.00 | 54.69 per cent |\n\n151.\n\n152. Most of the cases admitted to the Infectious Diseases Hospital were transfers from one or other of the Chinese Hospitals. Some were sent in by other hospitals and by private practitioners, but there were some who personally asked to be admitted.\n\n153. There were no complaints by either patients or friends, all seeming to realize that everything possible was being done for their benefit.\n\n154. The work done by the Bacteriological Institute was as follows:-\n| Category | Quantity |\n| --- | --- |\n| Vaccine prepared | 37,536 c.c. |\n| Vaccine issued | 17,221 c.c. |\n| to hospitals and institutions | 12,278 c.c. |\n| to the Military | 2,700 c.c. |\n| sold in the Colony | 3,533 c.c. |\n| to Macao | 1,400 c.c. |\n| Bacteriological tests made | 431 |\n| positive | 174 |\n\n155. The Government staff, both preventive, investigative, and curative, worked well and cooperated to the fullest extent. Their duties, which were often arduous and at times dangerous, were carried out cheerfully and without a hitch.\n\n156. The Tung Wah Hospitals, viz., the Tung Wah, the Kwong Wah, and the Tung Wah Eastern, cooperated fully. The Tung Wah nurses and dressers lent for duty at Kennedy Town showed themselves capable and willing.\n\n157. The Police detailed for duty with the Port Health staff were of great assistance, especially in searching ships at night and in putting some semblance of order into the mass of humanity which swarmed onto the wharves on the arrival of the boats. They were also useful for the prompt transport of ambulance cases.\n\n158. The Railway Authorities did all in their power to assist and cooperate with the Health Authorities to the fullest extent.\n\n159. Taking all circumstances into consideration, one can only say Hong Kong was lucky to escape so lightly.\n\n160. The number of cases reported was 202, as compared with 214 for the previous year. All the cases were sporadic, and, as is usual in such cases, the source of infection could not be traced. There is no evidence that any case contracted the disease through the public water supply.\n\n56",
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        "content_text": "# Enclosure No.1.\n\nSir W. Peel,\n\n**Governor, &c.**\n\n57\n\nBY VIRTUE OF POWERS vested in me, I, SIR WILLIAM PEEL, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hong Kong and its Dependencies and Vice-Admiral of the same, do by these presents appoint you, SIR WILLIAM EDWARD LEONARD SHENTON, Kt., provisionally and subject to His Majesty's pleasure, to be an Unofficial Member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong for a further period of five years.\n\nGIVEN under my hand and the Public Seal of the Colony, at Government House, Victoria, Hong Kong, this 3rd day of April, 1933.\n\nBy Command,\nsd. W. T. Southorn,\n**Colonial Secretary**.",
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        "content_text": "## Executive Council\n\n### Ex Officio\n\n| Name | Date of Appointment | Date of Expiration of Appointment |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| **OFFICIAL MEMBERS** |  |  |\n| H.E. Major-General Oswald Cuthbert Borrett, C.B., C.M.G., C.B.E., D.S.O. | 1st January, 1933 |  |\n| Hon. Sir Wilfrid Thomas Southorn, K.B.E., C.M.G. | 1st May, 1926 |  |\n| Hon. Mr. Chaloner Grenville Alabaster, K.C., O.B.E. | 19th Feb., 1931 |  |\n| Hon. Mr. Alan Eustace Wood | 30th Nov., 1933 |  |\n| Hon. Mr. Edwin Taylor | 28th June, 1931 |  |\n| Hon. Mr. Michael James Breen (acting) |  |  |\n| Hon. Mr. Richard McNeil Henderson |  |  |\n| **UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS** |  |  |\n| Hon. Sir Henry Edward Pollock, Kt., K.C., LL.D. | 2nd July, 1932 |  |\n| Hon. Sir Shou-son Chow, Kt. | 9th Mar., 1931 | 8th Mar., 1936 |\n|  | 9th July, 1931 | 8th July, 1936 |\n| Hon. Sir William Edward Leonard Shenton, Kt. | 3rd April, 1933 | 2nd April, 1938 |\n| Hon. Mr. Charles Gordon Stuart Mackie (acting) | 8th April, 1933 |  |",
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        "content_text": "## Executive Council\n| Name | Date of Appointment | Date of Expiration of Appointment |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| **OFFICIAL MEMBERS** |  |  |\n| H.E. Major-General Oswald Cuthbert Borrett, C.B., C.M.G., C.B.E., D.S.O. | Ex Officio | 1st January, 1933 |\n| Hon. Sir Wilfrid Thomas Southorn, K.B.E., C.M.G. | Do. | 1st May, 1926 |\n| Hon. Mr. Chaloner Grenville Alabaster, K.C., O.B.E. | Do. | 19th Feb., 1931 |\n| Hon. Mr. Alan Eustace Wood | Do. | 30th Nov., 1933 |\n| Hon. Mr. Edwin Taylor | Do. | 28th June, 1931 |\n| Hon. Mr. Michael James Breen (acting) | Do. | 2nd June, 1933 |\n| Hon. Mr. Richard McNeil Henderson | Appointed | 2nd July, 1932 |\n| **UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS** |  |  |\n| Hon. Sir Henry Edward Pollock, Kt., K.C., LL.D. | Do. | 9th Mar., 1931 | 8th Mar., 1936 |\n| Hon. Sir Shou-son Chow, Kt. | Do. | 9th July, 1931 | 8th July, 1936 |\n| Hon. Sir William Edward Leonard Shenton, Kt. | Do. | 3rd April, 1933 | 2nd April, 1938 |\n| Hon. Mr. Charles Gordon Stuart Mackie (acting) | Do. | 8th April, 1933 |  |",
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        "content_text": "# Legislative Council\n\n## Name\n## Date of Original Appointment\n## Date of Re-appointment\n## Date of Expiration of Appointment\n\n### Ex Officio\n| Name | Date of Original Appointment | Date of Re-appointment | Date of Expiration of Appointment |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| **H. E. Sir William Peel, K.C.M.G., K.B.E.** |  |  | President |\n\n### OFFICIAL MEMBERS\n| Name | Date of Original Appointment | Date of Re-appointment | Date of Expiration of Appointment |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| **H.E. Major-General Oswald Cuthbert Borrett, C.B., C.M.G., C.B.E., D.S.O.** | 5th March, 1930. (Date of Commission.) |  |  |\n| **Hon. Sir Wilfrid Thomas Southorn, K.B.E., C.M.G.** | 9th May, 1930. (Assumed Office.) | 1st Jan., 1933. |  |\n| **Hon. Mr. Chaloner Grenville Alabaster. K.C., O.B.E.** | 1st May, 1926. | Do. |  |\n| **Hon. Mr. Alan Eustace Wood** | 19th Feb., 1931. | Do. |  |\n| **Hon. Mr. Edwin Taylor** | 30th Nov., 1933. | 28th June, 1931. |  |\n| **Hon. Mr. Michael James Breen (acting)** |  |  |  |\n| **Hon. Mr. Richard McNeil Henderson** |  |  |  |\n| **Hon. Mr. Edward Dudley Corscaden Wolfe, C.M.G.** | 23rd Feb., 1924. | 17th Jan., 1929. |  |\n| **Hon. Commander George Francis Hole, R.N., (Rtd.)** | 17th Jan., 1929. | 17th Jan., 1933. | 16th Jan., 1936. |\n| **Hon. Dr. Arthur Robartes Wellington, C.M.G., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., D.T.M. & H., D.P.H.** | 4th Feb., 1929. | On ceasing to be D.P.W., I.G.P., H.M.&D.M.S.S. respectively. |  |\n\n### UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS\n| Name | Date of Original Appointment | Date of Re-appointment | Date of Expiration of Appointment |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| **Hon. Sir Henry Edward Pollock, Kt., K.C., LL.D.** § * | 1906. | 1932. |  |\n| **Hon. Sir. William Edward Leonard Shenton, Kt.** † | 3rd April, 1928. | 3rd April, 1932. | 2nd April, 1936. |\n| **Hon. Mr. Paul Lauder (acting)** § | 8th April, 1933. |  |  |\n| **Hon. Mr. Robert Hormus Kotewall, C.M.G., LL.D.** † | 4th Oct., 1923. | 17th Jan., 1929. | 4th Oct., 1935. |\n| **Hon. Mr. José Pedro Braga** † | 17th Jan., 1931. | 17th Jan., 1933. | 16th Jan., 1937. |\n| **Hon. Mr. Ts'o Seen-wan, O.B.E., LL.D.** † $ | Do. | Do. | Do. |\n| **Hon. Mr. Benjamin David Fleming Beith** ↑ | 15th March, 1930. |  |  |\n| **Hon. Mr. John Johnstone Paterson (acting)** | 17th April, 1930. | 7th May, 1931. | 2nd Dec., 1935. |\n| **Hon. Mr. Charles Gordon Stewart Mackie** ‡ | 14th March, 1934. | 6th May, 1935. | 1st Dec., 1935. |\n| **Hon. Mr. Chau Tsun-nin** † | 1931. |  |  |\n\nThe Colonial Secretary, the Colonial Treasurer, the Director of Public Works, and all the Unofficial Members of the Council are Members of the Finance Committee. The Director of Public Works, the Colonial Treasurer, and all the Unofficial Members of the Council are Members of the Public Works Committee.\n\n*Member of the Standing Law Committee.* \n*Nominated by the Justices of the Peace.* \n† Appointed by the Governor. \n‡ Nominated by the Chamber of Commerce.",
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        "content_text": "# Legislative Council\n\n## Name\n\n**H. E. Sir William Peel, K.C.M.G., K.B.E., President**\n\n## OFFICIAL MEMBERS\n\n* **H.E. Major-General Oswald Cuthbert Borrett, C.B., C.M.G., C.B.E., D.S.O.**\n* **Hon. Sir Wilfrid Thomas Southorn, K.B.E., C.M.G.**\n* **Hon. Mr. Chaloner Grenville Alabaster, K.C., O.B.E.**\n* **Hon. Mr. Alan Eustace Wood**\n* **Hon. Mr. Edwin Taylor**\n* **Hon. Mr. Michael James Breen (acting)**\n* **Hon. Mr. Richard McNeil Henderson**\n* **Hon. Mr. Edward Dudley Corscaden Wolfe, C.M.G.**\n* **Hon. Commander George Francis Hole, R.N., (Rtd.)**\n* **Hon. Dr. Arthur Robartes Wellington, C.M.G., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., D.T.M. & H., D.P.H.**\n\n| Name | Date of Appointment | Date of Re-appointment | Date of Expiration of Appointment |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| H.E. Major-General Oswald Cuthbert Borrett | 1st May, 1926 | ... | Ex Officio |\n| Hon. Sir Wilfrid Thomas Southorn | 1st Jan., 1933 | ... | Ex Officio |\n| Hon. Mr. Chaloner Grenville Alabaster | 19th Feb., 1931 | ... | Ex Officio |\n| Hon. Mr. Alan Eustace Wood | 30th Nov., 1933 | ... | Ex Officio |\n| Hon. Mr. Edwin Taylor | 28th June, 1931 | ... | Ex Officio |\n| Hon. Mr. Michael James Breen (acting) | 2nd June, 1933 | ... | On ceasing to be ... |\n| Hon. Mr. Richard McNeil Henderson | 17th Jan., 1929 | 17th Jan., 1933 | 16th Jan., 1936 |\n| Hon. Mr. Edward Dudley Corscaden Wolfe | 4th Feb., 1929 | 3rd April, 1932 | 2nd April, 1936 |\n| Hon. Commander George Francis Hole | 23rd Feb., 1924 | 8th April, 1933 | 4th Oct., 1931 (Date of Commission) 9th May, 1930 (Assumed Office) |\n| Hon. Dr. Arthur Robartes Wellington | 17th Jan., 1928 | 3rd April, 1932 | 16th Jan., 1937 |\n\n## UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS\n\n* **Hon. Sir Henry Edward Pollock, Kt., K.C., LL.D.** § *\n* **Hon. Sir William Edward Leonard Shenton, Kt.** †\n* **Hon. Mr. Paul Lauder (acting)** §\n* **Hon. Mr. Robert Hormus Kotewall, C.M.G., LL.D.**\n* **Hon. Mr. José Pedro Braga** †\n* **Hon. Mr. Ts'o Seen-wan, O.B.E., LL.D.** † $\n* **Hon. Mr. Benjamin David Fleming Beith** †\n* **Hon. Mr. John Johnstone Paterson (acting)**\n* **Hon. Mr. Charles Stewart Mackie** ‡\n* **Hon. Mr. Chau Tsun-nin** †\n\n| Name | Date of Appointment | Date of Re-appointment | Date of Expiration of Appointment |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Hon. Sir Henry Edward Pollock | 1906 | 3rd April, 1930 | 17th April, 1934 |\n| Hon. Sir William Edward Leonard Shenton | 1929 | 7th May, 1931 | 2nd Dec., 1931 |\n| Hon. Mr. Paul Lauder (acting) | 1932 | ... | ... |\n| Hon. Mr. Robert Hormus Kotewall | 4th Oct., 1923 | 3rd Oct., 1935 | ... |\n| Hon. Mr. José Pedro Braga | 17th Jan., 1928 | 8th April, 1933 | 4th Oct, 1931 |\n| Hon. Mr. Ts'o Seen-wan | 1929 | 1933 | ... |\n| Hon. Mr. Benjamin David Fleming Beith | 15th March, 1930 | 6th May, 1935 | 1st Dec., 1935 |\n| Hon. Mr. John Johnstone Paterson (acting) | 1933 | ... | ... |\n| Hon. Mr. Charles Stewart Mackie | 14th March, 1934 | ... | ... |\n| Hon. Mr. Chau Tsun-nin | 1930 | ... | ... |\n\nThe Colonial Secretary, the Colonial Treasurer, the Director of Public Works, and all the Unofficial Members of the Council are Members of the Finance Committee. The Director of Public Works, the Colonial Treasurer, and all the Unofficial Members of the Council are Members of the Public Works Committee.\n\n§ Member of the Standing Law Committee.\n* Nominated by the Justices of the Peace,\n† Appointed by the Governor.\n‡ Nominated by the Chamber of Commerce,",
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        "content_text": "## 4. Commentary on the Trustees Ordinance, 1934\n\nSection 31 (1) & (2) of the Trustees Ordinance, 1901, does not appear in the Trustee Act, 1925, but is retained as it appears in the Straits Settlements Ordinance No.14 of 1929.\n\n(t) Section 61 of the Trustees Ordinance, 1901, which enabled Trustees to apply to the court for advice, has been omitted. That section was founded on section 30 of the Law of Property Amendment Act, 1859, (Lord St. Leonard's Act), which was repealed by the Trustee Act, 1893. It is considered that the new Ordinance, coupled with section 627 of the Code of Civil Procedure, is sufficient.\n\n(u) Part VIII of the new Ordinance permits the formation of Trust Companies and is taken from the provisions of Ordinance No.31 of 1926 of the Straits Settlements.\n\n4. The Ordinance was not passed until its provisions had been fully considered by the Committee of the Incorporated Law Society of Hong Kong, and many of their suggestions in connection therewith were adopted.\n\n5. A Table of Correspondence showing the exact source of each section and the principal variations, with remarks thereon, between the provisions of the Ordinance and those of the Trustee Act, 1925, is attached.\n\n6. In my opinion, this is an Ordinance to which His Excellency the Governor may properly assent in the name of His Majesty and on His behalf.\n\n57\n\nAt Hindsell  \n**Attorney General**\n\nPage 40  \nPage 41",
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        "content_text": "## 6. \nThe Japanese competition, which is gradually being followed by Chinese, is driving trade into new channels and leaving high and dry those who previously dealt with European goods. As I have already suggested, Lancashire in the cheaper lines of textiles, and Europe generally in many other respects, might just as well accept the inevitable. The channels in which trade is now moving do not render, in many instances, a call at Hongkong essential.\n\n## 7. \nIn addition to the Japanese and Chinese competition, there is intense competition in every line and in all directions, banking, insurance, shipping, trading, etc.; there is not enough to go round and everyone is fighting for it, with the result that prices are cut to ribbons.\n\nHongkong will get little benefit from the Ottawa Agreements or from the Colonial Office Empire policy as Hongkong is handling international trade.\n\n## 8. \nIn every line and in all directions, as far as the British are concerned, there is inter-competition and a total lack of co-operation, with the result that whilst the fight is on, others are getting the benefit. The leopard is hardly likely to change his spots in the near future.\n\n## 9. \nDuring the post-war boom, many new concerns and mushroom industries came into existence—concerns with insufficient financial backing—the result has been that many have gone to the wall, bringing old established concerns down with them, or are being kept floating under circumstances which are quite unsound.\n\n## 10. \nThe general uncertainty of the political outlook throughout the world is a very real deterrent to general trade. No concerns with wide ramifications know where they are going to make their next loss.\n\n## 11. \nThe general insecurity in China since 1911 has made trading, save in the Treaty Ports, often out of the question, to which must be added a lack of trading morality which has rendered credit terms a most speculative operation.\n\n## 12. \nThe Japanese policy in Manchuria, her general bellicose attitude, and her undoubted interference in the domestic affairs of China, has created a state of mind amongst the Chinese, which seems to interfere with their desire to trade.\n\n## 13. \nThe low value to which commodities have fallen has lessened the credit facilities obtainable, and greatly diminished the profits hitherto made.\n\n## 14. \nThe general policy of the Chinese Government, both central and provincial, is not to benefit Hongkong at the expense of China. If it were possible to eliminate Hongkong altogether, China would gladly do so.\n\nIn any event, schemes such as special customs facilities, the loop line at Canton, aerial transit, a motor road to Hongkong, or any other form of service likely to unduly benefit Hongkong, will be conceded only with reluctance.\n\n## 15. \nExcessive shipping tonnage and poor freights are reflected in Hongkong as the Colony so largely depends on shipping. Nothing but an all-round world improvement or a scrapping of tonnage by arrangement will be of any value.\n\n## 16. \nThere is no doubt that our exacting shipping regulations have been found burdensome by some foreign owners, and that an appreciable quantity of shipping, though admittedly not of a very desirable class, does avoid Hongkong although it formerly came here. Hongkong can hardly go back on the position she has adopted in this respect, which unfortunately is far in advance of China and certain other countries.\n\n## 17. \nThere is certainly, owing to the changed conditions of trade, much Japanese and Chinese shipping going direct to its port of destination and not passing the cargo through Hongkong.\n\n## 18. \nChina's new Industrial Reorganisation Scheme is resulting in many goods being manufactured in China instead of being imported from Europe, and this position is bound to get more serious year by year.",
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        "content_text": "No. 11.\n\nEnclosure No. 2.\n\n36\n\n# REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE\n\nAT A MEETING HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, HONG KONG,\n\non the 11th July, 1935.\n\nPRESENT:\n\nThe Honourable the Colonial Secretary, (Mr. DAVID WILLIAM TRATMAN, C.M.G., Acting).\n\nThe Colonial Treasurer, (Mr. EDWIN TAYLOR).\n\nMr. RICHARD MCNEIL HENDERSON, (Director of Public Works).\n\nSir HENRY EDWARD POLLOCK Kt., K.C.\n\nMr. ROBERT HORMUS KOTEWALL, C.M.G., LL.D.\n\nMr. Ts'o SEEN-WAN, C.B.E., LL.D.\n\nMr. CHAU TSUN-NIN.\n\nMr. JOHN JOHNSTONE PATERSON.\n\nMr. WILLIAM HENRY BELL.\n\nMr. HENRY ROBERT BUTTERS, (Deputy Clerk of Councils).\n\nABSENT:\n\nThe Honourable Sir WILLIAM EDWARD LEONARD SHENTON, Kt.\n\nMr. JOSÉ PEDRO BRAGA, O.B.E.\n\nThe Committee met pursuant to summons.\n\nThe Committee having considered the items of Supplementary Expenditure Nos. 47 to 53 of 1935 in Message No. 11 of 8th July, 1935, recommend that they be authorised.\n\nD. W. TRATMAN,\n\nChairman.",
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        "content_text": "No. 12.\n\n40\n\nEnclosure No. 3.\n\nREPORT OF\n\nPROCEEDINGS\n\nOF THE\n\nFINANCE COMMITTEE\n\nAT A MEETING HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, HONG KONG,\n\non the 22nd August, 1935.\n\nPRESENT:\n\nThe Honourable the Colonial Treasurer, (Mr. EDWIN TAYLOR).\n\nMr. RICHARD MCNEIL HENDERSON, (Director of Public Works).\n\nSir HENRY EDWARD POLLOCK Kt., K.C.\n\nSir WILLIAM EDWARD LEONARD SHENTON, Kt.\n\nMr. ROBERT HORMUS KOTEWALL, C.M.G., LL.D.\n\nMr. JOSÉ PEDRO BRAGA, O.B.E.\n\nMr. Ts'o SEEN-WAN, C.B.E., LL.D.\n\nMr. CHAU TSUN-NIN.\n\nMr. WILLIAM HENRY BELL.\n\nMr. HENRY ROBERT BUTTERS, (Deputy Clerk of Councils).\n\nABSENT:\n\nThe Honourable the Colonial Secretary, (Mr. DAVID WILLIAM TRATMAN, C.M.G., Acting).\n\nMr. JOHN JOHNSTONE PATERSON.\n\nThe Committee met pursuant to summons.\n\nThe Committee having considered the items of Supplementary Expenditure Nos. 54 to 60 of 1935 in Message No. 12 of 19th August, 1935, recommend that they be authorised.\n\nEDWIN TAYLOR,\n\nChairman.",
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        "content_text": "No. 13.\n\nEnclosure No. 4.\n\nREPORT OF PROCEEDINGS\n\nOF THE\n\nFINANCE COMMITTEE\n\nAT A MEETING HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, HONG KONG,\n\non the 5th September, 1935.\n\nPRESENT:\n\nThe Honourable the Colonial Secretary, (Mr. NORMAN LOCKHART SMITH, Acting).\n\nthe Colonial Treasurer, (Mr. EDWIN TAYLOR).\n\n**\n\nMr. RICHARD MCNEIL HENDERSON, (Director of Public Works).\n\n19\n\nSir HENRY EDWARD POLLOCK Kt., K.C.\n\nSir WILLIAM EDWARD LEONARD SHENTON, Kt.\n\nMr. ROBERT HORMUS KOTEWALL, C.M.G., LL.D.\n\n19\n\nMr. JOSÉ PEDRO BRAGA, O.B.E.\n\n\"\n\nMr. Ts'o SEEN-WAN, C.B.E., LL.D.\n\n\"\"\n\nMr. CHAU TSUN-NIN.\n\nMr. JOHN JOHNSTONE PATERSON.\n\n\"\"\n\nMr. WILLIAM HENRY BELL.\n\nMr. HENRY ROBERT BUTTERS, (Deputy Clerk of Councils).\n\nThe Committee met pursuant to summons.\n\nThe Committee having considered the items of Supplementary Expenditure Nos. 61 to 66 of 1935 in Message No. 13 of 3rd September, 1935, recommend that they\n\nbe authorised.\n\nN. L. SMITH,\n\nChairman.\n\n44",
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        "content_text": "# Enclosure No. 2\n\n# REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE\n\n## AT A MEETING HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, HONG KONG,\n\n### on the 4th April, 1935.\n\n## PRESENT:\n\nThe Honourable the Colonial Secretary, (Sir THOMAS SOUTHORN, K.B.E., C.M.G.).\n\nThe Colonial Treasurer, (Mr. EDWIN TAYLOR).\n\nMr. RICHARD MCNEIL HENDERSON, (Director of Public Works).\n\nSir HENRY EDWARD POLLOCK, Kt., K.C.\n\nSir WILLIAM EDWARD LEONARD SHENTON, Kt.\n\nMr. ROBERT HORMUS KOTEWALL, C.M.G., LL.D.\n\nMr. JOSÉ PEDRO BRAGA.\n\nMr. Ts'o SEEN-WAN, O.B.E., LL.D.\n\nMr. CHAU TSUN-NIN.\n\nMr. JOHN JOHNSTONE PATERSON.\n\nMr. ROBERT ANDREW DERMOD FORREST, (Deputy Clerk of Councils).\n\nThe Committee met pursuant to summons.\n\nThe Committee having considered the items of Supplementary Expenditure Nos. 149 to 161 of 1934 and Nos. 24 to 26 of 1935, in Message No. 7 of 1st April, 1935, recommend that they be authorised.\n\nW. T. SOUTHORN,\n\nChairman.\n\nPage 58",
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        "content_text": "No. 8.\n\n65\n\nEnclosure No.3.\n\nREPORT OF\n\nPROCEEDINGS\n\nOF THE\n\nFINANCE COMMITTEE\n\nAT A MEETING HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, HONG KONG,\n\non the 16th May, 1935.\n\nPRESENT:\n\nThe Honourable the Colonial Secretary, (Sir THOMAS SOUTHORN, K.B.E., C.M.G.).\n\nthe Colonial Treasurer, (Mr. EDWIN TAYLOR).\n\nMr. RICHARD MCNEIL HENDERSON, (Director of Public Works).\n\nSir HENRY EDWARD POLLOCK Kt., K.C.\n\nSir WILLIAM EDWARD LEONARD SHENTON, Kt.\n\nMr. ROBERT HORMUS KOTEWALL, C.M.G., LL.D.\n\nMr. JOSÉ PEDRO BRAGA.\n\nMr. Ts'o SEEN-WAN, O.B.E., LL.D.\n\nMr. CHAU TSUN-NIN.\n\nMr. John Johnstone PATERSON.\n\nMr. WILLIAM HENRY BELL.\n\nMr. ROBERT ANDREW DERMOD FORREST, (Deputy Clerk of Councils).\n\nThe Committee met pursuant to summons.\n\nThe Committee having considered the items of Supplementary Expenditure Nos. 27 to 33 of 1935 in Message No.8 of 11th May, 1935, recommend that they be authorised.\n\nW. T. SOUTHORN,\n\nChairman.",
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        "content_text": "Enclosure No.4.\n\nREPORT OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE AT A MEETING HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, HONG KONG, on the 13th June, 1935.\n\nPRESENT:\n\nThe Honourable the Colonial Secretary, (Mr. DAVID WILLIAM TRATMAN, C.M.G.).\n\nThe Colonial Treasurer, (Mr. EDWIN TAYLOR).\n\nMr. RICHARD MCNEIL HENDERSON, (Director of Public Works).\n\nSir HENRY EDWARD POLLOCK Kt., K.C.\n\nSir WILLIAM EDWARD LEONARD SHENTON, Kt.\n\nMr. ROBERT HORMUS KOTEWALL, C.M.G., LL.D.\n\nMr. Ts'o SEEN-WAN, C.B.E., LL.D.\n\nMr. CHAU TSUN-NIN.\n\nMr. JOHN JOHNSTONE PATERSON.\n\nMr. WILLIAM HENRY BELL.\n\nMr. HENRY ROBERT BUTTERS, (Deputy Clerk of Councils).\n\nABSENT:\n\nThe Honourable Mr. José PEDRO BRAGA, O.B.E.\n\nThe Committee met pursuant to summons.\n\nThe Committee having considered the items of Supplementary Expenditure Nos. 34 to 41 of 1935 in Message No.9 of 8th June, 1935, recommend that they be authorised.\n\nD. W. TRATMAN,\n\nChairman.",
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        "content_text": "Enclosure No.5.\n\nREPORT OF PROCEEDINGS\n\nOF THE\n\nFINANCE COMMITTEE\n\nAT A MEETING HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, HONG KONG,\n\non the 27th June, 1935.\n\nPRESENT:\n\nThe Honourable the Colonial Secretary, (Mr. DAVID WILLIAM TRATMAN, C.M.G.).\n\nthe Colonial Treasurer, (Mr. EDWIN TAYLOR).\n\nMr. RICHARD MCNEIL HENDERSON, (Director of Public Works).\n\nSir HENRY EDWARD POLLOCK Kt., K.C.\n\nSir WILLIAM EDWARD LEONARD SHENTON, Kt.\n\nMr. ROBERT HORMUS KOTEWALL, C.M.G., LL.D.\n\nMr. Ts'o SEEN-WAN, C.B.E., LL.D.\n\nMr. CHAU TSUN-NIN.\n\nMr. JOHN JOHNSTONE PATERSON.\n\nMr. WILLIAM HENRY BELL.\n\nMr. HENRY ROBERT BUTTERS, (Deputy Clerk of Councils).\n\nABSENT:\n\nThe Honourable Mr. José PEDRO BRAGA, O.B.E.\n\nThe Committee met pursuant to summons.\n\nThe Committee having considered the items of Supplementary Expenditure Nos. 42 to 46 of 1935 in Message No.10 of 22nd June, 1935, recommend that they be authorised.\n\nD. W. TRATMAN,\n\nChairman.\n\nPage 73",
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        "content_text": "# REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS\n\nOF THE\n\nFINANCE COMMITTEE\n\nAT A MEETING HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, HONG KONG,\n\non the 10th January, 1935.\n\nPRESENT:\n\nThe Honourable the Colonial Secretary, (Sir THOMAS SOUTHORN, K.B.E., C.M.G.).\n\nthe Colonial Treasurer, (Mr. EDWIN TAYLOR).\n\nMr. RICHARD MCNEIL HENDERSON, (Director of Public Works).\n\nMr. CHARLES GORDON STEWART MACKIE,\n\nSir WILLIAM EDWARD LEONARD SHENTON, Kt.\n\nMr. ROBERT HORMUS KOTEWALL, C.M.G., LL.D.\n\nMr. José PEDRO BRAGA.\n\nMr. Ts'o SEEN-WAN, O.B.E., LL.D.\n\nMr. CHAU TSUN-NIN.\n\nMr. WILLIAM HENRY BELL.\n\nMr. ROLAND ARTHUR CHARLES NORTH, (Deputy Clerk of Councils).\n\nABSENT:\n\nThe Honourable Sir HENRY EDWARD POLLOCK, Kt., K.C.\n\nThe Committee met pursuant to summons.\n\nThe Committee having considered the items of Supplementary Expenditure Nos. 136 to 145 of 1934 and No. 1 of 1935, in Message No. 1 of 7th January, 1935, recommend that they be authorised.\n\nW. T. SOUTHORN,\n\nChairman.\n\nPage 91",
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        "content_text": "No. 2.\n\n97\n\nREPORT OF PROCEEDINGS\n\nOF THE\n\nFINANCE COMMITTEE\n\nAT A MEETING HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, HONG KONG,\n\non the 14th February, 1935.\n\nPRESENT:\n\nThe Honourable the Colonial Secretary, (Sir THOMAS SOUTHORN, K.B.E., C.M.G.).\n\nThe Colonial Treasurer, (Mr. EDWIN TAYLOR).\n\nMr. RICHARD MCNEIL HENDERSON, (Director of Public Works).\n\nSir HENRY EDWARD POLLOCK, Kt., K.C.\n\nMr. CHARLES GORDON STEWART MACKIE.\n\nSir WILLIAM EDWARD LEONARD SHENTON, Kt.\n\nMr. ROBERT HORMUS KOTEWALL, C.M.G., LL.D.\n\nMr. José PEDRO BRAGA.\n\nMr. TS'O SEEN-WAN, O.B.E., LL.D.\n\nMr. CHAU TSUN-NIN.\n\nMr. JOHN JOHNSTONE PATERSON.\n\nMr. ROLAND ARTHUR CHARLES NORTH, (Deputy Clerk of Councils).\n\nThe Committee met pursuant to summons.\n\nThe Committee having considered the items of Supplementary Expenditure Nos. 146 to 148 of 1934 and Nos. 2 to 4 of 1935, in Message No. 2 of 9th February, 1935, recommend that they be authorised.\n\nW. T. SOUTHORN,\n\nChairman.",
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        "content_text": "101\n\nNo. 3.\n\nREPORT OF\n\nPROCEEDINGS\n\nOF THE\n\nFINANCE COMMITTEE\n\nAT A MEETING HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, HONG KONG,\n\non the 28th February, 1935.\n\nPRESENT:\n\nThe Honourable the Colonial Secretary, (Sir THOMAS SOUTHORN, K.B.E., C.M.G.).\n\nthe Colonial Treasurer, (Mr. EDWIN TAYLOR).\n\nMr. RICHARD MCNEIL HENDERSON, (Director of Public Works).\n\nSir HENRY EDWARD POLLOCK Kt., K.C.\n\nSir WILLIAM EDWARD LEONARD SHENTON, Kt.\n\nDr. ROBERT HORMUS KOTEWALL, C.M.G., LL.D.\n\nMr. José PEDRO BRAGA.\n\nDr. Ts'o SEEN-WAN, O.B.E., LL.D.\n\nMr. CHARLES GORDON STEWART MACKIE.\n\nMr. CHAU TSUN-NIN.\n\nMr. JOHN JOHNSTONE PATERSON.\n\nMr. ROLAND ARTHUR CHARLES NORTH, (Deputy Clerk of Councils).\n\nThe Committee met pursuant to summons.\n\nThe Committee having considered the items of Supplementary Expenditure Nos. 5 to 9 of 1935, in Message No. 3 of 25th February, 1935, recommend that they be authorised.\n\nW. T. SOUTHORN,\n\nChairman.",
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        "content_text": "No. 4.\n\n105\n\nREPORT OF PROCEEDINGS\n\nOF THE\n\nFINANCE COMMITTEE\n\nAT A MEETING HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, HONG KONG,\n\non the 14th March, 1935.\n\nPRESENT:\n\nThe Honourable the Colonial Secretary, (Sir THOMAS SOUTHORN, K.B.E., C.M.G.).\n\nthe Colonial Treasurer, (Mr. EDWIN TAYLOR).\n\nMr. RICHARD MCNEIL HENDERSON, (Director of Public Works).\n\nSir HENRY EDWARD POLLOCK Kt., K.C.\n\nSir WILLIAM EDWARD LEONARD SHENTON, Kt.\n\nMr. ROBERT HORMUS KOTEWALL, C.M.G., LL.D.\n\nMr. JOSÉ PEDRO BRAGA.\n\nMr. Ts'o SEEN-WAN, O.B.E., LL.D.\n\nMr. CHARLES GORDON STEWART MACKIE.\n\nMr. CHAU TSUN-NIN.\n\nMr. JOHN JOHNSTONE PATERSON.\n\nMr. ROLAND ARTHUR CHARLES NORTH, (Deputy Clerk of Councils).\n\nThe Committee met pursuant to summons.\n\nThe Committee having considered the items of Supplementary Expenditure Nos. 10 to 13 of 1935, in Message No. 4 of 9th March, 1935, recommend that they be authorised.\n\nW. T. SOUTHORN,\n\nChairman.",
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        "content_text": "108\n\nNo. 5.\n\nREPORT OF PROCEEDINGS\n\nOF THE\n\nFINANCE COMMITTEE\n\nAT A MEETING HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, HONG KONG,\n\non the 21st March, 1935.\n\nPRESENT:\n\nThe Honourable the Colonial Secretary, (Sir THOMAS SOUTHORN, K.B.E., C.M.G.).\n\nthe Colonial Treasurer, (Mr. EDWIN TAYLOR).\n\nMr. RICHARD MCNEIL HENDERSON, (Director of Public Works).\n\nSir HENRY EDWARD POLLOCK Kt., K.C.\n\nSir WILLIAM EDWARD LEONARD SHENTON, Kt.\n\nMr. ROBERT HORMUS KOTEWALL, C.M.G., LL.D.\n\nMr. José PEDRO BRAGA.\n\nMr. Ts'o SEEN-WAN, O.B.E., LL.D.\n\nMr. CHARLES GORDON STEWART MACKIE.\n\nMr. CHAU TSUN-NIN.\n\nMr. JOHN JOHNSTONE PATERSON.\n\nMr. ROLAND ARTHUR CHARLES NORTH, (Deputy Clerk of Councils).\n\nThe Committee met pursuant to summons.\n\nThe Committee having considered the items of Supplementary Expenditure Nos. 14 to 18 of 1935, in Message No. 5 of 16th March, 1935, recommend that they be authorised.\n\nW. T. SOUTHORN,\n\nChairman.",
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        "content_text": "No. 6.\n\n111\n\nREPORT OF PROCEEDINGS\n\nOF THE\n\nFINANCE COMMITTEE\n\nAT A MEETING HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, HONG KONG,\n\non the 28th March, 1935.\n\nPRESENT:\n\nThe Honourable the Colonial Secretary, (Sir THOMAS SOUTHORN, K.B.E., C.M.G.).\n\n99\n\nthe Colonial Treasurer, (Mr. EDWIN TAYLOR).\n\nMr. RICHARD MCNEIL HENDERSON, (Director of Public Works).\n\n \n\n \n\nSir HENRY EDWARD POLLOCK Kt., K.C.\n\n \n\nSir WILLIAM EDWARD LEONARD SHENTON, Kt.\n\n19\n\nA\n\nMr. ROBERT HORMUS KOTEWALL, C.M.G., LL.D.\n\nMr. José PEDRO BRAGA.\n\n \n\nMr. Ts'o SEEN-WAN, O.B.E., LL.D.\n\n27\n\nMr. CHARLES GORDON STEWART MACKIE.\n\nMr. CHAU TSUN-NIN.\n\n \n\nMr. JOHN JOHNSTONE PATERSON.\n\n \n\nMr. ROBERT ANDREW DERMOD FORREST, (Deputy Clerk of Councils).\n\nThe Committee met pursuant to summons.\n\nThe Committee having considered the items of Supplementary Expenditure Nos. 19 to 23 of 1935, in Message No. 6 of 26th March, 1935, recommend that they be authorised.\n\nW. T. SOUTHORN,\n\nChairman.",
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        "content_text": "No. 7.\n\n114\n\nREPORT OF PROCEEDINGS\n\nOF THE\n\nFINANCE COMMITTEE\n\nAT A MEETING HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, HONG KONG,\n\non the 4th April, 1935.\n\nPRESENT:\n\nThe Honourable the Colonial Secretary, (Sir THOMAS SOUTHORN, K.B.E., C.M.G.).\n\nthe Colonial Treasurer, (Mr. EDWIN TAYLOR).\n\nMr. RICHARD MCNEIL HENDERSON, (Director of Public Works).\n\nSir HENRY EDWARD POLLOCK Kt., K.C.\n\nSir WILLIAM EDWARD LEONARD SHENTON, Kt.\n\nMr. ROBERT HORMUS KOTEWALL, C.M.G., LL.D.\n\nMr. JOSÉ PEDRO BRAGA,\n\nMr. TS'O SEEN-WAN, O.B.E., LL.D.\n\nMr. CHAU TSUN-NIN.\n\nMr. JOHN JOHNSTONE PATERSON.\n\nMr. ROBERT ANDREW DERMOD FORREST, (Deputy Clerk of Councils).\n\nThe Committee met pursuant to summons.\n\nThe Committee having considered the items of Supplementary Expenditure Nos. 149 to 161 of 1934 and Nos. 24 to 26 of 1935, in Message No. 7 of 1st April, 1935, recommend that they be authorised.\n\nW. T. SOUTHORN,\n\nChairman.",
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        "content_text": "REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS\n\nOF THE\n\nFINANCE COMMITTEE'\n\nAT A MEETING HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, HONG KONG,\n\non the 18th October, 1934.\n\nPRESENT:\n\nThe Honourable the Colonial Secretary, (Sir THOMAS SOUTHORN, K.B.E., C.M.G.).\n\nThe Colonial Treasurer, (Mr. EDWIN TAYLOR).\n\nMr. RICHARD MCNEIL HENDERSON, (Director of Public Works).\n\nSir WILLIAM EDWARD LEONARD SHENTON, Kt.\n\nMr. CHARLES GORDON STEWART MACKIE.\n\nMr. ROBERT HORMUS KOTEWALL, C.M.G., LL.D.\n\nMr. TS'O SEEN-WAN, O.B.E., LL.D.\n\nMr. CHAU TSUN-NIN.\n\nMr. WILLIAM HENRY BELL.\n\nMr. JOHN OWEN-HUGHES.\n\nMr. HENRY ROBERT BUTTERS, (Deputy Clerk of Councils).\n\nABSENT:\n\nThe Honourable Mr. JOSÉ PEDRO BRAGA.\n\nThe Committee met pursuant to summons.\n\nThe Committee having considered the items of Supplementary Expenditure Nos. 89 to 97 of 1934 in Message No. 14 of 15th October, 1934, recommend that they be authorised.\n\nD. W. TRATMAN,\n\nChairman.\n\nPage 143\n\n \n(The original text is already mostly in order and follows a logical structure. Minor corrections were made to formatting, punctuation, and spacing to adhere to the guidelines.)\n\n was removed as per rule 12. The output is now in HTML format using `` for paragraphs.",
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        "content_text": "No. 15.\n\nREPORT OF\n\nPROCEEDINGS\n\nOF THE\n\nFINANCE COMMITTEE\n\nAT A MEETING HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, HONG KONG,\n\non the 1st November, 1934.\n\nPRESENT:\n\nThe Honourable the Colonial Secretary, (Mr. DAVID WILLIAM TRATMAN, C.M.G.).\n\nthe Colonial Treasurer, (Mr. EDWIN TAYLOR).\n\nMr. RICHARD MCNEIL HENDERSON, (Director of Public Works).\n\nSir WILLIAM EDWARD LEONARD SHENTON, Kt.\n\nMr. CHARLES GORDON STEWART MACKIE.\n\nMr. ROBERT HORMUS KOTEWALL, C.M.G., LL.D.\n\nMr. Ts'o SEEN-WAN, O.B.E., LL.D.\n\nMr. CHAU TSUN-NIN.\n\nMr. JOHN OWEN-HUGHES.\n\nMr. HENRY ROBERT BUTTERS, (Deputy Clerk of Councils).\n\nABSENT:\n\nThe Honourable Mr. JOSÉ PEDRO BRAGA.\n\nMr. STANLEY HUDSON DODWELL.\n\nThe Committee met pursuant to summons.\n\nThe Committee having considered the items of Supplementary Expenditure Nos. 89 to 111 of 1934 in Message No. 15 of 30th October, 1934, recommend that they be authorised.\n\nD. W. TRATMAN,\n\nChairman.\n\n148",
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        "content_text": "40\n\n14\n\n15\n\nLIST OF APPENDICES.\n\nYOUR PETITIONER THEREFORE HUMBLY PRAYS that you may be pleased:-\n\nbe\n\n(1) To refer to the Ministry of Transport matters of transportation principle arising out of this Memorial for report regarding the treatment of which your Petitioner (as providers of efficient public passenger transport services within the Colony for the past 31 years) complains since the year 1928; and, in particular, with regard to the recent injury which your Petitioner complains of having suffered vis-à-vis the present Motor-Bus licensee by the Hong Kong Government's action in permitting reduction of bus fares on routes competing with your Petitioner to a level equal to the lowest tram fare.\n\n(2) To direct that the Hong Kong Government revert to its former policy by taking action by legislation if necessary-requiring motor bus fares on competitive routes to be not lower than the present first class tram fare of your Petitioner.\n\n(3) To direct that, in future-when question of concessions or of proposed extended facilities to the Motor-Bus licensee, as to routes, increased services or departures from the scale of fares specifically named in Schedule \"B\" of Notification No. S. 319 of 2nd September, 1932, be under consideration by the Hong Kong Government-full and fair opportunity be given your Petitioner of submitting its representations.\n\nand having regard to the materially altered circumstances surrounding the question of road passenger transportation in Hong Kong and the changed conditions under which your Petitioner operates its tramway services such as were never contemplated at the time of enactment of the Tramway Ordinance No. 10 of 1902 you may be pleased to review the obligations falling upon your Petitioner in the terms of that Ordinance and\n\n(4) To direct that the said Tramway Ordinance No. 10 of 1902 be so modified in respect of Section No. 47 thereof as to relieve your Petitioner of the heavy increase in the rate of its future Royalty obligation.\n\nAND YOUR PETITIONER WILL EVER PRAY, &c.\n\nDated this 16th day of May, 1935.\n\nSEALED with the COMMON SEAL of HONG KONG TRAMWAYS LIMITED and signed by ALLAN BROWN STEWART and ALBERT HENRY COMPTON two of the Directors and LEONARD CHARLES FENTON BELLAMY the General Manager thereof and countersigned by WILLIAM FREDERICK SIMMONS the Secretary thereof in the presence of:-\n\nMichael's t.)\n\nJunc\n\nSolicitor,\n\n६\n\nHONG KONG.\n\nMatt\n\nWellan\n\nof Cain\n\nDirector and Chairman.\n\nDirector.\n\n\"F.\n\nAppendix\n\nMemorial Reference Paragraph No.\n\n\"A.\"\n\nB. \"\n\nBrief Review of Your Petitioner's History\n\n3\n\nPetitioner's Letter to Government of 12th February 1925.\n\n14\n\n*4\n\nC.\"\n\n\"D. \"\n\n\"E. \"\n\nGovernment's Reply thereto of 30th March 1925\n\nPetitioner's Letter to Government of 9th August 1927 Separate Memorandum concerning Events of 1928 & subsequently (covering supporting Enclosures Nos. (1) to (8) ).....\n\n14\n\n14\n\n20\n\n\"G. \"\n\nHon. Mr. E. R. Hallifax's Letter of 13th July 1931...\n\nGovernment Notification No. S. 319 of 2nd September 1932\n\n21\n\n23, etc.\n\n\"H.\"\n\nLicence Issued to the China Motor Bus Co., Ltd.\n\n28\n\n\"J.\"\n\n*K. \"\n\nReport & Accounts of the China Motor Bus Co., Ltd.\n\nPetitioner's Letter to Government of 3rd November 1933.\n\n35-37\n\n44\n\nfo\n\nM. \"\n\nReport to Petitioner's Board by its General Manager of 11th March 1935\n\n59-62\n\n\"O.\"\n\nMemorandum by Petitioner's Chairman to Executive Council of 28th March 1935\n\n63-64\n\nCC\n\nP.\n\n贈\n\nStatement of Miles Operated & Passengers Carried\n\n100\n\nK\n\n\"\n\nStatement Showing the Decline in Your Petitioner's Traffic during April 1935\n\n65\n\nL\n\n\"S. \"\n\nLetters exchanged between Petitioner's Solicitors & the Government ...\n\nNo. 1 Messrs. Deacons' letter of 4th March 1935...\n\nNo. 2 Messrs. Deacons' letter of 12th March 1935.\n\nNo. 3 Government's letter of 29th March 1935 No. 4 Messrs. Deacons' letter of 3rd April 1935\n\nNo.\n\n53\n\n102\n\nGovernment's letter of 15th April 1935\n\nGeneral Manager.\n\nNo. 6 Messrs. Deacons' letter of 18th April 1935.\n\nRoad-Map Scale Plan (folded in pocket of the back cover) showing all Tramway and Competitive Motor Bus Routes\n\nSecretary,\n\n4\n\n87 & 94\n\n41\n\nAPPENDIX",
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        "content_text": "49. Your Petitioners therefore submit that their undertaking having been so seriously depreciated in value as the result of the competition authorised by Government referred to above it is neither just nor equitable that your Petitioners should in the future be called upon to pay any portion of their profits to Government as laid down in Section 47 of the Tramways Ordinance 1902.\n\nYour Petitioners therefore humbly pray that Your Excellency may be pleased to take such steps as may be necessary for the introduction into and the passing by the Legislative Council of Hong Kong of an Ordinance to amend the Tramways Ordinance, No. 10 of 1902, by the deletion of Clause 47 of that Ordinance and by providing that your Petitioners shall not thereafter be required to pay any royalty in respect of their undertaking.\n\nAnd your Petitioners will ever pray, &c.\n\nDated this 16th day of December, 1929.\n\nSEALED with the Common Seal of Hong Kong Tramways Limited and signed by Benjamin David Fleming Beith and Leonard John Davies two of the Directors thereof and Countersigned by William Frederick Simmons the Secretary thereof in the presence of :-\n\n(sd.) D. J. LEWIS, Solicitor,\n\nHONG KONG.\n\nL.S.\n\n(sd.) B. D. F. BEITH.\n\n(sd.) L. J. DAVIES.\n\n(sd.) W. F. SIMMONS.\n\nEnclosure No. (8).\n\n'The Hong Kong Daily Press'\n\n(Leading Article of 21st March, 1930).\n\nTRAMS AND MOTOR-BUSES.\n\nSome very striking facts and figures were revealed by the Chairman of the Hong Kong Tramways, Ltd., at the annual general meeting of that concern. Traffic receipts for last year amounted to $1,606,000—a total which shows a falling-off of nearly three lakhs as compared with receipts for 1928. This remarkable drop, we are told, is mainly due to the competition of motor-bus services. During the year efforts were made by the Company to obtain from the authorities the necessary permission to run its motor-buses on more remunerative routes than those now maintained, but without meeting with much success. The Chairman did not indicate what applications were actually refused, nor the reasons given for such refusal. Nor was anything said in explanation of a curious state of affairs revealed at the previous annual meeting in connection with the bus-service along Queen's Road.\n\nQuite a lot of interest was aroused in this matter twelve months ago, but neither the directors nor the shareholders referred to the subject at the general meeting held this week. If the mystery has been solved, it is a pity the solution was not revealed; if it still remains a mystery, it is strange nobody troubled to ask why it has not been solved.\n\nThe Tramway Company long since realised the possibilities of petrol-driven passenger vehicles, and five years ago applied for permission to run a bus service between Causeway Bay and Whitty Street via Queen's Road. On the ground that the last-named thoroughfare was too narrow to carry such traffic this application was refused. Two years later, in 1927, this application was renewed, but nothing happened beyond a formal official acknowledgment of its receipt. In 1928 a third application was made by the Tramway Company for permission to run a service between Taikoo and Blake Pier, but again without success, though a permit was given that year to another concern, allowing a bus service through a street which had been previously described as too narrow for such traffic.\n\nThe result of this concession was that for a distance of nearly five miles the tramways had to run in competition with another company operating a motor-bus service which followed a shorter route between two busy terminal points. Eventually official permission was given to the Tramway Company to run buses anywhere along its own routes—a concession which is not quite the same as being able to run services either alternative or supplementary to those already maintained on the rails.\n\nLicences to run motor-bus services are becoming exceedingly valuable now-a-days in every part of the world, and the circumstances attending the granting or refusal of applications to establish services are very closely scrutinised by the parties interested—and they include the public.\n\nThe public whom these services are designed to serve surely has a right to know a little more than it does about the manner in which applications for permission to establish bus services in the Colony are dealt with. So far as we are aware, no explanation has been ever given as to why a privilege refused to one concern on a very definite ground was granted to another without the objection originally mentioned having been removed or amended.\n\nHowever, some interesting developments were hinted at in the speeches made at the Tramway Company meeting. The Chairman announced that negotiations have been opened with a view to acquiring the business of the Hong Kong Hotel Motor Garage. At an early date it is proposed to inform shareholders of the position and lay certain proposals before them. Disclosures of the nature of these proposals will be awaited with very keen interest. Judging by what was said at the recent meeting, it seems probable that the mystery to which we have already referred is to be intensified by the concern to which the Queen's Road licence was granted two years ago negotiating the sale of that franchise to the concern whose application for the privilege was refused by the Government.\n\nIn other words, there appears to be prospects of the Tramway Company acquiring indirectly that which it was found impossible to acquire by the direct method—a curious state of affairs which, no doubt, can be but has not been explained.\n\nPage 50\n\nPage 51",
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        "content_text": "Enclosure No. 2.\n\nLegislative Council of Hong Kong.\n\n75\n\nHis Excellency the Governor (Sir Andrew Caldecott, Kt.,\n\nC.M.G., C.B.E.)\n\nHis Excellency the General Officer Commanding the Troops\n\n(Major-General Arthur Wollaston Bartholomew, C.B.,\n\nC.M.G., C.B.E., D.S.O.)\n\nThe Honourable the Colonial Secretary (Sir Wilfrid Thomas\n\nSouthorn, K.B.E., C.M.G., LL.D.)\n\nThe Honourable the Attorney General (Mr. Chaloner Grenville\n\nAlabaster, O.B.E., K.C.)\n\nThe Honourable the Secretary for Chinese Affairs (Mr. Norman\n\nLockhart Smith)\n\nThe Honourable the Colonial Treasurer (Mr. Edwin Taylor)\n\nThe Honourable Commander George Francis Hole, R.N. (Retired),\n\n(Harbour Master)\n\nThe Honourable Dr. Arthur Robartes Wellington, C.M.G.,\n\n(Director of Medical and Sanitary Services)\n\nThe Honourable Mr. Richard McNeil Henderson (Director of\n\nPublic Works)\n\nThe Honourable Mr. Thomas Henry King (Inspector General of\n\nPolice)\n\nThe Honourable Sir Henry Edward Pollock, Kt., K.C., LL.D.\n\nThe Honourable Sir William Edward Leonard Shenton, Kt.\n\nThe Honourable Mr. José Pedro Braga, C.B.E.\n\nThe Honourable Mr. Ts'o Seen-wan, C.B.E., LL.D.\n\nThe Honourable Mr. Chau Tsun-nin.\n\nThe Honourable Mr. John Johnstone Paterson.\n\nThe Honourable Mr. William Henry Bell.\n\nThe Honourable Mr. Lo Man-kam.",
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        "content_text": "Enclosure No. 2.\n\n78\n\nLegislative Council of Hong Kong.\n\nHis Excellency the Governor (Sir Andrew Caldecott, Kt.,\n\nC.M.G., C.B.E.)\n\nHis Excellency the General Officer Commanding the Troops\n\n(Major-General Arthur Wollaston Bartholomew, C.B.,\n\nC.M.G., C.B.E., D.S.O.)\n\nThe Honourable the Colonial Secretary (Sir Wilfrid Thomas\n\nSouthorn, K.B.E., C.M.G., LL.D.)\n\nThe Honourable the Attorney General (Mr. Chaloner Grenville\n\nAlabaster, O.B.E., K.C.)\n\nThe Honourable the Secretary for Chinese Affairs (Mr. Norman\n\nLockhart Smith)\n\nThe Honourable the Colonial Treasurer (Mr. Edwin Taylor)\n\nThe Honourable Commander George Francis Hole, R.N. (Retired),\n\nHarbour Master)\n\nThe Honourable Mr. Richard McNeil Henderson (Director of\n\nPublic Works)\n\nThe Honourable Mr. Thomas Henry King (Inspector General of\n\nPolice)\n\nThe Honourable Dr. William Brownlow Ashe Moore, O.B.E.,\n\n(Acting Director of Medical and Sanitary Services during the temporary absence of Dr. Arthur Robartes Wellington, C.M.G.)\n\nThe Honourable Sir Henry Edward Pollock, Kt., K.C., LL.D.\n\nThe Honourable Sir William Edward Leonard Shenton, Kt.\n\nThe Honourable Mr. José Pedro Braga, O.B.E.\n\nThe Honourable Mr. Ts'o Seen-wan, C.B.E., LL.D.\n\nThe Honourable Mr. Chau Tsun-nin.\n\nThe Honourable Mr. John Johnstone Paterson.\n\nThe Honourable Mr. William Henry Bell.\n\nThe Honourable Mr. Lo Man-kam.",
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        "content_text": "Enclosure No. 1.\n\n  \n    Name,\n    Executive Council.\n    Date of Original Appointment.\n    Date of last Re-Appointment.\n    Date of Expiry of Appointment.\n  \n  \n    OFFICIAL MEMBERS.\n  \n  \n    H.E. Major-General Arthur Wollaston Bartholomew, C.B., C.M.G., C.B.E., D.S.O.\n    Ex Officio.\n    12th Dec., 1935.\n    \n    \n  \n  \n    Hon. Sir Wilfrid Thomas Southorn, K.B.E., C.M.G.\n    Do.\n    1st May, 1926.\n    Do.\n    \n  \n  \n    Hon. Mr. Chaloner Grenville Alabaster, O.B.E., K.C.\n    Do.\n    19th Feb., 1931.\n    Do.\n    \n  \n  \n    Hon. Mr. Norman Lockhart Smith.\n    Do.\n    24th Oct., 1934.\n    Do.\n    \n  \n  \n    Hon. Mr. Edwin Taylor.\n    Do.\n    28th June, 1931.\n    Do.\n    \n  \n  \n    Hon. Mr. Richard McNeil Henderson.\n    On ceasing to be D.P.W.\n    2nd July, 1932.\n    \n    \n  \n  \n    UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS.\n  \n  \n    Hon. Sir Henry Edward Pollock, Kt., K.C., LL.D.\n    \n    9th March, 1921.\n    9th March, 1931.\n    9th March, 1936.\n  \n  \n    Hon. Sir Shou-son Chow, Kt., LL.D.\n    \n    9th July, 1926.\n    9th July, 1931.\n    9th July, 1936.\n  \n  \n    Hon. Sir William Edward Leonard Shenton, Kt.\n    \n    3rd April, 1928.\n    3rd April, 1933.\n    2nd April, 1938.",
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        "content_text": "Enclosure No.2.\n\nLegislative Council of Hong Kong.\n\n85 END\n\nment\n\nHis Excellency the Officer Administering the Government\n\n(Sir Wilfrid Thomas Southorn, K.B.E., C.M.G.)\n\nHis Excellency the General Officer Commanding the Troops\n\n(Major-General Frank Staniford Thackeray, D.S.O., C.B.,\n\nA.D.C.)\n\nThe Honourable the Acting Colonial Secretary (Mr. David\n\nWilliam Tratman)\n\nThe Honourable the Attorney General (Mr. Chaloner Grenville\n\nAlabaster, O.B.E., K.C.)\n\nThe Honourable the Secretary for Chinese Affairs (Mr. Norman\n\nLockhart Smith)\n\nThe Honourable the Colonial Treasurer (Mr. Edwin Taylor)\n\nThe Honourable Commander George Francis Hole, R.N. (Retired),\n\n(Harbour Master)\n\nThe Honourable Mr. Richard Macneil Henderson (Director of Public\n\nWorks)\n\nThe Honourable Dr. Arthur Robartes Wellington, C.M.G., (Director\n\nof Medical and Sanitary Services)\n\nThe Honourable Mr. Thomas Henry King (Inspector General of\n\nPolice)\n\nThe Honourable Sir Henry Edward Pollock, Kt., K.C., LL.D.\n\nThe Honourable Sir William Edward Leonard Shenton, Kt.\n\nThe Honourable Mr. José Pedro Braga, O.B.E.\n\nThe Honourable Mr. Ts'o Seen-wan, C.B.E., LL.D.\n\nThe Honourable Mr. Chau Tsun Nin.\n\nThe Honourable Mr. John Johnstone Paterson.\n\nThe Honourable Mr. William Henry Bell.\n\nThe Honourable Mr. Lo Man-kam.",
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        "content_text": "No. 1. Account for the Com- missioner 4th April, 1935.\n\n10\n\nEn the Privy Council.\n\nON APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF HONG KONG.\n\n(APPELLATE JURISDICTION.)\n\nBetween\n\nHAROLD JOHN ARMSTRONG and Appellants\n\nMICHAEL HOWARD TURNER\n\nand\n\nTHE ESTATE DUTY COMMISSIONER. Respondent\n\nRECORD OF\n\nNo. 1.\n\nPROCEEDINGS.\n\nAccount for the Commissioner.\n\nACCOUNT FOR THE COMMISSIONER.\n\nESTATE DUTY ORDINANCE No. 3 OF 1932.\n\nIN THE MATTER OF SIR CATCHICK PAUL CHATER, Knight, C.M.G., late of Victoria in the Colony of Hong Kong, Financier, deceased.\n\nWe, SIR WILLIAM EDWARD LEONARD SHENTON, Knight, and MICHAEL HOWARD TURNER, both of Victoria in the Colony of Hongkong, Solicitors, make oath and say as follows:-\n\n1. We are the present Trustees of the Will of the above deceased dated the 17th day of April 1925 and two Codicils thereto both dated the 25th day of May 1926, all of which were duly proved in the Supreme Court of Hongkong in its Probate Jurisdiction on the 9th day of September 1926. The above deceased died at No. 1, Conduit Road, Victoria aforesaid on the 27th day of May 1926. The said Will and Codicils were proved by the said Sir William Edward Leonard Shenton, Reginald Frederick Mattingly and the deceased's widow Lady Maria Christine Chater.\n\n2. The said Reginald Frederick Mattingly died on the 29th day of December 1926 and the said Lady Maria Christine Chater died on the 11th day of March 1935.\n\n43",
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        "content_text": "44\n\n45\n\nNo. 1. Account for the Commissioner 4th April, 1935.\n\n4. By Clause five of the said Will of the above deceased bequeathed an annuity of £10,000 sterling clear of all death duties and income tax to his widow the said Lady Maria Christine Chater.\n\n3. The said Michael Howard Turner was appointed a Trustee of the said Will and Codicils on the 11th day of March 1927.\n\n5. Estate Duty was paid on the whole of the above deceased's Estate when the aforesaid Probate was obtained.\n\n6. No fund was set aside to meet the said annuity but the same was paid out of the general income as and when the same became due.\n\n7. The said Sir William Edward Leonard Shenton and the said Michael Howard Turner are uncertain whether or not a claim for Estate Duty has arisen by reason of the cesser of the said annuity of £10,000 per annum on the date of the death of the said Lady Maria Christine Chater.\n\n8. In the event of a claim for Estate Duty having arisen then if such claim attaches by virtue of Section 9 (b) of Ordinance No. 3 of 1932 the capital sum necessary to produce £10,000 per annum calculated at the rate of Eight per cent per annum (being the Court rate of interest) amounts to £125,000. £125,000 converted into Hongkong Dollars at the rate of 1/11 being the rate prevailing on the 11th day of March 1935 amounts to $1,263,157.90.\n\n9. The said Sir William Edward Leonard Shenton and Michael Howard Turner contend that by virtue of Section 25 of Ordinance No. 3 of 1932 no Estate Duty is now payable.\n\n10. The said Sir William Edward Leonard Shenton and Michael Howard Turner also contend that if Estate Duty is payable by reason of the circumstances which have happened then such Estate Duty should be calculated in accordance with the Third Schedule of Ordinance No. 3 of 1932 but having regard to the fact that Section 13 (5) of Ordinance No. 16 of 1915 and the explanatory clause of the Third Schedule of Ordinance No. 16 of 1915 has not been incorporated in Ordinance No. 3 of 1932 such duty is impossible to calculate and is therefore not payable.\n\n5\n\nNo. 2. Letter from Respondent to Appellants Solicitors.\n\nESTATE DUTY OFFICE,\n\nTHE TREASURY,\n\nHongkong, 20th May, 1935.\n\nE.D. No. 131/1935.\n\nGentlemen,\n\nRe: SIR C. P. CHATER, DECEASED. & LADY M. C. CHATER, DECEASED.\n\nWith reference to the claim by this Department to Estate Duty by reason of the cesser of the annuity, I have the honour to inform you that I am advised by Counsel that your contentions that duty is not payable by virtue of Section 25, or that, if payable, it should be calculated in accordance with the Third Schedule of Ordinance 3 of 1932 cannot be accepted. Duty is accordingly claimed under Section 5 (1) (b), calculation to be made in accordance with the method described in Section 9 (6) (b). I accept your figure $1,263,157.90 as the value of the benefit accruing or arising from the cesser of the interest and attach an assessment memorandum showing the duty payable. You will note that the rate is 12% as the result of aggregation, as I hold that for the purpose of ascertaining the rate at which estate duty is payable on each subject of property the principal values of the different subjects of property must be added together (vide Hanson Death Duties 8th Edition pages 11 & 102).\n\nI have the honour to be,\n\nGentlemen,\n\nYour obedient servant,\n\nSd/ J. S. MACLAREN\n\np. Estate Duty Commissioner.\n\nMessrs. Deacons.\n\n30\n\nNo. 3. Assessment Memorandum.\n\nSWORN at the Supreme Court of Hongkong, this 4th day of April 1935.\n\nSd/ W. E. L. SHENTON.\n\nSd/ M. H. TURNER.\n\nBefore me,\n\nSd/ T. M. HAZLERIGG,\n\nA Commissioner for Oaths.\n\n30 E.D. 131\n\nII\n\nGentlemen,\n\nESTATE DUTY OFFICE, TREASURY,\n\nHongkong, 20th May, 1935.\n\nASSESSMENT MEMORANDUM.\n\nRe: LADY MARIA C. CHATER. DECEASED.\n\nI have to notify you that the Commissioner has now assessed the value of the above estate and will, on payment of the sum set out below, deliver to you",
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        "content_text": "47\n\nNo. 3.\n\nAssessment Memorandum 20th May 1935. (Continued)\n\nor your authorised representative his certificate for presentation to the Probate Registrar.\n\nNo. 4. Statement of Grounds of Appeal 27th May 1935.\n\nWhole Estate Assessed at over $2,000,000.00 or $1,263,157.90 $1,263,200.00 .8 151,584.00 10 398.70 1,528.80 Total $ 158,511.00\n\nI am, Your obedient servant, Sd. J. S. MACLAREN p. Estate Duty Commissioner.\n\nFurther property assessed at Further Duty at 12% on $1,263,200.00.. Interest at 4% on $151,584.00 from 11.3.35 to 4.4.35-24 days Interest at 8% on $151,584.00 from 4.4.35 to 20.5.35 = 46 days\n\nNOTE: Interest has been calculated to the date of this memorandum only, and is accruing at the rate of $33.2230 a day, but provided payment is made within one week no recalculation will be required. After the lapse of one week the Commissioner may take steps as may be necessary to recover duty and full accrued interest without further notice.\n\nMessrs. Deacons.\n\nNo. 4. Statement of Grounds of Appeal. In the Supreme Court of Hongkong ESTATE DUTY APPEAL MISC. PROC. No. 31 of 1935.\n\nIN THE MATTER of the Estate of SIR CATCHICK PAUL CHATER, Knight, C.M.G., late of Victoria in the Colony of Hongkong, Financier, deceased.\n\nIN THE MATTER of the Estate Duty Ordinances 1915 & 1932.\n\nIN THE MATTER of the Interpretation Ordinance 1911.\n\nSTATEMENT OF GROUNDS OF APPEAL.\n\n1. The Honourable Sir William Edward Leonard Shenton Knight Bachelor and Michael Howard Turner both of Victoria in the Colony of Hongkong Solicitors (hereinafter called \"the Trustees\") are the present Trustees of the Will of the above named deceased dated the 17th day of April 1925 and two Codicils thereto dated the 25th day of May 1926 all of which were duly proved in the Supreme Court of Hongkong in its Probate Jurisdiction on the 9th day of September 1926.\n\n2. By clause 5 of the said Will of the above named deceased he bequeathed an annuity of £10,000 sterling clear of all death duties and income tax to his widow Lady Maria Christine Chater.\n\n3. Estate Duty was paid on the whole of the above deceased's Estate when the aforesaid Probate was obtained.\n\n4. No fund was set aside to meet the said annuity but the same was paid out of the general income of the Estate as and when the annuity became due.\n\n5. The said Lady Maria Christine Chater died on the 11th day of March 1935.\n\n6. On the 4th day of April 1935 the Trustees filed an Account for the Commissioner of Estate Duty in which the foregoing facts were set out.\n\n7. The Trustees contended (in paragraph 9 of the said Account) that by virtue of Section 25 of Ordinance No. 3 of 1932 no estate duty was then payable.\n\n8. The Trustees further contended (in paragraph 10 of the said Account) that if estate duty were payable by reason of the circumstances which had happened such estate duty should be calculated in accordance with the Third Schedule of Ordinance No. 3 of 1932 but that having regard to the fact that Section 13 (5) of Ordinance No. 16 of 1915 and the explanatory clause of the Third Schedule of Ordinance No. 16 of 1915 had not been incorporated in Ordinance No. 3 of 1932 such duty was impossible to calculate and was therefore not payable.\n\n9. On the 20th day of May 1935 the Estate Duty Commissioner by a letter of that date addressed to the Trustees Solicitors rejected the contentions put forward by the Trustees in paragraphs 9 and 10 of their Account respectively. He claimed duty under Section 5 (1) (b) of the Estate Duty Ordinance No. 3 of 1932. He further claimed that the duty should be calculated in accordance with the method described in Section 9 (6) (b) thereof.\n\n10. By reason of the facts hereinbefore stated the Trustees are persons aggrieved within the meaning of Section 17 of the Estate Duty Ordinance 1932.\n\n11. The grounds for appeal are that the Estate Duty Commissioner has wrongly rejected the two separate contentions (or one of them) put forward by",
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        "content_text": "49\n\nNo. 4. Statement of Grounds of Appeal 27th May 1935. (Continued)\n\n8\n\nthe Trustees in paragraphs 9 and 10 of their Account respectively. These contentions the Trustees now repeat.\n\nFiled by\n\nTo the Estate Duty Commissioner.\n\nthis 27th day of May, 1935.\n\nSolicitors for the Trustees.\n\nSd/ DEACONS,\n\nNo. 5.\n\nDetermina-\n\nNo. 5. Determination of Commissioner to Maintain Decision.\n\ntion of Com-\n\nTo the Appellants,\n\nmissioner\n\nto Maintain\n\nand to Messrs, Deacons, their Solicitors.\n\nDecision\n\n7th June 1935.\n\nTAKE NOTICE that I, the undersigned, the Estate Duty Commissioner, have determined to maintain, in whole, the decision appealed against in this matter.\n\nDated this Seventh day of June, 1935.\n\nSd/ EDWIN TAYLOR,\n\nEstate Duty Commissioner.\n\n10\n\n10\n\n20\n\n9\n\nNo. 6,\n\n7th June\n\n(6) On the 20th day of May 1935 the Estate Duty Commissioner issued his Certificate deciding that Estate Duty was payable by the estate of the said deceased upon the death of Lady Maria Christine Chater, the widow of, and an annuitant under the Will of, the above named deceased on the 11th day of March 1935.\n\n(c) On the 27th day of May 1935 your Petitioners being aggrieved by the said decision filed in the Registry of this Honourable Court and delivered to the said Commissioner a written statement of the grounds upon which they desired to appeal.\n\n(2) On the 7th day of June 1935 the said Commissioner notified your Petitioners that he, the said Commissioner, had determined to maintain, in whole, his aforesaid decision.\n\n(e) Your Petitioners desire to proceed with their appeal before this Honourable Court on the following grounds :-\n\n(1) That by virtue of Section 25 of the Estate Duty Ordinance, No. 3 of 1932 no Estate Duty is now payable.\n\n(2) Further, or in the alternative, that if Estate Duty is payable by reason of the circumstances which have happened then such Estate Duty should be calculated in accordance with the Third Schedule of Ordinance No. 3 of 1932 but having regard to the fact that Section 13 (5) of Ordinance No. 16 of 1915 and the explanatory clause of the Third Schedule of Ordinance No. 16 of 1915 have not been incorporated in Ordinance No. 3 of 1932 such duty is impossible to calculate and is therefore not payable.\n\nAND YOUR PETITIONERS will ever pray as in duty bound.\n\nNo. 6.\n\nPetition\n\n7th June\n\n1935.\n\nNo. 6. Petition.\n\nTO HIS MAJESTY'S JUDGES OF THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.\n\nTHE HUMBLE PETITION of The Honourable Sir William Edward Leonard Shenton, Knight and Michael Howard Turner.\n\nSHEWETH as follows:—-\n\n(a) Your Petitioners are the present Trustees of the Will (and of two Codicils thereto) of the above named deceased who died on the 27th day of May 1926.\n\n30\n\nTo\n\nDated this 7th day of June, 1935.\n\nSd/ DEACONS,\n\nSolicitors for the Petitioners.\n\nNo. 7. Application to Set Petition down for hearing.\n\nNo. 7, Application\n\nto Set Petition\n\ndown for\n\nhearing.\n\n8th June,\n\nThe Crown Solicitor as representing the Estate Duty Commissioner. Application on the part of the Petitioners that the Petition in the above matter be set down for hearing.\n\nDated this 8th day of June, 1935.\n\nSd/ L. R. ANDREWES,\n\n(L.S.)\n\nRegistrar.",
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        "content_text": "10\n\n55\n\n15\n\nJudgment\n\nThis submission has not been seriously argued, nor is Mr. Macnamara's diffidence in this matter difficult to understand. The contention is in my opinion entirely without foundation. The Ordinance of 1932 provides in section 9(6) a simple machinery for the calculation of duty in such cases as this, and the fact that the Ordinance also contains a schedule for use where applicable, in the calculation of reversionary interests is entirely beside the point.\n\nThis appeal is dismissed with costs.\n\non the\n\n27th June 1935. (Continued)\n\nSd/ A. D. A. MACGREGOR,\n\nChief Justice,\n\n27th June, 1935.\n\n20\n\nNo. 11. Motion for leave to appeal to the Full Court.\n\nIn the Supreme Court of Hong Kong\n\nAPPELLATE JURISDICTION\n\nESTATE DUTY APPEAL\n\nMISC. PROC. No. 31 of 1935.\n\nAPPEAL. NO. 14 of 1935.\n\nIN THE MATTER OF SIR CATCHICK PAUL CHATER, KT., C.M.G., late of Victoria in the Colony of Hongkong, Financier, deceased.\n\nand\n\nIN THE MATTER of the Estate Duty Ordinances 1915 and 1932.\n\nNo. 11. Motion for leave to appeal to the Full Court. 2nd November, 1935.\n\nand\n\nIN THE MATTER of the Interpretation Ordinance 1911.\n\nTAKE NOTICE that the Court will be moved at 10 o'clock on Tuesday, the 3rd day of December 1935, or so soon thereafter as Counsel can be heard by Counsel for the Honourable Sir William Edward Leonard Shenton, Kt., and",
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        "content_text": "Page 56\n\n16\n\n-\n\nNo. 11. Motion for leave to\n\nFull Court. 2nd Novem-ber, 1935.\n\nMichael Howard Turner the present Trustees of the Will of Sir Catchick Paul Chater, K., C.M.G., for leave under Section 17 (2) of Ordinance No. 3 of 1932 appeal to the that the said Trustees be allowed to appeal from the Judgment of His Honour the Chief Justice Sir Atholl MacGregor, Kt., dated the 13th day of June 1935, that the said Judgment be set aside and that Judgment be entered for the said Trustees (Continued) with costs and for an Order that the Estate Duty Commissioner do refund the Estate Duty paid in pursuance of such Judgment together with interest thereon at the rate of 8% per annum from the date of payment to the date of refunding and also do pay the costs of the said Trustees of and incidental to this Appeal.\n\nDated this 2nd day of November, 1935.\n\nSd/ DEACONS.\n\n10\n\nPage 57\n\n17\n\nNo. 13. Motion to C.M.G., the Full\n\nCourt to Set\n\nIN THE MATTER of the Estate of SIR CATCHICK PAUL CHATER, Kt.. late of Victoria in the Colony of Hongkong, aside the Financier, deceased.\n\nand\n\nJudgment of of the Chief\n\nJustice on the Petition appealing from the decision\n\nIN THE MATTER of the Estate Duty of the Com Ordinances 1915 and 1932.\n\nmissioner. 10th Decem-ber, 1935. (Continued)\n\nand\n\nNo. 12,\n\nOrder giving\n\nleave to\n\nappeal to the\n\nFull Court.\n\nber, 1935.\n\nTo\n\nThe Registrar of the Supreme Court and\n\nTo the Estate Duty Commissioner and to his Solicitor.\n\nNo. 12. Order giring leare to appeal to the Full Court.\n\nUpon hearing Counsel for the Appellants Ex parte IT IS ORDERED 10th Decem-that the Appellants the Honourable Sir William Edward Leonard Shenton, Kt., and Michael Howard Turner the present Trustees of the will of Sir Catchick Paul Chater, Kt., c.M.G., have leave under Section 17 (2) of Ordinance No. 3 of 1932 to appeal to the Full Court from the Judgment of His Honour the Chief\n\n20 Justice Sir Atholl MacGregor, Kt., dated the 13th day of June 1935.\n\n(L.S.)\n\nDated this 10th day of December, 1935.\n\nSd/ L. R. ANDREWES,\n\nRegistrar.\n\n•\n\n10\n\nIN THE MATTER of the Interpretation Ordinance, 1911.\n\nBetween\n\nTHE HONOURABLE SIR WILLIAM EDWARD LEONARD SHENTON, Kt, AND MICHAEL HOWARD TURNER.\n\nAppellants.\n\nand\n\nRespondent.\n\nTHE ESTATE DUTY COMMISSIONER.\n\nTAKE NOTICE that the Full Court will be moved at 10 o'clock in the fore-noon on Wednesday the 8th day of January 1936 or so soon thereafter as Counsel can be heard by Mr. H. C. Macnamara as Counsel for the above Appellants for an Order that the Judgment of His Honour the Chief Justice\n\n20 Sir Atholl MacGregor, Kt., dated the 13th day of June 1935 be set aside and that Judgment be entered for the Appellants with costs and for an Order that the Estate Duty Commissioner do refund the estate duty paid in pursuance of such Judgment together with interest thereon at the rate of 8% per annum from the date of payment to the date of refunding and also do pay the costs of the Appellants of and incidental to this Appeal.\n\nDated the 10th day of December, 1935.\n\nNo. 13.\n\nMotion to\n\nthe Full Court to Set aside the Judgment of\n\nof the Chief Justice on the Petition appealing from the decision\n\nof the Com- missioner.\n\n10th Decem-ber, 1935.\n\nNo. 13. Motion to the Full Court to Set aside the Judgment of the Chief Justice on the Petition appealing from the decision of the Commissioner.\n\nIn the Supreme Court of Hongkong\n\nAPPELLATE JURISDICTION\n\nESTATE DUTY APPEAL\n\n30\n\nMISC. PROC. No. 31 of 1935.\n\n30\n\nAPPEAL NO. 14 OF 1935,\n\nTo\n\nThe Registrar of the Supreme Court, The Estate Duty Commissioner, and The Crown Solicitor.\n\nSd/\n\nDEACONS.\n\nPage 57\n\n17\n\n...",
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        "content_text": "Page 75\n\n35\n\nNo. 19. Motion for leave to appeal to His Majesty the King in Council.\n\nNo. 19. Motion for leave to appeal to His Majesty the King in Council.\n\n25th February, 1936.\n\nTAKE NOTICE that this Honourable Court will be moved on Thursday, the 5th day of March 1936 at 10 o'clock in the forenoon or so soon thereafter as Counsel can be heard by Mr. Leo D'Almada e Castro or other Counsel for and on behalf of the above named Appellants for an Order that the proceedings herein be continued between Harold John Armstrong (as the Trustee appointed in place and stead of Sir William Edward Leonard Shenton Knight upon his retirement from the trusteeship) jointly with Michael Howard Turner Trustees of the Estate of Sir Catchick Paul Chater Knight, C.M.G., deceased, and the Respondent the Estate Duty Commissioner for the Colony of Hongkong in like manner as such proceedings might have been continued by the said Sir William Edward Leonard Shenton and Michael Howard Turner if the said Sir William Edward Leonard Shenton had not retired from the said trusteeship and for leave to appeal to His Majesty The King in Council from the Judgment of this Honourable Court delivered in these proceedings on the 17th day of February 1936 affirming the Judgment of His Honour The Chief Justice dated the 13th day of June 1935 the Appellants undertaking to comply with the provisions of the Rules and Instructions concerning Appeals to His Majesty The King in His Privy Council.\n\n20\n\nDated at Hongkong this 25th day of February, 1936.\n\nSd/ DEACONS,\n\nSolicitors for the Appellants.\n\nTo The Registrar of the Supreme Court and to the Respondent and to the Crown Solicitor his Solicitor.\n\nNo. 20. Affidavit of Ralph Archibald Wadeson in Support of Motion.\n\nI, RALPH ARCHIBALD WADESON, of No. 1 Des Voeux Road Central, Victoria in the Colony of Hongkong, Solicitor, make oath and say as follows:-\n\nNo. 20. Affidavit of Ralph Archibald Wadeson in support of Motion.\n\n25th February, 1936.\n\n1. I am a partner in the firm of Messrs. Deacons, the Solicitors for the abovenamed Appellants and as such have the conduct and management of these proceedings.\n\n2. Since the commencement of these proceedings i.e., on or about the 31st day of December 1935, the abovenamed Sir William Edward Leonard Shenton, Kt., retired from the said trust and Harold John Armstrong of No. 1 Des Voeux Road Central, Hongkong, was appointed in his place jointly with the above-named Michael Howard Turner. The said Harold John Armstrong has informed me...\n\nPage 35",
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        "content_text": "No. 20. Affidavit of Ralph Archibald Wadeson in support of Motion 25th February, 1936.\n\nI, Ralph Archibald Wadeson, make oath and say that he is desirous of and consents to being substituted as an Appellant in these proceedings in the place of the said Sir William Edward Leonard Shenton, Kt.\n\n3. On the 20th day of May 1935 the Estate Duty Commissioner issued his Certificate deciding that Estate Duty was payable by the Estate of the said deceased upon the death of the Widow Lady Maria Christine Chater an (Continued) Annuitant under the Will who died on the 11th day of March 1935.\n\n4. Being aggrieved by the decision contained in the said Certificate the above-named Appellants filed in the Registry of this Honourable Court and delivered to the Estate Duty Commissioner a written Statement of the grounds upon which they desired to appeal against the said decision and on the 7th day of June 1935 the said Commissioner notified the above-named Appellants that he had determined to maintain in whole his aforesaid decision whereupon the above-named Appellants lodged with this Honourable Court a Petition giving the grounds upon which and asking that the said decision should be set aside.\n\n5. The said Petition came on for hearing before His Honour The Chief Justice Sir Atholl MacGregor, Kt., on the 13th day of June 1935, at which the Appellants and the Respondent were represented.\n\n6. At the conclusion of the hearing of the said Petition on the 13th day of June 1935, His Honour Sir Atholl MacGregor, Kt., dismissed the said Appeal with costs and on the 27th day of June 1935 delivered a written Judgment accordingly.\n\n7. On the 10th day of December 1935 the above-named Appellants filed a Notice of Motion that this Honourable Court would be moved on the 8th day of January 1936 at 10 o'clock in the forenoon or so soon thereafter as Counsel could be heard by Counsel on behalf of the above-named Appellants that the whole of the decision of His Honour Sir Atholl MacGregor, Kt., should be reversed and that Judgment should be entered for the above-named Appellants and for an Order that the Respondent should refund the Estate Duty paid in pursuance of such Judgment together with interest at 8% per annum from the date of payment to the date of refunding and that the costs of the above-named Appellants of the proceedings in the first instance and of the Appeal should be paid by the Respondent.\n\n8. The said Motion was heard before this Honourable Court consisting of Their Honours Mr. Justice R. E. Lindsell and Mr. Justice J. J. Hayden sitting together on the 8th and 9th days of January 1936.\n\n9. On the 17th day of February 1936 the Appeal was unanimously dismissed with costs.\n\n10. The above-named Appellants feel themselves aggrieved by the said Judgment of this Honourable Court delivered on the 17th day of February 1936 affirming the said Judgment of His Honour Sir Atholl MacGregor, Kt., delivered on the 13th day of June 1935 and desire to appeal therefrom.\n\n11. The said Judgment is for and in respect of a sum or matter at issue above the amount and value of $5,000.\n\nSWORN at the Courts of Justice, Victoria, Hongkong, this 25th day of February 1936 Before me,\n\nSd. L. R. ANDREWES,\n\nA Commissioner for Oaths.\n\nAffidavit of Ralph Archibald Wadeson in support of Motion.\n\nSd. R. A. WADESON, 25th February, 1936. (Continued)\n\nPage 37\n\nPage 77\n\nNo. 21. Order granting provisional leave to appeal to the Privy Council.\n\n9th March, 1936.\n\nUPON the Motion of above named Appellants Sir William Edward Leonard Shenton, Kt., and Michael Howard Turner filed on the 25th day of February 1936 praying for leave to appeal to His Majesty in His Privy Council from the judgment of the Full Court dated 17th day of February 1936 affirming the judgment of His Honour The Chief Justice dated the 13th day of June 1935 and upon reading the Notice of Motion and the Affidavit of Ralph Archibald Wadeson filed herein on the 25th day of February 1936 and upon hearing what was alleged by Mr. Leo D'Almada e Castro of Counsel for the Appellants and by Mr. Ernest Illias Williams of Counsel for the Respondent it doth appear to this Honourable Court that this is a proper case in which to allow such appeal THIS COURT DOTH ORDER that the name of Harold John Armstrong be substituted for the name of Sir William Edward Leonard Shenton, Kt., jointly with the above named Michael Howard Turner as an Appellant and that these proceedings continue in that name AND THIS COURT DOTH FURTHER ORDER that subject to the performance by the said Appellants of the orders of this Court by them to be performed hereinafter contained or hereinafter made and subject to the final Order of this Court to be made and upon the due performance thereof leave to appeal to His Majesty in His Privy Council against the said judgment of this Honourable Court approving the said judgment of His Honour the Chief Justice be granted to the said Appellants AND THIS COURT DOTH ORDER that the said Appellants do within three months from the date of the hearing of the said Motion for leave to appeal enter into good and sufficient security to the satisfaction of the Registrar of this Court in the sum $5,000.00 by paying the same to the Registrar of the said Court for the due prosecution of the appeal and for the payment of all such costs as may become payable to the Respondent in the event of the Appellants not obtaining an Order granting them final leave to appeal or of the appeal being dismissed for non-prosecution or of His Majesty in Council ordering the Appellants to pay the Respondent the costs of the appeal AND THIS COURT DOTH FURTHER ORDER that the Appellants do within three months from the date of the hearing of the said Motion for leave to appeal...\n\nPage 38\n\nPage 78",
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        "content_text": "Probate of The Will \n\nand Codicils \n\nof Sir Catchick \n\nPaul Chater \n\ndeceased. \n\ngiven to the Trustees of this my Will by that or any other description shall be vested in and exercisable by the said Trustees hereby appointed and the survivors or survivor of them or other the Trustees or Trustee for the time being of this Will and that a sole Trustee for the time being shall be competent to act for all purposes Provided always and it is my wish that the number of the Trustees of this my Will shall at all times be kept up to not less than two and that in the (Continued) \n\nevent of the number becoming at any time by death or otherwise reduced below that number the vacancy or vacancies shall as soon as circumstances will conveniently admit be filled up so as to restore at least that number but nevertheless any acts or proceedings of the Trustee for the time being in the interval before the filling up of such vacancy or vacancies shall not be invalidated by reason of the same not having been done And I express the desire that the senior active member of the firm of Messieurs Deacons Solicitors of this Colony shall always be one of my Trustees. \n\n2. I DESIRE that I may be buried in Hongkong next to my brother Joseph Theophilus Chater and that should I die outside Hongkong I may be brought there for burial. I further desire that on her death my wife be buried beside me. \n\n3. I BEQUEATH to my wife (free of all death duties) all my wearing apparel personal ornaments trinkets and jewels furniture plate plated goods linen glass china books manuscripts pictures prints statuary musical instruments porcelain and pottery and all other articles of personal use or ornament and all my wines liquors consumable stores and provisions and all my motor cars and garage furniture and all my plants and garden tools and implements and if she shall predecease me I declare that the same shall fall into my residuary estate Provided always that my collection of porcelain and pottery and my collection of prints and pictures of Hongkong and the Far East (of which a book has recently been published by James Orange) shall not be deemed to be included in this bequest but shall form part of my residuary estate And I declare that my Trustees shall determine and be the sole Judges of the items which form part of the said collections. \n\n4. I BEQUEATH the following pecuniary legacies all free of all death duties:- \n\n(a) To my wife the sum of Five thousand Pounds Sterling to be paid to her as soon as possible after my death and in priority to all other legacies hereby or by any Codicil hereto bequeathed. \n\n(b) To my sister Sophia Matilda Gunn the wife of William Gunn the sum of Two thousand five hundred Pounds Sterling to be paid to her as soon as possible after my death and in priority to all other legacies (save the legacy bequeathed by Clause (a) hereof) hereby or by any Codicil hereto bequeathed. \n\n(c) To the said William Edward Leonard Shenton the sum of Five thousand Dollars Hongkong Currency to the said Reginald Frederick Mattingly the sum of Five thousand Dollars Hongkong Currency and to the said Arthur Howard Barlow the sum of Ten thousand Dollars Hongkong Currency each legacy to be upon the condition that the Donee proves my Will and accepts the Trusteeship thereof AND SHOULD one only of the said William Edward Leonard Shenton and Reginald Frederick Mattingly prove my Will and accept the Trusteeship thereof I bequeath to that one the sum of Ten thousand Dollars Hongkong Currency in lieu of the said bequest of Five thousand Dollars Hongkong Currency. \n\n(d) To the Hongkong Jockey Club or its successor the sum of Fifty thousand Dollars Hongkong Currency And I express the hope that it will out of the income thereof annually provide a Cup to be called \"the Chater Cup.\" \n\n5. I BEQUEATH the following annuities all clear of all death duties and income tax payable to the respective persons hereinafter enumerated commencing from my death by equal quarterly payments the first payment in each case to be made at the expiration of Three months from my death:- \n\n(a) To my wife during her life the annual sum of Ten thousand Pounds Sterling. \n\n(b) To my said sister Sophia Matilda Gunn during her life the annual sum of Two thousand five hundred Pounds Sterling. \n\n(c) To Mrs. Annie Macpherson the wife of Reverend Macpherson during her life the annual sum of Five hundred Pounds Sterling, \n\n(d) To Helen Jordan the widow of my nephew the late Paul Jordan during her life the annual sum of Fifteen hundred Pounds Sterling. \n\n(e) To my grand-nephew Percy Manuk at present of Patna in the Empire of India Barrister-at-law the sum of Rupees Two hundred thousand (Indian Currency). \n\n(f) To each of my Trustees (other than my wife) who shall take an active share in the administration of the trusts of this my Will and any Codicil thereto the annual sum of Two thousand Dollars Hongkong Currency during such period as he shall take such active share in such administration as aforesaid Provided always that if and during such period as the said William Edward Leonard Shenton and Reginald Frederick Mattingly shall both take an active share in such administration as aforesaid each shall be paid the annual sum of One thousand Dollars Hongkong Currency and not the said annual sum of Two thousand Dollars Hongkong Currency. \n\n6. I GIVE devise bequeath and appoint all my real estate of every tenure and all my personal estate and effects whatsoever and wheresoever not hereby \n\nPaul Chater,",
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        "content_text": "## Page 117\n\nThe Respondent is the State Duty Commissioner of Hong Kong.\n\nThe proceedings arise out of a decision by the State Duty Commissioner requiring the payment of estate duty on the cesser of an annuity bequeathed by the will of Sir Catchick Paul Chater to the deceased's wife, who is now dead.\n\nThe present appeal to the Privy Council is from a judgment of the Full Court of Hong Kong dismissing an appeal from the Judgment of His Honour Sir Atholl MacGregor, Chief Justice, which upheld the decision of the State Duty Commissioner.\n\nSir Catchick Paul Chater died at No. 1 Conduit Road, Victoria, Hong Kong, on the 27th March, 1926. He was domiciled in this Colony.\n\nHis will, dated the 17th April, 1925, and two Codicils both dated the 25th May, 1926, were duly proved in the Supreme Court of Hong Kong in its Probate jurisdiction, on the 9th September, 1926, by the Honourable Sir William Edward Leonard Shenton, Reginald Frederick Mattingly, and Lady Chater, the widow of the testator.\n\nThe said R.F. Mattingly died on the 29th December, 1926, and on the 11th March, 1927, Michael Howard Turner was appointed a Trustee of the said Will and Codicils, in the place of the said R.F. Mattingly, deceased.\n\nThe said Lady Chater died on the 11th March, 1935.\n\nThe present Trustees of the will and Codicils of the said Sir Catchick Paul Chater, deceased, are: Harold John Armstrong and Michael Howard Turner.\n\nBy clause 5 of the said will, the testator bequeathed an annuity of £10,000 sterling, clear of all death duties and income tax, to his said widow.",
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        "title": "CO129-564-4 Cholera epidemic 23-8-1937 - 9-4-1938",
        "content_text": "(c) Isolation & Treatment of Cases.\n\nAt the commencement of the epidemic all cases were admitted to the Infectious Diseases Hospital at Kennedy Town, but by 13th August the hospital became so crowded that it was deemed necessary to reopen the recently vacated old Government Civil Hospital. This was done on 15th August. Thereafter, all the cases were treated at the latter hospital. Additional staff, including two resident Chinese Medical Officers and a number of resident trained Chinese nurses, were engaged.\n\nThe treatment was in the main in accordance with that recommended by Sir Leonard Rogers. On admission one pint of alkaline solution was administered. This was followed by a slow intravenous injection of the hypertonic saline. The amount of the latter was gauged by the reactions of the patient and averaged in the case of adults about 5 pints. Repeat injections were given when the occasion demanded.\n\nTomb's essential oils were tried but caused so much vomiting that this form of treatment was given up.\n\nMore successful was the use of Potassium Permanganate in 2 gr. pills every half hour for the first 24 hours.\n\nCoramine was used frequently in cases of collapse.\n\nMany of the male patients who survived the acute stage developed some seven to ten days later oedema of the legs resembling an acute form of beri beri.\n\nDiet was on general principles for such cases but milk was kept out almost entirely. The use of the local \"Green Spot\", a mixture of orange juice and sugar, was found to be very satisfactory. Bovril and Marmite were used but later a congee with fresh beef and beans was found of considerable value.\n\nCarriers, i.e. those patients who had had the disease and who after 10 days still showed the vibrio, were treated by Tomb's Solution given every hour for eight doses, and followed by Mist Alba 1oz. This generally proved quite sufficient.",
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        "document_key": "CO129-565-5 Hong Kong Eugenics League- activities 27-6-1937 - 31-8-1937",
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        "title": "CO129-565-5 Hong Kong Eugenics League- activities 27-6-1937 - 31-8-1937",
        "content_text": "14\n\n28\n\nBIRTH CONTROL NEWS\n\nDoctor's Case for Small Families.\n\nA defence of mothers who \"provide the State with a small number of good citizens rather than a rabble of neglected starvelings\" is made by Dr. John Kershaw, medical officer of health for Accrington (Lancs.)\n\nThe number of first-born children, he points out, had increased in Accrington, and was higher in 1936 than at any time since 1930. The number of second children had also increased during recent years.\n\n\"If young parents prefer pleasure to perambulators and cars to cradles,\" Dr. Kershaw writes,\n\n16 we should expect to find a decrease in the number of first children, since once the first baby has arrived a life of pleasure is seriously hampered.\n\n\"It is in the third and subsequent children that the decrease has been steadily progressing during the last dozen years.\n\n\"If these figures mean anything, they mean that women are as ready as ever to become mothers, but that they are unable to afford a large family.\n\n\"Parents are still courageous. It is fear for the child's future and not for her own comfort that deters a woman from continuing to bear children.\n\n'Until she is relieved of this fear, it is futile to mouth well-meaning but empty phrases about duty to the State.'\n\nYour Own Opinion.\n\n(\n\nI do not think the writer of the article on empty cradles worked out how a mother with only £2 a week coming in can provide for a newcomer without robbing those she has already.\n\nI have two big and healthy children, and I have just had another in Crumpsall Hospital.\n\nI borrowed £2 for a second-hand layette for my new babe, expecting to\n\nOctober, 1937\n\nreceive £2 maternity money, and now I am informed by the Post Office that I am not entitled to draw any.\n\nI have drawn just 24s. 6d. in money and I have put ninety 1s. 2d. stamps on my cards, expecting it now my babe is here. I have no money to buy even a second-hand pram, nor anything to pay back what I borrowed for the layette. Then we have to read articles on why there are not more children!\n\nD. S., Belper Street, Harpurhey.\n\nLandlord Bans Babies.\n\nA young couple in Aberdeen have been forbidden by their landlord to have any children. If they do they must leave the house.\n\nThe identity of the couple is being kept secret, but the matter has aroused tremendous indignation and is being investigated by the Aberdeen House Proprietors' and Factors' Association.\n\nThe clergy have taken strong objection to the landlord's ruling, and steps may be taken to have the whole case officially reviewed.\n\nInvestigations have revealed that although it is seldom a factor makes the stipulation so definite many young couples have been given houses, but told when they take over that no children were wanted.\n\n\"There is no A young wife said: doubt that many young couples are afraid to have families for fear they are put out of their house.\"\n\nMEDICAL HELP\n\nON\n\nBIRTH CONTROL\n\nBY\n\nHAROLD CHAPPLE, M.C.\n\nSIR JOHN COCKBURN, K.C.M.G., M.D. SIR W. ARBUTHNOT LANE, C.B.\n\nSIR JAMES BARR, C.B.E., M.D.\n\nAnd others.\n\nOf all Booksellers\n\n6s. net. Putnam, 24, Bedford St., London, W.C.2\n\nVol xvi, No. 3.\n\nBIRTH CONTROL NEWS\n\nParis-International Population Congress.\n\nPrison Ban.\n\n29\n\n15\n\nA woman friend who has just become a visitor to Holloway Prison is puzzled and disturbed because she finds she is unable to get permission to give the inmates any instruction in birth control.\n\nCC\n\nAt the Congress held in Paris on July 29 to August 1, under the Presidency of M. Adolphe Landry, a large number of speakers from different countries assembled to listen to a wide range of theoretical papers. The\n\nHere, if anywhere,\" she says subject arousing most discussion and indignantly, \"it is needed.\n\nit is needed. Most of on which the Congress members got\n\nthese women, who have either got no thoroughly bogged was that of \"Race.\" brains at all, or the wrong sort, and are It is clear that the word as used at\n\noften physically unsound as well, have large families, some of them eight or ten, even in these days.\n\n80\n\npresent is charged with much political significance and based on so little truly diagnostic character that it would be better not to use the word at all at any scientific meeting.\n\nA full Report of the proceedings is to be issued by the Congress Secretary in due course.\n\nSir Leonard Hill's Warning.\n\nSir Leonard Hill, specialist in physical medicine, discussed the prospect of a greatly diminished population, with a growing proportion of the aged, in his Presidential Address to the Sanitary Inspectors Association Conference at Brighton.\n\nHe said that, if the present trend continues, in one hundred years Britain's population may have fallen to 5,000,000, little more than half the present population of London. In every 100 people there were now 23 under 15 and 12 over 60. In thirty years' time the figures would be 10 and 24, and in sixty years 4 and 45.\n\nThe infant mortality had been halved and the expectation of life at birth had gone up since the middle of last century, from thirty-nine to fifty-nine years.\n\nIt was not that the late middle-aged people were now living to be older, but that the young were not dying. If the present trend was followed there would by 1941 no longer be any excess of births over deaths.\n\n'They would like to know how to stop, having children; the prison officials would like them to. I would like to tell them. But none of us is the Home Office will not even listen to able to do anything about it, because\n\nargument on the subject.\"\n\nNot \"Three Score Years and Ten.\"\n\nC\n\nThe child born in this century can hope on the average for thirty more years of life than his ancestor in the fourth century and twelve more years than if he had lived 200 years ago,\" said Professor D. Burns, speaking at the British Association.\n\nCC\n\nMore and more people of all ages are being protected against natural death, and the proportion of people unfitted for life's struggle is increasing, especially in the more sheltered classes, and they are likely to fall victims to any sudden physical or mental crisis. That explains why the average expectation of life of the male of 65 is less to-day than it was at the beginning of the Christian Era.\n\nTHE C.B.C. LIBRARY is there for use Members can use the Reading Room or borrow books. Join the C.B.C. and use it.",
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        "document_key": "CO129-567-12 Hong Kong University 24-1-1938 - 24-1-1938",
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        "title": "CO129-567-12 Hong Kong University 24-1-1938 - 24-1-1938",
        "content_text": "KING'S\n\nSHOWING TO-DAY AT 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.30 P.M.\n\nPrince and the Pauper\n\nFate made one lad a king, one a beggar: America's best-loved author made their story famous; a triumphant screen makes them unforgettable as Mark Twain's pageant brings you the thrill of a lifetime ...the pageant of England's coronation the glory of the bravest adventure that ever echoed round the world!\n\nERROL FLYNN CLAUDE RAINS HENRY STEPHENSON BARTON MACLANE MAUCH TWINS and the BILLY & BOBBY by South Wolfgang Forngold R Bird by WILLIAM KENBERRY\n\nSOUTH CHINA MORNING POST, THURSDAY,\n\nTURF TRAINING TIMES\n\nROSE JOSEPHINE AND LUCKY LAD SHOW PROMISING FORM\n\nLITTLE AUDREY RUNS GOOD MILE\n\nImproved form was shown by many of the new ponies during their appearances at Happy Valley yesterday. Rose Josephine and Lucky Lad completed the three-quarters run in 1.33 with a last quarter of 28 secs. Little Audrey, another Australian, finished strongly in a mile run with a 27.1 secs. last quarter, having run the whole distance in 2.08.3. 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\n      \n      \n      2.24\n    \n    \n      S\n      \n      1\n      \n      38.4\n      \n      1.10.1\n    \n    \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      1.16.1\n    \n    \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      1.50\n    \n    \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      1.00\n    \n    \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      2,24\n    \n    \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      34\n      \n    \n    \n      $\n      \n      \n      \n      1\n      \n      36\n    \n    \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      1.10.2\n    \n    \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      1.432\n    \n    \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      2.22\n    \n    \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      36\n      \n    \n    \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      1.10.2\n      \n    \n    \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      1.412\n      \n    \n    \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      2.22\n      \n    \n    \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      36.3\n      \n    \n    \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      48.1\n      \n    \n    \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      1,37\n      \n    \n    \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      2.181\n      \n    \n    \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      2,52\n    \n    \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      33.4\n      \n    \n    \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      48.1\n      \n    \n    \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      1.37\n      \n    \n    \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      2,181\n      \n    \n    \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      2.52\n    \n    \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      33.4\n      \n    \n    \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      1.10.2\n      \n    \n    \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      37\n      \n    \n    \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      1.10.2\n      \n    \n    \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      1.454\n      \n    \n    \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      1.10.2\n      \n    \n    \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      1.40\n      \n    \n    \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      1.25\n      \n    \n    \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      4.04\n    \n    \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      2.02\n      \n    \n    \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      3.14\n    \n    \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      1.414\n      \n    \n    \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      -35.2\n    \n    \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      2.34\n    \n    \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      32\n      \n    \n    \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      1.2\n      \n    \n    \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      4.04\n    \n    \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      1.25\n      \n    \n    \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      2.0%\n      \n    \n    \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      2.34\n    \n    \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      32\n      \n    \n    \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      1.28\n      \n    \n    \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      2.07\n      \n    \n    \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      2.39\n    \n    \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      32\n      \n    \n    \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      1.28\n      \n    \n    \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      2.01\n      \n    \n    \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      2.39\n    \n    \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      92\n      \n    \n    \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      44\n      \n      1.28\n    \n    \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      1.28\n    \n    \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      44\n      \n      1.26\n    \n    \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      1.26\n    \n    \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      44\n      \n      \n    \n    \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      1.28\n    \n    \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      44\n      \n      \n    \n    \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      1.26\n    \n    \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      44\n      \n      \n    \n    \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      1.28\n    \n    \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      44\n      \n      \n    \n    \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      1.26\n    \n    \n      \n      \n    Double Up\n    \n    53.2\n    \n    1.44\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    2.20\n  \n  \n    Celebration Day\n    \n    \n    \n    53.2\n    \n    1.44\n  \n  \n    Merrick\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    The Giant Panda\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    1.29.1\n    \n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    2.07\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    2.043\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    2.37.2\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    32.4\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    2.04.3\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    2.37.2\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    32.4\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    2,043\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    2.37.2\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    $2.4\n    \n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    2.37.2\n    \n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    32.4\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    1.24.2\n    \n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    2.06.1\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    2.36.3\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    31.2\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    1.24.2\n    \n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    2.05.1\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    2.30.3\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    31.2\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    2.08.3\n    \n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    27.1\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    3.04.1\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    35.1\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    2.29\n    \n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    3.04.1\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    35.1\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    1.29.1\n    \n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    2.07\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    2.40.2\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    33.2\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    2.40.2\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    33.2\n  \n  \n    Flying Trapeze\n    \n    \n    \n    46.2\n    \n    1,30.3\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    22.2\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    2.45.4\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    33.2\n  \n  \n    Sub. No. 123\n    \n    \n    \n    38\n    \n    1.16.2\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    1.47\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    30.3\n    \n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    46.1\n    \n    1.29\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    2.0\n  \n  \n    Daddy Long Legs\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    2.43\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    34\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    34\n    \n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    1,25\n    \n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    2.0%\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    2.40\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    24\n    \n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    34\n    \n  \n  \n    Split Hand\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    1.25\n    \n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    2.31\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    3.10\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    35\n    \n  \n  \n    Full Mark\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    1.25\n    \n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    2.37\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    3.10\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    33\n    \n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    53.\n    \n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    1.25\n    \n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    2 31\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    3.10\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    33\n    \n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    33\n    \n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    46\n    \n    1.25\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    2.09\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    2.38\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    35\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    48.3\n    \n    1:33\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    2.12\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    35\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    38.4\n    \n    1.14.4\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    1.58.3\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    2.30\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    36.2\n    \n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    41\n    \n    24\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    1.52\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    31.3\n    \n  \n  \n    $\n    \n    \n    \n    1\n    \n    47.4\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    1.35.2\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    1.4\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    2.48\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    33.1\n  \n  \n    A.\n    \n    \n    \n    47.4\n    \n    1.35\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    1.35\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    2.14\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    2.48\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    33.1\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    A\n    \n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    31.3\n    \n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    1.05.4\n    \n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    1.312\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    1.37.2\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    33.3\n  \n  \n    A\n    \n    \n    \n    1\n    \n    31.3\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    1.05.4\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    1.312\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    33.3\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    S\n    \n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    34\n    \n    41.2\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    1.17.4\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    1.522\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    34.3\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    1.17.4\n    \n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    1.512\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    1.52\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    34.3\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    34.3\n    \n  \n  \n    Louis XIV\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    Cricketeer\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    Urber\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    Cat\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    Micky Glitters\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    Golden Cow\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    Dark Hazard\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    The Scholar\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    The Leopard\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    Cape Comorin\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    Cape York\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    The Typhoon\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    Tornado Star\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    Captain Blood\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    Rexiana Eagle\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    1.20.2\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    41.2\n    \n    9\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    34\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    S\n    \n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    $4\n    \n    \n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    41.2\n    \n    1.17.4\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    LANGFORD SHINES\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    Marksmen Favoured By Good Weather\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    MOODY TAKES PRIZE\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    GOLD CUP CONTEST\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    New Qualifications For American Classic\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    New York.\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    Future gold cup boats must average 65 miles an hour both ways over a measured mile to qualify for the American racing classic.\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    of the The gold cup committee\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    Power Boat Association American adopted this rule change at a meet-\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    Previous gold cup en-\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    ing recently.\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    trants, however, will not be required to qualify.\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    were almost Weather conditions ideal yesterday when the Hongkong Rifle Association held a shoot on the Army ranges.\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    Although the wind varied in strength, its direction was and the light was fairly constant,\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    The committee retained its 1937 good.\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    Outstanding feature of the shooting was\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    the fine card returned by L/Cpl.\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    R. Langford (Middlesex), who put\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    on 32, 31 and 31, at 200, 500, and 800\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    yards respectively, thus obtaining an aggregate only a point less than that\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    and French boats built to accommo-\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    obtained by Cd.-Gnr. Moody, (H.M.S.\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    Suffolk) who took\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    the nett spoon\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    in the S. R. (b) series with 95.\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    a\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    Concurrently with the spoon shoot,\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    The Detroit Yacht Club, host to the 1937 classic, is bidding for next\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    and has year's event,\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    suggested\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    a competition was held between the\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    September 3. 4 and 5 as dates for\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    are\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    being\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    Middlesex and\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    and the Seaforths. Special competitions\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    arranged for the next Sunday shoot, when opportunity will be afforded for shooting at the new army targets.\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    There will also be clay-bird and re-\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    as well as team\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    volver shooting,\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    events.\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    The\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    annual general meeting will be held in February.\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    Nominated life; memberships have been awarded to Mr. Lawrence Kadoorie, and Captain F. P. Sequeira, of the Volunteers.",
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        "title": "CO129-571-17 Hong Kong Eugenics League 14-4-1938 - 8-7-1938",
        "content_text": "## THE NATIONAL BIRTH CONTROL ASSOCIATION \n**(with which is incorporated the Birth Control Investigation Committee)**  \n69, ECCLESTON SQUARE, LONDON, S.W.1  \n\nTelephone: VICTORIA 3368  \n\n**Hon. Treasurer:**  \nIAN C. BAILLIEU, Esq.  \n\n**Secretary:**  \nMRS. PYKE.  \n\n**Headquarters' Organiser:**  \nMISS HOLLAND.  \n\n**President:**  \nTHE LORD HORDER, K.C.V.O., M.D., F.R.C.P.  \n\n**Chairman of Executive Committee:**  \nTHE LADY Denman, D.B.E.  \n\n### BIRTH CONTROL INVESTIGATION COMMITTEE  \n**Chairman:**  \nSIR HUMPHRY ROLLESTON, Bart., G.C.V.O., K.C.B., M.D., F.R.C.P.  \n\n**Hon. Secretary:**  \nC. P. BLACKER, ESQ., M.C., M.D., F.R.C.P.  \n\n### Vice-Presidents  \n| Name | Title/Honors |\n| --- | --- |\n| C. J. Bond, Esq. | C.M.G., F.R.C.S. |\n| Robert J. G. Boothby, Esq. | M.P. |\n| Aleck W. Bourne, Esq. | F.R.C.S. |\n| Geoffrey Bourne, Esq. | M.D., F.R.C.P. |\n| Professor F. J. Browne | Professor of Obstetric Medicine, University of London |\n| Professor A. M. Carr-Saunders |  |\n| Harold Chapple, Esq. | M.Ch., F.R.C.S. |\n| The Earl of Cromer | P.C., G.C.V.O. |\n| Major Leonard Darwin | Sc.D. |\n| Earl De La Warr | P.C. |\n| Sir Mark Grant-Sturgis | K.C.B. |\n| The Rev. Herbert Gray | D.D. |\n| Capt. D. W. Gunston | M.C., M.P. |\n| Miss Gertrude Herzfield | M.B., Ch.B., F.R.C.S. |\n| J. Maynard Keynes, Esq. | M.A., C.B., F.B.A. |\n| Major-General Sir Alfred Knox | K.C.B., C.M.G., M.P. |\n| Cedric Lane-Roberts, Esq. | M.S., F.R.C.S. |\n| The Rev. Gordon Lang |  |\n| R. Langdon-Down, Esq. | M.A., M.B., B.Ch. |\n| Professor H. J. Laski |  |\n| Professor Lelean | Professor of Public Health, Edinburgh University |\n| The Countess of Limerick |  |\n| Professor E. W. MacBride | D.Sc., F.R.S. |\n| C. Killick Millard, Esq. | M.D., D.Sc. |\n| R. Hopkin Morris, Esq. |  |\n| Claud Mullins, Esq. |  |\n| The Hon. Clive Pearson |  |\n| Sir Allan Powell | C.B.E. |\n| Sir James Purves-Stewart | K.C.M.G., M.D. |\n| The Lord Raglan |  |\n| The Lady Maureen Stanley |  |\n| The Right Hon. Oliver Stanley | P.C., M.C., M.P. |\n| L. A. G. Strong, Esq. |  |\n| H. G. Wells, Esq. |  |\n| Mrs. Wintringham | J.P. |\n\n3rd June, 1938  \n\nColonial Office,  \nDowning Street,  \nLondon, S.W.1.  \n\nDear Mr. MacDonald,  \n\nI enclose a letter of introduction from Lord Horder and shall be very grateful if you will allow me to come and see you in order to discuss a matter which has arisen in connection with the Hong Kong Eugenics League which is a Branch of this Association. I understand that Sir Geoffrey Northcote is already in communication with the Colonial Office in the matter and I am told that Sir Geoffrey would be glad if Dr. Nixon, late President of the Hong Kong Eugenics League and former Rockefeller Fellow of Gynaecology and Obstetrics in the University of Hong Kong, could explain to you one or two points about this matter.  \n\nMr. C. D. Forrest of the Hong Kong Civil Service and Dr. Yeo of the Hong Kong Medical Department would like to accompany Dr. Nixon and myself if you are good enough to see us and if you have no objection. I think we need only take up about fifteen minutes of your time and we shall be most grateful if you can spare us this.  \n\nYours sincerely,  \nKayout Pyke  \n**Hon. Secretary**",
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        "document_key": "CO129-572-10 Rent Commission 14-3-1938 - 7-6-1938",
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        "title": "CO129-572-10 Rent Commission 14-3-1938 - 7-6-1938",
        "content_text": "## \n5. bast. L. Plugge 110- b. by P... of Capt plugs M \nyes to Capt plugg M \n\n5 of earpaw moore 5/5- \nHe is probanting \nthe wither refund \nto on p. 19 of the \nRepal in 53893 \n\nMr. Gent. \n21.4·38 28.4.38 \n1 \n3 \n5.38 \n4.5.38 \n8 \n\nI attach a letter from Captain Leonard Plugge, M.P. \nforwarding a letter which he has received from a \nMr. Seats, who appears to be an Admiralty employee \nin Hong Kong, protesting against the numerous cases \nof conviction now taking place in the Colony. \nWould you be good enough to advise the S. of S. \nas to the reply which he should send to Captain \nPlugge? \n9. Creary. \n4/5/38. \nMi Schofield \n\nThe present conditions in ... brought main of refugees of all clarus, many ar 200,000, have consequentially demanded accommodation. The boom in westly short lets liver-house properly. \n\nSchored by'n coming appointed by the Commission in charge of ... (Mr. Seats refuses to use igate increasing rents. the question y He holds me that \n\nPage 9 \nthese findings present conditiones that had Finland Hents bost that at possint Gost action to reinve Ahe was the Heat reduction law world not is warranted, although measures ch' be ready to entrefere in that miection if rents went highn still with a prolongation of hi China dasten Fances the \n\nThe Govt has ...cepted the - see 53893. how Refer 1119. as the Chu recommand on 4.209 9 extension of hochtens to Canton. \n\n19. Schofield left. hefn thie Govt had taken a deeism M The Rehnt. \n\nIf shecial action whe needed to protect Abunially enfloyees I think the Adinalty\" fanky bear the thin Report. Adminalty ING \n\nI responschtly of a firm pricin hey earme then accommodatin a difficulty of Read so meet the present- \n\nPage \nwhere the swing of the pendulum in the property macheat is for the moment in favour of landlords",
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        "content_text": "# lesetract from Daily Telegraph 15 \n\n1.7.38. 26 \n\nfamilies. \n\nYours truly, \n\n**K. FLETCHER-VANE**. Holm, Bam, Kent, June 12. \n\n## HOUSING AT HONG KONG \nFrom Capt. **F. PLUGGE, M.P.**\n\nSir, I have been asked by British dockyard correspondents at Hong Kong to draw your attention to the continuing very serious housing position on the island. \n\nMy correspondents have forwarded me a very large number of extracts from local papers, from which it appears that, as the law stands, these British tenants are liable to be turned into the streets at any time, and the justices are, against all their private feelings and sympathies, forced to administer the law. \n\nSince the beginning of the year, there has been an increasing campaign carried on by all the newspapers in the colony against the injustice which tenants are suffering owing to their exploitation by landlords, who are mostly of Asiatic origin; and the leading articles have denounced the Rent Commission appointed by the Government, but which has been of very little use, and even the Governor himself is uncertain. \n\nBut still evictions continue in no uncertain manner, and rents soar to heights never dreamed of before. \n\nI hope Mr. MacDonald will be able to look into the position of British residents in the colony, mostly employed on Government work, because otherwise they will be homeless speedily, or else will be forced to pay rapacious landlords the huge rentals demanded—rentals which, of course, the wealthy refugees from the Chinese mainland are only too ready to pay.\n\nYours faithfully, \n\n**LEONARD PLUGGE**. Hamilton-place, W., June 29. \n\n1",
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        "page_number": 52,
        "title": "CO129-572-10 Rent Commission 14-3-1938 - 7-6-1938",
        "content_text": "# \n6th May, 1938.\n\nDear Markham,\n\nI enclose a copy of correspondence between my Secretary of State and Captain Leonard Plugge, M.P., about house rents in Hong Kong. You will see that Mr. Ormsby Gore has told Captain Plugge that a copy of the correspondence is being forwarded to Mr. Duff Cooper in order that any necessary consideration of the question as affecting particularly the employees in the Naval Dockyard establishment may be undertaken.\n\nYours sincerely,\n**CREASY**\n\nI. V. Markham, Esq., M.C.",
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        "page_number": 53,
        "title": "CO129-572-10 Rent Commission 14-3-1938 - 7-6-1938",
        "content_text": "6th May, 1938.\n\n9\n\nRear Plugge,\n\nI return herewith the letter from Mr. H. E. Seats of Hong Kong, which you forwarded to me in your letter of the 21st of April. I understand that the Government of Hong Kong has had the question of the present situation regarding rented properties in the Island under investigation by a local Commission. As you will appreciate, the present circumstances are abnormal in the Colony and have arisen after a prolonged period of slump conditions in the property market, and the Governor may, I think, be relied upon to report if and when the swing of the pendulum appears to be going so far in favour of the owners of\n\nCaptain Leonard Plugge, M.P. \nhouse",
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        "document_key": "CO129-572-5 King George V Memorial- progress report on fund 15-10-1937 - 17-2-1938",
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        "title": "CO129-572-5 King George V Memorial- progress report on fund 15-10-1937 - 17-2-1938",
        "content_text": "# BARBADOS\n## 1936-60\n\nAn Act to incorporate the Committee of Management of the \"King George V Play Field Memorial Park.\"\n\n[21st November, 1936]\n\nWHEREAS Herbert Peebles of \"Bayleys\" in the parish of Saint Philip, C.M.G., D.S.O., O.B.E., a Major (retired in his Majesty's Army), Gerald Pinder Skeete of \"Frenches\" in the parish of Saint George in this Island, Esquire, David Stonewall Payne, of \"Harrow,\" in the said parish of Saint Philip, Esquire, M.A., M.R.S.T., the Reverend Leonard Cyril Mallalieu, B.A., Clerk in Holy Orders, Vicar of Saint Mark's Chapel in the parish of Saint John in this Island, the Reverend Edward Augustus Pitt of \"Ebenezer\" in the said parish of Saint Philip, B.D., McGill University, Methodist Minister, Herbert Christie Manning of \"Golden Grove\" in the said parish of Saint Philip Esquire, Howard Lisle Smith of \"Sandford\" in the said parish of Saint Philip, Esquire, M.C.P., Leigh Stanley Tappin of \"Cox's Hill\" in the said parish of Saint Philip, Doctor of Medicine, Cecil Richardson Yearwood, School Master, of \"Shrewsbury School\" in the said parish of Saint Philip and Winfield Ulrick Gooding of \"Union Hall\" in the said parish of Saint Philip, Esquire, the present Committee of Management of \"King George V Play Field Memorial Park\" have petitioned the Legislature to pass an Act to incorporate the said Committee of the said King George V Play Field Memorial Park and to grant them certain powers, privileges and rights; AND WHEREAS it is deemed expedient to grant the prayer of the said petition:\n\n66\n\nBe it therefore enacted by the Governor, Council, and Assembly of this Island, and by the authority of the same, as follows:-\n\n### 1. Short title\nThis Act may be cited as the King George V Play Field Memorial Park Incorporation Act, 1936.\n\n### 2. Committee of Management of King George V Play Field Memorial Park\nThe said Herbert Peebles, Gerald Pinder Skeete, David Stonewall Payne, Leonard Cyril Mallalieu, Edward Augustus Pitt, Herbert Christie Manning, Howard Lisle Smith, Leigh Stanley Tappin, Cecil Richardson Yearwood and Winfield Ulrick Gooding shall be and are hereby constituted the first Committee of Management of the said King George V Play Field Memorial Park, with power in case of the death, resignation, incapacity to act or absence \n\n## Page 22",
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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": "CO129-579-9 Sino-Japanese War- release of interned Chinese soldiers 27-1-1939 - 7-12-1939",
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        "title": "CO129-579-9 Sino-Japanese War- release of interned Chinese soldiers 27-1-1939 - 7-12-1939",
        "content_text": "21\n\n(1) LEONARD DUNCAN PRINGLE, sworn.\n\nI am M.O., Kowloon Hospital.\n\nOn 2/1/39 at 4.45 p.m. MA HUNG, age 40 years, was admitted to Kowloon Hospital.\n\nI saw him on admission and found him to be suffering from a gunshot wound in the abdomen and spine. His condition was bad and he died at 9.10 a.m. on 3/1/39. On 3/1/39 at 11 a.m. I performed a post-mortem on the body of MA HUNG, a Chinese male of about 40 years of age and of good physique.\n\nOn the front of the abdomen, just to the left of the middle line and about 3\" above the navel, was a circular penetratory wound of about 3/8\" diameter. At the back of the body, there was a large lacerated wound in the region of the LOIN. It was about 3\" long x 2\" wide, and in the wound could be seen lacerated muscles and a portion of the spine which was close to the left side of the spine. It was seen to be fractured.\n\nThe depth of this wound at the deepest part was 4¼\". There were no further external marks of injury. On internal examination, I found that the track of the wound of the abdomen traversed the abdominal wall and entered the abdominal cavity and passed through both walls of the stomach, then through both sides of the upper part of the small intestine; then entered the tissues at the back of the abdominal cavity where it ruptured an artery, causing severe haemorrhage into the abdominal cavity and into the tissues behind.\n\nAt this part, the track entered a large cavity to the left of the spine, which issued into the wound already described at the back of the body. This cavity and wound seemed to be caused by a bullet striking the spine from the inside, and the resulting fragments of the broken vertebrae and the bullet caused considerable lacerations of the muscles of the back and also the external wound of the left LOIN.\n\nPage 20\n\nPage 21",
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        "document_key": "CO129-584-14 Commutation of death sentences to life imprisonment. Includes 9 photographs depicting- [CN 3-42] Commutation of... 22-12-1939 - 17-9-1940",
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        "title": "CO129-584-14 Commutation of death sentences to life imprisonment. Includes 9 photographs depicting- [CN 3-42] Commutation of... 22-12-1939 - 17-9-1940",
        "content_text": "COPY OF HIS HONOUR THE CHIEF JUSTICE'S NOTES.\n\nMonday 27th November 1939.\n\n55-\n\nCriminal Sessions.\n\nR v. Tong Chu alias Shui Hang Tsai\n\nMurder\n\nPleads not guilty.\n\nPrentis Asst. C.S. for Crown.\n\nChen (Lau) for defence.\n\nSaturnino Maria da Cruz\n\nHarry Turner\n\nHenry Leonard Moors\n\nTheodore Alexander Kuester)\n\nempanneled as jurors and respectively\n\nsworn or affirmed.\n\nJohn James Cameron\n\nHenry William Pomery\n\nYuen Tat Ming\n\nJohn James Cameron chosen as foreman of the jury.\n\nAccused given in charge of the jury.\n\nPrentis Asst.C.S. opens for Crown and calls:-\n\nLIEN TSOONG KYA, M.O. Queen Mary Hospital. About 8.40 p.m. on 28th September Leung Ki was admitted. Very collapsed from excessive loss of blood. He had a number of incised wounds. Transverse wound 4½\" long on back of neck, it went right down to bone. Wound was bleeding very profusely. Incised wound across right cheek deep down to bone 3\" long. Incised wound on left arm 1\" long and 1\" deep. Incised wound 4½\" long on outside of left thigh. It was deep and went through muscles. Two minor abrasions of abdominal wall. I could not operate but I stopped haemorrhage. He improved slightly but later got worse. He was treated for shock with intravenous injections. On 1st October I was present when dying deposition was taken from him. It took 1 hour. During taking of deposition he had lucid intervals. At other times he could not answer questions clearly. Temperature at that time was very high 104 degs. Next day I was present when deposition was read over to him. He was not completely lucid then, but he was better than on the previous day. He was conscious all the time the deposition was taken but he was very drowsy. Next day he could not answer questions normally.",
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        "document_key": "CO129-586-6 Administration of the port of Hong Kong 27-1-1940 - 24-7-1940",
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        "content_text": "## \n6 Sir Leonard Browett - 8/2/40 \nto Sir George Pales \n\nRex (3) selection \nof Sir David Owen to \nadvise For HK & Secy of State \n\nWe ought not to work with \nSir David Owen before consulting \nthe Gov of H.K.; but I think the next \nstep should be to invite him here \nto discuss the matter in a tentative \nway and see what he looks like, \nthen be easier to reject him if necessary \nbehind the screen of reference to Hong \nKong!) \n\nI have heard it in red as \nmust be a great thing as an urgent matter of \nwe ... \nbut before the \nhot weather. \nI understand \nfrom H.Caine that it begins to get \nhot and sticky in May, the really",
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        "title": "CO129-586-6 Administration of the port of Hong Kong 27-1-1940 - 24-7-1940",
        "content_text": "## \n**Commissioner**). The suggestion that an experienced harbour engineer should be associated with the inquiry was originally suggested by the Governor, in view of the fact that the issues relative to port administration in Hong Kong are bound up with the physical development of the port. The payment of whatever remuneration may be customary to an engineer with the necessary qualifications would not constitute any difficulty.\n\nWe have so far not been successful in obtaining any wholly suitable name for this appointment. Mr. A. Binns, who had been Engineer in the Port of London Authority under Owen, was approached; but he is unable to accept such an appointment this year. As an alternative, we have been considering Mr. A. T. Coode, a partner in the firm of Coode, Wilson, Mitchell, and Vaughan-Lee, who have for many years been employed as Consulting Engineers whenever there were any Government port works to be carried out in Hong Kong. Although, however, we are advised that from the technical point of view Coode would be an admirable selection, we fear that objections may be raised in Hong Kong to the association with Sir David Owen in the inquiry of a partner in a firm which may be represented as interested on the side of a system of control by public authority and which besides will be likely to be entrusted with any official works resulting from the report.\n\nI am consulting Sir Leonard Browett and Sir Julian Foley to see whether they can suggest any engineer with suitable experience, independent of the Consulting Engineers, who is likely to be in...\n\n## \n60",
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        "content_text": "## \n£285-150) Wt. 38815-61 10,000 12/39 T.S. 695 **444-150) Wt. 45767-68 30,000 2/40 T.S. 695**\n\nC. O. 53995/40 Hong Kong\n\n62 \n38-37 \n\n| Name | Date | \n| --- | --- | \n| Mr. Martin | 7/5/40 | \n| Gent | 8.5 | \n| Sir A. Burns | 8/5 | \n| Mr. G. L. M. Clauson |  | \n| Mr. C. J. Jeffries |  | \n| Mr. A. J. Dawe |  | \n| Sir J. Shuckburgh |  | \n| Permt. U.S. of S. |  | \n| Parly. U.S. of S. |  | \n| Secretary of State |  | \n\nDRAFT for Sir George Gater's signature.\n\n44 \n11 \nDowning Street, \n11th May, 1940.\n\nMy dear Browett, My dear Foley,\n\n(1) SIR LEONARD BROWETT, K.C.B., C.B.E. \n(MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT)\n\n(2) SIR JULIAN FOLEY, C.B. \n(MINISTRY OF SHIPPING)\n\nYou will remember our correspondence earlier this year, ending with your letter of the 8th February, following our discussion on the 7th February, about a piece of personnel for war service.\n\nCopy to Sir C. Bottomley from Sir Alan Burns regarding FURTHER ACTION on the proposal that Sir David Owen should be selected as an expert to advise on the future administration of the port of Hong Kong.\n\nSir David has agreed to undertake the enquiry (and has very generously offered to do so without remuneration), with the following terms of reference:\n\n\"To investigate the whole question of harbour facilities, organisation and administration at Hong Kong, having regard to the existing system of pier leases, which are due to expire in ten years' time; and, in the light of physical, economic and political conditions, to make recommendations for measures by which the port could in future be developed and controlled to the best advantage of all persons and interests dependent on its services.\"",
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        "content_text": "20 \n\n702 \n\nwho has had to tackle the problems of the Port of London. \n\nI would suggest that before making up your mind you should yourself have a look at Sir David. I appreciate the difficulty you feel in recommending a man of 66 for work in the Far East, but in these days the field is apt to be rather limited, and I really do not think you would go far wrong in selecting Sir David, if he is willing to go. \n\nAnyhow, I cannot think of anybody, who is available and whom I should prefer to the Dand. \n\nYours Ever \n\nLeonard Browest.",
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        "title": "CO129-586-6 Administration of the port of Hong Kong 27-1-1940 - 24-7-1940",
        "content_text": "## \n108 \nsending a copy of this letter to Sir Leonard Browett.\n\nIf you wish the enclosure to your letter of \n20th January returned, it is at your service.\n\nBelieve me,\nYours sincerely,\nJ. Hole\n\nPage 110\nPage 111",
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        "document_key": "CO129-587-12 Evacuation from Hong Kong- passenger lists 8-7-1940 - 8-7-1940",
        "page_number": 39,
        "title": "CO129-587-12 Evacuation from Hong Kong- passenger lists 8-7-1940 - 8-7-1940",
        "content_text": "## Particulars of Husband \n| Rank | Surname | Name | Full Christian names of wife |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Gunner | DICKENS |  | Doris Lilian |\n| B.Q.M.9. | DICKENSON |  | Melia |\n|  | DICKS | Richard | Violet |\n| Major S/Sgt | DOBBS |  | May |\n|  | DOBSON |  | Florence |\n| L/Cpl. | DOVE | William | Elizabeth |\n| S/Sgt. | DUFFIELD |  |  |\n| Capt. | DUNCAN |  | Marie Lavina, Diana Ethel |\n| Cpl. | DUNN | Edwin William | Martha, Wendy, Lucinda |\n| #.0.I. | DUROHE |  | Sarah |\n| 7.0.III. | DUTCH | Francis H. | Violet Victoria |\n|  | EAMED | Ulla (Nurse) |  |\n| L/Sgt. | KARL |  |  |\n| S/Sgt. | ELLENDER |  | Enid Florence, Doris, Vivien L. |\n| Sgt. | ELLIOTT |  | Ebrence, Jean, Florence |\n| L/Sgt. | ENGLAND |  | Dora |\n| W.O.I. | ESTALL: |  | Alice, Amy |\n| Mr.. | EVANS |  | Kathleen Mary, Judith |\n| W.C.I. | PABEL | John, Andrew, Robin | Marianna |\n| Sgt. | FARISH | Ralph | Emily |\n| 7.0.11. | PARMER |  | Forence Ada, Doreen D., June B. |\n| F/Officer | PARMER |  | Catherine |\n| L/Sgt. | PARMINER | William | Ethel, Violet |\n| W.O.I. |  |  |  |\n| Sgt. | PARROT. PERGUS |  | Margaret, Janet |\n| Capt | PILLMORE | Archibald | Ethel, Elizabeth, Mary, Margaret, James, Joan, M., Pamela, M., Winifred, J., Leonard, V., Muriel, B. |\n| Major | FISHER |  | Jane, Selina |\n|  | PLEMING | Arthur, 2.0 | John, Michael, Patricia, Josephine |\n| V.0.II | PLINTER | Michael | Muriel Louisa |\n| 2/Lieut. | PLOOD |  | Violet Mary |\n| Sgt. | FLYNN |  | Kathleen Beatrice |\n| Major | POLRY | Michael, A. | Eva Dorothy, Faith |\n| V.C.II | PORD |  | Dorothy |\n| Cmr. | PORD |  | Jane, Peggy |\n| Sgt. | FORKNALL |  | Eva beatrice, Pamela |\n| L/Opl. | PORREST | Robert, John | Agnes |\n| Miss Pte. | FOSTER |  | Marjorie (G.A.3.) |\n|  | POSTER | Albert, George | Georgina, Winifred, Joan |\n\n## Particulars of Children \n| Surname | Date of Birth |\n| --- | --- |\n| DICKENS | 21/3/32, 1/5/34 |\n| DICKENSON |  |\n| DICKS | 29/6/31, 20/9/33, 16/5/36 |\n| DOBBS | 11/8/29 |\n| DOBSON | 2/7/24, 18/9/31, 14/3/33 |\n| DOVE | 29/1/30, 8/10/32 |\n| DUFFIELD |  |\n| DUNCAN | 27/5/35, 7/8/39 |\n| DUNN | 10/6/25, 7/2/27, 20/11/25 |\n| DUROHE |  |\n| DUTCH | 8/10/30, 8/11/34 |\n| EAMED |  |\n| KARL | 15/8/39 |\n| ELLENDER |  |\n| ELLIOTT | 4/11/34, 5/8/39 |\n| ENGLAND |  |\n| ESTALL: | 19/9/24 |\n| EVANS | 25/9/39 |\n| PABEL | 27/9/7, 7/6/30, 18/2/34 |\n| FARISH | 2/7/35 |\n| PARMER | 31/5/26, 30/6/28 |\n| PARMER | 19/5/37 |\n| PARMINER |  |\n| PARROT. PERGUS | 4/10/36 |\n| PILLMORE | 24/9/28, 28/8/31, 24/6/33, 20/4/35, 10/7/36, 14/4/22, 30/6/24, 30/6/34, 28/4/28, 30/5/30 |\n| FISHER | 20/9/31, 9/3/30, 1/2/32, 8/2/34, 21/1/39 |\n| PLINTER | 17/12/37 |\n| PLOOD |  |\n| FLYNN |  |\n| POLRY | 11/10/26 |\n| PORD | 23/1/38, 30/12/37 |\n| FORKNALL | 28/4/35 |\n| PORREST | 6/2/36, 15/9/37 |\n| FOSTER |  |\n| POSTER | 30/6/27, 26/5/28, 24/11/29, 23/1/34 |",
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        "content_text": "# Name \n| Christian Name | Age | Sex |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| GRAY | Jeanie | 54 | F |\n| JEAN | 18 | F |\n| GRIGGS | Florence A. | 54 | F |\n| GREIG | Sarah | 46 | F |\n| OLWIN | 17 | F |\n| GUNN | Hilda May | 51 | F |\n| HARRIS | Mary | 32 | F |\n| ALEXANDER | 5 | M |\n| JOHN | 2 | M |\n| MARJORIE | 10 mths | F |\n| HEADRIDGE | Jessie Wilson R. | 29 | F |\n| MARGARET | 1 | F |\n| ROBBIE |  | F |\n| HEMSLEY | Betty | 24 | F |\n| THOMAS FREDERICK | 2 | M |\n| HIGGS | Katherine L. | 32 | F |\n| KATHERINE B. | 4 | F |\n| HENRY | 2 | M |\n| HILL | Nora | 28 | F |\n| NORMAN | 5 | M |\n| HELEN | 2 | F |\n| HITCHENS | Catherine | 50 | F |\n| ANTHONY WENTWORTH BROWNE | 16 | M |\n| HODGKISS | Ethel | 46 | F |\n| HOPE | Evelyn C. | 42 | F |\n| ELIZABETH | 7 | F |\n| GRANIA A. | 4 | F |\n| ROSEMARY | 3 | F |\n| ROBIN | 1 | M |\n| HOWARD | Jean | 51 | F |\n| HUNT | Gertrude Ellen | 54 | F |\n| ELSIE GERTRUDE | 18 | F |\n| JACKSON | Bessie | 31 | F |\n| HILARY | 1 | M |\n| JAMIESON | Sophie C. | 33 | F |\n| CAROLINE MAY | 2 | F |\n| CHARLES VICTOR | 5 | M |\n| LEONARD JAMES | 4 | M |\n\nSHIP NO. 1  \nSYDNEY.  \n54  \n\nJEACOCK/",
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        "document_key": "CO129-587-19 Colonial Secretary's Office- vacancy for chief clerk 13-9-1940 - 30-5-1941",
        "page_number": 19,
        "title": "CO129-587-19 Colonial Secretary's Office- vacancy for chief clerk 13-9-1940 - 30-5-1941",
        "content_text": "19 \n\nof His Majesty's Government is, as it has always been, to \nencourage those in its service by the hope and incentive of \nobtaining more senior and more responsible positions to put \nforth their best and most serious endeavours in any work which \nthey may be called upon to do and they humbly submit that such \nhas always been their understanding and that their endeavours \nand the results of those endeavours have been such as would \ntruly merit your most serious and grave consideration of this \ntheir Petition.\n\nAND \nyour Petitioners will ever \npray as in duty bound etc.\n\nThe signatures of your Petitioners of the Senior Clerical and \nAccounting Staff.\n\nWelling. W.R.N. Anandet  \nDa Usion.  \nCeus.  \nL.W.J. tum & M. Leonard Ruith  \nDa Chitt  \nRakuten.  \nSobrawley Merdin 1.a. Avem.  \nD. B. Smith  \nMaar Smitt  \nAhloba  \nThenfeste Budder  \nY Brabb.  \nHarown Andring  \nEndau T.E.A.L.A.A.  \nDanin Aun.  \nHennara  \nShang.  \nBickford",
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        "document_key": "CO129-589-17 Evacuation of British families 14-1-1941 - 27-11-1941",
        "page_number": 69,
        "title": "CO129-589-17 Evacuation of British families 14-1-1941 - 27-11-1941",
        "content_text": "## SHELTERS MAINTAINED\n\n### A. FURNISHED CENTERS:\n\n| Location        | Address              |\n| --------------- | -------------------- |\n| National Federation of Women's Clubs | 727 San Marcelino    |\n| Sulphur Springs | 1534 Gral. Luna      |\n| Manila Club     |                      |\n| Y.W.C.A.        | 19                   |\n\n### B. BOARDING PLACES USED:\n\n| Name            | Address  |\n| --------------- | -------- |\n| Mrs. Kane's     |          |\n| Mrs. Hellmann's | 2345     |\n| Mrs. Kollermann's |          |\n| Mrs. Stagg's    |          |\n\n### C. HOTELS:\n\n| Hotel                    | Address              |\n| ------------------------ | -------------------- |\n| Hospicio de San Jose     |                      |\n| Palma de Mallorca        |                      |\n| Congress Hotel           | 247 Alhambra         |\n|                          | 471 L. Guerrero      |\n|                          | 94 San Luis, Pasay   |\n| Boulevard Apartment Hotel | 450 Taft Ave.        |\n| Great Eastern Hotel      |                      |\n| Leonard Wood Hotel       |                      |\n| Marco Polo Hotel         |                      |\n| Restaurant de Paris      |                      |\n| Luneta Hotel             |                      |\n\n### D. FURNISHED APARTMENTS:\n\n| Apartment                | Address              |\n| ------------------------ | -------------------- |\n|                          | 1227 Herran          |\n|                          | 606 Taft Avenue      |\n| Isla de Convalescencia   |                      |\n| Methodist Episcopal Church Apts. |              |\n\n### E. INDIVIDUAL PLACEMENTS:\n\n| Placement                | Location             |\n| ------------------------ | -------------------- |\n| With Manila residents    |                      |\n|                          | St. Francis Home     |\n|                          | Calamba Sugar Estate |\n| Del Carmen Sugar Estate  |                      |\n\n### F. UNFURNISHED HOUSES EQUIPPED BY THE RED CROSS:\n\n| Address              |\n| -------------------- |\n| 139 V. Mapa          |\n| 923 F. B. Harrison   |\n| 900 Cordeleria       |\n| 1157-C Singalong     |\n| 94 Fortuna           |\n| 407 Perez (Knights of Columbus) |\n| 69                   |",
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        "document_key": "CO129-589-8 Prevention of Eviction Amendment Ordinance 1941 30-5-1941 - 31-5-1941",
        "page_number": 5,
        "title": "CO129-589-8 Prevention of Eviction Amendment Ordinance 1941 30-5-1941 - 31-5-1941",
        "content_text": "# THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MAY 30, 1941.\n\n## APPOINTMENTS, &c.\n\nNo. 647.- His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the following to be a Justice of the Peace for the Colony of Hong Kong:-\n\nUnofficial:\nMr. LEONARD JOHN DAVIES.\n\n26th May, 1941.\n\nNo. 648. It is hereby notified that Mr. WILLIAM JOHN ANDERSON resumed duty as Controller of Stores, with effect from 24th May, 1941.\n\n29th May, 1941.\n\nNo. 649.- His Excellency the Governor has been pleased, under instructions from the Right Honourable the Secretary of State for the Colonies, to appoint Miss AGNES SLIDDERS TODD to be a Nursing Sister, on probation, with effect from 15th May, 1941.\n\n29th May, 1941.\n\nNo. 650.- His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to recognize Mr. GEOFFREY MISKIN, Honorary Consul for Sweden at Hong Kong, as being in charge of Hungarian and Rumanian interests in the Colony.\n\n26th May, 1941.\n\nNo. 651.- His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve that Captain FRANCISCO PAULO SEQUEIRA be allowed to resign his commission in the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps, with effect from 23rd May, 1941.\n\n26th May, 1941.\n\nNo. 652.- His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve that Lieutenant THOMAS PARKINSON be allowed to resign his commission in the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps, with effect from 31st May, 1941.\n\n30th May, 1941.\n\nNo. 653.- His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint Mr. GEOFFREY ALTON CRAIG HERKLOTS, Ph.D., M.Sc., F.L.S., to be Scientific Adviser to the Controller of Food.\n\n30th May, 1941.",
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        "document_key": "CO129-590-22 Situation in enemy occupied Hong Kong 19-1-1943 - 20-11-1943",
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        "title": "CO129-590-22 Situation in enemy occupied Hong Kong 19-1-1943 - 20-11-1943",
        "content_text": "# 134\n\nIt has occurred to me that I ought to give what information I am in possession of with regard to the Cable & Wireless Hongkong Staff, now interned in the Civilian Internment Camp on Stanley Peninsula, Hongkong Island. The entire British staff of the Hongkong office, with the exception of the Construction Engineer, Mr. H.L.N. Ascough, were brought to the internment camp with practically everybody else of British (American and Dutch) nationality about the 5th of January, 1942.\n\nThe Japanese authorities evidently hoped that Mr. Ascough could be useful to them and, therefore, kept him and Mrs. Ascough at the Hongkong Telephone Co.'s offices at Exchange Building, Des Voeux Road, for several weeks after the surrender. When they finally gave up trying to get information or assistance from Mr. Ascough, he and his wife were interned.\n\nAbout 4-5 months ago, the Japanese enquired for some Australians whom they wanted to go to Shanghai, from where it was the intention to have them broadcast to Australia about conditions under Japanese rule. The Japanese finally compelled Mr. & Mrs. Murdoch to go to Shanghai, and they passed through Hongkong about the end of September last. (I believe Mr. Murdoch was President of the Australia & New Zealand Association at Hongkong just before the war broke out).\n\nThe Assistant Manager, Mr. F.J.R. Glass, was not well a few months ago, and the Deputy Engineer, Mr. Simmons (arrived in Hongkong from Athens a couple of months before the outbreak of war), was brought up to St. Paul's Hospital in town for an X-ray examination, but he returned almost immediately to Stanley. I believe Mr. Simmons told me that Mrs. Simmons and their child (children?) are living at Durban, South Africa. Mr. Oatway (?) who came out from England to work in the Censor's department during the war, had been in St. Paul's Hospital for over a month by the end of November last. He told me when I saw him out there that he was suffering from cancer on the tongue, but he was very much improved when I saw him last time (end of November) and expected to have to return to Stanley soon. Apart from these cases, I have not heard of any illness amongst the Cable & Wireless staff.\n\nI have personally read postcards sent by Mr. J.S. Jenkins and Mr. H.L.N. Ascough during October and November last, when everybody of the C. & W. staff at Stanley was reported well.\n\nOur former Manager at Hongkong, Mr. F.V. Jensen (who himself was far from being well and therefore stayed at St. Paul's Hospital from March, 1942, until his retirement and subsequent departure for Shanghai in October last), has been sending parcels of food and tobacco, etc. to Mr. Jenkins several times. I myself and Mr. J.G. Jensen have also sent the C. & W. staff some parcels during the latter part of 1942, when the G.N. Tel. Co. finally succeeded in obtaining sufficient funds to pay us salaries, etc. Furthermore, I happen to know that Mr. Silva (formerly of C. & W. and lately employed in the Censor's office) and Mr. J.W. Leonard have been sending parcels to the C. & W. foreign staff at Stanley as long as they could afford to do so.\n\nDuring the later months (in August and some time before Christmas), everybody in the Internment Camp received their share of the tinned foods and comforts brought to Hongkong by the evacuation ship, `Kamakura Maru`, via Lourenco Marques from U.K.\n\nI have been told that the food at Stanley has improved considerably both as regards quality and quantity during the last few months. The Representative of the International Red Cross in Hongkong, Mr. Zindel, told me recently that, in his opinion, there was really no reason for complaint as regards the food provided now.\n\nThe C. & W. staff interned at Stanley include the following:\n| Name | Position |\n| --- | --- |\n| Mr. J.S. Jenkins | Manager |\n| Mr. F.J.R. Glass | Assistant Manager |\n| Mr. H.L.N. Ascough | Constr. Engineer (and Mrs. A) |\n| Mr. Simmons | Engineer (arrived from Athens) |\n| Mr. H.W. Johnston |  |\n| Mr. C.M. Newman |  |\n| Mr. S. Maunder |  |\n| Mr. Murdoch |  |",
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        "document_key": "CO129-590-24 Situation in Hong Kong 25-4-1905 - 25-4-1905",
        "page_number": 123,
        "title": "CO129-590-24 Situation in Hong Kong 25-4-1905 - 25-4-1905",
        "content_text": "122\n\nHe (Kotewall) had made a great mistake in misunderstanding the Japanese before the war and in being hoodwinked by Chungking and he had come to explain the whole situation to the Volunteers. They must understand that Japan did not declare war on China but on Britain; Japan was helping them all to get their freedom. He urged them not to believe Chiang Kai Shek; he stated Nanking was their capital and Wang Ching Wai, their president. Chiang Kai Shek had cheated them all and he asked all those who thought he was correct and who were willing to follow his lead to raise their hands.\n\nCHAN states that he is ashamed to say the presence of the Japanese forced all the Chinese to raise their hands but the British were very brave and did not do so. After the parade, Sgt. Leonard (Eurasian) gave them hell for being so frightened.\n\nOn another occasion Sir Robert Ho Tung came to the camp but he did not speak to any one.\n\n5.\n\nM.K. Lo has not been to the camp.\n\nGENERAL\n\nIt is now extremely difficult to find out what is going on in other parts of the camp which is divided by barbed wire into three sections. The occupants of one section are not allowed to meet or talk to those in other sections; the sports ground is allotted to each section for a separate period each day.\n\nOfficers of the rank of Captain and above are quartered elsewhere, but the subalterns live with the men. Lt. McLellan was with his Battery in their section and one of the battery Captains visited them every Tuesday.\n\nAll the Volunteers were in one section, but CHAN has no idea how the rest of the units are split up.\n\nThe main gate to the camp at the bottom of LAI CHI KOK Road (`189593 HONG KONG & NEW TERRITORIES 1/20,000`) is now closed and a new gate has been made at the end of CHEUNG SHA WAN Road (`191595 HONG KONG & NEW TERRITORIES 1/20,000`). This gate is guarded by one Japanese behind sandbags outside the gate, and two armed Indians in front of the sandbags. The entrance is made by a number of ...",
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        "page_number": 124,
        "title": "CO129-590-24 Situation in Hong Kong 25-4-1905 - 25-4-1905",
        "content_text": "123\n\n90 degree turns through concertina barbed-wire and sentries are now placed around the camp.\n\nRoll calls are held at 0600 hours and 1800 hours. They are taken by the Officer in charge of each section.\n\nIt is very difficult to obtain any information about other prisoners in the camp.\n\nIt is believed that some officers were taken from the camp in February and some more again in April. CHAN has no idea where they went.\n\nThere are no regular Indian troops in SHAM SHUI PO at all now. Many of them are used as armed guards and paid by the Japanese. They treat P.O.W. very badly whenever they come in contact with them.\n\nQuite a number of Portuguese Volunteers who escaped before internment are now in MACAO and are almost penniless. They are eager to get out to Free China and continue their service with the forces anywhere.\n\nWorking parties frequently go out from the camp but it is hard to find out where they go. 4th Battery H.K.V.D.C. has supplied one to KAM TIN (141782, Reference Map: HONG KONG & NEW TERRITORIES, 1/20,000) and the Royal Scots worked on STONECUTTERS ISLAND for 4 days. 3rd Battery H.K.V.D.C. personnel were working in CHEUNG SHA WAN Road when CHAN escaped.\n\nWorking parties are not paid but they get an extra bath.\n\nAll other ranks of the rank of sergeant and lower are compelled to work.\n\nEarly one morning in February, Captain COLE O.C. 3rd Battery, H.K.V.D.C., came and ordered the Battery to fall in in single line. On the arrival of a Japanese Officer the following were pointed out: Sgt. David Leonard, L/Bdr. Poon, Gunners T.C. Ho, Lock and Chan, together with two others whose names CHAN cannot remember. They were put on to a lorry and taken to AP LI CHAU (1849 Reference Map: HONG KONG & NEW TERRITORIES, 1/20,000). They were given a good meal and good cigarettes and then taken to their guns at their war stations.\n\nA",
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        "document_key": "CO129-598-2 Tai Lam Chung Reservoir Project 24-6-1948 - 3-3-1949",
        "page_number": 34,
        "title": "CO129-598-2 Tai Lam Chung Reservoir Project 24-6-1948 - 3-3-1949",
        "content_text": "# The Engineering Society of Hongkong\n## SESSION 1948-1949\n### THE HONG KONG WATERWORKS\nBy **LEONARD JACKSON, B.ENG., A.M.I.C.E.**\nDecember 1948.\nHONG KONG  \nTHE LOCAL PRINTING PRESS, LTD.  \n1949.\n\n## Vol. II No. 3.\n33",
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        "title": "CO129-598-2 Tai Lam Chung Reservoir Project 24-6-1948 - 3-3-1949",
        "content_text": "# SESSION 1948-1949\n\n(Read before the Engineering Society of Hongkong on Dec. 1st 1948)\n\n## THE HONG KONG WATERWORKS\n\nBy\n\n**LEONARD JACKSON, B.ENG., A.M.I.C.E.**\n\n## INTRODUCTION\n\nThe Hong Kong Waterworks owes its origin to Sir Hercules Robinson who, as Governor of the Colony, in 1859 offered a reward of £1,000 for a design for a water supply. Previous to that date, supplies had been limited to wells or tanks filled from the hillside streams; in fact, Sir John Bowring, who was Sir Hercules' immediate predecessor, had actually stated that it was not the duty of the Authorities to supply the public with water any more than the other necessities of life.\n\nThe award was won by a Mr. Rawling, a clerk-of-works attached to the Royal Engineers, who proposed a small impounding reservoir in the Pokfulam Valley on the South side of the Island, from which the water would be conveyed by means of a conduit around the West end of the Island to tanks in Bonham Road, from which the town could be supplied.\n\nThe work was put in hand immediately, and the first scheme was completed in 1863, but not without some financial difficulties. As a result of an imperfect estimate of the cost of materials ordered out from England and the substitution, at the order of the Colonial Office, of cement for lime, the original estimate was considerably exceeded. This was eventually provided for in a special Ordinance - No. 12 of 1860 - wherein permission was given to mortgage the water rate of 2% to a sum of £30,000.\n\nFrom that date to the present, the history of the Waterworks is that of a continual struggle to catch up with ever-increasing demands, a struggle which, through no fault of the Waterworks Engineers, but due largely to the continuously growing demands, has hardly ever succeeded.\n\nWhen Mr. Rawling prepared his scheme, the population was about 90,000, but by the time the first section was complete, it had already reached 125,000, and further supplies were needed. A new dam at Pokfulam upstream of the original dam was commenced soon after\n\n## Page 34\n\nDecember 1948.\n\nVol. II No. 3",
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        "document_key": "CO129-598-3 Tai Lam Chung Reservoir Project 17-3-1949 - 7-10-1949",
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        "title": "CO129-598-3 Tai Lam Chung Reservoir Project 17-3-1949 - 7-10-1949",
        "content_text": "## \n\nCould I have please, a map showing this exact location of the reservoirs in Hong Kong and the New Territories.\n\nAt present water supply is obviously one of the crucial factors in Hong Kong defence. Has any enquiry been made as to the possibility of erecting emergency filtration plants, i.e., obtaining drinking water from deep water as is done in some cases?\n\n`H512/5-` Mr. Rees Williams\n\nAs regards a map, please see the map flagged in red at the end of the paper on the Hong Kong waterworks behind No. 16 on file `53687/48` below.\n\nAs regards your further enquiry, I would draw attention to the statement on page 54 in the same paper by Mr. Leonard Jackson, who is in charge of the Hong Kong Waterworks, in which the very heavy cost of the conversion of sea water is discussed. We have not asked the Governor as to the possibility of erecting emergency filtration plants, etc., as this is a matter which would, in the ordinary way, be considered in connection with the Colony's defence scheme. We know that this scheme is now under active preparation. I will certainly, however, write to the Governor about this if you would wish me to do so.\n\nI should be grateful if the files below may be returned to Mr. Radford for retention.\n\n13.5.1949.\n\nThe information given by this map only dealt with years of drought. If we have not the information...",
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        "document_key": "CO129-607-4 Repatriation of exinternees- financial responsibility for passages 2-2-1949 - 29-12-1949",
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        "title": "CO129-607-4 Repatriation of exinternees- financial responsibility for passages 2-2-1949 - 29-12-1949",
        "content_text": "Fantham, H.H.\n\nFay, B.C.\n\nFender, G.S.\n\nFerrier, J.F.\n\nForrest, J.M.\n\nFoster, A.\n\nGellman, S. (Mrs)\n\nGilbert, G.E.\n\nGoodman, J.H.\n\nGowans, W.\n\nGrady, Miss A.M.\n\nGuild, P.O.\n\nHaigh, J.G.\n\nHarloe, C.M.\n\nHarris, J.\n\nHarris, Mrs V.\n\nHarris Miss V.D. aged 4.\n\nHewitt, W.\n\nHughes, T.A.\n\nHunter, T.R.\n\nInnes, S.\n\nLay, B.D. were P.O. W's.\n\nLay, F.J.\n\nLeonard, F.D.\n\nLeonard, D.I. (Miss)\n\nLeslie, A.\n\nLunson, T.H.\n\n33",
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        "document_key": "CO129-610-1 Rehabilitation of Hong Kong University 3-1-1947 - 29-12-1947",
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        "title": "CO129-610-1 Rehabilitation of Hong Kong University 3-1-1947 - 29-12-1947",
        "content_text": "Advisory Committee: \n\nH. N. BRAILSFORD MARGARET COLE OLIVE R. CRUCHLEY ANDREW DALGLEISH Lord FARINGDON Dr. M. FORTES \n\nC. W. W. GREENIDGE Prof. JULIAN HUXLEY Dr. W. ARTHUR LEWIS Dr. KENNETH LITTLE Dr. AUDREY RICHARDS \n\nProf. T. S. SIMEY \n\nF. SKINNARD MP \n\nR. W. SORENSEN MP \n\n541411* 1K \n\nFABIAN COLONIAL \n\nD. R. REES-WILLIAMS MP \n\nLEONARD WOOLF \n\nMARGARET WRONG \n\nII DARTMOUTH STREET \n\nLONDON SWI \n\nMonthly Journal: “Empire” \n\nBUREAU \n\n1291 33 \n\nR... \n\n12 JUNI \n\nSecretary: \n\nDr. RITA HINDEN \n\nAssistant Secretary: MARJORIE NICHOLSON \n\nTelephone WHitehall 3077 \n\nABBey 2566 \n\n# \n\nRt. Hon. A. Creech Jones, P.C.,M.P., Secretary of State for the Colonies, Colonial Office, \n\nDowning Street, S.W.1. \n\nCreech \n\nDear Mr. Creech Jones, \n\nUniversity of Hong Kong \n\n18th June, 1947. \n\nOn November 27th last we addressed to you a letter on certain Hong Kong matters. \n\nAmongst suggestions which we then took the liberty of putting forward, was the proposal that Hong Kong University should be re-established on a grand scale. In your reply of the 30th December last, you mentioned that the case for re-establishing the University on a more extensive scale is very fully recognised; and that the recommendations of a special committee on this point were then being studied in the Colonial and Foreign Office. \n\nWe do not know if a decision has yet been taken on the recommendations of this committee, but we would like once again, in view of the developing situation in Hong Kong, to write to you about the University. It appears to us that this question is becoming particularly urgent because of the political situation in Hong Kong. There has been no official pronouncement as to the future status of the Colony, and we of course appreciate the reasons which make such a pronouncement well-nigh impossible. But, because of the absence of this pronouncement, the local population and the political refugees have a sense of insecurity, fearing that the Colony may be returned to the present Government of China. It is suggested by well-informed observers, that this uncertainty is largely responsible for the apparent indifference to the suggested reforms in the sphere of local government. \n\nIf members of the local community offered co-operation to the British, under the present conditions of Kuomintang terrorism in the Colony, they will be placed on a black list and thereby risk loss of property and imprisonment if the Colony is handed over. \n\n(contd.)",
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        "document_key": "CO129-613-8 Reports on Kwang Tung incident 1-2-1948 - 2-6-1948",
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        "title": "CO129-613-8 Reports on Kwang Tung incident 1-2-1948 - 2-6-1948",
        "content_text": "#1 \nPassenger on board \n11 \n15. Tsang Hui Ching \n14. Arthur George Groves - Inspector of Police. Fruit Stall Manager on board \"Kwong Tung\" \n16. Chu Chung Ling \n#1 \n17. Mak Kau \n11 \n18. Hui Yuen \n19. Lung Mun \n20. George Edward Willerton - \n21. Donald William Gould (DR.) \nG \n22. Thomas Edward Jackson - Leonard \n23. Leslie Haynes \n11 \n# \nDetective Sub-Inspector, C.I.D. \nMedical Officer, Hong Kong Medical Service. \nAssistant Director of Marine (Ship Surveys). \nSub-Inspector of Police, Hong Kong \n\nTHE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS ARE ATTACHED:- \nA. **THE WARRANT** convening the Court. \nB. Minutes of the proceedings. \nC. **Evidence of Witnesses**. \nD. A Plan showing the general layout of the main deck of the \"Kwong Tung\". \n\n## FINDING OF THE COURT:- \nWe find that the River Steamer \"Kwong Tung\", official Number `116,032` and of 1218.44 gross tons, registered at Hongkong under the ownership of the Yuen On Steamship Co., Ltd., of `8, Queen's Road West`, Hong Kong, arrived in the Port of Victoria from Canton at about 8.0 a.m. on Saturday, the 31st day of January, 1948, and berthed alongside the east side of the pier known as the Yuen On Wharf, where she lay port side to.\n\nThe \"Kwong Tung\" was due to sail for Canton at 9.0 a.m., having cleared outwards with a NIL manifest, and there is no doubt in our minds that she was satisfactorily equipped and manned for the forthcoming voyage and that Charles Trott was the Master of the vessel.\n\nWe accept the evidence that passengers began to embark after 5.0 p.m. and we have no reason to doubt that the estimated number on board at the time of the casualty was between four and five hundred persons. Although only four",
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        "content_text": "## \n\nThe Court Clerk stated that no person had indicated a desire to give evidence or make any comments. The President then asked if there were any persons present in the Court who wished to be heard.\n\nNo person present indicated a wish to be heard.\n\nThe Court then adjourned until 10.0 A.M. on Saturday the 14th February, 1948, when a written finding will be delivered provided no further evidence is called for.\n\nThe Court re-assembled at 10.0 A.M. on Saturday the 14th February, 1948, and all parties were present.\n\nThe following witness was heard:\n- (23) Leonard Haynes, Sub-Inspector of Police, Hong Kong.\n\nIt was decided to call no further witnesses, and the President read out the written Finding of the Court. Proceedings were completed at 10.20 A.M. and the investigation was declared closed.",
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        "page_number": 59,
        "title": "CO129-613-8 Reports on Kwang Tung incident 1-2-1948 - 2-6-1948",
        "content_text": "## EVIDENCE OF LEONARD HAYNES SUB. INSPECTOR OF POLICE-SWORN.\n\nPage 59\n\nMy name is Leonard Haynes and I am a sub-Inspector of Police. Since the Court adjourned on Thursday the 5th February 1948, up to the 14th February, 1948, a further 39 bodies have been recovered from the vicinity of the Yuen On Wharf.\n\nThey were as follows:\n| Category | Number |\n| --- | --- |\n| Adult Females | 26 |\n| Adult Males | 13 |\n| **Total** | **39** |\n\nMaking a total of 70 persons in all to-date.\n\nThe foregoing is a true record of the evidence I have given.\n\nSd. L. Haynes.",
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        "document_key": "CO129-624-10 Finances- annual account 1-1-1949 - 31-12-1950",
        "page_number": 11,
        "title": "CO129-624-10 Finances- annual account 1-1-1949 - 31-12-1950",
        "content_text": "Statement of Assets and Liabilities as at 31st March, 1950.\n\nDEPOSITS:-\n\nColonial Development & Welfare Schemes. Contractors...\n\nGovernment Servants.....................................................................\n\n1941 Advances Recovered.\n\nOther Administrations..\n\nRefund of Relief Loans (China).\n\nWater Deposits....................................................................................\n\n257,215.36\n\n626,091.\n\n1,882,392.55\n\n1,062,301.\n\n2,921,312.04\n\n4,440,881.70\n\n2,635,351.10\n\n2,405,356.84\n\n5,057,802.05\n\n21,209,504.4\n\nSUSPENSE:\n\nSupplies and Distribution.............(b)\n\nKowloon Canton Railway...........\n\nMiscellaneous...........................\n\n49,673,091.78\n\n173,573.42\n\n884,312.06\n\n50,731,007.26\n\nCASE:-\n\nIn Hand.\n\nWith Crown Agents(£55-14-7).\n\n31,974,815.85\n\n2,373,587.80\n\n891.67\n\nASSETS:\n\nSub Total:\n\nJoint Colonial Fund (£3,325,000).......\n\nFixed Deposit Account..\n\n34,349,295.32\n\n53,200,000.-\n\n50,000,000\n\n87,549,295.32\n\nLIABILITIES:-\n\nSUSPENSE:\n\nSupplies and Distribution.............(b)\n\nKowloon Canton Railway......................................................\n\nMiscellaneous...........................\n\n22,667,590.53\n\n223,041.60\n\n441,446.01\n\n23,332,078.14\n\nADVANCES:-\n\nCurrency Fund... ... ... ... ... ... ...\n\nOther Administrations.........................................................\n\nPending Raising of Loan.................................................\n\nPersonal....\n\nMiscellaneous..\n\n313,513.99\n\n878,451.72\n\n59,434,976.83\n\n708,472.24\n\n955,995.28\n\n62,191,410.06\n\nSPECIAL FUNDS:-\n\nEducation Scholarships Fund......\n\nFixed Deposit...\n\nH.K. Govt. Loan.................\n\nGrant Schools Building Depreciation Fund..\n\nGrant Schools Provident Fund.......\n\nSterling Investments(£58-18-4).\n\n75,867.80\n\n6,000.-\n\n40,590.-\n\n245,220.60\n\n942.67\n\n47,532.67\n\nGrant Schools Building Depreciation Fund\n\nSterling Investments(£15,011-3-3)..\n\n846,148.76\n\n240,178.60\n\nGrant Schools Provident Fund\n\nS.C.A.-Chinese Public Dispensaries Fund.......\n\nS.C.A.-District Watchmen Fund............\n\nWater Works Renewals & Improvement Fund..\n\nSterling Investments(£51,720-9-4)......\n\nS.C.A.-Chinese Public Dispensaries Fund\n\nH.K. Govt. Loan...\n\nS.C.A.-District Watchmen Fund-H.K.Govt. Loan.\n\nWater Works Renewals & Improvement Fund - Sterling Investments(£62,382-18-2)......\n\nSurplus Balances: -H. K. Govt.3 Dollar Loan\n\n5,940\n\n57,420\n\n1,506,064.22\n\n998,126.54\n\n3,661,020\n\n5,940\n\n57,420\n\n827,527.47\n\nTotal Liabilities:\n\n74,758,053.08\n\nGENERAL REVENUE BALANCE ACCOUNT:-\n\nBalance at 1st April, 1949.......\n\nAdd Surplus from 1st April 1949 to 31st March 1950\n\nDeduct net depreciation on Investments.\n\n$72,143,683.25\n\n$82,120,816.92\n\n119,657.60\n\n82,009,159.32\n\n154,152,842.57\n\nNotes:-\n\nTOTAL: ..................\n\n220,910,895.65\n\nExamined.\n\nP.H. Jennings\n\nDirector of Audit.\n\n27 November 1950.\n\nThe Treasury,\n\nHong Kong.\n\n21st August, 1950.\n\nGovernment holds 210 shares at a nominal value of $500.- per share in Messrs. Loronha & Co., Ltd. and 16290 shares at a nominal value of $100 per share in Messrs. Associated Properties Ltd.\n\nAn amount of $34,578.58 is due from Colonial Development & Welfare funds which is comprised as follows:-\n\nScheme R. 94 Fisheries Research: $764.70\n\nD.1066 Village Agricultural Depots-Transport: 12,000.-\n\nD. 994 Village Agricultural Depots, Recurrent Expenditure (Grant): 4,506.94\n\nD. 994 - Village Agricultural Depots, Recurrent Expenditure (Loan) : 17,306.94\n\n$34,578.58\n\n(a) Represents total of credit balances on various accounts under this head.\n\n(b) Represents total of debit balances on various accounts under this head.\n\nR. C. Leonard.\n\nAccountant General.\n\n228,910,895.65",
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        "title": "CO129-624-12 Finances- military administration 1-3-1951 - 31-12-1951",
        "content_text": "Jad/2900 (F.1)\n\n26 October, 1951.\n\nB\n\nDear Leonard,\n\nWith reference to your letter dated 27th August, 1951, reference DM298/62/02, authorizing the write-off of the sum of £18,727 19s. 5d. in respect of Hong Kong $299,647.54, of which a part was in respect of advances made to Messrs. Bailey & Co., Ltd., who went into voluntary liquidation on 12th August, 1949, on the assumption that no assets of the Company existed from which a recovery (partial or complete) of the debt could have been made, I enclose a copy of Hong Kong's Savingram No. 1080 dated 26th September, 1951, in reply to our enquiry on this part of the matter.\n\nYou will observe that assets are in fact available against which our claim could be met at least in part, but that the matter of claims and counter-claims was finalised by a negotiated settlement between the Company and the Government acting on behalf of H.M.G. It seems therefore that it would be difficult for us to re-open the matter at this juncture, and, if we did we should almost certainly be confronted with a counter-claim. I think that in these circumstances you will agree that we should let the matter drop.\n\nI am sending a copy of this letter to Mrs. Petherick.\n\nYours sincerely,\n\nO'Hanlon\n\nA. Leonard, Esq.,\n\nThe Treasury,\n\nTreasury Chambers,\n\nGreat George Street,\n\nLONDON, S.W.1.",
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        "title": "CO129-624-12 Finances- military administration 1-3-1951 - 31-12-1951",
        "content_text": "16/Abroad/2900(F.1.)\n\nDM298/62/02\n\nCopy\n\n27th August, 1951.\n\n32\n\nDear Wagstaff,\n\nI am replying to your letter of 16th August, to Hudspith in which you ask for authority to write off three sums still outstanding in War Office books in respect of loans made by the British Military Administration in Hong Kong.\n\nWe can agree that the sum of Hong Kong $299,647.54 (equivalent to £18,727 19s. 5d.) may be written off and charged to balances irrecoverable and claims abandoned. This authority is given on the assumption which you will perhaps confirm that in the case of the avance to Bailey & Company Limited (in liquidation) no assets of the Company existed from which recovery (partial or complete) of the debt could have been made.\n\nYours sincerely,\n\n(sgd) ANTHONY LEONARD.\n\nC. H. Wagstaff, Esq.,\n\nWar Office,\n\nLondon, S.W.1.\n\nF",
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