[ { "id": 216772, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-001 - Sir Hug Cough-s China Military Correspondences - 1841-1843", "page_number": 256, "title": "CO129-001 - Sir Hug Cough-s China Military Correspondences - 1841-1843", "content_text": "\nCORRESPONDENCE RELATIVE TO \n\n13. You will take immediate measures for the preparation of this force, and for the hiring of transports for their conveyance. Being thus early instructed as to the amount of tonnage required, you will be enabled, we conclude, to engage a portion of it on moderate terms at Bombay, and to bring such transports round to Madras, in time to convey the reinforcements from thence to Singapore, by the middle of April. It is our earnest desire that the whole force to be sent from India and this country for service in China, during 1842, should be col- lected at Singapore by the second week in April; and we rely upon every exer- tion being made on your part to effect this essential object. \n\n14. We are led to think that, after making ample provision for the packet- service, you will have disposable in 1842, for service in China, the following wooden steamers : \n\nQueen. Tenasserim. \n\nSemiramis. \n\nEnterprize. Sesostris. \n\nMadagascar. Auckland. \n\nProserpine. \n\nCruizer \n\nMILITARY OPERATIONS IN CHINA. \n\nHerald Calliope Nimrod \n\nCaptain Nias. \n\nCaptain Herbert. \n\nCommander Glasse. \n\nLarne \n\nHyacinth \n\nFavorite \n\nChilders \n\nCommander Halsted. \n\nColumbine \n\nPylades \n\nModeste \n\nPelican \n\nCommander C. G. Napier. \n\nClio, or Pearl Algerine Cameleon \n\nOrdered from Rio to China. \n\nLieutenant Mason. \n\nLieutenant Hunter. \n\nSulphur Starling \n\nAnd the iron steamers: \n\nNemesis. \n\nPhlegethon. \n\nWe trust that you will take measures for having the whole of this force either in the Canton river or at Singapore, by the period at which we have directed the military force to be assembled there. \n\n15. We shall, on our part, take measures for despatching from this country, in December, direct for Singapore, the steamer \"Memnon,\" of 1,100 tons and 400 horse power, and every exertion will be made to despatch, at an carlier period than February (in which month she is now expected to be ready), the steamer \" Acbar,\" of 1,100 tons, and 350 horse power. This steamer will like- wise be sent direct to Singapore. The iron steamer \"Pluto,\" of 100 horse power, is now ready at Portsmouth, and will be at your disposal for service in will have for the ensuing cam- China in 1842. We expect, therefore, that you paign eight (and, including the “ Acbar,\" nine) wooden steamers, and four iron \n\nsteamers. \n\n16. As the service upon which the force will be in all probability employed will bring the ships into rivers where attempts may be made to burn them, you will provide every steamer, ship-of-war and transport, with such booms as she can conveniently carry. Each boom should have at each end a stout chain and hooks, that the several booms may be firmly joined together. Each vessel should have six light kedge or stream anchors, for the purpose of holding the booms; and for each anchor should be supplied 10 or 12 fathoms of light, but suffi- ciently stout, chain. The booms will probably be most conveniently carried by each vessel under her chains. No vessel, however small, should have a less length of booms than 60 feet. Thus each vessel will be able in a river to protect herself, and the booms of several vessels joined together will form a per- fect protection for them all. You will take care that each vessel has several spare boats. If we should find, upon inquiry, that you have not, or could not easily or in good time, provide a sufficient number of such anchors as we have described, we shall send a number of them to Singapore; but you will depend, not upon us, but upon yourselves, for providing them. Spare booms and anchors, with longer chains attached to them, should be sent for the service of Her Majesty's ships, which will require them in deeper water. \n\n17. We have ascertained that the amount of Her Majesty's naval forces to be employed in the China Seas in 1842, will be at least equal to that employed this year, and that the vessels despatched from England to relieve those now in the China station, which should come home, will be at Canton or Singapore by the middle of April. In the event of a larger force of Her Majesty's ships being required in 1842 than is employed this year, the Admiral will be authorized to detain the ships which would otherwise come home; but we do not apprehend the occurrence of this emergency. We enclose a list we have received from the Admiralty of the ships on the China station this year, and of such as will sail from hence this year in time for the commencement of the campaign of 1842. \n\nCornwallis Blenheim \n\nEndymion \n\nCaptain O. Richards, Flag Ship. \n\nCaptain Sir H. Senhouse. \n\nCaptain Hon. F. Grey. \n\nCaptain H. Smith. \n\nBlonde \n\nCaptain Bouchier. \n\nConway \n\nCaptain Bethune, \n\nDruid \n\nHerald \n\nSURVEYING VESSELS OF WAR. \n\nIn addition to which, the \n\nSpartan Harlequin Dido \n\nSerpent Siren \n\n2 Captain Belcher. \n\n1 Lieutenant Kellett. \n\nTROOP SHIPS. Jupiter and Rattlesnake. \n\n25 Sail. \n\nHonourable C. G. Elliot. \n\nCommander Hon. G. Hastings. \n\nCommander Hon. H. Keppel. \n\nCommander Searle. \n\nCommander Smith. \n\nMaking together 30 sail; which will sail before the end of December to relieve ships there, which latter may be detained if required. \n\n- No. 12.- \n\nP \n\nCopy of a LETTER from Lord Stanley to the President of the Board of Control. \n\nNo. 12. \n\nMy Lord, \n\nDowning-street, 2 November 1841. THE attention of the Government having been directed to the mode in which Lord Stanley to the official business connected with the war in China has hitherto been conducted, the President of it becomes my duty to inform your Lordship of the result of the deliberations of the Board of Her Majesty's servants, and to convey to you the signification of Her Majesty's 2 November 1841. \n\nControl, pleasure as to the course, in reference to this subject, which should be pursued for the future. \n\nThe late administration, at the commencement of the war, employed upon it a portion of Her Majesty's troops upon the Indian Establishment, a portion of military forces of the East India Company, and the naval forces stationed in the Indian seas, reinforced by the squadron at the Cape of Good Hope, to which were added some ships from England. \n\nThe Admiral, sent from the Cape of Good Hope, directed the naval and military operations, and, as first in the commission, the diplomatic negotiations also. \n\nThe Governor-general of India, having sent the troops from India, had naturally an influence, and exercised some authority, over their first operations. Stores were also furnished at the discretion of the Governor-general, the British Treasury engaging to make good the extraordinary expenses incurred on that account, and charged in the first instance upon Indian revenues. \n\nBut it appears further, that stores and provisions, and a small force of British artillery, have also been furnished from England, for none of which does it appear that official authority from the Secretary of State has been conveyed to the Boards of Admiralty and Ordnance. \n\nany \n\nAt a subsequent period, the power of negotiation has been transferred to a Plenipotentiary, acting under the instructions of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. \n\n596. \n\nC 2 \n\nHer", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-001 - Sir Hug Cough-s China Military Correspondences - 1841-1843.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 216773, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-001 - Sir Hug Cough-s China Military Correspondences - 1841-1843", "page_number": 257, "title": "CO129-001 - Sir Hug Cough-s China Military Correspondences - 1841-1843", "content_text": "\nCORRESPONDENCE RELATIVE TO \n\nHer Majesty's Ministers consider the course originally pursued as not ouly irregular in point of form, but open to grave objection; as interfering with the proper responsibility of the various departments of the State, and rendering it impossible to present to Parliament a simultaneous view of the real expenditure incurred on account of the war with China. \n\nThey are of opinion, that no military operation, undertaken on behalf of the Crown, and the charge for which is to be ultimately defrayed from the revenues of this country, ought to be undertaken, except under the authority pur- of the Secretary of State, or under an authority expressly delegated for that pose, by the signification of the Royal Commands, through the Secretary of State. They are of opinion, also, that all directions which it may be necessary to give to the Board of Admiralty, the Commander-in-Chief, the Board of Ordnance, or any other public department in the service of the Crown, ought to be signified exclusively by the Secretary of State. \n\nThey are aware that, from his greater proximity to the scene of warfare, the Governor-general can superintend the course of operations, and carry on commu- nications with the officers in the military and naval command of the expedition, with far greater facility than could the Secretary of State; and for the same and other reasons, it is desirable that a large portion of the military force, of the provisions and munitions of war, should be supplied, in the first instance, from the resources of India; while it is at the same time due to the interests of India, that no demand be made upon those resources, military or financial, for the service of the Crown elsewhere; a compliance with which might place in jeopardy the security, or trench upon the revenue of that great empire, the welfare of which is confided, as his first charge, to the care of the Governor-general. \n\nOn these principles, then, I have it in command from Her Majesty to desire that your Lordship will, through the usual channels, inform the Governor-general that Her Majesty has been pleased to authorize him to exercise a general superin- tendence over the operations of the military and naval authorities on the coast of China; to communicate directly with them, and to issue, without waiting for instructions from me, such orders, from time to time, as the exigencies of the service may seem to require. Her Majesty's Government feel confident that the Governor-general's zeal for the public service will lead him to make every exertion for supplying such an amount of troops, transports, stores and munitions of war, as may from time to time be required for the purposes of the expedition: it may rather be desirable to impress upon him that he should not, under any circumstances, take himself to detach from India a larger portion of British troops than may have been previously authorized by instructions from the Home Government, nor, except in case of emergency (in judging which he will exercise a discretionary power), furnish from the resources of India other supplies than such as may have been previously authorized by me; and that, in the event of such emergency, he should forthwith communicate to me the steps which he has deemed it necessary to take, in order that they may be sanctioned by a covering order. That there may be no undue or inconvenient pressure upon the resources of India, it will be my duty to communicate to your Lordship the requirements of Her Majesty's service, in order that the necessary instructions may be con- veyed to the Governor-general, through the accustomed channel of the Secret Committee. \n\nupon \n\nin \n\nevery \n\nThe Governor-general will continue to carry on his correspondence in the usual way; but your Lordship will have the goodness to communicate to me, case, without delay, the information and suggestions which you may receive from India, in order that Her Majesty's pleasure thereupon may be signified, in the regular way, through my office, to the several departments. Those departments will be directed to receive their instructions upon all matters connected with the war in China, through the department of war alone. \n\nI have also to request that your Lordship will, at your earliest convenience, transmit to me information as to all requisitions, of whatever description, which' may have been made upon any of the departments at home, in consequence of representations from the Governor-general of India; or otherwise, so far as may be within the cognizance of your department, and so far as may be practicable, of the amount of charge incurred thereby, whether in India or in England, with a view to having a record of all of them in the proper office, and of having them retrospectively sanctioned by a covering order from this department. \n\nInstructious will also be sent to the Major-general commanding upon expe- dition, \n\nthe \n\nMILITARY OPERATIONS IN CHINA. \n\ndition, to communicate directly with the War department; but he will at the same time send copies of his despatches to the Governor-general of India, whose orders, in reference to the combined operations, he, and the Admiral upon the station, will be authorized and enjoined to obey. \n\n-No. 13.- \n\nI have, &c. (signed). Stanley. \n\nEXTRACT of a LETTER from Lord Stanley to the President of the Board \n\nof Control, dated Downing-street, 3 November 1841. HAVING referred to the letter addressed to the Governor-general of India in Lord Stanley to \n\nNo. 13. Council by the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors, on the 4th ultimo, the President of which your Lordship has now communicated to me, I am of opinion, upon further consideration and inquiry, that some changes should be made in the nature and amount of military stores which the Governor-general of India in Council was thereby informed would be furnished for service in China in 1842, by the Board of Ordnance. \n\nThe following will be the munitions of war provided by that Board :----- \n\nSix 24 lb. guns, iron, with wooden carriages and wooden traversing platforms, front pivot; two 18 lb. guns, iron, with travelling carriages and limbers; 300 rounds per gun for the six 24 and two 18-pounders; two 18-pounder waggons; 200 shot-rockets for the 24-pounders; 100 shell ditto; 200 shot- rockets, twelve-pounders; 100 shell ditto; 200 shot-rockets, six-pounders; 100 ditto, three-pounders; 100 ditto, one-pounders; four tubes for firing the \n\nrockets. \n\nAs it is understood that the smallest calibre of horse artillery gun at Fort St. George is a six-pounder, 1,000 rounds of spherical case shot for six-pounders will be sent with ammunition. \n\nIt appears to the Master-General of the Ordnance that it would be preferable to send one whole company of Artillery, rather than a portion of the Rocket Troop, and half a company of Artillery. All the Artillery were being exercised in the firing of rockets. There will, therefore, be sent one company of Royal Artillery, consisting of four officers, ten non-commissioned officers, and ninety \n\ngunners and drivers. \n\nThe whole of these stores and the company of Artillery will be embarked at Spithead about the 1st of December, and proceed direct to Singapore. \n\nWith reference to the 18th paragraph of a letter dated the 11th of August 1841, addressed by the Governor-general to the late President of the India Board for his information, and that of Her Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, I have to acquaint your Lordship that the troop ships \"Belleisle\" and \"Apollo,\" will leave Spithead about the 1st of December, and proceed direct to Singapore, to be employed as troop-ships with the expedition to China. These ships will convey the recruits for Her Majesty's regiments, now serving in China, and the artillery and military stores above-mentioned. \n\nWith reference to the 16th paragraph of the letter above mentioned, of the 4th ultimo, from the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors to the Governor- general, I have now to inform your Lordship that it is thought that all Her Majesty's ships employed upon the expedition, and all the war-steamers belonging to the Indian Navy which may be employed in the same service, must possess ample means in ancliors, booms and chains, of protecting themselves against fire- rafts, without the making of such special provision for that purpose as the Secret Committee before directed to be made. \n\nEach transport ship (to the number of thirty) arriving at Singapore will, if furnished in India with a spar on each side (of not less than eight inches in diameter, or as much larger as they can conveniently carry, and of buoyant wood) be furnished from Her Majesty's ships or stores, with a concave iron plate, having two large iron eyes worked on each plate, to be secured by large spike-nails on each end of each spar, also three feet of chain with a double hook at each end of the chain, for connecting the spars together by one of the eyes on each; also a small anchor of fifteen fathoms of chain, for each end of each spar, the chain cables to be fastened also by double books to the other iron eye on each plate. \n\n596. \n\nEach \n\nthe Board of Control, \n\n3 November 1841.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-001 - Sir Hug Cough-s China Military Correspondences - 1841-1843.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 216774, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-001 - Sir Hug Cough-s China Military Correspondences - 1841-1843", "page_number": 258, "title": "CO129-001 - Sir Hug Cough-s China Military Correspondences - 1841-1843", "content_text": "No. 14. \n\nLord Stanley to the Lords Com- missioners of the Admiralty, \n\nCORRESPONDENCE RELATIVE TO \n\nEach of the thirty transports will, therefore, receive four of the concave plates with iron eyes, three feet of connecting chain with double hooks at each end, four small anchors, and fifteen fathoms of chain cable to each anchor, each of which cables will have a shackle bolt in the centre; that is to say, at seven and a half fathoms, to admit of its being separated or united at pleasure, according to the depth of water. \n\n4 November 1841. \n\nIt is right to bear in mind that, in using the aforesaid spars, or booms, for pro- tection against fire-vessels in rivers, it will be desirable so to place the anchors of each end of the spar, that the latter should not ride directly across the stream (in which position it would be more likely to yield to a vessel with a slanting stern, so as to allow such vessel to pass over it), but to anchor the spars in a diagonal line with the stream, so as to turn the vessel the easier, and thereby reduce the probability of the spar sinking. If the apex be upwards \n\nthe spars should be so placed above the head of the ship so as to ensure throwing any floating body clear of each side of her; if the apex be downwards cause the floating body to be turned and ultimately stopped in the centre, if not upset by the tide pressing on its broad side. \n\nت \n\nto \n\nThe anchors sent are of 4 cwt. each, and the chain cable of 1 inches. It will be proper to send to the Governor-general by this mail a small model of the boom and chains which I have above described. \n\nHer Majesty's Government depend upon the Governor-general for providing the spars for booms. Each transport should at least carry two, as before directed. With reference to the twelfth paragraph of the letter of the Governor-general to the late President of the India Board above mentioned, I have to inform your Lordship that provisions for six months for 10,000 Europeans will be sent from this country to Singapore, at the same time with the artillery and stores above mentioned. \n\nI have likewise to inform your Lordship that the Queen's 98th regiment, 720 strong, will proceed direct to Singapore, and arrive there early in April. \n\nThis regiment may be employed during the ensuing season in operations on the coast of China; but it is to be understood that so soon as its services can be dispensed with, it is to be sent to Mauritius to relieve the 87th Foot. \n\nThe Governor-general should be directed to provide a sufficient number of followers for the 98th regiment, and send them to meet that regiment at Singa- pore; and he should not neglect to send at the same time for the use of that regiment any articles of convenience or comfort with which a regiment proceeding from India would have provided itself. \n\nI have instructed the General Commanding-in-Chief to select an additional officer, of the rank of Major-general, to serve on the staff of the expedition. \n\nThat officer, and a company of Royal Artillery, and the 98th regiment, are to receive the usual Indian allowances. \n\nI request that your Lordship will move the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors to instruct the Governor-general of India in Council in the terms of my present communication to your Lordship. \n\n- No. 14.- \n\nCopy of a LETTER from Lord Stanley to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. \n\nMy Lords, \n\nDowning-street, 4 November 1841. REFERRING to the Letter which I had the honour to address to your Lordships on the 3d instant, I now transmit to your Lordships an extract of a communi- cation which I have addressed to the President of the Board of Control, and which will form the basis of an instruction, to be conveyed through the usual channels to the Governor-general of India, explanatory of the special provision which is to be made for protecting the transports employed in the expedition to China against fire-rafts or vessels; and I am to convey to your Lordships the Queen's pleasure that you provide and send out to China the requisite number and quantities of anchors and chain-cables described in my communication to the President of the Board of Control. \n\nI have likewise to signify to your Lordships the Queen's pleasure, that you provide and send out to China provisions for six months for 10,000 meu. \n\nYour \n\nMILITARY OPERATIONS IN CHINA. \n\nYour Lordships will further make provision for the conveyance to China of a company of artillery, and of a quantity of ordnance and munitions of war, as specified in the accompanying Return; and you will take the necessary measures that the artillery and all the stores and provisions enumerated in this letter arrive at Singapore early in the ensuing month of April. \n\nEnclosure in No. 14, \n\nI have, &c. (signed) Stanley. \n\nSix 241b. guns, iron, with wooden carriages and wooden traversing platforms, front pivot. \n\nTwo 18lb. guns, iron, with travelling carriages and limbers. \n\n300 rounds per gun, for the six 24 and two 18-pounders. \n\nTwo 18-pounder waggons. \n\n200 shot rockets for the 24-pounders, \n\n100 shell ditto. \n\n200 shot rockets, 12-pounders. \n\n100 shell ditto. \n\n200 shot rockets, 6-pounders. \n\n100 ditto, 3-pounders \n\n100 ditto, 1-pounder. \n\nFour tubes for firing the rockets. \n\nAs it is understood that the smallest calibre of horse artillery gun at Fort George is \n\na 6-pounder, 1,000 pounds of spherical case shot for 6-pounders will be sent with ammu- nition. \n\n-No. 15.- \n\nEXTRACT of a LETTER from Lord Stanley to the President of the Board of Control. \n\nDowning-street, 31 December 1841. \n\nEncl. in No. 14. \n\nNo. 15. \n\nIr must, I fear, be assumed, that whatever be the successes of the British arms Lord Stanley to during the present campaign, they can hardly have been so decisive as to encou- the President of rage the hope of their leading to an honourable and satisfactory conclusion of the war in which we are engaged; and Her Majesty's Government have thought Control, \n\nthe Board of \n\nit 31 December 1841. \n\nnecessary not only not to relax the efforts which have been made, but to increase the force which has been hitherto employed upon the coasts of China, and to make preparations for an early and vigorous prosecution of the war. \n\nIt is, I am persuaded, unnecessary to impress upon the Governor-general of India, who is charged with the general superintendence of the war, that the only objects which Her Majesty desires to obtain are, satisfaction for the injuries to which her subjects have been exposed, and for the insults which have been offered to Her Crown, and the establishment of peaceful and friendly commercial rela- tions with China, upon such a footing as shall afford permanent and effectual security against the recurrence of similar misunderstandings for the future. Her Majesty desires no acquisition of territory, nor any advantages for her own sub- jects which should not equally be shared by other nations; and to the attainment of these objects, and these alone, the efforts of Her Majesty's forces are to be directed. Her Majesty's Government are of opinion that the most probable means of obtaining these objects would be, the occupation of a position which would enable them effectually to control the internal commerce of the Chinese empire, and thus render the moral pressure upon the Court of Pekin irresistible. Such a position, they think, would be attained by ascending the Yang-tse- Kiang with a sufficient force to take and retain possession of the island which lies at the intersection of that river with the grand canal of China; and, as at present advised, it is to that object that the principal efforts of 1842 should be directed; but beyond this general intimation of intentions, which are themselves liable to be altered by inforination which we may shortly receive, I should deem it inexpedient to fetter the discretion of the Governor-general by attempting at present to give him any precise instructions. \n\n596. \n\nC 4 \n\nThe", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-001 - Sir Hug Cough-s China Military Correspondences - 1841-1843.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 216801, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-002 - Sir Henry Pottinger - 1843", "page_number": 9, "title": "CO129-002 - Sir Henry Pottinger - 1843", "content_text": "\nPower to transport Convicts. \n\nLimitation of Actions. \n\n6° & 7° VICTORIÆ, Cap.94. \n\nor Place as aforesaid, it shall be lawful for any Person having Autho- rity derived from Her Majesty in that Behalf, by Warrant under his Hand and Seal, to cause such Offender to be sent to any British Colony which Her Majesty may by any Order or Orders in Council from Time to Time appoint in that Behalf, in order that the Sentence so passed upon such Offender may be carried into effect within the same; and the Magistrates, Gaolers, and other Officers to whom it may appertain to give effect to any Sentence passed by the Supreme Court exercising Criminal Jurisdiction within such Colony are hereby empowered and required to do all Acts and Things necessary to carry into effect the Sentence so passed upon such Offender, in the same Manner as though the same had been passed by such Supreme Court. \n\nVI. And be it enacted, That if any Offender shall have been ordered or sentenced to be transported beyond the Seas by any Judge, Magistrate, or other Officer of Her Majesty within any such Country or Place as aforesaid, or, having been adjudged to suffer Death, shall have received Her Majesty's most gracious Pardon upon Condition of Transportation beyond the Seas, it shall be lawful for any Person having Authority derived from Her Majesty in that Behalf to cause such Offender to be sent to any Place beyond Seas to which Convicts may at any Time be lawfully transported from any Part of Her Majesty's Dominions, and, if there shall be no convenient Means of transporting such Offender without bringing him to England, to cause such Offender to be brought to England in order to be transported, and to be imprisoned in any Place of Confinement provided under the Authority of any Law or Statute relating to the Transportation of Offenders convicted in England, until such Offender shall be transported or shall become entitled to his Liberty; and as soon as any such Offender shall have arrived at the Place to which he may be transported, or, if brought to England, shall have been there imprisoned as aforesaid, all the Provisions, Rules, Regulations, Authorities, Powers, Penalties, Matters, and Things concerning the safe Custody, Confinement, Treatment, and Transportation of any Offender convicted in Great Britain shall extend and be construed to extend to such Offender as fully and effectually, to all Intents and Purposes, as if such Offender had been convicted and sentenced at any Session of Gaol Delivery holden for any County in England. \n\nof \n\nVII. And be it enacted, That if any Suit or Action shall be brought in any Court within Her Majesty's Dominions against any such Power Person or Persons for any thing done in pursuance any or Jurisdiction of Her Majesty as aforesaid or of this Act, then and in every such Case such Action or Suit shall be commenced or prosecuted within Six Months after the Fact committed, and not afterwards, except where the Cause of Action shall have arisen out of Her Majesty's Dominions, and then within Six Months after the Plain- tiff or Plaintiff's and Defendant or Defendants shall have been within the Jurisdiction of the Court in which the same may be brought; and the same and every such Action or Suit shall be brought in the County or Place where the Cause of Action shall have arisen, \n\nand \n\n6° & 7° VICTORIE, Cap. 94. \n\nand not elsewhere, except where the Cause of Action shall have arisen out of Her Majesty's Dominions; and the Defendant or De- fendants shall be entitled to the like Notice, and shall have the like Privilege of tendering Amends to the Plaintiff or Plaintiffs, or their Agent or Attorney, as is provided in Actions brought against any Justice of the Peace for Acts done in the Execution of his Office by an Act passed in the Twenty-fourth Year of the Reign of King George the Second, intituled An Act for the rendering Justices of 24 G. 2. c.44. the Peace more safe in the Execution of their Office, and for indem- nifying Constables and others acting in obedience to their Warrants ; and the Defendant or Defendants in every such Action or Suit may plead the General Issue, and give the special Matter in Evidence; and if the Matter or Thing complained of shall appear to have such been done under the Authority and in execution of Power or Jurisdiction of Her Majesty as aforesaid or of this Act, or if any such Action or Suit shall be brought after the Time limited for bringing the same, or be brought and laid in any other County or Place than the same ought to have been brought or laid in as aforesaid, then the Jury shall find for the Defen- dant or Defendants; and if the Plaintiff or Plaintiffs shall become Nonsuit, or discontinue any Action after the Defendant or Defendants shall have appeared, or if a Verdict shall pass against the Plaintiff or Plaintiffs, or if upon Demurrer Judgment shall be taken against the Plaintiff or Plaintiffs, the Defendant or Defendants shall and may recover Treble Costs, and have the like Remedy for Recovery thereof as any Defendant or Defendants hath or have in any Cases of Law. \n\nany \n\nVIII. And be it enacted, That from and after the First Day of Repeal of Sect. 4. of 6 G. 4. c. 33. October in the Year One thousand eight hundred and forty-four so much of an Act passed in the Sixth Year of His late Majesty King and of 6 & 7 George the Fourth, intituled An Act to repeal certain Acts relating W. 4. c. 78. to the Governor and Company of Merchants of England trading to the Levant Seas, and the Duties payable to them; and to authorize the Transfer and Disposal of the Possessions and Property of the said Governor and Company for the Public Service, as provides, \"that from and immediately after the Enrolment of any such Deed or Instrument as therein mentioned all such Rights and Duties of Juris- diction and Authority over His Majesty's Subjects resorting to the Ports of the Levant, for the Purposes of Trade or otherwise, as were lawfully exercised and performed, or which the Letters Patent or Acts by the said Act recited, or any of them, authorized to be exercised and performed, by any Consul or other Officers appointed by the said Company, or which such Consuls or other Officers any Power lawfully exercised and performed under and by virtue of or Authority whatever, should, from and after the Enrolment of such Deed or Instrument as aforesaid, be and become vested in and should be exercised and performed by such Consuls and other Officers respectively as His Majesty might be pleased to appoint for the Protection of the Trade of His Majesty's Subjects in the Ports and Places respectively mentioned in the said Letters Patent and Acts, or any or either of them;\" and also that from and after the passing of this Act an Act passed in the Parliament holden \n\n11 L \n\nĮ \n\n:", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-002 - Sir Henry Pottinger - 1843.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 219647, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-008 - Foreign Office - 1844", "page_number": 107, "title": "CO129-008 - Foreign Office - 1844", "content_text": "\nPower to transport Convicts. \n\nLimitation of Actions. \n\n6° & 7° VICTORIÆ, Cap.94, \n\nor Place as aforesaid, it shall be lawful for any Person having Autho rity derived from Her Majesty in that Behalf, by Warrant under his Hand and Seal, to cause such Offender to be sent to any British Colony which Her Majesty may by any Order or Orders in Council from Time to Time appoint in that Belialf, in order that the Sentence so passed upon such Offender may be carried into effect within the same; and the Magistrates, Gaolers, and other Officers to whom it may appertain to give effect to any Sentence passed by the Supreme Court exercising Criminal Jurisdiction within such Colony are hereby empowered and required to do all Acts and Things necessary to carry into effect the Sentence so passed upon such Offender, in the same Manner as though the same had been passed by such Supreme Court. \n\nVI. And be it enacted, That if any Offender shall have been ordered or sentenced to be transported beyond the Seas by any Judge, Magistrate, or other Officer of Her Majesty within any such Country or Place as aforesaid, or, having been adjudged to suffer Death, shall have received Her Majesty's most gracious Pardon upon Condition of Transportation beyond the Seas, it shall be lawful for any Person having Authority derived from Her Majesty in that Behalf to cause such Offender to be sent to any Place beyond Seas to which Convicts may at any Time be lawfully transported from any Part of Her Majesty's Dominious, and, if there shall be no convenient Means of transporting such Offender without bringing him to England, to cause such Offender to be brought to England in order to be transported, and to be imprisoned in any Place of Confinement provided under the Authority of any Law or Statute relating to the Transportation of Offenders convicted in England, until such Offender shall be transported or shall become entitled to his Liberty; and as soon as any such Offender shall have arrived at the Place to which be may be transported, or, if brought to England, shall have been there imprisoned as aforesaid, all the Provisions, Rules, Regulations, Authorities, Powers, Penalties, Matters, and Things concerning the safe Custody, Confinement, Treatment, and Transportation of any Offender convicted in Great Britain shall extend and be construed to extend to such Offender as fully and effectually, to all Intents and Purposes, as if such Offender had been convicted and sentenced at any Session of Gaol Delivery holden for any County in England. \n\nVII. And be it enacted, That if any Suit or Action shall be brought in any Court within Her Majesty's Dominions against any Person or Persons for any thing done in pursuance of any such Power or Jurisdiction of Her Majesty as aforesaid or of this Act, then and in every such Case such Action or Suit shall be commenced or prosecuted within Six Months after the Fact committed, and not afterwards, except where the Cause of Action shall have arisen out of Her Majesty's Dominions, and then within Six Months after the Plain- tiff or Plaintiffs and Defendant or Defendants shall have been within the Jurisdiction of the Court in which the same may be brought; and the same and every such Action or Suit shall be brought in the County or Place where the Cause of Action shall have arisen, \n\nand \n\n+ \n\n6° & 7° VICTORIÆ, Cap.94. \n\nand not elsewhere, except where the Cause of Action shall have arisen out of Her Majesty's Dominions; and the Defendant or De- fendants shall be entitled to the like Notice, and shall have the like Privilege of tendering Amends to the Plaintiff or Plaintiffs, or their Agent or Attorney, as is provided in Actions brought against any Justice of the Peace for Acts done in the Execution of his Office by an Act passed in the Twenty-fourth Year of the Reign of King George the Second, intituled \"An Act for the rendering Justices of 24 G. 2. c.44, the Peace more safe in the Execution of their Office, and for indem- nifying Constables and others acting in obedience to their Warrants; and the Defendant or Defendants in every such Action or Suit may plead the General Issue, and give the special Matter in Evidence; and if the Matter or Thing complained of shall appear to have been done under the Authority and in execution of such Power or Jurisdiction of Her Majesty as aforesaid or of this Act, or if any such Action or Suit shall be brought after the Time limited for bringing the same, or be brought and laid in any other County or Place than the same ought to have been brought or laid in as aforesaid, then the Jury shall find for the Defen- dant or Defendants; and if the Plaintiff or Plaintiffs shall become Nonsuit, or discontinue any Action after the Defendant or Defendants shall have appeared, or if a Verdict shall pass against the Plaintiff or Plaintiffs, or if upou Demurrer Judgment shall be taken against the Plaintiff or Plaintiffs, the Defendant or Defendants shall and may recover Treble Costs, and have the like Remedy for Recovery thereof as any Defendant or Defendants hath or have in any Cases of Law. \n\nany \n\nSect. 4. of \n\nVIII. And be it enacted, That from and after the First Day of Repeal of October in the Year One thousand eight hundred and forty-four so 6 G. 4. c. 38. inuch of an Act passed in the Sixth Year of His late Majesty King and of 6 & 7 George the Fourth, intituled An Act to repeal certain Acts relating W. 4. c. 78. to the Governor and Company of Merchants of England trading to the Levant Seas, and the Duties payable to them; and to authorize the Transfer and Disposal of the Possessions and Property of the said Governor and Company for the Public Service, as provides, \"that from and immediately after the Enrolment of any such Deed or Instrument as therein mentioned all such Rights and Duties of Juris- diction and Authority over His Majesty's Subjects resorting to the Ports of the Levant, for the Purposes of Trade or otherwise, as were lawfully exercised and performed, or which the Letters Patent or Acts by the said Act recited, or any of them, authorized to be exercised and performed, by any Consul or other Officers appointed by the said Company, or which such Consuls or other Officers lawfully exercised and performed under and by virtue of any Power or Authority whatever, should, from and after the Enrolment of such Deed or Instrument as aforesaid, be and become vested in and should be exercised and performed by such Consuls and other Officers respectively as His Majesty might be pleased to appoint for the Protection of the Trade of His Majesty's Subjects in the Ports and Places respectively mentioned in the said Letters Patent and Acts, or any or either of them;\" and also that from and after the passing of this Act an Act passed in the Parliament holden \n\nIl L \n\n", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-008 - Foreign Office - 1844.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 228156, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-027 - Public Offices - 1848", "page_number": 460, "title": "CO129-027 - Public Offices - 1848", "content_text": "Bo\n\nQ\n\nTY\n\n453\n\nAppendix.\n\nReport on the\n\nIsland of Hong Kong.\n\nDissent in Council\n\nagainst Opium\n\nOrdinance.\n\nTranslation of a\n\nGrant or Treaty of Privileges.\n\n[ 24 ]\n\nopen to ships under every flag; and that encouragement be given for the resort to and settlement on the island of other European nations. If this be done, a few years will determine whether it be possible to create any trade, or induce any resort to Hong Kong. Large Government establishments, and an immense outlay of the public money for the last three years have produced no beneficial result; but the opium traders, and those who choose to resort thither, have a voice in the management of the affairs of the colony. There can scarcely be less general trade, less prosperity, less security to life and property, than now exists, with a large garrison on shore and a fleet in the harbour.\n\nIf there were any one advantage, political, commercial, financial, or religious, present or prospective, derivable to England from the existing establishments at Hong Kong, there would be some justification for the expense now being incurred, and for the great annual sacrifices of life; but when such advantages do not exist, it is worse than folly to persist in a course begun in error, and which, if continued, must eventually end in national loss and general disappointment.\n\nHong Kong, July 1844.\n\n(2.)\n\nR. M. Martin.\n\nDISSENTIENT on the Proposition for Licensing the Retail and Consumption of OPIUM\n\nin this Colony, on the following grounds\n\n*\n\n1st. Because the consumption of opium is not necessary to the subsistence and health of man, and is therefore a vicious indulgence.\n\n2d. Because the use of opium is not only a vice in itself, but the parent of many other vices; and whoever indulges in opium never ceases its use until poverty and death\n\nensue.\n\n3d. Because it is no justification to say, that as gin, beer, wine, and other fermented liquors are stimulants, attended with pernicious consequences when used continuously in excess, that therefore the use of opium may also be licensed by Government. The experience of civilized nations has shown that fermented liquors are advantageous to the healthful energy of man; but no experience has shown that opium is beneficial to the body or mind of man individually or collectively.\n\n4th. Because no Government ought to make private vice a source of public revenue.\n\n5th. Because, independent of the foregoing and other considerations, the peculiar position in which England at present stands towards the Chinese government on this subject, the strong feeling entertained by a very large and influential portion of the British community at home respecting the sale of opium in China, and the risk which his Excellency incurs of creating an unfavourable impression against his government, without any corresponding fiscal advantage to the State, renders it unadvisable to license the consumption of opium in this colony.\n\nDesirous of earnestly and faithfully advising his Excellency, these remarks are offered for the Governor's consideration with great respect.\n\n26 November 1844.\n\n(3.)\n\nR. M. Martin,\n\nTRANSLATION of a GRANT OF TREATY of PRIVILEGES conceded by the Emperor of Japan to the English, A.D. 1613.\n\n[Original in the Firogane or Cursive character.]\n\nImprimis.-Wee give free licence to the subjects of the King of Great Britain, viz., Sir Thomas Smith, Governor and Company of the East India merchants and adventurers, for ever safely to come into any of our ports of the Empire of Japan, with their shippes and merchandize, without any hindrance to them or their goods; and to abide, buy, sell, and barter, according\n\n[ 25 ]\n\naccording to their own manner, with all nations; to tarry here as long as they think good, and depart at their pleasure.\n\nAppendix.\n\nTranslation of a\n\nItem the 2d.-Wee grant unto them freedom of custom for all such merchandize as either\n\nGrant or Treaty of\n\nnow they have brought, or hereafter shall bring into our kingdom, or shall from hence transport to any foreign part; and do authorize those shippes that hereafter shall arrive and come from England, to proceed to present sale of their commodities without further coming or sending up to our court.\n\nItem the 3d. If any of their shippes shall happen to be in danger of shipwreck, wee will our subjects not only to assist them, but that such parts of shippe and goods as shall be saved be returned to their captain, or Cape merchant, or their assignees; and that they shall or may build one house or more for themselves in any part of our empire where they shall think fittest, and at their departure to make sale thereof at their pleasure.\n\nItem the 4th.If any of the English merchants or others shall depart this life within our dominions, the goods of the deceased shall remain at the dispose of the Cape merchant; and that all offences committed by them shall be punished by the said Cape merchant according to his discretion, and our laws to take no hold of their persons or goods.\n\nItem the 5th, Wee will that yee our subjects trading with them for any of their commodities pay them for the same, according to agreement, without delay or return of their goods again unto them.\n\nItem the 6th. For such commodities as they have now brought or shall hereafter bring, fitting for our service and proper use, wee will that no arrest be made thereof; but that the price be made with the Cape merchant, according as they may sell to others, and present payment upon the delivery of the goods.\n\nItem the 7th. If in discovery of other countries for trade, and return of their shippes they shall need meat or victuals, wee will that yee our subjects furnish them for their money as their needs shall require.\n\nItem the 8th. And without any other passporte, they shall and may set out to the northward upon discovery of Yead Yo, or any other part in or about our empire.\n\nFrom our Castle at Surunga, this first day of the ninth month, and in the eighteenth year of our dairy, according to our computation.\n\nSealed with our broad seal and underwritten,\n\n(4.)\n\nMinna Mouttano, Yei. Ye. Yeas.\n\nTO THE KING OF GREAT BRITAIN,\n\nYOUR Majesty's kind letter, sent by your servant Captain John Sares (who is the first\n\nTo the King of\n\nI have known to arrive in any part of my dominions), I heartily embrace, being not a little\n\nGreat Britain.\n\nglad to understand of your great wisdom and power, as having three plentiful and mighty Kingdoms under your powerful command. I acknowledge your Majesty's great bounty in sending me so undeserved a present of many rare things, such as my land affordeth not, neither have I ever before seen, which I receive, not as from a stranger, but as from Majesty, whom I esteem as myself.\n\nyour\n\nDesiring the continuance of friendship with your Highness, and that it may stand with your good liking to send your subjects to any port or part of my dominions, where they shall be most heartily welcome; applauding much their worthiness in their admirable navigation, having with much facility discovered a country so remote, being nowhat amazed with the distance of so mighty a gulf, nor greatness of such infinite clouds and storms, from prosecuting honourable enterprizes of discoveries and merchandizing, wherein they shall find me to further them according to their desires.\n\nI return unto your Majesty a small token of my love (by your said subject), desiring you to accept thereof as from him that much rejoiceth in your friendship.\n\nAnd whereas your Majesty's subjects have desired certain privileges for trade and settling of a factory in my dominions, I have not only granted what they demanded, but have confirmed the same unto them under my broad seal, for better establishing thereof.\n\nFrom my Castle at Surunga, this fourth day of ninth, in the eighteenth year of our dairy, according to our computation, subscribed.\n\nG\n\nMinna Mouttano, Yei. Ye. Yeas.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-027 - Public Offices - 1848.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 238782, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-056 - Sir Bowring - 1856 [6]", "page_number": 191, "title": "CO129-056 - Sir Bowring - 1856 [6]", "content_text": "189\n\nI\n\n90\n\nNEW ADVERTISEMENTS.\n\nNOTICE\n\nThe Hongkong Register.\n\n...parvenus, assuming an official importance which is highly injurious. Some years ago, he was arrested by the French Government, at Boulogne, and is presumed to have been irritated at this circumstance, for he wrote an violent letter to the police in Paris, in which, after lengthy complaining of this infraction of the Law of Nations, he ended by saying, that the Bourbons had committed an act on his person which might hurl them from the throne.—Journal by T. HAYES, Esq., Vol. 1, p. 243.\n\nThe undersigned in our trade requests that claims against him be sent for liquidation immediately, and that those justified to him likewise discharge relatives due. He begs also to state that he has transferred his business to Mr. HENRY VAUCHER, formerly of Custom.\n\nCHARLES WEISS. Hongkong, 31st May, 1856.\n\nMR. HENRY VAUCHER, in retiring from the above, solicits the Patronage hitherto bestowed on his predecessor, and gives notice that the Business will be carried on in his Own Name and Responsibility from the date.\n\nHongkong, June, 1856.\n\nPUBLIC AUCTION.\n\n[No. 23.—JUNE 3, 1856.]\n\nThere is some difference of opinion in these two cases. There is in fact a considerable difference between asserting by the Neutrality ordinance No. 1 of 1865 that the ships of war of our Ally the Emperor of China shall be seized and confiscated by the SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE AND CHIEF MAGISTRATE!! if found in the harbour of Hongkong, and the second paragraph of the above opinion. \"We (the Law Officers of the Crown) do not concur in the conclusion of the Acting Attorney General\" \"that the Chinese are to be considered as beyond the pale of civilized nations,\"\n\nTHE CHILD OF FRANCE !\n\nOn the evening of Wednesday last, the 28th ult., an unfortunate accident which caused the death of 26 Chinese passengers happened to the steamer \"Knee\" as she was proceeding up the river,\n\nThe Emperor of France has obtained a son. This is a fact, in no way to be disputed. We can all remember instances when political sagacity and party prophecy\n\nThe \"Rose\" left, this about ten minutes past six o'clock, and had reached the western side of Tonkun bay, when having hugged the land too closely, her starboard bow struck on a sunken rock, opening so much of her side that she immediately filled forward and went down, drowning 26 Chinese in the forecastle, Fortunately for others on board, her stern part hung on the rock, and it was but until the next day that the whole of the body of the vessel went down. Before a coroner's jury held on view of ten of the bodies that had been brought here, the engineer stated that he chanced to be on deck at the time the vessel struck, that he heard the Captain saying \"stop her\" which was immediately done,—that in a minute or so, he heard the Captain again cry \"go on, all right,\" when the engines were put to work, but they had only made three revolutions when the water rushed into the engine room; that having again turned off the steam he was engaged in drawing the fires, but before he was enabled to do so, the water had reached his middle. Hay—\n\n144 Dak Kassa, 15 taels long by 9 in. thick and 11 in. deep TEAK BEAMS, before delivery, in Merchant's packages, weighed at $7,4-7.\n\nHongkong, 31st May, 1856.\n\nDE SILVER & Co., Auctioneers.\n\n\"EXSAMUEL RUSSELL\" AND \"QUICKSTEP\"\n\nThe undersigned are landing, and offer for Sale,—\n\n150 Punces Gallego CEDAR. 2,500 Gallons American BRANDY. 10,000lbs Winchester SOAP. 50 Pairbanks PLATFORM SCALES—weight from 240 to 1200lbs.\n\nDE SILVER & Co.\n\nAn Invoice of OYSTERS, Green PEAS, Fresh PEARS, APPLES, QUINCES, and CRANBERRIES.\n\nHongkong, 2nd June, 1856.\n\nJUST RECEIVED. SUPPLY of Sill's New York BUTTER. Also, Trade Dozen Bus's Triangle ALE.\n\nDE SILVER & Co.\n\nHongkong, 1st June, 1856.\n\nThe Hongkong Register.\n\nHONGKONG, TUESDAY, 3 JUNE, 1856.\n\nNOTICE The Hours of DIVINE SERVICE in the Cathedral Church of St. John are, on Sundays at 7 A.M. and 4 P.M.\n\nNOTICE The Hours of PERLIC WORSHIP in the UNION CHAPEL, Hollywood Road, are on the Sabbath at 11 A.M., and at 7 P.M. on the Evening of every Wednesday at half-past 8\n\nBIRTHS.\n\nAt Camberwell Green, London on the 1st April, the Wife of Captain The JAMARON of the P. & O. Steamer \"Brisbane,\" of a Daughter.\n\nAt Hongkong, on the 22nd May, the Wife of Mr. Asterio DUS SANTOS, of a Daughter.\n\nAt Hongkong, on the 28th May, the Wife of Mr. Duxa KIXI E CARNEO, of a Daughter.\n\nMARRIAGES.\n\nAt Macao, the 25th May, Mr. J. M. DE FONSECA, Harbour Master, to Miss MARQUISHA LOUREIRO, Daughter of the late Senhor Antonio Loureiro, Esq.\n\nA Victors. Hongkong, on the 1st June, M. HUSIND CHYTHESHEX to Miss FURSA B. DA SILVA SOUZA,\n\nDEATHS.\n\nAt the Missionary House, Springfei, on the 4th February, Mr. NICASIUS BAYJIES, of Boston, and late of Stungcar, aged 21.\n\nAt Lackbear, near Exeter on the 1st April, the Sister, of du John Bourring, Governor Hongkong\n\nTHE Government Gazette of 31st Ultimo contains\n\nin the natural course of life and death, and in barran—desa. Wow them not a man named Bradshaw, a great man Canterbury, brawler, years since turned to forth the most villanous epithets upon Queen Victoria ? Did he not talk of Josci, using the name in Highest compare Now, that Bradshaw was of the hopeful school who predicted barrenness to the Queen: they had such unquestionable authority for the inevitable fact. Truly, Her Majesty—as, in due season, we shall learn on the Civil List—very soon confounded these prophets; and, at the present hour, most satisfactorily up—plies the picture of Byron :-\n\n\"A lady with her daughters or her nieces, Shines like a sovereign and seven stilling pieces.\"\n\nThus, no delicacy can be more brilliant than the bestowed upon the fanaticism at the Tuileries on Sunday may be only promissary of the many olive-bunches to be vouchsafed to Napoleon and Engine: to the very prophetic party, as in due time rebuked the soothsayer's\n\nThe first flower in this legal parterre is a con—Ordinance No. 2 of 1856, Entitled an Ordinance to explain the law as to the removal of riots—then follows, No. 9 of 1856. Entitled\n\n20\n\nThere can be no doubt of the fact, that Henri Cinq is\n\nas his wife is not yet added a baby—not a sin—\n\nby centricuting to France a boy that, even at Barnum's Baby-show, would, it is said, carry off the first prize for weight and size.\n\nAn Ordinance to explain certain enactments relating to shipping :then comes No. 10 of 1856 Entitled an Ordinance for Lis Pendens and Purchasers; a measure that has duly passed the mock Legislative Council and are in full bloom and lily-bud—\n\nTHE following proclamation appears in the Government Gazette of last Saturday :--\n\nThe Queen, conveyed through The Right Honorable Henry Labouchere M.P., Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, have been received, approving of and confirming the following Ordinances, namely—\n\nOrdinance No 1 of 1855, entitled—An Ordinance to enforce Neutrality during the Contest now existing\n\nOrdinance No 1 of 1856, entitled—An Ordinance to enforce Neutrality during the Contest now existing\n\nNow, therefore, it is hereby declared, that the said Ordinances have been so approved and confirmed as aforesaid.\n\nOn the death of Sir William Molesworth: as most of our readers are aware, the difficulty of filling the situation of Colonial Secretary as to find the least ignorant person\n\nLord Palmerston was, not so much to\n\nTHE Band of the 59th Regiment will perform to—morrow on the Parade Ground, commencing at 6 o'clock, the following:--\n\n1—Grande: Collscom March—Gay'l\n\n2—Cavatina Op. The Enchantress—Balfe.\n\n3.—Negro Quadrille—Tullien.\n\n4—Bird of Paradise Waltzes—Kémewig.\n\n5—Carmen Fiko—Fritze.\n\n6—Caling, T.Kelly.\n\nQu'un puce y déposa, tribut de sa fleur, Verre les portes, et tuinteur tu enches\n\nJeune fille et Jeune fleur\n\nAh! nos los reals Jamais à no monde profane,\n\nà ce monde de deuil, d'angoisse femelle!\n\nLe te bete et flétrir, le soleil brile et fane\n\nJeune fille et jouoc Beur\n\nTudors, pauvre lisa, si l'ère di un éve: Tu ne trains plus\n\nplus à jour le froid et in allen; Elles ont achevé leurs traiches matins,\n\nJeune file et je flaut.\n\nMais ton père, Elisa, ur ta centre incline.\n\nAux ridden front a more la pleur:\n\nEt Vimix caène, le Temps Canche sur sa razine,\n\nJeune file at jeune flour,\n\nChateaubriand.\n\nmost talented man to fill the situation ci Celo—Colonies, not even in Great Britain, than the\n\nto be shoved into the piace. From the awe Eew long that respectability will be maintained, nil Secretary as to find the least ignorant person\n\nAttorneys of the Hongkong Court at present, precious specimen of a proclamation we are when the profession may be overcrowded with strongly led to believe that Lord Palmerston has 20 exactly hit upon the least ignorant of his dy men from the unusual sources of supply which the present Ordinance opens up, it is not easy to say.\n\nI Colony lies.\n\nancs? The cause of it is perfectly plain. The We asked, What was the cause of the Ordin—Attorney General comes from Botany Bay, that\n\nof the deft. The imperial prince is eager to hear the Pope's suck and, doubtless, will be father digna, we should rather say encored, by godfatherty gifta piece of the true cross set in a bit of gold brengt by Siba to Sulomen: or, in a diamond locket, a pinch of iron filings from the fetters of St. Peter and St. Paul. Yet, his loltasse no thought of Henriking, the lineal descen whilst the Pope is godfather to the son of parceny, baa dit of Joris, now somewhere in any? But such is the conversent memory of the Vatican.\n\nfiength of years be grated to Loria Napoleon, he a Kemperor. Pessibly, we say for history tells us not may possibly rear baby now in his crile inte stuff for to look for grecs mea in the sons of great inen. Crom—\n\na son of sufficient alty to ale a pause. It rany wall fefe has le rouse to rate a gdom; and he loft seem odd, and yet destiny pinys such prawks with la hopes an inations—yet even a Seroud of Tecember may bogo First of April.—Lloyd's W. N., March 23.\n\nWIDOWS, FAMILIES, AND RELATIVES OF OFFICERS.\n\nWe annex the rules and regulations appended to the warrant given in a recent number of the Gazette, for\n\neven teli the quarter of the world in which that even if now, a place to which respectablering a £ards of money in lieu of pensions, coti This may seen an extreme saer—Attorneys were likely to go and the govern passionate lowances, and gratuites, to the widows, tion, hnt we must either suppose this extreme ignorance existing in the Colonial Secretary, or in\n\nment very wisely got hold of the next best families, and relatives of officers killed in action or dying substitute in allowing their officials connected of wounds recived in the face of the enemy, within six\n\nmonths after being wounded.\n\nNo body here\n\nthe Secretary for Foreign Affairs and the Law with the law to become lawyers—but there is no Officers of the Crown, seeing that on the 15th March 1856 the folowing Notification appeared wante, and nobody has asked for the Ordinance. His in the Government Gazette:-\n\nExcellency the Governor and the Attorney Gen—\n\nan or dying of words received in face of the enemy, 1. The cmount of mousy to be paid to a widow, widow and children, ar other relatives of an officer inted in\n\nbranch of the service be sny bave belonged to, be the within six months after being wounded, shall. Whatever\n\ninfantry of the line, as set forth in the following scale, viz.\n\nTo the willow, widow aut chil—dren, ebilen, filies,mativer. state, or sisters of..............\n\nDiffe\n\nDizto\n\nJitk\n\nDitto\n\nDitto\n\nCawley\n\nTref\n\nLieut Colbel £175...£1500\n\nMajor 4575... 9300 Captain 3625, 1960 Lieutenant 1190 700 Coruat... $10..... Ensign... 450\n\nA question having risen as to the Law by which Con—eral, like true cosinopolites, resolved to legislate tracts ethered into with Her Majesty's Subjects on C irrespective of creed or color,\" and with the strong regulation price sized for commissions in cavalry and nese Territory hy Chinese Subjects for the Cession of Property in China, should be regulated; watter shape of getting for the present a cheap interpre—hert retered by the Barl of Clarender to the law ter, bold out this Ordinance as a bait. It is made Gfficers the Crown, whose opinion is as follows\n\n\"War of opinlot that Brdish Tribunala and Jedrini\n\nin a fine large spirited manner \"Alienage or Chin—Authorices in China are bound to ohmerve the rules and Tu fallowing is the charmeter given of Sir John incipies of Publie ur Enternat Tuw, so they are set to do is to take the usual caths, one of which ese status no disqualification \"ail stunt you have Boaring twenty years ago. There are few people we do and oneur in the conclusim of the noting, Ac Now, the persou for whom this Ordinance was and received by the auton consent of European natione nathes is the oath of allegiance to Her Majesty. who have bad anything to do with His Excellency torny-General, that the Chiness are to be considered as who will not agree that the likeness is a wonder—beyond the pale of civilized nations.\n\nIn a queationa that may evine botere any Kritina Tri—\n\nexpressiy mande is, as we have betise sid bunal in Chung relating to the ownership or occupation of\n\na Morrison school boy who has studied in\n\nBut it sun! in no case exceed the sum of money actually The French Gerament has made some slight con—tenses or lands ing within the dominios of the Fingers of America, where he has become an American officer for the purchase of his commission or commissions. paid, in conformity with the regulation. price, by the casina as to duties on a few articles imported from Cars, the law and cast of Chica, if they can be ascer—subject, and ns auch sworn allegiance to the Eugland, rather to meet the clamour of the pation ontained, nat govern de decisions, rilee by the terms of Gavernment of the United States, all which with sex mouths shall leave a widow only, the au thest points, than to prometo any new ceaunercial inter— the contract the law or at home other mantry be as is prepared to repudiate by bis wath on adinis. ned shall be paid to her for her sole and isulate Coura hatween the countries. They are in fact united into the and if in any such rase the Chinese Low can portant, but Dr. B., delighted, after three years infeest te ascertained, the decisis must be governed by the tua pressing and supplization here (u hava obtained even pelticiples of natural justice. There is os pretence for the Tendy to lake onths is exactly Lie person to have a peusion; and sie shall be required to establish het\n\nsion at An Attorney. Whether a person sur\n\nhenefit, provided she be not left in such pecuniary circumstances as would otherwise preclude all claim to introduction of the Engish Law of real property.\n\n\"It is a universal principle of Law in Europe, that in s] a point atretched that be may be admitted on the claim and to sign au acknowledgment of having consent sits prevalin; and we think it both right and useful mat questions sospecting movealbe property, the lex loci rei rull of Attorneys does not allow ef much doubted to receive sich zu in lieu of, and as a full compens\n\ntion for, al pension and gtuity to which sie\n\nful one\n\nthis light relaxation, is gone over to Festion with the proposal. Or ail moon high or low that I ever met in Apeinty, this Dr. B is the act pressing and the rust Aceited Te is fit Charlton, fir Whig employment; the same mile. should be acted in the administration pushing and overb waving in las manner, and, like the Justice in Chink\"\n\n2. When un officer su killed or sa dying of his wounds\n\nsy or\n\n* Acconyplished.\" not need as having any reference to might have proved herself entities, in consequence of \"perfection.\n\nthe luas her husband.\n\nNo. $3.—JUNE 3, 1856.]\n\nThe Hongkong Register.\n\n91\n\n3. In the event of an offer leaving a widow and Mr. Speerivales four paints which particularly re—children, who may or might have established a claim to quire legislative action at this time. He anys the persion, compassionate allowance, or gratuity, then The number allowed to immigrate to this country and in that case the mouey awarded in lieu thereof shall should not be too great. We may not be prepared to he held in trust by the Secretary of State for War, and afford them weful employment. They any code in ex the interest thereof, at the rate of £3 per cent. per ann cess, and not settle down, and assimilate to our institu all be receivable by the widow, ustil her death, when Haas and Waiks. the money shall be divided, share and share alike, among jadicions ineu, and xot unreasonable, to allow for the It is therefore the preference of many the children than alive of such deceased officer, provided present the law which fixes a capitation tax to re they shall have attrined the age of 21, otherwise the provided it is so administered as not to interfere with money shall still continue to be held in trust and the rutamerce,\n\nbusines event, however, of de witlow anrviving her said children future duty from observation of its nulla, or in com And judgunat only indicate the nosey all than become her sole and absolute pro—plinee with the future wants and desires of our own perty, as Inid down in Article 2; but should such chirou people. survive the widow, yet still die before attaining the age of 21, then and in that case the money, after discharging deserves consideration. The amouai freit by the pre—2. The amount of the license required from minera alt just liabinties, shall become the property of the Crow sent law is uppressive. Few are possessed of good 4. In the event of an officer leaving a child or children, claims. The tax beggars them. It drives them to the but no widow, the mouny shalt he laid in trust, and the\n\nmountsics and tickets like wild beasts. It is the interest thereof, at the rate of $3 per cent. per anner,\n\nwith hanger, sickness and despair. It turns theci, what stated in Article 3, shall be applied by the Secretary\n\ntheir honourable character with our trading population of State for War for the benefit of such child or children,\n\nin the country shows is not necessary, int cheats and antit he, she, or they shal! attain the age of 21, when\n\ndoes. It will in time fill our pisose. It makes them fathe and hase us as a people, and our name, our country, property of such surviving child or children. they understand we profess. If put to the fordicz, stand— and our government and the Christian religion, which share and share alike. Should, however, such child asard of four dollars per month, the sum affords a hand Chronicle, March 20,\n\nagain demandell his goods, tendering the whole wit In a genera! urder, Jated Feb. 25, the Commander-la- of freight us by the bill of lading. for all the goods was thereupun offered him, but subject by a correspondent at Kerteh, of \"inute details of lines A delivery order chier draws attrusion to the publication in a newspaper, to the charges for storage and cartage which had an and works, strength of garrison, and various tallitary crued upon them. The goods had, in accordance with a arrangements;\" and, referring General Vivian to the notice to that effect given by the shr's agent, heen particulars, he authorises him to arrest the individual ceased to slischarge; and it is satisfactorily proved that believe that such folly will nes be repeated. He then laced in a public warehouse each night when the ship and send him away at once, unless he has reason to\n\ntheir salty, but rendered unavoidable by the fact that this disposition the goods was not only necessary for proceeds as folows\n\nThe Commander of the forces has occasionally seen\n\ninterest applied for their benefit up to that age. In the in nered the passage to and ice of those engaged the goods are not suffered to retain on the whart at similar things from this cams. Strength of regimenta\n\nthe\n\nahones, us in the case of the widow, shall become the\n\nchildren die before attaining the age of 21 years, then unul in that case the money, after discharging all just labilities, shall become the property of the Crown,\n\nsobe State and County resece, and they appear willing pay it. Iat lower, as some have prepused, there is danger of new legislation, to two or three gene, to incrense it again.\n\nThis appears, after the brief experience of a fe months, to be suc opinion of the people generally the mining districts.\n\ncease.\n\nmight. The bellent, however, declined to pay his freight sickness, butteries, gins, quuntly of ammunition, the and receive his goods subject to these charges, and there state ui preparation, means of transport, the very situa agon fled bis like: for non-delivery. It is not suggested tion of concealed histories, the strength of pickets, the that the charges upon the goods were any other or\n\nbest mes of attacking them, all recklessly detailed as greater thus expenses necessarily incurred in trans. on purpose to usiruet an enemy. Couaou precace—ng the progress of the disenarge, and the question to porting them to and keeping them in a warehouse dur—tion for the sake of the aring requires that this should he determined is, whether under the clearances, He then appeals to the right sense of duty of alt officers ship owner. these chargee should be borne by the shipper, or the and non-comissioned officers, and concludes by requir—ing the generals of disisiou to bring the tenor of the order The decision was in favor of the defendant. The cou—signnee must pay freight in ace for all his merchant belonging to the arany,\" who are permitted to versin to the notice of the \"known correspondent of newspapers ship, or if the ship master storex the metsandise as it she to the rules of the army under whose protection they dives it by wishes to take it away as he comes from the in the canige, and who toast consider themselves ainen— is discharged until the whole roast is discharged, the c consignze must pay storage, curtage, California\n\nTHE CHINESE IN CALIFORNIA.\n\nWe resume consideration of the Itev. Mr. Speer's \"Pica\" for the Chinese in California.\n\nNUMBER OF CBINASE IN CALIFORNIA.\n\nThe Rev. Mr. Speer pablished, some eight or ten months ago, a statement of the cuber of Chinese the\n\nThe Times, as might be expected, is írate at this under, says that it ever too late, and that Generati Codrington has now loat whatever reputation he formerly\n\npossessed.\n\n\"I\" obsives our temporary, \"the abjectionable commivation appeared in our columes, it was written by a military officer, and, if General Codrington has any real ground of complaint, it is pro—hale that the writer, too trenical in his detaile, did not imitate the exudon which is always practised by por—fessional correspondents.\" In these observations, the\n\nis a melter which demands the attention of the Legisino Lere is not materially differeus, or the departures Times averlooks the fact, that the same general order\n\n3. The mode of collecting the Foreign micers' licenses supposed to be in this country. Probably the number\n\nture.\n\nIt is to be feared there, is some thing radically since last spring may have been about equal to the also draws attention to similar exposures of the prepara wrong in the present system. How often do you reat of Chinamen shot, or stabbed, or wipped, or stripped ted with the five well-known Companies.\" Probubig, pressly prohibits teus for the future—Home News, arrivals. the Chinese in California are chiefly contre—lions of the rug by newspaper correspondents, and ex— and searched, or maltreated and insulto in some other says Mr. Speer, there are not a thousand Chiuames in Marele 25, way, by the collerters. How frequently do we reus the State who are not members of our or other of these under the \"items\" head of our newspaper announce ments like this one Three Chinamen Shot—A For eigu miners' tax collector of Lousty, on Wednesday last, shot three Chiasmon who resisted him in the dis—River.\" charge of his duty. The difficuity took place on the→→→→→\n\n5. In the event of an offices leaving at his death neither widow, child, sur children, then the money shall be paid to his father; and if he leave no father, it may be pa to his mother, for his or her sole and absolute benefit. provided that he or she shall establish a claim thereto. And in the event of there being neither father nor mother, then the money shall be paid to the sister or sisters, as the case may be, share and share alike, provi ded they shall have attanned the age of 21 years, aud that cheie claint shall be established. But should any sister or sisters be under that age, in the money shall be held is as by the Secretary of State for War, and the interest be applied, as stated in Article 4, until such sister or sisters shall become 31 years of age, when it shall become the absolute property of the survivors or Survivor. Simuli wo survivors or survivor ritnin the age of 21, then the tanney, after discharging just liabilities, shall become the property of the Crown.\n\nNow it is admitted that these people are provokingly 6 No grast or money undar provisions of this warrant slow; are fearful and suspicious; are cunning in evading sal be made to Ray person who would not be eligible the enllector, and play maoy tricks to wary L. But far pension compassionate allowance, or gratuity under\n\nhave they no excuse? farther, if they have one, the provisions of the royal warrant of the 15th of June, are they so dangers and ferocious: anges that yield: 1958 ( fadier alone excepted whose claim nnst be esta blished as set forth in Article 5), but the ineligibility of of the forest? Does the humane administration of law to no remelin, tad must he dealt with like furious beasts widow to any grant under this warrant shall not affect aot extend west of the Aueries Desert? Are men to the interests of the legitimate child or children of a decensed ulicer, for whose benefit the money shall be\n\nhe murdered at will by an irrespacaible petty officer, for held in trust, and the interest seplied by the Secretary tionalde entstitutionality? Is such as officer licensed resisting se pecuolery obligation, and that of ques. of State for We, as stated in Article 4, except they be to slaughter a man that is not imble; or because he left in such pecuniary errcumstances as wou'd disquely don't cinderstura Buglish; or because he is a stranger, them for the co:upassionate kilowances wider the pro—\n\n*\n\nvisions of Article 3. Should, however, such chill and poos, and sick, and friendless? ebildren die before attaining the age of 21, then and that use the money, after dislarging t just abilities, shult become the property of the Crowd,\n\npazzuities.\n\nCompanies. The following is the computation hy then, buse erived in Csforma; that have returned hence to in a tabular form, of the total number of Chinese that their native land: that have died here; and faully, their estincale of the number in the spring of last year in the\n\nState:\n\nWe read in the Prassing correspondence of the Times: let: I have lately reserved from Hum. santative there, Calone: Hodges, was led to make various burg informs me that, some few weeks back, our repres representations to the senate of the quantities of am—munition that left, flat neutral port for Russia In the course of the examination that these reclamations gave vine to, I am informed it turned out that thees supplies hud in west instaurea been shipped thither frota England 9,200 or that purpose. For.instance, two houses in England 6,807 had suippes to Hamburg two cargoes of lead, three ofẾ 84'petre, und eleven of sulphur. The parties implicated 38.387\n\nin the air are described to me as standing very high in England, andarsong them a member of Parliament.\" Homes News, March 26.\n\nNames.\n\nArrivals. Deartares. Drecna'd Prasat Young-wo Copy...6,900 Couto Company....8,00 Sza-yap Company1,050 Yun-wo Company.......2,500 Ning- euy Company 2,809\n\n2,503\n\n1,300\n\n400 £tu\n\n14.000 6.500\n\n(ii)\n\n160\n\n$780 1.269\n\n300\n\n173\n\n1.780\n\nTotal 18,249 8,522 1,290 Adding to these, the ana,ber of Chinese not members of the Companies, and probably there may be found 40,000 of the race at present in this country.\n\nM. Mazzini lately sent £30 to some friend at Rome. The letter was intercepten or the past-ofice, the bills\n\nTHE US. STEAM FRIGATE NIAGARA.\n\nThe United States steain frigate Niegore was recently seized, cashed, and applied to the fand for ruising a launched from the socklyn Navy Yard. The last mail have absencterised this act as a slawefu: and grant statue to the Immaculate Virgin. The French papers\n\nThere are two things that can be done. First, the from the Rust brought account of the launch, and a robbery Home News, March 26. penalties of an payment of the miners' license may be description of the magnificent vessel. From the New 7. In the event of it being represented and satisfac—efred, and they may be guarded su us to prevent acts! Yor's Herald we take the following:- torily prove to the Secretary of State for War, that any of brutality to encuarage men of a desirable character The Niagara is one of the five steam frigates now in\n\nAllading to the unsightly smallness of the ladies' bon—wilow na wiose bekali money shall be held in trust for to perform the duties; and also so as to be a heu tu\n\nnets, an eminent musical gentleman in London, writing the henefit of herself and children, under the provisions\n\nprocess of construction for the United States Navy. Her to a friend in Bristol, suys:-\"I have to lames the grezi the region. Legal gentlemen can readily devise such main dimensions are: 2oanage, 5.204; extreme length iparcase, among the fetals part of my practice, of tic of this warrant, shall thereafter so conduct hersell' as t\n\nFor instance, ability to work upon the on deck, 24 feet; load le, 323 feet. She is to be county roads, at a certain rule per day, until the demand shipped egged; mainmast, I feet long and 3 feet 4 ining in the ear, injured, I firmly believe, from the present douloureux in the forehead, loss of sigit, and great juffer—of the license is satisfied.\n\nches in diameter; mein yard, 55 feet long, and mizea Secuud, it seems almost equally necessary to consti—spunker boot 67 fest. Fail complement of vinn .\n\nased fashion of neuting hosneta on the week instead of tute an office, or to appoint an officer, to whom those Some kiea of her immense capacity may be formed fo\n\nthe head. During the past month i have been in attend—ordmarily subject to the foreign mers' tax may appeal the following schedule of her masts and spara, which are\n\nance upon zwn young ladies with the the-doalonzēta in erhead, and several others with similar complaints. frora de collector in speriat rases, and who may decide now be.ug ball:- the circus ces that warrant a remission the tax.\n\nIt is high time that the frivolous bonet of the present There are some cases of exceeding hardship aris: from\n\nYards Length Diam. Length, Diam.\n\nday should be done away with.\"-- Home News, Mirch 28, the caprices and the cores of collectors. They\n\nFr. io. In. Ft. in. If.\n\nhave no rules. One told me that holes old tea, boys,\n\nWOMEN AND WArones-Mr. Beunct, the watah-maker 111:00 871 10:05 24 packure, and sick people, go free.\" There are no de\n\nof Cheapside, in a letter to the Times, recommends that 07:08 21 76:11 191 women should be employed as wetch-makers. We give nius, un real responsibilities in the whole mater. Muinroyal It is mere spullation,\n\nthe practical part of his conuication:-\n\nMainmast Maintop\n\nMaiuto gallant\n\nFereskysa?! \n\nMireutop\n\nbeenme unworthy of the Clown, or stall neglect or ill. treat her children, then and in that use the Secretary of Sture for War shall have full power to tasks such arrange ments for apportioning the interest of the money, and making better provision for the children, as in his judge ment may see must advisabic.\n\n8. The allowances to be granted under the authority of this warrant are not applicable to the cases of others kifled in sesion, or dying of weands before the declin\n\non of war with Russia, hur it is to lake n retrospective rfect up to that date; and therefore, say officer's willow to whom there may have been granted a pensior, com—passionate allowances for children, or gratuity for herself\n\nod children, or any other relative of an officer, who may 4 Betler protectios must be extended to Chinese re. Main skil have receive a peusion under the warrant of 15th June, sinents generally. Some means should be devised by Foremast 1855, who tony wish to rotate such pension, allow-whch the statements of Chinese should be received Burstop acers, or gratuities, for the sun fixed wider the provisions regard to crimes affecting their lives, persons au po Puteopgallant of this warrant, shall be permitted to do so; but in that porty. They do dot perhaps understand sufficiently the Porevoval case, whatever suns may have been received by or al care of on oala to be adicuted in our Courts to enjoy aumuns of the widow or exildren, or other relatives, wil at equal privilege with those acquainted with the sanc Mzent be deducted from any amount to be paid under the terrasons of Christianity. But no other maans prepubly of this warrust. But in every case of a sum of money than receiving their affirmation, allowing it the credence. Mzentopgallant being awarded Guder the provisions of this warrant. that, according to internal evidence and the accompany Mccoyal interest inerton at the rate of 63 per cent. per annu\n\ning Creumstances, it seems fairly to deserve, will prevent\n\nMizens kysall wil he allowed how the day of the officer's death.\n\ndegraded and autward centness from rubbing, bruising. U. Should the widow, or any other relative of a deceas. cheating or killing a Chinaman, wien to white witness ed officer wi. prior to 23rd October, 1855, has been granted pension, and other uliowaned, under the\n\nThe protection of the Chinese miners from marauders is vital to their quite, and to their usefulness to our provisions of the warrant of 15 June, 1835, wish to cocinute such pension and lowances by sum of respect for lass, where they are pistered by night av jihoon\n\nthemselves. They can have no heart for industry, and na money in eu therevf, in conformity with the terms of this wherau, it will be necessary that application to the\n\nby day, by fous wretchies, who battly rob a camp in Spanker hoora fect be made to the Secretary of State for War, within\n\nthe five of a hundred, if no lites are present, and who: Spanker ga year from the October, 1855. And shoul the\n\nhave no compunctions in murdmg even the unresisting. Spanker gaff duw, or my other reiative of a deceased offers, whe.\n\nThere are heen hundreds of sua case, An interior Forespunker gaf since 2311 October, 1855, may have already, or\n\nnewspaper says of these cobbers: -\n\nNot camerated hereafter be granted, a prasion and other allywuuees. wish to epimute such penting und allowsares for of money in hen thereof. mudes the provisions of this warrent, it will be acessary that application to tha fert be made to the Secretary of State for War, with a year from the date of the said pens and user allow lances being granted.\n\n1. A return of all sams paid under the provisions of this warrant and be faid nasly briore Parliament an ufter the 1st of Aynl. Gaven at our Court at Sail James's, Ritis ist day of March. 1856, in the 19th year of Our Reign-By Her Majesty's command,\n\nPATHONE.\n\ny\n\nth\n\nis near.\n\nSwinging boom. Maintop stuldingsafl boom Maintop gallantanil hacm\n\ndo. Mainrayal de Bowsprit, outboard Jihkoom\n\n35:04 12) \n\n51.03 134\n\n23:07 81 32:09\n\nE\n\n14:06\n\nbi\n\n21.00\n\nJUI:GO 35\n\n00:09 23\n\n50.00 YO\n\n07:09\n\n54\n\n31.09 7\n\n21:10 214 47:03 21:06 13:03 34 19:06 35; & 32 72:10 50:04 15 Ai:0x 11 27:09 S 34:10 8 13:00\n\n16\n\n4+\n\n55:00 }] \n\n4:00\n\n11:04 TTE 62:00 21 33:00 8 $1.00 } 23:00 51\n\n22.03 10.11\n\n2xtú\n\n17:00 4\n\n20:00 24\n\n38:00 ia\n\nX5:00 -\n\n.67:00\n\n15\n\nThe French Government has made some slight con—tenses or lands ing within the dominios of the Fingers of America, where he has become an American officer for the purchase of his commission or commissions. paid, in conformity with the regulation. price, by the casina as to duties on a few articles imported from Cars, the law and cast of Chica, if they can be ascer—subject, and ns auch sworn allegiance to the Eugland, rather to meet the clamour of the pation ontained, nat govern de decisions, rilee by the terms of Gavernment of the United States, all which with sex mouths shall leave a widow only, the au thest points, than to prometo any new ceaunercial inter— the contract the law or at home other mantry be as is prepared to repudiate by bis wath on adinis. ned shall be paid to her for her sole and isulate Coura hatween the countries. They are in fact united into the and if in any such rase the Chinese Low can portant, but Dr. B., delighted, after three years infeest te ascertained, the decisis must be governed by the tua pressing and supplization here (u hava obtained even pelticiples of natural justice. There is os pretence for the Tendy to lake onths is exactly Lie person to have a peusion; and sie shall be required to establish het\n\nsion at An Attorney. Whether a person sur\n\nhenefit, provided she be not left in such pecuniary circumstances as would otherwise preclude all claim to introduction of the Engish Law of real property.\n\n\"It is a universal principle of Law in Europe, that in s] a point atretched that be may be admitted on the claim and to sign au acknowledgment of having consent sits prevalin; and we think it both right and useful mat questions sospecting movealbe property, the lex loci rei rull of Attorneys does not allow ef much doubted to receive sich zu in lieu of, and as a full compens\n\ntion for, al pension and gtuity to which sie\n\nful one\n\nthis light relaxation, is gone over to Festion with the proposal. Or ail moon high or low that I ever met in Apeinty, this Dr. B is the act pressing and the rust Aceited Te is fit Charlton, fir Whig employment; the same mile. should be acted in the administration pushing and overb waving in las manner, and, like the Justice in Chink\"\n\n2. When un officer su killed or sa dying of his wounds\n\nsy or\n\n* Acconyplished.\" not need as having any reference to might have proved herself entities, in consequence of \"perfection.\n\nthe luas her husband.\n\nPage 363\n\nPage 363\n\nPage 363\n\nTHE ENGLISH TOWERZ—The English language has its face is stamped the following words: \"Gonds to be million loiters She is to be full rigged and\n\na veritable power of expression, such as, perhaps, ever tual, dated the 21 of October, 1855, our will and ensure new is that our said Royal wariant of the 23rd find thereof, and when the discharge of lus gomis had On the arrival the ship the libellaut was duig moti—Oober 1855, shall trom henceforth be cancelled, aut romcucel he was fully eognizant of the fact On the\n\nTHE ENGLISH LANGUAGE\n\nThe English language har its face is stamped the following words: \"Gonds to be million loiters She is to be full rigged and Mr. Steers stood at the command of any other language of men.\n\na veritable power of expression, such as, perhaps, ever tual, dated the 21 of October, 1855, our will and ensure new is that our said Royal wariant of the 23rd find thereof, and when the discharge of lus gomis had On the arrival the ship the libellaut was duig moti—Oober 1855, shall trom henceforth be cancelled, aut romcucel he was fully eognizant of the fact On the\n\ndevelopment and condition, inve been the result of a It has been erroneously stated that this steamer will surprisingly indmate anion of the two noblest languages be the largest in the world. The Adriatic, now upon in modern Europe, the Teutonic aud Kopanic. It is the stocks at the Messrs. Steers' shipyard, will be larger well known in what relating these two stand to one portion of the contents of his bill of lading by several hundred tons. Her uit diensions are another in the English tongue; the former supplying, estimates that she will go 17 kuols an hour with a good\n\nbreeze, und 18 knots under steamI\n\nted by Di Secretary of State for War, shall be constitu—having been in dieu thereof, and shall be the sole and standing auto—upon the agents of the ship and demanded a delivery of feer: depth of hold, 33 feet 2 inches; tormagt. 5,898, latter, the spiritual conceptions. In truth, the English upon the asters hereis costined; but shall not al or in any way invelidate any act heretvicze per. bed by our Secretary of State for War under the\n\nthe goods so discharging, offering to pay the freight, dur carpenter'z measurement. Like the Niagara, this steamer tunguage, which, be no mere accident, has produced on them. This the consignees of the ship derlined to isions of the last mentioned warrant”—Home News, \n\nis divided into watertight tch 26.\n\nthis our Royal warraul, to be administered and inter—first day aded guan the wharf, he thereupon called Length over all, 352 feet; extreme breadth of hy, sin far larger propuctions, the blaterial groundwork; the\n\nR LEGISLATION WANTED FOR THE CHI—NESE IN CALIFORNIA, continue our notice at the Rev. Mr. Speer's hlet entilled a \"Plea for the Chinese in California,\"\n\nthe whole contents of the bill of lading. The libeliant and cylinders 100 inches. The lenses Steere are rapidly cel poetry (Shakspeare), ans, with ali right, be called a Works, 12 feel stroke, modern times, as distinguished from the audient classi ther, professed his willingness to do so, provided at the hastening the completion of the Adriatic, with all their world language; and, like the English people appears goods were ready for delivery; but he declined to take disposable force, and she will probably be ready fur destined hereafter to pressil with a sway more extensive\n\ndelivery order for the goods and receive them as they laeting by the middle or last of March. offers were repeated from day to day while the vessel about four months.—California Chronicle, bỉarch 26 came out in the usual course of the discharge. These It is thought that the Magura will be ready for ses in was being unladeu; and on the last day the libellam\n\nBorede to, but required him to pay all the freight due on (oscillating) are from the Novelty. Her engines and uphorne the greatest and most predominant poel of\n\nFor in wenith, good sense, and closeness of structure, even than its present over all portions of the globe. no other of the languages at this day spoken deserves to be compared with it.\n\nPage 364\n\nPage 364\n\nPage 364", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-056 - Sir Bowring - 1856 [6].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 241298, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-062 - Sir Bowring - 1857 [1-3]", "page_number": 323, "title": "CO129-062 - Sir Bowring - 1857 [1-3]", "content_text": "93\n\nNEW ADVERTISEMENTS.\n\nNOTICE.\n\nWhere the undersigned have this day entered into Partnership as Merchants under the firm of DAVIS & LAWRENCE, into which will merge the business of Messrs. F. W. LAWRENCE & Co.\n\nHENRY DAVIS,\n\nF. W. LAWRENCE,\n\nHongkong, 7th February, 1857.\n\nPUBLIC AUCTION. Undersigned has received instructions to sell by AUCTION, ON THURSDAY, the 12th day of February, 1857, at 11 o'clock, the Bust Godowns of Messrs. L, STILL & Co., (Door Spring Gardens,) on account of whom it may concern.\n\nAbout 480 Tons of NEWCASTLE COALS.\n\nPayment to be made in ... Dollars, weighed at 1.1/2%; and the Coals to be cleared from the premises by Saturday the 14th February.\n\nThe Hongkong Register.\n\nMARRIAGE.\n\nAt Kotter Inn on the 11th December, ROBERT BROWNE, Esq., late H. M. Sloop Com'r at Canton, to LOUISE HENRIETTA, youngest Daughter of the late L. van KAMPEN, of Berbice, British Guyana.\n\nDEATHS.\n\nAt Croydon, Surrey, on the 1st of December, ALICE HUMPHREYS, Boy, formerly of Hongkong.\n\nAt Queenstown, Ireland, on the 6th December, CHARLES MARKWICK, the Apostle of Temperance.\n\nEXTRACT FROM A PRIVATE LETTER FROM SINGAPORE.\n\n\"Since writing the above I hear, that the Governor General telegraphed to Madras to send on to China two Regiments, under orders for Hongkong. It is doubtful if the telegraph would reach in time, and if it did there is only the Zenobia (a tub) available for transport.\"\n\nTRIAL OF SALES--Payment to be made in ... The Band of the 59th Regiment will perform to-morrow in the Parade Ground, weather permitting, at 4 p.m., the following pieces--\n\n1. The Patriot Fife.\n\n2. The Scion Packs.\n\n3. Duette Up, Sonnambula Bei.\n\n4. The Elizabeth Quadrilles.\n\n5. The Lucrezia Vaino-Goffre.\n\n6. Nebraska Gallop, Aichner.\n\nCHARLES MARKWICK, Government Auctioneer.\n\nHongkong, 9th February, 1857.\n\nPUBLIC AUCTION.\n\nThe undersigned will offer for Sale at PUBLIC AUCTION, the Clipper Barque, \"SAN TIAGO” as she now lies in this Harbour.\n\nThe vessel has a full inventory which can be seen and any information given upon application to the Auctioneer.\n\nTHOMAS HUNT & CO.\n\nHongkong, 8th February, 1857.\n\nPUBLIC AUCTION.\n\nUndersigned have received instructions to sell by PUBLIC AUCTION, on their Premises Queen Road, on account of the concerned, on FRIDAY, 13th Inst., at Noon,--\n\nex \"Proteus,\" About 166 Piculs SAPAN WOOD | Damaged by ...\n\n43 ... RICE ...\n\nWater ...\n\nTHOMAS HUNT & Co.\n\nHongkong, 11th February, 1857.\n\nNOTICE.\n\nFRENCH FELT HATS! FRENCH FELT HATS! OF THE FINEST QUALITY, ALL COLOURS AND SIZES, At MRS. LEMON's Rooms, Queen's Road, Hongkong, and at Macao.\n\nHongkong, February 9th, 1857.\n\n\"Now Barabbas was a robber.\" To the Editor of the \"HONGKONG REGISTER.\"\n\nHongkong, February, 1857.\n\nDEAR SIR,--About two months ago a Portuguese Lorcha No.71 was mysteriously taken by pirates in the Tamar fire at Macau--I mean to say carried away at night without anybody knowing it, or any one being on board at the time--it was as well, in a mysterious way that she had about 30 kegs of Gunpowder on board, which, indeed is too great a quantity for a Lorcha of her class to have on board at any time, in fact for any Lorcha to carry as part of her armament.\n\nOf course so little was heard about this Lorcha and we know if any steps were taken to recover her, or how she was carried away or whereabout ...\n\nonly found out next morning that she was not there--but it was ...\n\ny many suspected an underhand work in this affair.\n\nOn the 11th January Inst. another Portuguese Lorcha No. 62 in company with an English Lorcha from Ningpo bound to ...\n\nBogue the ...\n\n16 Hongkong with cargo of Alum, Drugs and Hans, out on passage was chased by piratical dest...\n\nZanon, the ear...\n\nThe English Lorcha being near to ...\n\nrio the ...\n\ned and came into this harbour, but her companion No. 62 being outside saw no chance for her to escape through the Ly-n-moon, turn all for the outside passage and being closely pursued by the pirate fleet was finally captured at G F... on the same day. Her owner hearing of this in Macao came over to get all the information he could and reported the same to the Police on the 18th, but as he then knew not where his Lorcha was taken to by the Pirates, of course nothing could have been done to recover the same.\n\nHe went back to Macao and arrived there on the 28th where he learned all the particulars of the capture of his Lorcha by ...\n\nsterious circumstances--but perhaps by relating the same it will speak for itself, and bring to light the case of the Lorcha No. 71 above mentioned.\n\nOn the evening of the 27th January the Portuguese ...\n\n1--Par. Restonbis--Levner.\n\n2--The Scion Packs--Str.\n\n3--Duette Up, Sonnambula Bei.\n\n4--The Elizabeth Quadrilles.\n\n5--The Lucrezia Vaino-Goffre.\n\n6--Nebraska Gallop, Aichner.\n\nNo. 6 FEBRUARY 10, 1857.)\n\n... elim kindred with the Black hole of Calcutta.\n\never, strongly of opinion that it is absolutely necessary ...\n\nment of the 42 men belonging to the B-sing shop supplied to ...\n\nabsent himself from the colony, but by e- The last brutality of this kind being the confinement--for the interest of this colony that every individual connected with the B-sing Establishment should be outd in a room 16 feet long by 15 feet broad or less than six lineal feet per man.\n\nOk Sir John, your ...\n\nvanity and imbecility are running up a fearful impused.\n\nWe give in our present issue a letter from the Print of India with some remarks from a friend.\n\nWe may perhaps take a glance at the cur India Contemporary's article from our own point of view.\n\nH. M. Str. Barracouta arrived here on the night of the 21st Inst. from the Blenheim branch of Canton River.\n\nThe line of ships from Bogue Forts to Macao Part, serve to keep this important communication open.\n\nwhilst the occasional effect of shutting up in the narrow creeks near Pagoda anchorage, two large divisions of snake boats and junks, some of the former carry as many as eighty rowers.\n\nSome trading junks conveying shot, and old iron from the ruins of the Factories and Whampoa were seized and burnt ere they reached the war junks at Lan-kong to which place they were bound.\n\nQue ...\n\nOWING to the illness of the Editor, and the large necessary attendance of other members of our establishment at the trial of the poisoners.\n\nwe were under the necessity of delaying the publication of the remainder of the trial for poisoning until Wednesday evening.\n\nWe have a matter to complain of personal to ourselves and the other editors of the press, but also important to the public, in regard to the way we are accommodated and treated in the Supreme Court, but must defer it to next week.\n\nWe must deter until our Overland issue the account of the Coolie blunders on board the ...\n\nAurora and City of Bordeaux.\n\nin the course of erection above New Town.\n\nthe Parsee temple destroyed.\n\nA mud battery is ...\n\nfive on the night of 26th Ultim ...\n\nAn attempt was made to destroy the Comus by junk were sent from a village in Adam's creek.\n\nA lorcha and with wind tide and night in their favour: they were close upon the ship ere they were discovered: a few cool shot were sent into them, when the crew jumped overboard, first setting fire to the well oiled sails.\n\nOne junk caught the Comus on ...\n\nthe bow the other on the sparker boom which was carried away.\n\nHaving slipped her cable the junks were removed by the boats of Hornet and Camus, not before the rigging and headwork of the Comus was more or less burn during the entire night.\n\nThe materials used to form these destructive implements of warfare, were powder, cotton soaked in tea oil and samskui.\n\nOn Sunday last the Barracouta seized two junks forcenatle in Laukoy creek, laden with tobacco, they were under the guns of the Mandarin fort.\n\nSome Chinese at Hongkong have protested against the capture and have memorialized the Colonial Government.\n\nThe Honble Company's Steamer Auckland arrived in harbour on Sunday morning with multions of war from the Straits.\n\nWe believe she remains here for the present.\n\n... vessel.\n\nTRE spirited owners of the Fiery Cross were completely cold yesterday, that vessel having been sighted by the str. Lily from Macao which brought the report, in consequence of with the Antelope.\n\nWe understand that the Chinese had a meeting on Saturday at the Joss house, to take the affair of Ahlum into consideration, when they resolved to ...\n\nwas detained until the arrival of the Fiery Cross.\n\nDure ...\n\nThe Fiery Crest left Pilol al Sand7 Heads 27th January, 1. A..\n\nAnchored at Singapore, 1st Feb.\n\n3\n\nHous\n\n16\n\nP.M.\n\nAnchored at Hongong, 9th 7 P.M.\n\n6\n\n22\n\nFrom Sand Heads under Stear, Tytl\n\n1:\n\n14\n\nLeft Singapore, 24 Feburary, Pr..\n\nFiery Cross, has 2000 chests on board.\n\nLightning 1957 TRR 1st Opium Sale of this year was held on the 12th January 2540 chests Patna, and 1115 chests Benares were sold as follows:--\n\n5\n\n778.\n\nhighest low averag Patest soldi....... .......50 100 Benares...\n\n... 85 Benares 155.\n\nDie Paloa 715.\n\nOld Benarcs 739.\n\nThe latest quotsuous are:--New Patna 760 EXCHANGE, on Calun, Res. 205 per 100.\n\nOn don to 2. d. por Rupen.\n\n2.\n\n6\n\ncha No. 131, belonging to the same party as the Lorcha No. 71, it is generally \"known in Malas, though perhaps at registered in his own) brought to Macan from the same practical ethica caguered the Lorcha No. 12, the Hans which were part of her cargo, in charge of 6 of the pirate themselves, for sale there; it appears that the. Lord No. 131 was chartered Er is preposthus fact.\n\nOn Sunday night some little excitement arose being reported to the Governor, the Lorcha and cargo were consequence of a large number of guns being ...\n\n1 toe v pirates imprisoned.\n\n1may has daera that likewise as were transacted in a mysterious manner.\n\nfired in the harbor, at abrut 8 o'clock.\n\nalzed, and t\n\nOn en-\n\nWe have a trans of coming at the explicit fans as like very quiry we End it was some ass of skipper, who thing else in lacas they are carried or in a seret way-- no news-paper report with exceptier, of Fe Destin to Soy bely was drunk, and in that state took veras, which paper makes it appearson with wonderful fren himself to break the law, and alarm the gality, perbags purposely in for the crence of the Queen's subjecta.\n\nGovernment there?\n\nThe paper being under the fmatate protection, and inspection of the Hest of the Government, ...\n\nof neure we would exprint from it a thing.\n\nBut to corset We publish a letter from Correspondent which ...\n\nmost\n\nAnd stiti farther, we cannot suficiently admirelict of the jury in effect opens the stomach of every man in the colony to prison, without fear or tanger of detection to the poisoner.\n\nWhat is Allum's case in reality--The Chief ...\n\nthe particnior of the canter of the Lorals No. 62, 1 am hints at an extraordinary state of things at traordinary exhibition which the said creditor Justice said that the principal evidence against him informed that the piratical feet cousisting of 4 ciptare: Macau, and clearly proves that the fleet so made of himself in Court ne a witness on the trial Lorchas, two of them being l'orgnese, gst these, No. 73, and two Buglak: they ware will armed, having 60 men in tach, with 15 filing boats having 12 en ja exil.\n\nThey ...\n\nlenientis treated by Commodore Armstrong, and Dat our admiration somewhat ceases, when we tust No. 62 to her anchorage, South Lintin, opposite ...\n\nothers, is in realty a nest of pirates.\n\nChangelo, There the Solariate ray then, hat, was de-anber of pirate vessels stated in the letter bears and his partners have been found aiding and The recollect, that this is not the first tisic, that person civil by m ...\n\ncut our estimate on the day we saw them frem conforting, i ust abetting the Queen's eteries.\n\nunworthy to have called forth the counter petition Of the document we shall say no more at present ...\n\nwhich we append:-- than that it is below contempt and was quite ...\n\nThe facts Lorcin 71 boing amongst the pirates! fleet and Zareke 131 being cleriered by them, Beth it the Lily.\n\nlonging to the same andr, a singular eninest-use!\n\nOn 29 January, sa Eaglish Larch with cargo of Rice from Hongkong to Mac was chased by the saw piratical feet as Cantan ...\n\nOn the 3d intothers Portogage Lorcha No. 39 and 40 were captured by the same piratical 3e and yet nothing is done vither in Macur at this riser to destray theus.\n\nWhy we count ant expect any thing from Macas for the circumstance related above wall, perhaps, explain to the initiated-am, ka ...\n\nX. Y. Z.\n\nMR. Hicason, the Crown Solicitor, has re-signed is appointments, so says the Gazette.\n\nWe heard of this resignation. some time ago, ...\n\nbut it in no way surprised us, as our readers may well imagine after reading our comments on the T dirty job of the appointment.\n\nWe shall have more to say cu this, as also on the new appoint-mcots in Mr. Hickson's place; and we shall add In word ou the deporture of the colonial secretary ...\n\nand this aucREVE.\n\nHIS EXLUENCY,\n\nthe Governor\n\nVICTORIA, BONGKONE,\n\nin the Executive Council\n\n7th February, 1857.\n\nwas his own account of his sayings and doings, and Mr. Drinker's evidence.\n\nMr.Drinker's evidence very hour the dough was being made:--and his Lordship pointedly remarked, it was in evidence, that it was the dough which contained the poison.\n\nthen as to his own statement--His grandmother was engaged in suppiring the barbarians with bread, &c. she writes and tells b, not to come himself but to send his family; he is not to come because a reward of $5000 is offered for his hend not only is he not to retura, but he is carefully respectively to sabit to you the following faits rayer the existence of his head on his shoulders is ...\n\nWe, the undersigned, revisats is this colony, beg to remain in his own house, taking care of his hend, and his premises, which are likely to be fired; HONGKONG, TUESDAY, 167 FEBRUARY, 1867.\n\nIntive to Alla arline other prisoners, now Hude delertion ulur Ordinance 2 of 1957, and also relative capture of the old grandmother renders it easy ...\n\nthe cause of his grandmother's annoyance.\n\nMR. CALDWELL was not poisoned; on the cou-2 other prisoners, similarly detained.\n\nThe Parties sending Advertisements to the Hongkong istered, in the shape of some chili and mustard; inespied in the colony, by a majority of 5 jours so 1. tury he had a rather agreeable stemachic admin prisoners, nav.ng heen acquitted after a trial of a length ...\n\nWe rubl that the first shove mentionet class of to compel the retary of the reminder of the farm!'y, Register\" \"Register's Advertiser,\" please address to ...\n\nwill seeds. It was natural, of course, for hirs to pre. their subsequent apprehension and detention are excu \"Printer end l'ublisher of the respective Papers, which will secure rarly mustard seeds in another.\n\nter having his milk in one dish, and the chili and Jated to throw discredit on our system of administrati attention to their Communications, justine in the eyes of the Chinese popalation, was have heen led to onlerstand that a man cannot be twice call. the case in the present intoace.\n\nFurthermore, we are of opinion that pris mers who love stood their helst, and have been legally abeolved from the consequences the law, he tande responsible for any secondary one of the crime of which they are sccused, should not, b ...\n\nThe Hongkong Register.\n\nNOTICE The Hours of Pent: Wons in the UNION CHAPEL, Hollywood Road, are, on the Sabheth 41 77 .m., and at 7, and on the Evening of every Wednesday at o'clock.\n\nWe see that tenders are advertised for in the last Government Guzette, for the construction of the Bowring Praya; and this in the face of the fact that the jail is crammed with double ita proper numbers, and that the station houses might well i quences arising out of that accusation.\n\nWe are, how ...\n\nexcept Alton.\n\nWould these additional se ages given to the mandarios render his resoniu- ing here, more secure?\n\nThreatening the grand-mother compels the retum of all the absent ...\n\nthe one schry individual would dare to re- cive force were applied to the united family that members except one, and we cannot see if coer- main.\n\nTo people acquainted with Chinese custunts statement.\n\nBut on this advice, how did Autum there is want of eommon sense in such act?\n\nWhy he disobeyed it, and went to Macao; ...\n\nSUPREME COURT.\n\nEXTRA\n\nTO THE\n\nHNGKONG REGISTER, No. 6.\n\nVICTORIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1887.\n\nP. IIARAND--I have always paid for bread from tacted.\n\nHe answered, Eat when we reached the bakery citentnahumees are these, Aldao is in the habit of cons CRIMINAL SEose, February 2, 1357.\n\nthe king shop Leire 'the 15th Snuary.\n\nInod Dr. he would show me then to had a large any site of propar- ing to tue to all and inke delivery of funt; on this ue.\n\nChor at Dr. Manet partook of the bread delivered by at stake, and But he would take ny advice and remain.\n\ncasi, several weeks pravions to die art of aidu, dus Poisoning Casm, (First Day.)\n\nLlaning. Abe un hour afterwards I felt sick When we got to the bakery the people were mixing cans to rou and paversed that I shoots ly from time 200- (First Day.)\n\nblds. of frou at $16; and having taken duivery of the anda, and shortly afterwards I vousited, and felt water and dough in diffurent rooms in the place.\n\nI arkad Roar, considered if indebted to urn for the amount, Jury--More.\n\nM. A. MAGLOD, W. H. SUTTON, JOHN a my stomach.\n\nI took a emetic ich operated, him to retorn with sac. having satisfied aysell there was MON, W. A. Bawa, ED. T. DURCASSON, GEORGE and feit casier.\n\nBar In about two hours the pain enough bread in the trying room to fatif de control; Feider myself inleted to do wad no other per- seo.\n\nMr. Power delivered the flour from bra gotowan, rive.\n\nThe st morning I had a vlug headache he said he had business to attend to and he would walk ...\n\nWht going over As the bar was stored tweet.\n\n1--CAEON ARCUEW,2----CHEONO AERT, a weak in my limbs.\n\nDr. Iance took an cutie, bome.\n\nThis was between 8 and 3 ...\n\nThe the premises he told me he applied 400 families with Crozumned by Dr. Bridges, I have been - Pakora Autos, 4--LUM ABsow, -Tax AC, and Dr. Childecott before they were sick.\n\nbread; this was said as a proof of the amount of busiucas quainted with Abium since 1849, I have bem in the TONG No one, 7--CHEORO ARMEX, 8--FONG A-attentionan had coren wore trval than any of sa.\n\nHOT. 2--CHRONG AY, 10--CHEN WYE KONG, What breakfast a gentleman called to say some he was doing and his disinclination to leave.\n\nThe habit of toying breadgirom him to a large amout for statement Ahimu made that he sold the bakery to mu in zapplying the ten-of-war.\n\nI have had large nansactions of hiends were sick, they suffered in a irailar mater Idministering power with intent &c.\n\nto thich I have described.\n\nThey haul maten nothing false.\n\nSince I gase my evidence before the Magistrate with him.\n\nIn one month I paid han $15,000 and but.\n\nI was recupied all day in arcending similar I was asked, on the peiremers' behalf, by Me. Murrow, to up to 15th January, my transactions with him continued.\n\ncase had for acveral days afterwards.\n\nSome suffered reconsider my statement about the 62 Mandarins.\n\nHe was contracting for bread for the Wreck steamer Croucrained by Mr. Day--Mr. Murrow, said be about that time.\n\nI heard Ahlus say that he also pro- ...\n\nTALI..\n\nThe Honble Thomas C. Anstey, Attorney” Gogoral ; Str. Hickson Crown Rakcitar, assisted by Mr. George Jooper Turner.\n\nWIRES.\n\nvided bread for other shipping.\n\nI brought from America a machino for anking bread which came out a month ago ...\n\nmarverely than others.\n\nFrom the nature of the Dr. Brigor and Ms. Day Guess: Messrs. Gaskell symis, I felt same arsenic had been drainstered.\n\nI had come from Ablam to ask me to reconsider the answer nd Brown with Mr. H. J. Tactant Svácitors for prl-wobbay sume bread from the first house to which I about the 63 Mundarios Abium askertine on the exami ...\n\nwe, belonging to a Taree.\n\nI kept wry own nation, if he did not say he bad been told about the 63 in the B.\n\nPalmer, wasting $585.\n\nHe gave my brothre £100 to buy the machine.\n\nIn the week of 15th January, The Attorney General stated the case and called real got a load from Mr. Grandpre which he said be Mandarins.\n\nI never was in the bakery before.\n\nInever enwe ...\n\n1 dropped in three or four times, to see that machine AMES CARROLL DEXTSTER--I Am Colonial Surgeon, End on with his own hand on the E-sing shop, and the lenih prisoner in the bakery.\n\nThe contract was for the have been in the habit before the 13 January of oh-brok to me; next day I got read trum Mr. Drinker supply of 28 to 23.000lbs, biscuit; it was made verbally with pet up at the E-sing bakery.\n\nI know where the E ...\n\nsing bakery in but cannot form any idea of its v aining tread from the E-zing shop belonging to the two and.\n\nDempster.\n\nOn the 1st, seaisted by Dr. Bad-All I never made a contract with the tenth prisoner.\n\nast peomure.\n\n415 minuzca before 8 A.M. Of the 15th ford made a hasty analysis, satcient to satisfy myself I look upon ab as the principal the seath prisoor iss.\n\nNo Justice of the Paste in any thing to ...\n\n| large Dietters of busi-with the delivery of the flour.\n\nI got it on writing to Me, ary, and my family partook of bread obtained thate prison was arsenie; the next day I made as his segimant.\n\nMy visits were Tom the E-sing shop, at breakfast.\n\nAfter Mrs. Duapetar was being annoyed by the mandarins because he then as to his own statement--His grandmother was engaged in suppiring the barbarians with bread, &c. she writes and tells b, not to come himself but to send his family; he is not to come because a reward of $5000 is offered for his hend not only is he not to retura, but he is carefully respectively to sabit to you the following faits rayer the existence of his head on his shoulders is ...\n\n... contract with him I would occasionally drop in kuce or ROSER MACHEzni am the Jail Ahlum stated ad eaten a mall portion of the bread she felt giddy und Wetterwards made au analysis to asortain the ...\n\nfour times a week to see how, it was going on.\n\nI have to Mr. Bridges that his father had received a letter from ick.\n\nAfter leaving the breakfast table, she was takem qualty, and found that a guant loer there was ick; I thought nothing of it at the time, I walked out n of arsenic (6 graine).\n\nIn the bread it ex-gone, to sell flour to him 1 would not conclude a on his family wishing him to go home.\n\nI heard the ent was always present.\n\nAklan said the andarins were presence in the jail, neither Mr. Gaskell nor Mr. Tur ospital.\n\nWhen I reached the entrance leading up to the ...\n\ntha loaf of bread would cause death.\n\nThe police hostile to him in consequence of his baking bread for the rant were present at this conversation.\n\nDuring the 18 Gays the prisoners were in my custody, I have never ob- all, became sick and continued sick all the way in me some year, and the materials for mak-fore guers.\n\nAs we were going to the bakery we saw a boat ...\n\nserved him send for bread, Lor eat it, but I have seen the hospital, and was sit until a quarter to 10 ingust, als some flour, and some pastry, from the laden with wood, he ask me to pull to it as he wanted to - vomited very violently, Mrs. Dempster was bake.\n\nThey were only examined so they can ask the price, and tray it if possible.\n\nI pulled up to it, and be hita est Chinese cakes.\n\njck up to 1 or 1 o'clock, that night.\n\nThe next evening.\n\nW. H. FONDA,I am ngeat for Russell & Co, and rain any metalic poison, but there was uelibet arsenie told me he had bought it at a picni and a hail for a be 16th, about 6 p, I forwarded the remainder of the nor ly other metalic poison in them, ...\n\ndollar.\n\nI said it was deck.\n\nHe replied it was dry wood carrying on business on my own account.\n\nThe letter and adapted for the bakery.\n\nOn my retom I saw the froni Mt. De Silver (produced) I received the same dale, rend to Dr. Harland for the purpose of, its being analy.\n\nboat discharging on the wharf.\n\nit was written (17th January), I know bis hand writing sed.\n\nI not take the bread myself to Dr. Harland ...\n\nRe-examined.\n\nThe little episode of the wood was It is in his hand writing.\n\nLetter read.\n\nIt commenred Crosemarined by Dr, Belges--Alum the ninth ...\n\nas were not satisfied with his simple declaration.\n\nThe Justice of the Peass\"]t acted upon that order I had up in my own room vold i sant it to De Irland.\n\nconversation with the buttman was in Chinese.\n\nIN DU Ho-examined.--I never saw the tenth prisoner before.\n\npreviously seld the whole of the flour to E-sing; the money pass between Able and the boat man.\n\nThis was value was paid by him, with the difference of a few bar- I sent the bread by a anolic animed Atal ...\n\nthe day before he left for Manua ...\n\nrela.\n\nA portion of the four, he bought in July, and The prisoner Ahlum statement before the Magistrates another in November, use subsequent cannot say read, ...\n\nhow much money I received from him.\n\nI all the flour for $16 for that purchased in July, and $14 for that in November.\n\nThe low purchased in July was the largest quantity.\n\nHe paid on the 14th January $1100, which I supposed at the time to be the haience of his account.\n\nKubs nothing of the sale of the Bour to Mr. De Silver.\n\nCrasu zied by Mr. Day,-I saw Ablum on the and 4 o'clock, canont ...\n\nATA--I am servant to Dr. Dempster--I carried a paper parcel from Dr. Dengster to Dr. Harland, on the 16 January.\n\nI do nut know what was in it.\n\nMy master gave it to me ...\n\n(Court adjourned at 3.80)\n\nIdeply to a question by the Court.\n\nDI HALAND said he had bean requested by the Colonial Secretary to me an analysis that he did so and the ranits were the que.\n\nThe analysis was made in presence of Dr. Bradri Dr. Watson Dr. Keamy and Dr. Dempster, ...\n\nTiongh the Conrt, at instance of the Attorney Gen pral.\n\nThe symptomas described by the wisuotas, I have ...\n\nsacre those of poisoning by assente.\n\nThe Lead 1 gave to Tr. Tariand, ARANDE shop, at the loom of Aber- ...\n\nWas ken from ...\n\n; ...\n\ndeenerect, un the 16th Janney.\n\nI was at the Central Palie Station, and told a policoon to take the yeast! me, to Dr. Berland.\n\nCourt adjourned al 6 ...\n\nJLLL\n\n(Second Day, 3rd February ...\n\nWOONG ART, I am comprador of the Lieut-Governor ...\n\nmore on that ourasion about Ms. Drinker than what ...\n\nACPEING, Servant to Dr. Dempster.\n\nOn the 15th January, I received some bread at my master's door from we mea belonging to the E-sing's shop.\n\nThey are not ...\n\nH. J. EDWAM,I am a merclist of this place.\n\nBo- among the prisoners, I gave it to my Master to ent Cas examined by Dr. Bridges--I know the Fring before the prisoner left for Macao, he purchased some four ...\n\n1 This was about seven o'clock.\n\nI placed it on the breakfast shopfore this acer.\n\nThere is a shop at the Lo me, on the 13th January, and the delivery order was given ou the 19th, after the contract was made the afternoon of the 14th between WM.\n\nTARANT--I am Faltor of the Priend of China Road East, they are about a mile a part; the bread is ...\n\nfibar was removed from the godowe to his shop.\n\n1 had say it was not hetween 4 and 5, 1 only know it was aber newspaper.\n\nI have been in the habit of badning bread carried from one to the other.\n\nAbout two years ago the offered the au dour to the prisoner two works bofore,, he did not say where he had been.\n\nThe $1100 web paid, $149 in a bill, and the balance in cach.\n\nThe bill from the E-ging shop down to the 25th January.\n\nI know browsed to be baked at the absen, but not lately, a fire and he tried it.\n\nOn the 13th.\n\nI called at his shop, he was ...\n\nnot below, they told me he was upstairs.\n\nI went upstairs with the E-sing shop.\n\nThe 1st is a collector of accounts; fore the 15th January, 1 hare seen him often.\n\nHe was precited by one of the men of the shop, and or reaching the TONG AKU--I Translated the paper tower, from Album he 2d, the last knew of him was as broad deliverer; the always said to be the master of the E-sing shop,anding, observed Alumat a fister, he was looking as by Mr. Mackenzie, since the prisoner Ahlum was in the th is the managing partner; and the 10th is his father, Out of the bakery and shop bon: 50 persons were a ...\n\nit to see who was coming upscura.\n\nOn my approaching jail.\n\nTranslation read, corrobrates Ahlum's statement]\n\nleting as general assistaut in the shop Q's Readresse on the 15th.\n\nThey were taken before a Justice of him, he appeared to be muca exvid-I told him put ...\n\nand purt owner of the mat shop of chong, under the at of uvers two are itcqueritly, perhaps one: the Powe, Charles May Esq, several other Justice of Peace be alarmed, thus there was nothing to apprehend ...\n\nvisits.\n\nI saw ...\n\nIn consequence of the reward that was offered for his gatos Tools Ablau's.\n\nAbout the 8th or 9th January prisoner about were arment.\n\nThis was at the Central Police Suation.\n\n3 days before the 15th January, he was sitting down On the first day Mr. Mercer Me. Gibo and Mr. Gray head by en mestarins, 1 thought his oars caurs, and I had a conversation with Alluns, who said his wife my office and presented as a hill from his mer.\n\nI were present on the second day the Attorney Generat ...\n\nmude a roinach, that he shoubil not fear anything.\n\nHe wanted to go home to spend the new year, and wished old him, that, as the bill was not receipted, if he would was prosent.\n\nThe Central Police Station is not e replied that, long as he remained lu the house he had ...\n\nhim to accompany her hat he had a good deal of cave it I would look at it.\n\nHe said his toe was going ...\n\nno four of the maridarins.\n\nI then spoke to him of the business unsettled he could not do so that he had to usul place for eximiaal examinations, but they avo way, and made a motion lo sit down as if he intended to tawonaty held there, lave seen the Aturany the business on which I called, which was the sale of the supply several hundreds of pounds of bread to Drinker, Ou the 15th January wait until he was paid.\n\nSeang he was frelined to bura, M. Mercur, sud Mr. May sitting and enquiring our.\n\nI sat down, and proposed in sale, there rose some and that he had not yet done so.\n\nauey seized low by thu coltar, and told him, he and hi into anisances.\n\nMr. May was not present when the difference about the storage which was got over by bis I was exalued before M. May, and said nothing nator might go to the devil if they pleased, and I thrust two last prisoners were brought up for examinative, saying, this he lud got gedows that would take he han out of the office.\n\nI have seen the second prisador never remember the Justices of the Peace zitting at the dour, and that he would take immediate delivery.\n\nThe stated at the present moment.\n\n[the witness was detained on many occasions, I saw him at the inquest held on the ...\n\nby the request of Attorney General until he could get the Police Station on a criminal charge.\n\nThe Chief Ma- time of payment was the next question.\n\nI spoke of it ...\n\nfires--he asked for time and it was agreed that he would interpreter Mr. Wade.] jody found on board the Thistle Ou ikat opension he gistrate was sitting at the Police Court while his ex- described himself as parsere mute on board the Thiste.\n\nAmiuination was going on at the Police Station.\n\nJustices pay on the 10th of March-2 the left.\n\nOn the 24th ...\n\n(Court adjourned at 25 minutes after three.)\n\nThis was early in January.\n\nTo the best of my belief the if the Peace were also sitting at the Police Ceart.\n\nIt January, as 12 veluck, he sailed at my office-7 was ninth primmer was the literer of the Thistle.\n\nIn coe- writing at the timu: he said be wanted the delivery order in the invariable rule to send all important criminal for the four- unt huving the contract written ous I teid seganiec of the way in which the 2nd prisoner gave esses to the Police Court.\n\nThe remaining 10 prissovers are still detained.\n\nis evidence on the inquest, I ejected to bin binging are at the Cross road Starion, him I would call on him that after nuen.\n\nI called at 5 corning Mr. Diuke rend to my house.\n\nI pude this oldalon on the 15th posse Gibb, Livingston & Co.'s Gots.\n\nThey clock at his shop, signed the contract, and gave hin January between 6 and 7 o'clock in the morning when I have been in custody from the 15th January, I eshoot the delivery order he was ben his shop below--the inquiry about the case of poisoning, about the 15th saw him bringing to broad.\n\nAnother man was carry say whether or not the Attorney General took ary part les imately.\n\nHe objected to be our before on January; acted as interpreter.\n\nI perfectly remember ing the bread in a baskets, the second prisoner took in the examination at the Police Station; he was moving ...\n\ncourt of the bighness of the price, I sold it at a higher Col.\n\nCaine's comprador being examined.\n\nout the bread and delivered it I said, \"Oh oh my fin::fal- abort, but thereon was too crowded for me to distinguish.\n\nlow you deliver my bread do you?\"\n\nHe made no res- CHARLES MAY,The yeast & delivered to Dr, ponse but gave me a kind of is grin.\n\nI saw him go away, flatland were found in my presence at the sing bak And I then went in Bad told my compradore to sutlery Inspector Boyle carried them to the Folice Station.\n\ning but have to reor bread from bin, as I Cross-mined by Dr. Bridges.-- I sat with Mr. MerosR The work polsun wa I partook of the brev, andun the evening of the 15th January to coadors the ca ...\n\ntant girl also eat what was git on the pARE | GUNUM.\n\n Mercer came in, aral I invited him to take & I was about to commence the enquiry at 2.30 2,81, Ava minutes afterwards I went into 107 sitting from the Incakfast table; immediately afterwacite park in it.\n\nI was conducting the enquiry as the Superin £curacy as though I had eat my breakfast to tendent of Police, and Me Mercer as Colonial Secretary fase I sex down and was looking over some papers, when all of a sudden I vomited---J. vomited three or four times which require particular investigation, I enquire into be they were.\n\nI told him that the Chinese anid, the a bad It was a general investigation into the case reports about hirrsclf-link bequired what more during the course of the day, and I have continually ...\n\nfore sending them to the Magistrate.\n\nIt was my orginal anffered train the effects of the poisoning up to the pre-tection to follow the sun course the pecsent issable Button and $9,000 the the efnir of the Thistle ...\n\nto replied that that was nuasense, for the mandarins had tanec: I wished to gtt un traight into the case as supper- intendent of police, but afterwmerts we carned ones.vcclured $5,000 for his apension, and that he would be conjadel to go to Singapore on this accusat.\n\nI tank, into justices and took the depositions.\n\nWe did not told his, this he would be a fool if he went away, and make this change in consequc of having illegally throwing away the chance of making money here ...\n\nseat time.\n\nCross examined by Mr. Day--I am not aware that almab prieoser las muco thu ops shop in Hongkong.\n\nve Bure, he enrried on the business of a baker: lave scard he has other premixes to carry on his bakery, but I To not know whether or not the bekery is carried on in the promises in Queen's Road West ...\n\nQuestion--Do you not, a Edit, make it year badiness to Braw cvery thing going on in the Colony ...\n\nAnst I do.\n\nQuestion Then Str, do you mean to say you did not now that B-sing had a bakery near the American Naval Stor, 1 ...\n\nAnswer What buve 1 to do as a Maitor of a Newspaper with E-sing's stores ...\n\nadministered oathe.\n\nThe Atangy General--asked permington to call Mr. Wale to contrahiertas last witness, in bia statement con- ...\n\nT. WADE--I assisted Mr. Mercer and Mr. May an ...\n\nprice than usand.\n\nI bave had he other business with Dr. Bridges wishes to know if Mr. Wade was sworn him beside this sale, ...\n\nÁrew S. Dix,--I was one of the Juters at the interpreter the occasion.\n\nConsidered of a moment ...\n\nby the Court inquest on the Thulle's case on sinth January, I had la answer to a quenrian put by Mr. Mercer and Mr. a conversation with blum, with reference to that - Mag, Col Caine's cora rader said thas Ahlum told him quest.\n\nI met him, Aline, on the 14th in the street and that he was about to leave the Colony, The Witces toki him, that his man Aheep, the pond prisoner, give usked him how he stood about his business, and be suid very bad vidence at the inquest, that he had bea a Adan replied, that he bat horded over hie bread thing, les bad been crapulls.\n\nI do not recollect whether he said it was the bread business or the biscu very willing witness, and would not have told pay bosings or biscuit business to Mr. Drinker.\n\nI forget who was his eply.\n\nI went on asking him what were 3:u ...\n\nWade The deposition of Mr. Wade having been read YOONG-AT--again called to be confronted with Mr. tom, he denies Ja zaid 80, adding that he only said. hetinu alat Athen had some biscuit to deliver to Mr. Drinker.\n\nG. Duro, ann an siccioneer and was rely proprietor of a biscuit bakery.\n\nI know the last kir is the th prismear stamil call him the most JES SILENNON,--1 am merchant of this city, on SANDWITH DRINKER,--I am in business in the firme 18th or 14thof January, I received fra Tichong a mat ...\n\nActive on in the sing bakery 6th prisoner is a moulder of bread in the E-sing lukery 7th prisoner at Thomas lunt & Co, I lived in the sunse house with waker, a cistonured vir on Ablum; as rents a portio the sanie: 8 prisoner the same: 9th the inauter; Captain Endicott On the 15th January, I eat of some of Alum's shup for Lis business.This grace Elus ...\n\noh assistatic in the retail shop in Queen's Road.\n\nI do bread supplied by the with prisoner, and I was afterwards given to Tichong B time before, it was draw favor know if he has a share in the business.\n\nI am in habit of very ill, and an were all that ent of it in the house of Tishang Iwan Tichong the monet of the draft, su receiving brand on the E-zing shop I received breed have not perfectly recovered from it at this time.\n\ndelivered the remainder of our bread to Mr. May at Ahlem being indebted to me between $700 and ...\n\naccount o mats purchased, and paid in this order on the 16th January.\n\n1 old AFinn ro biscent baking machines, gay some years ago, and another in December the Police Court on the evening of the following day $300--my dra was for $281.\n\nI have previously paid January last, and 1 erected in third ann far bin about Dr. Jarinud was present.\n\nI have had considerable deal the sand men in the same way, at my drafts have December or Juary, I have been paid for the to 3- I cannot say that I know of a hakery being near them with the E-sing shop in the bakery business, always been houd.\n\nOn the 18th, Tidongiangt back.\n\nchines I sold him, fun well acquainted with the bakery The two last prisoners were connected with the shop, I the order dislicaret, And demanded the money, du winepromisse.\n\nI have often seen Aflan upstairs in the bakery, American Naval Stores have seen the est prisoner in the shop.\n\nThe only time I saw the second prisoner as t ...\n\nhave transnoted basss with the tenth prisoner, who is I went to A. and abused him for not hari poid a part ofhiafemal faily as well.\n\nI can say for ret- brand-deliverer was on the morning of which I spuke-1 ...\n\nAllum's father, when the uinth prisaner was not in the the under, mul asked him, why he did not pay the order.\n\nsal whether Allura lived these or not.\n\nI have seen un! cannot tell whether or not the tearth prisoner hedy.\n\nAuvut the 2nd or 3rd January, I made a contract the said he lead a money, the he was very band up, out as promises the 6th and 7th prisoner who were fotzerty ...\n\nI nay interest in the B-sing shop.\n\nwith Albom to supply a Russian Corvette with bonit, that, if I would pay the mat-man, who was a pour man.\n\nAbout the 7th or 8th January Ch y explog40116.\n\nJOHN WRAY--I am stoward of the Sultana, 1 know On the 14th 1 weat over to the E-sing shop to have a he would by anil bye pay the whale amount to 100 erection of the 34 mabine was completed.\n\nIn conso- e ninth and tenth prisonere, they are bakers in the conversation with Ahlum about that contract On the that he was indebted to ine, as he was to get money from quece of what I heard from my Strof, I put several B-sing's shop.\n\nI have frequently bought bread at their morning of the 13th, our office boy called my attention 10 Ablum's placing a chop out-site his door.\n\nI had his word.\n\ni have commented an action through Mr. Gaskell ngeinst Ablum for the amount, Alders gave —lle replied du do was not go away.\n\nIn the oven prisoner and the ninth and tenth.\n\nThey appeared to be in what the boy told me on the 13th.\n\nI told him that the ...\n\no at the time to reason to believe that he was going to ing of slic 13th January 1 particulwly enlied on bin, and A great hurry attending the business of their shop.\n\nThe boy said the chop was notice, that he Ahlum, intented ears for Macso or any other place.\n\nasked if he was going away us ny Shred and every body first was behind the counter, so was the ninth who was to leave the Colony, and wished to sell out, tad shut up ...\n\nughing dollars; the tenth was walking about.\n\npartook of the loaf which I bought, and after cating it 1 was sink for three or four days.\n\nsaid so.\n\nHe replied dat he had sand so to Chinese people, ...\n\neal cr ...\n\nH. T. De SR,-- am a merchant of this place.\n\nI shop.\n\nHe said the chap did state so, but that he bad uod dealings with Allsin.\n\nAbout inc eud of December, that in enity he was going and further intention of leaving; he had only put it up to deceive the or beginning of January, I heard some thing against him and he had relied to sell read to Chinese people ou Bandarius, who had been troubling him.\n\nI told him, not so for he came, I asked if he was going to purpose to find the mandarins, and truing behin Croas eramined by De. Bridges-1 often go in to that would not satisfy me, so he had deceived me in Elyngkong he told me that he thought he would fully, atided, you see my family are here, there is sing's shop to buy a font.\n\nI was about two or three min- previous contract, and that he must go to the bake-have to leave.\n\nAkin tibud aquacity of bread at his fear that shall gees and he directed one us in the shop that morning.\n\nThe tenth prisoner was house and shew me the biscuit which he had told me, twe abop, in conanguerne 1 ba the he removed from his of the men in the shop to show me a cheque on the walking about.\n\nor three days ago, was in the drying house, Wy what godown to those Mears. Ly Still & Co.\n\nFu Back 1 was poisoned from the rea Re-examined he was walking about over-looking together in my cat to the bakery.\n\nAs we went along male advances on account of his bread.\n\nI think the beta Jaruncy.\n\nI discovered that day that he had the business ...\n\nassed him if he had his taily with him here.\n\nHe sild, bread is wholly paid for.\n\nI have a running account with gone away.\n\nSince I had the conversation with Ah- Ants,--I am enak to Dr. Harland.\n\nOn the 13 Jan he had.\n\nI told him, in that can he bad better remain him.\n\nIowa bis considerable money.\n\nI cannos cell how am on the 13th, 1 heart nothing about bis going nary I received some bread from the B-sing shop, from the to the end of the war, as he would make a good art I owe him at the present time.\n\nOr the 14th of way.\n\nHe went $960 to me on account of the second ma person who anually brought the bread; he is not among thing of it, and be protected.\n\nHe sail he did not unary, I was not budcated to the prisoner in what chile, and he promised to send down some more money for ile prisoners.\n\nThe bread was brought es about 7.30.\n\nwould call a large amount.\n\nI parchuset 100 barrels.\n\nthe trouble of erecting the 34 mabine, but les did not Auon--I am a coolie at Dr. Garland, I saw Being's and that as the present mommy there were 63 Man four previous to the arrest of the prisoner, and tak lo so.\n\nTholda procisory note of Allun on secost of apen bring the Loved that morning; they are not amplia farms in Hongkong in disguise.\n\nI told in that delivery of chens after the arrest.\n\nI applied for the de- the ad machine, which he promised to pay on the mOTO- the prisoners, ...\n\ni be would report then to the Police he would be pro- livery the day before the rest of the praeuer-the tg of the 14th bat he did not pay it; I did not prese ...", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-062 - Sir Bowring - 1857 [1-3].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 266306, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-114 - MacDonnell - 1866 [7-8]", "page_number": 199, "title": "CO129-114 - MacDonnell - 1866 [7-8]", "content_text": "286\n\nTHE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 28TH JULY, 1866.\n\nPower to Company to sell and convert land or property taken as security.\n\nPower to increase certain conditions.\n\nor other real or personal property in satisfaction, liquidation or payment of any debt absolutely and bona fide due and owing to the Company, and also to take any mortgage or other lien or charge on real or personal property as a security for any monies actually and bona fide due to the Company, or for which any person or persons may have rendered himself or themselves liable to the Company, and to hold such Lands, Houses, and other real and personal property respectively, for such reasonable time as shall be necessary for selling and disposing of and converting the same into Money.\n\nXXI. It shall be lawful for the Company to sell, dispose of, and convert into Money, any Goods, Wares, or Merchandize, which shall or may be taken by them in satisfaction, liquidation or payment of any debt: And also to sell and convey any Lands, Houses, and other real property whatsoever, Goods, Wares, or Merchandize, which they shall or may have acquired in manner aforesaid.\n\nXXII. It shall be lawful for the Company from time to time to extend or increase Capital further under their Capital for the time being by the creation and sale of new shares, in the manner to be specified and set forth in the Deed of Settlement, to be prepared and executed as hereinbefore directed, so as the same be made with the consent of a General Meeting of the Shareholders of the Company to be specially called for that purpose, and with the consent previously obtained of the Governor and under such conditions and provisions as he shall think fit, such consent being evidenced as hereinbefore provided for with respect to other requirements of a like nature, and so as the total amount of the Capital of the Company shall not exceed the Sum of Ten Millions of Dollars and until it shall be certified by the Governor in like manner as aforesaid that one-half of such new Capital has been so paid up, the Company shall not be entitled, by advertisement or otherwise; to state or hold out to the Public that the amount of the Capital has been increased.\n\nIncreased Capital to be fully paid up, when.\n\nXXIII. The remainder of the instalments on the shares constituting such increased Capital shall be wholly paid up within Two Years from the date of the Certificate, to be granted as aforesaid, of one-half thereof having been paid up, and the same shall be made to appear to the satisfaction of the Governor, to be certified as aforesaid.\n\nDirectors to produce accounts and statements when called on to do so.\n\nXXIV. The Directors of the Company shall, if, and whenever, they shall be required so to do, by the Governor, produce and submit to him, or to such persons or officers as he may appoint for that purpose, for his or their inspection and examination, the several accounts and statements which by the said Deed shall be directed to be made and furnished.\n\nLiability of Shareholders.\n\nProvisions to be included in Deed and Transfers.\n\nInsolvency of Company.\n\nXXV. If the Company shall become insolvent, every proprietor for the time being of shares in the Capital thereof shall be liable to contribute to the payment of the debts, engagements, and liabilities of the Company not only such parts of the shares held by him or her respectively, in the Capital of the Company, as shall not have been theretofore called for and paid up, but also such further Sums of Money not exceeding the amount of the shares so held by him or her, as shall be requisite and necessary to satisfy and discharge the debts, engagements, and liabilities of the Company.\n\nProvision for repeal of this Ordinance on certain events.\n\nXXVI. In the said Deeds so to be executed as aforesaid, and in every transfer of any share or shares in the Company, due provision shall accordingly be made for the payment by the shareholders of such amounts as aforesaid.\n\nXXVII. In the event of the insolvency of the Company, or in the event of the powers and privileges hereby given being declared void as herein mentioned, the business hereby authorized to be carried on by the Company shall, so far as the same may depend upon or be carried on, under, or by virtue of the powers and provisions herein given and contained, cease and determine, and the Assets, property, and securities of the Company, shall be sold or disposed of and converted into Money, and the debts, engagements, and liabilities of the Company shall be paid, satisfied, and discharged, and the surplus (if any), after providing for the full payment, satisfaction and discharge of the debts, engagements, and liabilities of the Company, shall be divided amongst the Proprietors of the Company, according and in proportion to their several and respective shares and interests in the Capital thereof.\n\nXXVIII. In the event of the insolvency of the Company, or of any Suspension in the Payments of the Company, for the space of Sixty Days in succession, or for any number of Days, at intervals which shall amount altogether to Sixty Days within any One Year, or if the Company shall not have well and truly maintained, abided by, performed and observed, all and every the rules, orders, provisions, and directions herein contained\n\nTHE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 28TH JULY, 1866.\n\nand set forth, or to be contained and set forth in the said Deed, so to be executed as aforesaid; Then, and in any of such cases, it shall and may be lawful for the Governor with the Advice of the Legislative Council of the Colony by an Ordinance to be passed for that purpose to repeal this Ordinance and declare that the Incorporation hereby granted to the Company shall cease and determine and become absolutely void.\n\n196\n\n287\n\nafter 21 Years unless\n\nXXIX. On the determination of the Term of Twenty-one Years from the date of this Incorporation to cease Ordinance the powers and privileges hereinbefore conferred on the Company shall cease, ended by Ordinance. unless the Governor with the Advice of the Legislative Council of the Colony declare to the contrary and by an Ordinance to that effect authorize the Company to continue incorporated under the aforesaid provisions for a further term of Ten Years, or for such period and under such provisions and conditions as may be contained in the said Ordinance.\n\nAn Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to apply a Sum not exceeding Eight hundred and Four thousand Dollars to the Public Service of the Year 1867.\n\nWhereas the Expenditure required for the Service of this Colony for the Year 1867 has been estimated at the Sum of Eight hundred and Three thousand Six hundred and One Dollars and Sixty Cents: Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-\n\nI. A Sum not exceeding Eight hundred and Four thousand Dollars shall be, and the same is hereby charged upon the Revenue of this Colony for the Service of the Year 1867, and the said Sum so charged shall be expended as hereinafter specified; that is to say:\n\nCIVIL ESTABLISHMENTS:\n\nThe Governor, Colonial Secretary, Colonial Treasurer, Auditor General, Clerk of Councils. Surveyor General, Master of the Mint, Postmaster General,\n\nRegistrar General,\n\nHarbor Master and Emigration Officer, JUDICIAL ESTABLISHMENTS, REGISTRAR OF COMPANIES, ECCLESIASTICAL ESTABLISHMENT, EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT, MEDICAL ESTABLISHMENT, POLICE MAGISTRATES, POLICE,\n\nGAOLS,\n\nCHARITABLE ALLOWANCES,. TRANSPORT,.\n\nWORKS AND BUILDINGS,\n\nROADS, STREETS AND BRIDGES, MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES,\n\nSPECIAL SERVICES,\n\nMILITARY CONTRIBUTION,.\n\nTOTAL,\n\nC.\n\n240.00\n\n9,594.00\n\n5,712.00\n\n6,027.00\n\n72.00\n\n15,775.00\n\n58,512.00 140,848.00\n\n2,334.00\n\n10,584.00\n\n6,470.00\n\n816.00\n\n942.00\n\n10,372.00\n\n15,630.00\n\n4,780.00\n\n162,978.00\n\n58,015.00\n\n400.00\n\n3,000.00\n\n91,600.00\n\n73,500.00\n\n2,500.00\n\n26,000.00\n\n94,000.00\n\n$803,601.60\n\nAn Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, for the better Regulation and Control of certain Vessels frequenting the Waters of Hongkong,\n\nWhereas it is expedient to make further Provision for the Regulation and Control of Junks within the Waters of the Colony of Hongkong: Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-\n\n1. This Ordinance may be cited for all purposes as \"The Harbor and Coasts Ordinance 1866.”\n\nTitle.\n\nPreamble.\n\nEstimates, 1867.\n\nTitle.\n\nPreamble.\n\nShort Title.\n\nII. In the Construction of this Ordinance the term \"Junk\" shall mean every sea-going Chinese or other Vessel not coming within the Provisions of Section 4 of Ordinance No. 1 of 1862, and not being a Fishing Boat or Vessel licensed under Sec-\n\n\"Junk.\"", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-114 - MacDonnell - 1866 [7-8].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 281790, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-144 - Sir MacDonnell & Lieut Governor Whitfield - 1870 [3-5]", "page_number": 352, "title": "CO129-144 - Sir MacDonnell & Lieut Governor Whitfield - 1870 [3-5]", "content_text": "# England to China, and at the same time the land lines of this route have their maintenance guaranteed by a strong European power, through whose territory alone they have to pass. This route is already recognised as the shortest means of telegraphic communication with the northern ports of China, and as many as 30 to 40 messages, of 20 words each, have been sent through it from China to England in one day.\n\nThe concession, for which there were several applicants, was, after long investigation, granted by the Russian Government to Danish parties connected with the Great Northern Telegraph Company. By the terms of the concession the Russian Government has granted the Company, besides other special privileges, the exclusive right for thirty years of connecting China and Japan with Europe through the Government wires on Russian territory. The concession provides for a renewal of these exclusive privileges on preferential terms at the expiration of the thirty years, and in any case secures to this Company the continuance of the right of transmission of their messages through the Russian land lines.\n\nThe caution money of S.R. 150,000 has, in accordance with sec. 8 of the concession, been duly deposited with the Russian Government by the Concessionaires, and reverts to them. The consideration for the transfer of the concession to this Company by the Concessionaires is fixed and agreed at £25,000.\n\nThe Russian Government further undertakes to connect their system of land lines with the landing points of the Company's cables, and to increase their number of wires as the requirements of the traffic may demand.\n\nA working agreement between this Company and the Great Northern Telegraph Company of Copenhagen, by whose lines the traffic will be conducted from Russia to England, has been concluded with a fair rebate on the tariff of that Company.\n\nThe first cable will be laid from Posietta to Shanghai, either direct, or, if deemed advisable, touching at Nagasaki, or other convenient point in Japan. The next section will extend from Shanghai to Hongkong. Ultimately the other important ports in Japan and China will be included in the system of the Company; and to construct these further lines the necessary extension of the Company's capital will be applied for under the regulations of the statutes.\n\nPreliminary contracts have been entered into with Mr. William Hooper for the manufacture of the cables, the insulation being \"Hooper's India Rubber,\" similar to that employed by the Great Northern Telegraph Company, in their cables, between England and Denmark, and Scotland and Norway, say for 1,200 nautical miles from Posietta Bay to Shanghai, and for 1,100 nautical miles from Shanghai to Hongkong; and the cost of these two sections is £396,000.\n\nFor the laying of the Cables the Directors have, on due consideration, made no contracts. The Danish Government will aid the expedition with a Steam Frigate, which will take out a large portion of the cable, and assist in completing the necessary soundings.\n\nFor the transport of the remainder of the cables, and the laying of the same, the Directors will take measures to ensure its being done at the lowest possible cost, whereby a great saving on the ordinary cost of laying cables at remote distances will be effected.\n\nThe Russian Government provides a War Steamer to accompany the expedition, to assist and convoy the ships laying the cables.\n\nThe maximum tariff for messages, from any of the stations in China or Japan to the western frontier of Russia, has been fixed by the concession at 100 francs per single message of 20 words (of which 60 francs accrue to this Company, and 40 francs to the Russian Government), consequently the charge for messages between China and Japan and England, including transit rates, can never exceed £4 6s. per single message of 20 words.\n\nThe contracts with the manufacturer stipulate that the cables shall be ready for shipment within three and six months respectively. Whatever other Telegraph lines may ultimately be established between Europe and China there can be no doubt that this Company, with its exclusive privileges from the Russian Government, will be able to maintain its position and make a good profit on the capital invested in the enterprise.\n\nThe Shares of this Company will be issued to bearer and pass by delivery, unless any Shareholder should specially require to have his Shares registered for transfer, which, in such case, can be done both in London and Copenhagen. The liability is by the Danish law strictly limited to the amount of the Shares.\n\nA translation of the concession, and copies of the preliminary contracts for the manufacture of the cables, may be seen at the Office of the Company.\n\nProspectuses, with printed translations of the Statutes, and forms of application for Shares, may be obtained at the Office of Messrs. C. I. Hambro & Son, 70, Old Broad Street, and of Messrs. Walker & Lumsden, 25, Austin Friars, E.C.\n\nLondon, 14th January, 1870.\n\n## Colonial Secretary's Office, 3rd May 1870.\n\nSir,\n\nI have the honour to acknowledge your letter of this date making application on behalf of the \"Great Northern Telegraph China and Japan Extension Company\" for permission to land a Cable on the Island of Hong Kong and to establish a Telegraph Station at Victoria.\n\nIn reply I am directed by His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor to inform you that...\n\nGeorge I. Belland, Esq.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-144 - Sir MacDonnell & Lieut Governor Whitfield - 1870 [3-5].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 301039, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-179 - Governor Hennessy - 1877 [9-12]", "page_number": 167, "title": "CO129-179 - Governor Hennessy - 1877 [9-12]", "content_text": "has made every \n\nCompany's Manager arrange for the transport, lodging, provision for the transport, lodging, feeding; and ample employment of the expected Coolie, I am directed to state that the Labuan Government would be grateful to the Government of Hongkong for any assistance it \n\ncould render under the circumstances.\n\nI have further to add that the matter has been reported to the Secretary of State.\n\n(Signed) W. H. Preacher\n\nColonial Secretary,\n\nLabuan.\n\n \n\n165\n\n\"Minute by the Council the Governor\n\nI shall\n\n1. Acknowledge and shall have much pleasure in facilitating the operations in this matter of the Labuan Coal Company.\n\n2. Let everything that can be lawfully done by the Government in such matters be done.\n\n(Signed) J. Pope Hennessy\n\nAugust, 1877.\n\n10\n\nPage 165 appears to be delineated correctly with content, no further action is not needed, as per instructions.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-179 - Governor Hennessy - 1877 [9-12].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 305090, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-186 - Public Offices & Others - 1879", "page_number": 347, "title": "CO129-186 - Public Offices & Others - 1879", "content_text": "# CONTRACT FOR THE CONVEYANCE OF\n\n## EAST INDIA AND CHINA MAILS.\n\n10\n\n27. Each of such masters or commanders shall make the usual declaration or declarations required or which may hereafter be required by the Postmaster General in such and similar cases and furnish such journals returns and information to and perform such services as the Postmaster General or his agents may require and every such master or commander or officer duly authorised by him having the charge of mails shall himself immediately on the arrival at any of the said ports or places of any such vessel deliver all mails for such port or place into the hands of the Postmaster or other person at such port or place whom the Postmaster General shall authorise to receive the same receiving in like manner all the return or other mails to be forwarded in due course.\n\n28. The Company shall not nor shall any of the masters or commanders of any of the vessels employed or to be employed under this Agreement receive or permit to be received on board any of the vessels employed under this Agreement any letters for conveyance other than those contained in Her Majesty's mails and such letters as are not required by law to pass through the Post Office nor shall the Company or any such master or commander receive or permit to be received on board any of such vessels any mails for conveyance on behalf of any colony or foreign country without the consent of the Postmaster General.\n\n29. The Company and all commanding and other officers of the vessels employed in the performance of this Agreement and all agents seamen and servants of the Company shall at all times punctually attend to the orders and directions of the Postmaster General his officers or agents as to the mode time and place of landing delivering and embarking mails.\n\n30. The Company shall and will when and so often as they or the Masters or Commanders of their vessels shall be required in writing so to do by the Postmaster General or by any officers or agents acting under his authority (such writing to specify the rank or description of the person or persons to be conveyed and the accommodation to be provided for him or them) receive provide for victual and convey to from and between any of the ports or places to from and between which any of the said vessels are to proceed in the performance of this Agreement in addition to any officers of the Post Office employed in connection with the mails conveyed or to be conveyed under this Agreement any number of naval military or civil officers in the service of Her Majesty not exceeding eight in any one ship with or without their wives and children as chief cabin or first class cabin passengers and any number of non-commissioned and warrant officers not exceeding four in any one ship with or without their wives and children as fore cabin or second class passengers together with servants of both chief and fore cabin passengers and any number of seamen marines soldiers or artificers in Her Majesty's service not exceeding 10 in any one ship with or without their wives and children as deck or third class passengers to be always provided with effectual protection from rain sun and bad weather and not exposed on deck without such competent shelter and to have hammocks or bunks (subject to the approval of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty) placed between decks.\n\n31. The passengers who shall be conveyed in pursuance of the last preceding clause (who are hereinafter designated Government passengers) with their families shall be treated in no respect whether as regards food cabin or other accommodation or aught else in a way inferior to that of ordinary passengers of the same class or that required by the Regulations of Her Majesty's Transport Service. The messing of the first and second-class Government passengers shall include in each day an imperial pint of good sound bottled or draught ale or beer and that of the first-class in addition an imperial pint of good foreign wine. The several classes of passengers shall mess in separate places and medical attendance medicine and medical comforts mess utensils and fittings cooking utensils articles for table use and mess places fuel lights requisite articles of bedding and all other necessaries shall be provided for them in like manner as for ordinary passengers of the like classes respectively.\n\n32. The passage-money for Government passengers and their families respectively shall be the same as that charged by the Company for ordinary passengers for the same class and shall include all the particulars mentioned in the last preceding clause and whenever any alteration of rates for ordinary passengers may be made the Postmaster General and the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty shall be immediately apprised of such alteration.\n\n33. Returns of the embarkation and disembarkation of all Government passengers shall be furnished to the Director of Transport Services immediately after the departure and arrival of each vessel.\n\n34. Payments for passage-money for Government passengers shall be applied for by invoices according to a form to be obtained from the office of the Director of Transport Services and shall be made upon the production to such Director of the orders for the passage together with a certificate under the hand of the Commanding Officer specifying the number of the third-class passengers (men women and children) conveyed with the ages and sexes of the latter and stating the periods during which they have been respectively regularly supplied while on board with provisions and also of a certificate under the hand of each first and second class passenger of his or her having been victualled.\n\nPage 340", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-186 - Public Offices & Others - 1879.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 305091, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-186 - Public Offices & Others - 1879", "page_number": 348, "title": "CO129-186 - Public Offices & Others - 1879", "content_text": "# \n## Baggage, Wives and Families\nOfficers in Her Majesty's Service to have preference over other passengers.\nAdmiralty packages to be conveyed.\nPostmaster General may delegate his powers.\nCompany not to convey dangerous articles.\n\n## CONTRACT FOR THE CONVEYANCE OF \nhaving been landed at the place of destination and of having been properly accommodated and messed during the voyage and specifying the dates from and to which they were so messed computed from the first to the last dinner meal.\n\n35. The Company shall convey for every Government passenger free of charge the quantity of baggage (whether such quantity shall be estimated or ascertained by bulk or weight) to which he is entitled under the Regulations of Her Majesty's Transport Service for the time being in force and freight shall be payable for any extra baggage of a Government passenger after the same rate as the freight payable according to the Regulations of the Company for the time being for extra baggage of an ordinary passenger of the same class.\n\n36. The passage-money for the wives and families of commissioned and civil officers when not ordered to be conveyed at the public expense shall be paid to the Company by the officers themselves.\n\n37. In all cases where an officer in the civil, naval, or military service of Her Majesty who may not be entitled to a passage at the public expense shall require a passage on board any of the vessels employed in the performance of this Agreement, the Company shall be bound to provide a passage for such officer in preference to any private passenger and shall charge no higher rate for such passage than is chargeable for an ordinary passenger.\n\n38. The Company shall receive on board each of the vessels employed in the performance of this Agreement and shall convey on behalf of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty any small packages which may be ordered for conveyance; also (on receiving from the Postmaster General or his officers or agents, or from the British naval officer in command of any naval station, two days' previous notice) shall receive on board any naval or other stores not exceeding 10 tons weight or 15 tons of 40 cubic feet each in measurement at any one time in any one vessel, and shall convey and deliver such small packages and stores at the lowest rate of freight charged by the Company for private goods of a similar character or description; and the Company shall give immediate notice to the Postmaster General and the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty of any alteration in such rate of freight; and shall in all cases be responsible for the custody and safe and speedy delivery of such packages and stores.\n\n39. It shall be lawful for the Postmaster General at any time and from time to time to delegate any of the powers vested in him by virtue of these presents to such person or persons as he shall think fit.\n\n40. The Company shall not convey in any vessel employed by them in pursuance of this Agreement any nitro-glycerine or any other article which shall have been legally declared specially dangerous.\n\n## \n### EAST INDIA AND CHINA MAILS\n41. The Company shall undertake for themselves all arrangements relative to quarantine.\n\n42. The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty shall at any time during the continuance of this Agreement, if they shall consider it necessary for the public interest so to do, have power and be at liberty to purchase all or any of the vessels for the time being employed or intended to be employed under this Agreement at a valuation, or to charter the same exclusively for Her Majesty's service at a rate of hire to be mutually fixed and agreed on by them and the Company, or in case of difference, be determined by arbitration; and every or any difference as to the amount of valuation or hire or rate of hire so to be paid shall be determined by arbitration in manner hereinafter provided. And the said Commissioners, in the case of hiring any such vessel, shall return the same to the Company in the same state and condition as the same was in at the time any such hiring, reasonable wear and tear excepted. And if any difference should arise upon that point, the same shall be determined by arbitration in manner hereinafter provided. And it is further agreed that in the case of such purchase or hire, the services hereby contracted to be performed shall be performed by other vessels of the Company of a similar description to the vessel or vessels purchased or hired, if they can in due and proper time furnish them. And in the event of the Company being allowed by the Postmaster General to continue to perform only a portion of such services, there shall be paid to the Company such annual sum of money as shall be agreed upon by the Postmaster General and the Company, and in case of their differing as to the amount, the difference shall be determined by arbitration in manner hereinafter provided.\n\n43. In consideration of the due and faithful performance by the Company of the services hereby agreed to be performed by them, there shall be payable to the Company during the continuance of this Agreement (out of such aids or supplies as may from time to time be appropriated by Parliament for that purpose) a yearly subsidy or sum after the rate of £370,000 per annum, or (in the event of any such default or failure as hereinafter mentioned) so much of the said subsidy or sum as shall remain payable in respect of any year after making such deductions therefrom (if any) as hereinafter in that behalf mentioned in respect of any such default or failure.\n\n44. If at any time the Company shall fail to provide an efficient vessel at Brindisi, Bombay, or Shanghai, ready to put to sea on and at the appointed day and hour, then and so often as the same shall happen, there shall be deducted from the subsidy which would in the absence of such default be payable to the Company for the current year the sum of £500, and also the further sum of £100 for every successive 24 hours which shall elapse until such vessel actually proceeds to sea on her voyage in pursuance of this Agreement. Provided always... \n\nPage 12\nPage 13\nPage 30\nPage 341", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-186 - Public Offices & Others - 1879.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 344410, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-248 - Public Offices & Others - 1890", "page_number": 408, "title": "CO129-248 - Public Offices & Others - 1890", "content_text": "168. 5d. per head. These are the net amounts, after allowing for contributions received from India and the Colonies, but are exclusive of a very large expenditure chargeable to special defence loans.\n\n17. If these payments are contrasted with the contribution asked from the Colony under your Government, you will see that £40,000 a year is not only a very much smaller charge per head of the population, but, as I shall proceed to show, its payment is well within the ability of the flourishing Colony of Hong Kong. There are other objects on which the money might usefully be spent, but self-protection is the first duty of a community, to which other matters should be postponed, and it is hardly necessary to point out that, unless that is secured, very much of the other outlay may prove to have been undertaken in vain.\n\n18. The revenue for 1888 amounted to $1,557,300, and £40,000 (the contribution proposed for the next three years) taken only at 3s. a dollar amounts to about 17 per cent. of the revenue, and to about $1.24 (say 3s. 9d.) per head of the population of the Colony, the whole of which is vitally interested in the security of the port. It cannot be said that such a payment is excessive, either as a charge upon the people who throng to Hong Kong to seek the protection to life and property afforded by the British flag, or in its proportion to the total public revenue of the Colony, or by comparison with the expenditure on similar purposes in the United Kingdom.\n\n19. I will only further point out in reference to the annual payments, what doubtless you will not have failed to notice, that the £40,000 which the Colony will pay in each of the next three years is only one seventh of the cost of the garrison, while the remaining six sevenths, £240,000, will still be borne by the mother country.\n\nNew Barracks.\n\n20. A separate correspondence is proceeding with respect to the details of the additional barracks which will be required for the increased garrison, and I do not propose to touch upon these details; but I will state the reasons which influenced Her Majesty's Government in determining that a portion of the cost of their construction should be borne by the Colony.\n\n21. Four different heads of expenditure were required in 1884-5 for putting the Colony into a proper state of defence, viz.:-1. Forts. 2. Armaments. 3. Submarine defences. 4. Barracks for additional troops. It was determined in the special agreement of that year, that the Colony should provide the works, and the Imperial Government the armaments, the estimated expenditure being\n\nWorks £55,625\n\nArmaments £37,500\n\n22. This estimate, as I have stated above, has, however, grown into an expenditure of £325,427, of which £209,427, or nearly two thirds, will have been borne by the Imperial Exchequer, and if Her Majesty's Government now call upon the Colony to make a fair contribution towards the new barracks, it cannot complain of unfair treatment, especially as the additional barracks are in fact a necessary part of the defences.\n\n23. It must be added that if, in the course of the three years, necessity for any new defence works should arise, their cost would form the subject of a separate agreement, and that it is not to be understood that the whole charge of them would be borne by the Imperial Exchequer.\n\n24. In the confident hope that the present arrangement, which they consider equitable and reasonable, will be readily accepted by the Colony, Her Majesty's Government request that you will lose no time in laying this despatch before the Legislative Council, and in pressing forward the necessary votes by all the means in your power.\n\nI have the honour to be,\n\nSir,\n\nYour most obedient humble servant,\n\nGovernor Sir George W. Des Voeux, K.C.M.G.,\n\n&c.\n\n&c.\n\n&c.\n\nPage 5\n\nAPPENDIX A.\n\nPROPOSED ESTABLISHMENT OF THE GARRISON OF HONG KONG.*\n\n \n \n Officers.\n Warrant Officers and Sergeants.\n Drummers, &c.\n Rank and File.\n All Ranks.\n \n \n Royal Artillery, 2 batteries\n 12\n 10\n 7\n 242\n 271\n \n \n Royal Engineers, officers and staff\n 6\n \n \n \n 6\n \n \n fortress company\n \n 9\n \n 93\n 102\n \n \n Infantry, 2 battalions\n 56\n 98\n 21\n 1,872\n 2,047\n \n \n General Staff\n 16\n \n \n \n 16\n \n \n Ordnance artificers\n \n 2\n \n 62\n 64\n \n \n Gymnastic instructor\n \n 1\n \n \n 1\n \n \n Army schoolmaster\n \n 1\n \n \n 1\n \n \n Medical Staff and Corps\n 19\n 10\n 2\n 111\n 142\n \n \n Pay Department\n 5\n \n \n \n 5\n \n \n Commissariat and Transport Staff and Corps\n 2\n \n \n 32\n 34\n \n \n Ordnance Store Department and Corps\n 2\n 2\n \n 159\n 163\n \n \n Total Europeans\n 114\n 133\n 30\n 2,525\n 2,802\n \n \n Natives\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Local Artillery\n 3\n 8\n 4\n 125\n 140\n \n \n Engineers, Submarine Miners\n \n 1\n \n 20\n 21\n \n \n \n 3\n 9\n 4\n 145\n 161\n \n \n Total\n \n \n \n \n 2,963\n \n\n* Exclusive of 200 volunteers and 150 militia engineers.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-248 - Public Offices & Others - 1890.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 368850, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-287 - Public Offices & Others - 1898", "page_number": 26, "title": "CO129-287 - Public Offices & Others - 1898", "content_text": "## Quite recently a man passed through from Kucilin...\n\nQuite recently a man passed through from Kucilin, on his way to Canton, with a sample of coal, on which he appeared unable to place any price. An offer of 2 dollars a ton was nevertheless smilingly rejected, and I daresay friends in Canton will enlighten him, and, if occasion arise, take due advantage of his ignorance.\n\n## The revival of the silk industry...\n\nThe revival of the silk industry in this province is of comparatively recent date, and was due to the interest taken therein by Ma Pei-rao, who some ten years ago was Provincial Treasurer for Kuanghsi. It cannot be said that his efforts, on the whole, were crowned with success, as the necessary energy and capital to carry on experiments were lacking. In its neighbourhood, however, the mulberry is very extensively grown, and samples of the silk spun locally have been sent to Europe and America, where it would find a market could the growers be brought to see that it is a suicidal policy to hold out for four or five times the real value of their produce, simply because a foreigner makes inquiry regarding the same.\n\n## The export of cassia...\n\nThe export of cassia in South China is almost entirely in the hands of German firms, and once all initial difficulties have been met and overcome, they will no doubt appear on the scene and, as has been the case all over China, take full advantage of our experience, reap the benefit of our efforts without having had in the least to put themselves about.\n\n## The amount of opium produced...\n\nThe amount of opium produced in this province is insignificant, and comes principally from Chen-an-fu. I have in vain been trying to get reliable particulars regarding the Yunnan opium, which passes through on its way to the coast, but have been promised accurate information from Kueilin later on. The taxation on native opium was last year farmed out to a son of the late Governor-General of Yünnan and Kueichou, Ts'ien Yü-ying, for a sum of 38,000 taels per annum, and the total quantity exported here is, I am told, 10,000 piculs representing about 80 per cent. of the import across the Yunnan frontier. Opium which has paid duty at Pose, on entering the province, and is provided with a certificate, pays 2 taels a picul, and again 14 taels (?) at Toucheng on entering Kuang-tung. Uncertificated opium pays 4 taels a picul. Its local value is 220 taels a picul for the best quality. Retail price of refined opium 2 t. 30 m. per ounce.\n\n## Almost every traveller on the West River...\n\nAlmost every traveller on the West River has made reference to the silver mine at Kuei-hsien, said to have been discovered by the Taipings, and as a cargo of coke was recently imported from Hong Kong for the use of that mine, it would appear that yet another attempt is going to be made to work it.\n\n## Wuchow is not without its local manufactures...\n\nWuchow is not without its local manufactures. Two small factories for making matches were started here a few days ago, but one was closed in consequence of a complaint by the Japanese authorities that it was counterfeiting Japanese trade-marks, and the other finds it practically impossible to compete with the imported article. Nearly every town in China has its own brand of matches. The matches in favour locally bear the \"hunter\" mark, and, although inferior to the \"monkey\" brand, which is in use throughout Kuangtung, possess the superior qualification of containing four matches per box more.\n\n## Note regarding Restrictions on Outward Transit Passes\n\nI have, at the moment of writing, received from His Excellency the Governor a despatch on the subject of the restrictions which the Governor-General proposed to place on outward transit passes.\n\nIt is therein stated that Sir Robert Hart, to whom the Tsung-li Yamên referred the Governor-General's suggestion, had pointed out that, except in the case of cereals, any prohibition of the nature indicated would be contrary to Treaty, and that the Yamên had accordingly requested His Excellency to place no obstacle in the way of applicants for outward transit passes, whether foreigners or Chinese, in order that the objectionable monopolizing practices of the former receive a check and the false representations of the latter be brought to an end.\n\nI question, however, if Chinese merchants will avail themselves to any large extent of this privilege. The risk of undue annoyance and interference is too great.\n\n## So long as the views of experts...\n\nSo long as the views of experts regarding the most suitable type of steamer for use on the West River are held in suspense, it would be presumptuous of me to put forward views of my own, more especially as nothing is accurately known regarding the actual conditions at low water. I venture to think, however, that a steamer about 170 feet long, with very great beam, which will be able to carry 500 tons of cargo on a 4 to 5 foot draught, would not prove unsuitable. Large carrying capacity is imperative, as otherwise expenses will never allow of reasonable rates of freight being charged, and junks will prove serious competitors. Should the building of such a steamer be found impracticable, the only other alternative is the Irrawaddy Flotilla Company's system of large flats or lighters, towed by powerful light draught launches. The latter would be able to drop their tows as required at the various points en route and pick up fresh ones. Thus no time would be lost, the necessity for large go-downs less immediate, and the passengers not, as at present, be huddled together, to make room for cargo. Mr. Marty put in a transient appearance on the river at an early stage, and his large indemnity has doubtless placed an amount of spare capital at his disposal, sufficient to enable him to establish serious competition with existing lines should he feel so disposed. It is rumoured that he is negotiating for the purchase of some land near to that bought by Jardine, Matheson, and Co.\n\n## In addition to the \"pool's\" four steamers...\n\nIn addition to the \"pool's\" four steamers there are some six launches large and small, and a German lorcha, which is towed up and down, running regularly to Wuchow, and each gets a few packages of cargo and a certain proportion of passengers.\n\nOf passengers, the movements to and fro per diem amount on an average to 100 in and 90 out, and thus about 10 per cent. of the arrivals remain here. The complaints of the natives of Wuchow that the large influx of Cantonese has considerably raised the cost of living for them, without affording them any compensatory advantages, are not without justification.\n\n## From a carrier's point of view...\n\nFrom a carrier's point of view, it is a matter of great regret that it should not have been practicable to adopt the route, via Fatshan and Sainam, from Canton to Samshui. The latter port can be reached in six hours by the inland channels and small powered launches, whereas the steamers take from ten to twelve hours, the time occupied by a slipper boat in making the same journey. They are also thereby deprived of their share of the large trade which is carried on by junks between Fatshan, Sainam, and Wuchow. The local agent at Jardine, Matheson, and Co. has endeavoured slightly to remedy this state of things by running a stern wheel junk in connection with the steamers between Fatshan and Samshui, and the experiment is proving eminently successful. One reason for this is that the steamer's bulk is at present moored on the Sainam side of the Samshui li-kin station, and thus the junk's cargo escapes payment of the dues to which it would be subject had it to pass that barrier. It remains to be seen what will happen when the steamers can only come as far as Kongken or when the li-kin authorities discover this innocent evasion of their charges.\n\n## The Customs provisional Regulations...\n\nThe Customs provisional Regulations for trade on the West River having only been published on the 10th instant, sufficient time has not yet elapsed to show to what extent they will enable steamers to participate in the transport carried on by junk between the ports and stages, more especially between Kongmun and Hong Kong and Canton. Those interested may congratulate themselves on the total absence of any reference to supplementary payments of li-kin, as, had such been regulated on the Tariff in force on the Yang-tze, foreign vessels would not have secured a single package. To have made shippers pay duty on that basis would simply have been to mulet them one and a-half Tariff duty for shipping in foreign bottoms. On the Yang-tze, where the distances are great, it may prove advantageous, but certainly not on the short stretches of this river.\n\n## Almost every steamer leaving here...\n\nAlmost every steamer leaving here for Hong Kong takes with it sugar and rhea fibre for Kongmun, where the latter is made up into grass cloth. As I understand that, after many years of experiment, a process has been invented whereby this fibre can be successfully manipulated in Europe, a large export trade therein ought to spring up in the future.\n\n## The Canton steamers get a certain amount...\n\nThe Canton steamers get a certain amount of export cargo, chiefly indigo for Samshui, but practically no import cargo. This, I am told, is due to a practice that has for years been tolerated in Canton, in consequence of which a li-kin boat has been allowed to moor alongside of the Customs examination shed, and, whenever cargo has paid Tariff export duty, it is at once pounced upon and made to pay li-kin as well. Chinese shippers at least say such is, or rather will be the case, should they ship by steamer, and, although often urged to do so, no one has hitherto been bold enough to make a trial shipment.\n\n## I hear that Mr. Wang Ts'un-shan...\n\nI hear that Mr. Wang Ts'un-shan has a scheme whereby he hopes to divert all trade from the foreign customs and the steamers into his own hands by a lowering of native duties and li-kin, but as I am not in possession of the figures I am unable to furnish particulars.\n\n## In connection with what I have stated above...\n\nIn connection with what I have stated above regarding a regular transport service to Nanning, a further argument in its favour is that it would do away with the feeling of insecurity, which merchants at present experience owing to the rascality of the boatmen plying on that section of the river. It is by no means an uncommon occurrence for them to decamp with valuable cargoes intrusted to their care, leaving only the shell of their boats.\n\n[1107 p-1]", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-287 - Public Offices & Others - 1898.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 376720, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-299 - Administrator Major Gen Gascoigne - 1900 [5-6]", "page_number": 398, "title": "CO129-299 - Administrator Major Gen Gascoigne - 1900 [5-6]", "content_text": "## Government House, HongKong, 5th June, 1900.\n\nI have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch No.105 of the 12th April enclosing a letter from the Shell Transport Company complaining of the regulations in force at HongKong relating to the discharge and loading of Liquid Fuel.\n\n2. The remarks of the Company in question are, as noticed in your despatch, beside the point, since the regulations they refer to do not apply to Liquid Fuel, but to Petroleum in Bulk. But in this latter fact arises the difficulty which the Company apparently wished to draw attention to and which has led to a representation from Messrs. Arnhold Karberg and Company, the Agents in HongKong of the Company, copy of which I enclose.\n\n3. The Company has only one wharf at its oil Depôt in HongKong, and the wharf is what is known as a T wharf. What the Company desires to do is to lay a steamer which wants to load or discharge liquid fuel alongside of a steamer which is loading or discharging petroleum in bulk. Under rule 14 of the Rules and Regulations relating to Petroleum in Bulk, it is not permissible to do so.\n\n4. Inquiry has been made by the Acting Harbour Master and he cannot find that at any of the Ports mentioned by Messrs. Arnhold Karberg does what the Company wants to take...\n\nRIGHT HONOURABLE \nJOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN, M.P., \n&c. &c.\n\n## Previous Correspondence\nin bulk (mais. to be relay), and ask for any doubts they present amid fannylons by may wish to make, saying that as at. Mr. Chamberlain is disposed to think that the Regulation should be maintained. \nA. F. 11/7 \nWe referred the complaint of Messrs. Summel to the Home Office. This had better go there too.\n\nNo. 264. \nRC. C. O. 394 \n21071 \nREG 9 1 00 \nclosure May, 1900.0 \n... \n`GR1178/1922/32(III)` is not present in the given text, but `XCR(85)72` is also not present. However, there is a reference to a despatch number and other codes like `RC. C. O. 394`, `21071`, and `REG 9 1 00`. \n\nPage ... (not explicitly mentioned but can be inferred from the context)", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-299 - Administrator Major Gen Gascoigne - 1900 [5-6].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 376723, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-299 - Administrator Major Gen Gascoigne - 1900 [5-6]", "page_number": 401, "title": "CO129-299 - Administrator Major Gen Gascoigne - 1900 [5-6]", "content_text": "## Enclosure\n\n(C.O. 21071 RCC & 397 REG 9 1 00)\n\n**THE SHELL TRANSPORT & TRADING CO., LIMITED.**\n\nHongkong, 8th May, 1900.\n\nSir,\n\nAt the request of the Managers of the Shell Transport and Trading Company Limited of London we beg to draw the special attention of your Government to Clause No.14 of the Rules and Regulations re Petroleum in Bulk issued by your Government. This rule reads as follows:\n\n\"Not more than one tank ship shall go or be alongside of the wharf at one time, nor when a ship is discharging or shipping Petroleum shall any other ship, junk or vessel of any description whatever be alongside the wharf or tank-ship\".\n\nThe Company have recently made important contracts with steam ship owners for supply of steamers with liquid fuel alongside their wharf, and many principal steam ship lines will use this fuel.\n\nMost of the Contracts stipulate that this fuel is supplied to ships at all the eastern ports in which the Company have installations: (Suez, Aden, Colombo, Bombay, Madras, Penang, Singapore, Hongkong, Shanghai, Kobe, Yokohama etc) and they provide that the Company shall provide the fuel alongside of their wharves at the rate of 100 tons per hour.\n\n1. H. May, C.M.G., \nActing Colonial Secretary,", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-299 - Administrator Major Gen Gascoigne - 1900 [5-6].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 379060, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-303 - Public Offices & Others - 1900", "page_number": 13, "title": "CO129-303 - Public Offices & Others - 1900", "content_text": "## Draft\n\nHang King No 276 \nGov Sir \n49 Blaker Munte \nMr Garn \nMr Johann \nMr Lucas \n\nI have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter No 264 of the 11 June, reporting complaint of the Shell Transport Company in respect of the regulations in force at Hong Kong relating to Petroleum.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-303 - Public Offices & Others - 1900.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 379345, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-303 - Public Offices & Others - 1900", "page_number": 298, "title": "CO129-303 - Public Offices & Others - 1900", "content_text": "## Private\n\n**C.O.**\n\nTHE \"SHELL\" TRANSPORT & TRADING COMPANY, LD., \n16, Leadenhall Street, \nLONDON, E.C. \n10705 \n3 April 1900 \n\nThe Right Hon. \nJoseph Chamberlain, M.P., \nSecretary of State for the Colonies, \nDowning Street, \n\nDear Sir,\n\nWe regret to inform you that the very important business carried on by this Company in Hongkong is being seriously hampered by the vexatious regulations made for the management of the business in the port of Hongkong, and our friends call our special attention to No. 14 of the Rules and Regulations re Petroleum in Bulk issued by the Government. This Rule reads:- \n\"Not more than one tank ship shall go or be alongside the wharf at one time, nor when a tank ship is discharging or shipping Petroleum shall any other ship, junk or vessel of any description whatever be alongside the wharf or tank ship\".\n\nWe have established a large business in supplying steamers with Liquid Fuel. This fuel is of a very high test, and is not only not inflammable, but is practically incombustible except under live heat. We have always protested that, even as applied to Petroleum, this Regulation is most unnecessarily arbitrary and severe, but that as applied to Liquid Fuel it is ridiculous, and the effect of the Rule if insisted upon, ...", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-303 - Public Offices & Others - 1900.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 382572, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-307 - Governor Sir Blake - 1901 [10-12]", "page_number": 555, "title": "CO129-307 - Governor Sir Blake - 1901 [10-12]", "content_text": "interest \n\nthis \n\nsum \n\nbeing afflicted to defy the cost of, furnishing \n\nNurses \n\nWards \n\nfor the \n\nnurses at the \n\nPeak Hospital \n\n6 \n\n901 lov \n\nrious Paper. \n\nam prepared approve \n\nthis perspect \n\n2. Before further I am considering this before I shall be glad to \n\nbeam which/items of the Inflicted \n\nexpenditure \n\na \n\nPublic \n\nWorks Dept., for 1902 You refer to \n\nmy \n\ndespatch No. 422 \n\nof the 19th ultim. \n\nI have checked if financial consequence \n\nallow, but before giving approval \n\nawait a report \n\n-100 \n\nDespatch Paper do \n\nCeylon \n\nNo 41309 \n\n(Subject.) \n\nImportation of Petroleum. \n\nDESPATCH \n\nC.O. \n\n552 \n\n41000 \n\nRecd 23 \n\nPEG 26 NOV 01 \n\nArrangements being made for reducing flashing point to 150 °F Sending full report by next mail\". \n\n(Minutes.) \n\nMr Johnson \n\nThere has been great delay apparent \n\nin replying to one \n\nCo for \n\nLeopatch. \n\nI submit draft to the Shell Transport \n\nCompany. \n\nThen circulated home. \n\nthe Ceylon Mail's property 925 \n\nSee on 40404 Ceylon \n\natiei \n\nN.B. The Company must thanks for the letter being a private letter to Sir Mr. Ommuney which also referred to other \n\nmatters. \n\nJ. mg 3/12 \n\nHowever, to follow the exact instructions given and to improve the text as per the rules, here is a more refined version in HTML format:\n\nInterest \n\nthis \n\nsum \n\nbeing afflicted to defy the cost of, furnishing \n\nNurses \n\nWards \n\nfor the \n\nnurses at the \n\nPeak Hospital \n\nPage 6\n\n901 love\n\nrious Paper.\n\nam prepared to approve\n\nthis prospect\n\n2. Before further consideration, I am glad to\n\nbeam which/items of the Inflicted\n\nexpenditure\n\na\n\nPublic\n\nWorks Dept., for 1902. You refer to\n\nmy\n\ndespatch No.422\n\nof the 19th ult.\n\nI have checked if financial consequences\n\nallow, but before giving approval,\n\nshall await a report\n\nPage -100\n\nDespatch Paper do\n\nCeylon\n\nNo 41309\n\n(Subject.)\n\nImportation of Petroleum.\n\nDESPATCH\n\nC.O.\n\n552\n\n41000\n\nRecd 23\n\nPEG 26 NOV 01\n\nArrangements being made for reducing flashing point to 150 °F. Sending full report by next mail.\n\n(Minutes.)\n\nMr Johnson\n\nThere has been great delay apparent\n\nin replying to one\n\nCo for\n\nLeopatch.\n\nI submit draft to the Shell Transport\n\nCompany.\n\nThen circulated home.\n\nthe Ceylon Mail's property 925\n\nSee on 40404 Ceylon\n\nN.B. The Company must thank you for the letter being a private letter to Sir Mr. Ommuney which also referred to other\n\nmatters.\n\nJ. mg 3/12\n\nHowever, the best representation as per the instructions is directly outputting the corrected text in HTML. The above response is already in the required HTML format using for paragraphs.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-307 - Governor Sir Blake - 1901 [10-12].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 383575, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-309 - Public Offices & Others - 1901", "page_number": 111, "title": "CO129-309 - Public Offices & Others - 1901", "content_text": "9\n\nR\n\nA\n\n2 copies\n\n110\n\nTHE \"SHELL\" TRANSPORT & TRADING COMPANY, Ld.,\n\n16, Leadenhall Street,\n\n0.0.\n\nLONDON. ..30750\n\n30th. August 1901.\n\nSir Montague Ommaney, K.C.M.G., etc.,\n\nCOLONIAL OFFICE,\n\nDowning Street,\n\nS.V.\n\nDear Sir,\n\nIn reference to the visit of our Senior\n\nto you this morning as to the Regulations covering Petroleum in Bulk issued from the Colonial Secretary's office in\n\nHongkong, under No. 197, dated the 28th. March 1899,\n\nwe have to invoke the help of the Colonial Minister in\n\ncausing the repeal of regulations which, if insisted upon,\n\nrender the use of Liquid Fuel for the navigation of\n\nsteamers impossible, since the rules, making a capacity of\n\n300 gallons in bulk a \"Tank Steamer\" would bring every\n\nvessel using Liquid Fuel instead of Coal under the\n\nPetroleum Regulations, and render her liable to the\n\nrestrictions imposed by the Harbour Master.\n\nWe would point out to you that in no other\n\nport in the East are such restrictions imposed upon\n\nsteamers navigating on Liquid Fuel, and since vessels\n\ncoming to Hongkong on the one hand must pass Singapore,\n\nwhilst from further East they must come from Japan, there\n\nwould appear no good reasons why regulations not insisted\n\nupon at either of these important places should be\n\nattempted to be enforced in Hongkong.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-309 - Public Offices & Others - 1901.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 383579, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-309 - Public Offices & Others - 1901", "page_number": 115, "title": "CO129-309 - Public Offices & Others - 1901", "content_text": "Bigged to be fined\n\nWhether it is proposed to take action in\n\naccordance with that\n\ndesf.\n\nThank\n\nStraits No. 282\n\n114\n\nThe O.A.G.\n\n6/9\n\nA.F.\n\nthim Thum\n\nhell Transport Trading Coy. 30 Aug\n\nSi\n\nSection 1\nI have the honour to\n\ntransmit for your\n\na copy of letter No. 3948.\n\nFor your information a copy of letter from the \"Shell Transport and Trading Limited,\" in the\n\nCompany, Limited,\n\ncase of which a Comparison is instituted between the regulations affecting liquid fuel\n\nin force in\n\nHong Kong and the Straits Settlements respectively.\n\n2. I assume that under the Rules made under the Petroleum Ordinance 1896, dated 1 Feb 1897 (Nos. 1 and 27) discretion is left with", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-309 - Public Offices & Others - 1901.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 383581, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-309 - Public Offices & Others - 1901", "page_number": 117, "title": "CO129-309 - Public Offices & Others - 1901", "content_text": "C \n\n116 \n\nHong Kong \n\n6/9 \n\nNo.295. \n\nSi H.A. Blakey \n\nA.F. \n\nMr. im The ... \n\nft, or Shan ... I have the honour ... \n\n30 Shell Transport & Trading Co. 30 \n\nletter which has been received from the Manager.\n\nHay Kay \"Shell\" Transport and Trading Company Limited complaining that the Regulations in regard to Petroleum Refuse etc. issued on the 28th March, 1899 unduly restrict the affixing of liquid fuel by steamers trading in the Far East.\n\n2 I shall be ...\n\n \nPage 116\n\n \n...\n\nPage 116", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-309 - Public Offices & Others - 1901.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 386991, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-314 - Public Offices - 1902", "page_number": 446, "title": "CO129-314 - Public Offices - 1902", "content_text": "## Annex B (3)\n\n441\n\n**(Translation)**\n\nLi, President of the Board of Works; Sheng, Junior Guardian of the Heir-Apparent, Vice-President of Board of Works; Imperial Chinese Commissioners for dealing with questions connected with Commercial Treaties; to Sir James L. Mackay, His Britannic Majesty's Special Commissioner.\n\nShanghae, September 5, 1902. We have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of to-day's date with regard to the allocation of the surtax funds allotted to the Provinces, and to inform you that the views therein expressed are the same as our own.\n\nShanghae, September 2, 1902. We have the honour to inform you that on the 22nd August we, in conjunction with Governors-General of the Liang Chiang and the Hu-kuang Provinces, their Excellencies Liu and Chang, addressed the following telegraphic Memorial to the Throne:----\n\n\"Of the revenue of the different provinces derived from li-kin of all kinds, a portion is appropriated for the services of the foreign loans, a portion for the Peking Government, and the balance is reserved for the local expenditure of the provinces concerned.\n\n\"In the negotiations now being conducted with Great Britain for the amendment of Commercial Treaties, a mutual arrangement has been come to providing for the imposition of additional taxes, in compensation for the abolition of all kinds of likin and other imposts on goods prohibited by Article VIII. After payment of interest and sinking fund on the existing foreign loan to the extent to which li-kin is thereto pledged, these additional taxes shall be allocated to the various provinces to make up deficiencies and replace revenue, in order that hardships may be entailed on them. With a view to preserving the original intention underlying the proposal to increase the duties in compensation for the loss of revenue derived from li-kin and other imposts on goods, it is further stipulated that the surtaxes shall not be appropriated for other purposes, shall not form part of the Imperial Maritime Customs revenue proper, and shall in no case be pledged as security for any new foreign loan.\n\n\"It is therefore necessary to memorialize for the issue of an Edict, giving effect to the above stipulations and directing the Board of Revenue to find out what proportion of the provincial revenues derived from li-kin of all kinds, now about to be abolished, each Province has hitherto had to remit, and what proportion it has been entitled to retain, so that, when the Agreement comes into operation, due apportionment may be made accordingly, thus providing the provinces with funds available for local expenditure, and displaying equitable and just treatment towards all.”\n\nOn the 1st instant an Imperial Decree \"Let action, as requested, be taken\" was issued, we now do ourselves the honour reverently to transcribe the same for your information.\n\n**(Seal of the Imperial Commissioners for dealing with questions connected with Treaty Revision)**\n\n## Annex B (2)\n\nGentlemen,\n\nShanghae, September 5, 1902. I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch of the 2nd instant forwarding the text of the Memorial and Decree dealing with the disposal of the surtaxes.\n\nI understand that the surtaxes, in addition to not being pledged for any new foreign loan, are not to be pledged to, or held to be security for, liabilities already contracted by China except in so far as li-kin revenue has already been pledged to an existing loan.\n\nI also understand from the Memorial that the whole of the surtaxes provided by Article ... of the New Treaty goes to the Provinces in proportions to be agreed upon between them and the Board of Revenue, but that out of these surtaxes each Province is obliged to remit to Peking the same contribution as that which it has hitherto remitted out of its li-kin collection, and that the Provinces also provide as hitherto out of these surtax funds whatever may be necessary for the service of the foreign loan to which li-kin is partly pledged.\n\nI hope your Excellencies will send me a reply to this despatch, and that you will agree to this correspondence forming part of the Treaty as an Annex.\n\nI have, &c.\n\nTheir Excellencies Lü Hai-huan and Sheng Hsüan-huai, &c. &c. &c.\n\nWe would, however, wish to point out that, were the whole amount of the allocation due paid over to the Provinces, unnecessary expense would be incurred in the retransmission by them of such portions thereof as would have to be remitted to Peking in place of the contributions hitherto payable out of li-kin revenue. The amount, therefore, of the allocation due to the Provinces, arranged between them and the Board of Revenue, will be retained in the hands of the Maritime Customs, who will await the instructions of the provinces in regard to the remittance of such portion thereof as may be necessary to fulfil their obligations, and (on receipt of these instructions) will send forward the amount direct. The balance will be held to the order of the Provinces.\n\nIn so far as li-kin is pledged to the service of the 1898 loan, a similar method of procedure will be adopted.\n\nAs you request that this correspondence be annexed to the Treaty, we have the honour to state that we see no objection to this being done.\n\n**(Seal of the Imperial Commissioners for dealing with questions connected with Treaty Revision)**\n\n## Annex C\n\n### INLAND WATERS STEAM NAVIGATION\n\n#### Additional Rules\n\n1. British steam-ship owners are at liberty to lease warehouses and jetties on the banks of waterways from Chinese subjects for a term not exceeding twenty-five years, with option of renewal on terms to be mutually arranged. In cases where British merchants are unable to secure warehouses and jetties from Chinese subjects on satisfactory terms, the local officials, after consultation with the Minister of Commerce, shall arrange to provide these on renewable lease, as above mentioned, at current equitable rates.\n\n2. Jetties shall only be erected in such positions that they will not obstruct the inland waterway or interfere with navigation, and with the sanction of the nearest Commissioner of Customs; such sanction, however, shall not be arbitrarily withheld.\n\n3. British merchants shall pay taxes and contributions on these warehouses and jetties on the same footing as Chinese proprietors of similar properties in the neighbourhood. British merchants may only employ Chinese agents and staff to reside in warehouses so leased at places touched at by steamers engaged in inland traffic to carry on their business; but British merchants may visit those places from time to time to look after their affairs. The existing rights of Chinese jurisdiction over Chinese subjects shall not by reason of this clause be diminished or interfered with in any way.\n\n4. Steam-vessels navigating the inland waterways of China shall be responsible for loss caused to riparian proprietors by damage which they may do to the banks or works on them, and for the loss which may be caused by such damage. In the event of China desiring to prohibit the use of some particular shallow waterway by launches, because there is reason to fear that the use of it by them would be likely to injure the banks and cause damage to the adjoining country, the British authorities, when appealed to, shall, if satisfied of the validity of the objection, prohibit the use of that waterway by British launches, provided that Chinese launches are also prohibited from using it.\n\n5. Both foreign and Chinese launches are prohibited from crossing dams and weirs at present in existence on inland waterways where they are likely to cause injury to such works, which would be detrimental to the water service of the local people.\n\n**(Signed)** JAS. L. MACKAY\n\n5. The main object of the British Government in desiring to see the inland waterways of China opened to steam navigation being to afford facilities for the rapid transport of both foreign and native merchandise, they undertake to offer no impediment to the transfer to a Chinese Company and the Chinese flag of any British steamer which may now or hereafter be employed on the inland waters of China, should the owner be willing to make the transfer.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-314 - Public Offices - 1902.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 391233, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-321 - Public Offices & Others - 1903", "page_number": 194, "title": "CO129-321 - Public Offices & Others - 1903", "content_text": "INA TRADE.\n\nCONFIDENTIAL.\n\nNo. 1.\n\n[July 20.]\n\nSECTION 2.\n\n(To be continued in Nos. 190 to 214.) Lord,\n\nMr. Townley to the Marquess of Lansdowne.--(Received July 20.)\n\nPeking, June 3, 1903.\n\nTHE despatches from His Majesty's Acting Consul at Wuhu, of which I have the honour to inclose copies, raise what is, I believe, a new point in connection with commercial privileges of British subjects in the interior of China, namely, whether they are entitled to establish Chinese agencies in the interior for the sale, whether wholesale or retail, of their goods, and if so, under what conditions as regards taxation. There has also been raised by the Chinese authorities the question of the right of these agencies to exhibit signboards bearing the name of the foreign firm which they represent.\n\nThe view I have taken in my instructions to Mr. Savage, as will be seen from the inclosed copy of my despatch, is that there is no reason why foreign firms should not employ Chinese agents in the interior, but that their establishments are liable to the same taxation as that legally imposed on their native competitors.\n\nI have further intimated that, in my opinion, the use of signboards suggesting that the owner of the shop has the privileges of a foreign firm should be discouraged, though I see no objection to the exhibition of signs merely indicating the fact of his agency.\n\nI have informed Mr. Savage that my instructions are subject to your Lordship's approval.\n\nI have, &c.\n\n(Signed)\n\nWALTER TOWNLEY.\n\n(No. 7.)\n\nInclosure 1 in No. 1.\n\nActing Consul Savage to Mr. Townley.\n\nWuhu, May 15, 1903.\n\nI HAVE the honour to ask your instructions in respect of the following case :---- For some time past Messrs. Butterfield and Swire have been endeavouring, with some success, to extend their import business in the manufacture of sugar, by engaging Chinese agents to act on their behalf for the sale of this commodity. I understand that Messrs. Arnhold Karberg and Co. have followed suit in respect of kerosine. They are the agents of the Shell Transport and Trading Company.\n\nThe procedure followed by these firms is to enter into an agreement with a Chinese agent for the sale of a certain quantity of their goods at various places in the interior. The agent opens establishments at these places, imports the goods under transit pass, and sells them in the local markets. Several agencies have now been established in this way, both at Wuhu and at other places in the neighbourhood, and the result has been that the sale of Butterfield and Swire's sugar has already gone up by leaps and bounds.\n\nLittle opposition has been met with so far. Li-kin officials have attempted to raise difficulties at various places, but a letter from this office to the Taotai has, so far, had the desired effect of causing the goods to be promptly released.\n\nRecently, however, difficulties have been raised by the Nganking officials to the establishment of these agencies in that city. The head official of the shop-tax office (\"huo-ku-chü\") petitioned the Acting Governor to prohibit these agencies, his contention being that foreign merchants are not allowed by Treaty to establish depôts in the interior; that foreign goods, after they have arrived at their destination and passed into Chinese hands, are liable to be taxed equally with native produce, and that exemption from li-kin and the evasion of other taxes, which is the object of these agencies, will lead to a monopoly of the trade in their favour.\n\nThis petition was embodied in a despatch from the Acting Viceroy to the Wuhu Taotai, with instructions to request me to order Messrs. Butterfield and Swire to close their agency at Nganking.\n\n[2077 u-2]", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-321 - Public Offices & Others - 1903.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 391329, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-321 - Public Offices & Others - 1903", "page_number": 290, "title": "CO129-321 - Public Offices & Others - 1903", "content_text": "Educational.\n\nFinancial.\n\n10\n\nNot included in the above: one squadron of \"chasseurs Annamites,\" a \"peloton de cavaliers de remonte,\" and perhaps one or two companies of \"tirailleurs Chinois,\" which may have been raised recently, in accordance with a decision arrived at about two years ago.\n\nIn the \"infanterie coloniale\" the strength of the company varies from 150 to 250, it being very rare for a company to be of full strength, and many—perhaps the majority—not mustering more than 150. In this connection I may, however, observe that the French garrison in Cochin China was returned not long ago at 2,536, which would give the ten to eleven companies stationed there (see map) nearly their full strength.\n\nThe total number of all the troops in Indo-China is thus not far short of 35,000, the greater part being in Tonquin. This force is, moreover, to be further increased on both the native and foreign side, and two battalions are, I hear, already on their way out from France.\n\nIn addition, there is a strong police force, composed as follows:—\n\nMunicipal police\n\nGendarmerie\n\nGarde indigène\n\n150-200\n\n250 (?)\n\n5,500 in Tonquin.\n\n2,100 in Annam.\n\nThe \"garde indigène\" is under the command of over 300 French officers. There is a small body of militia in Cochin China and Cambodia, of the strength and composition of which I have no information.\n\nBesides these forces, there is available, in case of necessity, the whole civil population, which consists of some 7,000 (after deducting 2,000 for women and children). All these men, who have presumably served their time in the Army at home, are, up to the age of 45, liable to be called upon to aid in the defence of the country, and are, I believe, subjected to periodical training.\n\nIn view of this large number of auxiliary forces, and considering the peaceable character of the people, the absence of anti-foreign feeling among them, to which all residents here bear witness, and the abundant means of rapid communication, I am of opinion that an army of 20,000 to 25,000 men could be spared for operations in South China, should developments there render action necessary or desirable in the interests of France, with little or no risk of tempting any malcontents there may be to stir up a revolt which could not be promptly suppressed. In this connection it is also to be noted that there are nearly a million Catholic converts in the country, who would no doubt, in the case of internal dissension, follow the lead of their spiritual advisers.\n\nThe native converts in China have, on the whole, stood faithfully by the missionaries in time of trouble, and it is to be supposed that the Annamites would prove equally true. These native Christians must, therefore, be considered an important factor in strengthening the position of the French.\n\nVery few Frenchmen are acquainted with the native language, and it is rare to find an official who is able to converse with the inhabitants without the help of an interpreter. On the other hand, a great many Annamites speak a little French, and the Government makes serious efforts to extend its use, maintaining a hundred or more French schoolmasters for that purpose in various parts of the country. The missionaries also do an important educational work, there being between 700 and 800 Mission schools, where the natives, in receiving religious instruction, learn the French language and imbibe French ideas.\n\nIn my last Report I stated the total revenue of Indo-China to be nearly 41,000,000 dollars, of which a little over 27,000,000 dollars was on account of the General Budget. I propose now to give some details of the receipts and expenditure, with a view to enabling a rough idea to be formed of the financial resources of the Colony, and the amount it will be able to dispose of for the advancement of French ambitions in the East, to which purpose a considerable sum of money is already being applied.\n\nThe chief sources of revenue for the General Budget were:—\n\n \n Customs\n Dollars.\n 6,250,000\n \n \n Indirect taxes and excise\n \n 17,600,000\n \n \n Registration of property and stamp taxes\n \n 1,027,000\n \n \n Posts and telegraphs\n \n 461,000\n \n \n Railways\n \n 283,000\n \n \n Forests\n \n 291,000\n \n \n Interest on capital\n \n 1,230,000\n \n \n Total\n \n 27,142,000\n \n\n11\n\nThe last item—interest on capital—is not quite clear. It presumably includes interest on the reserve, which, however, would yield nothing like the sum entered. Possibly it consists partly of interest on the proceeds of the railway loan deposited in banks awaiting expenditure.\n\nThe second item is, I believe, made up principally of the yield of the opium, alcohol, and salt monopolies. The receipts from opium have shown a large increase since the Government took over the working of the monopoly instead of farming it out as previously; but there is not likely to be much further expansion under this head in the near future unless the smuggling from Yunnan can be stopped, in which case an increase of half-a-million dollars or more might be expected.\n\nAs regards the alcohol and salt monopolies I have no definite information, and the other items speak for themselves. It should, however, be observed that they are all such as to necessarily give a greater yield with the development of the country.\n\nThe expenditure may be conveniently classified thus:\n\n \n Civil Departments of Government\n Dollars.\n 9,040,000\n \n \n Military\n \n \n \n \n Native army\n \n 4,870,000\n \n \n Navy\n \n 422,000\n \n \n Gendarmerie\n \n 208,000\n \n \n Transport\n \n 420,000\n \n \n Maritime Postal Service (? subsidies to shipping)\n \n 943,000\n \n \n French establishments in the East (mostly schools, hospitals, and post-offices in China and Siam)\n \n 365,000\n \n \n Railways\n \n 455,000\n \n \n Public works\n \n 4,444,000\n \n \n Miscellaneous (largely luxuries, such as scientific Missions, exhibitions, &c.; probably, also, 500,000 dollars for Kwangehouwan)\n \n 1,224,000\n \n \n Debts repayable by annuities (mostly spent in reproductive works)\n \n 4,737,000\n \n \n Total\n \n 27,128,000\n \n\nThe last item apparently consists of payments in respect of the loans of 1896 and 1898. The items maritime postal service and \"French establishments in the East\" would appear to be expended in the interest of France rather than of Indo-China, and might probably be struck out without loss to the natives. The same may be said to a slight extent of the military expenses, the large army maintained not being necessary for the protection of the country and obviously kept in preparation for French territorial aggrandizement in South China.\n\n286\n\nThe local budgets amounted in the aggregate to just over 13,000,000 dollars. As stated previously, their revenue is derived principally from direct taxes, and would seem therefore not likely to show much expansion in the near future. I have, however, but little information on this matter, and cannot speak with any certainty. The receipts appear to be applied almost entirely to the ordinary expenses of government and do not call for any comment. The total amount spent on public works was 910,000 dollars—on education (partly for children of colonists) 590,000 dollars, and on the garde indigène in Tonquin and Annam 1,094,000 dollars. The expenditure under the last head might probably be greatly reduced without risk to the internal tranquillity of the country.\n\nLooking, then, at the expenditure of the total revenue of nearly 41,000,000 dollars, the striking feature is that after paying all the expenses of a thoroughly well-equipped government there was available a sum of 10,000,000, or about a quarter of the whole, for public works, and a further amount of one to two millions expended in the interest of France rather than of Indo-China. And in order to appreciate the full significance of this it must be borne in mind that the public works are principally of a productive nature, and that, being for the most part only recently completed or still in course of execution, they have as yet yielded no return. This sum, as well as considerable amounts expended in previous years, the full benefit of which has not yet been reaped, must therefore be looked upon to a great extent as an investment, the interest on which will help to swell the revenue in years to come. Taking into consideration all these facts, I think I shall be well within the mark in estimating at 500,000l. to 1,000,000l., the annual sum Indo-China will be able to place at the disposal of France for what may be called Imperial purposes, which purposes will, I...\n\nThe cost of the French troops appears to be paid by France, the grant for those in Tonquin and Annam being in 1901 (?) just over 900,000l.\n\n[884]\n\nE", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-321 - Public Offices & Others - 1903.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 394916, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-326 - Foreign Office - 1904", "page_number": 253, "title": "CO129-326 - Foreign Office - 1904", "content_text": "2\n\n2. Formation of a Syndicate by the fusion of two former Mining Companies, Fou Hsiang and Yuan Feng.\n\n3. The Syndicate to have exclusive management and control over all mines in Hunan, with the exception of those already under Government control, and all mining operations for which concessions have already been granted, or may be granted hereafter, to be under the control of the Syndicate, which is to be the only Mining Company. The Syndicate to correspond direct with the Governor, and the Governor's instructions to be conveyed to the Head Mining Bureau.\n\n4. All mining operations, including going concerns, whether they be undertaken by private individuals or by Companies with a subscribed capital, to be registered by the Mining Syndicate and to conform with its Regulations.\n\n5. The Province of Hunan to be divided into three mining districts---Changsha, Yochou, and Chang-te--and Fu-li-chou being the central district; Pao-ching-fu Heng-chou-fu, Yung-chou-fu, Ch'en-chou, Kwei-yang-chou to form the southern district; Ch'en-chou-fa, Yuan-chou-fu, Yung-shun-fu, Ching-chou, and the four sub-Prefectures, Feng-huang, Yung-sui, Kuang-chou, and Kan-chou being the western district.\n\n6. The Concession granted by the Government to the Syndicate to be in perpetuity.\n\n7. The monopoly to be granted to the Syndicate for mines of every description.\n\n8. The Syndicate to act on commercial lines, and not on official principles.\n\n9. The object of the Syndicate is to benefit all. No special privileges to be granted, equal treatment to be meted out to all comers.\n\n10. The former Companies, Fu Hsiang and Yuan Feng, had capitals of 2,000,000 taels and 200,000 taels respectively. The capital they agree to put up together, after the fusion into one Company, is to be 2,000,000 taels at first, divided into 60,000 shares. Chinese of all provinces are entitled to be shareholders, but not foreigners.\n\nSection II.\n\n11. The Syndicate to engage Chinese mining engineers educated abroad or well-known foreign engineers, to prospect and inquire into the mineral resources of the whole province. Deputies or members of the gentry to be sent into all the districts to effect purchases of mining land.\n\n12. The Syndicate's head office to be situated in Changsha, and branch offices at Yochou, Hankow, and Shanghai.\n\n13. The smelting of ore to be carried on both by foreign and by Chinese methods. Native smelting furnaces may be established wherever required; foreign smelting works to be established at places selected with a view to conveniences of transport. The existing produce of smelting works to be disposed of under the management of the Syndicate at Changsha, to avoid confusion of prices.\n\n14. The Directors of the three districts to have joint control of the Syndicate.\n\n15. Persons of one district wishing to start mining operations in another district, must come to an understanding with the Syndicate previous to doing so.\n\n16. Appointments to assistant Directorships to be made by the Head Office of the Syndicate with the approval of the Governor.\n\n17. Directors and sub-Directors to be selected in accordance with the general desire of the shareholders. Should they disagree, the candidates to be nominated by ballot at the next general meeting of shareholders. The candidates selected to receive their appointments from the Governor.\n\n18. The Governor to be requested to appoint an officer to supervise the handling of Government grants and dividends and to control the finances of the Syndicate generally.\n\n19. The Syndicate to have a seal for its three districts, the old seals of the original Companies to be destroyed.\n\n20. The Syndicate will create a mining bank, the cheques of which shall be current among the various mining Companies affiliated to the Syndicate. (This paragraph is open to further discussion and amplification.)\n\n21. A school of mines is to be founded, the cost of which shall be refunded from the net profits in a manner to be hereafter defined, whether the outlay be provided out of special funds or out of the capital of the Syndicate. Any overplus may be used for extending the business of the Syndicate.\n\n22. It is hoped that the capital of the Syndicate may hereafter be increased, and such increase shall be sanctioned.\n\n3\n\nSection III.\n\n251\n\n23-28. Details of the management of the shares, with a restriction against their being transferred to foreigners.\n\nSection IV.\n\n29-37. General meetings of shareholders.\n\nSection V.\n\n38. All owners of mining property to be notified by the provincial authorities that they must forward to the Syndicate samples of their ores for assaying purposes; in case of the distance being very great, those samples to be sent to the nearest local official for transmission.\n\n39. A competent member of the gentry shall be sent to the various local authorities to select and examine mining estates with a view to ascertain whether they are worth working; he shall draw up plans and registers thereof, and request the local officials to confer with him and act accordingly.\n\n40. When a mining estate has been registered, the Syndicate shall inform the local authorities. Such estate thereafter not to be sold to non-members of the Syndicate.\n\n41. With the exception of the mining estates already in the possession of the Syndicate, all other estates that have been registered shall be surveyed afresh by a mining expert specially appointed by the Syndicate, and shall then be bought up by the Syndicate at a price agreed upon.\n\n42. In case the owner of a mining estate is unwilling to sell, his property may be held as his share in the Syndicate. The property shall be worked by the Syndicate, and a suitable dividend shall be paid to the owner.\n\n43. All mines that have been previously opened up, but where owners have had to suspend operations owing to want of capital, may also be assimilated as a share in the capital of the Syndicate. If the owners wish to continue to operate their mines themselves, then the provisions of Section VII shall apply.\n\n44. Should any capitalists in the three districts wish to purchase or lease a mining estate, they must first obtain a written permission from the Mining Bureau, who will have had surveys made, or a despatch from the Syndicate to the local officials, authorizing them to seal the contract and receive the taxes payable thereon. Failing these documents, and if only the usual threefold land deed with the words \"mining property\" added thereto is produced in order to obtain tax receipts by fraud, the local authorities, on detection thereof, shall cancel the said deeds. This measure has been submitted to and approved by the Wai-wu Pu.\n\n45. Should owners of mining estates not be willing to sell or to take part in the operations of the Syndicate, they must request the provincial authorities to issue a Proclamation. In such cases, the said owners shall send their title-deeds to the authorities of their district to be sealed and entered in the registers, to avoid other complications. In case of disobedience to this rule, offenders will be punished. Thereafter, unless the owners agree to let the Syndicate manage their property, any private rules or other arrangements will not be permitted.\n\nSection VI.\n\n46. Mining operations that have been authorized formerly, and that have been carried on without stopping up to the present time, shall continue to be worked as heretofore, but must be registered by the Syndicate.\n\n47. The expenditure and receipts connected with work done at the mines, and the method of mining remain under the control of the mine-owner, and he may decide whether the ore produced shall be smelted by himself or sold to the Syndicate's smelting works. If he wishes to sell to outsiders the produce of ore smelted by himself, he must enter into an agreement with the Syndicate and obtain a permit.\n\n48. Whenever mine-owners refuse to register their property, or to take a share in the Syndicate, or secretly sell their produce to non-members and refuse to abide by the\n\n(1989 -2]\n\nB 2", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-326 - Foreign Office - 1904.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 395029, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-326 - Foreign Office - 1904", "page_number": 366, "title": "CO129-326 - Foreign Office - 1904", "content_text": "Page 363\n\n2\n\npredecessor had tampered with transit pass goods, and the Viceroy has given me this as the reason for the latter's dismissal.\n\nIn this connection, I may mention that the Taotai at Chungking has been transferred by telegraph to the Intendancy of Chien-chang, owing, according to Mr. Sly, to a deficit in the li-kin collection; but the Viceroy informs me that the transfer is due to the importance of the new post and to the Taotai's knowledge of military matters.\n\nI had two other complaints from Mr. Litton. He had been informed by Chinese merchants in Yünnan Fu that the export of Indian rupees had been prohibited at Ta-chien-lu, and that they were unable to take away the price of Indian goods carried by them from Tông-yüch. I laid the matter before the Viceroy, and the prohibition was withdrawn so far as the Yunnan merchants were concerned; but the sub-Prefect of Ta-chien-lu complained of the interference with trade caused by the large export of rupees received through Thibet, and I imagine that owing to the low cash value (480) at Ta-chien-lu a lucrative business other than in Indian goods was being done with Yunnan.\n\nMr. Litton also stated that he had heard in a general way that transit passes for Burmese cottons for Chengtu were not being respected here. I brought the matter to the notice of the Viceroy, and informed him that, on receipt of details, I should again address him on the subject. His Excellency promised to make inquiries, and I have heard privately that the officer in charge of the li-kin station at the east gate was fined ten times (570 taels) the amount of an illegal levy and dismissed.\n\nBurmese goods appear to reach Chengtu by way of Yunnan Fu, Tung-ch'uan Fu, and Chao-tung Fu, and on arrival at Hsu-chou Fu (Sui Fu), they are carried to the provincial capital by water.\n\nAnother complaint brought to my notice was the very heavy taxation of Szechuan yellow silk intended for Burma, and the Viceroy has informed me that he has directed the revision and posting of a new Tariff.\n\nAt an interview which I had with the head of the li-kin office here yesterday, I asked him for a copy of the Tariff. He stated that when he took over charge of the li-kin a few months ago he found that each office had simply a manuscript copy of the Tariff, and that the amounts levied differed at each place. He has ordered a new Tariff to be printed for distribution among merchants, and has promised to furnish me with a copy.\n\nWhen his Excellency Ts'ên Ch'un-hsüan was Acting Viceroy he reported to the throne that the net annual amount of li-kin collected throughout the whole province was 400,000 taels.\n\nThe carriage of parcels through the Chinese post office established here has grown enormously, and as the li-kin office at the east gate of the city has been complaining of a serious deficiency in its collection, which it attributes to the parcels post, instructions have been given that li-kin or transit dues shall be levied on the contents of all parcels liable to taxation.\n\nThere is very little reliable news from Thibet. The authorities here profess to know nothing; but I gather from conversation with them that the new Amban has been considerably delayed by want of adequate transport.\n\nOn the 21st ultimo I received a telegram from a British missionary at Ta-chien-lu to the effect that fighting had commenced between the Thibetans and English; but, if this is true, the information must have reached you before it was received at Ta-chien-lu.\n\nThe three German officers referred to in my despatch No. 20 of the 30th November, finding on arrival at Batang on the 5th January that the road to the Brahmaputra was impracticable, proceeded southwards to Yünnan, and Mr. Nichols, the American, whose aim is to reach Lhassa, has also had to go south to A-tun-tzŭ.\n\nI am informed that the Russian, referred to in my despatch No. 19 of the 28th November as being resident in a lamasery at Ta-chien-lu, is a \"Mongol Lama\"—probably a Buriat—who has been there some years. The address of the letter sent to the Russian Consul was in Russian and Chinese.\n\nHis Majesty's Vice-Consul at Chungking has, he informs me, forwarded to you copies of his despatches addressed to me on the 22nd and 29th ultimo; but I may state that the Japanese mining engineer referred to therein is a Mr. Yamada, a professor of geology, who has been travelling in Szechuan for at least a year, and is now on his way back to Japan. He has no connection with the provincial Government, and, so far as I am aware, he is not the representative of any Japanese Company.\n\nSince his arrival here the Viceroy has expressed great dissatisfaction with the work carried on at the Arsenal, and on the 31st January the Director, with three minor officials and twenty young men selected from the Arsenal employés, left Chengtu for the United States.\n\n3\n\nThe Director is to visit the St. Louis Exposition, and thereafter place the young men as apprentices in various workshops, where they will remain for three years before returning to Szechuan. They are each allowed 1,200 taels for travelling expenses, and 500 taels a-year while in America.\n\nNew machinery is to be purchased for the Arsenal, and the Director and officials accompanying him will, after inspecting and pricing the required plant in the United States, proceed to England for the same purpose.\n\nOne of the officials proceeding with the Director, and recently appointed to the Arsenal by the Viceroy, was educated in America, has travelled extensively in England, and speaks English fluently. He expressed to me his preference for English machinery, but added that the price would probably decide whether it would be of American or English manufacture.\n\nNo steps have yet been taken by the Viceroy to raise capital for the construction of the proposed Chinese railway from Chengtu to Hankow.\n\nAn official \"Gazette\" office has been established here with Government funds. The \"Gazette,\" which will run from thirty-five to forty pages, and contain, in addition to official matters, such as Memorials and Imperial Decrees, information on trade, &c., as well as current news, will be published every ten days. As there will be no issue between the 11th of the twelfth, and the 20th of the first Chinese months, the annual number of \"Gazettes\" will be thirty-two, at the price of 4 dollars.\n\nA font of foreign-cast metal type has been purchased for 2,000 taels.\n\nI have, &c.\n\n(Signed) ALEX. HOSIE.\n\nPage 363", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-326 - Foreign Office - 1904.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 396024, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-328 - Governor Nathan - 1905 [1-6]", "page_number": 106, "title": "CO129-328 - Governor Nathan - 1905 [1-6]", "content_text": "104 \n\nAny infringement shall be dealt with in accordance with the decree of the 27th prairial Article IX and in case of a second offence committed by an agent of the contractor, the said agent shall be dismissed at the request of the Consul for France at Canton.\n\nA movable letter box shall be placed on deck in a place accessible to the passengers, and brought to the French Post Offices situated on the subsidised line, as well as to the Hongkong Post Office. The said box shall be put on deck at the disposal of passengers only an hour before the departure from the terminus.\n\nArticle 16th: On each departure, the Government Commissioner can verify whether nothing prevents the sailing, both with regard to the security of passengers and to Postal Service.\n\nShould he deem it advisable to prevent the departure, the Government Commissioner would take such steps as he should think necessary to secure the departure of the mail on the fixed date.\n\n## CHAPTER V\n### Transport of Passengers and Cargo\n\nArticle 17th: The Contractor shall have the right to carry on his ships passengers and cargo. The general tariff for freight shall not in any case exceed the tariff of the British Company or the Japanese Company. He shall be bound to carry according to a fixed tariff and in agreement with the Consul for France, the civil and military passengers travelling \"on service\", as well as the cargo shipped on behalf of the administration. Government cargo and passengers shall be entitled to a reduction of 30% on the ordinary tariff.\n\nArticle 18th: The Contractor shall have to undertake, under the ordinary conditions of the tariff agreed upon, the transport of civil and military prisoners. These transports will take place under the conduct of special agents paid by the administration.\n\nArticle 19th: Civil and Military passengers travelling \"by order\" shall be admitted on board the subsidised steamer at rates fixed later on by the contractor together with the Consul for France.\n\n## CHAPTER VI", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-328 - Governor Nathan - 1905 [1-6].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 397787, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-330 - Public Offices - 1905", "page_number": 277, "title": "CO129-330 - Public Offices - 1905", "content_text": "with the company to make up the difference; only when it has been fully redeemed will the railway revert to China. As to the method of reckoning capital, the company's accounts and the total of the yearly statements issued by the company for the information of the shareholders shall be evidence.\n\nXXIII. If the company becomes bankrupt or its accounts get into confusion, the governments of the two countries will not interfere or pay compensation.\n\nXXIV. In addition to the police and watchmen employed by the company to guard the railway, the Chinese Government must give it full protection, and extend the same to any buildings required for the railway or other establishments which the local officials may authorise the company to set up, in order to prevent their destruction or robbery by evildoers.\n\nXXV. The company is at liberty to set up any necessary telegraph and telephone lines along the line of the railway, but they must be solely for the use of the railway, and telegrams must not be received or despatched for outside persons.\n\nXXVI. If in the event of war, rebellion, or famine the Chinese Government wish to use the railway for the transport of soldiers, war material, accoutrements, provisions or relief stores, the railway must in the first place provide the passenger and goods waggons required at half the usual rates. At ordinary times there will be no reduction. In the event of war no assistance must be given to the enemies of China.\n\nXXVII. The railway will carry free of charge all official despatches and the mails of the Imperial Chinese Post Office, and will conform with the hereinafter laid down regulations:-\n \n(a) The railway only consents to carry the mails of the Imperial Chinese Post Office; it is not permitted to carry the mails of private or foreign post offices. With regard to the articles which according to the agreement must be carried for the military forces of foreign countries, the Chinese Post Office will convey them by train along with the daily mails.\n\n(b) The Post Office does not wish to interfere... \n## Page 270", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-330 - Public Offices - 1905.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 397930, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-330 - Public Offices - 1905", "page_number": 420, "title": "CO129-330 - Public Offices - 1905", "content_text": "# Inclosure 14 in No. 1.\n\n## Revised Draft Rules for regulating the Transport in Bond of Yünnan Opium from Tengyueh to Hong Kong and Shanghae.\n\n### Rule 1. \nThe opium shall be packed in cases or boxes of the pattern prescribed by the Collector of Customs at Tengyueh.\n\n**Note.** It is of considerable importance that the boxes should all be of a uniform size and appearance. Of a uniform size, so that the rates of freight may be agreed upon with the Irrawaddy Flotilla Company and the British India Steam Navigation Company, and that these Companies may adopt or build strong-rooms to suit the size. The appearance of the box should be distinct from that used for Indian opium. The size will probably be such that two boxes will constitute a full load for a mule; this is also a convenient weight for handling by coolies.\n\n### Rule 2. \nEach box is to contain the standard weight of opium prescribed by the Collector of Customs at Tengyueh.\n\n**Note.** It is not necessary to point out the necessity for adopting a fixed weight as is done in India.\n\n### Rule 3. \nEach box shall, after examination of its contents by the Collector of Customs at Tengyueh, be closed in his presence and secured with wire and leaden seals and be numbered on one end. The figures to be 1 1/2 inches high. The gross weight shall be painted on the box in catties and taels and also pounds and ounces.\n\n### Rule 4. \nThe pattern of these seals shall be varied from year to year.\n\n### Rule 5. \nThe particulars of each box shall be entered against its number in a register to be kept by the Collector of Customs at Tengyueh in the form shown in `Appendix (A)`.\n\n### Rule 6. \nThe name and address of the consignee shall be marked on the top or bottom of the box. The ends of the box shall be kept free for Customs marks.\n\n### Rule 7. \nOn dispatch of a consignment to Bhamo the Collector of Customs at Tengyueh shall forward a copy of the entries concerning it in his Register A, to the Customs officers concerned at (a) the ultimate port of destination, (b) Rangoon, (c) Bhamo.\n\n### Rule 8. \nThree copies of a way-bill showing the total number of cases and the number of each case will be made out. One will be given to the headman of the mule caravan, who will deliver it with the opium at Bhamo, where the Customs officers will, when satisfied that every box has arrived, write on its acquittance in full or in part, and return it to the headman of the mule caravan. A second copy will be sent by post to the Customs officer at Bhamo for comparison with the copy handed to him by the headman of the mule caravan. The third copy will be signed at Tengyueh by the headman of the mule caravan, and will be retained by the Customs there as the receipt of the headman of the mule caravan for the opium taken. The way-bill will be in the form shown in `Appendix (B)`.\n\n### Rule 9. \nThe consignor and the headman of the mule caravan shall execute a bond with the Customs officer at Tengyueh, in treble the value of the opium, to deliver the same (in the original chests, with all the seals and fastenings intact, and to be of the same gross weight as is recorded in Register A) to the Customs officer at Bhamo within a period to be named in the bond. A joint bond to the same effect shall also be executed by one or more firms well known in Burmah as sureties for the consignor.\n\n### Rule 10. \nOn receipt of an acknowledgment of the opium from the Customs officers at Bhamo the Customs officer shall cancel the bonds by defacing them, and shall return them to the consignor if resident at Tengyueh; if he is not resident the bonds shall be destroyed.\n\n### Rule 11. \nIf on arrival at Bhamo the full tale of chests of opium of correct weight is not delivered to the Customs officer, the latter shall at once report the matter to the senior Civil officer present, who will have power to detain the mules of the caravan until the head of the caravan clears himself of all blame. The Customs officer at Bhamo shall have power to open and examine any box if he considers this necessary.\n\n### Rule 12. \nIf the head of the caravan is found responsible for the loss he shall be fined by the Deputy Commissioner of Bhamo a sum not exceeding three times the value of the missing opium, and his mules shall be detained until this fine is paid.\n\n### Rule 13. \nIf the Deputy Commissioner is unable to obtain three times the amount of the missing opium from the head of the mule caravan, he shall inform the Customs officer at Tengyueh of the balance remaining due, which shall be recovered by the Customs officer from the consignor and his sureties, and after it is recovered the bonds may be cancelled.\n\n### Rule 14. \nThe money so collected by the Deputy Commissioner and by the Collector of the Customs at Tengyueh shall be credited to Excise receipts.\n\n## Procedure at Bhamo.\n\n### Rule 15. \nThe Customs officer at Bhamo, having received the full tale of correct weights of chests of opium, will file the page of Register A received from Tengyueh in a book-file, and will give each case a serial number, which he will mark against the entry in red ink, and he will also initial the last entry with the date.\n\n### Rule 16. \nHe will then stencil on one end of the chest, in red paint, the letters \"B. H. Q.,\" followed by the serial number.\n\n### Rule 17. \nWhen he forwards a consignment to Rangoon he will prepare a way-bill in duplicate, in the form shown in `Appendix (C)`.\n\n### Rule 18. \nOne copy of this way-bill will be filed at Bhamo, and the other sent, with the mate's receipt, to the Chief Collector of Customs, Rangoon.\n\n## Procedure in Rangoon.\n\n### Rule 19. \nThe Manager of the Irrawaddy Flotilla Company will give notice to the Chief Collector of Customs, Rangoon, of the day and hour at which the opium may be expected, and an Inspector of Customs will, if the tale and weight of the boxes is correct and the seals are intact, take delivery and place the chests in the bonded warehouse. The Chief Collector of Customs shall have power to open and examine any box if he considers this necessary.\n\n### Rule 20. \nUpon receipt of a consignment in Rangoon the Chief Collector will inform the consignee and call upon him to pay the charges incurred, which will include the cost of handling at Bhamo and Rangoon, the freight charged by the Irrawaddy Flotilla Company, and a registration fee of 1 rupee a chest. It will include also the cost of putting the opium on board the British India Steam Navigation Company's steamer, under Customs supervision, and the freight to Hong Kong or to Shanghae.\n\n### Rule 21. \nThe Customs authorities at Rangoon will stencil a consecutive number in blue paint after the letters \"R. G. N.,\" which number will be entered in a register, to be kept in the form shown in `Appendix (D)`, in which will be kept a complete record of each chest of opium which leaves Tengyueh.\n\n### Rule 22. \nThe consolidated rates shown in the thirteenth column of `Appendix (D)` will be the total of all the charges mentioned in Rule 20, and will be calculated by the Chief Collector of Customs and declared and published by him to be the rate for a fixed period—preferably for six months. The rates with the Irrawaddy Flotilla Company and British India Steam Navigation Company may, if necessary, be revised every six months.\n\n### Rule 23. \nWhen all charges have been paid on a consignment, or part of a consignment, it will be shipped by the Chief Collector of Customs and the bill of lading handed to the consignor at Rangoon. At the same time a copy of the entries in `Appendix (D)` relating to that consignment will be sent to the Chief Officer of Chinese Customs at the port of destination.\n\n[For Appendices, see Inclosure 10.]\n\nPage 420\nPage 421", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-330 - Public Offices - 1905.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 407300, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-337 - Public Offices & Foreign Office - 1906", "page_number": 596, "title": "CO129-337 - Public Offices & Foreign Office - 1906", "content_text": "2\n\nthe proposed erection of hauling appliances as prejudicing their Treaty right to undertake such works themselves. I learn on good authority that the Japanese are actually working on a scheme of steam navigation on the Upper Yang-tsze on similar lines to the one now under consideration by the French,\n\nMr. Meischke-Smith's system is briefly as follows:—\n\nPowerful light draft tugs, steaming 14 knots, will tow steel barges of about 150 tons capacity, or native junks, between Ichang and Chungking. At each rapid the tug-boat and her lighter will be taken in tow by a rapid-boat of the Lombard-Gérin type as used on the River Rhône. One of these boats, named \"toueurs,\" will be stationed at all the principal rapids. Their method of traction is similar to that of the spider, and consists in warping themselves up the rapid by means of a cable attached to a point at the head of the rapid, and letting themselves down by unwinding the cable. Going up vessels are towed astern; going down they are lashed alongside. The tow ropes, being attached to the bow of the \"toucur,\" give her liberty to steer, and thus enable her to keep in mid-stream and avoid the dangers attending a tow line worked from the bank. It is hoped that this system will not necessitate the erection of any hauling appliances on shore, and consequently interfere as little as possible with the junk traffic.\n\nThe French naval authorities have placed Captain Plant, their Upper Yang-tsze pilot, at the disposal of the Company. Captain Plant, who has for the past five years successfully navigated the rapids on trading-steamer, gun-boat, and junk, and who is therefore well qualified to judge of the possibilities of steam navigation on these waters, has, in a written Report, expressed his opinion that the proposed system is quite feasible. He will probably proceed to Europe as soon as he has taken the French gun-boat \"Olry,\" now in port, up to Chungking for the purpose of studying the Lombard-Gérin \"touage du Rhône,\" which has now been for over ten years in successful operation on that river. On his return he will be placed in charge of the Company's steamers. These vessels will fly the French flag, but Mr. Smith informs me that at least 75 per cent of the Company's personnel, captains, agents, &c., will be British. The \"toueurs\" will be built in France, the steam-tugs and barges in England and Shanghae. It is estimated that when the system is in proper working order a steamer and one or two tows will make the journey from Ichang to Chungking in ten days, travelling down in five days, say, twelve round trips per annum, as compared with the two round trips made at present by the ordinary cargo junk.\n\nThe scheme, if it proves a success, will mean a complete revolution in the Upper Yang-tsze trade. To the objection—which will probably be urged by the Chinese authorities that artificial haulage over the rapids will throw some thousands of trackers out of employment, the Company reply that, speaking generally, increased facilities for trade will provide increased employment for the population of the Upper Yang-tsze, and that, in particular, the development of the coal-mining industry in Szechuan, at present paralyzed by inadequate means of transport, will provide more than sufficient work for the unskilled labour of the province.\n\nThe towing system, if extended to the Middle Yang-tsze, as is in contemplation, will undoubtedly prove a serious competitor to the British and other Steam-ship Companies at present engaged in the trade. But, quite apart from the fact that the energies of the new Company, even should the sanguine projects of its agent be realized, will be fully occupied for some time to come in developing their business on the Upper River, I do not think that the British shipping Companies are likely to suffer any loss. In increased cargo they should find compensation for reduced rates of freight, and there seems no reason why the British and French shipping interests on the Upper Yang-tsze should not successfully combine against their powerful rivals the Japanese. The Asiatic Petroleum Company, in which British capital is largely interested, have very strong reasons for wishing the scheme well and according it their financial support, as I understand they are doing. Since their unsuccessful attempt a few years ago to compete with the Standard Oil Company in Szechuan, American oil has enjoyed an undisturbed monopoly in that important market. With steam towage in working order, the former Company will be able to send up their oil in bulk, pack it in new tins and cases at Chungking, and probably drive the American product out of the market. I understand that arrangements are now being made to send up regular shipments by junk in order to make the brand known.\n\nMr. Smith is now on his way to Canton, whence he will proceed up the West River to inspect the Company's oil tank installations at Samshui and Wuchow. If the Regulations to be issued by the Imperial Maritime Customs for the new service prove to be satisfactory, he will notify the Chinese Government, through the French\n\n3\n\nMinister, of the Syndicate's intentions, and then, if all goes well, he hopes to have the first steamer running on the river before the summer of next year.\n\nI am forwarding this despatch under flying seal to His Majesty's Consul-General at Hankow, and am sending a copy to His Majesty's Consuls at Chungking and Chengtu.\n\nI have, &c. (Signed) HARRY H. FOX.\n\nThe real obstacle to steam navigation on the Upper Yang-tsze has been the impossibility of insuring paying cargoes. Piece-goods and yarn are too bulky to bear high freight, and the Szechuan dealers have not cared about their being quickly forwarded. From the west opium and silk, musk, and other valuables come down very speedily in small parcels by \"wupan,\" a system that distributes the risk of loss. Other difficulties have been the questions of coal and repairs en route. The present scheme does not seem sure to get over the above objections.\n\nOn the Ichang run towing would, I presume, have been tried had it been likely to prove advantageous, and there is no reason why the French Company should monopolize it now or should refuse to take any cargo but that brought up in French bottoms on either section of the river.\n\nE. H. FRASER.\n\nHankow, April 12, 1906\n\n(Signed)\n\nInclosure 2 in No. 1.\n\nConsul Fox to Mr. Carnegie.\n\n(No. 11.) Sir,\n\nIchang, May 18, 1906. I HAVE the honour to acknowledge receipt of Sir Ernest Satow's despatch No. 3 of the 23rd ultimo on the subject of steam navigation on the Upper Yang-tsze. I should have replied before this, but have been waiting to see the newly appointed Ichang Taotai, Sun Ting-lin, formerly Opium Taotai at this port, and learn from him the exact state of affairs with regard to the proposed upkeep of tracking paths and erection of hauling appliances at the rapids. Sun Taotai, who took over charge at Kingchow on the 26th ultimo, was expected to visit Ichang on or about the 1st May. He has, however, been obliged to proceed to Wuchang on business connected with the proposed transfer of the opium li-kin collectorate from Ichang to Chungking, and has not yet returned to his post.\n\nMy authorities for the statement that the Japanese Government had objected to the erection of hauling appliances on the rapids by the Chinese authorities were the Commissioner of Customs here and the Deputy Chang Te-ping. According to information confidentially obtained by Mr. Wolf, and subsequently corroborated by the Deputy, the proposed levy of junk fees for the above purpose had been referred by the Japanese Consul at Shasi to his Legation, and by them to the Foreign Office in Tokio. The latter had refused their consent to the scheme, and, although the ground of their objection had not transpired, it seemed more than likely that the Japanese Government did not wish to commit themselves to a proposal which might interfere with Japanese enterprise in the same direction. My statement that the Japanese were actually working on some scheme of the kind was made on the authority of the Commissioner of Customs, who based his opinion on the fact that a party of Japanese engineers had recently been making surveys of the rapids between Ichang and Wanhsien.\n\nAs far as I can learn no progress at all has been made with the Chinese scheme for providing aids to navigation on the upper river. The Road Improvement Office has not yet been opened, and no attempt has so far been made to levy junk fees. The Viceroy, as you will gather from a despatch, copy and translation of which I have the honour to inclose, is opposed to the collection of these fees being placed in the hands of the Maritime Customs on the ground that, being of the nature of voluntary contributions for a charitable purpose, they should not be looked upon as duties. The distinction would appear to be, in the present case, a purely nominal one, and I trust I shall be correctly interpreting the instructions conveyed in Sir Ernest Satow's despatch No. 2 of the 20th December last if I inform the Taotai\n\nPage 587", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-337 - Public Offices & Foreign Office - 1906.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 407579, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-338 - Public Offices & Others - 1906", "page_number": 43, "title": "CO129-338 - Public Offices & Others - 1906", "content_text": "2\n\nwhich gave authority to two Chinese Companies to construct railway lines over the self-same ground as that stated in the Preliminary Agreement. It was not possible to find a parallel in any other country for such a proceeding. A state of affairs in England under which, say, the Board of Trade knowingly gave concessions to an English firm which had already been conceded under written covenant to persons of another nationality was inconceivable. If such a thing happened there was machinery at hand to rectify it, and in the present instance I must naturally look to the Chinese Government to set the proper machinery in motion to redress this plain violation of a solemn contract.\n\nTheir Excellencies admitted the justice of what I said, but appeared to think that I was taking too serious a view of the Board of Commerce Memorials, which, Mr. Lien said, were only so much \"talk,\" and suggested that I should let the matter drop on the Prince's assurance that the validity of the Preliminary Agreement remained intact.\n\nI regretted my inability to fall in with this suggestion, referred their Excellencies to my note of the 4th August, pointed out that His Majesty's Government would expect a satisfactory explanation of these extraordinary proceedings, and in order to exhaust every means of obtaining this, I asked them to arrange an interview with Prince Ching, adding that, if necessary, I was prepared to go out to the Summer Palace for that purpose.\n\nMr. Lien promised to see about this, and last night, after another reminder, I received a short note from him to say that as soon as his Highness can find time he will fix a day for an interview.\n\nDear Mr. Tong,\n\nI have, &c.\n\n(Signed)\n\nLANCELOT D. CARNEGIE.\n\nInclosure 1 in No. 1.\n\nMr. Carnegie to Tong Shoa-yi.\n\nPeking, July 30, 1906. YOU will remember that in our conversation after dinner on the 15th June we agreed to let the question of the Soochow-Hangchow-Ningpo Railway stand over for the present and deal with the Canton-Kowloon Railway first. Before that Mr. Campbell had a private conversation with you on the same subject. As I may not be here long, it seems to me desirable, in order to avoid possible future misunderstanding, that I should put clearly on paper, before the Canton-Kowloon negotiations begin, what the situation is exactly.\n\nThe arrangement to let the Soochow Railway question rest in no way impairs the rights of the British and Chinese Corporation under the Soochow-Hangchow-Ningpo Preliminary Agreement, the validity of which has been recognized by the Chinese Government (see interview of Sir Ernest Satow at Wai-wu Pu on the 9th March and Sir Ernest Satow's notes of the 14th March and 19th April to Wai-wu Pu). Of course, if there is manifest obstruction on the part of the Chinese negotiators to the completion of the Canton-Kowloon Final Agreement, or if material steps are taken by Chekiang in violation of the Corporation's rights under the Preliminary Agreement, I shall be forced to warn you at once that I cannot consider myself any longer bound by our verbal arrangement.\n\nYours very truly,\n\n(Signed) LANCELOT D. CARNEGIE.\n\nInclosure 2 in No. 1.\n\nMEMORIAL of the Board of Commerce, in the matter of the Rules formed by the Gentry of Chekiang, in respect to Railway Construction in their Province, which they have presented to the Board for purposes of Record, and which the Board now submits to the Throne.\n\nTHE Board in the course of July 1905 received representations made by Huang Shao Chi, a Reader of the Hanling College and a native of Chekiang, together with other signatories, laying before the Board the proposal that the ex-Acting Commissioner of the Salt Gabelle of the Liang Huai division, T'ang Shou Chien and Liu Chin Tsao, an expectant metropolitan official of the 4th to 5th grade, should be given the general superintendence of the public movement in their province for the construction by the merchants and gentry themselves of all the railways throughout Chekiang.\n\n3\n\nThe Board thereupon memorialized the Throne on the 26th August (26th of 7th month) and received an Imperial Decree appointing Tang Shou Chien to metropolitan rank of the 4th grade, and approving for the rest the Memorial we had made.\n\nThe Board then proceeded to exhort the parties concerned to act in accordance with the course approved by the Throne, and to elaborate carefully drawn-up regulations, Subsequently Huang Shao Chi and his associates notified the Board that as a result of consultations carried on by correspondence, both written and telegraphic, between their fellow provincials in Peking and those in the province, ten rules and eighty-three sub-sections have been drawn up in compliance with the principles of the Commercial Code, and they requested that these may be duly recorded.\n\nThe Board were also addressed by the Grand Secretary, Wang Wen Shao; the President of the Board of Punishments, Ko Pao Hua; the Vice-President of the Board of Revenue, Ch'en Pang Jui; the Vice-President of the Board of Punishments, Shen Chia Pen; and the Acting Vice-President of the Board of Works, Hu Yu Fen, in support of this communication; and informing us that more than two millions' worth of shares had been placed in a few weeks for the railways of all Chekiang, while more capital was being looked for. The rules, they said, had been drawn up by Tang Shou Chi, who was charged with the management of this matter, and who had consulted with his fellow-provincials both in the province itself and at Peking. The Grand Secretary, Wang Wen Shao, and his co-signatories had examined the rules and approved them, and they therefore asked the Board to sanction their adoption.\n\nThe Board find that the railways of all Chekiang involves to the highest degree the communications of the country. The local gentry and merchants, and the Chekiang officials in Peking, having deliberated together, and made an effort to construct these lines themselves, have shown a just appreciation of the general situation, and the railway rules they have drawn up are in general accord with the Company Law for Limited Liability Companies submitted to the Throne by this Board and Imperially sanctioned, providing as they do for shareholders, directors, auditors, officers of the Company, &c., and carefully defining their duties and powers.\n\nThe Board therefore consider that the rules should be adopted and communicated to the provincial authorities to be carried out,\n\nOn the 4th July, 1906, an Imperial Edict was received approving this Memorial.\n\nInclosure 3 in No. 1.\n\nRules respecting Construction of Railways in the Province of Chekiang.\n\n1.\n\n1. IN accordance with the Commercial Code the name of the undertaking is determined, and is to be \"The Railway Company (Limited) for the construction by merchants of railways throughout all the Province of Chekiang.\" The Board has been asked to register it, and to apply for Imperial authority to issue an official seal.\n\n2. The general policy of the Company is the construction of all the railways in the Province of Chekiang, with a view to safeguarding the control and profits of transport and carriage. The following lines will forthwith be surveyed and undertaken :--\n\nFrom Hangchow northwards to Soochow and Shanghae, Hu-shu must be traversed; eastwards to Ningpo and Shao Hsing, Chiangkan must be traversed; therefore Hu Shu- Chiangkan will be the first Hangchow section.\n\nFrom Hu Shu northwards the line will pass Chia Hsing and Huchou to Soochow and Shanghae.\n\nFrom Chiangkan eastwards it will pass through Shao Hsing to Ningpo. From Chiangkan south-westwards it will go through Yenchou and Kinhua to Chuchou and Chang Shan to the border of Yu Shan Hsien in Kiangsi.\n\nFrom Huchou north-westwards it will pass through Chang Hsing to Kuangte in Anhui.\n\nFrom Shao Hsing southwards it will pass through Taichou and Wenchow, and north-westwards to Ch'u Chou.\n\n39", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-338 - Public Offices & Others - 1906.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 407685, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-338 - Public Offices & Others - 1906", "page_number": 149, "title": "CO129-338 - Public Offices & Others - 1906", "content_text": "145 \n\nWe believe it to be correct to state that the privilege in question was granted to the China Merchants' Steam Navigation Company through a report to the Tsung-li Yamên made by the Chibli Viceroy (Li Hung-chang—interested in China Merchants' Steam Navigation Company, of course) in the 10th month of the 11th year of Tung Chi = 1872.\n\nOver 230,000 piculs brick tea were imported into Tien-tsin during 1904, and classed in the Customs Returns under native imports as brick tea for Russia. The proportion of this quantity imported and transferred by Russians under their special privilege for Kiachta is very small, and is probably considerably less than the odd 30,000 piculs. The large proportion is imported by the steamers of the China Merchants' Steam Navigation Company, and forwarded by Chinese under a bond issued by the Customs which has to be returned by the Superintendent of Trade at Kalgan, certified that the produce has duly arrived. Nominally, it may be supposed that this tea ex China Merchants' steamers is forwarded to Kiachta, but we believe that the first actual market is in Kalgan, and there is no doubt that the tea is actually consumed in Mongolia. Tea forwarded by Russians, which may really reach Kiachta, certainly finds its way back into Mongolia. Tea forwarded by Russians is covered by precisely similar documents to those accompanying Chinese shipments.\n\nA shipment of 1,410 piculs tea ex a steamer of the China Merchants' Steam Navigation Company imported and forwarded through the Customs by the hong Hsiang Far Yuan, is charged the following taxes:—\n| Tax | Amount (Haikwan Taels) |\n| --- | --- |\n| Coast trade duty | Nil |\n| Wharfage dues | 38.07 |\n| Native customs duty, at 12 cands per picul | 169.20 |\n| A li-kin charge of 4 cands per picul | 56.40 |\n| Total | 263.67 |\n\nThe shipment ex the China Navigation Company's steamer \"Nanchang\" applied on the 28th October last, had to bear the following taxes:----\n| Tax | Amount (Haikwan Taels) |\n| --- | --- |\n| Coast trade duty, at 30 cands per picul | 423.00 |\n| Wharfage dues | 38.07 |\n| Native customs duty, at 30 cands per picul | 423.00 |\n| A li-kin charge, at 15 cands per picul | 211.50 |\n| Total | 1,095.57 |\n\nconstituting a preferential duty against the steam-ship \"Nanchang\" of 831.90 Haikwan taels, or, say, 59 cands, per picul, in favour of Chinese steamers as against British steamers, and by this means the China Merchants' Steam Navigation Company have secured the monopoly of carriage of Shansi brick tea from Hankow to Shanghae by river steamer and thence to Tien-tsin by coast steamer.\n\nThe tea in question is known at Hankow as Shansi brick tea, because the buyers are Shansi people who resell to the Mongolians.\n\nThe following Articles in Treaties appear to be framed to assist in circumstances of this nature:\n\n**Article XIV of the French Treaty of Tien-tsin, 1860, viz.:----**\n\"No privileged commercial Society henceforward be established in China, and the same should apply to any organized coalition having for its end the exercise of a monopoly of trade. In case of the contravention of the present Article, the Chinese authorities, on the representation of the Consul or Consular Agent, shall advise as to the means of dissolving such Associations--of which they are also bound to prevent the existence by the preceding prohibitions--so as to remove all that may stand in the way of free competition.\"\n\n**Article XXIV, British Treaty of Tien-tsin, 1858, viz.:----**\n\"It is agreed that British subjects shall pay on all merchandize imported or exported by them the duties prescribed by the Tariff; but in no case shall they be called upon to pay other or higher duties than are required of the subjects of any other foreign nation.\"\n\nWe shall be much obliged if His Majesty's Minister will give directions that some course be taken, either through these Articles or by such means as he thinks fit, whereby the desired end may be attained. The matter is an important one, for not only is a considerable trade at present affected and closed to British steamers, but it appears that if the China Merchants' Steam Navigation Company can sustain their right to receive preferential treatment in duties and taxation on brick tea, the way is open to them to establish further monopolies of other items of coasting trade.\n\nIn view of this aspect of the case, we shall esteem it a favour if an expression of opinion can be given us at an early date, in order that we may proceed cautiously in any further action it may be desired to take.\n\nWe trust that we have not written too lengthily, and that the importance of the subject may be sufficient justification.\n\nWe are, &c.\n\n(Per pro. Butterfield and Swire),\n(Signed)\nG. J. EDKINS,\nAgents, China Navigation Company (Limited).\n\n## Inclosure 3 in No. 1.\n\n**Sir E. Satow to Consul-General Hopkins.**\n\n(No. 8.) Sir,\n\nPeking, February 19, 1906.\n\nI HAVE received your despatch No. 15 of the 14th instant, forwarding a letter addressed to you by the representative of Messrs. Butterfield and Swire at Tien-tsin, in which he states that they are anxious to bring within their business activities the transport by their steamers of brick tea to Tien-tsin and its conveyance thence, under overland pass, on the same terms as brick tea shipped by vessels of the China Merchants' Steam Navigation Company.\n\nAn examination of the Tien-tsin Customs Returns for 1904, to which Mr. Edkins refers, would appear to show that all the tea re-exported in that year was sent overland to Siberia, Russia, &c., by way of Kalgan and Kiachta, and Article 10 of the Regulations of the 24th February, 1881, governing the overland trade between Russia and China, distinctly states that Chinese produce exported from Tien-tsin overland to Russia must be carried by way of Kalgan, and that sale thereof en chemin will subject the merchant concerned to the penalties laid down in Article 8 of the same Regulations, while Article 16 declares that Russian merchants are prohibited from conveying merchandize belonging to Chinese merchants and passing it as their property.\n\nThe question of duties is also fully dealt with in Article 10. Chinese produce brought to Tien-tsin for export overland to Russia pays full export duty at the original port of export and coast trade duty at Tien-tsin, but the latter is refunded if the produce is exported to Russian territory within a year after its payment, so that native produce carried overland to Russia is liable to payment of one full export duty only.\n\nMessrs. Butterfield and Swire, however, allege that they believe that part of the brick tea brought to Tien-tsin is carried to Kalgan for sale there, and not exported to Russia, and they wish to take part in this transport trade; but they are only the carriers, and not the owners, and I know not of any Treaty right or privilege entitling British or other foreign subjects to overland passes to convey native produce, the property of Chinese, from a port overland to a place in the interior of China. Mr. Hosie will be shortly in Tien-tsin, and will take the opportunity of looking into the question in all its bearings.\n\nYou should communicate a copy of this despatch to Messrs. Butterfield and Swire.\n\nI have, &c.\n\nERNEST SATOW.\n\n(No. 23.) Sir,\n\n## Inclosure 4 in No. 1.\n\n**Consul-General Hopkins to Sir E. Satow.**\n\nTien-tsin, March 1, 1906.\n\nWITH reference to your despatch No. 8, of the 19th ultimo, on the subject of the carriage transport inland of brick tea, copy of which I communicated to Messrs. Butterfield and Swire.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-338 - Public Offices & Others - 1906.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 407686, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-338 - Public Offices & Others - 1906", "page_number": 150, "title": "CO129-338 - Public Offices & Others - 1906", "content_text": "146\n\nMessrs. Butterfield and Swire, I have now the honour to forward to you duplicate of a further letter which the above firm has addressed to me on the same subject.\n\nSir,\n\nI have, &c.\n\n(Signed)\n\nL. C. HOPKINS,\n\nInclosure 5 in No. 1.\n\nMessrs. Butterfield and Swire to Consul-General Hopkins,\n\nTien-tsin, February 26, 1906.\n\nWE have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 22nd instant, covering copy of a despatch from Sir Ernest Satow in reply to our letter of the 9th instant on the subject of the privileged treatment accorded to shipments of brick tea landed at Tien-tsin from the steamers of the China Merchants' Steam Navigation Company.\n\nWe desire to thank his Excellency for the prompt consideration he has given this matter.\n\nIn reply, we beg to observe that our aim is chiefly to share in the Yang-tsze and sea carriage of Shansi brick tea between Hankow and/or Foochow and Tien-tsin, and we are at present precluded from this owing to the special overland privileges we enumerated in our letter of the 9th instant, being granted exclusively to shipments landed from the steamers of the China Merchants' Steam Navigation Company.\n\nWe therefore specially object to the preferential treatment accorded by the Chinese authorities to the China Merchants' Steam Navigation Company, who are thereby enabled to exercise a monopoly of trade. Free competition in the coast carriage of the produce in question is thus eliminated, and the China Merchants' Steam Navigation Company constituted \"a privileged commercial society.\"\n\nMay we again request his Excellency to extend his aid to specially meet this, the chief obstacle to our participation in the trade. We gather from his despatch that he may regard us as already general carriers of Shansi brick tea, but this is not the case, as the shipment per steam-ship \"Nanchang\" was a trial shipment only.\n\nRegarding his Excellency's reference to the Customs Returns, we believe that the heading \"Brick Tea for Russia\" in that publication is a nominal one only, and that, as before indicated, the produce mainly does not proceed beyond Mongolia. Moreover, the great bulk of the tea is transported by Chinese owners, and this practice was, we believe, first instituted by means of the special privilege granted to the China Merchants' Steam-Navigation Company by Li Hung-chang's special Memorial in 1884.\n\nWill you kindly represent the foregoing to Sir Ernest Satow.\n\nWe note that Mr. Hosie will shortly be in Tien-tsin, and we shall be glad to have the opportunity of discussing this question with him.\n\nYour Highness,\n\nWe are, &c.\n\n(Per pro. Butterfield and Swire),\n\n(Signed) G. T. EDKINS, Agents, China Navigation Company (Limited).\n\nInclosure 6 in No. 1.\n\nSir E. Satow to Prince Ch'ing.\n\nPeking, March 20, 1906.\n\nI HAVE the honour to inform your Highness that I have received, through His Majesty's Consul-General at Tien-tsin, representations from Messrs. Butterfield and Swire of that port to the effect that the transport of brick tea from Hankow and Foochow to Tien-tsin lies entirely in the hands of the China Merchants' Steam Navigation Company, who undertake to deliver it in Kalgan; and, moreover, no coast-trade duty is charged on such tea, as it is declared at the Tien-tsin Customs for export to Siberia and Russia. As a matter of fact, a large proportion of this tea is consumed in Chinese territory, and never reaches the Russian frontier, But it is not only in respect of coast-trade duty that the China Merchants' Steam Navigation Company enjoy privileged treatment, but also in duty and li-kin, being charged only 12 candareens per picul native customs duty, and li-kin at the rate of 4 candareens per picul, while Messrs. Butterfield and Swire were charged on a consignment of tea brought up in their steamer \"Nanchang\" 30 candareens per picul native customs duty and 15 candareens per picul li-kin.\n\nIt appears from these conditions that the China Merchants' Steam Navigation Company are accorded special privileges which enable them to monopolize the carrying trade of brick tea from Foochow and Hankow to Tien-tsin. Such a monopoly is in contravention of the XIVth Article of the French Treaty of Tien-tsin, and I have the honour to request that the High Commissioner for Northern Ports may be called upon to devise means for placing British firms on a footing not less favourable than that enjoyed by the China Merchants' Company,\n\nAwaiting the honour of a reply, I avail, &c.\n\n(Signed)\n\nERNEST SATOW.\n\nInclosure 7 in No. 1.\n\nPrince Ching to Mr. Carnegie.\n\n(Translation.)\n\nPeking, May 26, 1906.\n\nSir,\n\nON the 20th March last I had the honour to receive a note from Sir Ernest Satow drawing attention to certain special privileges accorded to the China Merchants' Steam Navigation Company which enable them to monopolize the carrying trade of brick tea from Foochow and Hankow to Tien-tsin, and pointing out that such a monopoly is in contravention of Article XIV of the French Treaty of Tien-tsin, and requesting that the High Commissioner for Northern Ports may be called upon to devise means for placing British firms on a footing not less favourable than that enjoyed by the China Merchants' Company.\n\nThis Board lost no time in referring the question to the High Commissioner for Northern Ports for consideration, and are now in receipt of the following reply from him :-\n\n\"The Tien-tsin li-kin office, the China Merchants' Steam Navigation Company, and the Tien-tsin Customs Taotai, in a joint report, inform me that the China Merchants' Company undertakes the carriage of the Hankow brick tea, which is a staple of the caravan trade westwards, and it has been the practice for the Company's branch office at Hankow to contract to carry it to Tungchow and Fengt'ai, where it is handed over to the tea merchants to convey it themselves to Kalgan for sale. As regards the customs dues and li-kin payable at Tien-tsin, the established Regulations* are conformed to, the native customs duty on brick tea being calculated at 12 candareens per picul, li-kin at 4 candareens, and industrial contribution at 3.2 candareens, while as regards the coast trade import duties, the Imperial sanction has been granted to a Memorial of a former High Commissioner of Northern Trade granting exemption therefrom. The reason for this was that whenever the Imperial Government has any important business it is always the China Merchants' steamers that are employed, and no extra allowance is granted for such service. The Company are unavoidably handicapped by this expense, and therefore, in order to compensate them, a Memorial was submitted and was sanctioned granting them this exemption from duty. The practice has been in force for over thirty years to the prosperity of trade, and no complaints have ever been made.\n\n\"As regards brick tea from Foochow, the amount produced at that place is inconsiderable, and the China Merchants' Company has never contracted for its conveyance.\n\n\"The complaint that Messrs. Butterfield and Swire now make is that the special privileges enjoyed by the China Merchants' Company are not in accordance with the French Treaty of Tien-tsin. The XIVth Article of that Treaty says:---\n\n'Aucune Société de Commerce privilégiée ne pourra désormais s'établir en Chine, et il sera de même de toute coalition organisée dans le but d'exercer un monopole sur le commerce.'\n\n\"I would point out that the real reason why the Company, when undertaking the carriage of tea from Hankow, are allowed to pay reduced dues and li-kin is because they have been accustomed to perform whatever official business there may be. That cannot * This must mean the established Regulations relating to this Company.\n\nPage 150\n\nPage 151", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-338 - Public Offices & Others - 1906.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 411566, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-344 - Public Offices & Foreign Office - 1907", "page_number": 66, "title": "CO129-344 - Public Offices & Foreign Office - 1907", "content_text": "# Articles of Agreement\n\nGeneral, whether conveyed directly or through the Managing Directors, and shall always comply therewith, having at the same time due regard to the efficient construction and maintenance of the railway.\n\nA school for the education of Chinese in railway matters shall be established by the Managing Directors, subject to the approval of the Director-General.\n\n## Art. 18\nThe general plans, estimates, and surveys of the railway lines must be submitted for approbation to the Director-General. The Engineer-in-chief, accompanied by a Chinese deputy, shall indicate the land to be acquired for the purposes of the railway, and the Director-General shall thereupon effect such purchases at the actual cost of the land. In the event of the route proposed by the Engineer-in-chief passing through towns, villages, graveyards, or other points where much obstruction is encountered, the Engineer-in-chief will, together with the Director-General, consider means of diverting the proposed railway route in order to avoid difficulties.\n\n## Art. 19\nThe Director-General will endeavour to arrange with the Chinese Imperial Government regulations for the payment of li-kin and duty upon merchandise and live-stock in transit over the railway lines, and these regulations shall not be less favourable than any arrangements made for the same purpose with other most favoured railways in China built with capital borrowed from foreign countries.\n\n## Art. 20\nAll materials necessary for the construction and working of the lines obtained either from foreign countries or from other provinces of China, and the revenue derived from the railway as well as the railway's landed property shall, in virtue of its being a Government railway, be exempt from duty or taxation of all kinds, and the Imperial Government of China will instruct the Customs, li-kin, and local authorities accordingly. This exemption to continue until such time as the Imperial Government imposes duties and taxes on other lines of railways.\n\nTenders shall be invited in China by the Managing Directors in consultation with the Engineers-in-chief for the execution of all important indents for materials, plant, and goods, and the plans, estimates, and requisitions for such materials shall be submitted to the Director-General by the Engineer-in-chief concerned through the Managing Director. Indents not dealt with in China shall be placed by the head office concerned in the hands of the Syndicate's Banks for execution in London or Berlin as may be required. The banks shall buy the goods on the best possible terms, calling for tenders when necessary, for account of the Chinese Government, and charge the original cost plus a commission of 5 per cent., but all return commissions and rebates of every description shall be credited to the railway, and all purchases made by the Syndicate Banks on behalf of the railway shall be supported by the manufacturer's original invoices and Inspector's certificates.\n\nDue consideration will be extended to materials from all Chinese Government manufactories, if available when required, and of a quality satisfactory to the Engineer-in-chief.\n\n## Art. 21\nThe head office shall during the working of the lines, and in using the funds mentioned in Article 28, maintain the railways, buildings, works, rolling-stock, and dependencies in good order and condition, and the Engineers-in-chief shall certify at the close of each financial year that this has been duly done.\n\n## Art. 22\nBranch lines or extensions in connection with the railway lines mentioned in this Agreement, that may appear profitable or necessary later on, shall be built by the Imperial Government with funds at their disposal from Chinese sources, and if foreign capital is required preference to be given to the Syndicate Banks.\n\n## Art. 23\nThe tariff of traffic charges shall be decided by the Director-General upon the recommendation of the head offices. They will take into consideration the tariffs of other existing railways in China, while keeping in view the necessity for attracting traffic. The head offices, with the approval of the Director-General, may enter into arrangements for tariffs or through traffic over connecting lines. In case of war, foreign or internal, the railway lines shall be reserved in the first instance for the transport of Chinese troops, commissariat, and munitions of war under the order of the Director-General, and at half the ordinary tariff rates, and the railways shall not engage in any service injurious to China. In case of famine or great need grain will also be transported over the lines at half the ordinary tariff rate under orders of the Director-General. Government and Court supplies shall be dealt with by the head offices in the same way as they are treated on other lines.\n\n## Art. 24\nAfter the railway is opened to traffic the head offices will prepare semi-annual estimates of receipts and expenditure, and communicate the same to the Director-General and to the representatives of the Syndicate. The annual accounts of the northern and southern sections shall, at the close of each financial year, be audited and signed by qualified auditors, not connected with the railway, selected by the Syndicate.\n\n## Art. 25\nAll receipts of whatsoever nature derived during the time of construction from working completed or incompleted sections of the railways shall be credited to railway revenue account.\n\n## Art. 26\nShould any traffic business be apparent later on as likely to benefit the Imperial Government of China and increase the earning power of the railway lines, the head offices shall represent the same to the Director-General and request him to obtain the necessary authority to arrange the business.\n\n## Art. 27\nThe head offices shall work the lines on behalf of the Imperial Government of China until the present loan is redeemed. As soon as the loan has been completely redeemed this Agreement shall become null and void, and the railway shall thereafter be managed as the Chinese Government may think fit.\n\n## Art. 28\nThe annual net revenue is understood to be that resulting from the gross receipts of the passenger and goods traffic and the income from other sources after deducting all working expenses, including maintenance of the permanent way, repairs, renovation of machinery and rolling-stock, and all expenses of administration, besides deducting an amount to be determined by the Director-General in consultation with the head offices as sufficient for accumulating a reserve fund for extraordinary improvements or repairs.\n\nUnder the heading of repairs and renovations are not to be included such work on the permanent way, bridges, rolling-stock, machinery, and dependencies as may be caused by force majeure—for instance, by earthquake, extraordinary flood, or other exceptional manifestations of natural forces, war, or riots.\n\nThe expenditure due to such causes is to be covered either by the Imperial Government or by supplementary loans as described in Article 15.\n\nOf the surplus of the net annual revenue of the railway lines after payment of interest and repayment of principal of the loan, first a participation of 20 per cent. of the said surplus will be granted to the Syndicate Banks in remuneration for their general responsibility and services; secondly, an amount equal to not less than that required to pay the ensuing year's instalments of interest shall be deposited with the Syndicate Banks, and shall bear interest at the market rate. The remainder of the net annual revenue will be at the disposal of the Imperial Government of China.\n\n## Art. 29\nThe powers and authority given and delegated to the Director-General by the Imperial Government of China shall, in the case of his promotion or removal, be transferred to his successor, and the Deutsch-Asiatische Bank and the Chinese Central Railways (Limited) may, subject to all their obligations hereunder, transfer or delegate all or any of their rights, powers, and discretions hereunder to any German or British Company, Directors or agents, with power of further transfer and sub-delegation, such transfer, sub-transfer, delegations, or sub-delegations to be subject to the approval of the Director-General.\n\n## Art. 30\nThis Agreement is signed under authority of an Imperial Edict dated which has been officially communicated to the Ministers of Germany and Great Britain in Peking by the Wai-wu Pu.\n\n## Art. 31\nFive sets of this Agreement are executed in English and Chinese, one set to be retained by the Yuch'uan Pu, one by the Board of Commerce, one by the Director-General, one by the Deutsch-Asiatische Bank, and one by the Chinese Central Railways (Limited). In the event of any doubt arising regarding the interpretation of the contract the English text shall rule.\n\nSigned, &c.\n\n## Inclosure 4 in No. 1\n### Minutes of the 27th Meeting held at the Office of the Haikwan Taotai on March 2, at 3 P.M.\n\nPresent:\n| Name | Representation |\n| --- | --- |\n| Taotai Liang Tun Yen | Representing the Board of Communications |\n| C. L. Chou | |\n| Mr. H. Cordes | Representing the Deutsch-Asiatische Bank |\n| Mr. J. O. P. Bland | Representing the Chinese Central Railways (Limited) |\n\nThe Chinese text of the revised draft Agreement having been completed by Mr. Cordes and handed to the Yuch'uan Pu's representatives, the meeting proceeded...", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-344 - Public Offices & Foreign Office - 1907.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 412166, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-344 - Public Offices & Foreign Office - 1907", "page_number": 666, "title": "CO129-344 - Public Offices & Foreign Office - 1907", "content_text": "## opinion more or less openly expressed by respectable people or their officials does not lead to the belief that any response will be made to the appeal for funds.\n\nI have, &c. (Signed) H. A. OTTEWILL.\n\n## Inclosure 2 in No. 1.\n\n## Extract from a Pamphlet respecting the Construction of the Yunnan-Szechuan Railway.\n\n(Translation.)\n\nIf built by ourselves, a hundred advantages and no disadvantages. Why? Foreign countries make themselves rich, keep armies, have foreign intercourse all over the world, do not receive insults from others, because they have railways. Railways increase their trade and protect their resources. We Chinese did not know the advantages of railways, but have gradually learnt. The Hankow-Canton Railway was promised to foreigners, and has been redeemed. Chekiang, Kiangsu, Szechuan, and Anhui Railways are being managed by natives. If we had the Yunnan-Szechuan Railway, our native goods, Pu-erh tea, Tali marble, Hsuan-wei hams, Ho-ching wines, Tung-hai soy, China root, \"san chi\" (a drug from K'ai-hua), \"huang-lien,\" musk, deers' horns, bears' gall, cotton and cloth, minerals, opium, dried apricots and fruit, could be carried away and money brought back. The silks and medicines of Szechuan and sundries could be brought to Yunnan and bought cheap. Our produce quickly sold to other places, theirs brought to us. The cost of transport lessened and trade improved, with advantages to both.\n\nWith the railway built, there will be more travelling, more inns, more movement. Ten taels sold in a day will become twenty. Pack animals and carriers earning 1 tael will earn 2 taels. We have ourselves seen it with our own eyes and heard it with our own ears, and we are not talking nonsense. One day's journey takes you as far as ten by pack. Scholars, travellers, and goods can be taken thousands of li in two or three days without the expenses of pack travelling and with no fear of flood, fire, or robbers. In times of famine, people can be easily moved away and food-stuffs sent, and the people be saved from dying on the spot. Soldiers are a numerous body, and cannot be moved easily, because we have no railways. We keep some 100,000, and now, with railways, 50,000 will be enough. If a disturbance occurs in the east or the west, they can be easily moved, and there would be no looting of the people on their route, and it would be marvellously quickly done.\n\nWhen main lines are built, branch lines can be made to fetch minerals and wood. Yunnan has gold, silver, lead, iron, and tin; wood and stone are everywhere; they are inexhaustible, and railways will confer inestimable benefits. We have mentioned some of the advantages of railways, but not all.\n\nYunnan nearly suffered a great calamity, but the Viceroy Ting approved and forwarded to the Throne a Petition from the gentry stating that they would themselves build the Yunnan-Szechuan Railway. Regulations have been drawn up and an office opened. This is now Yunnan's opportunity. Very much money is, however, required for this railway, and we want everybody to help. Some funds have been collected, but they are insufficient, and we ask everybody to take up bonds. They are of three kinds—for 5 taels, 10 taels, and 50 taels. The rich can take up several of the 50 taels, the middle class the 10 taels, and the poor the 5 taels. The matter is of the most pressing necessity for our province, and must be managed by our united energy. Everybody can see that the Yunnan-Szechuan Railway is a question affecting our life and property; everybody must therefore wish to take up bonds, and not one only, but several to do so early to insure its speedy completion. The sooner it is built the sooner we gain its advantages. It is so self-evident that everybody will see the point, and we trust that none will get angry and make trouble. All that is wanted is that nobody will prefer keeping their money; that officials, gentry, scholars, and commons, men and women, young and old, will pay out their money, either by an individual taking several, or tens, or hundreds of bonds, or several combining to take one. The matter then becomes feasible.\n\nIn Yunnan there are 26,000,000 or 27,000,000 men. If everybody contributes 1 tael, we shall obtain more than the 20,000,000 taels required. If they look upon it as not concerning themselves, we shall not get the sum.\n\nBonds will bring their own profit. On issue, a document will be given which can be presented at the railway office yearly for interest. When the railway makes great profits, they will be shared amongst the bondholders. It is safer than trade. Bonds may increase in value. Why? When the railway is built and is making money, other men will want bonds, and will pay increased sums to obtain them, e.g., if you have a 50-tael bond, you will be able to sell it for 700 or 800. It frequently happens abroad. Japanese railway bonds of 50 yen have frequently been sold for 750 and more. The Shan-yang 50-yen bonds for over 600. The Mei-chou Railway is built through a sparsely populated country, and the bondholders were few at first, but 100-yen bonds are now sold for over 600 yen. What kind of trade shows profits like this? Other trades have losses as well as profits, but this is all profits and no losses.\n\nWe said above Yunnan suffered from a disease. We want it cured; this railway is the cure. When it is built, we shall be master in our own house. Our fields and riches will be ours. So we ask you to consider. To take your own money, to run your own concern, will not only bring you a profit, but will consolidate your affairs, and will be a satisfaction. In the times in which we live, it is everybody's duty to safeguard their native place, and that without any direct profit to themselves. We want everybody to come forward and not be ashamed of being a Yunnan man—all the more that now they will gain large profits from a small sum. The bond can always be sold to a friend or handed down to descendants, and is unlike the \"Chao-hsin\" bonds, which are only worth 10 per cent. or 20 per cent. of their face value. That was an official affair, and so not very satisfactory. This railway is to be jointly managed by officials and merchants. The regulations are comprehensive, and no abuses can creep in. If you do not believe us and prefer keeping your money, you are harming a dying man. It is easy to call a doctor to cure him; but if he will not part with his money, or take the medicine, and lets himself die, who is there living who would die like that without one effort?\n\nWe have felt bound to tell you at length. Yunnan is our own country. We must use our own money for our own affairs. To safeguard Yunnan will be our happiness. If others come to build the line, we cannot foretell the consequences. We therefore beg our fellow villagers to do nothing useless, to save their money, and do their best to help on the building of the line. When the line has been built by us, the profits will be ours, and foreigners will not be able to meddle with it. To rule others and not to be ruled by them is our ambition. Some of us at Peking are watching anxiously, and know that this railway, if built by us, will confer a hundred benefits and cause no evils; but if built by foreigners, there will be a hundred evils and no benefits. We have accordingly written this pamphlet to inform the Headmen of our native villages of the facts of the case, and beg them carefully to consider whether or not our view is right.\n\n## (No. 13. Confidential)\n\n## Inclosure 3 in No. 1.\n\n## Consul Ottewill to Sir J. Jordan,\n\nSir,\n\nTengyueh, April 26, 1907.\n\nI have the honour to report that I have been informed that an appeal for funds for the construction of the Tengyueh Railway, similar to that inclosed in my immediately preceding despatch with regard to the proposed Yunnan-Szechuan Railway, has been made by the Chinese authorities. I do not think there will be any great response.\n\nNo bonds have been sold at the Tengyueh office during the four months it has been opened.\n\nA direct contribution has been levied from the Sub-Prefect and the Taotai. The former has to subscribe 500 taels a-year, and the latter 1,200 taels. The Taotai has promptly cut the salaries he pays the Customs deputies at the out-stations 4 taels each monthly, and I suppose he will manage to make up the sum without much difficulty.\n\nTing Total, one of the Directors of the Chinese Tengyueh Railway Company, left this for his home at Ho Ching-chou about the 10th February last, after having been here about a couple of months. I have been told that he expressed the opinion privately that the Chinese would not be able to build that or the Tali Railway themselves, although naturally he would not admit so much to any foreigner.\n\nI have, &c. (Signed) H. A. OTTEWILL.\n\nPage 663", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-344 - Public Offices & Foreign Office - 1907.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 412486, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-345 - Public Offices & Foreign Office - 1907", "page_number": 246, "title": "CO129-345 - Public Offices & Foreign Office - 1907", "content_text": "# AFFAIRS OF CHINA\n## CONFIDENTIAL\n(16211)\n\nNo. 1.\n\n35776 [May 18.]\n\nREG 8 OCT 07 SECTION 8.\n\n**(No. 162.)**\nSir,\n\n**Sir J. Jordan to Sir Edward Grey.-(Received May 18.)**\n\nPeking, April 2, 1907.\n\nI HAVE the honour to forward to you herewith copy of a despatch which I have received from His Majesty's Consul-General at Hankow, reporting the conclusion of a provisional Agreement between the Chinese Customs Taotai and the Japanese Consul for an extension of the Japanese Concession at that port.\n\nWith reference to Mr. Fraser's statement that the existence of the Standard Oil Company's premises has hitherto been one of the obstacles to the conclusion of such an Agreement, I have the honour to report that my American colleague informs me that he has protested against the inclusion of the Company's premises in such an extension.\n\nI have, &c.\n\n(Signed) J. N. JORDAN.\n\n## Inclosure I in No. 1.\n**(No. 20.)**\nSir,\n\n**Consul-General Fraser to Sir J. Jordan.**\n\nHankow, March 15, 1907.\n\nI HAVE the honour to forward copy and translation of a provisional Agreement for an extension of the Japanese Concession at this port.\n\nThis document, which reached me through a confidential channel, I have every reason to believe to be authentic.\n\nIts result will be to give a total frontage of 250 chang, equivalent to just over 2,900 feet, against our 2,700 feet, and a total area of 30,000 fang or about 95 acres.\n\nThe obstacle to the conclusion of such an Agreement has been the question of the match factory, to which the Hupei Government gave a monopoly of manufacture, and on behalf of which the Viceroy last year protested against a Japanese projected competition, and of the premises to which the Standard Oil Company removed when their original site was included in the German Concession.\n\nI understand from my American colleague that when there was a difficulty in obtaining the Standard Oil Company's site, that Company's agent in Japan approached the Japanese Government directly, and offered that his Company if aided would consent to have their premises included within the extension; that no aid was actually given, and that, so soon as he heard of the impending conclusion of the present Agreement, he notified the Viceroy of the Company's firm determination not to accept Japanese Concession jurisdiction.\n\nThe Chinese deputy, on the other hand, assures me of the existence of a despatch from Dr. Wilcox, the previous United States' Consul-General, to the T'aotai agreeing to the Company's property forming part of the Japanese Concession, if granted.\n\nThe Standard Oil Company, like the Shell Transport and Trading Company and the Royal Dutch Petroleum Company, pays a royalty of three-quarters of a cash per gallon on bulk oil poured into its tanks so long as no other tanks pay less. If the Company is included in the Japanese Concession, and pays its rates and taxes, payment of the royalty would handicap it as compared with its local competitors which are farther down the river; but, if it succeeds in getting off the royalty payment, those competitors will certainly claim equal exemption.\n\nThe Company's position is weakened, on the other hand, by the fact of their river frontage being only 300 feet long, quite insufficient to berth a tank oil steamer. They have arranged to buy an adjoining strip, but the Chinese authorities have not sealed the deeds.\n\nIt will be noticed that the Agreement contains nothing as to the Osaka Shoshen Kaisha's rented lot in the native town, removal from which was, according to Mr. Midzumo, the inducement offered to gain the Viceroy's consent to this extension.\n\n[2494 s-8]\n\n243 \n## Page 243", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-345 - Public Offices & Foreign Office - 1907.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 412567, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-345 - Public Offices & Foreign Office - 1907", "page_number": 327, "title": "CO129-345 - Public Offices & Foreign Office - 1907", "content_text": "**CONFIDENTIAL.**\n\n## SECTION 1\n\n(No. 194.) Sir,\n\nNo. 1.\n\nSir C. MacDonald to Sir Edward Grey.--(Received September 28.)\n\nTokić, September 5, 1907.\n\nI HAVE the honour to transmit herewith copies of two despatches from His Majesty's Vice-Consul at Dairen on the subject of freights to that port by the South Manchurian Railway.\n\nIt will be observed from the Memorandum inclosed in Mr. Parlett's despatch No. 34 that the general goods tariff from Mukden to Dairen is, as compared with that to Yinkow (Newchwang), a differential one in favour of the former port if calculated by mileage. The Japanese railway authorities, while admitting this differentiation, point out that the new tariff is much more favourable to Yinkow than the old one, and contend that, so long as the freight to the latter port is absolutely less than that to Dairen, there cannot be said to be any adverse differentiation from a practical point of view.\n\nI have, &c.\n\n(Signed) **CLAUDE M. MACDONALD**,\n\n(No. 34.) Sir,\n\n### Inclosure 1 in No. 1.\n\nVice-Consul Parlett to Sir C. MacDonald.\n\nDairen, July 25, 1907. IN continuation of my despatch No. 32 of the 22nd instant, I have the honour to inclose herewith a translation of the Regulations governing the transport of freight along the lines of the South Manchurian Railway Company, together with a brief Memorandum on the subject.\n\nI am informed by Mr. Tanaka, a Director of the Company, who has just visited Newchwang, that the present terminus at Yinkow will, if land be purchasable at a reasonable rate, probably be carried a couple of miles closer to the town, to a spot contiguous with the site of the Newchwang Warehouse Company's buildings.\n\nCopies of the translation referred to above have been supplied to the British merchants here.\n\nI have, &c.\n\n(Signed) **HAROLD G. PARLETT**.\n\n(Translation.)\n\n### Inclosure 2 in No. 1.\n\nSouth Manchurian Railway Freight Regulations.\n\nTHE following are the Regulations to be enforced from the 1st July with regard to the transportation of goods which are not the subject of special arrangement or contract:-\n\nSouth Manchurian Railway Company, July 1907.\n\n1. When it is desired to forward goods, application shall be made at a station during the business hours of the said station.\n\nThe application shall be filled up on the official form kept at the station for that purpose, and shall contain all necessary information.\n\n2. If goods cannot be forwarded immediately on their receipt, the Railway Company may, under certain circumstances, refuse to take delivery of them.\n\nPage 38100\n324 \n\n[32323] \nB \n[2641 ee-1]", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-345 - Public Offices & Foreign Office - 1907.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 412568, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-345 - Public Offices & Foreign Office - 1907", "page_number": 328, "title": "CO129-345 - Public Offices & Foreign Office - 1907", "content_text": "## Table of Freights on Merchandize (in force from July 1, 1907)\n\n### System of Measurement\n\n| Unit | Freight Table | Classification | Freight |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| By the picul | Per picul per mile | 1st class | 0.6 Sen. |\n| \" | \" | 2nd | 0.5 |\n| \" | \" | 3rd | 0.4 |\n| By the ton | Per ton per mile | 1st class | 8.0 |\n| \" | \" | 2nd | 6.5 |\n| \" | \" | 3rd | 5.0 |\n| By the whole car | Per ton per mile | 1st class | 7.0 |\n| \" | \" | 2nd | 5.0 |\n| \" | \" | 3rd | 3.5 |\n\n### Live Animals (if not transported by weight)\n\n| Type | Freight |\n| --- | --- |\n| Oxen, horses, mules | Two head or less, per car per mile: 19 Sen. |\n| \" | Per head in excess of two, per car per mile: 9 Sen. |\n| Colts, calves, sheep, pigs, donkeys, goats | Six head or less, per car per mile: 18 Sen. |\n| \" | Per head in excess of six, per car per mile: 2 Sen. |\n\nBut when horses (or mules) and colts, or oxen and calves, are transported together, one horse, ox, or mule corresponds to three colts or calves.\n\n### Dangerous Articles\n\n| Type | Freight |\n| --- | --- |\n| Dangerous drugs, all kinds of petroleum, quicklime, matokes (non-safety) | Picul measurement, per picul per mile: 2 Sen. 6 |\n| \" | Whole car measurement, per ton per mile |\n\n### Vehicles\n\n| Type | Freight |\n| --- | --- |\n| Bicycles | per piece per mile: 2 Sen. |\n| Perambulators | \" : 3 Sen. |\n| Hand-carts | \" : 4 Sen. |\n| Jinrikisha | \" : 11 Sen. |\n| Carriages | \" : 15 Sen. |\n| Carts | \" : 20 Sen. |\n| Drays (horse carts) | \" : 20 Sen. |\n| Motor-cars | \" : 30 Sen. |\n\nN.B. Neither live animals nor dangerous articles are accepted for transport along the Antung-Mukden line.\n\n### Notes\n\n1. One hundred kin make a picul, 16.8 piculs make a ton.\n2. In picul measurement fractions of a picul shall count as a whole picul.\n3. In ton measurements fractions of a ton shall count as a whole ton.\n4. When a whole car is engaged freight shall be payable on the whole of the car, even if part of it be left unoccupied.\n5. In 20-mile measurements fractions of 20 miles shall count as 20 miles, and in mile measurements fractions of a mile shall count as a whole mile.\n\n# Regulations\n\n3. In case of doubt as to the class, value, weight, or measurement of goods, an inspection in the presence of the consignor or consignee may be demanded.\n\n4. All freight charges or charges in connection with the transport of goods shall, save in cases where special arrangements have been made, be payable at the time of application for transport.\n\n5. A way-bill shall be delivered to the consignor against the goods received for transport. Should the consignor so request, a bill of lading may be delivered to him instead of a way-bill.\n\n6. In case of goods transported by ton or picul measurement, each bale, box, or case shall bear a number with the name and address of the consignor.\n\n7. In the case of goods imperfectly packed, or of goods which, not being packed at all, are in danger of being thrown into confusion, transport may be refused unless a special car be hired for their accommodation.\n\n8. In case of necessity the Company may request the presence of an attendant on luggage cars containing live animals.\n\n9. The Railway Company hereby declines to place with ordinary merchandise dangerous goods, even though the latter fall under the same freight class as the former.\n\n10. Goods which must be secured under lock and key, goods which must be sheltered from rain or snow, and goods which are easily ignitable must be loaded in a covered car.\n\n11. It shall not be permissible to load on an uncovered car goods which project from the front or the back or from either side of the car.\n\nThe following are the limits of the height beyond which it shall not be permissible to load goods on uncovered cars:--\n\nIn the case of goods which are too bulky to permit of their being loaded within the limits aforesaid, a further and maximum limit is fixed permitting of their projecting 6 inches from each end of the car and of their being loaded to a height of 9 feet.\n\n| Type of Uncovered Car | Height in the Centre | Height at the Sides |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Having more than three flaps to a side | 8 ft. 5 in. | 6 ft. 0 in. |\n| Having two flaps to a side | 7 ft. 5 in. | 5 ft. 0 in. |\n\n12. A net or cover shall be used when goods which are easily ignitable, or likely to fall off during transit, are loaded on an uncovered car.\n\n13. When by the act of God, or owing to unavoidable circumstances, transport is suspended, the balance of the freight collected shall be repaid after freight and other charges for the mileage already covered have been deducted.\n\n14. If, after their dispatch, it is found that goods received for transport have been loaded on a car in excess of the proper quantity, or so that they are all confused together, the following additional freight charges shall be payable:--\n\n(1) In cases of overloading, twice the freight charge, calculated according to picul measurement, on the total number of kin in excess of the tonnage inscribed on the way-bill.\n\n(2) In cases of mixed loading, twice the difference between the freight on the whole weight of the goods, calculated according to the freight charge of the 1st class, and that inscribed in the way-bill.\n\n15. If a way-bill or a bill of lading is issued, the goods to which either of these documents refers shall be handed over in exchange for the document itself.\n\nGoods for which a way-bill has been issued may be taken delivery of only by a consignee previously recognized by the Company, and after he has affixed his seal to the Company's freight pass-book.\n\n16. Goods the responsibility of discharging which rests with the owner or a goods agent shall, if they are not discharged within twenty-four hours after their arrival, be discharged by the Company at the expense of the consignee.\n\n17. If the bill of lading is lost, the goods shall not be delivered unless such guarantee is forthcoming as may to the Company seem proper.\n\nPage 385", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-345 - Public Offices & Foreign Office - 1907.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 412569, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-345 - Public Offices & Foreign Office - 1907", "page_number": 329, "title": "CO129-345 - Public Offices & Foreign Office - 1907", "content_text": "## Freight Charges and Fees for storing Hand-luggage, Parcels, and Valuables, and Dead Bodies, or Small Animals sent by Passenger Train\n\n### General Rules\n\n1. Ton measurement will only be accepted when a single consignment weighs 2 tons or more.\n\n2. In calculating freight and other charges fractions of 10 sen shall, if less than 5 sen, count as 5 sen; if more than 5 sen, as 10 sen.\n\n3. In addition to the regular freight, the following primage shall be payable on articles more than 18 feet in length, or singly exceeding 3 tons in weight:-\n\n | Length/Weight Category | Primage Rate |\n | --- | --- |\n | Over 18 feet in length or weighing more than 3 tons | 20 per cent. of ordinary freight |\n | Over 30 feet in length or weighing more than 5 tons | 50 per cent. of ordinary freight |\n\n For goods either so long or so heavy as to be chargeable under either of the above, the higher rate applicable. The transportation of articles more than 50 feet in length or over 10 tons in weight shall be the subject of special arrangement.\n\n4. The following goods are classified as belonging to the 1st class: Raw silk, wool, silk, silk-woven goods, woollen cloth, braid, knitted or woven goods, embroideries, furs, articles of vertu, toilet goods, fancy goods, ornaments, paintings and pictures, curios, mirrors, eye-glasses, spectacles, &c., musical instruments, fire-arms, swords, &c., drugs, scales or balances, all scientific and surgical instruments, opium, copper coins, nickel coins.\n\n5. All goods which are not enumerated in these tables belong, with the exception of explosives, to the 2nd class.\n\n6. The following goods are classified as belonging to the 3rd class: Coal, charcoal, fuel, coke, tiles, bricks, stone material, sand, timber, bamboo, cement, lime (excluding quicklime), lava, minerals.\n\n7. The Company declines to accept for transport gold or silver coins, precious metals, gold or silver bullion, jewels, articles set with gold or jewels, paper money, postage stamps, post cards, revenue stamps, negotiable documents, and all documents relating to money.\n\n8. If a consignment of goods is found to contain articles of different classifications, the freight on the whole consignment shall be calculated according to the tariff for 1st class goods.\n\n9. If goods of light weight but considerable volume are dealt with according to the system of ton measurement and found to weigh less than a ton per 100 cubic feet, freight shall be calculated on the basis that 100 cubic feet equal a ton. If they are dealt with according to the system of picul measurement and do not weigh 7 kin per cubic foot, freight shall be calculated on the basis that a cubic foot equals 7 kin.\n\n10. The volume of goods is calculated by measurement with the \"kyoku-shaku\" at the broadest, thickest, and longest parts of the said goods, and from the cubic result obtained by multiplying these figures the freight is calculated. Provided always that fractions of a cubic foot count as a full cubic foot.\n\n11. The duty of unloading goods occupying the whole of a car, live animals, &c., or goods weighing more than 5 piculs, or of a capacity in excess of 30 sai, and of goods generally of great size or bulk, lies with the consignor or consignee.\n\n12. If goods are not taken delivery of within twenty-four hours after notice of their arrival has been given, storage commission shall be chargeable for every subsequent twenty-four hours, or fraction of twenty-four hours, according to the following rates:\n - For every picul or bale or fraction thereof: 3 sen.\n - In the case of goods dealt with according to ton measurement or occupying a whole car: for every ton or fraction thereof: 70 sen.\n - In the case of goods conveyed in a number of cars: for each car: 3 yen.\n\n13. In cases in which a whole car is occupied, notice shall be given, after all preparations have been completed, allowing at least six hours for discharging. If discharge is not completed within that period, demurrage shall be payable at the rate of 70 sen per ton for every twelve hours, or fraction of twelve hours, in excess of the time above specified.\n\n14. If, after all preparations for the occupation of a whole car have been made, dispatch is postponed to suit the convenience of the consignor, compensation shall be payable by him for breach of contract, at the rate specified in the preceding Article, for every twelve hours, or fraction thereof, from the time when notice of the completion of preparations was issued till the time when application is made for suspension of transport.\n\n15. If application is made for the transportation of goods by coupling a goods car to a passenger train, such application shall be complied with on condition that twice the freight chargeable on an ordinary whole goods car be paid.\n\n16. The hours of business are, for the transportation of goods, from sunrise to sunset. These hours may, however, if necessary, be extended.\n\n### Hand-luggage\n\n1. Articles carried by passengers for use while travelling shall be accepted as hand-luggage and carried free, subject to the following limits:\n | Passenger Class | Free Hand-luggage Allowance |\n | --- | --- |\n | 2nd class passenger | 100 kin |\n | 3rd class passenger | 50 kin |\n | Children travelling half-fare | Half the amounts respectively mentioned above |\n\n2. The freight for hand-luggage in excess of the quantities above specified shall be half of that leviable, according to Article 3, on ordinary parcels.\n\n### Parcels\n\n1. The following are the freight charges for ordinary parcels:\n | Distance (Miles) | Freight per Kin |\n | --- | --- |\n | below 50 | ... sen |\n | 50-100 | 1 sen |\n | 100-200 | 1.5 sen |\n | 200-300 | 2.0 sen |\n | over 300 | 2.5 sen, 3.0 sen |\n\n2. Merchandize carried by pedlars or hawkers shall pay freight, live animals and valuables excepted, according to the scale for ordinary parcels.\n\n3. The freight on articles made of paper, on lacquer ware, artificial flowers, glassware, hats, light household utensils, machinery, and fragile goods generally, and on articles which, though light, occupy much space, shall be twice that leviable, in accordance with Article 3, on ordinary articles. The same rate of freight shall apply to articles the consignor of which particularly requests that they shall be treated in transit as fragile.\n\n4. Newspapers and magazines shall, irrespective of mileage, pay freight at the rate of 1 sen per kin. The weight of the cover shall be included.\n\n5. The following are the freight charges for vehicles and coffins:\n | Item | Freight Charge |\n | --- | --- |\n | Jiarikisha, per piece per mile | 5 sen (minimum charge, 1 yen) |\n | Bicycles, perambulators, and carts (empty), for carrying merchandise, per piece per mile | 3 sen (minimum charge, 60 sen) |\n | Coffins (empty), per piece per mile | 10 sen (minimum charge, 2 yen) |\n\n### Valuables\n\n1. **Class 1** (comprising nickel coins, raw silk, silk, silk-woven goods, silk braid, silk lace, and other articles) shall pay the same freight as ordinary parcels, in accordance with Article 3. The minimum charge is 20 sen.\n\n2. **Class 2** (comprising gold and silver coins, precious metals, articles made of precious metals, jewels, jewellery, valuable gold or silver gilt ware, articles of vertu, curios, embroideries, musical instruments, mirrors, eye-glasses, spectacles, and fancy goods) shall pay freight at a rate double that payable on ordinary parcels, as mentioned in Article 3. Minimum, 50 sen.\n\n3. **Class 3** (comprising paper money, post cards, postage stamps, revenue stamps, ...) shall ... \n\nPage 326", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-345 - Public Offices & Foreign Office - 1907.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 415708, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-350 - Public Offices - 1908", "page_number": 403, "title": "CO129-350 - Public Offices - 1908", "content_text": "# Annexure No. 9.\n\nThe Chinese Engineering and Mining Company of Tien-tsin, in the Province of Chihli, in the Empire of China.\n\n**General Mortgage Bond.**\n\n(To secure 200,000l., with interest at 10%. per cent, per annum and premiums as hereinafter mentioned.)\n\n1. The Chinese Engineering and Mining Company will on or on such earlier day as the capital sum hereby secured becomes payable in accordance with the conditions hereon pay to the bearer hereof the sum of 200,000l. together with the premiums hereinafter mentioned in sterling British gold coin with interest in the meantime on the said sum of 200,000l., or on so much thereof as shall, for the time being, remain unpaid at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum, payable on the ... in each year in sterling British coin.\n\n2. This bond is a first charge on the following properties belonging to the Chinese Engineering and Mining Company (hereinafter called \"the Company\") which properties the Company hereby mortgages and hypothecates to secure payment of the capital premiums and interests payable under this bond.\n\n| Property | Description |\n| --- | --- |\n| (a.) | The collieries, coal-fields, mining rights, plant and machinery at Tangshan and Linsi in the said Province of Chihli. |\n| (b.) | The Tien Tung Shan Silver Mines in the same province subject to the loan from the Imperial Government of China. |\n| (c.) | Six steamers and the wharves at Tien-tsin, Tangku, Shanghai, and Hong Kong subject to the loan from the Deutsche-Asiatische Bank. |\n| (d.) | Share interest in the Kien Ping Gold Mines. |\n| (e.) | Share interest in the Tangshan-Tien-tsin Railroad. |\n| (f) | The Kuyeh coal-fields property and plant in connection therewith to be purchased by the Company out of this loan. |\n| (g.) | The pier buildings and works to be constructed by the Company at Ching-wang Tao out of this loan. |\n| (h.) | Any other property which may be bought by the Company out of the proceeds of this loan, and of the Company's property mentioned under (g) and (a). |\n\n3. Annexed to this bond are fifteen coupons each providing for the payment of one year's interest, and such interest will be payable only on presentation and delivery of the coupon referring thereto.\n\n4. If the Company's moneys hereby secured shall become payable before the ... the person presenting this bond for payment must surrender therewith the coupons representing subsequent interest.\n\n5. The delivery to the Company of this bond and of each of the said coupons shall be a good discharge for the capital moneys, premiums, and interest therein respectively specified.\n\n6. The capital moneys hereby secured shall immediately become payable if the Company makes default for a period of six calendar months in the payment of any interest hereby secured, and the bearer hereof before such interest is paid by notice in writing to the Company sent by post to the office of Messrs. Bewick, Moreing, and Co., in London calls in such capital moneys.\n\n7. Twenty thousand pounds part of the capital sum of 200,000l. secured by this bond will be redeemed by the Company on the 31st day of December, ... and a similar amount on each succeeding ... until the whole of the said capital sum of 200,000l. shall have been redeemed or paid off. And the Company will at the same time as every such payment of 20,000l. of capital is made, pay in addition thereto to the bearer of this bond the following premiums on the said sum of 20,000l., namely, a premium of 20l. per cent. thereon on the first date, 18l. per cent. thereon on the second date, 16l. per cent. thereon on the third date, 14l. per cent. thereon on the fourth date, 12l. per cent. thereon on the fifth date, 10l. per cent. thereon on the sixth date, 8l. per cent. thereon on the seventh date, 6l. per cent. thereon on the eighth date, 4l. per cent. thereon on the ninth date, and 2l. per cent. thereon on the tenth date.\n\n8. The capital sum of 200,000l., interest and premiums secured by this bond is also represented by special bonds for different capital amounts, and at different rates of interest, and falling due at different dates the particulars of which special bonds will be indorsed upon the back thereof, and upon payment of the principal moneys, premium and interest secured by the said special bonds of the Company shall be relieved of obligation to pay the corresponding amounts of the capital sum of 200,000l. premium or interest represented by this bond.\n\n9. The proceeds of this loan are to be applied by the Company under the joint supervision and control of Messrs. Bewick, Moreing and Co., of London, and Gustav Detring of Tien-tsin or their respective deputies in the construction of a pier at the new Treaty port of Ching-wang Tao in the Province of Chihli, and in the acquisition and opening up of a new colliery near the railway station of Kuyeh on the Tien-tsin-Shanhaikwan Railway line in the Province of Chihli or such other colliery as may be approved by the said Bewick, Moreing and Co., and Gustav Detring, and such pier and collieries are to be under the management of the said Bewick, Moreing and Co. and Gustav Detring during the continuance of this security.\n\n10. All payments of principal, premiums and interest will be at the office of The Railway Share Trust and Agency Company (Limited), in London.\n\n[Chinese writing here.]\n\nWitnesses to the signature of Mr. Chang Yen Mow.\n\n(Signed) **HERBERT C. HOOVER.**\n\nG. DETRING,\n\nBefore me, this 20th day of September, 1899.\n\n(Signed)\n\nH. KING,\n\nHis Britannic Majesty's Pro-Consul, Tien-tsin.\n\n# Annexure No. 10.\n\nChang Yi's Memorial to the Throne on the 26th day, 5th moon, 27th year of Kuang Hsü (June 22, 1901). (Translation.)\n\n**A MEMORIAL** about adding foreign capital to the Chinese Engineering and Mining Company, and changing it into a Chinese and foreign co-operative limited liability Company, with the object of protecting its interests and securing the capital which our merchants have put into it.\n\nI RESPECTFULLY beg to lay before you, in a reverent Memorial, how this was carried into effect, and beseech your sacred glance thereon.\n\nWith regard to the Chinese Engineering and Mining Company, I find that formerly in the 4th year of Kwang Hsu, the probationery Taotai of Fukien Province, Tang Tang-shu, petitioned asking that, following the Company laws of western nations, he might collect merchant capital for extracting bituminous coal at Tongshan, as a supply for the Peiyang squadron, the arsenals, and for any Government use, thus doing away with a drain on China's resources and opening up fresh springs of wealth. At that time Li Hun-chang, during his first term of office as the Superintendent of Northern Trade, examined the scheme and he sanctioned its being given a trial. At the same time he memorialized the Throne requesting that, following the precedent of the Hupei and Taiwan cases, a full duty on exports and a half duty on reimport should be paid. He received the Imperial Decree \"Let it be as recommended,\" and ordered Tang to reverently obey. All this is on record.\n\nIn the 18th year of Kwang Hsu the said Tang Tuotai died, and I, a Kiangsu expectant Taotai, was appointed to take over charge of the affairs of the Company. I find that ever since the Company began operations its capital has not been sufficient, being exhausted by the ever recurring demands of the various undertakings. I can only do my best to seek means to carry on the business. I would submit that in working mines the three most essential conditions are production, consumption, and transportation. I first of all sank additional shafts to insure that the production would not fall short; secondly, I opened up new centres of consumption in order that this source of profit might be freely extended; in addition to the above, I bought steamers and constructed wharves to facilitate the transport of our stocks of coal and to avoid delay. During these many years everything has gradually been put right.\n\n9 \n\nD \n\n401", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-350 - Public Offices - 1908.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 415771, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-350 - Public Offices - 1908", "page_number": 466, "title": "CO129-350 - Public Offices - 1908", "content_text": "2\n\nI have, therefore, the honour to forward a set of these experimental Rules issued by the Revenue Council, and to request your Excellency to issue instructions for their observance.\n\nInclosure 2 in No. 1.\n\nI avail, &c.\n\n[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.]\n\nགྲྭ\n\nCHINA TRADE.\n\nCONFIDENTIAL.\n\n[41897]\n\nNo. 1.\n\n463-\n\n5508\n\n[December 23]\n\nSECTION 2.\n\nJ4 FEE OS\n\nProvisional Regulations for the Transport of Foreign or Native Goods to the newly opened Ports of Manchuria.\n\n(Translation.)\n\nALL foreign goods on which import duty has been paid at Tien-tsin, Newchwang, Antung, or Tairen, or native goods on which coast trade half-duty has been paid, unless they are to be transported into the interior either under Inward Transit Pass or paying duty and li-kin at custom-houses or barriers en route at the option of the merchant, and as provided by the Rules hitherto in force, if intended for transport by whatever means of conveyance to the newly opened ports in Manchuria, may be provided with a special certificate exempting them from further charges. Such special certificates shall be stamped in accordance with the Regulations, and shall be surrendered within two months. On every application for such special certificates shall be stated over the signature of the applicant the name of the port of destination, and that unless proof of the arrival of the goods at the port of destination is produced within the time allowed at custom-house where the application was made, three times the half-duty shall be paid. An annual bond may be executed in the same terms and deposited with the Customs, to save the inconvenience of executing a bond on every occasion. In the case of foreign merchants the bond shall be sealed by the Consul, and in the case of Chinese by the Customs. Any one who has not executed an annual bond must put in a signed application on each occasion.\n\nForms for bonds and applications shall be fixed by the Customs.\n\n2. Goods transported under special certificate to the newly opened ports of Manchuria, in order to be in order, must correspond with the description of them given in the application. If they do not so correspond, they shall be regarded as having no special certificate, and besides the penalty of three times the half-duty on the entire quantity due at the custom-house where the application was made, the goods shall be liable to confiscation on arrival at the port of destination.\n\n(No. 262.) Sir,\n\nSir C. MacDonald to Sir Edward Grey.--(Received December 23.)\n\nTokió, November 20, 1907. WITH reference to your despatch No. 175 of the 26th August, and my despatch No. 239 of the 28th October last, on the subject of the alleged discrimination in railway rates on the South Manchurian Railway in favour of Dairen at the expense of Newchwang, I have the honour to transmit copy of a despatch from the British Vice-Consul at Dairen, to whom your despatch No. 175 was referred.\n\nIt will be observed that Mr. Parlett states that no outward discrimination can be said to exist since the Manchurian Railway Company took over the line from the military authorities. It is true, however, as previously reported, that Dairen is in a much more favoured position with regard to Newchwang than would be the case if freights were strictly regulated by mileage.\n\n(No. 81.) Sir,\n\nI have, &c.\n\n(Signed)\n\nCLAUDE M. MACDONALD.\n\nInclosure 1 in No. 1.\n\nVice-Consul Parlett to Sir C. MacDonald.\n\nDairen, November 13, 1907. I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Excellency's despatch No. 20 of the 31st October, with inclosure in original.\n\nThe China Association, in its letter of the 25th June to the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, is alluding presumably to the conditions which existed while the South Manchurian Railway was still in the hands of the military authorities. The Japanese themselves confess that Dairen was then favoured at the expense of Newchwang, but when the present Railway Company took possession of the line, and put into force its own freight tariff, a translation of which was inclosed in my despatch No. 34 of the 25th June, this system of discrimination, outwardly, at all events, ceased.\n\nFor the convenience of the Foreign Office and of your Excellency, I have the honour to forward herewith a fresh translation of the table of charges for whole cars. It differs from the first only in being slightly fuller, more easily read, and in having the names of stations written with their Chinese instead of their Japanese pronunciation--the latter having been abandoned by the Railway Company.\n\nA cursory glance will show that as far as Hsintaitsu, which is a short distance beyond Mukden (Fengtien), there is an advantage, though not so great as the mileage would warrant, in favour of Newchwang (Yinkow). From Tiehling northwards to Kwangchengtzu, the terminus, the tariff is exactly the same for both ports.\n\nOnly in the case of goods not sent by car-load is the freight calculated by distance, and then the advantage--an unimportant one, because no appreciable amount of merchandize is likely to travel in that manner--is in favour of Newchwang.\n\nIt will thus be seen that the statement made in the China Association's letter, to the effect that beyond Mukden everything was in favour of Dairen, is no longer correct.\n\nI shall make it my duty to watch carefully for evidence of any action on the part of the railway savouring of partiality.\n\n[2765 -2]", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-350 - Public Offices - 1908.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 416221, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-351 - Public Offices - 1908", "page_number": 386, "title": "CO129-351 - Public Offices - 1908", "content_text": "381\n\n4\n\nInclosure 3 in No. 1.\n\nRegulations for the Establishment of a Municipal Council at Harbin.*\n\n(Abstract of Translation.)\n\nARTICLE 1 provides for an elective Town Council. Superintendence over legal functions of such Council to be in hands of President of the Eastern Chinese Railway Company.\n\nArticle 2 describes functions of said Council\n\n(a.) Management of taxes and dues, town property and finance, maintenance of streets, bridges, wharfs, sewerage, lighting, &c.\n\n(b.) Stores for the sale of firewood, bread, and meat to be under public management.\n\n(c.) Management of medical and sanitary department, hospitals and cemeteries.\n\n(d) Supervision of charities and benevolent institution.\n\n(e.) Organization and maintenance of schools, libraries, theatres, &c.\n\n(f) Attention to development of local trade, arrangement of markets, and institution of regulations between employers and employés in manufacturing and industrial establishments.\n\n(g.) Maintenance of tramways, omnibuses, and steam-boats.\n\n(h.) Supervision over building, &c.\n\nArticle 3. Public property (roads, parks, squares, &c.) not to be alienated by Council without consent of the Railway Company.\n\nArticle 4. The Council to be a legal entity.\n\nArticle 5. Right of Council to impose taxation for the requirements of the town.\n\nArticle 7. The Council to place 5 per cent. of its revenues at the disposal of the Railway Company, and also to bear part of the expenses of the Harbin police.\n\nArticle 8. All persons to pay taxes at the same rate. Arrears to be collected by the police.\n\nArticle 9. Power to make Regulations obligatory on all residents, and to institute prosecutions in case of infractions.\n\nArticle 10. Municipal management to consist of--\n\n(1.) An assembly of citizens.\n\n(2.) A Town Council.\n\nArticles 11 to 31. Rules for the election of delegates to the Assembly, seventy-two in number; qualification of voters, disabilities, method of voting, &c.\n\nArticles 31 to 41. Functions of delegates. Unimportant.\n\nArticle 42. The Town Council to consist of a chairman and five members, of whom three shall be elected and two appointed by the Railway Company.\n\nArticle 43. Chairman must be a Russian subject. Term of office of Council, three years.\n\nArticles 44 and 45. Rules for election of chairman and Council.\n\nArticle 46. Council to be paid for their services.\n\nArticle 47. Council to supervise the executive of the public Administration.\n\nArticle 48. Not less than four members to form a quorum.\n\nArticle 49. All proceedings must be reported to the manager of the Railway Company.\n\nArticle 50. All business to be conducted in Russian.\n\nArticle 51. All relations of the municipal shall be conducted not otherwise than with the consent of the management of the railway.\n\nArticle 52. All rules instituted by the general management shall be effective on all residents and establishments in the town and territory of Harbin.\n\nArticle 53. In the surrender of land to foreigners there shall be taken from such foreigners a signed pledge that they will obey all police and municipal Rules and Regulations, permanent and temporary, and also those which are to be formulated. When foreigners sign such pledges, their Consuls on the territory should give evidence that the pledges are signed or given with their knowledge and consent.\n\nArticle 64. Disputes between the municipal management and the railway management shall be decided by the general management.\n\n5\n\nInclosure 4 in No. 1.\n\nObligatory Rules for Residents in Harbin Railway Settlement.\n\n(Abstract of Translation.)\n\n1. NO person to open a trade or industrial establishment without a licence from the Railway Company.\n\n2. Lays down conditions under which the licences will be granted, fees payable, &c.\n\n3. All persons of the trade superintendency shall have the right to go into the trade and industrial establishments where trade or business is being conducted for purposes of inspection.\n\n4. Any infraction of Rules to be punished by fine not exceeding 100 roubles or imprisonment for one month.\n\nInclosure 5 in No. 1.\n\nM. Pokotilow to Sir J. Jordan.\n\nLégation Impériale de Russie,\n\nM. le Ministre et cher Collègue,\n\nle 8 Février, 1908,\n\nAVEC le développement de Harbin et d'autres localités situées sur la ligne du Chemin de Fer Chinois de l'Est un assez grand nombre d'étrangers sont venus y résider, et certains d'entre eux sont devenus, ou ont l'intention de devenir, acquéreurs de terrains ou d'immeubles situés sur le territoire appartenant au chemin de fer. Il est évident que par ce fait même ces étrangers se mettent en certaines relations juridiques vis-à-vis des autorités gérant ce territoire.\n\nAfin d'éviter tout malentendu en ce qui concerne les droits de la Société du Chemin de Fer Chinois de l'Est concernant l'administration des terrains lui appartenant, et prenant en considération qu'il existe des textes non autorisés du Traité passé entre le Gouvernement Chinois et la Banque Russo-Chinoise le 27 Août (8 Septembre), 1896, concernant la construction du chemin de fer en Manchourie, j'ai l'honneur de vous communiquer ci-dessous le texte Français, seul autorisé, de l'Article VI de ce Traité définissant les droits administratifs du chemin de fer concernant le territoire lui appartenant. Comme vous voudrez bien remarquer, la Société du Chemin de Fer possède le droit absolu et exclusif de l'administration de ses terrains.\n\nVoici le texte de l'Article en question :\n\n\"Les terrains réellement nécessaires pour la construction, exploitation, et protection de la ligne, ainsi que les terrains aux environs de la ligne, nécessaires pour se procurer des sables, pierres, chaux, &c., seront remis à la Société gratuitement, si ces terrains sont la propriété de l'État; s'ils appartiennent à des particuliers, ils seront remis à la Société contre un seul payement ou une location annuelle aux propriétaires au prix courant.\n\nLes terrains appartenant à la Société seront exempts de tout impôt foncier.\n\n\"La Société aura le droit absolu et exclusif de l'administration de ses terrains.\n\n\"La Société aura le droit de construire sur ses terrains des constructions de tout genre et également de construire et d'exploiter le télégraphe nécessaire pour les besoins de la ligne.\n\n\"De même, les revenus de la Société, toutes ses recettes et les tarifs pour le transport de voyageurs et marchandises, télégraphes, &c., seront exempts de tout impôt et droit. Exception est faite pour les mines pour lesquelles il y aura un arrangement spécial.\"\n\nJe vous serais bien reconnaissant, M. le Ministre et cher collègue, de vouloir bien porter ce qui précède à la connaissance des ressortissants Anglais ayant des intérêts sur le territoire du chemin de fer. Je crois devoir en même temps prier votre Excellence d'inviter les autorités Consulaires Anglaises en Manchourie de s'adresser pour toute explication ou réclamation concernant les intérêts de leurs ressortissants sur le dit territoire, et spécialement à Harbin, au Consul-Général de Russie dans cette ville, ce dernier étant chargé de servir d'intermédiaire entre les Représentants Consulaires\n\n[2921 d―1]\n\n0\n\n* These Regulations are not dated, but were issued towards the end of December 1907.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-351 - Public Offices - 1908.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 416414, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-351 - Public Offices - 1908", "page_number": 579, "title": "CO129-351 - Public Offices - 1908", "content_text": "6\n\nChinois; en outre, il sera chargé des relations de la banque et de la Société du Chemin de Fer avec le Gouvernement Chinois et les autorités centrales et locales.\n\nLe Président de la Société du Chemin de Fer Chinois de l'Est sera également chargé d'examiner tous les comptes du Gouvernement Chinois avec la Banque Russo-Chinoise.\n\nPour faciliter toutes les négociations sur place la Banque Russo-Chinoise maintiendra un agent à Pékin.\n\n2. Le tracé de la ligne sera fixé par les députés du Président de la Société, nommé par le Gouvernement Chinois, de commun accord avec les ingénieurs de la Société et les autorités locales. En traçant cette ligne, les cimetières, tombeaux, ainsi que les villes et villages, doivent être, autant que possible, évités et laissés de côté,\n\n3. La Société aura à commencer les travaux dans le délai de douze mois à partir du jour où ce contrat sera sanctionné par Décret Impérial, et à les mener de façon que toute la ligne soit terminée dans un délai de six ans à partir du jour où le tracé de la ligne sera définitivement arrêté, et que les terrains y nécessaires sont mis à la disposition de la Compagnie. La largeur de la voie doit être la même que celle des chemins de fer Russes (5 pieds Russes, environ 4 pieds et 24 pouces Chinois).\n\n4. Le Gouvernement Chinois donnera des ordres aux autorités locales d'aider la Société de toutes leurs forces pour obtenir au prix courant des matériaux nécessaires pour la construction du chemin de fer, ainsi que des ouvriers, les moyens de transport par eau et par terre, les provisions nécessaires pour nourrir les hommes et les animaux, &c.\n\nLe Gouvernement Chinois doit dans la mesure du besoin prendre des mesures pour faciliter ces transports.\n\n5. Le Gouvernement Chinois prendra des mesures pour assurer la sécurité du chemin de fer et des personnes à son service contre toute attaque.\n\nLa Compagnie aura le droit d'employer, à son choix, le nombre d'étrangers ou d'indigènes, comme elle trouvera nécessaires dans l'intérêt de l'administration, &c.\n\nCas criminels, procès, &c., sur le territoire du chemin de fer, devront être réglés par les autorités locales d'après les stipulations des Traités.\n\n6. Les terrains réellement nécessaires pour la construction, exploitation, et protection de la ligne, ainsi que les terrains aux environs de la ligne, nécessaires pour se procurer des sables, pierres, chaux, &c., seront remis à la Société gratuitement, si ces terrains sont la propriété de l'État; s'ils appartiennent à des particuliers, ils seront remis à la Société contre un seul paiement ou une location annuelle aux propriétaires au prix courant. Les terrains appartenant à la Société seront exempts de tout impôt foncier.\n\nLa Société aura le droit absolu et exclusif de l'administration de ces terrains. La Société aura le droit de construire sur ces terrains des constructions de tout genre et également de construire et d'exploiter le télégraphe nécessaire pour les besoins de la ligne.\n\nDe même, les revenus de la Société, toutes ses recettes, et les tarifs pour le transport de voyageurs et marchandises, télégraphes, &c., seront exempts de tout impôt et droit. Exception est faite pour les mines, pour lesquelles il y aura un arrangement spécial.\n\n7. Tous les objets et matériaux nécessaires pour la construction, exploitation, et réparation de la ligne seront exempts de tout impôt et droit de douane et de tout impôt et droit intérieur.\n\n8. La Société est responsable que des troupes et du matériel de guerre Russes, expédiés en transit par cette ligne, seront acheminés directement d'une gare Russe à l'autre sans s'arrêter en route sous aucun prétexte plus qu'il n'est strictement nécessaire.\n\n9. Les voyageurs qui ne sont pas des sujets Chinois, s'ils veulent quitter le territoire du chemin de fer, doivent être munis de passeports Chinois. La Société est responsable que les voyageurs qui ne sont pas des sujets Chinois ne quittent pas le territoire de chemin de fer s'ils n'ont pas de passeports Chinois.\n\n10. Les bagages des voyageurs ainsi que les marchandises expédiées en transit d'une station Russe à l'autre, ne seront pas soumis aux droits de douane; ils seront également exempts de tout impôt et droit intérieur. La Société est tenue d'expédier ces marchandises, à l'exception des bagages des voyageurs, dans des wagons spéciaux qui, arrivant à la frontière Chinoise, seront scellés par le bureau de douane Chinoise, et ne pourront quitter le territoire Chinois qu'après que le bureau de douane aura constaté que les cachets sont intacts; s'il sera prouvé que ces wagons ont été ouverts en route sans autorisation, les marchandises seront confisquées.\n\nLes marchandises importées de Russie en Chine par ce chemin de fer, de même que les marchandises exportées de Chine en Russie par la même route, payeront respectivement le droit d'importation ou d'exportation de la douane maritime Chinoise, diminué d'un tiers,\n\nSi les marchandises sont transportées dans l'intérieur, elles payeront de plus le droit de transit égal à la moitié du droit d'importation perçu, qui les affranchit de toute charge supplémentaire.\n\nLes marchandises qui n'auront pas payé le droit de transit seront passibles de tous les droits de barrière et de likine imposés dans l'intérieur.\n\nLe Gouvernement Chinois doit installer aux deux points frontières de la ligne des bureaux de douane.\n\n11. Les tarifs pour le transport des voyageurs, des marchandises, ainsi que pour le chargement et le déchargement des marchandises, sont fixés par la Société. Mais elle est obligée de transporter gratuitement la poste aux lettres officielle Chinoise et, à mi-prix, les troupes Chinoises de terre et de mer, ainsi que le matériel de guerre Chinois.\n\n12. Le Gouvernement Chinois transfère à la Société le droit complet et exclusif d'exploiter la ligne à son propre compte et risque, de sorte que le Gouvernement Chinois ne soit dans aucun cas responsable d'un déficit quelconque de la Compagnie, pendant le temps destiné aux travaux et ensuite encore pour quatre-vingts ans à partir du jour où la ligne sera terminée et le mouvement en activité. Passé ce terme, la ligne avec tout qui s'y rattache passera gratuitement au Gouvernement Chinois.\n\nÀ l'expiration de trente-six ans à partir du jour où toute la ligne sera terminée et le mouvement en activité, le Gouvernement Chinois aura le droit de racheter cette ligne en remboursant intégralement tous les capitaux engagés, ainsi que toutes les dettes contractées pour cette ligne, plus les intérêts accrus.\n\nSi, le profit réalisé surpassant le bénéfice alloué aux actionnaires, une partie des capitaux, &c., est remboursée, cette partie sera déduite du prix de rachat. En aucun cas le Gouvernement Chinois ne pourra entrer en possession de cette ligne avant que le montant respectif soit déposé à la Banque d'État de Russie.\n\nLe jour où la ligne sera terminée et le mouvement en activité la Société versera au Gouvernement Chinois un paiement de 5,000,000 de Kouping taels.\n\nBanque Russo-Chinoise,\n\n(Signé) ROTHSTEIN.\n\nBerlin, le 27 Août (8 Septembre), 1896.\n\nKouang Su, 22e année, 8e mois, 2 jour.\n\n(Signé)\n\nPrince OUKHTOMSKY.\n\nSHU.\n\nInclosure 9 in No. 1.\n\nAgreement between Russia and the Eastern Chinese Railway Company.\n\n(Translation from the Russian text.)\n\nON the 4th January, 1908, we, the Undersigned, with the knowledge and consent of the Imperial German Consul, entered into the following engagement with the Eastern Chinese Railway Company, to wit:---\n\nHaving acquired by long lease, on the territory of the railway, a ground property we now declare ourselves in Harbin-Pristan of square fathoms, numbered ready to observe, in the same way as Russian subjects and other nationals, all the provisions of the Regulations respecting police, buildings, sanitation, commerce, and industry, and also to pay taxes and duties, not only those already existing, but also any others which the Administration of the Railway or the town may consider necessary in the future to put into force on the railway territory. In the event of non-fulfilment of the above conditions (according to the nature of the infringement), the Administration of the Railway has the right, as will seem good to it, either to put an end to our undertaking or else to declare our rights under the lease forfeited, in which case the rent already paid by us will not be refunded, and we shall be bound to pull down without delay the buildings which shall have been erected on the property. Further, we renounce the right to make any claim against the Eastern Chinese Railway for damages resulting from the closing of our business or the annulment of our lease and the destruction of our buildings.\n\n572", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-351 - Public Offices - 1908.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 416638, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-351 - Public Offices - 1908", "page_number": 803, "title": "CO129-351 - Public Offices - 1908", "content_text": "796\n\n2\n\nsuggest that either Taotai's deeds be issued for these lots, in which case Bowern will be very careful in future land transactions, and will not use the name of Pao T'ai Chi any more, as it seems to give rise to misunderstanding, or that the Chinese authorities take back the land, refunding to Bowern all out-of-pocket expenses for land which he still holds in his own name, and refunding the sale price to those foreigners to whom he has transferred lots,\n\n\"But in a very good letter, in which, I am bound to confess he has the best of the argument, the Taotai adheres to his original demand, and matters are at present at a deadlock.\"\n\nBankow.\n\nIn the course of investigations into troubles which arose in December last between the China Inland Mission and the Roman Catholic Mission at Tang Hsien in Honan, it has been brought to light that the latter mission has a body of armed men whose uniform badges describe them as \"Volunteers of the Roman Catholic Church at Liu Pin Chiao.\" His Majesty's Consul-General addressed a despatch to the Governor calling attention to the serious danger of such missionary guards, but he has received no reply. It is asserted that the local Brigadier asked the mission to keep this body of men as a protection. The native priest, however, told an English missionary, in the presence of the Prefect, that these men had all become Roman Catholics on their dismissal by the Police Bureau, in whose employment they had been, in consequence of certain disturbances with the native Protestant converts.\n\nFurther evidence as to the lack of brotherly love existing between adherents of the various Christian missions is to be found in the Report of an English missionary, who, on visiting P'u-ch'i, saw a mob of Roman Catholic converts engaged in hanging up an American convert by his thumbs. The American and Roman Catholic missions in that city have only been able to settle serious troubles, which arose between them lately, thanks to the mediation of the Taotai. This Magistrate, however, confesses himself unable to keep the peace between the various missionary sects.\n\nPakhoi.\n\nOn the 15th March this year a slight disturbance broke out in the Kaochou district east of Pakhoi. Three hundred troops were hurriedly dispatched; with their arrival the rebels went quietly back to their fields, and all is now reported safe. In Pakhoi itself there is nothing to show the unsettled state of the surrounding districts. There are about 200 soldiers there. A number of these have been told off as a guard to the foreign community; they are distributed in mat-sheds round the foreign houses. They do not, however, inspire much confidence; little better than a ragged crowd of undisciplined coolies, it is not at all certain that they could be relied upon in an emergency. The Vice-Consul for France, M. Guibert, has been endeavouring for some time past to secure that a Chinese war-vessel shall be permanently stationed there. The Viceroy has so far yielded to his representations as to promise that a gun-boat shall visit the port twice a-month, and that in the event of a serious outbreak it shall remain close at hand until quiet has been restored. As things are at present there would seem to be no necessity for any more elaborate precautions.\n\nVessels arriving at Pakhoi are from time to time boarded by the local Deputy for Foreign Affairs and his detectives to search for rebels. In the case of British vessels a letter is sent, on the steamer's arrival in port, to the captain from His Majesty's Consulate, instructing him to give the Deputy every assistance in his search. He is at the same time warned that in the event of the Chinese authorities wishing to arrest any one he must at once communicate with the Consulate, and must not allow the person to be taken out of the ship before the Consul or his representative has inquired into the matter, and satisfied himself that the accused is implicated in a criminal offence and is a fit subject to be given up. So far no arrests have been made on British ships.\n\nAccording to reports received from His Majesty's Consulate, the French are leaving no stone unturned to increase their influence in the south-west provinces. They are not, however, popular with the Chinese, and a wholesome dread of everything French is, Mr. Harding states, a noticeable feature of the local mind. Rumours are abroad that the Tonkin authorities, to ingratiate themselves with the Chinese Government, and in exchange for certain Railway Concessions in South China, have secretly agreed to surrender to the Chinese authorities all political refugees in Tonkin and Annam. These rumours are, however, emphatically denied by the French papers, which explain that, while so-called Chinese reformers will be kept under surveillance, they will not, if deported, be sent back to China. It is a significant fact, however, that recently a Chinese prisoner—believed to be a revolutionist—was sent from Haiphong to Pakhoi to be handed over to the Chinese authorities. The prisoner arrived in charge of an Annamite soldier, but succeeded in effecting his escape shortly after landing.\n\n3\n\nThe French claim a right, based on the Kuangchow Wan Agreement of 1898, to participate in the building of any railway at Pakhoi. In the present state of Chinese feeling the suggestion of French co-operation is in itself quite enough to give the death-blow to any Chinese ambitions in this respect. It is equally certain that, without the assistance of foreign capital and foreign engineers, it is impossible to hope, at any rate for the present, to see a purely Chinese scheme of railway development come to fruition in these parts. It has also to be remembered that the existence of a railway at Pakhoi would bring the latter once more into competition with the neighbouring French port of Haiphong for the trade of the Yunnan market. This is now practically a dead letter as far as Pakhoi is concerned.\n\nYunnan tin was at one time a most valuable article of export. Now it does not appear in the returns at all, and Yunnan produce finds its way more cheaply and expeditiously to the sea via the French railway to Haiphong, even in spite of the heavy incidence of taxation to which it is subjected en route by the French Customs officials. Participation, therefore, is the least quid pro quo the French will take for the diminution which the building of the railway at Pakhoi would probably cause in the Haiphong trade returns. In view, however, of the strong aversion of the Chinese to French—or in fact any foreign—assistance, it does not seem possible that a Franco-Chinese railway can become an accomplished fact.\n\nThere is a French Government school in Pakhoi founded by the Tonkin Administration. The Director, M. Obl, told Mr. Harding that when he arrived here a little over a year ago, there were only nineteen scholars. He now claims over 100, This is probably an exaggerated figure, but there would seem to be no doubt that the school derives a considerable amount of popularity with the Chinese from the fact that instruction is entirely secular. Prospects of employment in minor posts under the Tonkin Administration are also held out to the most successful pupils.\n\nThat gun-running exists on the Tonkinese border is proved by recent notices in the French press, which, besides giving many rumours of seizures, reports the actual capture of a Greek who was smuggling revolvers and ammunition. During the past quarter also several junks have been detained by the Pakhoi Customs for clandestinely landing arms.\n\nPiracies continue to occur in Pakhoi waters with regular precision. Sometimes it is a junk, at others a village which is looted. Little or nothing is being done by the authorities to check it, their attention being wholly occupied with the greater question of the rebellion.\n\nWuhu.\n\nAnhui Railway.-Chou Hsueh Hsi, a son of Chou Fu, the late Viceroy of Canton, has been elected President of the Anhui Railway Company, and his appointment has been confirmed by the Throne.\n\nDuring the past three months work on the line, so far as can be learnt, has been suspended, but there are signs that the filling-in and bunding of the Company's lot in the General Foreign Settlement, on which is to be situated the river terminus of the line to Kuang-te-chou, are to be undertaken at an early date.\n\nInclosure 2 in No. 1.\n\nExtracts from the Chinese Press.\n\nTHE following extracts from the native press are of interest :-\n\n\"New German Railway in Shantung.-The German-Chinese Company at present developing coal mines in Yi Hsien have decided to construct a line for the transport of their coal from the mines to T'ai Erh Chuang. A contract for the construction of the line and the supply of rolling-stock has been made with Arnold Karberg and Carlowitz and Co., the cost being estimated at 1,600,000 marks. German engineers are to be engaged.\"\n\n\"Measures adopted against River Pirates in Kiangsu and Chekiang.-The Provincial Treasurer Jui has organized a force to patrol the lakes and canals of Chekiang and\n\n[1819 -3]\n\nB 2", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-351 - Public Offices - 1908.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 416767, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-352 - Public Offices - 1908", "page_number": 94, "title": "CO129-352 - Public Offices - 1908", "content_text": "6\n\n(Translation.)\n\nInclosure 6 in No. 1.\n\nJOINT RULES regarding the construction of the Hankow-Canton Railway agreed upon by the authorities and gentry of the three provinces of Hupei, Hunan, and Kuang-tung, dated the 6th February, 1908 (and approved by the Throne).\n\nFOR the resumption fund of 1,100,000l. and the outstanding gold railway bonds the three provinces are responsible in the proportions of Hunan and Kuangtung three-sevenths each, Hupei one-seventh. Principal and interest payable shall be provided according to the sovereign and gold dollar exchanges, Hunan's contribution being paid direct by a Deputy and the English Consul at Hankow, Kuangtung's by that province and the Hong Kong and Shanghae Bank at Hong Kong. Any sudden rise or fall in the rates at dates of payment shall be borne in the same proportions.\n\n2. The three provinces propose jointly to engage one railway Survey Engineer to survey the whole track again once, so as to determine exactly the trace. Each province will be responsible for payment of the survey within it.\n\n3. Apart from this Surveying Engineer, each province will select and hire its own construction engineers and other employés. Each province is also free to engage its own engineer other than the joint engineer to resurvey.\n\n4. Each province will provide its own funds and set to work building in its own jurisdiction. But, as the object is to establish complete intercommunication at an early date, it is agreed that railway work shall be started simultaneously by the three provinces on the trunk line only, no building of branches being allowed by a province until the trunk line within it is completed, lest the main work be delayed.\n\n5. No profit can accrue on any province's completed part of the trunk line until traffic opens. The net profits shall be pooled and divided according to the actual capital counting from the date of starting traffic.\n\n6. As Hunan's section is the longest, the Hunan and Kuangtung Companies have, with a view to the speedy completion of the whole line, now agreed that, after the latter has built up to its border, Hunan agrees to cede to Kuangtung full rights of the building on its behalf of the line on from Ichang through the Chen-chou jurisdiction to Yung-hsing district. This section shall be under Kuangtung's management for twenty-five years after completion, when Hunan may redeem it at the actual cost incurred by Kuangtung in making it. Should Kuangtung's provision of funds prove inadequate, other arrangements will, of course, be made; but Hunan must have one year's notice so that Hunan may provide funds to continue the line itself.\n\n7. The three provinces should hasten the construction of the section of each, and so if one province builds energetically, and speedily completing its line at a great rate, while another province builds leisurely and slowly with poor results in line built, the behind-hand province shall bear a proportionate share of the interest on the work and capital expended by the forward province, so as to avoid procrastination. Every year there shall be a mutual comparison and reckoning.\n\n(Note. The idea is that if, e.g., Kuangtung has 300 miles done, Hupei 200, and Hunan only 100, each share pay one-third of the interest on the total capital expenditure.)\n\n8. The traffic profit on Kuangtung's completed branch from Canton to Fatshan is earmarked for the resumption fund in the proportions set forth in Article 1.\n\n9. The Development Companies built part of the main line in Kuangtung, and their unused materials are to be valued by deputies, and Kuangtung will pay Hunan and Hupei three-sevenths and one-seventh of the total respectively.\n\n10. The cost of the land in Kuangtung, bought by the Development Company, will be ascertained from the deeds, and dealt with in the same fashion.\n\n11. As the three provinces are to divide profits according to capital of each, they shall mutually send officers to investigate. A separate detailed scheme will be drawn up after the resurvey and before work begins.\n\n12. The steel rails, all steel and iron materials required for the whole line shall, it is agreed by the three provinces, be jointly contracted for with the Hanyang ironworks. The ironworks' quality and prices shall, whether conveyed to Hupei, Hunan, or Kuang-tung, be uniform with those of foreign works. The prices may not be unduly raised, and then, so as to protect China's own interests, the provinces will not buy abroad.\n\n13. Each province will make its own rules, according to local conditions, for the provision of funds and invitation of shareholders, and will submit them for approval, the general rule being to avoid encroachment on each other. Neither may alien shares be privily invited on pain of confiscation of capital so obtained.\n\n14. After the whole line is completed, the profits on working will first be devoted to paying the Company's salaries and wages and office expenses, the up-keep of the line, amortization of resumption loan, proper share interest and reserve, and then from the net profits a certain contribution shall be made to the State in accordance with the system of foreign countries' Companies; but it is earnestly begged that all extra charges may be cut out in compassion for our traders' means in the hope of great advantage to the system of collecting merchant shareholders. The ultimate residue will all pertain to the shareholders for apportionment under such rules as they may agree upon.\n\nFour Supplementary Rules for the Working of the completed Line.\n\n1. The arrangements on this railway for the transport of such items as troops and supplies on public account, and for relief of regions suffering from drought or flood, shall be compiled from the rules of foreign mercantile Railway Companies.\n\n2. In case of hostilities, when our country will use it for conveyance, it is still more essential to prevent the enemy from privily obtaining its beneficial use. What precautions this line ought to take should be compiled from the Regulations of such foreign mercantile Railway Companies.\n\n3. Touring students from the various schools, and naval and army men, if provided with a special pass issued by the public authorities, should obtain the regular reduced fares, but such passes must, in accordance with foreign countries' system, have clear limitations.\n\n4. The business taxes payable in building this line should be compiled according to the rules of the commercial Railway Companies of foreign nations.\n\nInclosure 7 in No. 1.\n\nChang Chih-tung to Consul-General Fraser.\n\n(Translation.) Sir,\n\n[Received August 9, 1905.] THE Canton-Kowloon Railway is a question apart from the present loan, and it was never mentioned when I first consulted you about raising the loan.\n\nMy powers and office relate solely to the Canton-Hankow Railway, and I am also entirely unacquainted with the details of the first discussion of the Canton-Kowloon Line. I cannot venture, therefore, rashly to obtrude my opinion on the arrangements for that railway, a matter which it really would not do for me to concern myself with.\n\nThe fact is that, while I am indeed deeply grateful for the genuine friendship and kindly feeling shown me by Sir Ernest Satow and yourself over the loan, I had rather not take any part in the Canton-Kowloon Railway question.\n\nI should feel very grateful if you would convey to Sir Ernest Satow my hope that he will pardon my insisting that the loan and the Canton-Kowloon Railway question be kept quite separate.\n\nI have, &c. (Card of Viceroy Chang.)\n\n91", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-352 - Public Offices - 1908.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 416950, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-352 - Public Offices - 1908", "page_number": 276, "title": "CO129-352 - Public Offices - 1908", "content_text": "also endeavour to keep the handling of them in their own hands, and this is evidently what Mr. Wright is complaining of.\n\nThe Japanese, as buyers of three-fourths of the output of the beans, are no doubt exerting, by monetary advances and forward contracts, a controlling influence over the bean brokers up-country. They can therefore more or less dictate whether the beans shall go to Newchwang or to Tairen. They thus induce most of the beans to go to Tairen. Perhaps the railway rebates, which apply to freights exceeding 100,000 yen per annum, induce the Japanese to try to carry all the beans under their own name. Once at Tairen, the beans go either to Japan or to South China in the proportions above mentioned. To judge from Mr. Wright's language, a steamer to Japan will be served first from the warehouses (which belong to the Railway Company), and the foreign steamers, wishing to get their beans for South China, must await the convenience of the Railway Company, or else employ Japanese to do the work for them, thus realizing Mr. Wright's apprehensions that the bean trade is being forced into Japanese hands. By harassing the Chinese buyers as well, the Japanese may induce them to ship in Japanese boats, of which several have recently gone to South China, or even try to get them in time to buy their beancake from Japanese firms at the ports of consumption.\n\nThis position is the result, not so much of an active policy to ruin Newchwang, but rather due to a number of negative situations owing to a want of Chinese initiative. Premising the fact that the bean trade and Newchwang are mutually dependent on each other, as about 72 per cent. of Newchwang's exports are bean products, a decline of the one will entail a decline of the other.\n\nThe negative situations are, briefly stated, firstly, the want of independence of the Chinese producers in so largely placing themselves in Japanese hands, a position perhaps induced by their dependency on a Japanese railway and the want of a competing line such as the proposed Fakumen extension would have supplied. The second difficulty is the absence of any attempt to improve the navigation of the Liao River, which at present is to a great extent too shallow, especially after a dry season, to allow fully-laden bean boats to come down from Tiebling in their thousands as they used to do formerly. Half-laden boats do not pay, and many are being broken up.\n\nThis Liao River improvement question, though much discussed, has too strong an opposition to materialize. The active opposition would come from the Japanese Railway, and the Chairman of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, who is supposed to be pro-Japanese, recently stated that the agitation for the Liao River improvement would come to nothing. The passive opposition would come from the Chinese Railway through official obstruction, for purely selfish reasons. The want of a strong central and independent policy, unhampered by petty mercenary self-interests, is particularly felt here, where improvements of this natural highway would do much to restore Chinese independence from Japanese hegemony.\n\nA third difficulty is the absence at either railway terminus of warehousing facilities with proper jetties and wharves. With the Japanese railway, it is natural that there should be no urgent desire to improve this defect. But, with its earnings, it should be the policy of the Chinese railway to improve its terminus, and adopt every means in its power to develop on modern lines a system of wharves, jetties, and warehouses, so as to be able to compete successfully for the bean trade.\n\nThe impression of Japan's supposed designs on Newchwang's premier position are to some extent due to a want of appreciation of the fact that, up to within the last two years, Newchwang had the monopoly of the export trade of the bean products of Manchuria. Tairen, under Russian régime, and during the war, did not compete. It is only natural, therefore, that, with Tairen now taking an active interest in the Manchurian export trade, the volume of the Newchwang exports should decline until Newchwang finds its level. And the time required to reach such level will depend on China's future commercial policy.\n\n* I have, &c. (Signed)\n\nR. T. TEBBITT.\n\nP.S.-A letter on the subject from B. and S.'s agent is inclosed herewith.\n\nR. T. T.\n\nInclosure 2 in No. 1.\n\nMr. Harley to Acting Consul Tebbitt.\n\nDear Tebbitt,\n\nNewchwang, May 25, 1908. I RETURN herewith the extract you left with me on the 22nd instant.\n\nIt is difficult to supply any concrete and specific complaint against the Japanese on the point you raise, they are so wily and \"gradual\" in their modus operandi; but their general aim appears to me to be to divert the major portion of Manchurian exports to Dalny by means of railway and wharf and storage facilities, and, once this is accomplished, they will by degrees force it into Japanese hands throughout, from place of production in the interior to place of consumption in Central and South China. This is my purely personal impression, and I do not here refer to exports to Japan, which have always been more or less in their hands for some time past.\n\nThey could so delay the loading of our steamers, for instance, and place so many difficulties in the way of those using them, as to disgust our Swatow constituents and other supporters and drive them to ship by Japanese steamers, and ultimately give up sending buying agents up here from the south to buy and ship for them, and let the Japanese do the whole thing. What object but one such as this can have induced the South Manchuria Railway to include in its projects the application of a sum of 10,000,000 yen for the \"capitalization of its marine transport service\"?\n\nI consider that 30 per cent, at least of cargo shipped to South China from Newchwang last year is now going viâ Dalny--it may quite possibly be 40 per cent.; and of Newchwang's total exports for 1907, China must have had the lion's share in value by a long way, as the 30 per cent, which has been deviated means a lot.\n\nYours truly, (Signed) W. F. HARLEY.\n\n(Confidential.)\n\nInclosure 3 in No. 1,\n\nMemorandum respecting Manchuria.\n\nMilitary Policy.\n\nTHE Japanese policy in Manchuria is guided by two distinct influences, one military and one civil, and this must be borne in mind in any endeavour to fathom that policy.\n\nThe military policy, the policy of the party in power in Japan, requires such steps to be taken in Manchuria as will strengthen Japan's strategic position vis-à-vis the Russians in the north, and therefore to prepare everything for the eventuality of another war.\n\nThe civil policy, on the other hand, is guided by an endeavour to either modify the military policy so as not to conflict with the various Treaty obligations entered into by Japan or else to assist it diplomatically by asking for Concessions or making Agreements-by a policy of bluff or of give-and-take.\n\nThe possibility of another war is always at hand. The proposed doubling of the Siberian track, the projected Amur Railway, together with the administrative claims of the Chinese Eastern Railway, all show that Russia's Far Eastern policy is not necessarily one of retrenchment.\n\nJapan, on the other hand, by the absorption of Korea, had extended her boundaries and thus made herself more vulnerable, and the question of their defence is vital to the nation. To strengthen her position, Japan must regard the South Manchuria Railway as primarily strategical, in the same way as the Russian lines are regarded by Russia. She has therefore to enlarge her holdings at the various stations en route for the purposes of military necessities. This policy is being carried out along the whole route, and the inherited areas are said to have increased by over 100 per cent. by purchase or encroachment.\n\nSuch parts of the railway Settlements as are not set aside by the army for barracks, warehouses, or drill grounds will be sublet to civilians for the purposes of encouraging Japanese emigration into Manchuria. As the settlers are not being attracted, further inducements, according to Baron Goto's speech, will be offered by the building of houses for them, and, if even this does not work, it has been decided to invite Chinese to settle there, subject to Japanese railway regulations.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-352 - Public Offices - 1908.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 417071, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-352 - Public Offices - 1908", "page_number": 397, "title": "CO129-352 - Public Offices - 1908", "content_text": "occupied and actually served in all its parts by another line, would, if running parallel with and at a distance of 30 or 40 miles from the original line, and bidding for a share of its traffic, be clearly regarded as in the neighbourhood of and detrimental to the established line. On the other hand, a railway separated for instance from another by a mountain range, could not be considered as in the neighbourhood of such other line, even if within 10 or 15 miles of it. Accordingly, objections to the contemplated line on the ground that it would be in the neighbourhood of and parallel with the existing railway cannot in the circumstances of the case be said to be unreasonable. Manifestly a railway that is near enough to another line to enter into competition with such other line, must be regarded as in the same neighbourhood.\n\nSecondly. It should be pointed out that assertion is not demonstration. It was, it is true, asserted earlier in the letter under examination, that the proposed line would not be competitive with or detrimental to the existing railway. Not only was that assertion wholly unsupported, except by the inaccurate statement that no trade went eastward from the Fakumen region to districts operated by the existing system, but was contradicted by the suggestion as to the necessity of the new line in the commercial interests of Newchwang. The assertion is, moreover irreconcilable with the statement of Sir A. Hosie, which has already been quoted.\n\nThirdly. To say that in no country in the world could the vested interests of a railway preclude the construction of another line within a distance of 35 miles is to say more than can be substantiated. Even in China at least one instance in direct contradiction of that statement actually exists. In 1898 the Russo-Chinese Bank entered into a contract with the Chinese authorities concerning the construction of the Chengting-Taiyuan Railway. Article 5 of that contract reads as follows:-\n\n\"During the whole thirty years and or while the loan is unredeemed, the high authorities of Shansi shall, at the request of the Company, interdict the construction of another railway or other mechanical means of transport between Liuliu (Chengting) and Taiyuan, as such would be detrimental to the interest of this railway.\"\n\nLater in the same year the Peking Syndicate signed an Agreement with the Shansi Bureau of Trade, for mining purposes, iron works and transporting mine products of all kinds in the Province of Shansi. Having regard to the engagement above quoted it was provided in Article 17 of the Peking Syndicate Agreement:-\n\n\"With reference to the Chengting to Taiyuan Railway, for the construction of which the Bureau has borrowed capital from others, the Peking Syndicate, to avoid disputes, shall not construct any railway within 100 li on each side of it.\"\n\nAside from this concrete case, it may be pointed out that in a country where for centuries produce in large quantities has been transported over long distances by men and beasts, 35 miles is certainly well within the radius of competition for parallel lines of railway.\n\nBut, it should be added, the distance between the existing and proposed lines is, in fact, considerably less than 35 miles: From Hsinmintun to Mukden is 32 miles; from Fakumen to Tiehling 27 miles; and from Shintaitza on the South Manchurian line to the nearest point on the proposed line is only 24 miles.\n\nFourthly. The pronouncement that the Peking Agreement of 1905 was violative of Article 4 of the Treaty of Portsmouth, and opposed to the pledge given by Japan to the Powers, is a statement that the Newchwang Chamber of Commerce was not competent to make, and one which that body would never have made, if it had given due consideration of the question. The Treaty of Portsmouth was between Japan and Russia, and if Japan has concluded engagements with other Powers inconsistent with that Act, it is for Russia to call her to account. The Peking Agreement was concluded with China, and the Chinese Plenipotentiaries had the Treaty of Portsmouth before them when negotiating that Agreement. Accordingly it may be assumed that China no less than Japan considered that Agreement as entirely reconcilable with the Portsmouth Compact. The only pledge that Japan has given to the Powers is the pledge regarding the open door in China, which has equally been given by the other Powers-America, Germany, France, Great Britain, and Russia. Those Powers have all been parties to, or have supported in favour of, their subjects and citizens, Railway Concessions in China in which appear stipulations similar to, and equally comprehensive with, the provisions of the Peking Agreement above mentioned. Thus in the Agreement with the American China Development Company of the 13th July, 1900, for the construction of the Hankow-Canton Railway line, it was provided-\n\nThat, without the express consent in writing of the Director-General and the American Company, no other rival railway detrimental to the business of the same is to be permitted, and no parallel roads to the Canton-Hankow line are to be allowed to the injury of the latter's interest within the area served by the Canton-Hankow main line or branch lines.\n\nIn the Agreement of the 9th July, 1903, with the British and Chinese Corporation (Limited), for the construction of the Shanghae-Nanking line the same stipulation, mutatis mutandis, appears.\n\nThe Canton-Kowloon Railway Agreement of March 1907 between the Wai-wu Pu and the British and Chinese Corporation (Limited) contains the following :-\n\nIt is further understood that the Chinese Government will not build another line competing with this railway to its detriment.\n\nWe have already seen the Russo-Chinese Agreements regarding the Shankaikwan-Yingkow-Hsinmintun and the Chengting-Taiyuan lines, as well as the Anglo-Chinese Shansi engagement, and it will be sufficient, in concluding this branch of the question, to call attention to the fact that Germany, in virtue of her Kiaochow engagements with China, claims the exclusive right of railway exploitation in the Province of Shantung. It was because of this claim that the construction of the Tientsin-Chinkiang Railway became in part a British and in part a German undertaking.\n\nThe last point in the letter of the Chairman of the Newchwang Chamber of Commerce, which requires examination, is the statement that the territory to the west of the Liao Ho was during the Russo-Japanese war, specifically proclaimed by China and officially recognized by the belligerents to be neutral territory, and consequently, even if it be assumed that the undertaking in question was valid, that undertaking could only have had application to the territory which was within the area of hostilities, and which furnished the cause of the war, and was the subject of the Treaty.\n\nIn making that statement the author of the letter, in his partisan zeal in defence of the interests of Newchwang, forgot his history as well as his geography.\n\nThe region through which the projected line was to run is in Manchuria, and was as much the cause of the war and the subject of Treaty adjustment as any other portion of the three provinces. Hsinmintun and Fakumen were opened by the Peking Treaty of 1905, and the Hsinmintun-Mukden line was one of the questions disposed of by that Treaty.\n\nChina specifically proclaimed that her neutrality extended to those localities unoccupied by belligerent troops. The region in question was throughout the war so occupied by one or the other of the belligerents.\n\nJapan officially recognized as neutral Chinese territory not occupied by Russia. Russia officially declared the following area to be outside the neutral territory :-\n\nA portion of the region situated on the right bank of the Liao Ho, the boundaries of which are formed by the Liao Ho by the railway line Yingkow-Kaopantze; afterwards by the railway line to a point where this line crosses an affluent of the Liao Ho, the Liou Ho (a little south of Hsinmintun), and finally by the said affluent the Liou Ho as far as the frontier of Mongolia.\n\nOn the ground, therefore, of historical precedents, no less than reasonable precaution, the action of the Japanese Government in interposing a veto against the construction of the projected line cannot in justice be condemned.\n\nThe Newchwang Chamber of Commerce, as is seen from its Resolution, places great reliance on Article 4 of the Treaty of Portsmouth. Accordingly it may be explained that a measure which is injurious to one Power cannot fairly be regarded as a general measure common to all countries.\n\nPage 66", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-352 - Public Offices - 1908.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 417782, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-353 - Public Offices - 1908", "page_number": 494, "title": "CO129-353 - Public Offices - 1908", "content_text": "490\n\n6\n\nInclosure 10 in No. 1,\n\nAgreement.\n\nAGREEMENT made this 20th day of October, 1902, between Captain Ferdinand Balford Elderton, D.S.O., Royal Indian Marine, Senior Marine Transport Officer of the China Force, acting for and on behalf of the British Marine Transport Department (hereinafter called \"the Vendor\"), of the one part, and the Taku Tug and Lighter Company (Limited) of Tientsin in the Empire of China (hereinafter called \"the Purchaser\"), of the other part, whereby it is agreed as follows:---\n\n1. The Vendor, acting as aforesaid, agrees to sell, and the Purchaser agrees to purchase, at the sum of 180,000 taels, free from all charges and incumbrances, all Hsin-ho1 and also all those lighters at present those two tugs named \"Fuyun\" and \"Hsin-ho\"2 respectively known and numbered 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9, and also all that wooden hulk known and numbered 12, all respectively the property of the said British Marine Transport Department, and at present lying at Hsin-ho, in the Empire of China, together with all the steam-engines, shafts, cranks, screw machinery, funnels, gear implements, utensils, masts, sails, sail-yards, spars, anchors, cables, compasses, chains, ropes, cords, stanchions, tackle, apparel and appurtenances whatsoever to the said tugs, lighters, and hulk respectively belonging or in anywise appertaining.\n\n2. The Purchaser further agrees, for a term of three years from the date of these presents if and when called upon, to enter into all or any contracts or contract with the Vendor or such other Senior Marine Transport Officer or his representative who may for the time being replace the Vendor at Hsin-ho aforesaid, to undertake all work required by the said British Marine Transport Department upon the terms following, that is to say :-\n\n(a.) To let out or hire any lighter properly equipped, manned, and in working order, for the sum of 80 dollars per day.\n\n(b.) To let out or hire any tug properly equipped, manned, coaled, and in working order, for the sum of 100 dollars per day.\n\n(c.) To obtain and supply all necessary coolie hire at such market wage or price per man per day as shall be when required then ruling.\n\n3. The Purchaser further agrees that if, without any reasonable cause or excuse, the Purchaser shall fail at any time during the said period of three years to supply transport or comply with any of the terms of any such contracts or contract as aforesaid, the Purchaser will, within twenty-four hours after having received notice in writing thereof from the Vendor, or such officer as aforesaid or his representative, pay to the Vendor or such other officer or representative as aforesaid all demurrage of transports, that is, daily hire rate per gross ton of same.\n\n4. Provided always, and it is hereby further agreed, that if the Vendor acting as aforesaid or such other officer or representative as aforesaid, shall not be desirous of hiring any of the said tugs, lighters, or hulk per day, as provided for in the clause 2 hereof, for carriage or transportation of officers, men, animals, baggage, stores, or other effects, the Purchaser will supply such carriage or transportation between Tien-tsin and (or) Hsin-ho and (or) Tongku or Hsin-ho to Taku Bar, or vice versa, upon the following terms, that is to say :-\n\n(a.) For the carriage or transportation of officers and men up to the number of 10, at the rate of 1 dollar per head; over the number of 10 and up to the number of 50, the sum of 75 cents per head; over the number of 50 and up to the number of 100, the sum of 60 cents per head; over the number of 100 and up to the number of 150, the sum of 50 cents per head; and over the number of 150, the sum of 30 cents per head.\n\n(b) For the carriage or transportation of animals up to the number of 20, the sum of 5 dollars per head; over the number of 20 and up to the number of 50, the sum of 4 dollars per head; under the number of 100, the sum of 3 dollars per head; and over the number of 100, the sum of 2 dol. 50 c, per head.\n\n7\n\n(c.) For the carriage or transportation of stores, baggage, or other effects, the sum of 1 dollar per ton of 40 cubic feet measurement, or 20 cwt. weight.\n\n5. Provided always that if, on the letting or hiring of any of the said lighters as aforesaid to the said British Marine Transport Department, the Senior Marine Transport Officer for the time being as aforesaid, or his representative, shall at any time or times during the continuance of the said term of three years require any special fittings on any of the said lighters, such fittings shall be constructed, erected, fitted, and dismantled at the sole cost and expense of the said department, the Purchaser agreeing at all times to safely store the said fittings when not in use, and it is hereby further agreed that for all purposes the said letting or hiring shall in every case be deemed to commence, and shall be paid for at the rate of letting or hiring aforesaid from the time when the said special fitting shall be commenced.\n\nIn witness whereof the Vendor hath hereunto set his hand, and the Purchaser hath hereunto caused its common seal to be affixed, and two of its Directors and its Secretary have hereunto set their hands, the day and year first above written.\n\nF. H. ELDERTON, Commander R.I.M., Senior Marine Transport Officer, British Contingent, China Force.\n\n(Signed)\n\nSigned by the Vendor in the presence of-\n\n(Signed) C. PERRETT, Clerk, R.L.M.\n\n(Signed)\n\nSealed with the common seal of the Purchaser, and signed by J. Stewart and H. W. Walker, two of its Directors, and by W. T. L. Way, its Acting Secretary, in the presence of---\n\n(Signed)\n\nJ. STEWART, Director. H. W. WALKER, Director. WILLIAM T. L. WAY, Acting Secretary.\n\nK. MOUNSEY, Solicitor, Tien-tsin,\n\n0", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-353 - Public Offices - 1908.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 421509, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-360 - Public Offices - 1909", "page_number": 298, "title": "CO129-360 - Public Offices - 1909", "content_text": "# Shipping.\n\nOne of the most important departments of the Chinese Eastern Railway is the shipping. The Company owns a fleet of twenty-three steamers, with a total horse power of about 8,000, fifty-eight barges, and three junks. With these a regular service is maintained on sections 1 and 2 of the Sungari, and occasional services in other parts as well, as on the Amur and the Ussuri.\n\nIn addition to the shipping department of the railway the following Steam-ship Companies are in existence :-\n\nThe Amur Steam-ship Company, with a head office at St. Petersburgh and a main office at Blagovestchensk. This Company until recently received a subsidy. It has now, however, been transferred to a new concern, the Amur Steam-ship Trading Company. The Amur Steam-ship Company has a fleet of seventeen steamers and forty-four lighters.\n\nTwo Chinese Companies: one at Harbin with a fleet of junks, drawn by tugs, which ply along the lower waters of the Sungari, Amur, and Ussuri; one at Hulan, with a fleet of two steamers and four lighters.\n\nThere is a growing tendency for enterprises of this kind to fall into the hands of the Chinese.\n\nThe Chinese Eastern Railway Steam-ship Department alone has fixed charges for cargo. They vary, in accordance with the class of goods, from 0.267 kopecks to 0.446 kopecks per poud per verst.\n\nNo statistics are obtainable of the Chinese shipping along the river; but it is estimated that there must be from 1,200 to 1,600 junks. It is doubtful if they will increase, because the river is not suitable for this kind of ship. It takes them anything from a week to three weeks to sail down from Kilin to Petune; to sail up, twice that time.\n\n(Translation.)\n\n## Concluding Remarks.\n\nAlthough in this Report I have dealt fully with the conditions of agriculture and industry in North Manchuria as far as they have come under my notice, the area of my investigations has been confined more particularly to the regions of the Sungari River. Further, the scope of my inquiries did not extend beyond agriculture, commerce, industries, and communications. Lumber, mining, fisheries, &c., even now full of promise, will be more so in the future; but to deal with them would have necessitated my travelling over the whole of the territory to investigate actual conditions, and this, I was unable to do.\n\nNorth Manchuria is the latest of the regions of the Far East to come under development. Every year sees such progress that it is impossible to foretell the future or to endeavour to deduce from the conditions of to-day those of to-morrow. My examination, therefore, is concerned solely with the conditions, commercial, and industrial, actually in existence; for the perfect results we can only wait on the future. Nevertheless, my inquiries have convinced me that this territory is not only extremely fertile and productive, but also that it contains vast areas capable of cultivation still undeveloped and virtually uninhabited. There is, therefore, no lack of industries which await bringing into existence. It is further my opinion that Japan is destined by her position economically to have in the future the very closest relations with North Manchuria.\n\nCareful consideration of industrial conditions in Japan shows that of late years agriculture has simultaneously with the rise of other industries fallen somewhat into desuetude and that even developed lands have not escaped the incursions of outside forces. Year by year the import from abroad of materials used in agriculture, cattle-raising, &c., increases, and that these articles enjoy a practically unlimited sale in our markets no one will pretend to deny.\n\nIn North Manchuria agriculture is at the present moment entirely in the hands of the Chinese. Every year witnesses an increase in their production of cereals. At the present moment it is over 35,000,000 koku (about 177,000,000 bushels), and when local demands have been satisfied there still remains in the market a vast surplus (about 97,000,000 bushels). A small quantity of this surplus finds its way to Japan;\n\nbut it is the Russians who are the chief purchasers. The reason for this is the poor productive power, owing to climatic and other conditions, of the soil in the Russian territories and the resulting insufficiency of the crops raised to meet local demands. In consequence of this Russian policy centres itself in an energetic fostering of the natural productions of North Manchuria, the object of Russia being to base on the security of these foundations her own economic position in this part of the world. Thus it is that Russian mechanical industries have sprung into existence in Manchuria and attained in the course of a very few years to an extraordinary stage of development. Particularly is this the case with the manufacture of flour, the output of which is so enormous that the Manchurian mills alone could easily supply the entire demand of Japan. The vastness of the prospect thus revealed compels an involuntary exclamation of astonishment, and it is because of the enormous production of cereals that the prospects for flour and other industries connected with agriculture are so promising, what we have to bear in mind is that sooner or later Japan, which is separated from these regions by a narrow strip of sea only, must by the mere force of circumstances become an important customer of theirs and that from the point of view of commerce alone a destiny lies before our countrymen in North Manchuria.\n\nLet us consider next the relationship of North and South Manchuria. The latter is the great bean district. It is, nevertheless, with the exception of the country round the River Liao a strong region and one deficient in agricultural products, not for a moment to be compared with the fertile districts of the north. At the same time, the output of coal in the South is very great, and the coal itself is of good quality. Nothing of the kind exists in North Manchuria; so that if attempts were made to extend the sale of South Manchurian coal there they would probably meet with success. Unfortunately, conditions at present are such that it is only in the south itself that this commodity is sold, the object being apparently competition in the markets with that coming from Japan. It is difficult to conceive anything more shortsighted.\n\nIn my opinion, the first thing to bear in mind, is that the economic development of the south of Manchuria must wait on that of the north. And, if we wish the commercial relations of the two to develop harmoniously, we must, of necessity, not forget the advisability of taking advantage of the products of North Manchuria in the encouragement of our own industries. If we do this we shall be able to obtain cheap raw material direct; while indirectly we shall spread the sale of our goods in the markets of that territory.\n\nIt is clear then that a good field offers for the Japanese in mechanical industries in North Manchuria. The native system of agriculture has not yet emerged from its primitive stage and the future will offer many opportunities for the introduction of improvements. At the same time to transport immediately to those regions our own people with intent to make them engage in farming is a course which is fated to end in disaster. The best thing we can do is to rely on these northern territories for the raw materials for use in the manufactures which are our own particular field. The Russians have emigrated to the districts adjacent to the railway and have tried farming; but no success has apparently attended their efforts. In mechanical industries, on the other hand, they have already secured an excellent position. is a fact we should carefully bear in mind.\n\nPage 296", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-360 - Public Offices - 1909.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 421734, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-360 - Public Offices - 1909", "page_number": 523, "title": "CO129-360 - Public Offices - 1909", "content_text": "## Inclosure 4 in No. 1\n### Chang Chih-tung memorializes the Throne on the importance of Railway Construction in Hunan and Hupei, and the advisability of summoning Officers to Peking to consider arrangements.\n\n(Translation.)\n\nI HAVE the honour to submit, for Your Majesty's consideration, a humble Memorial praying that certain officers be summoned to the capital to settle a loan for the Canton-Hankow Railway, the construction of which through the Provinces of Hunan and Hupei is most important.\n\nSince my appointment as Director-General of the Canton-Hankow Railway all general questions of the provision of funds, the employment of staff, the fostering of profits, and the sweeping away of abuses have devolved upon my shoulders to deal with, and I have to exercise control and make final decisions.\n\nIn Hupei the trace of the line is about 500 li long, in Hunan 1,200 or 1,800 li. After the redemption of the Concession of the American China Development Company the Throne authorized the two provinces concerned to collect the funds for construction themselves; but during the two years already elapsed the resources of the merchants have proved inadequate, and up till now there is no definite prospect of their collecting the necessary funds, the result being long delay in starting work. This line is the Great Central Trunk Line from north to south, and its extreme importance to the Administration, the army, transport, and trade precludes further delay.\n\nWhen the memorialist, then Viceroy of Hukuang, was redeeming the American Concession the date for redemption was very close and the sum of money was immense. The British Consul-General at Hankow, Mr. Fraser, acting under the instructions of his Government, negotiated a large loan for us at a very low rate of interest from the Governor of the British Colony of Hong-Kong. I then made an agreement with Mr. Fraser to the effect that should it be proposed to raise another loan for the purpose of railway construction in the two provinces the British should be first approached. This promise was reported to the Throne, as is on record.\n\nAfterwards, as the views expressed on raising a loan were very divergent, the consent of the Wai-wu Pu was not obtained, so that no loan has been raised in all this long time. When I was at Wuchang in the summer of last year I discussed with the British Consul-General the general terms of a Loan Agreement. Since being ordered to the capital by Imperial command I scrutinized the conditions of the moment and collated the terms of the Loan Agreement for the Tien-tsin-P'uk'ou line as now settled. In raising a loan the essential points to be considered are that the terms be complete and satisfactory, that our sovereign rights over the railway are safeguarded, and that there should be freedom from abuses. These terms have already been satisfactorily settled with the Wai-wu Pu, so that they can be put into operation.\n\nThe British Consul-General has now specially deputed Mr. Bland, the representative of the British and Chinese Corporation, to Peking to settle terms with me. I therefore propose at once to instruct the Hupei Shih-Hung Taotai, Tseng Kuang-jung, who is coming to the capital for an audience, in conjunction with the Hupei Educational Commissioner, Kao Ling-wei, whom I propose to send for from Wuchang, to discuss orally with Mr. Bland the general terms of a Loan Agreement for railway construction in Hupei and Hunan.\n\nOnly ten days will probably be necessary for them to come to terms, and the train journey both ways also does not take more than ten days or so.\n\nI have already arrived at an understanding with his Excellency Ch'en Kuei-lung, Viceroy of Hukuang, and his Excellency Tseng Ch'un-min, Governor of Hunan, and have the honour to present this Memorial and pray for the Imperial sanction to my proposals, on receiving which I will at once telegraph to the Viceroy and Governor to instruct Kao Ling-wei to come to Peking, besides giving the necessary instructions to the Hupei General Railway Office and the Hunan Railway Company.\n\n## Inclosure 5 in No. 1\n### Precis of Telegrams between Shanghae Hunanese and Hunan Railway Company.\n\nTHE \"Universal Gazette\" of the 19th December publishes telegrams exchanged between the Hunanese in Shanghae and the Hunan Railway Company on the subject of the reported foreign loan, which the former think most dangerous. They are sure share subscriptions will come in freely if Mr. Bland's tempting is not listened to. The Company replies that there is no option but to raise a loan for both Hupei and Hunan; that the intention is not to pledge the line and to borrow only as money is actually needed, thus saving interest, and gradually to hypothecate the rice and salt rates. His Excellency Chang's telegram declares that the local finances and the railway rights will in no way be prejudiced, and no other embarrassment will result. The only course is to raise as many shares as possible, as each share got reduces the amount to be borrowed. The Company has sent agents everywhere to encourage subscriptions, so that the railway may be speedily completed.\n\n## Inclosure 6 in No. 1\n### Sir J. Jordan to Mr. Bland.\n\nMy dear Bland,\n\nPeking, December 29, 1908.\n\nI THANK you for your letter of the 26th instant transmitting a Memorandum of your interview with Chang Chih-tung and asking for my views with regard to Japanese participation under the Agreement of 1905.\n\nThis Agreement stipulates that half the engineers for the Hupei railways shall be Japanese, but does not, as I understand it, give specific advantages to Japanese manufacturers and contractors. It seems to me, however, to be advisable not to enter into a discussion upon the subject unless and until we are forced to do so, and I should say that, if Mr. Odagiri raises the question of Japanese rights under the 1905 Agreement, your best course would be to refer him to his Legation, which can obtain an interpretation of them from us.\n\n(Translation.)\n\nYours sincerely,\n(Signed) J. N. JORDAN.\n\n## Inclosure 7 in No. 1\n### Extract from the \"Gazette of December 28, 1908.\n\n**Imperial Decree:** scaled by the Prince Regent.\n\nCh'en Kuei-lung (Viceroy at Wuchang) has memorialized representing that the Hupei section of the Hankow-Szechuan Railway must for practical purposes be intimately connected with the Hankow-Canton line, and requesting that a Comptroller General may be appointed to undertake the chief direction of both systems.\n\nIn view of the importance of the Hankow-Canton Railway, the special appointment was recently made of Chang Chih-tung to be Comptroller-General, and whereas the Hupei section of the Hankow-Szechuan line is naturally complementary to the former railway, it is right and proper that they should be united in order to bring them to completion at an early date. Chang Chih-tung is therefore hereby commanded to be also Comptroller-General of the Hupei section of the Hankow-Szechuan Railway, and to consult with the Board of Communications and the Viceroy of the Hu-Kuang Provinces (Viceroy at Wuchang) in urging the officials and gentry interested in the...", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-360 - Public Offices - 1909.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 422766, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-362 - Public Offices - 1909", "page_number": 169, "title": "CO129-362 - Public Offices - 1909", "content_text": "# 104\n\nNo. 3. Their rifles are stacked in their huts. The 600 Mongols live in yurts scattered among the hillocks. They are not allowed to keep their rifles, but have to fetch them before parade from the yamên, whither they return them afterwards. I understood that no barracks are to be built here, but the establishment of the colony to the south is first awaited. The men come from Kansu and Hsinkiang; the Mongols are those of Ulianghai; they are said to be extremely slow and densely stupid. In winter, there is parade twice a-day; in summer, the Captains take parties of five or six at a time into the mountains for a few days to learn the country, tracks, watercourses, &c.\n\nPay is at the rate of 7 taels (21s.) a-month for each man. Of this sum 1t. 80c. is deducted for flour, and as much for clothes, firing, &c., so that each man gets 4t. 60c. (14s.) clear. There is a military doctor, who treats men in their own homes; a military hospital is to be built later in the new colony.\n\nI heard that the soldiers frequently deserted, not being able to stand the loneliness of the life, the lack of women, &c., but a Captain (not unnaturally) denied this.\n\nI called on the Captain of No. 1 company, a Tien-tsin man called Dor. He had been at some military school at Tien-tsin and is to have the work of putting the six new German guns together. These, he said, had arrived, and the cases were stored in the yamên. Mr. Dor was of the aggressive type of Chinaman, with a great deal of self-confidence; he expressed himself as perfectly able to piece the guns together. I gathered that at present there were not enough uniforms for the men.\n\nThe present uniform is a neat black costume, with black Chinese shoes as footgear and a black handkerchief wound round the head. The Captain had an illustrated book of kit, and, I understood, was going to select a suitable uniform. He said that, as regards drill and marching, German and Japanese ways had been tried, and that now the Chinese were bent on having a Chinese way of doing these things. The Captain's room was littered with cheap Japanese photos and mirrors and useless luxuries.\n\nAt the south-west corner of the settlement and at the point nearest to the stream (half a mile away from it), a kind of fort is being constructed - a square with a side of 85 yards, walls 7 feet high, entirely of mud. Round this place is a dry ditch, 6 feet wide and 3 feet deep, from which the material for the walls has been dug. There is a large single gateway facing north and another on the east side, but I believe the latter to be only temporary. Through the latter flows a tiny brook, leaving the inclosure again on the west side; this has evidently been diverted from the small canal which feeds the settlement from the river. There are only two buildings in the inclosure; both resemble stalls. Workmen were busy on these. I was told that a Major lived, or was to live, in the inclosure, but I did not see or know where.\n\nIn the afternoon, I dined with the Amban and spent four hours in his company. His Excellency was kind enough to allow me to photograph him before dinner in his courtyard. He was most courteous and friendly. During the meal, we discussed the religions of the world from their point of view of welding a people; the possibility of a Parliament in China; Sun Wen, Kangyuwel, and their hopes and ambitions; and women's suffrage, among a number of more local topics. His Excellency was a most intelligent and interesting talker.\n\nI asked him why he had not built his first colony half a mile away and down by the river side, but His Excellency seems to have preferred to use the temple buildings which were still standing, in spite of the lack of water.\n\nSeptember 12.--Two Hassacks, condemned to wear the cangue for a month for quarrelling with a Mongol and breaking his face open, were in the street this morning. They were free to walk about as they pleased between the various orderly-rooms and were lounging about the streets a little sulky.\n\nA number of sheep were brought into the market to-day; they are of the fat-tailed variety - the first we have seen of their kind. A pair of chamois horns were brought me during the day; there are said to be a few chamois about here.\n\nThe soldiers are kept busy at present bringing in firewood from the hills for the winter; by next month, the settlement will be 8 or 10 feet deep in snow. The rest of the guns arrived from Kobdo to-day.\n\nThe Captain (Dor) begged me to photograph some of his men; they are small and of poor physique. The Captain is the author of a large Chinese map of the neighbourhood which hangs in the yamên; he has compiled it from Russian sources. The soldiers are not punished by beatings nor by the cangue, but have to stand with arms for several hours for small offences, do coolie work for so long for more serious offences, and are dismissed for worse.\n\nIn the evening, Captain Dor came to call on me. He had an extremely good idea of the policy of his Government as regards these dependencies, but wanted to go much farther than they. He told me there was one official in Peking in especial who was urging the policy of dividing Mongolia into provinces, to be governed entirely by Chinese officials. I observed that if the Chinese Government did so, or did what he wanted them to do - i.e., bring criminals in large batches to settle here, or open schools and force the Hassacks and Mongols to learn Chinese too quickly - there must inevitably be trouble. He replied that that was exactly what the Amban had said: \"We must go slow, for if there is trouble on the frontier, the Russians will send troops over to quell it, and we shall never get them out again.\"\n\nSo it seems that the Amban, with all his vigorous policy, has thoroughly grasped the possibilities. Captain Dor spoke of the possibility of a railway to Zaisan, which would make this Colony grow. I did not comment on this except to say that I should like to see a railway to Chuguchak and Ili and another from Kweihuacheng to Ili; and I would here again urge that the more trade grows between these northern Colonies and Russia, while the Chinese Government, content to hear of an apparent prosperity, neglects to connect them with the mother country and to divert the trade towards herself, the faster they are playing into the hands of Russia.\n\nCaptain Dor seemed very depressed, and my impression was that this was due to the German guns.\n\nHe begged me to take a letter on his behalf to Berlin, addressed to a Secretary in the Chinese Legation there, and I felt that this was in connection with the guns; either all the pieces had not arrived or some instructions for putting them together had not been sent. The matter was urgent.\n\nCaptain Dor has done much work in the new Colony. It is he who has conducted the small canal from the river; he has also built some small bridges and superintended the construction of the houses. He told me there was plenty of coal and gold in the mountains, and that he knew where to lay his hands on the former. He said that the objects of the Colony were--\n\n(a) To establish a fixed Government where chaos has hitherto reigned supreme;\n(b) To tame and civilize the Elassacks and Mongols; and\n(c) To exploit the mineral wealth of the Altaishan.\n\nHe said the expenses of the Colony were enormous and only partly met by some revenues of some province which were earmarked for the purpose.\n\nSeptember 13.--We had violent rain all night, and this continued most of the day. The snow lay deep on the low hills all round.\n\nMy efforts to obtain transport had resulted in an offer of eight camels for, firstly, 150 taels, then 200 taels, and finally 210 taels. This worked out at the rate of 26 taels a-piece for a fortnight, as against 18 taels a-piece for two months for the journey through the Ordos; this was an attempt at squeeze which I could neither afford nor resist, so I had appealed to the yamên to procure some. I went round in the morning to hear what had been done and found that the young \"foreign affairs\" official had got from the Hassacks six camels at 8 taels a-piece and three ponies at 4 taels a-piece, to go as far as the capital of the King of the Turgut Mongols, half way to Chuguchak. The Amban would give me a letter to the King inviting His Highness to supply me with fresh camels.\n\nThe young official's room was full of prepared ginseng; there were huge balls of this lying about, which he said he was sending away as presents. My impression was that he did quite a little trade in it, and doubtless a very honest and innocent one.\n\nHe accompanied me home and spent the morning with me. I was very glad of his company on such a terribly wet morning. He said that the missing Russian subject was a Hassack en route from Kobdo to Chuguchak by the south road; that in any case, the Russian official at Uliassutai had no right to take up the matter, for he was not even a Consul at Uliassutai, and in no case had any right to come here. Also that in no case did the disappearance concern Altaishan, for the man had never been here.\n\nRussian goods pay no tax on entering Altaishan; he doubted whether they paid any at the frontier station between Zaisan and Altaishan.\n\nThe only means of sending letters from Sharasumé is to confide them to a silk mercer's shop, who will forward them to Peking by his next caravan. A letter by this route will probably not reach Peking for eighty days.\n\nSeptember 14.--The Hassack camels arrived, and we made arrangements for leaving to-morrow. It is especially difficult to get transport at this time of the year because the nomads are moving their tents to winter quarters and object to taking long journeys during this process. I called on the Governor in the late afternoon to say good-bye and...\n\n# 105\n\n... \n\n# 167 \n\n1 \n[2155 6-1] \n2 E", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-362 - Public Offices - 1909.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 428358, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-371 - Public Offices - 1910", "page_number": 283, "title": "CO129-371 - Public Offices - 1910", "content_text": "281\n\nAdministration and shall be glad if you can reply in the affirmative to the query mentioned above, as such would materially strengthen our case.\n\nAwaiting the favour of your early reply,\n\n(Signed)\n\nWe remain &c.,\n\nMonsieur Le President, et\n\nHAVRE,\n\n15 Janvier, 1910.\n\nMessieurs les Membres de la Chambre de Commerce du\n\nMonsieur le Président\n\nSimpson, Roberts and Company.\n\nHavre.\n\nMessieurs:-\n\nNous avons l'honneur d'appeler votre bienveillante attention sur les exigences de l'Administration des Douanes en ce qui concerne l'interprétation de la condition de transport direct pour les conserves de Saumon en provenance de la Colombie Britannique.\n\nEn l'absence de tout service, assurant directement et sans transbordement les relations entre Vancouver et le Havre, depuis que la Cie. des Chargeurs Réunis a cessé de faire escale dans les ports de la Colombie Britannique les vapeurs de la ligne \"Tout du Monde\" deux voies restent ouvertes pour ces transports:\n\nLa première dite \"de Tehuantepec\" est la voie Vancouver/Sulina Cruz, par vapeur, traversée de Sulina Cruz à Puerto Mexico par fer, transbordement à Puerto Mexico sur les vapeurs des lignes régulières reliant", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-371 - Public Offices - 1910.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 429540, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-373 - Public Offices - 1910", "page_number": 277, "title": "CO129-373 - Public Offices - 1910", "content_text": "administration concerned, and shall have legal force after the approval by the respective Governments.\n\nIf within three months from the date of the dispatch by the board managing the through-traffic affairs of the report, together with the protocol, no replies should come forward from the administrations concerned, or in case of a protest being lodged within the said period against any of the resolutions of the conference, without mentioning the reasons for such protest, the execution of the resolutions passed by the conference shall not be suspended as a consequence of it.\n\n9. The protocols of each conference shall be drawn up in Russian and in English, printed by order of the board managing the through-traffic affairs, and forwarded by the said board, in the required number of copies, to each of the administrations concerned.\n\nARTICLE 4.\n\nThe conveyance of the correspondence, forms, documents relating to accounts, as well as of the articles forwarded by the board managing the through-traffic affairs in connection with this traffic, shall be effected free of charge along the lines of all the carriers participating in the traffic.\n\nARTICLE 5.\n\n1. The accounts relating to the through traffic in question are settled by the Returns Department of the Chinese Eastern Railway at Harbin.\n\n2. The materials necessary for the preparation of the account must be forwarded to the said Returns Department by the carriers, who have sold coupon-books, not later than the thirtieth day, according to the new calendar, of the month following the one during which the coupon-books were sold.\n\nThese materials must contain following particulars:—\n\n(a) The No. No., the number and the classes of the coupon-books sold by each tariff station, also the route for which the said coupon-books were available, and the amount of money realised from the sale of coupon-books.\n\n(b) The No. No., and the date of issue by each tariff station of registered baggage receipts, showing the routes by which the baggage was forwarded, the gross weight, as well as the weight (above the amount allowed free) for which freight was paid, and the amount of freight realised for the conveyance of baggage.\n\nIf no coupon-books were sold during a certain month the carriers concerned should forward \"nil\" returns to the Returns Department of the Chinese Eastern Railway at Harbin.\n\n3. Wrongly stamped coupon-books, control-coupons of children tickets and spoiled baggage receipts should be properly grouped together, appended to the monthly account returns and forwarded to the Returns Department of the Chinese Eastern Railway.\n\n4. The Returns Department of the Chinese Eastern Railway determines the amounts received and shares of the carriers who participated in the conveyance, and prepares a general abstract account, showing the debit and the credit totals of each administration separately.\n\nExtracts from the general abstract account and from the return showing the distribution of shares must be forwarded to each of the administrations concerned.\n\n5. Should discrepancies be discovered during the checking of the accounts by the controlling departments of the carriers concerned, these should be adjusted by means of written communication with the carrier who sold the coupon-book, as well as with the Returns Department of the Chinese Eastern Railway at Harbin.\n\nThe claims to regulate discrepancies must be made before the expiration of the two years' term, counting the same from the date of the dispatch of the materials relating to the accounts by the above said Returns Department.\n\nARTICLE 6.\n\n1. The passenger fares and the rates for the conveyance of baggage are indicated in the tariff for the whole distance—\n\nFor the traffic from the stations of the Chinese Eastern and the Ussuri Railways to Japan—in roubles;\n\n5\n\nFor the traffic from Japan to the stations of the Chinese Eastern and the Ussuri Railways—in yen.\n\nIn view of the above, the necessary conversions for the tariff tables of roubles into yen or yen into roubles shall be made according to the fixed rates of: 100 roubles = 96 roubles 62 copees, and 100 yen = 105 yen.\n\n2. The settlement of the amounts of balance shall be effected by the Returns Department of the Chinese Eastern Railway according to the following rulings:\n\n(a) All the debit or the credit balances (in yen and roubles) of the Chinese Eastern and the Ussuri Railways and the Russian volunteer fleet are settled in rouble currency, and the respective accounts communicated to the administrations concerned.\n\n(b) All the debit or the credit balances (in yen and in roubles) of the Imperial Japanese and the South Manchuria Railways and the \"Osaka Shosen Kaisha\" Steam Shipping Company are settled in yen currency, and the respective accounts communicated to the administrations concerned.\n\n3. The rates of conversion indicated above in paragraph 1 do not apply where final settlements of accounts are concerned.\n\nThe Russian volunteer fleet pays to the Chinese Eastern Railway the shares of other carriers, and receives from the said railway its own shares in rouble currency through the Russo-Chinese Bank.\n\nThe Japanese carriers receive their own shares from the Chinese Eastern Railway—in yen currency, and pay to the said railway the shares of the other Russian carriers—in rouble currency, in both cases through the Russo-Chinese Bank, whereby the Imperial Japanese railways pay and receive their share through the South Manchuria Railway.\n\nAny possible differences of the rates of exchange resulting from the above-shown manner of settlement of accounts the Chinese Eastern Railway and the Japanese carriers charge to their own accounts.\n\nARTICLE 7.\n\n1. Claims for refund of money received for a coupon-book or for the conveyance of baggage are settled by the railway which has sold the coupon-book, of which no use had been made by the passenger, or which had been used only in part, with the consent, when necessary, of the other participants in the traffic.\n\n2. The liability of the carriers concerned, as well as the amount of the award to be paid for the total or partial loss, damage, or delay of baggage, are determined by the application of tariff rules.\n\n3. Claims relating to the payment of awards are settled either by the departure or by the destination railway, in accordance with the circumstance, to which of the two railways the claim had been presented, and also with the consent of the carriers concerned.\n\n4. When it is impossible to discover the guilty carrier, or when, according to the decision of the court, the fault falls on several carriers participating in the conveyance without indication of the degree of the fault of each of them, the amount of award for the loss or damage of baggage, as well as all other incidental expenses, are divided between the railways (and steamer companies as well) which participated in the conveyance in proportion to the distances from the departure to the destination station.\n\n5. In case of a disagreement between the carriers concerned as to the apportionment of the award, the claim in question shall be submitted to the conference.\n\n6. The Returns Department of the Chinese Eastern Railway shall take every care to see that the amounts advanced by the administration or board settling the claim for awards, interest, incidental and other expenses be refunded during the nearest monthly accounts.\n\nARTICLE 8.\n\n1. The following shall be considered as expenditure to be divided between the carriers participating in this through traffic:—\n\n(a) The expenditure in connection with the printing of tariffs, tables of rates, protocols, conventions, &c., as well as the cost of the transport of the above publications to their destinations.\n\n[2948 c-3]\n\nC\n\n276\n\nVov", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-373 - Public Offices - 1910.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 433302, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-380 - Governor Sir Lugard - 1911 [9-10]", "page_number": 287, "title": "CO129-380 - Governor Sir Lugard - 1911 [9-10]", "content_text": "282 \n\nto \n\ncountry. During these 20 years, however, at least one attempt was made to introduce railways, and I have no doubt all of you know the tale of the more or less surreptitiously constructed \"Woosung Road,\"--and of its ultimate fate. The few weeks, however, in the year 1875, during which this ill-fated railway was permitted to run, were not altogether wasted, for the railway's usefulness and its possibilities had evidently impressed the mind of a gentleman named Tong King Sing,-a Cantonese by birth, then resident in Shanghai, who a few years later successfully initiated the \"Kaiping Tramway\" to transport coal from the Mines of which he was the Managing Director. The difficulties encountered by the \"Kaiping Tramway\" at its outset, and its subsequent development into a great railway system,-have had a very marked influence on railway enterprise in China,-for though inexperienced management and disaster during its early stages caused it long to act as a deterrent to other similar enterprises, yet its eventual magnificent success stimulated every Province in China to endeavour to copy the example set them by that large-minded Cantonese, Tong King Sing. I do not wish to weary you with details of the history of this \"Kaiping Tramway,\"--as to most of you these are well known, I will therefore merely remind you that after being taken over by a Chinese Joint Stock Company it struggled on for some years, until chaotic management and political obstruction brought this Company to the end of its resources. The Imperial Government then stepped in, and the management was summarily transferred to an Imperial Railway Administration, the rights and interests of shareholders being altogether ignored. For some years the line was run in this manner, and considerable extensions were made and contemplated, but the results of its working were so unsatisfactory, and its debts so numerous, that in 1898 a foreign loan was raised in order that its finances might be placed on a sound basis. As a result of this loan, certain important changes were made in the system of accounts and management, and immediately the receipts increased by leaps and bounds. Notwithstanding the setback and Rebellion, damage caused by the Boxer \n\nthe line has ever since proved a valuable asset for the Imperial Government, and incidentally also a paying investment for the old China Railway Co's shareholders, whose shares have now, I understand, been officially recognised. The profits of this railway in recent years have proved so great, that in addition to providing large sums towards the cost of constructing the Peking-Kalgan line, the surplus remaining has gone far towards paying for the clothing and equipment of the new foreign drilled Northern Army. Profits such as these, gentlemen, show how greatly the resources of the Imperial Government may be increased by properly administered and efficiently constructed railways, but unfortunately they also led the people of China to imagine that every railway must be a veritable gold mine, with the result that a patriotic cry was raised. Railway Bureaus were established in every Province, and the disastrous policy was forced on the Central Government of permitting the Provinces to attempt to build, finance and control their respective lines of railway, directing to that end the patriotism and energies of the local gentry and merchants. Whether the movement was purely patriotic, or whether it arose from an overpowering desire to share in the anticipated profits of the proposed railways,--are matters with which I am not here concerned,-suffice it to say that experience has shown that no progress satisfactory from a national point of view is attainable by these methods, and instead of the orderly and systematic development; \n\nto \n\nof the country, they are calculated to produce interminable discussion, disorder and delay. Thus far, gentlemen, I have briefly traced an outline of what may be regarded as purely Chinese Railway Enterprise in this Empire. I have not specially referred to such great works as the Chinese Eastern, or the German Shantung Railways, as these, though of great benefit to the country, are of political origin. Other lines, such as the Peking-Hankow and the Shanghai-Nanking Railways have been constructed under what may be described as more or less \n\n\"concession terms\"--terms which though possibly beneficial to China, are nevertheless cordially disliked, and it is not surprising therefore that strenuous and not altogether unsuccessful efforts have been made to upset and change them. The Canton-Kowloon Railway, which the Governments of China and Hongkong are to-day opening to traffic, has, in so far as the Chinese section is concerned, been constructed by means of a British loan, the terms and conditions of which, I make bold to say are in every respect fair as between borrower and lender. The line has been built without friction, and despite the high cost of land, has been completed within the estimate,--a feat of which the past and present Managing Directors, the Engineer-in-Chief, and the entire Staff may justly feel proud. Gentlemen, in 1909, on the occasion of the laying of the Foundation Stone of the Railway Station at Tai Sha Tau, I quoted a statement made nearly 50 years ago by that very distinguished Engineer, Sir Macdonald Stephenson, to the effect that \"Railway development was China's greatest need,\" and I foreshadowed a few of the inestimable benefits which this great Empire might derive from efficient and rapid inter-communication between her Provinces and Cities. What about half a century ago was merely a \"great need\" has to-day become an imperative necessity, which I am glad to say is now clearly recognised by all the leading Statesmen of the Empire, and it is pleasing to note that no less than three great trunk lines (Tientsin-Pukow, Canton-Hankow, and Hankow-Szechuen) are now in active progress. For the present, however, China cannot construct her Railways without the assistance of foreign capital, and this can only be obtained subject to an Imperial guarantee. I think, therefore, that the recent decision of the Imperial Government that all the important Trunk Lines shall be State-owned, is a wise and far-seeing policy, and though it may now cost considerable sums to fully satisfy the claims of the various local and provincial companies, yet in the end the money will be well spent, as China will be saved from evils which would result from lack of central control, and from the friction which would inevitably arise when local considerations clashed with Imperial requirements. For years to come also, China must look mainly to foreign Engineers to superintend the construction of her railways and in this connection, I would with all respect venture to remind her, that the better the class of Engineer employed so much the better will the experience be of the numerous young Chinese Engineers now being trained,--and to whom in the not distant future she must look to control and carry these great enterprises. Gentlemen, the programme of Railway construction which the Imperial Government has undertaken is an ambitious one, which will cost immense sums and take many years to complete. China's credit, however, is good, and, provided these undertakings are State-owned and controlled, no difficulty should be experienced in borrowing what is required on easy terms. She has, however, many difficult problems to overcome ere these projected railways can achieve results such as have been", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-380 - Governor Sir Lugard - 1911 [9-10].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 434354, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-382 - Public Offices - 1911", "page_number": 355, "title": "CO129-382 - Public Offices - 1911", "content_text": "**confirms the opinion stated in my despatch No. 30, that the recent Russo-Japanese agreement—whatever its present advantages, and upon these I shall presently touch—is merely a temporary expedient, and cannot endure as a lasting compact.** It is interesting also to recall the extract from an article which appeared earlier in the year in the \"Nova Zizn,\" and which was embodied in my despatch No. 11 of the 11th May last. The writer, whose theme was the recently-established Russo-Japanese society at Harbin and the movement towards a rapprochement between the two nations, frankly admitted that the Japanese were more thorough and more fanatically patriotic than the Russians, and would get the better of the bargain. My experience in Northern Manchuria, which will soon have extended over a year, has led me to think that this apprehension is well founded.\n\nThe Russian, though not wanting in foresight and mental capacity generally, lacks application, and his practical ability is not commensurate with his powers of thought and conception. Herein would appear to lie his chief danger in respect of an alliance concluded between him and the Japanese with a view to protecting both against what was held to be a common peril, namely, the loss or curtailment of their vested and hard-earned interests in Manchuria. The Russian is not so thorough and painstaking as the Japanese, and though he has immense resources and his position in the Far East will be materially strengthened by the construction of the Amur Railway and the improved fortification of Vladivostock, he will need to spare no precautions and to encourage and develop a spirit of thoroughness and a capacity for application if he does not wish his present bargain with his recent enemy, however temporary he may intend or desire it to be, to ensure eventually to his own disadvantage.\n\nIn no other place in which I have lived have I experienced the same difficulty in securing the performance of any matter, however simple, and whether of a business or ordinary nature as in Harbin: procrastination is the order of the day and efficiency a quality which is seldom encountered. From foreigners of all descriptions and nationalities, one invariably hears the same disparaging remark—\"the Russian is quite useless.\" I have had no close acquaintance with the Japanese, but as far as I can judge of their work in Manchuria, there can be no doubt as to their efficiency or progress.\n\nTheir position in this province—already very strong by reason of their hold on the leased territory of Kuantang, their possession of the South Manchurian and Antung-Mukden railways, and their interest in the Kirin-Chiang Ch'un line, which, if the rails are of a different standard weight, is of the same gauge as the South Manchurian Railway—has been still further strengthened by the final and definite absorption of Corea. The north and north-eastern portion of Corea borders upon Chientao and Hunchun, and my confidential despatches Nos. 19 and 28 of the 24th July and 13th September last, reporting on these districts, made mention of their utility as a striking base against Vladivostock, Novo Kievsk, and Possiet, and also referred to the number of Coreans which was moving into them from across the border.\n\nNow that Corea is part of the Japanese Empire, the consolidation of Japan's position along the Tiumen will be facilitated, and it may be anticipated that the mantle of protection which she has hitherto thrown over Corean subjects resident in China will be extended. If newspaper report speaks true, this matter has, in fact, already demanded attention, and the instruction issued by the Manchurian Viceroy to his subordinates is to mark time and endeavour to avoid giving rise to any question pending the consideration of the subject by the Chinese and Japanese Governments. The Japanese are not likely to fail to take advantage of any circumstance which will increase their influence in Manchuria, and which will furnish them with another weapon against China as occasion serves.\n\nEpitomising the foregoing remarks, the position reached is that the Japanese and Russians, the former by its annexation of Corea and the latter by its military measures, have shown that they are both fully alive to the necessity for strengthening their position in and in the neighbourhood of Manchuria, and that the superior qualities of the Japanese provide a distinct element of danger for Russia in her recent compact with her former foe, against which every precaution should for her own protection be taken. It will be useful, before proceeding to deal with other factors in the situation, to give specific instances which occasion and confirm the apprehension that the Japanese and not the Russians will be those to extract the greatest benefit from the arrangement which has been made between them.\n\nIn recent numbers of the \"Manchuria Daily News\" have contained the statement that the Japanese Government proposes next year to open a consulate at Aigun. In conversation with my Japanese colleague, I enquired whether this report was correct. Mr. Kawakami did not himself see that any good purpose could be served by opening a consulate at Aigun, which lies on the opposite bank of the river to, and about 35 versts (23 miles) below, Blagovestchensk. His Government had, however, approached the Chinese Government with a request to be allowed to station a consular officer at Taheiho, but the Chinese Government had declined to accede to it. Taheiho, not Aigun—vide my despatch No. 38 of the 5th instant—is the place where trade centres, and in indicating it for a consular post, the Japanese authorities show that they are fully acquainted with local conditions.\n\nThere are, according to the Japanese consul-general, 200 Japanese subjects at Taheiho, which is an Imperial Maritime Customs barrier, and 500 at Blagovestchensk. A consul at Taheiho could also keep watch and ward over his nationals resident in the Russian town across the river. In further conversation with my colleague a few days back, he introduced the subject of the delays and difficulties encountered at Harbin by passengers from Europe bound for the south—we had both of us the previous evening experienced the inconveniences of the present system or lack of system—and stated that he contemplated writing to the South Manchurian Railway Company, and urging them to send an official to Harbin to render assistance to southward-bound passengers and accompany them on their journey to Chang Ch'un.\n\nIt seems unlikely that two years ago, for example, the Japanese authorities would have thought such a step either politic or advisable, though it must not be forgotten that the European expresses as far as Ch'ang Ch'un are now under \"wagons-lits\" management. Again, report has it that the Japanese are moving into North Manchuria in considerably greater numbers than previously, and a matter of no little interest—particularly in view of the explanation of its cause—is the recent establishment at Dairen of a branch of the Russian firm of Tchurin, a large general store established at Harbin, Vladivostock, Blagovestchensk, Nikolsk, Larbarovsk, and other places.\n\nSpeaking with a member of the local branch of the firm a short time back, he told me that the firm, which in one year, I think it was last year, had a turn-over of 2,500,000 roubles at Harbin and 4,000,000 at Vladivostock, was about to open at Dairen, where the first steamer bringing a large consignment of goods for the firm to that port was then due. He was himself bound for Dairen to make all the necessary arrangements, and their intention was, if possible, to import all their goods for Harbin viâ Dairen, and not viâ Vladivostock, as hitherto. The present was a trial shipment, and the reason for the change was the protracted delays and numerous difficulties, some of which he enumerated, with which they had to contend at the latter port.\n\nThe step contemplated by Messrs. Tchurin is of no little significance, and the result, if the venture prove successful, will be this: a Japanese port and transportation over two lines of rail, Japanese and Russian, necessitating a transfer of the goods from the Japanese to the Russian line at Chang Ch'un give greater facilities for the importation of goods to a Russian firm doing a large business at Harbin than a Russian port with direct Russian railway communication to the place of destination. The distance by rail from Vladivostock to Harbin is 483 miles and from Dairen 585, and I understand that, according to present arrangements, freights from Europe to the latter are somewhat higher than to the former.\n\nLastly, it is worthy of note that the recent railway agreement concluded at St. Petersburgh at which through rates were arranged on certain classes of goods transported over the South Manchurian and Chinese Eastern railways took, according to a statement attributed to Mr. Tanaka, traffic manager of the South Manchurian line and a member of the conference, and published in the \"Manchuria Daily News,\" no account of pulse and grain. I do not doubt that the report is correct, since grains and beans are the chief articles of transport on these railways, and the Russian authorities, in view of the better railway and shipping facilities afforded by the Japanese, would have good reason to fear that a through rate on beans would divert considerable quantities of this commodity from the Chinese Eastern to the South Manchurian Railway, while, as regards grain products, the Russians have no desire to encourage at present the export of wheat either to the south of Manchuria or abroad.\n\nThey wish to foster the local Russian flour mills, and there is already one competitor in the south, namely, the Japanese mill at Tiehling. I do not desire to exaggerate the importance of the above instances of Japanese progressiveness, some of which may not be thought of any great intrinsic moment; but a straw shows which way the wind blows, and is of greater or less consequence according to the weather which general conditions may incline one to expect.\n\nHaving now given some general consideration to the Russo-Japanese agreement of July last and its possible consequences as regards the future relations of one party to the other, it is proposed to invite attention to its bearing upon the attitude of both\n\nPage 353", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-382 - Public Offices - 1911.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 434577, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-382 - Public Offices - 1911", "page_number": 578, "title": "CO129-382 - Public Offices - 1911", "content_text": "# Government to Devising a Method for Dealing with Opium Stocks\n\nGovernment to devise a method for dealing with them either by means of a time-limit or otherwise, but as regards a time-limit the board were anxious that any agreement arrived should be made effective at the earliest possible date.\n\nI asked Dr. Yen whether he had ascertained what the present stocks amounted to, but he replied that he had not done so, and I gathered from this that the board were determined to do nothing which might have the appearance of any acceptance on their part of responsibility to deal with this aspect of the question, though I feel sure that they are in reality well aware of the fact that the stocks do amount to a very large quantity.\n\nIn my telegram No. 58 of the 21st instant, I had the honour to report on the principal points raised at the meeting held on that date. Our next meeting was originally fixed for the 24th instant, but at the request of the Chinese delegate, it was postponed to the 28th instant.\n\nIn the meantime, I have had the opportunity to examine more closely the arguments contained in the Chinese memorandum in favour of an ad valorem taxation. Mr. Fox, the acting commercial attaché, informs me that the figures given in sections 1, 2, 3, and 4 of paragraph 1 are substantially correct, but it would appear that the value for 1910, given in section 5 as 2,000 taels per chest, is far too high a figure to take as an average annual value, and it will probably be found that the average value in Shanghai for 1910 will not greatly exceed 1,000 taels. The present taxation upon Indian opium Mr. Fox estimates at about 7 per cent, ad valorem. In assuming a considerable loss to the Chinese revenue in section 6, the memorandum takes no account of the sums derived from the additional taxation imposed on Indian opium by the provincial authorities during the period under review.\n\nFurther, Mr. Fox informs me that the assumption that all sales of the drug in India are under Government control is incorrect as regards Malwa opium, which is the product of native States and is sold by the merchants themselves. While, therefore, the average auction values of Bengal opium, which is understood to be a Government monopoly, might possibly be obtainable, the valuation of Malwa opium would have to be based on its c.i.f value at each port of entry in China—a process likely to lead to endless disputes between customs and merchants, where such a highly speculative commodity as opium is concerned.\n\nThe memorandum, it will be noticed, is silent as to the feasibility of an ad valorem duty on native opium. The Chinese attitude with regard to this point is that they are taking effective steps to put an entire stop to the transport and cultivation of native opium, and that the question of its taxation will soon be one of secondary importance. They are, however, prepared to issue an Imperial rescript imposing an excise duty upon the native drug equal to the increased consolidated duty levied upon foreign opium.\n\nThe above account of the negotiations to date will, I am afraid, only serve to bear out the opening statement in my telegram No. 58 above referred to that little or no progress is being made.\n\nI have, &c.\n\n## Enclosure 1 in No. 1\n\n### Prince Ch'ing to Sir J. Jordan\n\nPeking, February 8, 1911.\n\nI HAVE the honour to reply to your Excellency's note on the subject of the prohibition of opium, in which you state that the contents of my note of the 29th December last were duly communicated to His Majesty's Government, and that you are now instructed by His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to inform me that His Majesty's Government are prepared to entertain the additional proposals put forward in my note under reply, provided that an agreement on the proposals already put forward in Mr. Max Müller's memorandum of the 1st November, 1910, be first arrived at.\n\nYour Excellency added that you would be glad to be informed of the name of the official whom my board proposes to depute for the purpose of discussing this matter so that an early date may be fixed for the resumption of negotiations.\n\nIn reply thereto, I have the honour to inform your Excellency that my board proposes to appoint Yen Hui-ch'ing (Dr. W. W. Yen), a councillor attached to the board, to negotiate personally with your Excellency.\n\nI avail, &c.\n\nPrince CHING.\n\n## Enclosure 2 in No. 1\n\n### Memorandum Containing the Chinese Government's Draft Proposals Respecting the Opium Agreement\n\nUNDER the arrangement concluded between His Majesty's Government and the Chinese Government three years ago, His Majesty's Government undertook that if during the period of three years from the 1st January, 1908, the Chinese Government should duly carry out the arrangement on their part for reducing the production and consumption of opium in China, they would continue in the same proportion of 10 per cent. the annual diminution of the export of opium from India until the completion of the full period of ten years in 1917.\n\nHis Majesty's Government having now ascertained the pronounced success achieved by the Chinese Government in restricting the production and the smoking of opium, the two Governments have, therefore, agreed on a further arrangement for restricting the import of Indian opium, the conditions of which arrangement are as follows:\n\n#### ARTICLE 1.—General Principles\n\nThe principle upon which the Chinese and British Governments will deal with the question of the prohibition of the production of native opium, and of the restrictions to be placed on the import of Indian opium respectively, is declared to be as follows:\n| Principle | Description |\n| --- | --- |\n| (a) | Both Indian and native opium must be treated alike. There must be no differential treatment. |\n| (b) | Opium is really very harmful to mankind and total extinction at an early date is earnestly hoped for. The sooner this is done the better it will be for all. |\n\n#### ARTICLE 2.—Time Limit\n\n| Clause | Description |\n| --- | --- |\n| (a) | From henceforth, the British Government shall diminish progressively by 10 per cent. annually, that is to say 5,100 chests, the import of Indian opium into China until total extinction on the 1st January, 1917. After this period, the Chinese Government may totally prohibit the import of opium. |\n| (b) | The Chinese Government, on its side, shall diminish annually by not less than one-tenth the production of native opium until total and permanent extinction on the 1st January, 1917. |\n| (c) | The Chinese Government has, as regards native opium, adopted a most rigorous policy for prohibiting the production, the transport, and the smoking of opium, and the British Government has expressed its agreement therewith and willingness to give every assistance. If, therefore, the production of native opium shall have been uniformly cut off in less than seven years, or if it shall have been cut off in a particular province, then the British Government shall consent at the same time to stop the import of Indian opium altogether, or to stop the import into such a province. |\n\n#### ARTICLE 3.—Investigation\n\nDuring this period in which Indian opium is imported, it shall be permissible for the British Government to appoint one or more British officers to proceed in company with officers appointed by the Chinese Government to obtain continuous evidence of this diminution by local enquiries and investigation. At the same time, they may investigate the taxation and trade restrictions on foreign and native opium away from the treaty ports. The reports of these officers shall be accepted by both parties to this agreement.\n\n#### ARTICLE 4.—Orders for the Prohibition of Opium\n\nDuring this period, whenever any orders drawn up by the Chinese Government or by the executive officers of the Chinese Government for dealing with the prohibition...", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-382 - Public Offices - 1911.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 435059, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-383 - Public Offices - 1911", "page_number": 473, "title": "CO129-383 - Public Offices - 1911", "content_text": "# and development of Russian trade in Manchuria and, incidentally, Mongolia are many of them of a very sweeping nature, and it will be at once observed that, in their opinion, the concession which it is of chief importance to secure is a reduction in the duties now levied by the Imperial Maritime Customs on imported Russian goods. Their first suggestion is that the importation into Manchuria of Russian goods should be free; failing this, they propose the following principal alternatives :---- \n\n(a) The increase of the extent of the present free frontier zones from 50 versts (100 li, or 33 miles) to 150 versts (300 li, or 100 miles) each side of the Russo-Chinese frontier--Vladivostock to be excluded from the operation of this stipulation.\n\n(b) The formation of a free zone extending 150 versts each side of the Chinese Eastern Railway.\n\n(c) The reduction of the import duty on goods imported into Manchuria by rail from two-thirds to one-third of the tariff rates.\n\n(d) An amended duty-free list.\n\n(e) Exemption from inland transit duty for Russian goods sent into the interior from places along the Chinese Eastern Railway, provided these goods have been examined by the Imperial Maritime Customs and paid import duty at the time of their importation into Manchuria, and other customs requirements have been fulfilled.\n\n(f) The establishment at Harbin of a customs godown to which imported goods consigned to commercial houses in Harbin shall be conveyed under the guarantee of the Chinese Eastern Railway Company without being subjected to examination at the frontier stations.\n\n(g) Restriction of the powers of the Imperial Maritime Customs in respect to the valuation of goods on which ad valorem duties are charged.\n\n(h) The settlement and public notification each month in advance of the tael-rouble rate of exchange for customs transactions.\n\nA consideration of these proposals seriatim is now desirable.\n\n## 1. The free importation of Russian goods into Manchuria.\n\nThis is an extension of the concession granted under existing treaties to Russian trade with Mongolia. It means very special treatment, and, if conceded, would, it seems, enable the preferment of a similar claim by Japan in respect to the trade between Corea and Manchuria (see the Sino-Japanese treaty of 1905, article 11). The proposal is likely to be strongly resisted by the Chinese Government if for no other reason than that the revenue collected by the Imperial maritime custom-houses functioning under the direction of the commissioner of customs at Harbin is urgently needed. The total revenue paid to these custom-houses in 1910 was 1,031,000 Haikwan taels.\n\n## 2. The extension of the limits of the free zones from 50 versts to 150 versts on either side of the frontier.\n\nThis concession would appear to be of value, not necessarily for a bona fide purpose, in the country bordering the Ussuri and in the Hunchun district on the east in part of the country along the western frontier and in the neighbourhood of Aigun, and in the country stretching along the Amur from the point of its junction with the Sungari as far as Khabarovsk on the north. A distance of 150 versts or 100 miles, measuring on the map as the crow flies, would bring the station of Hailar within the free zone. It is between Hailar and Manchuria that the bulk of the marmot or tarabagan skins are collected which are exported to Europe. In the past exporters, in order to escape Chinese export duty, have conveyed these skins by cart into the Russian free zone and there shipped them by rail to Europe. A reduction in the export duty, involving them in less expenditure than the cart hire, has now, it is understood, induced them to send their goods by train to Manchuria station and pay export duty in the regular way. Should Hailar, however, be brought within the Chinese free zone, it would be possible--unless the Russian authorities were prepared to assist in preventing it--to declare these goods for the Russian free zone, and convey them thence to Europe without payment of duty to the Imperial Maritime Customs. The opinion has frequently been expressed that the Russian customs authorities themselves are opposed to the idea of the free zones, and would welcome their abolition, since they fully realise that they are a great incentive to smuggling, and largely increase the difficulty of collecting revenue. It is not, however, altogether easy to reconcile this view with the attitude adopted by the Russian authorities at the negotiations held last year in connection with the revision of the Sungari regulations. M. Latkin, the chief of the Amur Customs, was a member of the commission which considered this question and the revised Sungari regulations, so far from abolishing the free zones, gave a more liberal interpretation to the treaty stipulation in regard to them than the strict wording of the Russo-Chinese convention of 1858 would seem to warrant (see Harbin confidential despatches Nos. 30 and 33 of the 24th September and 1st October, 1910).\n\n## 3. The formation of a free zone extending 150 versts each side of the Chinese Eastern Railway.\n\nComment on this suggestion need only be brief. The proposition, if Northern Manchuria is still to be regarded as an integral part of the Chinese Empire, is altogether untenable. A proposal that all stations along the Chinese Eastern Railway should be declared open trade marts, though not likely to be acceptable to the Chinese Government, would certainly be much more reasonable and would conform better with the arrangement reached by the Sungari regulations of last year under which, as stated in Harbin despatch No. 27 of the 12th September, all places along the Sungari are open to Russian trade and navigation.\n\n## 4. The reduction of the import duty on goods imported into Manchuria by rail from two-thirds to one-third of the tariff rates.\n\nThe chief argument on which this demand is based, namely, that Russia is the only country from which China receives goods by land, and that land transport is more expensive than sea carriage, is in part entirely false. No account has been taken of the fact that the frontiers of Tongking, Burma, and India are also contiguous with that of China, that a French railway runs from Haiphong, through Tongking, to Yunnan-fu, and that the Burma railways reach as far as Bhamo from which and other places goods are sent into Yunnan. A point which should, however, be mentioned is that British goods conveyed to Manchuria, whether via Pogranitchnaya or Manchuria stations, would, like Russian goods, pay only one-third of the tariff duty should the proposed reduction be granted, just as (vide despatch No. 27 from this consulate of the 12th September last) beans brought from Hulan and Petuna by water to Harbin and thence transported by rail to Vladivostock for export to England now pay, under the revised Sungari regulations, only two-thirds of the tariff duty. At the same time, merchants have been heard to declare that the present saving of one-third duty is, on ordinary imported goods, a matter of small account and does not encourage them to import their wares via Vladivostock owing to the delays and other inconveniences which they experience at that port.\n\n## 5. Proposed amended duty-free list.\n\nParticulars of the proposed additions and omissions from the duty-free list of the 1881 treaty are given in `Annex(F)` in which a comparison is drawn between the two exempla of the draft treaty. It will be noted that, as drafted, article 6 of the second exemplum applies only to certain goods imported from Russia, whereas the exemption under article 14 of the regulations for trade by land attached to the treaty of 1881 is equally applicable to the same classes of goods when exported from China to Russia. If this is an unintentional omission as it would seem to be, and if the duty-free list is to apply to goods carried by rail, then the most significant of the suggestions made is, perhaps, the addition of grain products--a term which in Russian phraseology includes beans. The export of pulse and grain would become free and the privileges accorded under the railway agreement of 1896 and the Sungari regulations of 1910 would be still further extended. The duty-free list of the 1881 treaty, though (vide Harbin despatch No. 27 of last year) tacitly accepted as applicable to trade on the Sungari and though actually in use on the Chinese Eastern Railway, has not been definitely admitted by the Chinese Government as applying to goods carried by rail. It may further be observed that in article 6 of the second exemplum of the draft treaty, which enumerates the duty-free goods, nothing is said as to the mode of transportation. Seeing, however, that the railway is expressly mentioned in the preceding article and other articles, it would seem that the intention must be that rail-borne goods of the kinds in question should also be exempt from import duty.\n\nPage 468", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-383 - Public Offices - 1911.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 435309, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-384 - Public Offices - 1911", "page_number": 89, "title": "CO129-384 - Public Offices - 1911", "content_text": "## safeguards for British subjects are secured, articles 51 and 53 of the Harbin regulations will lose the objectionable character which they would otherwise possess.\n\nIn instructing me in your despatch under acknowledgment to open negotiations with my Russian colleague regarding the payment of municipal taxes by British subjects in Harbin, you desire me to pay particular attention to certain matters which have seemed to be of special importance. I now beg leave to submit for your consideration some remarks on various points, taking for the sake of lucidity each in turn:\n\n(1.) The desirability of obtaining reasonable guarantees as to the method of expenditure of municipal taxes levied from British subjects.\n\nIt is unnecessary to dilate upon the reasons obvious enough which have prompted this proposal: the important thing is to discover how far it may be possible to give effect to it, and, in endeavouring to form an opinion thereon, special consideration must, it would seem, be given to the peculiar nature of local conditions. The municipal organisation in Harbin is, as stated in my report on the railway settlement of Harbin of the 30th June last, still in an embryonical and experimental stage, and it is not even now possible, owing in part to the fact that a complete statement of accounts has not yet been published, to come to any definite conclusion in regard to many of the results of the work of the local administration during 1909, the first year in which it resumed full responsibility. One thing, however, is certain, namely, that though it cannot be asserted that municipal funds have been disbursed to the best advantage, considerable improvements in the conditions of the town have been effected by the municipal administration. Instances in point are extensive though inadequate, repairs to the roads, improved street lighting, and the construction of a good bazaar or market in the Pristan to replace the ramshackle booths which formerly did duty for the purpose.\n\nAs regards then the particular form of guarantee now under discussion, it may at least be said that on the evidence available it does not seem possible to call in question the good intentions of the local municipal administration in regard to town betterments and improvements. On the other hand, bearing in mind the peculiarity of Russian ideas and methods, I think it unlikely that, at any rate for some considerable time to come, the best use will be made of municipal funds, and it therefore follows per se that British subjects, if they pay taxes, must not expect to derive the same good results therefrom that they might reasonably await in a British municipality. The utmost that can be done for them is to endeavour to obtain the best terms procurable under the peculiar conditions which prevail. Taking everything into account, and especially the possibility that since the municipal organisation in Harbin is still in an embryonical and experimental stage, you may think it advisable that any arrangement regarding the payment of taxes by British subjects should, in the first instance, be of a provisional character and open to amendment should circumstances require, I would submit for your consideration the proposal that the form of guarantee should be confined to a general undertaking to the effect that every effort will be made to employ the municipal revenue to the best advantage. The American Government in agreeing in a somewhat informal way to the provisional payment of taxes by American subjects in Harbin specified, as reported in my despatch No. 18 of the 22nd July last, the particular taxes, viz., police, road, lighting, and sanitation, which they considered might properly be levied. As explained in my report on the railway settlement and municipal administration of Harbin of the 30th June last, there is no special police tax and certain sanitary measures, such as those necessary to prevent the spread of epidemics and epizootics, are undertaken by the railway company, which receives for this purpose a contribution from the municipal administration of 2 per cent. upon certain items of revenue (see pp. 13, 14, and 15 of the said report). Again, according to the preliminary municipal reports for the year 1909, from which the figures and many of the particulars furnished in my report above mentioned were taken, the percentage of the estimated municipal revenue, including the contribution held to be due to the railway company for the upkeep of the police, expended on the requirements of the municipal administration and its staff, the police force, the fire brigade, town improvements, new works, public education, and medical, sanitary, and veterinary measures was respectively 24, 5.6, 9, 3, 54, 6, and 7 per cent., a total of 60 per cent., or in round figures 86 per cent. of the total revenue actually collected at the time of the issue of these reports. Of the expenditure under the above heads only that occurred on public education and on medical, sanitary, and veterinary measures seems likely to be open to question as being disproportionate to the benefit which would accrue to British subjects paying municipal taxes irrespective of the purpose to which they are put. The expenditure on public education and medical, sanitary, and veterinary measures was respectively 30,000 rupees and 35,000 rupees. Of the first nearly 30,000 rupees was expended on the upkeep of town schools, and of the second 20,000 rupees, with an expected addition of 10,000 rupees, was devoted to the provision of medical treatment for the poor. British subjects are not in general likely to want to take advantage of the free education given in the town schools, and the number of British subjects requiring free medical treatment will in all probability be small. On the other hand, the schools would be available for the children of British subjects should they wish to make use of them, and the number of British subjects, e.g., natives of India, desiring free medical treatment might by comparison be conceivably not very inferior in ratio to the whole strength of the British portion of the town population. Further particulars in regard to the foregoing points may be obtainable during the next few weeks; but, subject to any fresh considerations to which such information may give rise, I would suggest for your consideration that it may not be necessary to specify the purposes to which taxes paid by British subjects shall be put, and that a general declaration of the nature already described may be held to be sufficient to afford a reasonable guarantee that the British contribution to the municipal revenue will, in so far as the peculiar circumstances permit, be devoted to the proper requirements of the municipality.\n\n(2.) The character of the municipal taxes at present levied in Harbin, and the question of the willingness of British subjects to contribute towards the municipal revenue.\n\nIt is, I think, unlikely that much, if any, objection will be taken by British subjects to the existing land, building, and lodging taxes and licence fees, provided they are assured that their agreement to contribute will not expose them to unjust and vexatious treatment at the hands of the Russian authorities and that they will not lose their extraterritorial rights. The taxes, however, imposed on factories and commercial undertakings, notwithstanding that a case is known where a prominent British firm, without heed to the principle at stake, was willing to pay what it considered a reasonable sum as tax on its business undertakings, will, I have no doubt, meet with opposition. I mentioned the matter of these taxes to my Russian colleague in preliminary and informal conversation, and told him that I thought that they would not be acceptable to British subjects, giving as one reason for this opinion the method of assessment. M. Poppé did not seem insensible to the objectionable features of these taxes, and told me that they had not been favourably regarded by the Austrian consul in Tien-tsin, who also acts as consul for Austria-Hungary at Harbin. I intimated to my colleague that a business tax was not objectionable in principle, and made mention of the annual tax of this kind amounting to 50 dollars levied on all firms established in the British concession at Canton, and of the bund rent paid at Tien-tsin by vessels putting their cargo on the bund (see my report of 30th June last, pp. 22 and 23). M. Poppé promised to enquire into the matter and to endeavour to ascertain whether some other method of taxation in substitution of these taxes could not be devised. It is not without interest to this question that a proposal has been made to introduce at Harbin a \"popoodni sbor,\" or transport tax, in order to provide sufficient funds for maintaining the long length of roadway in good order and repair. This, I understand, is a form of levy well known in Russia, and is collected on all goods entering and leaving the town, the argument being that they are largely responsible for the wear and tear of the roads, since the whole population is in all probability directly or indirectly interested in the various kinds of merchandise entering and leaving the town, this tax would not appear to be inequitable, and there would therefore seem to be a possibility that a substitute for the present imposts upon commercial undertakings and factories might, if there is on our part no objection thereto, be found in a levy of this or similar kind.\n\n(3.) British representation in the municipal administration.\n\nIt is not probable that the numerical strength of the British vote in Harbin will, in the near future at least, be sufficient to ensure, independent of the wishes of their fellow Russian citizens, the presence of a British representative in the assembly of delegates or on the municipal council. It is possible, however, that what cannot be obtained by weight of numbers may be secured through the good-will of the Russian...", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-384 - Public Offices - 1911.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 435313, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-384 - Public Offices - 1911", "page_number": 93, "title": "CO129-384 - Public Offices - 1911", "content_text": "# Art. 39. All decisions of the assembly of delegates shall be reported by the municipal council within one week to the manager of the Chinese Eastern Railway.\n\nArt. 40. Decisions of the assembly of delegates relating to matters mentioned in article 38 (a), (e), (f), (g), (j), (o), (q), (r) of these regulations must be confirmed by the general administration of the company. Subject to confirmation by the said administration, are also decisions regarding loans and guarantees (article 38 (i)). This does not apply, however, to guarantees and small loans for the running expenses of the town if their total sum, together with all similar loans and engagements previously concluded, does not exceed one-half of the total of the town revenues for the past year. All such decisions shall be considered as confirmed by the general administration and shall become effective if no notice of objection to them is received within two months from the date of their receipt by the manager of the railway.\n\nArt. 41. The decisions of the assembly of delegates on matters enumerated in article 38 (c) of the present regulations shall become effective if no protest is raised by the manager of the railway within two weeks from the date of their receipt by him.\n\n## The Municipal Council\n\nArt. 42. The municipal council shall consist of a chairman and five members, of which three shall be elected members and two selected by the manager of the Chinese Eastern Railway from employés of the said railway company, or from persons whose names are on the final electoral lists.\n\nArt. 43. The chairman and the elected members shall hold office for three years, and shall be elected from amongst the delegates. The chairman must be a Russian subject. If it should be impossible for the chairman to be present at a meeting of the council or of the assembly, he shall be replaced by one of the elected members of the council, a Russian subject, chosen by the council. Should a vacancy occur in the membership of the council caused by the retirement, dismissal, illness, or death of one of its elected members, the assembly of delegates shall elect a substitute to take his place during the remainder of the current three years' term.\n\nArt. 44. The chairman and members of the municipal council shall be elected by closed ballot, with ballot balls, from amongst the candidates proposed at the meeting. The persons deemed to be qualified to assume office shall be those who have received the required proportion of votes (i.e., the \"ayes\" of one-half of the delegates present plus one) and shall take precedence according to the number of votes which they respectively receive.\n\nArt. 45. Complaints as to irregularities committed at the elections may be addressed to the manager of the railway within seven days from the date of the elections. If the manager of the railway shall find these complaints justified he may demand that a special meeting of the assembly of delegates be called to investigate the matter. Such a meeting shall have the right either to confirm the elections or to order that they be held anew, either wholly or in part, according as they may see fit.\n\nArt. 46. The amount of remuneration to be paid from the funds of the municipal administration to the chairman and other members of the municipal council for their services shall be fixed prior to the elections by the assembly of delegates.\n\nArt. 47. The municipal council shall be entrusted with the executive part of the municipal administration, together with:\n| Item | Description |\n| --- | --- |\n| (a) | The execution of the decisions of the assembly of delegates. |\n| (b) | The preparation of reports and estimates to be presented to assembly of delegates concerning matters of which the council has charge. |\n| (c) | The appointment, transfer, and dismissal of the employés of the municipal administration and the determination of their salaries within the limits provided by the budget adopted by the assembly of delegates. |\n| (d) | The preparation and confirmation of instructions and rules for the executive officers of the municipal council as well as rules for the use of town properties. |\n| (e) | The preparation of budgets and municipal reports and accounts. |\n| (f) | The investigation of complaints regarding the actions and orders of the officers of the municipal administration. |\n| (g) | The approval of plans and façades of private buildings and the issue of permits for reconstruction and extensive repairs. |\n| (h) | The authority to sue and to be sued before the courts on questions concerning the town's property. |\n\nArt. 48. A quorum of the municipal council shall consist of not less than four members including the chairman or the member replacing him. All questions brought before a meeting of the municipal council shall be decided by a majority vote of those present. If the votes be even, the chairman shall have a casting vote.\n\nArt. 49. Copies of all minutes of the meetings of the municipal council shall be transmitted to the manager of the Chinese Eastern Railway. Decisions of the council adopted unanimously by all the members present may be put into effect at once. All other decisions shall become effective if no objections to them are raised by the manager of the railway within a week after the receipt by him of the minutes relating thereto. If any objections are forthcoming on the part of the manager of the railway, the matter shall be reconsidered by the municipal council, and if the council cannot agree with the manager of the railway, the matter shall be referred to the assembly of delegates for decision.\n\nArt. 50. All written and verbal transactions, as well as debates at the meetings of the assembly of delegates and of the municipal council, shall be conducted in the Russian language.\n\nArt. 51. All dealings of the municipal administration with the Chinese authorities and the foreign consuls must have the approval of the railway administration.\n\nArt. 52. All rules introduced by the municipal administration in accordance with the stipulations of the present regulations shall apply to all inhabitants and institutions in the municipality of Harbin.\n\nArt. 53. Should any land belonging to the municipal administration be leased to foreigners, a written undertaking shall be required from them to conform to all municipal and police regulations and directions, whether of a temporary or permanent character, already existing or to be established. Such undertakings shall be accompanied by a certificate containing the approval and consent of the resident consuls of the countries of the foreigners concerned, or of the consuls of friendly Powers under whose protection such foreigners are.\n\nArt. 54. All disputes between the municipal administration and the railway administration shall be decided by the general administration of the company.\n\nArt. 55. A plan of the territory surrendered to the municipal administration, as approved by the general administration of the company, is attached to the present regulations.\n\n## (No. 11.)\n\nSir,\n\n## Enclosure 3 in No. 1.\n\n### Sir J. Jordan to Acting Consul Sly.\n\nPeking, May 22, 1911.\n\nI HAVE to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch No. 16 of the 30th April, furnishing your observations on the various points which it is desirable to bear in mind in connection with the proposed arrangement with the Russian Government for the levy of municipal taxes from British subjects residing in the Chinese Eastern Railway areas in Manchuria, and requesting my instructions to enable you to approach the Russian consul-general with definite suggestions.\n\nIn order that you may do this it will not be necessary for me at this stage to refer to more than four of the seven points enumerated in your despatch, namely, Nos. 1, 2, 5, and 6.\n\n1. Your suggestion with regard to guaranteeing the expenditure of municipal taxes levied from British subjects appears to me to be a little too vague, and might be made more definite if we could specify the taxes as the Americans seem to have done.\n\n2. I see no objection to either of the alternatives for the present method of levying taxes on factories and commercial undertakings, namely, that they should be replaced either by a business tax assessed on an examination of the firm's books, or by a transport tax levied on all goods entering or leaving the town, the produce to be applied to the maintenance of the roads. It would be well to ascertain if possible which form of levy would be preferred by British subjects.\n\n5. As regards the guarantee to be obtained from the Russian authorities that British subjects shall not be required on the expiration of the railway company's lease to evacuate their property without due compensation, I doubt whether His Majesty's Government would be prepared to give the counter-assurance suggested by you, and undertake to uphold Russian claims to the railway area as interpreted by Russia. If this point should present the difficulties you anticipate, they might be met by a stipulation that British subjects should, in regard to security of tenure, receive as favourable treatment...", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-384 - Public Offices - 1911.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 435372, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-384 - Public Offices - 1911", "page_number": 152, "title": "CO129-384 - Public Offices - 1911", "content_text": "## Agreement Regarding Coal Mines\n\n1. The company agrees to pay to the Chinese Government an output tax on coal extracted from the two coal mines; but as long as the daily output does not exceed 3,500 tons (said tons to be British tons), the said value shall be taken as one Kuping tael per ton, and when the output exceeds that amount the value shall be taken as one gold yen Japanese currency per ton.\n\n2. The company further agrees on export from a seaport to pay to the Chinese maritime customs an export tax of one-tenth of a Haikuan tael, or 1 mace per ton.\n\nThe export tax on coal sent by land route to Corea or to Russia will be the subject of a future agreement.\n\n3. The provisions of the above two clauses regarding taxation will be applied to coal extracted from the mines after the date of the signature of the Peking treaty regarding Manchurian affairs, that is, after the 4th September, 1909. The company will therefore pay the 5 per cent. tax on output on coal extracted after this date, and the amount of excess paid by them as export duty which has hitherto been reckoned at 2 mace per ton will be refunded to them by the Chinese Government.\n\nIn future the output tax will be payable each year in four instalments in the first, fourth, seventh, and tenth months, Japanese calendar, on each occasion, the amount of tax due for the preceding three months being handed to a deputy appointed by the Chinese Government.\n\nThe export tax will be paid monthly, the amount due for the previous month being handed over as soon as possible to the local Chinese maritime customs.\n\n4. Coal from the two mines if shipped on war or merchant vessels and intended for consumption on such vessels will be treated on export in accordance with the customs regulations.\n\n5. Coal intended for the use of the company will not pay the output tax, the amount of such coal being limited to 700 tons daily.\n\n6. With the exception of the taxes specified in clauses Nos. 1 and 2 of this agreement, no further taxation of any kind, either in the shape of interior dues, tonnage dues, li-kin, or miscellaneous levies is to be exacted from the company, and if, hereafter, more favourable conditions are granted to coal mines in other places, the company will receive similar treatment.\n\nIn consideration of the remission of the taxation above mentioned the company will pay to the Chinese Government an annual contribution of 50,000 Japanese gold yen, which will be payable in four instalments in the manner set forth in clause 3, section 2. The Chinese authorities will notify the local officials of every province of the remission of the above-mentioned taxation.\n\n7. The limits of the mines are as set out in the annexed plan, which has been drawn up after a joint survey by the deputies of the two countries.\n\n8. Within the limits of the two mines no permits to work mines will be granted to any person with the exception of the company, and any permits already granted will be cancelled immediately.\n\n9. Within the limits of the two mines, should there be any persons working or proposing to work mines, such persons having been granted permits for such purpose, the Chinese authorities will, on the notification of the company, take steps to effectively restrain them.\n\n10. As regards the engagement of workmen either for the mines or for the transport of the coal, the Chinese Government agrees to render the company all possible assistance.\n\n11. Should the company desire to acquire private property for mining purposes, or should they propose to extend the railway, the company will inform the Chinese authorities, and, after joint consultation, the matter will be decided.\n\nIn the event of the company ceasing to work a mine, the land used for the working will be given back to the Chinese Government.\n\n12. Should there be graves or houses on land required by the company for mining purposes the company will bear the expenses of removal, the price to be arranged in friendly consultation with the owners. In cases of this sort if damage is caused, the company should pay reasonable compensation.\n\n13. The company must of course make satisfactory arrangements for the control of the miners and also for their safety.\n\n14. This detailed agreement will remain in force for sixty years from date of signature. Should by that time the coal prove not to have been exhausted, the term may be extended.\n\n*Not reproduced*\n\nThe above agreement has been signed in quadruplicate both in Chinese and Japanese, one copy of both texts to be held by the respective Governments, one by the Viceroy of the three Eastern provinces and one by the South Manchurian Railway Company.\n\nMay 12, 1911.\n\nSigned by-\n\n**HAN KUO-CHUN**, Commissioner of Foreign Affairs, Fengtien Province.\n**CHI TŽU-YING**, Expectant Taotui.\n**C. KOIKÉ**, Consul-General for Japan.\n**...**, Manager of the Fushun Colliery.\n\nPage 150", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-384 - Public Offices - 1911.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 442714, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-400 - Governor Sir May - 1913 [3-4]", "page_number": 282, "title": "CO129-400 - Governor Sir May - 1913 [3-4]", "content_text": "## The China Daily Outlook, Monday, March 24th, 1913\n\n### Share List Quotations\n\nCorrected daily at 3.00 p.m.\n\nHUNGRONG, MARCH 11th, 1913,\n\n#### STEAMERS TAKING CARGO\n\n| Destination | Quotations |\n| --- | --- |\n| NANNING | Apply to UK DÁRPALOMED GASI. |\n| London £30. | Barra, Brentes, & flambury etc., Harer, and Hamburg etc. |\n| P. & O.S. N. P.40.9. N. Den of Crombioj. M. & C. | Cardia 2 igst prox 3 H. A. L. 16 prox Silesia H. A. L. 2t ist. B.S. len Hatra, Rotterdam, Hamburg etc. Mas, Bremen and Hamburg etc. Schwarzburs Speisin H. A, L 28 inst. I.F.A.C. is prox |\n| NEW YORK, SAN FRANCISCO, and CANADA | T. 10 1:25,000 210 T6. 75 $6.000 Ts. Me 218 CHA 99975 T. 143 buyers #10 buyers TA DO ail Tia 1984 buyers Te. 45 buyers |\n| AUSTRALIA, PHILIPPINES &c. | all $142 koyers Australian Ports, via Manila So. Allus G. L. & Co. Yaweta Marə N. Y. K. 20 int. 9 prox $74 bayere P.S 19 vellers ult $4.129 buyers |\n| CHINA COAST, STRAITS, JAPAN | 250 3980 buyers Shanghai, Kobe and Yokoham Yokohatar Kobe via shang! Kobe, and Yothasan P. Sigismund M. China 29 TOX 9. W. & Co. 3 ust. 2 inst Audrin 3. W. & Co. i prx Biro Huck N. Y. K. 97 inst. $21 3166 buyers Kobe, Yokuhana Coblens M. & C. 3. pross ST! Yokonam, Bobe and Moji Coblens 3. & Co. > prox ed5 buyers Tientsin Kusicbow D. & S. 27 is £6 The 130 buyers Shanghai Koerber 3. W. & Co. 9 ist. $895 buyers $107 Awatow. Amoy and Pasch 51anis D. S. & Co. 28 inst. J. M. & Co. 23 it. Singapore Penang & Calently T. M. & Co. 4 t J. M & On, ail buyara 869 buyers 855 buyers Fis. 89 sellera Rolepbase A 455 bayra Once: 416. Nodowa: K. ha The 74 sellers A. IG. 5th 383 buyers المتحدة Singapore, Penang, & Rangoon Kalyang Lounging K:14:128 Mitra Tel. Arid. |\n\n### Banks\n\n| Bank | $ |\n| --- | --- |\n| Hongkong & Sunghui Hank Corporation | 120.000 $135 |\n| China Borneo Company, Limited | 60,000 $8,000 |\n| China Light and Power Company, Limited | $12 $3 |\n| China Provident, Love & Mortgage Co., Limited | 55,00 $99 |\n| ... | ... |\n\n### Docks and Warehouses\n\n| Company | $ |\n| --- | --- |\n| Hongkong & Kowloon Wharf & Godown Vn, Ld. | $805 sales |\n| Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Co., Limited | Loudva, v. Usual Force of Quil Goaden, & Antwerp v. S'apuze, ate. |\n| New Amay Dock Co., Limited | London & Antwerp |\n| Shanghai Dock and Engineering Co, Ld. | India Nunkis |\n| Shanghai and Hongkong Wharf Co., Limited | Barra, Brentes, & flambury de, Harer, and Hanburg ute. |\n\n### Insurance\n\n| Company | $ |\n| --- | --- |\n| Canton Insurance Office Co., Limited | 10,000 $5 |\n| China Fire Insurance Co., Limited | 24, $100 |\n| Hongkong Fire Insurance | $100 |\n| North-China Insurance Co., Limited | 21,000 $83.3 |\n| Union Insurance Society, Limited | 8,000 #250 |\n| Yangtze Insurance Association, Limited | 10,900 10,100 $250 $100 |\n\n### Land and Syndicates\n\n| Company | $ |\n| --- | --- |\n| Towson Land Invest. Agency Co. Ld. | 12,000 k10% |\n| Humphreys' Estate and Finance Co., Ld. | 50,000 $100 |\n| Kowloon Godown Building Co., L | 130,000 $10 i |\n| Ahnhai Land, Investment Co., L. | 6,000 $50 |\n| West Point Building Co., Tal. | FE,J |\n| Tang Sui Har | Sun Shan | 829.141 mao |\n| | | 11 |\n| Tin Lor Ling | | 48.583 |\n| Tung Sui Moi Shan | Sui Chong | 540 |\n| | | 11 |\n| Kong Ying Ling | | 800 |\n| Ngam Pin Ling | | 399.8 |\n| | | \" |\n| Cheung Chung Lin | | 366'66 |\n| Lo Tong Ling | | ... |\n| Tung Sui Moi Shan | Aui Ling | ... |", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-471 - Public Offices - 1921.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 492109, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-475 - Governor Sir Stubbs & Acting Governor Claud Severn - 1922 [5-7]", "page_number": 39, "title": "CO129-475 - Governor Sir Stubbs & Acting Governor Claud Severn - 1922 [5-7]", "content_text": "March 25th, 1922.]\n\nCHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT\n\n6 p.m. The Government regretted its inability to interfere” but the Committee still felt that in the case of drugs urgently needed at night Kowloon was very recent. The Committee are pleased that the Association has been of practical use to the residents of Kowloon during the strike by attending to the sale of meat, bread and milk at the depot at the Kowloon Railway Station, which was arranged by the Government, and I take this opportunity to convey the Association’s thanks to the many gentlemen who volunteered for the work.\n\nThe Committee has received many complaints as to the indifferent water supply during certain hours of the day and of having to pay excess water charges for nothing more substantial than air registered by the meters. An improvement had been promised by the Government in the course of the next four months; an additional main was to be laid in Tai-koo-tsui Road.\n\nA question which had exercised the minds of the Committee was the proximity of the proposed Cemetery near Ho Mun Tin to the projected Kowloon Hospital. It was felt that it would be a pity if the Government opened up this particular area as a cemetery and that the locality should be reserved for the erection of dwelling houses. Representations had been made to the authorities in this sense.\n\nDISCUSSION BY THE MEETING.\n\nDISCRIMINATION BETWEEN PASSENGERS.\n\nMr. ANDERSON asked as to the conduct of the motor ‘bus service. He said the ‘buses did not seem to keep to scheduled times or routes; further, coolies in working clothes, so long as they could afford to pay ten cents, were allowed to take first-class seats in cars. It was objectionable to have people in very dirty clothes and smoking bad cigarettes sitting next to one on the ‘buses.\n\nThe CHAIRMAN said that as regards routes and times the Association might be able to help by writing to the Company, but the evasion of coolies would present a lot of difficulties. If a man could pay his ten cents he did not see how he could be prevented from riding.\n\nMr. G. P. CURRY agreed with the Chairman and remarked that passengers could not very well be subjected to the scrutiny of some artist in dress before they were allowed to travel. If people wished to take advantage of a very cheap method of transport they must put up with their neighbours on the ‘buses. He would deprecate the Association raising such a question.\n\nThe report and accounts were then adopted.\n\nTHE CEMETERY SITE.\n\nFACILITIES FOR RECREATION.\n\nEfforts to secure a Recreation Ground in Kowloon had not, so far, brought any result. An enquiry as to land for a football ground had been received and the incoming Committee would take up the matter with the Government. Plenty of land was available and a small expenditure would provide a suitable field. In the matter of taxation, Kowloon was not given preferential treatment and, although Hongkong was better served in regard to open spaces near the town, that was no reason why the mistake should be repeated in the Peninsula. Land sales as a means of producing revenue should not be carried out to the extent of sacrificing the “lungs” of a growing town, and if money must be found why not have recourse to a loan which is the usual expedient followed by every Government or Municipality in the world to finance large public works?\n\nMr. CURRY: I think we had better concentrate on the cemetery, the hospital scheme being so far away. Perhaps we shall all be dead before it is settled.\n\nThe CHAIRMAN said that the Government would not reconsider its decision on the cemetery. The Chairman also suggested that a few thousand dollars in subsidies to military bands would result in a great boon to the residents of the Peninsula and the Island.\n\nCONSTITUTIONAL REFORM.\n\nThe Chairman continued: Your Committee have not lost sight of the Constitutional Reform question. At a time when a greater measure of self-government is being granted to other Crown Colonies, Hongkong seems to have been left far behind. Colonies of far less commercial importance, and greater military importance, if military importance be a disability as has been alleged, have been granted popular forms of Government, and we trust the day is not far distant when the Colony of Hongkong will enjoy the same benefits.\n\nThe Chairman expressed the Committee’s deep regret at the death of the late Mr. E. J. Noronha; he could personally testify to the great amount of work Mr. Noronha did for the Association. He also recorded the resignation by Mr. W. Jackson of the office of hon. secretary and treasurer.\n\nMr. Jackson held the post from the inception of the Association; he was a hard worker and his place would be difficult to fill.\n\nTHE STRIKE.\n\nThe annual meeting having been postponed in consequence of the strike, the Chairman was able to include the following reference to the Association’s share in coping with the troubles of that period.\n\nThe CHAIRMAN said they would be glad to hear members’ views with regard to the hospital question.\n\nthe cemetery question, but Mr. F. P. de V. SOARES said he thought the Government would move the cemetery.\n\nMr. T. W. ROBERTSON thought that the site of the cemetery-just behind King’s Park-would make a very good recreation ground or building site. The cemetery should be miles further away.\n\nMr. W. J. STOKES agreed. Kowloon was expanding so fast that, in a very few years, the proposed cemetery site would be in the middle of the town.\n\nMr. SOARES: It is right in the centre of a town now.\n\nMr. STOKES: It is far more valuable as a building site.\n\nThe CHAIRMAN said that although the Government had absolutely declined to reconsider their decision he thought the views of the meeting should be communicated to the authorities, and this was agreed to.\n\nThe CHAIRMAN mentioned that there was a possibility of the Rents Ordinance being abrogated and the Association intended to take strong action in favour of its continuance.\n\nMr. R. E. GUNN asked if the Rents Ordinance was working hardship as the landlords. If so, landlords might be expected to raise rents if the Ordinance was abrogated. The prime motive was to keep the landlords from raising the rents. If there was no danger of the landlords raising rents the Ordinance was not hurting them but, added Mr. Gunn, “if it is hurting them, we want it.”(Laughter.) If the Government think the rent fixed by the Ordinance is the right return for the landlords’ money it should be continued indefinitely.\n\nThe CHAIRMAN said that the best test as to whether the Ordinance was needed was whether all houses were occupied. When some houses were empty the Ordinance might be abrogated. At present, although new buildings were going up, they were all occupied immediately.\n\nELECTION OF OFFICERS.\n\nThe meeting approved representations being made to the Government in favour of the continuance of the Ordinance.\n\nThe election of officers was then proceeded with. Mr. Hicks proposed that Mr. C. A. da Roza be appointed President and remarked on the hard work that Mr. da Roza had put in as Vice-President and Acting-Secretary. Mr. JOHNSON seconded and the resolution was carried with applause.\n\nMr. B. WYLIE was elected Vice-President on the motion of Mr. PURVES, seconded by Mr. SHROFF.\n\nThe CHAIRMAN proposed that Mr. A. Morley be elected hon. secretary. Mr. Stokes seconded and it was carried. Mr. F. P. Shroff was elected hon. treasurer.\n\nThe following were appointed to the committee: Dr. Thomas, Dr. H. Balean, the Rev. G. R. Lindsay, Messrs. T. A. Martin, A. G. Hewlett, A. Hicks, P. V. Botelho, J. Johnstone, R. Packham, J. Parsons, T. Petrie, S. Hidden, W. J. Stokes, F. P. de V. Soares, R. E. Gunn, D. A. Purves and J. E. Anderson.\n\nTHE SERVANTS’ PROBLEM.\n\nThe CHAIRMAN mentioned that the notice convening the meeting announced that the servants’ problem would come up for discussion. He said there were many rumours, but nothing definite, as to the proposed attitude of the servants. Personally, he thought that what they heard were only rumours but it was best to be prepared and he invited members to express their views.\n\nThe Peak residents were forming an association very much on the lines of theirs, and, he believed, intended to take up the servant question. If so the K.R.A. should join forces, as this question affected the whole Colony, and no section could take independent action.\n\nMr. A. MORLEY thought that the time was inopportune; it would be better to “let things die down a bit.” No good could be done by discussing the problem in public. As to paying servants during the period they went on strike, Mr. Morley suggested that this was purely an individual matter. If servants had behaved reasonably well, in leaving things in good order and coming back promptly, it was open to employers to pay them. He hoped the Association would not lend itself to anything in the nature of reprisals. In some people’s minds there was an idea that we should get our own back but the Association should be discreet in such a matter. The registration of servants had been found in Shanghai not to be workable because of solid opposition by the servants. The policy savoured of autocratic restriction and he did not think the Government would give its support. As far as he could see, the servant problem did not exist.\n\nMr. W. J. STOKES agreed. No attack had been made and, until it had been, the Association had nothing to act upon. Preparations could not be made by a public meeting; it must be left to a committee.\n\nThe subject then dropped.\n\nVOTES OF THANKS.\n\nA vote of thanks to Mr. Robertson, who is shortly leaving the Colony on retirement, was proposed by the Chairman who said the Association was grateful to Mr. Robertson for many years of splendid service. Thanks were also accorded to the retiring President, Captain Wheeler, and to the Chairman for his work during the strike.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-475 - Governor Sir Stubbs & Acting Governor Claud Severn - 1922 [5-7].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 492959, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-476 - Acting Governor Claud Severn & Governor Sir Stubbs - 1922 [8-12]", "page_number": 312, "title": "CO129-476 - Acting Governor Claud Severn & Governor Sir Stubbs - 1922 [8-12]", "content_text": "2\n\nNOTICE.\n\nW. S. BAILEY\n\nTHE HONGKONG\n\nNOTICE.\n\nK-673\n\nH. K. 4002\n\n& CO.,\n\nLTD.\n\nENGINEERS\n\n&\n\n'SHIPBUILDERS,\n\nKOWLOON.\n\nHARBOUR REPAIRS\n\nCall Flag \"L.\"\n\nTugs, Barges, Light Draft and\n\nHigh Speed Vessels and\n\nMotor Craft.\n\nSole Agents for KELVIN MOTORS.\"\n\n'Phones:-\n\nWorks.........Kowloon 21\n\nManager...... Kowloon 633\n\nSTEAM LAUNCH FOR SALE.\n\nMETALS\n\nof all kinds, especially for ship-Building and engineering works. terms. Complete stock. Best Immediate delivery.\n\nSINGON & CO.,\n\n(Established A. D. 1880.)\n\nPhone LUNG T Central 515.\n\nMINING\n\nPIANO\n\nFOR HIRE\n\nat moderate Prices.]\n\nTSANG FOOK PIANO\n\nCOMPANY.\n\n94. Wanchai Road. PHONE CENTRAL 2127.\n\nMASSAGE HALL.\n\n23, WYNDHAM STREET.\n\nMRS. H. MORITA,\n\nMRS. HAN INOKUCHI.\n\nTelephone Kowloon 754 No. 21. Ashley Road. Kowloon, Back of Star Theatre, CERTIFICATED EXPERT MASSAGE HAND & ELECTRIC, Also at patients' residence by arrangement.\n\nMiss Tora Inokuchi QUALIFIED MID-WIFE No. 21, Ashley Road, Kowloon, Back of Star Theatre Telephone No. Kowloon 754.\n\nMASSAGE EXPERTS.\n\nHARRY FURUKAWA,\n\nAND K. SAKAI\n\n19, WYNDHAM STREET.\n\nGREEN ISLAND CEMENT COMPANY LIMITED.\n\nPORTLAND CEMENT.\n\nIn Casks of 375 lbs, net.\n\nIn Bags of 250 lbs. net.\n\nSHEWAN, TOMES & CO.\n\nGeneral Managers.\n\nHongkong.\n\nMARTIN'S PILLS & STEEL\n\nALL PILLS\n\nA Freest Remedy for all Irregularities. Eboysade·f Ladies always keep a box 'Martin's Pills in the house, so that at the first sign of any Irregularity of the System a timely dose may be administered. Those who use them recommend them, hence their enormous sale. All Chemists and Stores sell them throughout the World. post free/-, MARTIN, Chemist, Northampton. Eng.\n\nMARTIN'S PILLS & STEEL\n\nFOR HIRE\n\nMOTOR\n\nLORRIES\n\nFOR\n\nFREIGHT\n\nOR\n\nBUILDING\n\nMATERIALS\n\nTAKEN TO ALL\n\nPARTS OF THE COLONY.\n\nDOMINION MOTOR TRANSPORT.\n\n145, PRAYA EAST\n\n'PHONES\n\nCentral 4002 Kowloon 673\n\n* PUBLISHED ANNUALLY *\n\nTHE\n\nMANUFACTURERS' & DEALERS'\n\nDIRECTORY\n\nTELEGRAPH.\n\nFRIDAY,\n\nSEPTEMBER\n\n22, 1922.\n\nThe\n\nLEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.\n\npoints, and the dying depositions be called because of his death or a frently rejected here and in absence from the Colony his record England on technical grounds. of the post mortem examination The Courts and naturally very shall be admissible in evidence. of the A Fuller Report.\n\nplans of admitting the evidence Of course the question \n\nCandess it implies fully with the weight of that evidence is another; The new Bills introduced atin ats of the Statute. Two matter. I might say that it does! yesterday's meeting of the of the quirements of the section not seem to be a very important Legislative Council were ex deal with parts that are rather change to make these rec: rds plained at considerable length, thnical: for unple, one deals evidence because, affer all, if a Owing to the lateness of the work the \"eappion' which must trial takes place after a consider- hour, we were unable to give a\n\nappear in the depositions. The able lapse of time, the medical full report of the meeting, which, apt is the statement of the officer obviously cannot remem- however we now give.\n\neiren staves under which the ber the details without refreshing Dangerous Goods Ordinance. deposition is taken and shows the his memory, and what he does is The Hon. Attorney General may-authority Eug taking it. Cases to go to his record, read it and ed the first reading of a Bill muital-have occurred where a deposition-give his evidence after refreshing ed An Ordinance to amend the otherwis perfectly in older has his memory in that way. Dangerous Goods Ordinance, 1873.\n\nTheen repited because of some lenger the time that elapses the He said: This Bill is necessary,to-hnival error in the caption. The more the evidence really rests on | Sir, in order to make it possible to section also nquires certain potice the note and record rather than make certam alterations in the to be go to the aerused, and on the officer's own recollection.\n\nules relating to the storage and [cases hav: necurred where the de- Observations by Accused. possession of ipilammable liquids. | justion has been rejected, although These rules have been drafted info.\n\nClause 10, is, I think, though Leonsultation with the princip ha the point is not quite clear-prac- tically declaratory of the existing) mutiti 1990 A pov hd in that strange law. At all events it clears up [ot such liquide, and the auspurtis ...\n\nased on the model supplier by thei mpired yth. Clause 3 of the certain doubts: it provides that made by the Petroleum Department of 11. M.[1: der paragraph og prope any observations the course of the Government. The uee-ary powita pun to the original accused in the hearing at the Magistracy, and to take regulations is given in the tou and to take regulations is given in the tou new clause which clan 2 of the Bill -No gach statement shall be any evidence given by him, must proposes to insert in the principal be repeated on the ground of any be taken down by the magistrate Ordinance. The other amendments\n\nTail examply with any dand proved at the trial by the depositions. made by the Bill are consequential, with to the notier or the There is principal Ordinances provides that\n\nexptin less the court is of doubt as to how the remarks made offences under section 13 of the opinion that the person arcused by the prisoner in the course of be proved, and Ordinance can only be dealt with was santially prejudiced by a trial should by two magistrates sitting together.\n\nthough our Magistrates Ordinance such fure. The section in question deals with\n\nin London and in the Provincial Towns and ture the Continent addresses and her slet in are classified under 1aximum of Ire than 2,000 trade headings, including.\n\nEXPORT MERCHANTS\n\nwith d tailed particulars of the Goods skipped\n\nSTEAMSHIP LINES\n\nand the Colonial and Foreign Markets supplied\n\narranged under the Parts to which they sail.\n\nand indiasting the approximate Sailings,\n\nUne-inch BUSINESS CARDS Firms design o extend their connections, or Trade l'ards of\n\nDEALERS SEEKING AGENCIES\n\ncan be printed at a rest of 30 shillings for eneli Larger advertisements from £2 to £16.\n\nrade heading under which they are inserted\n\nA copy of the directors will be sent to pelagistrate alone. post for 40 shillings, nett cash with order.\n\n1\n\nTHE LONDON DIRECTORY CO., LTD.\n\n25. A behurch Lane. London. B.C4, England.\n\nx BUSINESS ESTABLISHED\n\n108 YEARS.\n\nMINC YUEN STUDIO\n\n14, Beaconsfield Arcade.\n\nArtistic photographs\n\n1 -\n\n1.\n\n!wrong or justice to the pioner,\n\ncertain requre. * Lien wer- ummproper-\n\nForm of Affirmation.\n\n1910,\n\nour Oaths Or- not re-\n\nThe oath is re-\n\ncase,\n\nreading.\n\nthe\n\nPerjury.\n\nremoved\n\nNEVER NEGLECT\n\nA WOUND\n\nOR SORE.\n\nNEGLECT of even the tiniest\n\nbreak in the skin leaves the way open for dangerous and invisible kerms to set up blood-poisoning and disease. When that happens there is no telling how harmful the consequences may be an amputated finger, a crippled hand, even death. The safest plan is to always koop a lux of Zam-Buk bandy, and immediately dress evert süt, tech, or other skin injury with this unique herbal lin. 15y this mosas complications are presented and health b nuing in its judity and herbal ment has a power for destroying ang patologi no ordinary & spent exam\n\nspezial continung mod\n\n~ed.\n\nIn\n\nr-- An\n\nwhich on to\n\nvery powerful vatsept me les ofer\n\nit compre bulwark against Blood-poisoning. Eczema, and Ulceration. hensive in its medional action that after tank alles at pag tag: Zam-Buk heals the place by stimulating team of sad new skin.\n\nOf all chomists in Shanghai, Hongkong and The Par】East, Sole Proprieren and Manufacturers, The Zum Buk Co, Leeds, England.\n\nZam-Buk\n\nChild Labour. The Hon. Attorney\n\nto\n\nin\n\nof\n\nindustrial\n\nheavy\n\nthe\n\nOf course, it is for the Court provides for the admissibility of two offence. On is the carriage to say whether the failure to com- the depositions to prove the pri- of dangerous goods and requeply with the section was one sner's formal statement at the that dangerous goods must not which caused prejudice to the pri- end of the case, it makes no pro- be moved unless the package contains\n\nsoner or not\n\ndence on oath or of any statements\n\nGeneral certain interval of relaxation in English and Chinese the word\n\nClause 40 8 deal with the form made by him in the course of the moved the first reading of Bill after each spell\n\nto clause provides intituled An Ordinance lealt with in section 13 is the\n\nre-child employed in an hearing. This offence of delivering dangerous f oath, affirmation. Clause' dence may be proved on the pro-in certain industries. He said: than six days continuously; there LONDON DIRECTORY goods to a warehouse-keeper with 4 is a copy of two sections in the that such statements and his evi-gulate the employment of children undertaking is to work for more the English Oaths Act\" of 1909, and duction of the depositions at the This Bill has been drafted to must be one day's rest in seven; with Provincial & Foreign Sections, giving him notice of nature of the contents of the our Oaths Ordinance of\n\ntrial. Of course, the only other carry out the recommendations and no child must be employed în enables traders to enmuuseste direct with packages. Offences of that ua except that in\n\nway would be to call witnesses. of the Commission on the indus-any industrial undertaking be- the and\n\nrecollection uf are dealt with in England dinance the witness is\n\nthe trial employment of children ap- tween the hours of 7 p.m, and aquired to repeat the words if the witnesses is much less likely to pointed by His Excellency the 7 a.m. Industrial Centres of the United Kingdom an\n\nThey small fines varying from Eurupe.\n\nDur oath himself. 45 to 420,\n\nthe 24th March, Regulation II is an attempt to section 13: for some rus reason, peated by, the officer of the Court. be correct than a note taken in Governor on makes the navimum $2,000 or two That is not the English practice writing by the Magistrate at the 1921, and which reported on the deal with the very difficult and the first 24th October, 1921. It is also vexed problem of carrying years' imprisonment. It is nuder and it is not the practice here time. I beg to move\n\nintended to carry out, as far as is weights by children. It is als: consideration to reduce that maxi- with regard to declarations by\n\nThe Colonial Secretary second- possible having regard muth, because the offences do not persons who are not either Chrised, the resolution was carried and conditions, the spirit of the pro-4, which provides that no child\n\nlocal attacked, of course, by regulati seem to be very serious. Claustrans or Jews. It is thought that the Bill read a first time.\n\nvisions of the draft convention under 12 is to carry coal, or of the Bill propose to give is requiring the witness to repeat dicting under that section to one the words of the oath himself is\n\nwhich was adopted at Washing-building material or debris. Re- The Attorney-General magistrate,\n\nton on the 28th November, 1919, gulation II provides that no child there are more likely to impress him with because\n\nAny person many more serious offences win h. the importance and solemnity of the first reading of a Bill intituled at the International Labour Con- (whatever--that\n\nin an Ordinance to consolidate and ference, which relates to the ad- under 15-is to\n\nin carry\n\nany at present, are dealt with one the oath, and, in any\n\nare simplify the law relating to permission of children to industrial case more thar 40 cutties we under making his alteration vonovigration to insert a further going the English prae-jury and kindred offences. Heremployment. The practibl de-eight anở nơ child is to carry said: This Bell is based on the\n\nthe a weight jolause in the Bif reducing the tice.\n\nunreasonably of 1911. tailed provisions appearin sximum penalty uni\n\nClause 5 merely provides for English Perjury Act\n\nregulations, printed\n\nthe having regard to the child's age 13 of the principal Ordinance. the use of the Scottish ferm of That Act was the first instalment!\n\nIn not and physical development. The Hou. Colonial Secretary oath when the witness wishes to of Lord Loreburn's scheme for the schedule of the Bill. It is seconded the resolution, which be sworn in that way. It is codification of the English cri- proposed that these regulations case any members of Council may final settlement of the wish to compare this Bill with was carried, and the Bill was read merely a repetition of an existing minal law. It has been received are a\n\nfirst time accordingly.\n\nsection. Clause 6 is new in our with great favour in England and problem; they are tertative and the recommendations of the Com- Evidence and Oaths. statute; it is a copy of a section I may point out that it is a true may, of course, require altena-mission, I may mention that the The Hon. Attorney\n\nGeneral in the English Oaths Act of 1888 code because it gives the rules tion as time goes on and as we Commission report gives the ages\n\nmore experience. It is in Chinese reckoning and moved the first reading of a Bill which provides that where an oath both of statute and common law obtain\n\nmust Bill, of course. states it in English intituled An Ordinance to amend has been administered duly and and in that respect resembles the obvious, I think, that we\n\nconverted and the attack a problem of this kind reckoning. We have the law relating to evidence and to taken, the fact that the person to Bills of Exchange Act\n\nand the administration of oaths. He whom it was administered had Sale of Goods Act\n\ndiffers very carefully and slowly, be the ages from Chinese to English for-This Bill, Sir, deals with no religious belief does not affect from mere consolidating statutes cause too much interference with reckoning by deducting one year\n\nIt is like the Merchant Shipping and the existing system\n\nchild in each vase. It is intended that various miscellaneous ponts, and the validity of the oath.\n\nActs which labour in the Colony would cause the Protector of Juvenile Labour, I propose to dal, shortly, with obvious that if a person takes an the Public Health\n\nthe poorer appointed under this Ordinance, exch clause in detail. Clause oath without raising any objec-merely collect the statute law on great hardship to\n\nthe Secretary of Chinese classes and probably to the chil- be with sertion 29 of the tion, neither he nor anyone else the subject.\n\nnis Affairs or some officer in offences Ordinance of 1889. That can be heard to say that the cath\n\nConflicting Decisions. dren themselves.\n\n2 provide department; and Clause 7 pro- sertion provides for the reading at is of no effect because the witness\n\nRegulations 1 and The Bill was drafted by Mr. the trial at the Sessions of d had no religious belief.\n\nCraies, the Editor of Hardcastle's that no child-that is any person vides that no prosecution under Clause 7 is more complicated, \"Statute Laws,\"\n\nbe the positions taken at the Magistreey Ordinance shaų be Cri under 15 years of age is to Archboltl's where the witness. for various but I do not think I need go into minal Pleadings\" and Russell's employed in any dangerous trade, menced without the consent of the reasons, cannot be produced by the detail because it is fully explained \"Criminal Law\" he was assisted jaud the dangerous trades speciti Protetor. The commencement of Crown at the trial. Chinly in the Objects and Reasons. Put by a strong body of experts. The ed in this regulation are boiler the Andirance is not yet decided there must be such a power, as ting it shortly, the clause is in English Act comprises the whole chipping manufacture of fire- upon, so blank appea .Ĥ otherwise witnesses for the Crowu tended to simplify the law on the of the common and statute law works and glass making. It will Clause §. might be kept out of the way subjects of afirmations and make n the subject and codifies 260 be noticed that it is not only The Hon. Calonial Secreta by the other side. It isit approximate to the English law statutes in 15 substantive and trades that are actually dangeroas seconded, the motion was carrie also destrable brause witnesses on the subject. Clause 8 is prac-four formal sections. It is rather that are aimed at, but also trades and the Bill was read a first time sometimes disappear for other tically a copy of an existing sec-a wonderful example of codifica-injurious to health. Regulation accordingly. If you want to take fue pictures. we|\n\nit has been found tion. recommend that AGFA'S ROLL of FILMS reasons, or die. should be used which can be obtained in in practice that the present section 20 not quite strong enough to BEST QUALITY AT MODER-\n\nATE PRICE.\n\njclause 2 proposes to strengthen it by providing that, the depositions taken at the Magistracy nay be read at the trial if the witness eun- not be found at his last known in England. Medical officers in pages in the old editions on the casual labour. The Commission Bill repeals Ordinance No. 4 hplace of resaletee in the Colony, the Government service of course subject, but the last edition, recommended that no child under 1915 and vest the Zetland Hall\n\nfrequently go on leave, and when issued since the English Act was course every effort is mad they leave the service finally they passed, has only 17 pages.\n\n13, Chinese reckoning, should be\n\nin promerty find the witness and to produce thim pissible.\n\nften go to\n\ndistant Act gets rid of a great many con-employed in any form of casual the various lodges in place of re- places far Glanse of the Bill deals with from the Colony and it is impos-flicting decisions on various points labour. That was not found pos- prescatatives of Zetland Indre sible to carry out, because it is only, and at their request. This to give and simplifies the law on many sertion 32 of the Evidence (din-sible to get them back\n\nin this extremely difficult to define what mode of incorporation saves ex provides others. The variations ance. 1880. That section deals evidence. The section\n\ncasual labour is; but we thought with what B all dying that in any prosecution for murder Act from the English Bill\n\npointment of new trustees fram depositions. Where a prospective manslaughter any medical en- very slight, simply because of we would make a beginning by pense and trouble and the witness is dangerously ill, it is the tries or report of any Government local conditions, currency and so providing that no child under 12. time to time.\n\nThere is one section, Clause English reckoning, should be em- practice to take his deposition. medical officer which purports to on. generally at the hospital, so that relate to the deceased will be ad- 10, which does not appear in the played in carrying coal, or build- the motion was carried and the his evalence may be perpetuated missible in evidence on proof of English Act, but that is merely iny material or debris. in rase of his ath. The common his handwriting and proof of his a copy of the existing section in use of this class of evidence of death or absence from the Colony. our Evidence Ordinance. It pre- Regulation 5 provides that in course, in cases of manslaughter In a recent murder trial before vides that where a witness wil-every factory where children are The colonial Secretary provided and murder. 1 winess is serious- the 'Supreme Court, medical evi- fully makes\n\ncontradictory employed the owners ly injured, he is taken to the dence which we would have liked statements he hospital. a magistrate eut for to call would have been\n\nall occasions.\n\nCall, or 'Phone Central No. 4310.\n\nJAPANESE MASSAGE.\n\nMRS. H. SUGA\n\nMR. U. SUGA\n\nNo. 11, D'Aguilar Street,\n\n2nd. Floor.\n\nNOTICE TO AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHERS.\n\nour Studio.\n\nMEE CHEUNG. Ice House Street, and Beaconsfield Arcade.\n\nFOR HAIPHONG AND HOIHOW.\n\n: for Hongkong and Ṛsiphook every\n\nstrerance Tuesday,\n\nThe favourite paraenger Meamer\n\nHAI-MUN\n\nCapt. Charles E. Page).\n\napply Thos. Cook and Sons or Po Hing Tal, 114. Wig Lak Street.\n\nJAPANESE MASSAGE.\n\nMRS. S. UZUNOVE,\n\n2nd. Floor,Wanchai Garage,\n\n18, Praya East, Wanchai.\n\nA PODICURE\n\nAND\n\nMANICURE\n\nMra N. Tauchioku\n\n31, Wyndham Street,\n\nHONGKONG PRINTING OFFICE\n\nFirst Floor, Room 12.\n\nCarnso. E, Kreisle, Mella, Pachmann Heraldine Farrar, etc.\n\nculy on\n\nVICTOR RECORDF MOUTRIES-Exclusive Distrbutore,\n\ná\n\ncom-\n\ntion. It repeals statutes going as 3 provides that no chiid under 10 Zetland Hall Trustees. Medical Evidence.\n\nfar back as the reigns of Elizabeth is to be employed in a factory. The Hon. Mr. A. R. Lowe moved Clause 9 is certainly an innova-and Henry VII. The simplifica- A factory is defined in clause 2 the first reading of 2 Bill in- tion. It is an attempt to deal tion effected by this codification in terms taken from an English tituled An Ordinance to amend with the difficulty which some- is illustrated by the fact that statute on the subject. Regula- the law relating to the incorpora- imes occurs here but one which, Archbold's \"Criminal Pleadings, tion 4 is an attempt to deal with tion of the Zetland Hill Trustees. I suppose, seldom or never occurs for example, used to contain 36\n\nThe\n\nare\n\ntwo\n\ncan he charged;\n\nchildren in the employment of\n\nof\n\nOne so\n\nCasual Workers.\n\nHe said. The present private\n\nrepresentatives\n\nof\n\nLA\n\nWATC\n\nThe Hon. Mr. Lang seconded.\n\nBill was read a first time accord- ingly.\n\nFinancial Votes.\n\nmust keep over the Finance Commuttes más a record of the children employ-lowing the Council meeting when by a with perjury without the Crowned, showing age, hours of work, the following notes zommended as quickly as possible and his exil.doctor not now in the Colony, and having to prove the falsity\n\non. Regulations 6 to 10 by His Excellency the Officer Ad- eure is taken. If he subsequently he could not possibly get back to either of the statements.\n\n:ther point in which\n\nthe Bill deal with hours of labour. No i-tering the Government dies before the accused n he give the evidence. We got over brought to trial. his evidence may the difficulty because it so hap- differs from the English Act is child is to be allowed to work in approved: The read on proof of his death and pened that the police officer in that it omits certain provisions industrial undertaking more extra-territorial than nine hours in any period of proof that certain requirements charge of the case had remained which have an of the section have been complied for the post mortem examination, effect, Parliament can legislate 21 hours. Industrial undertaking\n\nThe Chairman: The ute 1 with. It is also possible to read and taken a keen interest in it extra-territorially, but we cannot. is defined in Clause 2 in terms\n\nthis was $15,000 and this additional the evidence if the witness is so ill and was able to describe exactly Otherwise the Bill is practically based on the definition in\n\nEnglish act relating to that be\n\nthe unable to travel to the what the results of\n\npost a copy of the English Act.\n\nsum is required because of having Court.\n\nmortem were. We might not al- The Hon. Colonial Secretary ployment of children and\n\nway be in so favourable a posi- seconded the motion, which was persons. No child is to be allow Fanling and i'n lang, due to the\n\nLany continuously in\n\nindustrial technical on certain vide that where the doctor cannot first time accordingly.\n\n(Continued on Page 31 are rather\n\nH\n\nan\n\nthe em-\n\n$30,000 in aid of the vote Public Works, Recurrent, New Territories, maintenance of roads and bridges.\n\nPage 31\n\n(Continued from Page ...)\n\n...\n\n(rest of the content on Page 31)\n\nThe provided text appears to be a scan of a historical newspaper or document related to Hong Kong. The task is to proofread the OCR output and correct errors while preserving the original content and format as much as possible.\n\nHere is the corrected version in HTML format:\n\n...\n\nThe corrections made include:\n\n1. Correcting spelling errors (e.g., \"Freest\" to \"Freest\", \"Eboysade\" to \"Eboysade\", \"kerms\" to \"germs\", \"koop\" to \"keep\", \"süt\" to \"cut\", \"tech\" to \"tech\", \"judity\" to \"purity\", \"patologi\" to \"pathology\", \"chomists\" to \"chemists\", \"Par】East\" to \"Far East\", \"Zum Buk\" to \"Zam-Buk\", \"Cri\" to \"Crime\", \"jaud\" to \"and\", \"prescatatives\" to \"representatives\", \"Indre\" to \"Trustees\", \"Glanse\" to \"Clause\", \"din-sible\" to \"difficult\", \"MOUTRIES\" to \"MOUTHS\", \"Distrbutore\" to \"Distributors\", \"á\" to \"a\", \"com-\" to \"com-\", \"tion\" to \"tion\", \"chiid\" to \"child\", \"innova-\" to \"innovation\", \"LA\" to \"LAW\", \"WATC\" to \"WATCH\", \"más\" to \"must\", \"zommended\" to \"recommended\", \"exil.doctor\" to \"exiled doctor\", \"eure\" to \"ensure\", \"i-tering\" to \"intering\", \"hap-\" to \"happened\", \"ute\" to \"clause\", \"be\" to \"the\", \"ployment\" to \"employment\", \"i'n\" to \"and\", \"Lany\" to \"Labour\", \"H\" to \"The\")\n\n2. Fixing spacing issues (e.g., removing extra spaces, adding missing spaces)\n\n3. Rejoining broken sentences\n\n4. Restoring paragraph breaks\n\n5. Indicating missing words with `...` (not necessary in this case)\n\n6. Formatting in HTML using `` tags\n\n7. Preserving page numbering lines\n\nThe output is in HTML format using `\n\n` tags, as required.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-476 - Acting Governor Claud Severn & Governor Sir Stubbs - 1922 [8-12].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 500971, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-489N - Governor Sir Stubbs & Sir Clementi - 1925 [8-12]", "page_number": 6, "title": "CO129-489N - Governor Sir Stubbs & Sir Clementi - 1925 [8-12]", "content_text": "164\n\n10\n\nCLEAR OUT THE BOLSHEVISTS.\n\n(Continued from page 5.)\n\nThe effect of this action by the Canton Authorities has been to cause a complete stoppage of the Export of Sugar from the Colony.\n\nNo Question of War.\n\nLord Hailey's Speech.\n\nThis Colony is not threatened by possible rain.\n\nAfter our long waiting we are relieved.\n\n(Loud applause).\n\nStarving Out Shameen.\n\nSOUTH CHINA MORNING POST, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1925.\n\nTo relieve the situation.\n\nIf present measures are serious and urgent need, and say delay in dealing.\n\nTheillers Railway Government has taken the base of 20% of the\n\nthe latter part of the telegram, retaining the wording generally.\n\nHe pointed out that they could not possibly have the information to support those here whose interests would be reduced to ashes. Bas-Government officials, Mr. Boulton declared.\n\nDuring my visit to Swatow, I will most certainly be influenced by the Hongkong Government, and the rate to and from Hongkong, and I will venture to say that such intervention was one gentleman referred to Hongkong.\n\nHave a far larger problem to face by Russian officers. All this revenue is derived from the\n\nat Canton,\n\nDantun.\n\nard\n\ninterests\n\nA Speaker Heckled. Mr. Somerset Fitzroy\n\nCanton authorities!\n\nCleveland Nat. Rosevelt.\n\nWhat can we get there, for the reason that at that it is a source of wealth to the\n\na strong majority Government, may I understand has that a further meeting for the purpose of protesting against the\n\nUrest Britain but the time for talking is passed. cm gind is now second the resolution.\n\nattitude of drift, which is fatal to Europe would be silaze la 29 It a the time for action, for do-\n\nsaid: Sir. Lalies, and Gentlemen, strong action in this canter. Fur over two mouths we have\n\nThe telegram we are asked to send is plain.\n\n31 appeals to the\n\nSwatow's Voice.\n\n\"The, let us have the blaze\" ait is extremely unfortunate that support and abide by the decisions tion.\n\nwith confidence that long ere¦ Prime Minister to have Treatica: Mr. A. Rogowan (Swatow)\n\nof that meeting, and desire near-manber of the audience shouted, thin crisis sheale kave arisen ut a\n\nand leave the Port of Canton mia, the strong representations carried on which are Imperative supported the resolution.\n\n\"He zara: parution in one cable. Gladly while nonther told the speak that time when la London we are try\n\nprovided they unit Hongkong which, we andarstood, were from for cor commercial prosperity.\n\nMr. Chairman, ladies eun gentle-share expere/\n\nhe was not discussing the acing to impress the Home people which still further destres Britissime to vinte eshted Hume by our stresses the fact that the present af haww been specially request-\n\nMr. J. R. Greig, who said he had firm but singly asking a series of questions,\n\nBritain by the Hongkong exbibit ion is an Ant of open, hostility Commerce would ensure spedy and\n\nthan thusa morths, and independent Steenber of Scouterne in Swalow basised the nerealty for taking\n\nVenezuela Cited\n\nat Wembley. In Great Britain go- to Great Britain and gray cient action by the Home Gay-of Yeking, are dolely responsible to represent them and to associate immoriste action.\n\nHe had hemn Afr. Fitzroy referred to whating to stand aside and see Hong- and deliberately violates her Trea-rament\n\nfor this hopet of British subjects, the British community in Swatowall wound the world and fled that happened at Verregels and satû kung revert to its forme fahing fles with Chink.\n\nWhen, in coteequence of sag tuns skipa, and goods, and the the Cen- with any rebutions reat to the Britain was the most hated nation the restle\n\nPER Wal President village and native huts\"!\n\nsu ihon public meeting of the 27th July, on Government have openly debate Goverment by fongong, throughout the world. That was Rosevelt within three or four let us withdraw Hongong from our telegram was sent to the For-\n\nolured their intention of destroy- Articla II of the Treaty of Tisutain hearse the was too lenient with days sent the whole American the exhibition.\n\nwign. Office by the Envenior, we had long by every nuans in the power, which opened Swatow and othes fire poovie with wegri she had to out there and Great Brivals had\n\nSingapore Scheme Useless.\n\nevery renaust to expect that at lasi Hongkong, its trade and prosperity Southern parts for foreign trade deal.\n\nfe is the rennet Celong to climb down,\n\nProceeding. Mr. Bonitoa refer- Bolts through Hongkong and of car Hanne Government would stop\n\nTheir challenge is quite plair and state the \"\n\nis amel that we have gut,\" the spaaker declared,\n\nIeed to the Singapore Base which Mr. Best: It is not true.\n\nthe port of British Piecsgouds This ingenti be Cap and du save grows daily more definite\n\nBritish subjects are permitted to and why hour not they protacije false,\n\nhe regarded primarily to a scheme into Craton and the interfa;\n\nMr. Fitzroy: The telegram gives a plain-state-tary on rate with wheessure in\n\nwas there and to add to the defence of Hongkong.\n\nthereby causing disustvous Jusaes\n\nof shipping earns, which they pleare and to propel to ani\n\nhelped to blow up the place. Mercantile Marine's Action.\n\nit Great Britain was going is 20- both to British and Chinees mer tord that no repis, and not even an speas for themselves, and tells the top'osrure with their vessels\n\nMr. T. 7.* Laureta, o the M. Best: The whole of it to fmain paszive in this matter and chants in this Colony and to the acknowledgement of our degram\n\nPrime Minister of the recent pro- and archumdise,\" which is The Phina Coast Offrers Guild, enid: klee.\n\nĮ seg Hongkong ruined through Bol- Expor trade of Lancashire and nearly a month ago, has been claustion by Canton excluding alley bound on with at the Chahman, ladies and yousie.\n\naly. teror in comlusion suidjabevist influence, then why not Yorkshire, which st result in recived here. Even as to the pre.\n\nDritish vessels from that port, and the beatles\n\nbetween. Great on. on behalf of the mercantile was entirely opposed\n\n13abandon the Singapore scheme and farther very considerable and ju-sent nothing appears to have been shy other vessels from Canton if Reitairy and China and theatrs marine I should like to say that at creating permanent becply done by the Home foveagent for they first call at 12 ageng.\n\nThis embrace the Treaty of Nonius meeting of the mastere and ment in Great Britain.\n\nor relie, and we are here now, proferation by Canton our tele- which is that British cubjenteneres hold on Thursday afterno: En, to express our strongest indiz-gram rightly deportives as \"ar gut with the trailles, and establish fast, it was decided that the follow.\n\nThe tante-Hongkong problem ination at sneh treatment for our of een hostility to Great Britains shall be allowed to reside for ing telegram should be sent to London.\n\n(Auplouse). The Colony's Defence Contribution, the rarese of carrying on their Secretaries who are entirely separate and distleet from Horse Government.\n\nWe tall the Prime Minister of molestation or restraint,\n\nDercantile parynis that in any other part of Chira Suck treatment is outragevas uril\n\nwithave Tis is very rect and lime felt the pulse of all the stand for pstalatiere and love Both vitally important, lee every effort nations interested in China and auf country and for my fellow men owing to the fact that Gantou doen intolerable treatment, and, failing disnatrons losses to British andare trentres have been corricials with Tuppertal go toungulse and is in robelitos eller shortly from the Ueme Gev-Chinese metchisiz by this a that and absolutely violated not only in Gulle, Marine Engineers Asenciale thought thes\n\nMorchautz Service peaceful solution of this problem. The world over, hit I annet clauid Leave tolerate this position the Home against the Central Government we must pursolves do what of the Cantos authorities and that\n\nMercanthie Maring Services Whatever action was reecssury to Government is taking up to-day.\n\nat Feking and that on Conferences we can in our own interests and to by promot action new pose Nasa) apin and letter bet in the in.\n\nhoid a: Peking on driff or extra-te interests of those dependent and Minars Ferran would speedilytics of them, and my personal Association and Navigsters and the flows Government who hail\n\nWhy should she remain so milent Experience has been that with the Sercial Insurere Comply tu prezzor knowledge of the anti so passive as she fe?\n\nThere territoriality or any other Ques\n\nHongkong hard is only vor excuse. We state the fact that is 25) Prent Boisbevist authorities in urge the Imperial Government to situation than tions can possibly assist this f\n\npaver they way he considerat take immediate action with regard (Disent).\n\n27 years residence here i hava i need not dilato upon what is years this Colons has remitted as rape of paper which have been to Canton and China general the last speaker and entirely over to spons about Hongkong.\n\nI have Colony in the retaulest degree in\n\nThe chairman remarked that heen to England twine and I like common knowledge- the deliberate the House Government a defence!\n\nPerther delay may be minous cas and heartless attempt to starve our contritation of 4 millions dullers, and de unt fuzelton.\n\nCanton Government legal.\n\nJacked the axplanation he had seen it grow solid, stolid and og in dully losses be this Clonthere and the uncooked, organiz- milion dollars. These defence oment of Canton has pat inte fone That, ladies and gentlemen, was for intervention should take, at Hoe know anything about\n\nShameau, mno with of our trude the 1924 contribution betas vi\n\ning a disastrous affect on the mer mede that while they made some secure and yet the strange thing cente\n\narine.\"\n\n(pause)\n\nsuggestions wä of inermeing 201 rukowa\n\nregard to the is that comparatively due people nagnitude: moreover for Brilia sud eurders tack\n\nupou adlitary equilations Hongkong very effective embargo the telegram ant by the mercather of course fully realised that Hongkong.\n\nAt one menting here Government debyy decisive Shades with\n\nSwator i British and Jay say are never behind. Ther soleiriter for the decision of bong as just aufheient la cover\n\nare boycottert. at Canton tu the future than that and gel inure, was told us by an taxes paid by our business men and What about it? Are we to accept Arst line of defence after your file Majesty's Government. (Au- the point of a poncil on the map\n\nexo-vitarse, Mr. Helstrom, the workmen to the Government, and these nuditions withee undest? Boyal Navy. (Angimuse).\n\nlevel. The meeting waa noij and that is hot Hongkong exista There is no question whatever wadish Consal in Canton, at bir contributed to by every tue of 25 (Cres of \"No\").\n\nThu trouble\n\npresuming to dictate to the one in the minds of musands and of making War on Chion bus aiment Isaturs.\n\nAt the same lenaedectly or indirectly, down to the started in Caufan and must he stil\n\nGovernment what they should de thousands of our fellow men and ply es ousting the present via M Mangowan, ay out and respect-tumblent coolie, and we can with Carlos. Cantor is avite Chairun, todies and gentlemen, but was simpis\n\ntoworen to-day. It is just the enily anti-British Bulsbetik faed resident of Swaton, cold how longer endure what we rightly das-separate and independent of the rise to eantess any digressent voice the foeting of the Colory: polat of a pencil,\n\nThey do not lion which has recently succeed-tast port, controlled by the Canon the to the Prime Minister as die Central Government of Pikity, with the latter part of the telegram that compling must be dure and realise, they cannot realise that it\n\nGovernment, eculd secure peace at present imolerable ed in seizing the reins of new intervals only, and by the payment and bevralt of the business of this unitors the Tieda are kicked stres down to what this wetita diplomacy of Prking had so far Britain of theeands upon bou- strangulate wat has been badly treated and it is aropand to rele. When we done quickly. Applause). The in a source of income to Great It may be added that such talenting some years, or millions and Colasy.\n\nThere is no possible chance of the proposes to send to the Ilome Gos-adately and entirely fabled and saves of pounds and that it brings We have \"carried ou\" here, ali resmpton of trade as before. The erment wil done amant 10? vention will be hadled with the wiilions of dots. Has Swator\n\nit was not realised that there trade and commerce and work to not so paid the town would have praise to car own men and acreen, tags of this trade will hit the Coley demands that the Britina Gov-was problem in the tooth, our fellow me gresiest suisfaction by the op pressed and terrorised people after, and the Chinese mex-and to those of other races we of Hongtans sary hard. harder crerunt deliver au ufignatum at\n\nda, hut shall we lo to awaken cheats therefore proferred to pay. have so unselfishly and cheerfully than many resise.\n\nBritish ijonce is the\n\nfr Rost who then wonted the Chem? Exception has been taken Apart from the facensestable\n\n\"demand.\" but I Mr. Macgowan fold of the inallest our serial services factud ping interesta are very large in Apaizare), Fase you stopped for Platform from the body of the hall is the word right of British subjects in se le nder of the Bush ling police, volunteers uit oder Swalew, while farge quantities of one money he thinks were the referred to Mr. Fiteroy's statement consider it is not strong enough.\n\nColony of every race to the pro-\n\nin Swatos, sad that any Chase difer. We feel we not British gouds are imported yearly-mags7\n\nBe We want words that wall makɛ all with regard to Yeugenols. a Vulcer \"No me to was clently thank every one of these All te has diy akcppet. I have stop (Laughter and applause).\n\nizely wrote in agley that Praiat least for this generation, thet tection of the Bravish Flag a deght speaking a Briton\n\ndeclared that the speaker was en-Britons reatine once and for all, frnce of the provisions of the severely utahed, Acy sangan men\n\nwonzey. (Applause) much pleasure in supporting this You are recognising a belligerent, dent Roosers sent the American Hongkong is a tremendous asset, 5 Retou was burned. But such services are the duty of telegram to the Price Minister, and Can you point out any time in the Treaties between Great Britain akt and Charma, thus Colors has by its Swatow k cil instractions the Government, and the over. I hope prompt action will be taken lustery of the British nation when\n\nCanton; the void of the trelement is paid the taxpayers of the flame wiborities to stop it as weugnised a twopeury half end who was in power. Langheading interests in the Best repeated convidscable defence cron tribution for the past 2 years as a Canton, and waless woad Hongwong to perform Paese duties.\n\nthis reign of terror in Routh China, penny belligerant? aquired a right to the active supranged in Canton there could to when for our payment to Govt should he to say that if say al-gita bask to the\n\nEr and applause). President that Britain dres not relia port of the British Government and improvement in Swetow. We erament of dai millious yearly, we tack is made on Carton, a similar when the\n\nRocrevat would ever have done it and ventise it soon through those Souths wha fighting auch a thing. Suci d-fence untrutionz atownten easily imagine the ict of our require tall protection of ane lives shack should he made on Swalow. Jesinst the North, when the whole ceeded to give the history of the the north, she looks like coming The speaker pro-red hats, those red heads from Altogether during de period to one and children in the Treaty and property, and full protection because, unfortunately. Swatow if that Continent wax is the great Verczucia tremble pointing sat very near to losing it tha sum of 4 milion dollars, the posts under these conditiona: to tende with any bi accordamen in Kearatony and just now emire throes of war. Did the British that it was all over a guid Arid\n\nMuch Pay, Little Work, 1924 contribution being the record the refused a cup of roll or with her treaties.\n\nly under Rad rate (Appinuse).\n\nĮGasorament veroguise them? Not! Amount of 4% million dollars, and even water for for sick and dying Immediate and Decisive Actio\n\nAmerica butige in and Mr. Boulton declared that since the there, A Shungen Speaker.\n\na bit of it. You have a small com have naturally been couridered by child. She and her child wight\n\nHongkong, with its long ni\n\nbegan as usual with a lot of big 1922 strike the Chinese workman thie Colony as an Insurance Fuse for want of the bare\n\nMr. C. B. Pearock (Shameen): audity when you pay are aging talk. (laughter). \"That is about was not worth 50 ger cent of what contribution to the lome Govern-\n\ngentie- contrary to Peking. You have for the urotection of the rights artes\n\nment for protection, has been built Mr. Chairman, ladies and\n\nsm going your treaties with Chipp. Where they are any use for the he was ten years ago. Bomele secured to Eritish enhjoete\n\nup by British and allied enterprise then, I am afraid I\n\nor other Bolshevik, Socialism arð | speaker declared amii iughter. Treaties with China.\n\nwhich the Canton autheities would and work. Thousands of disappoint you in what I have to the proper place to get The\n\nMr. P. Boulton said the troubio Communison had got inte redbe na. They world bring us workers, the class which helped to say use in Shaman we have place where the Foreign Office which we had passed through thecus gud now they were sur to get to the are condition as Caatamake these millions of contrition not yet had an opportunity of going at the present moment. There lage tre months, two years, ten as much as they could for as little\n\nAccordingly the residents of itself, and of Bluesin, which is rare now, through the action of the reading the telegram which it is one, and only cue channel years and more justiced the as possible.\n\nHe heartily supported This Colouy at a great Mass In- state of anares, brutal des Canton authorities out of work proposed to send to London. As tough which we can deal and sertion that British interests and the resolution and again phasised dignation Meeting demand that the Sotism, cring, proverts and atter here at are forcibly detained in a rate I can tell you that so for that is through the diploratie: British quahties of justice, to- that unless Great Britain realised British Government deliver arratser\n\nCanton where they have lost or as the attratten there is regeerned, harnes of Pelting.\n\ntegrity and bonusly bad bass ciao. the situation quickly sad teak At this point thure was con cen robbed of all their little we are still cooking war on food,\n\ning down due to the fnci Mat Jar-promet and decisive action, Bong- ing the years of piracy, marder kong would be raïvod. The policy of Canton is frightvinga or capital, that and their doing our wo washing. pisaning siderable dent, and one of (A) To restore Capton us an\n\nThe Chatman, replying to Mr. Oper Treats Port for Tracefulness, terrorist. The authorities Families being dewlute. As the our own house and duing to beat the audience shouted \"Go and outrage, carried on droogh-\n\nI want to the West River and see what out the Chidon delta, Britain had Peacock, who asked whether the between Chinese and the bere have applied these methods Coutua cauilenge to us neartes Chaugster).\n\nthe-amplify the Charmeen's opening Teklog can do” amid laud cheers. Dever effectiveh Jutervenud and regulations regardius akipping were Foreign Treaty Powers to ruin tangkong, but have so tur accomplishmen Britons\n\narticle Ma. Fitzroy: Let me go on alto-day was the linaz. One cen-affleial, said thai Sir James Jamie.\n\nnot understand, Mr. Boulton pre-jsen had addresSEU full accordance with the failed, for Hongkong is not Russia elves and their allies woust also be remarks in regard to the\n\nthe Foreign Provisions of the Tresting or Ching, and we are not Russian thrown out of employment here, under the heading of \"Sir Jamestite farther,\n\n\"We are dealing with Canton in fceeded, how it in that & Govern-Secretary at Canton, Mr. We Hon- between Ching and those We depend for success aron indus oliriously, unless we obtain Jamieson\" in the Dallu Prean. The\n\ntry and absulate falmese, fastics adegante help now from the naye hain key aid you rectienlis other respects\" anusite: Interruptor most with such trenendous inter-nir challenging bin, to deny that Powers.\n\nesta 1 Britain has in Hongkong they were not official, and up to the (B) To expel ! Bolsheviks and generosity in all our dealings, and military forces--help for which word for word what i wanted to exclaimed.\n\nThere followed some disorder, to-day should remain pausive and present he had not received any tbefand we liave here a Government we have paid from the taxes of the and it is not ceressary for me\n\nOne early in the next few days Sir Kwangtang Province. not excelled in these resprets by people, we can pay as 44 million repeat it. I should like to during which the Chairman apseemingly indiferent (C) To disarm and disband the any other Gurement in the world, or any other samt to the Govers remind you, however, that a snopealed to the meeting to give the recall 26 years ago, when the New James Jamieson was likely to deat\n\narticle appesyed a few dayy later (apeaker a fair hearing.\n\nTerritories on the Kowloon side anther with the matter. For that sole Waypen College Syplause), and which has the conmeut in taxation, Applause).\n\nAnd has the British Gaverstoeat which was a gradging retractio) on\n\nwere given to Great Britiau youson, the Chairman said they Cadets who are in reality dence of all under er dag, rich) vome points and a poor attempt la Mr. Fitzroy Nar the ass! There was pure irable in the feh pastised in embodying the Russian trained troops, sed and poor alike. (Applause). We no obligation townude these work-\n\nTerritories\n\nA few mat shedstorms referred to in their telegram. send back to their native, shall therette defear a wanden als left destitute and towards Jussi ches, but they did thing you ask them to do is to\n\nwere huned down and if I recall Had the Carton Government seen places those who are tack upon our fade and liberties, thane who will be en left and shatish the atter from a Slamentira at the Bolshevists\n\nand shall emerge stronger andį we remain 2511 inactive while the merchant who is bore today pinot know the exact meaning rightly a few policemer were shot to deny imraedissly their receg- Cantonese,\n\nPerhaps some of you mean! There were considerable trozbie miston of that proclamation, it prouid But at what Cantos craitenge aereeds and of the Samen point of view that (D) To cease hoyent of British brighter than ever.\n\ngood workers, so to speak, perish? and inferusing them that we in the Chinese Roshevista, but at any with telephone communications cos have appeared in thus retegraal. Goods,\n\nJeost to us all!\n\nAnd, incentime, with the thou. Certainly not: We cannot and Shameen were not being for rate what you are ashing is that it did not last long. (E) To\n\ncare\n\nscapegoal. It may interest you lofts whole of thean paople shall bej The Trouble Spinthered. propagatio.\n\nEDH And intelligersahuti not do so,\n\nknow that the first article in the turned out I think I as hear in Voder Threat of\n\nworkers and merchants of all races! These people, and ali non-British Rongkong Daily Press was referred that an ero the ultimatonealation and a party from three tiers. There would be \"Complete Naval Blockade by wże stand by us ners, we cannot in the Cology, look to us and to our to by Mr. C. Wa,\n\nC who which was delivered to Serbis in different sturees was organised swer from the Canton Government \"Britain of Centon and Its continue passively to endure this Government for strength and help is\n\n11914 by Austria (A Voice: \"Non- to advance on the Territories. 1and when they pressed their for an \"net inbouring waters and/or Bloyeett with its murders, robberies, to them is this erisis and we must allest\n\nin the Cantonscher\"). It is the same sort of remember being ir. Telpu when answer the only reply they would \"such other zetion\n\nsand gross violation or treaty rights or fail then.\n\nadministration and who is believed thing that you want to destroy the Centers mounted the head of revs was that they had nothing \"Mejesty' Government may (Applause).\n\nOur Government must he urged to hos mederate with a very large the sovereignty of a nation and column which marked through to do with Vem but that it was We understand that sony foure: to prompt and vigorous action following. His chicrease to this take it by force. Very well, how the village. The ag was host-party a strikers' proclamation. The Ultimatum should also state fielegrants have been sent, either istua Retion weig, I think. bral article, I think, speaks tac itsell do you propose to do this wicked, a royal salute of 21 gets fred i\n\nSir Henry Pellock Administratiere our Governor to the Coloria 64opreted 5 All Chinese and other He referred to it in a speech ou\n\nSir Henry Poleek: Mr. Chair- ruush he established at Canton Cfice by one Chamber of Cora-non-British here of both the work August 175h in Canton. Il a situa- ve sort your allimatum (A and from that day to this there.\n\nValee: \"Send 3 telagem,\" has cover been any trouble in Tan, ladies and gentlemen, I have ing and merchant classes, and, as tien of this kind I think the greatest (Laughter. which will observe no the fall all merce to the Foreign Offer.\n\nExactly, but that ki. (Applause) Now an-made two in thres apecches ou the existing Treaties between Chios; We sun iso assured, and can stated in our proposed telegram, care should be exercised by the is not whac WC are disticipate that if something like had subject of the Canton trouble dar- and the Foreign Powera.\n\nquite holteve, that our local Cham \"scab intervention by us will be Hongkong newryapet in regard to ussing at the present comment.been due during the years of ing the past few weeks and I de It is the unanimous aginter offer of Commerce, and especially balled with the greatest satiara what they which. (Hear hour). We are sending a telegram in fronble, the rents of discontent not intend to repeat wyself this this Meeting that Brinsh inter-nur Governor and our Chairman, ou by the oppressed and terrorised Indications of disuntion, as the wich we are wearing the func-which this Colony has endured, evening, I should like, noverer, veolica is the\n\narticles dulce, merely give contions of the 17 Government. in Caston would never have been to mention one or two new poluts only effective have done all that possibiv coal pole of Canton.\" method of restoring communies [be dune. Indeed, i believe that thoj We tell the Prime Minister that dense to the other side and truke which we say the Home Govern what it is to-tap. I maintain all which have recurred to me. The tions and trade between Hong-labours of both have been unit at this great masas judiquation meet car battle sil the harder. (AD-rent are totally incapable of doing if the Bolshies bad realised the fire is a very interesting historics! kong, Canton and South Chirie aud ting in our behalf. (Applause). jing we dead immediate and de-plause).\n\ntheir job despite the furt that we firmness of the power of Beitian point which I looked up this after- of preventio tae economic But they have apparently failed fejsive action by the British Govern- Support from Fonchow, Jare told they are brasted by every- they never would have attempted | noon, and it is iu connection with destruction of Hongkang and of and we, the parle of Hongkong, meat, \"Dervind,\" Fix. is a strang The fileman then read the fol-body. We propose to do by to have planted themselves in the what is called the second war of British interests in the Treaty and new asked to cable our case word, Bat, in car gremstances loving telegram, he had received establishing a hickade by navalety of Canton to work their China\" in 1867. The casse Porte of Swatow, Anioy, Foochow | divert to the Prime Ministry who, ant entirely in schord with it. If the Fuochor Chamber of forces of Canton (Bear heart-ruinous tropazendo aguinal ue. that war was as follows: There And South Chura.\n\nhimself a business man, and withiam in aword with the whole of the Commerce: \"We welcome news Does it ever occur to you that' (Applause). As a 27 years real- (Continued on page 11.)\n\nThe Ultimatum.\n\nby\n\nultimatum at once to the Canton\n\nAuthorities.\n\nfrani SARDA\n\n\"ensider neessary.”\n\nhista Chinore\n\nAu-British\n\nHS\n\nDeces\n\nAnd this is the condition\n\nsande\n\nA Policy of Frightfulness.\n\n<\n\nprobably one\n\nטיין\n\ntho\n\n\"Nonsense.\"\n\nTake eivil\n\nyay\n\nthat time it was President Clare-nation, that it is the key to sil\n\nthcit\n\nThe General and Adaurai were la\n\nMr. Bertil Helstrom declared that the Cautog Goverment were\n\nbehind hiding themselves\n\nLae\n\nYo wit-\n\nof\n\nCLEAR OUT THE BOLSHEVISTS.\n\n(Continued from page 10.)\n\nMACAO NOTES.\n\nPORTUGUESE NAVAL FORCES.\n\nOur Con Correspondent.:\n\nwas a certain bost named the Arros comanded by a\n\nBrition captain and menned by a crew ol Chinese which\n\nMacau, Asvist 24.\n\nGuilherme 1veny\n\nCommander was selling in Perras at the Portuguese cruiser\n\nValedictory,\n\nSOUTH CHINA\n\nMORNING POST\n\nCUQUETTING WYIH BOLSHEVISM.\n\nCLARING DISCREPANCUSS AND INCONSISTENCIES.\n\nBg J. R for the\n\nS. C. M. Plat.)\n\nrenk\n\nthenight\n\nWEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1926.\n\nBULSHEVISM IN CANTON, OPINION OF THE CHINESS.\n\nNot Mind to the Menace\n\n.\n\núť\n\nIt is a\n\nApes-balipenny stomp\n\nqof the world's richer in tantury and commerce and munstry wil ouer\n\nthe studurls and dissatisfaction, POINTS ABOUT HONGKONG. Jar Jnker i to destruction. Then\n\nwithin lite workers, and clearly! it is the opportunity of the prude\n\nGerezand that the Boishavets -\n\nTHAT YEHEN. tatiane ar wordmen of the world bel\n\ntead o\n\nCover their violation step in ani lake over the govern! Le spirit with the anavarde.\n\nOne frequently copies aerosy & met within every ti\n\nment that strikers have the auto-reference to The noder ermits have resterday. It is apparently a copy or parties they have reasons to op-\n\nTac lowing letter reurbed us inge of refusing service to persons and is is a non praatine, though\n\nHongkong, China, the ordinary way under the werepublics is beer, appointed Con-]\n\ntinue war again unchained an Great of a lever addressed to Han. Mi pore or disagree with.\n\ncantile marine flag. That Bag woa marder in Chief of the Portuguese critical paalysis of Tolcheviniz, matkab Ulustration of the acner!\n\nI make no prebusion of writing a war in Buspe a sroviding a P. D. Holyoak. for it ronds:\n\nan entirely wrong and costly one. to aldress letters in itis Fashion torn down by some Chlaese cffcial Naval Forces in the Far East. pricking all its tabbles of fallacy wf Marx's practition\n\nWe are admit that Bolshevism Hongkong, as is often pointed out and trampler under foot and from The Gift Esues, the Portuguese ami impracticable aspirationa\n\nHengkong. Avgust 25, 1995. At So while wardly. the Boise-Mase Meeting, Hongkong Rederiz. Teking and those in other capitalet at a letter there fan it does To P. H. Holyoak. Esy., Chairman, meurs and that the authorities at British Colony, and it costs no re\n\nwill reapest no diplomatic setite not a part of tha that single treident arose the transport, is due to-gorrow, to be thint I attempt to do within theviste argue, their way in wegent out be-- avcond Chign war, which is vervi followed, i understand, by other scones this series of articles Sa tobali of the workmen, the property i vesidents in Hongkong, we wished with the local situations in Sauch other often referred to as the Arrow war. units of the Portuguese navy.\n\nOur dear Sir--As temporary have but been thoroughly acquaint frein on end of Lepdon to the sonin the misformed with solens clar, the movement in vanity in In connection with that, I might\n\nThe offres of the Naval Foresta pitfalls and spares sufficient a gigantic ble for the emancipatie sure through you our friends out- Chire. say that in those days there were at Mano bave been entertained on\n\ndone the wick Another mistaken to convince the radicais in this por.cf the whole of making Tu vltimate Side Chaton that the people of\n\nCantonese Not Inactive. such things as talograms or several occasione during the past prasnat fer cannot change the car and the catablishment of a gecine of the apperching danger of us to point out again that the thus \"Hong Kong.\" In a letter to suting is the soiting out of the tion of Chins that Reichevism in the action of all cases within romery vangtung bave ust been unaware, Instructions from home, and the law daya in Mace, lo honour of\n\nIt may be of interest to you for nord Hongkong in two syllables- Govamar of is Celery at that a arcival of the Republice.\n\nof contemplary Etical decuracy have been the win this! Boisbevis and have in the last people of Kwangtang are not at all the serve with ference to his time, Sir Jeha Bowring, gave\n\nI dare to main in the Bolsterisw. urier to the then Admiral to gu\n\nWhether the Boltw years repeatedly, unceasingly native to their desire to oust the reatly published book de Luss ahead and the Admite went ahead and kindred services are a lun-damage to Crins, materials and The Siberists lar maintain chat pay all unjust and unreasonable seating inertia has he fored by Mast as read of Leigh and Orange\n\niam can only do a gent deal of izin to do is ezether question.\n\nThe Chater Collection, \"Mr. James Ws are rumurimes inclined to meer cheon in honor of Mr. Meireles exacialks, and cae eomplish unthing tus capitalis have all the advantaxes whenever poscite and, a circonstances they are still unable points our list throughout the book.\n\nagainst ni rafal arts, refusing to from their territory. the thetri at what we call eatly Victorian Vasconcelos, Director of the Trea of constructive value in all ages of anperior education, diei-lehad once, get the Bolshevis arms to overoane, and that, as soon as except for quotations, Hongkong is day Lord Palmerston was then suy, at the Garden of Mr. LaBolleva a contend movenwet plis maitsey elect an every-to me in our earlier struggles necessary and proper arrangementer, 34 cis word, for the panca Prime Minister and his action was Lit-ok who is leaving Macao et ventras a gonerat earth thous at Meir disposal Ther-fore we had not received say arors er are posfected, nonstory stops will mation in the Hongbing Geor challenged in the House of shortly, having been promoted re-¡queto in the political world mans and he weat ic\n\nthe leazsition from Capitaine to material sacncrayanent from vat- be taken to teenvet the power and went Questa of Juan I general į raty re Cape Verde.\n\nelection on that incident, and was) in tog pravicua articles 1 are Comunion acrveserily inside. French Properly At Knuten.\n\nreturned to power with\n\nItoushed but lightly upon a fan of the fierce and hitter struggle të penis,\n\nthe government now surped by a Ex the ne a lugel lette has vast received in mais features relating to the exto come. Anjority. (Applause). Gentle Macao From: Canlon stating that trene doctrine of Bolshevism. Buf\n\nOur poupe of Kwangtung realize arty of Bolabevists who nove of Home.\" men, 1 must admit that i am amazed the students and their friends have cons ook has been braught|\n\nand the Tera is the elose relationship and natual spoble persons inside or questde sed in the colony of and by Tu the Way. that the British Governent has completely creuptut the genusd sur- forth, boyster, to show how Isnn. This was the reason why Lan cach other bewear Piston and Satereat and inter-doprudence on\n\nthe Repair of China recognize. nol yet come to the mist of this rounding the French Cathedral attirely fodifferent the Sasior leaders, and eves serious re- Hongkong, 2e fally content of of Bolshevists in places where for- ing in de colony.\n\nYear Indignation over the acts of the murervus compazzes sziginat local newspapery and in the title Colony, because Mr. Austen Chau Canten. Fais property does not the fundular basis tion, long, chstinate, desper the fact that further delay in the 6' interests as well as Chinese stizer boule a far back as the fire of belong to the Fenet. Mission human justice, bborts, law alte resistance of the exploiters, who return to normal trade wil result are affected and your desire to set nountry generally write Hongkong Fay said that he would not con- s pozerally supposed but is the order, in the buique sat sinister for many yours will Fet enjoy Beant in economie rain in all parts of an early restoration peace and as two sepuute words or connected new spars in his sider any queation in connection property of the French Gorestrment i kuptbody slov bare adsulod te msk.#antage over the exploited, 200- South Chins, are not blind to the dation, and we shall not hesitate to perinces and guts, equally com with the revision of tresties with and the letter expresses much in\n\nshitates the rule Never treachery of Bolshevista taking as you that we are not by any posed of wwe words, and not ? Bolaberian sa wwerapishat fort in\n\ntrade have our sympathy and agure with a hyphen, but ace of Chinese China until the Chinese Govet dignation that this occupation Russia and in the world.\n\nthis explosers spirit to the devi sneller behind the patricting of weans sing in our man and effort writion. mam had taken steps toʻpot au end should be permitted a cantase. I propuse in talt article de cussion of the vaploited myjority with.\n\nstentia on ona or iso other lend at making use of weir advanger to get rid of a curve and danger Kwanz-tung, or Shang-ii, for in ing questions pertain to the Como destinate title on juries hearsing joumakor\n\nurist movement, before pusting con of butle This method Elswrists had promised test ther parts of the world wherever\n\ney (the now cursing not only China but all stan in her articles, to fleeinstate the whokaale slaughter of peklish Coururin. Instead the Bolshevisus rasy he feand.\n\nThe ela of the Treasury at the revolutionary epicís of Polshereevwia can carry out what they fought the by veicing protesta epits and dangers of Rolshesin Crange,who will be amembered cat\n\nto the present aali-foreign aft-\n\ntion and had shows their ability) 21\n\nto enforce law and order and res- set for the treaty rights of the Powera. Well, gentlemen, I ca Daly understand that utterande f Mr. Chamberlain, or Foretgui Secretary to incare that he will inist at the treaty rights of th Powes including the treaty rights George, at present\n\nPRINCE'S PARTNERS.\n\nSEAMENTS DANCE HONOURED\n\nthat even revolatutory grant uns, aliats, acientists and intel-\n\nBY ROYALTY.\n\nTis\n\nRaval\n\nThe Ladies Pleased.\n\nHighness Prince serving OE!\n\nસં\n\nof Great Britain, are observed. Beard. M. S. Hawking\n\nnicht.\"\n\nThe Right iv Trade, Another statement, which shovid\n\nke to evole For 3 Atatement radi\n\nnex\n\nbation\n\nal simul\n\nSince Bolshevism has beende a\n\nthe well-known firm of architects.\n\nAltst\n\nCin\n\nan then Chen\n\ndoes\n\nM: Orange\n\nnot\n\nWOMEN'S FAVOURITES\n\nThousanda\n\naf diveritnating\n\n| vidvas unde of passion, celia and Icausis in Soviet Russis day be geda violence are not cháy incompatible/en they belong to the bennemin Passat propresor, who g all times; world care and is bringing suffer wone favour Finkettes shove all Iwith, but sien me at zereal it. class sul they are what the Itausinn./ institule time individualistio inr to a markand 4 should be other forms of laxelive rasdicipe the Chiapan cekiral and social mini f're on to say \"Telko Meshare clase to every courworwegian. The! Rosiroved sé a commoor enemy tu because they are daniy and finy,\n\nLet us ans for a montat pe B of pagiâniam, Instead they created! and the question of regoring a sanie pleasant attribute. make thi\n\nabout the two halves the\n\n(It's in the way\n\nme no opposition parly is\n\nThe Troia\n\nDictators started with the singa rankind wherever ay be sound. set as gently as deture.\n\na mikiose vilities. They tried to\n\nFastcnd!\n\nAnd the\n\nvince.\n\nameeten the breath, reliese Piles. SANG TAI PI\n\nOr Chemist, cr post free, 60 Representing Trade Maintenance cents the vial, fiber Dr. Williams'\n\nthe Russian Committee\n\nof Kwanglang Pro-Medicine Co. 60 Kiurgse Road,\n\nShanghai.\n\nTerminology. Let us be clear is que mlade, at Sevich Coverment fpican The hes now got before bit: the coasts! Lieutenant. F. N., is entering into Bolszign, about me of its berms railrendy of the country and soil!ead egy paved the way for a bus that of tinnal, poitical or ter-3\n\nath age of our demont ega borist Germans operates the cager war revolution. In ebeny shack nut tonch equally poster with men. Fegulatory which Lave recen3y the fe of a pavai miticer with äi! | sand their meanings have theragh; garettes uz the streets of 47tical renstur in every courtes Levi zitorial isaga or jurisdietic bean premalgeted in Canton, Of the seal and voi comradeship it important to emplaza th's point, The Government publiskan books Capitalista Justead shey used by via the people of Kwangtung are stimulate the vet, increase the To restore tally regularity, to July 15 the Tuted said: \"Tala iza for whuck the senior scrvive shows not a len we still hary regazina clueSYSYFTS\n\nremedy sick Headaches, bilirse at started by Aging dagsint\n\nteing likewise cursed by Golate; canky, vertigo. moment when Britisa noley must noted.\n\nnabilance, take a dear and definite slipe.\n\nAt the Serbu for sale o contasomarine watching with deep interrat the appetite un ald digestion, Pin wesome titres horses, kabels to culliossins capitalists from manner the people of Hongkong kottes are perfection. They keep Saturday 1st, he attended whole of the Coromast uwment, father, angs, tramour lines a firent Brigin and the United Mate will adopt to lessen evils now being the system cisan and cool, clear the thia potey is such that it romance held at the Seamen's menda fisalf to vibes and ledly stitute arranged by the Lower deck je\n\nfnamely, Bolshevism and Conping lies oil lids, fntests and with roses and the weath of a spread by Bolshevists in this part! skin of tiles and inches, 10 eucive corumca actformet of the flagship,\n\nunitark in e werd, the Sovie stie! muck the better. But the epon through the larger part\n\nand stayed Bolabeviam is derived from is a puremanent a well ea cupidavast continook They started be of Fire worldYours respectfully.\n\nof the thevik, meaning the aforisy, in of industry, a benker, and a me sibility for defending the preet and progare. hely by o\n\nsholisking Christianity. means opposition to the caiter saner evolu-chant garbined. Do wot forget that they produced a merkado revival, row seriously threatened British dent in the choosing of part-tionary social parts, the teemast of the and leaders are misber interests in Chixa les Ayst at\n\nof Christianity in His first was Mrs. A. Carsbeviki, mating the misoging, which profesional en foremost on the British Govern-zon, introduced by the M. C., and overdures the Czarist Govery agriculturiste or factory and\n\nfor terhesta, brople cer Mr. R. M. Marks and Mese, and hooome the Berents They con osy wield the dimurtively M. Hart\n\nGovernante Bolshevism enme into per gue and unta, respritčeniy d. norber of tea\" dances were goter in Brasia, thanks to a pecu- The Goverment is andor tic feature of the programme and a combination of cirrowtanens. Soviet Umon, which is dem into these . R. U. etered with during the Great War in Europe. by a \"all opinionated, curgeat: He, Bridgeman, the First Lord enthasian; thus nearly all the Lean did not wriggin surreptitious group of people who conduci dio of the Admiralty, in anewer to a d'en prezent, had the much cavetrain in Decober, 1917, the fate of and pessants\" 1 urte saia in the fanove sealed taimeslip in the name of workers! question in the Hogan of Commons ad bacoor of partering rogalts. Pussis might have been far brighter Theu, there is no party in Sri an August 6th. Mr. Bridgens which was the more gratifyuz in and apper that loviny. said the aircraft carrier Hermes 15at the Penes in not my need trofe of Teuin might well\n\nThe stel Rosie, but lay act of Coni- had been despatchen to Chins and cellent dancer, bar a charming con- compared to Papierna Box, frran tuluraber her aircraft would be utilised fex verszalonalles, putting at ease in which hare bean les loose ste that there is no Parliament Patt It cessarily Follow taining and exercising the paradiately those whom the fortune evile that spread throughout Husin:eally art economically the fovict sonnet of the deer ait erm and, if the \" brought him. necessary, in co-operation with Hia\n\nfor the matter of that, all over the state is shalately anaipotent Majesty's naval and military forces in the resolution cutii bu reconciled\n\nworld, during the past seven seats. for the protection of the lives and that they should demand a cer several messings\n\nCommunism is a word te has\n\nIf you ask the Reds why there! property of British subjects. (A) define polier to be adapted, pivo it: Coronen riskip of prothe Seriet State, Nie auswor\n\nTitively should be such an omniveleace of clause). Well, ladies and gentiang vet at the same me declare paty: the abolition of privale prothéery is somethies, like this:| wen, I think we shall all zgree that that they left it to the discretion porty and state control of labour,ell. e Comumeist mozeworę the most important right of pro-ef the Dome Government as to religion. social elezions. perty widen we have out here in tow they sheall art. He asked sometimes it is need to deste a\n\nest go through twu ktages: the Far East is the right to trade the Chairman whether he would be theory of wciety, much surilar stage, based on the dominance of the (7) brandtiongi, terolatiouns suroth the treaty novia with the willing to modify the resolution 'n that of the exoly Chifiia in slate by the leaders of the working l'enor of Chr. That is a rigut, order that it might be made the which all property is held in class, sch as Rusia is w-day of wennerty far more important than unanimous voice of all preventi\n\nIt is also beef aquony nonsig same other rights of property we that the mantingarnestly dead with Sorialians In the sanac as it\n\n(4) a Communistic, clas-texs hear of, soch as the infringeant that the Goremecut should adopted in Randa. the word suns ponitury of catharity has sunither slag, in which the state as a m of a trade mark. 1 is a mithrona drastic pelley. He believe the work of Marx and Engels, pub Bon the Commanist Manifeabın” times es inaporist as any right of the meeting was entirely unanimous\n\nwhich is the fun! alage.\" a trade mark, and therefore we that they must take steps to tonery amunista regard that afforz\n\nThe writing that I hav The moder revue direct again Bolabeviews cebleed that, in the past, was the Home Government to their Bible, though Lenis kaŭ dezy ought to rely upon ar alle prend and decisiva netten. Nacy, in verionelen with any vil-]\n\naled and bem i's cardinal \"prised and social structure of the atte Visiont changer of ile politi. The Chairman intimated that he tary forces. to protect our very was quite prepared to adopt Mr.\n\nplen\" important lights of trading Men Johnston's view and the resolution\n\nproines vicient reaction, for a ni the Chinese at the resty peris and was therefore amended to read as\n\nrule, according to most auciologists, The fundamentals of Comuni violone social explosion will bring in trading through the weaty parts follows: neordingly the with the interior of Chica. (Ap-cents of this Celory\n\nwere examined by a shout exere har han And The at a great are who predicted that the crn of existing conditione in Mossta nes ikisi plarse) mass indignation macting, demand! Capitalism would crane to an ad by routine evidence of that pat There is juan mie other patio that the British Govarumeat imperson of the very contradictions 2 The \"oike\" the sheald ike to mute batera dietely adapts a drastic policy, as The consian he assigned for ita utitures who guztically deszinat icharvat in the nature of Ospitation ut novior, Komesey Stalin, dawn, and bat la\n\nthis. In the wa vecture to suggest, in the folio marc downfall are briefly these. the policies of the Russia Couperist eat war of 1914-18 Great Bri-ug ultimatum\n\nCepitelism with its hage organist Party, here aiready abandonat notite tain went to war benuste the treaty authorities.\"\n\nthm of sommaren and industry the of the quja \"prikupies” found in rights of Bellam aud been regarde Mr. J. Russel arged that the world user, aiting only at exploits the policies of the Bussian Comp ed as a more scrap of paper. Cap-siculd include in the telegram that tion of inhour, tends to create dis- and the Centrunism of Locin and plause). She railed upon her power abould be given to the local sontent among the proletarians of Proteks. How do we know that inj children at all parts of the world Government to deal with the situs-worker to come and joie to that war andition.\n\nWithin the political morber four years these \"prei slate, the capitalist are so poseifei mor\" may not be changed more and] Hongkong nably responded, (Hear After sotna further discussion with their animation of wealth more under the necessity of leas. Sarom handred men went the resciolion, as amended, was pati sad property that lay are in a pri proinine wish the exigencies of the forth front this Colony, many of to the meeting and carried and time dominate the government and tiran↑ whom made the great sacrifice. loud and prolonged chears. They made the groat sacrifice be Mr. W. A. Doutes, tu appealing utical, and totally destegend the cl This far we have obrered Soviet cause they were a part of the Bri- for enairibations toward the eine reasses of proletarians or Russia coisang of theas dienuator..\n\nsh Empire. They espoused beren suvolved, mentioned that the men de Berbund Rustel pute it\n\ncies; Bonde capitalion sú private! guaarel, and wo are asking Crent telegram would neet $1,200.\n\nnunoactly: Internally, is protects inlordien, bourgonis property- Britain to espouse sur quarvel now. A hearts vote of thanks to the the rich against she poor; oxtarazt ayub g and prival trading, as well (Applause). Surely the British Chairman concluded the meeting is uses tores for the evolaitatiores selling or signing away of mining. Government cannot are this\n\nof interior races, and for ongori concessions and much other right to urgert ery for help which we are The Feuch Police at Shanghai with other Stadoy\" Capitalistic nations sending out. Our need is grogh have succeeded in treshing what ice to Ma. Fussell, he is not a Dol The is no dictatorshie s the and prigent, and bar entre is just, might be called a factory for fabut bevist, he is far too wise a pollon.proletaring at the present, nether (Cheers).\n\n*100*1. The money bas bean diser to accept Bolsbesis was polis there the prospect of the doing\n\nributed largely auungst exchange ical unce\n\naway with the State and the coming! A Slight Amesiment.\n\nshops in the couressions, but follow- 1 Caputzikin or She capitaistic Tow mecasites of Breshevian\n\nof the fren visitly in the fronre The Rev. J. Horace Johnstoning disclosures by the arreated num, state is dovanć w virker sway in As far as the Gevement and ite asid he cosid not personally seentry of the proprietors wee alsoldige encore, bocause the arable of policine are concerned, may best in how the two statements contained' approbeertet for darling in the win. the capitaliste nations for partition summed up in the words of a keenly\n\nresi.\n\n213 the Canion\n\nshe is\n\nKarl Marx.\n\neverything nonamic, social and po-\n\nLo\n\n+ #\n\ne\n\nSi\n\nGillette\n\nMANA\n\nThe Well Groomed Man\n\nIs Properly Shaved\n\nH13 free shows no sign of beard and it is freeotirritations caused hy dull or improperly designed\n\nrazors.\n\nThe Gillette has always been an ac companiment of the well groomed man. Since 1903 its use has 2dicated good judgment--the mauuko appre saics the mumerous refnemesis in nazor construction which have made\n\nCilenc shave superior to sng whee\n\nThe New\n\nImproved\n\nThe New Improved Gillette does not siog with bair and lather. The blude is placed in exactly the correct position fo cut the hair evenly and level with the surface of the skin. And, finally, the blade is held so it does not vibrate and rerepe the skin.\n\nThese are the reasons why more than 3,000,000 have already bought the Now Jumpraved Giliette. You won't kann sitovi-gconfort until you ownone.\n\nbur aule at all good skaps\n\nBuren wện MULLER A PITIPPA! Limited Mesas Weltban, lions Anes,\n\nGillette\n\nSAFETY RAZOR\n\nMade in Most U.S. A by the Gillette Safety Ruzor Company\n\nPage 10\n\nPage 11\n\nSOUTH CHINA MORNING POST\n\nWEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1925", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-489N - Governor Sir Stubbs & Sir Clementi - 1925 [8-12].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 503937, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-494 - Governor Sir Clementi - 1926 [9-10]", "page_number": 433, "title": "CO129-494 - Governor Sir Clementi - 1926 [9-10]", "content_text": "Great Britain and Ireland and His Majesty the Emperor of China, and between their respective subjects, who shall enjoy full security and protection for their persons and property within the dominions of the other.\n\nTREATY OF NANKIN.\n\nArticle II.\n\nCanton, Amoy, Foochow, Ningpo, and Shanghai opened to British Subjects and their trade.\n\nHis Majesty the Emperor of China agrees, that British subjects, with their families and establishments, shall be allowed to reside, for the purpose of carrying on their mercantile pursuits, without molestation or restraint, at the cities and towns of Canton, Amoy, Foochowfoo, Ningpo and Shanghai.\n\nTREATY OF NANKIN.\n\nArticle V.\n\nAbolition of Privileges of Hong Merchants at Ports of residence of British Merchants. Payment by China of 3,000,000 dollars for Debts due to British Subjects by certain Hong Merchants.\n\nThe Government of China having compelled the British merchants trading at Canton to deal exclusively with certain Chinese merchants, called Hong merchants (or Co-Hong), who had been licensed by the Chinese Government for that purpose, the Emperor of China agrees to abolish that practice in future at all ports where British merchants may reside, and to permit them to carry on their mercantile transactions with whatever persons they please; and His Imperial Majesty further agrees to pay to the British Government the sum of 3,000,000 dollars, on account of debts due to British subjects by some of the Hong merchants or Co-Hong, who have become insolvent, and who owe very large sums of money to subjects of Her Britannic Majesty.\n\n(a) Shamien, the small island in the Canton River on which most of the British subjects at Canton live, and which was leased from the Chinese Government as a residence for foreigners, is in some respects like a beleaguered post. Not an ounce of food is allowed in over the bridges from the city of Canton, which is just across a narrow creek. If British subjects leave Shamien, they are liable at any moment to be ill-treated by strike pickets. No Chinese are allowed by the strike pickets to enter Shamien.\n\n(b) Similar conditions prevail at Swatow.\n\nThe Strike Committee at Canton does not permit British merchants to carry on mercantile transactions with any persons whatsoever, and they confiscate British goods whenever found.\n\n* Particulars of a case in point are printed at the end of the despatch. See Note 2.\n\nSee also the CADMAN CASE, quoted later in the despatch.\n\nA list of outrages at Swatow is appended at the end of this despatch. See Note 3. See the second despatch printed later in this Paper.\n\nTREATY OF TIENTSIN.\n\nArticle XI.\n\nIt is agreed that British subjects may frequent the cities of Swatow and others. They are permitted to carry on trade with whomsoever they please, and to proceed to and fro at pleasure with their vessels and merchandise. They shall enjoy the same privileges, advantages, and immunities at the said towns and ports, as they enjoy at the ports already opened to trade.\n\nTREATY OF TIENTSIN.\n\nArticle XIII.\n\nEmployment of Chinese by British Subjects.\n\nThe Chinese Government will place no restrictions whatever upon the employment, by British subjects, of Chinese subjects in any lawful capacity.\n\nTREATY OF TIENTSIN.\n\nArticle XIV.\n\nHire of Boats by British Subjects. No Monopoly. Smuggling.\n\nBritish subjects may hire whatever boats they please for the transport of goods or passengers, and the sum to be paid for such boats shall be settled between the parties themselves, without the interference of the Chinese Government. The number of these boats shall not be limited, nor shall a monopoly in respect either of the boats, or of the porters or coolies engaged in carrying the goods, be granted to any parties. If any smuggling takes place in them, the offenders will, of course, be punished according to law.\n\nTREATY OF TIENTSIN.\n\nArticle XVIII.\n\nProtection of British Persons and Property.\n\nThe Chinese authorities shall at all times afford the fullest protection to the persons and property of British subjects, whenever these shall have been...\n\n* See Note 8.\n\n* British subjects at Swatow are completely boycotted. They are not allowed any servants. Their food has to come by sea. The British Consul is even unable to carry out his duties as an Emigration Officer under the Chinese Passengers Act. British property has been wrecked and plundered.\n\nThe Strike Committees at Canton and Swatow do their utmost to prevent any Chinese from serving any British subject in any capacity and have not stopped, in these efforts, at torture or even death.\n\nThe Strike Committees at Canton and Swatow prevent this from being done.\n\nInstances of breaches of this article have been referred to above. A particular case is that of Mr. H. Cadman, of the Asiatic Petroleum Company (South China) Ltd., and two Indian watchmen in the employment of that Company, who were kidnapped by strike pickets on the 18th December, 1925. These three British subjects were proceeding in a motor boat to get kerosine for Shamien from the Company's store at Fati, when their boat was stopped by an...\n\n413", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-494 - Governor Sir Clementi - 1926 [9-10].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 504733, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-495N - Governor Sir Clementi - 1926 [11-12", "page_number": 1, "title": "CO129-495N - Governor Sir Clementi - 1926 [11-12", "content_text": "TPE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5TH, 1926.\n\nTHE BONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1916.\n\nTHE BUDGET PASSED.\n\nCOMMENTS AND CRITICISM OF UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS.\n\nTHE SHING MUN VALLEY WATER SCHEME.\n\nH. THE GOVERNOR ON THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF KOWLOON.\n\nAt the meeting of the Legislative Council yesterday afternoon there was a full and animated debate on the estimates for 1927. Sir Henry Pollock presented the collective views of the Unofficial Members and the Hon. Mr H. W. Bird and the Hon. Mr. D. G. M. Bernard also dealt with points of particular interest. Sir Shouson Chow spoke on behalf of the Chinese. Replies to questions relating to their various departments were made by the Colonial Treasurer, the Captain Superintendent of Police and the Director of Public Works. The Colonial Secretary reviewed and answered the various questions very fully and the Hon. Mr. E. P. H. Kemp wound up the discussion by explaining the Government's views on the Water Supply and Education. The meeting closed at 9.30 and the estimates were approved shortly before 10, when Council adjourned sine die.\n\nA considerable amount of criticism was levelled against the suggested postponement of the scheme for linking the island with the Shing Mun Valley water supply. Most of the Unofficial Members of Council apparently thought that the decision not to link the pipe lines across the harbour was due to the desire to save money. His Excellency's explanation was of particular interest. It would appear that the expense of laying the pipes across the harbour does not influence the question one way or the other. His Excellency's view broadly is that the future is with Kowloon as far as residential developments are concerned and that the water from the Shing Mun Valley will, a few years hence, all be needed for Kowloon. There is a project for building another reservoir for Hongkong with a storage capacity of 200 million gallons. The facts in connection with the various schemes are to be collated and probably a Committee will be appointed to consider them before any definite policy is decided.\n\nAfter the minutes of the previous Council meeting had been confirmed, the Colonial Secretary moved the second reading of the Bill intituled An Ordinance to apply a sum not exceeding $17,741,500 to the Public Service of the year 1927.\n\nSIR HENRY POLLOCK'S SPEECH.\n\nHon. Sir Henry Pollock said: Your Excellency, as spokesman of the Unofficial Members of this Council, I have the following remarks to make on the Estimates for 1927.\n\nIncreased Expenditure Probable. Obviously the weakness in silver and exchange points to increased expenditure during the coming year being heavier than that which has been estimated by the Government. At the risk of repetition, I would like to refer to the Water Supply on the Island.\n\nAs regards the Water Supply, we regret that the Estimates for 1927 do not provide for the bringing of the water from the Shing Mun Valley as was originally intended and we understand that the Government will give the Unofficial Members of this Council every opportunity for investigating the proposed expenditure of $90,000 on improvements to Kowloon Pier (Star Ferry Wharf) (item on page 6 of the estimates) and also on the proposed expenditure (in item 55) of the large sum of $895,000 for surfacing the road to the Kowloon Hospital. What type of surfacing is to be used in the case of the latter item, and in the case of item 32 on page 6: We should also like particulars of the proposed method of laying out the side of the Kowloon Physical Training Ground (item 32 on page 80).\n\nWhile on the subject of increased water supply for their wants, we therefore congratulate the Government on its wise decision not to increase the taxation in directions other than the levy for increasing the supply on the Island. The Government's side of the bargain is perforce a bigger impost on wines and spirits.\n\nThis Colony has been through nearly two years of a trade depression unprecedented in its severity, and any new taxes of a general nature will retard its recovery. It is true that on the mainland, houses standing isolated in a dreary waste of third-class shipping are being created in Kowloon, but we hope that the Water Works for Chinese houses will be carried out as soon as possible. We have been informed that over 20 applications for the installation of meters in Chinese houses have been granted, in spite of the present depression, and such an undertaking is in consonance with the Government's obligations. As I said in this Council some time ago, it would be fair to pass such a loan on to posterity, for the work which it funds will last.\n\nHON. MR. D. G. M. BERNARD.\n\nHon. Mr. D. G. M. Bernard said: Your Excellency, I wish first of all to congratulate the Colonial Secretary on the clear and able speech he made in moving the Estimates for next year.\n\nWe shall also like further information regarding the Chatham Road line Extension (item 54) as the proposed remaining expenditure seems large and we wish it had been obtained in the short period he mentioned.\n\nWe also wish to know whether the Government has decided to defer any expenditure on the Port Development Department into the Public Works Department, while, on grounds of economy, not, why the sanction of the further markets, which have been recommended by the Sanitary Board, is not being processed with.\n\nAs regards item 45 (contribution by Government towards fund for Redeclamation) of which the estimated expenditure for 1927 is to be $200,000, we desire to be informed what is now the contract into for the completion of this reclamation and whether it is anticipated that payment of $200,000 will complete the work on the particular item in question.\n\nIn this connection we may add that it would be a great convenience to Unofficial Members if, in all cases in which a Budget vote is taken, you lay before you on this occasion, a complete work on the particular item in public announcement of your policy.\n\nWe trust that that policy will be a liberal one.\n\nChinese Appreciation. Economy. Land Sales. The Trade Loan.\n\nThe Honourable Member representing the Justices of the Peace, speaking on behalf of the Unofficial Members, has to tender his thanks to the Government for the assistance it has rendered to the business community by means of the Trade Loan. The Honourable Member would not have been able to weather the severe economic storm that has hit this Colony had it not been for the Government's timely action.\n\nMay I, as a spokesman of the Chinese Community, express our cordial appreciation to you, Sir, and to the Honourable Senior Unofficial Member, Sir Edward Shellim, for having so sympathetically broadened the basis of the Trade Loan.\n\nOn the 22nd July, when the question was at its height, the Government had to take energetic action to prevent speculation. We are glad that the Government has seen fit to bring the largest possible number of people within the scope of the Loan.\n\nAs regards the proposed expenditure of $250,000 on Kowloon Point, I would like to deal with this matter somewhat fully. We regret to note that the rain from the point of view of expenditure of public money has been costly. We consider that it is most unjust that the amount of revenue which we secure in order to meet the sum of over $1,000,000 paid in making good the damage done by the phenomenal rainstorm in July should be regarded as a Military Contribution, and we desire to protest against an arrangement whereby the Home Exchequer benefits by this Colony's misfortunes.\n\nAppreciation of Services.\n\nOn the other hand, we desire to express our high appreciation of the excellent work done by the officials in the Public Works, Harbour and Sanitary Departments and by the Members of the Police Force.\n\nSatisfactory Bases of Revenue.\n\nIn conclusion, whilst our above remarks for the most part involve considerable investigation, we trust that the words we have used may be of a critical character in regard to matters of detail. We desire to congratulate Your Excellency on the comparatively good state of our finances.\n\nA Crying Scandal.\n\nThe late Sir Henry May on that occasion said: \"In 1920 the Government favoured motor buses, in 1921 and 1922 trams, and in 1924 motor buses again. Does this indicate that the Government has made up its mind that never again will the water supply be allowed to lag behind the increase of population? You see all this water being wasted and you have heard the capacity of this great reservoir, but you cannot put it down and do nothing more. You have only made provision for 25 years and the first thing we have to do is to link up the Shing Mun supply without giving portion purposes in respect of expenditure on Chinese wines and spirits.\n\nCar Water Supply.\n\nIn 1920 the Government favoured motor buses, in 1921 and 1922 trams, and in 1924 motor buses again. Does this indicate that the Government has made up its mind that never again will the water supply be allowed to lag behind the increase of population? You see all this water being wasted and you have heard the capacity of this great reservoir, but you cannot put it down and do nothing more. You have only made provision for 25 years and the first thing we have to do is to link up the Shing Mun supply without giving portion purposes in respect of expenditure on Chinese wines and spirits.\n\nThe passenger traffic carried by the Star Ferry Company has increased very largely during the past year. In September last there were 8,500 third-class passengers carried, which is an increase of 114% over the same period in 1925; first-class passengers averaged 5,000 per day, an increase of 119%; third-class 9,060, an increase of 327% over the same period two years ago.\n\nThis question of transportation is of importance to a growing city like Kowloon, comfortable, adequate transport is absolutely necessary to distribute the population and ease the congestion in the central districts.\n\nHaving now given credit where credit is due, it is our unpleasant duty to refer to Your Excellency that we have received many complaints that Chinese teachers on the harbour have been in the habit of demanding \"squeeze\". This complaint is not new, for I remember that the late Mr. Lau Chu Pak drew attention to it in this Council some five or six years ago, but we are informed that the practice has become more acute during the last eighteen months. We know how difficult it is to detect and prevent such malpractices, but we hope that the energetic Captain Superintendent of Police and the Superintendent of Imports and Exports will do everything in their power to put down the evil which has become a crying scandal.\n\nEducation.\n\nIn the estimates of the Education Department we notice that the salaries of Anglo-Chinese and Vernacular masters rise from $700 to as high as $4,000 per annum each. If the system is wrong, and the maximum salary is far too high. We should like to know at the same time whether it is the intention of the Government to apply the same scale of salary to other branches of the subordinate service.\n\nWe should like to know whether the Government contemplates laying a new sewer as the Harbour should be proceeded with forthwith.\n\nProposed Separate Medical Staff.\n\nAs regards the proposed increase of staff in the Medical Department, we should like to have further information as to the nature and extent of the radiological work, which is apparently in tended to be put in the charge of one Medical Officer.\n\nHospital Accommodation.\n\nWhilst dealing with the subject of Education, we note that the cost is $81,163,643, we not only noisy and colourless; the pre-capital outlay for King's College and Queen's College is $132,215 and $31,179 respectively.\n\nThe Need for Checking Extravagance.\n\nI know, Sir, you are deeply interested in this important matter and I believe you are now looking round to find a way to increase the storage supply on this island.\n\nWith all due respect, Sir, I consider that in doing so you are making a mistake--because whatever reservoirs, and I am not suggesting that you should not build them, are built on the island we are still dependent on the rainfall till then, whilst with the Shing Mun supply we have a storage of nearly 200 million gallons a day, and remember, Sir, that this supply is from a perennial spring and is not subject to the caprice of rainfall.\n\nI am not relished that the Chinese are viewing with increasing disfavour the Imports and Exports Office. Fully justified as the Hon. Shouson Chow said: Sir, All to our satisfaction the greater importance with regard to Head 25 on page 18 the views and observations which have been made on Vernacular education since I have heard arguments against large expenditure renewed. Will the Government explain to us the cost of education is, as has been weighed by those in its favour.\n\nThree million gallons a day means that for the year for the branch responsible for searching teachers for opium and of the Department for 1927 is to be $124,000 and it is estimated that approximately the same amount in our legal drugs (2) the number of searches made very year the population is increasing; (e) approximately the number of searches made by the Medical Department, Civil Hospitals and Sanitary Department are yielded by them.\n\nIt may be pointed out by the honourable senior member that at present we do not get full value for our money, and the ought not to be rebuild above its present conditions.\n\nIn connection with Education, we should like to know (1) The cost of running King's College and Queen's; or what was actually received in 1925 from each of these Colleges respectively, and (2) The amount received in 1925 from each of these Colleges respectively.\n\nMilitary Contribution.\n\nFinally, I wish to associate myself with the Senior Unofficial Member against the way in which the Military Contribution is calculated.\n\nLiquor Duties.\n\nOn page 9 the items Liquor Duties from the strength hydrants is one of which, in making good the drainage. I feel sure, Sir, that it only requires representation to the Government before it is too late to put this matter in the proper groove to house this matter.\n\nThe honourable senior member has suggested a change of situation will place the labour although an additional Revenue is anticipated from the higher duties just made on Chinese wines and spirits.\n\nI would ask you, Sir, not to reject on principle the proposal to increase the duty on wines and spirits. It strongly endorses his memorandum whenever the matter is further considered.\n\nTHE COLONIAL TREASURER.\n\nThe Colonial Treasurer: Sir, During the preparation of the estimates it is always difficult to forecast when the average rate of exchange will be for the next year. In July when the estimates were first considered the exchange was 2/4 but when the estimates were finally completed then was reduced to 2/2.\n\nTHE BUDGET PASSED (CONTD.).\n\nTHE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.\n\nThe Director of Public Works said: Honourable Members have referred to the incidence of the 1st January, 1929, and it is anticipated that this period will not be exceeded.\n\nThe sum of $200,000 was more than sufficient to meet the requirements of the Government Civil Hospital would result in further overcrowding the remaining hospitals in that area while the removal of the existing Star Ferry standing raised as long ago as 1922. There has been considerable correspondence with not make the opportunity of making representations to the Government before they are proceeded with, and a report being now prepared.\n\nAs soon as possible. There are nearly 700 to be accommodated, and the scheme has been initiated owing to the unsatisfactory state of the existing Kowloon Hospital.\n\nThe arrangement proposed will enable residents of the Colony, are admitted to the hospital and receive from and even so the Viceroy will be asked to submit medical plans with a view to meet, it possible, the criticisms raised in regard to the proposed expenditure on Kowloon Hospital.\n\nThe Captain Superintendent of Police: Sir, I wish to preface my remarks as in the past, both on the grounds of the doubts raised in regard to the proposed expenditure on Kowloon Hospital.\n\nThe way in which the Honourable Members have given to this Council I have the honour to introduce into this Council I said, when producing the estimates for 1927.\n\nEducation. Queen's College, 1925. Expenditure $132,215. Fees... $10,509.\n\nThe Sanitary Board.\n\nThe Government is glad to know that the Colonial Council does not oppose the small increase in the water charges. It appreciates the anxiety of Honourable Members that the bathing beaches should be improved.\n\nKowloon Traffic.\n\nAs the Honourable Member pointed out the proposed improvement on Kowloon Point and the traffic question in Kowloon and the proposed vehicular ferry service are inter-related subjects.\n\nMilitary Contribution.\n\nOn the subject of military contribution the actual works prepared on Kowloon Point have been dealt with by the Honourable Member the D.P.W. and that education is provided too cheaply.\n\nLiquor Duties.\n\nThe Honourable Senior Chinese Member, Sir Shouson Chow, said: Sir, After full consideration it is the present opinion of the Government that the scheme should be carried out as a Government undertaking and not as a private enterprise.\n\nAs regards transport services, a very important matter for Kowloon, The Government is of opinion that trams would not be as satisfactory as buses, and it is therefore, not the intention of Government to propose a tram service either initially or at any future date.\n\nThe whole question of the detailed proposals on this subject by interning the Council. As a further safeguard we have had been used, in renewal would have been made the action of the Assessors tends, and fortunately, we have a Director of Education who possesses vision and sympathy, or reserving sites for the future by restricting development harbour and Sanitary Departments and consideration of the Government, and the Council who wishes to find out whether the European scales is the same as that adopted in England and America is being properly conducted can see these books.\n\nThis includes not only the most Police Force. The Government desires to go through into the whole gazette and Government does not consider it feasible, just now, to raise the point expected back shortly it is intended to issue a Sessional Paper giving details of the work of the District Watch Force, and Mr. Nicol who has been making enquiries on the subject of the fees charged for Chinese Asics, the Public Works, Education has recently been made the subject of a Sessional Paper when published will be laid before the Council.\n\nThe Senior Chinese Member, Sir Shouson Chow, and Mr. Bernard have laid stress on the proposed work. The Government places a high sale. The Government is glad to note that the new Weir to the new scale of salary for Anglo-Chinese and Vernacular masters is $1,900 and $2,400 per annum and it is from the Liquor Duties and to the fact that the reduction of temporary men who are inferior to the fully occupied with the work which has proved his worth, who will be in charge of the X-ray plants at Civil Hospital: it is able to gradually unertake, in addition, with electrotherapy comprising X-ray therapy, diathermy, galvanism and faradism and also the subordinate clerical service scale already the third reading of the Supply Bill.\n\nThe Honourable Member asks if the Government Service the Honourable Member has in mind but in order to produce that result it is necessary to put searchers through the rough cation staff by excavation, weak of his own special subject. He will be in charge of the X-ray plants at Civil Hospital: it is able to gradually unertake, in addition, with electrotherapy comprising X-ray therapy, diathermy, galvanism and faradism and also the subordinate clerical service scale already the third reading of the Supply Bill.\n\nThe estimates at present before the Council. The Estimate of revenue for the current year, but in this I fear the ads very shortly. The Police Force was not strong enough to supply the men. Therefore, 76 searchers were engaged temporarily and it is proposed to continue this arrangement.\n\nThe proposals for the general lay-out of the area around and approaches the Kowloon Hospital. The Honourable Member the passed on receipt the temporary men front to patrolling, to man courts and turrets.\n\nAs regards the document Civil Hospital Accommodation. The Government is preparing a Sessional Paper setting out its proposals regarding the rebuilding of the hospital.\n\nThe Honourable Member asks it of revenue. would have to be Amendment in rate or railler. The Government considers that the rate problem in Kowloon can best be solved by bus service under taken by private enterprise and is not just a great many of the complaints made against the present bus systems are gradually being removed.\n\nThe present bus systems are gradually being improved and it is expected that to the Police Force I was enabled to comprise the misc.ing and formation of the area, to the question of hospital accommodation and we are not sure what other branches of the Government Service the Honourable Member has in mind but in order to produce that result it is necessary to put searchers through the rough cation staff by excavation, weak of his own special subject.\n\nCOLONIAL SECRETARY'S REPLY.\n\nThe Colonial Secretary said: My dear honourable friend, Henry Pollock, that the expenditure on education exceeds the amount which it was proposed on a former occasion, has been authorised annually ever since.\n\nAs regards markets, extension should be spereason, has been authorised annually ever since. There are my less than on the completion of this scheme is its vained in the speeches of unofficial members of Council, and before Honourable Members the views of the Government on the remainder The figures asked for by my honourable friend are as follows:\n\nDe Ropkins at Shen Shui Po and Sai Ying Pun, $16,000 for Crown Lands and approximate for cases and taxes. In addition for existing markets and ten gratis tables were discussed. The sale in those camps Government did not turn postables were working in conjunction with sure wharf loaders. The work Constables were discussed and a four postables were working in conjunction with sure wharf loaders.\n\nKing's College, Queen's College, 1925. Expenditure $132,215, $31,179. Fees $10,509, $6,451.\n\nThe Sanitary Board was asked for improvements in future proposals which it may lay before this Council, as 15 temporary searchers and two police searchers will be considerable area available for immediate sale.\n\nHonourable Members should like first to thank honourable Members on the official side.\n\nExpenditure. I did not affect in surfacing at the junction of Budget, the Parcher has been visurissen. The sum of $50,000 at the University in medicine, obstetrics and surgery, and it is essential to have a high sale. The Government is glad to note that the new Weir to the new scale of salary for Anglo-Chinese and Vernacular masters is $1,900 and $2,400 per annum and it is from the Liquor Duties and to the fact that the reduction of temporary men who are inferior to the fully occupied with the work which has proved his worth, who will be in charge of the X-ray plants at Civil Hospital: it is able to gradually unertake, in addition, with electrotherapy comprising X-ray therapy, diathermy, galvanism and faradism and also the subordinate clerical service scale already the third reading of the Supply Bill.\n\nNeed for Checking Extravagance.\n\nThe Honourable Member for the Justices of the Peace has the honour to introduce into this Council I said, when producing the estimates for 1927.\n\nEducation. Queen's College, 1925. Expenditure $132,215. Fees... $10,509.\n\nThe Sanitary Board.\n\nThe Government is glad to know that the Colonial Council does not oppose the small increase in the water charges. It appreciates the anxiety of Honourable Members that the bathing beaches should be improved.\n\nKowloon Traffic.\n\nAs the Honourable Member pointed out the proposed improvement on Kowloon Point and the traffic question in Kowloon and the proposed vehicular ferry service are inter-related subjects.\n\nMilitary Contribution.\n\nOn the subject of military contribution the actual works prepared on Kowloon Point have been dealt with by the Honourable Member the D.P.W. and that education is provided too cheaply.\n\nLiquor Duties.\n\nThe Honourable Senior Chinese Member, Sir Shouson Chow, said: Sir, After full consideration it is the present opinion of the Government that the scheme should be carried out as a Government undertaking and not as a private enterprise.\n\nAs regards transport services, a very important matter for Kowloon, The Government is of opinion that trams would not be as satisfactory as buses, and it is therefore, not the intention of Government to propose a tram service either initially or at any future date.\n\nPage 363\n\nTHE BUDGET PASSED (CONTD.).\n\nTHE COLONIAL SECRETARY.\n\nThe Colonial Secretary said: My dear honourable friend, Henry Pollock, that the expenditure on education exceeds the amount which it was proposed on a former occasion, has been authorised annually ever since.\n\nAs regards markets, extension should be spereason, has been authorised annually ever since. There are my less than on the completion of this scheme is its vained in the speeches of unofficial members of Council, and before Honourable Members the views of the Government on the remainder The figures asked for by my honourable friend are as follows:\n\nDe Ropkins at Shen Shui Po and Sai Ying Pun, $16,000 for Crown Lands and approximate for cases and taxes. In addition for existing markets and ten gratis tables were discussed. The sale in those camps Government did not turn postables were working in conjunction with sure wharf loaders. The work Constables were discussed and a four postables were working in conjunction with sure wharf loaders.\n\nKing's College, Queen's College, 1925. Expenditure $132,215, $31,179. Fees $10,509, $6,451.\n\nThe Sanitary Board was asked for improvements in future proposals which it may lay before this Council, as 15 temporary searchers and two police searchers will be considerable area available for immediate sale.\n\nHonourable Members should like first to thank honourable Members on the official side.\n\nExpenditure. I did not affect in surfacing at the junction of Budget, the Parcher has been visurissen.\n\nPage 364", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-495N - Governor Sir Clementi - 1926 [11-12.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 507611, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-500-3 Canton situation- governor's despatches 29-7-1927 - 1-9-1927", "page_number": 77, "title": "CO129-500-3 Canton situation- governor's despatches 29-7-1927 - 1-9-1927", "content_text": "## 6.—(1) \nNo person who is employed in the service of the Crown under the Government of Hong Kong shall wilfully break a contract of service with the Crown if he knows or has reasonable cause to believe that the probable consequence of his so doing, either alone or in combination with others, would, failing the adoption of extraordinary measures, be to hinder or prevent the discharge of the functions of the Government.\n\n(2) No person who is employed by any company, firm or person engaged in the business of supplying electric current or gas to the public, or engaged in maintaining any public tramway, bus service, or public ferry, or engaged in maintaining any telephone or sanitary service, shall wilfully break a contract of service with such company, firm or person as aforesaid, if he knows or has reasonable cause to believe that the probable consequence of his so doing, either alone or in combination with others, would, failing the adoption of extraordinary measures, be to deprive the inhabitants of the Colony, or a substantial number of them, wholly or to a great extent, of their supply of water or electric current or gas, or of the ordinary facilities of transport, or of the ordinary telephone or sanitary services.\n\n(3) No person shall wilfully break any contract of service if he knows or has reasonable cause to believe that the probable consequences of his so doing, either alone or in combination with others, would, failing the adoption of extraordinary measures, be to endanger human life, or to cause serious bodily injury, or to expose valuable property whether movable or immovable, to destruction or serious injury.\n\n## 7.—(1) \nExcept under and in accordance with the permission of the Governor in Council, no trade union which is established within the Colony shall be affiliated or connected with any trade union or other organization which is established outside the Colony in such a manner as to place the trade union which is established within the Colony, or any of its members, in any way or in any matter under the control of the trade union or other organization which is outside the Colony.\n\n(2) Every trade union so affiliated or connected which has not obtained the consent of the Governor in Council to be so affiliated or connected, or from which any such consent has been withdrawn, shall be deemed to be an unlawful society within the meaning and for all the purposes of the **Societies Ordinance, 1920** (`Ordinance No. 8 of 1920`).\n\n(3) It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council in his absolute discretion to declare any trade union which in his opinion is so affiliated or connected, and which has not obtained the consent of the Governor in Council to be so affiliated or connected, or from which any such consent has been withdrawn, to be an unlawful society within the meaning and for all the purposes of the **Societies Ordinance, 1920** (`Ordinance No. 8 of 1920`).\n\n(4) Without prejudice to any other method of proof, a trade union shall for the purposes of sub-section (1) be deemed to be established within the Colony-\n| Condition | Description |\n| --- | --- |\n| (a) | if it maintains, either continuously or from time to time, any office or any other premises within the Colony; |\n| (b) | if it maintains, either continuously or from time to time, any officer within the Colony; |\n| (c) | if a sign board bearing its name is displayed at any place in the Colony, whether public or private, unless it is proved that such sign board was so displayed without the knowledge of any officer of such trade union; or |\n| (d) | if any document is found in the Colony which purports or appears to be a direction or notice on ... |", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-500-3 Canton situation- governor's despatches 29-7-1927 - 1-9-1927.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 510869, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-504-18 Food supply for the civilian population in event of war 7-4-1927 - 12-12-1927", "page_number": 8, "title": "CO129-504-18 Food supply for the civilian population in event of war 7-4-1927 - 12-12-1927", "content_text": "## GOVERNMENT HOUSE, HONGKONG. 4th October, 1927.\n\n**SECRET.**\n\nThe Right Honourable \nLIEUTENANT COLONEL L.C.M.S. AMERY, M.P., \n&c., \n&c., \n&c.\n\nI have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Secret despatch of the 4th July, 1927, relating to the provision of food supplies for the civil population of Hong Kong in the event of war.\n\n2. The position that would arise from the Colony being effectively invested on the land side by hostile forces, e.g. the Japanese, has been further considered by the Hong Kong Defence Committee and a scheme drawn up, a copy of which is enclosed.\n\n3. As regards paragraph 16 of the scheme, the Superintendent of the Botanical and Forestry Department has been instructed to report in conjunction with the District Officer, North, on the possibility of extending the cultivation of vegetables in the more accessible parts of the New Territories. The Superintendent will also, with reference to paragraph 17 of the scheme, report on the supply and transport of firewood from local plantations. A copy of these reports will be forwarded to you in due course.\n\n4. The Dairy Farm Company and the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce are being requested to furnish periodical returns regarding frozen meat, butter, rice, and flour, as suggested in paragraphs 5, 6, 11, and 12 of the scheme.\n\n5. With respect to coal,—please see paragraph 18 of the scheme,—Commodore J.L. Pearson has furnished the attached returns and I have called for a full report from the Harbour Master.\n\nI have the honour to be, \nSir, \nYour most obedient, \nhumble servant, \nGovernor, &c.\n\n## DOWNING STREET, 12 December, 1927.\n\nI have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your secret despatch of the 4th of October, 1927, covering a report by the Hong Kong Defence Committee on the question of providing food supplies for the civil population of Hong Kong in the event of war, and to inform you that it was considered by the Oversea Defence Committee on the 10th of November.\n\n2. The Committee formed the opinion that if effect is given to the various recommendations of the Hong Kong Defence Committee, regarding the rendering of periodical returns, it should be possible to produce an adequate scheme or organisation for controlling food and fuel supplies in war time. They recommended that you should be thanked for your comprehensive report on the supply situation and should at the same time be asked to ensure that the necessary plans for controlling supplies in time of war are included in the revised Defence Scheme for the Colony.\n\n3. I shall be glad if you will take the necessary steps accordingly.\n\nI have the honour to be, \nSir, \nYour most obedient, \nhumble Servant, \n(Signed) W. ORMSBY GORE.\n\n**SECRET.**\n\nCopies to: \nG.O.C. \nCommodore. \n\nPage 11 \nPage ...", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-504-18 Food supply for the civilian population in event of war 7-4-1927 - 12-12-1927.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 510970, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-504-7 Illegal Strikes and Lock-outs Ordinance- 1927 21-3-1927 - 26-11-1927", "page_number": 20, "title": "CO129-504-7 Illegal Strikes and Lock-outs Ordinance- 1927 21-3-1927 - 26-11-1927", "content_text": "20\n\nProtection of persons \n\n- 2 \n\n(2) It is hereby declared that any lock-out is illegal if it has any object other than or in addition to the furtherance of a trade dispute within the trade or industry in which the employers locking-out are engaged and is a lock-out designed or calculated to coerce the Government either directly or by inflicting hardship upon the community and it is further declared that it is illegal to commence, or to continue, or to apply any sums in furtherance or support of, any such illegal lock-out. \n\n(3) For the purposes of this section, a trade dispute shall not be deemed to be within a trade or industry unless it is a dispute between employers and workmen, or between workmen and workmen, in that trade or industry, which is connected with the employment or non-employment or the terms of the employment, or with the conditions of labour, of persons in that trade or industry. \n\n(4) Without prejudice to the generality of the expression \"trade or industry\", workmen shall be deemed to be within the same trade or industry if their wages or conditions of employment are determined in accordance with the conclusions of the same joint industrial council, conciliation board, or other similar body, or in accordance with agreements made with the same employer or group of employers. \n\n(5) No person shall declare, instigate, incite others to take part in, or otherwise act in furtherance of a strike or lock-out declared by this Ordinance to be illegal: Provided that no person shall be deemed to have committed an offence under this section or at common law by reason only of his having ceased work or refused to continue work or to accept employment. \n\n4.-(1) No person refusing to take part or to continue to take part in any strike which is by this Ordinance declared to be illegal, shall be, by reason of such refusal or by reason of any action taken by him under this section, subject to expulsion from any trade union or society, or to fine or penalty, or to deprivation of any right or benefit to which he would otherwise be entitled, or liable to be placed in any respect either directly or indirectly under any disability or at any disadvantage as compared with other members of the trade union or society, anything to the contrary in the rules of the trade union or society notwithstanding. \n\nPrevention of intimidation, 38 & 39 Vict. c. 86, s. 7. \n\n(2) Nothing in the rules of a trade union or society requiring the reference of disputes to arbitration shall apply to any proceeding for enforcing any right or exemption secured by this section, and in any such proceeding the court may, in lieu of ordering a person who has been expelled from membership of a trade union or society to be restored to membership, order that he be paid out of the funds of the trade union or society such sum by way of compensation or damages as the court thinks just. \n\n5.-(1) No person shall, with a view to compel any other person to abstain from doing or to do any act which such other person has a legal right to do or to abstain from doing, wrongfully and without legal authority,— \n\n(a) use violence to or intimidate such other person or his wife or children, or injure his property; or, \n\n(b) persistently follow such other person about from place to place; or, \n\n(c) hide any tools, clothes, or other property owned or used by such other person, or deprive him of or hinder him in the use thereof; or, \n\n(d) watch or beset the house or other place where such other person resides, or works, or carries on business, or happens to be, or the approach to such house or place; or, \n\n(e) follow such other person with two or more other persons in a disorderly manner in or through any street or road. \n\n(2) It is hereby declared that it is unlawful for one or more persons (whether acting on their own behalf or on behalf of a trade union or society or of an individual employer or firm, and notwithstanding that they may be acting in contemplation or furtherance of a trade dispute) to attend at or near a house or place where a person resides or works or happens to be, for the purpose of obtaining or communicating information or of persuading or inducing any person to work or to abstain from working, if they so attend in such numbers or otherwise in such manner as to be calculated to intimidate any person in that house or place, or to obstruct the approach thereto or egress therefrom, or to lead to a breach of the peace and attending at or near any house or place in such numbers or in such manner as is by this sub-section declared to be unlawful shall be deemed to be a watching or besetting of that house or place within the meaning of sub-section (1). \n\n(3) In this section the expression \"to intimidate\" means to cause in the mind of a person a reasonable apprehension of injury to him or to any member of his family or of violence or damage to any person or property, and the expression \"injury\" includes injury other than physical or material injury, and accordingly the expression \"apprehension of injury\" includes an apprehension of boycott, or loss of any kind, or of exposure to hatred, ridicule, or contempt. \n\n11\n\n13\n\n6.-(1) No person who is employed in the service of the Crown under the Government of Hong Kong shall wilfully break an agreement for service under the Crown if he knows or has reasonable cause to believe that the probable consequence of his so doing, either alone or in combination with others, would, failing the adoption of extraordinary measures, be to hinder or prevent the discharge of the functions of the Government. \n\n(2) For the purpose of sub-section (1), and without prejudice to the interpretation of any express term of the agreement other than a term relating to notice, a person who is employed in the service of the Crown shall be deemed to break his agreement for service under the Crown if he absents himself from duty without leave and without having given to the head of his department one month's notice in writing terminating with the last day of a calendar month, or if he wilfully refuses duty, or if he wilfully omits to perform his duty, provided that the provisions of this sub-section relating to notice shall not apply to any person who is engaged by the day or who is paid daily. \n\n(3) No person who is employed by any company, firm or person engaged in the business of supplying electric current or gas to the public, or engaged in maintaining any public tramway, bus service, or public ferry, or engaged in maintaining any telephone or sanitary service, shall wilfully break a contract of service with such company, firm or person as aforesaid, if he knows or has reasonable cause to believe that the probable consequence of his doing, either alone or in combination with others, would, failing the adoption of extraordinary measures, be to deprive the inhabitants of the Colony, or a substantial number of them, wholly or to a great extent, of their supply of electric current or gas, or of the ordinary facilities of transport, or of the ordinary telephone or sanitary services. \n\n(4) No person shall wilfully break any contract of service if he knows or has reasonable cause to believe that the probable consequences of his so doing, either alone or in combination with others, would, failing the option of extraordinary measures, be to endanger human life, or to cause serious bodily injury, or to expose valuable property whether movable or immovable to destruction or serious injury. \n\n21\n\nPage 20\n\nPage 21", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-504-7 Illegal Strikes and Lock-outs Ordinance- 1927 21-3-1927 - 26-11-1927.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 512786, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-507-3 China- anti-piracy precautions 31-10-1927 - 25-10-1928", "page_number": 131, "title": "CO129-507-3 China- anti-piracy precautions 31-10-1927 - 25-10-1928", "content_text": "28\n\nfor on her capture she was placed in an iron cage and paraded for several weeks through the districts near her one-time stronghold. The pirates took pains to make it clear that resistance to their attacks on river craft did not pay. Quiet surrender would only involve the removal of the well-to-do for ransom. Resistance might mean the extermination of the remaining crew and passengers. In August, 1924, over 300 men, women and children were slaughtered as a punishment for resistance by guards in the leading junk of a Canton-Kongmun tow, which the towing launch, in collusion with the pirates, had diverted into Sandpiper Creek.\n\nPIRACY PREVENTION REGULATIONS OF HONG KONG GOVERNMENT.\n\nThe Piracy Prevention Ordinance of the Hong Kong Government issued in August, 1914, and its dependent regulations confer wide powers of search on the police, provide that ships trading from Hong Kong shall carry armed guards and be fitted with grills for restricting the movements of passengers and for protecting the bridge and engine room, and require certain arms, ammunition and rockets to be carried on board. There is also a clause in the regulations which directs that British mercantile marine officers should resist piratical attacks to the utmost of their power.\n\nWEST RIVER PIRACY,\n\nAfter the war, as conditions in South China became confused and control by the Canton Government relaxed, piracy in the Canton Delta gradually increased. Throughout 1923, despite continuous patrols by gunboats, the depredations of pirates had a very serious effect on the volume of trade. This state of affairs did not, perhaps, attract as much public attention as it deserved, for since British shipping was rarely attacked, political issues were not raised in an acute form, and the loss caused to British trade which was carried for the greater part in Chinese owned craft was not generally realised. At the beginning of 1924, however, attacks on British shipping brought matters to a head, particularly as they coincided with the piracy of a British coasting steamer shortly after it had left Hong Kong for the port of Swatow.\n\nNaval resources in the West River. At the end of 1923 the Naval forces available for work in the West River were the gunboats Tarantula, Cicala, Moorhen and Robin. The gunboat Moth was in reserve and except during the refit of one of the larger gunboats could only be put in commission if personnel was provided from the fleet.\n\nThe Insect class gunboats, though fast and heavily armed, were unable to navigate many of the waterways of the delta owing to their length. Robin, with her light draught and small turning circle, was admirable for work in the small channels, but her maximum speed was only 7 knots in favourable conditions.\n\n29\n\nThe plan facing page 27 gives some idea of the extent of the waterways to be protected, although it has not been possible to show the smaller channels and creeks on a plan of this convenient size.\n\nThe gunboats' duties were, of course, not confined to the hunting down of pirates: they had to show the flag on the river, visit the Treaty ports, and protect the interests of British subjects in the area generally. Political events in Kwantung, with occasional skirmishes between rival generals, were a continual drag on their freedom of movement. Their activities were limited to the river and its delta. Except in co-operation with the Chinese authorities and with their consent, the gunboats could not fire on persons or places ashore unless to return fire or in the hot pursuit of undoubted robbers who were making their escape after an act of piracy. Armed parties were only to be landed on receipt of a request from a consular officer to protect British lives and property. Moreover, in addition to the task of protecting all river traffic from piracy, British shipping needed protection from the numerous independent military leaders who were apt to commandeer ships for the transport of troops, private trading, etc., regardless of their nationality. The flat nature of the country immediately surrounding the main channels of the delta made it difficult to take the pirates unawares; the gunboats' masts were visible from a great distance, while numerous foothills provided convenient look-outs for the pirate gangs, for whose activities convenient cover was in certain places afforded by the high crops. Even if surprised, it was often easy for the pirates to slip up some small creek or channel where the larger gunboats could not follow, or they could get away ashore and lose their identity among the peasants of the district. The terrorism which the pirate gangs established cloaked their operations and made it impossible to obtain reliable intelligence of their movements. On the other hand, the pirates' own intelligence system was excellent, and they had a remarkable knowledge of traffic movements and the consignment of cargoes.\n\nIn certain places a gang several hundred strong would establish a definite stronghold which, since it was defended with machine guns, and in some cases field guns, the Chinese soldiery were very loath to attack.\n\nIt may be gathered from the above that while the operations of the gunboats alone might keep piracy within bounds, the pirates would never be exterminated until their strongholds were destroyed and a reasonable degree of order was established in the region of the delta.\n\nEvents at the beginning of 1924.--On 19th January two launches belonging to the Asiatic Petroleum Company were seized by pirates and two days later the Chinese-owned s.s. Tai Lee, flying the British flag, was pirated on the Hong Kong-Kongmun run by men who had embarked as passengers at Hong Kong. In the case of the Tai Lee some of the crew were also implicated. These piracies, coming so close together, and at a time when piracy in\n\n144", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-507-3 China- anti-piracy precautions 31-10-1927 - 25-10-1928.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 512795, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-507-3 China- anti-piracy precautions 31-10-1927 - 25-10-1928", "page_number": 140, "title": "CO129-507-3 China- anti-piracy precautions 31-10-1927 - 25-10-1928", "content_text": "161\n\n46\n\nscheme consists of (1) the modification of customs duties with a view to encouraging the French refining industry, and encouraging the use of home-produced crude oil, and (2) the control of the import trade of the large companies.\n\nThe object is not restriction of imports in the ordinary sense, since France possesses no source of petroleum of any great commercial importance; the scheme is rather the result of French nervousness at having no adequate supply of oil on French territory or under the control of a French company in foreign territory (except for their minority interest in the Turkish Petroleum Company in Iraq).\n\nGERMANY.-According to recent reports in the technical press, German oil imports are estimated for 1927 at 1 million tons against 170,000 tons in 1913. Great interest is now being taken in Germany in the question of the production of oil from coal with a view to rendering the country independent of foreign sources of supply. Special attention has been devoted to new processes for the hydrogenation of coal by the I.G. Farbenindustrie, which is planning gradually to bring synthetic oil onto the market. It appears that the experimental stage of coal hydrogenation has been practically concluded, but it remains to find a method of making it commercially profitable.\n\nRUSSIA. Reliable information regarding the situation in the petroleum industry in Russia is difficult to obtain, and such figures as are published from time to time are invariably contradictory. It is, therefore, only possible to give an approximate idea of what is going on. It is estimated that the production for the year 1st October, 1926, to 30th September, 1927, has amounted to some 10,000,000 tons, of which by far the biggest proportion is contributed by the Baku fields. The chief Russian oilfields before the Revolution were, and still are, those of Baku and Grozny, and a series of small producing fields of Emba, Kuban, Maikop, Cheleken, etc.\n\nThe following information taken from what appears to be a well-informed article on the Soviet Oil Industry, which appeared in the technical Press quite recently, may be of interest as indicating the trend of events since the war.\n\nConditions on the oilfields were very bad during the post-war period 1918-1920 owing to Civil War and Revolution. During this time, the oilfields were cut off from their home markets, and, as a result, much oil accumulated in the field storage tanks. It is stated that in 1920, when the Soviet Army entered Baku, 5,000,000 tons of oil were found in the storage tanks. On account of the political situation, the output of some 8,000,000 tons in 1917 fell to 3,625,000 tons in 1918. Since that time, the industry has steadily recovered, and better plant and equipment are now being employed. The Soviet authorities are believed to be aiming at attaining an output of 16,000,000 tons in five years' time, and as transport facilities are at present insufficient for the production, a pipeline is now being built from Grozny to Tuapse, as well as a new 10 in. line from Baku to Batoum.\n\nRUMANIA. Although the Rumanian oil industry has made considerable progress during the past few years, it is now passing through a critical period due to a variety of causes, including (a) insufficient and disorganised transport facilities, (b) falling prices for oil in the world's markets, (c) heavy internal taxes, and (d) the general check given to\n\n47\n\nindustrial activity as a result of a relatively prolonged period of deflation. Out of 160 companies engaged in the industry, only 27 paid a dividend for 1926. The petroleum industry, of which a large part is controlled by foreign capital, is vitally affected by the Mining Law promulgated on 1st July, 1924, which provides for the nationalisation of the mineral rights and the distribution of concessions on State oil lands to companies with Rumanian capital or foreign companies which have accepted without reservation the principles of the Mining Law. The distribution of State oil lands under this Law has stimulated local production, but on account of lack of working capital, many of the local companies which have benefited by acquiring new areas from the State have been compelled to conclude participation contracts with foreign contractors in order to fulfil their drilling programmes.\n\nThe export of crude oil from Rumania is prohibited. Consequently, all oil produced is treated in local refineries, of which there are some 60 in number.\n\nUp to the end of November, 1927, production amounted to 3,345,005 metric tons. This compares with a total of 3,240,789 metric tons for the whole of 1926, so that production is showing a considerable increase.\n\nSPAIN. On 30th June, 1927, a Royal Decree was published in the Madrid Gazette laying down the form of the new petroleum Monopoly and inviting tenders for the Monopoly.\n\nThe Monopoly was eventually granted to a Consortium of Spanish banks, and by a Royal Order dated 27th December last, it is decreed that the Monopoly shall operate on 1st January, 1928, in Spain and the Balearic Islands. The Monopoly will undertake the importation, refining, storing, distribution, and sale of petroleum oils and their derivatives. It is stated in the Madrid Gazette of 29th December that the Monopoly will likewise undertake the purchase, distribution, and sale of benzol and oils from the distillation of coal, shale, lignites, and peats employed in combustion engines and furnaces of all kinds.\n\nASIA.\n\nIRAQ.-Turkish Petroleum Company's Concession (Vilayets of Mosul and Baghdad). Good progress has been made by the company with its drilling programme during the latter half of 1927, and following the extensive geological survey which was carried out in the previous year, nine sites have now been selected for drilling operations. These tests cover a wide extent of country, and as Iraq is practically without roads, a great deal of road construction has been necessary. This has been carried through in spite of innumerable difficulties. Drilling has actually been commenced at the following localities: Kashm-al-Ahmar, Injanah, Palkhanah (two wells), Jambur Tang, Tarjil, Baba Gurgur, and Jabal Qaiyarah. Oil was struck in quantity at Baba Gurgur on 14th October at a depth of 1,521 feet, a much shallower depth than had been anticipated, and flowed until the afternoon of 22nd October. All available staff from other areas were transferred to assist in closing in the well pending the erection of storage accommodation and the completion of transport facilities. Oil has also been struck at Qaiyarah. Six of the other wells have reached depths exceeding 1,000 feet, and the company is now seriously considering the laying of a pipeline to the Mediterranean coast.\n\n162\n\nPage 140\n\nPage 141", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-507-3 China- anti-piracy precautions 31-10-1927 - 25-10-1928.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 524217, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-523-8 Hong Kong Flying Club 21-12-1929 - 8-1-1930", "page_number": 7, "title": "CO129-523-8 Hong Kong Flying Club 21-12-1929 - 8-1-1930", "content_text": "# THE FLYING CLUB.\n\n## INAUGURATED AT CITY HALL MEETING.\n\n### GOVERNOR ON FUTURE FAR EAST AERIAL DEVELOPMENT.\n\n### OFFICERS APPOINTED.\n\nSpeaking at the inaugural meeting of the Hongkong Flying Club yesterday, His Excellency the Governor said the Government was determined to leave nothing undone to assist Hongkong in becoming one of the best air-ports in the Far East. He said the possibilities of aviation in China were limitless, and referred to early days of travel in the country when journeys through the provinces occupied months. He had heard it said that a German company contemplated an air service from Berlin to Peking in five days. If Hongkong could connect with such a service in two days such developments would completely revolutionise life in the Far East.\n\nResolutions were passed at the meeting forming the Hongkong Flying Club and authorising certain officers named below to proceed generally with its organisation.\n\n## OBJECTS OF THE CLUB OUTLINED.\n\nThe meeting was held in the City Hall, His Excellency the Governor presiding. Others present were the Hon. Mr. W. T. Southorn, Commodore R. A. S. Hill, H. E. Major General J. W. Sandilands, the Hon. Mr. H. T. Creasy, the Hon. Sir Henry Pollock, the Hon. Mr. W. E. L. Shenton, the Hon. Sir Shou-son Chow, the Hon. Dr. R. H. Kotewall, the Hon. Dr. S. W. T'so, the Hon. Mr. J. P. Braga, the Hon. Commander G. F. Hole, Sir Robert Ho Tung, Colonel L. G. Bird, Professor Middleton Smith, Captain K. V. B. Benfield, Wing Commander A. H. S. Steele-Perkins, Mr. E. I. Wynne Jones, Mr. R. Vaughan-Fowler, Lt. Commander W. B. Keith, Mr. A. W. Summers, and Mr. A. Ritchie. There were also about fifty prospective members of the Flying Club present, including two ladies.\n\nHis Excellency the Governor was accompanied by Captain F. G. Sillitoe, A. D. C. Addressing the meeting he said.-\n\nGentlemen,-We are met here this afternoon, in order to constitute a Flying Club in Hongkong. It is a great pleasure to me to preside over a meeting held for this purpose, and I am exceedingly glad that the Club is to be constituted before I leave Hongkong. The objects of the Club are as follows:\n\n1. (a) To provide flying instruction;\n\n(b) To create air-mindedness in this Colony;\n\n(c) To make better known in the Far East British flying machines and British methods of flying;\n\n(d) To provide the necessary training for the nucleus of a Volunteer Air Squadron;\n\n(e) To provide another opportunity for social intercourse between all communities in this Colony without distinction of race or class.\n\n## Government Determination.\n\nHongkong is already the greatest shipping-port in the Far East, and the Government and the people of this Colony are determined to leave nothing undone which may assist Hongkong to take its rightful place as one of the best, if not the very best, of the air-ports in the Far East. The Hongkong Government, with the full support and encouragement of His Majesty's Government, has now almost completed the construction of the Kai-tak aerodrome at the head of Kowloon bay. We are also about to erect, again with the assistance of His Majesty's Government, a suitable hangar in this aerodrome, capable of housing not only the flying machines of the Royal Air Force, but also those intended for commercial aviation and for the use of the Flying Club.\n\nMoreover, the Hongkong Government attaches so much importance to the establishment of a Flying Club in the Colony that the Legislative Council has voted $60,000 as an initial grant to the Club and has also undertaken to pay the Club an annual subsidy of $30,000. These votes have received the approval of the Secretary of State for the Colonies, and we are met today to inaugurate the Club, so that it may be in a position to commence work early in next year.\n\n## Possibilities in Far East.\n\nThe Great War, and still more the years subsequent to the Great War, have demonstrated the immense possibilities of aviation, both military and commercial. Hitherto the Far East has in this respect lagged behind; but the opportunities here are infinite, and I am confident that from small beginnings we shall lay the foundations of very important aerial developments.\n\nWe hope that in this matter we shall have the co-operation of China, who is our nearest neighbour, and not only of China, but of Japan, the Philippine Islands, Macao, Kwang-chouwan, French Indo-China and Siam.\n\nI do not, of course, suggest that members of the Hongkong Flying Club will at the outset wing their way all over the countries I have named; but the remarkable achievements of airmen and airwomen in Europe suggest that in the near future flights from Hongkong may be made quite often along the whole west coast of the Pacific, and even further still.\n\nPage 2\n\nThe possibilities for aviation in China appear to me to be limitless, for aviation has begun at a time when the Eighteen Provinces possess very few railways, in comparison with their size,—some of them none at all.—when scarcely any trunk roads suitable for motor traffic have been built, and when the lawlessness ashore and piracy at sea suggest that the air may be a safer medium of transport than land or water.\n\nThe club would be registered with limited liability on the lines of other clubs in the Colony and the membership would be irrespective of nationality, being subject only to the votes of the members of the committee. The experience by the formation of a Flying Section, and to offer facilities for sport and social intercourse.\n\n## The First Officers.\n\nThe Hon. Sir Henry Pollock proposed \"that the undermentioned persons shall be the first members of the General Committee and are authorised to take such steps as may be necessary for the preparation of the memorandum and articles of association of the Club and the bye-laws, and that they are authorised to proceed with the organisation of the proposed Club.—\n\nPresident and the Government Representative would be nominated by His Excellency the Governor.\n\nWing Commodore.—The Hon. Mr. W. E. L. Shenton.\n\nNaval Representative.—Lt. Commander W. B. Keith, R. N.\n\nMilitary Representative.—Capt. K. V. B. Benfield, D.S.O., M. C., (G.S.O. III. China Command.).\n\nRoyal Air Force.—Wing Commander A. H. S. Steele-Perkins, O.B.E., R. A. F.\n\nGovernment Representative.—The Hon. Commander G. F. Hole, R. N. (retired).\n\nHonorary Secretary.—Mr. A. W. Summers.\n\nHonorary Treasurer.—Mr. A. Ritchie.\n\nClub Captain.—Mr. E. I. Wynne-Jones.\n\nCommittee.—Mr. R. Vaughan-Fowler.\n\nA Picture of Olden Days.\n\nI can remember how toilfully, years ago, I made my way on foot and on horseback through most of the Eighteen Provinces of China. The various journeys occupied months—one of them almost a year.\n\nBut now a flight from Hongkong to Peking should easily be made in two days. A flight to Ch'eng-tu Szechuan, or Lanchou-fu Kansu should take no longer; and a flight to Hankow or Yunnan-fu might be made in a day.\n\nI have heard it said that the German Lufthansa contemplates a flying service from Berlin to Peking in five days. If from Hongkong we can connect with such a service in two days, the journey to England would take little more than a week. Such developments will completely revolutionize life in the Far East and will bring the mother country much closer to Hongkong and, as I hope, thereby assist our people better to understand Hongkong and to give Hongkong larger measure of their interest and support. The best way for us to assist in such developments is to create air-mindedness in this Colony, and the best way to create air-mindedness is to form a Flying Club.\n\n## Preparatory Work.\n\nThe preparatory work for the formation of a Hongkong Flying Club was largely done by Mr. Vaughan-Fowler, whose unbounded enthusiasm and wide experience as an airman has enabled us to present to you today an attractive scheme for its inauguration.\n\nI have appointed the Honourable Mr. W. E. L. Shenton to be the first Wing Commodore and President of the Club, and I now invite him to explain to you in outline the proposed draft constitution of the Club. You will then be asked to approve of these proposals in principle and to appoint a committee to work out the necessary details.\n\n## Club Organisation.\n\nThe objects of the proposed club were outlined by the Hon. Mr. W. E. L. Shenton who said that the details of the organisation would be worked out by the Committee. The objects of the Club, he said, were to teach the principles of flying, to offer the Government trained pilots and engineers in the event of an emergency, to gain aerial experience by the formation of a Flying Section, and to offer facilities for sport and social intercourse.\n\nMr. Summers had offered his services as secretary and Mr. Ritchie had undertaken the duties of Honorary Treasurer until the club was a going concern.\n\n### Forms of Membership.\n\nDealing with the membership of the club, the Hon. Mr. Shenton said there would be flying, subscribing members and also or associate honorary members. The former would pay a larger entrance fee and subscription and would be called upon to sign a declaration. This was in consideration of the financial assistance received from the Government, which naturally desired to secure the services of the club in the event of a crisis.\n\nProposing a vote of thanks to His Excellency the Governor, the Hon. Mr. Shenton said that he was sure the club would be a successful one. Replying, His Excellency expressed thanks and wished the Hongkong Flying Club every possible success in the future.\n\nThe form of declaration similar to that adopted by other flying clubs and provided that in the event of the Governor declaring a state of emergency, a flying member placed his services at the disposal of the Government, subject to any obligations which may attach to him as a member of the Flying Club.\n\nHe added that the entrance fee for flying members would be $30 and that for subscribing members $20. The former would pay a monthly subscription of $5 and the latter $3.\n\nIt was the intention of the Government to give special facilities to members of the Hongkong Volunteer Defence Corps who would be given free instruction in aviation on terms to be decided by the Governor in Council. The Committee would draw up rules and regulations to control flying and for the conduct of the Club generally.\n\nThe Hon. Mr. Shenton then proposed that the Hongkong Flying Club be formed, Mr. R. Vaughan-Fowler seconding. The motion was carried unanimously when put to the meeting by His Excellency the Governor.\n\nPage 8", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-523-8 Hong Kong Flying Club 21-12-1929 - 8-1-1930.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 529246, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-532-7 Anti-piracy guards- China Navigation Company v. H.M. Attorney General 19-1-1931 - 20-4-1932", "page_number": 30, "title": "CO129-532-7 Anti-piracy guards- China Navigation Company v. H.M. Attorney General 19-1-1931 - 20-4-1932", "content_text": "## \n30 \n\nIt is also worthy of note that the responsibility, both to the Crown and to Parliament, of all the business of the Army Council borne by the Secretary of State is conferred upon him by Order in Council and not by statutory provision. (See the Order in Council dated 10th August, 1904).\n\nIn place of the Mutiny Acts, there is now passed an Annual Army Act which, as a rule, contains amendments of the Principal Act which it continues for one year. It provides in its preamble that the keeping or raising of a standing army within the United Kingdom in time of peace, unless it be with the consent of Parliament, is against law (see the Army and Air Force Annual Act 1931), and provides that the Army Act and the Air Force Act shall be and remain in force during the periods thereafter mentioned and no longer unless otherwise provided by Parliament. (There follows a period to the 30th April, 1932, in Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man with different provisions elsewhere; see Section 2(1) and 9(a)).\n\nThis short investigation of the history of the relations of Parliament and the Army shows clearly that at no time has Parliament derogated from the prerogative with regard to the command of the Forces as it was declared in the time of Charles II. It has declared the standing Army illegal in time of peace without the consent of Parliament, but has abstained from interfering with the command by the Crown over a legalised army.\n\nIn so far as practice is to be considered in such a connection, the memorandum with which we were furnished by the War Office makes it clear that moneys have from time to time been received by the Crown without statutory authority for military protection. In 1846 from Malta and Ceylon and the Ionian Islands; from the old East India Company; during the late War the service of Dock Battalions and Transport Workers' Battalions were charged for, so also were soldiers released for civil work and charges have been made for military fire brigades, regimental bands, for the use of troops employed by film companies, and for the guard at the Bank of England.\n\nIt is stated that from time to time almost every Colony has in one way or another made payments to the British Exchequer in respect of British troops stationed in its territory. Payments have been made for the extra cost of British Forces in Iraq and in Palestine, by the Governments of those countries; by the Egyptian Government, and by certain foreign Commissions and Boundary Commissions. None of these payments was authorised directly or indirectly by Statute. If Sir Leslie Scott's argument is correct, the whole, or most of them, would be contrary to law. Indeed, until the present case, I do not know that it has ever been questioned that the Crown have the right to receive payments for the use of troops used in one way or another by private persons or foreign Governments or Dominions of the Crown. It was at one time suggested in argument that Parliament would lose its financial control if the Crown received these moneys, but it has been made clear to us that the provisions of the Appropriation Acts guard against any such contingency. All the receipts resulting from the use of the Army are brought into the appropriation account, and although the sums so received are not always paid directly...\n\nPage 30\nPage 31", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-532-7 Anti-piracy guards- China Navigation Company v. H.M. Attorney General 19-1-1931 - 20-4-1932.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 536043, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-542-1 China- traffic in arms 31-10-1932 - 9-2-1934", "page_number": 148, "title": "CO129-542-1 China- traffic in arms 31-10-1932 - 9-2-1934", "content_text": "## 2.\n\n510m \n82769 \n145 \n\n1932. On the other hand, if the Company's statement was incorrect and that of the Foreign Office correct, it seemed to follow that the machines could only have been exported from the United Kingdom with the approval of the Board of Trade and consequently with the authority of the Chinese Minister if that were a condition precedent to the approval of the Board.\n\n2. Further, it would have been possible, though inconvenient, for the Company to remove these warlike fittings before the machines left Hong Kong, in which case the position would have become as described by Sir Miles Lampson in the final paragraph of his despatch to the Foreign Office No. `1494(93/10)` dated the 9th October, 1931, and relating to the exportation from Hong Kong to Canton of three Armstrong Whitworth Aeroplanes.\n\nIn the circumstances, it did not appear to the Officer Administering the Government necessary to insist on the Company's having recourse to this subterfuge.\n\n3. Moreover, the Barcelona Convention and Statute on freedom of transit has an important bearing on this matter. Under Article 1 of the Statute, goods shall be deemed to be \"in transit\" across territory under the sovereignty or authority of one of the contracting states when the passage across such territory, with or without transhipment, warehousing, breaking bulk, or changing the mode of transport, is only a portion of a complete journey beginning and terminating beyond the frontier of the state across whose territory the transit takes place.\n\nIt is true that Article 5 allows an exemption in favour of goods of a kind which might be prejudicial to the state through which they pass, also to goods, and in particular arms, the restriction of which may be the subject of general International Conventions, but the transit of arms or armed aeroplanes through Hong Kong does not constitute any danger to the Colony, and the only International Convention relating to", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-542-1 China- traffic in arms 31-10-1932 - 9-2-1934.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 536583, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-542-3 Foreshore and Sea-bed Works Bill- correspondence 9-1-1933 - 16-8-1933", "page_number": 125, "title": "CO129-542-3 Foreshore and Sea-bed Works Bill- correspondence 9-1-1933 - 16-8-1933", "content_text": "## \n1257.\n\nInflicting on any Company affected the irremediable consequences I have outlined or insofar as the Government may assert such innocence, it is significant to note that the application for the exemption of the Electric Company from the operation of the Bill was refused on the ground that compensation was provided for and that the exemption was claimed on the ground of loss of efficiency as a public utility Company for which no compensation could adequately provide a recompense.\n\nTo sum up.\n\nMarine Rights in general or particular can only be taken away in any case where works have been carried out affecting such rights. In other cases, they remain.\n\nThe compensation clauses appear to be satisfactory since they embrace damage of all descriptions and are not confined to damage from loss of sea access.\n\nCertain kinds of works the Government appears to be authorised to carry out might so affect the undertaking of a particular lot holder that no compensation could recompense him.\n\nPower appears to be reserved to the Government to carry on certain businesses in connection with shipping and transport facilities in competition with existing private undertakings.\n\nIt should be made clear that nothing in the Bill shall be deemed to authorize the Government to carry out any works which are calculated to interfere with the effective conduct of, or compete with, any existing enterprises providing facilities for the public or public utility services which are dependent for the provision of such facilities or services on their existing rights of access to the sea.\n\nThe Bill should also contain a provision that no works should be considered or approved by the Legislative Council or the Finance Committee until notice of the proposed works had been given to any person whose property or rights might be affected by them and an opportunity given to any such person of formulating objections to or representations in respect of the proposed works and such objections or representations had been duly considered by the Council or the Committee.\n\nAny person claiming compensation should have the right to call for...", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-542-3 Foreshore and Sea-bed Works Bill- correspondence 9-1-1933 - 16-8-1933.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 543448, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-545-8 Annual medical report 1932 2-11-1933 - 16-5-1934", "page_number": 220, "title": "CO129-545-8 Annual medical report 1932 2-11-1933 - 16-5-1934", "content_text": "# Enactment of by-laws in Schedule\n## By-laws subject to approval of Legislative Council\n## Penalties\n## Direction of Technical services\n## Commencement\n\n6. The by-laws in the Schedule shall be in force except as they may be rescinded, suspended, amended or added to by by-laws made by the Urban Council under section 5.\n\n7. All by-laws made by the Urban Council shall be submitted to the Governor, and shall be subject to the approval of the Legislative Council.\n\n8. Every person who contravenes any of the provisions of this Ordinance or of any by-law made thereunder shall be liable upon summary conviction to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or to imprisonment for any term not exceeding six months, as well as to suffer any forfeiture that may be prescribed therein.\n\n9. The execution of the various technical services prescribed by this Ordinance and the by-laws made thereunder shall be carried out under the general direction of the Director of Medical and Sanitary Services.\n\n10. This Ordinance shall not come into operation until such date as the Governor shall notify by Proclamation as the date of commencement of this Ordinance.\n\n## SCHEDULE\n### FOOD FACTORIES BY-LAWS\n\n1. No building or part of a building shall be used as a food factory unless licensed by the Urban Council.\n\n2. Every keeper of a food factory shall cause the floor thereof to be thoroughly washed and cleansed at least once every day.\n\n3. Every keeper of a food factory shall cause the whole of the inside walls thereof to be properly scraped and whitewashed at least once a quarter and also at all other times when he may be required to do so by notice in writing from the Urban Council.\n\n4. Every keeper of a food factory shall cause every table and implement used in the preparation of food and every table, shelf or other article used for placing food in or upon to be thoroughly washed and cleansed once at least in every day.\n\n5. No keeper of a food factory shall use any but wholesome water for the preparation of food or for cleansing the premises.\n\n6. Every keeper of a food factory shall cause every means of ventilation in connection therewith to be kept in good order and efficient action.\n\n7. No keeper of a food factory shall cause or allow to be brought into, placed in or carried through such food factory any night-stool or other receptacle for urine or excreta.\n\n8. No keeper of a food factory shall sit, stand or lie down upon any table or shelf in such food factory, nor shall he allow any other person to sit, stand or lie down upon any such table or shelf, nor shall he sleep or allow any other person to sleep within such food factory.\n\n9. No person suffering from any skin disease or infectious disorder, or who has recently been in contact with a person so suffering, shall enter any food factory or take part in or assist in any way in the conduct of the trade carried on there.\n\n10. No person shall commit a nuisance or spit within the precincts of any food factory.\n\n11. No keeper of a food factory shall keep or allow to be kept therein any animal or bird.\n\n12. Every keeper of a food factory shall afford to the Food Officer free access to every part thereof for the purpose of inspection at all hours during the day time and also at all times during the night when work is going on in the food factory.\n\n13. Whenever it appears to the Urban Council that any house or building or part thereof used for the preparation, storage or sale of food is in such an insanitary condition as to be unfit for such use, the occupier or, in the case of unoccupied premises, the owner thereof shall whitewash, cleanse, purify or otherwise remedy the same as may be required by the Council by notice in writing signed by the Secretary thereof.\n\n14. No occupier of any house or building or part thereof which is used for the preparation, storage, or sale of food shall keep or allow to be kept therein or adjacent thereto for more than 24 hours or otherwise than in some proper receptacle, any dirt, dung, bones, ashes, nightsoil, filth or any noxious or offensive matter or shall suffer such receptacle to be in a filthy or noxious state or shall fail to employ proper means to remove the filth therefrom and to cleanse and purify the same.\n\n### FOOD PRESERVING ESTABLISHMENTS BY-LAWS\n\n1. For the purposes of these by-laws the expression \"food-preserving establishment\" means any business, undertaking or concern which carries on the trade of food preserving, or any of the branches of such trade, that is to say, the making of sugar confectionery, cocoa, chocolate, jam, marmalade, preserved fruits, Chinese preserves, fruit and table jellies, meat extracts, meat essences, sauces and pickles: the preparation of meat, poultry, game, fish, vegetables and fruit for sale in a preserved state in tins, pots, bottles, jars, barrels, drums and similar receptacles: and the processes of wrapping and filling, and packing other than the packing of the finished article in cases or crates merely for storage or transport.\n\n2. A register of food-preserving establishments will be kept by the Secretary of the Urban Council.\n\n3. (1) No person shall continue or commence any food-preserving establishment unless it is registered under these by-laws.\n(2) In order to effect registration, and subject to these by-laws, one of the persons specified in paragraph (3) shall furnish to the Secretary of the Council the particulars specified in the form in the Schedule to these by-laws and shall certify the correctness of such particulars and of his own description.\n(3) The particulars specified, and any other particulars and certificates required by this by-law shall be furnished and certified by the proprietor or one of the proprietors of the food-preserving establishment and in the case of a company by a director, manager, secretary or other officer of the company.\n(4) If any change occurs, or if any inaccuracy is discovered, in any of the specified particulars, the persons specified in paragraph (3) shall, within seven days, furnish substituted particulars to the Secretary of the Council and shall certify the correctness of such substituted particulars and of their own descriptions: provided that if one of such persons complies with the requirements of this paragraph the obligations imposed by this paragraph on any other persons shall be deemed to have been discharged as regards the substituted particulars so furnished.\n\nPage 220\nPage 221", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-545-8 Annual medical report 1932 2-11-1933 - 16-5-1934.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 543652, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-545-9 Proposed reorganisation of medical and sanitary services 2-11-1933 - 10-1-1934", "page_number": 111, "title": "CO129-545-9 Proposed reorganisation of medical and sanitary services 2-11-1933 - 10-1-1934", "content_text": "# Enactment \nof by-laws in Schedule. \n## By-laws subject to approval of Legislative Council. \n## Penalties. \n## Direction \nof Technical \nservices. \n## Commence- ment. \n\n6. The by-laws in the Schedule shall be in force except as they may be rescinded, suspended, amended or added to by by-laws made by the Urban Council under section 5.\n\n7. All by-laws made by the Urban Council shall be submitted to the Governor, and shall be subject to the approval of the Legislative Council.\n\n8. Every person who contravenes any of the provisions of this Ordinance or of any by-law made thereunder shall be liable upon summary conviction to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or to imprisonment for any term not exceeding six months, as well as to suffer any forfeiture that may be prescribed therein.\n\n9. The execution of the various technical services prescribed by this Ordinance and the by-laws made thereunder shall be carried out under the general direction of the Director of Medical and Sanitary Services.\n\n10. This Ordinance shall not come into operation until such date as the Governor shall notify by Proclamation as the date of commencement of this Ordinance.\n\n## SCHEDULE.\n### FOOD FACTORIES BY-LAWS.\n\n1. No building or part of a building shall be used as a food factory unless licensed by the Urban Council.\n\n2. Every keeper of a food factory shall cause the floor thereof to be thoroughly washed and cleansed at least once every day.\n\n3. Every keeper of a food factory shall cause the whole of the inside walls thereof to be properly scraped and whitewashed at least once a quarter and also at all other times when he may be required to do so by notice in writing from the Urban Council.\n\n4. Every keeper of a food factory shall cause every table and implement used in the preparation of food and every table, shelf or other article used for placing food in or upon to be thoroughly washed and cleansed once at least in every day.\n\n5. No keeper of a food factory shall use any but wholesome water for the preparation of food or for cleansing the premises.\n\n6. Every keeper of a food factory shall cause every means of ventilation in connection therewith to be kept in good order and efficient action.\n\n7. No keeper of a food factory shall cause or allow to be brought into, placed in or carried through such food factory any night-stool or other receptacle for urine or excreta.\n\n8. No keeper of a food factory shall sit, stand or lie down upon any table or shelf in such food factory, nor shall he allow any other person to sit, stand or lie down upon any such table or shelf, nor shall he sleep or allow any other person to sleep within such food factory.\n\n9. No person suffering from any skin disease or infectious disorder, or who has recently been in contact with a person so suffering, shall enter any food factory or take part in or assist in any way in the conduct of the trade carried on there.\n\n10. No person shall commit a nuisance or spit within the precincts of any food factory.\n\n11. No keeper of a food factory shall keep or allow to be kept therein any animal or bird.\n\n12. Every keeper of a food factory shall afford to the Food Officer free access to every part thereof for the purpose of inspection at all hours during the day time and also at all times during the night when work is going on in the food factory.\n\n13. Whenever it appears to the Urban Council that any house or building or part thereof used for the preparation, storage or sale of food is in such an insanitary condition as to be unfit for such use, the occupier or, in the case of unoccupied premises, the owner thereof shall whitewash, cleanse, purify or otherwise remedy the same as may be required by the Council by notice in writing signed by the Secretary thereof.\n\n14. No occupier of any house or building or part thereof which is used for the preparation, storage, or sale of food shall keep or allow to be kept therein or adjacent thereto for more than 24 hours or otherwise than in some proper receptacle, any dirt, dung, bones, ashes, nightsoil, filth or any noxious or offensive matter or shall suffer such receptacle to be in a filthy or noxious state or shall fail to employ proper means to remove the filth therefrom and to cleanse and purify the same.\n\n### FOOD PRESERVING ESTABLISHMENTS BY-LAWS.\n\n1. For the purposes of these by-laws the expression \"food-preserving establishment\" means any business, undertaking or concern which carries on the trade of food preserving, or any of the branches of such trade, that is to say, the making of sugar confectionery, cocoa, chocolate, jam, marmalade, preserved fruits, Chinese preserves, fruit and table jellies, meat extracts, meat essences, sauces and pickles; the preparation of meat, poultry, game, fish, vegetables and fruit for sale in a preserved state in tins, pots, bottles, jars, barrels, drums and similar receptacles; and the processes of wrapping and filling, and packing other than the packing of the finished article in cases or crates merely for storage or transport.\n\n2. A register of food-preserving establishments will be kept by the Secretary of the Urban Council.\n\n3. (1) No person shall continue or commence any food-preserving establishment unless it is registered under these by-laws.\n\n(2) In order to effect registration, and subject to these by-laws, one of the persons specified in paragraph (3) shall furnish to the Secretary of the Council the particulars specified in the form in the Schedule to these by-laws and shall certify the correctness of such particulars and of his own description.\n\n(3) The particulars specified, and any other particulars and certificates required by this by-law shall be furnished and certified by the proprietor or one of the proprietors of the food-preserving establishment and in the case of a company by a director, manager, secretary or other officer of the company.\n\n(4) If any change occurs, or if any inaccuracy is discovered, in any of the specified particulars, the persons specified in paragraph (3) shall, within seven days, furnish substituted particulars to the Secretary of the Council and shall certify the correctness of such substituted particulars and of their own descriptions: provided that if one of such persons complies with the requirements of this paragraph the obligations imposed by this paragraph on any other persons shall be deemed to have been discharged as regards the substituted particulars so furnished.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-545-9 Proposed reorganisation of medical and sanitary services 2-11-1933 - 10-1-1934.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 548688, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-553-9 Empire Air Mail Services- participation of Hong Kong in proposed development 11-3-1935 - 21-5-1935", "page_number": 50, "title": "CO129-553-9 Empire Air Mail Services- participation of Hong Kong in proposed development 11-3-1935 - 21-5-1935", "content_text": "64\n\n10\n\nrailway receipts were first treated on the basis of net receipts in those Colonies. It was introduced in the Straits Settlements Military Contribution Ordinance in 1899 (see paragraph 4, Class I, above) when it was desired to treat a public telephone system on the basis of net receipts, and the Colonial Office (Colonial Office letter of 5th July, 1899, to the Treasury) stated that the insertion of this provision will remove the inconvenience of having to introduce an amending Ordinance in each case of the establishment of a new productive undertaking and Mr. Chamberlain will instruct the Governor of the Straits Settlements that no new undertaking is to be deemed of a similar character to railways or telephones without previous reference to the Secretary of State, who will then submit the proposal to Their Lordships and to the Secretary of State for War.\" The second portion of the section follows the lines of a provision (see paragraph 5 above) introduced in Ceylon, Mauritius, and the Straits Settlements in 1904 (Treasury letter No. 6103/04 to the War Office of 19th April, 1904, and Colonial Office letter to the War Office of 17th May, 1904) to enable capital expenditure met from revenue to be treated as if the expenditure had been met by a loan deduction for the service of which were provided for in the first portion of the section.\n\nNo such provisions were required in Hong Kong until the construction of the British section of the Kowloon-Canton Railway in 1911 as until that date there were no productive undertakings in the Colony recognized for military contributions purposes. On the opening of the railway it was agreed that the principle of net receipts should be extended to it and an amending Ordinance on the lines of the Straits Settlements Ordinances of 1899 and 1904 was approved.\n\nIt was, however, expressly laid down (Treasury letter No. 15072/11 to the Colonial Office of 12th August, 1911) that “as in the similar case of the Straits Settlements (Colonial Office letter of the 5th July) in the event of any reproductive undertakings other than railways or telephones being established by the Colonial Government, the principle of net receipts to military contribution shall not be extended to such undertakings without previous reference to himself (the Secretary of State for the Colonies), in order that the question may first be submitted to this Board and the Army Council.\" This condition was definitely reported to the Colony in Colonial Office despatch of 19th August, 1911, to the Governor of Hong Kong. The second portion of the section can obviously not be applied unless it has been previously agreed that an undertaking should be treated under the first portion of the section as a productive undertaking.\n\nThe fact is that the section of the Hong Kong Ordinance quoted by the Deputy Treasurer is only of a permissive nature made wide in its terms to obviate the necessity of amending ordinances. It is not general in its application to all productive undertakings in a Colony and neither the whole of the section, nor a portion of it, can be extended to any particular undertaking, not previously approved for treatment on net receipts, without the prior authority of His Majesty's Government. There has thus been no error in law in the past treatment of waterworks receipts in Hong Kong.\n\nWar Office,\n\nAugust, 1931.\n\nNature of Modification.\n\nMare-Aux-Vacoas and other Motor Works (Mauritius).\n\n11\n\nAPPENDIX.\n\n(1) Assessment of Net Receipts.\n\n \n Date.\n \n Grounds for Concession.\n \n \n 1897\n Penang Public Telephones (Straits)\nPenang Public Tramways (Straits)\nCurrency Note Issue (Straits)\n Accepted by Imperial Government, under protest, as analogous to railways.\nAnalogous to railways.\nThe Government issue was to supplement issue of notes by banks. The silver received for the notes formed a fund for their payment. After deducting expenses and depreciation the balance of interest on investment of part of this fund was available as general revenue.\n \n \n 1899\n Capital expenditure on productive undertakings found from revenue (General).\n 4 per cent. deduction from receipts allowed on analogy of interest, &c., on capital provided by loan.\n \n \n 1900\n Christmas Island (Straits)\nLabuan (Straits)\nWeihaiwei Post Office (Hong Kong)\nGovernment Opium Factory (Straits)\n Not part of revenue in 1895.\nDo.\nThis Post Office worked at a loss.\nAnalogous to railways.\n \n \n 1904\n \n Do.\n \n \n 1901 and 1905\n Penang Government Wharves (Straits)...\nKowloon-Canton Railway (Hong Kong)...\nGovernment Distilleries (Ceylon)\n Analogous to railways.\nRailway.\n\n \n \n 1906\n Participation in Empire Exhibition, Wembley (Hong Kong).\n Colony would only agree to take part in Exhibition if War Office agreed to principle of net profits only being applied.\n \n \n 1909\n \n \n \n \n 1910\n \"\n \n \n \n 1911\n \n \n \n \n 1911\n \n \n \n \n 1912\n \n \n \n \n 1925\n \n \n \n\n(2) Exclusion of Items not Properly Revenue,\n\n \n Nature of Modification.\n Date.\n Grounds for Concession.\n \n \n Reimbursements:-\nMechanical Transport Loan (Mauritius)\n 1902\n Not regarded as revenue.\"\n \n \n Planters Loan (Mauritius)\n 1903\n \n \n \n Widows' and Orphans' Pension Fund (Straits).\n 1903\n Not assessed in 1895.\n \n \n Widows' and Orphans' Pension Fund (Ceylon, Mauritius, and Hong Kong), Refunds of revenue wrongly credited (Straits).\n 1904\n Do.\n \n \n Praya Reclamation Fund, balance of (Hong Kong). Balance of **Quarters for Nursing Sisters\" Fund (Hong Kong). Refunds of revenue wrongly credited (Hong Kong, Mauritius, and Ceylon) Payments to Seconded Officers Pension Funds (Straits).\n 1905\n1906\n1910\n1910\n Such amounts are not properly revenue.\nFund found from revenue already assessed « military contribution.\nDo.\nSuch amounts are not properly revenue.\n \n \n Repayment to revenue in respect of reduced loss on rice purchases (Hong Kong).\n 1911\n1919\n \n \n \n Receipts accruing in respect of returned stores (Hong Kong). Adjustment of exchanges (annual valuation of sterling investments) (Hong Kong).\n 1919\n1922\n Represents realization of capital.\nNot real revenue only paper accounting.\n \n \n Refund of revenue (repayment to British America Tobacco Company in respect of rebate on duty paid previous year). Shing Num Valley Waterworks. (Repayment to revenue out of loan of $2,000,000 capital expenditure deferred from revenue.)\n 1928\n1928\n The $2,000,000 expended from revenue had already been subject to assessment.\n \n\n65\n\nPage 50\nPage 51\n\n66", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-553-9 Empire Air Mail Services- participation of Hong Kong in proposed development 11-3-1935 - 21-5-1935.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 549404, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-555-1 Hong Kong Tramways Ltd.- petition 10-7-1935 - 4-10-1935", "page_number": 47, "title": "CO129-555-1 Hong Kong Tramways Ltd.- petition 10-7-1935 - 4-10-1935", "content_text": "63\n\n38\n\nproposal by your Petitioners for the provision of a motor bus service along the thoroughfares mentioned. To this letter your Petitioners received no acknowledgment other than a printed form of receipt.\n\n19. By Regulations made by His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government-in-Council under Section 3 of the Vehicles and Traffic Ordinance 1912 on the 19th day of November 1927 it was provided that notwithstanding the provisions of the Public motor vehicle services, Regulations made by the Governor-in-Council under the Vehicles and Traffic Regulations Ordinance 1912 and set forth on pages 655 to 665 of the Regulations of Hong Kong 1844 to 1925 the Governor-in-Council should have power without calling for tenders to grant rights and to issue licences to maintain public motor bus services exclusive and otherwise for such periods at such fees royalties or other consideration and upon such terms and conditions as the Governor-in-Council shall see fit.\n\n20. The publication of this Regulation did not convey any intimation to your Petitioners that Government had changed its views as to whether or not Queen's Road and the other Roads mentioned were too narrow for the service of motor buses.\n\n21. On the 31st December 1927 your Petitioners' Manager had an interview with the Honourable the Captain Superintendent of Police. At that interview the Captain Superintendent of Police agreed that it had been found possible to run buses along Queen's Road and stated that he was considering the question of some arrangement with a view to a Bus service being operated from Causeway Bay to Whitty Street by Caroline Road, Queen's Road East, Queen's Road Central and Queen's Road West.\n\nYour Petitioners' Manager then informed Mr. Wolfe that the offer contained in your Petitioners' letter to the Colonial Secretary of the 12th February 1925 (and repeated on August 9th 1927) still held good, and further that your Petitioners were quite prepared to undertake all the motor bus services, as well as the Tramway services and Trolley Vehicle services which were then, or which at any future period might be, required in the Colony.\n\n22. On the 10th of January 1928 your Petitioners wrote to the Honourable the Colonial Secretary making application for authority to operate a service of motor buses over their tramway route.\n\n23. On the 24th February 1928 your Petitioners addressed a letter as follows to the Honourable the Captain Superintendent of Police:—\n\n\"Sir,\n\n\"I beg to inform you that the Board of Directors of this Company intend to \"order six motor omnibuses which will be 25-seaters for first class passengers only.\n\n\"We propose to run these buses on such route or routes as may be agreed with \"the Government either in Hong Kong, Kowloon or the New Territories.\n\n\"We are still anxious to run the service via Caroline Road, Morrison Gap Road, \"Queen's Road East, Queen's Road Central and Queen's Road West in accordance with \"our application to Government dated February 12th 1925 but there is another service \"we now seek power to operate. This is between Taikoo and Blake Pier by the \"route marked red on the accompanying map. This route would serve Quarry Bay, Tsat Tsz Mui Bathing Club, the Yacht Club, the Polo Club, the Lee Theatre, the \"Craigengower Club, the Police Club, the Civil Service Club and the Royal Naval \"Hospital.\n\n39\n\n\"Although six months will probably elapse before the buses can be delivered in \"Hong Kong I hope we may receive your sanction to the operation of this service at \"as early a date as possible so that we may make certain preliminary arrangements.\n\n\"I am directed to refer to your letter of the 18th ultimo and to say that the \"Board concurs in most of your reasons for desiring a motor bus service along Queen's \"Road. To use your own words \"A number of new factors have come to light since \"1925\" when our proposal to run buses along Queen's Road was turned down and as \"one of these new factors is that buses have been successfully using Queen's Road \"East for many months it is felt that the Government should now give us the permission we sought 3 years ago to operate the Queen's Road service.\n\n\"The Board feels that if it had had buses actually available you might have \"given such permission two years ago or when it appeared that the Government's \"reasons for withholding consent to our application of February 1925 no longer held \"good. Hence the Board's intention to place a preliminary order for vehicles which \"it is hoped you will allow us to put into service towards the end of the present year.\n\n\"I have the honour to be etc.'\n\n12\n\n24. To that letter your Petitioners received a reply from the Captain Superintendent of Police informing them that the question of motor bus services was coming up for decision very shortly and that he hoped to be in a position to give a reply before very long. However, in the meantime he wished it to be understood that any orders that your Petitioners give for buses would be given entirely on their own initiative and that so far as he was concerned your Petitioners were in no way authorised to put them on the streets of Hong Kong at present and that with reference to the application dealing with the route Taikoo to Blake Pier he would endeavour to deal with this matter after the Governor-in-Council had considered the services in Hong Kong and the allotment of them.\n\n25. On the 11th June 1928 the Honourable the Colonial Secretary wrote to your Petitioners giving them permission to operate a service of motor buses over their tramway routes. The service to be confined to the routes operated by the tramways including Happy Valley.\n\n26. In the meantime in the course of the year 1928 permission was granted by Government to the Hong Kong and Shanghai Hotels Limited to run a service of motor buses between Whitty Street and Causeway Bay via Queen's Road West, Queen's Road Central and Queen's Road East and this service was inaugurated in October 1928.\n\n27. Later the Hong Kong and Shanghai Hotels Limited buses were allowed to extend their route first through Tai Hang Village to Whitfield and afterwards to extend to Kennedy Town.\n\n28. Your Petitioners would point out that although in 1925 Government considered that the roads referred to were too narrow for motor omnibuses, yet when the Hong Kong and Shanghai Hotels Limited's service started, it was started with the Vulcan \"Princess\" bus, a 35-seater than which there is probably no bigger single deck four-wheel bus used in Great Britain and when used there are only licensed for use where the roads are wide and particularly suitable for such buses. This is in accordance with the circular from the Minister of Transport under date the 11th August 1927 para. 12, which lays down that as a general practice local authorities should not license omnibuses which exceed 26′0′′ in overall length.\n\n29. The competition of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Hotel's buses by their operation over these routes has (as was anticipated by your Petitioners) caused a very serious loss to them. The profits of your Petitioners for the nine months ending\n\n64", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-555-1 Hong Kong Tramways Ltd.- petition 10-7-1935 - 4-10-1935.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 549406, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-555-1 Hong Kong Tramways Ltd.- petition 10-7-1935 - 4-10-1935", "page_number": 49, "title": "CO129-555-1 Hong Kong Tramways Ltd.- petition 10-7-1935 - 4-10-1935", "content_text": "42\n\nApplicants for licences have availed themselves to a considerable extent of their right of appeal to the Minister. During the 7 years ending 31st March, 1928, the Minister has received 701 appeals. Of these 145 were either withdrawn or not proceeded with, 258 were disallowed and 298 were allowed or settled by agreement.\n\n43. Your Petitioners respectfully submit that in subjecting them to the competition above referred to Government have followed a policy which in other parts of the world has long been found wasteful and unsatisfactory not only to the transportation concerns involved but also to the public authorities and to the travelling public. Practically all over the world it has been found, by bitter experience, that, not only for the benefit of the concerns themselves but also for that of the general public the only practical method of combining motor bus and tram traffic is by unity of control provided, of course, that the travelling public are granted adequate safeguards from exploitation.\n\n44. In Berlin the four forms of passenger transport, the tramways, the elevated railway, the underground railway and the Berlin General Omnibus Company are amalgamated. In Paris, Boston and Philadelphia the position is the same. Turning to Great Britain the Oxford Bus Company have a monopoly while in Belfast such a far-reaching and exceedingly important report on the inquiry into the Belfast bye-laws with respect to omnibuses was recently drawn up and presented to Parliament by command of His Grace the Governor of Northern Ireland. A large portion of that report is attached hereto.\n\nIt was upon the recommendations contained in this report that the Belfast motor bus licensing bye-laws were based and in the second Interim Report of the Royal Commission on Transport (issued by H.M. Stationery Office on October 29th 1929) the Commissioners say, inter alia, \"We would point out that the principle of the plan proposed by us is neither unknown nor untried. It is virtually that which is in operation in Northern Ireland, an area not dissimilar in size to most of the areas proposed in Great Britain. There the Minister of Home Affairs is the sole licensing authority, but local authorities can make bye-laws subject to his approval.\"\n\n45. In connection with the problem of conflicting transportation interests your Petitioners quote below extracts from speeches made by the Minister of Transport of the late Government, and of the Minister of Transport of the present Government at Home.\n\nCol. Ashley, M.P., quoted from Hansard July 3rd 1928:-\n\n\"One of the duties which I have to perform is to look after the interests of Municipalities in their own area when they are challenged as to their road transport system by outside private companies. If they refuse to allow private competition with their own Municipal Tramways it is my duty if there is an appeal made to me to decide whether they are justified in refusing. I personally always take into consideration whether the Municipal Tramway is giving an adequate service, and, if it is giving an adequate service, it weighs very much with me in favour of my coming down on the side of protecting the Municipal Tramways......... Wasteful competition surely I should think all Honourable Members would desire to see eliminated. We should keep private enterprise and Municipal enterprise out of our minds and decide what is best in the interest of the Community. If we do that then surely Clause 37 although I am not saying it is a perfect clause might be accepted. It says that if this Company gives an efficient service on certain routes and if the Minister in the exercise of his discretion and doing his best to come to a right decision says that they are giving an efficient service other people should be debarred from running services in competition just as has been done in the case of municipal services.\"\n\n43\n\nMr. Herbert Morrison, Minister of Transport, at the 25th Anniversary of the Commercial Motor Users Association at the Savoy Hotel, London, October 1929:-\n\n\"The fact was that where capital was owned by the State, by the Municipalities or by private companies it was in the interests of the Nation that that capital should be used to the fullest economic extent. The thing to aim at was the utilisation of the Capital involved in these various enterprises to the fullest extent and any policy which means half empty trains on the rails or half empty goods vehicles on the road was to be condemned because not only capital but maintenance and running charges was thereby wasted. The function of transport was to carry goods and to carry persons. It must be adequate and efficient for the purpose but if transport developed beyond the economic needs of productive industry and the travelling public then productive industry and the travelling public would sooner or later have to pay for the excess accommodation which was wasted. Therefore, whether on the vexed question of London traffic, the relation between road transport and rail transport or otherwise, his policy as Minister of Transport was co-ordination but always co-ordination consistent with the public interest.\"\n\n46. Again, as recently as December 2nd, 1929, the Minister of Transport in a statement in the House of Commons, said that the Government agreed with the conclusions reached by the Traffic Advisory Committee that uneconomic and unnecessary competition should be eliminated and that (so far as London was concerned) a far-reaching measure of unification under public control was essential to progress.\n\n47. The second interim report just issued by the Royal Commission on Transport is an extremely practical document and concerns deeply all those engaged in the industry of passenger transportation by road.\n\nIt recommends a drastic reduction in the number of licensing authorities in Great Britain from over 1,300 to only 14. To each of these 14 areas would be appointed three Commissioners who would have power to grant or refuse any licence.\n\nThe report points out that in coming to a decision upon any application, the Commissioners shall act judicially and shall have regard to the following considerations:\n\n(a) The traffic needs of the whole area.\n\n(b) The provision of adequate and efficient services throughout the area.\n\n(c) The elimination of unnecessary services.\n\n(d) The provision, where possible, of services which in themselves are unremunerative and\n\n(e) The co-ordination of all forms of passenger transport in the Area, e.g. the provision of motor omnibus services to extend and feed tramway and trackless trolley systems rather than compete with them, and the co-ordination of road and rail services.\n\n48. Your Petitioners further submit that it was never contemplated when the Tramways Ordinance, No. 10 of 1902, was suggested and subsequently made law that your Petitioners would be subject to the direct competition of other transport concerns who are under no obligations similar to those of your Petitioners with respect to the upkeep of roads, and the consequent alleviation of the Government's commitments thereon and the payment of royalties and who while not contributing to the revenues of the Colony except to the extent of $240 per year per motor bus, are one of the principal causes of road deterioration.\n\n60", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-555-1 Hong Kong Tramways Ltd.- petition 10-7-1935 - 4-10-1935.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 549408, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-555-1 Hong Kong Tramways Ltd.- petition 10-7-1935 - 4-10-1935", "page_number": 51, "title": "CO129-555-1 Hong Kong Tramways Ltd.- petition 10-7-1935 - 4-10-1935", "content_text": "APPENDIX \"F.\"\n\n47\n\nAPPENDIX \"G.”\n\nConfidential.\n\nSir,\n\nSECRETARIAT FOR CHINESE AFFAIRS,\n\nHONG KONG, July 13th, 1931.\n\nNo. S. 319.\n\nThe Government has appointed a Committee to consider the necessary further regulation, co-ordination and possible amalgamation of Road Passenger Transport within the limits of the Colony.\n\nThe Committee will be obliged if you will be good enough to give your views on the method by which the best interests of the Colony will be served in this connection, and for your general guidance gives below the outlines of three proposals which have been already put forward:-\n\n(1) A combination in the hand of a single Company of all the road power traffic conveying passengers with separate charges for seats: This would include the Tramway Company and all the Bus Companies on both sides of the harbour.\n\n(2) A single Company for both sides of the harbour covering all this road traffic with the exception only of the existing Tramway Company.\n\n(3) A separate Company for each side of the harbour including bus traffic only, i.e., exclusive of the Tramway Company on the Hong Kong side.\n\nThe Committee anticipate that consideration of this question will be facilitated by verbal confidential discussion of your views in due course; and would be glad of an assurance that you are prepared if necessary to adopt this suggestion.\n\nA letter in similar terms has been sent to:\n\n1. J. H. Taggart, Esq.-Chairman, Hong Kong Hotel Garage.\n\n2. Ngan Shing Kwan, Esq.-Manager, China Motor Bus Co.\n\n3. Louie Wai Sun, Esq.-Manager, Kowloon Motor Bus Co.\n\nA reply at your early convenience would oblige.\n\nA. B. STEWART, Esq.,\n\nCHAIRMAN,\n\nHONG KONG TRAMWAYS, LIMITED, and\n\nKAI TACK MOTOR BUS Co.\n\nI have the honour to be,\n\nSir,\n\nYour obedient servant,\n\n(sd.) E. R. HALLIFAX, Secretary for Chinese Affairs, Chairman,\n\nTraffic Committee.\n\nCOLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.\n\nIt is hereby notified that sealed tenders in triplicate, which should be clearly marked \"Tender for Road Passenger Transport\" are hereby called for.\n\nTime for tendering and subject matter.\n\n1. The tenders will be received at the Colonial Secretary's Office until Noon on Wednesday, the 30th day of November, 1932, and will be for a licence or licences for the exclusive maintenance of a service or services for the mechanical transport of persons by road wherefor payment is made for the seat occupied.\n\n2. A tender may extend to the maintenance of a service for the whole of the Colony, including the New Territories, or may be limited to the maintenance of a service for the whole of the Island of Hong Kong, or for the whole of the Kowloon Peninsula, including the New Territories.\n\n3. The continued operation of the tramway services of the Hong Kong Tramway Company Limited and the Peak Tramway Company Limited and any lawful extensions thereof and the maintenance, under licence or otherwise, of any service of motor buses for the transport of persons to, from and between the Hong Kong Hotel and the Repulse Bay Hotel (but not between any two intervening points on the route between them) shall not be an infringement of the rights under any licence for exclusive maintenance referred to in paragraph 1 of this notice and shall not give rise to any claim in respect of such service.\n\n4. The licence or licences will be for a period or term of Fifteen years commencing on the 11th day of June, 1933; Provided that, at the request of the licensee, the Governor in Council may, for such reasons as he shall consider sufficient, at any time during the existence of the licence or licences extend such licence or licences or either of them for a period not exceeding twelve months at any one time: Provided also that such extensions shall not in any case exceed in the whole a period of three years for any one licence.\n\nService or services to be provided.\n\n5. The service or services to which any tender relates must be provided and commenced on the 11th day of June, 1933, and must be maintained thereafter during the subsistence of the term of the licence, including any and every extension thereof in the event of renewal.\n\n6. (1) The service or services shall be conducted only by means of vehicles of British manufacture.\n\n(2) Nothing in the foregoing provision shall be deemed to prevent the use while serviceable of any vehicle of non-British manufacture which is owned by the successful tenderer and was in use by him in the Colony immediately before the 11th June, 1933, or was acquired by him under the provisions of paragraph 21 of this Notification.\n\nPage 72\n\nF\n\nG", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-555-1 Hong Kong Tramways Ltd.- petition 10-7-1935 - 4-10-1935.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 549413, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-555-1 Hong Kong Tramways Ltd.- petition 10-7-1935 - 4-10-1935", "page_number": 56, "title": "CO129-555-1 Hong Kong Tramways Ltd.- petition 10-7-1935 - 4-10-1935", "content_text": "# SCHEDULE B.\n\n## LIST OF MAXIMUM FARES. ISLAND OF HONG KONG,\n\nFirst Class. | Second Class.\n\n \n Between the undermentioned places, in either direction.\n Cents.\n Cents.\n \n \n Blake Pier & Happy Valley\n 30\n 20\n \n \n Taikoo Dockyard..... Causeway Bay\n 10\n 10\n \n \n Hong Kong University... Felix Villas\n \n \n \n \n Kennedy Town & Tai Hang\n 31\n \n \n \n E\n :\n 10\n \n \n Hong Kong & Repulse Bay\n 30\n 10\n \n \n Junction of Eastern Street and Connaught Road West & Aberdeen\n 40\n 25\n \n \n Junction of Eastern Street and Connaught Road West & Stanley\n 15\n \n \n \n Aberdeen & Little Hong Kong Village\n 11\n \n \n \n Shouson Hill Road...\n 33\n \n \n \n Stanley\n 31\n \n \n \n Deep Water Bay\n ??\n \n \n \n Repulse Bay\n \n \n \n \n Little Hong Kong Village & Stanley\n 50\n 30\n \n \n Shouson Hill Road & Stanley\n 10\n 5\n \n \n Deep Water Bay & Stanley...\n 10\n 5\n \n \n Repulse Bay Hotel & Stanley\n 15\n 10\n \n \n E\n :\n \n \n \n \n 25\n 15\n \n \n \n 20\n 10\n \n \n \n 20\n 10\n \n \n \n 15\n 10\n \n \n \n 15\n 10\n \n \n \n 20\n \n \n \n \n 20\n \n \n\nChildren below the age of four years to be carried free if accompanied by an adult. British service men (in uniform) and children below the age of twelve years to be carried 1st class at 2nd class rates (if any), but full fare may be charged when travelling 2nd class or in a single class vehicle.\n\nPolice Officers and Postmen, on duty, shall be carried free of charge.\n\n2nd September, 1932.\n\nE. R. HALLIFAX,\n\nColonial Secretary.\n\n(Schedules \"C\", \"D\" & \"E\"-not reproduced-relate solely to Kowloon and New Territories.)\n\n## APPENDIX “H.”\n\nTHE VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATION ORDINANCE, 1912.\n\n(Ordinance No. 40 of 1912).\n\n## LICENCE.\n\nRoad Passenger Transport.\n\nISLAND OF HONG KONG.\n\nLicence is hereby granted (subject nevertheless to the conditions set forth hereunder) to\n\nwhose registered office is situate at\n\nin the Colony of Hong Kong, (which company and its permitted transferees are where not inapplicable hereinafter included under the designation \"the Licensee \") to establish and maintain, to the exclusion of other persons, companies and corporations, a service or services of motor buses for the transport of persons by road in the whole of the Island of Hong Kong wherefor payment is made for the seat occupied by the passenger so transported, as distinguished from the hiring of a vehicle, for a period of fifteen years commencing on the 11th day of June, 1933, but subject as herein appearing: Provided that, at the request of the Licensee, the Governor in Council may, for such reasons as he shall or may consider sufficient, at any time during the subsistence of the licence extend such licence for a period not exceeding twelve months at any one time. Provided also that such extensions shall not in any case exceed in the whole a period of three years.\n\nProvided also that no delay in the commencement of the service or interruption, taking over or suspension thereof shall extend the period contemplated by this licence.\n\nThe licence is granted upon and is supported by and based upon representations made by the Licensee, and confirmed by him by the acceptance indorsed upon the original and duplicate licence, that the majority of the partners or directorate of the Licensee company are and will at material times continue to be British subjects, and that the management and the administrative staff or an effective majority thereof, to the satisfaction of the Governor in Council, are and will be British subjects; and that the control of the service or services to be provided and maintained will be within the Colony and essentially British; and that at all times and in all circumstances (including any and every emergency) the Government may be assured that the said service or services will so far as reasonably possible be duly and loyally maintained; and that the situation as above will continue and be observed with the utmost good faith during the subsistence of this licence and any and every extension thereof (if any). Such representations (including the undertakings contained therein) are and shall be the basis of this licence, and if it shall at any time appear to the Governor in Council that any such representation or undertaking has failed and no longer supports this licence then and\n\nPage 82", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-555-1 Hong Kong Tramways Ltd.- petition 10-7-1935 - 4-10-1935.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 549414, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-555-1 Hong Kong Tramways Ltd.- petition 10-7-1935 - 4-10-1935", "page_number": 57, "title": "CO129-555-1 Hong Kong Tramways Ltd.- petition 10-7-1935 - 4-10-1935", "content_text": "83\n\nServices\n\nwhich may\n\nby other undertakings without infringement\n\nof the licence.\n\n58\n\nin any such case the Governor in Council may cancel this licence, and thereupon all the powers and privileges of the Licensee hereunder shall cease and determine and the service or services shall be deemed to have been discontinued by the Licensee. Similar representations shall be made or confirmed by any permitted transferee.\n\nTHE CONDITIONS of this licence are as follows:-\n\n1. The continued operation of the tramway services of the Hong Kong Tramways, Limited, including any company taking over or carrying on the service thereof, and the Peak Tramway Company, including any company taking over or carrying on the service thereof, and lawful extensions of such services or either or any of them, and the maintenance, under licence or otherwise, of any service of motor buses for the transport of persons to, from and between the Hong Kong Hotel and the Repulse Bay Hotel (but not between any two intervening points on the route between them) shall not be an infringement of the rights under this licence, and shall not give rise to any claim in respect of such services or any of them. In the interpretation of this condition the Hong Kong Hotel and the Repulse Bay Hotel shall respectively include any hotel deemed by the Governor in Council to take the place of or be substituted for the said hotels respectively.\n\nThe service to be provided and maintained.\n\n2. The service or services to be provided and maintained by the Licensee shall be an efficient and adequate service of motor buses of such number, dimensions, capacity, weight, speed, power, design, make, manufacture, origin, construction and otherwise in all respects as required by these conditions, or where these conditions are silent or not exhaustive as may be approved by the Governor in Council, and as shall be necessary for the provision of the service or services. For the purposes of this condition and of condition No. 3 of these conditions the Licensee shall take all proper and timely steps to obtain from the Inspector General of Police before the 11th June, 1933, and before commencement of the service or services, a certificate to the effect that in his opinion the motor buses and organization of the service or services are sufficient and ready to allow of such commencement.\n\nCommencement and maintenance of the service.\n\nVehicles to be of British manufacture.\n\n3. The service or services to be provided by the Licensee shall be commenced on the 11th day of June, 1933, and all necessary steps shall be taken and provision made by the Licensee for such commencement, and the Licensee shall thereafter maintain such service or services during the subsistence of this licence, including any and every extension thereof in the event of renewal as hereinbefore provided.\n\n4. In and for the said service or services, and except as in this condition provided, every vehicle used by the Licensee shall be of British manufacture. In case any question shall arise at any time as to whether any such vehicle is of British manufacture the decision of the Governor in Council upon any such question shall be final: Provided that the use while serviceable of any vehicle of non-British manufacture which is owned by the Licensee and was in use by him in this Colony immediately before the 11th day of June, 1933, or was acquired by him under the provisions of condition No. 5 of this Licence, shall not be deemed to contravene this condition.\n\n59\n\nLicensee of taking over vehicles, etc., of existing undertakings.\n\n5. If any company at present operating, by permission, a bus service in the Island of Hong Kong of the kind and nature to be provided by the Licensee shall so desire, the Licensee may be required by the Governor in Council to purchase at such time as the Governor in Council may direct, under some method of valuation to be determined by the Government, all or any suitable and effective vehicles, repair plant, and machinery, lands, buildings and materials used by such company in the Island of Hong Kong for the purpose of its undertaking prior to the 10th June, 1933. On any such valuation as aforesaid no allowance will be made for goodwill. If and where the Licensee is required so to purchase as aforesaid, the decision of the Governor in Council as to what vehicles, repair plant, and machinery, lands, buildings, and materials shall be purchased, and as to whether any vehicle, land, building or thing is suitable and effective shall be final and conclusive.\n\n6. The said service or services shall comprise the routes set out in Schedule A to this Licence. In respect of each of the routes set forth in the said Schedule a service shall be maintained by motor buses running at intervals of not more than the number of minutes specified in the third column of the said Schedule during the hours specified in the third column of such Schedule, and having a seating capacity of the number of passengers stated in the fourth column of the said Schedule. Notwithstanding anything contained in this condition the Governor in Council may at any time during the subsistence of this licence or any extension thereof require the Licensee to institute fresh or other routes and to increase, extend, curtail or otherwise vary any of the routes set out in the said Schedule or any route instituted or required hereunder or to reduce the intervals between the running of vehicles on any such route or to provide on any such route vehicles of increased passenger capacity, or to institute and maintain such additional or substituted services on such routes as the Governor in Council may consider necessary.\n\n7. The constructional requirements for Public Service Vehicles (motor omnibuses) as laid down in Government Notification No. 328 of May 30th, 1930, and any requirements for the time being substituted therefor shall be complied with by the Licensee. Without the permission of the Governor in Council double-decked vehicles may not be used by the Licensee on any road in the Island of Hong Kong. No vehicle of the Licensee shall be used in or for the service until it has been approved by the Inspector General of Police and every vehicle used in or for any of the service or services shall at all times be equipped, fitted and maintained to his satisfaction, and all buildings, works, materials and things used in connexion with any service shall be maintained in an efficient state of repair to his satisfaction. For the purpose of enabling the Inspector General of Police to ensure that the provisions of this condition are properly carried out the Licensee shall at all reasonable times allow the Inspector General of Police, and any officer authorised in writing in that behalf by him, to inspect all vehicles, buildings, works, materials and things used or intended to be used in connection with the service or services, and afford all such facilities for such inspection as may from time to time be required.\n\n8. The fares which may be demanded and taken by the Licensee shall not exceed the fares specified in Schedule B hereto.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-555-1 Hong Kong Tramways Ltd.- petition 10-7-1935 - 4-10-1935.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 549422, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-555-1 Hong Kong Tramways Ltd.- petition 10-7-1935 - 4-10-1935", "page_number": 65, "title": "CO129-555-1 Hong Kong Tramways Ltd.- petition 10-7-1935 - 4-10-1935", "content_text": "96\n\n72\n\n—\n\nThe road plan, enclosed herewith, will assist in bringing out more clearly a view of what has been advanced in the foregoing. The sincere expression of which, it is trusted, will convince Government of the seriousness of our just contentions and the entire undesirability of permitting the diversions and extensions of the Motor-Bus routes now sought for.\n\nI am, therefore, in conclusion, directed to plead that the present applications before Government in this matter be not allowed.\n\nI have the honour to be,\n\nSir,\n\nYour obedient servant,\n\n(sd.) F. H. GLOVER, Acting General Manager, HONG KONG TRAMWAYS, LIMITED.\n\nAPPENDIX M.\"\n\n4\n\nHong Kong Tramways Limited.\n\nReports in Chinese Newspapers that the China Motor Bus Co., Ltd., has been granted permission by the Police to extend routes, increase services and introduce 2nd class fares.\n\nREPORT BY GENERAL MANAGER.\n\n11th March, 1935.\n\nWhen this Company tendered for the exclusive right to operate motor buses on the Island of Hong Kong it was understood that only first class fares would be permitted. That is to say, no bus fare would be less than the first class tram fare.\n\nIn a letter to me dated January 18th, 1928, the then Inspector General of Police (Mr. Wolfe) said:--\n\nC\n\nMr. Taggart's object is not to operate a motor bus service parallel to the tramways but to get a city connection for his own rural and city bus services.\n\nAll that is being asked for is a first class passenger service in Queen's Road which would not compete in any way with the tramways.\"\n\nTwo years later the Road Traffic Act of 1930 came into force in England. Under this Act Great Britain was divided into eleven areas, each under three Traffic Commissioners, and it is to these Commissioners that one must apply in Great Britain for licences to operate motor buses or to alter fares or the frequency of motor bus services on any route.\n\n73\n\n―\n\nSection 72 of the Road Traffic Act of 1930 provides that the Commissioners in exercising their discretion to grant or to refuse a road service licence in respect of any routes and their discretion to attach conditions to any such licence shall have regard to the following matters:—\n\n(a) the suitability of the routes on which a service may be provided under the licence;\n\n(b) the extent, if any, to which the needs of the proposed routes or any of them are already adequately served;\n\n(c) the extent to which the proposed service is necessary or desirable in the public interest;\n\n(d) the needs of the area as a whole in relation to traffic (including the provision of adequate, suitable and efficient services, the elimination of unnecessary services and the provision of unremunerative services), and the co-ordination of all forms of passenger transport, including transport by rail;\n\nand take into consideration any representations which may be made by persons who are already providing transport facilities along or near to the routes or any part thereof or by any local authority in whose area any of the routes or any part of any of the routes is situate.\n\nSubject to the provisions of this section and to any regulations made by the Minister, the Commissioners may attach to a road service licence such conditions as they may think fit with respect to the matters to which they are required to have regard under the preceding sub-section, and in particular for securing that :-\n\n(a) the fares shall not be unreasonable;\n\n(b) where desirable in the public interest the fares shall be so fixed as to prevent wasteful competition with alternative forms of transport, if any, along the route or any part thereof, or in proximity thereto;\n\nWhen I was on leave two years ago I attended a Transport Conference at which Sir Cyril Hurcomb, K.B.E., Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Transport, read an important paper, of which the following is an extract:-\n\n\"\n\nOne of the most difficult questions which have arisen in connection with the licensing of road passenger services is the extent to which an efficient road transport undertaking, providing adequate local services, whether municipally or privately owned, is entitled in the public interest to protection from the competition of other undertakings, whose justification is the provision of longer-distance through services, and the form which that protection should take :\n\n\"The question may arise in relation to:-\n\n(a) tramways and trackless trolley vehicles,\n\n(b) public service vehicles which are being run in substitution for tramways and which are required to bear the outstanding tramway debt, and\n\n(c) other local services of public service vehicles.\n\nThe question of competition between public service vehicles and tramways and trackless trolley undertakings is dealt with at considerable length in paragraph 91 of the First Interim Report of the Departmental Committee on the Licensing and Regulation of Public Service Vehicles (1925). It is there pointed out that tramway undertakings, whether municipally or privately owned, are subject to statutory liabilities, such as the maintenance of part of the highway on which they run and also that tram-\n\n97\n\nM", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-555-1 Hong Kong Tramways Ltd.- petition 10-7-1935 - 4-10-1935.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 549425, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-555-1 Hong Kong Tramways Ltd.- petition 10-7-1935 - 4-10-1935", "page_number": 68, "title": "CO129-555-1 Hong Kong Tramways Ltd.- petition 10-7-1935 - 4-10-1935", "content_text": "102\n\nL\n\n78\n\n-\n\ntraffic that other vehicles should be allowed to come into partnership on equal terms. Such a large Royalty as 25% of the profits over the final 15 years of the franchise would never have been agreed. I may here mention that over the first 10 years of the Company's history such serious losses were incurred that in 1910 it was necessary to write off no less than 75% of the whole capital as lost and that it was then only after the year 1912 that the first dividend was paid.\n\n11. Finally, to mention details. I see no reason whatever for the No. 1 (Happy Valley) route to proceed beyond the Yaumati Vehicular Ferry, but if 10-cent fares only are adhered to we are prepared to waive our objection to this.\n\nFurther, Route No. 7 (Aberdeen). There is no objection to this being extended from Eastern Street to the Vehicular Ferry provided the fare over the extension (which would compete with the trams) is 10 cents.\n\nRoutes Nos. 1 and 5 are the only others that concern us and I ask with all earnestness possible that Government should insist that on these two routes the minimum fare shall remain at the first class tram fare.\n\nYour Excellency,\n\nI now wish to make a special announcement as follows:-\n\nIf at the conclusion of this meeting there is still the slightest doubt in the minds of your Excellency and your Council as to the justice of our contentions regarding the proposals of the China Motor Bus Company I earnestly suggest you will favourably consider the following offer by my Company.\n\nThat provided no reduction in fares is permitted on routes where buses compete with tramcars, that all extensions now asked for by the China Motor Bus Company be granted at once and that the Ministry of Transport be immediately approached (through the Secretary of State) with a view to sending out on a brief visit to Hong Kong a suitable official of the Ministry of Transport for his advice on the question of 5-cent bus fares. All expenses in connection with this visit to be borne by the Tramway Company,\n\nA. B. STEWART,\n\nChairman,\n\nHONG KONG TRAMWAYS LIMITED.\n\n79\n\nAPPENDIX “P.”\n\nHONG KONG TRAMWAYS, LIMITED.\n\nStatement showing Miles run and Passengers carried for 13 Years 1922/1934.\n\n \n Year\n Miles Run\n 1st Class\n 2nd Class\n Total\n \n \n 1922\n 1,793,962\n 5,893,224\n 14,617,734\n 20,510,958\n \n \n 1923\n 2,069,420\n 7,349,114\n 16,602,847\n 23,951,961\n \n \n 1924\n 2,395,058\n 9,077,343\n 20,180,252\n 29,257,595\n \n \n 1925\n 2,037,586\n 7,875,943\n 15,721,258\n 23,597,201\n \n \n 1926\n 2,336,215\n 8,156,121\n 16,666,089\n 24,822,210\n \n \n 1927\n 2,592,909\n 9,863,171\n 19,701,601\n 29,554,772\n \n \n 1928\n 2,844,022\n 10,019,368\n 20,890,290\n 30,909,658\n \n \n *1929\n 2,898,069\n 7,078,419\n 20,210,335\n 27,288,754\n \n \n 1930\n 3,020,295\n 7,388,491\n 21,892,080\n 29,280,571\n \n \n 1931\n 3,167,074\n 8,583,868\n 24,848,752\n 33,432,620\n \n \n 1932\n 3,325,058\n 9,271,370\n 26,270,625\n 35,541,995\n \n \n 1933\n 3,427,070\n 9,021,913\n 25,941,018\n 34,962,931\n \n \n 1934\n 3,376,133\n 7,947,978\n 25,040,704\n 32,988,682\n \n \n Total\n 35,282,871\n 107,516,323\n 268,583,585\n 376,099,908\n \n\nNOTE: First class passengers do not all pay 10 cents. Service men and children travel in the first class for 5 cents and monthly-ticket holders travel first class only.\n\n*1929 was the first year of motor bus competition (first class only).\n\nAPPENDIX “Q.”\n\nAPPERTAINING TO PARAGRAPH No. 65 OF THE MEMORIAL.\n\nDirect Effect of 2nd Class Bus Fares Introduced (upon Competitive Routes) on 1st April, 1935.\n\nYour Petitioner's Traffic Figures for the Months of :-\n\n28th March, 1935.\n\n \n \n MARCH 1935-APRIL\n DECREASE\n \n \n Traffic Receipts\n $ 149,309\n \n \n \n 1st Class\n 570,540\n 26,296\n 17.6%\n \n \n 2nd Class\n 2,082,757\n \n \n \n \n \n $ 123,013\n \n \n \n \n \n 483,030\n 87,510\n 15.3%\n \n \n Passengers Total\n 1,687,450\n \n \n \n \n \n 2,653,297\n \n \n \n \n \n 2,170,480\n 482,817\n 18.2%\n \n\nNormally, March and April are comparable months.\n\nUpon a basis of the above your Petitioner's annual losses will be:-\n\n5,793,800 Passengers and $315,552.00 in Revenue.\n\nSuch a revenue decline is equivalent to 37.3% of the Working Profit of 1934.\n\nShould additional vehicles and increased services over the competitive routes be allowed, this serious position will be progressively worsened.\n\n63\n\nM\n\nP", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-555-1 Hong Kong Tramways Ltd.- petition 10-7-1935 - 4-10-1935.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 549427, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-555-1 Hong Kong Tramways Ltd.- petition 10-7-1935 - 4-10-1935", "page_number": 70, "title": "CO129-555-1 Hong Kong Tramways Ltd.- petition 10-7-1935 - 4-10-1935", "content_text": "82\n\ndown in Schedule B to the notification published in the Gazette of 2nd September, 1932, as Notification No. S.319, which schedule has been incorporated in the licence granted to the Company, or from instituting second-class fares on any of the first seven routes mentioned in that schedule.\n\n2. As regards the extensions of routes requested by the China Motor Bus Company, Limited, I am to say that His Excellency considers these extensions desirable in the public interest and has confirmed his approval of them with effect from 1st April next.\n\n3. I am to add that as the Bus Company is introducing reduced fares it is assumed that your clients will not be willing to pay the expense of a visit of an officer of the British Ministry of Transport.\n\n83\n\nThis particularly applies to further extension of routes or sanction to put on the streets larger buses or a more frequent service of buses than is provided for in Schedule A of Government Gazette notice of September 2nd, 1932, and in particular that a bus service of greater frequency than 10 minutes on the No. I route or of a 5 minutes on the No. 5 route will not be granted until our clients' petition has been considered as aforesaid by the Secretary of State.\n\nWe have the honour to be,\n\nSir,\n\nYour obedient servants,\n\nMESSRS. DEACONS, HONG KONG.\n\nLetter Number 4.\n\nI am, Gentlemen,\n\nYour obedient servant,\n\n(sd.) D. W. TRATMAN,\n\nClerk of Councils.\n\nTHE HONOURABLE COLONIAL SECRETARY.\n\nLetter Number 5.\n\n(sd.) DEACONS.\n\nSIR,\n\nDEACONS,\n\n1, DES VEUX ROAD CENTRAL,\n\nHONG KONG, April 3rd, 1935.\n\nRe CHINA MOTOR BUS CO., LTD., AND HONG KONG TRAMWAYS, LTD.\n\nFurther to our letter of to-day's date our clients have instructed us to prepare a petition addressed to the Secretary of State for the Colonies appealing against the decision of His Excellency to allow the China Motor Bus Co., Ltd., to charge 5-cent fares on those routes particularly Nos. 1 and 5 which are in direct competition with our clients' undertaking. In such petition our clients will emphasize what they consider to be a grave injustice which they are suffering due to the lack in Hong Kong of any legislation on the lines of section 72 of the Road Traffic Act, 1930.\n\nIt is probable that in this connection the matter will be referred by the Secretary of State to the Ministry of Transport, and in that event our clients are still prepared to pay the expense of a visit to Hong Kong of an official of the Ministry of Transport.\n\nA section of shareholders of the Company have been urging upon the Board of Directors a policy of fare cutting at uneconomic rates in order to repel the invasion by the China Motor Bus Co., Ltd., on the routes heretofore served solely by our clients. This suggestion is regarded with disfavour at the moment by the Board of Directors but it is earnestly requested that the Government shall grant no further concessions to the China Motor Bus Co., Ltd., until our clients' petition has been duly considered by the Secretary of State.\n\nNo. 1/470/32.\n\nMESSES. DEACONS,\n\n1, DES VEUX ROAD CENTRAL,\n\nHONG KONG.\n\nGENTLEMEN,\n\nCOLONIAL SECRETARY'S OFFICE,\n\nHONG KONG, 15th April, 1935.\n\nWith reference to your letter of the 3rd April, 1935, regarding the China Motor Bus Company, Limited, and Hong Kong Tramways, Limited, I am directed to inform you that, in the event of any request for concessions being received from the China Motor Bus Company, Limited, the wishes of your clients will receive the careful consideration of this Government.\n\nI am, Gentlemen,\n\nYour obedient servant,\n\n(sd.) A. G. GRANTHAM,\n\nPer Colonial Secretary.\n\n07\n\nPage 70\n\nPage 71", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-555-1 Hong Kong Tramways Ltd.- petition 10-7-1935 - 4-10-1935.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 550330, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-556-14 Chinese Seamen's Union- activities 1-7-1936 - 16-2-1937", "page_number": 38, "title": "CO129-556-14 Chinese Seamen's Union- activities 1-7-1936 - 16-2-1937", "content_text": "36 No. 10. ILLEGAL STRIKES AND LOCK-OUTS. [A.D. 1927.\n\nBreach of contract of service to be an offence in certain cases.\n\n38 & 39 Vict. c. 86, ss. 4, 5.\n\nresides or works or happens to be, for the purpose of obtaining or communicating information or of persuading or inducing any person to work or to abstain from working, if they so attend in such numbers or otherwise in such manner as to be calculated to intimidate any person in that house or place, or to obstruct the approach thereto or egress therefrom, or to lead to a breach of the peace; and attending at or near any house or place in such numbers or in such manner as is by this sub-section declared to be unlawful shall be deemed to be a watching or besetting of that house or place within the meaning of sub-section (1).\n\n(3) In this section the expression \"to intimidate\" means to cause in the mind of a person a reasonable apprehension of injury to him or to any member of his family or of violence or damage to any person or property, and the expression \"injury\" includes injury other than physical or material injury, and accordingly the expression \"apprehension of injury\" includes an apprehension of boycott, or loss of any kind, or of exposure to hatred, ridicule, or contempt.\n\n6. (1) No person who is employed in the service of the Crown under the Government of Hong Kong shall wilfully break an agreement for service under the Crown if he knows or has reasonable cause to believe that the probable consequence of his so doing, either alone or in combination with others, would, failing the adoption of extraordinary measures, be to hinder or prevent the discharge of the functions of the Government.\n\n(2) For the purpose of sub-section (1), and without prejudice to the interpretation of any express term of the agreement other than a term relating to notice, a person who is employed in the service of the Crown shall be deemed to break his agreement for service under the Crown if he absents himself from duty without leave and without having given to the head of his department one month's notice in writing terminating with the last day of a calendar month, or if he wilfully refuses duty, or if he wilfully omits to perform his duty, provided that the provisions of this sub-section relating to notice shall not apply to any person who is engaged by the day or who is paid daily.\n\n(3) No person who is employed by any company, or person engaged in the business of supplying electric current or gas to the public, or engaged in maintaining any public tramway, bus service, or public ferry, or engaged in maintaining any telephone or sanitary service, shall wilfully break a contract of service with such company, firm or person as aforesaid, if he knows or has reasonable cause to believe that the probable consequence of his so doing, either alone or in combination with others, would, failing the adoption of extraordinary measures, be to deprive the inhabitants of the Colony, or a substantial number of them, wholly or to a great extent, of their supply of electric current or gas, or of the ordinary facilities of transport, or of the ordinary telephone or sanitary services.\n\n(4) No person shall wilfully break any contract of service if he knows or has reasonable cause to believe that the probable consequences of his so doing, either alone or in combination with others, would, failing the adoption of extraordinary measures, be to endanger human life, or to cause serious bodily injury, or to expose valuable property whether movable or immovable to destruction or serious injury.\n\n7.—(1) Except with the consent of the Governor in Hong Kong Council, no trade union which is established within the Colony shall be affiliated or connected with any trade union or other organization which is established outside the Colony in such a manner as to place the trade union which is established within the Colony, or any of its members, in any way or in any matter under the control of the trade union or other organization which is established outside the Colony.\n\n(2) Any consent of the Governor in Council under the provisions of sub-section (1) may be made retrospective in effect to such date as the Governor in Council shall think fit.\n\n(3) Every trade union so affiliated or connected which has not obtained the consent of the Governor in Council to be so affiliated or connected, or from which any such consent has been withdrawn, shall be deemed to be an unlawful society within the meaning and for all the purposes of the Societies Ordinance, 1920.\n\n(4) It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council in his absolute discretion to declare any trade union which in his opinion is so affiliated or connected, and which has not obtained the consent of the Governor in Council to be so affiliated or connected, to be an unlawful society.\n\nOrdinance No. 8 of 1920.\n\n38", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-556-14 Chinese Seamen's Union- activities 1-7-1936 - 16-2-1937.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 563794, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-575-15 Traffic of arms to China 24-1-1939 - 4-12-1939", "page_number": 85, "title": "CO129-575-15 Traffic of arms to China 24-1-1939 - 4-12-1939", "content_text": "82 \n\nFurther, although the number of mules stated to be required is 1,200, many of which are on their way down to Bhamo, the balance of some 800 being considered sufficient for ordinary trade needs for the next four months, it has been proposed that all mules shall come under official control. This may not materialise, but in any case, the fixing of a moderate rate for munitions should have the effect of stabilising commercial freights. So far, the agreement is said to be merely verbal, and mule freights are soaring not only because of the fear of commandeering which these activities first inspired, but also because of increased demand for cotton yarn. I have been in touch with the head of the Tengyueh Bureau and urged him not to lose sight of the needs of ordinary Burma-China trade. He and the Chairman of the local Chamber of Commerce both assure me that trade will not be unduly affected. They tell me the Myitkyina-Tengyueh route is also being considered for the transport of munitions. I have brought all these matters to the notice of the Burma authorities.\n\n50 The buildings and landing ground of the Central Aircraft Manufacturing Company's establishment at Loiwing were reported at the beginning of this month as practically completed. The great bulk of the equipment for this concern has been imported by the Irrawaddy and the Bhamo-Namhkam road. I am informed that the factory will require more than 5,000 tons of additional equipment, already ordered, during the rains, and the American management, which has done much to improve this road, is doubtful whether a large section of it will be usable after June.\n\nI have the honour to be, etc., \n**(Signed) G.E. STOCKLEY,** \nConsul.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-575-15 Traffic of arms to China 24-1-1939 - 4-12-1939.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 567977, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-581-10 Control measures to be adopted for local mines- report by senior Inspector of Mines 1-1-1939 - 31-12-1939", "page_number": 25, "title": "CO129-581-10 Control measures to be adopted for local mines- report by senior Inspector of Mines 1-1-1939 - 31-12-1939", "content_text": "30\n\n24\n\n# Appendix II.\n\n## REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING EXISTING MINES.\n\n### (i) HONG KONG CLAYS & KAOLIN CO., LTD.\n\nAn opencast mine situated at Cha Kwo Ling and held under a 3 year lease over 3.12 acres from Government which expired six months ago, at a rent of $4,000 per annum and $393 rent for area outside the lease occupied by drying beds and godowns. Twelve to thirty coolies are employed on daily wage and the average output amounts to approximately 2,500 tons per annum. The clay, which is of good quality kaolin, is mined in a primitive fashion and after drying is bagged in the raw state and exported mostly to Japan. The output, which is regulated according to demand, has dropped from 500 tons to 20-30 tons per month since that country's war activities. Although the mine is awkwardly situated and cramped for space, there is room for considerable improvement in the method of treatment and there is no doubt that a clay of a more refined quality could be produced which would have a wider market and fetch a relatively higher price.\n\n## RECOMMENDATIONS.\n\nThe high rent and short term lease of this property are definitely a hindrance to expansion, in that no company is likely to instal plant etc. when security of tenure is limited to 3 years.\n\nIt is recommended that the lease due for issue be issued for 10 years according to form, premium and rent as provided for in Appendix I, and that royalty for the next 3 years be based on the average output for the last 3 years for a minimum return of $1,000 per annum. The regulations provide for cancellation of lease if insufficient work is being done. This is the only mine working for kaolin and every encouragement should be given to a new industry.\n\nThe supervision of the mine is satisfactory. The ground stands up well and the faces of the mine are in good condition, but as work advances there may be a tendency to their becoming too steep and dangerous. It is recommended that the following code of rules in Chinese be posted in conspicuous places on the mine.\n\n(i) Where the working faces of the mine exceed 20 feet in height, benches of a minimum width of 10 feet must be maintained at such intervals.\n\n(ii) Where the working face of the mine exceeds 10 feet in height, it shall be worked in a series of steps sufficiently wide to afford secure foothold.\n\n(iii) No undercutting of a face is permitted.\n\n(iv) Any person committing a breach of these rules shall be liable to a fine of 3 days' pay.\n\n### Needle Hill Mine.\n\n### (ii) MARSMAN HONG KONG CHINA LTD.\n\nAn underground mine worked for wolfram, with which a small quantity of molybdenite is associated, on the adit system with narrow stopes and held under a 21 years' lease over 540 acres from Government at a rent of $2 per acre. Approximately 500 coolies, women and children on the surface and men underground, and plant of 50 H.P. operated by electricity are employed. Some 1,640 piculs of wolfram has been recovered to date, which is exported to England and royalty of $8,645 has been paid up to May, 1938. The ore is purchased from the sub-contractors on a sliding scale from $82.50 to $95.00 per picul, the company supplying all facilities such as plant, power, transport, accommodation, etc. The cost of production is approximately $120 per picul and the company has sustained a loss of some $71,000 to date. Original investigations indicated the possibility of large ore deposits, and with a view to proving them the company carried out a considerable amount of development which has since proved to be dead work. Adits 1 and 2 were driven 556 and 590 feet and connected by a drift of 800 feet, and another adit 315 feet below was driven 1,110 feet to prove any ore in depth, but without success. This development work, which cost $80,000, proved that the ore bodies were limited to\n\n1", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-581-10 Control measures to be adopted for local mines- report by senior Inspector of Mines 1-1-1939 - 31-12-1939.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 567979, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-581-10 Control measures to be adopted for local mines- report by senior Inspector of Mines 1-1-1939 - 31-12-1939", "page_number": 27, "title": "CO129-581-10 Control measures to be adopted for local mines- report by senior Inspector of Mines 1-1-1939 - 31-12-1939", "content_text": "32\n\n26\n\naccidents which occurred this year were mainly due to the lack of skilled labour which is not available and in consequence the carelessness of the individual miner As the labour force becomes trained the number of accidents should decrease, but it should be kept in mind that mining, particularly underground, is a hazardous occupation at any time.\n\nRECOMMENDATIONS.\n\nI understand that the matter of royalty is still under consideration and that none has been paid to date. It is recommended that in future, a suitable advance is paid on removal of the concentrates from the mine, to be adjusted on receipt of assay value and sale receipts from Europe, as required by the proposed regulations.\n\nFor the greater safety of persons employed at this particular mine, it is recommended that the management has the following code of rules printed in Chinese and posted at the mine office and at the portal of each adit which is in use.\n\nSafety rules for native employees.\n\n(i) Miners are recommended to wear crash helmets when working underground. These are available at the mine office.\n\n(ii) Level bosses shall report immediately to the timber boss, any timber or rock that may have become dislodged and which is in a dangerous position.\n\n(iii) No person shall leave any timber, debris, waste rock or ore above the level of the sleepers on which the tram lines are laid, and the level boss shall be responsible that levels under his charge are kept clear.\n\n(iv) No person shall ride on a truck.\n\n(v) All trucks in motion shall have a light hung on the front of the body of the truck.\n\n(vi) No person may pull a truck, they must always be pushed, and the level boss shall be responsible that trucking is done only by experienced truckers.\n\n(vii) Stope bosses shall be responsible that all manways are kept clear and that all ladders are securely fixed.\n\n(viii) No person shall leave tools, timber or other articles in proximity to the top of any manway, winze or stope in such manner as to be likely to cause injury to persons below.\n\n(ix) Stope bosses shall not permit any person to enter a working place until all loose rock has been barred down by a competent assistant under his supervision. Any loose rock on the roof or sides of a stope shall be immediately reported to the stope boss.\n\n(x) The names of shot firers shall be registered at the mine office and only such shot firers shall carry out blasting operations or be in possession of explosives.\n\n(xi) Before firing a charge the shot firer shall call out or give sufficient warning to any person in the vicinity and shall not permit any person to enter the working place until a period of 30 minutes shall have elapsed from the time of lighting the fuses.\n\n(xii) All blasting operations shall be carried out at stated and regular intervals.\n\n(xiii) Any person committing a breach of these rules shall be liable to a fine of 3 days' pay, double for a second offence and dismissal without fine for a third offence.\n\n*Plan of the workings is attached marked D 1, 2.\n\n*Not Printed.\n\n27\n\n(iv) NEW TERRITORIES MINING Co., LTD.\n\nOne square mile held under lease at Ma On Shan for a period of 50 years. An outcrop of magnetite iron ore is being mined on the quarry system by 120 contract coolies under Chinese management. Approximately 8,000 tons have been produced since 1931 and royalty amounting to $3,600 has been paid up to February, 1938. Production is regulated according to demand and the whole of the output is being sold at present to the Green Island Cement Co. at $10.50 per ton, the cost of production, transport and royalty being $8.00 per ton. Owing to the limited time at my disposal, I was unable to visit the mine. After some trouble I located and visited the Company's office where there was no responsible person in charge at the time, and it was only at the last moment that I managed to interview the Chinese managing director. According to him, there has been no fatal accident since the mine opened up seven years ago, so it would appear that mining operations are being controlled in a satisfactory manner under the Chinese manager.\n\nEND", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-581-10 Control measures to be adopted for local mines- report by senior Inspector of Mines 1-1-1939 - 31-12-1939.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 573659, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-589-1 Sino-Japanese War- shipping on Pearl River 26-1-1941 - 17-6-1941", "page_number": 54, "title": "CO129-589-1 Sino-Japanese War- shipping on Pearl River 26-1-1941 - 17-6-1941", "content_text": "# OUTWARD TELEGRAM\n**[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government, and should be kept under Lock and Key.]**\n54\n`(F1387/78/10)`\n## DEPARTMENTAL NO.2\nCypher telegram to Mr. Blunt (Canton)\nForeign Office,\nNo. 4.\n7th March, 1941.\n2.45 p.m.\n\n**IMPORTANT**\n\n2. Canton telegram No.2 [of January 26th: Pearl River]. Re-opening of\n\nMr. Warren Swire urges that in view of Japanese refusal to agree to reasonable pilotage tariff and virtual closure of Canton to British shipping both from Hong Kong and China coast ports the Hong Kong Government should retaliate by closing their ports to all Japanese tonnage.\n\n2. While not yet prepared to support this proposal I shall be glad to have your view, after consulting the Governor of Hong Kong, as to whether the suspension of the Blunt-Okasaki agreement and the stoppage of the Japanese naval transport traffic between Hong Kong and Canton would be effective in forcing the Japanese to a reasonable settlement of the pilotage question and a more accommodating attitude towards the shipping trade between the two ports.\n\n3. If so, would it not be better first to warn the Japanese informally of our intention and make another effort to reach a settlement without such action?\n\n4. Mr. Swire states that his Company will not run their ship at a loss any longer. How will this affect the British community in Canton and is it likely that other shipping interests would fill the gap if the agreement were not suspended but the `Fatshan` ceased to run?\n\n5. Since the foregoing was drafted we have received from Messrs. Swire copy of telegram from Messrs. Butterfield and Swire at Hong Kong stating that you have been \"instructed to notify suspension of agreement end of March\". the position?\n\nRepeated to Hong Kong `189`, and Shanghai `241`.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-589-1 Sino-Japanese War- shipping on Pearl River 26-1-1941 - 17-6-1941.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 573735, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-589-11 Port of Hong Kong- Report on future control and development 18-7-1941 - 10-10-1944", "page_number": 73, "title": "CO129-589-11 Port of Hong Kong- Report on future control and development 18-7-1941 - 10-10-1944", "content_text": "82 \n\n# THE DOCK AND HARBOUR AUTHORITY \n\n## Correspondence - continued \n\nThis question is fully dealt with in my report, the recommendation being the reclamation of an area of over 240,000 square feet opposite Kellett Island, for the purpose of deflecting from the refuge entrance heavy seas caused by a typhoon which may pass near and to the north of the Colony; typhoons in this position induce gales from a westerly direction, one of the worst experienced being that in 1908. \n\n## Ferries \n\nFerries across the harbour and the transport of passengers to and from Hong Kong by river steamboats is an important consideration which has to be taken into account in any scheme of development. \n\nLater on, I shall refer to one important reason for the great movement which goes on in Hong Kong. For the moment, suffice it to say that, apart from the considerable amount of passenger transport done by sampans, the number of passengers moving to and from Hong Kong Island and the Mainland, Canton, Macao, etc., is estimated to be about 175,000 per day. The Yaumati Ferry Co., organised and managed entirely by local Chinese, runs the vehicular ferries across the harbour and two other services to points on the mainland in British territory. In addition to the large number of vehicles ferried the company carries about 40 million passengers a year; i.e., about 100,000 per day. The Star Ferry Co., the oldest ferry service, crossing direct over the shortest width of the harbour to Kowloon Point, carries approximately 28,000 per day. \n\nFor the better regulation of this traffic and to relieve as far as possible congestion on Connaught Road, I recommend in the Scheme of Development which I advised should be put into immediate effect at Hong Kong Central, and to which I shall refer later on, that the ferry piers be located at each end of the scheme from which Eastern and Western services respectively would operate. By this arrangement the routes of ferry services would not pass through an area likely to be used extensively by other craft. The vehicular ferry service recommended was put into effect and, from what Sir David Owen says, the traffic has apparently already reached capacity. To provide for future increase in this traffic he suggests another service to operate between Marsh Road, Wanchai and Gillies Avenue, N.E. corner of Hung Hom Bay. This proposal was first mooted by the Director of Public Works in 1922 (the late Mr. T. L. Perkins, C.M.G.), and it was fully discussed in connection with Town Planning. Whilst I considered the proposal, so far as the Hong Kong side was concerned, had much to commend it, by dissipating the traffic, and, if not relieving, at any rate not adding to the great congestion already existing at Hong Kong Central, I raised objection to the site proposed for the pier on the Kowloon side, that location, in my opinion, being eminently suited to the purpose of providing for the discharge, storage and bunkering of coal and oil fuel. For that reason the Town Planning Committee advised the Government not to alienate the area referred to or in fact any area of Hung Hom Bay pending the adoption of a complete scheme of Port Development. \n\n## Coal and Oil Fuel Bunkering \n\nIn 1923 import of coal amounted to 1,037,530 tons and the amount exported was only 205,140 tons. But the amount bunkered was 606,060 tons. \n\nWith the exception of that imported by the Admiralty, and by local industrial and shipping companies coal is handled by lighters and storage is located principally at Yaumati and Lai Chi Kok. Excepting Admiralty storage; oil installations are at Taikoktsui, Lai Chi Kok and North Point. As bunkering of coal and oil by lighters is so dependent on labour and costly (made more so by the fact that storage is located some distance from the shipping centre) I considered that, in any scheme of development, provision should be made in a convenient locality whereby more economic bunkering of vessels could be accomplished. \n\nThe locality I considered best suited is that referred to above, viz.: the N.E. corner of Hung Hom Bay. The design of the coal depôt and oil fuel installations recommended was suitable for the erection of mechanical conveyors and pipe lines whereby coal and oil fuel may be delivered direct from colliers and tankers to storage and loaded to ships at piers or to barges in a basin thus providing for the more economical handling of this trade. The scheme, which could be put into effect independent of the development of Hung Hom Bay, was estimated to cost $2,290,000 (in 1924, roughly £285,000). \n\n## Reclamation \n\nThis work is largely a matter of supply and demand; and the practicability of economic construction not only in regard to protective works, but also to the cost of reconstructing drainage works in back areas such as over the thickly-populated area abutting on the Harbour of Refuge on the west side of Kowloon Peninsula. But there is, however, another consideration, viz.: the effect that reclamation may possibly have on other sections of the harbour. \n\nThe bold scheme of reclamation, immediately to the West of the R.N. Dock Yard suggested by one of my former assistants, Mr. Andrew Nicol, is an excellent one. If/when its construction is contemplated the question of its effect on the R.N. Dock entrance will no doubt be raised. In my opinion the effect will be beneficial, in that it will at least help to maintain, if it does not slightly increase, the depth of water outside the entrance. \n\n41 \n\nRegarding the extensive areas of reclamation proposed in Kowloon Bay: I see no objection to their being carried out when required. With the exception of that on the Eastern side which is shown extended to embrace Kun Tong foreshore, the limits are approximately those laid down by the Town Planning Committee. Foreshores inside Lye Mun: In my report I recommended that the foreshores immediately within Lye Mun (“Mun” in Chinese meaning an entrance passage or doorway) viz.:-Chung Lui and Yau Tong Wan (\"Wan\" in Chinese meaning a \"Bay\") \"should remain as far as possible in their natural state, so that seas entering the harbour through the Eastern entrance may disperse and expend their force rather than be propagated up the harbour.\" The proposal to construct boat-building yards in Yau Tong Wan is not an extensive reclamation, but this question will not arise unless the recommendation to construct the harbour of refuge at Cheung Sha Wan is adopted. \n\nLimitation of space will, I am sure, preclude further comment on any more of the many adjuncts to shipping and trade: so I must now ask permission to proceed in my next and concluding letter to make some observations on what perhaps is the most important part of this subject, viz.:-The Provision of Wharfage. \n\nWestbury-on-Trym, \nBristol. \n4th February, 1942. \n\nYours faithfully, \nJOHN DUNCAN, \n\n## Concrete in Sea Water \n\n*Paper Published in the June, 1941, issue of \"The Dock and Harbour Authority,\" reproduced from the Proceedings of the American Society of Civil Engineers.* \n\nMr. E. C. Jack, Senior Civil Engineer at Puget Sound Navy Yard: Any viewpoint of the subject of concrete in sea water should be somewhat philosophical, in that disintegration or deterioration may or may not be serious, depending upon the rate and keeping in mind the anticipated life of the structure. So many of the construction people with whom the writer does business consider 10 or 20 years a long time, and anything that might happen after that they believe is immaterial. However, one needs only to look back over the centuries to realise that this matter of ships is a long range, continuing one extending far into the future. The U.S. Navy is primarily interested in ships, and waterfront improvements to serve the ships should be provided with an eye to a life of at least 100 years. Thus, what to one person might be negligible breaking up of the structure, to another would be a serious indication when a long life has been planned. \n\nIt has been noted that, in almost all cases where disintegration of one kind or another has taken place, there are contributing factors upon which the onus of the situation can be placed, thus clearing sulphate attack of the charge. Nevertheless, it is agreed with Mr. Hadley that the weakness of concrete toward sulphate attack has perhaps been over-stressed. Chemists have their catalytic agents and Metallurgists their eutectics; and, in a similar manner, is it not probable that the weakness of concrete toward sulphate and acid attacks makes possible the disintegration, by other means, such as wave and frost action, abrasion, and chemical action? In several places in Alaska, notably at Kodiak and at Dutch Harbour, concrete has met with progressive disintegration between tide lines, whereas the remainder of the structure has withstood weathering very well for 25 years. Surely these cases must be a combination of sea-water attack plus frost and wave action. \n\nCement is a wonderful material that has been improved remarkably through the years, and its comparatively low cost, together with the rather universal distribution of the mills throughout the United States, makes possible the building of many structures that would have been impracticable years ago. It is far from perfect, however, and it may be well to review the most well-known weakness of cement and concrete. \n\n## Aggregate \n\nThe quality and usefulness of concrete, with present-day cements, demand that aggregate be sound, chemically neutral or basic, and free of oil and other deleterious substances, in addition to being well graded. Thus, in some localities, concrete is very costly because of the distance from which aggregate must be brought. On St. Paul Island, in Bering Sea, it was necessary, one time, to carry gravel by ship from San Francisco, California. If cement acted slightly different chemically, then a wider range of aggregate might be used. \n\n## Proportioning \n\nThe mixture must be a proper one with sufficient cement, and this item of cement, too, is relative: Witness the \n\n74", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-589-11 Port of Hong Kong- Report on future control and development 18-7-1941 - 10-10-1944.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 573835, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-589-12 War Revenue Ordinance 1941 8-5-1941 - 19-6-1941", "page_number": 28, "title": "CO129-589-12 War Revenue Ordinance 1941 8-5-1941 - 19-6-1941", "content_text": "## Ascertainment of Income\n\n14. (4) For the purposes of this section, investment income of the Life Insurance Fund means, in the case of a company whose sole business is life insurance, the whole of its income from investments, and, in the case of any other company, such part of its income from investments as appears fairly attributable to its life insurance business.\n\n## Profits of Shipowners, Aircraft Owners, and Charterers\n\n26.-(1) Where a person carries on a business of shipowner or aircraft owner or charterer and any ship or aircraft owned or chartered by such person calls at a port in the Colony, the full amount of the profits arising from the carriage of passengers, mails, livestock, and goods shipped in the Colony shall be deemed to arise in the Colony: Provided that this section shall not apply to goods which are brought to the Colony solely for transhipment.\n\n### Determination of Profits\n\n(2) The following provisions shall apply to the determination of such profits:\n- (a) the profits arising in Hong Kong from shipping or air transport business for any accounting period shall be the sum bearing the same ratio to the sums receivable in respect of carriage of passengers, mails, livestock, and goods shipped in the Colony as the total profits for the said period shown by that person's accounts bear to the total sums receivable by him in respect of the carriage of passengers, mails, livestock, and goods: Provided that where the said total profits have been computed on a basis which differs materially from that prescribed in this Chapter for the ascertainment of profits, the ratio of profits shall be adjusted so as to correspond as nearly as may be to the ratio which would have been arrived at if the profits had been computed in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter relating to the ascertainment of profits;\n- (b) where the provisions of paragraph 2(a) of this section cannot for any reason be satisfactorily applied, the profits arising in the Colony may be computed on a fair percentage of the full sum receivable on account of the carriage of passengers, mails, livestock, and goods shipped in the Colony: Provided that where any person has been assessed for any year of assessment by reference to such percentage, he shall be entitled to claim at any time within one year of the end of such year of assessment that his liability to tax for that year be recomputed on the basis provided by paragraph 2(a) of this section;\n- (c) where the Commissioner decides that the call of a ship or aircraft belonging to a particular shipowner or charterer at a port of the Colony is casual and that further calls by that ship or aircraft or others in the same ownership are improbable, he may in his discretion exempt the profits of such ship or aircraft from the provisions of this section, and thereupon such profits shall be treated as if they do not arise in the Colony, and not liable to taxation.\n\n(3) The master of any ship or aircraft owned or chartered by a person whose profits are calculated under the provisions of this section shall (though not to the exclusion of any other agent) be deemed the agent of such person for all the purposes of the Ordinance.\n\n## Ascertainment of Income of Clubs, Trade Associations, etc.\n\n27.-(1) Where a body of persons, whether corporate or unincorporate, carries on a club or similar institution and receives from its members not less than half of its gross receipts on revenue account (including entrance fees and subscriptions), it shall not be deemed to carry on a business; but where less than half of its gross receipts are received from members, the whole of the income from transactions both with members and others (including entrance fees and subscriptions) shall be deemed to be receipts from a business, and the body of persons shall be chargeable in respect of the profits therefrom.\n\n(2) Where a body of persons, whether corporate or unincorporate, carries on a trade association in such circumstances that more than half its receipts by way of entrance fees and subscriptions are from persons who claim or would be entitled to claim that such sums were allowable deductions for the purposes of section 18, such body of persons shall be deemed to carry on a business, and the whole of its income from transactions both with members and others (including entrance fees and subscriptions) shall be deemed to be receipts from a business, and the body of persons shall be chargeable in respect of the profits therefrom.\n\n(3) In this section, \"members\", in relation to a body of persons, means those persons who are entitled to vote at a general meeting of the body at which effective control is exercised over its affairs.\n\n## Deduction of Property Tax from Profits Tax\n\n28. There shall be deducted from any profits tax payable under this Chapter in respect of any trade, profession, or business any property tax payable under Chapter II of this Ordinance, in respect of any land and/or buildings, by such trade, profession, or business.\n\n## Certain Dividends Excluded from Assessment\n\n29.-(1) For the purposes of assessment, the dividends of a corporation, which is subject to tax under this Chapter, shall not be included in the profits of any other person for the purposes of taxation under this Ordinance.\n\n(2) For the purposes of assessment, no part of the profit or loss of a trade, profession, or business, which is subject to tax under this Chapter, shall be included in the profits of any other trade, profession, or business for the purposes of taxation under this Ordinance.\n\n## CHAPTER V. INTEREST TAX\n\n## Imposition of Interest Tax\n\n30. Interest Tax shall be charged at the rate of fourteen per cent. on the full amount of any sum falling due after the thirty-first day of March, 1941, being interest arising in or accruing in the Colony on any debenture, mortgage, bill of sale, loan, deposit, or advance, and\n- (a) paid or payable under any mortgage, debenture, or bill of sale registered with any public authority or public officer;\n- (b) paid or payable by any person carrying on trade, profession, or business in the Colony and allowable as deduction in ascertaining the profits of such trade, profession, or business in accordance with section 18:", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-589-12 War Revenue Ordinance 1941 8-5-1941 - 19-6-1941.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 573874, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-589-12 War Revenue Ordinance 1941 8-5-1941 - 19-6-1941", "page_number": 67, "title": "CO129-589-12 War Revenue Ordinance 1941 8-5-1941 - 19-6-1941", "content_text": "## Ascertainment of profits of shipowners, aircraft owners, and charterers. \n## Ascertainment of income of clubs, trade associations, etc.\n\n(4) For the purposes of this section \"investment income of the Life Insurance Fund\" means, in the case of a company whose sole business is life insurance, the whole of its income from investments, and, in the case of any other company, such part of its income from investments as appears fairly attributable to its life insurance business.\n\n26.—(1) Where a person carries on a business of shipowner or aircraft owner or charterer and any ship or aircraft owned or chartered by such person calls at a port in the Colony, the full amount of the profits arising from the carriage of passengers, mails, livestock, and goods shipped in the Colony shall be deemed to arise in the Colony: Provided that this section shall not apply to goods which are brought to the Colony solely for transhipment.\n\n(2) The following provisions shall apply to the determination of such profits:\n\n(a) the profits arising in Hong Kong from shipping or air transport business for any accounting period shall be the sum bearing the same ratio to the sums receivable in respect of carriage of passengers, mails, livestock, and goods shipped in the Colony as the total profits for the said period shown by that person's accounts bear to the total sums receivable by him in respect of the carriage of passengers, mails, livestock, and goods: Provided that where the said total profits have been computed on a basis which differs materially from that prescribed in this Chapter for the ascertainment of profits, the ratio of profits shall be adjusted so as to correspond as nearly as may be to the ratio which would have been arrived at if the profits had been computed in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter relating to the ascertainment of profits;\n\n(b) where the provisions of paragraph 2(a) of this section cannot for any reason be satisfactorily applied, the profits arising in the Colony may be computed on a fair percentage of the full sum receivable on account of the carriage of passengers, mails, livestock, and goods shipped in the Colony: Provided that where any person has been assessed for any year of assessment by reference to such percentage, he shall be entitled to claim at any time within one year of the end of such year of assessment that his liability to tax for that year be recomputed on the basis provided by paragraph 2(a) of this section;\n\n(c) where the Commissioner decides that the call of a ship or aircraft belonging to a particular shipowner or charterer at a port of the Colony is casual and that further calls by that ship or aircraft or others in the same ownership are improbable, he may in his discretion exempt the profits of such ship or aircraft from the provisions of this section, and thereupon such profits shall be treated as if they do not arise in the Colony, and not liable to taxation.\n\n(3) The master of any ship or aircraft owned or chartered by a person whose profits are calculated under the provisions of this section shall (though not to the exclusion of any other agent) be deemed the agent of such person for all the purposes of the Ordinance.\n\n27.—(1) Where a body of persons, whether corporate or unincorporate, carries on a club or similar institution and receives from its members not less than half of its gross receipts on revenue account (including entrance fees and subscriptions), the assessable profits of such body shall be computed as if it were carrying on a trade or business.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-589-12 War Revenue Ordinance 1941 8-5-1941 - 19-6-1941.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 575969, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-590-25 Accounts of events leading up to surrender and subsequent treatment of prisoners- etc 23-4-1942 - 28-9-1943", "page_number": 122, "title": "CO129-590-25 Accounts of events leading up to surrender and subsequent treatment of prisoners- etc 23-4-1942 - 28-9-1943", "content_text": "26\n\nit was suggested in evidence that the experience gained in manning outposts in Newfoundland against possible enemy attack, by day or by night, would be peculiarly valuable.\n\nIt may be observed that the supreme importance of having well-trained platoon commanders was fully recognized in the last war. On July 29, 1918 little more than a week before he launched his final offensive, Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig entered in his diary: \"This is a platoon commander's war\".\n\nin the spring of 1941 the battalion moved to St. John's, Newfoundland, and was there concentrated as a unit. To it, seven defence localities were assigned and defence schemes often involving the whole battalion were devised for each locality. Several of these defence schemes required in their execution co-operation with units of the Newfoundland militia. The training reports give evidence of the variety of training manoeuvres, which included tactical exercises by two or more companies, night exercises, field exercises, training in fieldcraft and section leading, stand-to alarms, etc., etc.\n\nThe evidence establishes that the training received by the Royal Rifles in Newfoundland was vigorously carried out and resulted in the creation of a unit at least as well-trained as other units in Canada in September, 1941. Individual training of the men was far advanced and their duties in Newfoundland improved their health and physical stamina. Their collective training up to and including the battalion level was also well advanced. I quote the evidence of Brigadier Earnshaw, the General-Officer-Commanding in Newfoundland, but first I give this observation with regard to the Royal Rifles by General Crerar:-\n\nAs regards state of training of Royal Rifles, apart from observations of Commanders under whom this unit served (General Elkins, Brigadier Earnshaw), I had advantage of personal visits and general inspection of this unit at Sussex Camp, New Brunswick, in autumn of 1940, and at St. John's (Newfoundland) in early summer of 1941. These personal inspections and contacts gave me confidence in qualities and abilities of O.C. (Lieutenant-Colonel Home), the Second-in-Command (Major Price) and generally in officers and men who comprised it.\n\nBrigadier Earnshaw says:-\n\nThe Battalion was moved from that portion of Newfoundland to Saint John's, Newfoundland, I think from memory in April, and from then until the time it left the battalion was concentrated together as a unit and had with it its full war-time scale of mechanical equipment, and during that period it had very few indeed what I class garrison duties, and was entirely free to carry out its operational role, which was in fact to be prepared to meet an enemy landing or a move at St. John's from any direction. The training and preparation to fulfil that operational role was what it spent most of its time on almost entirely training during that period.\n\nQ. You said that the battalion had its full mechanical equipment. What about other equipment, weapons?-A. Well, it had its full scale to the extent to which they were available.\n\nQ. Can we put it this way, that it was fully equipped as a battalion in all respects? A. Yes, except, of course, that it did not have certain weapons, but neither did any other battalion.\n\nI proceed to discuss the weapon training the Royal Rifles had received at the time of their designation as part of Force \"C\", that is to say, October 9th, 1941.\n\nThe Royal Rifles had at all times their full share of rifles and bayonets, an adequate supply of light machine guns (both Bren and Lewis) and pistols, and their full scale of transport vehicles. They had one 2″ mortar for instructional purposes; but with this exception, they had no 2\" mortars, or anti-tank rifles. In this respect they were in the same case as Canadian battalions generally, although,\n\n27\n\nas we shall see, the Winnipeg Grenadiers had available for instruction in training while in Jamaica a number of anti-tank rifles. The unit had from April, 1941 its full complement of 3\" mortars, according to the scale which governed at the time, that is to say, two for the battalion, which were in the hands of the mortar platoon of the headquarters company, the commander and sergeant of which had taken a special course at the Long Branch School. They had, therefore, opportunities for training in this arm not possessed by Canadian battalions generally. The 3\" mortar was included in all the defence schemes and counter-attack schemes in the 7 defence districts in the vicinity of St. John's. The full issue of 2\" mortars was received by the unit when being equipped for the Hong Kong expedition. Four Thompson sub-machine guns (the Tommy-gun, so-called) reached the battalion at St. John's, one month before its departure from Newfoundland. The officers and non-commissioned officers were fully instructed in the mechanism and use of it. One gun was given to each company. Ammunition both for the 3\" mortars, as well as for the tommy-gun, was lacking. There were no live grenades in Newfoundland for practice purposes and training in grenade throwing was done with dummy grenades.\n\nIt is convenient here to quote textually some passages of the evidence of Lt.-Col. Sparling, of the Directorate of Military Training, an officer competent to speak upon this subject and whose evidence I accept:-\n\nQ. And you went on to explain that there were certain weapons they did not have, but you said also, I understood, and I wondered if I correctly understood you there, that other units had not these weapons?-A. No, my lord. For example, none of them had 2\" mortars, and neither did these two units.\n\n1\n\nQ. I merely want to understand you. None of them had 2\" mortars and none of them had the Boys anti-tank guns?-A. There were very few of those, my lord. For instance, the Winnipeg Grenadiers at that time had 4; the Royal Rifles had none. There was one issued as a pool weapon in Newfoundland for passing around amongst the units in Newfoundland.\n\nQ. I wonder if it would not be more convenient if you took the units individually instead of dealing with them both together. Or perhaps you were dealing with them in that way?........ The situation is not identical? A. It is not quite identical in that the Royal Rifles had been able to carry out their annual classification during 1941, whereas the Winnipeg Grenadiers up to the time they arrived back had not been able actually to carry out their firing practice; but in so far as such things as tests of elementary training are concerned they had full opportunity for that because the test for elementary training does not include range practice. And there is one minor point there, namely, that the Winnipeg Grenadiers did not have dummy grenades, whereas the Royal Rifles and other units had dummy grenades.\n\nQ. Does that properly describe the situation as regard these two battalions? A. Yes. In my opinion those two were up to the standard of the other units in the country.\n\nQ. As well trained as any other unit?-A. Yes.\n\nThese passages apply to the Winnipeg Grenadiers as well as to the Royal Rifles. They show that the Royal Rifles were privileged in comparison with other Canadian battalions in respect of 3\" mortars and, as already mentioned, had opportunities of training in that weapon denied to Canadian battalions generally, while the Winnipeg Grenadiers were privileged in like manner in respect of the Boys anti-tank rifle.\n\nThere are 867 rifles and 50 Bren guns prescribed for issue to an infantry battalion, the ammunition for the Bren gun being the same as that for the rifle. This would in fact and practice be the normal equipment of such a battalion in Canada. The Royal Rifles were fully equipped with Bren guns, rifles and\n\n54750-4\n\n134", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-590-25 Accounts of events leading up to surrender and subsequent treatment of prisoners- etc 23-4-1942 - 28-9-1943.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 576559, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-591-10 Military Administration 16-1-1945 - 28-3-1946", "page_number": 67, "title": "CO129-591-10 Military Administration 16-1-1945 - 28-3-1946", "content_text": "D.0. No.1.\n\nTo\n\n:- Major Sterling,\n\n67\n\nCOPY.\n\nCIVIL AFFAIRS ADMINISTRATION.\n\nCONFIDENTIAL.\n\nHong Kong & Shanghai Bank Building,\n\nHong Kong.\n\n22 Sep 45.\n\nCivil Affairs Staff,\n\n2, Park Lane\n\nLondon, W.1.\n\nDear Sterling,\n\nWe have all had a very busy time since our arrival in Hong Kong. The Colony is in much better shape than I expected it would be, but naturally it will take many months to get it back to anything like its old form.\n\nThe two urgent requirements of Civil Affairs are personnel and transport. Anything that you can do to expedite these would be helpful. At present I am the only representative of the General Administrative and Internal Administration Branches, though I have borrowed a couple of Captains temporarily to help me out. Please let me know, by wire for preference, when I can expect some or all of the Administrative Staff.\n\nTo revert to the subject of Transport, the Colony is being run to a large extent on a small quantity of captured M.T. which cannot be kept on the road indefinitely, owing to its bad state and lack of spare parts. An R.A.F. Construction Unit is bringing in about 200 two-ton lorries, which will improve the situation considerably. They, however, have their own commitments for constructing a landing ground, so we shall not have the use of them indefinitely. The only real solution to the Transport problem is to get our M.T. Company out here as soon as possible. I have earmarked an excellent depot, garage, and workshop for them, but the difficulty will be to hold them in the face of the persistent demands of the Services for these facilities.\n\nI enclose a copy of a report I made to the Brigadier, forty-eight hours after our arrival here, which may be of interest in that it gives first impressions. I want you to come out yourself as soon as you can get away, because there is a lot in your line which requires attention here. Meanwhile, I shall do my best to hold your fort as well as my own.\n\nYours sincerely,\n\n(Sgd) C.B.H. DELAMAIN,", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-591-10 Military Administration 16-1-1945 - 28-3-1946.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 578060, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-591-5 Report on activities of Post Office- Engineering Branch during Battle of Hong Kong 24-12-1943 - 26-2-1944", "page_number": 12, "title": "CO129-591-5 Report on activities of Post Office- Engineering Branch during Battle of Hong Kong 24-12-1943 - 26-2-1944", "content_text": "December 18th. The Engineer-in-Charge at Cape D'Aguilar, Mr. F.K. Garton, telephoned to say that the military forces manning the guns there were \"running off the station\", and he asked for information. The Postmaster General telephoned to Military Headquarters who said that D'Aguilar was being evacuated but they had forgotten to tell us. They said that our staff should obtain transport from the military people there. This information was passed on to Mr. Garton. He telephoned again a little later to say that he could not get any assistance at all from the military people, but that he had obtained a car and, after destroying as much as possible of the plant, he would proceed to town with his European assistant (Mr. A.V. Harbottle), his wife and a female Chinese servant. The Chinese staff were told to disperse. Mr. Garton had no information as to what route to follow or to avoid. His car was ambushed at Wongneichong Gap, his wife was killed, and the Chinese amah badly wounded.\n\nOn the loss of the D'Aguilar transmitters, two small ship-type transmitters were found in a local depot, and a quick search made for a suitable central location in which to install them. The telephone company agreed to let us have a supply from their generators if required and the adjacent building of Marina House was therefore chosen. The transmitters and receivers were installed and on or about December 20th communication was re-established with Chunking and Manila. Aerials again proved an awkward problem, for anyone going on the roof during daylight was promptly shot at.\n\nThese transmitters and receivers worked satisfactorily up to the time of the occupation, working from the telephone company's supply after the public supply had failed.\n\nIX. PEAK RECEIVING STATION\n\n1. This station came under casual fire early on, but was not much interfered with until about December 16th when it came under very heavy shelling. The military officer in charge of an observation post in the station grounds told the Engineer-in-Charge, Mr. H.S. Rees, to evacuate. Rees asked me for instructions, and I consulted the Postmaster General, who rang up Military Headquarters. They said that the Peak was \"the safest place to be in\". However, in view of the very heavy shelling of the site, the refusal of the Chinese staff to stay, the flimsy nature of the single-storey building and the repeated injunctions of the military officers there to evacuate immediately, it was not considered reasonable to ask Mr. Rees to remain. A few receivers were got down to town from this station but not much could be done as there was no transport and the approaches to the station were also being heavily shelled.\n\nNote: A Chinese technician who managed to get through to the station next day reported that the building was badly damaged from several direct hits and the site covered by shell craters. I confirmed this myself after the occupation.\n\n2. When the...", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-591-5 Report on activities of Post Office- Engineering Branch during Battle of Hong Kong 24-12-1943 - 26-2-1944.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 578452, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-591-8 Policy directives 10-3-1944 - 17-8-1944", "page_number": 161, "title": "CO129-591-8 Policy directives 10-3-1944 - 17-8-1944", "content_text": "160\n\n17/37\n\nROAD TRAFFIC.\n\n[For notifications issued under this section see pages 784 and 785.]\n\nNo. 17 OF 1937.\n\nROAD TRAFFIC.\n\nDund 19/39\n\nAn Enactment to make provision for the regulation of traffic on roads and of motor vehicles and otherwise with respect to roads and vehicles thereon, to make provision for the protection of third parties against risks arising out of the use of motor vehicles and to provide for the co-ordination and control of means of and facilities for transport.\n\n[26th July, 1937.]\n\n1. (1) This Enactment may be cited as the Road Traffic Enactment 1937 and shall come into operation on such day or days as the High Commissioner may by notification in the Gazette appoint, and the High Commissioner may appoint different days for the different purposes and different parts or provisions of this Enactment.\n\n(2) The Enactments set out in the first schedule shall be repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that schedule, and such repeal shall take effect on such day or days as to the whole or any parts of such provisions as the High Commissioner may by notification in the Gazette appoint.\n\n(3) Title. Date of commencement. Short title and repeal.\n\n2. In this Enactment, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them, that is to say:\n\n\"authorised vehicle\" means, in relation to any carrier's licence issued under Part IV, a vehicle authorised to be used thereunder.\n\n\"bankruptcy\", with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions, includes insolvency as the result of which a wage-earner's administration order has been made under the Bankruptcy Enactment.\n\n\"carriage of goods\" includes the haulage of goods.\n\n\"Chief Police Officer\", except in sections 16, 22, and 119, includes any police officer not below the rank of Inspector authorised by him in writing to exercise the powers vested by this Enactment in the Chief Police Officer.\n\n\"company\" includes any company as defined in section 3 of the Companies Enactment, any company formed in pursuance of any other Enactment or by Royal Charter or Letters Patent, any corporation incorporated by law, and any firm or partnership.\n\n19/34\n\n683", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-591-8 Policy directives 10-3-1944 - 17-8-1944.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 578801, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-592-10 Future Policy in Hong Kong- Port Administration 10-4-1946 - 15-4-1947", "page_number": 195, "title": "CO129-592-10 Future Policy in Hong Kong- Port Administration 10-4-1946 - 15-4-1947", "content_text": "Ignoring for our present purposes the minor pier and harbour authorities and the undertakings of the Cart Navigation and Port Glasgow Harbour, we turn to the larger undertakings already described.\n\n(73) Clyde Navigation Trust: The total capital expenditure from 1810 to 1944 amounted to £12,959,445. Against this, outstanding loans amounted to £8,776,704. The Sinking Fund Account stood at £2,193,601, and the Reserve and Depreciation Account at £1,795,556, the balance being covered by Suspense Accounts and Sundry Balances. Except during the depression of the early 1930's, the annual revenue has since 1920 exceeded £1,000,000.\n\nThe borrowed capital is provided as follows:-\n\n \n 4 per cent. Funded Debt\n 31 per cent.\n \n £6,081,923\n \n \n F\n 31 per cent.\n \n \n \n \n J\n 3 per cent.\n \n \n \n \n Bonds (28-4 per cent.)\n \n £518,182\n£199,999\n£200,000\n £1,047,076\n \n\nThe prices ruling during the last two years for the Funded Debt have been-\n\nOut by the Admiralty. The total cost of all these works is estimated at over £750,000. Amongst the works which had to be executed mainly out of public funds was the reconstruction of Princes Pier at a cost of £225,000, at a time when Princes Pier was still standing in the Balance Sheet at a figure of over £45,000, being the same figure as in the Balance Sheet of 1913, plus £19,000 expended under the Act of 1913. This heavy expenditure had to be incurred at a period of the war when labour and materials were very short, in order to prevent the pier from becoming a danger to navigation.\n\nWhile the position has to some extent been rectified by the heavy expenditure from public funds, we are bound to point out that the accounts, based as they are on the prime cost of works constructed many years ago, show figures which seem to have little relation to the present value of wasting and obsolescent assets.\n\n(75) For reasons which will appear more fully in Part II of this report, we add certain further particulars. The prices at which transactions in the various stocks have been recorded in recent years are as follows:-\n\n \n 4 per cent.\n 100\n 80\n \n \n 3 per cent.\n 101\n 81+\n \n \n 3 per cent.\n 87\n 76\n \n \n 3 per cent.\n 87½\n 78\n \n\nThe invested money is drawn from all parts of Scotland, and to a small extent from England and abroad.\n\n(74) Greenock Harbour Trust: Owing to past capital reconstructions and the method in which the accounts are kept, it is not easy to present the parallel position. The assets, as shown in the accounts, and consisting mainly of the expenditure actually incurred upon the undertaking since the inception, amount to £1,901,019. The loan capital since 1913 has consisted of\n\n \n A 3 per cent. Debenture Stock\n £398,245\n \n \n B 4 per cent. Preferred Debenture Stock\n £367,562\n \n \n B Deferred Debenture Stock\n £735,125\n \n\n \n \n June, 1939\n 1940\n 1941\n 1942\n 1943\n 1944\n May, 1945\n \n \n A. 3 per cent. Deb. Stk.\n 60\n 53½\n 78¾\n 56¾\n 54-56\n 54½-59½\n \n \n \n B. 4 per cent. Pref. Deb. Stk.\n 42\n 5\n 32-35\n 8-12\n 32-36\n 8-12\n 75-85\n78½-83½\n \n \n B. Defd. Deb. Stk.\n 81\n 70-80\n 74-79\n 72½\n 30\n35\n29-34\n26\n \n \n \n\nTo the extent of about £476,000 the B Deferred Debenture Stock is held by the Greenock Harbour Associated Stockholders Limited, and this stock constitutes that company's principal asset. The nominal prices ruling for the shares of the holding company were:-\n\n \n June, 1939\n 10\n \n \n 1940\n 11 6\n \n \n 1941\n 10 6\n \n \n 1942\n 16\n \n \n 1943\n 29/3-35/-\n \n\nSinking fund provisions have been applied to the £100,000 borrowed under the Act of 1913 and £40,000 of this debt has been written off; but with relatively inconsiderable exceptions nothing has been written off out of revenue against the pre-1913 expenditure of about £1,500,933, now represented by works upwards of 60 years old. Between 1913 and 1941 the holders of the B Deferred Debenture Stock, being virtually in the position of ordinary shareholders, were entitled to, and received, the free balance of revenue, if any. It was only in 1941 that Parliamentary powers were procured for the formation of a Suspense Fund for deferred repairs. In 1943 further powers were obtained authorising the creation of a Reserve Fund after paying the Deferred Debentures a minimum of 1 per cent., the amount of the Reserve being limited to £40,000, and the amounts to be set aside requiring a two-thirds majority of the Trustees. As 6 of the 17 trustees represent the Debenture Holders, they would be in a position to veto an application to reserve.\n\nDuring the present war large sums have been expended on works, with the consent of the Ministry of War Transport, on the basis of high percentage government grant, and extensive additions and improvements were carried ...\n\n(76) None of the debenture stocks is compulsorily redeemable. The financial policy prescribed by s. 185 of the Act of 1913 requires that the revenues of the undertaking shall be applied (a) in operational expenses; (b) in repairing and maintaining the port and harbours; (c) in payment of interest on the two senior stocks; (d) in setting aside annually to reserve a sum not exceeding £1,000; and (e) in provision of interest and sinking fund for the £100,000 borrowed under the 1913 Act. Any balance after meeting these charges goes to the B Deferred Debenture stockholders.\n\n(77) The interest on the A and B Deferred Debenture Stocks (amounting to over £28,000 per annum less tax) has been regularly paid since 1913. The Corporation of Greenock had to meet one annual payment under their guarantee of the new borrowing under the Act of 1913. The payments to the B Deferred Debenture holders per £100 of the nominal value of the stock have varied from nil to 3 per cent., the average over the last 31 years being 1-11/6 per cent., and the interest during the last three years being 2 per cent. Since the capital reconstruction of 1913 the B Deferred Debenture Holders have thus withdrawn from the undertaking in interest payments over £350,000.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-592-10 Future Policy in Hong Kong- Port Administration 10-4-1946 - 15-4-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 579554, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-592-6 Reports on current situation- including weekly intelligence reports 18-9-1945 - 20-12-1945", "page_number": 96, "title": "CO129-592-6 Reports on current situation- including weekly intelligence reports 18-9-1945 - 20-12-1945", "content_text": "96\n\n(2)\n\nThe civil food situation in the NEW TERRITORIES was reported on October, 1st, 1945 to be acute. All types of currency were in use in the villages. 55 Chinese cents changing hands for $1.H.K. There was no exchange for the SHANGHAI dollar. Throughout the Colony as a whole the chief anxiety has been high prices, the thinness of supplies, and the grave shortage of rice, coal and firewood. In addition to the dispatch of \"WOODCOCK\" to HONGKONG for coal and mentioned above, special emissaries have been sent to SANDAKAN for firewood and KWANG-CHOW-WAN for peanut oil. The influx of Chinese has been increasing but as yet does not constitute a major problem. The imposition of price control upon rice, bread, peanut oil, sugar and salt has met with at least partial initial success.\n\nThe Chinese population is awaiting the resumption of trade with reasonable patience but it remains a matter of prime concern to them. There has been quite a heavy flow of trade enquiries passing through Cable & Wireless including offers for sale of American goods.\n\nSUSPECTED PERSONS\n\nThe British Consul in MACAO has been requested to report upon the activities of Cdr. HORACIO FAFIA PEREIRA, commanding officer of the Portuguese Sloop, \"GONCALVES VALEIRO\" last reported as leaving COLOMBO on 17th September, 1945 for MACAO via SINGAPORE. LEITAÕ is known to be anti-British, ardently pro-Nazi and of notorious character, but there is no actual proof that he worked for the Germans. He was kept under close watch during the period of his ship's docking and refit at DURBAN.\n\nWAR ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE\n\nThe announcement of the formation by the C. in C of War Activities Committee, to enquire into cases of alleged co-operation with the Japanese during the Occupation, has led to a fair amount of comment in the local press. The chief point made by the papers is that the functions of the Committee must of necessity fall under two main heads.\n\n(1) The committal to trial of those against whom a prima facie case of co-operation exists and (2) the public exoneration of those whose activities, despite all appearances and private opinions to the contrary, are found to have been harmless. The South China Morning Post and H.K. Telegraph lists no fewer than 26 categories of \"co-operation\" with greater or lesser degrees of heinousness, \"so that none shall escape official notice\" and offers its list to the Committee, together with a few of the excuses which can be pleaded. The China Mail lugubriously comments that the Committee, in tackling a thankless job, can expect no thanks.\n\nThe Committee's first meeting took place yesterday October 3rd.\n\nREVIVAL OF LOCAL SHIPPING\n\nThe China Navigation Company's ship \"FATSAN\" is ready to resume traffic with CANTON, for which purpose she was built, and it is felt that the service should be put into operation as soon as possible. The British Ambassador at CHUNGKING has been asked to obtain the consent of the Chinese Government to the proposal, which, as \"FATSAN\" has not been under requisition to the Ministry of War Transport, would presumably constitute a British private venture, unless she were to be requisitioned by the HONGKONG Government.\n\nSeveral British coasters are expected back here before the end of October.\n\nPermits have been issued to 20 motor junks and 146 sailing-junks of 30 to 100 tons practically all of which are trading to MACAO, SHIKIN, TAIKONG, SANMEI and AWATOW while a few run to Canton. To date imports have included rice, pigs, ducks, flour, vegetables, beans, mutton, oil, Chinaware, cattle, paddy, bran, peanuts, wheat, salt, sugar, charcoal, wine, wood, oil, fruit, lime, eggs, vegetable seeds and a small quantity of firewood.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-592-6 Reports on current situation- including weekly intelligence reports 18-9-1945 - 20-12-1945.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 582831, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-596-3 Hong Kong University- recognition of wartime training of medical students 24-1-1946 - 10-3-1949", "page_number": 60, "title": "CO129-596-3 Hong Kong University- recognition of wartime training of medical students 24-1-1946 - 10-3-1949", "content_text": "# ESCAPE FROM HONG KONG PEACE CONFERENCES\n\n(Continued from Page 3)\n\nAfter this I had no idea where I was to go, but as my escort boarded one of the buses I got on at the other off. At last we began to breathe freely but, to my disappointment, my escort got off and we only sailed across Three Fathoms Cove to another village called Sam Chung. Here we stayed for two days and nights and, as it was only one more day to Chinese New Year, we almost gave up hope of reaching Free China. Late in the afternoon of the sixth day after the start of my journey, however, we proceeded as far as Tong, and when my escort alighted I started to sail down Tolo Channel.\n\nNear the mouth of the Channel we anchored at about 10 p.m. We were then spent about the most uncomfortable night that I can ever remember. There were 17 people, with luggage, crammed into the small well at the stern of the junk. The floor space was approximately 36 square feet, so there was little more than 2 square feet per person. I think very few of us slept more than a few moments that night.\n\nAt the crack of dawn we were off again, and soon came in sight of the pretty islands at the mouth of Tolo Channel. At last we sighted Tap Mun, the island home of my mythical patient. Fortunately, I never had occasion to produce the letter summoning me to visit a hypothetical patient on Tap Mun island, and I started off in the wake of my guide who took the road which led towards Kai Tak airport.\n\nThe guide, who had been twice over the road, had already ascertained at what points Japanese sentries were posted, and at what times they changed guard. The guards at the entrance to the airport changed duty at 8 a.m. and it was planned that we should pass by at that time, when presumably the soldiers would be somewhat less intent on scrutinising the passers-by.\n\nThe plan worked perfectly, and the incoming guard marched past us a few moments before we reached the entrance to the airport. I was instructed, in a note handed to me by my second guide, to send a message to my friends after passing the island of Tap Mun in safety. I scribbled the following message on a piece of paper: \"Patient on island is well. Anticipate satisfactory progress.\" The star (*) was a pre-arranged signal indicating my name and continued safety. I handed the note to my guide, and over a year later learned that the message had been safely delivered.\n\nFrom Tap Mun we steered north-east across Mirs Bay towards Peng Chau Island and then almost due north to Sha U Chung. I carried a small watch-chain compass in my waist-coat pocket and, sewn into my inside parts, I had a map of the whole area, extending as far north as Kukong, which I had cut out of a Postal Atlas. These two things were of the utmost value during the rest of the journey, and I still count them among my most treasured possessions.\n\nLater we picked up a small sailing boat and made somewhat quicker progress. Two days before reaching Lulong I was able to send a telegram to the British Ambassador in Chungking telling him of my escape and asking him to inform my family in Australia, and at the same time to request my wife to cable out some much-needed money. On the way up we ran into two or three parties of men who had escaped from North Point and Shamshuipo camps and were delighted to make their acquaintance and to hear their stories. Some of them, I am glad to say, are back in Hong Kong again at the present moment.\n\nAfter reaching Lulong we felt, for the first time, that all risk was over. We had reached a point where motor transport was available and there was a well-made road leading to our immediate destination of Kukong.\n\nAt Lulong, we parted company. Marsman, Lavrov, and their remaining Chinese friend had an opportunity of travelling by private car to Kukong, so they went ahead. I proceeded by the somewhat more tedious transportation offered by a salt truck. It was my first experience of the devious methods necessary for obtaining the privilege of joining the crowded mass of humanity on one of these trucks, and I shall always be grateful to a young student of Lingnam University who initiated me into the technique.\n\n## Journey To Kukong\n\nOn the journey to Kukong was the inevitable breakdown of the boat and made somewhat quicker progress. Two days before reaching Lulong I was able to send a telegram to the British Ambassador in Chungking. The weather was extremely cold and there was actual snow on the hills above Sha U Chung. I felt very glad that I had sewn an old goatskin into my raincoat.\n\nWe passed through beautiful country, and some of it reminded me forcibly of parts of Surrey. If it had not been for the circumstances of our journey we could have imagined ourselves on somewhat strenuous walking tour.\n\nThe hospitality of the villagers was amazing. We met with nothing but the utmost kindness, courtesy, and generosity at their hands. We were robbed by a lone bandit, who robbed us each in turn of wrist watches, fountain pens, and money. I only lost my fountain pen; I had no money and my Rolex wrist watch was pushed above my elbow and covered by a bandage over skin painted with mercurochrome.\n\nMy time has already gone and I shall not attempt to tell the story of the Hong Kong University students in China, as that has already been told in full elsewhere. But I think there is no time to tell the story of the rest of my experience in ex-China.\n\n## Guide Turns Up\n\nOn the following morning my permanent guide turned up. I recognised him at once by the fact that he was carrying my suitcase and a bundle containing my Jaeger sleeping bag. For the rest of the journey, about 4 p.m. on the afternoon of the fourth day, there was a great commotion in the village. Villagers dashed about excitedly and soon gunboats had apparently come up from Hong Kong, and at last I was able to get into touch with friends whom I knew.\n\n## Reach Wai Chow\n\nWe reached Wai Chow after five strenuous days of walking and on the third day after leaving Lulong. It had taken me twenty days to complete the journey from Hong Kong.\n\n## Future of University\n\nUltimately some 346 Hong Kong University students, out of a total student body of about 600, made their way into Free China, of whom no fewer than 319 continued their studies at 17 different Chinese Universities.\n\nIn Chungking I went to see the British Ambassador, Sir Horace Seymour, and Mr Han Lih-wu, of the Sino-British Cultural Association. As a result of conversations with them, and with the Chinese Minister of Education, I returned almost immediately to Kukong, via Kweilin, carrying relief money for the students from British Government funds.\n\nThe addition of Marsman and his friends made the party six, and my plans had all been made on the assumption that a party of two could make good speed and would attract little attention. However, as things turned out, we had a very unpleasant experience during the second night. The guerillas and the crew of the junk slept on shore, leaving only the five of us who were refugees to sleep on the boat.\n\nAbout 3 a.m. I was awakened by the blinding light of an electric torch shining in my face and the barrel of a revolver pointed straight at my head. It was the first time I had been confronted with this particular type of situation and I must say one feels in rather a weak and essential position to be suddenly awakened out of a confused sleep to face such circumstances flat on one's back!\n\nThe lonely robber then dropped from the side of our junk into a waiting boat and was rowed away into the darkness.\n\nAt the Hosai Hospital I could literally say that I was penniless. I shall never forget the warmth of the welcome I received, nor the luxury of lying on a real bed again after sleeping for three weeks on bare boards, boat decks, and stone floors.\n\nAfter three hours I was taken up to the school on the hill and here, to my surprise, was ushered into a room where Messrs Marsman and Lavrov and two of their Chinese colleagues were waiting.\n\n\"No Impossible Problems In Pacific\"\n\n## FRASER IN AMERICA\n\nMr Fraser said he wanted such a conference immediately to follow the Paris Conference which would draft the peace treaty for the war in Europe.\n\n## SWORD SURRENDERED\n\nJapanese Commander At Malaya Ceremony\n\n### SERVICE CHIEFS PRESENT\n\nWashington, Feb. 25.\n\nOne of the highest-ranking Japanese officers in South-east Asia General Itakgaki, Commander of the 7th Area Army, embracing Malaya, Java, Sumatra, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and parts of Siam and Borneo, has formally surrendered to the General Officer Commanding in Chief, Malaya Command, General Messervy, at a ceremony at the Command Headquarters in Kuala Lumpur, witnessed by a large gathering of Service chiefs.\n\nBe-ribboned, greying Itakgaki, at the head of a line of his staff officers, was marched onto the parade ground and halted between the lines of British and Indian guards to come to attention as General Messervy took up his position at a flag-draped table and called on him in a loud voice to surrender his sword.\n\nAt a slow, halting pace, the Japanese commander advanced to the table bearing his sword, encased in a colourful cloth bag tied with purple ribbon, and offered the sword across the Union Jack, after which General Messervy announced that the remaining 12 senior Japanese officers, headed by General Itakgaki, would hand over their swords to Brigadier C. P. Jones, C.B.E., M.C., the General's Staff Brigadier, at Malaya Command.\n\nMr Fraser foresaw \"no impossible problems in the Pacific. There will be problems, naturally. China has her many problems. There are other problems of organising the so-called trusteeships. There are also the economic and political problems concerning the stability of all Asia.\"\n\n## DANISH KING BETTER\n\nCopenhagen, Feb. 26.\n\nIt was officially announced today that King Christian's condition has improved.-United Press.\n\nPage 60\nPage 61", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-596-3 Hong Kong University- recognition of wartime training of medical students 24-1-1946 - 10-3-1949.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 598551, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-626-2 Movement of dangerous goods around Hong Kong 1-1-1951 - 30-4-1951", "page_number": 19, "title": "CO129-626-2 Movement of dangerous goods around Hong Kong 1-1-1951 - 30-4-1951", "content_text": "The procedure for Dangerous Goods lighters to be surveyed, approved and issued with an endorsement to their plying licence or permit is fully detailed.\n\n14.\n\nDangerous Goods on Passenger Vessels\n\nUnder Term of Reference (1) we recommend that certain Dangerous Goods permitted by the Ministry of Transport on passenger vessels should be restricted on vessels engaged in the Eastern Trades in the carriage of unberthed passengers.\n\nThe Ministry of Transport lists of each classification of Dangerous Goods have been considered and in similar lists, under the various Categories, a column has been included, headed \"Whether allowed in unberthed Passenger Vessels\". This involves the alternatives \"Not allowed\" and \"Separate\", the definition of the latter being \"Allowed only in unberthed passenger vessels requiring clearance if separated by the machinery spaces from compartments occupied by such passengers, and so stowed as to be inaccessible to deck passengers in addition to the usual precautions in stowage required of all vessels\".\n\nFor River Trade vessels, wherein the greatest danger may be considered to lie and where the greatest loss of life in disasters in the past has occurred, the Committee recommends specifically that fire-crackers and non-approved matches shall not be carried at the same time as passengers.\n\n15.\n\nThe Vehicular Ferry\n\nWe have given the Vehicular Ferry much concern. We received statements of what is allowed on ferry-boats on the Mersey and on the Clyde, and also in New York Harbour, and find general agreement that highly dangerous cargo cannot be permitted on such boats at the same time as passengers. When we consider somewhat less hazardous goods, there is less general agreement and our object has been to find some compromise which will ensure the safety of boat and passengers and yet not unduly restrict the passage of commodities, many in everyday use, across the Harbour by vehicular ferry.\n\nSection 17 of Ordinance No. 1 of 1873 reads as follows: \"No warehouse owner or carrier shall be bound to receive or carry any dangerous goods\". The attitude of the Ferry Company would then appear to be: \"We do not want to carry any dangerous goods; we do not knowingly carry any dangerous goods, but you cannot expect us to search every lorry that comes for transportation across the Harbour; haven't time to do so and we should require a considerable staff to do it properly\". It is, however, a well-known fact that Dangerous Goods of all kinds are regularly transported across the Harbour by the Vehicular Ferry and this is a hazard that should not be allowed to continue.\n\nWhile in general we agree that no common carrier should be bound to accept Dangerous Goods, the Vehicular Ferry is a large public utility, holding a complete monopoly of the conveyance of vehicles across the Harbour. It seems desirable, therefore, that they should be required to accept some Dangerous Goods where the hazard is not great.\n\nOn the other hand, the number of passengers who may be carried on a vehicular ferry vessel may amount to as many as 500 and any accident that might occur on such a crowded boat would undoubtedly lead to a catastrophe of unusual magnitude. There is also a risk of panic from some comparatively minor occurrence. Many of us personally have experienced a feeling of claustrophobia on a crowded ferry, where cars were packed so closely to each other that the occupants of the cars could not have got out of them in an emergency.\n\n18", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-626-2 Movement of dangerous goods around Hong Kong 1-1-1951 - 30-4-1951.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 598781, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-626-3 Labour Department- report to Labour Commissioner 1-3-1951 - 30-6-1952", "page_number": 216, "title": "CO129-626-3 Labour Department- report to Labour Commissioner 1-3-1951 - 30-6-1952", "content_text": "205\n\nCAP. 61]\n\n[s. 4 cont.]\n\nBreach of contract of service to be an offence in certain cases. 38 & 39 Vict. c. 86, s. 4.\n\n38 & 39 Vict. c. 86, s. 5.\n\nIllegal Strikes and Lock-outs.\n\nsociety, or to any fine or penalty, or to deprivation of any right or benefit to which he would otherwise be entitled, or liable to be placed in any respect either directly or indirectly under any disability or at any disadvantage as compared with other members of the trade union or society, anything to the contrary in the rules of the trade union or society notwithstanding.\n\n(2) Nothing in the rules of a trade union or society requiring the reference of disputes to arbitration shall apply to any proceeding for enforcing any right or exemption secured by this section, and in any such proceeding the court may, in lieu of ordering a person who has been expelled from membership of a trade union or society to be restored to membership, order that he be paid out of the funds of the trade union or society such sum by way of compensation or damages as the court thinks just.\n\n5. (1) No person who is employed in the service of the Crown under the Government or by any company, firm, or person engaged in supplying water, electric current, or gas to the public, or engaged in maintaining any public tramway, bus service, or public ferry, or engaged in maintaining any telephone or sanitary service, shall wilfully break a contract of service with the Crown or with such company, firm, or person as aforesaid, if he knows or has reasonable cause to believe that the probable consequence of his so doing, either alone or in combination with others, would, failing the adoption of extraordinary measures, be to deprive the inhabitants of the Colony or a substantial number of them, wholly or to a great extent, of their supply of water, electric current, or gas, or of the ordinary facilities of transport, or of the ordinary telephone or sanitary services.\n\n(2) No person shall wilfully break any contract of service if he knows or has reasonable cause to believe that the probable consequences of his so doing, either alone or in combination with others, would, failing the adoption of extraordinary measures, be to endanger human life or to cause serious bodily injury or to expose valuable property, whether movable or immovable, to destruction or serious injury.\n\n- 426", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-626-3 Labour Department- report to Labour Commissioner 1-3-1951 - 30-6-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 598801, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-626-3 Labour Department- report to Labour Commissioner 1-3-1951 - 30-6-1952", "page_number": 236, "title": "CO129-626-3 Labour Department- report to Labour Commissioner 1-3-1951 - 30-6-1952", "content_text": "94\n\nOrdinance No. 8 of 1948.\n\nIllegal strikes and lock-outs. 17 & 18 Geo. 5, C.20, s.1, s.8(2) (c).\n\nProtection of persons\n\n235\n\nTHE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.\n\n\"trade union\" and \"trade dispute\" shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Trade Unions and Trade Disputes Ordinance, 1948.\n\n3. (1) A strike shall be illegal if it has any object other than or in addition to the furtherance of a trade dispute within the trade or industry in which the strikers are engaged and is a strike designed or calculated to coerce the Government either directly or by inflicting hardship upon the community or any substantial portion of the community; and it shall be an offence to commence or to continue, or to apply any sums in furtherance or support of, any such illegal strike.\n\n(2) A lock-out shall be illegal if it has any object other than or in addition to their furtherance of a trade dispute within the trade or industry in which the employers locking-out are engaged and is a lock-out designed or calculated to coerce the Government either directly or by inflicting hardship upon the community; and it shall be an offence to commence or to continue, or to apply any sums in furtherance or support of, any such illegal lock-out.\n\n(3) For the purposes of this section a trade dispute shall not be deemed to be within a trade or industry unless it is a dispute between employers and workmen, or between workmen and workmen, in that trade or industry, which is connected with the employment or non-employment or the terms of the employment, or with the conditions of labour, of persons in that trade or industry.\n\n(4) Without prejudice to the generality of the expression \"trade or industry\", workmen shall be deemed to be within the same trade or industry if their wages or conditions of employment are determined in accordance with the conclusions of the same joint industrial council, conciliation board or other similar body or in accordance with agreements made with the same employer or group of employers.\n\n(5) No person shall declare, instigate, incite others to take part in, or otherwise act in furtherance of, a strike or lock-out expressed by this Ordinance to be illegal: Provided that no person shall be deemed to have committed an offence under this section or at common law by reason only of his having ceased work or refused to continue work or to accept employment.\n\n(6) For the purpose of this section a strike or lock-out shall not be deemed to be calculated to coerce the Government unless such coercion ought reasonably to be expected as a consequence thereof.\n\na\n\n4. (1) No person refusing to take part or to continue to take part in any strike or lock-out which is by this Ordinance expressed to be illegal shall be, by reason of such refusal or by reason of any action taken by him under this section, subject to expulsion from any trade union or society, or to any fine or penalty, or to deprivation of any right or benefit to which he would otherwise be entitled, or liable to be placed in any respect either directly or indirectly under any disability or at any disadvantage as compared with other members of the trade union or society, anything to the contrary in the rules of the trade union or society notwithstanding.\n\n(2) Nothing in the rules of a trade union or society requiring the reference of disputes to arbitration shall apply to any proceeding for enforcing any right or exemption secured by this section, and in any such proceeding the court may, in lieu of ordering a person who has been expelled from membership of a trade union or society to be restored to membership, order that he be paid out of the funds of the trade union or society such sum by way of compensation or damages as the court thinks just.\n\n17 & 18 Geo. 5. C.22, s.2.\n\nSUPPLEMENT NO. 1, APRIL 29, 1949.\n\n236\n\n95\n\nservice to be an offence in\n\n5. (1) No person who is employed in the service of the Crown under the Government of Hong Kong or by any company, firm or person engaged in supplying water, electric current or gas to the public, or engaged in maintaining any public tramway, bus service or public ferry, or engaged in maintaining any telephone or sanitary service, shall wilfully break a contract of service with the Crown, such company, firm or person as aforesaid, if he knows or has reasonable cause to believe that the probable consequence of his so doing, either alone or in combination with others, would, failing the adoption of extraordinary measures, be to deprive the inhabitants of the Colony or a substantial number of them, wholly or to a great extent, of their supply of water, electric current or gas or of the ordinary facilities of transport or of the ordinary telephone or sanitary services.\n\n(2) No person shall wilfully break any contract of service if he knows or has reasonable cause to believe that the probable consequences of his so doing, either alone or in combination with others, would, failing the adoption of extraordinary measures, be to endanger human life or to cause serious bodily injury or to expose valuable property whether movable or immovable to destruction or serious injury.\n\n(3) For the purpose of sub-section (1) and without prejudice to the interpretation of any express term of the agreement other than a term relating to notice, a person who is employed in the service of the Crown shall be deemed to break his agreement for service under the Crown if he absents himself from duty without leave and without having given to the head of his department one month's notice in writing terminating with the last day of a calendar month or if he wilfully refuses duty or if he wilfully omits to perform his duty: Provided that the provisions of this sub-section relating to notice shall not apply to any person who is engaged by the day or who is paid daily.\n\nOrdinance No. 10 of 1927, s.6(2).\n\n6. Every person who contravenes any of the provisions of this Ordinance shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars and to imprisonment for any term not exceeding six months.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-626-3 Labour Department- report to Labour Commissioner 1-3-1951 - 30-6-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 } ]