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        "content_text": "## The Hongkong Government Gazette.\n\n**GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.**\n\n[JUNE 5, 1858]\n\nSealed Tenders will be received at the Office of the Colonial Secretary, at any time between this Date and the 19th Day of June instant, both inclusive, for the sole Privilege of slaughtering Cattle within the Slaughter-houses specified in \"The Markets' Ordinance, 1858,\" (Section XX.), and the Bye-Laws dated the 1st Day of June now instant, and notified in the Hongkong Government Gazette, of the 4th Day of the same Month.\n\nThe Consideration or Rent, Conditions, and Period of the said Privilege, shall be such as, and none other than, are in the said Ordinance and Bye-Laws respectively set forth; and it will commence on the 1st Day of July next. Every Tender must state the exact amount intended to be offered as such Consideration or Rent; which will be payable Monthly, and in advance.\n\nBy Order,\nW. T. BRIDGES,\nActing Colonial Secretary.\n\nColonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 5th June, 1858.\n\n## POST-OFFICE NOTIFICATION.\n\nTHE Next GENERAL MAILS per Steamer \"NORNA,\" will close on SUNDAY, the 6th June, at 6 o'clock P.M.\n\nThe usual SUPPLEMENTARY MAILS will be made up on the following morning. LETTERS received from 9 to 11 o'clock A.M., for a late fee of 2d.; and from 11 A.M. to 12 o'clock P.M., for a late fee of 1s.\n\nAll Letters and Newspapers posted between the hours of 1 and Half-past 12 o'clock must be prepaid.\n\nPost Office, Hongkong, 27th May, 1858.\n\nF. W. MITCHELL,\nActing Post-Master.\n\n## Steam for SINGAPORE, PENANG, POINT DE GALLE, ADEN, SUEZ, MALTA, MARSEILLES, & SOUTHAMPTON; ALSO, BOMBAY, MADRAS, & CALCUTTA.\n\nTHE PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY'S Steam-ship \"NORNA,\" Captain ROGERS, with Her Majesty's Mails, Passengers, Specie, and Cargo, will leave this for the above Places, on MONDAY, the 7th June, at 2 P.M.\n\nCARGO will be received on board until 3 P.M. on the 5th; SPECIE until Noon on the 6th, and PARCELS until 2 P.M. on the 6th.\n\nFor Particulars regarding FREIGHT and PASSAGE, apply at the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company's Office, Hongkong.\n\nCONTENTS AND VALUE OF PACKAGES ARE REQUIRED.\n\n## NOTICE.\n\nThe interest and responsibility of Messrs DANTELL, DICKINSON & Co., of London, in our Firm, ceased on the 31st January last. Mr WILLIAM DICKINSON continues to be a Partner with us.\n\nALFRED WILKINSON & Co.\nHongkong, 31st March, 1858.\n\n## NOTICE.\n\nI, the undersigned, have admitted Mr. F. INNES HAZELAND a Partner in my business, of Attorney, Solicitor, Proctor, and Notary Public.\n\nG. COOPER TURNER.\nHongkong, 15th March, 1858.\n\n師拿丹士丹拿謹啟未士谷巴月初一日戊午年二\n\n## POST-OFFICE NOTIFICATION.\n\nIT IS HEREBY NOTIFIED, for general information, that on and after WEDNESDAY Next, the 9th instant, a PACKET AGENCY will be established at Whampoa, and Messrs SMITH & BRIMELOW, have been appointed to conduct the Postal duties there.\n\nPost-office, Hongkong, 5th June, 1858.\n\nF. W. MITCHELL,\nActing Post-Master.\n\n## COPPER-PLATE PRINTING.\n\nPERSONS having ENGRAVED PLATES may have VISITING CARDS (Enamelled or Plain) printed from them at the Office of the \"China Mail\".\n\nHongkong, September, 1857.\n\n職作時煙招N狀倫你得之伴蝦士\n\n## NOTICE.\n\nMR ROBERT MUIRHEAD REDDIE is authorized to sign the name of our Firm in China.\n\nHOLLIDAY, WISE & Co.\nHongkong, 1st December, 1857.\n\n## NOTICE.\n\nA Written Declaration of the Contents and Value of the Packages for the Overland Route is required by the Egyptian Government, and must be delivered by the Shipper to the Company's Agents with the Bills of Lading or with Parcels; and the Company do not hold themselves responsible for any Detention or Prejudice which may happen from incorrectness on such declaration.\n\nMAXN. FISCHER,\nSuperintendent.\n\nPeninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company's Office, Hongkong, 24th May, 1858.\n\n## NOTICE.\n\nI, the undersigned, have this day commenced business at this Port, as Ship-chandlers, Auctioneers, and Commission Agents, under the Title of TALBOT, DEVINE & Co.\n\nH. E. TALBOT. W. H. DEVINE.\nWhampoa, 7th April, 1858.\n\n## NOTICE.\n\nMR GEO. RICHARDS LAWRENCE is authorized to sign our Firm per procuration from this date.\n\nJAMES PURDON & Co.\nHongkong, 18th April, 1858.\n\n## In the Estate of the late ROBERT CALVER CRAWFORD, MASTER MARINER, deceased.\n\nNOTICE. All Persons having Claims against the above Estate, will please send in particulars of the same, before the 31st July, 1858, and all Parties indebted thereto, are requested to make immediate payment to the undersigned.\n\nFRED. HOWE HALE,\nH.B.M.'s Officiating Consul, Administrator.\n\nBritish Consulate, Foochow, 15th May, 1858.\n\n## NOTICE.\n\nTo be sold by PUBLIC AUCTION, at FOOCHOW, on ... LOT, containing a GODOWN, with RESIDENCE on the Upper Floor,--the Property of the late Mr. R. C. CRAWFORD.\n\nFRED. HOWE HALE,\nAdministrator.\n\nBritish Consulate, Foochow, 15th May, 1858.\n\n## NOTICE.\n\nMR GEORGE J. HELLAND is authorized to sign our Firm.\n\nJOHN BURD & Co.\nHongkong, 8th May, 1858.\n\nPrinted at the Office of the China Mail, Hongkong.\n\nPRICE, $12 per Annum; Single Copies, Thirty-five Cents.\n\nTERMS OF ADVERTISEMENTS,--Five Lines and under, One Dollar; each Additional Line, Twenty Cents--All of these charges for each Repetition.\n\n## Ms I. Bowring No 40.\n\n...\n\nShare to acknowledge the receipt of your Dispatches Nos. 73. and 77. of the 1st and 21st of June last respecting ... See Sir G. B. ...'s last ... of the Acting ... Minister on ... 8532 which ... Secretary that no ... will be returned to that Keep...\n\n...\n\nThe trouble of writing a long ... Message, it is proper for me to mention that Share no directions having represented to the Governor Edward that Dr. Bridges has accepted ... above ... in the important Office of Acting ... Colonial Secretary of H. Kong at a moment of great ... responsibility when there was no ... body ... in the Colony who wither Could or would succeed to it, and having performed the duties of that Office with honesty, energy, and success.",
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        "content_text": "# 112 \n\n## HARBOUR MASTER'S OFFICE, THE 12th June, 1858.\n\n**NOTICE.**\n\nIT IS HEREBY NOTIFIED to Masters and others in Charge of MERCHANT VESSELS and HOLES, laying at Anchor in this Port, that, from this date forward, it shall be considered a standing Harbour Regulation, that all such Vessels shall exhibit, between sunset and sunrise, a GLOBULAR LANTERN, so constructed as to show a clear LIGHT, to be attached to the Starboard Fore Yard Arm, or, in the case of dismantled Vessels and Steamers, to such point as it can best be seen from, by vessels arriving from Seaward.\n\nFailure to comply with this Regulation, will be treated as a breach of Clause No. 8 of Ordinance, No. 11 of 1845.\n\n**A. L. INGLIS, Acting Harbour Master**\n\n## POST-OFFICE NOTIFICATION.\n\nTHE Next GENERAL MAILS per Steamer “CADIZ,” will close on MONDAY, the 21st June, at 6 o'clock P.M.\n\nThe usual SUPPLEMENTARY MAILS will be made up on the following morning. LETTERS received from 9 to 11 o'clock A.M., for a late fee of 6d.; and from 11 A.M. to 12 o'clock P.M., for a late fee of 1s.\n\nAll Letters and Newspapers posted between the hours of 11 and Half-past 12 o'clock must be prepaid.\n\n**F. W. MITCHELL, Acting Post-Master.**\n\nPost Office, Hongkong, 12th June, 1858.\n\n## NOTICE.\n\nWE have established a Branch of our Firm at BANGKOK, SIAM, under the management of MR. C. H. H. WILSON, who is authorized to sign for us by procuration.\n\n**HAMILTON, GRAY & Co.**\n\nSingapore, 17th May, 1858.\n\n## BOMBAY, MADRAS, & CALCUTTA.\n\nTHE PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY's Steam-ship \"CADIZ,” Captain BROWN, with Her Majesty's Mails, Passengers, Specie, and Cargo, will leave this for the above Places, on TUESDAY, the 22nd June, at 2 P.M.\n\n| Item        | Deadline          |\n|-------------|-------------------|\n| CARGO       | 5 p.m. on the 20th |\n| SPECIE      | Noon on the 21st  |\n| PARCELS     | 2 P.M. on the 21st |\n\nFor Particulars regarding FREIGHT and PASSAGE, apply at the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company's Office, Hongkong.\n\n**CONTENTS AND VALUE OF PACKAGES ARE REQUIRED.**\n\nA Written Declaration of the Contents and Value of the Packages for the Overland Route is required by the Egyptian Government, and must be delivered by the Shipper to the Company's Agents with the Bills of Lading or with Parcels; and the Company do not hold themselves responsible for any Detention or Prejudice which may happen from incorrectness on such declaration.\n\n**MAXN. FISCHER, Superintendent.**\n\nPeninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company's Office, Hongkong, 10th June, 1858.\n\n## NOTICE.\n\nWE, the undersigned, have admitted MR F. INNES HAZELAND a Partner in my business.\n\n## NOTICE.\n\nTHE interest and responsibility of Messrs DANIELL, DICKINSON & Co., of London, in our Firm, ceased on the 31st January last. Mr WILLIAM DICKINSON continues to be a Partner with us.\n\n**ALFRED WILKINSON & Co.**\n\nHongkong, 31st March, 1858.\n\n## NOTICE.\n\nWE, the undersigned, have this day commenced business at this Port, as Ship-chandlers, Auctioneers, and Commission Agents, under the Firm of TALBOT, DEVINE & Co.\n\n**H. E. TALBOT. W. H. DEVINE.**\n\nWhampoa, 7th April, 1858.\n\n## NOTICE.\n\nGEO. RICHARDS LAWRENCE is authorized to sign our Firm per procuration from this date.\n\n**JAMES PURDON & Co.**\n\nHongkong, 13th April, 1858.\n\n## NOTICE.\n\nIn the Estate of the late ROBERT CALVER CRAWFORD, MASTER MARINER, deceased, All Persons having Claims against the above Estate, will please send in particulars of the same, before the 31st July, 1858; and all Parties indebted thereto, are requested to make immediate payment to the undersigned.\n\n**G. COOPER TURNER.**\n\nHongkong, 15th March, 1858.\n\n## NOTICE.\n\nMR ROBERT MUIRHEAD REDDIE is authorized to sign the name of our Firm in China.\n\n**HOLLIDAY, WISE & Co.**\n\nHongkong, 1st December, 1857.\n\n## NOTICE.\n\nA Waterside LOT, containing a GODOWN, with RESIDENCE on the Upper Floor, the Property of the late Master Mariner, will be sold by PUBLIC AUCTION, at FOOCHOW, on or about the 1st July, 1858.\n\n**FRED. HOWE HALE, Administrator.**\n\nBritish Consulate, Foochow, 15th May, 1858.\n\nPrinted at the Office of the `China Mail`, Hongkong- PRICE, $12 per Annum. Single Copies, Thirty-six Cents.\n\n**TERMS OF ADVERTISEMENTS**—Five Lines and under, One Dollar; each Additional Line, Twenty Cents-One half of these charges for each Repetition.\n\n## 178.\n\n## Financial.\n\nGovernment Offices, Victoria, Hongkong, 28th June, 1858.\n\nMy Lord,\n\nI brought the subject of the increase of the Salary of Clerk of Councils before the Legislature at their sitting the 10th Instant, and they unanimously agreed that Mr. Almada should be paid, at the rate of $200 a year from 1st January, last.\n\nThe Right Honorable  \nLord Stanley  \n...  \n\nPage 181  \nPage 112  \nPage 178  \nAUG 23 1858  \nRECEIVED",
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        "content_text": "804\n\nTHE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 28TH JULY, 1866.\n\nNOTICE.\n\nHARBOR MASTER'S OFFICE,\n\nHONGKONG, 19th July, 1866.\n\nOn and after the 1st Proximo the Business of this Department will be conducted at the New Offices, Praya West.\n\nH. G. THOMSETT, Harbor Master, &c.\n\nWEATHER TABLES FOR THE PAST WEEK. REGISTER AT HARBOR MASTER'S OFFICE, QUEEN'S ROAD.\n\n  \n    DATE\n    NOON\n    6 P.M.\n    6 A.M.\n  \n  \n    \n    Thermometer\n    Barometer\n    Thermometer\n    Barometer\n    Thermometer\n    Barometer\n  \n  \n    July 21\n    81\n    29.79\n    88\n    29.75\n    87\n    29.76\n  \n  \n    22\n    85\n    29.76\n    86\n    29.78\n    87\n    29.82\n  \n  \n    23\n    84\n    29.83\n    86\n    29.86\n    87\n    29.85\n  \n  \n    24\n    84\n    29.84\n    87\n    29.85\n    86\n    29.80\n  \n  \n    25\n    84\n    29.79\n    86\n    29.80\n    87\n    29.80\n  \n  \n    26\n    85\n    29.80\n    88\n    29.83\n    86\n    29.80\n  \n  \n    27\n    85\n    29.85\n    88\n    29.83\n    80\n    29.83\n  \n\nREGISTER AT BLOCK HOUSE, VICTORIA PEAK.\n\nHeight above Sea Level 1,770 feet.\n\n  \n    DATE\n    HYDROMETER\n    THER-MOMETER\n    WINTS\n  \n  \n    \n    DRY BULB\n    WET BULB\n    [Self Registering]\n    Force, range from 0 to 12\n  \n  \n    \n    6 A.M.\n    NOON\n    6 P.M.\n    9 P.M.\n    Min‡Max\n    Dir. F\n  \n  \n    July 21\n    74.50\n    77.00\n    75.30\n    76.00\n    64.50\n    SW5S 4\n  \n  \n    22\n    74.80\n    76.00\n    74.50\n    77.50\n    64.00\n    SbW 4\n  \n  \n    23\n    74.55\n    77.50\n    75.30\n    79.00\n    64.39\n    S6 W 4\n  \n  \n    24\n    75.00\n    77.10\n    75.05\n    78.50\n    65.30\n    SSW 4\n  \n  \n    25\n    80.00\n    77.50\n    75.00\n    78.00\n    78.30\n    SSE 2\n  \n  \n    26\n    76.80\n    78.30\n    74.50\n    79.80\n    68.60\n    SbW 2\n  \n  \n    27\n    75.00\n    78.00\n    75.30\n    81.00\n    81.50\n    Ebs 3\n  \n\nNo. 27.-List of Dead Letters which have been returned from the General Post Office in London and other places for the various reasons assigned upon them, addressed as undermentioned, the writers of which can obtain them on application.\n\nAllen, J., 9, Upper Church Path, Landport, Portsmouth, Hants, England,\n\nLoring & Co., New York, U.S.A.,\n\nBaine, John, No. 1, Seaforth Avenue, Sandymount, Co. Dublin, Ireland,\n\nBeahan, John, No. 1, Seaforth Avenue, Sandymount, Dublin,\n\nBernaciae, Monsieur M., Artist au Theatre du Gémeñase à Bordeaux,\n\nBancroft, S., New York City, U.S., U.S.A.,\n\nListon, Peter J. W., No. 23, West Twenty-sixth Street, New York, U.S.A.\n\nLivingston, Miss M., General Post Office, New York, U.S.A.,\n\nCreswick, Thomas, 9, Abbey Place, St. John's Wood, London,\n\nConnor, T., in care of J. Baine, No. 1, Seaforth Avenue, Sandymount, Dublin,\n\nLaurie, William, Assistant Jetty Keeper, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand,\n\nMcFarlane, Malrome, 16, Brown Street, Garlies Town Wigtonshire, Scotland,\n\nCanander, J. P., Stockholm, Sweden,\n\nMorriss, Mrs., for Mrs. Mary Morriss, No. 28, Christiania Street, Cardiff, South Wales England,\n\nMinister, The Wesleyan, Barry Shannon, Co. Donegal, Ireland,\n\nDempsey, Miss, General Post Office, Liverpool, till called for,\n\nElvilson, Mrs. Fruma, 28, Queen's Road, London,\n\nEmery, J. Parsons, New Hampshire, U.S.A.,\n\nEmery, Frances Edward, No. 1,007, West Fifteenth St., New York City, U.S.A.,\n\nMain, Miss M. A., care of Mrs. Cox, No. 38, Norfolk Street, Liverpool,\n\nMetz, Miss Lizzy S. B., Cor. Powell and Washington Streets, San Francisco,\n\nRevival, The Editor of the, Morgan and Chase, 38 Ludgate Hill, London, E.C.,\n\nFenner, John, Princeton, Green Lake County, Wisconsin, U. States.\n\nFreise, E., Dispensary, New York,\n\nRhodes, Mrs. Charles, care of James F. Rhodes, East Greenwich, Rhode Island, U.S. America,\n\nSeymour, Samuel G., G. Town, Demerara, West Indies,\n\nFox, Mrs. L., San Francisco,\n\nJamesworth, Mrs., care Capt. C. Jamesworth, San Francisco,\n\nSmith, Capt. John H., Brit. ship Milton, New York, U.S.A.,\n\nSalter, William T., Box 500, New York,\n\nJackson, Mistrese, No. 9, Leathercow Terrace, Catherine Street, Lime House Fields, London.\n\nTomlinson, Thos., & Church Terrace, Lee, London,\n\nWeaver, Richard, care of Morgan and Chase, 38 Ludgate Hill, London, E.C.,\n\nLeggatt, C. D., 30, Coleman Street, London, E.C.,\n\nEames, Nathl. Penna., U.S. America,\n\nF. W. MITCHELL, Postmaster General.\n\nGeneral Post Office, Hongkong, 26th July, 1866.\n\n205\n\nTHE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 28TH JULY, 1866.\n\nIN CHANCERY.\n\nIn the Matter of the COMPANIES ACT, 1862,\n\nand\n\nIn the Matter of the COMMERCIAL BANK CORPORATION OF INDIA AND THE EAST.\n\nThe Creditors of the above named Company are required on or before the 10th day of November 1866 to send their names and addresses and the particulars of their debts or claims and the names and addresses of their Solicitors if any to Mr. William Hopkins Holyland the Official Liquidator of the said Corporation at his offices situate No. 13 Gresham Street in the City of London and if so required by notice in writing from the said Official Liquidator are by their Solicitors to come in and prove their said debts or claims at the Chambers of the Master of the Rolls at Rolls Yard Chancery Lane in the County of Middlesex at such time as shall be specified in such notice or in default thereof they will be excluded from the benefit of any distribution made before such debts are proved.\n\nMonday the 3rd December 1866 at 11 o'clock in the forenoon at the said Chambers is appointed for hearing and adjudicating on the debts and claims.\n\nDated this 6th day of June 1866,\n\nE. B. CHURCH, Chief Clerk.\n\nFRESHFIELDS and NEWMAN, 5 Bank Buildings London, Solicitors for the Official Liquidator.\n\nIN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG IN BANKRUPTCY.\n\nNOTICE.-WONG SUN, of Jervois Street, Victoria, Hongkong, carrying on business there alone as a Chinese Chemist and Druggist under the style, firm, or shop name of \"Man Chai Tong,\" having been adjudged Bankrupt under a Petition for Adjudication of Bankruptcy filed in the Supreme Court on the Nineteenth day of June, 1866, a public sitting for the said Bankrupt to pass his last examination and make application for his discharge will be held before the Honorable Henry John Ball, Esq., Acting Chief Justice of the said Court, at the Supreme Court House, Victoria, Hongkong, on the Seventh day of August, 1866, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon precisely. Mr. Norman Ramsay Masson, Supreme Court House, is the Official Assignee and Mr. Edmund Sharp is the Solicitor acting in the Bankruptcy.\n\nDated 26th day of July, 1866.\n\nIN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG IN BANKRUPTCY.\n\nNOTICE.-PANG-WAH-PING, of Victoria in the Colony of the Hongkong, Merchant, having been adjudged Bankrupt under a Petition for adjudication of Bankruptcy filed in the Supreme Court on the Ninth day of July, 1866, is hereby required to surrender himself to Norman Ramsay Masson, Esquire, the Acting Registrar of the said Supreme Court, at the first Meeting of Creditors to be held before the said Acting Registrar on the Third day of August, 1866, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon precisely at the said Court. The said Acting Registrar is the Official Assignee, and Mr. Francis Innes Hazeland is the Solicitor acting in the Bankruptcy.\n\nAt the Meeting the Acting Registrar will receive the proofs of the Debts of the Creditors, and the Creditors may choose an Assignee or Assignees of the Bankrupt's Estate and Effects.\n\nAll Persons having in their possession any of the Effects of the said Bankrupt must deliver them to the said Acting Registrar, and all debts due to the Bankrupt must be paid to the said Acting Registrar.\n\nHongkong, 21st July, 1866.\n\nIN THE SUPREME COURT IN BANKRUPTCY.\n\nNOTICE.-THEODORE HENRY HORST, of Victoria in the Colony of Hongkong, Merchant, having been adjudged Bankrupt under a Petition for Adjudication of Bankruptcy filed in the Supreme Court on the Sixteenth day of July, 1866, is hereby required to surrender himself to Norman Ramsay Masson, Esquire, the Acting Registrar of the said Supreme Court at the first Meeting of Creditors to be held before the said Acting Registrar on the First day of August, 1866, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon precisely at the said Court. The said Acting Registrar is the Official Assignee, and Mr. Francis Innes Hazeland is the Solicitor acting in the Bankruptcy.\n\nAt the Meeting the Acting Registrar will receive the proofs of the Debts of the Creditors and the Creditors may choose an Assignee or Assignees of the Bankrupt's Estate and Effects.\n\nAll Persons having in their possession any of the Effects of the said Bankrupt must deliver them to the said Acting Registrar and all debts due to the Bankrupt must be paid to the said Acting Registrar.\n\nHongkong, 21st July, 1866.\n\nIN THE SUPREME COURT IN BANKRUPTCY.\n\nNOTICE.-FREDERICK TIMOTHY SMITH, of Victoria, in the Colony of Hongkong, Broker, having been adjudged Bankrupt under a Petition for adjudication of Bankruptcy filed in the Supreme Court on the Seventeenth day of July, 1866, is hereby required to surrender himself to Norman Ramsay Masson, Esquire, the Acting Registrar of the said Supreme Court, at the first Meeting of Creditors to be held before the said Acting Registrar on the First day of August, 1866, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon precisely, at the said Court. The said Acting Registrar is the Official Assignee and Mr. Francis Innes Hazeland is the Solicitor acting in the Bankruptcy.\n\nAt the Meeting the Acting Registrar will receive the proof of the Debts of the Creditors and the Creditors may choose an Assignee or Assignees of the Bankrupt's Estate and Effects.\n\nAll Persons having in their possession any of the Effects of the said Bankrupt must deliver them to the said Acting Registrar, and all debts due to the Bankrupt must be paid to the said Acting Registrar.\n\nHongkong, 21st July, 1866.\n\nPUBLIC AUCTION, THE Undersigned have received instructions for and on behalf of the Naval Storekeeper, to sell by Public Auction, on Monday, the 30th July, 1866, at 11 A.M., at the Naval Yard, H.M. Paddle Steam-Vessel \"COROMANDEL.\"\n\nThis Vessel is lying off the Dock Yard, and may be inspected on and after Monday next, the 9th instant.\n\nTERMS OF SALE,-One-third of the Purchase Money in Mexican Dollars, at 7.1.7, to be paid at the time of Sale, and the remainder within one week after, failing which the money paid will be forfeited.\n\nThe Vessel to be at the risk of the Purchaser from the fall of the Hammer.\n\nFurther Particulars can be obtained on application at the Naval Storekeeper's Office.\n\nHongkong, 7th July, 1866.\n\nBOWRA & Co., Auctioneers.\n\nNOTICE.\n\nWE have this day established a Branch of our Office No. 2 d'Aguilar Street, formerly Bank of India.\n\nCARLOWITZ & Co.\n\nCanton, 1st July, 1866.\n\nNOTICE.\n\nTHE business heretofore conducted by me at Hankow has this day been transferred to and will be carried on by THOMAS MURDOCH DRYSDALE, and JOHN MELANCTHON RINGER, under the style and firm of DRYSDALE, RINGER & Co.\n\nJ. M. RINGER.\n\nHankow, 12th May, 1866.\n\nNOTICE.\n\nMR. JOHN FRASER is authorised to sign for us by procuration.\n\nFor the Borneo Company Limited,\n\nH. W. WOOD, Manager.\n\nHongkong, 31st October, 1885.\n\nCOPPER PLATE PRINTING.\n\nPARTIES having their own engraved Plates may have VISITING CARDS printed from them, plain or enamelled, by applying at the Office of the undersigned.\n\nNORONHA & SONS.\n\n\"THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.\"\n\nSubscription:\n\nPer Annum, Payable in advance, $10.00\n\nFor 6 months do. $ 6.00\n\nFor 3 do. $ 4.00\n\nExtra copies, ... each, $ 0.50\n\nTerms of Advertising:\n\nFor 5 Lines and under, $1.00\n\nEach Additional line, $0.20\n\nIn Chinese-For 25 Characters for 1st insertion and under, $1.00\n\nEach Additional character, 4 c.\n\nRepetitions, Half price.\n\nUnless otherwise ordered, all advertisements will be repeated until countermanded.\n\nAdvertisements intended for insertion should be sent in not later than 3 P.M. on Saturdays.\n\n\"Government Gazette\" Office,\n\nHongkong, 6th January, 1868.\n\nPrinted and Published by D. 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        "content_text": "## 93\n\n1. The fare before their claims mature beyond control of the executive. I prefer having a report on the subject from a Commission of inquiry, and I think that if I name Mr. Innes, the Acting Colonial Secretary, the Governor, the 2nd Police Magistrate, Mr. Mitchell, and the Acting Superintendent of Police as a Commission to inquire and report what charges, if any, they consider should be made in the Regulations affecting Police Personnel, I shall probably receive a report calculated to carry weight with it. I therefore hardly nominate those gentlemen for the above duty.\n\nI do not put Mr. May on Commission because, as he states, he was himself the party who recommended the existing system and also because he has been identified with the defective constitution of the force such as I found it. This, however, need not prevent the Commission availing itself of Mr. May's evidence and experience.\n\n**(signed) R.G. MacAlpine**  \n21st October 1867  \nTo Coffey,  \nColonial Secretary's Office  \n**(Gerstner Minute)**  \nColonial Secretary",
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        "content_text": "Govemor\n\nen\n\nDate.\n\n1884.\n\nNo.\n\n120\n\nbil. 19.\n\nst previous Paper.\n\n787\n\nL998\n\nRong.\n\nHong No. 8690\n\nNo.\n\n(Subject.)\n\nM. Mitchell - Innes.\n\nHas passed his final\n\nDESPATCH.\n\nC G.\n\n8(90\n\nAREC KG MAY 1\n\n557\n\nexam: in Chriess,\n\nand vermmands his employment as Asst Superintendent.\n\n(Minutes.)\n\nM: Meade\n\na\n\nTo be acknowledged with 8687 with a\n\ncompliment to Mr Innes\n\nC.P.L.\n\n26-\n\n・ May\n\n3232217 kama\n\nCior\n\n14785\n\nRm 2015\n\nMay 29:",
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        "content_text": "## Enclosure G\n\nThe Committee recommend that the suggestions of the Registrar General be approved, and that $740 for the increase in expenditure, being the difference between the present expenditure provided for in a separate estimate, viz.: $2,880, and the proposed expenditure $3,620, be voted on the understanding that the Inspectors of Police under the Contagious Diseases Ordinance subscribe to certain conditions as to term of service for pension, and remittances to England.\n\n(15.) Read: The Regulations for Government Scholarships, for the Study of Law, Medicine, or Civil Engineering in Great Britain, and a Minute by His Excellency the Governor.\n\nThe Committee express their approval of the establishment of such Scholarships.\n\n**FREDERICK STEWART, Chairman.**\n\n### No. 5C\n## FINANCE COMMITTEE.\n\n**PRESENT:**\n\nCOUNCIL CHAMBER, HONGKONG, 8th May, 1884.\n\nThe Honourable the Acting Colonial Secretary, (FREDERICK STEWART),\nthe Surveyor General (JOHN MACNEILE PRICE).\n\nA. HENRY GEORGE THOMSETT, R.N.\nPHINEAS RYRIE,\nWILLIAM KESWICK.\nTHOMAS JACKSON.\nFREDERICK DAVID SASSOON.\nWONG SHING.\n\n**ABSENT:**\n\nJ. H. STEWART LOCKHART,\nActing Clerk of Councils, C.8.0.\n\n#02 of 1884.\nC.5.0.\n1005 of 1884.\nC.3.0.\n00 of 18:44.\n\nHis Honour the Chief Justice, (Sir GEORGE PHILLITO),\nthe Acting Chief Justice, (JAMES RUSSELL).\n\nThe Honourable the Colonial Secretary, (WILLIAM HENRY MARSH, C.M.G.), on leave.\nthe Attorney General, (EDWARD Loughlin O'MALLEY).\nthe Colonial Treasurer, (ALFRED LISTER),\n\nThe Committee meets this day according to summons.\n\nThe Minutes of the last Meeting are read and confirmed.\n\n### ESTABLISHMENTS.\n\n#### Colonial Secretary\n\n(1.) Read: A Minute by the Acting Auditor General (Mr. STEWART), relative to Mr. MITCHELL-INNES' Salary as a Passed Cadet.\n\nThe Committee recommend that a vote of $1,155.00, being Salary from the 10th April to 30th November, 1884, at $1,800 per annum, be approved, as Mr. MITCHELL-INNES has passed his final examination, and is entitled to a salary of $1,800 a year.\n\n(2.) Read: A letter from Mr. MITCHELL-INNES, applying for an allowance of $10 a month for a Chinese Teacher.\n\nThe Committee recommend that a vote of $80, being an allowance for Chinese Teacher from 1st April to 30th November at $10 a month, be approved, as it is highly important that Cadets should keep up their acquaintance with Chinese.\n\n#### Stamp Office\n\n(3.) Read: A letter from the Postmaster General (Mr. LISTER), suggesting that the present Chinese Agency for selling Stamps, which costs $40 a month, be abolished, and that an allowance of $10 a month be made to the Shroff in the Post Office for selling Stamps at all hours and on holidays.\n\nThe Committee recommend that the vote of $70, being an allowance of $10 a month from 1st May to 30th November, 1884, be approved, in view of the report of the Postmaster General as to the advisability of the step.",
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        "content_text": "# COMPLIMENTARY FAREWELL BANQUET TO SIR GEORGE BOWEN, GOVERNOR OF HONGKONG\n\nLast night a complimentary farewell banquet was given to His Excellency Sir George Ferguson Bowen, G.C.M.G., Governor of Hongkong, in St. Andrew's Hall, City Hall. There was a numerous attendance, the banquet being the largest that has ever taken place in this colony, no less than 160 gentlemen sitting down to dinner. The chair was occupied by His Honour Chief Justice Sir George Phillippo, and the Vice-Chairmen were the Hon. T. Jackson, Hon. F. D. Sassoon, Messrs. A. P. McEwen, C. P. Chater, and J. Melville Matson. The Governor sat on the right of the Chairman, and Vice-Admiral Vesey Hamilton, C.B., on his left.\n\nThe following gentlemen formed the General Committee:-\n\n| Name | Title/Honour |\n| --- | --- |\n| His Honour Sir George Phillippo | Chairman |\n| the Hon. W. H. Marsh | C.M.G. |\n| the Hon. Frederick Stewart |  |\n| the Hon. E. L. O'Malley |  |\n| the Hon. A. Lister |  |\n| the Hon. J.M. Price |  |\n| His Honour Mr. Justice Russell |  |\n| His Honour Mr. Justice Ackroyd |  |\n| the Hon. W. Keswick |  |\n| the Hon. T. Jackson |  |\n| the Hon. F. D. Sassoon |  |\n| the Hon. Wong Shing |  |\n| the Right Rev. Bishop Raimondi |  |\n| Monsieur Leon Dejardin | Consul for France |\n| Dr. O: F. von Mollendorff | Consul for Germany |\n| Colonel Withers | Consul for the United States |\n| Dr. P. B. C. Ayres |  |\n| Messrs. C. D. Bottomley |  |\n| E. R. Belilios |  |\n| A. Coxon |  |\n| C. P. Chater |  |\n| G. de Champeaux |  |\n| W. H. F. Darby |  |\n| W. M. Deane |  |\n| W. Durran |  |\n| Major-General Gordon |  |\n| Messrs. M. Grote |  |\n| David Gillies |  |\n| H. Hoppins |  |\n| E. H. Huntingdon |  |\n| Rev. W. Jennings |  |\n| Messrs. John Macgregor |  |\n| A. McConachie |  |\n| A. P. McEwen |  |\n| J. Melville Matson |  |\n| Mortimer E. Murray |  |\n| H. N. Mody |  |\n| G. E. Noble |  |\n| L. Poesnecker |  |\n| A. G. Romano | Consul for Portugal |\n| C. Stiebel |  |\n| J. Thurburn |  |\n| A. G. Wise |  |\n| H. E. Wodehouse |  |\n\nThe Working Committee consisted of the following gentlemen:-\n\n| Name | Title/Honour |\n| --- | --- |\n| the Hon. J. M. Price |  |\n| the Hon. T. Jackson |  |\n| the Hon. F. D. Sassoon |  |\n| Messrs. C. D. Bottomley |  |\n| A. Coxon |  |\n| C. P. Chater |  |\n| W. M. Deane |  |\n| H. Hoppins |  |\n| A. P. McEwen |  |\n| J. Melville Matson | Hon. Secretary |\n\nSubjoined are the names of the other subscribers to the banquet in the order of signature:-\n\nVice-Admiral Hamilton, Major-General Cameron, Major Brooke, R.E.; Messrs. A. Findlay Smith, H. M. Bevis, D. H. Mackintosh, W. Gaskell, S. Barff, D. Noronha, J. Dyer Ball, H.C. Setna, E. E. Pallanjee Setna, S. D. Sotne, J. Jamasjee, H. St. Clair Greeley, H. F. Hayllar, D. Musso (Consul for Italy), A. Seth, L. P. Marques, J. A. Carvalho; Colonel Crawford, R.A.; Messrs. A. G. Stokes, A. K. Travers; Captain Long, R.N.; Major Riddell, R.A.; Commodore Morant, R.N.; Captain Pearson, R.N.; Messrs. H. H. Jukes, N. A. Sieba; Captain Rumsey, R.N.; Major Dempster, A.P.D.; Lieut-Colonel Murray, C.B.D.; Dr. Manson; Messrs. S. E. Shellim, J. T. Chater, E. C. Ray, G. T. Jordan, C. C. Cohen, V. H. Deacon, C. E. Bowles, D. E. Sassoon, Sidney Hancock, E. Jones Hughes, W. Hartigan, B. Byramjee, W. G. Humphreys; Major Tripp, Captain Francis, Lieuts. McCallum, Mossley, Woolley, and Holmes, Hongkong Volunteer Artillery; Mr. H. Poate; Dr. Hungerford, Army Medical Department; Messrs. A. Falconer, R. C. Wilcox, T. I. Rose (Consul for Siam), Granville Sharp, Teiske Minami (Consul for Japan), H. Z. Just, J. H. Stewart-Lockhart; Lieut-Colonel Le Masurier, C. and T.D.; Lieut. Farquhar, R.N.; Messrs. E. Bebre, G. T. Hopkine; Lieut. A. K. Knapton, R.N., Flag Lieut.; Messrs. N. G. Mitchell-Innes, C. Heyman, D. B. Tata, J. M. E. Machado, F. Machado, A. F. Alves, A. J. Rozario, A. P. Guterrez, J. G. T. Hassell, A. P. Stokes; the Very Rev. G. Burghignoli, Mr. C. A. Tomes; Captain Maturio, R.A.; Messrs. Samuel Hughes, Dinshaw Nowrojee, J. K. Dealy, and John D. Humphreys.\n\nThe following were invited guests, in addition to the guest of the evening:- Rear-Admiral Rieunier, Captain Dupuis, Captain Blanc, French Navy; Colonel Walker, R.E.; Dr. Fisher, R.N.; Major Davies, Assistant Military Secretary; Colonel Foster, Captains Power and Bolton, Lieuts. Parkin, Little, Metcalfe, Bramwell, Drew, Lowther, Podler, and Quartermaster Wallace, Northamptonshire Regiment; Captain Hoffmeier, H.I.G.M. Navy; Commanders Alleyne, Davis, Hill, Moore, and Hotham, R.N.; Lieuts. Breeks, Bowen, and Somerville, A.D.C.s; Messrs. Dent and Keey, R.N.; Messrs. Clement Allen and E. E. Porter.\n\nSt. Andrew's Hall was decorated with festoons of green leaves, flags, and pot plants, and made to look bright and pretty, and three long tables were set out, taking almost the entire length of the room, with a cross table at the head, in the centre of which sat the Chairman, with a Vice-Chairman at the head of each side table, on either hand, and another at the foot of each of the three tables.\n\nSt. George's Hall was also neatly decorated, the doors being curtained with flags, and ferns, moss, and pot plants being used with good effect. A capital dancing floor was prepared. The ante-room was decorated in the same way, and a portion of the Chamber of Commerce room was partitioned off and a refreshment buffet established there.\n\nThe entrance hall and staircase were also very effectively decorated with pot plants and wreaths of green leaves, presenting a very pleasing appearance.\n\nThe banquet commenced at 7.15 o'clock p.m., the Band playing \"The Roast Beef of Old England.\" The following were the after-dinner speeches:-\n\n## Speech of the Chief Justice\n\nThe CHAIRMAN- The first toast on the list for this evening is the usual loyal toast, the health of Her Majesty the Queen. I ask you to join me in drinking that toast.\n\nThe toast was drunk upstanding, with three cheers.\n\nThe Band- \"God Save the Queen.\"\n\nThe CHAIRMAN- The next toast on the list is the health of the Prince and Princess of Wales, and the rest of the Royal Family.\n\nThe toast was drunk with similar honours. The Band- \"God Bless the Prince of Wales.\"\n\nThe CHAIRMAN- Gentlemen, the next toast I have to propose is the health of His Excellency the Governor. (Applause). We are met together on this occasion, as you all know, in compliment to his Excellency the Governor, and for the purpose of bidding him farewell publicly, as he is shortly about to depart from us, in all probability never to return. It is now nearly three years since he first assumed the government of this Colony. He came to us at a somewhat critical period of our history, no novice in the management of affairs, but as an old and tried Governor, with great experience in the conduct of business, having successfully governed some of the most important colonies in the British empire-colonies which have already made a place in history and which are undoubtedly destined to take a foremost place among the nations of the world. (Cheers). For his services before he came amongst us, he had already received from the hands of Her Majesty one of the highest rewards that it is usual to bestow for distinguished public service, viz., the Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George. (Applause).\n\nHis services to this community have been recognized on more than one occasion, and only recently in their farewell address by the Legislative Council-(applause)-body which, comprising as it does nearly all the members of the Executive Council in addition to some of the leading members of the general community, has naturally been brought into more intimate relationships with the Governor than any other portion of the public and is best able to judge of their value. (Hear, hear).\n\nIt would ill become me on the present occasion and in the present assembly, which is not met together for political purposes, and especially in my position, to enter into any question having any bearing upon politics. (Hear, hear). This I can say for myself that I know that His Excellency has always taken a very great interest in everything that he considered was for the best interest of the community-(applause)-and I think I can take it upon myself in the name of all who are present to assure the Governor in similar language to that used by the Legislative Council in its farewell address, that his administration will always be associated in our minds with much personal kindness, consideration, and hospitality (cheers)-a hospitality which I may observe owed a great portion of its charm to the deserved popularity of Lady Bowen and her daughters in the first portion of His Excellency's administration, a hospitality which was not slackened during their necessary but regretted absence, and which has again during the last few months been brightened by the presence of one of His Excellency's daughters and of his only son. (Renewed and prolonged applause).\n\nI am sure also that we all sympathize with the Governor in the prospect of his approaching retirement from public life. It will undoubtedly be a trial to him to give up the active pursuits in which he has been hitherto engaged, the pleasures as well as the anxieties of public life, and the degree of state to which he has been accustomed, for the comparative simplicity and retirement of private life. We have all of us, however, to look forward to relinquishing the active pursuits of life, but there is some consolation for us all if we are able to carry with us in our retirement the assurance that in the days of our activity we faithfully endeavoured to perform our various duties to the best of our ability. (Applause).\n\nBut the Governor, with his experience, need not, unless he pleases, live merely a life of lettered ease, and there are more useful services in which he can be engaged than even in administering the affairs of an important Colony such as this. There has been of late a growing tendency both in the mother country and in the Colonies to tighten and strengthen the bonds of union now existing between them-(applause)-and there has also been a growing and strong desire to enter into closer relationship between ourselves and our great kindred nation. (Hear, hear).\n\nNext year will be an eventful year in this respect. The new buildings of The Royal Colonial Institute will be opened-a Society of which Sir George Bowen has long been a member-(applause)-and which, together with its off-shoot, the Empire Club, has done so much to bring Colonial questions prominently forward before the public at home. Leading colonists from all parts of the Empire will take part in the Colonial Exhibition, to which we are about sending our modest contribution, including many from Colonies over which Sir George Bowen has had the honour during his long career of having been appointed Governor.\n\nThere will also be the American Exhibition of Inventions, which will attract to London many of the leading citizens of the United States, and to welcome whom a Council consisting of most of the leading men in the British possessions, and amongst whom I have no doubt Sir George Bowen's name is already to be found, has been formed by American residents in London and promoters of the Exhibition, avowedly for the purpose of strengthening the friendly relationships between the great English-speaking nations who have one language and one literature in common, whose great men and our great men, and whose noble women and our noble women are the same-(applause)-and who all inherit the glorious deeds and love of liberty of our ancestors. (Renewed applause).\n\nAnd to crown all, it will be the jubilee year of our Most Gracious Sovereign Her Majesty the Queen. (Loud cheers). The movements which have commenced cannot fail to be accelerated by these events, and His Excellency will no doubt be called upon to take an active part in them, and if, as the result of the consultations and deliberations which are even now taking place, any satisfactory measures can be discovered which will have the effect of bringing Great Britain and Ireland, their colonies and dependencies into closer union, especially if in addition we and our kindred nation, the Great Republic of the United States of America (loud applause)-the citizens of whom I believe venerate and respect our Queen in almost if not in quite the same degree as we do ourselves (applause)-could be brought closer and more unitedly together, it would be of so great a service to the world at large as to reflect the highest amount of credit and honour on all concerned in bringing it about. (Hear, hear).\n\nSuch a union would hold out no menace to foreign powers but would, I should hope, have a tendency to hasten the period when reason and not force, right and not might, shall prevail among all the nations of the earth. (Cheers).\n\nIn conclusion, I may say I know that I can safely assure the Governor of the best wishes of you all (hear, hear and cheers)-that he may have a safe and pleasant voyage home-that he may thoroughly enjoy himself during his stay in that old and interesting country which he purposes visiting on his way-(hear, hear)-that he may have a happy meeting with the remainder of his family in England (applause)-and, if so be that he never returns to us again, we trust that he will continue to take the same kindly interest in the welfare of the Colony that he has taken since the first day he came among us-(hear, hear)-and that, again using similar language to that contained in the address before referred to, we hope that he may long enjoy the rest earned by more than a quarter of a century's service and that his unequalled experience may be found of service in the Councils of the Empire. (Cheers).\n\nI have now the great pleasure of proposing the health of His Excellency the Governor, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, and to ask you to unite with me in wishing him all happiness, prosperity, and success in his future career. (Loud cheers).\n\nThe Band- \"God Save the Queen.\"\n\nThe toast was drunk with musical honours and three times three.\n\nHis EXCELLENCY, who was received with prolonged and most enthusiastic applause, said- Mr. Chairman and gentlemen, I thank His Honour the Chief Justice for the flattering and eloquent speech in which he has just proposed my health-a speech, I may add, which derives additional weight and significance from his own high office and character, which are most fully appreciated throughout this Colony. (Applause).\n\nPage 150\nPage 151",
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        "content_text": "Appendix.\n\nHongkong, 14th April, 1886.\n\n318\n\nPresent - Mr W. M. Deane, Chairman,\n\nMaj: Gen: Gordon\n\nDr Ho Kai\n\nMr. J. H. Stewart Lockhart, Mr Mei Yuk,\n\nN. G. Mitchell-Innes, » Lin Yiin.\n\nLetter of appointment of Board read.\n\nOrdinances 1 and 12 of 1845 considered. The Chairman suggests that certain paper should be circulated and read by the Board.\n\nAgreed to:\n\nThe Board adjourned to 3 p.m. on Tuesday next, 21st instant.\n\nPapers Circulated :-\n\nC.S.O. n: 2466 of 1881\n\n1500, 2749, 2821, 3125, 3184, 3314 of 1882\n\n2694, 2897 of 1884\n\n2044, 2897 of 1885.\n\nAnnual Report of Police and Gaol for 1885.",
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        "content_text": "cost to myself.\n\nmy self until the\n\nhow deputed conse\n\nthe work.\n\none else to\n\nI have\n\nGovernment\n\ncarry out\n\nCopy\n\nImmediate.\n\n8. G. R. Jordan MN.\n\nActing Colonial Surgeon.\n\nEnclosure A\n\n273\n\n14\n\nCoroner to Acting Colonial Secretary\n\nSin\n\nCoroner's Office,\n\n19th November, 1886.\n\nC O.\n\n1012\n\nI beg to forward copy of a letter just received from Dr Wharry in answer to one from me of yesterday's date, informing him that I had been directed by H.E. the Acting Governor to call upon him to ... perform the duties required by the former.\n\nA body has been lying in the Mortuary since the 17th instant on which it is imperative that a post mortem examination should be held at once.\n\nI have ...\n\n50/4.GMitchell Innes,\n\nCoroner\n\nThe Hon'ble St Stewart [L.D.\n\nActing Colonial Secretary,\n\nFo... \n\nury",
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        "content_text": "Sir,\n\nEnclosure to 10\n\nMagistracy\n\nC O.\n\n1020396\n\n18th November, 1881\n\n-letter of present day\n\nOn receipt of your letter\n\nI placed myself in communication with Government and have now received His Excellency, the Acting Governor's directions to instruct you to perform the services required by the Coroner.\n\nTwo inquests are to be held this afternoon on the bodies referred to in the police notices A&B herewith returned to you. In the case of that marked A, I do not think that medical evidence will be necessary, and in the case of that marked B, I intend, in view of the shortness of the time left for making a post-mortem examination, to content myself with viewing the body and will give orders for its burial this afternoon.\n\nI am awaiting to hear from you that the post-mortem examination is completed.\n\nYour obedient Servant\n\nSt. G. Mitchell-Innes\n\nTo J. Wharry Esq., Superintendent, Civil Hospital",
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        "content_text": "QUEEN'S CO. 9647\n\nREG. 3 JUN 6/\n\nFlying Fish\n\nRe: fundamental\n\nthe letter\n\n456\n\nPort Hong Kong. 1st Decr 1886.\n\nLieutenant Harris has shown\n\naddressed to him, stating\n\nthat you have no power to convict in the referred to; under the Statutes in force\n\nin the Colony,\n\nand I have seen the\n\nCommodore on the subject.\n\nBy his desire & request\n\nI remand the prisoner, and give\n\nofficial from the\n\nconvicting,\n\nin order that\n\nyou\n\nwill\n\nput the case before H. E. the Governor.\n\nThe Statutes 16+17 Vict\n\nare\n\nagainst boarding; and\n\nhovering, or bringing spirits\n\nmake no mention of payment\n\nor consideration.\n\nIf the charge\n\nwas wrongly framed,\n\nI proceed again under the above.\n\nW.-W. G. Mitchell, Innes\n\nPolice Magistrate\n\nHay Ring\n\nI am\n\n(a) J. Maclear.\n\nJ.J.P.\n\nCaptain\n\nCLAR",
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        "content_text": "of the Warden and Head Turnkey Hodge, in arming the Guard and utilizing the European Prisoners, the malcontents were overawed and marched off to their cells. I have expressed to the officers and European Prisoners my satisfaction at their conduct. As in my opinion it was desirable to act promptly and with vigour in the matter, I have, with the approval of the Colonial Surgeon, had corporal punishment inflicted on 54 of the mutineers this morning. In each case, twelve strokes were administered. The Gaol is now quiet.\n\n(signed) N.G.Mitchell-Innes,\n\nActing Superintendent,\n\n133\n\nMinute by His Excellency The Officer Administering the Government.\n\nThe Acting Superintendent appears to have acted with promptitude and decision, and no doubt this prevented the mutiny from taking serious form. I think that there ought to be a careful enquiry into the matter, as this will have to be reported home; and I shall be glad to speak to the Acting Attorney-General on the subject tomorrow morning if he is not engaged in Court.\n\n(signed) W.H. Marsh,\n\n31st January, 1887.",
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        "content_text": "TABLE B—RETURN OF INQUESTS, 1886.\n\n382A\n\nBrought forward... 12,524, 14,486\n\nBrought forward,\n\nStreets—Noises by Hawkers, Trees, &c.—Cutting and destroying, Trespass on Crown Land.\n\n156 15 15 841 841\n\nEating Houses, ....... 371 371\n\nUnnatural Offence... 1\n\nTriad Society—Being a member of, . Turnkeys—Disobeying orders of Superintendent. Unlawful Possession of Property,\n\n2 261 308\n\nWatchmen—Misconduct as Private, of Trees, Shrubs, etc..\n\n35\n\nUnlicensed—Hawker.\n\n976\n\nMoney Changer,\n\nUnlicensed—Plying of boats for Hire,\n\nSeamen's Boarding Houses,\n\nUnwholesome Provisions —Exposing for Sale, or bringing into the Colony....\n\n35) Weights and Measures—Breach of Ordinance for\n\n976 Women and Female Children—Breach of Ordinance for protection of,\n\n1\n\nCarried forward,.. 14,411 16,420\n\nTOTAL......\n\nMagistracy, Hongkong, 10th January, 1887.\n\nEuropeans and Americans. Portuguese. Chinese. Indians.\n\nVERDICTS.\n\nTotal.\n\nMen. Women. Men. Women. Men. Women.; Boys. | Girls. | Men. | Women.\n\nAccidental death,.... 7\n\nDeath caused by landslip,\n\n81 2 » 7 4 51 2 3\n\nDo. from apoplexy,\n\n14,611 18,547)\n\nN. G. MITCHELL-INNES, Acting Police Magistrate, for the Police Magistrate\n\nABSTRACT of CASES brought under COGNIZANCE at the POLICE MAGISTRATES' Court during a period of Ten Years, from 1st January, 1877, to 31st December, 1886, inclusive.\n\nCASES, HOW DEPOSED OF, AND THE NUMBER OF Male and Female PRISONERS UNDER EACH HEAD.\n\nDo. by burning,\n\nPo. by hanging,\n\nDo. from concussion of the brain,\n\nDo. by violence in a scuffle,\n\nFelo de se,\n\nFont devad.\n\nDo. drowned,\n\nMurder,.... Manslaughter, Natural causes,\n\nDo.. in Gaol, Overdose of Opium,..\n\nSuicide while of unsound mind,.\n\n11 3 3 10 6 q\n\nYears.\n\nTotal Number of Cases.\n\nCommitted\n\nCommitted to Prison\n\nOrdered to find Security.\n\nPunished for\n\nPreferving\n\nTotal\n\nConvicted sad Punished.\n\nfor Trial at\n\nor detained\n\nDischarged.\n\nTo keep then Peace,\n\nTotal...\n\n}} Supreme Court.\n\npending Orders of! False charge: Undecided.\n\n80 14 7 120\n\nSumber to be of Good\n\nHis Excellency\n\nBehaviour, aud\n\nor giving\n\nof False\n\nthe Governor.\n\nto answer any\n\nDefendants.\n\nCharge.\n\nTestimony,\n\n2 3 4\n\n# 10 #1 12 13 14 16 17\n\nM. F. M A J. F. M F'. M. F. J. F. V. F M. F\n\nTABLE C—RETURN OF BERIALS WITHOUT INQUEST, 1886.\n\n1877.\n\n9,282 7,836 572 1,966 304 209 ló 192 17 14 3 12 9,745\n\n1878,\n\n9,100 62% 2,126 251 200 18 Į 98 10 19 9,630\n\n1879,\n\n7,009 361 1,900 THE 145 280 18 # 4,103\n\n1880,\n\n4,892 232 1,775 187 170 204 8,126\n\nSuropeans and Americans.\n\nChinese.\n\n188 8,208 7,048 833 1,678 178 192 360 G 9,375\n\n1882,\n\n1883.\n\n1884.\n\n10,653 8,127 670 14,085 7,567 6,049 394 1999 965 250 200 100 + 3,622\n\nReason why no Inquest was held.\n\n1883.\n\n1886,\n\n11,748 1,088 10,281 7,951 849 2,188 258 14,611 12,081 #AV 2,198 199\n\n2,898 340 2,294 268\n\n121 160\n\n11,008 1,11 101 159 228\n\nMen. Women. Men. Women. Boys. | Girl.\n\n14,537 | 1418 357 90 18\n\n10,690 1,211\n\nIndians.\n\nVery much de-composed; Total.\n\nsex not ascertain-able.\n\nKnown\n\nOn- known.\n\nKnown.\n\nUn-known.\n\n157 863 100 32 168\n\n15,310 1,137\n\nGrand Total for 1 the le Years,\n\n97,870, 70,157 |5,389 | 20,945 (2,481\n\n1,713 152 188\n\n11\n\n2,964\n\n698 176\n\n99\n\n682\n\n31\n\n| 106,325 | 9,304 |\n\nSo jurisdiction,\n\nJ\n\nI\n\nNo suspicious circumstances,\n\n#1 I 27 20 100% 22 GO 1 17\n\nAverage per Year,\n\n9,787.0 7,915.7 5089 2,044.5 248.4\n\n1713 15.2\n\n18.5\n\n1.1\n\n206.4\n\n59.8\n\n176\n\n3.9\n\n68 2\n\n3.1 10,592.5 980.4\n\na evidence and for decomposed state of Body,\n\n34 22 ལྦུ 74 :\n\n31 42\n\nMagistracy, Hongkong, 10th January, 1887.\n\nCORONER'S INQUESTS.\n\nTABLE A—RETURN OF ALL Coroner's Cases, 1886.\n\nNATIONALITY.\n\nInquests Held.\n\nN. G. MITCHELL-INNES,\n\ndeting Police Magistrate,\n\nfor the Police Magistrate,\n\nBuried without Inquest.\n\nVery much decomposed: Total\n\nMen. Women.' Boys. Girls. Total. Men. Women. Boys. Girls.\n\nsex not ascertainable.\n\nEuropeans and Americans,\n\n11\n\nPortuguese,\n\n1\n\nChinese,\n\n80 14 11 2 108 30 61 9 172\n\nIndians,......\n\nI :\n\n:\n\n:\n\nTotal\n\n92 14 7 毕 120 53 1 61 61 9 175\n\nTotal for 1885,...\n\n69 16 7 8 100 12 4 34 41 10 144\n\nTotal......\n\n50\n\n} 61 51 9 175 23 $1 2 59\n\nCoroner's Office, Hongkong 10th January, 1887.\n\nN. G. MITCHELL-INNES,\n\nCoroner,\n\nPage 390\n\nPage 391",
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        "content_text": "coloured lanterns, which sparkled brightly on the still water. The floating Fire Engine, decorated with a row of red lanterns, was especially noticeable. Several of the steamers were illuminated. Among these the Scottish Oriental Co.'s steamer Phen Chom Klas with hull, masts, and yards outlined in vivid crimson, looked like a phantom ship in the darkness. The China and Manila S. S. Co.'s steamer Zafiro was similarly illuminated but with white lanterns, and had a most pleasing effect. The hull and paddle-boxes of the China Navigation Co.'s steamer Hankow were traced out in lines of living fire, and the river steamer White Cloud was similarly lighted up. The Douglas steamer Thales, the telegraph steamer Sherard Osborne, and the little steamer Sea Gull were also illuminated, and the Austro-Hungarian Lloyd's steamer Titania used her electric search light with great effect, throwing it over the shipping at intervals. Red and blue lights were burned by the Douglas steamer Formosa and some other vessels, and rockets sent up by them occasionally. Many of the junks and cargo boats displayed coloured lanterns, adding to the general radiance along the foreshore. During the day most of the vessels in port, both British and foreign, dressed ship, as did also the men-of-war. We have already referred at some length to the brilliant exhibition of coloured lights made by the Victor Emanuel and the British men-of-war at night, which excited so much admiration, and so greatly enhanced the effect of the general illuminations.\n\nAT KOWLOON.\n\nAcross the water the principal show was made by the Water Police Station at Tsim Tsa-tsui. This building both from its elevated situation and large dimensions is well adapted for illumination. Between the turrets on the top of the building were the words \"God Save the Queen\" formed in lanterns, the letters being seven feet in height, and at the points at the corner of the turrets pyramids of lanterns. A row of lanterns was fixed round each turret. Another row of lanterns ran round three sides of the parapet of the whole building, at intervals of about a foot, a second row being placed round the top of the first storey. Between the pillars in front hung one large red lantern with a small one on either side, and one large red lantern in each window of the front and the east and west sides of the building. A row of red and white lanterns was also placed on the railings round the entire compound. In front of the flagstaff was erected a device showing a crown above and the letters V. R. below, on either side of which were the dates 1837 and 1887 in letters and figures about seven feet high, all being in red except the crown, which was of white and yellow lanterns. There were about 1,200 lanterns used altogether in the illumination, which was very effective, standing out well and being very conspicuous from all parts of the harbour. During the day the top of the building was dressed with flags. Fireworks were sent up from the Praya below the Station on both nights.\n\nTHE FIREWORKS.\n\nThere was a double display of fireworks—one on the Parade Ground of Chinese fireworks, and the other of European afloat from barges. The Chinese fireworks commenced soon after eight o'clock, and were let off from a scaffolding erected at the southern end of the ground, just below St. John's Cathedral, in the yard of which a large number of spectators had gathered. Below on the ground round the scaffolding the crowd was so dense that the whole space was one mass of heads. On the harbour the European fireworks were sent up from barges, one moored near the Harbour Office, and the other nearly opposite to the City Hall, and they consisted chiefly of rockets and Roman candles, both of which were excellent. A fire balloon was sent up from one of the men-of-war soon after nine o'clock and somewhat later descended on the Cricket Ground. Great crowds assembled on the Praya to get a good view of the fireworks and the men-of-war illuminations, all points of vantage being occupied thickly.\n\nThis part of the programme was unhappily attended with fatal disaster. About quarter past eleven o'clock the fireworks on board the cargo-boat Stornoway suddenly exploded, killing two men of the Royal Artillery, who were in charge. It is supposed that some sparks from a falling rocket must have ignited the fireworks; no want of caution seems to have prevailed, the sad catastrophe being a pure accident.\n\nPage 2\n\nWith such an imposing and general an illumination, where so many worked untiringly to promote the success achieved, it is impossible to mention all those to whom credit is due, but to Mr. Stewart-Lockhart, the indefatigable Secretary of the Committee, the Hon. J. M. Price, the Surveyor-General, the excellence of whose taste has been so often demonstrated, ably seconded by Mr. Bowdler, Mr. Sampson, and other members of his staff, Mr. J. S. Brewer, who had charge of a large portion of the street decorations, Mr. Danby, who was responsible for the stretch of Queen's Road from Icehouse Street to the Bank, and many others who gave willing co-operation a special mead of praise is due for their cheerful labours. The Gas Company are to be congratulated on the success of their work, which while severely testing their producing powers was not too great for their resources, thanks to the energy of the manager, Mr. Cross, supported by his trusty assistants Messrs. Bramsey and Terrey.\n\nTHE JUBILEE DRINKING FOUNTAINS.\n\nThe six Victoria Drinking Fountains erected at the expense of a philanthropic and liberal Parsee resident and presented by him to the city as a memorial of Her Majesty's Jubilee, were thrown open to the public on Wednesday morning at nine o'clock, and were promptly surrounded by little knots of Chinese, who expressed much delight at the novel gift. Numbers of persons quaffed the crystal from the iron caps, for sightseeing is thirsty work and procession following still more so. The fountains will certainly not lack patronage.\n\nTHE UNVEILING OF THE STATUE OF SIR ARTHUR KENNEDY.\n\nA large number of persons assembled in the Botanic Gardens on Thursday afternoon, the 10th November, to witness the unveiling of the Statue of Sir Arthur Edward Kennedy, G.C.M.G., C.B., formerly Governor of Hongkong. Among those present were the Acting Chief Justice (Hon. J. Russell), the Colonial Secretary (Hon. F. Stewart, LL.D.), the Acting Attorney General (Hon. E. J. Ackroyd), the Colonial Treasurer (Hon. A. Lister), the Harbour Master (Hon. H. G. Thomsett), Hon. A. P. MacEwen, the Registrar-General (Mr. J. H. Stewart-Lockhart), Right Rev. Bishop Burdon, Colonel Anderson, 58th Regt., Lieut.-Colonel Cook, Assistant Commissary-General, Major Dempster, A.P.D., Messrs. T. Jackson, W. H. Forbes, H. E. Wodehouse, C.M.G., C. D. Bottomley, Chal. Alabaster (H. M. Consul at Canton), E. R. Belilios, S. E. Shellim, Arthur Kennedy Travers, N. G. Mitchell-Innes, R. Lyall, &c., and a number of ladies. In the absence of the Surveyor-General (Hon. J. M. Price), who was unable to attend the ceremony owing to indisposition, the necessary arrangements were carried out by Mr. E. Macleod, of the Survey Department. Shortly after three o'clock His Excellency arrived, accompanied by his Private Secretary, Mr. Slingsby Bethell, H. E. Major-General Cameron, and Lieut. Somerville, A.D.C.\n\nMr. T. JACKSON, one of the Committee for the erection of the statue, then stepped forward and read the following address:—\n\nYour Excellency,\n\nThe Executive Committee of the Kennedy Memorial Statue, thinking that it would be both convenient and gratifying to the public to take advantage of these Jubilee holidays, have invited your Excellency to be so good as to perform the ceremony of unveiling the Statue of the late Sir Arthur Kennedy.\n\nSir Arthur arrived in this colony early in 1872 as Governor, and remained as such until 1877, when he left to take up the Government of Queensland. After administering the Government of that colony from 1877 till May, 1881, he left for England with a view to retirement from the public service, in which he had served continuously from 1827, and the details of which are recorded in the Colonial Office List.\n\nWhilst on the voyage home, his health, which had been indifferent when he started from Australia, became worse, and he died at sea on the 3rd of June, 1883, about 100 miles from Aden.\n\nThe news of his death, received here in July, cast a gloom over the colony, for no Governor was more respected and beloved by any community, and he well merited the name which was given to him here by public acclaim, \"the good Sir Arthur.\" On the 14th July a very largely attended public meeting was held in the City Hall, when resolutions of sympathy and condolence were passed, and forwarded to his family in England, and at the same meeting it was resolved that a public statue should be erected to Governor Kennedy's memory. A Committee was appointed, and numerous and handsome subscriptions came in from all classes and creeds in the Colony. Messrs. Rouse, Sassoon, Forbes, Price, and Jackson were nominated an Executive Committee to arrange all details. Signor Raggi was entrusted by the Committee with modelling the Statue, which was cast by the eminent founders Messrs. Young & Co. of London.\n\nThe Government has been good enough to grant...\n\nPage 11\n\n537\n\n} \n\n32",
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        "content_text": "massiveness and coolness that was very agreeable. Against this Ane green background were hung shields with the V. R., \"1837\" and \"1887,\" and the Royal arms. In St. George's Hall the decorations were light, and, following the lines of the building, they heightened instead of concealing the architectural beauties of the room. At the head of the room was a portrait of Her Majesty, with flags draped at the side, and below the portrait a large mirror, also with flags, and pot plants and ferns were grouped on the floor. The pilasters on each side of this centre decoration were crossed by bands of foliage. With the exception of these two, all the pilasters in the room were covered with moss, giving the appearance of a slender tree, branches of tree ferns spreading out at the top. Above each of the windows and doorways was a trophy of flags over a small shield and a white plaque with the Queen's head stamped on it. In St. Andrew's Hall there were flags and plaques arranged in the same way and a line of evergreens ran round the windows and doorways. The stewards were--Hon. J. Bell-Irving, Mr. E. R. Belilios, Mr. C. D. Bottomley, Mr. J. S. Brewer, Hon. C. P. Chater, Mr. W. H. Darby, Mr. J. J. Francia, Mr. Ho Kai, Mr. Ho Mei, Mr. T. Jackson, Mr. Li Shing, Hon. A. P. MacEwen, Mr. H. N. Mody, Hon. J. M. Price, Mr. Wai Yuk, and Mr. E. L. Woodin.\n\nThe following were the sub-committees:-Decoration-Mr. C. Ford (Convener), Capt. Bunbury, R.A., Mr. Denison, and Dr. Preston, R.N.; Dancing-Mr. N. G. Mitchell-Innes (Convener), Major Jopp, 58th Regt, Mr. D. H. Mackintosh, and Commander Rumsey, R.N.; Supper-Mr. A. MacClymont (Convener), Mr. G. Stewart, and Mr. A. Turner; Hon. Secretary, Mr. J. H. Stewart-Lockhart.\n\nINCIDENTS OF THE CELEBRATION. The Chinese hotel keepers have been reaping a rich harvest during this week. We hear that as much as $10 a night has been charged for a small room, larger ones commanding proportionately higher prices. This is for the room alone, exclusive of board. It is computed that there have been from eighty to ninety thousand visitors in the colony, who have spent altogether no less than $800,000.\n\nOne of the most remarkable things about the Jubilee celebration has been the very small amount of crime that has occurred while the colony has been so crowded with visitors. This is the more remarkable as it was known that a large number of bad characters had come to the colony in hope of being able to reap a rich harvest. That things turned out so differently from what might have been expected is partly explained by a very ingenious device hit on by some Chinese gentlemen. This was the putting into actual practice of the saying \"Set a thief to catch a thief.\" A large number of the suspected bad characters were engaged at the rate of $2 a day, given a small distinguishing badge, and sent into the crowd to look out for thieves and generally assist in preserving order. They faithfully performed their task and were so pleased with the arrangement that afterwards they got up a small procession of their own with part of the money they received. No doubt they would be willing to be honest all their lives if they could regularly earn $2 a day under such congenial circumstances as are afforded by a grand Chinese procession. The Government of course had no official cognizance of the arrangement to which we have referred.\n\n539\n\n7",
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        "content_text": "# REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF VICTORIA GAOL FOR 1887\n\n## Enclosure\n\nHONGKONG.\n\n-13451  \nVET 14 TOP 58  \n\n**No. 6**  \n88.\n\noccupying my attention.  \nThe pay of the subordinate gaol officers referred to in paragraph 8 of the Report will have my full consideration when the Estimates for 1887 are before me.\n\nI have the honour to be,  \nMy Lord,  \nYour Lordship's Most Obedient,  \nHumble Servant,  \nG. GIRDLESTONE  \n\nPresented to the Legislative Council, by Command of His Excellency the Governor.\n\n## No. 22.\n\n**COLONIAL SECRETARY,  \nGAOL SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE,  \nHONGKONG, 24th January, 1888.**\n\nI beg to forward herewith Annual Statistical Return of Victoria Gaol for the year 1887.\n\n2. As I was absent from the Colony for nine months of the year, it seems to me proper to limit as much as possible any observations on last year's work, and it will be more satisfactory to annex hereto, copy of an interim report submitted by Mr. MITCHELL-INNES, who acted for me during my absence and to attach hereto the same Returns A., B., C., D., and E. for 1887 as were submitted by me in the previous year; to the first four of which are annexed for the sake of comparison similar Returns of the three previous years.\n\n3. There is only one change to report during the past year. A reduction in the Prison diet, recommended by the Gaol Commission Report of 1st June, 1886, was introduced in the beginning of the year with the sanction of the Home Government. This change was followed, as had been anticipated, by an attempt at mutiny on the part of the prisoners which was promptly suppressed by the energetic action of Mr. Jones, Chief Warden, and of Mr. MITCHELL-INNES to whom as superintendent summary powers of Corporal punishment had been restored with a special view to this contingency.\n\n4. Although the average number of prisoners during the year has been less than in the previous year, it will be observed that the number of offences has largely increased. This is chiefly owing to increased stringency in the reporting and punishing the offence of talking, an offence which will be greatly diminished as soon as the separate system is introduced.\n\n5. In the matter of industrial work there is a considerable diminution of profits as compared with the previous year. This is chiefly owing to want of storage room which necessitated in January last the sale by auction of all the oakum and rattan manufactures at a heavy loss.\n\n6. As regards Prison Buildings I think I need hardly add a word to my previous report. I despair of establishing a really satisfactory deterrent and reformatory prison discipline until the separate system is introduced.\n\n7. There is however one grain of comfort. There seems some evidence that increased prison discipline and reductions in diet have caused habitual criminals to make the discovery that Victoria Gaol is no longer quite such a comfortable residence of ease and repose which it was supposed to be, and that prisoners who have had later experience of Gaol seem more disposed to avoid it. If we examine Return D. we find that on the 31st December, 1885, 35 per cent. of the prisoners in Gaol were old offenders, on 31st December, 1886, this number was reduced to 32 per cent., while on the same date in 1887 the percentage of old offenders was only 24.\n\n8. There is one point already referred to by Mr. MITCHELL-INNES in his report which I would urgently press on the consideration of Government. The subordinate officers of the Gaol are very hard worked (12 hours duty in the 24) and very poorly paid, the lowest rank only getting $25 per month which compares very poorly with European Police or Dock Yard Police the lowest rank of which receive $40 a month. This presses very hardly especially on the married man who cannot get a room near the Gaol under $8 or $9 a month. The result is that subordinate officers of the Gaol are constantly on the look-out for other employment. There is a continual change of subordinate officials and consequently there is always a large number of officials imperfectly instructed in and still learning their duties to the detriment of discipline and order. I consider a revision of the scale of remuneration of subordinate officers is very urgent.\n\nA. GORDON,  \nSuperintendent.",
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        "content_text": "# PRINTING AND BOOK-BINDING\n\n|             | Cr.       |\n|-------------|-----------|\n| To Stock on hand, 1st January, 1887.. | 87.30     |\n| Cost of Material for printing and bookbinding, purchased during the year, | 47.53     |\n| By Estimated value of Printing done for Public Offices during the year, (187,558 Forms), | 907.75    |\n| Estimated value of Books bound for Prison use, | 14.17     |\n| Profit, | 946.53    |\n| Cash received for Books bound, |           |\n| Stock on hand, 31st December, 1887, Book-binding Material, &c., | 17.47     |\n| Total, | 1,001.36  |\n| Total, | 1,001.36  |\n\n## TAILORS' SHOP\n\n|             |           |\n|-------------|-----------|\n| To Stock on hand, 1st January, 1887, | 400.73    |\n| Cost of Material purchased during the year, | 841.51    |\n| By Value of Prisoners' Clothing made during the year, | 807.82    |\n| Work done for Officers, Police, &c., and charged, | 116.28    |\n| Stock on hand, 31st December, 1887, Flannel, Canvas, &c., | 168.25    |\n| Made-up Canvas Suits, Flannel Shirts, &c., | 208.83    |\n| Profit, | 58.94     |\n| Total, | 1,301.18  |\n| Total, | 1,301.18  |\n\n## CARPENTERS' SHOP\n\n|             |           |\n|-------------|-----------|\n| To Value of Stock on hand, 1st January, 1887, | 47.50     |\n| Cost of Material purchased during the year, |           |\n| By Value of Articles made for Gaol use, | 149.74    |\n| Work done for Officers and charged for, | 58.75     |\n| Profit, | 28.91     |\n| Stock on hand, 31st December, 1887, Material, Wood, &c., Value of manufactured Articles, | 2.14      |\n|  | 13.48     |\n| Total, | 226.15    |\n| Total, | 226.15    |\n\n## RECAPITULATION\n\n### PROFITS\n\n| Industry        | Profit ($) |\n|-----------------|------------|\n| Oskum           | 557.88     |\n| Rattan Work     | 93.90      |\n| Coir Yarn, Net-making | 855.31  |\n| Wasblog         | 792.59     |\n| Shoe-making     | 23.41      |\n| Printing and Book-binding | 946.53 |\n| Tailoring       | 58.94      |\n| Carpentering    | 28.91      |\n| Surplus         | 2,780.19   |\n| Total           | 2,874.09   |\n| Total           | 2,874.09   |\n\n### LOSS\n\n| Industry        | Loss ($)  |\n|-----------------|-----------|\n| Grass Matting   | 5.91      |\n\nHONGKONG, 11th October, 1887.\n\n**SIR**,\n\nIn accordance with the direction of His Excellency the late Acting Governor General CAMERON, I have the honour to transmit a report on the Gaol from 19th January, 1887, to 11th August, 1887, the period during which it was under my control. The report would have been sent in earlier had it not been for the time taken in preparing the return which accompanies it.\n\n2. During my tenure of office, I followed in general the lines laid down by General GORDON, divergence therefrom being, as a rule, in the direction of increased stringency. That this course was the correct one will, I think, be admitted when the difficulty of rendering imprisonment deterrent to the Chinese, for whom it means good rations, sufficient clothing, and two holidays a week instead of miserable food, scanty rags, and unremitting labour, is considered. Thus, following the system in force in naval prisons, all offences, however slight, have been reported and punished. This has naturally caused a large increase in the number of petty offences recorded, but I do not consider the reports to be a satisfactory criterion of the state of the Gaol, which I believe to have continued steadily to improve.\n\n3. When I took command of the Gaol, I found that an outbreak was expected on account of the reduction in rations recently effected. That that expectation was well founded was proved by the occurrence of a strike among the chain gang and some of the other prisoners on the morning of the 31st of January. Fortunately, by the prompt action taken by the Warden and Chief Warders and with the assistance of the European Prisoners who volunteered to assist, the mutineers were locked up in their cells before the disturbance had led to bloodshed. But the outbreak seemed to me to prove that a sharp lesson was required in order to maintain discipline in the Gaol and to show the prisoners that combined action would not be met by the punishment of a few only but of all. I therefore caused 69 of the mutineers to be whipped. The punishment proved most successful in the Gaol, and I may mention incidentally that the number of prisoners fell from 658 to 585, and that the Captain Superintendent of Police remarked, as I am informed, on the quiet state of the town after its infliction.\n\n4. I note with satisfaction that, acting on my recommendation, the Government has ordered fifty more cranks for the use of the Gaol. This form of punishment is much disliked by the Chinese, to whom it is much more distasteful than shot drill or oakum picking.\n\n5. The chain gang has been increased from 47 to nearly 100, it being found that the cost to the Surveyor General of a gang of the latter strength was very little in excess of that of one half its size. The gang has been usefully employed of late in cutting down the hill at the new Police Barracks opposite Green Island.\n\n6. The want of accommodation still makes itself severely felt in the Gaol. Isolation is very distasteful to the Chinese, but it can only be practised at present to a very limited extent, there being only 198 cells for an average of 607. The sleeping in association is, I consider, specially objectionable. The female prison is most unsatisfactory, there being only two rooms for at times twenty prisoners, thus entailing the association of petty offenders with hardened criminals.\n\n7. The Gaol Staff is in a fairly satisfactory condition, the substitution of European for coloured warders being productive of good results; it is, however, difficult to induce steady, reliable men to undertake or, if undertaken, to continue the hard and monotonous work of warders (the hours being from 6 to 6) for the very poor pay at present offered ($25 a month, without food, rising to $30). The constant changes which result interfere seriously with the effectiveness of the staff, as new men, in addition to learning their duties as warders, have to pick up a modicum of Chinese in order to be of much use. To assist them in doing this, I have made for their use a small book containing the more ordinary expressions in use in the Gaol in low-class Cantonese, which I trust may be found of use.\n\n8. Taking into consideration the central position of the Gaol, the continual changes in the staff, the fact of the prisoners being constantly in association, and the mild nature of their punishment as compared with those to which they are accustomed in their own country, I consider that their conduct has been on the whole satisfactory, and this I attribute in a great measure to the knowledge by them that no infraction of the Gaol rules, however slight, would be excused. The health of the prisoners has, in view of the miserable condition of many of them on admittance, been good.\n\nI have the honour to be,\n\n**Your most obedient Servant,**\n\nN. G. MITCHELL-INNES,\nLate Acting Superintendent.\n\nVictoria Gaol Office, Hongkong, 24th January, 1888.\n\nA. GORDON,\nSuperintendent.",
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        "content_text": "I have the honour to apply for \nthe post of Assistant Colonial Secretary \nin the Colony of Hong Kong, lately \nrendered vacant by the promotion \nof my immediate predecessor in the Service, Mr. J. H. S. Lockhart, to the \npost of Registrar-General. \n\nI have the honour to be \nSir \nYour obedient Servant \nR. G. Mitchell-Innes. \nAssistant Registrar-General \n\nSong Song, \nSir Robert G. W. Herbert, K.C.B. \nUnder Secretary of State \nFor the Colonies.\n\n402 Dover St \nLondon, W. \n\nGECT 17 MAY 28 \n9795 \n\nfor it = + and tell Mr. Mitchell-Innes that the reference will be asked for. \nC \nthat his application and report on the telegraphing will be considered where the previous report is received. \n-B \n(He is a good man; I think the reference will probably recommend the work.) \n\nD \nScottish Club.",
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        "content_text": "172 \n\nThey be compelled at once to take serious steps.\n\nWith views to immediate satisfaction, I need to state that the following telegrams have been received from there:-\n\nCity gates closed - have forwarded your telegram by wire - reply tomorrow.\nViceroy 15.8.89.\n\nHas telegraphed \"General Fang to send the two men to Canton, thinks the report of their executions is without foundation\" 16.8.89.\n\nShave, ter Frederick Stewart, Colonial secretary.\n\nEbal. Alabaster, Esquire, H.B.M. Consul, Canton.\n\nSir,\n\n## Enclosure 21\n\n## 0. 19547\n19th August 1889.\n\nWe have the honour to transmit for Your Excellency's information a Report on the recent alleged arrest in British territory of two men by Chinese Officers. We have, &c.,\n\n## ST. N. G. Mitchell-Innes\n## The Honble J. Stewart LL.D.\n## A. Gordon\nColonial Secretary",
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        "content_text": "For Akay\n\n4051\n\n97\n\nHong Kong\n\nNo: 30.\n\n29 January 1890.\n\nGovernor\n\nSir G. W. Des Voeux\n\nto\n\nLd. M. J.\n\nThe Night Amble\n\nLord Knutsford\n\n5.r. M..8.\n\nDRAFT.\n\nTelegram\n\nLovemor\n\nHongkong\n\nMINUTE.\n\nMr. Johnson to Min- Mr. Fairfield\n\nMr. Wingfield.\n\nMr. Bramston.\n\nMr. Meade.\n\nSir R. Herbert.\n\nBaron de Worms.\n\nLord Knutsford,\n\n198\n\nReferring to your day no.\n\n30 I agree to appointment of\n\nInnes warrant\n\nwill be sent\n\nMr Bowen\n\nand\n\nMitchell-Innes\n\nseats on\n\nLegislative\n\nCouncil\n\nWarrant in being\n\nprepared in Sen. Dept.\n\nsent 21st instant jp\n\nsent 5p.m.\n\n8119/3",
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        "content_text": "decided on the present occasion that W. A.K. Travers should be appointed to the office on the above-mentioned terms.\n\nI have also to inform you that I approve of the appointment of Mr. G. W. Mitchell Innes to be Treasurer and Collector of Stamp. Both appointments should be dated from 1st Jan. next when the new salaries will have been voted.\n\n8. I await your draft.\n\nMINUTE.\n\nMr. Wingfield.\n\nMr. Bramston.\n\nMr. Meade.\n\nSir R. Herbert.\n\nBaron de Worms.\n\nLord Knutsford.\n\nI approve the promotion of Mr. Mitchell Innes, Mr. Travers, and I request you to inform the other candidates for the appointments of Treasurer and Collector of Stamp that I have considered their claims but regret my inability to meet their wishes.",
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        "content_text": "Enclosure 5\n\nLEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, No. 31.\n\nMONDAY, 1ST DECEMBER, 1890.\n\nPRESENT:\n\nHIS EXCELLENCY THE OFFICER ADMINISTERING THE GOVERNMENT (The Honourable FRANCIS FLEMING, C.M.G.).\n\nThe Honourable the Acting Colonial Secretary, (WALTER MEREDITH DEANE, C.M.G.).\n\nThe Acting Attorney General, (EDWARD JAMES ACKROYD).\n\nThe Acting Colonial Treasurer, (HENRY ERNEST WODEHOUSE, C.M.G.).\n\nThe Surveyor General, (SAMUEL BROWN).\n\nThe Acting Registrar General, (NORMAN GILBERT MITCHELL-INNES).\n\nPHINEAS RYRIE.\n\nCATCHICK PAUL CHATER.\n\nJAMES JOHNSTONE KESICK.\n\nHO KAI, M.B., C.M.\n\nTHOMAS HENDERSON WHITEHEAD.\n\nThe Council met pursuant to adjournment.\n\nThe Minutes of the last Meeting, held on the 24th November, 1890, were read and confirmed.\n\nPAPERS.-The Acting Colonial Secretary, by direction of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government, laid on the table the Report of the Select Committee appointed to examine into the details of the Estimates for 1891; with addenda by the Unofficial Members.\n\nThe Honourable T. H. WHITEHEAD, pursuant to notice, moved the following resolutions:-\n\n1. That in re-adjusting the salaries of Government officials in Hongkong, all personal allowances, special grants, fees of office and other payments of a like nature should be abolished, and the salary in local currency of each officer be a fixed sum to include, where possible, all allowances.\n\n2. That with a view to get rid entirely of personal allowances for length of service or special merit, there should be for each office a minimum and maximum salary with a periodical rate of increase, and that no more than the maximum salary should under any circumstances be paid.\n\n3. That within the limits so fixed the salaries of the present occupants of the various appointments be settled by the Committee of Council, with regard to length of service and personal merits of the officers, subject of course to the approval of the Secretary of State.\n\n4. That to prevent the evil effects constantly arising in certain departments from frequent changes of officers, it be laid down as the rule that, unless under very exceptional circumstances, the occupants of the undermentioned offices are not entitled to and are not to look for any promotion, acting or permanent, out of their own departments. The offices are: Registrar and Deputy Registrar's Supreme Court, the Police Magistrates, the Land Officer, and the Chief Clerk at the Magistracy; the occupants of these offices to be legally qualified when fresh appointments are made to them in the future, the Interpreters of the Supreme Court, and the Clerk of Councils and Chief Clerk in the Colonial Secretary's Office.\n\n5. That in fixing the maximum salary for the offices above mentioned the rule of irremoveability be borne in mind and the maximum salary made equivalent to any promotion the occupant of the office might reasonably hope to obtain, if the rule had not been made.\n\nThe Honourable P. RYRIE seconded.\n\nHis Excellency having addressed the Council, the motion was withdrawn.\n\nBILL ENTITLED-THE GAMBLING ORDINANCE, 1890.\n\nThe Acting Attorney General moved the first reading of the Bill.\n\nThe Acting Colonial Secretary seconded.\n\nQuestion-put and agreed to.\n\nBill read a first time.\n\nThe Acting Colonial Secretary moved that the consideration of the following Bills, viz.:-\n\nAN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE LAW RELATING TO BANKRUPTCY,\n\nAN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE PUBLIC HEALTH ORDINANCE OF 1887,\n\nbe postponed until next Meeting of Council.\n\nQuestion-put and agreed to.",
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        "content_text": "65\n\nThe simplest remedy for the over-crowding which exists is of course the enforcement of the law under Part V of the Health Ordinance, but its rigorous application in every case would probably give rise to much ill-feeling. We, therefore, recommend that any steps taken to enforce the law should be taken judiciously and gradually, though steadily. The object in view is to provide that the industrial classes of the Colony shall be housed in such a manner as will give them a reasonable chance of living healthy lives. This object is primarily in the interests of the Colony, the prosperity of which depends greatly on the health of its inhabitants, and is secondarily in the interests of the classes in question.\n\nViewing the question even from an ordinary financial stand-point, it has to be remembered that the sum of money that a coolie will save in the course of a year by living in an over-crowded house will in all probability be more than swallowed up by the first week's illness caused by the insanitary condition of his dwelling arising from the over-crowding therein.\n\n7. In dealing practically with over-crowding, there are two distinct classes of houses to be considered viz.:---\n\n(a.)-Family houses, i.e., houses in which one or more married couples live.\n\n(b.)-Coolie houses, i.e., houses in which a number of men live together.\n\nThere need be no great difficulty in dealing fairly and successfully with the latter class. The Committee, therefore, recommend that they should be dealt with as soon as possible under the lodging-house clauses of the Health Ordinance.\n\nIf the lodging-house bye-laws are passed and judiciously but steadily enforced it is probable that before long over-crowding in coolie houses, i.e., lodging houses, will cease.\n\n8. With regard to the A class of over-crowding, the Committee feel that this is a difficult problem to solve. In a sense it is really a more important matter than class B; for with the A class children of all ages have to be considered, and there cannot be a question about the absolute necessity of providing ample air space for the young if they are to enjoy a healthful existence. The want of adequate air space and comparatively pure air in such space is a very important factor in producing the heavy infantile mortality which the returns regularly show to take place in Victoria. Trismus Nascentium, shown regularly in the returns as the cause of death of a large number of children, is, we understand, attributed by the Medical Faculty to foul air and insanitary surroundings.\n\nIn this matter the Committee fully recognise the difficulty which would be experienced by people whose families are increasing if they had frequently to move in order to have the air space per person demanded as a minimum by the provisions of the Health Ordinance.\n\nThey recommend that the Board be authorized by the Government to abate the over-crowding existing in dwellings of this class, commencing with those where the over-crowding is greatest, and that at the same time every effort should be made to inform the people of the real nature of the danger to which they are exposing themselves and their helpless children.\n\nThe persons to whom section 68 of the Health Ordinance applies should be notified that on and after the 1st day of July, 1891, this section of the Ordinance will be enforced. There is no hardship in this. All the householder has to do is to insert a clause in the conditions under which he lets his house that the house shall not be crowded by his tenant. The same holds good with the tenant who sub-lets. If the persons to whom houses are so let then deliberately over-crowd them prosecution should follow.\n\n9. There is this factor to be considered in dealing with over-crowding, viz.: the natural desire of every workman to reside within easy reach of his work. If cheap means of communication--such for instance as by steam-launch--between the outskirts and the central portions of the town were afforded, and if more police protection were given to the suburbs we believe that much would thereby be done to induce the migration of the working classes to the less congested parts of the City.\n\n10. Another means for relieving the congested condition of the town is that referred to by His Excellency the Governor in his reply to some observations made by the Hon. A. P. MACEWEN in Legislative Council in December last, viz.: the removal of the brothels to the outskirts of the city. It must be remembered that it is not only the houses now used as brothels that would become vacant by the removal of their inmates to the outskirts, but also those occupied by people who for the most part exist on the money they earn in supplying the brothels with the goods required by them, i.e., restaurateurs, florists, hair-dressers, musicians, hawkers, etc., etc.\n\nIn referring to this means of relieving the congestion existing in the central districts the Committee do not feel at liberty to touch upon the moral aspect of the proposal further than to point out the evident undesirability of brothels being situated in the centre of dwellings occupied by families, nor do they consider themselves entitled to review the financial side of the question beyond stating that the rentals for brothels are considerably higher than are those of adjoining houses and that the loss to landlords would therefore only be the difference between the rentals paid by brothel keepers and those paid by respectable persons for similar accommodation. The number of floors which would, by such removal, be rendered available for the artisan class would be at least 338 capable of accommodating about 5,000 persons; and this without taking into account the houses which would be rendered vacant by those to whom we have alluded as chiefly dependent on the brothels for their livelihood.\n\n11. The Committee regret that this report has been so much delayed. The cause of this delay has been the necessity for collecting voluminous statistics and for translating, reducing and tabulating them in order to obtain the information embodied in the report and appendices.\n\n(Signed), N. G. MITCHELL-INNES.\n\nN. J. EDE.\n\nHongkong, 15th October, 1890.",
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        "content_text": "1. Enclosure I RECE \n\n9528 \n\n(Red 9 MAY 31 \n\n356 \n\nHONGKONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. \n\nA meeting of the Legislative Council was held yesterday afternoon. There were present :-- \n\nHis EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR, SIR G. WILLIAM Des Vœux, K.C.M.G. \n\nHon. W. M. DEANE, C.M.G., Acting Colonial Secretary. \n\nHon. W. M. GOODMAN, Attorney-General. Hon. N. G. MITCHELL-INNES, Colonial Treasurer. \n\nHon. J. H. STEWART-LOCKHART, Registrar-General. \n\nHon. S. BROWN, Surveyor-General. \n\nHon. P. RYKIE \n\nHon. O. P. HATER. \n\nHon. Ho KAI \n\nHon. J. J. KESWICK. \n\nHon. T. H. WHITEHEAD. \n\nMr. A. M. THOMSON, Acting Clerk of Councils. \n\nMINUTES. \n\nThe minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. \n\nPAPERS LAID ON THE TABLE. \n\nThe ACTING Colonial SECRETARY laid on the table a despatch from the Secretary of State respecting the military contribution, dated 13th February 1891, also a report on the progress of works in the Water and Drainage Department for 1890. \n\nFINANCE. \n\nSeveral minutes by His Excellency recommending various items of money were laid on the table and referred to the Finance Committee. \n\nTHE MILITARY CONTRIBUTION. The Council resumed consideration of the vote in Finance Committee of $123,870 as the second moiety of the military contribution for 1890. \n\nHis EXCELLENCY—Before hon. members express their opinions with regard to this vote, I think it well to say a few more words to express more clearly what on the last occasion in my remarks may have been somewhat obscure. It appears to me, disregarding altogether the mistake made by the Imperial Government in giving the reasons for this additional vote, the question of whether the additional contribution asked for is just and right depends on the answer to two questions which are quite distinct and ought not to be confused. The first is, having regard to the relative interests of the mother country and the colony as to the object of expenditure, is the proportion which we are now asked to pay, even with the additional contribution, greater than it should be with reference to the Imperial contribution? That is the first question. The next is, even if that question is answered in the negative, namely that it is not unduly great, is the amount we are asked to pay greater than we are able to pay without serious injury to, or even from the narrowest point of view of the War Department, injury to our capacity to pay any contribution at all in the future. Now, I do not think it will require much consideration on the part of the Council to give a negative answer to the first question. It is true there is, so far as I know, no part of this expenditure which the Imperial Government would not have to incur if we were not here at all, for the defence of trade in the East and this coaling station; nevertheless, inasmuch as the incidental effect of that expenditure is the defence of our, if relatively small, at the same time, intrinsically large interests in that trade, I cannot think the amount we are called upon to bear as compared with the whole cost, I cannot for a moment think it will be believed to be an unduly large one, when you bear in mind that as compared with the whole cost at present we contribute only one-fourth. Making a large allowance, as I have always done, for the land occupied by the military, for which no rent or rates are paid, it is a very small proportion of the total cost even for soldiers alone, apart altogether from the fleet, for which we pay nothing. I question very much whether anyone after giving impartial consideration to the matter would say, with this in view, that it is an unfair one. \n\nThen, however, comes the question as to our capacity to pay. Now, the answer to this question appears more doubtful. After full consideration of the matter, I have no conscientious doubt whatever that we are able to pay without serious injury. At the same time I say so only for the present moment. The case may in the course of a few years be very different, and as this question may become of great importance in the future, especially if fresh demands, such as have been hinted at, are made upon us, I feel it necessary to dwell more on this subject than otherwise I should have done if the vote were going to be a finality and if we could guarantee the position of the colony always as it is at present. Unfortunately, we are not told that this vote is by any means a final demand, nor are we able to guarantee with any certainty that the prosperity of the Colony will remain as it is. Therefore, consideration of this question is a matter of great importance to the future—possibly to the very early future, I hope a distant one. At all events, we have it not indirectly hinted that future demands will be made on us, and therefore this question ought not to be left out of consideration. \n\nNow, this Colony unquestionably is regarded by the outside world as very wealthy relatively to its area and population; the figures of its trade impress the outside world largely, and very justly. At the same time, we have to bear in mind this, that our wealth is almost entirely dependent, exclusive of the article of sugar and a comparatively small allowance for local consumption, on a trade which is more liable to be affected by changes in condition than that of one like that of the United Kingdom, which is concerned in products grown or manufactured on the spot. Ours is the trade rather of a distributing centre, and the greater part of the articles in which our trade is concerned are exported from the colony in the same condition in which they are imported. Now, it requires but very little consideration to see that this trade is of a far more delicate constitution, so to speak, than one like that of the United Kingdom, which is concerned in products grown and manufactured on the spot, a trade which must always continue in the absence of conditions which we can hardly contemplate. If that fact is not self-evident, as I think on consideration it is, we have in another part of the world, and within the last twenty-five years, a startling instance of it. The island of St. Thomas in the West Indies twenty-five years ago was a distributing centre for the trade of the West Indian islands and the whole Spanish main; to-day it is little less than a depot for the supply of coal and other articles to passing steamers; its functions as a distributing centre are gone, and its trade in that capacity is past. I shall not enter into minute particulars as to the reasons for this—it would take too long—but the immediate cause is that merchants on the mainland and on the islands, who used to deal with St. Thomas as a distributing centre, now find it cheaper to obtain their supplies direct, and consequently the functions of St. Thomas are gone. Now, though our position with regard to the neighbouring empire of China, which compels all vessels going to China from other countries, with the exception of America and Japan, and all vessels coming from those countries with the exceptions of America and Japan, to pass close to our doors, puts us in a much better position than St. Thomas, and exactly the same circumstances which injured St. Thomas would not affect us—of course, I mention St. Thomas as an analogous instance. \n\nI am not comparing the trade of Hongkong with the trade of St. Thomas; the trade of Hongkong is of enormously greater importance, but nevertheless it is of the same kind, and St. Thomas was an exceedingly flourishing place—I say, though our position geographically is so favourable with regard to trade that this same circumstance would not affect us, nevertheless this is an instance which shows you how easily a change in conditions might affect us very seriously. 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        "content_text": "Lub-enclosure 1.\n\n76\n\nThe China Mail.\n\nHONGKONG, TUESDAY, MAY 19, 1891.\n\nTHE Trustees of Belilios Scholarship Fund No. 1 (Hon. N. G. Mitchell-Innes, Hon. Ph. Ryrie and Dr. Eitel) have to-day established two new Medical Scholarships in connection with the College of Medicine. These Scholarships, of the value of $100 per annum, have been awarded respectively to Kwan King-léung and Tang King-fai, former scholars of Victoria College. Under the same Trustees there are at present four Belilios scholars (Tsang Chung-li, Wong Hing-iu, Fung Ki-chuk and Lo Man-kai) studying at Victoria College, and two Belilios scholars (A. Silva and J. A. M. do Jesus) at St. Joseph's College. The value of each of these 6 scholarships is $60 per annum for two years.\n\nThe Trustees of Belilios Fund No. 2 (Mr J. J. Francis, Q.C., and Dr. Eitel) have privately distributed to-day the following awards made on the basis of the Belilios Examination held in December last:-\n\nDiocesan School, First prize, silver medal and $30, F. Southey; fifth prize, $15, Th. Cock.\n\nSt. Joseph College, second prize, $20, G. A. Yvanovich; fourth prize, $15, A. G. Gomes.\n\nHongkong Public School, third prize, $20, I. Hayward.\n\nVictoria English School. First prize, silver medal and $25, Miss Mozelle Joseph; second prize, $15, Miss L. Tennant; third prize, $10, Miss A. Smith.\n\nVictoria Home and Orphanage School, first prize, silver medal and $25, Miss Wong Alin; second prize, $15, Miss Ng Wai; third prize, $10, Miss Fong Tzet-sin.\n\nBasel Mission Girls School, fourth prize, $10, Miss Ho Kwan-ying.\n\nTo-day, The Belilios has established another Trust Fund, under the trusteeship of the Hon. N. G. Mitchell-Innes, Hon. Ph. Ryrie and Dr. Eitel, for the purpose of promoting medical studies, and the training of school teachers, and to give school materials or prizes to deserving schools or scholars.",
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        "content_text": "Sub-enclosure 2.\n\nThe Daily Press.\n\nHONGKONG, MAY 20TH, 1891.\n\nTHE BELILIOS SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS.\n\nThe Trustees of the Belilios Scholarship Fund No. 1 (Hon. N. G. Mitchell-Innes, Hon. P. Ryrie, and Dr. Eitel) yesterday established two new medical scholarships in connection with the College of Medicine. These scholarships, of the value of $100 per annum, have been awarded respectively to Kwan King-laung and Tang King-fai, former scholars of Victoria College.\n\nUnder the same Trustees there are at present four Belilios scholars (Tsang Chung-li, Wong Plug-in, Fang Ki-cheuk, and Lo Man-kai) studying at Victoria College, and two Belilios scholars (A. Silva and J. A. M. de Jesus) at St. Joseph's College. The value of each of these six scholarships is $60 per annum for two years.\n\nThe Trustees of Belilios Fund No. 2 (Mr. J. J. Francis, Q.C., and Dr. Eitel) yesterday privately distributed the following awards made on the basis of the Belilios examination held in December last:-\n\nDiocesan School -- First prize, silver medal and $35, Southey; fifth prize, $15, H. Cock.\n\nSt. Joseph's College -- Second prize, $20, G. A. Ivanovich; fourth prize, $15, A. G. Gomes.\n\nHongkong Public School -- Third prize, $20, H. Hayward.\n\nVictoria English School -- First prize, silver medal and $25, Miss Mozelle Joseph; second prize, $15, Miss L. Tennant; third prize, $10, Miss A. Smith.\n\nVictoria Home and Orphanage School -- First prize, silver medal and $25, Miss Wong A-lin; second prize, $15, Miss Ng Wai; third prize, $10, Miss Tong Tsz-tsin.\n\nBasel Mission Girls School -- Fourth prize, $10, Miss Ho Kwan-ying.\n\nYesterday Mr. Belilios established another Trust Fund, under the trusteeship of the Hon. N. G. Mitchell-Innes, Hon. P. Ryrie, and Dr. Eitel, for the purpose of promoting medical studies and the training of school teachers, and to give school materials or prizes to deserving schools or scholars.\n\nPage 77\n\n \nPage 77\n\n \nPage 77",
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        "content_text": "# HONGKONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL\n## A meeting of the Legislative Council was held yesterday afternoon.\n\nThere were present:\n- His Excellency Major-General Dicey **BARKER**, C.B., Acting Governor\n- Hon. W. M. **GOODMAN**, Acting Colonial Secretary\n- Hon. A. J. **LEACH**, Acting Attorney-General\n- Hon. J. H. **STEWART-LOCKHART**, Registrar General\n- Hon. N. G. **MITCHELL-INNES**, Colonial Treasurer\n- Hon. S. **BROWNE**, Surveyor-General\n- Hon. P. **RYRIE**\n- Hon. **HO KAI**\n- Hon. J. J. **KESWICK**\n- Hon. T. H. **WHITEHEAD**\n- Mr. A. M. **THOMSON**, Acting Clerk of Councils\n\n## THE SALE OF SHARES REGULATION BILL\n\nThe **ACTING COLONIAL SECRETARY**-I may mention, in moving that the Council go into committee on this Bill, that those amendments which were invited from hon. members, if they had any amendments to make to this Bill, have not been forthcoming. Taking into consideration the nature of the Bill it is somewhat difficult to see what amendments would improve it within the scope of the Bill itself. The scope of the Bill is to make provision for the prevention of contracts for the sale and purchase of shares and stock in joint stock companies of which the sellers are not possessed or over which they have no control. Although we have had no formal amendments sent in there have been some suggestions made to me that the Bill might be improved by the indication of some definite period beyond which time bargains would not hold good even assuming the seller to be possessed of the shares and to give the numbers or names. Well, undoubtedly an amendment of that kind would go beyond the scope of this Bill. To limit the time for which contracts should run might be a good measure or it might not but it would not come within the recital of this Ordinance, which reads, \"Whereas it is expedient to make provision for the prevention of contracts for the sale and purchase of shares and stock in joint stock companies of which the sellers are not possessed or over which they have no control.\" The limitation of the time of contracts would therefore have to be the subject of another Bill. I cannot help thinking that if hon. members will look closely at this Bill they will find it refers to one object and one object only, and that is the sale of shares over which the seller has no control or of which he is not possessed at the time he sells. There may be other abuses connected with stock and share dealing, and I understand there is some Bill being drafted by Counsel for the Stockbrokers' Association which proposes to deal with various other evils said to exist, but it does not deal with the specific evil touched in this Ordinance. If that is so I see no reason why such a Bill as that should not stand side by side on the statute book with the Bill we are now considering. That Bill would not trench on the province of this Bill, nor will this Bill trench on the province of any Bill dealing generally with brokers, their licences, or the mode in which they should conduct their business. A Bill of that sort I must say, as I have said before, I would rather see emanate from the Stockbrokers' Association themselves, from men who are accustomed day by day to deal with these things, and who are no doubt in a better position than others to propose remedies for the evils which they experience. I am only sorry that although this particular Bill we are now considering was introduced more than a year ago, no such Bill as has been spoken of has yet been brought forward. It has been talked about, but has not been submitted to the Government up to the present time. There is always something coming in the future, but it does not appear. Until it does appear we cannot tell whether it is a good measure or a bad measure, but I am quite sure when it does appear it will receive the fullest consideration from the Government and be dealt with on its merits. In the meantime there is no reason why we should not proceed with the passing of this measure, which has been a long time before the public, and which I believe the public desire to see passed. I beg to move that the Council go into Committee on the Bill.\n\nHon. J. J. **KESWICK** seconded.\n\nThe motion was unopposed and the Council went into Committee.\n\nHon. J. J. **KESWICK** said he would be glad if some member would suggest a date to be inserted in the blank left in the second line (the date after which contracts relating to unidentified shares should be illegal.) He would have some difficulty himself in determining what that date should be. He thought it exceedingly desirable every consideration should be shown to all parties by allowing contracts to run off. Whether the Bill should come into operation on the 1st October, 1st November, or 1st December was a matter of opinion.\n\nThe **ACTING COLONIAL SECRETARY** said the Bill did not deal with any past contracts.\n\nHon. J. J. **KESWICK** said he was aware of that.\n\nHon. P. **RYRIE** said he thought it would be desirable to give a longish time so that those who were doing business in stocks should be prepared for what was going to take place by and by. He thought the 1st October would do.\n\nHon. J. J. **KESWICK** proposed the insertion of the words \"1st October, 1891.\"\n\nHon. P. **RYRIE** seconded. Carried.\n\nAt the end of the clause, in place of \"shall be guilty of a misdemeanour and be punished accordingly\" the following words were inserted: \"Shall be liable on conviction before a Magistrate to a fine not exceeding $250 or to imprisonment with or without hard labour for a period not exceeding six months.\" The offence to which this penalty applies is inserting false numbers in a contract.\n\nThe Bill having passed through committee the Hon. J. J. **KESWICK** gave notice that at the next meeting he would move the third reading. Upon this the Hon. T. H. **WHITEHEAD** passed a remark privately to the Hon. J. J. **KESWICK**, who said--It has been suggested to me that the third reading might be postponed to the meeting after next, but I do not see any reason for it. I understand the brokers are preparing a Bill themselves, but I do not think anything they may propose can trespass on the province of this particular Bill.\n\nHon. T. H. **WHITEHEAD**-The only reason I had for suggesting the postponement was that the Bill the stockbrokers are preparing will probably be ready shortly and it is one that would be much more stringent than this and be attended with better results, I think.\n\nThe **ACTING COLONIAL SECRETARY**-I think it would be well that we should get this done as soon as possible. The Bill was read a first time more than a year ago.\n\nHon. T. H. **WHITEHEAD**-It was generally supposed the Bill was entirely abandoned.\n\nThe **ACTING COLONIAL SECRETARY**-My understanding was that something was to be done which would meet all the evils complained of, but nothing has been done. There has been no undue hurry with this Bill, and I see no object in again postponing it.\n\nThe subject then dropped, the Hon. J. J. **KESWICK**'s notice of motion standing for the next meeting.\n\nPage 689",
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        "content_text": "# Account and the Assets and Liabilities of the Colony On the 31st December, 1891.\n\nI have the honour to be, My Lord, Your Lordship's Most Obedient Humble Servant,\n**Wiliam Robinson**\n\n## Enclosure\n### FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR 1891.\nC.O. `9208`\nThe 7 MAY 2 `637`\n\n#### LOAN ACCOUNT.\n| Dr. | Cr. |\n| --- | --- |\n| To Loan at 4% interest, to be paid off on the 1st March, 1907, | By Sinking Fund, £94,053.8.3 $200,000 (Securities held by the Trustees in England). |\n\n### ASSETS AND LIABILITIES, ON THE 31ST DECEMBER, 1891.\n\n#### ASSETS.\n| Item | $ |\n| --- | --- |\n| Silver Currency | 7,000.00 |\n| Balance in Bank at Current Account | 63,209.46 |\n| Deposits not available | 27,131.36 |\n| Subsidiary Coins in transit | 11,073.08 |\n| Amount due by Crown Agents | 200,000.00 |\n| Arrears of Taxes | 70,000.00 |\n| Arrears of Opium Licence | 50,000.00 |\n| Advances to be recovered | 27,744.88 |\n|  |  |\n\n#### LIABILITIES.\n| Item | $ |\n| --- | --- |\n| Draft drawn by the Crown Agents, in transit | 35,000.00 |\n| Contribution for Defences, balance due | 80,389.44 |\n| Refund of Taxes, for unoccupied Houses | 4,809.06 |\n| Officers' Remittances, not yet paid | 3,120.00 |\n| Money Orders, not yet paid | 9,935.05 |\n| Amount due to Post Offices,-London, Italy, France, &c. | 20,000.00 |\n| Pensions due to Civil Officers | 7,500.00 |\n| Do. to ex-Police Constables | 4,000.00 |\n| **TOTAL LIABILITIES** | 203,930.91 |\n| **Balance** | 231,177.51 |\n| **TOTAL ASSETS** | 435,117.42 |\n|  | 435,117.42 |\n\nTreasury, Hongkong, 18th March, 1892.\n**N. G. MITCHELL-INNES, Treasurer**",
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        "content_text": "(6.) The expenditure already incurred on the site for the proposed Western Market is say $78,000, and the expenditure also already incurred on the Praya Reclamation in front of the Cricket Ground is say $100,000, which sums form part of the total of Public Works Extraordinary amounting to $2,680,000. If sold, these reclamations and other Government lands available would realize large sums of money,\n\nResolved therefore-\n\n(1.) That while it is possible to realize Assets at fair and reasonable prices, it is not considered advisable for the Government to borrow further monies.\n\n(2.) That any deficit in the Revenues of the Colony during this year be arranged for locally in the currency Hongkong on reasonable terms.\n\n(3.) That, owing to the present violent fluctuations in the value of silver as measured in gold, it is considered expedient to defer for the present, borrowing in sterling money.\n\nJ. H. STEWART LOCKHART,\nN. G. MITCHELL-INNES.\nC. P. CHATER.\nT. H. WHITEHEAD.\n\n21st March, 1892.\n\n**DRAFT**\n\nThe Crown Agents for the Colonies\n\n**MINUTE**\n\nMr. Lucas &\nMr. Fairfield.\nMr. Wingfield.\nMr. Brimston.\nMr. Meade.\nBaron de Worms.\nLord Knutsford.\n\nwhich should be submitted when prepared for the approval of the Secretary of State.\n\nThis request is made in compliance with the wishes of the Governor, who consider that ...\n\nGentlemen,\n\nSS. 3 June 189~\n\nI am directed by Lord Knutsford to request you to take steps for preparing, at your earliest convenience, the draft of a General Loan & Inscribed Stock Ordinance for Hongkong, as it is possible that before long it may become necessary to raise ...",
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        "content_text": "**GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.No. 300.**\n\n441 \n15879 \n\nRece \nReef 8 AUG J2 \n\nThe following amended list is substituted for that published in Government Notification No. 250 of the 21st May, 1892.\n\nBy Command, \nColonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 2nd July, 1892.\n\nG. T. M. O'BRIEN, Colonial Secretary.\n\nList of Officers entitled to draw their leave salaries and pensions in England at the rate of 4/2 to the dollar.\n\n| Office | Name |\n| --- | --- |\n| **COLONIAL SECRETARY'S OFFICE** |  |\n| Assistant Colonial Secretary | N. G. Mitchell-Innes |\n| Passed Cadet | J. Placé Silva |\n| 4th Clerk | E. Bowdler |\n|  | C. C. Malsch |\n|  | A. H. Ronnin |\n| **TREASURY** |  |\n| Treasurer | F. H. May |\n| 3rd Clerk | A. M. Thomson |\n|  | A. W. Brewin |\n|  | J. A. Remedios |\n| **PUBLIC WORKS' DEPARTMENT** |  |\n| Special Engineer, Praya Reclamation | G. J. W. King |\n| Superintendent of Crown Lands | W. Beaven |\n| Correspondence Clerk | R. E. Eager |\n| Chinese Clerk and Interpreter | D. Haywood |\n| Assistant Chinese Clerk and Interpreter | E. Thompson |\n| Chinese Draftsman | Li King Pan, Lo Tsz Lum, Sing Qua |\n| Land Bailiff | J. Minhinnett |\n| Overseer, Public Cemetery |  |\n|  |  |\n|  |  |\n| Overseer, Sanitary Works |  |\n|  |  |\n|  |  |\n| Overseer, Water Works |  |\n| Foreman of Roads |  |\n| **POST OFFICE** |  |\n| Postmaster General | J. Carroll |\n| Assistant Postmaster General | E. Rose |\n| Clerk | W. Samuel, A. K. Travers |\n|  | G. S. Northcote, P. Remedios |\n|  | A. P. Costa, Jr., C. J. Deméc |\n| Compradore at Hongkong | P. Rodrigues, H. A. Allen, Sit Wong |\n| Postmaster Shanghai | F. G. Machado |\n| Clerk | M. A. Pereira |\n| Shroff | Cung Man-young |\n| **REGISTRAR GENERAL'S OFFICE** |  |\n| Assistant Registrar General | T. S. Smith |\n| Chinese Clerk and Shroff | Ip Ping-kwan |\n| **HARBOUR MASTER'S DEPARTMENT** |  |\n| Harbour Master | R. Murray Rumsey |\n| Assistant Harbour Master | W. C. H. Hastings |\n| Government Marine Surveyor | R. C. Dixon |\n| **IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OFFICE** |  |\n| 1st Clerk | L. G. l'Almada e Castro |\n| 2nd Clerk | F. A. Cordeiro |\n| 3rd Clerk | A. A. da Costa |\n| 4th Clerk | Ho Mau Ying |\n| **OBSERVATORY** |  |\n| Director | W. Doberek |\n| 1st Assistant | F. G. Figg |\n| 1st Clerk | Lum Tsun Kwai |\n| 2nd Clerk | E. J. F. Gomes |",
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        "content_text": "# LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, No. 14.\n## WEDNESDAY, 30TH NOVEMBER, 1892.\n\n### PRESENT:\n\n**HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR** (**Sir WILLIAM ROBINSON, K.C.M.G.**).\n\nThe Honourable the **Colonial Secretary**, (**GEORGE THOMAS MICHAEL O'BRIEN, C.M.G.**).\nThe **Acting Attorney General**, (**ANDREW JOHN LEACH**).\nThe **Registrar General**, (**JAMES HALDANE STEWART LOCKHART**).\nThe **Colonial Treasurer**, (**NORMAN GILBERT MITCHELL-INNES**).\nThe **Director of Public Works**, (**FRANCIS ALFRED COOPER**).\nThe **Harbour Master**, (**ROBERT MURRAY RUMSEY**).\n**CATCHICK PAUL CHATER**.\n**HO KAI, M.B., C.M.** \n**THOMAS HENDERSON WHITEHEAD**.\n**EMANUEL RAPHAEL BELILIOS**.\n\n### ABSENT:\n\nThe Honourable **JAMES JARDINE BELL-IRVING**.\n\nThe Council met pursuant to adjournment.\n\nThe Minutes of the last Meeting, held on the 21st November, 1892, were read and confirmed.\n\n## PAPERS LAID ON THE TABLE\n\nThe Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table the following papers, viz. :- A despatch from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, dated the 7th July, 1892, respecting Prison Accommodation; and a letter from the Crown Agents for the Colonies dated the 20th of October, 1892, regarding the proposed loan.\n\n## VOTE REFERRED TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE\n\nThe Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table the following Minute and moved that it be referred to the Finance Committee, viz. :— \n\n**C.S.O. $83 of 1892.**\n\n**WILLIAM ROBINSON**.\n\nThe Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of One thousand Three hundred and Thirty-eight Dollars and Twenty-five Cents, ($1,338.25), to meet the charges made by the Water and Drainage Department against the Sanitary Department, for the supply of water to various Markets, during the current year.\n\nGovernment House, Hongkong, 25th November, 1892.\n\nThe Colonial Treasurer seconded.\n\nQuestion put and agreed to.\n\n## REPORTS OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE\n\nThe Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table the Reports of the Finance Committee dated respectively the 21st and 25th of November, (Nos. 10 and 11 of 1892).\n\n## BYE-LAWS AND ORDER\n\nThe Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Governor, moved the adoption of the following Bye-laws, made by the Sanitary Board:-(a) For the licensing and regulation of Common Lodging-Houses; (b) for the regulation of Bake-houses; and (c) for the proper construction, etc., of Water Closets of private dwellings. And of an Order as to Fees and Percentages to be taken in the Supreme Court.\n\nThe Acting Attorney General seconded.\n\nQuestion put - that these Bye-laws and Order do pass.\n\nBye-laws and Order passed.\n\n## BILL ENTITLED \"AN ORDINANCE ENACTED BY THE GOVERNOR OF HONGKONG, WITH THE ADVICE AND CONSENT OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL THEREOF, TO APPLY A SUM NOT EXCEEDING TWO MILLIONS THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTEEN THOUSAND, SIX HUNDRED AND ELEVEN DOLLARS TO THE PUBLIC SERVICE OF THE YEAR 1893.\"\n\nCouncil in Committee on the Bill.\n\n### Item 1 (Section 1) - \"Charges on account of Public Debt.\"\n\nThe Colonial Secretary moved,— \nThat this item do stand part of the Bill.\n\nThe Colonial Treasurer seconded.\n\nThe motion was agreed to, and the item declared by the President to stand part of the Bill.\n\n### Item 2 - \"Pensions.\"\n\nThe Colonial Secretary moved,— \nThat this item do stand part of the Bill.\n\nThe Colonial Treasurer seconded.\n\nThe motion was agreed to, and the item declared by the President to stand part of the Bill.",
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        "content_text": "# Accounts for 1891\n\n## Store Accounts\n\nOffice, &c.\n\nDate. Subject.\n\nIndividual. Date. Subject.\n\nAudit Office may Supreme Court accounts Hong Kong, Shanghai Bank 19 security against note Jose Lincoln's Inn\n\nIssue Post Office Jung money Order Exchange with U.S. States Education Dept 2 July diploma of College of Preceptors Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank 21 Security agst. note Isonl\n\nDitto.\n\nAudit Office Colonial Office Hang Proposed note circulation sect. Loss on sale of hordenfelt Iun\n\nV Health of tient. Sterling · Audit Office 20cc Audit Vote P.46.S.K. Coy.\n\n6. Loss of Audit Office y\n\n31 + the \"Bokhara\"\n\n## Staff Matters\n\nAckroyd, E. J. 25 May Appl. for Promotion + 29 Aug Pay as Puisne Judge\n\nBrown, W. X. 20 Feb. Appl. for pension for Miss Brown\nBlickensderfer, 26 May nationality of Chinese born in Hong Kong\n\nDeane, W. M. 26 May His pension\n\nAlso Tolux, Sir 9W 21 May Govt House Furniture\n\nEyre, G.L.P. Rogane Loan to Mr Pallanger Muchesjel\n\nFleming, Sir F 9 Feb. Conduct of Maj. Dempster\nGardon, Majhen Appt. of Musketry Instructor Storekeeper 165 Police\n\nMitchell-Innes, 26 May appt. of 1st clerk in the Treasury\n\nDitto. Ditto.\n\nJones Coins from Canton mint 23 July Appl. for Transfer\n\nPollock, C.F. 20 Dec appt. for Straits Settlement Judgeship for\n\nRussell, Sir J 30 May Resignation of his appt\n\n7 Jan. Rogers, G. Beth, A. Sampel & Co. 1 Mch. Admission to the Bar. Appl. for special\n\n8 Aug. Construction of Petroleum Tanks Concession\n\nI Smith, J.S.M. Samuel & Co. \n16 Sept \n12 \" \n29 Nov. \n13 Dec. \nApply for magisterial Faculty Storage of Petroleum \nPetroleum Tank Steamers. \nPetroleum Tanks, Erection of -\n\nTurner, S. \"how Connection of Russo-Chinese Telegraph\n\nWisl, als. My June Appl. for Puisne Judgeship\n\n* \n* \n21 A \n7 Appl. for Judgeship \n2 Sept. Appt. as Registrar of Supreme Court\n\nM.T.H.E. Pollock",
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        "content_text": "Enclosure 3.\n\nTreasury.\n\nHong Kong, 19th December 1892.\n\n2507\n\n12\n\nHead\n\nInstructions referred to on page 1.\n\nIf this Paper of Particulars and the Certificates connected with it, be not sent in original, the copies must be duly attested.\n\n0\n\nof Paper-In the case of an Officer serving on the West Coast of Africa, a statement is to be added whether he is a native of that Coast. (Colonial Regulations, § 430.)\n\nHead 3-State the description of Allowance for which the Application is recommended, viz., Superannuation, Compensation, Compassionate Allowance, or Gratuity, and its amount. In the case of Persons claiming an addition to their Pensions in respect of Professional or other special qualifications, this should be stated, and a reference should be given to the authority under which the claim is made.\n\nHead 5.--If the service has been interrupted by one or more breaks, the word \"broken\" should be added before or after the number of years and months, and the causes, dates, and circumstances of the break or breaks should be stated under heading 9.\n\nHead 6-If the person retiring has been in receipt of the same Salary, or in the class from which he retires, for the 36 months immediately before the date of his retirement, the actual annual rate of Salary or Wages at that date should be inserted, preceded by the word “actual.” In other cases the average annual amount of Salary or Wages for the 36 months next preceding the date of retirement should be inserted, preceded by the word \"average,\" but if the whole period of service is less than three years, then the average for the whole period of service should be inserted.\n\nHead 7-A separate statement should be inserted of the average Annual Value, for the 36 months immediately preceding retirement, of each Emolument (exclusive of salary or wages) which is claimed to be included in the calculation of the Pension or Gratuity.\n\nWhenever the value of a House or House Allowance, so ascertained, exceeds one-sixth of the salary and other emoluments which count for Pension purposes, it is to be reduced to one-sixth of that amount, so that it shall not exceed one-seventh of the whole.\n\nFees which an Officer is allowed to retain for his own use will be taken into account for Pension purposes, with regular salary, at the annual average of the net receipts of the 36 months next preceding the Officer's retirement. These net receipts are to be ascertained by deducting from the gross amount of Fees such Office Expenses, &c., as an Officer may have had to defray from his own resources, in performing the services for which he was remunerated by Fees. No deduction, however, from the Fees should be made in respect of Office Expenses provided from Public Funds, for the due discharge of those duties to which a Fixed Salary is annexed. Papers of Particulars when forwarded to the Colonial Department should be accompanied by formal Declarations from the retiring Officers, showing the amount received by them for Fees, and the amount defrayed as above for Office Expenses, &c., in each of the three years immediately preceding the retirement. It will be the duty of the Colonial Governments concerned to satisfy themselves of the accuracy of such statements before forwarding them to the Colonial Office. In the case of Officers receiving Fixed Salaries and Fees, the Fees will not in ordinary circumstances be allowed to count for Pension purposes to the extent of more than one quarter of the Salaries, and Fees will not in any case be allowed to count for Pension purposes during any period in which the whole time of the Officer receiving them was not given to the Public Service.\n\nHead 8.-In cases of infirmity, if the Applicant is below the ordinary age for retirement, a Medical Certificate is to be furnished showing that he is disqualified by infirmity of mind or body for discharging the duties of his situation, and that such infirmity is likely to be permanent.\n\nIn case of ten years' service or more, this Certificate should be signed by two Officers, of whom at least one should, if possible, be a Salaried Officer of the Government.\n\nHead 9-As to \"broken\" service, see Head 5.\n\nIf the Applicant has had any \"acting\" service, the details must be fully given, with a statement whether or not, during the \"acting\" service, he was connected with the permanent Civil Service of the Colony.\n\nHead 11.-If, in special circumstances, a professional Civil Officer has been allowed to have \"private practice\" without forfeiting his claim to Pension, the facts are to be fully stated.\n\nHead 14-If the Applicant is liable to any deduction from his service under Clause 102 of the Colonial Regulations, the facts should be fully stated.\n\nHead 19.--The length of service and other particulars of the computation are to be given. When an average of Salary, &c., is taken, the mode of calculating it (whether by months, &c.) is to be explained.\n\nSir,\n\nREG 13 FEB 93,\n\nI have the honour to submit to you for transmission to His Excellency the Governor my application for permission to retire from the Government service. I am in my sixty-second year and have nearly completed thirty-eight years' service with the Government of Hong Kong. Under the provisions of the Minute of the 28th December 1831 as to pension rules, I conceive that I am, as of course, entitled to a pension or retiring allowance calculated at the rate of forty-sixtieths of the annual salary of the office I now hold and have held since 1880. That would amount to $2,400 per annum or thereabouts, but I have the honour to request that His Excellency, taking my long, faithful, and very special services into consideration, will recommend me to the Right Honourable the Secretary of State for a retiring allowance at a higher rate and on more favourable conditions, under the provisions of paragraph of the Minute referred to.\n\nApart from the fact of thirty-eight years' long and faithful service in the Treasury, during nearly thirty-two years of which I have been 1st Clerk and Cashier, I would ask His Excellency's attention to the following considerations upon which I take the liberty of basing my claim for a special rate of pension.\n\nThe Honourable\n\nN.G. Mitchell-Innes\n\nColonial Treasurer\n\n&\n\nto\n\nFirst ...",
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        "content_text": "1\n\nwe,\n\nREPORT\n\nBy letter of the Honourable the Colonial Secretary, dated the 20th February last,\n\nthe undersigned, were appointed members of a Commission to enquire into and report\n\non the defalcations in the Treasury, and to ascertain and report\n\n(a) The amount of the defalcations,\n\n(b) By what person or persons they have been committed,\n\n(c) What other person or persons, if any, may by neglect of duty, or otherwise,\n\nhave directly or indirectly contributed thereto, and\n\n(d) The causes that rendered the defalcations possible, and those that prevented their earlier detection; also to advise what steps should, in the opinion of the Commission, be taken in order, as far as possible, to prevent the\n\nrecurrence of defalcations, and to ensure their prompt detection if committed.\n\n2. Accordingly we have examined:\n\n1. Mr. N. G. MITCHELL-INNES, Treasurer.\n\n2. Mr. HILGROVE C. NICOLLE, Local Auditor.\n\n3. Mr. H. E. WODEHOUSE, Sometime Acting Treasurer.\n\n4. Mr. J. A. De Carvalho, formerly First Clerk in the Treasury.\n\n5. Mr. F. H. May, sometime Acting Treasurer.\n\n6. CHEUNG WAN CHUNG, Second Shroff in the Treasury.\n\n7. Mr. A. R. MADAR, sometime Clerk in the Treasury.\n\n8. Mr. P. FREIRE.\n\nand\n\n9. Mr. BRUCE SHEPHERD, Deputy Land Officer.\n\n3. Having considered the evidence given by them and examined certain books and papers which have been produced to us, we have the honour to report as follows.\n\n4. It is impossible, on account of certain books having disappeared, viz.: The Rent Rolls for the years 1888 and 1889; Mr. Alves' Cash Book of daily collections up to the 31st March, 1892; the Counterfoils of Receipts for Crown Rents up to the end of 1890; and about half of the books of 1891 and 1892, to ascertain the exact amount of the defalcations, as in their absence we have no means of fixing the exact sum received by ALVES. From the evidence given we have every reason to believe that the only defalcations have taken place in the Crown Rents.\n\n5. We have obtained from Mr. BRUCE SHEPHERD, Acting Land Officer, the amounts which should have been collected for Crown Rents for the years 1888 to 1892 as follows:-\n\n  \n    Rent Roll Midsummer, 1888.\n    $86,873.91\n  \n  \n    Christmas, 1888,\n    90,011.22\n  \n  \n    Midsummer, 1889,\n    93,012.65\n  \n  \n    Christmas, 1889,\n    94,339.68\n  \n  \n    Midsummer, 1890,\n    93,912.41\n  \n  \n    Christmas, 1890,\n    94,532.28\n  \n  \n    Midsummer, 1891.\n    96,144.60\n  \n  \n    Christmas, 1891,\n    96,497.61\n  \n  \n    Midsummer, 1892,\n    97,914.54\n  \n  \n    Christmas, 1892,\n    97,914.54\n  \n  \n    Total...\n    $941,153.41\n  \n\n662",
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        "content_text": "(6)\n\nthe second half-year. These are added together and the total brought out. Any abatements that have to be made by changes of tenancy, &c., have to be put in and from the result of these calculations is brought out the balance. That is put down in each case and after that the pages have to be added up and down.\n\nThe Chairman (indicating the book alluded to).--Is this book only for 1891? A.---Yes.\n\nQ.--I notice the arrears are pretty stiff.\n\nA. Anything not paid by December 31st becomes an arrear.\n\nMr. Bird.--They are nearly all in arrear?\n\nA. Yes, it is very seldom otherwise unless they pay in a lump sum.\n\nThe Chairman.--When a man comes to pay is the amount entered in this book? A.--No, it would first be entered in the day book.\n\nQ.--If you let the Rent Roll get in arrear it would of course be a very difficult matter to write it up?\n\nA.--I don't know that he wrote it up every day.\n\nAs I have said it took one man three weeks doing absolutely nothing else but balancing this book. What I mean to say is that as Alves was very hard worked he could not give more than an occasional hour or so to it, and he used to do it at his leisure. The money was not supposed to pass through his hands so it was only regarded as clerical work.\n\nMr. Thurburn.--There is no such thing as an absolute check?\n\nA. It is perfectly possible.\n\nQ.--But it was not carried out?\n\nA.--No, it was not carried out for 1892. It ought to have been carried out for 1891.\n\nThe Chairman.--You can hardly call them arrears on January 1st when the amounts were only due on December 25th. For 1891 nothing becomes due until June 25th.\n\nA. Yes, June 25th and December 25th.\n\nMr. Bird.--When the man you have just specially employed took the work in hand how much was it behind?\n\nA. The year 1891, Alves had so little time, but he had been told to get it up once or twice and had been doing it gradually. He was told to do it while I was in England and in consequence of that, I believe, he began to get it up.\n\nMr. Bird.--He was 18 months behind hand?\n\nA. He was about 12 months behind in the 1891 book.\n\nThe Chairman.--How far was he behind when you took your position?\n\nA.--I do not know. I cannot say anything about the 1890 book. I did not look at any book previous to the date of my taking my position. I suppose I ought to have done, but I did not. The 1890 book does not appear to have been balanced.\n\nMr. Bird.--If it was not balanced in 1890 how did they carry out the balance for 1891?\n\nThe Chairman.--That is only the balance for the year.\n\nMr. Bird.--You have to make up the last column before you can begin a new book. How did they begin 1891 if they never balanced the column for 1890?\n\nA.--The book was in his possession. He might have made his trial balance but he did not absolutely finish his books.\n\n(7)\n\nThe Chairman.--He may have put in his first column the last six months' rent (To Hon. N. G. Mitchell Innes) Did you, when you took possession, examine the books to see what the system was respecting the receipt of money, and to ascertain whether there was any efficient check?\n\nA. Yes, as I got accustomed to the work I have been gradually trying to improve it. When I first took the position I knew nothing of Treasury work and for a time it was in the hands of subordinates.\n\nQ.--Did you see what system was in force for the receipt of money?\n\nA. Yes, I got what assistance I could from subordinates.\n\nQ.--Was there any check respecting the daily receipt of money? Was there any check on the shroff, for instance, or on Alves?\n\nA.--The Auditor does all that.\n\nQ.--In your Department you had no daily check?\n\nA. No, the checking of receipts is supposed to be the business of the Auditor.\n\nMr. Bird.--He does that once occasionally?\n\nA.--He comes every month and checks almost everything that passes through the Office.\n\nMr. Thurburn.--It is not a half-yearly or yearly check?\n\nA.--No, I understand that he has to check at any time.\n\nThe Chairman.--Who was the Auditor when you were first there?\n\nA.--Mr. Nicolle. He came in 1890 I believe.\n\n--As far as your own Department was concerned you had no check on the shroff or cashier?\n\nA. The system itself was supposed to be a check.\n\nQ.--Let us see what it was. Was there anybody who could tell at the end of the day whether the monies received had been properly accounted for?\n\nA.--No, the receipt passed out of the Department, unless it was entered in the counterfoils. The counterfoils were left out for the inspection of the Auditor and the Auditor could at any time by looking at the counterfoil find whether the amount had gone into the books.\n\nMr. Thurburn.--In fact it was his duty to check the money received with every receipt?\n\nA.--That was what I always understood.\n\nI never quite knew what the Home Authorities wanted the Auditor to do. I understood that my business was to have a preliminary check on the expenditure.\n\nThe Chairman.--Did you not think that you were at all bound to look after the receipts?\n\nA.--It is impossible for the Treasury to audit the receipts; we have no officers for the purpose.\n\nQ.--Did you not think it was your duty to have some check on your own officers?\n\nA. thought that the check of the Audit Office was sufficient.\n\nQ.--Can you tell us how these defalcations have occurred if Alves was supposed never to have received any money?\n\nA.--What I believe to be the case is that a large number of people who, I suppose, were friends of Alves came to him and paid their money to him in person, that when once he was able to handle the money, and as the shroff did not know English--that is to say he only knew figures--he was enabled to get the shroff to put his chop on the receipt. The shroff would do pretty well as he was told. The shroff would return the receipt...\n\n670",
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        "content_text": "(12)\n\nQ.-Had Alves anything to do with the Rent Roll ?\n\nA.-Yes, that was Alves' book.\n\nQ.-You do not know when this Rent Roll was written up--whether he wrote it up daily or weekly?\n\nA.-No, I do not; but I find that he let it slip into considerable arrears. The column \"Due for the year\" could never be entered with absolute certainty because the Land Office did not send in its return for six months.\n\nMr. Thurburn.-Is there the same sort of thing for the taxes carried out by another man--a counterfoil and so on?\n\nA.-Yes, the same books (books produced). The system is a little different. The receipts are written entirely through beforehand because it would take a long time writing them in when hundreds of people are clamouring to pay. The money is paid in, the receipt is chopped by the shroff, and I sign perhaps 50 of them in an afternoon and they are given to the people waiting outside. These are the receipts (produced). I can read both English and Chinese so that I can see that they are right.\n\nThe Chairman.--You think that the only way Alves defrauded the Treasury was by receiving money directly instead of going to the shroff, and then making out a false receipt which the shroff could not check because he did not understand English?\n\nA.-I think that is one of the ways, and another way was the falsifying of the shroff's receipt. In some cases we found that he tore out receipts at the end of the book. Here is a book of receipts (produced) in which he has torn out four pages, knowing, as he did, that the requirements for the year would not get as far as that. He has forged the shroff's chop and never passed the money to the shroff at all.\n\nQ.-That is the way in which he embezzled the whole of the amount?\n\nA.-Yes.\n\nQ.-When he embezzled only a part he falsified the receipt?\n\nA.-Yes.\n\nQ.-He got the shroff to sign for a smaller amount?\n\nA.-He falsified the receipt after it came from the shroff.\n\nQ.-First of all Alves made out a receipt. One half was in letters for a larger amount than the figures?\n\nA.-I don't know what he did with the letters.\n\nQ.-You say that he would be able to fill in in letters a larger amount than the figures and as the shroff could not read letters he chopped for the figures he saw underneath?\n\nA.-Yes.\n\nMr. Bird.-You do not think the shroff could have been in collusion?\n\nA.-I do not think so. I have not seen that he has displayed any uneasiness to be examined, and I have not heard of any suspicious circumstance. He is secured by a Chinaman and nothing has reached my ears about him being uneasy about him.\n\nMr. Thurburn.--Alves would not have forged the shroff's chop if he had been in collusion with him?\n\nA.-No, I should think not.\n\nQ.-Is the Auditor supposed to be there once a week, or at any stated time?\n\nA.-He is there from day to day very often, and then it happens that he may be away for a few weeks, and then up again for several days.\n\nMr. Bird.-He could do as he pleased? He had no stated hours?\n\nA.-He is his own master under Somerset House.\n\n(13)\n\nThe Chairman.-When was the first part of this book (Treasury Rent Roll) supposed to be written up?\n\nA.-It ought to be made up with the rest.\n\nQ.-As soon as you got the Rent Roll from the Land Office?\n\nA.-There used to be a calculation made at the end of the book, in some of them at all events. It was pasted in the end and showed whether the book differed from the Rent Roll as supplied by the Land Office. There were two columns showing whether that was caused because our books were more or less with references to the reasons.\n\nMr. Thurburn.-It seems to me that the real reason these defalcations were not discovered is owing to a want of balancing. First of all the Auditor should have checked the receipts with the amount that should have been paid.\n\nThe Chairman.-The Rent Roll is the basis of everything. What he ought to have done was to check the receipts with the amounts there.\n\nMr. Thurburn.-You know that for the year there is $192,000 due, there is no swindling about that. That is due at a certain period, say January 1st, then if at the end of three or six months you compared the amount of what ought to have been paid with the cash you have received, the balances would show whether there had been any defalcation. You know how much you have received because it is in the Bank.\n\nA.-We could not cook this book if it was properly examined.\n\nQ.-Although swindling might go on during the three months, or any given number of months, it would certainly be found out where it was when a balance was taken.\n\nA.-When the book was balanced at the end of the year it ought to have been found out.\n\nThe Chairman.--Mr. Freire examined it before, did he not?\n\nA.-Yes. I think the 1887 book is in Mr. Freire's signature and Dr. Stewart's.\n\nMr. Thurburn.-Mr. Nicolle ought to have detected this.\n\nThe Chairman.--Yes, you have the amount that ought to be received, you also got what you have received.\n\nMr. Thurburn.-The account ought to be exactly balanced periodically.\n\n[(To Hon. N. G. 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        "content_text": "Some test the draft. I have read this letter with \n\nregret and \n\nmust request him to withdraw it; as I regret having written it, as \n\nhe had reported \n\nSuggested by the Governor, I \n\nhesitate to discuss the departure of the Sheriff and Bailiffs. \n\nIt is felt, and he fears comes that such expression \n\nused by him \n\ntimes not be regarded \n\nas of any \n\nvalue; but the Acting Commissioner then hopes that \n\nWhen my Mitchell Innes &c. were then \n\nviewed in the light of Lord Ripon's despatch \n\nbe with him only great regret and anxiety \n\nwill and not hesitate to express it \n\n13.6.93 \n\nYours 18/6 \n\nWait the \n\nin \n\nHongkong \n\nConfidential. \n\n8839 \n\nThe Most Noble \n\n \n\nC. O \n\n9280 \n\nREC \n\n(REC5JUN33) \n\nGovernment House \n\n1st May 1893. \n\nMy \n\nLord Marquess. \n\nWith reference to my \n\nConfidential Despatch of the 26 \n\nApril I transmit for your Lordship's \n\nconsideration \n\nfurther letter from \n\nMr. Mitchell Innes, respecting \n\nthe \n\nTreasury defalcations \n\nand, dated \n\nthe \n\n26 \n\nThe Marquess \n\nof Ripon, K.G., \n\netc \n\n...",
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        "content_text": "Enclosure.\n\nHONGKONG.\n\nEnclosure 2 see back)\n\n# STATEMENT SHOWING THE TOTAL REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE IN THE YEAR 1892\n\n18 No. 03.\n\nLaid before the Legislative Council by Command of His Excellency the Governor, on the 25th May, 1893.\n\n95\n\nCOLONY OF HONGKONG.\n\nRETURN OF REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE DURING THE YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER, 1892.\n\nREVENUE.\n\n  \n    Item\n    Estimated\n    Actual\n    More than Estimated\n    Less than Estimated\n  \n  \n    LIGHT DUES\n    $85,000\n    $99,264.70\n    $14,264.70\n    \n  \n  \n    LICENCES AND INTERNAL REVENUE NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED\n    \n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    Arms Ordinance\n    $200\n    $180.00\n    \n    $20.00\n  \n  \n    Auctioneers' Licences\n    $1,800\n    $1,800.00\n    \n    \n  \n  \n    Billiard Tables and Bowling Alleys Licences\n    $1,300\n    $1,200.00\n    \n    $100.00\n  \n  \n    Boat Licences\n    \n    $175.00\n    \n    \n  \n  \n    Cargo Boat Licences\n    $5,000\n    $7,877.36\n    $2,877.36\n    \n  \n  \n    Carriage, Chair, &c. Licences\n    \n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    Chinese Passenger Ships Licences\n    \n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    Chinese Undertakers' Licences\n    \n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    Emigration Brokers' Licences\n    \n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    Emigration Tenement Licences\n    \n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    Fines, Forfeitures\n    \n    \n    \n    \n  \n\nEXPENDITURE.\n\n  \n    Department\n    Estimated\n    Actual\n    More than Estimated\n    Less than Estimated\n  \n  \n    Charge on Account of Public Debt, Pensions\n    $96,800\n    $103,520.10\n    $6,720.10\n    \n  \n  \n    Governor and Legislature\n    $65,200\n    $47,086.84\n    \n    $18,113.16\n  \n  \n    Colonial Secretary's Department\n    $40,879\n    $43,803.12\n    $2,924.12\n    \n  \n  \n    Audit Department\n    $7,000\n    $7,159.00\n    $159.00\n    \n  \n  \n    Treasury\n    \n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    Public Works Department\n    $235,000\n    $184,248.30\n    \n    $50,751.70\n  \n  \n    Water and Drainage Department\n    $25,490\n    $26,690.70\n    $1,200.70\n    \n  \n  \n    Post Office\n    $58,811\n    $61,844.56\n    $3,033.56\n    \n  \n  \n    Registrar General's Department\n    $11,649\n    $10,341.22\n    \n    $1,307.78\n  \n  \n    Harbour Master's Department\n    $4,306.78\n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    Lighthouses\n    \n    $29,876.60\n    \n    \n  \n\n... (rest of the table continues)\n\nPage 96\n\n...\n\nTreasury, Hongkong, 10th May, 1893.\n\nN. G. MITCHELL-INNES, Treasurer.",
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        "content_text": "Dr.\n\nEnclosure 5.\n\nFINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR 1892.\n\nTo Loan at 4% interest, to be paid off\n\non the 1st March, 1907.\n\n(See Ordinance 11 of 1886).\n\nLOAN ACCOUNT.\n\nBy Sinking Fund,\n\n£200,000 (Securities held by the Trustees in England).\n\nASSETS AND LIABILITIES,\n\nON THE 31ST DECEMBER, 1892.\n\n98\n\nCr.\n\n£42,758.7.7\n\nASSETS.\n\n  \n    $\n    C.\n    LIABILITIES.\n    C.\n    $\n  \n  \n    Silver Currency,\n    3,000.00\n    Overdrawn Balance,\n    45,882.68\n  \n  \n    Draft drawn by the Crown Agents, in transit,\n    74,000.00\n  \n  \n    Balance due by Crown Agents,\n    51,596.47\n  \n  \n    Deposits not available,\n    182,789.36\n  \n  \n    Praya Reclamation Contribution,\n    100,519.18\n  \n  \n    Subsidiary Coins in transit,\n    300,000.00\n  \n  \n    Refund of Taxes, for unoccupied Houses,\n    4,270.10\n  \n  \n    Officers' Remittances, not yet paid,\n    1,100.36\n  \n  \n    Arrears of Taxes,\n    17,033.10\n  \n  \n    Money Orders, not yet paid,\n    8,829.67\n  \n  \n    Amount due to Post Offices, London,\n    \n    Italy, France, &c.,\n    22,000.00\n  \n  \n    Arrears of Crown Rent,\n    83,639.93\n  \n  \n    Pensions due to Civil Officers,\n    12,000.00\n  \n  \n    Advances to be recovered,\n    34,248.72\n  \n  \n    Do. to ex-Police Constables,\n    3,000.00\n  \n  \n    TOTAL LIABILITIES,\n    \n    $\n    454,407.35\n  \n  \n    Balance,\n    35,105.87\n  \n  \n    TOTAL ASSETS,\n    \n    489,513.20\n  \n\n*\n\n480,618.22\n\nTreasury, Hongkong, 23rd May, 1893.\n\nN. G. MITCHELL-INNES, Treasurer.",
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        "content_text": "C\n\nof the 2nd July, 1892.\n\nGOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 351.\n\nC.O.\n\n18628\n\n'REC?\n\n0.4\n\n177\n\nThe following amended list is substituted for that published in Government Notification No. 300\n\nBy Command,\n\nColonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 30th September, 1893.\n\nG. T. M. O'BRIEN, Colonial Secretary.\n\nList of Officers entitled to draw their leave salaries and pensions in England\n\nat the rate of 4s to the dollar.\n\nOffice.\n\nCOLONIAL SECRETARY'S OFFICE,\n\nName.\n\n  \n    A. M. Thomson.\n    Passed Cadet,\n  \n  \n    A. W. Brewin.\n    4th Clerk,\n  \n  \n    N. G. Mitchell-Innes.\n    \n  \n  \n    J. Placé Silva.\n    \n  \n  \n    E. Bowdler.\n    \n  \n\nTREASURY,\n\n  \n    Treasurer,\n    C. C. Malsch.\n  \n  \n    6th Clerk,\n    A. H. Rennie.\n  \n  \n    \n    G. J. W. King,\n  \n\nPUBLIC WORKS' DEPARTMENT,—\n\n  \n    Special Engineer, Praya Reclamation,\n    R. E. Eager.\n  \n  \n    Superintendent of Crown Lands,\n    D. Haywood.\n    Overseer,\n  \n  \n    Correspondence Clerk,\n    E. Thompson.\n    Do.,\n  \n  \n    Land Bailiff,\n    J. Miubinuett.\n    Do., Public Cemetery,\n  \n  \n    J. A. Remedios,\n    \n    Do.,\n  \n  \n    \n    J. Carroll.\n    Do., Sanitary Works,\n  \n  \n    \n    E. Rose.\n    Do., Water Works,\n  \n  \n    \n    W. Samuel.\n    Foreman of Roads,\n  \n\nPOST OFFICE,\n\n  \n    Postmaster General,\n    A. K. Travers.\n  \n  \n    Clerk,\n    P. Remedios.\n  \n  \n    Do.\n    A. P. Costa, Jr.\n  \n  \n    Do.\n    C. J. Deméo.\n  \n  \n    Do.\n    P. Kodrigues.\n  \n  \n    Do.\n    H. A. Allon.\n  \n  \n    Postmaster Shanghai,\n    \n  \n  \n    Clerk,\n    F. G. Machado.\n  \n\nREGISTRAR GENERAL'S OFFICE,\n\n  \n    Assistant Registrar General,\n    M. A. Pereira.\n  \n\nHARBOUR MASTER'S DEPARTMENT,\n\n  \n    Harbour Master,\n    T. S. Smith.\n  \n  \n    Assistant Harbour Master,\n    R. Murray Rumsey.\n  \n  \n    Government Marine Surveyor,\n    W. C. H. Hastings.\n  \n\nIMPORTS AND EXPORTS OFFICE,\n\n  \n    1st Clerk,\n    R. C. Dixon.\n  \n  \n    2nd Do.,\n    L. G. d'Alnında e Castro.\n  \n  \n    3rd Do.,\n    F. A. Cordeiro,\n  \n\nOBSERVATORY,\n\n  \n    Director,\n    W. Doberck.\n  \n  \n    1st Assistant,\n    F. G. Figg.\n  \n  \n    2nd Clerk,\n    E. J. F. Gomes.\n  \n\nLEGAL DEPARTMENT,\n\n  \n    Chief Justice,\n    Fielding Clarke, LL.B.\n  \n  \n    Interpreter,\n    J. D. Ball.\n  \n  \n    Clerk and Usher,\n    V. Sales, Jr.\n  \n  \n    1st Bailill,\n    F. Howell.\n  \n  \n    Attorney General,\n    W. M. Goodman.\n  \n  \n    A. A. da Costa.",
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        "content_text": "THE WIDOWS' AND ORPHANS' PENSIONS FUND,-Continued.\n\nName, Office.\n\nTHE WIDOWS' AND ORPHANS' PENSIONS FUND,-Continued.\n\nName. OFFICE.\n\n429\n\nF. Machado, 1st Clerk.\n\nJ. L. de S. Alves, 2nd Clerk.\n\nA. P. Guterres, 3rd Clerk.\n\nA. C. Botelho, 4th Clerk.\n\nS. Madar, 6th Clerk.\n\nS. Sounderam, Indian Interpreter.\n\nLo U Shing, Chinese Interpreter.\n\nCheung Ip, Chinese Writer.\n\nFan Hok To, Chinese Writer.\n\nF. C. Collage, Signalman at the Peak.\n\nR. C. Dixon, Marine Surveyor.\n\nF. M. Franco, Jr., Gunner, Gunpowder Dépôt.\n\nJ. Sinclair, 2nd Lighthouse Keeper.\n\nJ. M. Franco, 3rd Lighthouse Keeper.\n\nL. H. Piry, 4th Clerk, Import and Export Office.\n\nJ. I. Plummer, Chief Assistant.\n\nJ. S. Rodrigues, 1st Clerk.\n\nE. H. D'Aquino, 2nd Clerk.\n\nW. J. Tutcher, Clerk.\n\nUi A WR., \n\nS. A. Rahman, Head Gardener.\n\nA. Brown, Clerk.\n\nR. A Costa, Clerk to Registrar.\n\nM. A. Raptista, Jr., 2nd Bailiff.\n\nW. Machell, Clerk to Attorney General.\n\nLuk King Fo, Clerk to Crown Solicitor.\n\nWong Kok U, Assistant Master.\n\nLeung Lan Fan, 2nd Chinese Assistant.\n\nWong Ming, 7th Chinese Assistant.\n\nPun Yung Fong, 8th Chinese Assistant.\n\nLo Po Tang, 9th Chinese Assistant.\n\nChan Tat Ming, 10th Chinese Assistant.\n\nDr. L. P. Marques, 3rd Teacher of Chinese.\n\nChan Kam Tsun, 4th Teacher of Chinese.\n\nLeung Fu Chu, Surgeon to Victoria Gaol.\n\nLeung Ping Fai, Apothecary Assistant.\n\nWong Hing, Clerk.\n\nNg Kwai Shang, Assistant Clerk.\n\nChan Kai Ming, Wardmaster, Lunatic Asylum.\n\nJ. M. P. da Silva, 2nd Clerk.\n\nA. R. Abbass, 3rd Clerk.\n\nHung Kam Ning, 4th Clerk.\n\nChow Kwai Un, 6th Clerk.\n\nCheung Tsoi, 1st Chinese Interpreter.\n\nA. B. Suffiad, 2nd Chinese Interpreter.\n\nChan Kwan, 3rd Chinese Interpreter.\n\nChan Shan, Hindustani Interpreter.\n\nAn Shie-mo, Chinese Clerk and Shroff.\n\nC. W. Duggan, Usher and Process Server.\n\nF. S. de Souza, Assistant Usher and Process Server.\n\nNg Fuk Shang, Paymaster.\n\nLeung Kwai Kai, 2nd Clerk.\n\nHARBOUR MASTER'S DEPARTMENT,——\n\nOBSERVATORY,—\n\nSTAMP OFFICE,\n\nBOTANICAL AND AFFORESTATION DEPARTMENT,-\n\nLEGAL DEPARTMENT,~\n\nEDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT,---\n\nMEDICAL DEPARTMENT,—\n\nMAGISTRACY,---\n\nPOLICE DEPARTMENT,—\n\nVICTORIA GAOL,~-~-\n\nSuperintendent.\n\nClerk.\n\nJunior Head Turnkey.\n\n2nd Class Turnkey.\n\n2nd Class Turnkey.\n\n3rd Class Turnkey.\n\n3rd Class Turnkey.\n\n3rd Class Turnkey.\n\nSANITARY DEPARTMENT, —\n\nInspector of Nuisances.\n\nInspector of Nuisances.\n\nPENSIONERS.--\n\n2nd Examining Clerk, Treasury.\n\nSenior Clerk, Post Office.\n\nShroff, Harbour Department.\n\nN. G. MITCHELL-Innes, Treasurer.\n\nJ. Rennie,\n\nF. Freire,.\n\nJ. M. E. Machado,.\n\nLeong Chung,....\n\nTreasury, Hongkong, 13th March, 1894.",
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        "content_text": "C.O.\n\n9184\n\nno\n\nEnclosure 2\n\n# COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF THE REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE OF THE COLONY OF HONGKONG IN 1892 & 1893.\n\n## REVENUE.\n\n1892\n1893\nINCREASE\nDECREASE\n\n$\n$\n$\n$\n\n✰ LIGHT DUES\n92,264.70\n96,064.69\n3,799.39\n\nLICENCES AND INTERNAL REVENUE NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED\n\nArms Licences\n180.00\n180.00\n\nAssessed Taxes\n458,158.27\n394,224.55\n\n63,928.72\n\nAuctioneers Licences\n1,200.00\n2,100.00\n900.00\n\nBill and Tables and Bowling Alleys Licences\n\n2,150.00\n2,150.00\n\nGovernor and Legislature, Colonial Secretary's Department, Audit Department\nBuL00\n50.00\n\nPublic Works Department\n\nWater and Drainage Department\n\nBoarding House Licences\n175.00\n175.00\n\nDentist Licences\n7,877.26\n8,601.00\n740.70\n\nCargo Boat Licences\n7,189.09\n7,726.26\n537.25\n\nRegistrar General's Department\n\nCarriage, Chair, &c., Licences\n39,524.39\n40,741.07\n1,217.00\n\nHarbor Master's Department\n\nChinese Contractors' Licences\n\nChinese Passenger Ships Licences\n\nDog Licences\n265.00\n410.00\n125.00\n\nLighthouses\n720.00\n149.00\n\n26.00\n\n1,221.60\n\nEmigration Brokers Licences\n1,000.00\n1,400.00\n400.00\n\nMines\n32,441.27\n21,079.36\n\n10,861.85\n\nLegal Department\n\nForfeitures\n3,701.71\n2,409.61\n\n1,302.10\n\nHawkers Licences\n2,072.00\n5,620.30\n3,408.30\n\nHarbor\n\nJunk Licences\n26,186.00\n25,341.25\n\n844.75\n\nMarine Store Dealers' Licences\n900.00\n795.00\n\n105.00\n\nMarriage Licences\n\nOpium Monopoly\n270.00\n331.00\n61.00\n\nMoney Changers' Licences\n$70,000\n407,200.00\n\nPawnbrokers' Licences\n15,760.00\n\nShooting Licences\n\nSpirit Licences\n125.00\n60,865.11\n\nStamp\n151,988.57\n\nSteam-launch Licences\n2,130.50\n2,162.00\n31.50\n\n...\n\n1892\n1893\nINCREASE\nDECREASE\n\n...\n$\n$\n$\n$\n\n## EXPENDITURE\n\n1892\n1893\nINCREASE\nDECREASE\n\n$\n$\n$\n$\n\n...\n\nTreasury, Hongkong, 4th April, 1894.\n\nN. G. MITCHELL-INNES, Colonial Treasurer.\n\nEnclosure 3.\n\n646\n\n## Statement of deposits available in hand at the close of the year 1893.\n\nC. O.\n\n9184\n\nWith the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation\n\n$500,000\n\nTreasury, Hongkong, 18th April, 1894.\n\nN. G. MITCHELL-INNES,\n\nColonial Treasurer.\n\n## Statement of deposits not available at the 31st December, 1893.\n\n$\n\nIntestate Estates\n1,852.86\n\nEstates of Deceased Policemen\n169.97\n\nSikh Police Fund\n3,355.00\n\nFine Fund for Police\n263.05\n\nChinese Recreation Ground Fund\n1,099.21\n\nTender Deposit Account\n\nMiscellaneous\n790.00\n\n525.01\n\n880.53\n\n10.82\n\nN.G. Mitchell-Innes,\n\nColonial Treasurer.\n\n18th April, 1894.",
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        "content_text": "Enclosure 5.\n\nFINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR 1893.\n\n648\n\nC. O.\n\n9184\n\nReno\n\n29 MAY 341\n\nDr.\n\nLOAN ACCOUNT.\n\nCr.\n\nTo Loan at 4% interest, to be paid off on the 1st March, 1907,\n\n£200,000\n\n(See Ordinance 11 of 1886.)\n\n(Actually realised £201,479.1.9.)\n\nBy Sinking Fund,\n\n(Securities held by the Trustees in England).\n\n£51,768.13.6\n\nTo Inscribed Stock Loan at 3¼% interest, to be paid off on the 15th April, 1943, £200,000\n\n(See Ordinances 1 & 2 of 1893.)\n\n(Actually realised £201,257.11.6.)\n\nASSETS AND LIABILITIES,\n\nON THE 31ST DECEMBER, 1893,\n\n  \n    ASSETS.\n    $\n    LIABILITIES.\n    $\n  \n  \n    Subsidiary Coins,\n    3,000.00\n    Drafts drawn by the Crown Agents, in transit,\n    800,000.00\n  \n  \n    Deposit in Bank,\n    500,000.00\n    Deposits not available,\n    8,068.10\n  \n  \n    Balance in Bank at current Account,\n    806,467.66\n    \n    \n  \n  \n    Praya Reclamation Deposit Account,\n    50,000.00\n    Officers' Remittances, not yet paid,\n    1,611.74\n  \n  \n    Refund of Taxes,\n    3,675.74\n    Money Orders, not yet paid,\n    8,200.53\n  \n  \n    Deposit in England at call,\n    1,168,285.71\n    Balance in hands of Crown Agents,\n    86,052.54\n  \n  \n    Subsidiary Coins in transit,\n    300,000.00\n    Amount due to Post Offices, London, Italy, France, &c.,\n    35,000.00\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    Pensions due to Civil Officers,\n    11,400.00\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    Arrears of Taxes,\n    18,278.67\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    Due to ex-Police Constables,\n    10,000.00\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    Arrears of Crown Rent,\n    4,501.38\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    TOTAL LIABILITIES\n    928,091.11\n  \n  \n    Advances to be recovered,\n    36,468.09\n    \n    \n  \n  \n    Balance,\n    1,489,023.54\n    \n    \n  \n  \n    TOTAL ASSETS,\n    2,417,054.65\n    \n    \n  \n\nTreasury, Hongkong, 21st April, 1894.\n\nN. G. MITCHELL-INNES,\n\nColonial Treasurer.",
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        "content_text": "Enclosure 2 10082 24\n\nThe Daily Press.\n\nHONGKONG, APRIL 17TH, 1894.\n\nHONGKONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.\n\nA meeting of the Legislative Council was held yesterday. There were present-\n\nH. E. the Acting Governor (Hon. G. T. M. O'BRIEN, C.M.G.)\n\nHon. W. M. GOODMAN, Attorney-General, Hon J. H. STEWART-LOCKHART, Registrar-General.\n\nHon. N. G. MITCHELL-INNES, Colonial Treasurer.\n\nHon. R. M. RUMSEY, R.N., Harbour Master. Hon. C. P. CHATER.\n\nHon. Ho KAI.\n\nHon. J. J. KESWICK.\n\nHon. T. H. WHITEHEAD\n\nHon. E. R. BELILIOS, C.M.G.\n\nHon. E. BOWDLER,\n\nMr. J. G. T. Buckle, Acting Clerk of Councils.\n\nTHE OPIUM BILL.\n\nHIS EXCELLENCY-We will now proceed to the order of the day. It only contains one item. A motion was proposed and carried at the last meeting of the Council that before the second reading of this Bill the Opium Farmer should be allowed to be heard by counsel. I understand from my hon. friend on my left (the Attorney General) that the counsel should be heard before the motion for the second reading is put, and if the Council is agreeable that that is the most convenient course, I would ask the learned counsel who appears for the Opium Farmer to say whatever he has to say on the subject.\n\nHon. C. P. CHATER-Would your Excellency allow me to suggest that a message be sent to the hon. member whose chair is vacant (Hon J. J. Keswick) and who is no doubt absent owing to his not having noticed the alteration in the time.\n\nHIS EXCELLENCY-Certainly. Probably Mr. Francis will occupy some time.\n\nHon. C. P. CHATER-I was very anxious that he should hear Mr. Francis.\n\nHIS EXCELLENCY-I don't think we can wait. The Clerk was instructed to send a message to Mr. Keswick, who arrived shortly afterwards.\n\nMr. J. J. FRANCIS, Q.C.-Your Excellency, I have the honour to appear here to-day on behalf of the Han Fook, a Chinese partnership in whom is vested by a grant from the Government dated 21st March, 1892, the opium monopoly and all privileges connected therewith under the authority of Ordinance 21 of 1891, commonly called the Prepared Opium Ordinance, 1891. I appear here for the purpose, on behalf of the Han Fook, of showing cause, as it were, against the second reading of a Bill introduced and read a first time at the last meeting of this honourable Council entitled An Ordinance to Amend the Prepared Opium Ordinance 1891. I appear here by virtue of the 52nd of the standing rules and orders of the Council and in accordance with the permission of the Council granted by a resolution moved by the hon. member who represents the Chamber of Commerce and seconded by the hon. member who represents the Chinese community; and my first duty is on behalf of the Opium Farmers to return their hearty thanks to the mover and seconder of that resolution and to this honourable Council for the gracious permission granted to me to appear here to-day and state their case before this Council.\n\nI appear here, sir, to oppose the passing of this Bill and probably the more convenient course in dealing with the subject will be to call attention, first, to the state of the law which it is proposed to amend; secondly, to call attention to the mischief which it is desired to remedy by the amending Ordinance; and, thirdly, to point out in what respect the proposed amendment seems to interfere with the rights and privileges of the Opium Farmers. Now, the Opium Ordinance, No. 21 of 1891, which was passed on the 13th November, 1891, establishes and constitutes what is commonly called the Opium Farm. It creates a monopoly in the preparation of opium and in the sale of the opium so prepared, and by that Ordinance all the privileges and all conditions and limitations which attach to the existence of the Farm were created. By virtue of that Ordinance the Governor was empowered to make a grant of the privileges created or constituted by that Ordinance to some person or persons, to be thereafter called the Opium Farmer or Farmers. By virtue of that Ordinance the Opium Farmer was to have the sole and exclusive privilege within this colony of boiling and preparing opium and the sole and exclusive privilege of selling the opium so boiled and prepared. It was declared an offence for any person to be in possession of prepared opium within the colony without the authority of the Opium Farmer. All prepared opium found in possession of any person in the colony which was not protected by a license from the Opium Farmer was liable under an order of the Magistrate to be forfeited and under section 35 the Magistrate was required, if he declared it forfeited, to adjudge it to the Opium Farmer.\n\nThe ATTORNEY-GENERAL-\"In his discretion.\" I don't know whether you have noticed that.\n\nMr. FRANCIS-I quite understand, but as a matter of fact under all previously existing Ordinances in which these same words existed, the opium has always been adjudged to the Opium Farmer, and as a matter of interpretation I think that any Court would hold that under all ordinary circumstances the opium should be so adjudged. I can quite understand extraordinary circumstances might occur under which the opium would not be forfeited, but when the opium has been forfeited it has always been held that it should be adjudged to the Opium Farmer, and I don't think there could be a stronger argument in support of that interpretation than the existence of section 38. If it were in the discretion of the Magistrate at any time and any place to refuse to adjudge to the Opium Farmer any opium he declared forfeited, of course it became the property of the Crown and at the disposal of the Governor. But it was thought necessary to pass section 38, which makes another arrangement in the disposition, which is an exception from section 35, and which enabled the Magistrate in a certain class of cases to reserve the disposal to the Governor.\n\nSection 39 is one that it is now proposed to amend, reads as follows: Notwithstanding anything in this Ordinance contained, any opium seized on board of any steamship bound or about to proceed to the ports of Canton and Macao and which does not appear on the manifest of such vessel shall if forfeited by a Magistrate be detained by him until the disposal thereof has been determined by the Governor in Council.\" Now, sir, we contend, on behalf of the Opium Farmer, that by the provisions of that Ordinance, as it stood he was entitled as of right to have handed over to him all opium declared forfeited by a Magistrate for any breach of the conditions of this Ordinance, except of course where the forfeiture was of opium seized on board a steamship and not on land. Now, sir, the Farm being constituted by virtue of that Ordinance, which was passed in November, 1891, tenders are called for by advertisement issued on the 9th December, 1891, and the period for sending in tenders was extended on the 31st December to the 19th January, 1892. The advertisement is to the following effect:-- \"Sealed tenders will be received.........for the purchase of the entire privileges known as the Opium Farm established under the Prepared Opium Ordinance, 1891, for three years from March 1st, 1892.\" You will notice the phrase is \"The entire privileges known as the Opium Farm,\" and our contention is that part of the privileges, part of the thing we purchased, in accordance with that definition, was the right to have delivered over to us by the Magistrate...",
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        "content_text": "402\n\nTHE HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS AND\n\nThere were then under treatment, thirteen cases on the Hygeia, and fourteen at Kennedy town, making a total of 27, as against 41 on the previous day.\n\ndying there after an illness of 24 hours. The symptoms were almost identical with those of the plague, and there is only too much reason to believe that this is the commencement of the disease in the hitherto uninfected eastern district. The agent of the Messageries Maritimes Company issued the following express on Wednesday: To order to avoid sanitary difficulties in further ports the steamer Oceanien, leaving at 2 p.m., will take neither passengers nor cargo.\n\n18th May: The continuation of the rain on Thursday was hailed with great satisfaction, and both plague and water famine, from which we have been suffering, will doubtless in a few days entirely disappear. There is some indication that the plague is already abating and that the conditions favourable to its development having been removed by the rain, the port will soon be declared free from the disease. The total number of deaths reported from noon on Wednesday to noon yesterday was 20, of which 2 occurred on the Hygeia, 9 in Kennedy town Hospital, and 9 in outside districts. There were only 10 new cases yesterday, 3 being admitted to the Hygeia, and 7 to the Kennedy town Hospital. 44 cases are at present under treatment,\n\nThe following circular has been issued by the Sanitary Board for the guidance of all concerned, and has been circulated among the police and sanitary officers:\n\nObservations to be made by officers conducting house to house visitation:\n\n1. See if the patient is feverish. \n2. Look for swellings (buboes) under the arms, on the groin, on the neck, above the elbow. \n3. Observe if the patient has an anxious expression and if he is walking with a tottering gait.\n\nThe rainfall registered to 10 a.m. on Wednesday, for the preceding twenty-four hours, was 0.26 inch, and for the twenty-four hours ending 10 a.m. on Thursday 2.23 inches. There were heavy showers later in the day.\n\nOur Saigon correspondent telegraphs that Hongkong has been declared an infected port and vessels arriving at Saigon are subjected to six days' quarantine.\n\nPRECAUTIONS AT MACAO.\n\nThe following order is published in the Macao Boletim Oficial:\n\nBubonic plague having appeared in epidemic form in the neighbouring ports of Canton and Hongkong and causing a considerable number of deaths amongst the Chinese population of those two cities;\n\nAt the Police Court on Tuesday there were several cases of failure to report the occurrence of the disease, and doubtless a few convictions and fines will make landlords more alive to the vital necessity of bringing the cases to the attention of the authorities without the slightest delay. Ning Kin and Lan Chuk, widows, the occupants respectively of Nos. 72 and 74, Market Street, were charged by Inspector Quincey before Mr. H. E. Wodehouse with neglecting to report the outbreak of plague in their houses. The Inspector stated that he visited the places and found men suffering from the disease, whom he had removed to the Hygeia. The symptoms were very pronounced at the time and there would be no difficulty in identifying the disease. His Worship fined the first defendant $2 or fourteen days' and discharged the second. Lai You Chang, a teacher, for a similar neglect in respect to a case at 10, Wai Tak Lane, was fined $5 or in default 14 days' imprisonment.\n\nThe fire engines on Tuesday were engaged in flushing the sewers and drains of the Taiping-shan district from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. The water was pumped from the harbour by the floating engine up to the Hollywood Road level and from thence to the China Road. A good quantity of water was used. This operation will be continued to-day.\n\nDepartmental orders have also been issued calling upon the Chinese to keep their houses clean.\n\n19th May. It is regrettable to have to report that the plague has again increased and that both the numbers of deaths, admissions, and cases are larger than those of the previous day. It will be remembered that the returns on Thursday on the face of them showed a gratifying diminution of the disease, and the copious downfall of rain continuing it was confidently and naturally anticipated that this diminution would be even more pronounced yesterday. The official returns, however, up to noon on Friday show that in the twenty-four hours 25 deaths occurred, 7 were from noon on Thursday on board the Hygeia, 9 at Kennedy town Hospital, and 9 outside, as against a mortality of 21 on Thursday. The new cases were 29, viz, 12 on the Hygeia and 17 at Kennedy town, being an increase of 19. The total number of cases under treatment is 56 against 44 at the last report. This increase is not regarded by the authorities in a serious light, and no apprehensions are entertained that the disease is baffling the exertions made to stamp it out. In fact, the medical officers take a hopeful view and feel sure that the worst is now past. The increase is ascribed to the complete organisation which is operating for the detection of cases. On Friday twelve men from the Royal Engineers and twelve from the Shropshire Light Infantry were enrolled as special sanitary officers, which makes the staff numerically strong and adequate to the necessities of the work to be done. The house to house visitation is divided into sections, and it is almost impossible now that cases of plague can pass undiscovered.\n\nThe Manila authorities have prescribed 15 days' observation on all vessels arriving from this port.\n\nAt the Magistracy on Friday a hawker was charged with failing to report a case of plague which occurred in his house on the 17th inst. Defendant pleaded that he could not leave the premises, but Commander W. H. Hastings, before whom the case was heard, imposed a fine of $50 with an alternative of two months' hard labour.\n\n21st May,\n\nHaving received the advice of the Provincial Sanitary Board:\n\nI hereby order:\n\n1. That the supply of water to the public by boats stationed along the Praia Grande and in the inner harbour be continued with the greatest regularity.\n\n2. That the drains be flushed daily, especially in the districts occupied by the Chinese population, and more particularly the districts of Volong, San-kin, Sa-tong, Patane, Mong-ha, and the village of Barra.\n\n3. That the pavement of the slaughter house and its appendages be daily washed with salt water.\n\n4. That on the arrival of any vessel from Canton or Hongkong, including the steamers and launches of the regular lines, an officer of the Sanitary Board shall inspect the passengers, and especially the Chinese passengers, to ascertain if any of them are suffering from the bubonic plague or exhibit suspicious symptoms.\n\n5. That the commandant of the water police shall give the necessary directions in order that lorcha or other boats from Hongkong or Canton may not land any individual suspected to be suffering from the disease; and any case presenting its symptoms shall be detained on board until examined by an officer of the Sanitary Board, who shall be immediately informed.\n\n6. If any passenger be found to be suffering from bubonic plague, whether on board steamers or launches, such passenger shall not be landed; and if any case of the disease be found on a sailing vessel or boat propelled by oars the vessel shall be immediately to be immediately towed out of the harbour, and removed by a copious rainfall we may confidently anticipate the speedy disappearance of the evil result.\n\nGovernment Palace, Macao,\n\n15th May, 1894.\n\nThe Governor of the Province,\n\nJose M. da Horta e Costa.\n\nwork of soaching and disinfecting the localities\n\nfor development it was hoped that in a few days such an appreciable conquest of the disease would be achieved that no further danger need be anticipated. A certain section of the Chinese have now, however, attempted to frustrate all these efforts, and are determined to assert aggressively the ignorance and stupidity which peculiarly belong to the multitude of the natives. It will be remembered that one of the first acts of the permanent committee was to order the removal of all patients from the Tung Wah Hospital to the Hygeia, and the next wise edict was that no patients were to be sent there, but removed direct to the bulk. There was at the time much grumbling and opposition to this course, the patients themselves, with the instinct of their race, objecting, sometimes violently to their removal to the Hygeia and their treatment by Western skill and science. It appears that this feeling of resentment has been simmering and increasing during the past few days, and on Saturday it broke bounds and completely disorganised the work of cleansing, disinfecting, and investigating, which was in progress. Mr. Lau Wai Chuen, a member of the Sanitary Board and also Chairman of the Tung Wah Hospital Committee, has, with an intelligence which unfortunately does not belong to all his countrymen, lost the Government his hearty co-operation in the measures they have taken. Some of his colleagues on the Hospital Committee, however, imbued with anti-foreign feeling, have resisted this policy, and by their influence have created a strong opposition among the native population to the work which the authorities are prosecuting with such vigour.\n\nMay 24, 1894.\n\nCHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT.\n\n198\n\n4.3\n\nAnother case occurred yesterday among the Portuguese community, the patient being taken to the Hygeia.\n\nSingapore has imposed nine days' quarantine, including the time occupied by the passage, rioting, the Government having met the Tung Wah Hospital Committee in their demand that there be no further danger of a renewal of the.\n\nMEETING AT THE TUNG WAH HOSPITAL\n\nA largely attended meeting of Chinese was held on Sunday at the Tung Wah Hospital, there being present about seventy members of the leading firms and some four hundred others. The Captain Superintendent of Police and the Colonial Surgeon attended the meeting.\n\nMr. Lau Wai Chuen occupied the chair. He said that many people had preferred a request that persons suffering from the plague should be allowed to be conveyed to Canton, if their relatives so desired, by special launches.\n\nThe Captain Superintendent of Police replied that he was instructed to state that information had that morning been received from Canton that the officials there would not allow persons suffering from the disease to be landed there. Mr. Lau Wai Chuen interpreted Mr. May's reply to the meeting, who received it with strong marks of dissatisfaction. Mr. Lau Wai Chuen, endeavoured to maintain order and said he would personally apply to the Government here and the officials at Canton in relation to the matter. He suggested that they should send a petition to Canton signed by all the leading firms of the colony.\n\nYesterday morning the sanitary officers reported a house supposed to be empty and made the horrible discovery that there were five corpses on the premises and four very serious cases, all exhibiting pronounced symptoms of the plague.\n\nYesterday morning one of the turnkeys in the Victoria Gaol reported himself sick and Dr. Marques, suspecting from the symptoms that the man was suffering from plague, sent him immediately to hospital. A prisoner in the gaol, who had been convicted for not reporting a case of plague, was also removed to the new Chinese Hospital for treatment.\n\nThe arrangements for the burial of victims of the plague do not appear to be quite satisfactory. A good deal of delay takes place before the bodies are interred, separate graves having to be dug in a rather rocky and refractory soil. The squatters on the land contiguous to this cemetery have petitioned the Government on the matter. Evidently a more suitable site ought to be selected.\n\nOn Saturday many of the houses visited were blockaded and the sanitary officers stoned, and in the afternoon all attempts to continue the house to house inspection had to be discontinued, the work being rendered exceedingly unsafe and difficult. A mob also collected at the Po Leung Kuk office and broke the windows, but was dispersed by the police before doing further damage. On Sunday, while a meeting at the Tung Wah Hospital was in progress, Mr. Lau was hurriedly sent for, news arriving that his hong was being wrecked. When Mr. Lau left the building he was surrounded by a howling mob of Chinese and had to be escorted by police to his residence. Mr. P. R. May, Captain Superintendent of Police, grasped the situation at once and sent a mounted contingent of armed Sikhs to the district, the presence of which fortunately prevented further disturbances.\n\nThe Government have so far met the Chinese opposition as to assent to the establishment of a temporary hospital under the management of the Tung Wah at the Glassworks, Kennedy town, to which all patients will be removed and where they will be treated by native practitioners, and the use of the Hygeia for the reception of plague patients will be discontinued.\n\nOn Sunday the house to house inspection was recommenced, the officers being protected by a strong police guard.\n\nSome cases have been reported on the mainland and proclamations have been issued prohibiting the immigration of Chinamen from Hongkong. At Haiphong several persons have fallen victims to the disease.\n\nThis suggestion was unanimously agreed to. The Captain Superintendent of Police said that rumours were current that people not suffering from the disease had been taken to the Hygeia and the Kennedy town Hospital, people who were not sick at all, but this could be at once disproved if any of those present would go with him to examine the patients, when it would be seen they were all sick people suffering from the plague. If those attacked were not segregated it would be impossible to prevent the spread of the disease, and he referred to the visitation of the plague in England two hundred years ago and the great mortality it caused. He suggested to the Chairman that he should advise the people that they should avoid overcrowding in their dwellings, and then the number of persons attacked by the disease would decrease.\n\nCONFERENCE AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE.\n\nAn important conference was held yesterday at Government House for the purpose of discussing the new turn events have taken and considering the course of action to be adopted in the immediate future. His Excellency Sir William Robinson presided, and there were also present H.E. Major-General Barker, Hon. J. H. Stewart Lockhart (Acting Colonial Secretary), Hon. N. G. Mitchell-Innes (Colonial Treasurer), Hon. Ho Kai, Dr. P. B. C. Ayres (Colonial Surgeon), Mr. F. H. May (Captain Superintendent of Police), Mr. J. J. R. Crook, Dr. James, Francis Q.C., Mr. J. A. M. S., Dr. Lan Wai Chuen. The meeting lasted for some time. The first business was the consideration of representations by the permanent committee of the Sanitary Board as to the inadequacy of the number of sanitary officers.\n\nApplication was made for the enrolling of 400 assistants for the work of cleansing and disinfecting.\n\nAt this stage of the proceedings a petition was presented from the residents in East Street complaining of the treatment they had received at the hands of the sanitary officers, entering their houses unexpectedly and frightening the children. The petitioners asked that attention should be given to this matter.\n\nAt this time news arrived that a mob was attacking Mr. Lau Wai Chuen's establishment in Bonham Strand, the Tung San Wo, and\n\nOn Sunday night everything was quiet and it was hoped there would be no renewal of the disturbances.\n\nThe decrease in the number of cases reported for the twenty-four hours up to noon on Sunday is, it is to be feared, due to interruption of the inspection rather than to any actual diminution of the disease.\n\nA notice was subsequently issued by the Committee of the Tung Wah Hospital stating that the Government has consented to allow all patients suffering from plague to be treated by the doctors of the Tung Wah Hospital. The notice also informs the people that they need not be alarmed by the visits of the sanitary officers, as any one found to be suffering from plague will now be removed to the Tung Wah's branch hospital instead of being taken to the Hygeia.\n\nAt the Police Court on Saturday there were some more cases of failure to report outbreaks of plague. Wong Chan, a married woman, was so charged. P.S. Moffat said that he visited the house of the defendant No. 64, First Street, at 11 a.m. on the 18th. In the first room visited he found a man lying dead, and another man (the husband of the defendant) was very ill in the same apartment. In another room in the Cookhouse he discovered a woman very ill lying under a bed, and in the cockloft a girl was seriously ill. All, both the dead and the living, had the symptoms of bubonic plague. Defendant pleaded that she was a very poor woman, and was fined $5, which she paid. Chan Chol, a shopkeeper at No. 6, Hung Lane, off Queen's Road West, was also charged with concealing a case. P.S. Smith said that he went into the premises and found a man suffering from plague. There were a number of persons present, who ran away on his arrival. A like fine was imposed.\n\nWe have heard of a somewhat curious case in connection with the plague. A few days ago a coolie was charged with cutting and wounding a companion and the hearing of the charge was remanded for a week by the sitting Magistrate, bail of $250 being allowed and procured. The following day the unlucky coolie was seized with the disease and died on board the Hygeia.\n\nThe Spanish Consul received the following official telegram despatch from Manila at 9:53 a.m. on Saturday: \"Hongkong has been declared an infected port, and vessels from thence are subject to fifteen days' quarantine.\"\n\nInformation has also been received that a proclamation will be issued to-day addressed to the Chinese explaining the objects of the preventative measures now being prosecuted and calling upon them to co-operate therein and assist the Government.\n\nMr. May stated at the meeting yesterday that he and his assistants had been welcomed and not obstructed in the different houses visited.\n\nThe following are the returns for the twenty-four hours to noon yesterday:\n\nHygeia, Kennedy town Hospital, City, Total, Decrease.\n\nAdmissions: 2, 3, 0, 5, \nDeaths: 3, 2, 0, 5, \nUnder treatment: 26, 20, 17, 63, 28\n\nThe Government, we understand, is fully prepared to support the permanent committee of the Sanitary Board to the utmost. There is a suspicion that jealousy between different sections of the Chinese is at the bottom of the recent disturbances and ill-feeling.\n\nTHE DISTURBANCES-POLICE COURT PROCEEDINGS.\n\nMr. H. E. Wodehouse was yesterday morning engaged at the Police Court in hearing several cases arising out of the disturbances in Chinatown reported in yesterday's issue.\n\nYesterday Yea Kay, a hawker, was charged with behaving in a disorderly manner in Po Yan Street.\n\nPage 403\n\n...",
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        "content_text": "the 31st March, 1894, I have the honour to transmit for Your Lordship's favourable consideration the enclosed copy of a letter from the Acting Colonial Treasurer recommending the confirmation of the appointments of Messrs Silva and Pestonjee as 4th and 6th Clerks in the Treasury.\n\nI have the honour to be;\n\nMy Lord Marquess, Your Lordship's Most Obedient Humble Servant,\n\nWilliam Robinson\n\n24th August, 1894.\n\nCopy W.93.\n\nEnclosure.\n\nC.O. 17664\n\nTreasury, 24th August, 1894.\n\n745\n\nWith reference to my letter of 20th January last, (C20 N.195 of 1894), I have the honour to recommend that Mr. Silva may be confirmed in his appointment as 4th clerk and Mr. Pestonjee in that of 6th Clerk, both officers having, I am glad to say, given me satisfaction during their six months term of probation.\n\nI have the honour to be,\n\nN.G. Mitchell-Innes, Treasurer.\n\nThe Hon'ble The Acting Colonial Secretary,\n\nPage 750\n\nPage 751",
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        "content_text": "of the Enclosure\n\nthe enclosed reports of the\n\ndiscussion in Council\n\non\n\n28th Aug 1894/4\n\nthe 1st and 2nd readings of the Taipingshan Resumption\n\nOrdinance.\n\nand\n\n4th Septbr.\n\n01894.\n\nI have the honour to be,\n\nMy Lord Marquess, Your Lordship's Most Obedient\n\nHumble Servant,\n\nWilliam Main Shinzoy\n\n• The Daily Press.\n\nHONGKONG, AUGUST 28TH, 1894.\n\nEnclosure 129\n\nHONGKONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.\n\nA meeting of the Legislative Council was held yesterday. There were present:-\n\nHis Excellency the Governor, Sir WILLIAM ROBINSON, K.C.M.G.\n\nHon. J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Acting Colonial Secretary.\n\nHon. A. J. LEACH, Q.C., Acting Attorney-General.\n\nHon. N. G. MITCHELL-INNES, Colonial Treasurer.\n\nHon. E. BOWDLER, Acting Director of Public Works.\n\nHon. R. M. RUMSEY, Harbour Master.\n\nHon. C. P. CHATER.\n\nHon. Ho KAI.\n\nHon. E. R. BELILIOS.\n\nHon. A. McCONOMIE.\n\nMr. J. G. T. BUCKLE, Acting Clerk of Councils.\n\nTHE TAIPINGSHAN RESUMPTION\n\nORDINANCE.\n\nThe ACTING ATTORNEY-GENERAL-I have the honour to move the first reading of a Bill, which I propose to shortly call the Taipingshan Resumption Ordinance. On ordinary occasions it is not usual to make any statement in reference to Bills on \"first reading,\" but I think this Bill is of such importance that I may refer to one or two questions touching it. It will be within the recollection of hon. members of Council that on the 14th June this year your Excellency at a meeting of this Council stated shortly what were the steps that were proposed to be taken by the Government in connection with the prevention of the plague in future. Your Excellency then said (I am reading now from a report of the Daily Press, and I think it is fairly correct)-\"It will give the Government-this is of course simply what we propose-it will give the Government power to enter into immediate possession of, and pull down, and destroy, all dwelling houses and blocks of houses unfit for human habitation. It will provide that the Government shall at once resume the possession of all land on which such dwellings are built, paying of course compensation for so doing. It will provide that the Government shall have power to enter all houses now insanitary though capable of being put into thoroughly sanitary condition. Owners will be compelled to amend all such defects in the houses as render them insanitary. The Government will have power to re-survey and re-arrange all lots so taken, and open new roads and improve the old ones. Power will also be taken to enter and inspect all Chinese houses; such houses will be numbered and classified, and a fixed number of tenants will be allotted to each house and room, and owners will be obliged to enter into a covenant that that number shall not in any case be exceeded; any infraction will of course be followed by heavy penalties.\" In accordance with that sketch of what was proposed, a Bill was prepared. This Bill was of a general character, authorising the demolition and destruction of houses and constituting a Board of Arbitration, and making provision as regards the sanitary matters touched on by your Excellency. However, when the first print of the Bill came to be considered, it was found that the sanitary provisions contained in it then and the further sanitary additions to be introduced would so complicate the Bill that it was thought better to put them in a separate measure, and they were dropped out of this Bill altogether. The Bill was then reframed to take in only those general powers of demolition and resumption after a proper arbitration board had been constituted. However, before the Bill was finally framed the Permanent Committee of the Sanitary Board somewhat modified the view they put forward as to what was required, and you will find in a letter already printed in the daily newspapers that on the 28th June the Permanent Committee sent in a letter recommending instead of the general powers of resumption the resumption of a certain area of Taipingshan instead of what was formerly proposed; hence this present Bill. That Bill since being published in the papers has been modified to meet the views of the unofficial members of the Council so far as possible and others who have reported upon it. That accounts for the alteration and delay in the programme first proposed. Of course, it will have to be looked upon as a first measure, to be followed by a second measure which will deal with the sanitary aspect of affairs. The second point is as to the necessity for this Bill. I would ask hon. members to recollect that the chief object of this Bill is, so far as possible, so far as we can foresee, to prevent any recrudescence or any recurrence of that plague which has now visited the colony for upwards of four months. The area proposed to be dealt with, roughly speaking, comprises somewhat under 400,000 square feet, or 10 acres, and from the letter of the Permanent Committee of 28th June it will be seen that the area comprises 374 houses, of which 76 had more than three cases of plague in them, and were closed on that account, 146 had one or two cases of plague, and the remainder were condemned either from proximity to these other houses or were insanitary in themselves from other causes. Now, many of these houses are small, old, dark, badly drained and ventilated and some of them were then in a most filthy condition, and the majority of them were certified to be unfit for human habitation. The whole district is said to be badly laid out and badly drained, and the soil is fouled with the accumulations of years. Up to 28th June out of all the cases of plague which had occurred 50 per cent occurred in that particular district, and of the cases which occurred we know now from medical authority that the plague carried off from 75 to 80 per cent of those attacked by it. Now the report of the Permanent Committee is deserving of the most serious attention. It is the report of four men who for two months and upwards had been giving their utmost time and attention to the plague and to the particular areas in which cases of plague occurred. From the evidence they produced and from the reports which are before the Government at present, the opinion seems to be almost unanimous that the whole area must be destroyed and laid out afresh.\n\nFirst, there was the recommendation of the Permanent Committee in the letter of 28th June, in which they say \"nothing but the pulling down of the whole of the existing houses and the complete reconstruction of the quarter with wider streets and better drainage will ever prevent the neighbourhood from being a source of danger to the entire city.\" Then, there is the report of the Housing Committee. It was composed, I think, of five gentlemen-the Colonial Treasurer as Chairman, Dr. Ho Kai, Mr. Jackson, Mr. Tooker (Public Works Department), and Mr. Turner, architect. What is the result of their inquiries, chiefly confined to medical evidence? They state in their report-it has not been published yet but I suppose there is no objection to my quoting from it-that \"after careful consideration of the medical evidence tendered the committee unanimously agreed that the proper course to be pursued with regard to the 384 houses in the walled-in portion of Taipingshan is their demolition, preferably by fire, that being the only course open if the district is to be made permanently sanitary.\" Surgeon-Major James, who, I think, is a member of the Permanent Committee, also wrote most emphatically to the Housing Committee stating that, in his opinion, total demolition was the only course to be pursued. He said- \"I certainly cannot imagine that any course but the complete destruction of the infected area would be of any advantage; and to reconstruct it without destroying it first would involve its being pulled about so much as to double the labour and to allow the most dangerous spots to exist. The houses are structurally bad, the materials are old, the lanes are too narrow, and the whole area is overpeopled, the drains are imperfect, and, finally, most of the soil and materials are full of plague germs. There are, no doubt, other places nearly as bad, but none quite as bad and none so much poisoned.\" Then there was the evidence of the medical profession-Surg-Col Preston, Dr. Ayres (Colonial Surgeon), Dr. Hartigan, and Dr. Katt. With the exception of Dr. Hartigan they were all of opinion that the houses should be \"pulled down\".",
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        "content_text": "of the Colony, and I should be the last to venture to differ on this point, but the Squatters do contribute by way of their Squatters' Licence fees, and the Director of Public Works considers that these are a sufficient tax without the imposition of Rates.\n\n\"It may be asked why, if Squatters' Licence fees can be collected, their Rates cannot. The answer is that, if the Land Bailiff finds anyone occupying land without having permission so to do as evidenced by his being either on the Roll of Crown Lessees at date of the Cession or in possession of a Squatter's Licence, he can prosecute him as a trespasser before a Magistrate, and a decision is arrived at in a few minutes, instead of as many weeks or months.\n\nShould it be decided to exempt squatters from payment of rates as recommended, there will have to be written off from 1st January 1890 to date $42,267.38 only.\n\n(signed) N.G. Mitchell-Innes\n\nColonial Treasurer,\n\n20th November, 1894.",
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        "content_text": "# Financial Statement for 1892\n## Loan Account\n|  |  |\n| --- | --- |\n| 3695 | 478 |\n| Pe 24 10 94 |  |\n| Co Loan @ 4% interest ba |  |\n| paid off on the 1st March 1907 £200,000 | By Sinking Fund Ordinance // † (886) |\n|  | Securities hold by the Trustees in Glasgow |\n\n## Assets and Liabilities on the 31st December 1892\n### Assets\n| Item | Amount |\n| --- | --- |\n| Silver Currency | £42,758.77 |\n| Draft drawn by the Crown Agents | 5,000.00 |\n| Deposits not available | 74,000.00 |\n| Subsidiary Coins in transit | 300,000.00 |\n| Balance due by Crown Agents in transit | 57,596.47 |\n| Post Office Remittances |  |\n|   Refund of taxes for unoccupied Houses | 17,033.10 |\n|   Officers' Remittances | 4,270.10 |\n|   Assets held by Agents //66.36 |  |\n|   Arrears of Crown Rent | 88,639.93 |\n|   Money Orders, not yet paid | 8,829.67 |\n|   Advances to be recovered | 84,243.72 |\n|   Bonds, Italy, France, etc. | 22,000.00 |\n\n### Liabilities\n| Item | Amount |\n| --- | --- |\n| Predrawn Balance | 145,882.68 |\n| Amount due to Post Offices | 182,739.36 |\n|  | 0.00 |\n|  | 300,000.00 |\n|  | 100,519.18 |\n| Pensions due to Civil Offices | 12,000.00 |\n| ¢ & Ex-Police Cous$ | 3,000.00 |\n\n## Total Assets and Liabilities\n|  | Amount |\n| --- | --- |\n| Total Assets | $489,513.22 |\n| Total Liabilities | 454,407.35 |\n| Balance | 35,705.87 |\n\nTotal Assets $489,513.22  \nTotal Liabilities 454,407.35  \nBalance 35,705.87  \n\n(Fixed) N. G. Mitchell-Innes  \nHong Kong, 23rd May, 1893.",
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        "content_text": "# Enclosure 326\n\n\"Statement of expenditure occasioned by the outbreak of Plague.\n\nRef. 5102\n22 MAR 96\n\nFrom 25th May to 31st December, 1894.\n\n| Category | Amount |\n| --- | --- |\n| Remuneration to Naval & Military, Civil Servants & Police Officers (list attached) | $16,743.98 |\n| Officers | $5,597.65 |\n| Burial Expenses & disinfecting & Cleansing etc. | $44,364.29 |\n| Rent of Premises | $15,980.82 |\n| Medicines & Provisions | $24,930.11 |\n| Miscellaneous | $16,493.38 |\n| Total | $28,072.69 |\n| **Total** | **$152,182.95** |\n\nTreasury,\n(S) N. G. Mitchell-Innes,\nHongkong, 11th February, 1895.\nTreasurer.",
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        "content_text": "# FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR 1894.\n\n## LOAN ACCOUNT.\n\nCr.\n\nSinking Fund. Nil.\n\nTo Inscribed Stock Loan at 3½% interest, to be paid off on the 15th April, 1943, £348,199.15.1\n\n## ASSETS AND LIABILITIES, ON THE 31ST DECEMBER, 1894.\n\n### ASSETS.\n\n| Item | $ |\n| --- | --- |\n| Subsidiary Coins | 5,000.00 |\n| Deposit in Bank | 150,000.00 |\n| Balance in Bank at current Account | 358,886.99 |\n| Praya Reclamation Deposit Account | 100,000.00 |\n| Refund of Taxes | 4,000.00 |\n| Deposit in England at call | 1,157,350.99 |\n| Balance in hands of Crown Agents | 2,480.95 |\n| Drafts drawn by the Crown Agents, in transit | 5,977.43 |\n| Subsidiary Coins in transit | 200,000.00 |\n| Amount due from Post Offices—London, Italy, France, &c. | ... |\n\n### LIABILITIES.\n\n| Item | $ |\n| --- | --- |\n| Deposits not available | 400,000.00 |\n| Officers' Remittances, not yet paid | 5,941.72 |\n| Money Orders, not yet paid | 26,808.73 |\n| Pensions due to Civil Officers | 40,500.00 |\n| Do. to ex-Police Constables | 16,000.00 |\n| Arrears of Taxes | 15,138.22 |\n| Arrears of Crown Rent | 66,460.04 |\n| Advances to be recovered | 30,267.81 |\n| TOTAL LIABILITIES | 581,299.40 |\n\nTOTAL ASSETS $2,009,912.78\n\nBalance $1,428,613.38\n\n* Of which $979,974.38 represents unexpended balance of 1893 Loan of £200,000 (there is a discrepancy in the year; the original text states \"1898 Loan\" but this appears to be an error given the context of the 1894 financial statement).\n\nTreasury, Hongkong, 28th February, 1895.\n\n**N. G. MITCHELL-INNES**, Colonial Treasurer.\n\nPage 458",
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        "content_text": "# HONGKONG.\n## STATEMENT SHOWING THE TOTAL REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE IN THE YEAR 1894,\nLaid before the Legislative Council by Command of His Excellency the Governor.\n\n### COLONY OF HONGKONG.\n#### No. 15.\n\n## REVENUE.\n\n| Estimated | Total Revenue | More than Estimated | Less than Estimated |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| $ | $ | $ | $ |\n| 192,000 | 92,969.31 |  | 99,030.69 |\n| 200 | 384,800 | 140,00 |  |\n| 394,124.46 |  |  |  |\n| 2,100 | 1,150 |  | 950.00 |\n| 1,500.00 | 850.00 |  | 650.00 |\n| 176 | 175.00 |  | 1.00 |\n| 6,600 | 6,161.00 |  | 439.00 |\n|  | 0 |  |  |\n\n Boat licences | 92,969.31  \nCargo Boat Licences |  \nCarriage, Chair, etc. Licences | 384,800  \nChinese Passenger Ships Licences | 394,124.46  \nChinese Undertaker Licences | 1,150  \nDog Licences | 850.00  \nEmigration Brokers' Licences | 175.00  \nFees, etc. |  \nForfeitures | 6,161.00  \n\n## RETURN OF REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE DURING THE YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER, 1894,\n\n### LIGHT DUES,\n### LICENCES AND INTERNAL REVENUE NOT OTHERWISE ENUMERATED\n\n| Estimated | Total Expenditure | More than Estimated | Less than Estimated |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| $ | $ | $ | $ |\n|  | 177,026 | 221,812.44 | 44,786.44 |\n| 0 | 100,077.25 | 18,917.08 |  |\n| 41,839 | 14,101.70 |  | 27,737.30 |\n| 3,002.75 |  |  | 3,002.75 |\n| 60.00 | 35,976 | 37,458.04 | 1,482.04 |\n| 9,624.45 |  |  | 9,624.45 |\n| 10,000 | 9,343.39 |  | 656.61 |\n| 600.00 |  |  | 600.00 |\n\n### EXPENDITURE,\n\n#### Charge on Account of Public Debt, Pensions,\n#### Governor and Legislature.\n#### Colonial Secretary's Department,\n#### Audit Department.\n#### Public Works Department.\n\n| Estimated | Total Expenditure | More than Estimated | Less than Estimated |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| $ | $ | $ | $ |\n|  | 249,082 | 20,857.08 | 1,600.95 |\n| 300.00 | 89,791 | 85,966.36 | 3,824.64 |\n|  | 163,646 | 188,832.15 | 18,706.13 |\n| 51.60 |  |  | 51.60 |\n| 24,726 | 23,186.21 |  | 1,539.79 |\n| 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|\n| 100 | 133.50 | 33.50 |  |\n| 2,400 | 2,520.00 | 120.00 |  |\n| 300 | 583.00 | 283.00 |  |\n| 7,590 | 6,744.20 |  | 845.80 |\n|  | 891.14 |  | 891.14 |\n| 2 | 1,755.00 | 1,753.00 |  |\n| 800 | 262.75 |  | 537.25 |\n| 19,000 | 9,281.49 |  | 9,718.51 |\n| 600 | 852.30 | 252.30 |  |\n| 13,000 | 11,562.00 |  | 1,438.00 |\n| 500 | 329.00 |  | 171.00 |\n| 8,000 | 13,250.00 | 5,250.00 |  |\n|  | 10,200.00 | 10,200.00 |  |\n| 1,000 | 7,628.00 | 6,628.00 |  |\n| 100 | 1,197.73 | 1,097.73 |  |\n| 164 |  |  | 164 |\n| 750 | 750.00 |  | 0.00 |\n\n### POST OFFICE:\n\n| Estimated | Total Receipts | More than Estimated | Less than Estimated |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| $ | $ | $ | $ |\n| 157,000 | 192,172.42 | 35,172.42 |  |\n\n### RENT OF GOVERNMENT PROPERTY, LANDS AND HOUSES\n\n| Estimated | Total Receipts | More than Estimated | Less than Estimated |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| $ | $ | $ | $ |\n| 630 | 1,288.00 | 658.00 |  |\n| 400 | 320.00 |  | 80.00 |\n| 6,500 | 7,571.45 | 1,071.45 |  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        "content_text": "# COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF THE REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE OF THE COLONY OF HONGKONG IN 1893 & 1894.\n\n## FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR 1894.\n\n### REVENUE.\n\n| Item | 1893 | 1894 | Increase | Decrease |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Light Dues | 96,051.09 | 93,900.57 |  | 2,150.52 |\n| LICENCES AND INTERNAL REVENUE NOT OTHERWISE CHARGEABLE |  |  |  |  |\n| Charge on Account of Public Debt, Pensions | 168,782.06 | 221,812.64 | 53,030.58 |  |\n| Arms Ordinance | 180.00 |  |  | 180.00 |\n| Assessed Taxes | 394,224.55 | 394,424.43 | 199.88 |  |\n| Governor and Legislature | 42,134.88 | 44,401.76 | 2,266.88 |  |\n| Colonial Secretary's Department | 87,188.00 | 93,144.55 | 5,956.55 |  |\n| Audit Department | 10,408.97 | 9,943.39 |  | 465.58 |\n| Auctioneers' Licences | 2,100.00 | 1,800.00 |  | 300.00 |\n| Treasury | 22,527.21 | 23,237.05 | 709.84 |  |\n| Billiard Tables and Bowling Alleys Licences | 1,150.00 | 850.00 |  | 300.00 |\n| Public Works Department | 84,159.29 | 83,966.36 |  | 192.93 |\n| Boarding House Licences | 175.00 |  |  | 175.00 |\n| Post Office | 188,286.04 | 168,352.15 |  | 19,933.89 |\n| Boat Licences | 8,661.00 | 6,151.00 |  | 2,510.00 |\n| Cargo Boat Licences | 7,726.25 | 10,888.00 | 3,161.75 |  |\n| Carriage, Chair, &c. 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        "content_text": "463\n\n(The Stock Exchange Branch of the Inland Revenue Department takes the form of a narrow scroll only, and, if this were doubled, somewhat in this fashion\n\nH\nviz: the embossing of the date on both the stamp and the document could be effected in a much smaller space.) It seems to me that the object aimed at could be achieved more efficiently. It may be urged that so simple an embossment would be easy of imitation, but, if it were made a rule that no revenue stamp should leave the Stamp Office until it had been over-embossed with the date, that danger would be very much lessened.\n\nI should be glad also to know whether the adoption of Singly Fugitive or Doubly Fugitive inks for the adhesive revenue stamps would not prove equally satisfactory and more economical, in view of the fact that the stamps will always be cancelled by printing-ink in the over-embossing process, and that, in addition to the stamps being more staple, greater variation of colour could be obtained by the use of singly fugitive inks.\n\nFrom  \n**N. G. Mitchell-Innes**  \nCrown Agents  \nTo  \n**Messrs De La Rue & Co.**  \n31st August 1895.\n\nWe enclose for your further report a letter (with previous correspondence) that we have received from the Treasurer of Hong-Kong relative to the supply of a dating machine and adhesive stamps.\n\nTo  \n**Messrs De La Rue & Co.**  \nFrom  \nCrown Agents  \n14th September 1895.\n\nOwing to two sets of plugs being necessary for the embossing die, it is impossible for us to make it as narrow as the Stock Exchange one. We cannot get two sets of plugs...",
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        "title": "CO129-270 - Public Offices & Others - 1895",
        "content_text": "## Correspondence Regarding Embossed Stamp Dies\n\nShould it be decided to employ the existing presses, two hand rollers at a cost of about 6/- each, would be necessary and a few pounds of specially prepared embossing ink at 10/- per lb.\n\n**Crown Agents to N.G. Mitchell Innes**\n5th November 1895.\n\nWith reference to your memorandum of 24th ult., we enclose reports from Messrs De La Rue & Co. dated 29th Oct. and 1st Nov. with a design and plan of the die for a single-dating embossed stamp made as small as possible. We also enclose their report of 17th Oct. with design and plan of the double-dating die for comparison with the single-dating one. Please return the correspondence with any remarks you may wish to make.\n\n**N.G. Mitchell-Innes to Crown Agents**\n7th Nov. 1895.\n\nCorrespondence returned with thanks. I have no further suggestions to make. The single-dated die is certainly very compact, but, in view of the practically inconsiderable difference in the amount of die space required, and of the fact that, by its use, fraud... say $10...",
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        "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案",
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        "document_key": "CO129-275 - Governor Sir Robinson - 1897 [1-5]",
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        "title": "CO129-275 - Governor Sir Robinson - 1897 [1-5]",
        "content_text": "240\n\nGOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION No. 351.\n\nThe following amended list is substituted for that published in Government Notification No. 300 of the 2nd July, 1892.\n\nBy Command,\n\nColonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 30th September, 1893.\n\nG. T. M. O'BRIEN, Colonial Secretary.\n\nList of Officers entitled to draw their leave salaries and pensions in England at the rate of 4/2 to the dollar.\n\n  \n    Office\n    Name\n  \n  \n    COLONIAL SECRETARY'S OFFICE\n    \n  \n  \n    Passed Cadet\n    A. M. Thomson\n  \n  \n    4th Clerk\n    A. W. Brewin\n  \n  \n    TREASURY\n    \n  \n  \n    Treasurer\n    J. A. Remedios\n  \n  \n    5th Clerk\n    N. G. Mitchell-Innes\n  \n  \n    PUBLIC WORKS' DEPARTMENT\n    \n  \n  \n    Special Engineer, Praya Reclamation\n    J. Placé Silva\n  \n  \n    Superintendent of Crown Lands\n    E. Bowdler\n  \n  \n    Correspondence Clerk\n    C. C. Malsch\n  \n  \n    Land Bailiff\n    A. H. Rennie\n  \n  \n    Overseer\n    G. J. W. King\n  \n  \n    \n    R. E. Eager\n  \n  \n    \n    D. Haywood\n  \n  \n    Public Cemetery\n    E. Thompson\n  \n  \n    Sanitary Works\n    J. Minhinnett\n  \n  \n    \n    J. Carroll\n  \n  \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    Water Works\n    E. Rose\n  \n  \n    Foreman of Roads\n    W. Samuel\n  \n  \n    POST OFFICE\n    \n  \n  \n    Postmaster General\n    A. K. Travers\n  \n  \n    Clerk\n    P. Remedios\n  \n  \n    \n    A. P. Costa, Jr.\n  \n  \n    \n    C. J. Demée\n  \n  \n    \n    P. Rodrigues\n  \n  \n    Postmaster Shanghai\n    H. A. Allen\n  \n  \n    Clerk\n    F. G. Machado\n  \n  \n    REGISTRAR GENERAL'S OFFICE\n    \n  \n  \n    Assistant Registrar General\n    M. A. Pereira\n  \n  \n    HARBOUR MASTER'S DEPARTMENT\n    \n  \n  \n    Harbour Master\n    T. S. Smith\n  \n  \n    Assistant Harbour Master, Government Marine Surveyor\n    R. Murray Rumsey\n  \n  \n    IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OFFICE\n    \n  \n  \n    1st Clerk\n    W. C. H. Hastings\n  \n  \n    2nd Clerk\n    R. C. Dixon\n  \n  \n    3rd Clerk\n    I. G. d'Almada e Castro\n  \n  \n    \n    F. A. Cordeiro\n  \n  \n    \n    A. A. in Costa\n  \n  \n    OBSERVATORY\n    \n  \n  \n    Director\n    W. Doberck\n  \n  \n    1st Assistant\n    F. G. Figg\n  \n  \n    2nd Clerk\n    E. J. F. Gomes\n  \n  \n    LEGAL DEPARTMENT\n    \n  \n  \n    Chief Justice\n    Fielding Clarke, LL.B.\n  \n  \n    Interpreter\n    J. D. Ball\n  \n  \n    Clerk and Usher\n    V. Sales, Jr.\n  \n  \n    1st Bailiff\n    F. Howell\n  \n  \n    Attorney General\n    W. M. Goodman",
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        "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案",
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        "title": "CO129-277 - Governor Sir Robinson - 1897 [8-10]",
        "content_text": "# Registrar GENERAL'S OFFICE, 13th December, 1889.\n\nThis is to certify that Urrex Sisen, Police Constable 586 (now Acting Sergeant), served in this Department as Assistant Collector of District Watchman's Rates from May, 1885, to April, 1889, and gave satisfaction.\n\n**N. G. MITCHELL-INNES,**\n**ACTING REGISTRAR GENERAL**\n\n## \n\nI have known Acting Sergeant No. 586, Urrex Srson, of the Hongkong Police for about eight years, and I consider him a man of very good character, sober and steady. He has been Drill Instructor to the Indians of the Force for some time.\n\n**HONGKONG, 16th February, 1891.**\n\n**T. C. DEMPSTER, MAJOR,**\n**ADJUTANT, HONGKONG POLICE**\n\nSIR,\n\nHongkong, 12th March, 1897.\n\nI have the honour to hand you with this my Petition respecting the matter of my dismissal from the Police Service, which I request you will be pleased to place before His Excellency the Governor for his kind and favourable consideration.\n\nIt is very hard on me that after eighteen years of any hard, faithful, and honest service in the Force I should be suddenly dismissed, and deprived altogether of the emoluments I have honestly and faithfully earned, and I therefore humbly pray and entreat that my respectful representation to His Excellency will meet with that consideration which is due to a Government servant of my long standing.\n\nI have the honour to be,\nSIR,\nYour most obedient servant,\n**UTTER SINGH, LATE INDIAN SERGEANT-MAJOR**\n**HONGKONG POLICE FORCE.**\n\nTo\n**THE HONOURABLE**\n**J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,**\n**COLONIAL SECRETARY, HONGKONG.**\n\n## \n\nHONGKONG, 27th May, 1891.\n\nActing Sergeant 586, Urre Stri, has served in the Police Force under me for twelve years, and during that time he has given me entire satisfaction, and I can strongly recommend him as an interpreter from the English language to the Colloquial and his own; in all I have found him a good and honest man, and as for the performances of his duties I can testify he can with care carry them out in any respect.\n\n**J. CRADOCK,**\n**ACTING CHIEF INSPECTOR.**\n\nTo\n**SIR WILLIAM ROBINSON, K.C.M.G.,**\n**GOVERNOR AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE COLONY OF HONGKONG AND ITS DEPENDENCIES AND VICE-ADMIRAL OF THE SAME**\n\nTHE HUMBLE PETITION OF UTTER SINGH, OF No. 12, HOLLYWOOD ROAD, VICTORIA, HONGKONG, LATE SERGEANT-MAJOR IN THE POLICE FORCE.\n\nMOST RESPECTFULLY SHEWETH:\n\n1. Your Petitioner enlisted in the Police Force of this Colony on the 10th day of December, 1878, as a Police Constable of the 3rd Class, and from that date obtained nine promotions, until on the 1st day of April, 1895, he became a Police Sergeant of the 1st Class and Indian Sergeant-Major or Jemadhar of the said Police Force. The following is a statement of the promotions of your Petitioner as entered in the Books of the said Police Force.\n\n| DATE | RANKS |\n| --- | --- |\n| 10 December, 1878 | No. 586, Utter Singh, joined 3rd Class P.C. |\n| 1 December, 1879 | 2nd Class P.C. |\n| 1 August, 1880 | 1st Class P.C. |\n| 25 February, 1885 | 3rd Class Sergeant |\n| 30 April, 1889 | 2nd Class Sergeant |\n| 1 September, 1890 | 1st Class Sergeant |\n| 1 September, 1893 | 3rd Class Sergeant (again, likely an error in original) |\n| 1 November, 1894 | 2nd Class Sergeant (again, likely an error in original) |\n| 1 April, 1895 | Sergeant-Major |\n\n## CENTRAL POLICE STATION, 20th March, 1884 (and other dates for various certificates).\n\nThis is to certify that I, the undersigned, have known Sergeant 586, UTTER SINGH, during the fifteen years he has been in the Police Force of this Colony, and have much pleasure in testifying that I have always found him an intelligent, zealous, and reliable officer, who always performs his duties to the satisfaction of his superior officers.\n\n**W. STANTON,**\n**INSPECTOR OF POLICE**\n\nCENTRAL POLICE STATION, 17th June, 1895.\n\nThe bearer, Sergeant-Major Utter Singh, has done duty under me for the past sixteen years, during which time I always found him an honest, trustworthy man, and always very attentive to his duties as Constable-Sergeant, and he now holds the rank of Sergeant-Major.\n\n**A. MANN,**\n**INSPECTOR.**\n\n2. From the said 10th day of December, 1878 to the 3rd day of December, 1896, when your Petitioner was dismissed from the said Police Force as hereinafter mentioned, your Petitioner's conduct, to the best of his knowledge and belief, was uniformly good; he was never guilty of misconduct or breach of discipline, he performed his duties satisfactorily, and bore a very good character, as could be evidenced from the copies of certificates, marked A to E, herewith attached. Your Petitioner begs to cite here only Major Dempster's remarks as given in his certificate dated the 16th February, 1891, that \"I consider him a man of very good character, sober and steady,\" and your Petitioner further begs to add that during the tenure of his service from December, 1878, to December, 1896, he never applied for and never had even such a short leave of absence as even a month's leave in the interval.\n\n3. On the said 3rd day of December, 1896, your Petitioner was dismissed from the said Police Force by the Honourable the Captain Superintendent of Police, but your Petitioner honestly believes that he is aware of no such misconduct or neglect of duty on his part as to render him fit for such a summary dismissal as has been given him, without any recognition of his full eighteen years' services in the Force.\n\nPage 145",
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        "document_key": "CO129-281 - Governor Sir Robinson & Acting Governor Major Gen Black - 1898 [1-3]",
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        "title": "CO129-281 - Governor Sir Robinson & Acting Governor Major Gen Black - 1898 [1-3]",
        "content_text": "# C.S.O. 95\n## COMMENDATIONS, &C.\n\nHis Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the recommendation by the undersigned, that, for their action in connection with the cases of murder and robbery which took place in Wing Lok Street on the 22nd November last, the undermentioned officers and men be rewarded as follows:---\n\n| Amount | Officer | Reason |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| $10.00 | Inspector QUINCEY | \"Highly commended\" for enquiries made. |\n|  | Inspector KEMP | \"Highly commended\" for the able manner in which he conducted the case. |\n|  | P. C. 64 Palmer and I. S. 572 Jowar Singh | \"Commended\" for assisting in the capture of one of the five prisoners. |\n| $10 each | C. C. 137 Han Haug and C. C. 144 Li Chung | for arresting another |\n\n**F. H. MAY, CAPTAIN SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE,**\nC.S.O. No. 3,044.\n\n## His EXCELLENCY\n\nI question the desirability of allowing this, but if not allowed a civil letter might be written in recognition of the offer made.\n(In) F. F. 27th December, 1890.\n\nTo be considered in Ex. Council,\n(In) G. W. DES VŒUX, 29th December, 1890.\n\nConsidered in Executive Council on the 30th December, 1890.\n\nThe Council advise and H. E. concurs that the application be granted on the ground that if the presentation were not permitted the Chinese Government would in future be more likely to grant rewards in secret.\n\n**(Signed) A. M. THOMSON, ACTING CLERK OF COUNCIL,**\n5th February, 1895.\n\n5th January, 1891.\n\n**HON. CAPTAIN SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE TO NOTE,**\n\n## POLICE DEPARTMENT,\n24th December, 1890.\n\nSir,\n\nI have the honour to apply for the instructions of His Excellency the Governor with reference to the enclosed application by Messrs. Wotton and Deacon on behalf of the Chinese Government to present silver watches to certain Police Officers who effected the arrest of a notorious fugitive criminal, Sü Fi Wing; there is no doubt that the arrest was fraught with danger to the lives of the officers, but as a Foreign Government is concerned in this matter I have respectfully to apply for instructions.\n\nI have, &c.\n\n**(Signed) W. M. DEANE, C.S.P.**\n\n**(In) HON. F. FLEMING, C.M.G., COLONIAL SECRETARY.**\n5th January, 1891.\n\nNoted (In) W. M. D. C.S.P.\n6th January, 1891.\n\n## TREASURY,\n15th January, 1891.\n\nI have lately had frequent occasion to utilize Inspector QUINCEY's services. I always found him most ready to give any assistance in his power, and, from the manner in which he executed his commissions, I see no reason to doubt that the high character which he bears both among the English and the Chinese, for activity and intelligence is well deserved.\n\n**N. Y. MITCHELL-INNES, TREASURER.**\n\n## 35, QUEEN'S ROAD,\n23rd December, 1890.\n\nSir,\n\nColonel Ho Cheung Ching deputed by the Viceroy of Canton to obtain the rendition of the fugitive criminal Să Fu Wing wishes under your sanction to present a silver watch to each of the following officers who were engaged in the arrest of Si Fu Wing on the 6th October.\n\n1. Inspector WILLIAM QUINCEY.\n2. Sergeant CHARLES HADDEN.\n3. Sergeant ALEXANDER MCIVER.\n\nWe think the reward is well merited and will thank you to give your permission to the presentation.\n\nWe are, &c.\n\n**(Signed) WOTTON & DEACON.**\n\n**Hon. W. M. DEANE, C.M.G., CAPTAIN SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE.**\n\n## REGISTRAR GENERAL'S OFFICE,\n16th February, 1889.\n\nInspector QUINCEY has been acting as Inspector of Markets since the 1st of June last. During that time he has performed his duties most satisfactorily, and I am sorry to lose his services owing to his having to resume his regular Police duties.\n\n**J. H. STEWART-LOCKHART, ACTING REGISTRAR GENERAL.**\n\nW. QUINCEY, Sergeant in the Hongkong Police Force, was for some time attached to my Department as Acting Inspector of Markets.\n\nHe performed his duties with zeal and discretion and to my entire satisfaction.\n\nHongkong, 16th October, 1878,\n\n**CECIL CLEMENT SMITH**",
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        "document_key": "CO129-283 - Acting Governor Major Gen Black - 1898 [5-6]",
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        "content_text": "# HONGKONG, 12th March, 1897.\n\n## REDSTRAN GENERAL'S OFFICE, 18th December, 1889.\n\nThis is to certify that Urrun San, Police Constable 586 (now Acting Sergeant), served in this Department as Assistant Collector of District Watchman's Rates from May, 1885, to April, 1889, and gave satisfaction.\n\nN. G. MITCHELL-INNES,\n**ACTING REMEMBRANCER GENERAL**\n\nI have the honour to hand you with this my Petition respecting the matter of my dismissal from the Police Service, which I request you will be pleased to place before His Excellency the Governor for his kind and favourable consideration.\n\nIt is very hard on me that after eighteen years of my hard, faithful, and honest service in the Force I should be suddenly dismissed, and deprived altogether of the emoluments I have honestly and faithfully earned, and I therefore humbly pray and entreat that my respectful representation to His Excellency will meet with that consideration which is due to a Government servant of my long standing.\n\n## CERTIFICATE\n\nI have known Acting Sergeant No. 586, Urren Sinan, of the Hongkong Police for about eight years, and I consider him a man of very good character, sober and steady. He has been Drill Instructor to the Indians of the Force for some time.\n\nHoxesosa, 16th February, 1891.\n\n1. C. DEMYSTER, MAJOR,\n**ADJUTANT, HONGKONG POLICE**\n\nI have the honour to be,\nSir,\nYour most obedient servant,\nUTTER SINGH, LATE INDIAN SERGEANT-MAJOR\nHONGKONG POLICE FORCE.\n\nTo\nTHE HONOURABLE\nJ. H. STEWART LOCKHART,\n**COLONIAL SECRETARY, HONGKONG**\n\nTo\nHIS EXCELLENCY\nHONGKONG, 27th May, 1891.\n\nActing Sergeant 586, UTTER SINGH, has served in the Police Force under me for twelve years, and during that time he has given me entire satisfaction, and I can strongly recommend him as an Interpreter from the English language to the Colloquial and his own; in all I have found him a good and honest man, and as for the performance of his duties I can testify he can with care carry them out in any respect.\n\nJ. CRADOCK,\n**ACTING CHIEF INSPECTOR**\n\n**SIR WILLIAM ROBINSON, KCMG, GOVERNOR AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE COLONY OF HONGKONG AND ITS DEPENDENCIES AND VICE-ADMIRAL OF THE SAME**\n\nTHE HUMBLE PETITION OF UTTER SINGH, OF No. 12, HOLLYWOOD ROAD, VICTORIA, HONGKONG, LATE SERGEANT-MAJOR IN THE POLICE FORCE.\n\nMOST RESPECTFULLY SHEWETH:\n\n1. -- Your Petitioner enlisted in the Police Force of this Colony on the 10th day of December, 1878, as Police Constable of the 3rd Class, and from that date obtained nine promotions, until on the 1st day of April, 1896, he became a Police Sergeant of the 1st Class and Indian Sergeant-Major or Jemadar of the said Police Force. The following is a statement of the promotions of your Petitioner as entered in the Books of the said Police Force.\n\n| Date | Rank | Promotion |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| 10 December, 1878 | 3rd Class P.C. | - |\n| 1 December, 1879 | 2nd Class P.C. | Promotion |\n| 1 February, 1883 | 1st Class P.C. | Promotion |\n| 30 April, 1889 | 2nd Class Sergeant | Promotion |\n| 1 August, 1889 | 1st Class Sergeant | Promotion |\n| 1 September, 1890 | Sergeant (acting) | Promotion |\n| 1 September, 1893 | Sergeant (confirmed) | - |\n| 1 November, 1894 | 1st Class Sergeant | Promotion |\n| 1 April, 1896 | Sergeant-Major | Promotion |\n\n## CENTRAL POLICE STATION HONGKONG, 20th March, 1894\n\nThis is to certify that I, the undersigned, have known Sergeant 586, UTTER SINGH, during the fifteen years he has been in the Police Force of this Colony, and have much pleasure in testifying that I have always found him an intelligent, zealous, and reliable officer, who always performs his duties to the satisfaction of his superior officers.\n\nW. STANTON,\n**RANK**\n\n## CENTRAL POLICE STATION, 17th June, 1895\n\nThe bearer, Sergeant-Major UTTER SINGH, has done duty under me for the past sixteen years, during which time I always found him an honest, trustworthy man, and always very attentive to his duties as Constable-Sergeant, and he now holds the rank of Sergeant-Major.\n\nA. MANN,\n**INSPECTOR**\n\n2. -- From the said 10th day of December, 1878 to the 3rd day of December, 1896, when your Petitioner was dismissed from the said Police Force as hereinafter mentioned, your Petitioner's conduct, to the best of his knowledge and belief, was uniformly good; he was never guilty of misconduct or breach of discipline, he performed his duties satisfactorily, and bore a very good character, as could be evidenced from the copies of certificates, marked A to E, herewith attached. Your Petitioner begs to cite here only Major Dempster's remarks as given in his certificate dated the 16th February, 1891, that \"I consider him a man of very good character, sober and steady,\" and your Petitioner further begs to add that during the tenure of his service from December, 1878, to December, 1896, he never applied for and never had had even such a short leave of absence as even a month's leave in the interval.\n\n3. -- On the said 3rd day of December, 1896, your Petitioner was dismissed from the said Police Force by the Honourable the Captain Superintendent of Police, but your Petitioner honestly believes that he is aware of no such misconduct or neglect of duty on his part as to fit him for such a summary dismissal as has been given him, without any recognition of his full eighteen years' services in the Force.\n\nPage 223",
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        "content_text": "## REGISTRAR GENERAL'S OFFICE, 13th December, 1889.\n\nThis is to certify that UTTER SINGH, Police Constable 580 (now Acting Sergeant), served in this Department as Assistant Collector of District Watchman's Rates from May, 1889, to April, 1889, and gave satisfaction.\n\n**N. G. MITCHELL-INNES,**\n**ACTING REGISTRAR GENERAL**\n\n## \n\nI have known Acting Sergeant No. 586, UTTER SINGH, of the Hongkong Police for about eight years, and I consider him a man of very good character, sober and steady. He has been Drill Instructor to the Indians of the Force for some time.\n\nHongkong, 16th February, 1891.\n\n**T. C. DEMPSTER, MAJOR,**\n**ADJUTANT, HONGKONG POLICE**\n\nSIR,\n\nHONGKONG, 12th March, 1897.\n\nI have the honour to hand you with this my Petition respecting the matter of my dismissal from the Police Service, which I request you will be pleased to place before His Excellency the Governor for his kind and favourable consideration.\n\nIt is very hard on me that after eighteen years of my hard, faithful, and honest service in the Force I should be suddenly dismissed, and deprived altogether of the emoluments I have honestly and faithfully earned, and I therefore humbly pray and entreat that my respectful representation to His Excellency will meet with that consideration which is due to a Government servant of my long standing.\n\nI have the honour to be,\nSir,\nYour most obedient servant,\n**UTTER SINGH, LATE INDIAN SERGEANT-MAJOR**\n**HONGKONG POLICE FORCE.**\n\nTo\n**THE HONOURABLE**\n**J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,**\n**COLONIAL SECRETARY, HONGKONG.**\n\nTo\n\nHIS EXCELLENCY\n\nHoyawose, 27th May, 1891.\n\nActing Sergeant 586, Utter Singh, has served in the Police Force under me for twelve years, and during that time he has given me entire satisfaction, and I can strongly recommend him as an interpreter from the English language to the Colloquial and his own; in all I have found him a good and honest man, and as for the performance of his duties I can testify he can with care carry them out in any respect.\n\n**J. CRADOCK,**\n**ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT.**\n\n**SIR WILLIAM ROBINSON, K.C.M.G.,**\n**GOVERNOR AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE COLONY OF HONGKONG AND ITS**\n**DEPENDENCIES AND VICE-ADMIRAL OF THE SAME,**\n\nTHE HUMBLE PETITION OF UTTER SINGH, OF No. 12, HOLLYWOOD ROAD, VICTORIA, HONGKONG, LATE SERGEANT-MAJOR IN THE POLICE FORCE.\n\nMOST RESPECTFULLY SHEWETH:\n\n1.--Your Petitioner enlisted in the Police Force of this Colony on the 10th day of December, 1878, as a Police Constable of the 3rd Class, and from that date obtained nine promotions, until on the 1st day of April, 1895, he became a Police Sergeant of the 1st Class and Indian Sergeant-Major or Jemadhar of the said Police Force. The following is a statement of the promotions of your Petitioner as entered in the Books of the said Police Force,\n\n| Rank | Date |\n| --- | --- |\n| 3rd Class P.C. | 10 December, 1878 |\n| 2nd Class P.C. | 1 December, 1879 |\n| 1st Class P.C. | ... |\n| ... | ... |\n| 2nd Class Sergeant | 3 February, 1889 |\n| 1st Class Sergeant | 1 September, 1890 |\n| ... | ... |\n| Sergeant-Major | 1 April, 1895 |\n\nCENTRAL POLICE STATION HONGKONG, 20th March, 1894.\n\nThis is to certify that I, the undersigned, have known Sergeant 586, UTTAR SINGH, during the fifteen years he has been in the Police Force of this Colony, and have much pleasure in testifying that I have always found him an intelligent, zealous, and reliable officer, who always performs his duties to the satisfaction of his superior officers.\n\n**W. STANTON,**\n**INSPECTOR OF POLICE,**\n**H.Q.**\n\nCENTRAL POLICE STATION, 17th June, 1895.\n\nThe bearer, Sergeant Major UTTER SINGH, has done duty under me for the past sixteen years, during which time I always found him an honest, trustworthy man, and always very attentive to his duties as Constable-Sergeant, and he now holds the rank of Sergeant-Major.\n\n**A. MANN,**\n**INSPECTOR.**\n\n2.--From the said 10th day of December, 1878 to the 3rd day of December, 1896, when your Petitioner was dismissed from the said Police Force as hereinafter mentioned, your Petitioner's conduct, to the best of his knowledge and belief, was uniformly good; he was never guilty of misconduct or breach of discipline, he performed his duties satisfactorily, and bore a very good character, as could be evidenced from the copies of certificates, marked A to E, herewith attached. Your Petitioner begs to cite here only Major Dempster's remarks as given in his certificate dated the 16th February, 1891, that \"I consider him a man of very good character, sober and steady,\" and your Petitioner further begs to add that during the eighteen years of his service from December, 1878, to December, 1896, he never applied for and never had even such a short leave of absence as even a month's leave in the interval.\n\n3.--On the said 3rd day of December, 1896, your Petitioner was dismissed from the said Police Force by the Honourable the Captain Superintendent of Police, but your Petitioner honestly believes that he is aware of no such misconduct or neglect of duty on his part as to befit him for such a summary dismissal as he has been given, without any recognition of his full eighteen years' services in the Force.",
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        "content_text": "# Instructions referred to on page 1.\n\nIf this Paper of Particulars and the Certificates connected with it be not sent in original, the copies must be duly attested.\n\n## Head 1. \nIn the case of an Officer serving on the West Coast of Africa, a statement is to be added whether he is a native of that Coast. (Colonial Regulations § 430.)\n\n## Head 3\nState the description of Allowance, for which the Application is recommended, viz., Superannuation, Compensation, Compassionate Allowance, or Gratuity, and its amount. In the case of Persons claiming an addition to their pensions in respect of professional or other special qualifications, this should be stated, and a reference should be given to the authority under which the claim is made.\n\n## Head 5\nIf the service has been interrupted by one or more breaks, the word \"broken\" should be added before or after the number of years and months, and the causes, dates, and circumstances of the break or breaks should be stated under this heading.\n\n## Head 6\nIf the person retiring has been in receipt of the same Salary, or in the class from which he retires, for the 36 months immediately before the date of his retirement, the annual rate of Salary or Wages at that date should be inserted, preceded by the word \"actual\". In other cases, the average annual amount of Salary or Wages for the 36 months next preceding the date of retirement should be stated, preceded by the word \"average\", but if the whole period of service is less than three years, then the average for the whole period of service should be inserted.\n\n## Head 7\nA separate statement should be inserted of the average Annual Value, for the 36 months immediately preceding retirement, of each Emolument (exclusive of salary or wages) which is claimed to be included in the calculation of the Pension or Gratuity.\n\nWhenever the value of a House or House Allowance, so ascertained, exceeds one-sixth of the salary and other emoluments which count for Pension purposes, it is to be reduced to one-sixth of that amount, so that it shall not exceed one-seventh of the whole.\n\nFees which an Officer is allowed to retain for his own use will be taken into account for Pension purposes, with regular salary, at the annual average of the net receipts of the 36 months next preceding the Officer's retirement. These net receipts are to be ascertained by deducting from the gross amount of Fees such Office Expenses, &c., as an Officer may have had to defray from his own resources, in performing the services for which he was remunerated by Fees. No deduction, however, from the Fees should be made in respect of Office Expenses provided from Public Funds, for the due discharge of those duties to which a Fixed Salary is annexed. Paper of \"Particulars\" when forwarded to the Colonial Department should be accompanied by formal Declarations from the retiring Officers, showing the amount received by them for Fees, and the amount defrayed as above for Office Expenses, &c., in each of the three years immediately preceding retirement. It will be the duty of the Colonial Government concerned to satisfy themselves of the accuracy of such statements before forwarding them to the Colonial Office. In the case of Officers receiving Fixed Salaries and Fees, the Fees will not in ordinary circumstances be allowed to count for Pension purposes to the extent of more than one quarter of the Salaries, and less will not in any case be allowed to count for Pension purposes during any period in which the whole time of the Officer receiving them was not given to the Public Service.\n\n## Head 8\nIn cases of infirmity, if the Applicant is below the ordinary age for retirement, a Medical Certificate is to be furnished showing that he is disqualified by infirmity of mind or body for discharging the duties of his situation, and that such infirmity is likely to be permanent.\n\nIn case of ten years' service or more, this Certificate should be signed by two Officers, of whom at least one should, if possible, be a Salaried Officer of Government.\n\n## Head 9\nAs to \"broken\" service, see Head 5. If the Applicant has had any \"acting\" service, the details must be fully given, with a statement whether or not, during the \"acting\" service, he was connected with the permanent Civil Service of the Colony.\n\n## Head 11\nIf, in special circumstances, a professional Civil Officer has been allowed to have \"private practice\" without forfeiting his claim to Pension, the facts are to be fully stated.\n\n## Head 14\nIf the Applicant is liable to any deduction from his service under Clause 103 of the Colonial Regulations, the facts should be fully stated.\n\n## Head 19\nThe length of service and other particulars of the computation are to be given. When an average of Salary, &c., is taken, the mode of calculating it (whether by months, &c.) is to be explained.\n\n(1) Officers who joined before 1st July 1887 are remunerated from their pension in England at the rate of 3/8d. the dollar; others who joined later...\n\n(2) Indians having joined the service before 28th June, 1895, and drawing pension in India are entitled to exchange at the rate of Rs. 227 for every $100; others who joined later to Rs. 200 for every $100.\n\nP. 12 MAY 10. 15 DRAFT.\n\nMr. Robinson 11/5 M. Cohen's 12 fs\nMr. Sir G. Fiddes.\nSix-HF: Just.\nSir L. Anderson.\nMr. Steel-Maitland.\nMr. Bonar Law.\n\n147th Mar 16 to ack the net \ndesp N. 110 of the 17th March with regard to the eventual pension of N.G. Mitchell-Innes, and to refer to By-law (Rainbestain= Camberlaini of desp N. 287 of the sty (22600496) Mr. 1896.\n\n2\\. From the enclosures to that despatch you will see that N.G. Mitchell-Innes was... that under having... any break in his service to mother... as... basis... thing on hand from without vary up to and including the 31st Dec. 1896.\n\n3\\. The period from the 5th August to the 31st Dec. 1898...",
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        "content_text": "## 630 \n\n**E** \n\n$38 May 1916 \n\n24 Aug. HONG KONG 46948 \n\nFusion of Mr. W. N.G. Mitchell-Innes \n\nIRECS REG 2 OCT 16 \n\n46948 \n\nIn the assumption that the whole 5 yrs tropical allowance will be payable by HK., the \n\nLast previous Paper. 7322.4.5 \n\nYou 20260 \n\nTo Mitchell-Innes 20 Oct 16 \n\n274 25th Sept aff. \n\nNext subsequent Paper. M/30138 \n\nAsked if pension will be calculated by the rules in CO Dept. of 7 Dec 1913.\n\n## General Dept. Matters \n\nJas 5/0/10 Ro/0/6 Mr. Grind \n\nThere is no question that in this case the whole of the tropical climate bonus is payable by Hong Kong. There is no other service in tropical countries to share it. So the calculation is correct: we may accept the other 8 months.\n\nThe important question for Hong Kong is whether this pension should be calculated under the old rules issued under the Act of 1892 or under those of 31st July 1911.\n\nIt is not certain in a case like this that it would be to the disadvantage of the Colony to have the pension calculated under the new rules. It is not likely to be the case that Mr. Mitchell-Innes will retire from a post carrying a much higher salary than he received in Hong Kong.\n\n`(441) W. 14758-1. 27,000. 7/16. BM & S.`",
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        "content_text": "## Instructions referred to on page 1.\n\nIf this Paper of Particulars and the Certificates connected with it be not sent in original, the copies must be duly attested.\n\nGov. 46948/15 Hong Kong, 20 October, 1915.\n\n## Head 1. of Paper\nIn the case of an Officer serving on the West Coast of Africa, a statement is to be added whether he is a native of that Coast. (Colonial Regulations § 430.)\n\n## Head 3\nState the description of Allowance, for which the Application is recommended, viz., Superannuation, Compensation, Compassionate Allowance, or Gratuity, and its amount. In the case of Persons claiming an addition to their pensions in respect of professional or other special qualifications, this should be stated, and a reference should be given to the authority under which the claim is made.\n\n## Head 5\nIf the service has been interrupted by one or more breaks, the word \"broken\" should be added before or after the number of years and months, and the causes, dates, and circumstances of the break or breaks should be stated under heading 5.\n\n## Head 6\nIf the person retiring has been in receipt of the same Salary, or in the class from which he retires, for the 36 months immediately before the date of his retirement, actual annual rate of Salary or Wages at that date should be inserted, preceded by the word \"actual\". In other cases, the average annual amount of Salary or Wages for the 36 months next preceding the date of retirement should be inserted, preceded by the word \"average\", but if the whole period of service is less than three years, then the average for the whole period of service should be inserted.\n\n## Head 7\nA separate statement should be inserted of the average Annual Value, for the 36 months immediately preceding retirement, of each Emolument (exclusive of salary or wages) which is claimed to be included in the calculation of the Pension or Gratuity.\n\nWhenever the value of a House or House Allowance, so ascertained, exceeds one-sixth of the salary and other emoluments which count for Pension purposes, it is to be reduced to one-sixth of that amount, so that it shall not exceed one-seventh of the whole.\n\nFees which an Officer is allowed to retain for his own use will be taken into account for Pension purposes, with regular salary, at the annual average of the net receipts of the 36 months next preceding the Officer's retirement. Those net receipts are to be ascertained by deducting from the gross amount of Fees such Other Expenses, &c., as an Officer may have had to defray from his own resources, in performing the services for which he was remunerated by Fees. No deduction, however, from the Fees should be made in respect of Office Expenses provided from Public Funds, for the due discharge of those duties to which a Fixed Salary is annexed. Paper of \"Particulars\" when forwarded to the Colonial Department should be accompanied by formal Declarations from the retiring Officers, showing the amount received by them for Fees, and the amount defrayed as above for Office Expenses, &c., for each of the three years immediately preceding retirement. It will be the duty of the Colonial Government concerned to satisfy themselves of the accuracy of such statements before forwarding them to the Colonial Office. In the case of Officers receiving Fixed Salaries and Fees, the Fees will not in ordinary circumstances be allowed to count for Pension purposes to the extent of more than one quarter of the Salaries, and Fees will not in any case be allowed to count for Pension purposes during any period in which the whole time of the Officer receiving them was not given to the Public Service.\n\n## Head 8\nIn cases of infirmity, if the Applicant is below the ordinary age for retirement, a Medical Certificate is to be furnished showing that he is disqualified by infirmity of mind or body for discharging the duties of his situation, and that such infirmity is likely to be permanent.\n\nIn case of ten years' service or more, this Certificate should be signed by two Officers, of whom at least one should, if possible, be a Salaried Officer of Government.\n\n## Head 9\nAs to \"broken\" service see Head 5. If the Applicant has had any \"acting\" service, the details must be fully given, with a statement whether or not, during the \"acting\" service, he was connected with the permanent Civil Service of the Colony.\n\n## Head 10\nIf, in special circumstances, a professional Civil Officer has been allowed to have \"private practice\" without forfeiting his claim to Pension, the facts are to be fully stated.\n\n## Head 14\nIf the Applicant is liable to any deduction from his service under Clause 102 of the Colonial Regulations, the facts should be fully stated.\n\n## Head 19\nThe length of service and other particulars of the computation are to be given. When an average of Salary, &c., is taken, the mode of calculating it (whether by months, &c.) is to be explained.\n\n(1) Colonials having joined the service before 1st July 1897, are entitled to draw their pension in England at the rate of 2s. 11d. per dollar; others who joined later to the delate.\n\n(2) Indians having joined the service before 28th June, 1895, and drawing pension in India are entitled to exchange at the rate of Rs. 227 for every $100; others who joined later to Rs. 200 for every $100.\n\nDRAFT.\n\nN.G. Mitchell-Innes, Esq.\n\n## MINUTE\n\nOct. 15 Mr. Hunter  \n17 Mr. Colten  \nMr. Harris 18:  \nMr. Grindle.  \nMr. Lambert.  \nMr. Read.  \nSir G. Fiddes.  \nMr. Steel-Maitland.  \nMr. Bonar Law.\n\nCopy to Gov. L.F. with `xf. 646448`.\n\nSir,\n\nI am directed by Mr. Sec. Bonar Law to acquaint you that he has received a communication from the Governor of Hong Kong with regard to your enquiry as to the pension for which, on final retirement, you will be eligible in respect of your service in that Colony.\n\n2. I am to inform you that your pension from Hong Kong funds, which will under the regulations in force at the time of your service in the Colony, will be about £322-4-5 per annum, i.e., 232/720ths of $48000 at 4/2 to the dollar.\n\n3. Your service appears to have been 15 years 11 months: furlough, you have had 6 months' leave on half pay and 14 months 20 days' leave without pay account. Thus your pensionable service is 14 years 6 months 20 days; to which 5 years' added. You would for seven years have the benefit of the 2/4 months under `Taler Rati`.\n\nSigned) G. GRINDLE",
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        "content_text": "2nd December 1921.\n\nc/o Hong Kong Shanghai Bank\n9, Gracechurch Street,\nE.C.3.\n\nRecd. C.A. 5th Dec. 1921,\n46\n\n**The Crown Agents for the Colonies**\n\nMy ...\n\nI beg to enclose a pension declaration and to state in connection with Colonial Office letter No. 44202/1919 that the date of my departure from Asia was 10th February last, my last application for pension was to 31st March last, and it was I presume that paid at current pro privilege rate of exchange, the difference as from 10th February to 31st March will now be adjusted by you.\n\nYour obedient servant,\nSgd. N.G. Mitchell-Innes,",
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        "content_text": "## DRAFT MINUTE\nfor approval by the Crown Agent\n\n**Pay Dept**\n12 Dec 1921\n\nTo: \n- Mr. Grindle\n- Sir H. Lambert\n- Sir H. Read\n- Sir J. Masterton Smith\n- Mr. Wood\n- Mr. Churchill\n\nRegarding minute of the 7th of Decr regarding M. N. G. Mitchell-Innes, late Treasurer of Hong Kong.\n\n**Proposal to pay his pension**\n\nThe present rate from the 1st February 1921 inclusive. We are working out the sum of his pension from the funds of the Imperial Govt.\n\nI will pass on your proposal to pay his pension.\n\n(Signed) G. E. J. Gent'\n\n### Previous Correspondence\ntemporary increase (in a way) which it is understood is being paid from the Funds of the Jup.) Spoken to M. N. G. Mitchell-Innes late Treasurer of Hong Kong for Mitchell-Innes Hung afprinted a Deputy Governor in the Home Govt Prison Service See on `20260/16`. refied on the 1st of Dec. 1896, 7 18th of May 1919; and with its on to his pension from Temp. regained for the computation Sp 7 lu umps increase the paid on his Augmented pension.\n\n(Signed) A. GRINDLE\n\none `155895/100` \n43 dap By R. Gaur) \n\nPage 7",
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